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Ing. She bedizzened her drawing room
with cross-eyed cats on plates and
groups Of daisies, symmetrical as
toothpicks. 1t occurred to her that
snow scene would best dis
play her talent. Her idea evolved thus:
Snow-snow shovel-snow scene painted on
snow shovel. Two days later her visitors
beheld beside the fireplace the decorated
Implements white satin bow streaming
from the handle, and landscape glittering
with diamond dust and white enamel de-
picted on its blade. This same apostle of
the beautiful sent her physician a boot
jack, painted yellow. Up "for'ard, as the
sailors say, were the inevitable sunfowers,
and where his foot should have fitted, a
large satin bow. This fantasy moved the
doctor, whose recording angel until now had
closed his book, for lack of occupation, to
e1claim Decorative Hadesp'
Is 1t for decorative purposes that your
rooms are filed with antagonistic lamps or
overloaded with china, whose instability
freezes ones blood with dread of catastro.
phe? Why are those treacherous rugs for
ever sliding over polished floors and lying
in wait for man? Even if the wicked stand
in slippery places, why not spare the one
righteous?
A great oculist has said: Modern houses
and their insane draperies are responsible
for modern eyes. People live like moles
and wonder that they see no better than q
mole" Is it on aesthetic grounds that you
shut sunlight from your dwellings with in
finite pains and hideous materials? The
variegated shoestrings that dangle in door
ways, catching ones bonnet and scratching
the polish off ones nose, are at least free
from this defect.
Don't imagine that you add to the lowell
ness of life by pinning up defunct birds and
other mortuary emblems indoors. Sooner
or later the fate befalls them, described by
young woman to her friend, as follows:
"You know that white dove we had fas-
tened to the parlor curtains? I cleaned
house the other day and took it down. It
was so dirty I couldn't stand it. First 1
busted it and then washed it, but it wasn't
fit to be seen, so took it out to Woodlawn
and laid il on mothers gravep'
One word in conclusion. If you wish to
beautify your home think of the effect YOU
seek. Ask yourself: "Why do I put this
color here? What reason is there for the
shape of that chair?" If you can't give q
reason for the faith that is in you, change
the faith. Study the laws of harmony and
proportion. Don't attempt contrasts, which
are difficult to practiced artists Cultivate
common sense. Art is the most sensible
thing in this world. Simplicity and truth
are its exponents and reason is its hand
maiden.
MARY ELIZABETH RUCHAHn
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A SIMPLE GRASS MAT SEAT.

How to Make q Parlor Ornament That
VIII Please Eye and Rest Body.
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH.I
To make this pretty seat, get butter
or lard tub and, after cleaning and sand
papering, cover the side with lined surah
or silesia, gathering or tacking the full
ness on the upper and lower edges.
Cover the fastening with fine hemp rope
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ATAN holds out NO
more alluring bait for
the idle hand of
woman than house
d decoration. Whether
your abode be between
four walls or beneath
canvas, It should be
made beautiful Why
make it ugly?
There was once Q
little lady who had
faken 1neeonain paint.
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TIE PAPER ON THE WALIA

Some Suggestions as to Harmony with
Carpets and Woodwork.
WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPArcH.1
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A SHADE OF PALMLEAF PAEA

Pretty Designs for the Ball Lamp or shs
Big One at the Piano.
WRITTEN FOR THE pIsPAroHJ
A soft lined lamp shade is made Of four
small palm-leaf fans Cut of the
handles and tie them together in shape
slightly overlapping each other with
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WIT YOUR BODICE SITS AwRY.

"A 3hing That Seems to Be . Mystery 70
Most Women 10 Here Explained.
FRIrTEN FOB THE DrspArcB-I
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q y v f Il wh1ch Is
specially we'll suited
to a young girls room
is made of baby-blue
linen. The hem, which
is turned up on the
right side and is fin
ished with q couch
ing Of heavy white
linen floss. Above
the hem the design is
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hitch" - they call It and tack II In place.
The top Il covered by grass mat fastened
on with with double tacks or mating tacks.
1xAuTY IN TABLE covI1A

A Dream Of Loveliness for . Young 0f1fs
Room and Other Designs.
FwRIrTEN FOR THE DIsPArCH.1
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No use to deny the fact that Salvation
Oil is fast taking the place of all other lini-
menta
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and is then couched on all its outlines with
floss, like that which finishes the hem.
The cloth is sweet and pure in tone
and of eminently seryiceable material,
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NO NEED OF THE KNIFE.

