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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-05
Naminr Children.

A Boston man viii tell you that his lack
OF success in life is entirely owing TO the
mistake of his mother in giving him a
weak middle name, which matches him
about as well as patent leather boots
would a pedestrian. His first aversion in
life was this middle name. He blushed for
1t the first thing when he awoke in the
morning, not to mention awaking in the
night sometimes overcome with q sense Of
shame. He was in hourly horror at school
for fear the boys would call it after him in
the street, and the only time that he could
brace up at all was the first day that a new
boy came TO the school, before he had had
time to find it out. Even then he was OPP
pressed with dread, and would eye the lad
furtively, wondering TO himself, How
soon will he find il out:"
Parents are very thoughtless about this
thing. They do not look ahead and re-
member that it is selfish enough to invite
youngster into the world without at least
asking him what he would like for name
which has got to stay by him day and night
and be the only thing left Of him when he
makes his exit, and 10 live after him on
tombstone when all else of him is forgot
ten. 1t would be a kindness to number
children when they are born-as Jones one
and Jones two-or first Jones, second Jones,
and so on, and allow the youngsters to Sc
lect a name when they are old enough.
Then at least they would have one thing
less for which to blame mamma and papa.
Boston Home Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-05
Mime. Barrios and Her Diamonds.

Mime. Barrios, widow Of the late Presi-
dent Barros, of Guatemala, has one of the
finest collections of diamonds among the
society women. She has sixty diamond
rings, and necklaces, tiaras and bracelets
too numerous to mention. All these Jew
els were heirlooms of the kingdom, and
were sent TO Paris and dug out of their
antique settings and made into the form
in which they are now worn. One of the
most exquisite settings is pointed girdle
of diamonds When not travelling Nine
Barrios lives on Fifth avenue. She never
keeps her diamonds in the residence, but
Immediately she returns from a ball she
has them sent to trust company.
When she travels she hires detective to
follow her, and when she drives she has
man on the front of the cab watching
her every movement. On a recent trip TO
Washington it was feared r beautiful dia-
mond ring, which was her wedding ring
was lost, and as il bore the state insignia
of Guatemala she was much afraid she
would never recover il. However, the best
detectives were put on the scent. Months
passed by and no news came of the ring.
One day little baby was playing near the
chair in the apartment formerly occupied
by the madam, and in the course of his
childish explorations he dug up the state
ring of Guatemala.-Cor. Pittsburg Leader.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-05
Girls Who EreckIe.

Dear little simpletons! The thing for
you to do is to let your face and eyes alone.
They don't want TO ne treated with any
. thing but water, cold cream and fresh air
Freckles are not disiguring. On the con-
trary they are rather good evidences of a
delicate skin and outdoor exercise. Then,
too, they are mischievous and infinitely
preferable TO the pallor beneath them. OF
this be certain, you can't get rid of them
unless you cut them out, and then your
face would have to be stitched up and
the seam would scar you for life. If you
are weak enough to let the little chocolate
spots bother you you can hide them by
wearing wells during the day and powder
in the evening.
Get silk tissue, because dotted nets are
/ trying 10 the eyes, and select rice powder,
which is as harmless as flour. Wet your
face with diluted glycerine, put on all the
| powder consistent with taste and comfort,
and when you are ready to retire remove it
| with good quality of cold cream.
! A young face needs nothing to beautify
/ it. IL is pretty and lovely and sweet in
| spite of features and blemishes. and a
/ sprinkling of freckles only adds to its
charm.
/ ly refining, and there never was face so
plain and severe that a sweet thought or a
| pleasant smile did not illumine Make
sling shots of the petted grease, cream and
balm, and try the merits of work, exercise,
plain foods, sleep, cleanliness and pretty
clothes. There is beauty in the bath,
health in temperance and repose, refine
ment in neat attire and an indefnable, ir-
resistible charm in what a wag calls wom-
ans little ways.
The gentle voiced, sunny hearted Dr. Oh
liver Wendell Holiness whose life is beau
tiful poem, says in a letter TO little friend
grieving over a SCARED face: Ny dear
beautyis nothing; the world will only look
into your eyes for the truth that lies there
the radiance of which will pale the luster
of the stars and dim the beauty of the
brightest gems earth holds. "-Exchange
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-05

