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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-24

ton of this absence of fear and diffidence
and of this adaptability is furnished by
the case Of Mrs. Grover Cleveland As
an American woman, ] cannot help ad-
miring the perfectly natural and uucon-
strained manner in which Mrs Cieve-
land assumed the duties and social re-
sponsibilities OF the wife or the President
OF the United States immediately after
her marriage. Imagine. for instance,
taking an English girl belonging by no
means TO the highest ranks of society and
whose entire life has been passed in
either q small town or a provincial
boarding school and then suddenly
thrusting her. without any prepar-
alton. into the position held by
the Princess OF Wales. She would
inevitably be dazed by the sud
den transfer from obscure mediocrity
to great eminence. She would loose her
composure, her head would become turned
and her gaucherIes and social salecismS
would become the talk of the town Ia
one word, she would render bath her own
position and that VI her husband intoler-
able
Yet. Mrs. Cleveland. who entered the
White House as mistress under precisely
similar circumstances and with the same
DISADVANTAGES - education and aaciai
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-24

plement is held in one hand and swung
SO the teeth forming the bottom will
catch the heads of grass. BY this means
the seed is stripped off and remains in
the box, and when full it is emptied
and the operation repeated. Fig. 2
shows the bottom on a larger scale.
The teeth should be of steel and fast
ened with screws After the seed is
gathered it is placed in q shed to thor
oughly dry, after which the chat is re-
moved with a fail, tramping or some
such method. Or the seed may be
placed on a scaffold, exposed TO sun
and rain, which will cause the chaf to
be more easily separated. Where only
q small quantity of seed is wanted the
blue grass may be moved with a scythc
or moving machine and given the same
treatment as noted abovc.-Orange
Judd Farmer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-24

| 1t is this lack of diffidence this absence
of all fear, and. in one word, this element
of cheek. which enables us to hold our
own in every position in life and under
the most difficult circumstances We
never lose our head and no matter what
society we are called upon to meet we al
ways manage to retain our composure and
the most perfect presence of mind This
is one of the features of the American
girl that proves so attractive to royal and
imperial personages in Europe, and which
causes her to be sought in marriage to
such an extent by the aristocracy and
high officialdom of Europe. Of course,
monetary consideration and the greed for
our dollars constitute the raison d'etre
of many of these international unions.
But am acquainted with numerous in
stances where foreigners of distinction,
both in the aristocratic and in the official
world, have welded American girls with
out cent. In these cases the men have
been prompted to seek partners for life
among our countrywOmen, partly by the
personal charm and graces of the latter,
and partly, too, by the knowledge that
an American girl can adapt herself to her
surroundings far more quickly and far
more successfully than any of her trans
continental sisters. No better illustra-
ton Of this fact can be given than by
glance at the large number of foreign
diplomats who have married American
wives. diplomats prospects of sue
cess, both in the prese MT and in the
future, depend very largely upon the
tact, the cleverness, and, above all, the
ability of his wife to adapt herself to the
conventionalities and circumstances of
one kind and another at each new post
and in each new capital to which he may
be appointed. No less than four of the
foreign ENJOYS accredited TO the court of
Russia are married TO American girls,
who fully sustain the reputation of the
daughters of Uncle Sam for level headed
ness, intuition, sdaptability and tact.
Probably an even still better illustra-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-24
Pferer Nav o.,t Louisville.

Fred PfefTer SAYS he viii quit the
Louisville club and be blacklisted IL the
club takes the $4,000 ont OF his salary.
which the local organization had to pay
Williams. OF Chicago. for him. Last
winter, when Boomer" Williams. of
Chicago. started out 10 revolutionize
the ball world he offered PfeHsr 5000
advancing him g., coo. The famous In
dianapolis meeting followed resulting
in the retirement of Williams Then
louisville secured Pfeffer for s4-coo, no
reference being made 10 the 1000 paid
by Williams, The league paid VIII
liaIns and Louisville had TO pay the
league. Now the Louisville club has
notified Pfeffer that he must reimburse
il. He refuses and If he quits Taylor
w Ill succeed him as manager
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-24