Il L. Now Almost Banished From the
TabIe-The Force OF Habit-Good
Living and Beauty-Useful Hints and
Recipes
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TRAINING A BEAUTY.

The Young Girl Should Go Through Regu-
Lar Military setUps-Dancing Is an In
stanct-Men should Be Easily Beaten 1t
the Game Of Football by Women
Learning tn Kick
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WRITE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-03
4 Takir's Yarn.

Many Of the street patterers occasionally
let drop things which are worth preserv-
ing, either on account of their wit, their
comicality or their novel audacity There
Is one gutter merchant who comes before
the public nightly with a stock of penny
bottles Of hair restorer, and in recommend
ing it he boastfully claims that through
the fast growing adoption Of his specific
the occupation of the wig makers viii soon
be entirely gone forever.
He tells a funny story to the effect that Z
certain Old gentleman whose badness most
sorely Crieved him, as it was the means OF
preventing him from marrying q young
and beautiful heireSs, on hearing Of the
wonderful hair restorer. sought an inter
view with its discoverer at his private resi-
dence, and consented 70 have his scalp
operated on forthwith.
The gutter merchant then unblushingly
assures his hearers that, although only one
single bottle Of his restOrer was used upon
the old mans shiny pate, so powerful and so
sudden was the effect Of its application that
before arriving home that day he had to
drop into no less than three BARRIERS shops
70 have his hair cut.-L.ondon Tit-Bits
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Muddy water and PrieLlv Pears.

John Clea. a cowboy. says: l feel sorry
for the people of St Louis because they
have to drink muddy water. Your water
isn't as muddy as it was when was here
three years ago. but it Is muddy enough.
Out on the plains we often get muddier
water than you have. Just imagine litt. p
pool Of water, a few hundred yards long
and perhaps twenty yards vide. in the bot
tom Of little gulch. Suppose that is all
the wster within twenty miles and you are
driving thirsty herd Of cattle, about
5000 head, say.
They'll smell the water q mile away and
get 70 It before YOU do, and when they get
through splsshing around in il it'll be
muddler than anything you ever saw here
But we can fix il out there, All we have
10 do Is 70 dip up bucketful Of it and
slice up some prickly pears, and stir them
around IN 1t for about five minutes. and
the water will be a. clear as mountain
stream. 1ou haven't got any prickly
pears here-that's the only trouble. The
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-03
HOW TO BOWL.
Hints to the Novice About an E<hiIa-
rating and Enjoyable Sport.

