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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
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MOST MOTHERS KNOW HER.

The ThoughtIess Woman Who flinders
Her Neighbors with Her Gossip.
We are all acquainted with her, the wom-
an who never goes, who drops in for a call
In the busiest part OF the morning-it little
matters whether it is washing day or iron
ing day. 1t is all the same to her. Your
irons may grow cold and the clothes may
| boil over, but still she stays She usually
mentions that she has dropped in on a lit
tie errand. 1t is probably borrowing err
rand. Only after she has exhausted your
patience and produced as much demoraii-
zation in your household as she can is she
ready to go.
But on, the goingl If you have any idea
that she is really going you are quite GER
tain to be disappointed She comes back
to tell you about some neighbor you had
never seen or ever desired to see, to explain
the why's and wherefores of certain goings
on in the neigh borhood. in which you take
no interest, and then she fingers at the door
and keeps You standing far beyond your
strength. 1t is impossible to calculate the
time that is wasted by well meaning wom-
en- in such ways as these
1t would be an excellent thing if calls of
all kinds could in some way be limited to
ten minute rule. In the social world among
women of leisure it is considered in bad
form to lengthen ones visit beyond a set
period. and when a woman has numerous
acquaintance she usually has a visiting
day and can be certain of freedom from in
terruption during the rest Of her time
There Is considerable excuse for the much
abused mot at home" which is frequently
used by women of society, and which
simply means not at home to visitors, or
engaged, and there Is no reason for any
ones taking offense in the matter.
Only working women, the busy farmers
Syives or women who do their own work,
are subject to the annoyance of the unan-
noUnced visitor, who is bound by no social
law as to her arrival or departure or her
length of stay. She is one uncertain quan-
tity in all the routine of the household. 1t
would take keen mathematician to calcu-
late the amount of spoiled dinners, spoiled
washing and actual loss of money value
for which she is responsible, to say nothing
of the loss of temper and general misery
consequent upon disarranged household
delayed duties and work put out of joint.
The very worst effect is that upon the
visitor herself Her own work must 90
awTy while she spends her time gossiping
about the neighborhood. Her own charac-
ter deteriorates, while she becomes what
our grandmothers were wont to call a
'gadabout." Though she may have the
most amiable intentions when she uncon-
sciously repeats the interesting stories of
the neighborhood the temptation to en-
large, TO impugn motives when possibly
there were no motives, is likely to render
her in time a veritable scandal monger
upon whose word no person of sense will
place any reliance.
1t is not necessary to dwell upon the folly
of borrowing, but it is enough to say that
all provident and sensible housekeepers
provide for the future and do not allow
themselves to impose upon the good nature
of their neighbors.-New York Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
Decorations at a Ball.

At a recent English ball the floral dec
orations were beautiful and very origi-
nal In the middle Of the two large
bathrooms hung large parasol formed
by wire frame and covered with pink
La France roses with their leaves, the
crook handle being tied with pink rib
bons. There were also numbers Of imi-
tation chandeliers hung from the cell
ing and staircase made entirely of 1ow-
ers and leaves. Gilt rustic baskets were
filed with japanese honeysuckle Of
glowing colors. The pillars on the land
ings and the large mirrors were covered
with long trails of stephanotis, the whole
effect of the decorations being remark
ably luxuriant and charming.-Ex.
change.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
Weight and Measure Standards Entom be-

The speaker of the English house Of
commons will be called on next fall to
perform a singular duty which is i'm
posed by statute. This is the examina-
ton Of the British yard measure and
pound weight, which, for security, are
built into the wall at the side of the
central staircase in the palace of West
minister. When the old legislative
palace was destroyed by fire the former
standards persisted, and a royal com
mission sat to consider how the new
standards should be preserved. 1t was
decided that they should be buried in
the wall within freproof safe, or rather
coffin. But the law provides that once
in twenty years this coffin must be
opened and its contents officially in
spected, lest they might have been
tempered with or-still more terrible 70
ntemplate-removed the time for
this periodical exhumation Of the stand
ards arrives in two OF three months
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
Kerosene OIL aud the Fire Test. g"

