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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-12
To Purify the Sick Room.

The utmost cleanliness is essential in a
sick room. Water should always be at
hand, and the sponge freely and frequent
y used. Everything Offensive should be
instantly removed 4 little aromatic vim
egar, or laverli2r water. or other perfume.
may be employed, according as they are
grateful 10 the sick person, bot these
should never De employed to disguise odors
that would otherwise be offensive To
neU1r--ize all unpleasant odors the fol-
lowing wash should be employed in every
department of the sick room: Take an
ounce g. clloEats al line and dissolve il
IN . gallon o. TT2ter, CT about one dram
TO z pint, ard keep II closaly corked. The
door, wood work and ali parts OF the sick
room may be spoRged with this, with the
exception Of metals sud colored coteons or
cotton clothes Although the smell of
this solution may at first be offensive, il
viii soon PISS o., and leave the air of the
apartment perfectly sweet and purified, il
being at the same tine perfectly harmless
70 the invalid.-New York Ledger.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-12
Improving Our Talents.

heard a lady of wealth say in reference
to her daughters education that she pro-
posed to have her we'll educated, and then
see if she had any especial talent and have
that cultivated; she also intended to have
her taught some useful art that would
serve her III case she should ever have to
make her own living.
thought 1t was a very sensible woman
who could feel and reason in this way. If
our girls and boys were educated with an
eye 10 their future success in life, how
much more successful the lives of many of
them would be. The same lady (who by
the way was taking her daughter 20 New
York to school that she might have every
advantage said: "One thing I am deter
mined on, that is to have my daughter go
70 a cooking school and be taught all about
housekeeping. With all a woman's &C
complish1aents, if she is not a good house
keeper and cannot make her home neat
and keep her table well appointed she has
failed in half her life's work-Atlanta
Constitution
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-12
Making . Keg Into q Seat.

A plush sofa cushion placed on the top
of key turned it into very comfortable
seat. The keg is covered with blue denim,
or Kentucky jeans, laid on in box plaits
and tackled at the top and bottom. 4
double plating at the bottom hides where
the first is fastened down, and the top is
finished with fringe made of rope. Han
dies of rope are fastened on at either side.
The top is also furnished with rope ham
die, SO that it may easily be removed, for
the inside Of the key is nicely painted, to
be used as a receptacle for sewing mate
rials. The cushion is made of blue denim,
hordered with dark blue plush, and is fin
ished with rope cord and tassels. A very
pretty seat of this kind can be made by
simply covering the keg with figure Gre
tonne, using it for the cushion as well, and
dispensing with the fringe.-New York
Journal
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Som efnin~ HRDnenpd.

It is little wonder that many country
people are greatly impressed with the dan
gers Of city travel. There seems no good
reason why estimable people from the
country, who certainly have more regard
for the truck drivers and other autocrats
who practically control the city streets than
do their city cousins, should be singled out
TO be knocked down, trampled on and fat
tened out by wheels. An old lady from the
country was crossing the bridge a few days
ago. She had lodged the numerous dan
gers that menaced her along Park row, had
found out that the bridge car was sure to
stop at Brooklyn, and in comparative re-
lief from her torturing fears had settled
into a seat.
She was evidently feeling pretty safe as
she started down the stairs Oh the Brook
Ign SIDE. She was just ten steps from the
bottom when a young man carrying a large
vaiise reached the top. He stepped on
piece of orange peel; soUt went his feet, up
went his hands and down the stairs bounded
the big bag 1t struck the good old coun-
try lady, threw her off her feet before she
knew what had struck her, and carried her
like a roller under a log to the bottom.
There she lay with the bag resting under
her head like pillow.
There" gasPed the good soul when she
recovered her breath, 81 am glad it is over.
knew when l started out this morning
that something was bound to happen to me.
I'm glad it didn't kill me, anyway" And
she went her way, lame but thankful
New York Times.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-12
Value of Massage.

