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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-20
IN ON The GROUND FLOOR.
How Widow Nsde Use of What She
Eeard EsEroud Directors Sar

how a widow Nsde Use OF What She
Heard Railroad Directors Say.
A few years ago a widow and her
daughter were occupying section in a
Pullman sleeper on the Missouri Pa
cific railroad The section ncxt = this
lady haPpeaed 70 be occEp.ed by a
couple of the directors of that railroad.
The partition between the two sections
was SO thin that it was not difficult for
a conversation carried on in one section
20 be heard in the other. The lady
traveller heard the two directors discuss
ing plan of consolidation whereby
the stock of the Missouri Pacific was
bound u be- greatly enhanced in value.
1t was then worth but two or three
cents on the dollar. She was then on
her return trip 70 her home il Hart
ford, Conn. The conversation Of the
two directors proved on her mind. She
revolved it over and OYER again uaJ.
her home was reached. about which
time five thousand dollar note due
her was redeemed. she sent for her at
torney. detailed to him the conversa-
ton She had heard, and said She was al
most resolved 70 invest the FIVE thou
sand dollars in Missouri Pacific. The
attorney, installing her announced
resolution for irony. laughed, bat the
woman of wealth persisted.
lit is but five thousand dollars" she
said. and if lose shall have just as
much to eat as | have always had and
just as much To wear. If the plans be-
trayed by these two directors work
out ! shall make good deal Of money
buying Missouri Pacific"
The attorney obeyed the instructions
of his client, invested the FIVE thousand
dollars, and in less than one month the
proposed consolidation was consun-
mated and the Hartford widow realized
Tor her tive-thOusand-dollar investment
$3.50, 900. At the first blush this incl
dent is set down as proof of luck, but
the Cincinnati Tines-Star holds that
there was no luck about il. II was sim
ply an unexpected exhibition Of what in
Wall street vernacular is termed
nerve" on the part of a quich-eared
and quicker-witted woman. Not one
person in ten thousand would have
given any heed to the conversation re-
ferred to. and not one of a thousand
who might have heard and needed and
who happened TO have the money. rs
the widow had it, would have dared in
vest il. These incidents and illustra-
tions might be expanded until volumes
were filled. The evidence would be
cumulative that eyes and cars and brain
make what the thoughtleSs term luck.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-20
oheyiar TIE Regulations.

A west bound train on the Fitchbur2
railroad had Just drawn out q Athos
not long ago, says an exchange, and a.
the conductor entered onc % the cars
be found among tho new passengers
young man respectfully dreseed. and ar'-
pareutly Of ordinary Intelligence. The
conductor hated - sake MP the young
man fare. and the latter handed hisn .
ticket 70 Milicr's Fails, and with e a
cent For a moment tie conductor
suspected joke. but q look al the ps1s-
senger's face coEvinced hiI 20 the con-
t-ary. What il this cent tori tlss
conductor ASKED Why. ser" an
swcred the young fellow, that THE
ticket isn't good aries /: is stamped,
and as I don't happen 70 have q stamp
with ne. gi~e ron the cent instead
You can Pot Il On. cant you1" The
.ood-natared conductor handed baci,
cosn with a sz-1ile. -srno-EirT taz. Is
was ErEau matter aad - would see
that i was al riEflt
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-20
HapeY Wheels.

A Pullman car is much easier 70 ride
in than one of the ordinary cars. fou
attribute this TO the superior springs,
perhaps The springs, of course. make
difference, and the springs on Pull
man cost probably ten times as much as
the springs Of an ordinary car Bat in
reality the springs are a small matter.
II Is the wheels that make the great
difference in comfort and safety. and
Pullman wheels are expensive articles
Every wheel on every Pullman car IS
made Of paper. You do not gee the
paper. because IL Is covered with iron
ard steel The body OK the wheel u a
block Il paper about four inches thick
Around this Is c rim Of stee! frcr1 tevo
20 three inches thiclz- l. IS tbs steel
-::-... O! course. which Genes IN contact
with the rails TIE s!oea are covered
with circular iron plates bolted OK
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-20
Happy Turn of Fortune,

In unexpected turns of the wheel Of
fortune, eleva.ing the unknown TO
places of power and dethroning the
mighty without warning, France leads
the nations, not excepting Amer
lea. where the grandson Of the
millionaire NAV black boots for
the grandson Of the crossing-sweeper.
The installation OF Nine. Grevy
in the Elysee is happy instance
She was the daughter of tanner,
and earned her living IN Paris as
a bonnetmaker. When she married
her whole fortune was less than $500;
al her death she leaves something like
a quarter of million TO her daughter.
She did not invent an ancestry with her
promotion. nor assume fine airs with
her rich gowns Her manners were
characterized by simplicity, her &C
counts were carefully audited TO the
smallest detail. and she set her face
against court etiquette
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-20
ABOUT THE STRIP.
GUTHRIE, o. T., April IS, 1898.

