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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-13
WHAT THE CHILDREN DID.

What bright, happy school-room.
come, and the children were quite busy
at play.
Little Meta had her doll in the cor
ner. Poor Rose bud"-that was the
dolls name-wanted a lot of petting,
as she had a cold. Just near the fire.
place Bob and Willie played with their
trains and bricks. and Esther was busy
painting pictures at the table.
The door opened quietly upon this
happy scene. as Mrs. Hart looked in on
her children.
"Do come here, mother" Esther said:
1--WE never seem quite complete till we
see you in your comfy chair. How tired
you look
well. dear. have just come from
seeing poor wonan-a Mrs. Green
and her two little children. She is very
poor; we must see what we can do to
help her"
What are the children's names?"
asked Bob.
Dick and Tiny. their mother called
them. Dick is your age-eight Bobbie;
and Tiny is Netta's s, just six. but really
about half Netta's size. Poor child
sAe is so thin"
well, mother. what can we do?
Have they any toys?" asked little Net
ia II should like to give Tiny some
thing"
80 you shall, my dears; I am going
TO see what cook can spare out OF the
larder to send them, aud each of you
see what you can spare.
Mrs Hart left the room, and the
children all began eagerly 10 look into
the toy-box. where they kept many old
treasures Bobbie and Willie were
quite sure Dick would like the soldiers
better than anything else. and some
bricks to build barracks with, so they
got together all the old bricks and sol.
diers they could find.
Meta thought Tiny would like dor,
and after = lot of thinking and hunting
found one without g head.
Bob, what shall I give Tiny? Dc
come here; can't give her doll with
out head"
Bob came IL once,
why, Netts, where's that old dole
head we nAds target of EsSterdavSs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-13
"oh, that doll has no hair, and reall,

''Oh, that doll has no hair, and really
no nose" said the little girl.
"Well, go and fetch it,
! Which Meta did, soon returning with
| hairless and noseless doll.
Now" said Bob, lust you make it
| little red flannel hood and never
mind about the nose; viii fetch the
| glue pot and stick the head on for you
! say, Esther, can't you help Meta find
some clothes for this young lady?"
The poor dolly soon began to look
quite nice in pink cotton dress and a
pink sun-bonnet Esther also found
| some odd china plates and cups-some
| without handles and some cracked
which they put into little red box.
covered with shells; and Willie said he
would like to send his own china mug,
with picture of Weymouth on it, as he
never used it, having been promoted to
cup and saucer.
By the time their mother came back
with a bundle of old clothes the chill
dren had a basket of nicely-mended toys
10 give her. She said Esther and Bod
might go with her and help to carry the
things.
The delight of the poo little children
was great, and wee Tiny, who was in
bed to keep warm, took the doll and
Rugged it, while her eyes shone with
delight, showing that want of nose
would make no difference in her love
for 1t.
Now, do you know why l have told
you this story? Because want you to
see and to think for yourself minute.
Have you no old dolls or toys you do
not care about? Do you not know any
poor little boy or girl who would be
thankful for them?
expect you do, and when once you
have begun to give something to others
you will feel what a pleasure it is to
give. We are told, you know: st is
more blessed to give than to receive"-
n. Y. Sunday Advertiser
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-13

Faifs-yes, and girl waits too-are
picked up by the police of every city,
and the odd fact about it is that the
widest and most improbable stories told
by them often prove true.
The other day boy of fourteen, who
gave bis name as James Sullivan and
bis native place as Glasgow, Scotland,
was brought into Jefferson Market
court, New York, for begging in the
street, and it soon appeared that he had
Just applied to Jay Gould for pass"
to Scotland.
According to his story he ran away
from his stepmother at the age of seven,
with Maitland's circus, and soon got to
be skillful bareback rider. From mere
restlessness he left the circus and crossed
the ocean as a stowaway. He had since
returned to England and crossed again
to New York and had then ''beat his
way" over the railroads to a town in
Texas, where he met Frank James, who
gave him dollar and pair of boots
and advised him to go home.
If he was romancing he did it well,
for he named all the towns and rail-
roads in their proper order, told a
straight story throughout, and did not
break down or contradict himself under
the most searching cross examination.
But when they took his picture and told
him it was to be mailed to Scotland and
he was to follow or go into a reform
school he fell to weeping at a great rate
and swore that if he was shut up he
would kill himself. He wanted to travel
with circus or something" He was
cent home
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-13
-1arI, Twnin.s nrother.

