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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-06
The Energy of Children.

There is sometimes an element Of fierce
ness in the energy Of children. They are
not only lively and active and noisy. but
they are aggTessiveIy So They are not sat
isfied without constant attention and SYM
pathv. Their elders must look at that,
know this and praise the other; and their
placidity being continually stirred. the ell
Giers get weary of schooling their souls TO
patience.
This aggressive energy is q terrible strain
on rasped nerves and tired body. It is in
such moments of stress of spirit that the
mother makes the hasty, impatient speech.
and then, with self reproach does fer :h9
child tenfold more than she ought 70 Urg
Ssh herself forthe brief sin.
IT. is true, however some may evclaim
against it. that al mothers DO not merge
their whole being in motherhood. Some
fimes the spirit is willing but the Gosh is
weak, and sometimes the spirit itself rAhels.
A woman who was the mother Of twelve
children brought up bA- SOUS and daugb-
tiers to honor and love her. She was g
model wife friend and neighbor. Years
after her boys and girls bad grown mp and
were scattered, she confessed. al did used
TO get dreadfully tired of my childT"nr'
She was q faithful mother In spite ~ tho
feeling, perhaps better because of har per
ception of it. but she was a w0us2 Grst.
Rnd it was hard to forget that
Jobs comforters" come Ground, saying
''Think how badly you would feel if YOU
lost them Think how you will regret the
trouble when they are grown MP solemn
men and womenp All that is true enough,
though, like some other truths, no present
relief But when the infliction is worst it
might afford a little help 10 consider what
a wonderful mercy it is that children do
have such an abundant stock of aggressive
energy TO start With What a help it is in
the chances and changes of this trouble
some lifel
1t is the energetic, enthusiastic man who
keeps a bold front and steadlast sonl in
the worlds battleGelds It's the energetic.
brave spirited woman who preserves a
happy, youthful heart, and meets trials and
calculations with a smiling defiance. Yes,
the children will need through life all the
energy they can command. Let us try to
be thankful they have such a good supply
10 begin on.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-06
Ammonia and Pnrax.

The uses of ammonia and bOraX ara
manifold and their value as household
agents can scarcely be overrated In the
laundry, bath and kitchen they are grow
ing positively indispensable 70 the progress
sive houSekeeper.
The first is valuable cleanser and dis
infectapt at the same time. By those who
wish to do their work in the quickest and
most effectual way these remarkable facili-
tating agents are employed. AS toilet ar
ticles they have no superior. little am
monia in the bath will keep the skin
healthy, deliciously sweet and clean, firm
and fresh looking. 1t is found in many
shampoo mixtures. and is thorough
cleanser of the hair and scalp.
Bornx water is also excellent for wash
ing the hair. Many prefer it for the face,
as it renders the water very soft and leaves
the cutcle smooth as velvet Weak am
monia water will clean hair brushes very
rapidly and keep the bristles white and
stiff. Weak borax water is good deuti-
frice.
Almost every housewife who has an in
clination toward window flower culture
knows the efficacy as a fertilizer of few
drops of ammonia put IN the water twice a
week for plants.-Springfeld Homestead.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-06

Round shoulders are almost unavoids
bly, accompanied by weak lungs, but may
be cured by the simple, and easily per.
formed exercise of raising ones self upon
the toes. in n perpendicular position. sew
eral times daily Take a perfectly up,
right position. with the heels together and
the toes at an angle of forty-fve degrees.
Drop the arms lifelessly by the sides, ami
mating and raising the chest to its full ca
pacity muscularly. the chin well drawn in.
Slowly rise mp on the balls of the feet to
the greatest possible height, thereby exer-
cising all the muscles of the legs and body;
come again into standing position without
swaying the body backward out of the per-
feet line. Repeat this exercise first on one
foot and then On the otber.-New York
Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-06

