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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
rumumenL or a Dream.

The persons who place any reliance in
the prophetic qualities Of dreams, an ar
gument in support of their theory may
be deduced from an incident that oc-
CURED some time before the escape of
two prisoners from the Riverside peni-
tertiary.
The best known man of the pair, Paddy
McGraw, has married sister living in
the hill district. About two weeks be-
fore McGraw made the perilous descent
to liberty DER the prison walls she
dreamed one night that her brother had
made his escape much in the same way
that it actually occurred.
She told several neighbors about it the
next day, who can vouch for the &C
curacy of these statements. While she
had the sympathy of a sister for a
brother, when she awoke to the reality
she had to content herself with the
knowledge that Paddy's checkered ca
reer was at an end for the time being,
and that while they knew where he was,
they also knew he was away from the
reach of all evil.
When the news Of the escape became
generally known the above circumstance
was freely recalled, and dozens of people
are now familiar with the story in the
locality MISUNDERSTANDING Dispatch
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
THE DYKES OF HOLLAND.
Their Appearance and How They Pro-
tect the Land and Are Protected.

Their Appearance and How They Pro-
tect the Land and Are Protected.
A certain jealous dame is said to have
once attempted to sweep the ocean away
with a broom. The Dutch have been
wiser than this. They are slow and de-
hberate people. Desperation may use
brooms, but deliberation prefers clay
and solid masonry. So, slowly and de-
iberately, the dykes, those great hill
like walls of cement and stone, have
risen to breast the buffeting waves.
And the funny part of it is they are so
skillfully slanted ard paved on the out
side with flet stones that the efforts of
the humping waves to beat them down
only make them all the firmerl
These Holland dykes are among the
wonders Of the world. 1 cannot say for
how many miles they stretch along the
coast and throughout the interior; but
you may be sure that wherever a dyke is
necessary to keep back the encroaching
waters there it is. Otherwise nothing
would be there, at least nothing in the
form of land; nothing but fearful IL
lustration of the principal law of hydro
states: Water always seeks its level.
Sometimes the dikes, however care
fully built, will "spring leak" and if
not attended to at once terrible results
are sure to follow. In threatened places
guards are stationed at intervals and
steady watch is kept up night and day.
AT the first signal OF danger every
Dutchman within hearing of the start
ling bell is ready to rush to the rescue.
When the weak spot Is discovered, what
do you think is used to meet the emery
ency? What but straw-everywhere
else considered the most helpless of all
things in water! Yet straw, in the
hands of the Dutch, has a will of its
own. Woven into huge mats and Sc
curely pressed against the embankment,
it de6es even a rushing tide, eager to
sweep over the country.
These dikes form almost the only per
fectly dry land to be seen from the
ocean side. They are high and wide,
with fine carriage roads on top, some
times lined with buildings and trees
Lying on one side of them, and nearly
on level with the edge, Is the sea, lake,
canal or river, as the case may be; on
the other the flat fields stretching damp
ly along at their base, so that cottage
roofs sometimes are lower than the shin
ing line of the water.
Frogs squatting on the shore can take
quite bird seye view of the landscape,
and little fish wriggle their tails higher
than the tops of the willows near BY.
Horses look complaoently down upon
the bell towers, and men in sBaffs and
canal boats sometimes know when they
are passing their friend Dirk's cottage
only by seeing the smoke from its chin
ney, or perhaps by the cart wheel that
he has perched upon the peak Of Its over
hanging matched roof. in the hope tina:
some stork will build her nest there and
so bring good luck.-Mary Mapes Dodge
IN st. Nicholas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
How to Spot a Dishonest MiIkman.

