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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05
savages and the Pain They Suffer.

The stoicism of the North American In
dian at the stake has often been adduced
as a striking evidence of fortitude under
extreme suffering; but it seems, as mat
ter of fact, to be quite as largely due to
dizziness of the sensory nerves 1t is well
known that savages of almost every race
will endure, and be comparatively unaf-
fected by, injuries that would at once lay a
civilized man PROSTATE. Witness, for ex-
ample, the horrible rites of initiation"
into the full privileges of manhood prac-
ticed by the Mandans, the Maquarri dance
of the natives of Guiana, and the still more
hideous sun dance of many of the North
American tribes.
And when we read of Kaffir laughing
merrily at the appearance which his own
thigh, after severe compound fracture,
presented, and of second, whose skull had
been broken in by a blow from a knob
kerry, submitting calmly and without an
aesthetics to the operation of trepanning
and walking away afterward as though
nothing had happened, and of third hold
ing on his cheek, which had been almost
entirely sliced off by blow from a sword.
and yet'yelling and shouting with his COM
rades in the full enjoyment of victory-we
may not feel inclined to deny that the saw
age feels, but we cannot hold that he feels
Us we feel.-London' Sunday Magazine.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05
WIN Camnnsa "societv.n

There is always a class of persons which
is called distinctively society, but it is not
a class of noble families of hereditary as
tendency. It. is constantly changing, and
the sole leather of today is the plumed hat
of tomorrow. 1t is initiative and puts on
pretty airs of grandeur and an amusing
smirk of superiority, but it is neither grand
nor superior.
Yet, again, it is all harmless An old
directory tells the secret and, as the fine
society itself would say, gives this pretty
grandeur away. The directory is ruth
less herald2s Office. You start from my
Lady Disdain in the opera box, flashing
with diamonds and shining with cloth of
gold, little too loud in her voice, little
too splendid in her dress, the amiable dupe
of novels and of ignorance, and you soon
arrive, in the memorable directory of other
years, at the source of this magnifcence-
the prosperous batcher and baker and cam
dlestick maker, the teilor of his day, the
fashionable shoemaker.
These are the idle rich for whom Mr..
Gladstone asks whether Nature has pro
vided place. Plainly she has. Here it is
in this opera box, in yonder carriage, in
this little palace of the bonbon architec-
ture. But day after tomorrow the good
people in the gallery viii come down and
sit in the boxes. The gods will descend,
and they will drive home to the bonbon
palace instead of walking home to the
modest fat as they do now. It is grand
eur of wealth, and, happily, of a wealth
which is not entailed, and is therefore al
ways flying away, always distributed, and
giving us fresh nobility every year, tast-
ing as it were, of the soil.-George William
Curtis in Harper's.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05
Different Kinds of Feet

As to national characteristics in feet, it
may be said that the French foot is narrow
and long; the Spanish foot is small and ele-
gantly curved--thanks to its Moorish blood
corresponding to the Castilian's pride Of
beng high in the instep." The Arabs
foot is proverbial for its high arch. The
Koran says that a stream of water can run
nnder the true Arabs foot without touch
ing it. The foot of the Scotch is high and
thick; that of the Irish fat and square,
the English, short and fieshy. When
Athens was in her zenith the Greek foot
was the most perfectly formed and exactly
proportional of that of any of the human
race. Swedes, Norwegians and Germans
have the largest feet; Americans the small
est Russian toes are ''webbed" to the
first Joint; Tartarian toes are all the same
length.-St. Louis Republic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05
She Pricked Her Finger.

A maid employed by prominent Fifth
avenue family came to her mistress with
tears in her eyes not many days after she
had been IN the household and said that
she had pricked her finger with table
fork.
Il am terribly worried, man." she said,
''for fear the fork may have had some
brass in it and have poisoned my hand"
"Oh, nonsense, Mary" replied the lady
of the house, how could the fork poison
you when it is made Of pure silver, /
never allow snthing else on my table"
The next day Mary and the fork which
had pricked her and all the other forks
and, in fact, the whole table service, guar
anteed by the mistress TO be solid silver.
had disappeared for parts unknown.-New
York Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05
Advanced Mathematics.

