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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-09

railroad plans everybody turns to
the elevated lines The problem
is nothing less than this: To
carry Ave hundred thousand people back
and forth from the business section 70
the new wards ten miles away beyond
the harlem, without neglecting the
million who still live on Manhattan
Island There must be express trains
running forty miles an hour and local
trains stopping every half or quarter
mile. There must be an east side and
west side system, with fanlike branches
across the river. No other city has
such problem. No resident of London,
even, must travel ten miles or moro for
cheap homo,
The elevated lines are doing mag
nifcens work for the city, but they are
overburdened. When train draws up
ct the City Hall station for fresh load
Of passengers, If it is summer the wait
ing throngs use windows as well as doors
IN their haste TO get IN. In winter the
jam is more decorous-and dangerous.
People are crushed, beaten, tramped
upon. Nothing could be worse, I would
soy, If it weren't for the Brooklyn
bridge.
So long as Jay Gould was alive his
name was like a red rap 70 n bull when
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-09
HARD ON THE HAIR.
Tho Disastrous Effects of Using Naturi
Gas.

Tho Disastrous Effects of Using Natural
Gao.
When natural gas from a partial
fuel came tc be used for cooking and
heating solely, and in great degree for
illuminating purposes in Pittsburgh,
the hair Of Pittsburghers began TO fall
out in most alarming fashion.
Women were victims more than men
"a result doubtless caused by the fact
that houses are usually warmer thsn
Offices and men less confined by their
business than women. through their So
Eialand domestic duties.
The seeds of the complaint, accord
ing TO the Chicago Journal, were sowed
deeply the first year that gas was intro
duced into houses for domestic pur-
poses. That was before the DAYS Of
meters and the fifteen cents per thou
sand rate Gas was given away almost
then in yearly contracts. People who
had been cold all their lives on hard
coal at eight dollars a ton began to
warm up and the torrid zone prevailed
everywhere.
The Philadelphia company was amply
Tevenged for the wasting of its gas by
the way the furniture warped and by
the shedding of their patrons hair.
The ladies discovered the new COM
plant first When they patted their
bangs, after the fashion of gentle
womankind, mesh of hair would come
away in their fingers, and if they only
crooked their hands threateningly
toward an erring husbands locks, all
the hairs that We're unsafe in their foun-
dalton in his head would drop abjectly
TO the floor.
Society, of course, has delayed its du-
cheese lace handkerchiefs with bitter
tears over the remnants of passing
glory. The poodle and its mistress have
mingled their hairs in mutual sorrow,
and grave-faced iron manufacturers
have come together to determine how
the mvtsbility of boards might be pre-
vented. The grief of Samson for his
shorn head would be but drop in the
bucket of tears shed over the stealthy
-denuding of their polls by the inhabi-
tants of Pittsburgh.
BARRIERS and hairdressers are endeav-
oring to come to the rescue. They make
green lotions for arresting the disap-
pearance of the rnustache, and pink To-
tons for coaxing the boards not to de-
sert the face to which it primarily be-
1onged. There are bang concoctions
and back hair washes, but individually
and collectively they all fail in their
work of reform
Those who can afford it are spending
all the summer, and as much of the
winter as business permits, far from the
haunts of the enemy; while the larger
majority of the citizens try to take COM
fort in the fact that each mans hirsute
bosses can be matched by his neighbor
six to half a dozen
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-09
GOING TO CALIFORNIA,

