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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-27
ETnlRinPd.

Mr.. and Mrs. Wings were reading the
evening paper.
Peculiar ways the japanese have" said
Mrs. Wings casually; they read up in
stead of down, and from right to left.
What do you suppose they do that for. Mr.
Wings?"
How the Confucius should know, Mrs
Wings9 Lord. what questions you women
do ask"
Then there was silence, until suddenly
Wings threw down the paper with re-
mark of an electric blue color and lime
stone smell, and began poking the fire
yiciously.
whats the matter Mr.. Wings" asked
his wife.
"Matter1 Oh, nothing, nothing at all
l only read half column of thrilling mar
ratiye before / found that it wound up
with a patent medicine sd."
Again there was silence. Then Mrs
Wings, who had been pondering something
deeply, said: Il know now why the Jap
snese read up instead of down"
"Oh. you do. chr Well, why1"
so as 10 see the patent medicine ad- be
fore reading the article. st Joseph News
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-27
WOnaen's Feet.

English women have allowed foreigners
to ridicule their feet without even a pro-
test. A woman contributor to The Pail
Mall Budget, thinking it time for some
one to speak in the matter, interviewed \
Bond street bootmaker, whom she asked
whether English women really had worse
feet than the women of other nations. He
said: "it is difficult matter to decide, and
the less said about it the better. But"
he added, ito be quite candid, am afraid
some of you have rather ungainly feet A
few of the highest danes in the land come
to me for their boots. / often wish they
would take the Princess of Wales for their
model in this matter, like they do in most
things relating to dress. The princess has
as shapely foot as it is possible to find,
although it is by no means small foot.
Now, if the princess believed in screwing
up her feet i dare say she could get
them into fours. - But she is too sensible,
and skies are her size in boots. The
princess has a rather long, narrow foot,
without protuberances of any sort. Then
the princess never goes in for immoderate
heels. 1t is these rickety high heels and
short, pointed fronts that ruin the shape
Of foot. Those nonsensical heels throw
the entlre weight or the DoCy onto the
poor, cramped up toes These spread and
get deformed, and then come worse evils
corns, bunions, ingrowing nails and the
like Spanish and American women are
more careful about having their boots TO
fit them than English women. Americans
are always measured for their boots. Not
that all Americans have small, pretty feet,
as some people imagine. They differ in
this respect as much as English women.
Fours is the average size in boots among
English women of short stature, while
6omen of five feet six generally take skies"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-27
Nicknames of Well Known Men.

James A Garfield was called THE Tow
Boy" because he was engaged in towing a
boat on the Erie canal Grover Cleveland
has such names as "Old Veto" ''Old
Grover" Decoration Day Fisher" and
others. Benjamin Harrison is sometimes
called young Tippecanoe. And now go
ing back 10 Revolutionary times, Gen
Israe! Putnam was called "OId Put" Gen
Marion had two nicknames, The Bayard
OF the South" and THE Swamp Fox. I"
Gen. Anthony Wayne, because of his high
temper and daring bravery, was called
Mad Anthony" The great orator and
statesman Henry Clay was called THE
Silver Tongued Orator" because of his elo
quence in speech, and he was also styled
1.-The Great Pacificator," because he framed
so many compromise bills. Stephen A
Douglas was known As The Little
Giant" because of his short, heavy form
He was what one would appropriately
term big little man"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-27

There is a fancy just now for shoes Of old
English make, with very pointed toes, and
flaps coming well over the insiep.
The Spanish mantilla has been revived
for evening wear
SILK tights and Beau Rrummel trousers
are superseding divided skirts with the
ultra fashionable women
When tartan stockings were introduced
q short time ago they were vetoed by well
dressed women on account Of their lOnd-
ness. Now they will probably be worn
with the tartan shoes.
The fashionable materials for men :
evening dress are fne diagonal worsJeds
and soft cheyiots A cloth known a. IN
dressed ~orsted, however. II IN favor and
Will De extensively worn, especially By the
younger set, On accouat Of Ias gsyer sg-
peaTs1ce-
10 this oOartry black il the only color
for fuIl dres coat AID trO1ssrs. but q
late a disposition hss be~n shown % imi-
tate Paris DIVIDES, who affect brighter color
IN Neutral tiats. such a. vague blue ard
vine color
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-27
DON'T TAKE TOO MUCH ouINIhE.

