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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-21
THE JOY OF LOVE.

I knew woman once with laughing eyes
Sweet dreamy eyes, like little sun-kissed
seas;
With face flushed like the west when daylight
dies,
Whose breath was like sunmer-scented
breeze.
Whene'er she walked the birds sang in their
bowers
And Knocked her voice, melodious and sweet;
She stole the peace and perfume Of the flowers
Whose little leaves lay crushed beneath her
feet
Twas not the beauty OF her face alone,
Nor set her form, my willing heart that stclc,
But sweeter still, the light Of love that shone
From out her eyes, reflected from her soul
We talked much Of tie future, and at times
She troubled lest we lose some Ionged-for
bliss;
I sang to her ny Iove-in little rhymes,
And sometimes closed a couplet with kiss.
We lived as little children live at play
In sumner days-unmiudful Of the past,
Impatient for the fuJure-we were gay,
Nor paused 10 reck hoTvlong the dream would
last.
We saw the summer ros es rocked to rest:
The hoa-frost husned the music OF the rills;
But she fel; not the cold. for in her breast
There burned loves fadeless FIRE that warns
and thrills
Long winter nights we watched the glowing
CRATE
Ecr low, sweet laugh made music like the
streams
That flow through forests, When I left her,
late,
Twas only to return 10 her in dreams
How sweet to 1ove-to have the heaTtenslavedi
Your future in woman's hand, what bliss!
To know each day LIES sweetest sweets are
saved
By woman's soft caress or tendeT,fZiss,
II could pray prayer that God would hear
And answer, 1 would ask the powers above
That Gil mankind upon this fading yphere
Be once allowed to taste the Joy Of love
-Cy. Warnan, in Harper sTW eekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-21

Some of Eagland's Most Dtstin Euishsd
Ambassadors Csa't save Money.
So great is Lord Dufferin's poverty
that during the time which intervened
between his vice-royalty of India and
his appointment as ambassador at St
Petersburg, both he and Lady Duscrin
were forced for the sake of economy 10
live at Paris under the name of Mr.. and
Mrs. Temple on the fifth floor Of the
Hotel Windsor on the Rue de Rivoli
The economies which this charming
couple were then forced to exercise,
were painful and even pitiful sight
to those who. like myself. had had the
privilege of enjoying their gracious hos
pitality at Ridesu hall. Ottawa
Lord Dufferin's case, may add, Is
not the exception. but rather the rule,
in the English government service, and
the most of tho holders of lucrative
posts quit Office in debt. Among the
many instances thereof l need only cite
those of Lord Augustus LOTUS. who be-
came bankrupt after retiring from
fifty years of diplomatic service, and
the late carl Of Granville and Of Lord
Lytton, who have left their families in
a very impoverished condition, although
during their entire lifetime they had
held one or another of the highest Offices
in the gift of the crown
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standing the wide difference in their
positions; and she treated him as cor
dially-more cordially, he thought
than heretofore, before the change in
his fortune.
The climax came when she gave q
grand party. Then, before the elite OF
the whole city. she did not hesitate to
receive attentions from him on which
but one construction could be placed
One cannot wonder he thought her a
heroine, and asked no further proof
that she could love him. Next day they
met in her fathers library, where he
waited to see her.
Rosa" he said. as soon as the usual
courteeies had been hanged, Il
come to you this morning to learn my
fate. / know the difference in our
positions. and would not urge you
only let your heart decide. My heart
I lay before you"
She blushed prettilv, but seemed
hand.
81 have loved you 50 long" she said,
'and I feared you would never love
me- You were so suspicious before you
lost your wealth that women were
all mere adventVresses; was heartily
glad when papa said you had lost it,
and L"
"YOu sent him to negotiate with
mel" cried Dudley, finishing the sem
tence intuitively, and giving it labial
emphasis.
Il loved you So" she murmured, dep
recatingly.
81 do not doubt it, dearest, and Mr..
Dudley Smith believed himself the hap
piest of men.
was very unpTetentious, as became
the bridegroom in straitened circun-
stances, and he was IN ecstasy as he
thought of her surprise when he should
tell her that his fortune seill remained.
He sent for Mrs. Ball TO return and
reopen the house and put it in full con-
dition to receive its mistress. Mean
time, they remained at her fathers
residence.
Dudley" said his wife one day,
81 have favor to ask of you-wiu you
grant it?'
Il will. if it be in my power so to do,
darling" he exclaimed
We'll, poor papa is rather short of
money-won't you lend him few thou
ssnds?"
me! Why, you know"
'Oh! l know what you have been
pretending" was the quick reply; "but
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He swallowed the beef tea with reluc-
lance. The fever had gone, and with
it nearly ali the life that was IN him.
The dear Old lady looked sadly upon
the emaciatsd form and sunken cheeks
Of the poor boy She forgot that he
was an enemy, ana saw only 2 mother
son. among strangers, and SICK unto
death Hex soul went Gus II a great
wave OF sympathy 70 the lEvallL
In vain she TEMPTED His appetite
with each OF the liquid ioocs wl-a!n
the formula allowed b. tEa surgeon.
She could not persuade ham a. IKE
stlmUlants, and MS vitality continued
TO sink daily.
To her question whether there vas
anything that ne would Ike % ea;, he
answered: Pumpkin pie.
But the doctor said i would kill him
II twenty-tou- hours
Pumpkin re" became The lads
day-}onE and nlzht-]onE plant Il
made The dear Old Iady's heart bleed
10 refuse It.
Doctor. cant YOU save the poor Eel
love- she ASKED.
The doctor answered cravel-. Md
an, an AFRAID all your worz has BEEN
IN vain lie cannot hold ou; mach
LONGER
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-21
TAURlNE PAsTimes.
Statistics showing Their Number and
Variety In Spaln-

