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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-08

tumbler. note the numDer ana Pru-
coed in like manner with all the tum-
blers. Then the owner can lock his
safe, and being in possession of this
combination can unlock it without diff
Guilty.
Had I been placed before the same
safe while locked, might turn until
doomsday without success. Now the
various makers invariably send out their
safes set on certain numbers. /, know
ing these numbers, can unlock any one
of them before the owner has adopted
his own peculiar combination. Ny safes
go out each with a separate number, of
which 1 keep a careful record, so that /
can open them in case l am called upon
to do so. l have safe now which is
locked, and the combination lost.
l am just as unable TO open that
safe as you, although I know every de-
tail in the locks construction. There it
stands until see fit to drill it open. a
safe with two tumblers is susceptible of
10000 changes; with three tumblers,
100000 changes; with four, 100000
900, and so on in regular Formulation.
But give me as clew one number of
the combination employing two tum-
blers, and l will have to make but 100
combinations from l to 100 in order to
open the safe in from two to five min
utes' time. The only absolutely burglar
proof safe is the one employing a screw
door with time lock attachment on the
inside.-Interview in st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-08
safety on Railroad Trains.

Some time ago railroad men engaged
in a discussion through the newspapers
about the safest position for a traveller
20 assume when on train, and i seemed
70 be agreed finally that the person who
took a seat on the right hand side Of the
middle car Of the train. in a seat a. near
the middle as possible, would have bet
ter chance Of escaping injury IN an accl-
dent than one who sat somewhere else.
Il never was satisfied that there was
anything u that theory SAYS A. d.
Martin. - Louis travelling man, but
Il i astonishing 70 notice now many
people believe IN il. You see the effects
OF the publication everywhere you 20 on
a railway train. People crowd the mid
die car # train. and get on the night
hand and as near the middle Of the car
A. they can. I have seen On the Iron
Mountain the seats on the night hand
SIDE Of The car crowded, although Il wa
sunny there. while the seats on the other
Ede were nearly empty. st. Louis
Chronicle
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-08

A blind woman, giving her name as
white gander, has been attracting much
attention recently on our streets. She is
beggar and quite cid, and claims to
have no friends except Che fowl which
attends her as closely rs a dog. leading
her along by the dress, which il holds in
its bill. The woman says she comes
from near Birmingham, where she made
her home with her son, but on his death,
last August, was left penniless and home
less. The gander shows no particular
intelligence, except in his care of the
woman, who taught him 10 do so in lieu
of any other guide, but occupies himself
after the manner Of his kind while she
sits and begs at the corners till she is
ready TO go ON, when she recalls him
with a whistle, and he comes at once,
taking hold Of her skirt and marshaling
her solemnly along.
He VIII exchange greetings with locks
of other geese, but never leaves her 10
Join such, while he has been seen TO fly
at and rout dog threatening his mis-
tress. 1t is necessary, however, Tor her
occasionally to hasten his somewhat lazy
steps, for he is OF an investigating turn
Of mind, and stops frequently to exam
inc such objects as arouse his curiosity.
This fault, the woman says, is owing 70
his youth, for he is only about year
old.
She also says that his education was
by no means so difficult as q dogs for
the same business would have been, and
that whenever she Is IN; bic to go about
through sickness ne evinces the gre. test
concern, and viii urge TO get up ~ tug
ging at her Gress. but on her refusing
still, seems to understand, and VIII take
up his position close beside her, and re-
main there all day with his head under
his wing and most dejeCtedlv peeping
out at her at intervals The gandcr is
an unusually large one, and absurdly
pompous, as if he knew his Importance,
refusing all overtures Of friendship. and
resenhng all attempts to handle him.
while he allows his mistress to csress
him in nv wav.-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-08
About Vegetables.