DR.. o. B. Bird, of New Jersey, says rea-
sonably; What we want in our families
Is kerosene that might be spilled on the
carpet or floor from a broken lamp and not
take fire from the burning wick falling
into it. Oil that is really $50 deg. fire test
will do this. Such oil may be heated to 100
TO 40, and even then viii extinguish burn
ing match like water For the fire test
take large coffee cup nearly full of kero
sene, pace it in a wsshbo and pour warm
water around it, gradually increasing the
heat so that in five minutes the oil reaches
no Hold any common thermometer in
the oil, with the bulb near the surface.
The test may be applied at frequent inter
walls, always reading the thermometer be-
fore applying it. Said test consists in pass
Ing fame-a match will answer. but a
waXed threads if cleaner-over the oil. one
quarter OF an inch from the surface When
ever 1t takes fire the figures on the scale
show the fire test"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
Eenovating Feather Beds.

/ have renovated three large feather beds,
and l found it so little trouble would like
20 tell my sisters how | did il. | bought
ten yards of chease Gaping cut it in two,
made sack of each half by putting the
ends together and sewing up the sides |
then put half the feathers from the bed
into each sack and sewed them up. The
next morning put the boiler full of water
on the stove. When il was boiling hot |
put one Of these sacks of feathers in the
pounding barrel, poured in the hot water
and with the FOUNDER squeezed and turned
them until thoroughly wet. Then | laid a
board over the barrel and let them stand
until O'Clock IN the afternoon, turning
the feathers over and pressing the water
through them several times during the
DAY.
In the meantime my husband made a
rack, taking two long strips of board. a
Nt'ie longer than my ticks. and mailing
Sth on them ike e picket fence, set a
couple OF sawherses where the sun could
strike them all day, and laid the rack on
them. We turned the feathers from the
parrel, laid them on the rack. turned the
Washtuo over them and left them till
morning, when they were thoroughly
drained ana ready for spreading out to
dry Served the other sack the same way.
Lay them out Of the dew nights. and if
you have hot, sunny days TO dry them in
you viii feel well paid for your trouble
Get new tick for your feathers Taxa
the old one, RIP apart at the sides. cut in
two, hem the ends, wash the pieces and use
10 spread over the new tick, between it and
the sheets. In the spring feather beds
should be laid out in the sun every day
until they are thoroughly aired. Beat
them up, turn them over in the sunshine
and they will seem like new be1s.-Loisa
IN Ohio Farmer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
whalebone Seldom Used Now.

There was time when the corsets and
stays of the fashionable girl could have
told tales of wondrous romance; of daunt-
less sailors fighting under leaden skies
against the monsters of the deep; of priva-
ton and suffering undergone by men
whose wives and daughters waited with
aching hearts for their return from long
and terrible voyages. That time has prac-
tically past, and its history is told by the
epitaphs upon the monuments in the grave
yards of the Massachusetts fishing towns,
or in the traditions of their groceries and
barIooms.-Mercer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
The Utility of the Pretty Girl

The pretty girl is universal factor in
modern life. She possesses the advantage
not only of ornament, but of utility. She
has been utilized in an endless variety of
ways. She has become bowling success
in the operatic ballet, and is as conspicuous
and as original in front of a typewriter or
behind a counter as she is on dress parade
in new spring suit or luxuriously lolling
in big easy chair. But it has remained
for an enterprising Connecticut ministe
of the gospel to introduce the pretty girl
in new sphere as church usher.-Detroit
Tribune
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
A Notable Bedspread.

