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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07

WOMAN AND HOME.
LET THE CHILDREN ENJOY Them
SELVES WHILE THEY MAY.

Things Which Deter Women from mar
riaxe-Unpopularity of an ON HORSE
That Historic Apron-Easy Way to Wash
DishestAir the Bedroom.
From the nursery to the narrow house Is
BUT a,short journey, and in the brief space
between the two termini the pleasantese
domain ought to be that of chlldhooo'
Children alone, of human beings, have Uhe
capacity afor unadulterated enJoymenV.
Their childhood, therefore, should De the
holiday of life; its slave day Will soon DE
upon them, and then farewell forever TO
the merry world without responsibility,
fear or a care, which Is their r1ghtful
abiding place until borne out into the tu-
rnrlt and the strife of the great maeistrom.
tasks they must learn, duties they must
be taught, but those who know how to in
terest the developing mind, and to feed 1t
wisely and well with the elements of
knowledge, can make education one Of
childhood's pleasures.
If every child could be properly instruct
ed intellectually, morally and religiously
a very few generations would suffice 10
bring about the millennium, and if the
foundations of a life long cheerfulDess
could be at the same time laid, by afford
ing to all children full opportunities for
innocent enjoyment, what merry mlllen-
mum it would be- That being ont of the
question, let Us do the best we can. Away
with all the tribe of humbugs who put
children into strait jackets-who would
cram them in school and make automatic
of them out of it. Teach the children win
ningly. Make knowledge attractive to
them. Let them frolic unrestrainedly.
Some children are utterly broken down
physically and mentally by over education
Others have no education at all Of the
twain the former are more TO be pitled.
The uneducated can afterward educate
themselves, but children who have had
the vitality and spirits of their youth dra-
gooned out of them By martinez teachers
can never repair the damage that has been
done 10 their bodies and minds by over
tasking-New York Ledger.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07
American Girls Being Displaced

American sewing girls Ia New York are
gradually being driven from their places
in the clothing shops By Russian, Polish
a.,d Hungarian women. who gladly work
seven DAYS IN every week. aad ten hours a
day, for q, which American girls are no;
willing 20 90. in the large SUIT, closk,
feather and flower factories thousands Of
l;fsle girls and young women s<gla work
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07
yybnt Celluloid Con.ists OF

The base Of celluloid Is common paper,
by action of sulphuric and nitric acids II a
changed to gun cotton. then dried, ground
and mixed with from ~ 10 10 per cent. OF
cam phor, after which i: is ground tine. col.
ored with powder eoiors, cast in sheets,
pressed very hard. and Al last baked be
tween sets ot superheAsAd rollers. Current
Literature
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07

Discussions regarding servants short
comings and ehildren's pert, If not peril.
nent, sayings, are things 20 oe avoided;
but these subjects seem 10 be almost in
evitably canvassed when two or three
women are gathered together az Internal
lurcheons where there are no men.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07
Barley for Children.

Barley, such as is used for soap, is very
streng- hening for delicate children or those
having delicate or tender stonachs. give
it 20 mine, says a mother, and she Is 10
months old and hearty. Take about two
tablespoonfuls Of barley 20 a quart OF wa
ter. put pinch of salt IN it, hnd boil stead
fIy for two or three hours When u ooils
ayav add little water 20 II, 80 that il Is a
Quart when done, not thick. Use 1t In
place of water with milE.-HerAld Of
Hath
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07

VIII perhaps be easier to persuade people
that all day underwear, yes, particularly
and especially the woven wool next the
person, should be removed and carefully
hung to air during the night.-Exchange
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07
Testing Sewer Pipes

A suspected joint in a sewer or drain
pipe may be tested by wrapping it with a
single layer of white muslin moistened
with solution of acetate OF lead. As the
gas escapes through. the meshes of the
cloth it will be blackened by the sulphur
compounds.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07

