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fAN3Tlcrsm IN THE DARK AGES.
Religious Eathusissm = That Strewed
Southern Europe with Corrses.

Religious Enthusissm =. That Strewed
Southern Europe wiki Corrses.
The term DARK Ages" IN somewhat
vaguely applied to thai perfsd folaowing
thessAzef the Raman sezrzirs, asa nreced-
ing therevsvsa of 4ecsersia the fcurrtsenth
century. In aHudiug SO the Bark Ages,
however, as . general Hale, we have in
mind the peried of tie Crusaaes to the
and the Holy EepTaGhre. In 1918 Peter
the Hermit made a pilgrimage toJerusa-
lem, where the ops,caEsson he witnessed
caused him 90 resolT to free Christ PEG
pie and the Eeaics 50 dear ia the Christian
people. Peter led che first hest Of the Cru
saders IN pexson, ether bands soon fol-
lowed In an It has bsen estimated that
not less than 2,oo9,ese Of hEnaa lives were
lost in this wild ATTEMPT to keep the Pa
gans out of Jerusalem. La the year 1919
the Crusades took different turn; chill
dren were drawn into the movement
In the early summer OF the year named
two immense armies Of children were gath
cred in France and Germany in response to
the call of two boy prophets, neither of
whom was over 12 years Of age. These
Youthful leaders believed, or affected to be-
lieve, themselves the chosen of God, and
that it was their duty to lead these chill
dren through the Mediterranean, as Moses
had led the children Of Israel through the
Red Sea- The excitement caused by the
workings of these boy preachers spread like
a plague; whole families of children joined
the hosts already organized; no amount of
remonstrance on the part of the parents
could check the epidemic in the least.
Children who were locked up to keep them
from going on this tramp of death died in
commissions or lost their minds in hopeless
melancholy.
The first great host of children left for
the Holy Land under the leadership of
Nicholas of Cologne: The second band I'M
der the leadership OF a boy whose name is
unknown The combined number of these
two armies was $1,000 about 1900 being
girls under eight years Of age. In the same
month another army left France under the
guardianship OF Stephen Of Vendome; this
army numbered not less than 10000 The
first two legions crossed the Alps-Nicho-
las at Mount Gents and the unknown lead
er at ST Gothard-and descended into It
ally. The combined armies Of~Nicholas
and his unknown ally lost not less than
13, 900 children by heat, hunger and fatigue
before reaching the first valley in Italy.
Stephens French army suffered still more
terribly, 10000 of them dying before the
mountains were reached, and another 5000
before they reached Italy, the entire route
being strewn with corpses. OF the 10000
children which the fanaticism of the age
allowed to join the Crusade, less than 90
600 returned to their native land alive
St. Louis Republic
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-06

from Harper's Bazar. Reproduced by permits.
sion Of the publishers
ty-fve degrees, a consumptive chest,
pipe stem waist and a dropping attitude.
Just compare this illustration from
fashion plate if you want to get an idea
of the havoc forty years have made in the
popular notion of feminine beauty and
charm. 1t is from Godeys Lady's Book
for July. 1850, and, since fashion cuts
are not bound to represent particular
likeness, can be depended on to embody
the general conviction Of the time as to
what forms the greatest charm in wo-
man and to portray the general appear
ance of the woman of the well TO do
classes.
The second cut is from the first bound
volume of Harper's Monthly and repre-
sents the type of woman who meeAy
smiled and Simpered her way through
all the fashion pages Of that time.
Whether the dropping attitude so uni
versally adopted was supposed to convey
the idea of excessive modesty and the
timidity which was then esteemed as
woman's darling ornament, or was sup
posed 70 be graceful. is beyond the 1890
intellect. To the modern eye 1t gener-
ally suggests collie. Possibly the artists
of that day meant to express the idea OF
a flower dropping on its stem The neck
in all the old pictures is long and slen-
der. and often. with the head. suggests
nothing $50 much as a crook necked
squash.
The young woman pictured as the
modern idea is an entirely different be-
ing. She holds up her head in an indie
pendent way, throws out her chest,
walks erectly and firmly and looks, Is
she j.. 0uite able TO take care of herself.
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be typifed by any other vegetable. Here
is another picture from one of the earliest
volumes of Harper's Monthly:
The amount of actual danger can be
inferred from the careless expression of
the darkey boy with his feet dangling
from the rock and the hilarious enjoy
ment of wind and air and scene ex-
pressed in the mans face. Considering
that he has three frightened women
hanging to him, he bears up remarkably
well. And they, poor creatures, with
their flying curis and ribbons and man
tiIlas, were really to be pitied, for even
if they were not as terrified as they
looked they had to seem so. For the
woman who wasn't fearful, frightened
and clinging on the slightest provocation
was not a true woman. At least, the
artists do not seem to have considered it
worth while to make pictures of her.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-06