Mrs. J. Milton Gavitt, of Holden street,
has an old bedspread that was woven in
1889 as portion of the setting out of Miss
Vannie Hopkinson on her marriage with
John Rathborne, the great-grandfather Of
Mrs. Gavitt's mother. What makes the
spread such choice relic is the fact that
Miss Hopkins was the great-great-grand-
daughter of Stephen Hopkins, of the May
flower 1t has been handed down from
one generation to another until it has
fallen to Mrs. Gavitt. 1t is very handsome
and has been carefully preserved.-North
Adams (Mass.) Transcript.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
men and children are hurrying along. TO

men and children are hurrying along, TO
turning from circus matinee.
look with envy at the men so placidly
epioying the shower as with umbrellas
over their heads they walk and talk. l look
at the women, poor wretchesl and a groan
escapes me.
Why are they-why are we, SO long suf-
fering?
Every one with wet ankles, drabbled
skirts, soiled shoes and ruffied tempers.
Nor does the mischief end here. They go
home nursing all sorts of ailments and dis
tempers which wetting is supposed to
furnish, and as a matter of course, ''the
thing they fear comes upon them" l am
going to ask you to give the matter of
common sense dress some grave reflection
When the matter is well canvassed and
understood let a convention be called, and
let those who have genius and artistic
ability take to this meeting costume TO
be worn at the reception given. Also let
there be offered a medal of gold to the
woman furnishing the list utility suit,
the decision to be placed in the hands Of
competent judges.
The idea of prize would be to stimulate
some who would not otherwise make an eff
fort toward emancipation. This medal In
years to come would be an heirloom" to
be proud of. The woman who emancipates
her sex from the slavery of petticoats-
more properly speaking, who gives woman
the freedom of her legs-deseryes to be
"sainted," and she will be.
Is it not a reflection on the allwise
Creator when we assume our present style
of covering for our lower extremities? If
he intended US to use our legs as men use
theirs, we have no right to restrict their
freedom in walking. Let US either adopt
a manner of locomotion consistent with
our dress, which suggest be a hop, skip
and jump, or let us adapt our dress to our
limbs and their free use.-Ellen Packer
Pratt in Homemaker
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12

An old laoemaker, who has woven MANY
3 gosSamer web for that connoisseur Of
laces Nine, Modjeska, and has taught the
lalr actress 10 fashion some Of the daintiest
patterns her dett fingers delight in doing.
gives this simple receipt for lace cleaning:
spread tue lace out carefully on wrap
pine paper then sprinkle it carefully with
oaIcihea magnesla; place another paper
over Il ana put 1t away between the leaves
OF BOOK Tor two or three days. All it
needs Is a skilltul shake TO scatter the
white powder and then it is ready for wear.
with slender threads intact aud as fresh as
when new.-New York Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12

TIE Marquis De LeuviIle, well known
IL America, has had troubles Of various
sorts. The difficulty thst now engages
his attention is a lawsuit wherein he
figures ss defendant. The marquis ar
ranged with Mr.. Henry Rentoh IN 1889
70 manage his establishment known as
the Institute of Hersldry and AT, and
then, says the latter, wrOngfully dis
missed him Reuton claims ESQ, and
the marquis counterclairns for damages
70 his business through the plzinfiff' s
"Goss misconduct and NEGLECT OF duty
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
whv He Is a Woman sunrapist,

James w. Clarke, editor of the Boston
Daily Globe, being interviewed, was asked,
''You are a woman sutfragist, are you
not?" He replied: yes, and always have
been. / have four daughters of my own
rapidly approaching womanhood, and l
think they are as bright, as capable and as
worthy as the average mans four sons,
and ought to have exactly the same chance
in the world-industrially socially and
politically" Many other fathers think
the same thing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
FAITH AND SCIENCE.
,her dwelt apart. mat radiant pair.

They dweit apart. that radiant pair
In different garbs appear,
And white the vows of men they share,
Have separate affairs here.
A golden lamp the one displays,
OF light still clear and keen;
The other walks meath starry rayA
With sometimes clouds between
The voice Of one enjoins the wise.
To mete, and weigh, and proves -
TIE other lifts expectant eyes,
And inly murmurs, Lowell
Both teachers of celestial birth.
To each be credence given
To Science that interprets Earth.
To Faith the seer of Heaven
-Spectatof.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12