women who buy stamps are queer
study" continued Mr.. Castle. A woman
often has no idea beyond herself and her
own convenience. l had a sample case one
day that will serve as fair illustration.
This woman marched up to my window in
a bustling way, laid down her parasol and
then placed beside it her hand satchel
Then she opened her satchel and took out
her pocketbook.
Stamps she said laconically.
How many, madam?
az don't know. Let me count my pen
MES first
"'How many?' 1 repeated, hoping to
hurry her along
" 1 said that don't know; that / must
count my pennies first and she slowly
counted her pennies a couple Of times and
finally decided that she wanted certain
number. When she had secured the
stamps she calmly moistened them on her
tongue, affixed them to the letters, adjust
ed her hand satchel, picked up her parasol
and sailed away. Meanwhile a crowd Of
twenty or twenty-five men had gathered
at the window, and they were very mad
over this woman's Indifference and
thoughtlessness. They had a right to be
mad, too for a man who comes to buy
stamps is usually in a hurry. OF course
all women are not like this one. But there
are more of this kind than one would sup
pose. Chicago Post.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-05
When Children Do No. Feel Well.

At the first sign of discomfort and irri-
liability exhibited by child every excita-
ton to mental activity should be at once
stopped, and the child should be allowed
to follow its own inelinations. If such a
course is pursued there VIII be no peevish-
ness exhibited. If, on the other hand, the
child is spurred on 10 fresh endeavors it is
very certain that petulance will be devel-
oped.
Sometimes there is decided sensation
OF pain in the head, not amounting TO
what is generally classed under the term
headache, but sufficiently uncomforta-
bic to destroy that feeling of well being
which all healthy constituted children ex-
perience. 1t seems to extend throughout
the whole head, and hence it is difficult for
the sufferer TO locate it. There is an ina
bility, therefore, when the question is
asked where the pain is 70 give a satisfac-
tory answer, except that it is somewhere
in the head Accordingly it sometimes
happens that children who complain of
this pain are not believed. and are corrected
for telling a falsehood. Youths Com
DaQIOQ.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-05

Z ION MARSHALL Al HE HORSE lhOItJh.
nine postoffices The postofice, indeed,
is the most common congressional STUN
! bling block. An iowa member was
beaten a few years ago because he was
seen drinking a bottle Of wine in the
house restaurant. His prohibition con-
stituents would not forgive him. A
Georgia man was overwhelmingly re-
jected at the polls because it was estab-
hshed beyond question that while in the
house he had permitted man to call
him liar without resenting it.
James B. Weaver, the Iowa green
back and anti-monopoly leader. was
once beaten for congress because Of his
use in a moment of weakness of a free
pass sent him by the president Of rail-
road. A Tennessee member failed TO
come back because he made habit of
writing letters TO his constituents with
a typewriter. The typewriter was some
thing new in those days, and his con-
stituents said they did not want a man
in congress who was too lazy to write
his letters and had them printed.
II is almost pitiful to see congressman
working and studying and scheming to
maintain their popularity. They sit up
nights writing letters and addressing
public documents. They sacrifice their
self respect in telling white lies to con-
stituents who make application to them
for Office and other favors. They cult
vate the press of their districts with an
Rssiduity that must in time become pain
full to all concerned.
AS an illustration of this take Gen.
Wheeler, of Alabama, who was known
to the Confederacy as Fighting Little
Joe" He is poor man, and there are
plenty of ambitious fellows in his dis
trict, so Wheeler works the public
document and speech racket" as mem
bers call it, for all it is worth. He has
a room near the Capitol, and there he
spends nearly all his time addressing
documents to his constituents. When
he is wanted on a call of the yeas and
nays page runs for him, and in mo-
ment back he comes with Little Joe at
his heels, running like deer that he
may not miss the last call. Often he ar
rives in the house breathless and perspir-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-05

