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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-01

sumed in a manner which tempts the
conclusion aforesaid, that truth can
give points to fiction and discount it
Mr. Satterlee sent his picture to
Western exhibition, and was gratifed
to learn that it was sold Simuitane-
ously with this agreeable news came q
letter from the purchaser asking the
artist if he had painted the central fg-
ure of the old lady from imagination.
Because" continued the writer, "the
face had 80 strong an interest for me
that bough: the picture on account
Of 1t. dare not say what strange, I'M
possible hopes it raises in my mind.
But if you value the happiness of an
old man write me honestly about this
figure" Thus adjured, the artist hast
ened to state the facts to his customer.
A few days later Mr.. Satterlee
received telegram from Chicago from
his correspondent entreating him
urgently TO have the old model in his
studio at certain hour on certain
day. The hour and the day came,
bringing the old English woman to
pose, as she believed, for another pic
ture Suddenly soft tap was heard
on the door, and On Mr. Satterlee going
to il he was confronted by fine old
gentleman, who laid his finger on his
lips, enjoining secrecy, and entered
the studio with ill-conceated agitation.
The next thing that astonished the ar
list was scream from the aged model.
cry of JOY from the old gentleDan
and Mr.. Satterlee. peeping through his
draperies to discover the cause of this
extraordinary commotion, found his
two guests in each others arms At
that moment the kindly and diplomatic
painter discovered that he had immedi-
ate business with Carlton Virgins in
an adjoining studio. Returning half
an hour later, he found the old couple
still EN- bracing each other. GOD bless
you, sir" said the old gentleman, husk-
lily. I'VE owe it all to you. ] heard
she was dead thirty years ago. When
/ came back from that unfortunate
voyage ] couldn't find her anywhere,
and left Canada and went to Chicago
! have made tidy bit of money, and,
thanks to you, sir, I've got my dear
wife again. Excuse me-but L can
help it," whereupon the fine old gentle
man kissed the excellent old lady with
hearty smack again and again.
Mr.. Satterlee suddenly remembered
that he had omitted one important
matter in his conference with Mr.
Virgins. and was about to leave the
happy old folks once more alone. But
they would not hear of such a thing.
The old gentleman pinned his wife's
ragged shawl over her bosom gallant
ly, and the strangely reunited couple
went off to Chicago on the next train.
If Walter Satterlee will go to the
worlds fair next summer he viii be the
guest of honor in one of the finest
houses in Chicago.-N. Y. Sun.
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j. =. M4RTIE,
FscAped In . Cloud Of Mud.
Wholesale and Ret

One of the most perilous occupations,
next 20 the manufacture Of dynamite.
is diving for pearls The successful
diver must be courageous, active and
endowed with great presence OF mind
diver engaged in the pearl fisheries
of the gulf of California tells the story
of one OF his experiences he han filed
bag with oysters and was about To
ascend when, looking up, he saw a big
shark watching him To rise to the
surface would be fatal The man
moved quickly TO the opposite side OF
rock, stirred up a great cloud OF mud.
rose IN the darkness and reached the
side OF the boat just in time TO escape
the jaws of the big man eater. Had
the diver hesitated an instant 20 con-
ceal his move meuts in the only manner
possible his life would have paid the
penaltr. -Harper's Young People-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-01
WHALE FISHING.
The Former Cumbersome Method of Cap.
turing the Sea Monsters.