Hints to the Novice About an ExhiIa-
rating and Enjoyable Sport.
Considering the wonderful interest taken
in bowling, the radical changes both in
the alleys and the game itself, a word to
the beginner will not be out Of place. Al
most invariably the novice at this game,
the same rs at every other, enGeavors to
walk before he can creep. On the first in
PRODUCTION, he at once selects the largest
ball in sight, attempts not only side ball,
but curve, throwing it with all the
strength at his command, needless of pos
sible damage 10 the alleys and accident TO
himself.
In one respect he is hardly to be blamed.
for to him the delivery of a ball seems
simple enough: il is only after his first at
tempt be is convinced that something
more than brute force is required. The
muscles of the wrist are those which re-
quire attention, as on their strength de-
pends accuracy; and that is what must be
acquired, as it really constitutes the game.
There are but few who combine great
speed and accuracy, and / would hardly
recommend the adoption Of other than a
medium paced ball To strengthen the
wrist muscles nothing will be found more
effective than the simple practice Of open
ing and closing the fist; this will be found
much more firing than imagined. A per-
fectly equipped alley is supplied with balls
of all sizes. Let the novice select one of
the smallest-one which he can roll easily
and without possibility of strain TO the
wrist-gradually working up from that 10
the largest size; it will surprise him to find
how soon he can control the movements Of
a ball Of the largest dimensions.
There is no rule 10 govern the mode Of
delivery. In this we must be governed by
the experience of others; in adopting the
style most in vogue one will not 90 far
astlay. In a few cases but one step Is
taken, but this method is used almost
without exception by men of advanced
years who. while having lost none OF their
accuracy, are not as sprightly as their more
youthful rivals.
1t would seem that three steps is all that
IS required. Gauging your distance, which
you can do with little practice. take one
short step to the left, more lengthy one
70 the right. and a final one 10 the left.
each time landing lightly but firmly on
the ball of the foot As the final step is
taken the bali should be poised ready for
the forward swing There is no necessity
for the ball being swung more than once
backward and once forward, that Is, after
sufficient time has been given % the study
Of direction. a beginner should begin
with center ball. The body should be
bent forward gracefully, giving the arm
perfect freedom in its swing.
Avoid the error made by even expert
enced bowlers in holding the ball in all
sorts or positions before delivery. One
Tests il on his right. another on his left
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Have the hours most fatal 70 life ever
been ascertained' was the question recent
ly asked Of prominent Philadelphia ply
stefan.
les, 70 a certain extent, was his reply.
have the data here Of some very interest
ing conclusions as,ertsined in 2.SSO in
stances of death az all ages The exam
pies are taken from all conditions Of LIE,
and during a period Of several years. II
the deaths OF these :. SO had occurred in
differently at any hour during the twenty
four. 10 would have occurred each h0ur,
but this WAS by no means the case.
There are two hours IN which the pro
portion was remarkably below this-two
minima. As il were-namely. from mid
night 70 l o'clock. when the deaths we're s.
per cent. below the average, and from noon
TO l O'Clock, when they were 20tt per cent.
below. From 8 70 s a n, inclusive. and
from TO p. m, there is a gradual in
crease. in the former OF 81 per cent.
above the average. IL the lister % per
cent. The maximum Of dea,h j. from ;
O'Clock 70 s o'clock a. II, when il i ~ per
cent. above the average, the next during
the hour before midnight, when il : -
per cent. in excess
\ third hour Of excess j. tha- from Q
o'clock 70 20 O'Clock in the morning. that
hour being ~ per cent. above the aver
age. From ~ m to 3 ?. n the deaths
are les numerous, being lSlI per cent. BE-
low the average, tbs hour before aOOa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-03

shoulder, While others poise it high abovo
their heads. making complicated motions
necessary, which they must be aware seri-
ously impairs their accuracy. Under the
new rules a thrown ball Is allowable; it
should not by any means be adopted on
that account, as it certainly is a detriment
rather than a help. With very little prac-
tice the ball can be laid on the alley with
hardly perceptible sound. Never make
the final step with the right foot; it great
ly lessons the speed, most seriously inter
feres with accuracy and is besides decided
IL awkward. Avoid a slot ball: once &C
customed TO its use. you are ever at a dis
advantage. s Sport.
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Danger in Choice Reading.

why on earth do you read such bOoksp
said sensible man few evenings ago 70
a woman Of highly sensitive and suffering
organization, who had Just been through
the thousand pages of otanley's in Dark
est Africa ''Such books are simple poi
son TO you. You ought never 10 read a line
Of them" what" she answered, do
you think I should be justified IN keeping
ignorant OF the misery and degradation Of
millions Of nv fellow creatures
Yes, was his answer, the more ignO-
rant Of such things persons ike you keep
themselves, the surer their chance Of bring
sunny and helpful influences in the world.
The record Of these horrors simply para
yves you. IL works on your sympathetic
imagination till the whole head is sick or
the whole heart IS faint. At night you lie
down. and in the morning You get up in
darkest Africa yourself Had you spent
your time in reading something beautiful
and cheering you would have been health
Ter and happier and a hundred times more
use 10 your husband, 10 your children aad
to society"
In the especial case in hand the man was
right, and the case stands for thousands q
like ones. Overwrougbt seDsibilty % the
suffering side Of life, and the gloomy spell
this exsrts over the ina q nation. - an act
ual disease Of the dzy. Numberisss are the
people whose constant aim IL life ought 20
~ 20 get away from the contemplation q
distressing obleccs. aud who should take a.
much paiss az the florist with his roses 70
expand the brosdest possible eXpanse u
clear glass 20 the rays Of the sun. With
out sunshine, and plenty Of l.. they can
never thrive. just - some plants can
flourish under the densest shade while
others mildrw beneath IL. 50 * j. with
different human organizations. - Boston
Herald
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Nn Nv. for Architecture

