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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
How One Woman "KilIs" Time.

A guileless unmarried man, who asked
the Washington Star, How do women
kill time?" got this answer from a woman
who, with her husband, two children and
two servants, lived in house containing
nine rooms. Having kept statistical ac-
count for one year, she gave the result as
follows:
Number of lunches put up, 1857; meals
ordered, 963; desserts made, 172; lamps
filed, 32S; rooms busted, 1889; times
dressed children, 7s6; visits received, S97
visits paid, 1877; books read, 49,; papers
read, 553; stories read aloud, 234; games
played, 800; church services attended, 1875;
articles mended, i 236; articles of clothing
made, 100; fancy articles made, Sc; letters
written, 426; hours ip music, 2011; hours in
Sunday school work, 20s; hours in garden
ing, 40; sick days,z4 amusements attend
ed, 10. Besides the above / nursed two
children through measles, twice cleaned
every nook and corner of my house, put up
IS jars of pickles and preserves, made z
trips to the dentists, dyed Easter eggs,
polished silver, and spent seven days in
helping nurse a sick friend who was i'll,
besides the thousand and one duties too
small to be mentioned, yet taking time to
perform"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
Rear. Ars Generally Harmless.


Bruin does not retire from the open until
he is compelled to do SO by frost and SNOW.
He lives through the summer on berries,
buds, insects Of every kind, grass, mice or
any other small animal that he can get
may sag, for the benefit Of the gentle
men that publish 80 many terrifying bear
stories in the daily newspapers, that oruin
Is as harmless az a cow during the sum
mer, and will take to his heels in fright on
sight of human being. 1t is only when
he leaves his Lair too early IN the spring
and he is Eot able to find anything to eat
that he will attack man; but he prefers q
calf or sheep, and the farmers tale Is often
short at shutdown.
But, as l have said, when winter over
takes him he sets about to find a winter
home. He has very likely, during the
summer, when poking his nose into the
hollow trees looking for the honey of wild
bees, seen some place that will suit him,
and to this be goes straightway. The tree
must be large one, and he will not select
1t unless there is a space with plenty OF
room where the snow or rain cannot reac .
him This secured, he bundles himself to-
eether, his head On his paws, closes his
ewes, and remains in this posture till those
blind motions of the spring" tell that 1.-The
year has turned" Then he drags himself
out and begins his struggle for an exist
ence
Sometimes, however, when lying IN this
stupor, loud sounds startle him and his
tree castle shakes This Is when the lunr
bermen have found him and they are as
sailing his tree with their axes. He SCI
dom escapes, and IL he does he viii surely
die in the snowy forest unless he can find
another home--Our Animal Friends.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
Two Sides of Matrim ony.

Said an unmarried friend, as we watched
the careful attention with which a young
lover wrapped light cloak around the
form of his sweetheart, every look and
gesture showing the service to be delight,
Il should like to know how many men ten
years married would, unasked. assist their
wives to adjust their wraps"
l made no reply to my cynical friend, but
when a few minutes later we heard the
pretty sweetheart say, THANK you for the
lovely evening; the music has been an in
spiration," smiled wickedly and asked,
How many wives ten years married show
their appreciation Of an evening of pleasure
in that way"
The craving of a woman's heart for low
ing attention is as natural as the need of a
rose for rain and sunshine Yet let it be
remembered that as a rose. although still
a rose, would lose half its beauty without
its perfume, so a wife, be she never so duti-
full and numbered about much serving, has
lost half her loneliness if she has laid away
her manners with her wedding gown
Good HouSekeeping
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
Woman and Her Needle.

