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Soda win Save You SOAP.

Did you ever try soda as substitute for
soap in washing dishes, cleaning sinks,
etc.7 To a person who uses very cheap or
homemade soaps perhaps this will be no
saving in pence, but / am sure the results
will be more satisfactory. II soda be added
10 the dishwater instead Of soap there viii
he no greasy rims around the disbpan, no
"suds" on the dishes and they will have n
clean feel peculiarly pleasing 10 ths fas-
tidious bousekeeper.
In cleaning sinks and very greasy cook
ing utensils it is Invaluable. The philos-
ophy, or rather chemistry. Of IL IS apparent
a. once. the alkaii acting on the grease. IL
you have a sensitive skin which will bear
only the use OF ivory or s0me equally fine
grade Of soap in your common hOusewJTk.
you will find soda much cheaper aud 80
harder on the skin. In fact it j. weh known
that soda makes a valuable addition 10 the
water used in a bath.-GoOd Housekeeping.
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without the least desire 70 change my
condition. look upon all widows as
attractive destroyers, and my experience
has been such as 10 confirm my hatred o!
the sex OF course all who think diff
ferent are welcome to be fettsTed, but II
| was to choose between hanging and
winning a widow | would select the
least Of the evils. and patronize the ex-
ecutioner. Agnes Is still widow. and
her brother is married and hear. with
grim satisfaction, that he Is henpecked
New York World.
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there was a terrible battle between US.
At last the dog unfastened to take a
fresh bite, and i took advantage for the
moment to get away; but my enemy
again fastened upon my coat tails, and
as | could not drag dog and kennel over
the fence l was unable TO move.
The dog pulled one way and the
other, and for while the issue was very
doubtful, but caught glimpse of one
Of the farm la5orers advancing with a
pitchfork and gave desperate jerk 1t
was too much for the strongest of cloth,
and, leaving the torn portion in the dog S
possession, bounded away toward the
barnyard fence. But / discovered in time
that l was charging upon the couched
pitchfork Of the servant, and, turning
quickly to the night, took flying leap
over the garden wall Unluckily at
tempted to fly without wings; my feet
caught in the stones and / turned a
somerSault into the garden.
Instead of falling upon the grass l
Owed headforemost into 8 straw bee
hive. The beehive went over on the
ground and / followed; but the bees
were the first 10 pick themselves up.
and when | arose upon my feet there
was a whole colony ready to settle upon
me.
Theyswarmed in my hair, and crawled
under my clothing until I was frantic.
The more stamped and beat and
raved, the more they stung me. At last
| gave a stamp Of tremendous force; my
tight patent feathers burst, and just as
my feet protruded at the sides stepped
in the overturned hive. might as well
have stepped in the fire; the little tor
mentors stung my feet. and | danced
like bear upon hot plates and for the
same reason.
was still wildly beating the air, when
Iperceived all the farm servants, whom
nay shouts had aroused. charging in a
body. They shouted Thief and -four
ished their weapons and began 10 think
OF leaving that neiSbborhood IN hurrx-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-22
For a BIsurdered Liver
| TRY BEEcHAM'S PILLS.
| 26ctss a Box
OF ALL DRUGGISTS
MRS. sowsEa's CORN.


