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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05

A children's party, and the twins not in
they expected to be invited, but from the
bitter fact that they lived near enough to
( re great house to see the gayety though
they were not in it,
Their own house was a tiny cottage, to
which they had just moved, and really the
only reason why they were not at the party
was that nobody had had time to realize
that there were some new children in the
neighborhood.
All the afternoon they stood by the fence,
peering across the meadow and watching
the little forms of happy guests fitting
about the lawn. Evening came, and they
were silent with delight over the Chinese
lanterns in the shrubbery.
"OhI' cried Lulu in an ecstasy, as their
mother came out to look with them, such
lovely, lovely hghtsl If we could only be
there and see them close toll"
But we must be contented," said mann
ma cheerfully. IF we're not invited we
must find happiness at home"
II don't think can be happy till the
party is over" said Lulu, in sad decision.
"See how light and bright it is there and
how dark we are"
Little Agnes had been looking up to the
clear summer heaven, and then down at the
meadow where firehies were swarming.
Don't you mind, Lulu" she said in her
little soft voice, we've got the stars and the
freflies anywayp'-Youth's Companion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05
CONFIDENTIAL.

A very delicate compliment was lately
bestowed by dog lover upon the intelli-
gence of his Skye terrier. The owner of
the dog was sitting in his Office, apparently
alone, when an acquaintance entered.
'-Ulad to find yoa alone" said the visitor,
'because have a confidential communi-
cation to make to you, which no one else
must hear"
Hold on a minute" said the other,
checking him; and then he called out.
Here, Spotr'
4 small terrier crawled out from under
the table, wsgging his tail.
$50 ont, Spot, said his master.
The dog went out.
"Now then" said the owner, "you may
90 on with your confidential communica-
ton. We are aloner'-Youth's Companion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05

There is Frenchman in this town who
twice week goes to Bowery bay fishing.
He does not care for striped bass or sea
bass or founders or any of the game that
fishermen usually seek. His prey is the
despised "sea robin" Very often he pulls
up seventy-fve or hundred. What does
he do with themf He told elrious fellow
fisherman the other day that he split open
the robins heads and took therefrom GER
tain portion of the fishes brain. These his
wife prepares with oil, and the Frenchman
asserts that they make dish At for those
reputedly fnical epicures the gods. The
brains of tho mullet are esteemed deli
cacy, but the mullet Is universally eaten,
while the sea robin is not.-New York
Times.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05
Mexican Hairegses.

1t is considered disgrace for Mexican
lady to earn her own living. The men do
the cooking and male servants do the
Homework. If young lady should learn
stenography and typewriting or should
try in any manner to earn her own living
she would be ostracised from society.
There are many heiresses there, and there
are many Mexican adventures who make
their living marrying them. They are
handsome, indolent spendthrifts, and the
ladies fall In love with them.
A Mexican woman's beauty fades early,
and when wealthy heiress marries one of
these men she never lives long. 1 don't
know why. When she dies her husband
invariably marries another wealthy girl.
call to mind one man in the City Of Mexi-
co who married three heiresses in quick
succession. He became one of the richest
men in that part Of the country, but what
q spendthrift he wasl Once he visited the
United States, and at every city he stopped
instead of writing home he would teie-
graph long messages, hundreds Of words.
At one place his telegraph bill was 5000.
This is but sample Of his extravaganza.
Kansas City Times.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05
,uyt oave m.ue . vsry oecp Impression.

must nave mzue q very oecp Impression.
hr. Gladstone reminded them that they
belonged to the favored half Of the human
race, that they were eweet and lovely be-
cause they were women, and that their
very presence was sunshtns 10 tia world.
He iran over" the achievements Of their
sisters and their mothers, admitted the i'm
provements their industry and earnsstnsss
had broughs about, and predicted even
greater and better changes. Then be be-
came very emphatic, and jerking his right
arm away back let fly powerful blow 1t
tho strong minded grenaoier women Of the
age.
81 do not believe IN the unsexed women,
and am not in sympathy with the rnascu-
line women. The destiny Of the advanced
woman is doubtful The blue stocking,
the business woman and the female politi-
clan is q superfuity." BE referred to the
saloon raiders IS unlovely, called thu polit-
ical reformers his 'shrieking sisters" and
numbered the female bull fighters and
female leaguers" among thu intolerable
evils Of society. His observation led him
to believe that "the greatest need Of the
world Is home women and home girls to
make that sacred spot beautiful, whole
some, lovely" He thought the world too
big and too bad for any one club, one
organization or one community to reform
Home Is little place, and there q good
woman can make a heaven, rear q throne
and reign a goddess In concluding this
wise old parliamentarian said, shading his
eyes with his hand and looking toward
Mrs Gladstone, whe listened attentively
and applauded with approving smiles; Il
H% hafo affa
or affects To alter fundamentally the rela-
ton which the Almighty himself has es-
tablished, the design Of whioh he has
marked out in our constitutions and ca
pacities, or which draw women out of their
own sphere, would eves succeed"
Some of his views are most diso0uraging.
He has ''the greatest adnnirataon for the
woman who has done something in any
line, provided she kept away from the pub
lie" but has yet to meet tho heroine Of a
career who Ii not braEen or tiresome. "It
Is not her fs.lt," he says, 'Tbut the result
Of contamination. No one can elbow the
street crowd witAout losing some Of the
sweetness wepr!De 10 woman" He thinks
that the gain thaA comes from the outer
worid-from tho shop, the rostrum and the
public procession--is more than overpow-
cred by the loss Of modesty, gentleness,
faith and wonaDly dignity.
When asked what women should do he
said: Marry, make homes, mind their
children, keep the honeymoon from eclipse
and keep off the street. Amy reforms they
want TO make should be made through the
husband"
When told that all women could no.
marry he said: "It is their own fault, then.
A sweet woman cannot be resisted, which
means that too many Of our girls are being
educated and trained on a wrong basis
London Letter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05
EIeepfnH Wonders.

