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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-06
UNAPPRECIATED PHILANTHROPY.
He Wanted to Go About Doing Good,
but Was Fooled.

He Wanted to Go About Doing Good,
but Was Fooled.
'I will detain you only a moment,
ma'am,'' said a greasy looking tramp to
the lady who came to the door Of a house
in the suburb the other day in answer to
his ring. II am the inventor of a process
for the deterioration of boiled cabbage"
"a process for what?"
"For deodorizing the nutritious but not
ambrosial cabbage. The invention, madam,
has cost me much mental labor, and have
expended hundreds of dollars in perfect
ing it. / am not mistaken, l think" he
continued, shifting the air in dispassion-
ate, judicial kind of way, 'in surmising
that you are cooking cabbage in Jour
kitchen at this momentp
"You are not"
81 am seldom mistaken in the odor of
cabbage. Now, as was about to say, al
though this process of mine for the re-
moval or rather prevention Of the peculiar
fragrance given forth by the cabbage in the
process of cooking has cost me heavily, yet
/ am not monopolist. have no wish to
deprive mankind of the benefit of the dis
covery. For a mere plateful of that cab
bage, ma'am," he said wiping his mouth
softly with the back of his hand, 81 will
impart to you the secret whereby you can
boil this justly celebrated vegetable all day
without filling your house with the odor"
Il think not. don't want your secret"
Possibly, ma'am," he said suggestively,
you enjoy the fragrance"
Il do"
"Ah-ump' he unused, "some persons do.
1t will surprise you doubtless TO learn that
| am passionately fond of it myself Ny
experiments on deodorization have not
been pursued from a selfish motive" he
added with dignity, "but with the idea of
benefiting others. Perhaps, madam, as it
seems impossible for us TO put this matter
on the basis of business transaction, you
may see your way clear to permitting me
to test that cabbage to the extent of half a
plateful anyhow"
81 do not"
'Then have you any objections to my re-
naming here few moments and enjoying
the smell of that cabbage?"
Il have If you don't go away I'll set
the dog on you"
The tough looking caller put his greasy
hat on one side of his head and strobe down
the steps with an air of insulted majesty
when you see me again" he said, lin
all probability shall be at the head of a
gigantic cabbage trust. Chicago Trib-
une.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-06
How She Outvi.ted Them.

In a semi-fashionable boarding house
con the hill, " in Washington, resides as q
guest a maiden lady, cultured and clever.
Like some other nice people she is rather
sensitive on the subject Of age, and this, Of
course, was the subject OF some quizzing
among the thicker skinned boarders. The
blank left at the house By the enumerstOr
was spread on the psrlor table, and the in
mates requested TO I'LL In the various spaces
as TO their antecedents, etc. Secrecy was
Of course out of the question. and consid-
cradle curiosity was evinced as 20 how our
ancient maiden would treat the query as
to Der age.
When her turn came she was equal to
the emergency. She quietly filed in all
the desired information, and when the
eager eyes around scanned the age col
umnn they found they could make nothing
Of il. Everything else was written out IN
a neat, clear hand, but here they were
stumped.
why. Miss Arabella," said the land
lady. smiling sweetly, Il am afraid the
enumerztor will not be able 20 make this
out" pointing to the item in question
That" said Miss Arzbella placidly
"Oh, that Is written in German. you know,
and IL he can't read il they can ct the Office
OF course" And she calmly retired, well
aware that not q soul in the house bat her
self understood word Of German--Wash-
ington Letter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-06
Points About Immigrants.

NEW YORK, Aug. est is a noticeable
feature of the German immigration this
year that nearly all the young men are
healthy and fine looking, and in most in
stances belong to the skilled trades. Their
exodus Is due to the high cost OF living at
home and the increased burdens Of mill
tary service.
1t has been noticed that Of the thousands
of immigrants who belong to the Greek
Catholic faith, hardly 5 per cent profess
that religion after being here few years
Much Of this changeffs due 70 the efforts
of the Roman Catholic church, which has
missionaries whose duty IL Is 20 follow up
and convert the heterodox foreigners. The
missionaries are chosen from the races
which supply the immigrants, and include
Firms, Poles, Russians, Greeks, Armeni-
ans and Slavs. Theywork very hard, and
display a zeal and energy seldom witnessed
on the part Of American ministers of any
denomination. A small portion of Greek
Catholics are converted to Professionalism.
while the majority become agnostics or ir-
religious.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-06

