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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19
Health and CarpetS.

In our endeavor 10 be comfortable in
this vale of tears there Is a tendency to
overlook the elementary laws of hygiene,
and in no respect. perhaps, more so than
in the superabunIance of curtains and car
pets-these noapatented contrivances for
hindering the free circulation of fresh air
and for stultifyinG natures automatic ar
rangements for the deterioration and dis
infection OF our homes Carpets are al
WAYS objectionable when they are not de
signed TO permit of easy removal for
cleansing purposes without the necessity
of turning a room topSy turvy. In most
houses the carpet only comes up once a
year, by which time il is as full of mi
crobes and accumulated filth as its inter
stices will allow.
No wonder, then, if our rooms preserve a
musty smell in spite of periodical opening
of windows and vigorous sweepings, which
only displace a portion of the dust TO settle
promptly elsewhere in some less accessible
spot. Fixed carpets are even more obiec
tionable and unwholesome in bedrooms,
for they absorb the fetid examinations of the
night and soak up various decomposa5le
materials for future use. The ideal would
be polished wooden floor garnisAsd with
rugs - -r' ~'.-',- ~,r---ber to give an asDsct
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19
Chestnuts as Ennd.

How much can be accomplished by in
PRODUCING foreign strains of chestnuts no
one can tell as yet, but there are native va
rieties which afford promises sufficiently
certain and fattering. Some of these,
found in Tennessee, Pennsylvania and the
mountains of Virginia, are nearly as big
as horse chestnuts and have a most deli
cious flavor. Crafts from the trees bearing
them produce admirable results. II must
be understood that gratis do not improve
varieties, merely maintaining them, 50
that the planter is able TO gradually better
his stock by selecting those trees which
bring forth the best fruit
Perhaps the time may arrive when chest
nuts viii contribute Importantly to the
food supply OF the United States as they
do now in Europe. There are many ways
of using them in cookery. They are made
into soup, prepared as a pudding, employed
as stufhuS for birds, boiled and dipped
In sirup for q conserve and utilized in sey-
eral other fashions.-W ashiugton Star.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19
MOVING.
q long way from Tennyson.1

"a long way from Tennyson.1
Tou must wake and call me early; call me
early, husband dear;
Tomorrow will be the busiest time we've had
for just year.
The vans are coming early, you must wake,
and wake me too
There'il be more work about the house than
both of Us can do
At Eve O'Clock in the morning. dear, when the
day begins to break,
We must both get up and stir around. and
hope, for goodness sake,
The day will be the only precious thing that
will be broken;
And / hope you'll think without regret, at
night, OF all you've spoken
You know you're apt to get provoked. and when
you're mad you swear;
But try TO keep your temper, dear, and don't go
on tear.
You know the van men always do destroy
things, more or less.
And it's very exasperating, dear, really must
confess.
The things must al be taken down, the carpets
taken up,
And don't suppose wen get chance for .
decent bite or sup;
Wen have 70 do the best ve can with thin n
from the grocery store,
And eat them OF the mantelpiece, or maybe
OF the floor.
Your nightshirt's packed in the oven, love and
the pillows are put away;
You must sleep on the kitchen table, 6ear-to-
morrow is moving day.
Your bootjack's near the bottom OF the barrel
of boots and clothes.
And the soap and towels are somewhere, but
goodness only knows.
Your books are al in the coal box-I packed
them as tight IS ! could.
Your razors put il the largest trunk, where
pat the Goals ard Wood.
The gridiron's packed IA tie bu-eaa drawer.
ard the baby : n there. too.
fpuf the bottle Ia wigh Eln-'swas tie besc
that coR.d ca
ssxxF0f-
Obi Tomorrow via BE- the nsrriest day IN all
the glad Nsw Year
You must wake and ca me eusrly. lore. before
- = Yankee Blaas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19
Children's Ears,

