The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

A perfectly-formed face should be
divided into three equal parts. from the
roots Of the hair 20 the root of the nose,
thence to the tip Of the nose TO the tip
OF the chin.
-Erastus Wiman is reported as say
ing in late address that there are
s455 000 900 IN the forty-one savings
banks of New York and Brooklyn,
held by more than 200 0e0 depositors,
and the capital of all the national
banks in the country is only 500, 600, 600.
A hailstorm visited Pawtucket re-
Gently and one woman picked up a
large hailstone and allowed it TO melt
in her hand. she thought something
was inside the little piece of frozen
rain, but was surprised TO find when III
had melted little live toad or frog in
her hand.
"A Doubtful Benefit--Emeline-
"Alfred, am very fond OF you, but
doubt If | love you well enough to be
your wife" Alfred-"Emeiine, give
me, oh, give me the benefit of the
doubt" Emeline-.I will, Alfred.
Henceforth, all is over between U.S.
Pearson Weekly.
According to official figures there
is exempt from taxation in New York
City real estate as follows: City prop
erty. 1905. 40. $40; United States prop
erty, SIS, s63. oos: New York state prop
erty. $500, 900: church property, $751;
1886, 1885, parsonages. s146. 100; clergy
men, $40, 500; miscellaneous property.
SIS, oes. 2oo-N. Y. Mail and Express
The student of sublime rhetoric
has often heard of England. upon
whose vast empire the sun never sets.
but we, too, may proudly boast OF the
extent of our possessions. The most
western point of Alaska is ., 500 miles
farther west than San Francisco, and
the AIeutian Islands stretch 200 miles
farther west. When, therefore, the
sun S last rays are falling upon orr
westernmost possessions its first morn
ing beams kiss the easternmost point
Of Maine.-Boston Globe.
1.-THE difference between the atmos-
phere of the best initiated houses and
the outer air Is illustrated by the con-
duct of cut flowers. Blossoms that
retain their freshness but day or two
when standing in water within doors
will sometimes live twice as long when
dropped in shady place out Of doors.
even without the aid of other moisture
than they obtain from the earth and
air.
The nickels and small silver coin
paid to the ticket sellers of the eleva-
ted railways in large cities rarely reach
the main Offices Of the companies. By
the middle of the afternoon at some of
the principal stations the accumula-
ton of change will weigh a number OF
pounds. Relief comes in the form OF
tradesmen's clerks. who lug away the
coin in small bags and leave bills in
place thereof
The housewives OF Florida have
found new use for oranges They
scrub the floors with them. Go into
almost any town in the orange growing
districts and you viii see the women +
using the luscious frui. exactly as our
housekeepers use soap. They cut the 1
oranges in halves and rub the fat ex-
posed pulp on the floor. The acid IN /
the oranges dou btless does the clean
ing. but al any rate the boards srs as
white a. snow after the application. 1t
is thought that lemons woTld be better /
than oranges for this purpose. because
OF the additional acidity.-Good House /
keeping.
Saxon, girls thousand years ago
always wore gold crown during the I
marriage ceremony, this article being !,
kept in the church. and a Zee paid the /
priest FOR its use By the brides OF the I
parish In the year s2T the Danes /
raided the south q England and stole 4
one hundred church crowns and there /
was no marrying in the afflicted vii /
lagos for nearly sir mouths, until new
crowns could be made.
The visitors 70 Central park. View 1
York. number from 10. 600 IN $50. 900 /
per day. Policemen have been in i
st-ucted 20 arrest all dogs fornd in the /
park without leading strings. After a /
days hard chasing after the many IN
tethered pets. the whole force had
caught only one dog. Mos. OF the out