a woman who can use her needle has a
resource Of comfort denied to those beings
who can only find tranquility or diversion
from wearing thought in a pipe or cigar, and
she has the satisfaction Of knowing that
her employment amounts to something
and will not vanish in a cloud of smoke
Bright fancies and poetic thoughts are
often woven while the hands are busily
employed with needlework, and even
homely mending and stocking darning are
no barriers to thoughts widest range.
Margaret Fuller, whose brilliant mind
and wonderful intellectual powers are as
yet unrivaled by any Of her sisterhood in
American literature, was an efficient and
ever ready helper with the family sewing
Her work was always done beautifully,
never sighted; nor, because her mind was
broader and deeper than the minds of
other women who could only sew, did she
ever disdain her household task. We all
know Penelope and her artful ruse to keep
the suitors at bay, and smile with woman
ly superiority at the stupidity of the lovers
who were so woefully ignorant of the ca
liabilities of the needle. The famous tapes
try wrought by the queen of William the
Conqueror is a faithful picture gallery and
invaluable to the historian Other women
in the same exalted station have left less
valuable yet interesting pieces of needle
work, and one is brought very near to the
hearts of these royal ladies who stitched
many sad thoughts and disappointed hopes
and baffied ambitions into the rich fabrics,
as did beautiful, hapless Mary Stuart
Harper's Bazaar
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
The WorkbaSket,

There is no bit of furniture in the bou-
doir so thoroughly characteristic of the
woman as her workbasket. At the pres
emit much time and money is being spent by
those who live in luxurious content upon
this useful article. | do not mean to imply
that handsome, costly workbaskets por-
tray the industry Of the owner, for on the
other hand some of the busiest women
work from the commonest of baskets. l
merely say that much of the owners per-
sonal taste enters into the choosing of the
basket and its decorations. In an array of
japanese, Turkish, Chinese, Moorish,
French and Indian baskets it is very diff
cult to make purchase. Tall, narrow
baskets, with Innings of silk and narrow
ribbons run through, look dainty; the cone
shaped basket, with dotted, pulled muslin
di chene, is exquisite. and the fat, square
looking Indian basket, decorated with a
dozen different colored ribbons and gold or
silver cord, is very fetching. These bas-
kets are fitted up with needle, thimble and
scissor cases, also pincushion and crotchet
hooks.-Philadelphi Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
The Importance of Bodily Health.

The public health is a great public con-
Germ. 1t is the peoples cause. 1t appeals
not only to the wageworker and the bread
winner, bat to those of all classes and con-
ditions of society. Whether we will or
not, the physical Stamina of a nation to a
great degree determines it's intellectual
and political status. A weak man or a
weak woman may do great things, but
weak nations do not keep on doing great
things. The old age of nations requires 70
business. IF this is not fostered and con-
tinued, the nation itself dies or is crippled
IN comparative youth.
It is the record of the Romans that they
showed physical before they did intellec-
tual or moral decadence. It is a great po-
litical and social question and one for wise
craftsmanship TO consider how the physi-
cal welfare of q people is best to be pro
NOTED. 1t cannot be left without plan.
Labor is healthy, but if allowed its way it
goes on under many enforced conditions
preiudicial to vigor. Recreation is healthy.
yet it may be so conducted as to lead to an
ease as ignoble for the body as for the mind.
Food is healthy, but it may be so INDUCED
in as to wreck and ruin the noblest frame
work. Sleep is healthy, and yet the slug
gard may need to go to the ant not only to
learn wisdom. but TO find an animal living
in accord with the laws OF its being.
1t is high time to realize that the great
national problem is on hand. How to pre-
serve the health of the people. Study it as
bearing on happiness and contentment OF
on intellectual and moral productivity, /,
is far beyond astronomy, botany, mechanics
or the arts. Study it as an economic factor
and it is appalling. net only in view of sick
ness and death, bat Of tie reduced vitality
that remains to the nation that survives.
New YORK independent.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
A Rural High Tca-