Mark Twain has a brother living IL
Keokuk, Ia, who is absentminded enougl
for Mark TO put in book" It is relate
that he drank violet ink for blackberr.
cordial and took an allopathic dose Of am
monia instead Of his cough medicine, Uu'
his latest absentminded adventure oc
CURED when his wife had gone TO Sun
day school picnic.
Mrs. Clemens instructed her husbane
that be would fad his lunch nicely PIE
pared in the refrigerator On her wa}
home she inquired Of Mr.. Clemens rs O.
his bachelorhood and how he had enjoyed
his lunch.
well" said MI Clemens, Il didn't
think the salad you spoke Of was especially
good, but | ate II"
Mrs. Clemens discovered that he had
"eaten it" indeed-that Is, the yeast pat u
raise for the next days baking, while tbs
salad remained untouched--New York
2Un
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-13
THE COATS TALE.

Dick and Tommy wanted to go nsn-
ing. SO one pleasant Saturday found
them on the river bank waiting for the
foolish fish to bite their make-believe
bugs on their sharp little hooks.
81 wish fairies lived in these days"
said Dick. in drowsy voice, to Tommy;
wouldn't it be rich to have them put
the power OF speech in my coat. and we
sit here and hsar it talk?"
81 don't think So" said Tommy. ~
think l would be afraid if my coat
should speak, and very likely people
would hang US for witches as they did
the people of Salem that we read about
yesterday. Say, don't this sun make
you awfully sleepy, DickP And 1
haven't had bite yet"
Dick made no reply, 20 he was
asleep, SO Tom didn't say any moro,
but soon he saw fish nibbling at
Dicks hook, and he carefully took the
rod out of the sleeping boys hand and
landed little speckled beauty-a brook
trout
The losing of his rod awakened Dick,
and after staring around a second he
said: Tommy, were you talking about
fairies just before 1 went to sleep?"
Yes" said Tommy. did you dream
about them9"
Well 1 guess I did," said Dick;
"why. 1 thought my coat spoke right
out loud and said: 4 remember when l
grew on a sleeps back l thought I
was afraid, but you were there, Tommy,
and you said: 4 guess, Mr.. Coat, that
you are little off, for sheep don't wear
coats and coats don't grow"
Oh said the coat. L was only wool
when grew on the sheep-a coat of
wool, you know"
lone day farmer drove the sheep
into brook and washed and scrubbed
me and then took large pair of shears
to cut me. was very much frightened,
and the poor sheep began to bleat and
tremble. But the man did not hurt me
at all. for l could not feel He put me
into large bag with great quantity
of other wool and sent me to big mill
where there were lot of machines that
turned and twisted and pulled me until
l could hardly recognize myself in the
long UuTedO SO uHllkS WOOL. 1ndC was
not 30 bad, however, as when they
dipped me into tub of very nl-smell-
ing, dirty water.
~ was very beautiful when they
took me out, and instead of being white
as when / went in, was lovely shade
of blue.
They sent me to another mill now,
and some more machines twisted and
pulled me until i was smooth piece of
broadcloth; then they folded me up and
laid me on the shelf awhile to rest, and
assure you l needed quiet.
lone day you and your father came
into the store and thinking l was such
pretty color you bought me, and tell
you in confidence that was never one
half as dirty or torn when on sleeps
back as since I've been on yours"
Well" said Tommy when Dick had
finished, that's what call very in
teresting dream. and if l were you I'd
dream some more of 'em. Eliza beth
Preston, in Detroit Free Press
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-13
TIE PROPOSED AUDITORIUM.

tects were called on. All discussion
soon narrowed down to two designs
one presented by the firm of Willard &
Joy and the other by G. A. Reed-and a
whole days debate took place before the
council could finally decide Mr.. Reeds
plan was the one accepted and work is
10 begin at once.
The main walls of the present market
house are TO be used. and new struc-
ture of iron and steel viii be added, with
balcony and gallery. Ten thousand
square feet under the galleries will be
reserved for committee, toilet and tele-
graph rooms, and above the central floor
will rise a splendid dome. This, with
the radiation of seats and aisles from the
platform, will make the acoustics per-
feet, according to the opinion of ex-
perts.
The Auditorium fronts on Seventh
street; Wabasha and st. Peter streets
are on the sides. The seats begin at the
platform below the level of Seventh
street and rise so rapidly that each
commands a perfect view of the plat
form. By the ventilating arrangements
10000 cubic feet of air per minute will
be forced into the front part of the hall.
and flowing back will assist the hearing.
The farthest seat viii be but 140 feet
from the speaker on the platform, and it
is claimed that every word can be heard
with perfect distincmess. The forward
seats are easily removable. and dancing
hall of 100000 feet square is thus pro-
vided for. Exits and entrances are suf-
hcient for the greatest hosts, and finally
the structure is to be freproos
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-13
Military Use of the Balloon.

