The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-04
MISCELLANEOUS.


The wise individual who said .'ar.
ounce OF action is worth pound OF
talk evidently weighed his words
Did your son take gymnastics in
his college ceurseT YES. yes: bat he,
never speaks any of those icecisn lam
guages here at home
Mrs Snipp-.Younc man. will this
ticket take mc to Chicago Ticket
Agent-"No. ma'aru; but that train
outside will. = Raymond's Monthly
1T is said that oleou,argiue can -.
detected by boiling tablespoonful OF
it. Boiling butter win :eAnl without
much noise. while the sham batte-'
sputsers and Kisses like lard, but does
not foam as decidedly as genuine batter.
~ don't see how the washing or
ironing could be improved He
'Confound it all. that's not the troa-
bic; it's because she brings home the
very same collsrs and cuffs untl I'm
tired OF them. Inter ocsAn.
Some men who were digging a we'll
1t Live Oak. Fla. found about ten
fee: below the surface Of the ground
tree that was petrified only on the out.
side. The t-unk was split omen and
the inside was found to he filed with
honey. which had been shut up in the
tree for many years
Out of Sight-Iudge-''wh diea
you arrest this man for. Mr.. Ofieer?''
oficer-'For guying me-" Judge
''Why. the man is blind" oficer--"L
know il. your honor. He had soms
lead pencils for sale. and asked hin,
how business was. and he replied that
it was out Of eight"-Arkausas Far
mer.
Col. Goodfello-"Well Mosc. how
are you getting along in the place !
got for you?' Nose Ysnerby-"Nices
ly, Kunnel. thank zee. rs de fossuan
now Col. GoodfelIo>'roremsns-
Nose Yallerby-''Ysssir; NO one lsin
come in till fust open up. an dust
thingsr'-Truth.
1t has been sngsested TO the police
commissioners OF Superior. Wis, that
the police ahould bc equipped With BID
cycles, aud in this way one policeman
could covsr a~much fasvss heat sqd
with greater ease. which would pefmN
of curtaalIneut Of the force. Ths plau
is a good one'a and viii probably b
adopted.
There are occasionally bsrgaius "a
bs had of even the street fsl<irs- An
homes. halter of an eastern town hav-
ing vainly tried TO please n customer
with straw hat of moderate price. "a
such go in the shops, said at length:
SstNby lop'f v,,,, h,v ~ g.
A large hat concern down east has Just
failed. and its hats are selling on the
street at fifty cents apiece. the very
same hat for which I get two dollars
AT Pleasure BAY. on the Shrews-
bury river. New York, the other day
said swimmer tourist. II saw a water
ing cart of style that had never seen
before and which was filed in way
that also was new To me. The cart had
four wheels and its tank wns fat
square box. in shape something like tho
case of square piano. This tauk was
suspended under the axles and whes
it was desired to I'll II the driver sim
ply drove into the river until the tank
was submerged
AT fancv-work sale a book cover
held a quantity of blank leaves in,
tended for notes for jaunt. This"
said the glib young saleswoman. is
brother. lover or husband. as he starts
on a fishing trip" When the cover
was examined il was found TO have
painted onits black surface In brillians
red bottomleSs well. whose iutima-
ton that truth had fallen on, of /, was
aecentuated by the legend across the
top in glowing script. '-Ie Lie Book
Where are the croakcrs who saw
that everything was all right in the
good old daysP'' Here comes along a
diary written BY lady Of fashion sorna
fifty years ago. and among other com
plants. which are like echoes OF those
we hear every day, are these: Our
streets are not wide enough for the car
riagcs, nor the week long enough for
ones engagements. There isn't enouyl,
nor enough time IN spend IL in
In short, such a mess" Also. tire yri-
ter If the diary. Lady Gcorgi na de RoS.
saws: "No wonder girls are delicate is
they eat mutton chops before diuner,'
- saw to-day" said New York
citizen. "a man sitting on a hvdrant
selling lemonade from q pail stand na-
Ia front Of him on the sidewalk II svs.
good lemonade. know. FOR I tried IL.
but couldn't help feeling that II was
a mistake from bus ness point Of view
10 sit on the hydrant OF courss h,
ronldn't get into II. pTe knew ;hzt xeil
IL. r -
hc had the whole Crotop river back %.
him. suppose you should see milk.
man sitting on n pump and Offering
milk from q can in front OF him u
might be the sweetest puress milk In
The world and the pump might be dry
Ind without a handle. but who would
buv The miikT
-Gertrude petan. ~ Bull Creek.
Oak. is n 2cnain. female cowbov- shs
IS only "a year old. bat sas takes ears
- all the cattls on her father. rsnch
Ihis somstimrs takes her thirtT 90
Iorty miles from horne. when "a. cat
ie become nired in the mud she muss
-e-cus them from their perilous pssi.
'iol. Thss she does IN tras eowbcY
ashton by fastening lariat ~ tao
lcrns % the animal. while shs keeps
he other cad tied 20 her saddle. shs
mi the pony together then pail slss
yoor beast out She wears a -leS-
felt kat. long gauntlet gloves.
= provided with branding irons and
'ides The widest broncao
Not Mechanical
Billy Brushcm-I van, ~ bo..'. %