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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-09

who pays for it Then well have achop
and a mug
The typewriter girl enters
Mr.. johnson says he'll arcep; your
terms. and win you make IL 10 gross
instead Of loo7'
Sammy falls over on his desk
Tell him. says Jack, severely. that
as a special favor To him we will "
The typewriter girl goes ont Jack
and Sammy put on their hats and 90 70
n billiard hall. where they remain three
hours. When they return they fnd
that all their horses have won, and tie
typewriter girl has taken four more or~
ders for < No. - at g .. while no.
body else ia the trade darcs ~ ask over
s240.
This il typical day with thesn jovial
partners. ike - call upon them and
talk business (anybody's busiBess but
theirs and prize Sighting, and Gsh-
ing and college athletics Jack
does most 81 the talking 81 the end
of two hours generally notice symp-
toms Of restlevsness in him He looI1s
az his watch and occasionally planccs A.
sammy Then know that HII. su the
way They have their Affairs 20 disci.ss
80 retire. And when am gone Jack
wheels around. pats his feet IN tbs
firms correspondeuce and tells sammy
a long. delightful hsh story. witch
something in ny coBvsrsation had sug-
rested
Tie has aua5u1s o, COINCIDENCE now
and then. about neglecting ne bush
res. and I envy him fur tkern moro
than f0r anything else. T. uust bc
simply Heaven ~ r. Ga breaking your
good resolutions ard doing ezactiY
what y0u ought rot 70 -. aod set
have u harm come - 81 But = 7
should n =. tbera ifu1 q pporb0uss
door IN The United State. that caBfd
open fast enough D. keep IT. from
Dumping M bead agsiEst u on tie
way IL However. there arc plenty -
people --ho ear 30 'hat sor1 q Ting
here IN Seyv York L. s. tse paradise
q tha irckr And me tsst part % II =
that the fellow nhO - - ircky thaf hsf
cos-ld crop a dollar n oue r ezEr t'r~css
and dix srozod Be- H. sBua "a 10
found that AID Ten others is ths vrrv
fellow 7Thn has TIRE usost t'si.clozs cssa-
oeaco that everything he has IS Ike
produc; Of his in11ftrJ ard sa2s-itT-
EDwAEa FixsD1as.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-09
THE BARRIERS LAMENT.
Why His Trade ~ Not So Profitable Il
These Later Days.

No. barbering Is not ii money max
ing business" said New York barber,
as he deftly welded his razor Il know
of only one man in my experience who
became wealthy at 1t He retired with
a comforta ole fortune, but he was one
man in a thousand
Barbering was much more prohta bic
fifteen years ago than it is to-day. At
that time 1T was the custom for nearly
every patron to have his own pomatum,
face powder, hair oil and hair restorer
in the rack beside his cup. 1t was gen
orally believed at that time that hair
could be made 10 grow on bald head,
and also that many Of the mixtures on
the market would prevent hair from
falling ont But those ideas are thor
ougly exploded now, due largely, /
think, to the publicity given to the sub
ject by the newspapers
II have no doub that many men nov.
bald would be we'll matched were il
not that they used 50 much hair oil i
i the exception at the present time in
my shop when a man will permit me 10
put oil on his head, many Of them pre-
ferring TO have the hair com bed dry.
When your head becomes dirty WASH II
thoroughly with soap and water and if
Won wish it TO take on luster like the
ravens wing brush il for FIVE minutes
night and morning with soft brush.
The large income derived from the sale
Of the emollients referred 10 being now
cut Of, the trade Of the barber cannot
now b. classed with that OF the plum Der
and the coal dealer a. oney-making
pursuit N i. Recorder
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even very large cavity; and we were
asked to draw the natural inference
that riches are deceitfui and bring no
Joy. There was time in my boyhood
when | shook in my shoes for fear
that | should inadvertently wish for
some good thing and get it. But l was
mercifully spared.
Such being our early training, we are
naturally surprised when we find a rich
man who has no haunting sorrows con
cealed about his person. A rich man
who is so old that his champagne has
20 be injected hypodermically, and SO
blind that he cannot distinguish one of
Lieut.. Peary's Esquimaux from BLACK
Crook ballet girl, seems natural 10 us.
But when he is young, strong, sinful
and glad of it. when he has hankered
his appetite, then we hesitate to accept
him as a real being.
/ know such a man. Two or three
years ago he was making living out
of small business. He was not bril-
liant enough to command success. nor
enough of a blamed fool, ! would have
said, to get IL by pure luck. But ] must
have been mistaken, for he got IL. He
has more money than yoke of oxen
could haul down hill. The little bust
ness still goes on, but il is like ten
cent jack pot to the prince of Wales
it furnishes interest without excitement.
NV friend does not want excitement. at
least not yet. so he sticks To the little
business and enjoys the sensation of not
caring a cold, smooth clam whether it
lives or dies.
He has a partner who is also in good
circumstances. and who trusts in Prov
idence with a cheerful confidence which
is justified more by his experience than
his deserts. They have neat little
private Office, containing two desks full
of good cigars. There they NAV be
found about ten in the forenoon, ready
for the affairs of the day
Sammy. old boy" says the man Of
wealth, wheeling around in his chair so
that he can put his feet on his partners
desk, Tets talk business"
Here, confound il. Jack SAYS the
partner, you've put your old shoes on
that letter 10 Richards & Co, and
spread my signature all over it.
Never mind. Let the typewriter
hammer out another when she gets
time"
But she's written two others al
ready. One of them sent by mistake
to that girl at the Casino, and the other
got lost
That's It. says Jack, we've got no
system here. The business Is going u
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-09
PRODUCTS OF THE MINES.