The curious fungus which is sometimes
taken for an insect is fungus that roots
Itself in caterpillar and grows from it
feeding on the body OF the insect. OF
course, in time the insect dies. and the
fungus then perishes as soon as it has
exhausted the nutriment in the BODY OF
The caterpillar. The plant is of the same
nature as mushroom, and when il ma
lures 1t produces spores by which new
plants are propagated in the same wav.
attaching themselves to any insect that
comes in contact with them in the soil.
These curious plants are used as medi-
cine by the nati~- some parts OF Asia,
waere they are t~snd quite abundantly.
The plant, when dug out of the ground.
has the exhs listed and dried body of the
Insect attached 10 it in the manner of A
root. but it is easily distinguished hv its
shape. The insect IS filled with the sub
stance OF the fungus. and appears as a
part o. the plant A variety of beetle
fnss is found in North America is at
tackled 10y the same kind of fungus.
otse-s are found in Central America and
Others in New Zealand In the last
mentioned country the fuDgu. is very
large and has the appearance of musb-
room, which is eaten as food by the natives.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-24
Chances Of Death in War.

No doubt every reader of the news
takes mans weight of lead to kill him.
The statement is usually looked upon as
rhetorical hyperbole, suggested by the
fact that comparatively few out of the
whole number of shots fred in a battle
take effect. Marshal Sale, [ believe, first
made the statement that forms the basis
of the above, only he said that it
would take 1875 pounds of led and
thirty-three pounds of powder to put
each of the enemy in the ''long
trench" Wild and visionary as
this may seem. it appears that there was
really more truth than poetry in the re-
mark
AT the battle of SoiferiRo. according to
N. Cassendis carefully deduced calcula-
tions, a comparison of the number of
shots fired on the Austrian side with the
number of killed and wounded on the part
of the enemy shows that 700 bullets were ex-
pended for every man wounded and 4 200
for each man killed. The average weight
of the ball used was thirty grains, there
fore it must have taken at least 1875 kilo-
grams or 227 pounds of lead for every
man put out of the way. Yet Solferino
was most bloody and important engage
ment.
Bogert, in the light of the above, was
about right when he said: "War is awful
but the sound of war is awfuller'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-24
WIVES IN SiAM.
Ths King Has His Given to Him and Other
People Buy Theirs.

Yhs King Has His Given to Him and Other
People Buy Theirs
1.-the Chinese do all the mental labor in
Eiam. They also keep all the pawnshops
and gambling houses, and teach the
Siamese how to gamble, said Lieut.. L.
y Rasmussen. Lieut.. Rasmussen is a
young Danish officer who went to Siam
six years ago at the solicitation of the
King to drill the royal troops in European
fashion. 1.-THE King has not a very large
army-only 5, 900 or 4, 600 men, although
the name of every male subject is on
either the army or navy roll. But they
are never called into service as the King
cannot stand the expense of feeding a
large army.
Moreover, il is not needed, as there
are few disturbances. The Kings army
Is larger than his family, but the latter is
of pretty fair size. Nobody dares to give
the exact figures, but at last accounts he
had 100 wives and 105 children. The
present King is young man about 80
years old, l think, and he is popular. He
is the highest power, owns the whole
country, and does about AS be pleases,
but he is we'll liked His eldest son is the
Crown Prince. Just now that youth is a
member of the Buddhist priesthood. All
the Princes and mobiles have to go through
the priesthood before they are fully
fiedged. How does the King get all his
wives
They are presents to him from the
mobiles. They offer him their daughters
OF course iho one would dare to offer him
one that was not fairly good looking, and
he seldom refuses to accept them. Should
he refuse, the parents might as well move
out of Siam, as the refusal would simply
mean that the parents were in royal dis
favor How do the other people get their
wives over therei Oh, buy them. Many
of the mobiles have numerous wives.
''If girl strikes their fancy they nego-
tate for her purchase, but not generally
until they have paid her proper suit.
Some Of them buy their wives from the
ranks of actresses in the Siamese theaters.
Prices vary from 81, 600 to $40. 1t costs
more to marry into rich family. Some
times young couples elope, just as they do
in other countries, but the groom has to
settle just the same. There is a rate fixed
for elopments-400 ticals, or about $240."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-24
From a Rural Point of view.