"Ihe milkman who waters his goods
generally does so under the impression
that the water poured in Incorporates itself
with the milk and cannot be detected ex-
sept on chemical analysis. This shows
gross ignorance. The milk will hold only
is own fluid; all foreign fluid will be pre-
cipitated if the mixture is allowed to stand
for couple of days" So affirms Halls
Journal of Health, and proceeds to show
how any housewife may spot a dishonest
milkman with very little trouble:
Let her take a long, slender bottle,
cleanse it thoroughly and let it dry out. II
chen it is filled with milk and allowed TO
stand in a cool, not cold, place for forty
eight hours all the foreign huid will settle
TO the bottom Of the bottle. The soured
milk will then I'LL the middle of the bottle
and the fatty substance will be floating on
top. Sometimes the top will be a layer of
cream, then viii come a layer of albumen,
another artificial device TO make the milk
look rich, then will come the soured milk
and at the bottom will be the foreign
water. The whole scheme of deception
can Toe read by a glance at the bottle This
sort of work is not scientifically satisfac-
tory, but it win always develop the funda-
mental fact-whether or not the milk is
normal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
The Value of Money.

"Few men realize the value of a dollar. "
said a broker who had in recent years made
money. al worked for a long time as chief
clerk on an ordinary salary, and it was a
hard task TO save 81 900. The people today
who speak Of $1,000 in a sneering manner
as a small sum are the men that don Z
have it. Every good business man, though,
knows just what that amount Of money
means.
Il will wager that in this city Of rich
men there are few who can produce $50, O00
in cash if suddenly called on. The man
who allows money to lie idle will come to
grief. Better 10 close up the ledger every
day with you owing the bank, but don Z
get too far behind. This rule will apply u
men who have something TO go on, but it
would prove disastrous 10 poor man.
have made my money on tips, and l have
worked them as a reporter would a good
item. '-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
How Supreme Court Justices Study.

From time to time there comes to the at
tention of the supreme justices something
relating to every branch of human en-
deavor. The rights of every man which
be guards most carefully are those relat-
ing to the business or occupation by which
he earns his living. Disputes upon these
rights lead to lawsuits. and out of them
grow the supreme court cases, and in con-
sidering them the justices must learn some
thing of the trade or profession, of the
mechanical or scientific point involved.
Justice Lamar said, after making a very
careful study of a patent case, that he had
learned something he never knew anything
about before; he had learned all about the
gussets and seams and bands of a corset.
He had learned all about the different
stitches used, and of the number of steels,
and where they should go to support the
female form. He had almost to learn the
corset trade in order to deliver proper
opinion in the case, and he found it quite
interesting. Thus the justices have to &C
quire all sorts of mech anical and scientific
knowledge in order TO understand all the
cases that come before them.-W Washington
Cor. Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
Unexpected Munincence.

Jane" said Mr.. Skinnphlint, soft
ened light shining in his eyes, Il think /
have never given you anything for 3
Christmas present, have II
No, William" answered Mrs. SKIM
phhnt, You never have"
This Christmas, Jane" said Mr. Skim
phlnt in a voice trembling from unwonted
feeling. shall be different one from any
we nave ever had. What would you say TO
a present of some useful article for the
houseY'
Il would like it very much, William"
something, for instance, that would be
both useful and ornsmentalt Something
that you could select YOURSELF How would
that dos"
1t would please me above all things"
Then, Jane" said Mr.. Skinnphlint,
with an effort 10 retain his composure, we
need new booJjack. Here Is twenty-five
cents 70 buy it with. II it costs less, Jane, "
he added in broken voice. You can keep
the change. Chicago Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
Rirda Eroa.

The old, wrinkled, dusky aunties OF
southern plantations will tell children,
"Do not eat the bluebirds' eggs; they
make you love to wander" They believe
that the pale blue eggs of that beautiful
creature, that violet of the air" that
bird with ''sky tinge on his back, earth
tinge on his breast, viii make the greedy
nest robber restless as long as he lives.
No place. however enticing, can hold the
being who has once tasted a bluebird' g
egg.
He who eats a hooking birds egg will
be compelled to tell all ne knows" The
one who robs killdee's nest and eats its
eggs will surely break an arm.
He who eats a doves egg will be fol-
lowed by bad luck, while the egg of any
bird Of yellow plumage wiz 6e sure 10
cause fever, and he who eats an owl Q
egg VIII be always shrieking. The eater
of a crows egg viii always, as old a1n.-
les say, "be gwine on foolish like a crow
does 90 on, Hat Ha! Ia" But par
fridge eggs. they declare, "du des make
YOU thrive an grow faS': dey is de onhes'
sort er birds eggs dat you Kin eat widout
fndin' EN- dangersome. youths Com
oaniOa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