If You Do You Nay Stop Horse Car When
You Don't Mean To.
They had been swapping lies for some
time before / came in, and as l made my
appearance one man was saying, Talk
about taking eight grains of quinine to
break up cold-what does that amount tor
think nothing of tucking a dozen two
grain pills into my bread basket every
night just before getting into bed"
That only makes tweuty-four grains"
said the second blowhard, land that amt
nothin'. Now, I've got an iron frame and
a constitution which wild Indian might
envy, but sometimes | take cold. When do
take ten five grain pills of quinine and
sleep like baby. That's the way break
up my colds"
This tremendous statement of quinine
capacity caused momentary lull in the
conversation, and every one looked admir-
ingly at the man who could take fifty
grains of quinlne for supper and never
wink
Then all eyes were turned toward the
third man of the party. He was evidently
boss liar or boss quinine muncher, for
every one seemed to expect something un-
usual from him. He appeared entirely un-
concerned, however, az.d to every body'ssur
prise began by saying
"Well, nov, boys, I amt much of a
quinine fancier myself, and don't think
could take fifty grains and feel comfortable
like" AT this there was a general feeling
of disappointment, which was changed TO
expectation as the speaker continued:
Still, now we are on the subject of 1ui-
nine, let me tell you about my wife. You
may not believe it, but sometimes believe
the old woman is more stuck on quinine
than she is on me. She just dotes on it
day in and day out. She takes it for her
headaches, her sore throats, her influenza
and her corns.
Affect her? In course it affects her, and
you will see to what an extent when / tell
you, boys, that one day she took so much
quinine that her ears got to ringing so that
when she got on a horse car the driver
stopped the car thinking the conductor
had rung the bell"
At the close of this tale no one spoke
but, sad eyed, the first two liars gathered
around the free lunch counter and pro-
eeeded to eat up all the luncheon.-New
York Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-27
THE CURIOSITY SHOP.
Flowers Gathered From Shakespesre's
Garden and Meadows

True child of nature that Shakespeare
was, none of the charms or peculiarities Of
flowers escaped him How quantity and
beautifully ne links them with human nat
ure. forever sSsociating them In our minds.
clothing the simple, common vEysids
flower with a poetic grace, which, like its
own dew drop, il viii always bear for rs.
Here Is a bouquet from his garden and
meadows as culled fo- the Christmas mum
Der of Nick's illustrated Magazine.
Where can we find q sweeaer handful OF
spring blossoms than these,
Nov. ny faireSS friend
l would lad some Towers o. the spring that
might
Become your time O. day: da5odnS,
That come before the swallow GAres; violets. din
But swecter than the lis q Juao's eyes
o. Cyth-re-s breath, ate p-inroses. bod OK
lips and
The Grove imperial; lilies Of al ktrds.
The flower &c luce being oze-
t''wiuters T4he, Act II. Sc III
And here IS an ideal bower lie has made
for us
know a bank wbs7eo1 the Wild thyme hloEx
Where o1iips and TIE noa6iaS woe: grows.
Quite oT-rcdnoFted WITH hss-ic.Es NoodHs1e.
Nistl $780, l..z.sE ------ 49, --ssL --a--z--
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-27
A Tall Tree Story.

Fresno county, Cal, now comes to the
front and claims ownership of the "larg-
est large tree" a party of bear hunt
ers, it is said, located IL in the Sierras,
in the most rugged portion of the mount
aims. two miles north of Kentucky
Meadows. twas surrounded for mile
by almost impenetrable underbrush, so
that the hunters Were compelled to use
both knife and AK 10 get TO it. As three
brown bears We're captured near it no
doubt the hunters c-ept forward with
bated breath. What sort of bait" may
be inferred from their report that the
tree was i29 feet in circumference four
feet from the ground. - Philadelphia
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-27
WHY ROSY Liro WE'RE MADE.

AS Bessie, blushing, raised her head
The handsome fellow archly said.
Stroking his chin:
Pray tell why rosy lips were made.
Said she: They are the sweet blockade
Against young lovers who invade
The heart within.
II the sweet blockade should run
Night / not hold the heart I'd won
By such adventure?
Not every one can take who triesi
But should you take me by surprise
And close the lips I'd still have eyes
Would speak in censure!
Could eyes like those he so unkind,
Then close them up. for Love is blind!"
Nay, that's not true, sir.
Can Love be blind. / like 10 know,
And shoot the unerring arrow sol
He sees more in some one, trOw,
Than others DO, sir.
And why do cheeks get rosy red'
III tell you why. sweet Bessie said,
With some emotion.
There nature, with conSummate art,
Paints every passion OF The heart
That burning secret TO impart-
A maids devotion!
He stole one kiss, then two three. fourl
And gladly would have stolen more
without repenting.
You've ta'eu my heart; it must be true
These rosy lips were made for you!
You'd better take the residue
While I'm consenting.
fred Emerson Brooks in New York Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-27
How Peruvian Bark Go. Its Name,