Some years ago negro appeared Ia Lon
don who. with one band ard has arm cut
straight, lifted from ,he ground chair ca
which wss seated fall grown NAE hsSlsg
On lila l.n child
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07
A colored orphan asylum has been Ion

A colored orphan asylum has been found
ed in Georgia by colored woman. Mrs.
Carrie Steele She has buxt cottage and
stable, and four acres of land around IL
have already been pat under cultivation
Mrs. Steele has collected the money entire
" by her personal efforts.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07

for 81 week, their wages increasing at
the rate of seventy-five cents year. After
ten wears service some are earning 81 a
week-the average being only S3.a0.-Hel-
en- Marshall North.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07
The Magic Dart

Take an ordinary sewing needle OF me
dunn size, with good sharp point. Stand
at three PAGES distance from door or
wooden partition and holding the needle be-
tween your finger and thumb. try, by throw
ing it as strongly as you can, 20 make IL
stick in the woodwork. Try as you will.
however great your skill or unwearied
your perseverance, you will never succeed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07
Then tipping up one end OF the dish witt
YOUR finger. wash front and back with the

your finger. wash front and back with the
brush.
Remember, it is not the heat of the
plates. but the hot water that pains the
hands. When this is completed the water
will be in the next dish. Lift the clean
dish out and place it on its edge against
the wall Put in more hot water and per
form the same operation on all the other
dishes, and when the work is finished You
will find that the heat has dried the plates,
and that they do not require to be wiped.
Bv this method you need not scald or wet
your hands, and you also avoid the trouble
of wiping, which is half the work.-DetroIt
News.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07

An excellent substitute Cor a hot water
bag is sandhag. II retains the heat much
longer Get clean. dry sand and al! a fan
ne! bag eight inches square with IL. Cover
this bag with cotton or linen. 1t is well 10
have several Of these bags on hand ia case
of illness
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07

To make choice cocosnut carsmels that
will melt in your mouth and r1vsi the
products OK the highes. priced confectionery
take three pounds Of white sugar. one pint
of milk, ooe tablespoonful Of butter. ooe
grated cccoanuf. two tsaSpoonfuls OF er-
tract Of lemon Boil slowly until stiff,
then pour il battered pans and marx II
sruareE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07

Mrs. 2. T. Barnun is ~ years old. just
half her husbands age. She Is an English
woman, her father having been prosper
Gus Lancashire COTTON manufacture.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07

II must not De forgotten THAI children
breathe considerably more Tran sdults-
ard OF thai account especial care should
be taken 20 give them plenty q fresh an
Ii : an excellent plan 20 teach children %
practice forced inspiration This exercise
performed daily i an easy and practical
way Of developing The lungs and TIE chest
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07

Lady Londonderry, wife OF the ex-lord
lieutenant OF Ireland, is considered one O,
the handsoulest women ia England. though
her face lacks expression. HeT husband Is
u prominent turfman and keeps a large
racing stud at Vineyard.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07

Ms ingalls, SAYS that her husband has
sIvsags been hero 70 her. She - quite Tn
ike the sen2-sr IA personal appearance
bsine Snort in stature and rather stout
She l. q handsome ard -ernFyxna- stately
woman. and hooks hardly more than forty
~earx cid. seven o. ste eleven children abe
hss hsn-re 50. ltvlng
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07

wnen Baby Was sick, we gave her Castcria,
When she WAS Child. she cried for Castorfs-
When she became Miss, she chung 10 CAssoria,
waen she had Children. she gave them Casto--a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07

SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.
SUBJECTS SURE TO INTEREST WIDE
AWAKE MEN AND WOMEN.

Observations by Means OF Photography
Of the Well Known Ring Nebuia In the
Constellation Lyrs Taken at the OBJ
servatory Of AiSiers.
The cut here given Of photograph Of the
nebuia in Lyra, taken at the Observatory
OF Algiers, shows what WAS previously
known, namely. that the brightness OF the
nebulous ring is not uniform. but IS con-
contracted at points roughly approximating
to the shorter axis Of the eliipse.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-05-13
The Soldiers Legacy.