GUTHRIE, o. T., April IS, 1898.
To the Editor OF tie Eagle.
In several of your ISSUES, we have
noticed articles as to the best method Of
opening the strip. One Of your CORES
pondents while advocating his methods,
asserts, that by the adoption OF his plan,
the innocent lambs viii not be able 10
manipulate in the favor Of pets and CO.
partners in procuring the best tracts i'll
the country. II your correspondents
plan will insure that his viii be blessed,
let Hoke Smith adopt it y all
means.
The way it has been done heretofore is
a disgrace and will be an everlasting
stigma on the interior department of the
last administration. The investigations
by special agents have been a farce.
While Special Agent Har.and was here
he scored a few attempts. but never
entered-into matters OF the interest Of
settlers in connection with the several
land offices and land officials, in which
higher officials had finger in not ex-
Guiding some, now defunct senators, Of
your state. For the sake Of the people,
let the best plan be adopted.
GRANGER.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-20
GettI.c the siittcB.

The Boston Transcript thus explains
the phrase getting the mitteu:' One
hundred years ago gloves were IN
known in the country towns. Mittens
were knitted and worn in all families.
II young man going home from sing
ing school with the young girl Of his
choice was holding her mittened hand
To keep it from getting cold, and took
that opportunity 70 urge his suit, if the
offer proved acceptable the hand would
remain. II taken by surP-ise an effort
20 withdraw the hand would leave the
mitten So the sutton void get the
mitten." bu. would not get the hand.
The use Of tire word ''nuff, meaning q
foolish. laundering person. also has an
easy explanation. 4 stupid youth was
said 10 be a "mufT because like the
article Of feminine wear called b that
name, he held d woman's hand without
squeezing T. Tho s@dste old times
were not without their rAliantries.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-20
AMERICAN BABIES.
They Are Claiming Much Attention and
Valuable Time from Foreign Writers.

Valuable Time from Foreign Writers.
It is now American babies who are
commencing themselves to foreign eyes.
An Englishwoman visiting this country
writes home for publication: You could
not imagine anything more quaint
" delightful than American small
children and babies. They, up to four.
wear the dearest little close caps of all
colors. but generally white-the queer
est, prettiest clothes-all just touching
the ground. 1t is easy TO see where
Kate Greenaway got her models for
her quaint pictures; they are exactly
here.
'Then the baby carriages-nothing
approaching our clumsy perambulators.
They are all of either bent wood or good
wicker work, yellowish white, like bam-
boo. and openwork all around, on per-
feet springs. and most of them rock up
and down when not being wheeled. and
fixed large parasols overhead in all col
ors and pretty devices.
half living under this bright shade is
a round-faced, pale, very pretty,
piquant baby. with unusually dark
eyes, with an expression in them as if
there was nothing they didn't know;
tiny white silk cap on its tiny head;
rings secured to its wrists by a ribbon
on its fat fingers; the daintiest white
pillows, white fancy coverlets over its
little body. and an air of cushions and
coziness about it. Such is the American
baby"
This IS very delightful. even If it
sounds as if the American baby were a
species newly discovered by intrepid
avr1lorers
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-20

The funniest part Of the fake report
ing the demolition Of the Statue Of
John Brown at OsawatOmie is as fol-
lows: There was a party of tourists in
the cupola, among them some wealthy
Japanese ladies and gentlemen. 1t is
needless to say they were much fright
ened," upon which the Paola Republican
says: GAS the John Brown monument
is about as large as good-sized fence
post, the japanese tourists must have
come down with the 8rolite and brought
the cupola with them
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-20
NOT ALWAYS GENEROUS.
One Striking Case when Mesnness Was
Exhibited by Lovely Woman.

