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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-01
Banana Juice for Chronic Bronchitis.

Banana juice lot ChronIo BrOnchItlss
The juice of bananas is recommended as
one of the best remedies in chronic bron-
chitis with insufficient expectoration and
marked dyspena. A dram eight or ten
times day during the first days is usually
prescribed, and later the dose can be dimin-
ished The strip is prepared as follows:
Cut the fruit in slices and place them in
Jar, sprinkle with sugar and cover the
jar, which is then enveloped in straw and
placed in cold water, and the latter is
heated to the boiling point. The jar is
then removed, allowed to cool, and the
juice is poured into little bottles.-New
York Telegram.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-01
When They Decided.

At one OF the camp meetings they were
discussing the question as 70 whether II IS
a sin TO have hot dinners on Sundays. The
discussion occupied all OF Sunday forenoon,
and then the dlsputaats adjourned to a
cold dinner. After this they came together
again. and the question was unanimously
decided in the negative-Bostou Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-01

The wishing or OWNING rod Is aiken
either from the mountain ash or the aaxel
generally from the latter. and IA <ne TOT
lowing manner: b. nOonlIghs !eArln2
shoot OF a Wild hazel tree IS chSsea whics
forks NJ the upper end. aud Is oefween
four sud FIVE fecE long It IL brsssn OF
from me tree after being txissz4 teEses
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-01

Closets should be aired the same as bed.
rooms, and the coming architect, if
woman, will see to it that closets in which
clothes are hung are provided with a win
dow, be it ever SO small, going out to the
yard The window will be protected so
that in nearly all weathers it may remain
open and supply the closet with fresh air
and light.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-01

To such persons as use salt sifters it is
recommended to mix cornstarch with the
salt in the proportion of one teaspoonful
of the former to five of the latter. This
will prevent packing in damp weather as
the starch absorbs the moisture and re.
tains it away from the salt.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-01
Not Necessary.

Younghusbsnd-h 1 were you, ny
dear. wouldn't tel my friends had
trimmed that hat myself
Mrs. YouRghusband-Why. love, would
itS1e conceItedl
Younghusoand - No; superauouA -
Tee
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-01

TOkeep the bright, green color ofsummer
cabbage and some other vegetables, boil
fast in plenty of water in which has been
dissolved piece of washing soda the size
of two peas; cover until the water boils
and take off the lid. If the steam is shut
in the cabbage win be yellow and unsightly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-01
gh aaieha Daily gape ghnrsas. g1org, @etobsr l. 1891.

house. LOOK to It, ana open your nouse
door the first thing In the morning, and il
you can get current going. do it.-Ex
change.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-01

Equal parts of ammonia and turpentine
will take paint out of clothing, even if it
be hard and dry. Saturate the spot as
often as necessary and wash out in soap
sudS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-01

A use for oyster shells is to clean the fire
brick of the stove. Lay a number OF
them on top of the hot Goals, and when the
fire burns down it will be found that all
the clinkers have scaled off the bricks.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-01

When Baby was SEX. re gave her casto-iA-
Khez SIZE was Child. she cried for CastoEia-
when she became Mss, she chung 20 CassoEA
" hen she had Chfdren, sic save thea CassoFiA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-01

This is an age of details, of fnicisms.
some people say, and it would seem so when
a woman gravely announces that to do her
hair over another way rests her.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-01

1t is sometimes surprising to note how
early children learn TO consider right and
wrong. Undue restraint and overmuch
urging never help them in this respect,
however.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-01

weak woman may become so dependent
on the kindly services of her neighbor that
she fails to learn the most important lesson
of Iife-self dependence.-New York Trib
Cne.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-01

II yoa listen as niEks yez vin eozs -
The eonclusi2z TIA; . zrrsi rz8uy eE1eksa
matches ars plsys4 Altsr azfk-A2r.
tha's YsnsyArd HsrzlA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-01

Tie bsss way - FssTsns rAss Is - go
everything Tsz9y - part tzrrtps Cab
vessoa AsEa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-01

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The Irish standard., 1891-10-31
CONVERSATION.
Tho Vain Talker q Greater Boro Than
tho One Who Says Nothing.