Massage is worth every dollar that it
costs for the nervous relief it gives Many
women never know for years what it is to
feel rested and sOothed till they come under
the hands Of a Inasseur. Every motion is
aforethOught and Of purpose, and the quiet,
practiced touch tells on the fretted nerves
like the brush OF an angels wing feather.
The massage alone is enough to take
twenty years of woman's age, but when
the wrinkles are deep, after the penetrating
urgent has had time to nourish the skin a
little, cupping is employed. The appara-
tus is glass cup, with rubber bulb at
tached, which when pressed creates a va
CUM under it, the skin is drawn into the
cup and the suction takes the crcases out.
The wrinkle treatment is harmless enough
if one wants to bother with it. Taken in
time, with enough exercise given the parts
OF the face, wrinkles will become only 4
word in the dictionary, or there will be
shops which supply them for lady physi-
clans and politicians, as they supply gray
hair switches for those who want them
Those dreadful lines in the throat which
betray age or wear need only the massage
and steaming to destroy them. The hands,
too, have their treatment, which teaches
the arteries to do their work and relieve
the veins which furrow the skin.-Shirley
Dare in New York Herald
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pension in Sa:.AE: EsiCh avenue. 1t is a
mercy he was not robbed and thrown over
board. His disease left him reticent, but
as his fellows ct the boarding house could
not speak English they did not discover
his helplessness.
Now what did he do, think you? He
set out to find his Hzother. How? By
walking all day and FAY iato the night, and
looking at all the we-en in the street and
at all the signs on the buildings. His rule
became this: Ne@er TO walk the same
street twice. Day and night, week after
week, that poor s9Ini-idioE trod the cruel
pavements, and peated into the faces Of the
women and studied with irresponsible brain
the legends on The houses.
He changed gradually from the figure of
a gentleman to the ideal of a tramp. Spat-
tered, soaked aahd resoaked with rain, los
ing button now and another tomorrow,
accommodating rents for which there were
no patches to be made, bedraggled, dust
griIned, pallid, hRggsrd, heart sick, hollow
eyed and bent, 10 dragged his one CLEAN
of reason over tina flags and the cobbles.
That single link that bound him to his
kind supported hiu-Or was it the prayer
that found words at his mothers bedside
every night and lived In her mind all day?
At last, one rainy night-just now, dear
reader, when you were at the theatre, per
haps, or at ease in your happy home-that
wreck Of q youthwas walking il a drench-
ing rain through al uptown street, when
he saw on : sign the words, Asylum for
Helpless Women" Ee read the words,
and pressed his brow and read the words
again. 1t was Gods mercy that he did not
go on like the autolnaton he had become.
But no. He mounted the steps and rang
the bell The maid who answered the
signal tried to keep MIN out, but he pushed
by her.
THE woman who keeps this house" said
he, Il must see-the woman-who keeps
the house"
His voice was &c if dead man had
spoken. The girl was alarmed. She ran
for the matron The woman looked at
the youth all battered and stained, Ike q
bit of wreckage OF the storm without, and
asked him what he wanted. 1t was year
since she had seen her boy, and this-this
thing-who w2s he?
Mother" sid the young man, don't
you know your own SOM"
She had no money, and she had to take
him in and gave him a bed in the asylum.
The trustees of the Institution could not
permit 3 man in a house Tor women. They
dismissed the mother. So the boy wrought
her undoing by reason of his own.-Julian
Ralph in Chatter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-12
Effect of Lighting in Photography.

Some excellent advice is given by a re
cent writer on the production of artistic ef-
fects by judicious lighting in photography
He says that if photography seeks to fol
low in the footsteps of art it should free
itself from the limitations of lighting il
portraiture imposed by the narrow con
fines Of skyliGhts and rejecting screens.
We're more study given TO simplicity in
lighting the more successful would be the
average portrait This is exactly the
study Of the psinter-simplicity in his
methods. Why does the amateur often
beat the professional? Because he is backed
with more artistic judgment and. freed
from the conventions of the skyliGht
works with greater simplicity. What has
made the success of some CT the best Of
our photographers What has led Sarony
nowadays 10 discard backgrounds and
bric-a- brac altogether? Nothing but this. p"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-12
Within zE,a9le
WOMAN AND HONE.
THE HARD WORK THAT FALLS TO
THE FRENCH WOMAN'S LOT.

