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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-23

vito or husband be now tortured by
glacial spinal applications. This Can
adian philanthropist has devised an in
dia rubber bottle which can be fastened
to any incandescent electric light wire
and which can be cheated almost instan-
taneously by pressing the button. In size
the bottle Is about one foot long and
some six inches in diameter, both long
and broad enough to heat the sole of
any foot east Of Chicago. Inside, the
wire, which enters through lead cyl
inder forming the neck of the bottle,
connects with resistance coil This
resistance coil, like all such coils which
are used in electric heaters, is formed of
wire too small to carry the current, SO
that the electrical energy not finding
an outlet Is transformed into heat In
few moments, if the current is strong
enough, water can be brought to the
boiling point, but this temperature is
never required, save in Borean climates
and in the case of unusually recalci-
trant feet,
There is man down in Virginia with
an idea-not that ideas are rare in Vir-
ginia, nor that Virginian with one is
curiosity-but this mans idea is
novel. He is persuaded that the tip
ping habit will in all likelihood con-
tinue until the millennium comes and
that until humanity in the concrete ex-
periences a change of heart and gets
religion there will be always number
of good brethren who will do their bib
bling away from the profane gaze of the
public. Yet there are occasions, as the
observant Virginian probably knew,
when drink is necessary in throng,
even at the risk of reputation for alb
stinence. 1t was to fill this aching void
that he employed his inventive genius.
He knew that canes had been converted
into drinking TASKS and that opera
glasses had been made the receptacles
of spirituous liquors; but opera glasses
and canes are considered outre in
Virginia, and man developing an
infatuation for. either would be regard
ed with suspicion by strangers and with
anxiety by his friends.
What is more innocent in appearance
than clothesbrush with heavy wood
en- back and stiff bristies? Who would
think that it contained a pint Of good
bourbon? Yet this combination OF
good and evil was the elimination of
the Machiavelian Virginian's concen-
tration upon the liquor question.
His brush, patented few days ago,
has thick hollow back which contains
a glass flask securely concealed from
view, with drinking cup fitted snugly
to the reduced neck Of the bottle.
Either end of the brush can be easily
removed and the flask taken out and re-
filed.
Out in the land Of the tornado and
cyclone some restraint is necessary to
hold houses in position. These high
winds have distressing habit of elevat-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-23
foa TReAT1no EYES AMI EARS
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lated and the current does not affect any
part save ct the points of contact OF the
absorptive material with the flesh. The
body itself serves as . return conductor
for the current.
For the ears the apparatus is shaped
something like skeleton of an ear
muff. wires passing around the lobes
holding the device in position. These
wires are insulated conductors of the
current. and from them branches an
ERIN terminating in small piece of
PONCE, which rests against the tympa-
mum and acts as the electrode For both
of the devices single ell battery of
low potentially is used. Too high a
current might destroy either sight or
hearing, and the strength must be care
fully graduated
While ministers and Neutrality-suspicious.
have wrestled vainly with the divorce
problem, an Ottawan (Canada) genius,
in inventing an electric hot water bot
tie, has done much toward alternating,
If not obviating, one of the principal
contributory causes. There is no more
necessity now for cold, anemic feet. in
comparison with which icicles are
cheerful and comforting, nor need any
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-23
TEACHING TO SEW.
How to Interest Little Girls In tho Cs
of the Needle.