Summer boarders, rightly handled, are
about the most profitable thing the
farmer can cultivate. Don't feed the N
on beefstake. for they don't want it. Give
them plenty of hammock, berries. baked
potatoes, boiled eggs, mush and milk,
and they will be much better suited
Keep them away from the house by get
ting them to go hill climbing, and then
they can't say thst it was your mosquitoes
that bit them What they wish is some
thing new 10 see. Give them these, and
they pay we'll for the trouble.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-24
An Accominoda s,ng barber.

Some of the rural towns in New Eng
land do not support a barber, and hair
cutting is usually done by an accommo-
dating neighbor A writer on an out
ing, recently fell in with one of these
amateur BARRIERS, and humorously de-
scribes his accommodating ways;
Soon / was perched astritie Of mo-
lssses hogshead with meal bag about
my neck TO protect il from the fall Of
hair | might say the possibilities OF a
fall from the hogshead We're great. as 7
squirmed about ii 10 have the light strike
my head right so the CORES wouid 10
even. He was no mean barber for IN
scorned to receive any recompenss.
wish ali BARRIERS were ~ charitable.
after our cutting acquaintance | saw
much of the barber One time he was on
the school house steps cutting a mans
hair; again | saw him hard at work on
mans head in the middle OF his vegetables
patch The farmer was leaning against
a bean pole with his hoe in his hand,
evidently making the most OF his luxuri-
Gus ease Anywhere and everywhere he
happened 70 catch hrs man the cnterpri =
ing barber would work. i WAS on the'
shore one day watching n fisherman At
his salmon nets. Shortly a small skif
went out from a neishboripg cove. In it
was the barber. who rowed ont 70 where
the fisherman WAS and was soon cutting
his hair
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-24
The Electrical Fam.

An electrical journal calls attention tc
the fact that electric fans are intended
for use and not for abuse; while deriving
the fullest benefit and enjoyment from
the grateful breezes which the fan give:
on the hottest day, people should exercise
some discretion ia subjecting themselves
to the brisk air motion. The journal in
question states that a gentleman recently
came into his Office in very much over
heated condition and sat down at his
desk in the full breeze of an electric fan.
He contracted heavy cold, which devei-
oped into pneumonia, and necessitated a
nine weeks sojourn in a hospital. The
electric fan is truly "a boon and bless
ing to men, but its use must be acc ON
panied by discretion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-24

The couple who are to dance take hold
Of hands and execute the steps of the
minuet to the time of march. There is
the same slow, stately walk as in the old
time minuet and the same courtly bow
ing. The minuet part proper ceases
when the lady executes a deep courtesy
and the gentleman bows low before her
with his hand upon his heart. Then the
time suddenly changes and the couple
dance several steps in rather rapid polka
time. This changes again to the slow
walk of the minuet and is followed by the
rapid step as before. The two figures of
the dance alternate throughout.
1t is really beautiful dance To pic
ture it TO yourself recall the beautiful
scene in ''School for Scandal" as it was
presented when Ada REIN. Mrs. Gilbert,
John Drew and others of Days perfectly
taught New York company went through
the minuet as though they were going
through the ceremony of presentation at
court or any other grand social function
requiring great dignity of action, some
grace and much skill. Enliven this
sCUho Win a piCtbs, oi'ciuhhlHE. Iaplu
movement and you have the Oxford min
uet as it will be danced next winter.
A pretty fad in Waiting is called the
College Walk. 1t was first brought to
Saratoga by the cadets who originated it,
because it was pretty and graceful besides
being little odd On every third or
fourth measure the gentleman walks,
taking two or three long steps while the
lady continues Waiting.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-24
FACTORY FIGURES.