Fer Better Usif Laughs ne Tt Until the
Tables Are Turned.
Ihad been suffering with q soft corn
for about a week before Mr.. Bowser sud-
denly inquired:
What on earth makes you limp a.
you walk
Il don't know as did limp have
corn, however"
"Corn-yesi Evidence that the fools
are not all dead yeti Good enough for
you or any other woman who'll Jam her
No. feet into No. 3 shoesi Hope you'll
have dozenr
''Corns don't always come from wear.
ing tight shoes. .
Don't they? Bet you million dol
lars to n cent they do. Can't come any
other way; and man or woman who
viii wear shoes too small for them
ought to be published 20 the public al
large as non compos mentis.
On the third day after the above con-
versation 1 noticed that Mr.. Bowser
hmped as he came home TO supper.
"Had fair / queried.
"No, ma'am."
Il notice that you are lame"
Not much! Tn not one Of the lame
sort"
was sure that be was uncomfortable.
IL not suffering, but nothing more was
said until after supper. Then ne lodged
up stairs, and when l went up stairs
after him few minutes later ! found
him with his shoe and sock of
Foot was cold. and thought would
rub it little. you know" he explained.
MIR. Bowser, you've got \ sornr'
Never
I'm certain fit! Hold your foot VI
here!'
'.Bosh! NY foot il cold-thats all.
Corn! I'd like to see IL corn come on my
foot!'
"Hold It mp here! Therel There, Mr..
Bowser, il that isn't n corn between your
toes, then never sgw one! It's a soft
corn. IL comes from tight shoe. Your
toes have been pinehed until they rubbed
together"
1T can't be-"
"But it is. A man OF woman who win
wear shoes too small for them ought"
He drove me out Of the room and
locked the door, but had the satisfac-
ton of knowing that he suffered for
whole week. The nearest he owned up
to it was when be came home and said:
ono wonder / suffered. Carbuncles
are tender things. It would have put
yon in bed"
IL never heard Of carbuncle between
the toes
Probably not. There are several
things in this world you never heard Of,
smart as you are. Detroit Free Press.
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A sueces.fuI strnerrapher.

One Of the most interchangeable workers
OF the Capitol IS Miss Flora r. Powers.
the stenographer 20 the attorney general.
There Is a great rush q business in the
Office Of the attorney general at present.
and Miss Powers does not. as a good
many Of the officials do. leave when me
of6ciaI hours Of duty clos for the day.
For many evenings past she hasworked
TIL very late at night. and does not alb
sent herself even on Sundays. The
young LADY takes q great pride in her
work, and Is possessed Of an amount Of
legal acumen that would do credit 20
many prosperous pleader in the halls
Of Observation-Disclosures Cor. s.. Paul
GIof~a
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Lean, the present
proprietor. and for the last ten years the
father had lived most of the time in Wash
ington. Hon. John j. Farran, 50 long ssso-
ciated with him on The Enquirer, though
few years Older than Mr.. Mclean, Is stall
living in Cincinnati
Washington Mclean was born in Cincin-
natl in 1916, and it is scarcely q figure OF
speech to add that he was born Democrat,
be certainly adhered to the Democratic
party with unyielding tenacity through all
its vicissitudes He obtained but com
mon school education, and At an carly age
was apprenticed 10 a machinist. He soon
acquired some property and became pro-
prietor of boiler factory. He next Sc
cured large interests in line OF steam
boats aud finally joined Mr.. Farran In buy
ing The Cincinnati Enquirer. Mr.. Nc
Lean soon took chief control OF the policy
Of the paper, and had already made it a
power when the civil war came and
plunged him into embarrassments which,
however, had their humorous features.
In his joculsr way Mr.. Mclean often re-
marked that he had major general for a
proofreader" Cincinnati was practically
under military rule, and The Enquirer I'M
der strict surveillance during the pcrOU
when Gen. Burnside commanded that de
partment in his somewhat peculiar way,
and -lat general often read the proof slips
before the paper went to press. Mr.. Nc
Lean was, however. a warm friend Of both
Secretary Stanton and Gen. Grant. but he
never yielded his convictions, and made it
point TO befriend those who, as he phrase,l
it, had suffered in the cause with hin" "
He was styled the Warwick of the Ohio
Democracy. and was always power,
though be never held Office.
His wife survives him, as do their three
children-Mrs. Hazen. widow of the well
known general; Mrs. Bugher. also a widow,
and John r. Mclean. Deceased was at
tached to the Old Scotch or United Pres
byterian church. His remains rest in
Spring Grove cemetery, Cincinnati
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His EHplenatIon.

One Of the street cleaning commission
er's laborcrs was taken 20 task the other
day because he put in a bill for working
seventeen hours shoveling snow in ono
day. After a moments thought no gave
the following explanation: "Sure. I
started 10 work two hours before be-
gan, and / worked all dinner time when
l was resting, and after left on
worked two hours more, aud that makes
the time"
He g)t credit for seventeen hour
work New York Moraing journal.
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A subtle InsInnntion.

"Do you think DR.. Precious was JUST
fed in speaking of Mr.. Sloman in that
way" asked she.
why, thought he was very compli-
mentary in his remarks. said ne.
Perhaps he was, but he need not have
alluded to him 80 often a. the late Mr.
Sloman, even if he was always behiud
time. "-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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VeIret EIanr Mango.