The bes+ quickest and most direct line
from Wichita % - Louis aud AL prlnci
pal eastern. southeastern and northern
cities
The Frisco line rms two daily express
trains from Wichita fg - Louis without
change equipped Wltb Pullman palace
SLEEPER and free reclining chair ears No
her line dos II CIe-s connection n -.
Louis union depot with .oild yesti5u.e e.
pres traits. without change. - Chicago,
Louisville Cincinnati Cleveland. pi'ts
burr Pa .adelphla New t1rk a8d Boston
The popularity - tals Lue Ting Gui-
versally ackuoEl~1zrz1 - al conpeilfors.
al passenger trains - other railway lines
entering y Wichita from the uorrh. ssata
Au8 ve-t arrive ln tws - connect 1ith
the FrLsoo line fast sEglTs&s trains - tie
east
y f1l fal.rff f4Fft.a-e aaron = f-fAe-F
reading VIA Frisco line from yo1r star IA,
poiut. y vs-ll pay Fou - purchase - IS l-a-
lfa II order - secure Il. advantages Ezd
comforts = this .3ue
For further 5nfCrusat5CH rrgaFyiir.z rztss
time. crraset so7as ar.t through reservation
cf -.seplug car a1eDn. zlastAtzous cal urp1
CT sdcre-s IS u Murdoch ficksg sgeut.
- North Man AtHrst. ofDouE-zs BFs1,zs
Hul1u Dept - WEsEAl.T
Gen Pas As~rt
fEEtf -, Louls. 10
Blank sEs-19TT 1Ed q klzs q legAl
blanks foT sac -
TAE WICHITA K1CLE
C. = =" .chltA. ha1-s-s
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utti.iS.

He-Weally. am all out Of bveath.
Ny man just logged me out in my ten
MS rig. don We know. when I weceived
a message saying that you had changed
Your mind about tennis and were going
to the wegatta instead.
She-Indeed. l wonder who could
have notified you: 1 didn't know that
had al enemy in the world.-Cloak Re
view
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Why II. Bought tn. Pics.

At the close OF fair IN Boston the IN
sold articles were sold ~ auction, and a
round lot of cream pies were knocked down
10 gentleman who seemed particularly
anxious 70 get them. Ny wife made these
pies" he said, and gave them 20 the fair,
but as she never makes any Of this quality
except 70 give away my only chance Is 20
buy them" And then he at down and
consumed a couple N sIIenoe--GernAn-
town Independent.
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Standing Up for Her Friend.

Mr.. Hankinson (st the party)-What a
dainty eater Miss K2jones Il!
Miss Kersmith bosom friend Of Miss
Kajonesy-Indeed. Mr. Hanhnson. Won
do the dear girl injustice. After her tea
and angel cake az banquet like this
you have never seen her at home in front
Of a plate Of Geld sausage.-C Chicago
Tribune.
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She Knew Better.

Saleslady-Thsse new bonnets viii
soon be goae. You had better strike
your husband for one OF them when ron
90 home.
Customer-It wouldn't se safe 20 do Il
today. i left him az home to mind the
baby.-DetFoitE rse Pres
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Indians Ne Good.

Citizen-Wh2t DO yen think OF the
proposition TO enlist Indians IN the reg
ular army?
Capt. Westpoint-Indisns2 Pom hon
sh! Why, they cawn't dawnce.-New
York Weekly.
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The Cook Book Trade.

Lounger-Do cook books form an i'm
portsnt item n your sales:
Bookseller-Yes, We sell them By the
thousand
The women appreciate them. ehZ'
''Oh. TIE women den's bug them;
their husbands do. New York Weekly
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Powerful.

