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The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-23

THE PRESIDENTS DESK A WEEK AGO.
:he cabinet room that visitors are ushered
| 20 the library, in which the president re-
| ,eives his callers When the president
came home last Tuesday night he found
the lobby Just within the main door of the
building still occupied by the scaffolding
Of the frescoers, and his desk in the oval
library was covered with chairs and sur
rounded by bare floor The old building
has been going through one of its annual
repair sieges, and has not as yet wholly
emerged from it.
Probably no other building in the
United States has been so often, so eX-
tensively and eZpenslvely repaired as the
White House. Every year an appropria-
Jon of Sc, 100 is made for repairs and re-
furnishing, and it is estimated that nearly
2,000000 have been spent in this way
since the house was completed about nine
ty-one years ago. This sum, of course, in
cludes the cost of rebuilding after the
British soldiers had burned and sacked it
n 1872 These vandals didn't destroy the
house entirely, but the flames ate away
the support of the roof and left the inner
and upper part of the mansion a sad ruin.
| suppose the White House has been
Dverhauled and pulled about so much be-
cause it has had so many bosses. A score
Or more of presidents have lived in it, and
each ne has had some changes made to
suit is fancy, OF, more often, the taste of
mis- wife Even Mrs Adams, its first mis-
tress, who moved in" November, 1SOO has
left a vivid description of the baroness and
incompleteness of the house, which, how
ever, she said was upon a grand and su-
~, 10 I Ip1t oh
like the White House which President and
Mrs. Harrison returned to last week, for
but few of the rooms were finished, and
the East room she used as a room to dry
clothes in-not because she was unappre-
eiative of the grandeur of that apartment
Or an untidy housekeeper, but because
there was no other use TO put it to. The
ground about the mansion was covered
with building material and coated with
mud and debris, and the frame sheds built
for the use of workmen were still standing
When Mr. jefferson came in, March, 1901,
the house was described as "barren and
barnlike"
Through the hands of its many occu-
pants the White House has undergone so
many changes, and has been so often un-
der the hands of painters, plasterers and
decorators, that one is not surprised TO
hear from the workmen now there that
they have found the paint and varnish an
inch thick in some places on the wood
work. In the early days the house was
large enough for both Office and residence
The first time it seemed crowded was when
the Lincoln family came in. That was
one of the large presidential families, and
the Lincolns were like the Harrisons in
having no spare bedrooms. Mr.. Lincoln
found it necessary to use more Of the house
for Office purposes than any of his prede-
cessors and so used several rooms formerly
used as living apartments.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-23
Molly and the Ducking Stool.

There is tradition of Gloucestershir,
scold. whose obstinate disposition defeC
the ducking stool.
After the first ''sousing" in the village
horse pond her husband exclaimed
''Mollyl Mollyl Woot the promise neve.
to scold at l again"
As soon as Molly recovered her breath
she replied in a laundering voice of mo
roseness, mo, won't doc nothing O. tn
Eort"
Molly had another souse, and the hus
band met with the same acrimonious re
sponse TO his anxious interrogations. The
sousing was repeated, but Molly continued
to be obdUrate and contumacious.
"You may drown l." shouted Molly
shut wool never give in"
They did not run the risk of drowning
Molly, but released her, for the husband
was convinced that she would ''ratheI
drown than refuse to wag her red rag
un" whenever she felt inclined to do so. 1t
did not cure Molly. She became as great
a scold as ever she had been before her pub
lie ''sousing." Some years after that crit
cal punishment, the lord of Manor met
John at a court leet, and inquired, "Well
John, how does Molly get on now with hel
scolding?"
"Oh, squire, her be pretty nearly cured
ont"
did the ducking stool do that bust
ness?"
"Oh, no; I let her jaw on as long as hel
liked. l ged her no back answers. zot
quiet and bowed me bacca, and her soor
dropt her scolding, and be now as goods
woman as they be mader'-National Re
view.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-23