Bark, or Peruvian bark, is one Of the
most valuable of vegetable medicines The
Countess Cinchon. wife Of the governor Of
Lima, having been cured Of fever by means
Of il, brought some of ii home with her and
il took her name, Cinchoaa, at the sugges
tion Of Iinpeus These trees grow on the
slopes of the Andes They are fine trees.
or were, for the gatherers Of the bark have
dealt with them wastefnlly, and they have
nearly all disappeared Quinine, 50 useful
As a tonic, comes from this tree Ii Ii white,
very bitter and Is worth its weight in silTe-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-27

The origin Of the saying "HauiIng over
the Goals" dates. We are told, Az or seven
centuries back, when fsadzl bArons often
used harsh methods o. exsctIng gold from
the rich Jews by su<pending their victims
above slow fires until they paid ransom or
died. There is scene OF this sort IN
'Ivanhoe, /" in which the Tenplar endeaT
ors 70 extorT money from Isaac of YORK
father Of Rebecca
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-27

Many people who have no dlSczlty in
reading French Journal or book find il q
nuisance 20 translate the metre into En-
siish measures and weights For such The
following rule Is suggested by The Horo
logical Review as being useful To con
vert grams - ounces. xToirduPois. nnlfi
ply By % and divide by 81. 70 oonyerT
Kilograms 20 pounds multiply o. 1910 aac
----- - a. -4aSArx H-r.0 ta @-ILas
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-27
MAN PROPOSES RIIT-

OTTAWA, Kan. Dec 26-Mr. and Mrs.
]. ". Strong had arranged 10 celebrate
-he tifty-first anniversary of their mar
rage yesterday. and relatives were present
rom various parts of he state TO par;ici.
pate IN the festivities. In TIE morning
Mr.. Strong died, and in the afternoon Mrs
Strong passed away. Both were apparent
iy in excellent health. and their sudden
deaths were a sad surprise
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-27
[''Hid. Nights Dream" Act II, Sc. III
Listen to him as he sings of the time
When daisies pied and violets blue,
And lady smocks all silver white


And cuckoo buds of yellow hue
Do paint the meadows with delight
T''Love's Labor's Lost" Act V, SC. Ill
How appropriate his offerings are, and
how gracefully bestowed
Here's flowers for you;
Not lavender, nints. savory, marjorane;
The marigold that goes to bed with the sun,
And with him rises, weeping; these are flowers
OF middle summer, and think they are given
To men Of middle age; you are very welcomed
["Winter's Tale" Act ", Sc. III.
And again:
Give me those flowers, there, Dorcas;
Reverend sirs, for you there's rosemary and rue;
these keep
Seeming and SAVIOR all the winter long;
Grace and remembrance be with you both,
And welcome to our shearing
WINTERS Tale" Act ", Sc. III.
What could be more beautiful than his
comparison of truth and fragrance?
Oh, how much more does beauty beauteous seem
BY that sweet ornament which truth doth givel
The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem
For that sweet odor which doth in 1t live
Sonnet 81.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-27
a STRIKE AT PHI MAN

CHICAGO. Dec 26-The six hundred en-
ployes at Pullman who work by the piece
n the car works have been notified Of a
pew scale of wages, which goes into effect
Jan. J. The scale works a reduction Of
about 10 per cent in wages. Two hundred
blacksmiths quit work today, pending ar
bitrauon. The other employees seem dis
posed 10 take tie matter more quietly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-27
Came Tn with Him.

TITS all up with me now" said Brown
sadly, as be climbed the long fight Of staiI>
that led 10 the club room
WHAT" inquired several clubbers anx
iously
Ny new ulster he saio softly, as he
ordered a soda Lowell Citizen.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-27
131 N MAIN ST.

multiply a.. - ANA olvICe by lOO; TO con
vert litres 10 pints multiply by IS and di
vide by 80; to convert miilimeters to inches
multiply by 10 and divide by 2J4; to con
vert meters TO yards multiply by 20 aud
divide by 81.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-27
A pi.apnointInr CIR.