- US II 4oD% III.
Campbell, who had just completed his
academic career, enlisted n the Federal
navy and served under Admiral Porter
til the end Of the war. He then entered
on the study Of law, and On admission
10 practice opened an Office In Hamilton
He served three terms as prosecuting
attorney and three IN congress, and hiA
success n gaining votes IL Republican
districts made him the Democratic can
didate IN 1859 against Governor Joseph
z. Foraker. The campaign Was extraoE-
binary, even n Ohio, and tbs indica-
tons now are that tEis years. campaign
viii De quite as heated, the Republican
candidate being the famous Major WI
ham Mckinley.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12

colleges can teach her of that profession
has now gone to continue her studies
at Edinburgh, London and Paris.
''Chief among equals must also be
numbered Miss J. W. Kirkaldy and Miss
E. c. Pollard, who have just passed with
high honors the Final School of Natural
History at Oxford, and are the first at
that famous English seat of learning to
make special study of animal NOR
biology. Each has also passed the rigor-
Gus university examinations in chem
istry, mechanics and physics, botany
and physiology. FRED G. DAYTON.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12

The frequently quoted 81 do not pin
my faith upon your sleeve" is traced in
sentiment to feudal times, when the par
tisans of leader used 10 wear his badge
pinned upon their sleeves. Sometimes
these badges were changed for specific
purposes, and persons learned 70 doubt,
hence the phrase, you wear the badge,
out do not intend TO pin my faith On
rnTr sieeEAn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
How Women SIeen.

A German physician says: The fact is
women require a larger amount of sleep
than men The nervous excitabilitv of the
female constitution is generally greater
than Is the case with the stronger sex. and
woman's sleep Is consequently lighter.
Tier dreams are more vivid and leave a
more lastin9.imDression Oh the memory.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
A Crusaders Memory Houored.

The memory Of the preacher Of the Sec
ond Crusade is being honored il France.
This year Is the eight hundredth ami
versary Of the birth Of ST Bernard at
Fontaine, near Dion, so the clericals
have been holding grand fetes at Dion
and the saints birthplace The room
IN the chateau at Foutaine. whers
ST. Bernard was born, Is stlll shown 70
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ready answers,

1Ceed SAo, oA1-A0' ~ AANO'
and that he learned more law at the
graduating exercises than if he had
staid in his Office year. Evidently
the knightly courtesy for which Judge
Davis has long been distinguished suf-
fers nothing from the lapse ofyears. His
words of praise, however, are less re-
markable than the announcement of the
fair valedictorian that, having won all
the glory of an exacting course, she
doesn' tintend to practice!
She is the wife Of Mr.. Theodore Sutro,
a young attorney of New York city, and
that her honeymoon has not ended after
five years of matrimony is evidenced by
her recent utterances. Said she the other
day: II never intend or want to be a
lawyer. Idesire to be familiar with that
which means so much to my husband,
that l may be able to converse with him
and his friends intelligently. I know l
am better fitted for the duties Of wife
for having studied law and trained some
what my intellectual faculties. Our
union is partnership, and it seems as if
companionship was the real basis of a
happy marriage"
IN. D. c. NJ" otherwise sdoctor of
medicine and master of surgery" is the
title recently won by Miss Octavis
Grace Richie at Bishops college, Mon
treal. Miss Richie is the first woman
in the province to attain this distinction.
She is the youngest daughter of the late
Thomas W. Richie, o. c., and her
school career from girlhood up has been
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12

Women do not have pockets in their
dresses, but they must appreciate pockets,
for they put them into their travelling
cushions. Moreover, women are known to
like closets, aud what is a closet but the
pocket of a house?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
8 Great Nu.icaI Festival.