sional career, although she continued TO
| prepare herself for it, and it was not until
she was 81 years of age that she began reg
ular ministerial work. She was ordained
as pastor of the First Universalist church
at bingham, Mass, and in a short time
accepted call to Jersey City at a salary of
| O. 800 year
Mrs. Hanaford has preached throughout
New England, and has lectured and
preached in most of the middle and some
of the southern states. She has written
fifteen books and has been a constant con-
tributor to different papers and periodicals
One of her books, Daughters of America"
has reached a circulation of 10000 copies.
She has for many years been an earnest
laborer for equal suffrage.
Mrs. Hanaford is the first woman who
ever acted as chaplain Of a legislative body.
In 1870 and 1872 she acted in that capacity
first in the house of representatives and
afterward in the senate of Connecticut.
For many years she has been an officer of
Sorosis of New York city, member of the
New England Woman's club and of the
Women's Christian Temperance union.
Mrs. Hanaford's last work is "The Heart
of Siasconset, !" which is just published.
For more than forty years Mrs. Black
well has been prominently connected with
those movements inaugurated to secure
for women the best educational opportuni-
ties as well as the franchise. She is further
distinguished as having been the first wom-
an ordained as a Christian minister and
for her versatile mind and substantial &C
quirements.
Mrs. Blackwell was born in Henrietta,
Monroe county, n. Y, in 1926 When she
was 16 years old she began to teach school
winters, and when she was 10 years of age
she determined to go TO the college at Ober-
lin, O., to finish her education. While there
she taught in the lower departments and
thus betrayed the expenses of her college
course, while she completed the prescribed
course in Greek and Hebrew in vacation
time. She was graduated from Oberlin in
1S47 and afterward received from that in
stitution the A NJ. degree.
After finishing a course in theology at
Oberlin Mrs. Blackwell lectured on differ
ent reforms and preached whenever and
wherever an opportunity offered, without
regard to sect. In 1853 she was ordained
pastor of Congregational church at South
Butler, Wayne county, n. Y.
Beside lecturing and preaching Mrs.
Blackwell has always done more or less
literary work. Her series of sketches
Shadows of Our Social System" pub
lished in The New York Tribune, attracted
wide attention, and was afterward pub
lished in book form. Her books Sex
Throughout Nature" "The Physical Basis
of Immortality" and other works have all
had bearing on the questions to which
she has given her attention since she began
public work. Her latest work is Religion
DIS Founded Upon Natural Demonstration
Independent of Revelation"
Mrs. Blackwell is the mother of five
children and has had particularly happy
married life. While they were students at
Oberlin Lucy Stone and Mrs. Blackwell
became close friends, and from then until
the present time the friendship has con-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-06
A Story of Chinese Gordon.

There is a story told of Chinese Gordon,
one of the most striking which centers in
his romantic personality. While he was
in China there was some mutiny in the
army over bad rations or stopped pay. 1t
was Gordon's duty TO stop that mutiny and
this is how he did it. he had the men
drawn up and down and stood few PAGES
in front Of them. At his elbow were half
a dozen trusty fellows with loaded rifles.
Now" he said, you must have some
leaders; let them stand out and I'll speak
TO them"
There was q moments pause. Come,
fall outl' said Gordon again, in a cool,
everyday voice, as If he was ordering din
ner. The men looked at one another, and
stirred in their places as his keen eye ran
along the ranks. Then two men stepped
forward. Gordon quietly gave-a signal TO
his half dozen men with loaded rifles, and
the next moment the two ringleaders were
shot dead So ended the mutinv. But
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-06
Nov sHstem az operntfne st-aet

New System of Operating Street Railways.
A new system, of operating street rail
ways has been patented. II is an apphca-
ton of the Archimedes screw. In q con-
duit beneath the car track is placed a
wrought iron tube with stout worm, and
in place Of the grip used on the cable lines
is a shoe pushed forward by the worm, and
raised or lowered at the Will of the oper-
stor by a vertical rod. Avelocity Of four
teen miles GO hour can be attained, and it
is claimed that the operating expenses will
be 20 per cent less than those of the cable
method. The mechanism promises to be
less likely to get out of order, and the cost
Of repairs viii be oorrespondingly less
New York Commercial Advertiser
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-06
MARGUERITE IS.

