davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14
BRIDESMAIDS.
Their Pleasing Duties and Privileges at
and After the Wedding.

Their Pleasing Duties and Privileges at
and After the Wedding.
| Though familiar in a general way with
| the etiquette of special occasion, one may.
when required to act part in L. discover
that some of the details are not distinctly
recollected. Hence some prospective brides
maid may find useful reminder or two in
the following: Good Form" for weddings
prescribes that at the reception, after the
first half houl or so, bridesmaids see that
guests are entertained by conversation,
whether they have or have not been pre-
sented TO them, and they are also alert to
conduct timid women or girls to the re-
freshment room whenever this part of the
entertainment is continuous and not d
formal breakfast. Ii it is the latter the
mother of the bride or hostess sees to this
part of the festivity. They make them
selves generally agreeable, it being bad
manners for bridesmaids to allow them
selves to be absorbed by one or two indi
viduals whom they may happen to like.
bridesmaids remain until after the de
parture of the bride and groom, grouping
themselves in the HALL or upon the porch,
to wave their good will after an outgoing
daughter of the house. Sometimes 1T is ar
when the bridesmaids are rewarded for
their self denials while being agreeable TO
persons in whom they had no especial in
terest.
bridesmaids should call upon the mother
of bride within day or so after a we'd
ding when distance makes this considerate-
ness possible. Sometimes it is arranged
between the bridesmaids that one or more
of them shall drop in daily at house from
which daughter has gone forth, which is
very delicate courtesy. Whether or not
they desire to show so much attention to a
recent hostess, good form makes early and
frequent visits to a mother from the dear
friends Of her daughter quite obligatory, or
at least during the honeymoon, if it is
spent away from home.
The maid of honor stands next the bride
during the ceremony, also at the reception,
and she goes with her to her room TO assist
her with her travelling attire. Hers is also
the privilege OF casting a slipper after the
departing carriage. Her gown is generally
more elegant in texture than those worn
by the bridesmaids.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14
ELECTRICITY RARELY KILLS,

From Practical Electricity.
The experience of the New York state
penal officials. in the several trials of
electrocution, has shown electricity I'M
satisfactory as means of inf1icting the
death penalty only because of the errors
in fixing the quantity and tension of the
current too low: and the latest execution
at Sing Sing only further demonstrates
how difficult it is to produce death by
the electric current. This Is quite con-
trary to the popular belief. The New
York cases, together with some recent
electric accidents, prove that electricity
is not the deadly thing that it has been
regarded. As our experience with this
force goes on, it is found that most Of
those vino have died from an accidental
electric shock might have been saved
alive by proper treatment We may
properly add here that in almost all
cases a firm planting on the ground,
without insulation, of the smitten in
dividual, will most likely postpone the
necessity of placing his body under
ground for many a happy year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14

The conclusion of Anthony's speech
at the welcome home" given him by
his friends and townsmen is as follows:
l can stand here looking into your
faces as ! could look out into the faces
of all upon earth and say that in every
public duty | have tried TO do right, and
with this let me leave it with you. my
friends. IL is my purpose, it has been
the sole end and aim and the highest
ambition of my life TO try to so live and
perform all sny obligations 10 mankind
that when you gather round my grave
each man shall say that which is more
royal than embodied in any other words:
Here lies man who tried to do right. :"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14

4 noted sculptor in wood, of Kittery,
Me-, who lost his wanted employment,
that of carving figure heads for vessels,
through freak of fashion that relegated
the figure head from the base of the jack
staff of the modern vessel, has found a
new avenue for disposing of his handi-
work: ne sells his craven images to the
heather who set them up to worship as
superior gods. That is horrible for New
England; worse, if possible. than the
thrift of enterprising Boston in supply
ing the habitues of the dark continent
with liquor, along with the divine word.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14
in A NEW ROLE