Tho Vain Talker q Greater Bore Than
tho One Who Says Nothing.
The art of conversation consists in the
exercise of two fine qualities. You
must originate, and you must sympa-
thize-you must possess at the sans
time the habit of communicating and
listening. The union is rare, but ire
sistible, says a writer in the Jenness-
Miller Quarterly.
The quality of turning men into ridf-
eule, and exposing those we converse
with, is the qualification of little, un-
generous tempers. The greatest blem-
ishes are often found in the most shin
ing characters; but what an absurd
thing it Is to pass over all the valuable
parts OF man and fix our attic ntion
upon his infirmities-to discern his in.
firmities-to discern his imperfections
more than his virtues!
The good conversationalist is doubt
less most agreeable man; and, beyond
peradventure, man who can't talk at
all has no business in society; but one
should not speak before he has time to
think, and to say what is consistent.
The vain, Improbable talker, who IL
never sound or sincere in anything that
he says, is a greater bore in any social
circle than the man who says nothing
at all. The former helps to corrupt I'M.
derstanding and pervert Judgment, es'
pecially if he has a frothy, clever, easy
STYLE; while the latter is merely harm
less and uninteresting.
The Irish standard., 1891-10-31
Dixorces in France.

The Journal O6ciel publishes some
readable statistics relative to the di-
vorces and separations decreed in
France during a period of twelve
months. The divorces granted after
less than one years connubial happi-
ness amount to two per cent. Then
comes tremendous jump to twenty
three per cent in the case of unions
having lasted from one to five years
The heaviest proportion Of all is that
for the period extending from the fifth
to the tenth year, the number reached
being forty per cent. After that the
figures drop rapidly. Only twenty
three per cent. Of couples seek divorce
between their tenth and twentieth
wears of union; between twenty and
thirty the proportion is only six per
cent; and, finally, only one pair in q
hundred seek to cut the knot after sail
ing through life together for over thirty
and under forty years After more than
forty summers Of welded happiness
there is no instance Of the French
equivalent for "a decree nisi. ~ Con;u-
gal nfidelity is the cause Of only one
fifth of the divorces granted.
The Irish standard., 1891-10-31
EVERY INCH A SOLDIER.
Am Oflcer Who Was Injured to tho Hard
sl,3na NJ

An Omcer Who Was Injured to tho Hard
ships OF War.
A good story is told on one Of the
officers connected with a local militia
company. For a number Of days be-
fore an inspection of the citizen sol
diery the officer in question would each
afternoon retire to the privacy of his
own bed-chamber, in the second story
Of his residence, and after dressing him
self in full regimenta]s would put an
imaginary company through a lively
course of drilling. He would clasp his
sword at the hilt with one hand and at
the point with the other, and then walk
backward as if viewing the al; ,'nment
of his troops.
It so happened, says the Anaconda
MONTY Standard, that while going
through this maneuver one afternoon, he
walked backward into an open stairway
and tumbled into heap on the floor
of the room below, and presented any
thing but soldier]y and dignified ap-
pearance as he lay there rubbing his
bruises. His good wife was in the room
attending to some household duty, and
she rushed to the side of the fallen hero.
and in anxious and tender voice asked
him if he were hurt.
With quick bound her husband re-
gained his feet, and coming to an tat
tention," in a voice of thunder roared
out: "Hrrt? No, woman; what do you
know about warp and then ran back
upstairs and dismissed his soldiers.
The Irish standard., 1891-10-31
LIVING MADE EASY.
Titled English, People Who Live High
ard Run Big Accounts.


and Run Big Accounts.
Speaking of English peculiarities,
there is no place on earth where tho
fnancier becomes so puzzled to know
how the great folks manage to live,
says a writer in the Illustrated Amer.
lean. There is the fat, genial, witty old
Duchess of Tech, penniless, as every
one knows, bankrupt, in debt, and yet
money flows through her plump hands
like water, and no strawberry leaves
rest on more unfurrowed brow.
She-the rotund duchess-is said to
be the brightest talker in Great Brit
ain, and strings her enornao usly stout
neck and arms with glorious Jewels.
worth a kings ransom. It is well
enough to believe that dansely dull OF
over-ambitious tradespeople are willing
to supply ducal establishment for the
prestige such patronage bestcws, but
surely with so lavish a lady as her
grace Of Tech the price would be too
high for any one establishment to bear
any great length of time. ~
But then titled English people thrive
on debt. Men and women are scarcely
counted fashionable who pay rs they
go; and as all of ones Appropriateness
and friends are in the same condition
there is nothing to be ashamed Of or
worry over in owing twice the value Ut
ones entire property. f# Il
The Irish standard., 1891-10-31
CiRCASSIAN WHiTECAPS.
Curious Tribunals of tho Mountains of the
Eastern Caucasus.