Name 60 her ESterl-Sasse, what did
Mr.. Gildersleeve give you for Carlst-
mas present.
Susie-Eimseif, dear.
Name Hn- Silngy, is1t he =
Epoch
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-27

Let's see. Mars was ;hs god Of war
who was tie god of dz1ciaz2-
-. V.tuzg g--,eE Io.x Herald
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-27

Tor, chilel what you chewin' dat -four
bar'l top furf"
BE still, honey. De jerusalem hand has
dere annual fair mex week an gives prize
fur de bes' pie eater. I'm a-practicin' fur
dat 'casion "-Judre
, 1890-09-28

Mr.. Herbert Wllke. who for years has
played leading parts with the best known
opera companies Of the east. appeared
last evening at the opera house as the
star in the musical comedy Pei, The
Ed0dboHd
The story is artistic and attractive, and
in the title role Mr., Wlke portrays the
poetic features Of a Hungarian Gypsy and
soldier life with all tho dash and impulse
Tor which that race is noted. His voice
is strong, rich and m~elodious and his
Hungarian songs win him hearty az
plause. The duet in the last act by Mr..
Wilkie and Miss Kate Blancke was a
vocal triumph. Mr.. Wilkes company
il composed Of well trained and talente d
people. Kate Blaucke and Rebecca
Warren fll acceptably the parts Of bright,
handsome American women. friedrich
Perry, Donald Smedt, Mr.. Constantine
and Miss Josephine Laurens furnish the
by-play of comedy which enlivens the
story. The ochestral music was fine.
The company played to a very small
house, a fact to be regretted, as in every
particular n good audience was deserved.
, 1890-09-28
VIM. MYERS
Large s9ooi1 CT Goods Tor he
Fall and Winter Trade
We have received the following
letter from him:
NEW YORK Sept /, 1890.
Re WHOM IT 10y cONcERN:

1 desire 10 call the pmEc's attention IN regard to The method of p,r-
chasing goods IN my linz. Every iadividual wu no doubt purchase goods
IN houses which sell at the lpest figures. IhaUe been IN this city our four
Oehs, continuously purchasing, and after my experience Of Twenty-Five
years buying dry goods, I find N0 York City headquarters IN whohsaEng
dry goods at bottom prices To buy goods IN my line is a vny easy matter,
.Prordag you understand and tnoO OhTe 70 90 to buy the cheapest I
hare already bought a hary fall stock, consisting of dry goods, gents fur
nishmg goods, ladies' and ch1dreus' shoes, eoaks, boys clothing, notions
and a complete and full stock Of goods. In order to buy a UeU assorted
stock ii takes from nine 10 ten ueeks. My goods are continually arriving Ia
Cheyenne ard Laramie stores. 1 sell and buy hoice the amount of goods
bought and sold by any other h0o houses in my line in the state. And if a
dedter can bug IN case lots he can buy ata greater discount WMch WH en-
able him to sell goods at an erceedmyy OD figure. I erpect to gre The pub
lie Of This nao staha grand assortment of new, stylish and desirable goods,
and erceHat raiutor their money.
Trusting to recepe your patronage in the future as hare in the past,
l remain yours respectfully,
WILLIAM MYERS,
Leader in Dry Goods, Laramie and Cheyenne.
, 1890-09-28

The history of American stage pro
ductions cannot offer as an equal to the
successes made by any one writer to the
career of Charles II. Hoyt. His plays
have kept the general public from Maine
TO California convulsed with laughter for
the past ten years. He has never had
anything approaching a failure. The
list of the farce comedies is of itself
sufficient to throw the reader into a 6t OF
laughter. 1t begins with 4 Bunch Of
Keys and includes A Rag Baby, A Tin
Solder, A Brass Monkey, A Midnight
Bell aud 4 Hole IN the Ground. and this
season he springs upon the public two
entirely new Comedies Terds Steer
and A Trip 10 chinatown. Both of the
latter being fresh from this versatile
authors pen, these are, of course, the
ones in which theatre goers are more
particularly interested. But it is with 4
Trip to Chinatown that we have to do.
Whoever has been through that portion
of Sau Francisco known AS Chinatown
will at once realize the fine possibilities OF
building a comedy upon it. Within a
radius OF about a square mile dwell tie
celestials who have rome to the United
States 10 bondage. They exclude them.
selves from all others than their own race,
but their manners and customs are a re-
sistless attraction TO visitors to the coast,
and parties are frequently, almost
nightly, in fact, formed to 60 through
Chinatown. Being escorted by an
officer OF the law, they 20 into the dens
in which the inhabitants live, and many
odd and interesting sights are revealed.
Their manner OF living is a genuine sur
prise to the visitor and their customs
strike US as humorous IN the extreme.
The idea of a trip to Chinatown with the
famous %satirist, Hoyt, must strike the
casual observer as intensely interesting,
aud the manner in which he has impaired
his observations to the public cannot fail
to awaken the keenest curiosity.
A Trip 10 Chinatown will be pre-
scented at the opera house on next Mon
day night.
, 1890-09-28
RATES or ADvEBrIsIxs.
In 1855 James G. Blaine proclaimed
the following tariff doctrine:

We want a home market. Erect an
artificial barrier to restrict commerce be
tween tho United States and other ma
tons Under no consideration permit the
surplus products OF the Unitod States to
be exchanged for the surplus products of
any other country without imposing upon
the people of the Uaited States an I'M
necessary tax for the privilege.
In 1890 he took this view of it:
We need and must have more extended
markets. The Mckinley bill will not
provide a market for another barrel of
pork nor for another barrel Of -four.
Remove all restrictions from commerce
between the United States and those
countries that are not likely to waat sgti-
cultural products, which constitute the
bulk OF the surplus products Of this coun-
try, providing those countries impose no
barriers to such exchange: but # either OF
the countries named is foolish enough to
tax its people TOR buying from the United
States, then in hat case retaliate and i'm
nose an unnecessary tax upon our citizens
for busing where they can buy the cheapest
goods they need.
Strange to relate. many Of the Repub.
lican papers which applauded his utter
ance in 1883 now Just as loudly applaud
his change OF sentiment in 1890.
, 1890-09-28

William J SharpIes, Port Dram, Nor
ris county. N. j.. writes:
MY business is that of sharpening
mine drills and | an much exposed to
smoke and gas. About three years ago ]
began to have a bad cough. with consid
cradle Indigestion and paine in my chest.
NV physician told me | had symptoms oil
consumption. BY the advice OF my father
an old friend Of Brandreth's Pills, / com
menced using that valuable remedy. BJ
the time | had got through the second
box began to pass very disagreeablt
humor or pus. | began to improve ven
rapidly after this, and grew stronger anc
better every day. Ny cough is now we'll
sleep well at night and have no more in
digestion.
, 1890-09-28
A Republican Newspnper,s Opinion

Rock springs independently
We should think the readers of the
Cheyenne Tribune would after a while get
tired of that papers silly aud continuous
yelping at The. DAmY LEADER. 1t re-
minds US OF a little cur at the heels of a
mastiff. 1t don't hurt the mastif any
but it makes the listener who is annoyed
BY the yelps feel like heaving a rock at
the NANCY little cur.
, 1890-09-28
my Message Take 10 Them Tonight"

M Message. Take 10 Them Tonight
ny W. p.
Written by request Of friends OF the family
ard respectfully Inscribed to Mr.. and Mrs. ID.
Fisk, on the death OF their daughter Ora
with gloomy thoughts my mlnd was nIled
When nights thick sable curtain sank;
They had" 1 unused, could I have willed
Not OF this cup OF sorrow drank
A mothers tears, a fathers grief.
Waves on the tide OF human woe,
Spoke TO my heart and sought relief;
What word OF peace could I bestow?
Is there no ray OF hope, nor CLEAN
To cheer and comfort those who weepT
l asked. then sank in s~emi-dream;
Awake, perchance, and yet asleep.
Though eyes were closed, 1 saw her come
In beauty to this earth unknown;
a pearl nom the immortal bloom
Encompassing the great white throne.
Twas Ora, beauteous and fair.
Her great brown eyes were fixed on me;
She sonly spoke while standing there
These echoes from eternity.
MY message take to them tonight
She spake, and waved her snow white hand
Tell them live in realms OF flight
Up there where lies the summer land
Tell them their ORA Is not dead
That 1 but live forevermore,
And I shall watch and wait, - she said,
"rhelr coming 10 the sunlight Shore
TEL them a white ROBBED angel took
Sic there a flowing stream beside,
And babe me ON It's waters look
And hear the murmur OF Its tide
81 saw "A river sweeping by
Mid rocks and drip-wood. sand and shosl,
Angr lily dashed It's spray on high
Confused and dark Its rapid roll.
81 looked again - yet farther on
Its waters there were calm and clear,
Purified by the Journey run
Where all the way was dark and dresr.
Then spoke the angel unto me,
This river is the stream OF life
From earth, reaching eternity
Ending in peace, begun In strife.
Though troubled is his rivers iow
Where mortal man shall with 1t drin,
And all Its winding way below
Forever shall be dark and swift.
"'Yet stllied its waters here in peace.
Within the confines OF this land;
The tumult doth forever cease,
Gained by the Masters voice and hand.
Yes, my message take to them tonight:
Tell them I liye In realms of love-
She said; and on plnions of light
quick disappeared and passed above.
l. reused and wrote the message out.
May 1t assuage the troubled breast;
In part dlspeI each fear and doubt:
Gods message viii reveal the rest.
Sept. %, 1880.