The thick June grasses cling around her fest
All Starred with daisies in the meadow wide,
The clover kfts its balls Of nectar sweet,
And buttercups fash gold on evarJ side.
She seeks to know her fate, to learn her lot,
A daisy Is her sibyi pure and fair;
The petals fall-"He loves me, loves me not"
She murmurs as they hutter In the air.
Oh, maiden, poets write for us IN vain,
We push the printed page aside and ind
In the low murmur Of your soft refrain
The living, breathing music Of mankind
And the true wheels, which move the great round
world,
Are those that in your slender hand you hold,
Whose spokes are milk white petals taintly cured,
That cling like thoughts around heart Of gold.
-Housevrife
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-06

candle Hoiders Tor Chrftemss Trees.
Children Of all ages win ~pprcciaee an
improved holder Of oandlea aAdtapers for
Christmas trees. which promises to put an
end to the disaster and disappointment
which often ensues from the usual frsil
fastenings. 1t il chained that this holder
can be readily affixed to Christmas trees
and other articles, such as wall brackets,
wire, rope and other lines and supports,
however slight, for decorating. illuminat-
ing and general purposes. The invention
consists Of an ordinary candle or taper
with a curved base to catch the grease
dropping from the candle, and one or more
Lengths of flexible wire are left free to be
twisted or cooled around the object or arti-
Gle to which the holder. Ia TO be attached.
This little device, by It's rigiditY when once
fixed, insures the tapers burning down to
the socket in the exact position in which
they are desired.-New York Commercial
Advertiser
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-06
ExPERurTNrs WITH A GLASS TUBE

will come Just az the centar Of the opening,
and than, EfIle dAning q window or bright
lamp, look through the tube with one eye,
and you YIN SEQ q spot OF Light surrounded
by a nVnzbR Of beauttful rings.
Hare ve hs%e en- example Of multiplied
reflection. The Hight entering the tube
through tho hole IN the card falls on the
smooth e1rfaceof tho interioe Of the tube,
and appears % the eye in the form Of rings.
The cat represents section OF the tube
and shows the paths the different rays of
Light take, and shows how each Is reflected
from side 10 side TIL they all meet in the
eye The dotted lines and the rings pro
jected beypnd The tube show how they APP
pear TO tho eye. Bystudying this drawing
carefully and trying Cross outs and Sits in
the card In place of the single hole you will
get q yerycoYsectIdea Of repeated reflection,
and find the tube a source of considerable
amusement, according to Mayer s. Bar
nard, from whose work on Lights" our
cut is a reprint.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-06
Curtoua Notices.

By the side of the main road, four miles
from Canterbury, the following curious
notice may be read: Traction engines and
other persons taking water from this pond
viii be prosecuted" This is az good as a
notice I once saw in barber's windows
Hair cutting while you wait"
At Tynemouth appeared some thirty or
more years ago the alarming announce
ment: "Visitors are cautioned against
bathing within a hundred yBcds of this
spot, several persons having been drowned
here by order Of the authorities. Notes
and Queries.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-06
To Cure RluahinU.

To cure blushing, or the continual, quick,
nervous flush, with or WITHOUT reason, IL Is
recommended TO take half wineglaes of
the compound infusion Of geptian twice a
day-sfter breakfast and dinner or after
dinner and bedetne. The scntiAn Is sold
by all goed druggists, and Is excellent for
indigestion. Shirley Dare's Letter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-06
On a BuSiness Basis.

at was a brave act, young man." said
the grateful father with deep feeling. at
the peril of your life you rushed into the
burning building and saved my daughter.
How can ever repay you'"
Would q couple OF dollars be too muchg"
suggested the brave rescuer. - Chicago
Tribupa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-06
Njll!{t!&Essle
SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.
SUBJECTS OF GENERAL INTEREST
PRESENTED IN BRIEF FORM.