How to Interest Little Girls In tho Csc
of the Needle.
Little girls of seven or eight years are
generally very anxious to initiate their
mothers in most of the work they see
her perform. They ask to help her,
and are so pleased when they are sup
piled with the needle, thread, and a
piece Of goods which, in many instances,
is stiff new cotton. The little woman
with few brief instructions from her
mother perches herself on high chair,
to commence her task. She tolls indus
triously to puncture that impossible
cotton, and that refractory needle re-
wards her efforts by pricking the poor
little fingers She is about to give up,
but her mother tells her she will never
learn, if she does not have patience and
persevere She tries again and finally
succeeds in making great cat stitches
She concludes that she has sewed
enough to-day and, tucking the work in
her mothers basket, says, Maybe to-
morrow I'll finish it," bu. the next day
it is the same old story, she loses inter
est and finally whispers to her mother,
81 don't believe / want to learn sew
ing, it hurts too bad" Can we blame
the child?
In teaching children their letters we
supply them with bright cololed prim-
ers and blocks, in order that they will
become interested and learn easily.
Why not do the same in sewing? Do
not ever ask a child to sew on new
goods. Old Canton flannel is capital
thing to use. Tear off pieces three and
one-half inches square. for if their work
is bulky their little hands soon become
cramped and tired On some of these
old squares, trace a pear, an apple. a
peach: on others, draw vegetables. such
as a turnip, a potato. tomato, carrot,
etc. They are all simple IN outline and
easily drawn. Procure number of
colored skeins of etching thread and a
suitable needle. Begin by showing
your little girl the stitch on the simplest
pattern. say the apple or pear. Work
it brown and red and she will be de-
lighted to see the fruit growing under
her busy little fingers A promise to
let her work the strawberr next X
she is careful. Will stimulate her 20 doing
her very best The stem of this fruit
can be worked in green, the outline IN
red and the seeds, which consist IN sim
gle stitches must be done IN yellow.
The needle glides into the old goods
without sticking her and she Is inter
es,ed- When the child has completed a
number, or ali. of these squares. and /
would not allow her 70 do more than
one day, buy her a stamped doiley or
tray cloth and let her work Il for
graudma's Christmas present. or for
some other beloved friend How
pleased and encouraged the little one
viii De to present it. When she has
obtained ease IN threading and hand
ling her needle she viii no longer
dread running the seams and turning
hem>-MarthA Newton.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-23

The amount of the precious metals
that go into the gold and silversmiths'
arts is enormous Europe consumes up
ward of 81. 900, 600 worth of gold and
silver annually for plate. jewelry and
ornaments.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-23

ing dwellings and barns and Of transfer
ring them in sections to the next county
or even state. The first thing a farmer
does out there after building his house
is to place a heavy mortgage on top,
with the possible object of d;shearten-
ing tho cyclone; but the tornado is no
respecter of persons or of farm mort
gage trusts, and when one comes along
the mortgage, however weighty, is
pretty sure to be lifted together with
the farmer and the house The uncer-
tain and unheralded approach of these
terrific gales does not tend to tranquil
lily or a sense of security.
At the first apprehension of a visit
from cyclone the farmer, tumuituous-
~ followed by his wife and family,
packs off to his cellar or lowers him
self down a we'll. Here he waits until
all has quoted, not knowing whether
he will rest in his bed or study sstron-
omy all night II the house has stood
but it rarely does-an is well and
good, but, if it is gone, then all he can
do is TO build another for the fat and
healthy mortgage to come back and
roost upon.
A man out in Denver has patented an
idea which he thinks will materially
change this condition of affairs. He
is intimate with cyclones, having met
several in Kansas, and from his acute
observation of their characteristics he
is persuaded that he can knock out the
strongest OF them. In the piquant Ian
guage Of the unsophisticated west he is
willing to bet dollars to doughnuts that
he can stop tornado in one round.
His plan is simple enough. A strong
iron band passes over the gables and
roof of the house, to which it is firmly
bolted; the ends Of the rod terminate in
loops which are buried in the ground
and carefully tackled down by large
wooden stakes, q mallet and the hired
man. As sort of additional precau-
ton a small pyramidal house of refuge
is attached. also terrifying combina-
ton of heavy anchors. sills and beams,
which the inventor believes will stand
eternaIly. In addition this amateur re-
formatory institution has infinite pos
sibilities as summer house, hencoop
or sale a manager for the pigs, which.
will commend it ut once to the intelli-
gent agriculturist.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-23
HE HELD THEM UP.
The Art OF the BelAted Stranger Was To
Much for the Footpad