Exhibited by Lovely Woman.
Lovely woman can be mean some
times. observes a writer in Kate Fields
Washington. The other day young,
pretty and well-dressed lady was walk
ing down the avenue, evidently enjoy
ing to the full the delicious spring sun
shine. Suddenly she seemed in dis
tress. For awhile the cause was not OBJ
vious, but as she began to make frantic
efforts to reach ther united shoe the
pasSers-bv recognized the source OF her
discomfort. Before she had succeeded
in reducing the tapping shoestrings- TO
order a ragged little colOred boy stepped
forward, removed his tattered hat,
knelt in the muddy street, and tied the
shoe with grace and dexterity. In the
woman's hand were a cardcase and a
chubby looking little purse, but she
walked away with merely a thank
you," and that not very graciousiy
given. The boy looked slightly aston
ished as he got up and brushed the mud
from his ragged trousers.
On the edge of the sidewalk stood an
observant man, very plainly bat de
Gently dressed. lie had watched the
entire performance with quiet enjoy
ment: and as the boy rose he took from
his pocket bit OF paper, and peucillng
a word or two on it called TO the disap-
pointed young Raleigh, who was turn
ing away:
Here, boy, run after that young lady
whose shoe you tied and give her this
Here's quarter for your trouble.
There's no answer
The boy went in one direction the
man in the other. ] am not curious
above the average, but ] would have
liked to see that bit OF paper.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-20

Bank Examiner Breidenthal says the
banks of the state are boarding gold.
That the banks reserve are made up
largely of gold is no doubt true, but it is
not held in The sense of being boarded:
the accumulation of gold coin in the
banks comes in the course of ordinary
business transactions and remains there
because paper currency is called for in
preference to coin, being more convenient
to handle and less cumbersome to carry
on the person and use in the avenues of
of trade. Gold is as readily paid out by
the banks as silver or paper.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-20
Rain That Isn't Wet.

A popularity common to rain in the
Bermudas, the Windward islands, the
Hawaiian group and the Alaskan
waters is that it isn't very wet. In
none of these regions do the natives
fear the rain, and even foreigners soon
come to know that they take no harm
from being caught out in a storm. 1t
was noted by men on the ships lately
patrolling Behring sea that portion
of the deck, slightly protected, dried
out while even in the midst of shower,
and that wet clothing hung under a
slight shelter on deck dried in an at
mosphere apparently saturated BY a
hard rain.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-20

Julia Ward Howe's daughter is lectur-
ing npon astronomy. She goes further
afield for q theme than the average woman
whose range of ideas is bounded hv a
cookery hook and u fashion magazine
Topeka Democrat.
The concluding portion of the forego-
irg is a downright affront TO the strong
minded portion of the fair sex. That will
do for the Jenness Miller devotees and
such as find entertainment and pleasure III
domestic duties well performed, but to
those who are called O. into the public
service and upon whom the burden of
state rests, i. e.: those for whom the
Leases, Johns, Diggs stand, the remark
is a compromising aspersion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-20
E-cusable lgnorance.

lis often said that one IF the bcs.
wars OF learning a thing IS % teach u
70 others: bu; the rule does not a.
wars hold good. says correspondent
OF the Boston Transcript one DAY nv
brother went - bay bushel Of buck
wheat for sowing The man of whom
tie was 70 &c: it vas away. bat his wife
vas at home. and undertook . UlsSe
ne sale She got : peek measure, and
they went n the crana-y. mere The
woa.aa alled the measure t=yicc' poured
The contents into the bag. and was pro
ceed;ag 20 tie t.
BIZ. wrs. r. said MT brother.
1T takes four peclss 20 make 5t.ssle..
Or. does it, said she We'll. yc-
sec. n-re- tzd any eE7cEse1ce II
measuring grain before KS married
I slwaYs taught school
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-20

If two or three of our editorials on
Kansas, appearing in Sundays EAGLE,
were worthy of reproduction they were
worthy of.credit, and we would suggest
TO two or three of our prominent ex-
changes that the EAGLE is rot so bur-
thened with an excess of new notions
about Kansas as not to care when lis
ideas are bodily appropriated.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-20