Mothers are becoming agitated over the
question of children's ears 1t is being
suggested that faring ears are now very
much more common than formerly, and
the prevalence of these ungraceful head
appendages is ascribed to the discarding of
the caps which our OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
of our mothers, indeed-wore night and
day. What the race has lost in aural
beauty, however. it has certainly gained in
immunity from head colds during infancy,
as these caps kept the little pates they in
closed in a condition of tenderness and
susceptibility that made them easy prey to
drafts.
Mothers and nurses may avoid disfigured
ears by little watchfulness of their man
ner of putting their charges in crib or bed.
For such youngsters as may have escaped
such care and thus come into the posses
sion of ears rampant an ear cap" may be
procured, which is a set of tapes keeping
the ears close 10 the head, to be worn at
night.-Her Point of View in New York
Times
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19
How snnnrr. Are Sold.

When offered for sale in the local market
in the Bahamas sponges are either piled up
loose or made into strands or beads Of from
two TO ten sponges each. The best sponges
are usually made into strings Of from eight
TO ten sponaes each, the price averag-
ing about sixty cents per string. Others
are generally sold in lots not strung. The
buyer, however, is not guided in his pur-
chase by the number Of spouges on a
string, but by what a certain lot will
weigh, and the weight is never given, but
the buyer must estimate il. Hence prac-
teal experience i needed in the purchasing
of sponges.- Science-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19

ne sunk into revere. Ire was awaKeneu
from it only By the stopping OF tho train
as Van Buren, street Al the door Of tkA
car he shook hands with hts oonpanisn
and moment later he was swallowed an
in the crowd.
1t Was pitiful-all Of IL. And YET thera
was passenger on that train who Il tho
better man for recalling u. the better man
for the recollection Ct che old farmers
look and gesture, ard Cor the thought that
there are silver handles 20 the coffin that
holds his sacred dust lying out under q
dark mound amid the barren brown Of az
Illinois prairie. Chieage Asii.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19
tain tie to be worn on that day, he VIII run
over several of them, that particular one
included, wondering where it is

over several OF GDSul, GHAC particular one
included, wondering where it is.
MENTAL AND MECHANICAL ACTIVITY.
He has been known to call his wife after
doing this, and to ask her to pick out his
"blue and white" or his "polka dot" or his
"black silka tie. In this case his mind is
so far away from everything except the
general idea of "black tie'' that when the
specific "black tie" lies before him the
brain impression of general black tie"
does not give way to be replaced by the
more marked impression, this certain
black tie"
1t is not essential, however, that these
men are always In such confusion mental
". When their brains think Of that GER
tain black tie" to go back to that example
again, there is no trouble at all. 1t is the
fact that man mechanically will do cer-
tain things lille his mental activity is ex.
erted in an entirely different direction that
causes the trouble. Often the man who
cannot find his ties is suddenly brought
back to the presS 1T when his hand touches
the wrong drawer. He then instantly
opens the right one.
If you are absentminded you will find il
you watch yourself provided your absent
mindedness will allow you to watch your
self that this is so, though you seldom
stop to notice it. One thing more on this
subject. If an absentminded mans wife
did not sympathize with him he would in
deed be a luckless creature. But by the
law of compensation, as it seems, absent
minded men are unusually fortunate in
marrying sympathetic women.
Perhaps it is because they often seem so
like children that their wives are so gener-
Gus with them; in fact, many wives speak
of their husbands absent mindedness with
something like motherly pride.-New York
Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19
What Children May or May Not Eat.