Little Gold DiRgers Board tho Great
Black Ship Andalusia.
4 great black ship was fastened to
! one of the wharves in New York, nearly
ready to sail away around Cape Horn to
| California.
| The passengers came on board. and
| among them was dear little mother
with two children, named Nettie and
| Bert There were other children, too,
but they did not belong to this mother.
The childFen's father had been in Cali
fornia two years. He had sent Nettie
real gold dollar and gold pencil,
and Bert two pieces of yellow gold just
as it was dug out of the ground. Now
! they were all going ont to live in Cali
fornia.
The ships name was Andalusia- On
the prov was a wooden figure of
woman with long, painted yellow hair
and very red cheeks.
You could see this only from the
front. but the blue dress and gilded
necklace and belt were lovely to look
at.
The big captain walked about look
ing very fierce, and he gave his orders
in voice that made the storm seem
quiet.
At first the children, and their moth
ers, too, staid in their rooms and were
seasick. Then one by one they crept
out on deck, pale and misera Die, but
when they breathed the fresh air it
soon made them rosy and hungry.
The chin lnol-a6 feOro Jaal-
and it was beautiful to see the full
white sails and the flag, the deep-blue
sky above and the darker blue water
below, and to watch the seagulls and
the foaming white track left behind
the ship as she sailed.
Capt. Wilson was stern, and said lit
tie except to give orders while on deck,
and all the children on board were
afraid Of him, except Nettie.
And the way she made his acquaint.
ance was this. He was pacing the
deck and looking sad and troubled.
Nettie walked up to his side and slipped
her dimpled little hand into his big
one, and walked along beside him, but
did not speak.
She had to trot to keep up with his
long steps, but he held her hand close
and looked down at her and smiled.
From that time on Nettie took long
walks with the captain. They went
back and forth only about forty feet,
but they went back and forth good
long while, and Nettie's fat little legs
grew tired sometimes, and then the
captain took her up on his shoulder
Bert made friends with old Marshall.
the bo's'un, and in little while learned
to tie sailor knot, splice a rope, and in
less than a week he knew the names of
all the ropes on the ship
Every rope has its own name, so
that the men would know which rope
10 pull up or let down, to raise or
lower the sails. Bert even wanted to
climb up into the rigging like the
sailors, but the bo's'un said:
Now, loolS-a-here, younker. II the
cap'p catches you so much as touchin'
a ratline, he'll have a cato -nine-tails
flying round here"
What is that?" asked Bert
'Well, it is so bad that it couldn't be
worse. " answered Maxwell
Il always keep my promises" said
Bert slowly.
Well then, promise me that Won
won't never go climbing around no.
where off the deck, and Wen be ship |
mates"
IN promise" said Bert. and then
they shook hands on it.-Olive Harper,
IN Our Little Men and Women.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-09

summer IS as Iaborious and exhauSting
as the winter, and they return unre-
freshed. They bore too heavy load
to reach the heights of healthier, better
living.
Almost every girl born into an honor
able. God-fearing family means to be a
good and useful woman; to climb near
er to her Master every day. But many
of them have habits of Stiffness, it may
be, or of fretfulness, or of malicious
gossip, or some lesser fault which seems
trivial to them. 1t is pleasant; they
can not bring themselves to put il
away; but it holds them back at every
step.
The Alps rise before every man in his
youth; the heights of fame, of success,
of honor. But he has a taste for liquor,
for exaggeration, for sharp dealing, for
some agreeable vice, or, it may be. for
nothing worse than indolent comfort
Whatever 1t is, he does not give ii up.
So at last in his climbing he slips
and falls, never to rise again. He car
ried weight.
In Bunyan's wonderful sllegory of
the passage of astruggling soul through
the world, the burden (which Christian
carried was not gross sin alone; it was
made up, perhaps, of small failings and
weaknesses, harmful only because they
hindered him in his course.
Do yea, too, carry weight?-Youth's
Companion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-09
a PICTURE IN THE AIR.
Tho Unconscious Rudeness of 3 Usually
Very Polite Boy.

Tho Unconscious Rudeness of Usually
Very Polite Boy.
have long and long ago been drilled
into making no personal remarks"
unless it be in strict privacy, nor to APP
pear to notice, except in a guardedly
complimentary manner, the apparel
| and looks Of anyone with whom como
in contact.
On the whole, it is fine thing TO be
so drilled it saves yourself and others
many a time from embarrassment and
awkwardness, and only little while
ago had most painful experience of
what it may lead to If people, even chill
dren, lack this self-restraint. Somebody
"a dear friend and good man-had
come to luncheon. A youthful friend of
mine was Of the party-a jolly little
lad, full of innocent mischief, but as a
rule very well behaved at table when
strangers are present for be is shy, and
also he has been taught to take an in
terest In what big people talk about.
He behaved bea utifully, and attracted
nobody's atten ton. But toward tho
end of the meal l saw that the sweets
C1 ilIo J4atO NC4O uu COuSlCu, anu L1dU
he was looking very intently at our
visitor. He never noticed that I was
looking at him, SO absorbed was he;
while wondering still what might be
going through his small mind at that
moment, one of his hands came
slowly out from under the
table, he pointed his forefnger
at the guests face, and slowly
and carefully drew in to the air an out
line of the gentleman's very pronounced
features. Can't you imagine my feel
ings? Between a terrible struggle not
to burst out laughing at the altogether
unconscious performance and the ex-
IRENE anxiety that the man thus ere
reproduced" should not see what was
being done to him, l just managed to
keep a steady voice. But itwas quite
awful, and / don't think our youthful
friend will have the wish of repeating
the experiment, for believe his moth
er, whose face noticed to be painfully
flushed with crimson as she also no.
ticed her promising sons artistic en-
deavors, gave him great lecture on
the subject afterward. Pail Mall
Budget.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-09
OUR YOUNG READERS.
A SCHOLARS SUGGESTIONS.