Ss~@N-'NSs AArtE NGnncE 8uo
Variety In Spaln-
Judging from the taurire statistics
eull-fghting is not decreasing in Spain.
"A Spanish userchsnt," writes a Mad
rid correspondent could bear the loss
of his king with more resignation than
the abolition Of his fsvorite sport, and
an Iberian republican would prefer his
'corrids de toros' tbullfghtl % any ~
public, even IL granted three acres SuS!
3 cow a Spanish caboEero. with
more pride than hard cash. viii cheer
fully fOrcge his Sunday dinner II. by 50
doing, he NAV secure his seat in the
bull ring. Maria and Juaaita VIII
readily deny themselves for q time \
new dress rather than miss the sx,-ita-
mcnt of the Plaza de Torres. Besides.
are not their raven black hair, hlae
black eyes, rosy hips whence proceed
sparkling wit and lively repavteel. their
small hands (which manipulate the fan
with snch grace. and their tiny feet. On
which they glide. al sufficient u at
tract chances of admuatou9 During
the present year the number Of frst-
class bull fights in Important cities has
been 2Ss, the bulls killed being I.se4.
There hare also been 500 fights 81
young balls (novilloSl. in whs-h /. 4e7
were slaughtered. OF the ehiet fights.
20 took place in Madrid. IS IN Seville. is
in Barcelona and IL in Valencia Two
men-picadors-were killed. of the e.
padss and b0nderinos 10 were rnore or
less seriously wounded In each course
from six to eight buElS are done 10
death; but recently in Madrid. IN n
fight which extended two DAYS, Is were
finished off. Many Of the enthusiasts
judge the merit Of the SIGHT hy the num-
Der of the horses slain On some days
"a, or even more, are gorea 70 death by
the long horns Of the Spanish bulls.
The bun ring IN Madrid holds $4,000
spectators, who are still apparently de-
lighted with the harharouS and horri-
bic spectacle, in which blood flows
plentitully, and aged or unsound horses
are disemboweled on the sandy arena
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-21
NICKEL AND ITS USES.
The Many Advantages of an Alloy G
Nickel and Steel.

The Many Advantages of an Alloy Of
Nickel and Steel.
For long time natures hints were
neglected or disregarded, but in 1883
patents were taken out in England and
France by different individuals for the
preparation OF nickel steel, says the
Popular Science Monthly.
Tests of this alloy have been made by
competent authorities and the effect of
the addition of small percentages of
nickel to steel is seen in greatly re-
duced tendency TO oxidization and in
creased strength. AS an example of the
superiority of this nickel steel the fol-
lowing results of one of the tests may
be given: A steel containing four and
seven-tenths per cent. of nickel
''ehowed an ultimate strength of thirty
per cent. and elastic limit Of sixty to
seventy per cent. higher than those of
mild steel, with a nearly equal ductility,
and the valuable quality added OF less
liability 10 corrosion." The authority
who obtained these remarkable results
adds: Think for moment of this in
connection with the erection of the
Forth bridge or Of the EiHel tower. If
the engineers of those stupendous
structures had had at their disposal a
metal of forty tons strength and TWEEN
tyeiCht tons elastic limit instead OF
thirty tons strength and seventeen tons
elastic limit IN the one case, and say
twenty-five tons strength and fourteen
TO sixteen tons elastic limit in the
other, how many difficulties would have
been reduced in magnitude as the
weight of materials was reducedl The
Forth bridge would have become even
more light and airy and the tower
more netlike and graceful than they
are at present" And Sir Frederick
Abel, in his presidential address at the
Leeds meeting of the British associa-
ton, remarked: at has been shown
by Riley that a particular variety of
nickel steel presents 70 the engineer
the means of nearly doubling boiler
pressures without increasing weight or
dimensions
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BITTEN BY a DOG.
TWINS . FcSrfnI Rite, But the Bi0ed
Dhi1s't Pour from IfIs Boot.