The Former Cumbersome Method OF Cap
turing the Sea Monsters.
The whale being we'll harnessed TO
the boat by means of the tow-line,
which is fastened to the flesh-imbedd
harpoon, it may either turn fulles and
sound, or, believing at times like a
buil-with a greater volume of voice,
however-it may run, as it is termed.
taking the boat in tow at a rate, it has
been estimated, all the way from tif-
teen to twenty miles an hour, when it
first starts off, but settling down to
about eight or ten knots per hour,
when it gets warmed up TO its work.
This is the old Nantucket sleigh
ride" The whale having tired itself
by running. the boat il hauled up
by the line, and side by side the
crew, with hair standing on end,
and the affrighted whale. startled
strange a load, rush through the surg
ing and fast-receding waters The Off
Ger gets set" with his hand-la lance,
and piunges about five or six feet of
cold iron into the lungs of the victim,
and perseveres without ceasing IN the
up and down motions, Familiarity known
as 'churning," as the boat persistently
clings 70 the whale. until the spout Of
the unfortunate cetacean is tiuged with
the crimson OF his own life blood. The
muscles of the strong arms now relax
upon the lance. the boat is laid off, and
the dying whale swims round and
round in an unbroken circle. This Is
the furry" Death is now merely
question of time. The blood
elected through the spiracl-s now
becomes as thick IS tar. II is
not only belief Of whalemen. hut il is
usually the fact. that the whale. during
Its dying moments, so times its encir-
cling path as 70 place its head 20 the
sun 1t now makes a heavy lurch. the
sea Is dashed into a naelstrom Of blood :
water, and the wondsrous whale rolls
heavily on its side or partly on its
back, with the fin projecting above the
water This is Timing out" A one
sided jury would say that the whale
died OF hemorrhage Of the lungs. To
use paradoxical expression some
dead whales are not always dead. Il
may be in q conatose state. but aversc
70 viyiscction: aud when the men again
approach II, and cut holes through the
lips 10 make the line fast. % TO, l.
TO the vessel. a demolished boat Or lo,s
OF life and limbs NAV De the reward.
Hence the more cautious whalemen
prick his eye" and Il the whale doc.
not finch it is supposed to be dead
Several boats take their position IN lire
ike tandem team OF horses: The tow
ropes are properly adjusted. and tn
men with merry boat-sony begin the
Ia Oorlous and nonotonous task % TOW
ing the whale 20 the vessel A dead
" hale NAV De ,o~ed more easily head
first and il i. also worthy OF mention
that . deae whale ~hen east sdrstt
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-01
THE 'ALLEY SYSTEM.

II HaS Reache4a High Degree of Devel-
opment II the City of Denver.
The alley asl it obtains in most cities
is nuisance, bst the alleys in Denver,
Col, are not orig a convenience, but
add much to the business capacity of
that busting town There is one of
these narrow passageways in the mid
die OF nearly every block in the bust-
ness section of the city. They run
through from one street TO the next,
and are a. well paved and loolzen after
as the main streets themselves. For
the man in hurry, who wishes to
make a short cut, their convenience is
apparent al = glance; while 70 the firm
with large shipping department their
value can not be over-estimated, for
goods can be received and delivered
in any quantity without blocking up
the front Of the store The benefit Of
this system is readily seen when a COM
parison Is made with the large cities
throughout the country, where only
the business houses occupying corners
can utilize the side streets for shipping
purposes Then, again, these alleys
answer another purpose which must
not be lost sight of. There are many
firms engaged in light manufacturing
which require central location and
yet have no use for a store with large
show windows. This is especially true
: of the jewelry trade which depends
entirely on custom orders and does no
transient retail business. The in
creased rentals derived from having a
double row of buildings facing thor
oughfare in the middle oil the block more
than makes up for the space lost on
account of the alley. If there is one
disadvantage about these alleys it is
the danger run by pedestrians. This is
due to the reckless driving seen every
where in the west. 1t is nothing
strange to see a wagon with a led horse
IN each side come tearing through
these alleys, and as the passage is rath
er narrow the pedestrian is lucky who
finds himself near a doorway. Hereto
fore these alleys have been paved with
asphalt or macadam. but the use of
brick is now being considered. The
first brick one has just been finished.
1t is claimed to be better than asphalt
and cheaper than macadam. If it
proves so. brick will probably be used
entirely in the future. - Mechanical
Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-01