A remarkable ballooning feat has been
accomplished at Bombay with the view
of illustrating the Importance of aero
nautics in military operations. Lieu
tenant Mansfield assembled to a height
of II, 400 feet. and then came down by
means of parachute, guiding his ma
chine to bring him down close to the
spot where he started. His ascent occu-
pied z minutes "a seconds and the de-
scent about quarter of an hour. AS
he descended every part of Bombay be-
came distinctly visible, and any position
occupied by an enemy might easily have
been recognized. At the height where
Lieutenant Mansfield took leave OF his
balloon the cold was so intense that his
hands became nunbed, and he felt that
he would be too chilled to manage the
apparatus if he went any farther.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-13
W. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mass.
Forbidden to walk on the sidewalk.

Forbidden to W ak on the Sidew aik.
Stone sidewalks are unknown in
Maine" said d drummer from Portland
pine is too plenty and sawed stone is zoo
scarce TO permit even the best towns of
Maine to enjoy such evidences of metro
politan greatness. 1t Bath few weeks
ago an Indian woman who weighed about
500 pounds broke through pine sidewalk
twice and the town officials were panic
stricken. The street commissioner inn
mediately sought the mayor and informed
that dignitary that a leviathan female
had invaded the peaceful precincts Of
Bath, who was converting the sidewalks
into kindling wood to the certain damage
of the town and prospective damage to her
self.
- IF she breaks through the walk again.
said the commissioner, 'she may break her
leg and the city viii be responsible for
damages. What is to be done?
why not arrest her for the malicious
destruction of property" suggested the
mayor.
eve couldn't prove the malicious intent
to destroy
"'Then why not take her to Jail for dis
orderly conduct and creating a disturb
ance?'
1--WE would have to show that her con-
duct was not only disorderly, but also that
che was willfully disorierly; she has not
been warned to desist from her present
course
"'Tben. by lingo, I'll do it. I'll issue an
official proclamation prohibiting the old
girl from walking on our sidewalks. If
she wants to visit Bath she'll have to walk
in the middle of the streets hereafter or
take the consequences
And he did it. The woman was served
with a notice that the city of Bath would
not be responsible for any damages which
might result thereafter from her walking
on the sidewalks. Chicago Mail
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-13
ST. PAuL's AUDITORIUM.

a Commodious Structure to Rise ON the
Market House Site.
St Paul has made up her mind to get
the national Democratic convention this
year, and has already begun to build for
it. She viii not only have a splendid
han for the convention, capable of seat
ing 1900 people and giving standing
room for 1000 more, but small ad-
ditional cost will furnish permanent
hall for all sorts of conventions and
gatherings and as nice music hall as
any in the country. All this at total
cost of $12o,0o0.
A citizens committee of 100 did the
preliminary work, a select committee
of the city council co-operated, the
money was secured and the market
house site selected, and then the archi-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-13
lrnRrination.

Some folks" says hotel clerk, "are 80
easily 'hornSwoggled' Oh. that's Greek.
l guess, and means that you are fooled.
Now, for instance, man in n restaurant
the other day ordered broiled mackerel.
and he ate 1t with great relish. loudly de
claring that broiling i the only way to
cook mackereL But was his mackerel
broiledt Not much. 1t is too much iron
bic TO broil a fish, 80 the cook put il in a
pan and fried II aGd then made burnoc.
lines across it with red ho, poker kept ~
reatlineSs for such emergencies. So Sc
man was 'hornSwoggled but as he didn't
know Il, be was a. happy ~ though he
had really eaten broiied mackerel. tell
you imagination Is thres-fourihs OF life -
hew York Tribune
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-13
FOR GIRLS AND BOYS.
TELL YOUR MOTHER.