Vegetables of all available kinds
should always be found upon our tables,
as they have direct chemical and re-
medal action upon our bodies. Onions
and asparagus are particularly recon-
mended for rheumatism and rheumatic
govt; caulifower has a tonic effect upon
the system, and boiled peas contain 90
per cent. Of nutriment, which is almost
equal TO the value of wheat bread. Pc
tatoes are certainly a very desirable part
of our meals, and lettuces, carrots and
cabbages would be much easier digested
bat for the artificial methods Of cooking
and seasoning which are employed by
the modern civilized cook.
Vegetables should never be put into
the cellar. as many of them contain
acids which viii absorb the poison Of the
ground air, and, if eaten, will prove very
unhealthy, and If allowed TO remain will
rapidly dscompose and fill the air which
arises 10 the upper rooms with a poison
that viii undoubtedly cause much mis-
chief. Potatoes should not be exposed
to the sun, but kept in some dry place
where the light and air can always strike
them.-Hall's Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-08
They Don't Live in Tenement Houses.


A young woman who, as the mission
airy of an east side chapel, spends her
life administering to the physical and
spiritual wants of the poor people in her
parish, has a hopeful view of the future
of the German immigrants, among
whom nearly all her work is done. She
says;
As soon as the children learn TO speak
English they pick up American ideas.
and before long a certain amount Of
pride manifests itself. A curious indica-
ton of this is that none of the English
speaking young people will admit that
they live in tenement houses. If you ask
them they will always tell you that their
home is in a fiat house, while few have
reached a pitch Of refinement where the
dingy old buildings become apartment
houses.
If you went into some of the homes,
through the dark halls and up four or
five flights of rickety stairs, you might
ask yourself what a tenement house real
ly is. The young persons there, how.
ever. will tell you that the Hebrews in
Essex and Ludlow streets live in tene-
ment houses. This pride may be false,
but it is akin to ambition, and will make
good American men and women Of the
grandchildren of the immigrants New
York Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-08
Hours for Eating in England.

In England, down to the days Of
"Good queen BesS," it was the custom
to Hospitality entertain all strangers and
visitors at any hour of the day with free
fare-bread, beef and beer. This was
observed at every table in tho land, from
that of the freehOlder to the baron's and
abbey's. At later day the upper classes
became more luxurious in their tastes
and habits. AS a consequence the hours
for meals were very much modified and
have remained so until this day.
Breakfast is now usually taken be-
tween 8 and 10 a. m, and the present
usage for dinner among the weather.
classes is from TO p. m. a luncheon
"a rather substantial meal, by the way,
consisting of cold game, roast beef and
the hke-is often INDUCED in between
breakfast and dinner. The neal denom-
mated supper in this country is COM
narativelv unknown quantity in Eng
Ia, that known as tea forming in real
.ty part Of dinne-, 7. FsSle u
OeITOIt Free Pre-
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FISHING.
A Saturday Afternoon Scsne on Long
Island Sound Wharf.

A Saturday Afternoon Scene Long
Island Sound Wharf.
Nosey Butterworth 49, Gimme n worm,
Tom; you've got tn most.
Tommy Jerdsn-I amt breakin' my back
diggin' 'em for a Teller that had two sticks
OF gum an put IA both in his mouth TO
once. Use CLANS.
Arthur Woodley twhose mother has let
him como Tt isn't nice to quarrel
Tommy Shut up, you dude! O-o-ol
Monkey Roach . got "A robin. Punch him
in tn belly, Monk, an see him alderman
himself up
Nugger Turnor-Eully geel What a
founder! Had him most up t tn top r
the water Must ,. weighed pound.
Herb Bergen-So d hog.
NuCger-How long senoe you've been on
tn scalesg Boosters ole man II basic tn
life out r him. He's set on :he place where
Mister Giddius spilled tn tar this morDin'.
Booster Buck-!aiu't none Of yo1I con-
ceCn + set on hornet. Bully fer you,
Nuggerl Haul him in. Pooh!- hegawL
Gimme some bait Feriwinkles amt no
good.
Arthur-My father said that Capt. Rid
ley caught a see bass OFF tn Hen and
Chickens that was over four feet
Chorus-Ratsl
ArthUr-Long and weighed thirty
Chorus-henOl
Arthur-Eight pounds.
Tommy-No wonder Your gunner s a
Baptist He seems L know a blamed sight
about tn water.
Fatty Iamson-W-w-w! I've went
ana got tishhook-w- YIN my thumb
Boorter-Lemme see H. Huhl that amt
nothin All yer got ter DO 5 ter break it
of an haul tn wire
Fatty-Ouch'
Boosyer-ThrouCh like that. see. II don't
leave no hole worth speakin Of. though
it s kinder rough when Yer amt got only
one hook. Shut up cryin' now.
Nosey-Herb's ketched a snapper by tn
tail
Hei'b-You amt ke;ched none at all
Nosey-I amt got no GAIT.
Tommy-iere. Noseyl
Nosey-You do that AGAIN an III break
your facet P'raps you think it's nice { git
bit in tn eye with 4 spilled clam. Haul in
quick Arthur tgives TIE sack of Arthur 5
line an awful Jerk from under the string
piece II you amt got a dogish I'm mis-
taken What git away: Well. that's too
bad. Try him again
Nugger-See me paste that crab with
this rock. Throws in a section Of granite
weighing about ten pounds, and the few
fish on hand disperse.)
Chorus-Now you've went an scared m
OF.
Nugcer-There wasn't none there. Les
90 over I Daddy RyerSons an hook ap-
pies
Tommy-Come on.
Chorus (as they disappear up the WHARF
--Whoopa> 81 ~. y q. in Judge.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-08