Not only was General Sherman de-
voted to his friends, but he was partic-
ularly devoted to his family and his
family to him. He bought the house
on West Seventyfrst street so that his
wife, who was an invalid up to the day
of her DEATH might be able to drive in
the park without being ratified over the
cobblestones, and though it was in
convenient for him personally to live
so far up town, he always insisted that
he preferred that to any other part of
the city. This little house in Seventy
first street, which he made historic, is
like most of the other houses in that
neighborhood. 1t faces the south, and
consequently gets plenty of the sun
that the old General loved. His office
or study was the front room of the
basement. There he had his desk and
that of his secretary, who had charge
of his enormous correspondence. 1t
was not so very many weeks ago that
General Sherman took me down into
this room, and into little vault OPEN
ing off from it, where he kept his i'm
portant papers and journals. This
vault is almost room, as rooms in
New York houses go, being about 7x10
feet and is lined from top to bottom
with shelves filled with journals, let
tiers, maps, and every scrap of paper
connected with the part that General
Sherman played in the late civil war.
All these records are kept in the most
exact and systematic manner being
carefully indexed, so that he could turn
to any letter or any paper or any en-
try in his diaries at moments notice.
He took down some of the volumes
and brought them over to the front
while he turned the pages and ex-
planned to me the system upon which
the books were kept. He even had
kilograms preserved in this way. 1t
would be difficult to over-estimate the
historical value of this collection. When
l asked General Sherman what he in
tended to do with it, he said it was his
legacy to his children; that not line
should be published during his life
time; and then he spoke about his
death, and said that he had everything
arranged, so that he was ready TO die
at any time, so far as his affairs were
concerned. l told him that he was
good for another twenty years. and he
must not talk about dying, at which he
smiled grimly and said, what differ
ence did it make, we had all got to die,
and that we might as well be ready for
death when it comes.-N. Y. Letter.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-05-13
WHOLE No. 1855.

man; ''they were paid by the public.
It's another lie that he died poor. He
had $20,0 with him, which you
stole"
Il deny it!'' Richard fairly screamed;
''and defy you to prove it!''
prove it! What effrontery! Why,
saw you do it!''
''1t's false. There was nobody pres
ent."
BE careful, Dick, or you'll commit
yourself. | saw you do another thing.n
Richard shrunk shivering in a
chair, but said nothing.
John Walter would have survived
his illness, but you put poison in his
medicinein
A sudden fury took possession of
Richard Whinstone when he saw the
secret of his life in another's keeping.
The carving-knife lay within his reach.
He seized it, and springing on the
stranger with a desperate plunge,
sought to bury the blade in his heart.
but it glanced as from plate armor, and
in an instant the little man was on his
feet.
''Oh, no, that's your game, is itP"
And with a trip that sent his heels
spinning in the air, Richard was thrown
headlong with a force that shook the
house to its foundation. The club foot
was planted on his stomach-and what
a horrible ugly foot it was! 1t was
cleft like the hoof of an OK and seemed
to weigh a ton.
Then you are the"
''Pray keep civil tongue in your
head, and come along" said the little
man.
Richard tainted.
When he came to himself day was
breaking. The old housekeeper who
had found him groaning and sprawl
ing on the floor. had, with much diff
fculty, shaken him into consciousness.
She assisted him to bed; but Richard
never was himself again. The surfeit
of a pig had brought on a fever, of
which he died in eight days. His last
rational act was the execution of a will
by which he left the bulk of his for
tune to John Walters widow and
child; which. after all, was simple
act of justice, for the demon of night
mare had told the truth.-N. y World.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-05-13
Books in Chains.

