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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23
He Was Not a Canary Bird.

They were bride and groom, and she
was guileless thing who had been
brought up in the mountains of Penn
sylvania. They had come to Atlantic
City on their tour, and like everybody
else took the trip down to the Inlet,
from which all the sailing and fishing
boats go out. A party had just come in
with pailful of crabs. and the old grand
father of crabs was on top Of the lot. He
was chagrined, mad, red hot and he was
aching to prove to the world that crab
could die fighting.
This guileless bride had never seen an
ocean crab before, and she uttered little
screams of wonder and delight. Nay,
more. she bent over and lifted old grand
father up in her plump, white hand for
closer examination His chance had
come. He took hold. In one minute
her shrieks had assembled 500 people,
and ten seconds later she tainted dead
away and upset her husband over bait
box. A fisherman out with his knife and
stabbed the crab in the back and then
cut him loose, and a carriage was called
and the bride with the bleeding finger
was borne sobbing away, never, no
never, to pick up an old crab again to
see whether he was butterfly or a
canary bird.-Cor. Detroit Free Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23
Freak of a SomnambuIist.

A young man who is well known in
this city had an unpleasant experience a
short time ago. He is a somnambulist
and often does peculiar things in his
sleep. He went to visit some friends in
Waterbury, and as he was not in the
habit of retiring as early as the members
of the family he was visiting, he re-
manned up and took his shoes off before
ascending the stairs.
A few nights after his return to his
home he lay down on lounge and fell
asleep. After sleeping soundly a half
hour he arose, walked to the foot of the
stairs, took off his shoes, and not being
content with doing that, he drew off his
stockings also. He then clambered up
stairs to his room. Taking match from
his pocket he brought one Of his feet up
so that he could reach the bottom of it,
and then deliberately scratched the
match on the fat surface.
The match did not light Immediately,
but he kept on scratching. Finally the
match did light. The holder was umcon-
scious of the fact and kept on scratch
ing. Suddenly he awoke in great pain
from the burn. He limped about for
several days, and since that time ques-
tons about the proper mode of lighting
match have been distasteful to him.
New Haven Palladium.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23
Honors to q Dead Dog.

l saw a queer corpse in the undertak-
ing establishment of Lewis Jones. on
LAGRANGE street, few days ago, queer
even in that grim receptacle. On the
embalming board lay the body of a
pretty brown spaniel and near by a
handsomely constructed hardwood box,
elegantly lined, which was to be doggie's
chamber when planted in the cold, cold
ground The animal was the pet of a
rich lady. who. when he one day became
III. sent him to the dog hospital, and
when he died had his body cared for
with as much tenderness as though he
were a human being. Doggie was
shipped from here TO the ladys former
home in Maine, where the animal was
inferred with full honors.-Boston Rec
ord,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23

A BARRIER BETWEEN THEM.
Hostile Neighbors Tn Africa Who Have
Established NO Mans Land.

Hostile Nefghbors In Africa Who Have
Established a NO Mans Land.
A little British expedition recently
steamed far up the Benue branch of the
Niger river in small steam launch, and
finally entered tributary of the Benue
and explored region which no white
man has ever visited before. The most
interesting thing about their journey
was the curious experience they had
with the natives.
They had been passing for good
while through region that was inhab-
tied by Moslem blacks, fruits of the
rather severe methods of conversion
employed by the Arab invaders of the
Soudan. The country was very fertile,
and the people were numerous; but
all of sudden, though the country still
wore its usual aspect, and the soil was
apparently rich, population entirely
ceased. For a stretch of over twenty
miles not hut was to be seen, nor was
single sign Of human life anywhere OBJ
served. The expedition wondered at
this remarkable state of affairs, for the
country was certainly inviting, and they
could not imagine why it had no inhab-
itants
All at once, however, as they rounded
a bend in the river they saw big crowds
If natives running down the slopes of
the hill to the bank They brandished
their spears at the white men on the lit
tie boat, and told them to go back, for
Il. ID i,, flai,
try. There was an interpreter OH the
vessel, who succeeded in convincing the
natives that the visitors were not Mos
lens, and thereupon the people became
quite friendly.
Then the reason for this cursous lack
of population was ascertained. When
the tribes who had been converted to
Islam found the natives near them were
Just as strong as they were, the spread
of their religion in that direction alb
ruptly ceased, but these heather people
and the Moslem converts near them
could not live at peace with one another.
1t was finally decided that as they could
not be good neighbors, stretch of
country should be placed between them
where no one should live, and in that
way they expected to get along with
less bloodshed.
SO all the people who inhabited this
fertile region. about twenty miles wide,
packed up their little belongings and
moved away, and the stretch of country
thus came To be without single inhab-
liant. Today it Is a No Mans Land,
and the only reason is that the people
who are nGghbors there cannot live on
friendly terms. and. having tired of
fighting. have put this barrier between
them. Boston Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23
DRESSED FoR AN orTING.