titles of their products tlnd ready markets
in Europe" Said one Of the leading tan
nerS:
The cost of bark transportation has
become Of late years very important
element in the success of the tanning in
dustry. Bark is bulky and cost of
transportation long distances adds very
materially to the cost of leather. Penn
sylvania has advantages over New Eng
land tanning centers by reason of its
nearness to West Virginia bark regions.
Tanneries located In the very midst of
the bark districts have, of course, special
advantages which count in these days of
close margins. We have reached time
when all opportunities for reducing cost
must be watched, and the manufacturer
who fails to do so is apt to be left. y
Shoe and Leather Facts.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-08
Small Savies.

Greece and Portugal, having special
-easons for strengthening their forces,
have each laid down ambitious naval
programmes. Denmark. Norway and
Sweden and Holland are doing little in
the wsy Of building. In South America
the Argentine Republic, having e1pan-
sive ideas OF her future. has planned for
considerable additions 20 her feet
Whether the monetary disturbances Will
cause their REIMBURSEMENT Is not vet
known. Brazil Is good second. Chill a
better third. and the remainder Of our
American sister republics are out Of the
rsce--New York Herald
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Nlfllia! agile
SPENDING HER HONEYMOON ALONE.
Economy Prevents a Bridegroom from
AccomnanYing His Bride.

Economy Prevents bridegroom from
Accompanying His Bride.
Wedding tours are expensive affairs.
1t sounds like treason. but the honey
moon usually costs a good deal more than
it is worth. A young Pittsburger who
fell into matrimony the other day hit
upon novel plan to reduce the expenses
of the wedding trip. His bride to be
and he, before the wedding day came
around, talked as most young lovers do
of all the places they would visit during
the honeymoon. The drew up new
itinerary every evening and altered 1t
the next night-as others in the same
delightful state of imbecility have done.
But as the fateful day drew near the
young man fell to counting his pile and
estimating how much it would cost to
go to Niagara Fails and to New York
city and the rest OF the places that had
figured in loves young dream. Then he
footed up the cost Of furnishing little
home, and no matter how he tried to
keep the figures down, pairing of dol
lar or two from a table here and car
pet there, and economiZing on plates
and other prosaic tAings-which lovers
very seldom think of at all till the col
lector rings the bell and will not go
away without that little amount-no
matter how he clipped and Topped and
pinched, the total expenditure for hon
ev1noon and the home at the end Of it
covered all the assets, and Tapped over
into the bargain.
This would never do. he thought-and
then he went on thinking. The boldest
fact Of all that stared him in the face
was the cruel Indifference Of the rail
road companies and hotel proprietors to
the needs of the newly married. Though
a minister or a magistrate declare two
people to be one, the railroads and the
hotels insist upon charging for two.
Contemplation Of this cruel condition
led the bridegroom-to-be solution OF
the problem.
When next he visited his beloved he
spread the minutes of his self COM
munion before her and boldly suggested
that she should take the tour they had
planned alone, while he remained be-
hind to prepare the home. She de-
INJURED at first warmly, but he persisted
that she needed the change of air and
scene-she was hard working girl
that he did not. she had set her heart
upon the trip and she should have it. At
last she gave in. They were married,
and she went to Niagara and the other
places alone.
They belonged to a sphere where Mrs.
Grundy is not a power. and very few of
their friends to this day know the unique
character of their honeymoon. 1t ac-
tually occurred as has been told-in
Pittsburg, too, and not a great while
ago, either.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-08