There was one man IN New London
before the college boat races had ended
who was refreshing treat 70 those who
were in the Connecticut town He had
a son who was rowing in che Of the big
university boats, and he was an example
OF the paternal college spirit which may
grow old. hut which seldom dies Here
was man sixty years old, who spent
three weeks in New London following
college oarsne1 from 0ne end CT the
town 70 the other. You might see him
with couple Of young neu whose arEas
were locked In his No years oould rob
him Of the seutinsn. which hung around
his memory Of his college dsys-
He was an undergraduate again with
the undergraduates who were classmates
Of one Of his sons. Whenever &c sav q
college nan whom he knew, whether tia
vounEyter were TO c. 80 yards away,
the old uaa would hurry CT, crying
after the ocher. "EAl.os, Old raau. wait
a minute" That college boy forty yesrz
8 grz6uate was o1e q tie mat popular
men 70 be found near t1s famous cd
fSE Ellg coqls q LAe E.steV.e Ta2EsA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-06
Grandmother,s Pantry.

A correspondent who evidently has q
''sweet tooth" wakes eloquent over the
goodies made by our grandmothers who.
MS he truly says, had few cook books, but
knew how to cook. He writes feelingly
and well, but if he is a married man it is
perhaps fortunate for him that his letter is
printed anonymously
1t is long since some of us have seen any
of the crullers of which we were SO fond
when grandmother made them.
She used to make also toot hsome little
seed cake, fragrant with caraway and
Rnise seeds. with sugar on top, the like of
which we have not seen since we used to
slip into her pantry and help ourselves out
of the old blue stone jar III which they were
always kept.
There was another and larger stone jar
on the same shelf, in which she kept those
big, puffy. twisted and braided doughnuts
that neither looked nor tasted like the de-
generate doughnuts of the present day.
Sometimes we chose a cooky instead, q
cooky las was a cooly;" not a thin, wafer
like, dry cooky, like the cookies of this gen
Grafton, but j full inch thick and almost as
large as a saucer-a cooNy to delight the
heart aud still more the stomach Of hun
CRY boy.
You remember, too, the big brown turn
over with your Initial on 1t. In these days
of elaborate and unwholesome dishes YOU
have never tasted anything better than
that turnover
You found many things in your grand
mothers pantry that you never find any
where now. And perhaps, with the eXcep-
fion of your own mother, you have never
found any one so kind and patient and
generous as grandmother herself was
Youths Companion.
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new, without going to the expense of hav-
ing it revarnished or gone over by finish
err Here is never failing polish: After
thoroughly busting the article and clean
ing off whatever specks may be Cd it, she
should mix and apply the following: Take
one teaspoouful of pure cider vinegar aud
add to it one gill of pure raw linseed oil
Shake thoroughly until mixed
Apply with soft wooden rag. rubbing
gently It is only necessary to dampen
the rag with the mixture and not to
thoroughly wet it. It soon dries and leaves
the article with bright. new face. This
preparation has the advantage of not gum
ming-but giving fresh look to every ar
ticle of furniture it is applied to.-New
York Iournal
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TTulii2ataVvney.

Mulligatawney soup owes its somewhat
outlandish name to the tricky restaurateurs
of a hundred years ago, who managed
under this name to introduce into popular
favor the somewhat familiar curry soup of
India. Mulligatawney literally means
pepper water" and there was no especial
reason for giving this soup the name. 1t
may be made of either the breast of veal,
chicken or rabbit as foundation. A gen
uine Mulligatawney formerly owed its ex-
cellence to rabbit stock. For practical pur-
poses, however, it is usually made of veal
stock
To make the soup, slice and fry three
small onions, put two tablespoonful of
minced ham in the saucepan with the
onions, and add half fowl and half a
Glove of garlic; let the whole fry till the
meat is little brown. Then pour over it
two quarts OF veal stock, and let the soup
simmer gently for about an hour Add an
even tablespoonful of curry powder and an
ounce of almonds which have been pounded
to a paste and the juice of half lemon.
The soup is always served with boiled rice
and some East Indian chutney. Picked
mangoes are considered the most suitable
TO serve with Mulligatawney. This soup is
not straiued.-New York Tribune
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-06

