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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-17

THE BUSINESS CARRIED on At NO. SG5.
airy, with hot and cold water in the
Kitchen and nobody to bring it up to a
fellow if, by chance, he should want to
use it; on street whichwas very quiet,
except for the evidences of negligence
on the part of the street cleaning de-
partment, and these became very loud
in hot weather. l was to meet him
there at 8 o'clock, or, if he should be
out, was to wait till he came in, and
he might be quite late. lie was out
when l arrived. Proba bly, some hours
of waiting were before me. l sat down
to finish the evening paper. On the
way uptown I had read everything ex-
cept the society notes and other, more
or less palatable, advertisements. l
disposed of these in a few minutes,
and time began to hang heavy on my
hands
Why, at such times, does Providence
always deny us the consolation of good
reading matter? These are the occa-
sions when history could begot into us,
or the principles of English grammar
or tariff statistics, or The Light Of
ASIA" by Sir Edwin Arnold, but we al
most never get a chance to learn any
thing in these moments, when even a
soap 'ad." lin four unknown han
guages, including English rs she Is
wrote for such purposes) would be
blessed relief. 1 looked around my
friends room for book. He had none.
I then read railroad time table which
was lying on the table. II contained a
description of d veshbuled express train
with a dining car attached. This was
very fair fiction; the style was good;
the plot was cleverly worked out, and
the humor, to anybody who had ever
ridden on the train, was delicious But
it was not long enough. was soon at
the mercy of my own thoughts. And,
do you know, when a man has spent the
best part of his lie in such apart
ments," and has afterwards escaped by
the desperate hazard of matrimony, the
thoughts which they bring back to him
are cold and desolate enough 10 chill
the marrow of deep-sea devil fish. l
fell into desperate black trance in
which | was conscious of nothing e1-
cept the fear that might wake and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-17

Mr.. Gallagher, der bes' interests O. this
town
I didn't hear the remainder. He
was twenty-for-carat, fulkjeweled
tough, and his raiment was more gor-
geous than the leaves Of autumn. A
4 plain, ordinary man could put on a
suit Of clothes like that, and borrow
money almost anywhere. And though
his waistcoat alone was worth more
money than any suit Of clothes ever
wore, knew its value was greatly en-
HANGED by a rectangular package in one
of it's pockets, consisting of United
States notes, beginning with a thou
sand-dollar bill and Bloping gently
down to a one on the outside
I turned from this glittering and
successful gentleman, and strolled
slowly down to "Fourt' ayernoo and
T'irteent' street" Sure enough,
found the bookstore. The proprietor.
an old man in the last stages Of dilapid-
alton, sat in the light of single small
Jet, with his head in his hands.
GLAD 70 find you in" I said; I've
had long search for a book store"
Il generally close the shop before
this time" said he, but I've been wait
ing in the hopes somebody might drop
in"
l could not help contrasting his ap-
pearance with Gallagher's. and I came
near asking him Why re didn't get out
of his business and sell something that
people want But I looked into his
mild and honest eyes and couldn't bear
10 give him pain. Probably, 1 thought
he cannot get license on account Of
his character. HOWARD FIELDING.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-17

find that time had turned backward and
the room was mine.
Deaths head and crossbones,~ I ex-
claimed; let ne be sane when John re
turns l viii go out and buy book ="
The nearest avenue was all nglow.
Every place Of business appeared to be
open. and 10000 clerks were working
twenty hours day because it was the
holiday season for other people.
There was q drug store on the corner
and another place for the sale of liquor
next door. Beyond that was Eddie
Gillie's saloon. whore Tom Nolan was
shot in October. The place has been
very popular since then, and on this
evening it was doing a rushing business.
The number is 975, but if you must visit
the place, don't drink with strange
man. II yoa do. you will 60 70 sleep il
about FIVE minutes, and afterwsrd
wake up on the street in a suit OF sum
mer underclothes kindly loaned 70 you
by the stranger in exchange for what
ever you may have had with you when
you accepted his invitation
In the window OF No. 9C7 I saw some
newspapers. and it seemed probabl.
that books might be sold also. though
the principal business in the outer shop
was. apparently, the sale Of cigars.
Have YOU books inside?" l asked Of
the man behind the counter.
Nav said he; 'dey amt muffin GO
in on Tommy's maxim his book at de
track desc days"
perceived that this was one Of the
cigar stores which serve as the portals
for gambling dens. The man who buys
twenty-five cent cigar on the way IN
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-17
THE DYING EDITOR.
An Unknown Contributor Tells OF HIS
Woes In Blank Verse.