The sleeves were remarkably large and
roomy, and finished with cuffs at least
seven inches long, which when pulled
down covered the entire hand from view.
The material was d pale blue silk, heavi-
lily brocaded, and faced upon the collar,
flaps and cuffs with silk of much dark
er blue. Down both fronts ran a line of
little silver buttons and buttonholes
worked in silver thread and surrounded BY
silver embroidery, so as TO give the effect Of
two long lines Of silver leaves. Around
the waist was a girdls, which came down
well in front, apparer thy made of heavy
cloth, but so covered with embroidery as
TO conceal the material beneath. Attached
TO the girdle were a lot of keys and trim
kets. Her stockings we're apparently cot
ton woven, like our own. uD as far as the
ball of the ankle, at VII ich point they wers
sewed ON TO stiff black liuen boards, which,
for the lack Of better name, might lie
called ankle cuffs.
For state occasions sue had a shawl
OF white silk about six feet square with
a fringe ar least n foot deep. The fringe
was kuOtted in very much the same
s;Ele a. Maerame lace. Upon the shawl
proIr-r - held was a quantity OF em-
hroloery OF almost startling brillisncy
The center figure represented gsily cOlorei
birds making love. flying shont or feeding
their young. esch group NJ birds Being sur
rounded 6y wilderness Of leaves ana
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23
Settling a Restaurant Bill.

A bluegrass idyl has been circulating
through the Southern society for several
days. 1t is tale of two Kentuckians-
one a major, the other colonel-who
determined to crafty an oft expressed
desire to visit New York. They came,
and after two DAYS Of sightseeing the
colonel suggested TO the major that a
trip to New York would not be complete
without a dinner at Delmonicos. The
major agreed.
1t was deemed that it would hardly be
considerable to take Mr.. Delmonico una
wares, and in order to prepare him for
so unusual an event as swell dinner for
two the Kentucky gentlemen went to
the restaurant early in the day, called
for the head waiter and told him what
they wanted. "Spare no expense" they
said.
They dined at 6. It was splendid
dinner.
They called for their bill. The waiter
placed check, face down, on the menu
The gentlemen were toasting each other
as the waiter did this, and when they
placed their glasses on the table he was
gone. They saw what appeared to them
to be scrap of paper on the menu and
brushed it off. The old fellows were
ignorant of the customs Of French res
taurants, and they concluded that the
menu must be the bill The colonel be-
gan to figure up the prices. 1t seemed
that they had eaten great deal, but the
names of the dishes were in a language
unknown to them, and anyway they
were not in a mood to bother about tri-
fes.
But the colonel gasped when he fig
ured up the total 1t was $3.50.
"Great heavens, sah!" he exclaimed to
the major. 1T is $780, If we pay this
we can't get back home"
1--WE might" suggested the major
family, 1--WE might jump out of this
window and run"
mo, sah," said the colonel, bringing
his fist down on the table. eve are
Kentucky gentlemen, sab. We will pay
this bill, sab, and then, sab, we will
shoot the landlord, sah."-New York
Times
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23
She Swallowed Eighty Pins.