He (ss usual(-These glasses give me
very intellectual appearance, don't you
think?
She-Yes. and 1 was just thinking
what powerful glasses they must be-
Washington Star.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-06

lIrom Oodeys Lady's Book. Reproduced by
permission Of the publishers.
Did the people of forty years ago real
" think the women of that time were
beautiful? If they did it only shows
that people can change their ideas more
quickly and radically than they can any
thing else. That is, of course, if the
magazine illustrations and other pictures
of the day reflected the popular idea Of
a charming and beautiful woman.
L have lately been looking over some
old magazines of the middle of this cen
tury, and the conviction was forced
upon me that the maiden Of 1850 could
not walk up Broadway in 189O-even if
she were dressed in modern style-with-
out creating looks of wonderment and
filters of laughter as far as she went
which, by the way, if she was really the
fragile creature she looked, would not
be more than few blocks.
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That's a nice ad."
What"
This museum advertises. We have
secured the Wandering jew He will
wander daily from 10 a. N. until 10 p.
Brooklyn Life.
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Mnnld Resneot His Wishes.

Old Gentleman from head of the stairs
at a late hour)-Clara, think you and
that young man have talked enough for
one evening.
Clara-An right. pa We won't say
another word.-Lppincotts Magazine,
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permission of the publishers
particular, the most beautiful. Those
two pairs of shoulders are about the
most significant thing know of in the
social evolution of the last half century
They tell an eloquent story of the change
that has come about in the general opin-
ion about women and in the actual capa-
cities of the sex.
The woman Of those days isrepresented
also as being timid, frightened and cling
ing. When she didn't shipper or look
tearfully melancholy the artists appear
to have thought that the next most
charming expression was a startled or a
frightened one, particularly if it was
possible to put into the picture man to
whom she could cling. Those were the
ivy and oak days, and the artists seem
to have had no idea that woman could
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-06
She Eeliexed HAr.

First Lsndlady-You say You are max
ing money keeping boarierss Why, there
isn't anything N mine.
Second Lzndia5y-They do look emp
-n~.-@as E--A p-zsa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-06

Deeds. mortgage. etc fSebraska form
Tor Oklahoma for sale ~ thJs Office
dress the IS ichIta LAGLE. Wichita Kan
AZ -
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Ore of tte f.zss esist4races g th@ sup~rs-
orlfquf Isapey1aj and Tsiig 10 seer Ia taat
sutersrr brar1s sTe rrsreers4fssl s-s- -
goo1 Ihsy are l4az Dssa - c@egtTssl
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mission of the publishers.
TIE illustrations of the day, magazine
and other, that are spread abroad nova
dsys represent very accurately the wO-
nan Of the present. Making allowance
tor the increase of skill in illustrating,
1t is fair to suppose that the pictures Of
those days reflected nearly as accurately
the type of woman Of that time and the
popular idea of how a beautiful woman
ought to look
And that idea seems to have been a
simpering, resigned and fearful express
sion, a set Of curls, crook in the neck,
Shoulders that slOped at an angle of for
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-06
v1rE WOMAN WAS AN IVY.

WHEN NOMAA WAS An " II
Iron Harper's Magazine Reproduced by per
mission OF the publishers.
Would the modern young woman in such
a situation look and act in that way'
Not she. The chances are that She
would DE challenging her escort TO jump
of the rock.
FLoRENCE FINCH KELLY.
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TO WEAK MEN

eBr-rfEz from The Elects q yotsfHi ~rTora sxr3y
dscAy Nn-tlnK vssEnsss lest manhood. sfr. Ill
end . vHiusbls trassiss ss.i3ei c1ntHisisE fzll
particulars FOR hons cars. FREE q cASrE--
splendid nss3lcks pork should - Fssa - s-fy
nan who r. Bsrv0Bs and dsbSutst~s. Ae4fssA
Prof. II. c. FOWLER, H0odsu. Conn.
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BEASTS IN CAPTIVITY.
MATERNAL LOVE AND WATCHFul-
NESS SEEN IN A MENAGERIE.
A Lioness That Is \ Typical Mother.
Beasts That Eat Their Young-Animsls
ton