First. and above all things and always
keep the muzzle turned away from youl
person. OF course, while loading, youi
piece will be grasped in the right hand
and ought to make an angle of As degs.
with the ground on which it rests.
Second. under whatever circumstance.
YOU may be placed, never allow yourself te
be unduly hurried or furried while load.
ing. or the most unfortunate results may
follow: no matter if a hundred ducks OIL
geese be coming straight at you; no mat
ter if both your dogs be standing stiff as
pokers on separate bevies; no matter if s
grizzly bear be making for you, for so sure
as YOU do you will make some fatal blum
der and render your gun useless. YOU
will either shove in wad before the pow
der, pour in the shot first, or mayhap put
both loads into one barrel, under either o.
which contingencies the ducks and geest
would pass unharmed, the covies disap
pear, the grizzly dine off of you or the guL
burst and blow your brains out.
Keep cool, then, by all means, and If yol
have not used your gun lately, explode
cap on the nipples to see that they art
clear, then put a charge of powder lntt
either barrel, ramming down the wac
briskly upon the powder; then put
charge of shot into your right hand bar
rel, ramming down the wad upon it, anc
leaving the rod in the barrel, and after
putting a charge into the second barre
ram it down, the object of leaving tn
rod in the one barrel while you are chars
ing the other being to render it impossible
to put in double charge, which beginners
are apt TO do, and which is sometimes at
tended with dangerous, and always witt
disagreeable, consequences.-New York
Advertiser
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-23

Of the Red and Blue parlors were sof-
tened by the use of neutral tints. All
through the house Mr.. Arthur went with
ais good taste and his artistic workmen.
For three months the house has again
been in the hands of the decorator, receiv-
ing thorough overhauling, and when the
doors are thrown open next winter Wash
Ington society will troop in to see the
presidents house even more beautiful than
It was last winter. OF course, modern in
Fention and art have made great strides in
The decoration and furnishing of interiors,
put l am sure Mrs Harrison's good taste
and enthusiastic zeal have contributed not
little to the happy result. If l were dis
posed to be as enthusiastic about the new
White House as | am about some other
ihings-a pretty woman, for instance-I
should say it is a dream of beauty, or
something else superlatively nice. l would
also attempt to describe it for you, which |
am sure | could not do. went through
the house the other day with one of the art
sts, and if | remember rightly this was
part of bis discourse:
"This is Mrs. Harrison's bedroom. How
DO you like this new paper of delicate blue
lowered in apricots of silver outlinei
Pretty, isn't it2 These brass bedsteads are
4 great improvement on the old ones. |
like these bamboo lambrequins too. Take
4 peep into Mrs. Harrison's private bath
room. We have just finished putting in
these porcelain brick Innings. Itwas while
at work in here the carpenters found a lot
Of old timbers completely eaten away with
dry rot Pity, isn't it2 In my opinion the
whole house is full of dry rot, and before
they put any more money on the walls
they ought to overhaul the structural tim
bers and take out the rotten ones. This is
the presidents bedroom-'the Prince of
Wales room it is called. because he slept
In it one night while guest of President
Buchanan, though l think it ought to be
called the jackson room, for Old Hickory
slept here eight years.
There used to be arich canopy over this
bed, but President Harrison didn't like it
and it was taken down. He seems to be
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-23
Some Household superstition..

The gift OF knife cuts friendship; in
handing needle the eye and not the point
must be extended. The dropping of dish.
cloth betokens visitor, and he or she will
be an entire stranger should a cock crow
in the doorway. 1t is unlucky to cut th,
nails on Friday, although the Arabians, or
the contrary, religiously observe that day
for the purpose If you sing before break
last You will cry before supper, and if you
stumble up stairs you will not be married
during the year. Putting on the left shos
hrSt Is regarded as an omen of i'll. Au
gustus Caesar put his left sandal on before
his right one and nearly lost his life the
same day in mutiny. That had nothing
10 do with it, of course, and Butler, in his
"Hudibras," scores him for the silly no
tion. Ledger.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-23