Curious Tribunals of tho Mountains of the
Eastern Caucasus.
The Lhesghian nountaineers of the
Eastern Caucasus have established
tribunals of secret justice closely re-
sembling the Vehnic courts of the
middle ages. In the strongholds Of the
Russian usurpers crimes of all sorts
can be condoned by a payment in cash,
or by the promise of such services as
espionage and political pander-work;
but Hcentiates of that sort are apt to
be pulled from their hiding places at
midnight and dragged to cover, where
masked men reconsider the verdict of
the Muscovite court and execute the
amended sentence in an of-hand but
highly effective manner. It is curious
that the monstrously -misgoverned ma
tives Of Asia Minor never resort to self
help of that kind, but content them
selves with silent Impressions, devot-
ing their oppressors to the hot-honse ct
FL Sheitan. The overworked fellahs
and overtaxed Hindoos are equally
passive, and the logic of the difference
seems to be the fact that lynch law pre-
walls only where manful nations, in
stress of circumstances, have to re-
nounce the hope of obtaining justice at
the bar of the established tribunals.
The Irish standard., 1891-10-31
QUEER BOOKKEEPING.
The Novel Scheme of a Father With q
Theory,

The Novel Scheme of a Father With a
Theory.
A scheme not often heard of, and not
destined to become popular, is that of a
Boston man described in the Boston
Post. The man has q large family OF
children, boys and girls. and the eldest
is about eighteen. Whenever a child
has been born unto him he has bought a
blank book. He has written the child's
name upon the cover and he has en-
tered upon the pages in a firm, precise
handwriting all sums of money spent
upon the child from the day of it's birth.
He can tell at glance the cost of its
food, it's dress; what he paid for the
services of nurse and doctor; the price
of it's schooling; the money value Of it's
amusements. And he proposes when
each child is twenty-one to give it a
birthday feast, and after the cake is cut
he will present the book to his offspring,
saying: ''Here you can see what you
have cost me- The expenses of the
feast will be included in the sum total.
The gentleman is of Scotch descent. His
theory is that the child will thus learn
the value of money and that he will be
the more prudent and grateful in the
after wears
The Irish standard., 1891-10-31
Maryland Traditions.

Odd and romantic family traditions
abound on the eastern shore of Mary
land. The ancestor of the Pridea1rx,
Hng ;not family now nearly or quite
extinct, is said to have landed in Mary
land by accident, having escaped from
q shipwreck on a chicken coop. The
Robinses account for the presence OF
their near relatives, the Purnells, by
the legend of one Poor Nell, a depend
ent of the Robins family, while the
spences take pride in the belief that
their ancestor fed FROM Scotland after
signing the Solemn League and Cove
nant. Then there is the story of the
heiress who was literally ''worth her
weight in gold," no great fortune in
these days, and it is only few years
since a cash in a monster tree near
Snow Hill was accounted for by the
legend of lover who was told that he
should have his sweetheart to wife
when he had hewn down the tree With
his iackknife !.
The Irish standard., 1891-10-31
C1,esapealxe Islanders.

Some of the oldest human beings on
this continent inhabit the islands OF
the Chesapeake. Spesutia island. u.s.
ually pronounced Spesootha, is far up
the bay, and serves chiefly as a landing
place for gunners Further down are
Wye and Kent islands, long settled and
highly cultivated, the former once the
home of the Paca family, the subject of
many romantic traditions. Still fur
Their south is the archipelago called
Tangier sound. Hereabouts the coast
is lined with a multitude of small
islands inhabited BY hardy race OF
amphibians whose lives are given up to
the cuisines and pleasure of fishing.
These island are the scenes of the fam
Gus oyster wars, and the islands have
much the same attitude toward the
oyster laws that mountain moonshin.
ers have toward excise legislation.
The Irish standard., 1891-10-31
PREHISTORIC LIFE.
Scientific Riches in the Fossils OF Thls
CnuntrY.