WHILE boring for water. a farmer at
Millersburg, Ind, struck a four-foot
vein Of coal at a depth of seventytive
feet
COAL OF an excellent quality and in
large deposits has been discovered at
Djebel-Ebou-Feyaz, in the district of
Zor, in Asia Minor.
The Australian colony of Victoria
produced 66S, 900 ounces of gold last
year, an increase of 41.000 ounces over
1891, and the largest yield since 1856.
THERE were 1900, GEO tons of blum
nous coal mined in Ala bana in 1891. In
1892 the production was 5,272.00 tons.
an increase OF nearly % per cent.
TIE total gold production Of central
Queensland for the last year was 160.-
oG0 ounces. with ore averaging one
ounce thirteen pennyweight to the ton.
An jngot of gold weighing 2l5 ounces,
and worth about $50, is changed by the
gold heaters into sheets so thin that it
would take 5000 to measure an inch in
height. By the labor Of beating the
gold acquires a value Of $500, making
over pc. 900 sheets of gold foil sr gold
leaf as ii is usually called.
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THE MAN HE ENyIES.
Howard Fielding Describes Fa-
vorite Of Fortune.
He Has Plenty OF Money and n Business
Which He Never Finds Time to
Attend To. Therefore Roth
Get Along Nicely.
iCoPYRrSHT, 1890

You and I, gentle reader. being per-
petual!y afflicted by debt, tough luck,
and the sins of others. sometimes fail
into the error OF supposing that nobody
is happy. We We're taught in early
youth that the fulfiliment of our wishes
would be the worst thing that could
happen TO us We were brought mp on
the story of the old lady who walked
four miles against the wind. wishing
all the time that il would change. When
she reached the end of her journey it
did change. and blew straight in her
face all the way home. At the age of
six l held this lady and Judas lscariot
and poor rascal named Ball (who
was executed many years before in the
town where ] was born to be the
three leading historical examples of the
fate of sinners. We were told that though
Commodore Vanderbilt could afford TO
have every tooth in his head filed with
gold he derived no real pleasure from
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-09
THE OCEAN DRYING UP.
Conclusions Reached by Newton and In
dorscd by Later Scientists.