In Europe, long before the days of
printing, books were fastened to
Shelves OF desks in libraries and
churches, to guard against their being
stolen, and also to prevent one student
gaining an unfair advantage over an
other by securing the loan of a book
from a too amiable librarian.
The libraries of the English univer-
stiles were chained until the latter part
of the eighteenth century. when, on
account of the Inconvenience of using
them, the chains were removed. 1t is
recorded that at Kings college man
was paid e1 Is, in 1777, for nine days
labor in taking the fetters off the col
lege books. According to the A1stiqud-
qian, there are, however, a few chained
libraries still remaining in England.
The largest of these is at the cathedral
church of Hereford, and is the one
genuine survival of an old monastic
library. 1t consists of about 1000
volumes, of which 1,500 are chained.
There are five bookcases, and the re-
mains of two others.
The catalogue, which is also chained.
classifies the books, many of which are
in manuscript, in eight divisions.
Each chain is from three to four feet
long, according to its position. so that
every volume can be placed on the
reading desk. In the center of these
chains are swivels, which are useful in
preventing their ENHANCEMENT.
Hereford possesses the latest. as well
as the oldest collection of chained
books in the kingdom, the library Of
2S5 volumes, which was bequeathed tc
All Saints church.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-05-13
THE DUKE AND THE FARMER.
How an Old Tenant Farmer Interviewed
His Noble Landlord.

They say that the late duke of Bed
ford's Tavistock agent now deceased,
was reputed to carry matters with a
somewhat high and even a tyrannical
hand, and. having desire to benefit
neighboring tenant, had given an old
farmer notice to quit possession of a
field which for several generations had
been part and parcel of the farm which
he and his fathers before him had
rented from the duke. This interfer-
ence was greatly resented by the
farmer. who, however, could get no
satisfaction from the agent, and finally
left the latter with the threat that he
would ''see the duke" threat which
the agent heard with little concern.
knowing well that the old man had
never strayed more than few miles
from Tavistock, and judging accord
ingly that he was not likely to Journey
suddenly to 'Lunnon."
He reckoned, however, without
knowledge, for the old farmer went
straight home, donned his Sunday
best" and, to the amazement of his
folk, marched off to the railway sta
ton and took his ticket for Padding
ton.
The scene changes to the mansion
in Eaton square, where about p. m.
an old countryman, dressed in the
style of fifty years ago, knocks at the
door and in excited and well-nigh
GREATNESS accents asks the footman
who opens it if ''Mr. Duke of Bedford"
lived there. The footman guessed
something of the state of the case and
forthwith took word to his grace that
one of his Tavistock tenants wished to
see him and Immediately the old man
was ushered into the presence of '.Mr.
Duke" Not till then did the old farm
er's courage give way. but, seated in
the luxurious library, words altogether
failed him.
The duke ordered up refreshments,
but they were refused by the old man
until he had told his tale, which he did
in broken accents, and the duke lis
tened attentively, asking one or two
simple but direct questions, and then
told his old tenant that he need not
trouble any more, as he should give
orders that his tenancy was not to be
disturbed. But the dukes kindness
did not end there. for ascertaining that
the old man had no notion as to a
nights lodging, or indeed of his next
step. the duke ordered his carriage,
had the old man driven to Paddington
and safely deposited in the night mail
with first-class ticket to Tavistock in
his pocket.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-05-13

The forging of the immense guns is
most interesting process. The rifed
guns of the present are made by re-
enforcing the tube with rings and
repeated layers of steel called jackets,
which are fitted one over the other
over the original tube or barrel of the
gun. The jackets or hoops must fit as
closely to the guns as if forming an in
tegral part of its composition. The
only way to get them on is. of course,
by heating. and thus enlarging them.
When they COOL they fit snugly. 1t
is evident that the exact size of the
Jacket and ring when heated so that it
can be put in its place must be mat
ter of the incest mathematical calcula-
ton. The coarse powder now used
makes such havoc with the rif1ing of
the largest guns that one hundred
charges are about all that can be ex-
pected from them. The jackets and
rings can then be removed, and fitted
to another tube.
The various parts of gun are not
put together at Bethlehem. but are
sent to Washington. to a department
of the Arsenal called the assembling
room, where the tube is rifed, and the
gun is finally completed. A steel gun
of the largest calibre costs about $780,
600. The ordnance of our modern
navy is therefore one of the most
costly items for which Congress is
expected to display patriotic gener-
osity.-HdTper's Weekly.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-05-13
TITLES OF NOVELS.
The Right of Authors to Quarry for New
Names in Poetry.