II was in the large south room, now oc-
cupied by Private Secretary Halford, that
Mr.. Lincoln made his Office all through the
war In the center Of this room, through
four long and we2risome years, he stood
receiving callers and tranSacting business.
The Johnsons, with their married daugh-
ters and grandchildren, also found the
house TOO small, and Mr.. johnson made of
the cabinet room both an Office and coun-
Gil chamber. The library, which most OF
the other presidents since Lincoln have
used as an Office, the Johnsons made fam
lily sitting room
In the autumn, after the death of Presi-
dent Garfield. the White House was ''done
up" as never before 1t had gone through
as many vicissitudes as poor mans coat
having been patched and renovated in
spots and made to alternate between
respectahility and shab5ineSs. Often the
appropriations were scant, and sometimes
wretched tasse caused the expenditure of
money to leave the house looking worse
than before. For many years the magnii.
Gently prOportioned East room was al eye
sore. One trouble was with she vandalism
Of visitors, who actually picked the cur
tSins to pieces and slivered up the furni
soFS, thaS ehe1 nlShtcArTy aNs4 Souvenir
of the Lincoln administration
President Arthur did more for the ar
sistic beauty of the White House than any
president had ever done In fact, he revo-
utionized the whole interior of the man
NON His taste was perfect. and he knew
Ehere and how TO get what he wanted
He subdued the strong colors of the car
pets He put in delicate hangingS- Some
of the old pieces OF furniture were made 10
ook ''as good as new"-a thing for which
Mr.. Arthur had a happy knaek Odd cor
aers were made 20 smile with something
20 relieve their bare sagularity. Best OF
I'll. the patriotic but painful red and blue
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-23
Man Is Bound to BE a Fool at Times.

Man Is Bound to BE Fool at Times.
Is love in and of itself silly? l am quite
sure you will say that the underlying prin
ciple is very wise one and very noble
But how immensely funny much loving
Is; how illogical; and really little off
The world makes fun of love and lovers
but never has an idea of abolishing it, OF
reforming away from it. A misanthrope
is a miserable fellow. We know he, too, is
of his balance. So you see that not to love
is proof of a lack of common sense; and
really very little common sense is showL
In the spoony period. The reason is that
we can not be expected always to be reason
able beings. Reason is something we cal
make good use of part of each day, and
only part of each year-besides there are
fool periods in life that no one quite
avoids.
l know man who boasted that he hao
never fallen in love, that he could govern
himself in his emotions as practically as iu
his eating; be didn't "allow his affections
to run away with him" On which the
oldest woman in the room replied: "What
a fool you are! You have lost half the fun
OF living trying TO avoid its troubles
What you We gained in one direction you've
lost in another" l will not undertake te
say who was right; only the woman tolo
the truth.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-23
valuable Rubbish in Paris.

A curious series of statistics establishes
the value of the refuse of the Paris streets.
The figures seem incredible, and show that
the ragpickers discharge a duty of primary
Importance Working at night, busy under
the gas lights with hook and panier, the
value of what they collect is estimated at
92OOO each day. Assuredly, one-half the
world does not know how the other hall
lives. OF course the conditions Of Paris life
are exceptional. Population is very close
the tall houses are cramned with inhabit
ants; there are no gardens, a with US
there are but the houses and the streets.
The Parisians have a way of emptyinG
all kinds of lumber and refuse into the
streets, and then the ragpickers gather iu
their harvest. A use is found for every
thing, and metamorphosis never ceases
All the details are interesting, though
some are rather disturbing Rags, o.
course, go to make paper; broken glass l.
pounded and serves as the coating fOI
sand or emery paper; bones, after tht
process of cleaning and cutting down
serve to make nail brushes, tooth brushes
and fancy buttons; little wisps Of woment
hair are carefully unraveled and DO duty
for false hair by aud by.
Mems hair collected outside the BARRIERS
serves for filters through which sirups are
strained; bits of sponge are cut up and
used for spirit lamps; bits Of bread. ii
dirty, are toasted and grated and sold tc
the restaurants for spreading on hams OF
outlets. Sometimes they are csrbonized
and made into tooth powder Sardlnt
boxes are cut up into tin soldiers or int
sockets for czndlesticks. A silk hat has 3
whole chapter OF adventures in store for il
All this work employs a regiment Of rag
pickers, numbering close on 20 200O0, and
each earning from twenty pence to bali 3
crown a day. With ali the wonders Of ouI
great citv we have nothing quite like this
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-23
Cause of Blue Sky.