The Chronicle. Of Wilkesboro, y. c., is
responsible for the following sumner:
Near Shelby Grove church. MOravian
Grove township, lives man about -
years Of age. whose locks for many years
had been as white as the drlfted snow
fake. On the morning Of the lst day
Of December. 1890. ne woke 70 find him
self In possession Of a most beautiful
head OF hair. with scarcely gray hair
10 be found
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-08
Treatment of Factorr Hands.

superintendent OF factories would dc
we'll to regard attentively the regime
which exists in wool spinning mill IN
Norway. All the unmarried hands. both
male and female. are engaged for fixed
Yearly salary, and get board and lodging
Il the works. There is a large kitchen
Iud large dining room, where the en-
lover and employed dine together. The
wner's wife herself superintends the
ooking. The bedrooms and the other
Qartments are roomy and well VENT
ted; the women sleep in one end OF the
Iildirg and the men in the other. They
u look healthy and fresh. and very IN
AZ ordinary factory hands.-New York
onmercial Advertiser.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-08

An interview with a citizen Of Rldg-
way. Elk county. develops some facts
OF interest concerning the tanning IL
dustry. Ridgway : the centre q the
hemlock bark INDUSTRY OF northern Penn
sylvania- The hemIOck industry Of tie
state. said he. Is about IS By 80 miles
IN extent. szd the tannerles located II
that district have extra facilities fey -
curing bark TIE cost % hemlocz bark
az Ridgwsy IL about 8 per cord The
tanne-ies located ~ tnAt point consume
about 40. GO cords q year. La--e o1zz-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-08
About openiug safes.

As a matter Of fact You can't open a
safe lock by listening 70 the click Of the
tumbler They do not click. They are
immovable in their places and do not
drop. Consequently, when l read Of an
inexperienced plcnber boy who opens
combinations at will it fatigues ME.
Now have the reputation OF being able
10 open almost any safe. but if the safe
Is locked / can't do it. l can go TO the
safe, as il stands unlocked, and can gen
tly turn the combination until the re-
Sistance warns me that have reacted a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-08

Robert-Pa- VIA. dos g4nbol mean
Teacher sad ~ were 20 H1d another
meaning; for i before Es rs-lte th-s after
noon
Roberts Fsthsr-(Szun be- IL means %
play game q Glance. thereby viaalng o.
losing large suns q z1oey.
Tnst afternoon Rob~-r electrified his
teacher . rtadiaE The little lam -
y.Ayec Ea1es q clzuce on TIE hills. there
b. Winning O. Iosizs largo szz1s %
zsons- r-I.szsll Gina
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-08

Randolph Aronson. the manager of New
York's famous home OF light opera, the
Casino, Is said TO have 3 scheme which 10
ciuGes the eStabliShme { OF q conserv story
Of music under con aSien for next year
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-08
Facts and Fancies.

When we attempt to show how far
to grasp the ininity. A pins head is a
small object, but it is gigantic compared
to some animals of which millions would
occupy space no larger than the head
of pin. These tiny animals must con-
tain organs and veins, etc., and those
veins are full of blood globules. Pro-
fessor Tyndall informs Us that a drop of
blood contains 100000 red globules.
So these enthusiastically small animals
must have millions of globules in their
blood also. Thus we see to what an ex-
tent, far beyond our senses power to
grasp, matter can be divided.
But there is something even more
astonishing than this. 1t is stated that
there are more animals in the milt of
single Goldfish than there are men in the
world, and that one grain of sand is
larger than 1000, 600 of these animals,
each of which must be possessed of life
germs of an equal amount, which would
grow up as it grew to maturity. This
carries us back again, and
Imagination's utmost stretch
In wonder dies away.
Or take other interesting facts: One
hundred threads of the silkworm must
be placed side by side to make up the
thickness of line about one twenty-ffth
of an inch, and metals can be drawn out
to such exceeding fneness that 1900 of
the fine wires will occupy only the space
of 100 silk worms threads-Montreal
Star,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-08

Yards a; wichita Mayfsld. weIlIns
tor. Harper, AtticS. Garden Plain.
Anihony, ArkAnsas City, AHdsIe AEd
hAraE-
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MEDICATION By FURCE.
STARTLING PROPOSITION MADE BY
A NOTED PHYSICIAN.