Not little danger is incurred from
snufliug up accidentally articles in the
nose, where they get lodged and refuse to
move either one way or the other. Chill
dren are more apt to suffer from this ac-
cident than Older people, but there are
many cases OF all ages in the hospital suf-
fering from this complaint. The great
danger Is OF the article remaining there so
long before it is removed as to cause swell
ing and inflammation. The operation Of
removing the article after it has become
very bad is simple, but it often causes
great pain and a Disagreement Of the face
A new way of removing such articles is
given by a medical practitioner. Insert
the nozzle of rubber bag in the other
nOstril. and close it up tightly. In the
case OF baby the bag should be squeezed
when the infant Is crying. In an older pa
tent make him swallow some water, and
when in the act of doing this give the bag
a sudden, quick, hard squeeze Generally
the air will pass back of the foreign body
and force it out of the nostril. Ii is a sim
pie way of removing such bodies from tho
nose, and any one can do it should such an
accident happen. "A. S. Atkinson. ". D.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-06
Their First,

They came into the street car together
Sunday afternoon. a little bit of a young
mother, still pale with the delicate pallor
the cheeks of young mothers often wear.
Behind her there came i great, tall, awk-
ward young fellow. with the baby in his
arms. He had all the awkwardness and
the clumsiness OF the average young father
who goes abroad for the first time with a
baby OF his own in his arms. lie held il
up TO his broad, full chest so gently aud Sc
eenderly in the hollow of one OF his big
red hands a fraiI. helpless little bundle OF
humanity, for which that great giant
would lay down his life.
-'Shs'n't take him now" asked the
hahy's mother when she sat down.
mo. no; I'll hold him." be said as be
gathered up tue baby's long ruflied aud
tucked white skirts 10 keep them FROM
touching the car ooor after be tad sat
down.
when you get tired holding him I'll
take him." she said
oh. he won't tire me any He isn't any
heavier than a bird" was the reply.
And there they sat oblivious TO every
thing and everybody but the baby, their
bakyi Its coming had been TO them the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-06
wnman's Work on the Farm.

The National Stockman suggests that
women ought TO pay more attention to the
care of young stock on the farm because
they are better adapted to it and have more
patience.
Just 80. In the same line allow rs 10
suggest that ueu are much better adapted
10 carrying in wood and water, 20 carrying
out ashes and Stops than the women ara,
and It would be q great accom- mediation 70
the women II the practice were generally
INDUCED in. But it does not prevail very
extensively The women have euough 10
do without playing wet nurse 10 al the
motherleSs lambs aud calves on the place,
and their work is harder for them than tie
farmers work Is for him
1t Is all very well 10 talk about woman's
superior patieuce-we know all about that
But until she evolutes iuto a being with a
spring steel back, and Que that never &c
quires sleep or rest, il is work Of superero
cation to Invent new fields Of labor Tor her
-Husba udmau
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SIMPLE DIET THE SAFEST.

Mothers Cannot lie Too CarAfuI Of ere
Quality of Food for chiIdreo.
Yes. the simplest is the safest, and the
best is the cheapest The butcher, for ex-
ample. or the egg merchant, cannot adult
terate his wares, but he may have several
qualities, and there is stage in respect tn
all animal foods which renders them to 3
large extent poisonous. and this is IS bad
if not worse than adulteration.
We often hear it said that shop eggs, az
they are called, are good enough for frying
with bacon or ham, This is a mistake; an
egg that has even suspicion of staleness
about it is deleterious to health. not to say
dangerous, no matter whether it be fried
or boiled The same may ne said of desb
meats of all kinds
It is a truism that any kind Of food or
Z mixed diet which requires the aid of stirl-
ulant for their digestion is not salutary.
Such diet is a tax upon the whole sys-
tenn. and causes heat and discomfort aud
a feverish state of the blood. which can
only end in debility of the nervous system
and more or less prostratiOn.
Those who would obtain the greatest
amount of health and comfort from the
food they eat must be most careful in its
agrees with him and what does not.
Through the summer months the table
should be abundantly supplied with fruits
and vegetables. Children especially should
be fed literally on fruits to avoid boat
rashes. rushes of the blood 20 the head and
digestive troubles.
As rule the healthy stomach will easily
absorb any reasonable quantity OF fruit
taken at proper seasons. Weak and abused
digestive organs will have to he treated
more carefully, but will ultimately grow
accustomed TO fruit diet and be all tbs
better for it. To do good, fruit must be
properly ripe and sound. If eaten green or
between meals it will interfere with diges-
fion and cause bowel troubles. Acids pre-
vent calcareous degeneration. keeping the
homes elastic, as we'll as preventing the
accumulation of earthly matters. This is
because OF their solvent power. Fruit is
perfect food when fully ripe, and if it were
in daily use from youth to age, there would
be less goGt. gallstones and stone III the
bladder.-Halls Journal of Health.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-06
How the French Baby Is Reared.