Among involuntary gastronomic feats
the most extraordinary was that of a
young woman named Mary Spelmore,
who lived in ST. Peters parish, Derby.
In the month of November, 1919, she
was engaged hanging up linen to dry,
when some sudden emotion caused her
to swallow a small armament of pins
with which she had stocked her mouth.
A surgeon was sent for, who did all in
his power for the unfortunate girl
Though the retching was constant she
never brought up more than one at a
time. and in three days the total
amounted to seventy-six. Some Of them
were very long, and her commissions
were so violent that it took several per-
sons to hold her. Shortly after entering
the hospital at Nottingham tumors
formed on the left sidenear the shoulder.
These We're suppurated and opened and
several pins came out of the wounds In
five months she was discharged cured
Nottingham England Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria
a Dentists Wages.

DR.. Anderson. the Fifth avenue dem
fist, who plugs up the molars of the
Four Hundred, says that he has made
$500 in a day, but only once. A lady
came to him who wanted diamonds put
in a gold filing of her front teeth. ut
was evident" said DR.. Anderson, chat
she had just come into her inheritance.
She seemed SO anxious TO spend money.
[ didn't approve of the diamonds, and
told her so, but she would have them,
and l humored her TO such an extent
that my days work Melted me $500.
What do | make ordinarily? Well. /
charge $50 an hour, and l rarely work
more than five hours. People don't care
to come before 10 in the morning, and
late in the afternoon the light is not
good One hundred dollars day is
about the extent Of what dentist can
make, and it Is the most exacting of all
the professions. New York Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23
A Poor SrorfSman-

We have all encountered him in the
field, the man who bowls like 4 maniac
ct his dog. 1t is not because the dog is
deaf, for even if he were there would he
no need of the bowling and shrieking.
but it is that the bowler knows not bit
better He has the notion that a hunt
ing dog must be worked like a sledge
Tog amid Arctic ice fields. and so he
makes an E. ';mau of himself every
time he goes shooting. And none of us
ever yet saw dog that worked any bet
ter for the racket than he might work,
or might at least have been trained to
work, without it.-Forest and Stream.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23
Calculation on a Potato.

Did you ever calculate the value Of 8
single potato on the basis that that single
tuber was the only one left in the worldf
That one would. of course, contain with
in itself the possibility Of restocking the
world with a valuable article Of food.
II one potato would produce when
planted but ten potatoes in ten years
the total product Of that one potato
would be 10000. 000. 900. which would
stock the whole world with seed. II the
world were reduced to one single potato
II would be better that London or Chi
cago be blotted from the earth than for
that one tuber to be lost.-St. Louis Re-
public.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23

The skirt was narrow rather than full,
and was gored at the back of the waist The
embroiderer generally makes the embroid-
cry correspond between the cape and the
skirt, and gives a smaller pattern to the
vest than to the other two garments.
These dresses are extremely expensive, and
cost in China from 40 to 300 taels, which in
our money would be from $50 to about
$780, With some of these court robes a
singular ornament is used in the shape of
shoulder attachments, which givesa woman
the appearance of an angel or theatrical
butterfly. The favorite forms which are
used for these attachments are one or more
peacock tips, flags. artificial flowers and
mounted birds. As these are light and
easily stirred, and as every eastern woman
carries a fan, they make a very beautiful
picture when the fans put the ornaments
in rapid motion. 1t is as near TO a wind
stirred garden of natural flowers as any
thing that can be imagined.
Another court robe consisted of two
pieces the one a short shoulder cape and
the other a princess dress cut moderately
low in front, Just reaching to the ankles
and running to a train about half yard in
length. The cape, sleeves and dress were
cut so rs TO give the effect of sharp re-en-
tering angles.
No lady's wardrobe is complete in the
east unless it have an assortment of what
we call Turkish trousers. These fit quite
snug to the waist and the ankles and
are always loose. Where people are
wealthy they are so DaCgy as to be almost
laughable. | have seen several pairs, of
which each leg was two yards in circum-
ference. The poorer classes make these
trousers out of cotton cloth or prints;
the well TO do use various qualities of silk
and satin. They are extremely cool and
comfortable in summer, and quite warm
IN the colder part OF the year.
When trousers are worn the dress skirts
are usually cut much shorter than usual,
so as to display the lower part of the leg
from the ankle downward. On very gala
occasions the white stockings and ankle
cuffs are replaced by those Of finer mate
rails and far greater cost, the former being
made of silk, and the latter being rigid
boards embroidered in brilliant colors, but
in such tints and patterns as to afford
bright contrast to the robes above it. The
sash is also used in the east, but is not so
popular as with us western barbarians. It
is generally fringed at the ends, and these,
as far as wealthy people are concerned, are
handsomely embroidered.
EDNA SANDFoRD.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23