An electric lawn party wzs given a
few days ago b. one Of the leading elec-
tricians Of the country at kis reAdenoe
In Connecticut As the vlI1E wa
ushered into the oaken kal be was
greeted with nrac from an electric or
gan An open boz Of cigars lay On the
center table, and o-erhsaging Il was Eu
electric cigar lighter On the S6ebo&rd.
II a electric cezPot, the fragrant Bohsz
was brewing, and norel and almost
weird ELECTS Ct electric lighting were
visible az aGoupd THiie the ar Wa
cooled VITA electric tszE- Two objects
Of unique i1.esSt. skso ade by side.
w--e one of the FIRST phonOgTspas and
the very last perfected instrument made.
In the evening tS>-e wa . grand dis
pay q 6-ewerks, igaits1 10 elsctnclty
dIrect fyoIn e. lighting ctzr1it thing
nsves b4!ese Sssezzytsd. IL sreEorks
which we're slevo aalGl: I5O yz1is from
TIE hoU.s. we're EghtsA from he piazza
D. the tuning q a'E1a1 elscE1c switch
y the kHn3s OF lzcy.-E-chEcZ@
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-05

June 90 Frederick Miller and David
Heller. two employees at the furnace at
the rolling mills, were killed by pre-
mature explosion of Hercules powder
while blasting out salamander from the
bottom Of the furnace. Miller was
standing directly over the drilled hole
at the time of the explosion, and was
terribly torn and dishgured. Both arms
were blown off But one was found.
Every effort to find the other arm proved
fruftless until yesterday.
The worinen saw an object clinging
to one of the stay rods that help to sup
port and keep IN position the stacks on
the top Of the furnace Through curi-
osity they climbed up to the top, and
they saw a sight that not only filed
them with horror but with wonder.
There IN full sight of ali was a mans
hand with only the stub Of an arm at
tached tightly claspIng the rod above
mentioned.
There can be no doubt but that the
hand Is that Of the unfortunate Miller.
The only theory known for the strange
freak Of the bOdyless hand Is that the
hand was blown out Of the top Of the
high stack, and in coming down the
muscles, still active, contracted when
the hand struck the rod and fastened 10
it with deadly grip Prom the position
In which Miller was standing tbe hand
could not have reached the position II
occupied other than in the above man
ner. The muscles coold not have re-
Taxed much after first contracting. else
the hand would have faIlen.-Brszl
Times.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-05
Pineapple Ice Easily Made.

Pineapple water ice is one of the most
delicious, and IL can be made nearly all the
year around, as good pineapple can most
always be gotten in market. Cut a small,
ripe pineapple in two. Nearly all of the
pineapples are fine for this purpose except
ing the Porto Rico pines. Pare and peal
one-half neatly, then cut it into small
pieces. Place these pieces in the mortar
and pound them thoroughly to a pulp.
Ten minutes VIII suffice for this. Add
half pound Of powdered sugar and pound
again for ten minutes. Transfer the whole
into a vessel. Squeeze in the juice OF three
sound lemons, then pour in quart Of cold
water and mix well with spaCula for two
minutes. Strain through a fine sieve into
the freezer, adding two egg whites beaten
to a stiff froth; then beat well for one min
ute more. Cover with the lid and freeze
New York World
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Girls Costumes at Newport.

If the Newport girls are to be taken as
representing the present tendency of the
fashionable feminine mind there is not
much danger of the fad for boyish clothes
attaining any considerable dimensions
The girls costumes at Newport, both for
the morning and for the afternoon, are dis
tinctly and delightfully."- feminine Al
though we hear occasionally of girls trav-
cling about the mountains and along the
seashore who are intent on attaining ath-
letic characteristics at any cost whatever,
and who are exposing their compilations to
the glare of the mountain sun at MONDAY
and making up freckle parties while out
bathing, the Newport maiden does not
seem at all TO have got any craze in this di-
rection.
She is just as careful of her complexion
as she ever was, and at least half a dozen
of the girls whom | saw ut one of the ten
mis- games wore white wells over their come
" features. I did see two girls who wore
cloth suits, with the jackets cut in a some
what maunsh fashion and wearing light
vests but they were the only ones there,
and for that reason were conspicuous.
And it may be said at once that although
their suits were very handsomely made
they did not compare in point Of attractive
ness with the dainty costumes of the neigh
boring girls.-Newport Letter.
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A CoNGRFssMAN DRIVES or.