Ten your nother-have no secret
You would not to her disclose,
Fer her love would be no weaker
II all the world should be your foes
Tell your mother-if some question
You are puzzled to decide,
She Is older, wiser, calmer,
And viii be your safest gride-
Tel your mother all your wishes,
All your plans and hopes and fears,
And you'll have much less Of folly
To repent In after years.
Tell your mother, trust her counsel
Rather than some young friend gay,
Weary hours she's worked for loved you,
Cause her not one anxious day.
Tell your nother-'tis motto
Worthy every girl and boy,
And II followed, it viii bring you
Pleasure sweet without alloy.
Then who'er be your companions
In whatever place you move,
Let your conscience ever witness.
Mother knows and does approve"
-Luella W. Stutzman, in Western Rural
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-13

A neat compliment was uttered once
by General Roinaine. Meeting Lady ds
Brientz, whom he had known and ad-
mired in the loneliness Of her youth, ne
commenced complimenting her. You
forget that / am an old woman shs
said at length. Madame. returned
the gallant soldier, when our eyes are
dazzled by a diamond IL never Oc-
ours TO us TO ask 1nineralogist for its
tory.7-London Standard.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-13
DANGER. Of REORGANIZATION.

LAndlady-I s'pose you noticed that long
whiskered old gentleman who sat opposite
you at dinner today That Is Professor
Driebones, and you can have bis room, IS
he is going west on scientific exploration
-strangest thing you ever heard
New Boarder-Wha is
LandIady-The object Of his tour. He
has been told that a prehistoric cave has
been discovered out west, and IN 1t sat ten
skeletons around petrified table.
New Boarder-Welll Well Why didn't
the fools change their boarding house soon-
er.-NeW York Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-13
Hin of GALAXY.

The hill near Jerusalem, where the
cruclfxion Of Jesus occurred. Is formed
of limestone. The shores Of t5s Dead
sea are lined with puunce stone. show
cred out Of some volcano that DESTROYED
Sodom and Go1norrah, which clties
finally sank beneath the waters OF the
Dead sea-Aeehans' Monthly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-13

expedition con-
sisting of him.
self, DR.. W. q.
Patrick, of Nash
vile, and Mr.. r.
L. D uvall, a
wealthy Chica-
goan- The party
will start very
shortly and will
land near the
equator, on the
west coast of At
RIGA. There two
bands of natives
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-13

The sparrow Is now getting into tToU
bic in Europe as well as IN America
The bird does so much damage TO the
barley fields in the duchy Of Szxe-Co
burs-Gotha that the close season 70.
sparrows Is abolished. and they may D.
killed Al any time Of year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-13

ences On the
ocean, and re-
c e n tly circum-
navigated t h 6
globe In an in
s ur ance case.
Some years ago
he left the sea
and became a
marine insurance
inspector. II was
found that a well
insured captain
would occasion
ally put into a
foreign port for
repairs and make
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-13

I,atriella mentions a flea which dragged
n silver cannon Of twenty four times it,
own weight, and showed 40 fear when the
tiny piece was charged with Eunpowder
and Gred OF. Rene also Says that once hs
sarY three teas drag IA omnibus and a pair
dragging = chariot and a single one pulling
kee Blade.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-13
CONSTANT VIGILANCE REQUIRED.

How Marine Insurance Com anics Guard
Against Fraud.
AT 275 Madison street. New York,
lives Captain William 4. Oyerton, who
has had some very remarkable expert
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-13
Boys and the Long Winter Evenings.


There are many ways to spend the
lonely winter evenings. There are
plenty of games and variety of enter
tainments, even in the smallest villages,
but l would like all my boy readers to
devote one evening a week to study.
| am very fond of amusements myself,
aud want all healthy-minded, vigorous
y constituted boys to be. And yet it
is not best to give up six evenings each
week to pleasure. Take one evening to
perfect yourself in the study in which
you are most deficient Or, if yeu pos
sess fair education, take up the study
Of languages By devoting one even
ing week for three months to French,
German or Italian, a boy can make
rapid progress, and 70 be able TO speak
a foreign language is of great value
these days, even If one does not go
abroad. Bat then / hope all my read
ers Will some day be able 70 visit thu
old world. How many bevs viii begin
to get ready for such a visit now?-Fos-
ter Coates, IN Ladies Eene Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-13
TO RECORD MONKEY TALK.