What Children May May Not Eat.
For breakfast, children three years old
should be given milk, oatmeal, bread and
butter, little fruit and eggs, lightly
boiled, poached or scrambled. If, instead
of eggs, they prefer fresh fish or steak,
either may be allowed, the meat of course
being minced fine. Fried foods are forbid
den, and fritters and fried cakes are in
Guided in this class.
At dinner, if the soup is thin it may be
given children; but thick soups would be
more than their digestive organs could
safely bear. Roast or boiled meats, such
as beef or mutton, are allowable. The fact
that pork and all sailed and otherwise
cured meats are hard to digest forbids their
use. Potatoes, baked or boiled, dry and
mashed, spinach, peas, string beans, aspara-
gas of good quality, caulifiower and beats,
when young, are easily digestible.
This is not the case with green corn, IN
less it is very tender and the kernels are
carefully removed from the cob with the
back of knit blade and then crushed or
grated. Such vegetables as turnips, car
rots, parsnips ana onions require strong
powers to digest them. The same may be
said of celery, unless it is stewed. The
sweet potato is much less easily digesti-
bic than the round, or, as commonly
called, the Irish potato, and quickly IN
dergoes a sort of sugary decay, hence it
must be held unsuitable for young chill
dreu.
For supper, milk toast, bread and but
ter, and glass of milk, with possibly a
little stewed fruit, viii be quite sufficient
for young children. The latter, by the
way, when eaten at night, sometimes
causes dyspeptic symptoms. Hot bread,
cheese, hashed meat and vegetables and
the like. so often the supper of the hearty
workman, are altogether too indigestibls
for young chlldren.-Bostou Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19
ghe gaehta Daily gae1e Saturday aorlne neemb 49, 1881

and feeling of comfort, while admitting O,
easy exposure to the salutary influence OF
air and light.
Rugs, carpets and curtains ought to be
frequently shaken and hung up in the
fresh air if they are to remain sweet-not
once month or year, but twice or thrice a
week, if not oftener. At this price only
eau we hope to deprive confined spaces OF
their native EMBELLISHMENTS, and the
sooner housewives lay this maxim to THEN
hearts and act upon it the better.-Hospi
tai Gazette
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19

the brunettes, who should be hEoor1;rg
like the rose, but instead have dark rings
around the eyes 1T nineteen, or at best take
on uniform dead tint. neither sallow nor
bilious, spotted nor coarse, but wholly
wanting the charms of color on lip AMI
cheek
And these girls are to be the mothers of
men! No wonder their progeny have weak
hearts and nervous organizations too sem
sitive to meet the strains of life-men who
can neither bear poverty noe failure, but
losing their money must end everything
with pistol shot. 1t is a question whether
there is enough of such creatures to de.
velop soul in any Of them.-Shirley Dare's
Letter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19
Where the Rlamn Lies

The eminent DR.. Richardson, of London,
says that three or four studies are as much
as any boy ought 10 pursue at once, and is
Is quite enough for girls. Why should
they not be nervous and hysteric when
everything in their training tends 10 make
them so? These effects show in the de-
Placement of the fresh beauty of childhood.
in the diaphanous paleRess of delicate girls
who grow peaked in q week 5 illness; pasty,
pale sailownesS which frsclles easily. II
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19
Why Many Costumes Are Alike.

In the many years l have studied fash
ions | have always noticed how few
dressmakers bother about ideas in dress.
They all see the advantage of preferring
trimming TO ideas. Ideas are trouble
some, take precious time and they are
seldom perceptible enough to warrant
adding to the bills. Couturieres cannot
lengthen the list OF findings with SO many
hours of insomnia for the invention Of cut,
for grace in folding, for comfort in perfect
fit, for dissimulation of imperfections in
shape and the bringing out of the individ-
ual good points of each customer.
No, it is impossible to make each indi-
vidual woman pay for individual ideas and
time on each dress, and bankruptcy would
be the result, for much money is wanted
to pay hands, rent, waste and all the rest
of the heavy expenses. Beside, a dress
maker is fully aware that only connois-
seurs will notice small changes, and as
there is perhaps not one knowing one in
the hundred women who are able to pay
big bills, why should she trouble about
ideas that do not pay nearly as we'll as
trimmings?-Paris Cor. Brooklyn Eagle.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19
He saw II Leave.

Mr. Fleiszig wanted 70 leave the city By
the last train, aud. not knowing when IL
left. sent his servant to me. saying: John.
20 down 70 the depot and see when the las;
train goes. and hurry back ard tel me. "
John vent of and did not return for
more than two hours. when he rushed back
into the room all oct q breath.
"Whers in the world have yo1 been al
this Sinep-- deriz Rdef bis master
Train jus: ieft. sir-t5is very minute. q"
was Johns broken reply. - Reho5ofh
Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19
How to Preserve a Favorfts Plant.