Hello. Joe!" cried youth on Broad
way the other day, as he slapped q
gentleman vigorously between the
shoulders.
''Oh! | beg thousand pardons," he
continued, as in response to the blow
the other turned his head and revealed
liz unfamiliar face.
Took you for another man, you
know" headed, by way of an apology.
And so am another man." replied
The stranger laconicallv, as with a
shrug of the shoulders he struck across
the street, leaving the young man to
wonder how he should have framed a
more effectual apology. N Y. Herald.
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I HIS 1tkStN IN LAIN otH@- $4,000
ling and ticket for Canada On the
ship met gentleman who loved me,
and on reaching Quebec we got mar
ried" At this point the old lady began
to weep.
Dear me!' said Mr.. Satterlee, SYM
pathetically, this is a very remarkable
history even for a model Was he
viii aipP'
Indeed. no." continued she HE
was a noble gentleman. But he had
no business. and only invented things
that were of no use to anybody he
! couldn't sell them. and after spending
all nv thousand pounds we became
very poor. One day nv noble husband
got desperate, and said he was going
out to get some work. if he had 70 be
/ policeman. That's nigh on five and
thirty Years ago. and ! have never seen
him since. / heard afterward that he
couldn't get any work and had shipped
rs a sailor, Isuppcse be was drowned
For we loved each OTHER so that II be
had been alive he wonld have come
back to me- Then, having no husband
and no money, went into service. until
! grew too old. and one day somebody
said that had face like picture, 50
] came to pose as q model
Although naturally solicisous Tor the
welfare of mankind. Walter Satterlee
could not employ tho old lady after his
picture was finished He took her ad-
dress, promised 10 recommend her &c
his artist friends, and here the inter
esting incident came temporarily TO an
enc. But shsrtlv at,erward il WIS re-
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ity could not coucoct a more remarka-
BILE story than that which recently
reached its denouement beside the easel
of Walter Satterlee. This well-known
painter is cousin Of the rector and
pillar of Calvary church. Therefore
his testimony may be accepted with
ont the hesitation that might attend
similar evidence from lay and unre-
generate painter. Mr. Sattcrlee told
the stor--- simply and without any
idea that it would ever get into print at
meeting of a mum Der of n. AS.
BY this veracious narrative it appears
that some months ago an old English
woman knocked at his studio door and
inquired if he would employ her as
model. Accidentally enough. it hap
pened that at that time Mr.. Satterlee
was engaged in the composition of
picture for the chief figure of which
/ the old lady was admirably suited. He
| Immediately engaged her services For
several weeks she came to the studio
every other day until the canvas was
! finished. During this period Walter
/ Satterlee, who is one of the most af-
fable of artists, entered into frequent
conversation with his aged model and
learned something of her curious his
tory. She had never posed as a model
before, she said, but she was penniless
in strange country, and had to do
something for living
! "You must have been a handsome
girl" remarked the painter, politely.
/ Indeed have never seen finer color
or more clearly cut features in person
/ of your age"
Il was very beautiful" replied the
old lady, ingenuously. when ! was
seventeen they said that Devonshire
had no prettier girl than l was. 1t
would have been better for me if had
not been SO lovely. Then l might have
] married an honest man in my own sta
zion and been the happy mother of a
farmers children. But l was fairer
than all other girls in the country, and
that fatal gift of beauty attracted the
attention of Lord -, younger brother
of the duke of -. We loved each
other faithful and true. He was an
honorable young gentleman and meant
no harm to me. We plighted our troth
and he gave me a ring and promised to
marry me. But his proud relatives
frowned on the match, and the dukes
steward came to me one day and said
that the marriage could never take
place. L cried good deal, but the
steward said that he would make 1T
worth my while TO leave England. So
he gave me one thousand pounds ster-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-01
THE OLD VIOLIN MAKERS.
Tho Manner m Which the Wood Wa
Handled to Get Perfection.

Tho Manner IN Which the Wood Was
Handled to Get Perfection.
The great violin makers all lived
within the compass of one hundred and
fifty years. They chose their wood
from few great tim bers felled in the
South Tyrol, and floated down in RATS.
pine aid maple, sycamore, pear and
ash. They examined these to find
streaks and veins and freckles, valu-
able specifically when brought out by
vanishing.
They learned to tell the dynasty Of
the pieces of wood by touching them;
they weighed them, they struck them
and listened to judge how fast or slow,
or how resonantly they would vibrate
in answer to strings. Some portions
of the wood must be porous and soft,
some of close fiber. just the right
beam was hard to find; when found it
can be traced all through the violin of
some great master, and after his death
in those of his pupils
The piece of wood was taken home and
seasoned, dried in the hot Brescia and
Cremonia sun. The house of Stradi-
varius, the great master of all. is
described as having been as hot as an
oven. the wood was there soaked
through and through with sunshine.
In this great heat the oils thinned and
simmered slowly and penetrated far
into the wood, until the varnish be-
came a part of the wood itself
The old violin makers used to save
every bit of the wood, when they
found what they liked, to mend and
patch and inlay with it So vibrant
and so resonant is the wood of good
old viohns that they murmur and echo,
and sing in answer to any sound
Detroit Free Press
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BILL BOWEN.
He Was . Man Hard to Beat IN His Own