a dear old Scotch friend OF mine paid a
bad compliment 20 the shade az Sir Chris
TOPPER Wren. Visiting London for the
first time. be was o. course advised 90 in
clude St Paul's cathedral among the nOta-
BILE sights 20 be done daring his stay IA
the metropolis. On his return, la narraS-
ing his adventure. down south, be created
some astOnishmeus by the assertion that
he "dida care for the glorious fame Il
went" said be, but / couldna hear what
the meenister said, 80 / cam GOT againf'
It never occurred TO him 20 60 az any other
time than on Sunday morning. or for any
other purpose than 20 attend the service
Very practical very proper and very
scotch All the Year Round
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-03
The Bark of the Cork OIL.

In a report of United States Consul
G. II. Schenck are given some of the vari-
Gus uses TO which the bark of the cork oak
is put. He says;
Although what gives most value to cork
are the bottle corks, still it has other appli-
cations, some of considerable importance,
such as plates or slabs for use on boilers,
room carpets, the making of rugs, life pre-
servers, cork dust bricks, hats, album
covers, picture frames, jewel boxes, brace
let's and other objects of adornment; soles
for shoes and boots, wheels of small di-
mansions for railroad cars, and the grease
boxes of the wagons. and recently it is
applied as "Corcho larminado," or or
namental slabs, the invention of Don
Buenaventura Reull, of Barcelona, which
are employed TO cover plane surfaces and
curves, employing them as carpets and
for other uses. They make. moreover
huts for those who work at cork, and
Turkey they make cork collins
Ia Italy they make images and crosses,
shoes, horse saddles, horseshoes, arms.
blscking, Qualifications, furniture, soles
for shoes, wadding for mortars, and obtain
lampblack for printing in the United
States, and the round or hollow cork Is es-
pecially employed in the province of Valen-
cia TO busk rice. Ii is also used for bee
hives, pans and pals TO deposit and carry
milk; in ornaments in gardens, for relief
maps TO form the elevations, for floats in
fishing apparatus, for pals where they cool
water with ice or snow, etc. From the
imperfect combustion of cork is obtained
Spanish black, product much esteemed
tor making printers ink. TO this we
may add that artists in Italy and Spain
carve pictures in relief in cork which have
much the appearance of being nodded Of
terra Gotta, and that the packers of fruit
for export now seem to prefer coarsely
graduated cork TO the traditional sawdust
packing
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-03

AN ANCIENT GALLO-ROMAN sEPULCHRE.
Inside the stone sarcophagus was found
q coffin made from sheet lead about one
quarter Of an inch thick, and this inclosed
the body Of the ancient Roman or Gaul,
little of which remained except two teeth
and the fragments Of few bones. The
size Of these relics indicated that the re-
mains were those of a man, and their posi-
zion that, contrary TO the usual custom,
the corpse had been placed with its head
TO the east. The stone sarcophagus was
7 feet long. 8 feet wide and feet deep, and
was estimated to weigh over 5000 pounds
The top was beveled Gig. y, but in the
center a square base was left, evidently as
a support for a monument, of which no
trace was found.
One of the most interesting finds in con-
nection with this discovery was the arti-
Giles of glass represented in Fig. ., which
were placed in the lead coffin at the head
and feet of the body. Four Of the pieces
were perfectly unbroken, and the glass
had the peculiar iridescence which is only
formed when it has long been buried or
exposed TO the action Of the elements. The
two large pitchers still contained brown
liquid, probably some ancient perfume.
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being the most fatal From & O'Clock p.
m. to p. m. the death rate rises , per cent.
above the average. and then falls from that
hour until II p. u, when it averages g.
below the mean. During the hours from
. 10 II o'clock in the evening there is a
minimum of o. below the average Thus
1t will be seen that the greatest mortality
j. during the hours from 3 TO s O'Clock in
the morning, the midday hours, from 10 to
3 O'Clock, furnishing the least average
hourly death rGte.-St. Louis Republic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-03
Why Platinum Is penrer.