never called upon Chinese or Japanese
lady with whom / was on terms of init
macy but what coveted some if not all
! of her wearing apparel. In their bou-
doris they are pictures Of physical content
and happiness.
Oriental clothes-and it is true for both
men and women-are based upon absolute
common sense. In the first place, the
waist is never CONSTRUCTED. The corset
stay or tight fitting garment is un-
! known. A woman can eat and drink with
out feeling uncomfortable, and can stoop
and touch her toes without difficulty. As
a consequence she enjoys a health and
strength that affords an unpleasant con-
trast to what is enjoyed by her more civil
lied sister
What is of almost equal Importance is
that the clothes of women in the east hang
from the shoulders There is little or no
weight upon the waist or hips. Even when
a belt is worn it is almost always loose
girdle attached to a robe, somewhat SINH
lar to the silver belts worn by our girls
two and three years ago. In many cases
the girdle is permanently affixed to the
dress, and is practically portion of that
garment. Mrs. Jenness- Miller in her most
imaginative moments has never devised
more hygienic article of raiment than that
worn by the wealthy women of the orient.
Outside of the sanitary value of eastern
clothing it has the additional excellence
of beauty, richness and elegance. recall
a visit to the wife of one of the richest
Cinnamon in southern California where l
was allowed the privilege of seeing good
part of her wardrobe. As with us her I'M
dor re nodo Of ha fctl
but were sewed and not woven, and the
threads instead of being stiffened or glazed
were left in their natural soft condition.
Whether it was the nature of the raw silk,
or of some process used in the manufactur-
ing, cannot say, but the undershirts felt
as soft in my hands as the finest woven
English merino. Over this she wore a
gown, which was held by shoulder straps,
leaving the arms bare, and being cut down
a reasonable length both in the front and
back. 1t was brought in close to the figure
at the waist by darts, and came to little
below the knees
The material was pale pink satin,
brocaded with figures of slightly diff
ferent hue, and embroidered upon the
shoulder straps, around the neck, down
the front and around the bottom. The
embroidery was done with silk floss of diff
ferent colors and gold and silver bullion
thread, and was made to represent vines
interspersed with blossoms. The flowers
that were yellow in part or whole had this
color represented in the gold, and those
which were white in silver. The gown was
strong and durable, very light and loosely
enough woven to allow the air to blow
through it. Over this was the outer gown,
which was shaped very much like New
market, with the front flaps turned back.
The collar was a rolling one, quite deep.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23

flowers In the four corners were Tour
dragons, in what TO American eyes seemed
ludicrous attitudes One seemed to be
smelling some flowers. and sneezing over
them, second was picking blossoms, a
third was eating rosebuds and fourth
was apparently settling down for a nap.
For ordinary occasions she had silk shawls
either plain or slightly embroidered and
of different thicknesses. One shawl was
so heavy that it was either padded or else
made of several thicknesses of silk.
These shawls are worn according to the
weather-the light and diaphanous ones in
the dog days, and the heavy and padded
ones in the colder seasons. Besides the
padded shawl they use an ingenious gar
ment that we might ALMOST call a padded
or fur lined wrapper. The padded ones
suggest the heavy blouses worn by well to
do Cinnamon in December Tae fur lined
ones are greatly like the fur lined circulars
which were in fashion few seasons ago.
The Chinese use larger variety of furs
and skins than the European races. They
not only employ all the furs familiar to
us, but go so far as to use the skins of pup
pies, kittens, rats, mice, lambs, kids.
squirrels, monkeys, yak and awrochs In
1act III may Oe IfuJnluIly Shlu lHaI bneTe ID
hardly any animal, wild or domesticated,
but whose skin is employed for wearing sp-
parel by the thrifty Mongolian people.
Feather trimmed garments such as were
worn by the Aztec mobiles are not uncom-
mon.
Some other dresses that this Chinese
lady owned were what might be called court
robes, if women of that land were ever al
lowed in court society. In nearly all of
these garments the basis material was a
heavy silk of a bright blue, green. gold,
scarlet, purple or orange On each was
embroidered design SO large as to cover
almost every spare inch of the surface.
This embroidery contained large amount
of silver and gold, which varied from about
one-tenth to pine-tenths of all that was
used. One suit consisted of three pieces-a
cape, a vest and a skirt. The vest came
down very low in front, and was cut so as
to form projecting angles at the sides. The
cape was cut almost to the knee, and ter
minated in points which touched each
other in front, while the flaps at the neck
were about a foot apart. The sleeves were
cut like huge wings or sans, with curv-
ing flare from the shoulder to the end.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23
The NeW Game