He Was . Man Hard to Beat IN His Own
Ranch.
wall, I'll be gol darned. Here | am
hgin, boys. back to the old ranch.
skinned as clean as whistle, a-lookin
for some tenderfoot. Thar ain no use.
fellers, quittiu' the camp and goin'
round TO them big towns a-runnin' for
suckers Tain't like it used to be way
rack in the sixties, when the boys
mosied fifty miles afoot TO get 10 town
SO as to beat the game
''Ye CANT do it, boys. I've been
a-playing faro, poker and seven up now
across the man I couldn't give two pair
and beat him at his own garIe. But,
say, this ranch amt marker to them
big brown stone houses in New York
whar they sort o start the thing ago
ing by feed that's fit for king
Thar amt no pictures of actin gals
on the walls an if a Teller popped his
Thar warn't a gun to be seen in the
hull place, and them fellers that come
in thar looked more like preachers than
dead game sports. | kind o lost my
balance, but says to myself faint no
time now TO funk or be bluffed. SO
joins in the game. Well, say. afore you
puts your money down she's gone, and
no one says word. Afor'n ten min
utes ] hain't got a cussed cent. Ye
CANT beat 'em boys, and I'll bet a
dozen blue chips to a chaw err terbaccy
If Big Bill Bowen, of Helrs Gap. can't
beat the game thar amt no one wot kin.
Them fellers wot come out here
from New York and Baws'n a-lookin'
for big stakes must be pretty dol darned
slow, f>r an, net one of EN- yet wot
could beat Bill Bowen in his own
ranch st Louis Republic.
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His Preference.

Wont you sit down in this chair,
Willie?" said the kind lady who lived
next door to the little fellow who had
come to pay her call
IF it's all the same to you, mann,
said the little visitor, a shadow of pain
creeping over his innocent young face:
I'D prefer to sit in a chair with soft
cushion. / hid pas collarbutton yes
to-day morning and he found it out. -
Judge.
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A Freak.

Pessie-He was very lmpudenr. Re
put his arm around me twice.
Jessie-Humphl He must have had
a very long arm.-Puck.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-01
a Dinncuit Variety to Obtain.

a DifhcuIt Variety to Obtain.
Barnes Qaying aside letterl-Fd
ike I git this ERE Teller fer hired
man.
Mrs. Barnes-Why, Josh?
Barnes - Cause he signs himself:
"Your obedient servant-"-Puck
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GRANDFATHER.

aY1ndfsther sits IN his large easy chsfI.
Where she sun ktsses his thin whitehead hadrs
In the wasm sunlight he 4ooss 10 and fro.
Thinking of deys IN tho long. long ago,
Tbe daFe Of bis youth when he was q bog.
Fun Of yOdIhS pleasures. fD1d mO4hcfsa ~;
E0w as he sits rocking there 70 and fro
Hes living again In that long, long ago
IN all OF those years now nearly four score.
With all Of the scenes his mind hath IN stare,
There is none SO vivid in memories glow
AS those OF his youth IN that Long, long agos
The face Of each playmate ~ fair and as bright
As the red sunset glow on yesterday night:
The form and the voice. each face and each
name,
In his memory's eye arc ever the same
As be rocks to and fro he's living onoc more
The pleasures his memory h0ldeth in store,
He feels not the weight Of bis four score years.
his ere is not dirnned by the mist OF tears;
There's rather q smile in bis fading eyes,
As thoughts Of his youth In his mind arise;
The deep wrinkled face grows brighter and
Az thoughts leave eheir sweesest expression
there.
Rock grandfather. rock and live over again,
Those days Of your youth that bring you nc
pam;
The years ofyour toll their troubles and care
In memory And no resting place there.
How dear to the lged those scenes Of their
youth,
They live, ever live, immortal as truth;
Fresh IN the mind ss the suuiights bright ray,
Give blessings to age, by night and by day.
y. L. Anderson. in Inter Ocean.
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Have you any more of those genu-
inc antiques" asked Mrs De Porque
"No'm." replied the dealer. These
strikes has KEEP US away behind with
our orders "-Washington Star.
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will beat to windward, the natural mo-
tions of the fiukes having a tendency to
propel the body.-James Temple Brown,
in Century.
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He--f you did not love me, why did
you encourage me?
She-I? Encourage you?
He-For two seasons You have &C
cepted every one of my invitations TO
the theater, etc.
She-That was not because l loved
YOU: it was because loved the theater.
N. Y. Weekly.
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