Complaints are frequently heard from
persons interested that platinum is dearer
now than formerly, and all manners Of rea-
sons are assigned for the change Horo-
logical Review explains the matter by say
ing: The fact is thFa the price is regu-
lated at the mines in the Ural mountains
Of Russia Formerly the metal was con
sidered useless and thrown away, while
now the mine owners are beginning 10 find
out its value and TO keep it at a good stiff
price. Added TO this is the increased value
of the Russian ruble which has of late
years risen more than 50 per cent, owing
10 the better condition of the finances of
the empire Of Russia.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-03
IFrPyerenf.

An old lady protested against sell
ing the discarded church carpets by auc-
ton, on the ground that such an act would
be irreverent.
Put up at auction them carpets we've
kneeled on so many years" cried she.
But Sister Clifford" demonstrated an
acquaintance, "they must be sold"
so they must" replied she impulsively,
"and I'm ready to buy em. But if they're
put up at auction, Sister Pinkham Will
run 'em way up 70 spite men'-Youth's
Communion
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-03
shakespeare's Limitations.

1T beats me, " unused the modern theatre
manager. This here William Shake
speare wrote the play Of Hamlet, in which
Ophelia gets drowned, yet he leaves the
drowning scene OUT
1T does seem queer" observed the stage
carpenter. with touch OF vanity. but
maybe he didn't know how 10 make a
tank. New York Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-03
DYED Diamonds

The idea Of dyeinE Of colored diamonds
with aniline solution has possibly wended
fits way 10 Germany. A correspondent
tells in one of the German exchanges that
be was basely deceived with buying yellow
and brown diamonds colored with aniline
which revealed their true color when
washed
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a Common Csc.

Wickwire-There never were - mani
chances a. nov u get q good income on
al a small fortune
Yabsley-Wh I'd like j. % get \ goo
fortune out Of a small income -indiansp
OlIs Journal
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MHsa Raby was syk, Ne gave her Castoria,
When she WAS a Child. she cried for Castoria,
When sine became Miss, she chung TO Castoria,
WI -.u, Size gave them Castoria
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-03

\ jeweler says that it is rare thing for
him to sell a solid gold watch chain. Ev-
erybody buys the plated article nowadays,
even those people who are well able to af-
ford the solid
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-03
Atthe last rneevlnr q the Physical 6,

Atthe last meeting Of the Physical 90
Getty n England an electric lamp wac
exhibited which lighted itself when DARK
ness came On and extinEuished itself
when daylight or another strong hight
was brought into the field. This Lamp is
worked by the seleniun eel On the pm
cIple that the strength q the current
wares with the intensity of light falling
on the selerIum.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-03
NoveI Wall Pa,er

Ii lie claimed that wall paper can be made
IN such way that the passage Of low ten
sion electric currents viii heat II moderate
~ warm TO the touch and di1luse through
cut the room an agreeable ts'- persture.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-03

waters AL rgnU. " aUer can't be too
muddy if you've only got the right kind Of
cactus.-St. Louis G4obe-Democrat.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-03
ARTICLES OF GLASS FOUND IN TIE LEAD

ARTICLES OF GLASS FOUND IN THE LEAD
COFFIN.
The sarcophagus, coffin and their con
cents have been carefully preserved, and
will doubtless find a place in one of the
many museums of Paris. Popular Science
News. commenting on the foregoing from
La Nature, says; The fact that the locality
has been so long in use a. a cemetery is an
interesting one, and indicates a greater
uniformity In the life of the people than
one would believe possible in a country
troubled by 80 many wars as France.
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