Worth WhiIe-Improving Our Talents.
woman's Place in the FamiIy7-Wen
known Women STANDARDIZATION the
Baby Is Teething-It Happened.
A multitude Of observers have noticed
vast difference in character between the
Frenchman and the French woman. So
little does this difference appear to be re-
lated to the common distinctions Of sex
that it has often been said that in France
the woman is the man and the man the
woman. Making allowance for absurd ex-
aggeration, there is something TO support
the paradox It is the disposition of the
average French woman to take life much
more seriously than the average French
man; to realize and accept the obligations
and duties in a nObler spirit Of self sacrifice
and courageous endeavOr.
l. Women Of perverse nature, and whomso-
ciety has spoiled, still represent but small
ninority of their sex in France The ma
5ority, of whom the world knows very little,
and cares 70 know little, because they be-
long TO the humdram level of humanity,
are endowed with admirable qualities for
fighting the battle of lite. As married
women they fight this battle so well that
In numberless instances their clear sighted
ness, economy and energy have saved their
families from ruin Their capacity for
business and every kind of industry suited
to their physical strength has without
doubt caused a great deal to be expected of
them which they might have escaped had
they been otherwise constituted.
Thus the wives Of small tradesmen very
frequently do al the bookkeeping in ad-
dition to their household duties; the wives
Of peasants work in the fields from sunrise
to nightfalI, and the wife OF a mechanic or
town laborer is expected to bring nearly as
much money as himself to the house by
dressmaking, artificial flower making,
charing or some other occupation. But
this is not all 1t is upon his wife that the
town workman relies when he is out of en-
plOyment. With al women solicitUde for
their children is the great incentive to ex-
ertiOn. The Partisan workman often profits
by this law of nature, and he would proba-
bly, be worse off If he had no family 1t is
no rare thing for French beggar to urge
as a reason for helping him that he has no
wife to rely upon when he is out of employ
1neut-Leisure Hour.
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an Tntcrcsting Part of New York.

All New York has nothing more foreign
than the tea wharves Of South street Tea
comes in ct these wharves in great full
rugged ships, and is unlOaded for days by
dozens Of active men. It comes out of the
holds in che familiar cubical tea boxes, COW
cred with coarse mating, and wound
about with strips Of tough cane. The mat
ting is Iettered in English, but every tenth
box is damaged, and the teamsters refuse
to take it until it has been repaired. Two
or three carpenters are on hand TO make
repairs, and to them the damaged boxes
are turned over. When the English let
tered mating Is stripped of one sees the
queer figures and gay colorS of China or
Japan. The repairing means merely def
mailing up Of the broken boxes. Each box
with its contents weighs about sixty
pounds. Of this from forty-eight to fifty
pounds is tea and the remainder packing
which includes mating, box and tea lead,
The whole wharf is redolent of tea, and
standing about among the workmen are
the Tea importers, their black worstcJ
concealed by long, cool, clean linen dust
ers.-New York Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-12
A Tribute to a Noble Woman.

There is no surer sign of more liberal
civilization and a wiser world than the per-
ception that the bounds Of legitimate wom-
anly interest and activity are not TO be set
by men as heretofore 60 mark their own
convenience and pleasure. The tradition
of the lovely incapaeity Of woman reflects
either the sensitive apprehension or the ig-
noble abasement Of man. l have heard
Margaret Fuller keepa company Of young
persons on q journey constantly enthrelled
by her racy wit and humorous Intelligence.
A scholar, critic, thinker, teacher, a
queen Of conversation, above eli a person Of
a delicate insight and sympathy, the wisest
of friends, Of the utmost feminine refine
ment of feeling and Of dauntless spiritual
courage, she seems to me stin the figure Of
woman in the Nineteenth century, which
was the tile Of her best known paper
George William Curtis.
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Woman's Place in the Family.

Woman was not created to be an orna-
ment to man, nor TO be his slave; for
woman to toll out her strength and life is
as foolish as 1t is to Idle them away In
the first place, If a man loves his wife ten
derby and truly, he VIII take care of her;
so, when she finds that he is putting the
love of gain, the greed CT wealth, the hoard
ing up of the almighty dollar above hex
care and comfort, she may feel assured
that he will not be sorely grieved when tbs
grass grows green above her. To be a wife
and houso6oeper is enough forany woman
--eRtireiy too much if she be also mother,
because in this case every moment Of her
time will he occupied with worry and work.
As soon as a business man finds himself
busy from morning till night he cries out
for a clerk. by jeve, now, 1 must have a
Clerkr Then, presently. he must have a
boohkeePer; then a stenOgrapher, and so on.
While, frequently, if you go to his house
and pull aside the curtains you VIII find 8
pale, faded, patient vie, cooking, sweep
ing, washing, ironing, scrubbing, cleaning
wood work and caring Tor two or three
children. These are the women who do
not know where TO draw the line between
duty and brUtSlity-for it is brutal for a
man to expect his wife to work beyond her
strength.-Ella Higginson in West Shore.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-12
AN EPISODE OF A BIG CITY.
The Life of semi-Idiotic College Man
Brings Trouble TO Ills Mother.