II teachers mean by examination
To show the scholars information,
Why do they carefully seek out
Such difficult things to ask about
These are the questions. as q rule,
The teachers ask Us in our school:
Whats the time IN the Congo state
When Persian clocks are striking eight"
'Halve the square of seventy three,
And what will q tenth of sixteen be-"
What was the reason Chsrlenagne
Sent his great erandaunt to SPAIN"
EXP lain what came OF the Gothic war,
And what the Turks were fighting for
When Venice conquered Charles MRrtel,
And ancient ConstRntinople fell.
Name the products of Peru.
And all the rulers of Tim buctoo."
Point out the errors in the words:
Green chooses are not made Of curds;'
Him was not the friend of hs;'
He hadn't ought TO written me.'~
Now, for instance, we'll suppose,
They wish to show what fellow knows,
Then they'll be glad of few suggestions
As TO set Of useful questions.
What did one Columbus DO
In October, 1922
VIII some bright scholar kindly say
Which is 1ndepe ndence Day?'"
What little girl will be SO candid
As to tell as when the pilgrims landedf"
THE war Of 1912. my dear.
Was fought in wnat particular year,"
Kindly tell Us, il you will,
What nations fought at Bunker Hill7'
who cut down a cherry tres.
And helped to make a nation freei"
Name certain English queen
Who still! upon her throne is seen"
II teachers emily had the tact
To hit upon the proper fact,
Recitations then would bs
More cTsdita bls to them and me.
st. Nicholas
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-09
SOLDIERS CRUEL SPORT.
The True Story Concerning the Famous
Cats of Kilkenny.

Everybody has heard of the famous
cats of Kilkenny.
Each cat thought there was one cat too many,
So they quarrelled and ft,
They scratched and they bit.
Till, excepting their tails
And some scraps of their nails,
Instead Of two cats there want any.
Not verybody knows. however, the
true story of the cats. In 1898 or 1903
historians differ about even so impor
tant dates as this-kilkennv was gar
risOned by Hessian soldiers during
rebellion in Ireland. One night some
Of the soldiers amused themselves by
cruelty tying the tails of cats to-
gether, and throwing the animals
across a clOthes-line TO fight. An Off
Ger entered the room to stop the inhu-
man sport; but soldier who saw him
coming gave a great slash with
sword, and cut off the tails of both
cats. The cats escaped out of the win
dow, but the bloody tails had TO be ae-
counted for. The quick-witted soldier
who had cut the feline knot cody re-
piled to the officers question that the
eats had devoured each other, with the
exception of their tails; and the story
was thought to be so good that it was
perpetuated in verse. At least that is
the story told in explanation of the
well-known rhyme. -Harpers Young
paC,,1a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-09
APPALLING FIGURES.
Art Versus Arithmetic In . Domestic ]
bAte-WhY McSMat ShaNea.