Experiments with Glass Tube That Give
Very Correct Idea of Repeated Re-
hootiOn of Light and Afford Also a
Source OF Amusement.
Procure glass tube, about three-quarter
Inch In diameter and twelve inches hong,
and paint the outside with black varnish.
If this is not convenient cover the tube
with thick black cloth, and fasten It down
with mucslage, taking care to have the
cloth square a. the ends. Punch hole in
a postal card with the sharp point of pair
OF scissors, and with q knife make the
ragged edges Of the hole smooth. Hold the
card atone end of the tube, so that the hole
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-06
A Safe Skipper.

Old Lady (at Tampa bay)-My daughters
want 10 go sailing. Can you swimg
Yacht Skipper-No mum.
Old Lady-Myi goodness What could
you do / anything should hAppen'
Yacht Skipper-Please, mum, when the
man wot does the sailin' can't swim he's
mighty kereful not tc let anything happen.
Good News
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-06
Slight Covering.

"Why didn't you speak TO me when I
passed you on the street this afternoon,
Mr.. Washington" said Belle Pepperton.
Law guess must have been wrap
ped in thought"
Indeed And weren't you afraid of tax
ing colds"-Washington Post.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-06
An Ahsont Minded Man.

Bessie Bookworm-Oh, 1 never mind
what papa says-except when he is away
from home.
Dick Dangleboy-Ah, yes; ] have always
understood that the professor was an alb
sent minded man.-Burlington Free Press
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-06

REV. ANToNETTE BROWN BLACKWELL
tinued. They married brothers who were
in sympathy with their views, and for
more than forty years they have worked
together for the franchise for women and
other reforms. Mrs. Stone never took the
name of Blackwell. az she believes that
every woman should retain her own name
as well as her independent individuality.
ANToINETTE VAN HOEsEN.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-06
More Than They Had Caught.

1--WE caught cold twice this week, 70
marked detective.
"You always were q lucky fellow" said
one of his fellow oficers.-Washingto
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-06

always THINK" Goraon used to say medi-
tativsly after telling the story, II always
think murdered, those men. boston
TrapsTfint
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-06

Batcheller-Ned, how would you define
o love letter.
Benedict-A love letter is q thing that
ten years afterward you generally wish
you hadn't written--Someryille Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-06
TWO WOMEN PREACHERS.
Rev. Phoebe Hsnafsrd and Rev. Antoi-
nette Blackwell.

CHICAGO, Aug. 2s-The Rev. Phoebe
Hanaford was born on tho island Of Nan
tucket in 1929. Her father was Capt.
George w. Coffin, descendant Of Tristan
Coffin, one Of the original purchasers Of
Nantucket, and she is also descended from
Peter Folger.
She studied theology under the Rev.
Ethan Allen, an Episcopal clergyman of
Nantucket. and when she was but II years
OF age she delivered her first sermon.
Her marriage to DR.. Hanaford when she
was 20. which was followed by the birth
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-06
Do a General Banking, Collecting
and Brokerage Business.

Eastern and Focei9n Exchange
bought and sold. United States bonds
Of all denominations bought and sold.
County, Township and Municipal
bonds bought
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-06

Then Baby was ark, we gave her CAstortS,
When she was Child, she cried for CaStoriA,
When she became Miss she chung to CastoriA,
When she had Children. she gave them CastoriA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-06
REAL ESTATE AGENTS.

We carly q complete Inns OF all kinds OF Books
and Blanks such as used by Real Estate Agents
consisting Of Deeds, Mortgages Abstracts, Receipt
BookA Note Books, Rent Registers, Notary Public
Records and Blanks, Contract Books. Pocket Real
Estate Books for Farm and City Property. etc. Or
ders By mail promptly attended 70. Address
THE WICHITA EAGLE,
WICHITA. KANSAS.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-09-27
The Fourth Finger.