Beasts Thae LAT Their 1ouug-Antmals
Born CaPtives Are Useless for Exhibi-
tion Purposes.
The conduct and methods of the NAM
mails in their maternal capacity, as ex-
hibited in circus menagerie, might be
studied with profit by American mstrons-
According to the testimony Of Superintend-
ent Conkhn of BaEnnm's circus every ami
NAL, If properly fed and kept free from
noisy intrusion and worry, viii rear its
young with unyaryfng care and affection,
and further he believes that animals OF
every species which has ever survived in
a state of captivity will breed, and he offers
the best possible justification Of this belief
by saying that he has never during an ex-
perience Of thirty years had charge of ami
mails which did rot breed OF course, he
does not mean that every individual female
has had young ones, for many individuals
are barren In the case of some species,
however, the animals OF one sex are never
caught, and consequently young ones are
not born among these. An example of
such animals is the laughing and crying
hyena. The female hyena is seldom caught,
although the male is very ordinary in
habitant of menageries. The males Of
some other kinds of animals are never
caught
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"a MAN
USSo2UsETto ~rrs' T@E osooasS'Y o. Tee eoUsTEY
csTAiN sUcr NFosEsTios ira CO r~a
CliCdgO. Rock Island & Pacific RI.

Including Lines East and West 81 the MissourI
River The pirrct Route 60 and from CHICAGO.
ROCK LELAND. DAVENPORT. DIS MONIES.
COUNCIL BLUFFS. wATERTOWH sioux
PALS. MINNEAPOLTa. ST PAUL. at. jos
EPII. ATCHIECE, LEAVEEWORTIT KANSAS
CITY. TOPEKA. DENVER COLORADO 6pr NOS
and PUEBLO. Free Reclining Chair Cars % aad
nom CHICAGO. CALDWELL. HuTCHINeON
and DODGE CITY. and Palace Sleeping Cars D.
tween CHICAGO WICHITA and HUTCHINSON
Daily Trains 60 and from kIEuFIsTIEIt. n Tia
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SOLID vESTIBULE EXPRESS TRAINS

Of Through Coaches. Slsercrs. and Dining Gers
daily between CHICAGO. DEB MONIES. COuN-
Gil BLUFFS and OMAHA. and Free Reclining
Chair Cars between CHICAGO and DENVER.
COLORADO SPRINGS and PUEBLO. via 81 joe
cph. Kansas City and Topeka EnrBrsisrs
daily. with Choice Of Houtus % and from Sail
Lake Portland. Los Angeles and Baa Frsuetaco.
The Direct Line % and from Plies Peak. ksnl-
tou. Garden Of the Gods tha sanitarlaIns. end
Scenic 0rundsurH q Colorado.
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Via The Albert Lea Routs.
Solid Express Trains daily between chirsrs and
IL Lnuenpoit end ST. Paul with THROUGH Re-
cliulng Chair Gers fFREEl % and ffpm taoae
roiEfs and Kansas City. Through Chair Car ard
Sleeper between Peoria spirit Lake and Eiar4E
Pals vim ROCK Island The FavgT4tr Itus 20
Uafertovyrl. SOU. Pals. tie Summer EsacFtH Su1
Hunting and Ttshinz Grounds q the Eortk vTeat
The short Line via HsusoA snd EnuEakss offers
facilities % travel 20 and fregn Indiana polls, C-
clnnati and ether Southern pgiuta
For Tickets. Maps. FOLDERS. or desired Informs
fion apply at ar COs Bon Ticket once. or aa6fHsf
&. ST. JOHN. JOHN SEBASTIAN
0eu1 Manager oru'1 TX a PsE1. AgL
rNIrACL- IL
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The most popular rVuf~ % Faasss
City g. IolsE al LhGsagO aud al
Eyrfugs. All Sew orleans. Florida.
and al posnts scala 44d Southeast
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-20
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

DISPATCHES from Santiago de Cuba
say that the famous bandit Velasquez
had been killed by Government troops,
and that his white band. numbering
thirty -four men, with their arms and
ammunition, had surrendered to the au-
thorities.
OK the Welsh and Irish coasts great
damage has been done by violent gales,
and shipping has suffered severely.
THE losses from the Gloucester Mass. J
fishing fleet this year show that of
eigthy-six lives lost eighty-fivc were
Canadians.
In collision between q passenger
train and freight train near Taunton,
Eng. ten persons were killed.
A TOBACCO factory valued at S20C, 600
was burned at Madrid, and 10000 men
were thrown out of employment.
By the capsizing Of ferry-boat in
the river Wagy, near Biztrice, Austria,
fifty-five passengers were drowned.
SANCHEZ forced President Hogran. OF
Honduras, to evacuate Tegucigalpa, the
capital, and he temporarily set up his
government at Tamara.
Orr the coast Of Spain the British
torpedo cruiser Serpent foundered, and
| out Of total Of 276 souls on board only
three were saved.
The failures were repor ted of r. NJ.
Wanzer & Co., ,sewing-machine and lamp
manufacturers at Hamilton, Ont. for
500, 600. and J. II. Gendron flour mer.
chant at Sherbrooke. Que, for Sl25, 900.
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SHINES BY ELECTRICITY.
An EnterprisinY Chicago R00t 0tblack's II
genbOus GOMtrivnnce.