Art Versus Arithmetic In . Domestic De-
bste-why Mcswst Shayss.
Mrs McSwat-Billiger, how often do
you get shaved?
Mr.. McSwat-About four times G
week, on an average.
How much time does il usually re-
quire?"
About half an hour"
Half an hour four times a week.
four and one-third days in a year. and
nearly month and half in ten years
Think of it, Billiger. If you would let
your beard grow you would save time
enough in ten years"
But look here, Lobelia Great Scott,
/ don't want to let it grow. Did YOU
ever see me with one?"
No. but"
We'll, let it be the cause of the mos,
heartfelt JOY and gratitude you ever
experienced, Lobelia, that you never
did With full beard. madam, I look
like a cocoa nut in o TT of deliriun
tremens- I tried it once years ago
Dogs barked at me in the street. chill.
dren fed from me in terror. footpads
who caught a glimpse of me by moon.
light or the pale, Pickering rays Of 3
street lamp dropped their cudgels and
skunk tremblingly up the alleys, and
was offered one hundred dollars a week
and all expenses by q Snowman for a
years engagement NV portrait was
hawked all over the country as the
most hideous-''
II don't believe any of that stu e,
Billiger, and I'm sure"
Don't interrupt me, madam Nv
beard grows straight out up. down,
sideways, every bristle for itself. like
the spines on the fretfUi chestnut and
1t grows in every shade and color,
from brindie to vsrmilion. and back
again. If you could see me once with
q hedge all over my face you would"
But think of the time you lose in"
THE time lose. Look here. How
often do You do up your hair?"
Every day of my life, of course; but
that's different"
That's different is it, eh7 How long
does it take you to do it up?"
II think you're"
You needn't answer. know how
long it takes. I've seen you do it often
enough / takes you half an hour
every blessed day of your life to look
after your frizzes, II that's what YOU
call them. Think of Ii. Halt an hour
a DAY, three hours and half a week,
nearly eight days in year, a whole
year in a century. Lobelia. you'd bet
ter go and look after the baby."-Chi.
cago Inter-Ocean.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-09

Nearly a century ago celebrated
gambler made bet which deserves 20
be recorded Tor its peculiarity After a
run Of iIl-luck with Lornc he jumped
mp suddenly and, seizing large punch
bowl that stood near. said: For once
III have "a bet where III have an equal
chance Of winning ODD or even Tor
fifteen hundred guiueas2' "Oddr' re-
piled the peer, with the utmost COM
posure. Dash went the punch bowl
against the wall, and the pieces being
counted, unfortunately FOR the Young
hero Of the experiment, there proved %
be an odd number and he was a ruined
man Wavorlv Magazine.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-09
JAPANESE GOODS.
They Are Packed In Substantial and Work
nanlike Manner.

they Are Packed Ia Substantial and Work
manlike Manner.
Of tho various foreign countries whose
shipments of exhibits have passed
through the jackson park custom house
the packing cases from Japan have been
the most So hstautial and have preserved
their contents in the best shape. Two
or three car loads of these exhib-
iits now piled in the north end of the
manufactures building show the gen
.ers1 vvoTknan6ke manner Of the Japan
ese. Every case is made of frst-class
yellow pine, joined in a perfect manner
and strongly bound with iron bands. A
model of a pleasure boat three feet
1ong recently received serves as an ex-
ample of the precautions of these peo-
pie
The outside case was Of yellow pine.
one and one-haf inches thick and
planed on both sides. Around this outer
case were broad bands Of steel, held in
place by screws Inside was tin box
soldered together and held from rolling
about by layers Of rice straw. Inside
lof the tin case was another wooden
ease, finely finished, and inside of this
nestled in cotton batting was the model
of boat. The figure-head at the PROV
was gaudy japanese pheasant, and
I'll, whole craft was: Iacquered and
finished as the japanese know so well
how to do. This model was released by
the customs officers and was taken 10
the japanese headquarters at Sixty
seventh place.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-09
what Is Baby. Anyway.

a London paper has been gathering
in answers to the question, What is a
baby, anyway" and has just awarded
a prize to the best expression. Here
are some of the brightest answers:
Fathers rival in mothers love"
The magic soul by which the gods
transform house into home"
"A mite of a thing that requires q
mighty lot Of attention"
"A native of all countries that speaks
the language of none"
"A pleasure 20 two. a nuisance 70
every other body and a necessity TO the
world"
"A crying evil that you only aggra-
vate by putting down"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-09
N.w York aad Chicago.