1t is a generally known fact that
the fourth or ring finger of the hu-
man hand is not on a par with the
other fingers, it being the weakest,
the least flexible and the most rebel
lious in action. Scientific men ex-
plain the feebleness by the theory
that the lateral tendons joining the
ring finger to the others composing
the hand i'll a measure paralyze its
To the majority of peo-
pie it matters little that one of the
fingers should be inferior to the rest
in strength; as a scientific oddity,
however, it is worthy Of note; to the
pianist or the player of stringed in
struments it is a source of consider.
able inconvenience. As art can in
the present day remedy most defects
which incommode us, medical man
has thought that something could be
done to free the ring finger. He in
forms those interested in the matter
that if they wish to have strong,
flexible fourth finger they have to
submit to surgical operation, that
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-09-27
SObriety Among Jews.

DR.. Richardson cites the ews as a
living example Of the advantages of
sobyiety. The remarkable vitality of
their race strikes him as something
astounding.
Oppressed by cruel laws IN the past,
and living in abodes where others must
have died, they yet contrived to exist.
The explanation according to this in
defatigable apostle of Hygeia, is that
which was given by Haller, a leading
German doctor OF the last century. 1t
is that they lead, as rule. simple lives,
and are mindful Of the expressive max
i'm IN Proverbs, "Wine is mocker." "
DR.. Herman Alder has pointed out
that, although Judaism does not de-
nounce the taxing of wine in modera-
ton, there runs throughout the Hebrew
literature the strongest condemnation
of intemperance, 1t IS, however we
are told, mistaken idea that during
Passover Jews are for hidden to take
fermented wine. What is forbidden is
the product of fermented grain for
which reason strict Jews at such time
are restrained from the use OF such IL
quors as whisky.-Londou DAILY
Meas.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-09-27
A Hint About Driving.

DIR. Leahy, a horse trainer, says:
"When horse stops and proposes
to turn around. don't resist the turn,
but give him quiet horizontal pull
in the direction he wants to turn, so
as to carry him further around than
he intended to go, and, if possible,
keep him gong around half dozen
times. In most cases this will upset
all his calculations. and he will go
quietly on without much ado. If six
turns will not do give him twenty.
In fact, if he will keep on turning to
your rein, you are sure to conquer,
as enough turning will confuse him
and leave him at your command If
he will not turn, and will back to the
rein, keep him going backward in
the direction you want to go. He
will soon tire of that and prefer to 90
with the right end forward; but
before you let him go give him de.
cidedly more backing than he likes"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-09-27
The Policy of a Seventh Days
Rest.

Probably no one has ever doubted
the wisdom of the decree that man
should rest on every seventh day, al
though the reason therefore may not
have been made clear. Experiments
conducted at Munich have brought out
one of them. 1t was demons rated
that the system loses oxygen to the
amount of one ounce as the result of a
hard days work 1t was found that
laborer does not recover during the
night the oxygen he has overdrawn,
but that an occasional day Of rest,
coming just at the right time, will serve
completely to restore the equilibrium
and make him as good as new. 1t was
also shown that the amount Of exhaus-
ton of the oxygen of the system-in
other words, of the life power-by six
days of labor, is the amount that can
be supplied by a day OF complete rest.
Boston Herald.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-09-27
The Sun Never Sets on Our
Country.

Webster's eloquent description of
the British Empire is very readable;
but we doubt whether it is generally
realized that we too, have domin-
ion on which the sun never sets. 1t
will hardly be believed. perhaps,
without an examination Of the maps
that San Francisco, instead Of being
the west line of this dominion, is
only about midway between our east
ern and western limits, and yet it is
a fact that the farthest Aleutian isle,
acquired in our purchase Of Russian
America, is as far to the west of that
city as Easport, Maine, is to the east
of 1t. Between the northwest limit
of Washington Territory and the
southern limit of Alaska there is a
break of few degrees; but, with the
slightest deduction, our territory ex-
tends through I9o degrees OF lonSl-
tude, or 10 degrees more than half
way round the globe. Hence, when
the sun is giving its goodnight kiss
to our westernmost isle, on the con-
fines of Behring Sea, it is already
hooIing the fields and forests OF
Maine with its morning light, and in
the eastern part of the State is more
than an hour high. At the very
moment when the Aleutian fisher
man, warned by approaching shades
of night. is pulling his canoe towards
the shore, the wood chopper of
Maine is beginning to wake the for
est echoes with the stirring music OF
his axe.