In urban communities the unadulterated
product Of feminine gastronomic taste s
the physical refreshment provided at the
afternoon tea But this incongruous az
glomeration of innutritious fndigestibles
Is az naught compared to the rural high
tea This particular function is the product
of unrestrained and entatored feminine
taste. The meal Is usually fixed for half
past in the evening. but it seldom eccurs
before or half past The guests are Bad
den and seated without regard TO ser,
mutual relations or congeniahty. The en-
tire meal is placed upon the table at ones
and served without mercy or change OF
plates. In quantity and variety THIS repast
exceeds any bus the most elaborate dinner
In quality it is incon gruous beyond human
belief Chicken. fined or roast. Is one Of
the principle solids, but this Is usually re
enforced with boiled ham, oysters cooked
with bread crumbs. cold tongue and &C
casionally fresh fish
Every guest Is expected to take at least
two Of these meats. and upon the sans
plate are placed dAbs Of VARIOUS vegetsL
hies. The outworks ef this remarkable r.
past are several kinds Of pickles. at least
as many preserves and inBrmerabls mar
noAiades. or course she inevitable chicken
salad n part Of the hotchPotch- and II thf
meal Is served south Of Mason and DiIon'f
Line several kinds Of hot bread ere pro
vided The whole Is eaten in considerably
less than ga hour. TO the accompaniment
Of indise1inzinste conversation. sstdrszsed
by each guest 70 the whole taelefnL S1eh
q repass b . thing 70 be enbered. .
thing to foster that rasIDory Of the storn-
ach which we name dyspepziA--Eew Yocz
E=ening Sun-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
An Awkward Blunder.

At certain court of justice an awk-
ward blunder was made by the prisoner
in the dock. He was being tried for
murder and the evidence was almost
wholly circumstantial, a chief portion of
it being hat Of the ordinary "billycock'
pattern that had been found close to
the scene of the crime, and which, more
over, was sworn to as the prisoners.
Counsel for the defense expatiated upon
the commences of hats of the kind.
"You, gentlemen" he said, mo doubt
each of you has just such hat as this.
Beware, then, how you condemn a fell
low creature on such a piece of evil
dence," and so forth. In tho end the
man was acquitted, but just as he was
leaving the dock he turned in respect
full manner to the judge and said, eff
you please, my lord, may ave my 'at?''
London Public Opinion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
An Antitarnish for Silver,

Housekeepers who have had their toilet
silver, vases and library fittings furnished
by furnace and Illuminating gases will be
glad to know of some lacquer which viii
prevent the trouble of continual polishing.
The silver service is simply made chemic-
ally clean before the lacquer is applied,
and the metal is then covered by means Of
a stiff brush. with a thin coating of the
transparent yarnish.
Almost all brass articles. except those
subject TO heat, are now covered with a
lacquer. Our brass lamps. chandeliers and
bedsteads are all lacquered, and the result
is most satisfactory. There seems to he no
reason why silver which is not in use on
the table and is not subject TO be washed
in boiling water should not be lacouered.
Ii is better to buy this lacquer Of an expe-
rienced dealer. and there are several vari-
cites of it which may be obtained for this
purpose, though it has not become Gus
tomary TO use Jhem.-London Queen
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
stud7 Your Own Case.

I always insist on my patients study
ing medicine TO the extent of then
disease at least. OF course all u
tients cannot do this. But where it car
be done the disease yields much nor,
readily 20 treatment. There is nothing
remarkable about this. 1t is reasonable
that if a sick man knows something as to
the nature Of that portion OF his anatomy
which by reason of its disorder brings
on disease, ne can the more nntelligently
assist the doctor in bringing about a
cure. THIS RUE, II observed, VIII ma
terially assist IL general improvement
of health.-Dr. AerriIaan in Chicago
Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
Animals on Trial.

To prove that the human family Of thres
or four centuries ago had a childish want
Of common sense. and that they were bound
by an absurd devotion to forms and Gus
toms, we need but refer to the remarkable
animal trials Of the Sixteenth century.
One Of the most celebrated of these was
a case tried in Savoy in 1915, when a suit
was brought in the name Of the people
against the grasshoppers, which were then
ravaging the country. A lawyer was
found to undertake the defense Of the in
sects, and the records, which are still acces-
ible today, prove that he exhausted his
ingenuity in pleading their cause.
Seeing that they could do nothing better,
and that the grasshopPers were fast laying
waste the country, the magistrates agreed
to formally deed them large tract OF
country on condition that they would leave
the re1nainder untouched. The lawyer
took the proposition under Amusement and
spent several days looking over the pro-
posed Canaan Of his clients. He finally
returned to court and declared that "his
clients could not accept the proposal, be
cause the land offered them was an aban-
doned and sterile tract, producing little or
nothing suited to their uses and susie
nanceo
The court decided the case against the
grassheppers, however, and they were "or-
dered and commanded" to remove forth
with to the district set apart for them
They must have refused to obey the man
dates of the court, for the records tell of a
great famine ins Savoy that year caused
by the ceaselesss warfare of the grassjump-
ers against everything that God made
green"
Hundreds Of court records in France,
Spain, Holland, Italy and Austria prove
that animals were tried for all sorts of
great and petty crimes up to within the
last hundred years.-St Louis Republic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
Marriage by Proxy.