There was time when Boston claimed
to be the literary capital Of the coun-
try. Il a book appeared without The
Boston imprint It's name was Den
failure I mean.
Then New York divided the houo-s.
getting more than is share after . 81
tie as is way Is. Now the country l.
too big for literary circles TO srroEste
10 themselves exclusive privileges Chi
cage publishes lots of good books s.
Louis imprint Is upon the title page II
one Of the best long poems II the year.
Pref Eyars version y the Iannaaus-r
legend. Minneapolis prints admirable
socety novels Cincinnati = great
headquarters for school oocA pu5Aca-
tons
Ihe~e reflections are suggested ~
seeing Hattie Ting C-iswo.d's risr-r
society novel with Is Chicago imprint
4EA Gz.Avso.d 3 t--e da1zh;er al AzzzzA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-09
mARvELS OF FICTION.
Even Azthors Who Have studied Ne,
cine FAN Into Errors

Even Azthers Who Have studied Nf,dl
cine FAN Into Errors
Doctors laugh. according to the Boz
ton Globe. and with reason, when au-
thors dsbble in medical matters. for
the incidents narrated in novels are
often not only improbable. but impos-
sibie.
Dumas made guiIotined head speak
and weep
One of the strangest things in Monte
Cristo' is the way Ia which the old
revolutionist Nortier manages 70 live
on. Paraly4ed in every part Of his body
except his eyelids. which he wiai5s
freely
Yet the cid fellow reasons acutrlv.
and finds no difficulty whatever in svval-
lowing food or drink
Dumas seemed absolutely unaware
that such n paralytic condition as he
describes in Nortier's case involved Of
necessity brain damage OF the most Sc
rious kind
Then there was Krook. the "lo~si
chancellor" in Bleak House w,
went of this earthly stage by spou;a-
neous combustion. Dickens might wei
be excused for falling into an er-ar
which was at that time commonly be-
heved in by people who ought TO have
known better.
Bulwer Lytton went in for medical
marvels in 'Zanoni, 50 but as be was a
student Of mystic lore. and actually
learned mage from a professed than
naturglst the Able Constant, his won
ders were attributable not SO much 20
his ignorance of medical science. rs to
his belief in the elixir q life and The
transmutation Of metals
Willcie Collins made speciality Of his
medical knowledge, but his medical
men and their wonderful doings s,uld
never have existed outside his own i'm
agination
The poets arc, If possible, even worse
offenders in the matter of their death
scenes than the novelists.
man pulls two-drach1n vial Of
some poison h'on his breast. swallows
the contents, proceeds 10 make two
hnndred-line speech without a pang OF
gasp, staggers gracefully backwards
70 a conveniently placed scat. drops
upon 1t clsps the region Of The heart
with both hands, and dies after a little
eonvulslvc movement Of the legs.
Heart disease, too. carried off haro!nes
IN a fashion quite unknown 20 doctors,
and. although it is Of the variety known
ss broken heart hus characteristics
which must not be generally associated
with fracture of so important an organ
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UNNECESSARY BURDENS.
Law Them Aside IA You Begin the DANCE,
Gus and DiHcuIt Ascent.

Law Them Aside "a You Begin the Danger
ous and DiISeult Ascent.
Livery summer ambitious travellers.
both men and women, attempt the as
cent Of Mont Blanc The guides usu-
ally are engaged at the village of Cha
mouniX They are skilled men. licensed
by the government for this dangerous
duty. and the inexperienced adventurer
Is obliged 10 submit implicitly to their
directions.
In preparing for the start, the first
care Of the guide l. 70 remove from the
traveller every weight which might
impede has ascent His very clothes
must be light, though warm. 4 few
ounces more or less in case of a serious
accident, may mean all the difference
between life and death. One can not
climb Mont Blanc dressed as for an or
binary summer ramble.
Now we as friend and guide to the
boys and girls desire to say that they
arr beginning an ascent more difficult
ana dangerous than that OF any peak
IN the Alps, and that too many Of them
are laying upon themselves loads that
WIZ impede their upward progress, and
possibly IN some cases drag them TO
Iuin2
Here are Young girls, for instance.
VINO are worn ont by the winters work
or play, and who 20 10 the country As
summer comes On to gain health and
strength.
They spend weeks in the preparation
81 elaborate and costly costumes %
take with Them. They load their
bodies with this SNOWY tn-rv. and their
minds with anxiety as TO IT'S c6ect. The
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-09
Tricks In Every Trade.

A well-known publisher said to me
the other day; The book business is in
a bad way, at least for the publishers
of cheap books and monthly libraries
The competition is tremendous not
alone among publishers but among
writers as well. So much matter is
submitted for consideration that it is
impossible even TO read it. / believe
that every man, woman and child in
the United States has written a book,
or believes SO, at any rate"
us it true that readers do not exam
inc manuscripts | afterwards asked
an experienced editor.
Yes and no." was the reply. I'VE
read everything worth reading. Slush