Scientific Riches in the Fossils OF Thls
Country.
The phosphate deposits of this coun'
try, in addition to their immense COM
mercial value, form a wonderfully rich
field for the investigation Of the scien'
fist. Their formation undoubtedly ex.
tended through many ages. Fossils
from the age of reptiles to the age OF
man are found imbedded within them,
and the history of the intervening Pc.
RODS are written in their strata as in a
book. The great bulk of these deposits
were formed of the excrement Of pre-
historic animals, and large quantities
of the remains of the animals them
selves are constantly brought up by
the miners. The greater number OF
these animals belong to species now
extinct. Remains of land animals
of every kind are found in abund-
ance. Among the most remarkable
of the evidences of the size of pre-
historic animals which these deposits
afford are the remains of sharks, which
appear to have been particularly nu.
merous. These are not the ordinary
sharks of to-day, but fishes Of enormous
length. A thirty-foot shark of the
present time has a tooth half an inch
long, but in these deposits thousands
upon thousands of sharks teeth are
found which are over six inches in
LENGTH
The Irish standard., 1891-10-31
Adventure with g. Fish.

A correspondent of the Ballvmena
Advertiser, writing from Sierra Leone,
west Africa, reports a singular incident
which occurred in that harbor. One OF
the boats moored off the public wharf
was seen suddenly to start off up the
river as if it were carried by the tide
Some persons who witnessed the affair
pursued the runaway, and on getting
up to it found that it was being drawn
by monster fish, known locally as a
Geographic" This is really huge
octopus, and for some time the occu-
pants of the pursuing boat were afraid
to board the other craft, but finally it
was captured and lowed back. It is
nothing unusual for such fish to visit
the Sierra Leone harbor, it appears, and
this is not the first time that they have
made off with one of the boats moored
there Some of the fish are said to be
of great size, the body alone measuring
from eight to twelve feet in diameter,
and the legs being proportionately long.
The Irish standard., 1891-10-31
A. Point Neatly Turned.

There are great many things in the
lives Of stage people which if written
out would prove intensely interesting,
says an exchange. The writer, in con-
versation with the treasurer of Bar
NUNS great moral show last week, was
told of a peculiar thing that happened
last summer in New York city. can
actress died." he said, Gin yclept
Gotham and her friends called an un-
dertaker to make arrangements for tho
funeral. The undertaken wanted to
know how they wanted the coffin
trimmed, whereupon the friends of the
dead woman said they would accept his
suggestions. WELL said the under
taker, If the deceased was a single
woman, I should trim the coffin in
white; if married woman, in hello
trope:' The friends said they would
think the matter over and send him
word as to their decision. In the after
noon the undertaken received this note:
Trim the coffin in white, with dash
here and there of heliotrope.
The Irish standard., 1891-10-31
Old Land Titles.

Land titles run back long way on
the peninsula of Delaware and Mary
land. One Aldrich, a farmer in north.
ern Delaware, sold farm not many
years ago, and the title deeds that he
passed were dated well back in the
seventeenth century, and they bore the
signature of the Indian chief from
whom the land was originally bought.
The property up to the recent sale had
descended in the family by Inheritance.
When the United States government
was seeking to erect a structure on
Wallop's island, a sand patch of the
coast of Accomac county. Va, one
Sneed came along with q seventeeth
century title, and gave no end OF
trouble before his claims were satisfied.
The Irish standard., 1891-10-31
An Ancient Cavern.

A cavern was discovered lately on the
slope of the mountain at Baden which
had evidently been used in the middle
ages. Remains Of the foundations Of q
vestibnle were found at the entrance.
In niche hewn out of the rock was an
altar with the sacrifcial stone table,,
In front Of the cavern was a regularly
constructed building, fully ten feet be-
low the surface Of the ground above
designed probably to conceal the cavern
behind, which may have been employed
as a temple to Mithra. There were two;
stalls for horses, frag ct utensils,
knives, fint arrowheads and carved
bones, mixed mp with Roman coins
lamps and slammed tiles.
The Irish standard., 1891-10-31
II. llsTe,Rl'c COM 4 ETs.
ana Death = nsl