DR.. w. F. Carver, the champion shot
of the world, and who claims his place
of residence to be Burton, Kan, though
he has been on the go, touring the world
for several years, is planning new de-
parture in the show line and expects to
open in Denver about the 1st of June.
The show is modelled after the one with
which he did" Australia last year. He
calls the play "The Scout" The sub
Joined synopsis of the Australian "make-
up will give a fair idea of what the
new venture is to be like:
Carver appeared in the role of the
scout, acting as messenger for mill
tary post. In the play he falls des-
perately in love with a border heroine,
who reciprocates his affection, but the
girl is abducted and carried away by his
rival, Il renegade white man, and hid
den away in an Indian village. The
scout finds her and after a series of
thrilling adventures succeeds in rescu-
ing her and the usual triumph of love
and honor over villainy follows. The
play was mounted at large expense, the
principal scene showing river of real
water in a. ten foot tank, spanned by
bridge. On one side was a high bluff.
After rescuing his fiancee, Carver en-
cages in a desperate struggle with the
villain and hurIs him into the ''madding
below, from which he is res
cued by the Indians. When this rescue
is effected the girl crosses the bridge at
a furious gallop on the scouts horse, the
latter remaining behind to cover the
retreat. Later when the scout rides on
the bridge on an Indian pony the bridge,
having been tempered with by the vii
lain, gives way and the horse takes
bath, while Carver clings to beam of
the bridge. These realistic water scenes,
according to Carver, set the Australians
wild, and the show played to great bust
nacS -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14

Already the campaign slogan of the CO.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES party and Demo
Gratis alike-is anything to beat An
thony," the Republican candidate for
congressman-at-large. There is nothing
surprising in this, though; it will be the
same with every other nominee the Re-
publicans shall put up. Political con-
victions and party principles go for
naught with the opposition of the class
named when it comes to filling the
offices. And the ADLER the men the Re-
publicans select, the more violent the
opposition. In the case of Governor
Anthony, it is of nothing worth to them
that he should have spent the best years
Of his life in earnest effort to build up
this state and advance its material in
terests and conserve the welfare of its
people-it is quite enough for the enc
mics of the Republican party to know
that its candidates are able and faithful
to it and the state, to call forth their bit
ter antagoniSm.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14
NUMBERING A NEWSPAPER RE-
PORTER.

The tragic death of the young reporter
in st. Louis, will gain no capital for the
paper he represented, the st. Louis he
public. The city editor or whoever
planned the fatal expedition. will have
to answer before a Supreme Judge, who
even in His limitless mercy, must YET
put some penalty on criminal careless
ness or lack Of forethought.
The effort of the city newspapers to
Guido one another has come to ridicu-
| lous point. A journal is supposed to
| give the actual news of the day, and an
| effort to manufacture it to lend interest
to the columns, if by innocent means, is
pardonable; but if accomplished by the
sacrifice or jeopardy of human life, is
culpable and outrageously criminal.
A New York newspaper had reporter
fall off ferry boat to see If he would be
rescued-and, foolish man, he was not
by the ferry boat at least. Another sent
a reporter through the country rugged
out like tramp: another disguised as a
shoe-string peddler to see how it went;
another BACKED his face to see if the
hotels would give entertainment to a
negro; others have travelled as stowa-
ways, sailed in balloons; gone down in
dangerous mines, some into prisons and
madhouSeS to write of them.
Following this misplaced enterprise.
the St Louis Republic has succeeded in
outdoing them all. Two reporters of that
paper made tour of st. Louis opium
dens. Both took the drug from the pipe
to better prepare themselves for writing
of it. In the early morning policeman
found both near death. A numbering
ambulance carried them to the city hos
pital and there one died from the effects
of the poison. He was young
and brilliant and was destined
to move high in his chosen
profession. At his home a young wife
sat by the cradle Of their young babe.
1t was i'll and she anxiously awaited the
coming of her husband. Her anxiety
grew almost to desperation bus she was
helpless. At 3 o'clock in the morning
the baby died; four hours later came to
her the news of her husbands fatal ex-
pertinent. Thus came the awful shadow
on that home that the young newspaper
man might do what he thought was a
duty TO the journal that he represented.
Arthur Grub sacrificed his life to some
body'S whlm. Was it the public's or the
The correct answer is the newspapers.
1t is the journals fault The public is
hunting for the legitimate news. Dime
novel sensations, even if they be
heightened by flavor of actual reality,
are not natural to healthful mind, and
for the disordered and depraved mental
condition that Graves them the news
paper is responsible for having fed and
it.
Let US hope that the melancholy death |
Of Arthur Grubb will put stop to this |
practice
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14
Ft Sill, May 10, 1892.