AMERICAN factories produce s5.oet
watches every week.
MATCHES 20 the value Of SIS. ooo. COX
are annually consumed throughout the
world.
The world consumes 5000. GOO oo1
pounds OF paper year and Is supplied
by 400 paper mills
orr Of total Of over -, 900. 09o. 900 Of
capital invested in manufacturing in
the L ni.ed States. patents form the
basis for the Investment Of about So
600. 0ee. GOO
TWENTY-FIVE journeyrnen cabinet
makers IN Rockford. H., sixteen years
ago. pooled their capital $1,000. and
started furniture factorv. The COM
pany now employs 1890 ruen. Is per
cent OF whom are shareholders IL the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-24

The German emperor is fond Of
hunting, particularly of following the
boar, the sport in which his forefa the,
excelled. The kaiser rides white
horse when he goes hunting. and sill
yer spurs jingle on the heels Of his top.
boots. He is a good mark&man. and
has a record Of putting three balls
from a revolver in the bnlls-eye OF .
small target fifteen PAGES distance.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-24
Square Dances

In the square dances. the most fash
ionsble dance will be the Combination
Polka QuadrilIe- IL name goes long
way towards describing il. for il ens 5Essc-s
all the best round dances % the last four
years. taking in also tie old time ouzi-
rifle figures II il the work o tire Amer
lean Society o. Teachers Of Dancing
The Combination Polka Q1adEilIe ~
quir-s eight people 20 dance il. TheJ
arrange thense into set aud berlu
with right ard left7 and ladies
chain. which are repeated by TIE SIDE
couples
AL then take position for glide psIks
which runs through signt bar. Eexs
th-Te comes the forward and back o.
the head couples when they cross over
and salute partners. just as has long
been popular figure Ia the cusdrzIge.
Altar tia ,asJ take iAs1r pArsnsxs'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-24

Tells q Thing or Two About Fem
mine Cheek.

COPYRIGHT. 1892. By BACHELLER JOHNSON.
One of the most predominant character
istics of the average American woman is
cheek ! do not mean insolence. nor vet
even impertinenee, but mere plain, cool
and unadulterated cheek. 1t exists along
side of many brilliant and noble qualities,
and while there way be some who are
narrowminded enough to regard it as a
fault, /, for one, see therein subject for
much commendation. 1t not only invests
our charms with an originality and
piquancy refreshing to palates jaded by
the conventionalities of the Old World
but has likewise been, if not principal
factor, at any rate an important contribu-
tor to the marvellous development, rapid
progress and present emincnce of the
American nation.
Uncle Sans daughters, as a rule, arc
literally afraid of nothing Diffidence is
foreign to their character, and their bump
Of veneration conspicuous only by its
absence. The old French saying Of "Rien
nest sacre pour I'm sappeur" there is
nothing sacred In the eyes of a sapper)
may be applied with tenfold force to the
American girl. She is generally devoid
of any real feeling Of respect and submis-
sion to those who consider themselves for
one reason or another better than herself,
or to have been placed in authority over
her. And as a rule she is right. For
am certain that my fair readers will
agree with me that there is nothing in
this wide world that is superior TO the
American woman.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-24

Another novelty in dsncing Is the deux
temps II is in polka time, but in place
Of the old long slide steps, or the short
rapid ones which are taken by different
dancers. the deux temps consists of two
very long slide steps, done in the regular
polka movement
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-24

As the result of poor patronage the
Des Moines Qa-l trotting races were de-
clared off August 10 and claims for
t55.o We're fled in court against the
Driving Park association.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-24
BLUE GRASS SEED.

Description Of . Tool DesiXncd for Their
Ing the Crop
The hand tool shown in the illustra-
ton, Fig. /, is used largely in kentucky
for gathering blue grass seed. The i'm
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-24
She Bouncsd Him.