woes IN BANK verse.
The owner Of paper lay diving in his
lair, and the dew Of death had gathered
on his brow so calm and fair: but a
printer knelt beside him rs his life
blood ebbed away. and asked the dying
editor II he had a word to say. The
doomed man murmurei softly as he
grabbed the printers fist: well. at
last the struggles over and viii never
be missed.
Take q message and token 20 that
city man of mine. that all his WORKOUT
chestnuts he had better put in brine
There's his joke about The weather.
which he used this many years, and the
gag about the fellow who is always
hunting beers. And the item he's 50
fond Of, On the man who pcddles books,
and the chestnut based on people who
go fishing IN the brooks: Just 20 save
the papers credit. and 20 cast no slurs
on mine, / would ask him as a favor 20
put such gags in brine. And the lies
he's fond Of telling Of the street cars
and the tacks, and the one about some
dandy who viii never paw 70, RI othes.
and the one on women cleaning house
its weary, Heaven knows,
"Oh, / know IN slumber happy IN
my grave beneath the vine. II the man
who does the city work win put these
jokes in brine. Tell the man Who
tends to business not 20 weep when
am dead, but 20 buy himself club and
nit the first man on the head who
comes IN with the strings Of items and
requests them printed free, when ihs
regular rates are cheaper than they
really ought 20 be Tell the foreman
when he makes up not 70 turn rrls
for me. but 20 simply print an item
saying that nv soul is free; for I vsnt
40 euloTistic tsffy Of that kind in mine.
and l think such hoary ches,nuts should
be picked well in brine.
Have that gay and fresh reporter
engaged the other day 70 put stop 70
saying 'Selah.' also We have come -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-17
The Prayers of Eishnn

missionary writes from India: To
day one Of my companions was visiting
4 house when she saw a little girl roll
ing up little bits Of paper and dough
together into pills. SO She said: What
are you dOing?' The girl showed her
q large piece Of paper which was COW
cred with the word Allah or God
Each piece on which Allah was written
was separately cut ont and put into a
dough pin until three hundred pills
Were made. and then the fishes in the
Gauges were fed with them. You see
said the girl when the pills go into the
stomach Of the fish it has the name of
God in its stomach, and then the fish
will pray for US, and that viii bring Us
blessing, United Presbyterian.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-17
Fine RedSteads.

A bed was made in Paris for an In
dian prince, who paid thousands of
pounds for It 1t was constructed
partly of silver, with large female fig
ures at each corner, each holding deli
cate-loOlting fan. The weight of the
sleeper's body sets certain machinery
in motion which causes the figures to
keep the fans gently in motion-an in
Cenious luxury in hot climate Ry
touching a spring large musical box
is made TO give forth soft music as
further incentive to slumber Another
bedstead made of silver is said to have
been occupied by the German emperor
during his visit to the Sultan. It had
oriental curtains Of surprising rich
ness, heavily embroidered with gold.
What a contrast this presents to the
simple iron camp beds affected bv
Prince Bismarck and Moltke and other
renowned leaders. Chambers Jour
nall
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-17

Uncle Ehpraim-How much foh dis
postum, Mistah West?
Grocer-Seventy-fve cents Uncle
Ephrair.
Look h'yah. Mistah West S'posin' I
buy it an pay paint down Kin I hab
time on de balunce?'o
I'm afraid not Uncle Eph- sell
strictly for cash"
(Stiflv, and emptying hi. pocket On
the counter Free cents wuf red
herrin', sab, an be quick about it,
Chicago Tribune
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-17
stay and n h. should say 'Ye local

stay and n he should say 'Ye local
you must tramp In his gore, for yeu
know Id ne'er allow IL in the happy
days Of yore. And the man who
comes 20 tell you how To run the paper
well should be greeted with a Pc wter
chestnut bell; and you'll print the
paper promptly. be the weather full q
storms. and the foreman must he care
full when he is making up the forms.
that the beauty Of the paper may
through all ages shine. and no; be. lika
It's neighbors, only A. 20 put in brine. .
Ycuowine's Milwaukee SewA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-17

Mama sobbed Amy. ~ don't be-
lieve that Charlie loves ne al ALL
Nonsense, child. What makes you
ss7 that?"
Il heard him tell Mr.. Hunker that
he really didn't know whether my eyes
were blue or Puck
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-17
THE THIRST THAT PAYS.
It Isn't the Thirst for knowledge,
According to This Story.
Howard Fielding Tries to Buy . Book In
New York, and Passes Some Thousands
of Saloons on the Way to the
Nearest Store.
TCoPTRIGHT. 1897

lCoPTRGHT, 1927
This story has moral, but not with
my advice or consent. am aware that
stories which show the authors, the
characters and the readers to be en-
tirely without morals are de rigeur las
we say on the bouIevard) in these days,
and would rather lose my self re-
spect than fool away my time on man
Uscripts that are sure to come back.
Ard yet was not always thus. / was
raised in New England village where
only one woman wore low-cut dress,
and she did not from any improper mo-
tive, but because the sharp edge of her
collar bones would be always wearing
out the goods. However, this is a di-
gression.
l had very important business with a
man who had SUPPLEMENTARY, let's be
honest, he had room up three flights.
in the rear, swept every Goth of Febru-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-17

Why i an editor a moral mani b.
cause he always doc write. --iserman
town Telegraph. How about The Cd
itor who clips from biz exchanges and
fails to give credit?-Norristown Her
aid
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-17

Al Sanday-school concert ID
Rhode Island the scholars were each .
repeat some text:froEn the z DE One
little g.rl. who was TO say, Il am tic
bread q life, came upon the platform
hesitatipgly (havlug forgotten her
text. sRd sad, liam \ loz. oG
brad 7
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-17