Few things make man more agreeably
independent of other peoples opinions thar
lofty estimate of hts own abilities. ca
sar Payson, a middle aged negro living IN
a small Massachusetts, town, possessed this
soothing quality of self esteem TO a remark
able degree He was what is called "a
good hand ut odd jobs" but his principal
occupation was that Of a wood sawyer.
One day be was saving wood in the side
yard Of favorite "customab," aud the
ten-year-old son of the house was watch
ing him with much enjoyment, listening
at the same time to the words Of wisdom
which Cesar was always letting fall.
II tell yo' wat, Mas'r Ned" remarked
Caesar, use paid high compliment 70
yo' ma, comm hyar today, as / done-a
high compliment. Use done gone lost
more'n fifteen dollahs comm hyar today.
Mas'r Nedp'
boy, much impressed
IVY, yo' see, dab was six oder people
wat wanted me. / reckon dat I'D make
fifteen dollahs, Mas'r Ned. An dis'point-
ed ev'ry one Of 'en Jest fe' you mar
But, Cesar" said Ned, you never
earn more than s2.50 in a day, and you
couldn't have worked for but enc Of them
anyway, could your"
''How old IS you, Mas'r NedI' inquired
Cesar. pausiDg for a moment.
Ten years cid last November" said the
boy.
IAN 20 expects to un'erst1Dd all de ins
and outs ob arithmetic at yo' age. sonny
De chii'ea 90 dc present age is simply
s'prisinP
And Cesar resumed his work with ar
air which discouraged further questions
Youths Companion
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05
NIysiss' ss,1si,,


II you are very beautiful, or if you have
great deal of money, yeu have no need Of
rules. Your problem is a staple one Yo1
already have the masculine world at your
feet If Won have neither wealth nor good
looks, then your problem issa more inter
esting one. You have need to cultivate
tact. That is word with COIN prehensive
meaning. Study the man, AND bring all
your feminine tact to bear in treatment of
him and the victory is yours
If the man is quiet man, talk to him;
if he is a laxative man, listen to him; If
he is an unapproachable man, fiatter him.
He will yield These rules never fail
With fattery, propinquity and persistence
the game is yours. IF he TRIES then when
he is looking fall in love with another man
ostensibly. Sometimes jealousy promotes
ardor. In this case indifference is a valu-
able weapon. But through it all tact is
absolutely Indispensable.
If the man you desire to captfvate knows
great deal never parade your own knowl
edge The less he thinks you know the
better he viii like you.
If you are bright, witty woman, tenn
per your wit. You are apt to grow sharp,
and men abhor a sharp woman. Be docile
and apprecistive, and clinging and help
less, ana with tact, if You are as uninvit-
ing facially as Hindoo god, you need
never despair.
All men are fond Of good things to eat.
When he takes you out in the evening
don't go to restaurant with him (because
it is not good form, unless you have a
chaperon, in which case he won't really
care TO go), but have luncheon prepared
at home. That home luncheon will dwell
IN his memory. Have a salad, and then
ask him to make the dressing, after which
it is your province to praise him for his
excellence.
The lion of the season is not impervious
to allurements of a gastrohomic nature
New York Recorder
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eEsslE's SECRET.
81 know the incest eecrstw

81 know the incest eecretr
Cries bonny little Bess,
Her golden curls all flying,
''You'd never. never guess.
There's something up at our house
That cries and cries and cries,
Its head is smooth as grandpass
And has such little eyes.
Its face is robust awful
With such a funny noses
It has such teeny fingers,
And such a Lot Of toes
1t isn't very pretty,
Not half IS nice as me;
But mamma calls it darling
And sweet as sweet can be-
cit isn't a new dolly.
For dolls can't breathe, you know.
It's-Oh, almost told you;
Goodby; I've got to go.
] want to run and kiss it,
Away flew little Bess
Without telling the secret
leave for you to guess
Household.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05
Orchards in the Heart Of New

Orchards in the Heart of New York CITY.
Up to few years ago there was a fine
orchard on Second avenue, near Ninety
second street, which was renowned for its
many kinds of apples and also for its beau
tlful, big, white cherries, which were as
large as damson plums, and which sold for
one dollar pound. There was another
line orchard at Eightieth street and Lex.
ington avenue. Hoary grandsires tell of
remarkable orchards in the old Greenwich
village on Carmine and Charles streets,
and down on Little Queen street, and even
on Nesey street and Park place. And the
respect with which these tales are received
speaks well for the rising generation. -
New York Evening Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05
wives of Some English Writers.

