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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-22
Murderer Edwards straneIed.

YAzoo CITY, Miss, Nov. 2l.-Dorsey
Edwards, colored, was hanged here this
morning at II o'clock for the murder of
his wife on Sept. last.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-22
ENGINEERED BY GOULD.
An Alliance Formed Between In
terests Controlling Many West
ern Lines

An Alliance Formed Between In.
terests Controlling Many West
ern Lines.
New YORK, Nov. 21.-It is stated this
afternoon that an alliance has been
formed between the interests repre-
sented by George c. Magoun, of Kidder.
Peabody & Co., Jay Gould, c. P. Hunt
ington and the Standard Oil partv. bv
which all the railroads owned or con-
trolled by them, individually or Jointly.
will be operated together practi-
cally under Gould's direction. This
alliance includes the Southern Pa
cific. Union Pacific, Missouri Pa
iific, Northern Pacific. Atchison. Wa
bash, Kansas & Texas, Texas Pacific
and many other roads. 1t is also said
that Gould is trying to force the holders
of Rock Island either to sell their stock
around its present price or to join hands
with the other roads IN the alliance.
The Burlington and Chicago Sy Alton
will act with the allied roads i'm what
ever steps may hereafter be taken. but
there are fears that the Vanderbilts
may be angry at the loss of their traffic
contract with the Union Pacific, and
may refuse to join. If the Vanderyilts
and the roads controlled by j. Pierre
pont Morgan can be brought in, a meet
ing of the bankers and railroad presi-
dents of all the roads in the country will
be called, anew association formed, and
then an immediate and material ad-
vance in all railroad rates will at once
be ordered.
1t Affects the VanderbiIts.
The rumor that was most agitating
the street to-day was the alliance be-
tween George c. McGoun, Jay Gould.
c. p. Huntington and the Rockefeller
faction to operate all the railroads CON
trolled by them. Z is known that the
vanderr.sIIts have traffic contract with
!ne Union Pacific. which furnishes a
western outlet. The contract is of vast
Importance. and an absolute necessity
to the Vanderbilt system. Chauncey
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-22
Movements of steamships.

QUEENSTOWN - Arrived: Wyoming, from
New York, for Liverpool.
NEW YoRK-Arrived: Rugea, from Ham,
burg; Nederland and Norrdland, from Ant
werp; State of Indiana, from Glasgow;
Rugea, from Hamburg.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-28

The Importance of neat and tasteful
house dressing cannot be overestimated.
The matron who appears before the MEM
bers of the family in a shabby soiled wrap
per and makes the excuse, if indeed she
takes the trouble to make one at all, that
lit is so much more comfortable" mas lit
tie idea of the possible consequence of such
a course Could she but realize that her
dress is an evil example 70 her daughters,
and one productive Of consequences that
will reach far beyond her own span of life
that her husband and sons cannot fail to
draw comparisons between her dress and
that of the ladies they meet in other
homes, and that these comparisons cannot
fail to decrease their respect for her, she
might be induced to give more attention
TO her personal appearance.
Not even the burden of care and con-
slant employment can furnish a sufficient
excuse for careless personal habits, for few
things are more important to the well be-
ing of a family. There is an old saying to
the effect that an untidy mother has DISC
bedient children, and while neither parents
nor children may realize the why or where
fore Of it, yet there is always a lack of re-
spect and an indifference TO the authority
of mother who takes no pride in her per
sonal appearance.
And it is not the mother alone upon
whose shoulders rests the burden of re
sponsibllity for home neatness and order
in dress; the father mas his duties to look
after as well, and should never fail to in
sist upon the younger members of the fam
lily presenting themselves with well kept
hands, clean faces, neatly brushed hair
and orderly dress, at least at every meal
where the family assembles.-Christian
Leader
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-28
Pay of German SERVANTS.

Servant girls in Germany get almost
nothing Your aunt tells me she pays big
wages and her girl gets thirty-two marks
a quarter Think of it-SlO4 for three
months; and in this country they are In
deed servants in every sense OF the word;
they do work for which we employ men.
When coal or wood is bought for the win
ter they have TO shovel OF throw Il into the
cellar, or carry II In, il the cellar Is in the
back part Of the house. II woman goes
TO the depot she takes her baggage there
for her, and when she returns at OF 10
o'clock at night her girl meets her and
carries her baggage for her All through
Germany ladies can go 70 the theatre un-
attended by gentlemen; the performance
begin at or ESQ p. n. and close at 10
o'clock The servant girl meets them az the
theatre and sees them homs.-Cor. Indian
apolis Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-28
Japanese Women Ut PRAYER.