TWINS . Fearful Rite. But the Bi0ed
Dhi1't Pour from IfIs Root.
Lewiston man was bitten by dog
che other day, says the Lewiston Jour
nal. He felt the dog bite into his leg.
close its teeth upon each other. and Jnst
scrape the hone. lie kicked the dog
over the Pine Street church stecple "a
hyperbole,l and limped home. Half
way there the blood began TO run into
his boots He could hear it swashl
svEesh! svaSh, he says
Every now and then he began 70 look
back 10 see where his trail, like that Of
his ancestor nt Valley Forge, should be
marked by blood When he reached
home he took every precaution against
ensanguined tapestry and bloody door
mats He took his person 20 the sleep
ing-room, held his foot over the eusPi-
dor, and gently took of his boot.
His sight wavrred and vision fed
Was that his blood7 Then things
cleared and he saw no blood Their.
was mons IN his boots, none In his
socks, none on his tourSerloons. none
anywhere. ani he has been hunting to
this day 10 see where the Dog bit him
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-21
DRIVEN OUT BY THE FIRE.

thousands of Snakes Forced to Moro by
Mountain Fires in Pennsylvania.
One of the interesting features Of re-
cent forest fires caused by lOng-contln-
.1ed drought in the mountains of east
ern Pennsylvania has been the reveal
ing and dislodging of undreamed-of
plumbers Of snakes which iafest the
mountain Businesses. Thousands Of
rattlers, copperheads. vipers, black
snakes and other sorts, ranging from
ono foot to seven feet long. have been
driven from their haunts and forced to
fee for life before the advancing flames.
One day recently a surveying party,
while at work on Second mountain,
near Lorberry, were compelled to drop
their instruments and run precipitately
down the mountain side because of an
oncomirg host of snakes. The woods on
the mountains opposite were blazing
furiously and, a correspondent of the
New York Times says, the reptiles In
fright came swarming over on Second
mountain for refuge On they moved in
countless numbers. like a vast army, all
KINDS intermingled, and swept down
upon the surveyors without warning.
The men stood their ground in aston
ishment for time, but soon seeing the
host steadily multiply as it drew near,
they incontinently abandoned camp and
ran away in terror, closely followed in
their flight by the snaky multitude.
At the foot OF the mountain is a road,
and there the corps halted to await de-
E4anIs,,p- 4ha--a 4Narr
thousands of snakes glide down
through the grass and across the road,
disappearing in the tangled brush on
the lower side. As the corps were about
leaving they witnessed quick and de-
cisive combat between a giant black
snake and a RATHER en- route to the
brush.
The RATHER was five and one-haf feet
long and the blacksnalSe fully seven
feet. The RATHER was cutting across
the read diagonally just as the black
snake went across straight from the
same side. In a moment they collided
and then clinched. The blaclksnake
with sudden twist OF his body caught
the RATHER tightly In his coils. Then
he gave another twist and the game
was up for the RATHER. The blaclSsnake
quickly uncoiled himself and darted
into the bushes. On examination of
the dead RATHER it was found that his
body was crushed into a pulp. In fif
teen minutes more the procession of
squirming, wriPgling, gliding reptiles
had passed and the surveyors were able
TO return to the mountain and secure
their instruments.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-21
OriCtnale

Originality is difficult attainment,
or perhaps we should saw, rare gift;
and often 4 man himself cannot be
sure whether he IS inveuting or repeat
ing.
The New York Tribune reports that
a manufacturing firm offered a prize
Tor TIE best origina. motto for d rca.
An Iowa man promptly sent them.
The pen IS mightier than the sword. "
with 4 request that they would for
ward the prize by the next mail
The head OF the house wrote = hu-
morous reply, asking The claimant L
he could prove himself the author Of
the saying. The Iowa man, evidently
an honest soul, at once responded:
Il can't say for certain whether 7
read i or Just thought l. I've read Nc
Guffev's Readers and Kids Eloca-i1a
ana the Proverbs in the Bible u II
isn't II. those books. il IS original. AID
~nan will rNl~asA sand me- .ha rnnnAr
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-21
FEMININE FAhCiES.