"Mr= Calder has been I'll.
81 thought she must be recovering, for
heard that she dismissed her physician
this morning"
"She dismissed her physician and sent
for another"
Hadn't confidence IN the first y
al don't know. He told her that sho
NEST not talk
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-24

A Presbyterian church n Lsncaster,
Pa decided 10 give medal 10 each
person who attended all the services
throughout the year Last year tae
sexton was the only person who ssoa =
r-zes1az
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-24
LAmplichter Sold ia IoriII..a

Pierre Lorillard has purchased from
Nessrs- Brown & Rogers the S-year-old
colt Lamplighser, this years winner of
ithe Champion stakes, the price paid be-
ing SIS, 900.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-24

surroundings, at once took up her posi-
ton as what we euphoniously term 1.-The
first lady of the land, )" as if she had occu-
pied it from childhood.
No one but an American girl would
have been able to achieve such unqualified
success as that which attended Mrs.
Grover Clevelandis term as mistress of the
White House
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-24

T last the racquette
is dead. Dead as a
doornail. And, as
Mr.. Dickens would
say, that is very
dead, indeed. F"
For twelve years
this dance has
ragged with more or
less fever and
fervor in polite So
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-24


OF course there is point where cheek
ceases to be a virtue and degenerates into
vice. And since I have just been referr
ing to the White House l may add that
nowhere is this vice more apparent and
more fragrant than at Washington. There
are women there who literally recoil at
nothing. They inflict their company I'M
hidden at every entertainment where the
doors are not closely watched. and are not
even awed by the presence of death itself.
j remember curious instance of this
some time ago. when General Joseph
Johnston. one of the most prominent lead
ers of the Confederate army, and the
principal lieutenant of General Lee,
breathed his last at Washington Barely
a couple of hours after his death, and be-
fore his body had time to grow cold,
handsome carriage and pair dashed up to
the door of the Generals house on Con-
necticut avenue, and out stepped lady
well-knewn in the society of our national
capital. She asked to see a memb er of
the family, and on one of the old soldiers
nephews inquiring the object of her visit,
she exclaimed: ''Oh, l have come to ask
for lock of General Johnston's hair"
care you a relative 2" asked the gentle
man, with surprise, and on receiving a
negative response he added inquiringly,
cor an intimate friend 2" ooh, no." re-
piled the lady, in the most airy manner.
But am collecting locks of hair of
famous men. l have among others lock
of General Grants hair, one of President
Lncoln's, and one of Booth, his assassin.
just wanted a lock of General Johnstons
hair to make the collection complete"
Happily such manifestations of feminine
cheek as this are the exception rather than
the rule among the daughters of Uncle
Sam CARRIE CARELESS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-24

hands and dance the Berlin, and 80 the
the whole dance goes. bringing in the
heel -and-toe polka and the Oxford minuet
along with the regular quadrilie figures.
1t is an extremely pretty thing. and next
winter you will see it at all the nice en-
terta inments
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-24

when Baby ~as sick we gave her Caston..
Shen she was Child. she cried for Caste-is
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-24

clety. becoming every year more popular
with the lower classes and less popular
with the very refined people 1t IS vul-
gar dance. For the children there IS no
special suggestiveness about it, but when
grown people slide and kick, slide and
kick, slide and kick without any OF the
poetry and motion or grace of movement
1t becomes ulgarity-vulgarity simple
and pure, if such thing can be called so.
"The military" is another thing that is
on its last legs so to speak. Perhaps you
may know ''the military" by the name of
Dancing in the Barn, or 1.-The Kentucky
Jubilee" But whatever name you may
call it, ic is ''the military" STILL and it is
sure to have the vulgar little forward kick
which characterizes the dance.
Properly speaking, the Kentucky
Jubilee" and Dancing in the Barn" are
the names of pieces of music to which the
military schottische is danced.
But these two dances are nearly gone,
and from their dust and ashes arise two
or three very new and pretty dances,
which are worthy to claim the admira-
ton of dancing masters and scholars as
we'll as Of those whose main pleasure con-
sists in looking on while others dance.
The New Minuet.
The most fashionable round dance is to
be the Oxford minuet. 1t is an exquisite
combination of the stately minuet and the
glide polka.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-24
PRETTY NEW DANCES.
A Saratoga Master OF Ceremonies
Writes Upon the Latest Fads.
It Will Be Necessary to Go to Dane
Ing School to Learn the New Steps
for Next Winter They
Ara So Difficult.

COPYRIGHT. 1892, BY BACHELLER & JOHNSON,