The Rev. Francis Marsten, one Of the
Columbus clergymen who shares the
gratuitouS duty of praying for the Ohio
legislature, in his invocation few days
ago touched on point which the legilsa-
ture seemed to regard as a forbidden
topic. He asked the deity to remember
these statesmen gathered here in this
maelstrom of iniquity, fraud and corrup-
tion;" referred to the fact that the legisla-
ture was looked upon with suspicion by
the people; asked for delivery from ''the
brides, bribers and bribe-takers in our
midst" and prayed that the members be
''kept from the way of temptation"
Some OF the legislators We're very wroth
and committee called on the minister
for an explanation. He very COM
placently informed them that he had
none to make; that he was not address
ing them in his prayer, but his Heavenly
Father, and that if any of them felt the
force of what he had said to his Lord
and Master they had better call on Him
and fix the matter up, where it most
needed fixing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14

Henry Watterson is reported by the
few remaining Hill clacquerS as having
abandoned Cleveland. and they claim
him as a convert to Hill; but the claim
doesn't tally with Mr.. Watterson's own
statement. In recent letter to the
Courier-Journal he declared that the
Cleveland sentiment which is sweeping
the country is in large measure a pro-
test against Hill and his methods. This
does not necessarily imply that Mr.. Wat
terson has changed his belief that it
would be a fatal mistake for the Demo-
cratic party to nominate Cleveland, but
it does show that he is unaltarably
against Hill. 1t is but just to the Ken
lucky politico journalist statesman to
say that he has later announced his
withdrawal from the political arena for
the balance of the present campaign.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14

A movement has been inaugurated to
cause the return of all the Chinese in the
United States in consequence of the Chi
nese exclusion bill. This week confer
ence of the Chinese of Pennsylvania,
Maryland and several of the neighboring
states was held in Philadelphia and was
attended by hundreds of the more infu-
entail celestials. Delegates were present
from many cities, but all the doings are
kept profound secret.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14

A movement is on foot in Kansas to
organize the German vote, with view
to giving the German residents of the
state more influence. The Germans have
influence today, just the same as any
other race-the Irish or the French or
the representatives Of any other nation.
ANY inclination to arrive at that point
where cur nominations in political con-
ventions would be parceled out on a
racial basis is to be regretted. Kansas
puts up the best men, regardless of pre-
vious condition or blood. Let US hope
that we will never reach the stage
where we would have to put an Ameri-
can on the state ticket for governor, an
Italian for acknowledgements, a Ger
man for secretary Of state, Russian for
auditor, negro for encouragement and
Chinaman for presidential eiecter. Let
every body be Americans.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14
AFour-Year-oId phi,osonbcr,

Among the many anecdotes relating
to the late Rev. Thomas Hn. d. D., il
one told by himself. DR.. Hill and his
wife awoke quite early one morning and
regarded with interest a crib which con
tanned precocious child of less than
four years. Presently the child turned
her face up to the ceiling and solilo-
quized: "Oh, how much easier it Is for
a person to think than to act. Now,
with dog it IS right the other way
Boston Traveller.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14
4 Game Of Bawl.
rom the Philadelphia Record.