MBs. BRADLEY MARrIy, OF New York,
Is worth $40. 900, 900.
ONE of the ornaments Of Mrs George
Gould's drawing room is a japanese
crystal which cost 81, 900.
MRS. ELLIOT F. SEEPABD's pet char
itv is the Margaret Louise home. New
York. which she mas built in connection
with the Christian association.
Mrs, SARAH KTpLE, a grandaunt Of
Edwin a. Abbey, the well-known artist,
lives at Scranton She is ninety-nine
years old and has smoked since she was
twenty.
II is said Of Nine Carnot. wife Of the
French president, that she 6lls the pos;
Of private secretary, and during his alb
sence al any time can transact ordinary
affairs with aperiect knowledge of bJsi-
ness routine
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a BRACE OF PORK CHOPS.
The EIurderer Ate Them and They Led &
His Conviction.

The Murderer Ate Them and They Led to
His Conviction.
Quite a novelty in the annals of JUS
tice has been the conviction OF muir
derer by the tacit but effective testi-
nlony of the remains of couple of
pork chops, which, gnawed to the bone,
had been left on the table in the din
ing-roon of the unfortunate lady whom
lie had Just done to death.
At the end OF last year Nine LebIau,
the widow of a doctor In practice in
Tlly-sur- Meuse. suddenly disappeared.
She lived quito alone, and her absence
was not noticed by the neighbors for
some days, The door of the house was
broken open, and all the rooms were
found in state of utmost disorder the
floor of the kitchen being covered with
blood.
The plate and various other articles
of value, had, however, not been
touched, though several bank notes-a
list of which was afterwards discovered
IN a drawer-had been removed from
the desk in which the money was kept.
IT was soon ascertained chat two of
these securities were in the possession
of a peasant named Aubertin, who re-
sided in the neigh borhood and was
known to be deeply in debt. When
Aubertin was arrested he denied that
he had any hand in tho crime, but it
shortly TRANSFERRED that on the very day
when the murder was committed he
had bought a couple Of pork chops
from the head dealer, and there on the
diRing-room table lay the tell-taIe
debris. Au5ersin. in fact, had known
beforehand that the sinister task which
he had set himself TO do would demand
a certain amount of time in its accom-
plishment He had determined on saw
ing into pieces the corpse OF the poor
lady, and several hours were devoted
TO this horrible work. A few days
afterwards some fragments Of flesh
were found near the pier Of one Of the
river bridges, and on the morrow the
remains of body which had been cut
into several pieces were discovered in
the Mouse. Aubertin has just been
tried at the Aeuse assizes and con-
demned TO hard Ia Dor for hfe--London
Telegraph
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RARE AS A WHITE eLAckeIRo
Real English NIstletoe seldom Finds It