Colonel II. L. Taylor, state coal oil in
spector, is satisfied that Governor Lew
cling will not convene the Legislature in
extra session, not at least unless some
greater emergency should arise than at
present exists. The colonel has been at
Topeka lately and talked not only with
the governor but with other representa-
tive men of his party. If his conclusions
are correct, il seems 10 us that the GOV
ernor owes it 10 the people of the state
to in some way officially or other
wise assure them Of the fact.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-20

The Tramp 81. re sir doorl-YIss
raurn Tour iitt,e d0rg run ogt az -
ne. 6ernoifai
The Hos.css-Ti.tls FiSo ii; yos7
Poor istlr thiGg. And yoa. yoa
~--tchszl man. dat ssppn@e yoz
carr 49, even If - bee -too-hoo,-pr.
poisoned II -.sazo Hez. Feoo,d-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-20

Bill Couector-is your father a.
horne2
Young Lady-So. he "a out - town,
and viii not ~ back for "A week
That a pitt. I wanted 70 so him
10 ass Ter vour hsnd ~ marriage
20. papz rs az hosns- Walk right tn'o
the pzrlor. BE- VIII 10 down in min ute .
--Ienas -iftIrga.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-20

The mortgage-debt harpies "down
east will probably let up in their
whines about Kansas. The census re-
turns show that during a given period
the population of Rhode Island in
creased 81 per cent, while the mort cage
Indebtedness increased 100 per cent.
During the same period the population
OF Kansas increased 90 per cent, while
It's mortgage Indebtedness decreased at
the same rate,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-20

Tired Tn -I'aan orphan. sir. aionS
r. The world. aud
Paterfarnilias shaking he hssd
heartily ~ congratulate you. Old nan.
! rp'rzt-late gou walks CT
tli.s wifcs mother Hud be- four
maiden sisters we're stripping a. bio
house. b--De2 M9susz ArgonaAt-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-20

Mrs. Laura NJ. Johns, president of the
Kansas Equal Suffrage association. has
abandoned her appointment in Chicago
nn May Sth to speak on Women and
municipalities and is going to give her
time TO stirring up the GenIler sex pre-
paratory TO the next campaign,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-20

State Bank Commissioner Breidenthal
was at Usage City during the storm
Tuesday, but his presence didn't save
The town from the fury of the wind.
For the nonce the commissioner no doubt
heartily wished that he was smaller
than he really is
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-20

Hoosier standardization do any
whipping here. ch2
Eastern Pedagogue--No, We uss
moral suasion.
Hoosicr Schooinaster-M Moral suasion,
eh? tried that fra Indiana. bu, !, made
= heap 81 trouble The girls didn't OBJ
iect - the kissing. hut The old folks
rut - mp Ike a. possessed ". Y.
Eanl-fr
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-20

flooded crows in Tie Shetland Islands
hold regular zsstzes - stated pe-IoC-s-
and usually Ia the same place . heE
there j. Z full docket Z week o. uore =
spent IN trying the ass; 8 other tsssss
/. single DE- SUITES for ths proceed
inrs TBe eapit4liy condemned are
t-.lE...s -. =, ----.-.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-20

1t is strikes, and strikes, and threat
ened strikes all the time. Some day
capital will, for self-protection, strike
alison, then there will be trouble,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-20
paIgn.

The Chicago Pardrige knows how it
goes to be plucked, all right: but it
didn't make him quail, as the trappers
imagined it would
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-20
nc Il WISER No~.

Een7c-zon-B, oyThzrl used % ;hiok
he szne1v e-e~y.hs-E
H.i-ta1asoa 'Tszt Tzs before he
traded Err-Ar.@ ii 10
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-20
lucllon of all three of these produces

ducIlon Of all three Of these produces
may be greatly increased.
The Medicine Lodge Sugar company
VIII, liz 1898, if the season is favorable,
probably secure 20.00e tors OF sorghum
that will make 100000 pounds Of
sugar. The 10000 tons Of sorghum at
81 a ton, means $4,000 in the pockets of
the Medicine Lodge farmers, and fine
lot OF sorghum seed for sale and for
their stock, besides.
Z. p MILLER.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-10-27
STRICKEN DEAD.
TRUSTWORTHY STATEMENTS.
A recent New York dispatch reads