Al SuschSO tbOOtO0ekA
Genlons C0ntrivance.
The very common daily adaptation OF
electricity and tho matter-of-fact way
in which people take to its use would
be astonishing were it not that the very
boldness of its introduction into the
common affairs of life has taken away
the possibility Of surprise. On Monroe
street, near Clark. . boy has erected \
little shed against one Of the large
buildings on the alley, and his sign
reads: Boots blacked by electricity
for nickel The youngsuer has a
small dynamo in one corner of his shed,
and he draws his supply of electricity
from the electric lighting wires which
pass along the street On State
street, above Randolph. there is an
enterprising grocer whose store has
been lighted with electricity for a
long while He has as part of
his furniture large coffee mill. which
required good deal Of elbow grease in
the course Of the day. 1t is now run by
electricity. the electric lighting COM
pany supplying the power to one-half
horsepower dynamo. which has been
put in for the purpose. The grocer says
it has paid for itself many times since
he put it in. The machine washing of
clothes, the wringing of the same and
their subsequent ironing is being done
by electricity, the heat for restaurant
ranges is supplied from the same source
in many places about the city. and now
an inventor proposes to run elevators
by its use. This last, if perfected, will
undoubtedly prove popular for the fea-
son that. however costly such mech
anism would be, it could not possi-
bly, equal the cost OF running separate
engine and supplying it with an attend.
ant and fuel.-chicago Evening Post
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WEST AND SOUTH.

In the Jail at Jackson, Miss, Joe
jackson, oneof the Rube Burrows gang
of train robbers, committed suicide
rather than stand trial.
ExPREss cars on two night trains on
the Georgia railroad. one leaving At
lanta for Augusta and the other leav-
ing Augusta for Atlanta, were robbed
of ST., 900.
THE Legislature OF Oklahoma passed
tho bill locating the Territorial capital
at Kingfsher.
A LARGE vein of carbonate of lead,
carrying seventy to 100 ounces of silver
and 90 per cent of lead to the ton of ore,
was discovered in David County, N. C.
AT the session Of the general assem-.
bly, Of the Knights of Labor at Denver,
Col. Grand Master Powderly in his re-
port said the late New York Central
strike had almost brought the organiza-
tion to financial ruin, and it developed
the fact that the press of the country
was not friendly 10 the knights.
AT Noble Lake, Ark, Jack Bucking-
ham (colored) committed suicide by
taking morphine. This was the first
negro suicide that ever occurred in
Arkansas
GEORGE w. BURNsIDE's livery at
Sioux Falls. s. d., was burned, and
thirty-four horses lost their lives.
In default OF $40 tine for drunken
ness. A. +. Anderson, at one time the
leading attorney at liffin, O., was sent
to the work-house.
THE official returns from the Iowa
election show the SUCCESS Of the entire
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THE OLD ROMAN.

Allen e. Thurman Highly HOn0red on
tho Occasion of the ei~brAtIon of His
nth Birthday Hun ,reds Tender Theis
Congratulations banquet - which
theIveneraties Statesman Announces Hia
Retirement from Politics.
COLUMBTs, O., Nov. Thursday
was Thurman day in Ohio and Demo
cratic politicians from more than half
the States of the Union journied to
Columbus to pay their respects to that
Nestor OF Democracy, AllenG. Thurman.
on the occasion Of his 11th birthday.
The eyes OF the country were on Colum-
bus and its central figure, the Old Ro-
man, whose rugged honesty has likened
him to those patriots of old who placed
the public welfare above considerations
of self. To no retired statesman of
recent times has come such flood
Of universal good will and loving
sentiment. The list Of distinguished
visitors and those who have procured
seats at the banquet table is not com.
posed exclusively of Democrats. There
are many Republicans here from Ohio
and elsewhere who come, not As par
tisans but as citizens, to show thei: ap-
probation Of the public service rem
dered by Judge Thurman.
The most notable arrival was that oi
ex-President Grover Cleveland, who
came Thursday morning The ex-Pres.
ident was accompanied by his former