Pansies flower so freely from seed the
same year the seeds are sown that it
is not generally known that they are peren-
malls, and may be kept over from year to
year with great success; but in these cases
they must not be allowed to flower profuse-
ly. AS soon as the first large flowers have
been produced, and the smaller ones ap-
pear, the Towering branches should be cut
off. People often have peculiar varieties
that they would like to preserve but do
not know that it is very easy to do so IN
der the system suggested -Meehans'
Monthly
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19
inexpensive Utensils.

Among the inexpensive and useful little
things for kitchen use to be found at Jap
anese stores are the dark blue bowls that
come in many sizes, costing from seven
cents to seven times seven. They are fire
proof, and endure the heat of the oven
without loss of beauty. The small yellow
bowls that are even less in price will also
be found most convenient to be used in the
refrigerator and in warming over foods in
steamer. They save much of the labor
that comes from keeping many tin utensils
bright.-New York Post
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19

Miss FitzogTe-well. goodby. PsrriTaI,
and be a good boy!
Percivsl "a very good boy. VITO hiss
just been specially warned not 70 mako
personal remarks about people In their
presencep -Cioodby III not tell uurns
what ! think Of y0uE nose tall you'gs
goDe.-Gsorgs Du Maarer ia Londoa
Punch
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19

1t is a fact beyond dispute that the Dutch
housewives cannot be equaled in managing
their houses and servants. They seem born
tc command and the servants to obey.
Doubtless one cause is due to the regularity
and the precision with which their house
hold affairs are carried on.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19

Mrs. HusebIsEs-fiow are yoa r~ssin<
along now. Mr. Dgnesn. IN the literary
Eref
Mr. Duncan-poofly saSzEs AL my
articles hsvs been rrieste1
Mrs. H8iekiaEa-Oa. sail. shoaIdnI
mind. Why. sofzstisaes god srr,cieH Gzs
reisci-sl HsrpeT's B4zzr
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19

/: has beea estimated that II every razs
would !orsgo tie two useless buttons 81
the back OF his ooa:. tle-~ woaI1 - . sss4
ing ot millions q dollars. TIE Ia. =
tina: the fashion q pagsiaz CT those ~
useless buttons gives Employment 20 raaag
wS=EmeB-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19

Selia Sawtella, lawyer, says that in many
of the states a will made by a single WON
an becomes worthless on her marriage,
She should make new will and have her
husband give his written consent to it on
the document itself. This consent is not
necessary in every state, but can do no
harm anywhere.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19

Parents should understand that for a
long time young child's diet should be
much restricted. First of all it must be
taught to eat slowly; the habit of "bolting"
food, so common to many-both children
and adults-is an extremely pernicious one,
for which there is no excuse
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19

Idaho has q river waose source IS ny
terri. Il Govss cat q = lake In a fsarnersse
volume ard - ene point l. aos leei dep
W-hers al the wsatsr comes FROM . some
thing Il che can TEL.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19

Authorities OF cent1ry or two ago s4J
tia: as Halloween tie pixies. tEss sp-iee.
and the witches srzerEsd from thssr hjcia.
places and pl&ys1 queer pr4aks wsth ~
manly. Nowadays tas suaA boT. pas
the pranks
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19

Initials are not considered good form on
note paper, not even monograms, but is it
very much better taste for Americans to
stamp their stationery with unmeaning,
valueless crests? The present fashion of
having city address or name Of country
residence stamped in plain letters across
the page is much more sensible one.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19
English, French and American Women.