A recent New York dispatch reads:
"James G. Il, fine looking and
apparently healthy man, was observed to
stagger while walking on Fifth Avenue this
afternoon, and after taking one or two un.
certain steps fell to the sidewalk. When
picked up he was dead. A physician ex-
amined the body ,and pronounced heartdisedse
the cause of death. A peculiarly sad feature
of the case is that Mr.. II was on his
way to Maine, to settle in the home of his
boyhood. He had passed the previous ten
years in the western mining country, and had
amassed a fortune. IfYOU have any of the
symptoms given in the foliowingtestimonial
you should lose no time in seeking relief
From John L. Roberts, Slatington, Pa:
81 have suffered with palpitdtion, irregular
Pulse, taiRting and smothering spells, pain in
shoulders, side, and arms for oUer forty years.
For twelve years have been treated without
avail by prominent physicians in my neigh
borhood and in New York. Growing con-
stantly worse, smothering spells followed one
another, so my life was often in danger and
needed constant care. AS my son had been
cured by DR.. Miles New Heart Cure, he sent
me three bottles. The first dose gave me
Instant relief Before using the last bottle
| wax completely cured. Although seventy
l,ro years old feel twenty years younger.
,aim my cure to be almost miracle"
Here is letter from Mrs. John Kolges,
ofCleveland, O.: II had been troubled with
my Icari and stomach for years, but for six
teen nonts had been confined to my bed.
had four of the best doctors in the city, but
none ofthem could beneftthe weakness ofmy
heart l also had dropsy and rheumatism.
| never took medicine that relieved me at
once as DR.. Niles MeU Heart Cure does. /
am much stronger, My appetite is splendid.
gained more in six weeks from your treat
ment than in sixteen months from all the
DOCTORS"
CDR Miles New Cure for the Heart is sold
on a positive guarantee by all druggists.
1t is safe, effective, agreeable, and does cure"
DR.. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-10-27

1t 10 n painful admission, but 1t must
be made. Grover Clevelend is bigger
than his party. We are not quite sure
which is his party. But that makes no
difference, since he is bigger than both
the old parties.--Telegram
This is as clear as mud There was
John the eldest, James the youngest,
and Timothy in the middle. Then up
jumps Timothy, and what does Tim
othy say? "oh hor says Timothy,
Thirty days hath September April,
June and November, but, IL that's the
way the cat jumps then what becomes
of Aunt Sally? Don't you see?"
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-10-27
THE SUNDAY cLANG.

"They ring the church bells so loni
at Lebanon" says the Oregonian, "tha
the Express wants an ordinance passes
providing punishment for ringing one
longer than one minute"
Some day, when we get civilized, this
hideous changing of rival church bells
will be stopped. II is custom thai
springs from barbaric symbolism
anyhow, but it can be forgiven when
the bells are sweet chimed and melo-
6ious. In most Of our country towns
however, they strike on the tympanum
of the listener with wheezy clang re-
sembling nothing so much as a herd
of cats in pile of kerosene tins. We
remember how in the city of Hongkong
six years ago the British government
ordered the bells of a large Episcopal
church to be dismounted on represen-
tations made by the directorate of an
hospital that their clamor
was absolutely dangerous to the pa
tients.
If any of Astoria's citizens made one
third Of the noise in their back yards
on week day that some of our church
bells do on Sundays, they would be
promptly arrested and fined for dis,
lurbing the peace.
We hope that the gentlemen whose
duty it is to manipulate the bell ropes
IF their churches on the Sabbath day
will remember the heartbreaking wall
If the cracked boiler tubes in the tow
,r, and pull gently.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-10-27

gazes on the wreck, he doesn't seem 10
be particularly careful about what he
says. Adversely has turned the poor
mans brain, and editorial comment
that was only wallowing slush before,
now becomes swiftly flowing brook
Of sparkling insanity = This statement
isn't exactly the most magnificent
blank verse of the century, but it's
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-10-27

"The Oregon Bar Association" says
the Statesman, "has decided to inves-
tigate the moral conduct and past rec
ord of candidates for admission to the
bar and to endeavor. to keep out law
yers expelled from other states"
This Is move that should have been
made years ago. But it does not go
far enough. 1t should be made to read
that the association shall investigate
the moral conduct and the records of
Oregon attorneys UP to date and not
only to keep out lawyers expelled from
ether states, but to expel lawyers from
this state If their work is shady. There
is no more honorable profession than
that of the attorney, and the man who
follows that profession, and who pan
ders to every low. dirty trick to catch
a dollar, is a black disgrace to a body
of men who are in the main one of
the principal props of the community.