Beaconsfeld married a lively young
widow, VINO made him perfectly hap
py, and he never lost an occasion Of
singing her praises. DR.. Arnold, Of
Rugby, is cited as having an almost
ideal home lie. and also the late Dean
Stanley. AL the world knows how hap
py the G!adstones are In their family
circle, and SO it is with many others
Writer
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05
Some Causes for a Baby's Crying.

4 baby doesn't cry aimlessly. If there i.
pin in its flesh, if its stomach is full o.
wind, if it has indigestion, cold feet or &
headache it will cry long and loud 1t will
cry, too, if it is hungry, thirsty, sleepy
angry, hot or cold.-Baby
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05
Sermons by Telephone.

The telephone company of Glasgow has
completely fitted up an elaborate tele.
phonic arrangement in Woodside church
whereby the subscribers are enabled to
hear the entire service with the utmost
distinction and ease.-New York Journal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05
A Day OF.

Husband - What does all this mus
mean, and where's the servant girl,
Wife, told her she might go shopping
today, as wanted TO clean house--Cloak
Pe--ilv--,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05

1t is easy enough for bullheaded clowns
to sheer at nerves, but the highest natures
are not necessarily those containing the
greatest amount of moral brass.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria-
Rhe1 she was Child. she cried for Castoria-
when she became Miss. she chung 20 CaStoris-
when she had Children. she gave them CastoEsA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05
SCALE BOOKS!
THREE FORMS
STANDARD,
HOWE AND
FAIRBANKS!
When ordering state WEAT FORM Ia
wanted.
illustrating . Point.

"You don't know how glad am to see
you interested in this noble work, said the
rector, addressing the Children's Foreign
Mission society These poor heathens
know nothing of our ways of life. They
live in rude huts, dress in the skins Of ami
mails and never go to school or to church.
They have never heard the blessed Gospel,
and you can help to spread the good news
among them.
"You can scarcely form an idea of what
they are or how they live" he continued.
why, children, these poor people are as
black-as black-er-why. children, they re
as black as the ace of spades
Two big boys on the front seat snickered
and an audible smile ran through the elder
portion of the congregation, while poor DIR.
Tenthly got red and white by turns and
gave out hymn TO relieve the general esE-
Observation-Disclosures Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05
Burrovy Like Foxes.

It is said that many of the German colo
nists on the Volga river who are sufferers
from the Russian famine, in order TO save
fuel, have dug holes in the ground-sub-
terranean shelters-in which they burrow
like foxes. They form undoubtedly the
only instance of civilized people who to
day are living the lives of troglodytes.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-05

oHce and yards on Mosley are. be
tween Dou=sa. sEs. sun F1Fzt -. abs.
Braaeh yards st Inaon GGfy. Okla
hOms City. NJ Reao and Nineo- Okla
hoE.x TERRITORY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-07
Australian Hospitality.

From the Manchester Times.
Australian station hospitality keeps the latch
string always out and says: Come when you
wish. do what you like and stay as long as you
can" writer says that the Australian host
places himself his family, and all that is his at
the service of the guest-fishng tackle, breech
leaders. horses and servants Such hospitality
is rarely abused, though the writer mentions
one exceptional case, where the guest pro-
lonSed his visit until it wore out his welcome.
10 one station camo visitor, whose
original intention of staying u month
was recons;dered, and he remained two. Six
months passed and he was still there He en-
joyed himself hugely with horses, dogs and
guns, developed an encouraging appetite, and
his host did not complain. After about nine
months the hosts manner became less warm
and at the end of the year he spoke no more to
his guest The latter was not sensitive, but
fingered on for the space Of a second year,
when he departed and went to visit somebody
else. During these two years he was never
told that he had stayed long enough and would
do well to 60 away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-07
A Temperance Victory.
" NSeoAys
Correspondence Of The Evening Star,
OCcOOuAS Va Nav 1870