The Life of semi-Idiotic College Man
Brings Trouble TO Ills Mother.
There lived IN Boston young nan who
matTiculated ar Harvard and then put him
self under tutor elsewhere In order TO get
all the tuition obtainabie in the science OF
mathematics. While he studied his father
died, his only sistsr died. and the delicate
ness OF his own health began t. be all too
apparent. lie WAS advised that he must
go to Colorado during the winter, and some
where else this Summer. But he had
nothing except his mathematics. His
mother, utterly poor, had token place as
matron in what / VIII call the Asylum for
Helpless Women n an uptown side street
IN this city.
The young nan set work az accounting
and managed to live and saTe fIfty-fivc
dollars. When the work he was employed
upon was finished he found too I1te that
be had Overezerted himself Te became
almost idieijc Oniy ere spark cf his
mind remained, Pickering emser OF rea-
son in 6e<arcrc1 brain. Re knew that
he had mother n New York, that was
all He did not kew her name or e6dress
or his Own name He bo-ght rickst 20
this city, and coming 70 the Grand Central
station said to a bae<Z2n tie word no
rsl' he VS. driven 20 : chem IESiiEn
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W Orth While.

=. A famous woman was one day talking
over old and new times with a friend Of
her childhood and youth. You must be
proud and happy woman" said her old
friend. Your name is we'll known all
over the country. Your words are read
and pondered In hundreds of homes"
f. THAT IS pleasant, Of course, " was the
answer, "but l shall soon be forgotten.
Let me tell you the one great satisfaction
OF my life, the only deed I have ever done
which can be rememb ered with perfect JOY
when Twas making my first bard strug-
gle in my profession here in the city my
mother was living in dull country village,
trying to endure the time until ! could
afford to have her with me- One day when
was going down to see her bought some
crocus bulbs in what seemed fit of wild
extravaganza, and took them with me.
- planted them carefully and refused TO
tell her what they were, eXactirg promise
that she would leave the ground untouched
At first she treated the mystery as joke;
then she forgot all about it. Next spring,
when the little village was all mud and
0esolation, MY mother CHANGED to look out
one day, and saw q yellow flower in the yard.
She could no. believe her eyes; she rub
bed her spectaclcs and looked again. With
out doubt it WIS a yellow flower, and she
put shawl over her mead and ran out to
examine It Nez5 day the little bed was
alive with purple, white and yellow, and
the neighbors came hocking in to see the
flowers which had blossomed almost in
snow
Such n sight was never seen in the vii
lage before, and my mother was the heroine
of the hour Through the excitement of
that blosSoming time She.2ctuauy forgot to
write me l believe a. did her as much good
as = trip to Europe.
She Is not here now, but would rather
have given her that great pleasure than to
be famous from one pole 10 the other
Youths Companion.
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The best. quickest and most direct line
from Wichita 70 81 Ions AID al FT11cI-
pal eastern, southeastern and north
cities
The Frisco line runs t7To daily express
trains from Wichita ~ =. Louis without
change. equipped with Pullman palace
sleepers and free reclining cuaIT cars. No
other line dos y. CIo-e connections IA -
Louis union depot with sold vestlbu. eE-
press trains. without change. 70 Chicago.
Louisville. Cincinnati. Cleveland. Pitts-
burg. Philadelphia. New ork and Boston
The popularity % this line being I'M
verza!ly acknowledged ~ ali competitors.
AL passenger trains u other railway lines
entering y ichita from the north. south
and west arrive 10 time 70 connect with
the Frisco AEe fast express trains 70 tie
east
II you cannot purchase through tickets
reading va Frisco line from Jour starting
point, II VIII pay you 70 purchase - Wien
TIA n order 70 secure lie advantages AID
comforts q this line
For furt her Information regarding rates.
time connections and through reservation
q sleeping car accommodation cal upon
or address " D. Murdock ticket agent.
II North Main street orDoGELzs aTe1Lss
union celso- y - IsHAEE.
Ger Pass AZeIt.
d,stf = Louis. No
Blank cbarT9Ts AID az KID q legal
blanks lox safe by
he WICETTA KAgLE-
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Won Two Prizes.