Much for the Footpad
Footpad-Hold up yer hands!
Belated Stranger Chastity complying)
Certainly. And while my hands are
in this position permit me to call your
attention to a new and improved ar
rangement Of my own invention for at
taching a cuff to the sleeve of a shirt
and holding it in its proper place so it
will not slip or become loose, but re-
main rigidly fixed at the exact point
where you fasten it no matter what
the strain may be it will never project
too far beyond the edge of the coat
sleeve if properly attached in the first
place nor will it ever slip suddenly Off
the hand in a moment of excitement or
sudden gesture such as every human
being more particularly a gentleman is
liable when least expected to the annoy
ance and modification of the wearer yet
as you see the cuff may be detached by
a simple pressure of the thumb and
finger either for removal or for chang
ing the adjustment up or down the
wrist as may be necessitated by the
length of the sleeves which is not always
the same in the case of all the coats in
a gentleman's wardrobe some of them
being for dress occasions and necessar-
lily of greater length than those used
for business or working purposes but
what I claim and am prepared to
show to the satisfaction of any man
alive, is that this simple device which
should be a part of every gentleman's
wardrobe by simply placing it in the
buttonhole Of the cuff in the manner
in which you see it here before you and
bring the spring clamps together on
the fabrics of the shirt sleeves and any
point that may be desirable between
the gussst and the binding at the end
of the sleeve in the manner indicated
will give the most perfect satisfaction
in every case or money re funded and in
order to introduce this most desirable
invention into your city / am furnish
ing them at the ridiculously low price
Of"
But the footpad had fed bowling
down the street Chicago Tribune
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-23
]. A. BISHOP,
Wholesale and Retail
WALL PAPER
Paints. Oils and Glass.
$50 N Market ST.. DT1chjtH. Kan

-Jiggles--1 hear Scribberly has gone
blind How'd it happen? Jaggles-
Lost his sight trying to find his articles
in print, poor fellow.-Troy Press
Singer Your wife has rather
strange ideas of economy. Husband
Oh, no; l ara very well acquainted with
them-have been for years-Inter
Ocean
an American girl was once shown
some cannon at Woolwich Arsenal, the
sergeant in charge remarking: "You
know we took them from you at Bun
ker Hill" Yes" she replied, 81 see
you've got the cannon, but guess we've
got the hill"
-Answered-''Hea the joke on
Scribble?" mo: what was i.?'' ''He
got mad because he couldn't get any
stories accepted, and wnote one editor
a sarcastic letter. asking him how much
it cost to get into his magazine The
editor sent him card of advertising
rates"-Truth
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-23
A RUSSIAN JUDICIAL SOLOMON

HOW He Got All the Meat There Was in
the Legal Nut.
Oriental Justice sometimes finds a par
allel in Russia, where judges and law
yers see no difficulty in making eccen-
trio decisions and taking the meat Of
the mt for themselves, leaving the
shells for plaintiff and defendant
One day at a village market shoe
maker bought calfskin for two and
one-half rubles, and, having no money
with him went home to procure it
The farmer meanwhile sold the skin
to a second buyer for three rubles-
Then the original buyer returned, and
when he discovered the trick that had
been played was SO indignant that a
quarrel ensued, and the matter was
brought before justice.
''You bought the skin first?" said the
latter to the shoemaker, after listening
to the evidence
''Yes."
For how much?"
''Two and half ruble"
''Have you the money!"
"Yes.'
PUT it on the table"
Then turning to the second buyer the
justice asked: ''You bought the skin
afterward and paid for it?'
"Yes'
show much did you pay?"
'"Three rubles"
"Have you the skin%
s'Yes."
Put it under the table"
The man obeyed and the farmer was
next addressed.
"You agreed to sell for two and one
half rubles, and as the buyer did not re-
turn promptly with the money you sold
to another for three rubles?"
''Yes."
'Have you the three rublesT
Eyes"
''Put them on the table"
When this had been done the Judge
delivered his decision: 1.-THE shoe
maker is to blame for bargaining with
out money and thereby endangering
the peace of the town. The second
buyer is to blame for outbidding an
other, and the seller for dealing with
people without money. Now all three
of you 60. March,
And they went perforce, leaving skin
and money behind them.-Chicago
Times.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-23