gence.J. OBJ
o a voIume mig hit be- complied concern
ing the malefic1 work ascribed to par:
ticular comets, says the ST. Louis Globe,
Democrat. Prior to the great earth
quake in Achaia in the year s73 b c..
there appeared a comet Of enormous
size, which was supposed to have oc-
casioned the destruction of the cities OF
Bura and Helice. Aristotle mentions
a comet which appeared 341 B. c.,
which was supposed to have caused a
terrific storm at Corinth. The brilliant
comet in the year 43 B. c. ESQ bright as
to be visible to the naked eye in the
daytime), was thought by the Romans
to be the ghost of the murdered Caesar.
A comet in the year 81 A. y. was sup
posed to have presaged the death of the
emperor, Claudius, which took place
soon after; another, in the year So, was
thought to have caused earthquakes in
Achaia and Macedonia. The death Of
Constantine is said to have been pre-
coded for several days by the appear
ance of comet of extraordinary size;
and comet in the year 400 was be-
ieved to have caused tempests and fire.
quent thunder, numerous eclipses OF
the moon, and prodigious hailstor MS and
fearful CONGREGATIONS. This comet was
held to have presaged the arrival OF
Alaric, king of the Visioths, in Italy
an event which caused immense con-
sternation at Rome.
A comet which appeared Immediately
before the birth Of Mohammed was sub
sequently supposed, by his followers, to
have announced his birth. A comet in
March, 1902, visible at midday, was
held to have foretold the death of John
Galeas Visconti, an Italian prince.
Another, in 1882, created profound
sensation in Europe; in Italy it was
deemed to have foreshadowedt the death
of SforZa H.
The Irish standard., 1891-10-31
cARlrc FoR sIPEARLS ~
u Simple Preventative to Give Thess
stones Bright Appearances.

SA Simple Preser Native to Give TheAs
stones s Bright Appearances
81 One Of the most beautiful and costly
sets Of pearl jewels ever made was an
heirloom in the Egmont family, Of Hol-
land, says a writer in Kato Fields
Washington. During the war which led
to the establishments the Dutch repub-
lie, Count Egmont, of that time, pawned
the Jewels to the Venetian government
for a large sum Of money, which was
used to further the efforts of the liberal
party. Afterward the pearls were re-
deemed, and when later Count Eg.
mont married the daughter Of the duke
of Richelieu this magnificent treasure
was bestowed upon the bride, who fre-
quently displayed its splendor at the
court of Louis XVI. and Marie An
toinette.
Everyone who knows the fragile
nature of pearls was astonished at the
freshness and purity Of color of those ex.
ceedingly old jewels, and Count Eg-
mont explained the mystery by impartr
ing the family rule concerning their
care, which was simply to inclose a
piece OF the root OF the ASH tree IN inc
box which held the jewels.
There seems to be no visi BILE connection
between ash trees and pearls, and Buff
fon, the naturalist, who was told Of the
recipe, said it was all nonsense; but the
fact remains that the Egmont pearls,
which had been treated after that rule
tor centuries, had never faded or be-
come furnished, while much newer
pearls had shown discoloration or lost
their luster after few years possession.
This rule is like many other popular
prescriptions which are considered su-
perstitious, but which, nevertheless.
are founded upon an unfailing though
undiscovered law. The wonder is how
these mysterious alliances between
natural substances become known to
mankind
The Irish standard., 1891-10-31
The Wonder. of Tack-Maktns.

This country beats the world for
tacks, and sends them by the billion
to housewives in every quarter of the
globe. The Matchmaking machinery,
too, is a wonder of semi-intelligent
mechanism. It would be even more Won
derful but for single difficulty that
has not yet been overcome. An inteli-
gent observer in tack mill conceived
the idea of utilizing electricity in such
q manner as to increase the output OF
every tack machine tenfold. His idea
was to pick up the metallic blanks from
which the tacks are made, ten at q
time, by means of series of magnets.
When he had his idea perfected he
showed it to the greatest Of tack maxi
ers. The manufacturer looked it over
carefully and said: ''That is extremely
ingenious, but do you know that the
blow which cuts out the metallic blank
converts it into magnet, and that your
magnet.would not pick up the magnet
lied blank unless you could be sure OF
getting opposite poles together?"