ALL AROUND THE HOUSE.

a Useful but Prosaic Object TRANSFORMS ed
Into an Article of Decorative Value.
''The desire in decorative work nowadays
rs to make attractive the familiar and nee
essary objects with which we are surround
ed. Instead of loading ones rooms with
purposeless objects articles of daily use are
ImAde so as to DegulIe the eye" says a
writer in Decorator and Furnisher, who
proceeds to illustrate. this sensible idea by
describing a shoe box, which is not only
eminently useful, but a cheerful. pretty
ching in room.
The box is about ~ feet long and feet
high, and is mounted on castors. The box
any carpenter can manage. 1t is lined
through with substantial cotton reps a
glowing toned yellow. The shoe pockets
are of a warm material bound with braid
Df the same or slightly darker tint, and are
fastened on all around the inside with
brass headed nails. This will give pockets
for at least ten pairs of feet covering, easily
accessible and in plain view.
The box has lid this is lightly stuffed
End is covered with gorgeous design In
yellow and white cotton upholstery cover
ing. The stuff is put on plain, and founce
Of deep cotton lace-that initiating orien-
tai lace through which runs cord
IS preferable. This lace oTerlies the stuff
beneath, leaving an oblong panel on top,
and is fastened down with heavy yell
low silk cord. The box proper is covered
with the upholstery material. First, in
bias puff finger and half deep fastened
down with the silk cord. Below this falls
a deep iounoe of the lace over the yellow,
or a founce Of the material may be sub
stituted if more convenient. Of course any
other colors or materials may be sub
Btituted. In any case the box should har-
monte with the dominating colors of the
room in which il is placed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
III. Carriage Wh,eI Problem

That oft repeated question. Does the top
OF a wheel move faster than the bottOrn' i
answered as follows By Popular Science
News:
The top Of a carriage wheel moves faster,
with reference 70 the observer, than the
bottom. because in addition 70 its move
ment Of rotation Il has the direct forward
movement Of the carriage as whole The
bottom Of the wheel moves IN Al opposite
direction 70 that Of the wheel itself, and as
The two motions partially ueutrali1e each
other the bottom part appears % move
past TIE observer more slowly than The
TOP. Instantaneous photographs Of NOV
ing carriages often show this very clearly,
the TOP Of the wheel being blurred while
the lower part y quite distinct. OK oozrs%
n the case Of a fixed wheel-a pullsy on a
shaft, foS instanoe-all parts would move
with the sAxDe velocity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
The Pnritr of Gold.

The purity Of gold is estimated oy an
Abyssinian weight called q carat ARABIAN,
Quirrat, a bean, the fruit of the carab tpael,
which is subdivided into four parts called
grains. The term carat when applied to
gold and silver is not weight unit, but
the mode of expressing the purity or fine
ness of the metal in twenty-fourths. Thus
lS-carat gold is metal in which eighteen
parts out of twenty-four Tor three-fourthsl
are pure gold. This method Of estimating
fineness is traceable from the marc az Eu-
rope, having been divided into twenty
four real carats or actual weight units.
The present method is TO estimate fneness
IN thousands; i. e, gold $50 fine las 80
parts alloy, corresponds 70 1s-carIt gold,
three-quarters of the metal being pure gold
in each case. Our gold coins are 2l.l9
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
LOVES ENDLESS SONo.s

The echo of silver saken strand
OF music murmured IN a far or Land
In honeyed rhymes meanders through my brain
As though yearning for utterance again
The story sings its lovely self to me
In low, melihuous strains OF melody;
A nightingale chanting his song among
The golden meshes Of lovers song.
The lover boasting with divinest art
The beauty Of the lady Of his heart,
In concert with the bird sings of the ache
Borne in his heart OF hearts for dead love sakeI
Even two cities deemed be not too much
For him 10 barter for the lightest touch
OF her fair hand; and leave to kiss her feet
Made all his world and all his life grow sweet.
The sultan, musing narveled While he heard
The lovers story and the nights sweet bird
Making reply, and oueried OF the rose
If she had heard them; and the legend goes
Winding IN wildering tangles Of low signs
love Is enough" the blushing rose replies.
pierced by the Storm the dying bulbul tells
His endless story over, and il swens
Through the dusk mazeS of the courts Of night
Celestial echoings of sad delight;
Dying OF love and murm uI1ng in deaths svoon,
Sweet. ever sweeter, sweetest" loves glad
boon.
The sultan, more and more amazed at these
Fragments of heart tfirobS, subtle mysteries,
Swears to the rose and nightingale to build
A shrine of stainless white where shall be
trilled,
Through ages yet TO be- loves endless lay
And thus the blissful legend sobs away
Into the silence, and what dreams the rose
And bulbul dream tonight, who knows who
knows?
-Roealine E. Jones in New York World
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