In the big cities Of Japan on almost
every Summer evening there is pilgrim
age to some sanctuary or other-sometimes
in honor of a god so ancient that nobody
remembers exactly his role in the world
After business of all kinds, with its bar
gains aud barJers, has been suspended,
after the innumerable petty trades have
stopped their monotonous noise, when the
myriads of little houses and shops begin
to put up their light shutters, the women
dress themselves, ornament their hair with
their most extravagant pins, and set out,
holding at the end of flexible sticks great
painted lanterns. The streets are filed TO
overfowing with their little persons, ladies
or mousmis, walking slowly in sandals and
exchanging charming courtesies-
With an immense muTmur of fiuttering
fans, of rustIing silks and Of laughing
chatter, at dusk, by the light of she moon
or beneath the starry night they ascend 70
the pagoda, where gigantic gods with hor-
rible masks await them, half hidden be
hind bars Of gold, in the incredible mag
nifcence Of the sanctuaries. They throw
pieces Of money to the priests, they pray
Frustrated and clapping their hands with
sharp blows, "clack, e.sck," as though
their fingers were Of wood. But most OF
the time they are chsttering, turning
round, thinking of something else, at
tempting 10 escape by laughter from the
fear of the uperLG1ursl.-Pierre Lott in
EArper's.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-28
ChiIdren's Eating.

Some parents compel their children %
eat against their viii. az when they come
TO the breakfast table without an appetite,
or have lost IN prospect Of a visit or ride,
OFFER the sake of eating their plates
clean" ia discOurager1snt q vsstefu hab-
its. Unless We are thirsty yve cannot driak
the pur-sst spring water without aversion,
and as for eating when there II 10 appetite
1t Is reyolring, a. any oos may prove TO
h.nnseh by attempting 20 take a second
meal IN twenty n iuutes after having eaten
a regular dinner. The appeti;e. the hun
ger, is excited by the presence % gastric
juice about tte stomach. but II there Is no
gastric juice there can be 70 hunger, no
appetite. and 20 compel child 20 swallow
food when il % distsst-ful j. Al absurdity J
and cruelty. Halls journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-28
Let Your Servant Alone.

Any girl who has brains enough 10 make
satisfactory servant will devise her own
ways of doing things, and they win be the
best ways, simply because they are her
own Some mistresses are unwise in ex-
acting too much of a servant in this regard.
The wise mistress should temper her de
mands with discretion, and should demand
of her servants simply that rcsr hs should
tit her wishes. Let a servant choose her
own methods of producing that result. and
both result and servant will be better for
1t. 1t really doesn't matter 10 mistress
whether cook puts pepper or salt first in
the soup, if the soup is equally good either
way; or whether she gathers mp the silver
first or the glass, when she clears the din
ner table, if neither silver nor glass suffers
at her hands. Insist that servant shall
produce the result you want, wise mistress,
but let her get that result in the way that
is best suited to her individuallty.-New
York Evening Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-28
OIt.DI O..O.
II an oyster has a black veil on its sur
face il is a male