dorscd by Later Scientists.
Newton, the great Sir Isaac, sur
missed. although he could give no reason
for the conclusions he had reached,
that in the course of time the earth
would become perfectly dry Others,
most notably De Verne, Hamilton
prof. A. l. and the younger Lysan-
der, believed that eventually the earth
would become as dry as the proverbial
chip. Even in this day and age the
theory has many adherents. At a re-
cent meeting of the French Geological
society VI. Transcnold, of Moscow, Rus
sia, read paper entitled 'Noninvaria-
bility Of the level of the ocean" It
terminated with the following curious
and interesting conclusions:
1. In proportion as certain parts of
the earth's crust rise from the bottom
OF the sea above Its level tho latter
must be lowered.
2. The surfaces Of nearly all the CON
tinents and islands have at one time
formed portions of the oceans floor
They have risen from the water partly
because of the retreat of the waters.
5. As continents are formed, one part
of the waters Of the seas is transported
TO them in the form of lakes, rivers.
eternal SHOWS, glaciers and organized
substances. Owing to these actions
the waters of the oceans have been con-
stantly diminishing and their levels
lowered cOrrespondingly.
4. In proportion as the earth cools
down lee accumulates near the poles
and on the tops of mountains. water is
taken more deeply into the surface of
the terrestrial crust, the formation of
hydrated minerals being manifested
everywhere.
The result of these conclusions is that
since all the water that ever existed
may still exist in the form of perpetual
ice, snow, hydrated minerals, etc. the
waters of all oceans have been grad
ually disappearing. and that the lower
ing of the oceans is going on even at
the present day. and faster perhap s
than ever before
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perform variety of tricks such as leap
ing through wire hoop and drawing
a coach, four of them acting as horses
and one as driver.
Asked how he had tanned the rats the
man answered.:
at is very easy when you know
how"
well, what is the how?"
Simply, | trap rat in cage and
then examine him carefully to see if he
is young and not too vicious Having
selected a proper specimen l take him
to the yard and drop him in a barrel
half filed with water. If he tries to
Chamber up the sides throw him back
and keep him in the water until he is
completely exhausted. When he is just
about to go under take him out, pour
little brandy down his throat with a
syringe and take him to the stove,
where ! wrap him in a piece of blanket,
coddle him and nurse him back to life.
So grateful is he that he remains my
slave forever after, fawns on me and
becomes quite pet"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-09
LONDON'S BIG BEN.
The Largest Striking clock m the Whole
World.