picture of my house" And why not,
pray?' because it would ruin me in
the eyes of my constituents. If they saw
that was living in a fine house they
would have no further use for me-" 1t
is the same with regard 70 the pomp of
society and in the matter Of e9uipages.
A newspaper man who was writing up
the fine stables and turnouts of the cap
ital received a note from a western con-
gresham who has stable to be proud
of, begging that his name be omitted.
The vast majority of my constit-
uents," he wrote, walk or ride in old
buckboards and spring wagons. At
home l use an old blackboard myself
and keep but one horse If it were 10
become known that at Washington l
keep a stable with seven horses, five We
hicles, a coachman in livery and foot
man with gilt buttons they would turn
me down by ma5erlty of 5000" Some
statesmen are so cautious that they try
even to keep their constituents in igno-
rance OF their social position at the
national capital OF course my wife
is one of the leaders of society here. and
ii is good of you 70 think that she is the
most popular and brilliant woman in
town, and that her receptions and teas
are among the few really notable social
events, but please do not say so in print.
Without meaning 10 do so you would
harm nv political prospects very much.
The people Of my state have little sym
pathy with that sort of thing" SO said
a senator 20 me recently.
A strsage case in the same line was
that Of western congressman who had
entertained at his house a noted English
author WHO recently visited America.
The congressman had given his guest a
dinner, attended by a large number Of
prominent men, ana a western CORE
spondent wanted to priAt something
aboutit 10 IRIS paper. Don sit, please, y
said tte CONGRESSMAN. The people Of
my district viii think sa becoming an
angio-ransac and running after the big
bugs from across the water. Besides.
my guest onoo wrote something which
my good friends the Irish-Americans
did not Like, and if they were to hear
that / Lad enteEtaiped him at dinner
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-05

y short time ago Mr. Crimp. farmer,
Of Milton, Devon, advertised for a Ia
borer. A wretched. half starved Young
man IN rags and tatters applied for the
situation, and by pleading hard OBJ
tsaned il. Some time after he told his
master that be owned an estate in Wilt
shire, and that his father was a very
wealthy man. BE had ieft home. be
said, through An unpleasantness. and had
been wandering shout for years. barely
earning subsistence. The farmer inside
inquiries. aud visited wiltshire 70 find
the extraordinary story true. His L.
borer's father resided in'a1 elegsnt man-
sion, beautifully situated. He had lone
since given up BIS son for deai. bat in
nleGasely accompanied the farmer back
10 DsTcnShire and thsre found the prod
igal, who would not leave lis master
until the latter had procured so1e one
TO take ais place OF the fazn.-London
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-05

The best known woman in Dryden, y. Y,
is Miss :. :. Nivison. NJ D., who for the
past twenty-five years has been sole proprie-
tor Of the Dryden Springs She manages
two sanitariUms. the Eammontovn, y. j.,
in winter, and the Dryden Springs place in
summer. she belongs 70 family Of doc
tors. and in her studies has travelled all
over the world
Miss Nivison has been in possession Of
the Dryden place since 1865. Il contains
sulphur aud iron springs, which she con
siders the best medicines IN the world.
Running through the estate l. a small
stream, CA ,Il- uzuAs o. wElcA the HtJle
doc or has rose garden, containing fifty
var cites, among them the green rose,
which is rarely found north of Virginia.
DR.. NivisOn believes IN the dOctrine Of
brown bread, butter. milk, fresh fruits AID
eggs. one meal Of meat day, plenty OF
fresh spring water. prod gal indulgence in
pure air tonic abundant sleep and the
Quaker system Of mental repose. Pastry,
hot bread. fried meat snd ice water" she
thinks. kill more people in year than
shipwrecks. railroad accidents and gun
powder. "-Excha1Ee-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-05
WOMAN AND HOME.
THE GIRL WHO is AL AFFECTA-
TON AND NO HEART.