A curious custom among the rulers of
the Old World is marriage by proxy.
For instance, Francis II, the ex-king of
Naples, was welded by proxy in 1859 to
Maria, a duchess of Bavaria. Of course
the marriage by proxy goes no further
than the ceremony. Exactly why If
should be done at all is not clear by past
or present history, unless to save the
prince the trouble of going after his wife
and give her a decent excuse for coming
to him.
In the case of Francis. he had never
seen Maria, and their first interview is
said to have been attended with consid-
cradle disappointment In fact, if the
young man had not been already mar
ried by proxy he would probably have
never married the lady at an.-Drakes
Magazine
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
A Mother with Experience Speaks.

Babies do not cry without cause; the
first cry child gives initiates the lungs.
After respiration is fully established it
ceases crying if kept comfortable, warm,
quiet and fed when necessary, never oftener
than once in three hours from birth. Give
the child plenty of water several times a
day; turn it over when restless; teach it to
lie awake in its crib; battle every other day
at night time to avoid taking cold from go
ing out, and never after eating or upon an
full stomach. Do not dress it too warm
IL; see that it's bands are loose and pinned
with small saf ety pins; never startle with
loud sounds, nor handle more than is neces-
sary, nor shake as if toy, nor put to the
breast every time it cries or opens its little
mouth. If these rules are observed baby
will seldom cry.
l am not speaking from theory, but per
sonal practice, not only of professional
cases, of which have had many, but of nv
own child as we'll During her babyhood
she was a constant education, teaching me
more than all my books, and from my ex-
perience with her learned how to teach
other mothers that their children may be
easily reared and a blessing instead of a
nuisance, as many children are through
bad training. She was cheerful. bright
and happy-a sunbeam; we never knew
when she got her teeth; they came early;
she had four before she was four months
old; she never was sick, nor cross, nor fret
ful dressed her in short clothes from
birth, so she could use her feet, which were
kept warm by little wooden shoes or socks.
Ella a. Jennings, NJ. D., in Humanity
and Health.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
An Improved Household bolt.

In place of the ordinary doorkno0 there
has been introduced lever which permits
easy handling, and il IS also useful 10 pull
the door firmly into place in case 1t has
shrunk in the frame. Another important
feature of the patent is small projection
on the bolt. which works into a slot. and
when the door is bolted the bolt cannot be
drawn back unless the handle Is given q
half turn 70 make the projection again pass
through the slot Tais ! not a moment s
work for person inside the room. but il
would be "a difficult matter FOR any ore
trying 20 effect an entrance from the out
side--P Philadelphia RecorL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
WHY So nIanv Men A,a Ra,d.

Some one has new theory to account
for so many bdldbeaded men. 1t is that
they keep their hair cut short. causing it
TO ''bleed" to death in few wears. I.oag
hair lives longer than short hair. There
has never been a n3tion with more bald
heads in THAN there are now in the United
States, whore close 'shingle'' is the pre-
yailing hair cut.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
The Inventor of Dishw ASKING Machine.