From The PhiladeIphls Record.
Among the quaint characters devel-
oped by the national game Is the ''cac-
Gucur "-whethera amateur or professional
is not apparent. In New York he is
widely known as well, Web, WellT'
after his pet exclamation, given in a
dynamic voice. just now he is Jealous
of a Boston rival whose nom de plume
IS Hi! Hl!' And he has challenged the
Bostonian to come to New York and
meet him IN yelling" match next time
tie teams OF the respective cities shall
be pitted against each other. Il would
be a famous '-bawl' game. truly, If
these worthies should have at each
others throat, and each should be en-
titled to a fat share of TIE gate money.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14
To EstCD Partially.
rom the Lawrence World

From the LAWrence WOFIL
The Kansas City board of education
has decided not to allow flowers to be
used at commencement exercises. This
Is correct. While flowers are nice and
their use noble it is evident to anyone
who has ever been at a university com
mencement that they are the source Of
endless heartache. The few are buried
in bouquets and the many are conspIcu-
Gus for their lack OF such things. 1t
causes those who are not yet recognized
as bright to feel that their efforts are in
vain and they 20 from there with bitter
thoughts aud heavy hearts
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL CON-
VENTION.

A delegate convention Of the Republicans OF
the Seventh congressional distrcI Q, ' tb cit
" of Kingman On Wednesday, June 10 lo9S, as
10 a. m. for the purpose Of nominating a eau
didate for congress in the seventh congren
sional district Of Kansas, ana also u
one presidential elector. o;a oor,,or-
The basis Of representation IN SAID c ohNeII,'
.jon shall be one delegate st large, Tor eac al
county in the district and one aelesa1Ve
c,sn for Hon j. r. IIalowel for congress IN
1S0o nrovided no county to have less THAI two
dc}erates. under which rule deleg>sieS are ap
,rort Toned 10 the several counties as follows:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14

Somebody has just returned $4,000 to
the conscience fund at Washington. The
conscience-stricken yielder took the
money from the government in 1865.
Twenty-Five years use of it has made
him fortune, evidently. A mans con-
science must be stricken very heavily
when he can relinquish S10,0 900, and his
purse must be full.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
Grit makes the man;
The want of il the chump;
The men who win lay hold,
Hang on, and hump"
And VIII Do Ii a gain.

Hon. John l. Blair, the veteran Re-
publican who was selected as one of the
deIegates-at-large to the Republican
national convention from New Jersey,
was a delegate to the convention that
nominated President Harrison's grand
father, William Henry Harrison, in 1910,
He has been delegate TO every conyen-
ton since held.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14

Tom Reed has insulted Jerry Simpson.
Simpson stopped Reed in the aisle the
other day and asked him a question,
which Reed answered with a plying
look and walked by. Jerry flushed and
sat down again. The idea that Jerry is
carrying everything before him at
Washington is getting slightly bagged
at the knees
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14

Ex-Governor Robinson's boom for
congreSsman-at-large on the Alliance
ticket seems to be growing. The spec
tacle Of two Kansan5 of the olden day
locking horns, both ex-governor and
both mental giants. Anthony and Rob
inson, would alone make the campaign
OF 1892 q memora bic one.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14
WARNER AND THE CoNFBDERArBs

WARNER AND THE CONFEDERATES
Major William Warner, of Kansas
City, Mo-, is the Republican nominee for
governor of that state, and as an evi-
dence that lie will prove strong candi-
date and possibly redeem that state from
the control of the gang now in power,
we quote from the Holden (Io.) Herald
Major William Warner was a brave
and courageous Union soldier, but there
is not an eX-COnfederate in the state of
Missouri who has not warm place in
his heart for Warner 1t was he who
said, LET hy-gones be by-gones." 1t was
just afteI the close of the war, when War
ner was prosecuting attorney. The feel
ing in western Missouri was intensely
bitter. Judge Tut was on the bench in
that circuit and the grand jury had
brought in lot of indict-
mentS against ex-Confederates.
Charges of horse stealing were
revived and other offenses based on
what had taken place during the war.
There were $50 indictments, one Of
which was against General 10 Shelby.
1t was agreed that all of them should be
tried at once, and when the dav came
for trial Major Warner, then prosecuting
attorney, now Republican candidate for
governor, arose and addressed the count.
He said: The war is over and these
men have come home to settle down in
good faith. [ do not believe in raking
up old troubles. | consider the sur
render as wiping out the offense that
had preceded it, and, therefore, motion
that these cases be dismissed" and thew
were dismissed, and that ended the mat
ter. but ex-COnfederates have not for
gotten Warner.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14
For the Eagle,
PHYSIOGNOMY.