In the Handel festival at the Crystal
Palace. London, the choir consisted OF 40
sopranos, 500 altos, 100 teaors and HO
bassos. total of over 5000. The band
numbers ia first violinS, lGo seconds, %
violas, - violoncellos, 81 double oasses, Is
flutes, clarinets, Il o6oes, Y bassooas. 3
double bassoons, 10 horns. trumpe and
comets, Q tromboues. 3 tubAs, kettle
drums. grossecaisse and organ-S9s Play
ans all saA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12

To remove the unsightly marks caused
by drippings from the faucets in marble
basins, or in the water closet bowl, moth
ing equals pulverized chalk moistened
with few drops of ammonia. Apply with
an old tooth brush and they quickly dis.
appear.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12

the Democratic
ticket, was born
July Z, 1913, in
3 utler county,
o., a fam 0 Us
D G N o crat tic
stronghold. Sen
ator Daniel W.
V o orhees was
born in the same
neighborhood, as
were other emf
rent party lead
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12

Perhaps nothing so much adds to or de-
tracts from a woman's personal appearance
as the style in which her hair is dressed.
The hairdressers of the day seem to ap-
preciate this fact and are devoting their
best talents to the invention of new and
picturesque styles.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12

1t is said that there is something very
obnoxious to rats in the leaves and stalks
of the mullen plant, and that if they are
strewn around in cellars or their haunts
they will Immediately leave.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12

A spoonful of horseradish put into pan
of milk will keep it sweet for several days;
but the taste of the horseradish is some.
times apparent if the milk be used in tea
or coffee
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12

Women addicted to dreaming usually sleep
an hour longer than those who do not
dream, for dreams induce WEAKNESS. Any
one who sleeps without dreaming rises on
the morrow refreshed from his couch,
which is otherwise not the case. "-Nueva
ReYista
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12

Mrs. Frances E. Willard says that her
rising hour is I or half-past Z, and that 10
o'clock is her latest hour for retiring. To
this habit of early to bed" she attributes
her lifelong good health and steady cheer,
fulnesS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
Only Three.

Friend-The gossips have formulated a
regular indictment against your character.
They say you were terrible firt while
abroad. Do you plead guiltyi
American girl-Y -e-s; TO three counts
New York Weekly
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12

For tender feet take two quarts of cold
water and add one tablespoonful of bay
rum and two tablespoonfuls of ammonia.
The feet should be soaked in this for ten
minutes, throwing the water upward to
the knees. Rub dry with a crash towel,
and the tired feeling will be gone.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
NJ uanrion do DaDes

M. Henrion de Pensey, of France, digni-
fies the culinary art above all other arts,
and says, 81 regard the discovery Of dish
as far more interesting event than the
discovery of star, for we have always
stars enough, but we can never have too
many dishes, and shall not regard the
sciences as sufficiently honored or ade-
quately represented among us until see a
cook in the first class of the institute"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12

Governor CampbeIi's REORGANIZATION.
Hon. James E. Campbell, governor Of
Ohio, and a candidate for reelection on
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
EnurrinQ Him On.

Miss Smooth-That flower on your coat
is a bachelors button, is it not Mr.. Allaine'
Mr.. AYES, Miss Smooth. Why do you
ask?
II was wondering II touched the button
would you do the polls Tri-
bune
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12

A Plea for Common Sense Dress.
The rain is falling in torrents: men. wo-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12

a brilliant one. In
1894 she took a uni
versity certificate
of associate in arts.
Two years later
she was the vale
dictorian for the
first class of lady
graduates at Nc
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-12
MISS POLLARD.

MISS POLLARD.
Gill university,
and secured spe-
cial praise for her
attainments in
natural science.
Then she event
in" for medicine,
and having learn
ed all that the ex-
z11x ns
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DIRECTORSi

Z. r. POWELL. Prsa CIV. LAErwKH '. PrssI
L. T.. FRANK Asst LzsLlsr
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81. W. LEVY. Pres A. ". OLIVER Vice Pres
{. A. Walker. Cashier. ii. I. kramer Asst Cash.
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PAID UP CAPITAL s25o.O0O
EURPLU5, 10000
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-06-11

The first coins struck by the United
States mint were some half-dimes. in
1872; the first dimes were struck in
France from old silver fsmih plate
furnished by Washington, the coins be-
ing known as Martha Washington
Dismes.7 from the circumstances as
noted, and an adaptation Of the liberty
head to that Of Martha Washington.