The climax in golf has come in Eng
land. 1t is not simply men who work
chiefly with their bra ns-judges, clergy
men, artists, journs lists, members OF
parliament and nocelists-that have
taken TO 1t almost IN mssse, and are
never weary of singirg its praises as the
sole perfect cure for dyspepsia, the mea-
grims and worry. Young athletes are
abandoning cricket and football for golf.
and are competing with each othe~ as to
who can drive the longest bali. --Ex-
change.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23
BETTER Protecrion for L-ssnrs.

In recent English divorce case it
was stated that a certain letter of an
eminently confidential character was
opened and read in the kitchen. The
simple procedure was to hold the en-
velope over boiling kettle and relax
the gum. That should be a warning to
everybody who does not wish his private
correspondence to become the talk of his
servants. The wonder is that so many
persons are contented with the modern
envelope. Made with thick paper and
bad gum, it often flies open even with
out the assistance of boiling kettle.
Letters should be protected with wax
seal.-San Francisco Argonaut.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23
THE covEs or GRAIL

The moon White waters wash End leap.
The dark tide foods the coFes Of Crail;
Sound. sound he lies In dresmle0 sleep
Nor hears the sea wind wall
The pals gold OF his oozy locks
Doth hither drift and thither wave;
His thin hands pissh against TIE rocks
Bis white lips n0thinS crave
Afar away she laughs and sings
A song he loved, q wild sea strain
OF how the nerInen weave their rings
Upon the reef set main
Sound, sound he hes in dresmless sleep
Nor hears the sea wind wall
Tho with the tide his white hands creep
Amid the coves of Grail
William Sharp in New York independent
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23
Highest Meteorological stations.

The highest point at which regular
meteorological observations are made is
on a 300 foot peak of the Peruvian
Andes. Harvard college maintains an
observatory in Colorado at an altitude
of but 200 feet less than the above. The
station on Pixies peak is pushed up IA, 100
feet into the rarifed atmosphere of Col
orado also. In Europe there are but two
stations at any considerable height, they
being 10, 900 and Il 900 feet respectively.
ST. JCriS = --
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23
Well Preserved blankets

Hon. Moses Tenney, of Georgetown,
state treasurer, and receiver general from
1856 to 1861, sleeps between blankets
woven by his wife's mother 100 years
ago. The blankets have been in use the
greater part of the time since they were
-aade, and are in remarkable state of
preservation. Mr.. Tenney is nearing
iourscore years, and is remarkably active
for one so old.-Haverhill Bulletin.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23
Prepared for the Conductor Now,

The Utah friends of United States Sena
tor J. P. Jones, of Nevada, have presented
him with gold headed cane, the handl
of which contains compartment larg
enough for the storage of 100 five cen
pieces. The reason for the queer gift wa
the announcement some time ago that Mr.
Jones was expelled from street car be
cause he had not with him the nickle re
quired for fare. His friends propose ths
he shall go loaded" hereafter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23

In our time the third finger is usually
the one on which the engagement ring
Is placed. also the wedding ring, some
belief possibly existing in rhe old super
stition thar vein ran directly from this
part OF the left hand 10 the heart