The French baby used to wear multi
plicity of caps-a small, close cap Of fine
linen. over which was second Of light
flannel. and over that third Of some light
and ornamental stuff; now the caps are
being discarded, aud baby goes openly and
badly bareheaded. There is, however.
one infantile institution TO which well-to-
do French folk cling obstinately, and that
is the foster mother, or wet nurse. The
institution had its origin ages ago. 1t was
under the early Bourbon kings that the
practice FIRST became established Of send
ing Infants into the country, to some well
known dependent of the house, to be
nursed and fed aud brought up.
That is why one reads so much in French
literature of foster brothers and foster SIS
ters. who were the peasant children brought
mp IN the same lap and at the same breast
"a the young lords and ladies. The wet
nurse who lived in the family was-and is
stilI-commOulya Burgundiau, an ample.
handsome md good natured type of wom-
an. something like our own woman Of
Devonshre. The fine Burgundian nursa
IS still feature of Partisan life, with her
black eyes, her rich color and her Opulens
form. her red cloak, her full hordered cap
and her long, floating ribbons---S:rard
Magazine
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The Political Mrs. Grundy.

The political Mrs. Grundy is a phantom
conjured by the apprehension Of a politi'
clan of what he supposes 20 be the opinion
of the people or OF party. The inevitable
result Of the apprehension is TO regard that
general opinion as mean and uninteligent,
so that the politician Is often trying TO con-
form TO a standard that be despises. Iu-
stead Of asking what does the public adj
vantage require and what ought 10 be done,
he wonders what he can do that will alien
ate the least votes. StatesmansEip, be
says. consists in doing what you can, not
what you would.
But the fault Of that apothegm is ifs
vagueness You know what you would,
but no man until ne tries knows what De
can. II is certain that you can do safely
what is generally approved. But the vital
condition Of progress is that somebody
shall 20 first The forward step IS not
generally approved until it Is taken, and
in arguing that II ought not 70 Oe taken
until it is generally approved, you forget
that taking it & the way 70 secure aP-
proval.
The important point Is not what Mrs.
Grundy says. but what she ought 20 say
George William Curtis in Harpers.
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POOR AND YET RICH.

No wealth on earth except that Godlike GIT,
4 happy nature and unbroken health
And sweet contented heart thoughts which
can lift
The soul to heav'n itself, if this be wealth.
No joy on earth except it be to watch
The ev'n ming crimson tingeing earth and SKY;
Or burden of the wild birds song 10 catch
When scented night winds hum their lullaby.
No rank on earth except his rank who stands
Free, pure before his God and asks to know
That perfect justice at His mighty hand
Omniscient mercy only can bestow,
No hope on earth except that time shall free
His soul at last to pass beyond deaths portal,
Where wealth and JOY and rank and hope shall
be
The heritage of all who once were mortal:
Margaret Thomas in Youths Companion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-06
Women should BE BustnessIike,


WHY can't women be businesslike? The
woman who asks for employment begins,
Il have two children to support, and you
know that is uphill work, and so am sure
YOU will wish to find something | can do "
The uncommonly sensible woman stops at
this point The average woman goes ou;
cts only four years since was comfort
ably situated. Nobody ever thought Is
would be necessary for me to turn my hand
to anything"
Is it not possible for woman 70 under
stand that the size of her family does not
concern her employer Can she not further
strain her intellect to grasp the fact that
the wealth or poverty of her late husband
or father Is not a matter Of the least inter
est to him? Il it asking too much TO ex-
pect that she fiud ont for herself some
thing she can do and stand on her merits
as factor of the business situation?
Further, is it not DIatter OF Importance
that women should see that by asking
work 90 the score of charity they give en-
poyers excuse for Offering low wages and
so reduce the standard not only for other
women, but for menu Finally, has any
body moral or an economic right to bring
up girl without considering that it may
some time be necessary for her to turn her
hand to something New York Recorder.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-06
AIN ENTERTAINING EXPERIMENT.