Max O'Rell does not believe in the typ
icaI American man, but is very sure that
the American woman is very typical. ''In
England you will see John Bull leading
the way" he writes. Meek and demure,
with her eyes cast down, follows Mrs.
John Bull. In France you will see mon
sieur and madame arrive together, talking
and smiling at each other, though mar
ried-equal footing. But in Americai
Oh, in America, behold the dignifed, nay,
the majestic, entry of Mrs. Jonathan, a
perfect queen going toward her throne,
bestowing a glance on her subjects right
and left, and Jonathan behind"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19

Lamp wicks must be changed often to
insure good light, as they will soon be-
come clogged, and the oil does not pass
through them freely. a clear fame will
be certain If the wicks are soaked in vine
gar twenty-four hours before using.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19

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FOR SALE - WICHITA EA&s ~
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19

Mrs. c. P. Huntington's pair OF ruby
earrings are valued at SIS, 900, each stone
weighing fifteen karats and being of per-
feet shade and workmanship. These are
said to be the finest rubies in the United
States.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19
MANHOOD ersroarn.

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19

The given line and anOpgy reliable
given
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19

Man Who Lighted a Match to See If
the Gas Was Burning-How a Writer
Makes Work for Himself-A Man Who
Has Difficulty in Finding a Necktie.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-15
TELEGRAPHlC BREVlTIES.

Bishop Richard Gilmour died At =.
Augustine, Fla. last night.
From New York come rumors OF ! con.
bination to control the entire sugar trade u
the country.
Galveston is in holiday attire in honor u
the eighteenth Texas biennial SRngerfe,,,
which opens tonight.
The French minister Of foreign affairs n
an interview yesterday said: 1t becJIr'
more and more evident that France IS On -Ls
high road to bankruptcy
Treasurer William Brown of the Boston
water power company IS a forger 10 ne
amount of $4,000. He is mentally IL
balanced.
Henry s. Stehman, tobacco dealer u
Lancaster, Pa, made an assignment yes
terday. His liabilities are Sl00,0 700. As7s'7
about the same.
An old gentleman named Bueron, So
enty-fve years OF age, committed sl-e.7
yesterday by hanging himself at his r.
dence two miles east of Comfort, Tex. II
had been in poor health which probaU'
unsettled his mind.
The Jefferson dinner of the Young Mems
Democratic club of Massachusetts was
held last evening, over 200 Democrats from
all sections of the state being in ATTENDANCE.
Congressman Mcmillan of Tennessee MADE
the speech Of the evening.
Thomas Baumgardner of Lancaster Pa,
has made an assignment. Liabilities aTe
estimated at from $500, 900 to $3.50, 900. A.
sets very small. Baumgardner was q men
Der OF the firm of Baumgardner, EberI1aH
i Co., which assigned on Saturday.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-15
PERSONAL.

Mrs. A ]. Chambers has been quite sick
with Ia grippe.
Miss Mary DAWSON left the city Monday
to be absent during the spring and summer
months
Mrs. Winfield Scott has gone to Hot
Springs. to be joined by her husband in
few weeks.
Mrs. Fannie Hoffman of Dallas is visiting
her parents, Mr. aud Mrs. G. W. Gillespie,
in this city.
John Spurlock of Neyland, Tex. who will
probable become citizen of Fort Worth, is
III the city.
]. C. Lewis OF Seymour, who for several
years was citizen Of this county was il
Fort Worth yesterday.
Senator 4. S KiInhrough passed through
the city last night on the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas en- route TO Kansas City 10 at
tend the commercial congress.
Robert D. Allen, an attorney of Sulphur
Springs, stopped over last night on his way
home from the capital city. Mr. Allen is
well as highly honored and respected
young man.
Hon. John NJ. Nelson, Hopkins county's
representative, was at the Mansion last
night. Mr.. Nelson is on his return home
from Austin. where he faithfully dis
charged all duties assigned him. His hon
est efforts are highly commended by his as
sociates and constituents.
P. D. Hollingsworth, who for the past
fifteen years has been with 3. c. Evans
company, ana for eight years manager of
their carpet department, has assumed the
management Of the carpet department of
G. Y. Smith s. Co. MIR. Il left yesterday
morning for New York to purchaae goods
for the same.