Professor Garner VIII Penetrate Into Cen
trail Africa for That Purpose.
Professor r. l.. Garner, of Roanoke,
Va, about eight years ago conceived
the idea that monkeys have language
of their own. Investigation demon
strated to his satisfaction the correctness
of this theory, and he has organized an
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-13

Florins and four shilling pieces viii no
longer be issued by the British govern
ment.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-13

-DoublY Defined. "Wha.
is 'runzing sccount?' Pa says it's an
account merchants have to keep of Gus
toners thst are IN the hasit of running
away frem paying their bill Uncle
That's enc defsition of IL" Tommy
lis there snether?" Uncle-"Yes. A
running account Is. in some instances
an account that gets tired out running
after awhile, and then il becomes q
standing obligation. Boston Courier.
On the Erie q Pittsburgh division
of the Pennsylvania rsilroas are Eve
brothers named Mcdowell. ali conduct
ors. There are also Ave brothers named
Ftzmaurice, all engineers There ara
also ave Peterses, father and four sorS
also Eve Dennins, father and tour sonS
The Pittsburgh. Fort Wayne & Chicago
railway has among its employees Mr.
Falor and eight sons These instances
shovr ha~ r.lrAadins rs.Hx in EAaiIi>-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-02

Tho other afternoon / was IN the
stulioof 1woll known photographers
with mo was uu artistic friend who
called my attention to q peculiarly
OF the photographs arranged arogId
the walls. There wore pretty WON
On In abundance, and children mlI
men in ali kind Of poses aud en-
TUNES.
Did you ovsr notice. said my
friend, chat nine out OF ton ot n,
pictures ono secs show tho LEFT side
Of the facet"
NO" ! answered. ~ mover did,
nor can | imagine why such should
be- the case"
There Is a very good reason for
II. which lies in the fact that in tho
vast majority OF eases the left side Of
the face is the good looking side
Every photographer knows this and
takes advantage Of it Now look
around the room and SEQ Il i is not
~ ! tell YOU
A careful investigation showed mo
the absolute correctness o. my
friends observation. In the whole
i1udio there were not more than half
q dozen photographs showing the
ricHt side % tie face, and mono Of
thcip seemed 20 bc ut all iiattor.ug.-
New York Herald.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-02

81 must lsavc. "shr said. GtHH4urra H'rd
herself hr'1.' tho mis,rc's ui Goo house
"l 1000 sur for sou have Lu.uas kmt 60
mHg. could have expected, hgt j can't
STAY ans longer"
She w. pheasant hooking young WON.
ana Eiri H'mU.t- n.ntly dressed and mod.
e., Joe her dHnnu1r
~ ava autrv, too, said thcm..fr.s. lo1t
ing mp ln surprise Yen have been very
satisfactory. Mheru are you su.ns may
u.Lf'
"nacL f1 thc factory" wns th, reply
"HHat Co.. DO. lurioryt' exclaimed th.
misirss why what did yug have IL
for.'
u thought 70 wonld he better shn said
81 could barely live there hcfrr. lu' hero
] could gDt Hs eonl Or letter w1ge. and bad
nothing tu p'y Cor board Il srrmal uut.
ter especially nH my mother. l'i1fr she
died. had taught me todo housekeeping
work. She took treat pride iu DO. and
thought ! thou lt".--
You thought WhntW
% thought could DO better rn1 tried.
hut the giils used 90 know laugh 40 me
and viii hnrlly puosnil1 me-"
But aren't YOU doing better than thew"
Yes can drs. better than / could
md save ~ little money tol."
And AREN'T you muo' comfortable than
you were iu yuur boarding plncrsn
'ic,, indeed. That was nothing but 40
attic"
"ls the work here har1rrfr
"it u -, 20 hard, and Il is much pleas
antcr"
And yat you ARE going bncl. to the fac.
toryY
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-02

felt TINT / could scarcely touch a
lower depth IN tho matter Of accom-
mediation Than when they lodged mo
in a. dark ub,crIGncau stable run.
ming very TAR hacl, into the hill with
u fire Of animal fuel IN the middle
giving or dense and acrid fumes. 4
recess IN this, with II mud bench, was
curtaincd Oil for me, and tho rest OF
the space WIS occupied by my own
horse and baggage, mule and most
of the village usacs, goats, COVE,
calves and sheep. Al tho Hlptiohs,
servants, travellers md katirgis were
lodged thorr. There were lcgions of
hcas rrvclug IN u temperature which
rose 10 50 dcps.at midnight though
there werc . dcgs Of frost outside
In thc part OF the roof which pro
.iCctcd from the hill thoro Jne Two
holes for ligi't, but at night these
were carefully closed with coIl.s OF
plated stgaw.--A,s Bishops Jour
noys IN Persia