There seems to be no limit to the won
ders displayed by the human subject while
sleeping. Condorcet, the mathematician,
solved one of his most difficult problems
while ssleep-a problem, too, which puzzled
him during his waking hours. A professor
of theology in the University Of Basic once
wrote a sermon while asleep; he found it
on his desk next morning. The preceding
night he could not grapple with the sub
ject as he desired, but the performance Of
his sleeping hours was quite satisfactory.
Coleridge, the dreaming philosopher, com
posed "Kubla Khan" while fast asleep.
Next morning he was sure that there had
been an acquisition to his literature, but
was too negligent to write the stanzas. A
few days afterward he attempted to recall
the verses, but they had in most part fled;
the poem as 1t now stands is but a frag-
ment.-St. Louis Republic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05

gree, q wu1oerruI ana znenaole someCnIng
that nssd only be invoked to produce al
most any result that can be named This
spirit has, perhaps, hastened the march of
electrical Industries. but Il Is certainly I'M
worthy to encourage it. The sooper people
are brought to look upon electrical power
as only one Of the Prctean forms Of energy,
as subject TO known laws and quite trans
formable into other kinds Of energy, the
better for everybody concerned
To be sure, we do not know what cleo
tricity is; In fact, it Is quite probable that
It ls,.9t separate entity at all, but on the
otl,r hand we do not know what the force
we cail gravitation is. Yet the actions Of
both under given conditions can De fore
told with considerable ACCURACY, and per-
haps we should not be able to do Inuch
more with them if nature should yield up
her profound secrets and set the unquenoh-
able Curiosity Of man at rest. Look at
electric energy as force obedient to GER
tain laws, known and unknown, able to
accomplish much In sd1lful hands, but do
not imagine it as ready to do all sorts Of
marvellous things without any particular
method in its madness.-Electrical World.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05
Service.

Service is one of the conditions of society.
1t is due from all to all in different ways,
and the more fully and heartily it Is given
the more happily and permanently will
social life progress. So far from service
ever being mark Of degradation 1t is the
very mark of nobility, and he who refuses
to render it, whatever be his talents, or
power, or wealth, or education. is the true
object Of contempt 1t Is very often the
case that this service is bought and sold,
and, where the terms of the contract are
fair on both sides and honored by both, it
is as purely business matter as che pur-
chase of goods, their delivery and their
payment. There 10 no question of superb
GRITTY or inferiority, no mark Of authority
OF subsection in the one case any more
than in the other-New York Ledger.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05
Coura1eous Twin Tots,

Two tiny tots-twins-sbout years old,
were the cynosure Of many eyes one day at
the foot of'West One Hundred and Fifty
fifth street because Of the wonderful
courage they displayed and the antics they
cut up warle bathing with their father.
The little ones were dressed in bathing
suits made of striped ticking, and bevy
of young ladies who watched them de-
clared they "were too cute for anything. 1"
Standngeon float, side by side, hrst one
and then the other would dive headlong
into water ten feet deep. neither Of them
being able to swim a stroke, and their
father would catch them rs they arose TO
the surface, laughing and anxious for an
otherpiunge> They kept up their antics for
some time, TO the great delight OF esIite r
crowd of onlookers, who spplauded the
tots forttheir fearlessness.-New York Tel
eQrRua.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05
Facts on Mist.