OCCoQUAN, Va, May 5, 1892.
The readers of The STAR will remember We
tried to do away with King Alcohol about three
years ago. We got up a petition, called an
election and were beaten by eight votes. Conse-
quently we had to put up with many uncom-
Portable things that arise in a neighborhood
where that king reigns. At the end of two
years. however, the dry men took up the ques-
ton of local option again and made strong
and vigorous fight, and last Saturday the
election. Everybody voted that was old
enough and had legal vote and the dry men
won, but only by sixteen votes. This result
was the means of closing five liquor places in
this district and Sunday morning dawned upon
dry town, something never known here be-
fore.
The next place to tackle is right across the
river in Fox, but they only have one bar room
to contend with over there and they have also
a Good Templar lodge to help them along, and
it is hoped it will be as dry in few months as
old Occoquan.
The farmers are very busy just at present
getting oats and corn i'll the ground. Oats and
wheat are looking splendid.
1t Is said the steamer Mary Washington is
going to run excursions to Occoquan Falls this
summer. That is very handsome resort. H.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-07
DIR. Parkhurst's Reforms.

To the Editor of The Evening Star
There seems to be good deal of misunder-
standing about the action Of DR.. Parkhurst in
New York. he is president of the Society for
the Prevention of Crime. In the pursuit of his
duties in that Office he found the paid and sworn
officers of the law obstructing his work. He
said this in his pulpit. The February grand
jury censured HIM for slanderng the police
and the officers of justice. He then set to work
to get evidence. He found enough to satisfy
the March grand jury and they found large
number of indictments. The superintendent
OF police resigned and Inspector Byrnes was
put into his place. He at once transferred
all the police captains in the city except
one. For three Sundays all the saloons
were practically closed. If Superintendent
Byrnes does what is expected of him and what
he has promised to do, they will be perma-
nently closed. These results of DIR. Park
bursts action seem indisputable. His method
of getting evidence is sharply criticised. What
other method was open to him? Evidence
must be very circumstantial to secure con-
viction, as the presumption III every case is in
favor OF the accused. 1t will always be u
mooted question whether it is right to get evil
dence surreptitiously But the moral quality
of an act must be determined by its motive
That DIR. Parkhurst visited low dens for any
other purpose than to get evidence on which
they might be closed does not seem to be
alleged. 1t appears, therefore, As though
law-abiding citizens should take sides with
those who are actually doing something for
the enforcement Of law. while it seems the
plain duty Of the Christian church to use its
vast influence on this side. q.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-07
He Didn't Need II.

From the Detroit Free Press
He was sitting on the platform at the railway
station in deep study, while two men stood
near him watching. He had sat thus for ten
minutes when hustling individual svooped
down on him.
''You are looking sad this morning." he said.
The sitter lifted his face. but said nothing.
"Fve got something here that is Just the
thing You want" continued the hustler. at is
a little volume, price only Is cents on Love,
Courtship and Marriage It explains how
maidens may become happy wives and bach
elors happy husbands in brief space of time.
Also contains complete directions for decIar-
ing intentions, accepting VOWS and retainine
affections, both before and after marriage"
The man on the truck shook his head sadly.
ut also" won't on the hustler, includes q
treatise on the etiquette of marriage, describ-
ing the invitations, the dresses, the ceremony
and the proper behavior of bride and groom.
1t also tells plainly how to begin counting, the
way to get over bashfulness, the way to write
. love letter, the way to easily win . girls
consent, the way to pop the question, the way
to accept or decline an offer, the way to make
yourself agreeable during an engagement and
the way ron should act and the things you
should DO ct wedding. This 10 just the book
honest words--" =.
The man ON the truck spoke.
I'm very sorry," he said in earnest toues,
'sthat must decline to purchase your book
But really have no uae for IL ct present, ~ I
am on the way to the penitentiary TO serve .
sen-ye,s sentence for compound bigany. II
Il was the hussler's turn nov, and ~ NV
he made himself scaree bsgssss description.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-07
DEATH OF j. j. O'CONNOR,
A Man Who Had Served as Secretary t.
Many Disting uished Men,