For velvet blanc mango use two cupfnls
Of sweet cream. one half oHnce Of selatine
soaked 10 a little cold water Cor enc hour,
one-half cupful powdered .uRnr, one glass.
ful white wine and e1vOriug # bitter
almonds. Heat the cream - boiling. stir
IN the crlatine and sugar, md when dis
rolved take from the Ere. Beat until yery
light, flavor aud add the wine. mixing well.
Pour into mods wet with cold water.
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A girl in Brown comfy. Kan. looked
after her fathers grape patch Of ten acres,
picked she apples IN go recs and dIdnt
AK so- "a .hare ~ the 5000 which her
parent secured for his fruit.
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Wher Ezhy WINS SIX, We gave her CLstoriA,
When she WAS Child, she cried Tor CaStoria.
When she became Mis-, she chung - CsstoriA,
Wher She bad Children. she gave them csstoria-
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Do not allow a patent with cole 20 suf
fer until the physician arrives. but give =
lar1s injectica OF wzrTn watsT; two quarts
vita tincture q opium. for Al adult. and
les quantity for ehiid-
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On. Girls Motto.

"A horse. A horse. Ny kingdom for
a ho-se.7 in gold lettering On scarlet
ribbon IS used 70 tie a fox brush which
il hung up e0nspicuousiy in the pretty
bedchamber Of Miss Mabel Metc2lf, the
famous cross country rider. who was
one Of last seasons debutsntes.-Seu
York Journal.
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out OF public view
so completely that
til q annou nee
ment of his death
was the FIRST init
nation most read
ers received that
he had lived so
long. Fifteen
years ago TIL Q
Gin natl En-
quirer, in which
he made his fame,
was transferred to
the control OF his
son. John r Nc
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A GRANDFATHER TO HIS WIFE

When, in the first fair flush Of happy youth,
looked with loving eyes upon thy face,
u seemed TO me there could find, in truth,
The perfect type Of beauty and of grace.
And as the bells rang out their gladstone chime
That day when we were wed, did not dream
That ever, with the mellowing of time,
Could that sweet face Of thine more lovely
seem.
Yet as see thee naw-thy crown Of white;
TIE GLORY of the motherhood; the lines
upon tbv brow and cheek. marks OF times flight,
The many sweetDesses thy Life combines
methinks that in my youth my Judgment erred;
Despite thy beauty, seeming so benign
This heart OF mine has never been 50 stTrec
AS by the LONELINESS that now is thine
John Kendrick Bangs In Harper's Weekly.
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Uthcer-HaYe you any meahs OF sup
port?
Newly Arrived Immigrant don't
quite understand you.
Oficer-Have you any profession by
which you can make a living:
n. A. mo, sir. I'm an artist.-Life.
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He WAS A NOTED EDITOR.

Washington Mclean.
Mr.. Washington Mclean, the veteran
journalist, who died few days ago in
Washington city, had Of late years dropped
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A FenlnIe Enrlneer.

Miss Ida Hewitt is the only woman engineer
in the country. She {, employed on the Cairo
& Kanawha Valley Railroad, which connects
with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad At Cairo,
w. Va. Her father, Col. Hewitt. is one Of the
principal stockholders in the road. The young
lady has not vet arrived at the age Of 20. and
T. very pretty and accomplished. Machinery
and mechanical workings always had peculiar
fascination for her, and she spent a large por-
ton Of her time in the railroad shops. She
finally wen. so far rs TO undertake the task Of
running an engine on the road, and the Super
intondcnt was so pleased with her success that
she was employed regularly. She makes her
daily run with the speed and regularity Of an
old time veteran, and it j. seldom that she gets
be- ind scheduled time. Her engine is kept in
the best Of order aud is a model Of neatness
and cleanliness. ID is said that she has been
asked TO run an engine at the Worlds Fair at
Chicago.
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Union Veteran Legion.