An investigation into the frequency Of
mist by DR.. Cremser, Of Berlin, has proved
somewhat unsuccessful on account Of lack
of recorded observations. He finds, how
ever, that the maximum amount Of mist
except at such stations as those on the
coast of the North sea, on islands and on
mountains-occurs in the months of No
vember and December. About 10 per cent.
of the years mist, as a rule, falls In autumn
and winter, 90per cent In spring and 10 per
oent. in summer. Mountain stations have
the greatest number of misty days. In
winter mist is most frequent in the morn
ing, and in summer occurs only in the
morning Traveller.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05
& Pilot'a Life.

The Iife.of pilot Is filed with delightful
uncertainties. He is Like a sealed bottle
tossed on the waves Of the ocean. He may
be picked up in a day, and he may be car
ried over the sea for more than a week be-
fore somepAssing steamer comes to rescue
him" A pilot boat left New York pre-
pared,for'a two weeks cruise. Within ten
hours from tho time she left the bay she
was back at Staten Island, all her pilots
having been taken of by incoming steam
ers. Sheput to sea again and started up
tho coast One of her stations is at New
port, and she reached there eleven days
after herseoond start, having cruised all
over the ocean between New York and
Newport without having sighted single
steamer.-Sew York Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05
Gold Absoybed bv Rubber.

The burnt rubber used for the final pol
ishing Off of the gold lettering. etc, is sim
ply India rubber which has been subjected
TO peculiar fire process that makes it
very spongiose and absorbent. So remark
able is its latter quality that chunk of it
as big as three of your fingers will take up
more than SIS worth Of gold in its pores.
When, after some months Of use, such 8
piece of burnt rubber Il loaded with all the
gold that it viii comfortably carry, it is
sent, with a lot Of others In the same con-
dition, to the mint 20 be assayed.-Wash-
ipgton Star
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05
WOMAN:

Fairsr than an the fantasies thai dart
Adovn the dreams OF cur fnest favored saesp
Thy perfect form. since E1eAe cay, doth keep
The constant paftsfa ct psrfect arti
Yet more tnast We admire tsf better part
The spirft streng to esaiae wAen osaers weep
And veIl know re who sad Rfe's ocean deep
There is no haven like wonan's heart.
Thus, often weary ere the strife Il won,
Tired Of my task, nay bead faL0 would lay
In some good Iady's lap as did the Dane"
And watch the action Of tho world 20 on,
knowing tits but q play within o play,
The hssstng porti0n Of euand1sz plan
C. Il CEandan indippiacottS Magazine
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05
Tradeswomen in the French Quarter.

Half dozen trades in which women are
chiefly employed are concentrated in the
French quarter. Here are the paper box
factories, the artificial flower makers, the
feather curriers' and the cap makers. In
most of these trades the busy season is a
short one. during which skilled workers
make good wages. Some girls, however,
work at all the trades, and are thus kept
busy the greater part of the year. 1t is
still the ambition OF the New York work
ing girl TO be married, as is shown by the
fact that most Of the girls in these trades
are below IS years Of age, and that, too, in
spite of the marked advantage in wages
thAs comes of long experience in the Same
trAdey-New York Letter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05
A Pertinent Question.

For the third time little Tommy Figg
had asked his father what was the cause
of the Desert of Sahara Finally the old
gentleman laid down his paper and
answered: II reckon it was formed when
the Iraeltes lost their sand. And If you
don't quit asking me so many questions
I'll see that your mother puts you TO bed
before get home hereafter" But, pa,
how can you see her put me to bed if abe
puts me to bsd before You get homer
And that question was Tommys last
for that evening. -Occident
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05
Bread Tally.

In Philadelphia, not forty years ago,
they still kept the old dread tally" Did
you ever hear of it' never did until this
young grandmother told me Of it. The
customers had tive pieces Of wood, two or
three feet long, fastened together by the
ends, so that they were about an inch
apart. When the baker came with the
bread he would put a third rod between
the other two rods, and with file make a
notch on the three. He kept the middle
rod, and both parties keep accurate &C
counts Of their business. In Canada the
habitans still keep their accounts in this
way.-Julian Ralph in Chatter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05
eLAosToNIAN VIEWS OF WOMAN.

The Statesman Has Se Admiration for
the "Unsexed" sisterhocd.
At the ffty-frst anniversary Of their
marriage Mr.. and Mrs. William Gladstone
invited lot Of the Burlington high scr i
girls 20 have an ice with them On the lawn
The girls went IN their presttess white
frocks. thsir brightest ribSons aad sweet
est smiles, and after congratulations
formed q circle about the venerable states
man sad held him captive for school
girl speech"
What those pretty British maidenshkarl
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05

A library exclusively intended for wo-
men will shortly be opened at Turin
The rooms are elegantly furnished, and
the tables viii be covered with al the
best periodicals. and newspapers that can
interest female readers. while the best
modern books win FL the shelves.
Turin will be the first Italian city that
can boast of such library.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05
The Value Of Diversity in Work.