World.
Between the palace yard at West
minister and the top of the clock tower
which marks the hours for parliament
there arc four hundred and twenty
steps.
The clock from which Big Ben strikes
the hour is, according to the Pail Mall
Budget, the largest in the world. Look
ing at the dial from the northern foot
way of Great George street. or from the
Embankment, it looks as if its diameter
might be equal to the space that man
Of medium size could cover with out
stretched arms. This estimate hardly
does the dial Justice, for its diameter is
twenty-three feet. From the ground
the minutes on the dial look like ordi-
nary minutes, and as if they were close
together. As matter of fact, they are
foot apart The numerals are two
feet long sThe minute hand. with the
counterbalance - the heavy end that
projects beyond the center of the dial
is fifteen feet in length. This hand is
so massive that during snowstcrm
sometimes the clock is. retarded by the
weight of the flakes that alight upon it.
Twenty men could stand under Big
Ben In a rainstorm and escape wet
ting if the rain fell in an exact perpen-
dicular and stayed where ii fell
The new light at the top of the par
lament overis forty-three steps higher
than Big Ben. The old light was TWEEN
tyfour steps higher still The new
light is of two thousand candle-power.
When the light is being fixed two men
stand in the lantern. and they have
plenty of room. This parliament light
IS now a conspicuous object in London.
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In the insect house at the geological
gardens il Is possible 20 have ones ner-
vous system stimulated b. one or both
OF the electric cells The eels are
soon weakened b. parting with this
energy. The fish depend upon their
battery for food Ther are supplied
with living gudgeon. which are killed.
or rather stunned bv touch from the
eel. aud are swallowed before recorery
allows OF their escape -I>ondon Daily
News
COCO Reason FOR B>Ssg DAIs- ResSes-
81 saw pictare Of Solomon today.
ard it represented him a. being bald
headea
Wei. what II that
j though, that be ~as trpe o.
manly beauty.
Yes be-; goa must remezn5er taa;
he had even hun8res sEiv~s Y
Ssse-a
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If the Pacific could be laid bare, we
should have a most singular spectacle.
There would be number of mountains
with truncated tops scattered over it,
and those mountains would have an ap-
pearance just the reverse of that pre-
sented by the mountains we see on
shore. You know that the mountains
on the shore are covered with vegeta-
ton at their bases, while their tops are
barren or covered with snow; but these
mountains would be perfectly bare at
their bases, and all round their tops
they would be covered with beautiful
vegetation of coral polypes.
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7 green satin and is not long. just pass
ing the hips. Down the front runs a
broad band of exceedingly heavy gold
embroidery The plain undersleeve is
made of purple velvet and is edged
with this same embroidery. Over
the purple sleeves hangs loose
green satin one, and the over
sleeve is edged with jet. A deep
point of purple velvet falls loosely from
the back, which has also another and
smaller point above, of the heavy gold
work. The purple hanging is length
ened by a long, gold tassel. The big
collar is also purple.
| have seen some more beautiful
| Easter bonnets. One hat is made of gen
uine gold thread. closely woven in a
fine net pattern; it has gold brown,
low crown. of a very smooth, braided
straw. and the brim is edged with this
straw also. 1t has little for trimming;
nothing save big spray of moss rose
, buds.
A rather new purple hat has purple
straw for foundation; a broad brim,
which is covered with a loose black net
puff, has purple plumes, shading from
pale to deep shades, has purple aigrettes.
and at the base of the plumes an inn
mense brooch, all set in briliants that
have been tinged with purple also.
queer green hat, with green brim.
and wide edge of roses inside the brim.
has no crown. The place where the
crown belongs is vacant. Another
beautiful hat. which will not. however.
be worn on Easter day. is made of white
lace. II has very wide fare TO the
brim, and the lace is thickly embroid-
cred with pearls. a full pearl orna-
ment stands in front, leaning against
two wkite plumes: at the back single
black plume stands solitary. The hat
has wide crepe strings.
Then there is a straw hat, very pale
colored. that has small shiny straw
knobs dotting the crown. At the front
of the hat. a little 20 one side. are two
small velvet roSettcs, one of deep
orange velvet, the other Of brilliant
green. \ bove these roSetteS stand very
high and erect. two steel ornaments.
like wings. In the front. also at the
6LlitT size. right on Iite SIIdil sIdHNlDE
brim. which is covered with lace straw
of creamy shade. nestle two velvet
flowers. green and pale yellow, both
specked all over with white. as though
they had peeped forth too early in the
spring and had been nipped by the
frOsl
But big magnificent leghorn will.
when 1t steps forth, cast all these in the
shade. Ii lies in its box all ready to DE-
worn. and must, perforce, lie there some
time vet. Bat when il does appear YOU
viii see beautiful soft straw. with a
broader hrim than ever. caught up as
only the leghorn can be. II such big
curves and swoops. Just under the zig
curve that lifts itself from the face lies
a tiny bunch Of purple yiolets. genu-
ire dark purple 4 few OF these also
run partly around The low crown.
which i almost concealed by the lines
Of the brim- just in front Of these are
two great yellow piumes. and al the
back a dark purple velvet bow, which
runs of into broad ribbons that tie az
one side OF the chin in big bow. 1t Is
most stunning EVA 4. ScRCBERT.
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He reaches for the box hastily. and puts
handful of cigars into his pocket
Johnny appears at the door.
''Joggleson says
Who's Joggleson?"
"De felIie what sent in De paste
board"
"Oh, Jobson."
.'Sure He wants quick decision
He says he'll make his play now or he
don't make il ri all. See2"
.'Johnny's quite a sport says Jack.
$50 should infer from his language
say, Johnny, have you got good
thing on the races to-day?
Johnny has got several good things
He proceeds TO describe their adyan-
tages The partners are much inn
pressed. They make up pool, and are
about to send Johnny ont to place it,
when the door opens and Young worn-
an enters. She has viole, ink GA two
fingers and n thumb. and there is lead
percil stuck into the front of her dress.
The gentleman outside says"
Tell him ~ wait ten minutes and III
see him"
She goes ont.
Il believe in One Strike for place>
anyhow, says Jack Hes mud lark
from away back, and the track is going
to be sloppy to-day"
play him straight. then, SAYS Sam
my You can't get better than even
money"
The typewriter girl enters again
''Mr- Jobson wants 70 know"
Tell him 10 GO where oyster crackers
are cents apiece. CoEfound his inpu-
dence Can't we ever get chance 10
talk little business without being in
terrupted every two minutes
The typewriter girl goes out
Il like Jigwater for the third race"
continues Jack AT the weight and
distance he ought to WIN. Suppose we
put 80 on him straight, and
The typewriter girl RENTERS
mir Jobson SAYS
isn't that old niscreant gone yet?"
mo, sir; and be says he wants 100
gross of y No. Is And what's the
price,
Tell him he can have 'en at $2.9s."
Holy smoke, jack says his partner.
''we can give 'em to him at 81 SIS.
II don't care. Let HIM pay for his
impudencc if he wants u. There's no
making a decent bargain with him,
anyhow He'd shave the whislers off
the copper Indian on i-cent piece. We
can't afford to fool with him"
Then I'm To- quote him s2,9s, Asys
the typewriter girl
Yes"
She goes out
well. Johnny says Jack. here's
your money, and you know what Ia do.
And now. Sammy, my boy, it's pretty
near lunch time. and | would suggest
that we play game of billiards TO SEQ
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-09
THE WOMAN OF FASHION.
The Easter Parade All Ready to
Begin the March.
Two of the Leaders Observation-Disclosures Will
Strike the Beholder at First Glance
The Impression Every Woman
Must Aim to Give.
COPYRIGHT. 1898. !