The sixth annual National Encampmcnt Of
the Union Veteran Legion will be held in
Reading. Pa, Oct. II and Il. Reading En-
campment, i3, U. V. L., are making extensive
preparations to secure the pleasure aud COM
fort Of all visiting comrades and their friends.
This city is beautifully located in the valley
OF the Schuylkill, surrounded by lofty mount
aims The Mount Penn Gravity Railway, run
ming n distance OF nine miles over the mount
ain, furnishes grand panoramic view OF the
city and surrounding country. The electric
road, winding around Neversink Mountain,
presents numerous fine views Of tho lower val
ley. There are also two suburban electric
roads, one TO Mohnsviie. n distance Of five
miles, and one 20 Black Bear Glen, three miles,
an incline railway TO the Highland House,
which IS situated on the highest point OF the
Neversink Mountain. The hotel aecommoda-
tons are ample for all and charges moderate.
There will be short street parade on the
morning Of the 18th. On the evening Of the
same day Campfire will be held, at which
prominent comrades are expected TO be present.
Please notify the committee rs soon as possible
If you will attend. Committee, w. *. Leaman,
Albert BFiuer, Andrew Fegley.
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They took Possession Of the FerrIboat.

Last week the ID battery, First Brigade Ma
tiOnal Guard State OF New York, started for a
10 days Camping-out at Garden City, Long
Island. They reached the ferry at the foot Of
East Thirty fourth street, New York City, Just
as ferrybo landed. and proceeded to take
possession Of the boat, TO the exclusion OF other
traffic. The officers Of the boat undertook to
regulate the entrance to the boat, but the Off
GERS and men Of the battery took charge Of the
vessel, drove the ferry employees before them,
and would not allow other persons TO cross.
TIE Captain Of the boat finally pulled out from
the wharf. leaving some Of the guns Of the bat
terry behind. The batteTy-mGa then took
charge Of tho boat, and pandenouium reicued
FOR a time. Capt David Wilson, commanding
the battery, claimed that the troops had pre-
eedencc over all others, but the officers Of the
Ferry Company will try to make il uncomfort-
able for every body who helped take possession
Of their boat.
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Mexico las always been noted Tor its fne
markets When COTtcZ came here his soldiers
went wild over the market scenes Of Mexico
City aud You lud the finest Of markets al!
over Mexico today. Some Of the finest build
ings Of the country ere the maTlict-houscs. and
every city is proud of its market house and
considers il ms a sort Of public institution.
Many Of these markets are hundreds Of years
old. aud ! found one at Jalapa which looked
as though il had been built b. the MOors, and
which had many DOTic columns unfolding the
portico which runs around the court where its
Indian peddlers Fquattcd aud offered their
wares for sale. Aquas Calientes has "A market
which covers about n square Of ground, aud
which has hundreds upon hundreds Of pillars
forming sort Of arcade, which IS filed with
queer podGlcfs aud which runs around three
courts, where fruit, grain and vegetables are
sold. The women sit under gigantic umbrellas,
much like those that shield the priests that
pres &c over the bathing scores "a the banks
Of the Ganges in India, and the whole looks
like a slice out Of the far East. The market
house u Mexico City has been lately rebuilt
and e is largely made OF iron, and IL accommo-
dates l00O0and more hucksters. The markets
az San Luis pOtosi are in a vast square build
ing Of Spanish architecture the roofs Of which
arc upheld by many great pillars Under il Is
the busiest scene you will find outside Of lower
Broadway ia New York City. aud in other
great buildings surrounding 10 there are mar
kots for grain and booths for the sale Of every
thing under the sun. found a wonderful
Spanish market in the City Of TOluca, and
Puebla has a market which covers the area of
a siz-acrc fed. Everything under the sun is
sold in these markets aud the most OF the
vegetables, meat and fruit eaten by the Next
cans Is bought in them.
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the top Of these planks coated with pitch arc
laid, and upon these planks layer Of earth an
inch thick is put and pounded down; upon
the earth is now laid thick coating Of gravel
and the whole is cementcd over so that II is ms
smooth as floor, and so that one may walk
upon 10 without injuring il. Some OF the
roofs are paved with bricks, and many Of
the larger buildings Of the city ere covered in
this way. On the top Of the great cathedral of
Mexico there are enough bricks laid e. pave
the streets Of many an American village and
these bricks are plastercd in over The dOmcs as
well rs on tho level parts Of the roof. a low
wall rises about a foot OF more above the
average Mexican roof, and the root itself Is
often made the gathering place Of the family
In the evening. Flowers arc often kept bloom
ing upon il, and i'm one Of these cities where
the houses are much the same size You could
60 from one end OF the town TO the other on
the roofs.
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HIGHEST IN THE WORLD.
A Plan for an Office Building Greater than Any-
thing Now Standing.