II an oyster has black veil on its sur
face it is a male
There is an old school house at Penwsll,
Vt, in which Presidents Garfield and
Arthur acted as teachers.
In China less than 10000 officials suffice
to rule. in a most perfect manner, one
third of the worlds inhabitants.
The imperial court of Leipsic, which is
now the supreme tribunal in Germany,
has just given judgment in case which
has been proceeding for nearly 200 years.
The initiation fee of Sorosis, the noted
woman's club of New York, is S25-annual
dues S.. Admission is by ballot, and it
takes five black balls to keep out an appli-
can't.
On Nov. s, 1853, the First Presbyterian
Chinese church was organized in San Fran
CISCO The church still stands, although
very few almond eyed Celestials have ever
discovered it.
Some German newspapers are venerable
with age. The Frankfort Journal is 26l
years old, the MaSdeburg Zeitung is 212
years old. and ninety-eight others are over
100 years old.
III I1ahOkO"s Culuas WHICH,, Win tLt
surrounding districts. has q population Of
probably 1000. 900 inhabitants, there i, on
the average. only one case of murder in
thirty-four years.
There are growing on farm in San An
tonic, Cal, two large fg trees that are as
old as the state. They are thirty feet in
height, have a very large spread, and are
marvels of productiveness-
In Albany. Ga, a policeman having been
refused free admission to e theatrical PEI
formsnce, the chief OF police summoned his
entire force and took them all into the
opera house, regardless of doorkeepers.
The most expensive legislature in the
world IS that of France. II costs annually
about s.. coo. 600. The Spanish parliament
costs $50. 600 the Italian, s430. coo, the
Belgian, $40. coo; the Portuguese, $l5O.oo
The favorite food Of the Sandwich Isl
anders is the flesh OF the Mexican hairless
dog. 1t is said TO taste like spring chicken
and is considered a great dainty. These
dogs are raised in large numbers and fat
tened for the market.
There are nearly fifty thousand coloTes
people in New York city. Some Of them
have built up fortunes in real estate specD
lRtion. One Of them accumulated 81 e.
tate worth s10o. .0ooin the catering business
A number are worth $500. COO each
The Pima Indians. who live in thztchei
huts on the banks Of the River Gila, in the
South Arizona mountains, antedate the
white nan - America hy many yeSrs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-28

New ORLEANS. Dec 27-The Times
Democrat Lum berton, Miss, special says:
Davidson, a small town one and half
miles below here, was the scene of a fatal
shooting aifray this afternoon about 3
O'Clock, in which four men were shot, one
being killed instantly and two others ia
tally wounded. The trouble originated
from a fight at a party on Christmas eve
night, near Red Top, between four men,
+. Il. Favre. o. Parker, Neal Stohan and
John Hickman. Favre fired on the crowd
killing Parker and wounding the other
two. Favre was arrested and placed in
Ellisville Jail for safe keeping by i. +.
Cooke, justice of the peace of district No. l.
Justice Of the Peace j. NJ. Smith, of dis
trict No. ,, dispatched Deputy Sheriff w.
w. ) OcSville, with the necessary ps pers,
to obtain Eavre's release on $500 bond.
Sheriff Shiver's upon hearing of his re
lease, summoned his deputies and came to
Davidston on a local freight to rearrest
Favre. just as the train came TO "A halt
The filing began. Favre was killed in
ytantly. Sheriff ShiverS was shot tl rough
The left lung, and Deputy Sheriff 7 r.
White was shot in the left side, the ball
passing through and coming out on the
other side. The two sheriffs were brought
10 this place, where they are receiving the
best attention. The wounds of both are
pronounced fatal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-28
Inst Plain Clean.

A pretty little woman said with sigh,
ss she laid down a fresh list Of axioms for
beautifying the person: ''It is just enough
TO wear any one ell out 10 follow half the
directions written now to make you beau
tiful. I've tried them ali. I've used vase
line and glycerine, acid, cocoanut oil and
almond paste, rosewater and lemon Juice.
l have bathed in boiling water and ice
water and in tepid water and in milk and
water. l have washed my face in towel
OF the toughest crash | could buy and
rubbed my very cuticle Off in my struggles
to follow out the directions, and have
half washed it, as | would bit of porce-
lain, with the softest, finest flannel could
buy. think the worst of all was when
didn't wash it at all for while, because
some one said the hard water here In New
York would cause wrinkles, so | wiped il
off with one thing and another as long as
l could bear il, when my husband sug-
gested that try just keeping plain clean
for while, and do you know haven't
had particle of trouble since New
York Letter
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-28

According 90 a luIu nous fashion Of the
age every article wcftlsh wears shoffld
exhsle subtle fragraBcta and 10 secure
this end sachets may d Kept fn all the
bureau and cbidoplsI dsa5eU aud hung
on the hooks of the AMOR where her dresses
are Kept. Therefore q charming present
to prepare for fashion, bic friend 5 accept
anee would be a set of stchets fitted 70 the
bureau drawers. The can Re made OF
silkaline IA thin material that resembles
silk or Of thin India nlS. They should 6e
double and stuffed wiki cotton thoroughly
sprinkled with violet o. other sache; pow
der. As each woTn=n - aer sSecisl fancy
in the matter. Il womb be vel 20 End oct
the preferred perfume sEd Ee.ec; il FOR this
use
After the large sschcs are finished they
should be tzckcl, Ike comfortable, with
one o. two xix s-lt-E-s 80 each tAckinz
A handS0mer oEs r.. BE sane kind nay
accompany the Ot-.t-t. - G-se a. a bureau
cover. his nusr be Of SIX, aod little
ooE OF narrow r165on can b tied az each
point Of tsckinE The edge should be fa-
ished with a ro~ of box plated ribbon
and a. eaeh end fall q plated white lace
can - sdded TIE perfume szould Be
even more l4vi-hly ased on the st1fang
than upon tie sachets 20 b kept in The
drawers. for exposure 70 the air sxbz1sts 5t
sooner.-Mrs- " &. HunEsrford
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-28
The Advantage Of Being a Woman.