COPYRIGHT. 1893.
Well. the show day has almost ar
rived. The suspense will soon be over
and we shall be regarding. before long,
the costumes which we have waited SO
long to behold. ! have been doing
some private detective work during the
last few days, and am able to describe
with great minuteness several entire
toilets that will appear for the first
time Easter day.
One is very gay and attractive, made
of a light, fowery material, with just
one small ruffie at the skirt. The
bodice is very simple, gathered in at the
waist line in a velvet belt, with big
sleeves. 1t is the cape that sets off the
whole thing; for the cape has two deep
rufles of changeable silk, and then a
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blazes. We must talk the whole thing
over right now. and u; down 70 bzsi-
ress principles.
Dor enters with q card
old Jobs0n.T said Sammy. giancinz
at he card; suppose yoa see him
Not on my life He probably wants
70 buy something. and shall waste an
hour selling L 20 him
Hes . PRETTY good customer
Il can't help il: he makes the vearr.
Besides. we've got more iEnportau: mat
ters % attend 70. Johnny. tell s.r. Job
son 10 - drown ksIase,f-uo. tell h1fn
In engaged. asd EIl see IN a. four 20
The boz retireS Sammy bites TIE
end OF . cigar.
-wh@; Do you ;linl, q tz.ese ~ars2'
z.ks jack
Pretty iair VSaat did yoa pa sor
en-
Il wspiT-one collars "a banarrd
'Isu'f tszt a little sscrs han ysa ar
dinarily p4ygT
Wtl3. ts4.-ee arr ~ .ae trsr
.1.re-t Cze--'s z3res. ar5.-. ~zalhT.
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where No Rain Ever Falls.

According to Belzoni. the hottest
tract in the world is that between the
first and second cataract of the Nile,
owing to there being no rain what
ever in that region. The natives inhab-
iting the country do not credit the phe-
nomenon of water falling from above.
For that reason ali the monuments
Whereabouts are perfectly preserved re
gardless of their age. buckingham
found the chalk MARKS Of the builders
still perfect on the stones Of structure
left unfinished four thousand years ago
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ro6t-Sharins-

The following list shows the number
of profit-sharing establishments in the
different countries: France, ninety-two;
Austria, three; Sweden, four; Italy,
four; Switzerland, sixteen: Germany,
twenty-six; Belgium, five; United States,
thirty-ive; Portugal, one; Spain, one;
England, sixty-four; Denmark, four;
Holland, five; Russia. one, which makes
a total of two hundred and ffty-fve in
ell.
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Eeasoainz Nv anaIarr.

Mr.. B7oDston-Nr and Ms Upton
both had On neyy suits il church .o-day.
Mrs. tp:on's dress WAS tabernacle.
Mrs BronsrOa - Huh. How do yssi
sno~ il yg;s tailor-Irsasit-2
Mr. Bronst9n-B Because Nr { pton' :
clothes we're ready maize - Y Y.
Weehly.
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Jack A. Eu1p~-Aha, ~ vas sp@at
l-at e-snsa- - Ma fear I'D teEiT
Hiram Scsr-sus~- How Cd roz s-urss 80
Jsca = Euap~I rss-os-gl fssi ;1ae tsaT
on the back bu;tons - yoar coat
r.th
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ONE WAY TO TAME RATS.
Half Drown Them and Then Nurse Them
Sack TO Life.

Five large gray rats are the peculiar
pets of man in this city. says the Phil
adelphia Press. The rodents eviuce
great affection for him, following him
about the house like dogs, run up his
sleeve and come ont at the breast.
neNtle around the rim of his hat and
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What is

Pitchers prescription for Infants
and Children. 1t contains neither Opium, Morphine
other Narcotic substance II is harmless substitute
Pareoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups and Castor Oil.
1t Pleasant. guarantee is thirty years by
Millions Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and allays
fevershness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd,
cures Darrhea and Wind Collie. Castoria relieves
tecthing troubles, constipation and atulency.
Castora assimates the food, regulates tho stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas-.
toria Children's Panacea-the Mothers Friend
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The Clever Floorwalker.

Mr. Bigfoot-Iwould like to look at a
pair Of slippers
Floorwalker-Yes, sir; you'll find
them in the long-feit want department,
--FI,.l,-
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Castoria.

"Castoria is al excellent medicine for chill
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me Of its
good effect upon their children
DE-. G. c. OsGooD,
Lowell Mass