Real English NIstletoe seldom Finds Its
Way to This Country.
But rlistletoe-English mistletoe!
Surely that viii never lose its hold.'
some reader may exclaim-
Not in name, perhaps, but in sub
stance, says Agnes Carr Sage in Har-
per's Bazaar, for you must know real
English mIstletoe is as rare in this eou1-
try as white blackbird; and that so
called by florists, and supposed 10 pos
seSs all the properties with which the
black art of the middle ages endowed
the mystic parasite, because grown on
British soil, comes principally from Nor
mandy, where il fiourishes in such mad
profusion as to be veritable nuisance,
while it has so embraced and strangled
the roadside poplar trees that the
French government has ordered II TO be
entirely destroyed If this eiict is car
ried into effect, we shall see very little
OF the true mistletoe, viscum album. but
will have to content ourselves with its
American cousin, the phoradendron
flavesoeD~> which abounds in someof the
southern states, is really far prettier
and bears more berries, but lacks the
romantic associations clustered about
the 'Allheal" of the Druids We may
venture to predict, however, that So
long as there are merry hearts and fond
lovers on the earth, some sort of mis-
tletoe, ancient or modern, viii be hung
up each recurring December, for, as q
sweet poetess of England sings:
Under the nis1etoe peace and good VIII
Mingle the spirits that long have been tvAia:
Leaves OF the olive branch tEine with it still,
While bres things Of hope Eli the long carol
strain.
Yet, why should this holy and festival ntrtn
II tAe reign Of old Christmas Iids only be
found9
Hang up loves uistletoe over the earth,
And Let rs fsa under 1 III ~. rs-sr rnnnd
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then, you see. dear, it wasn't so-you
never lost your money"
Dudley Smith leaped from his chair
as though he had been shot.
How did you find that out?" he
gasped.
Il knew it all the time. When I
heard that you were penniless papa
went directly to your banker and
learned the contrary. think we man
aged the game very shrewdly, dear
husband"
Answer me one question, Rosa Do
you really love me?"
Yes, really do Dudley"
We'll, if you love me, we will drop
the subject"
II think we had better" said she,
quietly.-Chicago Post
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A Portland lawyer relates an aBec-
dote which illustrates one of the prin-
cipal weaknesses of mankind about as
fully as possible. He says that not
long since a man came to his Office
thoroughly angry. He had called upon
q debtor and asked for the payment Of
a little bill of s. so and had been abused
for his pains. Now he wanted the law
Yer 10 collect it. But the legal light
said that he could not afford to bother
with it. IT would cost it all TO collect
it. But TIE client insisted; he didn't
care if he got none of the money so that
the debtor was forced to pay ii. So
the lawyer consented to write letter
and see what could be done. The de bt-
or came in response to the letter, in
high dudgeon, and made declaration
that he owed no s. so and he wasn't
going to pay 1t. The lawyer listened
quietly 10 his story, and then said that
his instructions were to sue, and be
didn't think the other could we'll afford
to defend for so small sum. Who'll
get it," inquired the debtor, IF
pav?" The lawyer was bound to con-
fess that it would all go for the cost Of
collecting, and when the debtor found
that his enemy was barred out from
reeeiving any Of the money he paid
Willingly. The next day the client
called, and when he found that the
money had been paid, he, too, was en-
tirelv satisfied, so that the lawyer did
the very unusual thing of pleasing both
sides; the one overjoyed because the
other had been forced 70 pay, while he,
in turn, was tickled because the first
party got none of the money.-Bostou
Journal
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After the doctor had gone the diving

hICcE the OOCkOE Hdo gone inc uNlnH
/ boy opened his eyes and whispered,
wistfuly: ''Please-iust one piece"
Eyes, you shall have il" said the old
| lady. and as she stepped into her car
rage and ordered the driver TO whip
No those mules and drive home quick"
there was in her face the same ex-
preston of determination which may
be seen on that of the soldier when,
with blanched cheek. he clenches his
musket and dashes at battery OF Cat
ling guns
The pumpkin pie was made. The
crisp crust was rolled ont BY the
beautiful hands OF the dear old lady,
who was careful not to let the tears
that rolled down her cheeks drop on 1t.
That same evening the homely mules
trotted briskly TO the hospital
It was terrible thing she was about
TO DO.
She went again to the surgeons Of
fee Again she asked: Doctor, is
there no hope for that poor Yankee
boy?"
Madam, can do nothing more-he
will be dead before morning" was the
answer.
Quickly, but resolutely, she made
her way TO the couch of death She
dismissed the nurse and took her seat
After awhile the boy opened his eyes
and she held out slice of the pump
kin pie.
He opened his mouth. and she broke
the pie into bits and fed him, weeping
quietly the while. When the slice was
finished, his hollow eyes seemed to de-
your her as he murmured: ''Morei"
She hesitated a moment, and then,
whispering, God forgive me" she gave
him a second slice.
He closed his eyes and she watched
him until he breathed regularly, and
then she quickly stole away. She felt
as murderer must feel-but she could
not make up her mind TO watch her
victim dying.
At home once more the dear old lady
locked herself in her room.
Early the next morning those mules
again trotted briskly to the hospital
The nurse reported that her patient
had slept quietly all night. When the
old lady looked anxiously down on his
wasted form he opened his eyes and
said in strong voice: where's the
other section of that pumpkin pie?"
Collins were very scarce in the con-
federacy, and the hospital steward con-
graduated himself that the surgeon
was mistaken when he said the Yankee
boy would die.-Lylie o. Harris, in n.
D. Times Democrat
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PRESIDENT HARRISON is said to be on
the verge of q physical breakdown
caused by overwork and domestic
aF1;rti1-S
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Collins were very scarce in the con-
federacy, and the hospital steward con-
graduated himself that the surgeon
was mistaken when he said the Yankee
boy would die.-Lylie o. Harris, in n.
y. Times Democrat
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DIPLOMACY DOES NOT PAY.

Hang up loves ulistletoe over the earth,
And let Us tss under il all the year round