Cur mares; rrral for the sixth place 10
Spain She has ioss completed toe Pslsyo.
Of about u 90 tors. and i building AZ
otneFs o. : 90 tS1S each SpA!n posses-ns
no Cd a-Tnor eIs4s worthy Of rrsnfloa IT,
finAoosS Of the country A-e nos sach a. 20
render it likely thAs sc Wiii ever a,r01nt
70 ruch IS = naval power. though bsr
present to-cs nAy be considerably G1g
uSE.Ad-Nzz Var usz.l&
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
The Penalty of Wearing Diamonds.

IF l wear my diamond earrings much
longer when l go shopping l shall be
ruined" said careful little wife to her
lord.
How soy" he asked.
why" said she, when 60 to the
butchers he always looks st my ears be-
fore he SAYS how much the meat will
cost. and if he sees the diamonds he
sticks on an extra ten or twenty cents, /
know. Thinks he ought TO get divi-
dend on the diamonds, / suppose. -
Pit.aburC Disnatch
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
JannarNis EIoWer,

January is symboheed by the snowdrop.
This flower signifies friend in need. 1t
likewise is an expression Of hope. 1t is the
first born OF the flowers of spring. Com
ing at time when nature is wrapped in
snow and ice, this flower, as the first har-
binger OF the reawskeninG year, is poeticai-
ly deemed the symbol Of friendship in sd-
yerslty.
The snowdrop. winters tiuid child
AN'SSes % LIE, believed with tears
And f:nSs around It's fraSrSuce mild:
And where nc rsvSl ho~ervts bloom
Amidst the bare sad cialsing gloom
= hesuteosS gez &p1aAxN
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
Turkey Scum.

With the remains of a baked turkey
from which most of the meat has been cut
off it is easy to make a very appetizing
soup. Break up the carcass, and put it
with whatever stulfing, bits Of meat and
skin may be left in enough water to cover
Cook slowly for two hours. Let the soup
get cold. then skim and strain. Heat a
pint of milk in a saucepan, and thicken it
With two tablespooniuls of flour and one
# butter. Put the soup over the fire
sgain; when hot add the milk. Let the
whole boil up, and then remove it from
the fire
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
GEN. BUFFERS MEMOIRS.
1t Seems Likely That, They Will Be ABB
lished Soon.
Especial Correspondence


Especial Correspondence
FEW YORK, Dec. 29.-The vigor displayed
b. Gen. Butler in his recent lecture on
Wendell Phillips suggests that he has en-
tirely recovered his health, so that he will
be able to complete his memoirs very soon.
With the exception of David Dudley Field,
who is some ten years older, Gen. Butler
is probably the hardest working man OF
his years in the country. He is now in his
seventy fourth year, and seems to have
overcome the tendency to i'll health which
a year or two ago seemed to threaten him.
He is busy in his professional work, and
while he does not live on the cars so much
as he did at one time, yet scarcely month
passes when he is not both in Washington
and New York, as well as attending to his
Boston law business.
To those who do not know what his ca
pacity for continuous and steady work Is,
nor how admirable are his methods OF
labor, it would seem impossible that so
busy lawyer should find the time to com
pile large volume of memoirs. But Gen.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
Tho Luncheon and rive O'Clock Tea Table.