Sickness Should Be Punishable by Law.
He Advocates That There Be No Private
Practitioners, but an Organized Medical
Police-A Radical Idea.
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NOTES FOR THE WOMEN.

ABOUT $500 women are employed in
the British post Office, or one to every
eight men employed.
EVEN in Roumania women's rights
are receiving recognition, for Mile. Bar.
missa Bilcesco has there been allowed
by the authorities to engage in the
practice of law.
MRS ELIZABETH THOMPSON. the phil.
anthropist is the only woman who has
received the freedom Of the house OF
congress, a right presented to her in
consideration of her gift to congress Of
Carpenters Lincoln"
In Germany 5,5Oo,O 900 women earn
their living by industrial pursuits, in
England 1000, 600. in France 5, $50, 900,
in Austria Hungary about the same.
and in America, including all occupa.
tions, something over a,70O, 000.
Miss HANNAH BAKER of Lincoln,
Kan, a daughter of Congressman Baker,
owns and works farm OF 40 acres,
doing all the work. aided by another
woman. She is twenty -four years old,
and has been a farmer for four years
THE Turkish girl of the present gen.
Grafton is expected to know as much
about mathematics, geography and the
sciences as any average American girl.
while in needlework and general house.
keeping she su7passes her American
sisters.
WOMEN are largely employed in the
telegraph and telephone service of Paris
and London. They are required to
pass u competitive examination, must
be between the ages of eighteen and
twenty five, and measure as least fou.
fee: ten inches l., height
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FOR PARLoR AND BuoDolR.
Fresh FancIes in the Decoration OF tn,
Rooms.


Fresh Fancies in the Decoration Of tho
Rooms.
Mezzotints are to replace etchings as
the fashionable black and white.
Pretty little books of Scotch poems
and stories, one in a book. are very
effectively bound in clan-plaid cloths
A screen of rope-work may be made
to appear very rich, and it can but be a
relief after good many of the more
elaborate effects. The rope panels were
lined with shirred India silk.
The use of the candle increases con.
tinually in the parlor as well as the
dining-room. The soft light is regard
ed as very becoming to the complexion.
and as the candles are now made to
match not only every color. but almost
every shade of color as well, their dec
orative effect is unlimited.
The huge, wooden towel rings which.
as such, seemed to have no especial
cause for existence, may find more
suitable occupation in sustaining bed
canopy. One woman. in an emergency
to which the village carpenter was not
promptly equal. SO utilized one of them,
fastening it to brass hook in the cell
ing, and now thinks of getting out .
patent for the idea.
A new idea for piano covers is to
take the yard squares of stamped
velours, otherwise scorched canton
flannel. which are sold i'm every fancy
store for forty-tive and fifty cents, etch
the designs in rope silk, line with silk
and with fringe. The result is q very
handsome cover. and it will prove a
very serviceable one as well. One
square and half makes the cover. Of
course, for an upright piano.-Chicago
Post.
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Tribute to Spinsters.

Mrs. Mary A. Livermore lately spoke
in Boston on THE Women Who Do
Not Marry" She said: This world
would not be what it is to-day were it
not for the work of unmarried women
who have gone into hospitals and pris-
ons and among disease and sorrow and
suffering, laboring for love with the
spirit of Christ. Every woman's heart
thrills when she calls the roll: Harriet
Martineau, the great pioneer of the
higher education of women, leaving be.
hind her a literature of honor, morality,
high ethics; Sarah Martin. who came
before Elizabeth Fry in prison work;
Florence Nightingale, the pioneer Of
sanitary work in war: the Cary sisters,
Abby May. Frances Power Cobbe and
Harriet Hosmer. The world is glorified
by its unmarried women and filed with
their good deeds"