The patron saint of the emancipated
woman of the future will be Josephine
CARTS Cochrane, the inventor of the dish
washing machine. She will be enshrined
in the grateful heart of womanhood when
the memory of Susan B. Anthony and the
rest is lost in oblivion, and at the base of
every column reared TO commemorate the
noble achievements of free and happy
women her name should be written in
shining letters. Josephine Cochrane was
an extremely pretty western girl, eagerly
interested in the most f1ippant affairs of
society, with all the money she wanted to
spend, all the pleasures she desired, with
no dishes to wash for herself and no anxiety
about the women who did have to roughen
their fingers in the suds. In due time she
married. like other pretty girls, but it was
not until after the death of her husband
that the idea of the machine came to her.
She doesn't know exactly how or when it
came; she only knows that it pursued her
and tormented her until she began to work
it out.
She did not know the name of tool or
the principles of transmitted power, and
she had no idea of drawing or constructing
model. She had to get the elementary
before she could make her ideas tangible
to the mechanics who carried them out.
She worked at her models nearly eight
years, spent her entire fortune, S25, 900, on
the device, and finally succeeded in per-
fecting this wonderful dishwasher that
never hicks or chips your precious plates,
has no antipathy to handles on cups; that
never loses its temper, asks for days off,
nights out or permission to go to relatives
funerals; that doesn't serve your choicest
wines to kitchen callers, borrow your SIM
day things or give warning when your
husbands relatives are coming on a visit.
Just now the machine is in use only in the
large hotels, where it washes in an hour
the entire service for 400 guests, but Mrs.
Cochrane is forming a company to manu-
facture smaller sizes for private houses
New York Sun
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
Used TO Smoke in Church.

The Rev. DR.. Parr, when perpetual
curate of Hatton. Warwickshire. which
living he held from 1888 TO 1890, regu-
larly smoked in the vestry while the
congregation We're singing long hymns,
chosen for the purpose, Immediately be-
fore the sermon. The doctor was wont
TO exclaim. My people like long hymns,
but / prefer a long pipe. ALL the Year
RouDJ.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
Nerve in the Dentists Chair.

One of the most distinguished dentists of
Turin. DR.. Martini, writes to tell me that
he has been surprised to observe in his
daily practice that women undergo every
variety of dental operation with much
more courage and facility than men. And
DR.. Mela adds that men swoon under the
dentists hands much more frequently than
women.-Professor Lombroso in fortnight
lY ReYiaW
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
Decorations of penmark,s Queen.

The queen of Denmark has the reputa-
ton of possessing more orders and decora-
lions than almost any other woman royalty
of Europe. She holds the Russian Red
Cross, the English Order OF ST. John, the
Hessian Order OF the Golden Lion, the
Spanish Marie Louise Order, the Portu-
guese Order of Isabella, the Russian Order
of St. Catharine, and is a grand com
mander of the Order. of the Dannebrog.
This last is very high order and is rarely
conferred even upon sovereigns. Her hus-
band holds forty four foreign orders.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
She ALWAYS Gets q Seat.

Mrs. A. Plomb enters a crowded street
car with admirable self possession. She
advances to a middle aged man with an
apologize countenance and exclaims, eff
fusively, "Why, how do you do, Mr.. Blank;
Pm so glad to see your OF course it is
not Mr.. Blank, and she knows it, and of
course she secures the seat which he re-
linguishes in her favor. Alas! who can
withstand the wiles of willy woman?-
Boston Transcript.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
Unincumbered by Baggage.

Mile. Elise St. Gmer, the celebrated
French explorer, travels without any lug
gage. not even a handbag. All she re-
quires is slowed away in her capacious
pockets. Thus equipped this energetic
lady has travelled through all parts of Eu-
rope, Asia and America, has visited Nor
mons, Japanese and Cingalese, ridden side
by side with Bedouins and climbed the
Hinalayas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
women ugly before the resistless touch of

women ugly before the resistless touch of
time
If it is fact that a pretty woman grows
ugly through defects in her disposition,
ETC., why should not many plain looking
girl, by leading q simple life and avoiding
those errors which have been enumerated,
become comparatively handsome? Does
not thoughtful. reflective mind impart a
certain sweetness of expression to the face?
There are women who, by the unselfish
character of their lives, charm almost
everybody with whom they come in con-
tact; yet although they may be plain look
ing in the strict sense of the word their
facial defects in this respect are entirely
counterbalanced by their winning manner
and charming expression.-Cor. London
Tit-Rits
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06
Simple but Effective.

Battle weak or itching eyes with n weak
solution of salt and water.
Hot salt water is a valuable gargle for
the throat and much used in hospitals
Sait and brandy. made quite strong OF
the salt and used perSistently for a time.
Is excellent TO stop falling out of the hair.
a small bag of hot salt viii greatly re
Eeve neuralgia pain and retains its heat d
long time