| Girls Who fr1ckIe-Eme. Barrios and
Her Diamonds-PoPuIar Entertainers.
Naming Children How Ladies Buy
Stamps-Girls' Costumes at Newport.
Hetty Carr is probably the prettiest and
brightest girl in Carryille. She reads the
best books in current English and French
literature, she draws with accuracy and
spirit, she is a brilliant musician, she
dresses with exquisite taste, and talks well
and fuently. Strangers who come to the
village invariably pronounce her charming,
and say it with enthusiasm. But in few
weeks they weary of her and avoid her, and
among those who know her best she has
not single admirer or intimate friend.
Why is this?
Hetty goes with her companions into the
fields and woods, and pulls some flowers.
She has no thought of any beauty or Won
der in the blossom itself Does it match
her gown? Is it becoming TO her face when
fastened in her hair? If not she throws it
down and tramples it carelessly in the dust.
She hears strain of music which thrills
the hearts of other listeners, and brings
tears TO their eyes. She only asks, How
does it suit my voice? VIII it show the
fiHxibility of my tonesf" If not it is no
more TO her than the bowling of dog.
She was found studying book of old
history the other day, but it was to copy
the costumes for her own dress.
She protests her loyalty 10 her friends
with charming vehemence in company,
but she treats them with neglect when
there is no audience to applaud her.
She frequently walks the village street
with her aged mother leaning on her arm.
She has heard that it has been called a
touching picture But at home she is rude
and even insolent to her. She calls herself
a Kings Daughter, and carries flowers and
soup to the poor with no thought of their
need, but wholly engrossed with her own
gracious appearance.
In word all knowledge, all thoughts,
all emotions are valued only by Hetty as
she values flowers and ribbons-as orna-
ments to set off herself.
The little actress who earns her living
by capering on the stage only assumes a
part for an hour or two each day. But
Hetty poses continually. There is no real
ity in her. She has made of herself a mere
lay figure, which she exhibits before the
crowd. She has played part so long that
she herself scarcely knows how much of
herself is true and how much is false.
Can any Of us, looking within, find a re-
Election of Hetty Carr?-Youth's Compan-
ion.
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Sleep for Women.

Sleep is, under right conditions, won
derful tonic to the human system. Few
women realize its value, and yet it is said
that Patti and Lucca and all the great
singers and actresses and famous beauties
who, like Nine. Recamier, were wondrous-
ly beautiful at an age when ordinary wom-
en- retire from the festive scenes of life,
have owed their well preserved beauty to
sleep. a beautiful woman who at so has
the brilliancy of youth in her eyes and
skin and the animation of girlhood in her
form declares that she has made it a rule
all her life to retire, whenever possible, at
0 O'Clock. And American women need the
rest and refreshment which sleep alone
can give to overweight nerves and over
worked systems. If sleep is not easily in
duced light physical exercise should be
taken nightly before retiring until the
blood is directed into proper channels, and
then upon seeking the couch the eyelids
will close as naturally as those of health
full child.-Jenness-Ai Miller Magazine
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are on the anxious seat. Something
like two hundred Of them are candidates
for reelection, and eager, oh, so eager,
to go home and get to work in the po-
litical field in which their rivals are al
ready making hay. Scores Of our con-
gressmen have already fallen by the
wayside because their constituents failed
to renominate them. One of the odd
phases Of political life is the manner in
which ambitious lnen are cut off in the
5ower Of their youth for causes which,
TO the average mind, seem trivial and
absurd. Some one has said that life is
made up Of the little things, and that
this is true, and that political death is
also the result Of trivial causes, more
than one statesman can testify.
Congressman Anderson, Of Kansas,
was not renominated because his constit-
nentS discovered that while at home he
Gved in a plain little house, and was a
plain, blunt man who sought not the
Injuries or Trivolities Of the world, in
Washington he resided at the SWEETEST
club in town, the Metropolitan, where
the chef receives a salary or $1,000
year, and where expensive wines flow
like water. Ambitious men in public
life have to be very careful about the
style Of houses in which they live at the
capital 1t Will be remembered that not
many years ago Mr.. Window, then
senator from Minnesota and now secre-
tary of the treasury, was retired by the
people Of his state because they did not
like the magnificent house which he had
built here for his own occupancy.
/ had occasion a short time ago to ask
three or four congressman for photo
graphs Of the houses IN which they live
here. AS their homes were luxurious
and costly, thought their natural pride
would make them eager to see the pict-
hres thereof in the newspapers. But
with one accord they lifted their hands
In holy horror and exclaimed: For
heavens sake don't DO that. Don't print