thing Now Standing.
In New York City. on the west side Of lower
Broadway opposite Bowling Green, extending
from Broadway to Greenwich street, and be-
tween the Washington Building and the
Stevens House, there will soon be begun the
erection of a building. IL will cost StOO0.OCO,
and will be the largest business structure in
the world, and rank in hight between the
EiIel Tower and the Washington Monument,
reaching when finished $50 feet into the air.
IL is TO be constructed Of steel, with % stories.
more than 1.0O0 Offices, and a Summer-roof
cafe garden 600 feet up. The building proper
will be Joined at the Goth story by tower in
which is 20 be placed and enormous clock.
The plot OF grosud upon which IL is proposed
TO put this building is slightly irregular in
shape. 1t has Broadway frontage Of 1872 feet,
and about the same Greenwich street. Its
depth from street to street is about 200 feet.
The building will consist virtually Of two
structures fronting respectively on each street,
aud connected in the middle by a central
structure which will become the tower. The
floor plan of the building therefore will be
shaped like the letter III. 1t will cover about
$1,000 feet Of surface area
Stone walls there will be, part of the way
MP, but they will be required to bear no weight.
The building will derive all its strength from
within. IL will be in effect 4 solid. as if orig
inally block Of steel in which halls and cor
riders and Offices were tuuneled. It may be
tOppled over like block of wood, but never
broken down. The danger from fire would be
reduced to almost none.
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and these stone floors are laid upon them. The
staircases are Of stone and brick, and very few
nails arc used Nails cost 16 cents pound and
upward, aud / sec that string and rope here
largely take the place Of nails. IL these Mex
leans put up sca6old about a building they tie
the floors TO poles OF studding with great ropes
and splice one piece Of studding on 10 another
with clothesline. They do not look at all
safe, but am told they are stronger than II
their pieces were fastened together with iron.
j found this same use Of string in building COM
mon in the far East. In Japan saw a scafold-
ing which supported roof for asix-story build
ing, and which contained thousands of rafters
aud poles and made the walks and pathways by
which the stuff was carried up 10 this roof. In
the whole there was not n single nail. Rope
and cord took its place, and the same is the case
In less degree here in Mexico. But few OF
the boxes made here are nailed together, and
crates for carrying goods are always tied. sec
fences throughout tho country i'm which poles
arc tied 10 posts with bark or withes, and you
never find an empty store-box going TO waste.
AZ one Of the biggest mines Of the country, the
houses Of the owners Of which were built of
sun-dried bricks and mortar, found the night
watchman had made a house for himself out OF
soap boxes These were not more than two
feet square, bat ne had saved the pieces and tied
them together 10 posts so that they made the
walls and roof Of his house.
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about SO 600 people in Puebla, and Guadala-
lara has at least 100000 and is the most beau
tiful city in Mexico. u is of tho regular
line Of travel, and il has maintained this pOpu-
lation for generations without a railroad. IL
Is about as far west of the Mexican Central
Railroad as this town is east Of IL. Like San
Luis Potosi, il is now on a branch of the Mexi-
can Central San Luis potosi contains over
go 900 people ] stopped a few hours at Leon
the other day, and found a substantial city Of
about 10000, and the City OF Zacatecas is
almost as large. Tho City of Monterey, north
Of here and the only town in Mexico that may
be said 20 have ever had boom" has 10000
population. A couple OF hundred miles or moro
south of Mexico City is O8xaca, which contains
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many Mexican towns. In some places, such as
Aguas Calientes, they jut out into the street in
the shape Of great round tiles, and in other
places they are built out from the wall in the
most curious shapes. Upon some houses they
are Of clay, burned into as queer shapes as those
Of a medieval cathedral, and nowhere did sec
spouts Of tin or iron. These spouts often run
into the patio, and the roof slopes toward IT.
These roofs are made in a curious way. They
are very thick, and are practically fre-rrooi
and hcat-proof Great wooden beams are hrst
laid across the top of the house, aud these are
set into the thick stone or brick walls. Upon