The interesting discovery that oxygen IL
its liquid state is blue has been made bI
N Olszewski. To obtain this appearance
it is only necessary to have a sufficient
quantity of the liquid to form layer about
twenty-tifth of an inch in thickness
This blue color is precisely that of the sky
This Is significant. The thought will at
once occur that the blueness of the sky is
due to the intrinsic color of the oxygen OF
the atmosphere, for it is reasonable to sup
pose that, though the atmosphere does only
contain oxygen in its gaseous form, the
layer of the many miles in thickness
through which we gaze may manifest the
color which rightly belongs to oxygen, ant
is shown in ths liquid state of that gas i.
layer of only one-twenty-fifth of an inch
in thickness.-New York Recorder.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-23
low Pearls Are Sorted.

The average diver thinks it fair days
work to secure 100 pearl oysters in fifty
feet of water. After being taken ashore
the mollusks are allowed TO die, when their
shells open Of their own accord. The
pearls are classified BY passing them
through a series of sieves, which sSsort
them into different sizes. Those which at,
very small or defective are sold to make a
preparation for sore ewes and nervous com
plants tha, j. ve-v uoDnlar in the east
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-23
Laudanum Drinking.

It is surprising what ones constitution
can be made to stand in the way of narcot-
les. From small beginnings it is possible
to go on increasing the doses until guam
tity can be taken which would kill two or
three persons unaccustomed to anything
of the sort. In the course of a coroner's
investigation at Sheffield, England. it was
shown that man had been constant
laudanum drinker for ten years. Com
mencing with II pennyworth at a time, he
had gone on until he had taken fully an
ounce day.-New York Telegram.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-23
What Interested Napoleon.

At one of NapoIeon's reviews an old gren-
adler who had made the campaigns OF
Italy and Egypt, not hearing his name pro-
nounced. lett the ranks and asked for the
Legion Of Honor. What have yoG done, "
said Napoleon. ito obtain this recon-
pensef" 1T was I. sire. who. in the desert
Of Jaffa, in dreadful heat, offered you q
watermelon" Il thank you again for it,
but that is not worth the Legion OF
Honor" The grenadier who, so far, had
been as cold as ice, few into a paroxysm,
and said with great volubility: do you
count for nothing seven wounds received
at the bridge of Arcola, at Lodi. at Casti-
gloine, at the Pyramids, st Saint Jean
d'Acre, at Austeriitz. at Friedlsnd-eleven
campaigns in Italy. in Egypt, in Austria,
in Prussia, in Polandf" Here the emperor
interrupted him, and initiating his viva
cious language, said; well, vel, WELL
how you screamI Now you come to essen
tlal points; you end where you ought 70
have begun; this is better than your water
melOR-"-San FRANCISCO ArgoaauE
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-23
The Primarr PIaneta.

The primary planets are those which are
the centers of secondary systems, consist
ing of small globes revolving round them
in the same manner as they revolve round
the sun. These are called secondary
planets, satellites or moons The primary
planets which are thus attended carry the
satelntes or secondary planets with them
in their orbits round the sun.-Brooklyn
Eagle.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-23
No Gentle Retort.

A zealous boor once demonstrated with 8
Brahmin. You doa't believe in the true
GOD" he said The Brahuin shrugged his
shoulders. VERY likely" he answered
"but if my God couldn't make a better
gentleman than your God has made |
would exchange him for a black dog
San Francisco Argonaut
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-23
A Rara Frnerinnrn.