The Decomposition of Light Beautifully
Illustrated by Color Top"
For the experiment to be described q
common iron top, such as may be found in
toy shops, is employed 1t may have either
a curved handle, like the one here repre-
sented, or straight handle. Just under
the fiat part of the disk are two or three
round pieces of drawing paper, and under
these is a thick disk of pasteboard. Each
of these has hole in the center, SO that it
can be slipped over the leg of the top. In
some tops, however, it may be easier to put
these disks above on the handle.
1t is for the entertaining and instructive
use of such a top as this that Professors
Mayer and Barnard give the following di-
rections in their work on Light"
Get some thick drawing paper and cut
out three disks. each four inches in dame
ter, and make e hole in the center of each,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-06
A Newell Castor.

A useful castor of novel form is being
used in England. It is intended to obviate
the difficulties arising from the ordinary
construction of castors where the roller is
carried on crank swivel arm which is
easily broken off The center pin of the
roller bearing is fixed in "A small plate ro-
fating freely around a center pin secured
in the body of the castor.
The plate named. when pushed round
into any position. rests on the base of the
cup or disk of the castor, and is thus, while
quite free to move in any direction, thor
oughly supported in every position. 1t is,
in fact, well supported universal joint.
The castor is n great improvement on the
old types Boston Transcript.
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so that It will slip over the leg of the top.
Cut each disk open from the circumference
TO the center with pair of scissors. Paint
one with red vermillion, one with emerald
green and another with aniline violet Civ
ing a thick co It, and then, while the colors
are drying, make disk of thick pasteboard
and cut hole il the middle. so that IL VIII
slip tightly over the leg of the top. When
these are ready take the red and green disks
and hold them side by side, with the cut
places opposite, and slip one into the other,
and then turn them round so that the green
covers the red. Then put them both on
the leg of the top and put the pasteboard
disk under them 10 hold them in place
Now If you hold the top upright in plate
and make it spin you will see beautiful
ring OF green color around the spinning
top.
Such a top may be made 70 spin in a
dinner plate on the table by winding a
string round the leg and then pulling it
away with the right hand, while the top is
held upright with the left.
When it stops, take OF the pasteboard
and revolve the colored disks one on the
other SO that half of the red and half of the
green can be seen, aud instantly you have
ring of yellow. Move the disks so as 10
display one-Quarter green and three-quar-
tiers yellow, aud you get deep orange
ring. Move again and let the green hide
nearly all the red, and the top shows a
greenish yellow ring.
In the same way combine the green and
violet disks and the spinning top viii show
8 new shade OF blue for every proportion
IN which green and violet are mixed.
Put on the red and violet visks and pur-
pie viii be shown Put on the red. green
and violet so that one-thlrd Of each is
shown, and the ring viii be gray.
This simple toy serves 70 show how three
coloTs may be combined 10 form every
color IN the solar spectrum. Red, green
and violet may be tinted with other coloEs
u the most ch2xuijaG manner.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-06
How to Brush the Hair.

In the care of the hair it is important to
brush it thoroughly on the wrong side. "
For instance, when the hair is worn rolled
back from the face it should be parted and
brushed, and if the couture is low the hair
should be combed mp and also well brushed.
Attention to this seemingly trifing detail,
and to having the scalp massage daily. will
insure young, bright hair to elderly people,
Herald of Health.
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Their Discussion.

VERY interesting conversation in here''
asked papa, suddenly thrusting his head
through the curtains into the recess where
Ethel. Mr.. Tompkins and little Eva sat
very quietly.
Eyes, iDdeed," said Ethel, ready on tho
instant with a reply. "Mr. T0mpAins and
were discussing all our kith and kin,
weren't we, Evai"
''Yeth. thath what you wath. Mither
Tompkinth thaid, May have kithP and
Ethel said, You kin "-Smith * Gray's
Monthly.