See that amiable face ALLOWING,
There's an animated mind,
Or rather woodworking showing,
In drama unconfined.
Oh, that enchanting, charming glance,
That sorrowful tear-bathed eye,
That rejected suitor's woeful askance,
That 'absconding debtors dimpled sigh.
Hark., to the sablest. FUNNIEST laugh,
Extensive and broad with hooking peals
Shaming the other puckered half,
So brimful Of love yo' girls.
Thus physiognomy like the sky,
Changefully exhibits stirring thought,
While all barbarous tribes deny
a face with knowledge fraught.
RALPH RYE.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14

That the Alliance congressman are CO.
ing to handicapped by their own blum
ders, in the next campaign, is clearly
proved by their weekly announcements
that the Alliance will elect the next pres
ident of the United States.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14

Ferd Nandegrift: In nominating a
man for representative who has Indian
blood in his riens the Republicans of the
Fourth Kansas district evidently expect
their candidate for congress to take the
scalps of all his opponents.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14

The cowboy is now fading into misty
oblivion, but thanks are due to Sara
Bernhardt for neat eulogium at the
adleu. She says the widest COWBOYS in
America are perfect gentlemen as com.
pared with the dudes Of Paris.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14

Therell be music in the air over in
Illinois this summer and fall. The Re
publican procession will not be headed
by brass band, but they will be led
into the onslaught and to victory by the
shrlll notes of matchless Fifer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14

A newspaper located in a miniature
state has some advantages in the study
of practical politics. The Providence
Journal figures up the number of pur-
chasable voters in Rhode Island at ex-
actly / ,945. and is able 10 tell with con-
siderable precision how they are dis
trlbuted.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14

The umbrella is being used more in
Kansas this spring than ever before.
According to Prognosticator Hicks, the
drouth will set in on the 21st inst. and
last all summer. Such change would
be wonderful. But Kansas is equal to
anything.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14
Killed by Lightning.

From the Milan Press,
On Friday, last during the thunder
storm. Mr. j. f. Otis. who resides eleven
miles southwest of Milan, Sumner coun-
ty, while mulching potatoes IN the field
near his house, was struck by lightning
and instantly killed. His clothing was
badly torn and his body severely burned
by the electric fluid.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14
The public have hardly had iii

The public have hardly had time to re
gain Its wanted equipoise since the igno-
minious collapse of the Cara revolution
in northern Mexico, until a new leader
of the indictments hobs up IN the person
of General Ruiz Scandevall. 1t is
thought that he viii attempt to revive
the revolution where Cara abandoned it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14

The executive committee of the State
Firemen's association will meet in Solo
mon City. June :, TO determine where
the annual tournament shall be held.
The time was fixed 0he first week IN
September} at the last meeting.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14

Congressman Otis of Kansas isvery in
disnant because some one said he would
not be candidate for reelection. Mr..
Otis should keep quiet. This is not an
age of miracles and the people know it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-14

j. the electric light injurious 20 the ego
Fght' Some sfoinrIl Enz.1h oculists
have been answering the question. Sur
geous a. tLe Royal Oph,Lalraic hospital
and Of r.. Andrews Eye aDd Ear hospital
have given it a. ths3r opinion that intury
doe not result frofn constant use az the
electric light. an eminent surgeon write:
IN ny opinion electric light when s<easy
j. sesoud o1ly 10 daylight Any difhcal;y
that may arise fTosn 80 brightnszz can be
easily gos over ~ altering the p.sdtlon or
shading ] cannot Loze ever. imagine any
thibg mere W7Tr5l ms ard irritating % the
eyes thea a l.g'at Which ksepa Jumping up
and doeTu, a. I have DO4ced svea many IN
cAndesceut Ianss do