Instead Of being covered with a cloth, the
handsomely polished wood of the fashion
able luncheon table often shows an embroid-
cred strip for the center and squares of
fine linen, larger than finger bowl doilies,
Cor each plate to rest upon.
The O'Clock tea table is ubiquitous,
having found its way from the reception
room to the boudoir. Its latest form is in
polished or dull brass, and covered with an
embroidered cloth it makes a handsome
bit OF color in a room.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
nincem-at FnfSTes.

Make some fine pastry; roll it thin. Line
small psttypans with it, and in the center
of them put a mound of rich mincemeat.
Pour over them teaspoonful of sherry or
port wine. Moisten ghe margins and lay
on neatly cut covers Press the covers of
the margins together (uot the edges
Brush the patties over with white of egg;
sift little sugar over them; make small
slit in the center and bake them a pale
hilnNUr
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

Two and half cupfuls Of sugar. half a
cupful of butter, half cupful of sour
milk, two spoonfuls of cream, a teaspoon
full of saleratus, half a spoonful of CHINA
mon and Of nutmeg, a cupful Of chopped
raisins and -four enough TO knead about
six cupfuls). Roll an inch thick and cut
in oblong pieces. Bake on sheets in aqurk
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
Foolish Fxtraxaxano..

Nj. Dc style-My dear, I have en-
gagged box at the opera tonight.
Mrs. De Style-Ths ideal You know
I'm 50 5oSrse that I can't speak above .
whisper. New Yak Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

The material may be silk, velvet or any
ihing preferred, and very neat finish con-
ssts of several rows of cord or a narrow
tinsel gallon stretched on around the cush-
ton pockets and edge of the back. The
foundation is pasteboard, and the pockets
,hould be lined with some stiff material.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
Scissors Case and Needle Cushion.

The scissors case and needle cushion
shown in the cut is quite a useful little
combination that may be made up as plain
ly or as fancifully as one likes.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

GliCarO, Rock Island & Pacific Ry.

Including Lines East snd West Of the Missouri
River The Direct Route 20 and from CHICA9oi
ROCK leland, DAVEEPoRT DIES MONIES,
COUNCIL BLUFFS. WATERTOWN. SIOUX,
FALLG. MIENEAPoLIs ST PAUL. ST JOS
EPH ATCH1aoN LEAVKNWoRTH, KANSAS
CITY. TOPEKA. DENVFR. COLORADO BP'N Gs
end PUEBLO Tree ItccEuing Chair Cars 20 and
from CHICAGO CALDWELL. HUTcHfNsoN
ard DOuGF CRY. Had Palace Sleeping Cars be-
t-Vron O.. = AGO W tCffITA and HUTCHINSON.
D..'y .r-i1s 20 and rom KINoFIbHER. In the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
SllIn pEsTIRlLE EXPRESS TRAINS

NbLsS tAS 'HOk% IAE HOO tUHtHS
OF Through Coaches. 6lseperr. and Dining Cars
daily between CHICAGO. DIS MONIES. CoUN-
GIL BLUFFS and OMAHA. ana Free Reclining
Chair Cars between CHICAGO and DENVHH.
COLORADO SPRINGS and PUEBLO, via 81 jos
sph. Kansas City and Topeka KEcursions
tally, With Choice Of Routes 90 and rom SAT-
lake Portland. Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The Direct Line 20 and nom Pixies Peak. Mani
tou Garden Of the Gods. the BanitaTiums. ans
Scenic C-ondeurs Of Colorado.
Via The Albert Lea Route.
Solid Txprees Trains daily between Chicago sn1
Minneapolis and st. Paul, with THHOUoH hs-
clIning Chair Cars fFHEEl 20 and nom thoss
points and Kansas CITY. Through Chair Oar and
Sleeper between Peoria. Spirit Laks and siouE
Faus via Rock ralsnd. The Favorfts Line -
Waterfowl, Sioux Pals. The Summer Resorts ana
Hunting and Fishing Grounds Of the Northwest
The shcrt Line via Seneca and KanHakss oner'
facilities 20 travel 20 and nom Indianapolis. Slnr
clnnnti and other Southern points
For Tickots Maps Folders. or desired infoTnnA
ton upDly az any Coupon Ticket once. or address
z. ST. JOHN. JOHN SEBASTIAN
oen1 Manager oenT Tx. a Pass. Al
CHICAGO. Ill