Carnegie steel company. Instead of
forming steel by adding spiegeleisen or
ferro-manganese to the charge in the
Bessemer converter after decarburizing
the iron by the blast, the molten metal
IS run into q receiving vessel which con-
tains finely divided free carbon. A
small quantity OF. the metal Is first run
in, then the carbon is spread upon its
surface and finally the full converter
charge is discharged This process, it
is expected, will reduce the cost Of
manufacturing steel.
Thomas A. Edison has obtained a
patent on the generation of the electric
: current which may lead eventually to
the solution of the problem of gener-
citing electricity from combustion.
Edison's method consists substantial
~ in generating electricity in a heated
chamber, exhausted of air, from the re-
action of carbon with chemical COM
pound, the nature of which is not yet
form one electrode and carbon rod
the other. Much may be expected from
this latest invention of the Wizard of
MEMO Park" If his chemical is a cheap
one. The discovery certainly embodies
new principles.
The Japanese bury their dead sitting
In tubs In q cramped and uncomforta-
BILE position, and the New York dwell
lers in flats take their baths in similar
manner. 1t is doubtful which Of tho
two fates is preferable. Bath tubs in
modern flats are of the size of gener-
Gus soup tureen and it is necessary to
battle by the installment plan.
A Chicago fend, not satisfied with
the present almost microscopical pro-
portions of these tubs, has invented a
folding ono which may save an inch or
80 more of space. and which, according
TO him, satisfies the most critical and
artistic lover of household art" This
new tub, when folded together, is
about three feet six inches in height,
something less than two feet thick, and
slightly wider than It's depth Let
down, water reservoir, heated by
gas or gasoline Jet, with n cock opening
into the tub, is disclosed The tub is
made of any metal, lined or unEned
with porcelain. It's appearance is
claimed to be meat, ornate and chaste,"
especially when the surrounding case Is
IN the verisimilitude of piano. 1t is
made also in a cabinet form. with
beveled looking glasses. For anyone
who desires TO battle in his parlor it
will be . decided acquisition.
A few years since the market was
flooded with electric hairbrushes, tooth
brushes, bathbrushes and belts, all
warranted to cure various ailments.
Whether electricity can exercise any
therapeutic action more than a stimu-
Jus to the nerves and muscles Is doubt
full, but the medical applications Of the
galvanic current are constantly in
creasing. One of the latest departures
is an apparatus for applying electricity
to the eyes and ears To reach the
delicate optic nerves an appliance hav-
ing the outward appearance of a pair
of spectacies without the crystals is
used In place of the glasses sponge
OF other absorptive material is in direct
contact with the eyes, and an appendix
for connection with the nose is joined
70 the conductor. The wires are insu-
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anarr<r OF Economy,

Husband-Mercy. what have you
got all the gas turned on full force
for?
Wife-As matter of economy. John.
/ want to consume one thousand dol
lars worth this year SOS to get the dis
count of ten cents thousand Boston
Transcript
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+. p. MARTIN,

There never was picture sweeter,
More winsome or more bright;
shes always smiling when sou meet her,
Her teeth, you see, are white
IN. Y. Press
Your tickets were complimentary,
were they not?' We'll" replied the
man who had seen a painfully amateur
entertainment, II thought they were
until l saw the show ashington
Star.
81 heard Miss Harkins say last night
that she was fascinated with me-" said
Smikeworthy, who is not handsome.
Eyes, she Is She told me so herself
She is an enthusiast on the Darwinian
theory"
The Ideah--Dolly-I heard that
Cholly tainted last night Chappie-
Yes Somebody he had never met,
asked him IL he were a man Dolly
Yes. Chappie.-Yes; and he has man
Of his own. y know.-Puck.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-23

SOME NEW IDEAS.
Late Inventions Designed to Save
Labor and Time.
Queer Electrical Devices-Pocket Flaslu
for "Prohibition States" Folding Bath
Tubs and Cyclone Resisters"-The
Work OF Many Ingsnsus Miods.
[coPYRIGHr, 1881

ICoPYhIGHT, 1881
It II hard to believe that an article
which has purely religious use
would be patentable or that the cost
OF obtaining patent would be consid-
cred & profitable investment. Yet an
Ohio inventor has taken out letters
patent on a folding confessional. enl-
bodying all the comforts Of home.
A newly patented process of manufac-
turing steel has been purchased by the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-23
Rouge Eft NOir.