remember one Saturday mornings a line
of about twenty irate women were kept
waiting while the cashier told me what
certified check was / hadn't one and
didn't want one, but as | saw the name up
l thought | would ike TO know what it
was. OF course knew it wasn't anything
to eat or drink, but thought it had some
thing to do with the marriage ceremony
on account Of its being certified. / am not
exactly clear about it yet, though the
cashier brought all his brain power 10 bear
upon me, and smiled my sweetest and
said, How nice!" and when | went home
and told the family about it the masculine
part of it called me delightful idiot, but
again announced that they would like 10 see
any cashier in New York take the time to
inform man about anything There are n
number of advantages attached 10 being a
woman; for one thing, you do get such
lot of informationl-New York Letter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-28
CHARACTER IN TEETH.

A short, white upper tooth. stumpy and
coarse in form, denotes brutality.
A slender upper front tooth, perfect in
shape, denotes spirituality and refinement,
A long, white and rather sharp upper
front tooth in man denotes intellectual
cruelty and coldness.
An upper front tooth whose crown has q
sharp sort of fretful turn to it denotes
peevishness in Il woman.
If the upper front teeth of a woman be
regular, well rounded and delicate in shape
it denotes a sweet disposition.
A well shaped upper front tooth that is
perceptibly too round in form denotes gen.
erosity to the point of lavishness.
The upper froat teeth of a fool are short,
stumpy, irregular and indented in the CEN
ter, indicative of hereditary insanity.
A large, gross, strong, well shaped upper
tooth, long and wide, denotes that the
owner is man full OF animal life and ten
Qerness.
4 won.7u whose upper front teeth are
nearly square, though of good shape, and
depressed in the center, can be put down
Is a flirt.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-28
ENnlNc nE A ROMANCE.

NEW YORK. Dec. 26.-The marriage of
Annie Brooke with Claude III. Brooke.
which took place at Adelaide, South Aus
tralia. on Christmas day, 1884, was an
nulled at the wife's request today, by
Justice Pratt, in the supreme court,
BROOKLYN, on the ground that Brooke had
a wife and family living in England. Mrs.
Brooke, who was Miss Annie Leaf, was
singing in an opera company in Australia
at the time of her marriage. Brooke was
stylish young English actor. The
couple came to this country and played
together at some of the theaters in this
city and vicinity. While they were
living in this city a burglar
broke into their rooms and carried off a
lot of things, including the Australian
wedding certificate. Last summer Mrs.
Brooke learned that her husband had a
wife living in England, and she visited
that country to make a personal lnvesti-
cation. She found the first wife and four
children living at 21 Dombey street, Liver
pool, and learned from her that Brooke's
real name is Robert T. johnson. They
were married late in the 70s, and soon after
the marriage he took his family to New
England, where he deserted them. Mrs.
Brooke No 2 brought back to America
copies of the marriage registry, containing
the record of the first marriage, and an
affidavit from the first wife Brooke did
not appear to defend the suit.
fr1ra in, FIfa G
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-28

Siies1a- Inc father. eesnizing the tai
ents Of his child, afforded unlimited oppor-
tunity for the development of her best
gifts. 1t is recorded that she made herself
mistress of the German, French. Italian
and Polish languages, and also made in
innate acquaintance with Latin. Greek
and Hebrew. We are also told that gen
eral culture kept pace with sbstruse stud
les, but, above all, her most earnest atten-
ton was given to mathematics and astron-
omy. They pre-eminentiy were her favor
ties.
In 1880 Maria Cunitz married a Dutch
physician, Elias de Loewen, who doubtless
sympathized fully in thescholarly instincts
and abilities of his wife, for it is recorded
that at one period during the Thirty Years
war her tables. published under the title
Of Urania Propitia sive Tabulae Asfrono-
mica, T" and which gave 70 their author a
widespread reputation, were prepared in a
polish convent, whittier they had taken
refuge to insure a needed degree of quiet.
-Harper's Bazar
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-28
A Girl,s Chances as Compositor.