The average novel, the outsider
gathers, is a better-paying concern
than the average poem, says the st.
James Budget. And that, no doubt, is
why there is so much more fuss about
proprietary rights in the titles of
novels. If you feel so inclined you
may 90 on singing and sonneteering
ITO Delia' and ITO Chloe" to your
hearts content, but if you desire to
romance about some mot impossible
she'' you will be well advised to avoid
putting She" upon your title-page.
Yet there is decorum in these matters.
And personally. one is inclined to
think that Edward Jay was unwise to
write The Worst of IT. over his lines
in Lippincotfs Magazine. The phrase
was all the worlds once. Now you
shall hardly hear it uttered in the most
different context without a wave of
reminiscence of the passionate self
abandonment of the guilty husband OF
the guilty wife in Brownings poem.
And the worst of it is that Mr.. jays
subject seems to be the same
The right of novelists, on the other
hand. to quarry for titles in the de-
mesne of poetry is well established by
CUSTOM. AuN uON0llSI Hllg IdhO
Proud Maisie's" name in vain or de-
grade Airy Fairy Lilian' into some
easy Breezy Caroline" in three vol
umes of prose travesty. Mr.. Jay is
well entitled-by custom-to write a
thrilling shilling book and call it
''Mesmerism. or novel of Bostonian
introspection and call it lie Byron
de Nos Jours," or an erotic study after
Mr. Saltus and call it "a Light
Woman" Poets have been known to
protest, but they are little old-fash-
ioned up on Parnassus. When. in her
habitation. the loyal Primrose Dame is
asked if she has read 'Endymion" she
naturally answers: yes" But it is
Keats poem that the title denotes in
the republic of letters still.
Mr.. Stevenson stole the title of his
volumes of verse from Ben Jonson's
Underwood. and very pretty title
it is. Mr.. Stevenson acknowledged
| the theft in the handsomest manner:
| Of all my verse, like not a single line;
| But like my title, for it is not mine.
| That title from better man stole;
| All how much better had 1 stol'n the whole;
because, of course, there is no copy.
right in Ben Jouson. 1t is to be feared
that but few of Mr. Stevenson's read
ers were much bothered by reminis-
cences of Rare Ben.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-05-13
The Woodchuck Hole.

How some one thought of boyhood's pulsing
life,
Amid the weary fight for place and pelf,
Comes in sharp contrast to the selfish strife,
Mid scenes incongruous, asserts itselfl
VINO is there in the city-country bred
Though delving in his calling like mole,
VINO ne'er at times, sees summer brightness
On everything sees the woodchuck
hole?
1t matters not what life the toler leads,
What record in the hard world he has made,
Ii where the scales of justice sway he pleads,
Or daily struggles in the marts of trade;
1t matters not what pleasure and what pain
Have come to him, what has been fortunes
dole,
The dream of youth is clear, and once again
He sees the meadow and the woodchuck
hole.
He notes where most the clover-blossoms
bend,
Where narrow trails are here and there re-
yealed,
He notes how all the little highways trend
In one, to reach the border of the field;
And on the hillside, where the bushes grow,
He sees the ground-hog's home, the young
ster's goal,
The entrance dark, the out-thrown clay be-
low,
A yellow passage to the woodchuck hole.
He catches summer perfumes, as of yore,
His pulse beats faster with youthful joy,
He feels the instinct of the chase once more,
He sees the eager dog and eager boy;
He feels the thrill success more may
yield
Nor wealth nor honor to the jaded soul
Bring keen delights such as the clover-field
Held for the boy who sought the woodchuck
hole!
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-05-13
Our Fur Trade.
Great Guns.

The foreign trade of the United
States in manufactured furs reaches
$500. 900 year.