Many Distinguished Men.
Mr.. j. j. OConnor late chief clerk of the
United States fish commission, died on Wednes-
day evening last at Providence Hospital from
the effects of surgical operation upon him
that morning for cancer of the stomach Not
having been well during the past year he con-
cluded about two months since to 60 to Provi-
dence Hospital and there have an examination
made in order to ascertain precisely the nature
of his disease. A day or two after entering the
! hospital this examination was made by physi-
clans named by himself. They pronounced his
| case lncurable and stated that a surgical opera
ton would mean certain death. as the result
has proved. He suffered. however. such in
tense pain that he finally insisted upon its per-
Torrance
MIR. OCOnnor ranked among the best ste
nographers in Washington. For the past ten
years he had been connected with the U. s. fish
commission IN various capacities, and by reason
OF his energy and industry won his promotion
to the position of chief clerk shortly after Col
Mcdonald became commissioner. In this office
he displayed executive and administrative
ability of high order. aud was from the start
very popular with the employees of the COM
mission.
During the Forty-seventh Congress Mr..
O'Connor was clerk to the House committee on
education and labor, having been appointed to
that position by Mr.. Updegraff OF Ohio its
Chairman Prior to that he assisted Mr. No
! Elhone, the chief stenographer Of the House,
! In his work there. For several years he acted
! as secretary to Mr.. George Alfred Townsend
from whom he was in the habit of taking at a
! sitting enough to make five or six newspaper
columns. all of which would be inserted in tho
newspaper as written out by Mr.. O'Connor,
such confidence had Mr.. Townsend in his abil-
ity TO get everything right
He was also private secretary to the pro-
prietor of the New York World, Mr. Pulitzer.
, when that gentleman WAS in Congress.
Mr. OConnor was born in Washington about
thirty-three years ago and leaves a widow and
| five children. His father, Mr.. Michael O'Cou-
nor, until quite recently owned the greater
portion of the land which is now known as
lexington, in the vicinity of Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-07
The Vermont Democrats.

The democratic convention OF Vermont at
Montpelier Thursday approved Mr.. Cleveland's
administration, but did not pledge the dele
gates to Chicago to vote for any candidate.
The resolutions express determination to re-
new the fight for tariff reform and oppose the
free coinage Of silver. Bradley L. Smalley Of
Montpelier was nominated for governor
George NJ. Dearborn for lieutenant governor.
Alexander Cochran Tor treasurer. John J. En-
right for secretary of state and Elisha May of
St. Johnsbury for auditor. The delegates-at-
large to Chicago are DR.. J. D. Hanrahan, John
Robinson, ]. Henry Jackson and Col. H. E.
Folsom. The convention was controlled by
Hiram Atkins. While receiving congratula-
tions he was told of the sudden death of his
wife from heart failure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-07
Pretty Girls Of Ireland.

From the Chicago News
Do you know how very pretty pretty Irish
girl is? She is like glass of fine, clear chablis
She hasn't the champagne sparkle Of the
American girl, the berry tranquility of the
German fraulein nor the vermouth suggestive
ness Of mam'selle, our French cousin She
does not intoxicate. neither does she soothe,
nor yet inspire, but she allures you There Il
something enduring Yet evanescent and heeting.
and it draws You on and on. She is like
draught Of pure. sparkling spring water that re-
freshes and never pals. She il tall. slender
and round Crisp little black curls lie against
her white neck. There is nothing creamy poe
peachy about her skin; IL il clear red and
white, and her fine black brows and curved
lashes accentuate it, And then her eyes! Why
should poets sing of the languorous orbs Of
oriental hours or the violet eyes Of the fair
women of the north when the Irish girl has
them all at one and the same time? Starry
eyes that sparkle and glow. You think they
are darby brown until some day she TURF
them upon you as she stands in the sunlighs
and sapphire 10 not more blue, and as yoa
watch her in surprise they are gray and they
are black, and you despair of telling what color
they are, but are content 70 watch than -
sumo whatever shade they will