''Miss De Rigeur gave pink tea last
evening. was there"
Everything at pink tea should have
been couleur de rose, but you somehow
don't look as if you enjoyed it very
much"
well, the fact is I took the oppor-
tunity OF proposing to Miss De Riguer."
And
'And she gave me black eye."-
Texas SiftingS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-23

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castcria
whe- she VS. a Child, she cried for Csstoria
When she became Miss she chung TO Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-23
A Passing Fancy.

/ SIT alone tonight and in the crate
Iwatch the dying fame dash up and Eiesn
An instan, through the dark. Its growing Ase
And still in silence do sit and dream
TIE fancies that see within its light
Are sometimes like its asaes-ood Aac oArk;
Another moment flashing up IS bright
AS II in keeping with its brightest spark
But why should SIT sadly here to-niehs
There're other girls, II one but thinks tnere
are
That last red coal VII make splendid hghs.
And-Ah. by Jove, but that's good cigar!
James G. Bur.ets, in n. + AAgAxi.s>
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-03-24
CARTWRIGHT ROBBERY.
Preliminary Hearing of the De-
PENDANTS Yesterday.

The preliminary hearing of Har-
ris and James, the two colored men
who were arrested last week along
with George Summers, on charge
of house-breaking, came up in the
District Court yesterday morning
and occupied the entire day. The
men were arrested for burglarizing
the residence of A. J. Cartwright.
The particulars of the robbery ap-
peared in the ADVERTISER at the
time and are still fresh in the pub
&c mind. Summers. who pleaded
guilty last Saturday, was placed on
the stand. His testimony impli-
Gated Harris, who, he claimed, was
the originator of the scheme to rob
the house. This Harris stoutly de-
MED. He put witnesses on the
stand to prove he was home on the
night of the robbery.
Judge Foster will give judgment
tomorrow.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-03-24

T The new Marshal, Mr.. E. G.
Hitchcock, took possession of his
office yesterday. In the morning
he assembled the members of the
police force and gave them a good
talking to.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-03-24
BREAKDOWN AT SEA.
The Steamer WaimanaIo Dis
abIed While Off MoIokai.

A telephone message yesterday
afternoon that the little steamer
Waimanalo was passing off Dia-
mond Head flying her flag at half
mast, put the community all astir.
Before ) o'clock, the tug Eleu was
dispatched to tow in the steamer.
About 6 o'clock, the Waimanalo
was locked at the old Custom
House wharf. The engineer and
native captain stated that the pis-
ton rod gave way while the vessel
was off Halawa, Molokai, at II
o'clock on Wednesday morning,
while on her way for Kahului,
Maui. The vessels course was
then directed for Honolulu, coming
home under sail. The captain dis
played a flag at half-mast, thinking
that was the signal for distress"
The damaged part of the machin-
cry will be taken out for repairs
to-day.
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SPECIAL BUSINESS ITEMS.

Listen TO the PhOnoSraph :
Operate arias from Norma, Martha,
La Favorita, Bohemian Girl. Selec-
tions from the most popular bands of
the United States. Motto, comic and
sentimental solos by premier vocal
lists. Choice Hawaiian airs by the
Hawaiian Band. Your choice for 10
cents, at the PHoNoGRAPH Music
Rooms, THOMAS BLOCK, KING
STREET, between Nuuanu and Bethel
Streets. G. SToECKLE, Manager.
3327-1m
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Hawaiian Stamps
WANTED.

TWILL PAY CASH, FOR EITHER
L large or small quantities OF used Ha-
waiian Postage Stamps, as follows:
(These offers are per hundred and any
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ROUND THE WORLD.
A Duke aud a Duchess TO Visit
Honolulu.


The Duke and Duchess of New
castle intend, according to present
arrangements, to start from Lon
don about the middle of April on
a journey round the world, in which
they will be absent from this coun-
try for about a year. They will
first visit Canada and the United
States, and thereafter proceed to
Honolulu, where they will spend a
few months before going to Japan.
The Duchess is gradually recover
ing from the effects of the accident
which befell her in the hunting
field; her foot was severely crushed,
but is now less painful, though it
is not expected that she will be
able to walk with ease for consid-
cradle time.-Sheffield Telegraph.