"Is it true, Bessie" asked the young
man. ''that you won the prize in the ice
cream eating contest at your church pic
nic?'
ct IS" answered Bessie. 81 ate a
large saucerful in fifty-seven seconds"
What was the price
Another saucer of ice cream"
How long did it take you to down
that one?'
81 couldn't touch it. don't want to
look at ice cream again for ten years"
Bessie" said the young man, tender
ly, my own darling, I feel that the
time has now come when l can ask you
the question that has trembled on my
lips so long
he took her unyielding hand in his,
snd-but this scene IS too sacred for
spectators. Please retire.-Chicago Til
bune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-12
A Large and Inustrious Fanny.

"Have you fanilyY' asked a judge Of
a man who was making final proof in a
United States land Office
Eyes, sir" replied the man.
''Of what does it consist
"Well," said the man, evidently con-
fused. and looking up toward the ceiling
as if to refresh his memory, 1T consists
of my wife, ten children, two hired men,
a gang pillow, q seedfer, q Balm wagon and
q span of mules; believe that's all"
THAT is enough" replied the judge
with smile, and the settler got his pa
without further questioning.-Craw-
ford Neb) Times.
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The aahia Daily gayle Saturday gornmo gnIu H. 1890

cate she wants to be real naughty. a little
girls pocket is Kind of larder full of
sweets and goodies. A boy carries marbles
and strings, or may be worms for bait and
snails. At school or college, when girl
would be wildly dissipat she gathers in
her chums, corks up the crack of the door
and makes Welsh rarebits and taffy over
lamp chimney. When a man goes on
celebration he wants something TO drink;
a woman's widest revel, most reckless
bender, is some kind of an eating match
New York SIM
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Nine. Modjeska's Temper.

Nine. Helene Modjeska never allows her
temper to get the better of her II cannot
afford to get angry" she says. ga woman
at my time of life must economize her emo
tions and her nerves if she wants to hold
the remnants of her youth and beauty.
Any one can impose on the gentle woman.
Laundresses forget to bring back her lin
gerie and lace edged handkerchiefs, light
fingered chambermaids steal her shell hair
pins, bell boys impose on her and modistes
charge her for enough to costume giant
ess New York World.
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greac-graudTa0ccrs ne nad ne VIII IN
all likelihood answer, Two" while N
reality he had eight, If thers-have been no
intermarriages of relations amCag his sn-
cestors. In fact the number OF male an
cestors doubles every generation. Thus.
every one has had two grandfathers,
four great-grandfathers, eight great-great.
grandfathers, sixteen grea1-great-great-
graudfathers; and fifteen generations
back he had no less than 16, SS4 lineal male
ancestors.
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The Difference in the Sexes

Girls are nuCche-s from their babyhood.
They are coaxed with comfits TO CO what
boys are whipped for not doing. They
play at ten parties hefore they can talk
i boy runs away and goes IN swimming,
dries his E2ir in the sun and comes home
again IS Scod as now. A girl surrep-
Jitiousiy helps hsTsef 70 jan and cookies
and steals away somewhere for q picnic,
ard when ke- mother doSSs her FOR colo st
rt--:,t ana wonders EIIezo makes hs. so deli
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A Great Consideration.

Penner-Hello. old boy, what induced
you to come to New York?
Spacer-Oh, wanted to make more
money by my writings.
Penner-Wen, do you get more Of
your stuff accepted than when you lived
IN San Francisco?
Spacer-No, but you see l make
great saving in postage stamps .-Drake's
Magazine.
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Wakeman Holberton, of New York, has
completed book tkat consists Of a single
copy that VIII never be duplicated. 1t is
one Of 101 quarto pages of imitation parch-
ment, with every word an illustration Of
the story Of the authors experiences with
rcd and gun on lake and in field and camp,
done with his pen or brush 1t was pre-
pared by Mr.. Holberton for his children.