A smart girl will be fairly good COM
positor in SIX months. This is on plain
work Table work and advertising is now
generally left 20 special compositors. Ia a
year you viii get ''the motion" and proba-
bly, reach the limit Of what you can do.
If on a weekly paper, you can earn from
s. TO s. per week. If on daily, you ought
70 earn from SO to $l4 Few girls. how
ever, are TO be found in the composing
rooms OF daily papers, especially OF morn
ing papers.
CompositOrs, as a class, carry a deep
fraternal spirit, and have a sort Of free
masonry among themselves. The great
majority are well educated, genteel in de
pertinent, and about the last thing they
would do would be 20 exhibit rudeness to
a girl trying 70 make living by working
with them. 1t j. longer hours than type
writing. but there is more money in it
Detroit Free Press
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-28
IN A SEWER.

MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi, Dec. 27-An en-
ploye of the city sewer department named
Gustav Larson had an experience yeSter-
day forenoon which will likely serve him
with excitement enough TO last the re-
mainder of his days, for the excitement in
question was nothing less than a wander
ing trip. accidental, of course through the
city sewers, with no light to show the
path, and very little encouragement in the
way of discovering a manhole from which
to escape from the none too pleasantly
adorned passageway. About 1890
in the morning Larson, accompanied by
two other members of the sewer gang,
raised the covering from a manhOle at
Twenty-seventh street and Lindale avenue
preparatory to making descent into the
sewer for an inspection and clearing a jam
which seemed to exist. That particular
psrtiOn of the sewer system is the main
line for Eighth ward residents, and is 66
inches in height. The employe made en-
trance to the sewer easy enough, his com
panions remains remaining above ground,
according to agreement, and in case of
being needed to complete the job. The
two, however, seemed to think their as
sstdnce would not he called into requi-
sition, and proceeded to walk about the
neighborhood. while the third member of
the party, having completed his inspec-
tion, endeavored to find the mauhole at
which he entered the sewer some distance
from the scene of bis task.
Alone and without the aid of light
Larson lost his bearings, and his shouts for
assistance brought no answer from the
men above ground. Finally becoming
scared at his situation, and realizing that
he might have a serious job in escaping
from the sewer. the man yelled frantically
for help, meanwhile keeping close look
out for manhole in the top of the passage.
There was no scarcity OF these, but the
height prevented an avenue from
that direction. After roaming about
for nearly two hours the man
noticed that the passaga was grow
ing less in height, and that he
could probably manage to push the man
hole covering from its place. An opportu-
nifty soon presented itself, and 10y the and
of the sewer walls, Larson reached terra
firma, but completely exhausted from the
poor ventilation and excitement of his
tramp, which was nearly three miles in
legth from the probable sources he trav-
eled- The escape was made at Fourth
street and Cedar avenue, where the sewer
is only fifty-siX inches in height 1t was
some time after reaching the open air be
fore he could tell of his experience, but in
rather broken English managed to de-
clare that he had had sufficient of the
sewer work to satisfy any further desires
in that direction.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-28

Have you ever stood despairingiy befos
a crock OF stewed cranberriss, gooseoer
ries, rhubsTb. dried plums-or, worse thar
all, runellas-throwing in sugar, tasting.
puckering your face and throwing In mora
glancing obviously meanwhile ~ the low
ering OF the sugar in your dollars worth"
CAM remember well my grandmother.
rdle for sweetening pie plant plea twn
this: Put in all the sugar your conscience
viii allow, then shut your eyes and throw
in double handful" Her pies were 40
eellent, but the rule was expensive. HERE
Is cheaper one: When sweetsling eD
trcmely aeiG fruits like the above stir In .
little soda before adding the sugar. Ex.
perience will guide you as 70 the quantity
you may safely use without injuring ths
flavor Of the fruit, but. as general rule, ]
think a half tesspoonful of soda TO a quart
OF fruit may be easily borne. Good House
EcaDinc