As no man is fit to be a specialist who
has not broad culture independent Of his
speciality, so no man can perform the best
intellectual labor in his own department
vhe docs not extend his labors beyond IL,
making forays into new countries, whence
he will almost always return laden with
spoils which he can utilize IN his own prop
el sphere Of servioe.-PrOfessoF A P. Pea
body In Forum
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05
Diamond Went Up 3 Plume.

A Brunswick man who was the owner Of
a fine diamond stud was cleaning it in
front Of the stove recently when some of
the bystanders attracted his attention. In
turning round the diamond slipped from
his fingers and few in the stove The stove
wss Immediately cleaned out, but no trsce
OF the diamond could be found Probably
he viii clean the rest of his diamonds in
front Of the register rather than the cook
stove.-Bsngor News.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05
Legislative Reform.

Bezumby-I think il would be a good
idea TO have Congressman elected in dupI-
cate
Mr.. Gilhooly-What fori
Bezumby-So that one could monkey
with politics while the other attended 70
business.-Texas Siftings
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05
Siderostat.

Siderostat was an apparatus constructed
by NJ Leon Foucealt shortly before his
death, Feb. II, 1855, for Observing the Hight
of tbs stars In precisely che same way In
which the hight Of the sun may be stndied
in the camera obscara. 1t e0n<tsts Of .
mirror moved by cloekwork. and . fixed
objective glass for concentrating The rays
into focne.-Boston BUDGET
Nothing can be found more beneficial for
your darkening locks than q daily sun
bath The enviahle golden hne Is much
more apt to be secured in this way than By
artificial means. Il is also said that in fol-
lowing out this plan Of bleaching the hair
il will keep it from turning gray.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05
A Nuisancc Out Of the way.

Bronson Ito his next door neighbor(-I
wish had your voice, SquswkeF.
Squswker (hatteredl-Do your
Bronson-fes, / do II / had it it
wouldn't annoy the neigh1Urs. West
Shore
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05
Inn Popular Idea of TIectricfrv.

One of the chief ends of popular electrical
education Is to eliminate certain sort OF
credulity. The popular idea Of electricity
Is to look upon il as a mysterious force,
coming from nowhere in particular, doing
very nnarty what ii pleases, and equally
able to produce q spark and a general dis
ruption Of the universe. There is a ten
dency on the part Of certain people TO con-
template il As an African does his gree
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05
A Work of Art

Caller examining new landscape paint
ing-That is an American scene, is it not'
Mrs. Struckile-Yes, but the artist
didn't know word Of EERiish--New York
Weakly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05

For curling liquid dissolve two ounces
borax and one dram gum arabic in one
quart Of boiling water, with three table
spoontuls Of strong camphor. Keep in q
bottle and vet the hair when you curl or
friz it This is said to keep the hair in curl
IN damp, dog day weather.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05

In lighting keroseDe lamp never touch
the wick with the match, As it has a ten
dency 10 roughen or spread L. Keep the
wick turned down below the top OF the
burner, except when in actual Use, IL ron
would not have OIL On the outside Of the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05

The proposal of the Postofhce Depart
ment 70 furnish ladies with small and deli
safely tinted postal cards for their own
use is indicative of failure TO appreciate
the pecuhsr4ties Of the feminine CORE
spondeRt. She may like deliostely tinted
card, but the small card would be an
determination in her eyes, for she does not
know what il is to limit herself in the
matter of epistolAry observation-disclosures
Rree P-rzs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05

Mrs. Susan Rhode Cutter. professor in
Biddle college, North Carolina took the
IAtin prize in that same college when
student Mrs. Cutter Is handsome wo-
man under 80, and has given 80 much tine
20 Greek that men have been left out Of
her hookS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05

The Daughters Of RebskAh of Naomi
lodge, of Topeka, have opened free dis
pensAry in the rooms OF the Kansas Medi-
cal college They are completely organ
lied under the laws OF the state, with
power TO receive requests amounting to
s1oo 600
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05
Doc General BanIsfr0, Collecting
and Brokerage business.

Eastern and Foeeign Exchange
bought and sold. United States bSnds
Of all determinations bought and sold
County Township and Municipal
honda hanRkA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05
DIRECTORS.

g h Kohn. A. " oif-.r " " Levy l. A Wal
ton. ]. TFttie. ,. y sss@.F.Aa1sr. ". p Take
j hz BaviesSz. :. G RGtAa.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-05

Yards ~ wichita. MAyseid. WcillnE
ton. Harper, Attiea- Garden Plain.
Anthony, Arkansas City, AEdzIs GEd
Hawai-