Young Poet-Did you ever reject one OF
your own articles, Mr.. ShearsS
Editor-Yes. l rejected one OF my own
poems once.
Young Poet-On what groundsi
Editor didn't feel that had enough
money back OF me TO pay me what it WAS
worth. SO | rejected it and sent it some
where else.-Life.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-23
A Pair of Owls XIII Forty Mic, f. IA,

A PAR OF Owls hiII Forty Mice a Day.
The barn owl, when she is young. brings
60 her nest a mouse about every twelve
minutes, and as she is actively employed
both at atevening and dawn and as male and
female hunt, forty nice day is the lowest
computation we cax make.-Manchester
Times
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-23
Ispecial Correspondence.l

WASHINGTON, Sept. Again the ex-
scutive mansion is occupied by the presi-
lent and his family. Again carriages are
,een in the great porte-cochere, and the
jfficeseekers and their friends sit in the
lnteroom and wait for the door of the
abinet room to swing open 1t is through
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-23

The low grades OF molasSes made on the
Louisiana plantations are row spv5nklsd
over the dry crushed cane and materially
increase its usefulness as fuel for the fur
uanaE
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-23
OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
DECORATORS HAVE BEEN AT WORK
ALL SUMNER.

Robert Graves Thinks It Now q Most
Beautiful Mansion, Though It Might Be
Larger-Maybe Uncle Sam Will Some
Time Build q Bigger One.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-23
DIRECTORS:

81 v. LEVY Pres. =. -. Olivia. Vice Pres
{. A. Walker. Cashier. Il. 2. kramer Asst cash.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-23
Wichita National Bank.

PAID Up CAPITAL e25O.OOo
SURPLUS. bO.OOe
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-23
DIRECTORS.

2 r PowEfL prs'-. . " IAuuEH y PRES
C. J.. fHk sE. Ass 9 lsshssr
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-11-17
MEXICAN OUTLAWS.
Garza's Adherents Fire Upon Gov
ernment Troops,
DISPENSING THEM IN DISORDER

Two American Officers Arrested by
Drunken Released
on Demand of Consul Sutton-Gen-
eral Garcia Says Those Interested
in the Outrage Will Be Punished.
Rio GRANDE CITY, Tex, Nov. H.
News just received here says that on
the 18th inst. Catarino Garza and about
one hundred men met several hundred
Mexican soldiers twelve miles from
Mier, on the road to Guerrero. Cata-
rino stoutly held his ground, scattering
his proclamations.
A volley was fired at his force at close
range, which was returned by the revo.
lutionists, causing the death of three
soldiers and one badly wounded, who is
now in the Mier hospital. The govern
ment force fell back in disorder. CARA
has not been out of Mexico since he en-
tered it on the 18th of September, but
has been working up a revolutionary
feeling in the states of Tamaulipas and
Nuevo Leon. with the above results.
American Officers Arrested.
Captain John G. Bourke, of Fort
Ringgold, and Deputy United States
Marshal John Jordon arrived here on
SATURDAY. after thirty-six hours arrest
at Paras and Cerralvo, Mexico. Wednes-
day, the 1lth, they crossed into Mexico
from Carrizo with a permit from the
deputy collector at Carrizo, Tex, and
the Mexican custom house officials passed
them to Guerrero without objection.
AT Paras, thirty miles from Guerrero,
q drunken Inilitiaman, a state ranger,
arrested them on suspicion and would
listen to no explanation. AT this place
they were under guard three hours.
Thence they were taken under guard to
Aqua Bequas. They were disarmed and
taken before the judge, who treated
them considerably whileprisoners there.
That morning they were started to
Cerralvo, reaching it at noon.
Released on Demand.
There it became evident that they
were held as revolutionary suspects, on
information given by the ranger, who
constantly followed them during the
time they were under arrest. but no in
formation was given for their deten-
ton, although often asked Tor. At Ger
ralvo Captain Bourke wired to Consul
General Sutton at Laredo, from whom
came the following message:
'Have taken prompt measures for
your. release. Will advise you tomor-
row."
They were told by the Judge that they
would be released in the morning, but
the prisoners insisted on immediate
release on the telegram, which was
granted without any apologies from the
officials. The reached Mier the 18th,
where they sought General Lorenzo Gar
cia, who expressed great regret for their
arrest, stating that all the parties en-.
gagged in it would be punished, and the
ranger especially so.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-11-17

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