Christmas comes bat once a year.
said The optiuist- smiling
That's SO replied the pessizaist-
III j. came ofrener i voul6 bansraDt
the country Judge
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-17
Why the Angel went

Johnston-That statue at the tomb
OF your wife's mother IS a beautiful
work OF art Why did you select tie
figure OF a weeping angel?
mpson-Bscause / thought there
ought 20 bs somebody weeping ., her
grave.-Texzs S!ftlngS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-17

When Baoy was sick, we rave her Cazoria.
When size ives Child. she cried for C4s1ora.
When she became Miss, she clun- to Castoria.
NDen she had Children, she gave them Castoria-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-17

--Teacher-''Tf you had discovered
America instead - Columbus what
would you have done2" Chicago Boy
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-17
HEARTS BEAT IN HARMONY.

Ard souls IN wordIes. Measures Mace
Music IN Zach other.
The smethTstine lines OF evening
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-11-04
A Queer Ceylonese Grass.

Lemon grass, known to botanists
as Andropogen schaenanthus, and
which is unknown outside of Ceylon,
and there only in the Kandian dis
trict, is in several respects a most re-
markable vegetable production. It
grows to a height of six or seven feet
and has the wonderful properties of
spontaneous ignition. On the slopes
of Mount Ambulawe during the wet
season the grand spectacle of these
spontaneous CONGREGATIONS is fire.
quently een At first a single curl
of smoke or bright tongue of flame
will be noticed. Soon, however, as
the water runs down the stalks and
mingles with the oil and acids con-
tanned in the pith of this curious herb
fierce fires burst into view here, there
and every place, soon covering the
whole mountain in a sheet of flame.
The botanists and chemists have not
as yet explained why this paradox
ical grass ignites when water falls
upon it's stalks. st. Louis Republic.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-11-04
FASHIONS FANCIES,

Black and white taffeta silk makes q
pretty addition to a black dress, with
white silk gimp laid over black velvet
ribbon as a finish.
Iridescent and Jewel" bead jackets
are used on shot silk gowns, and bands
of the same are laid over velvet, on bod
ices made in Breton or short empire
style.
Very much admired by many are the
deep yellowish brown straws called
"sunburned braids." The plat is rather
coarse. This kind of straw looks we'll
trimmed with ecru lace, rather coarse
meshed, and small pink or damask roses.
Of all fashions latest freaks none can
exceed in absurdity the black glazed
leather sailor hat, decorated on either side
with two long quill feathers, shading, as
a rule, from yellow to brown, the said
feathers being laid back like the ears of
a vicious horse.
A very economical and effective way
of making up or making over a black
surah or satin is the addition Of large
sleeve puffs, vest and girdle of some of
the fancy bengaline taffetas or surahs,
which are sold in quantities from IS
cents to ST. a yard.
Tuscan directoire hats are piped with
black or golden brown velvet and
trimmed with wreaths of pink brier
roses, nodding scarlet peoples and cream
lace, or fat chaplets of unripe hazel nuts
and leaves which are of the nalest tint
of green.-New York Evening Post.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-11-04

The colored hack drivers of the
city of Washington are well known
to be more set in their ways" than
almost any other public carriage
drivers in the world. On n occa-
sion some visitors from a northern
city who had little interest in the
public monuments of Washington,
but who were greatly interested in
the exuberant tree and flower growth
of the District of Columbia, engaged
a hack" in Pennsylvania avenue
and asked the old colored driver to
take them to some of the quiet coun-
try roads and lanes about the city.
The old man looked at them with
a superior air and proceeded to take
them to the Washington monument,
the patent Office building and to
other well known show places in the
capital.
"But we don't want to see these
things!' the visitors protested. 1--WE
want to go out in the countryl"
"Wha' de load know bout whar
dey wan to go2" answered the
old driver contemptuously. de
load ain gwine know muffin bout
Wash'n't'n! I gwine show you de
princerpull objicks OBJ int'russ!"
And he continued his drive up and
down Pennsylvania avenue, through
K street and in front of the public
buildings Youths Companion.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-11-04
A Comfortable Living by Begging.

Charitable people it Lambeth have
the honor Of maintaining a model
family of beggars, and they bestow
their aims SO ungrudgingly that the
father, mother and two children are
able to live not only in responsibility
but afhuence and regularly lay by
something for a rainy day. They
have a very good house-far better
than an ordinary workingman's-
capitally furnished, and the two chill
dren not only attend the board school
constantly, but each of them depos-
its a shilling per week in the saw
ings bank connected Herewith. It
was only after school hours that the
four sailed forth on mendicancy
business in a quarter where they
were unknown, but in which they
hired a room for keeping the tattered
and ragged garments they always
wore as beggars. The man has been
arrested and remanded by the magis-
trate for inquiries.
He admitted having collected about
s shillings in two hours, and the aver
age Of his earnings as a professional
mendicant averaged between 90 and
f3 per week. The children were told
to be mum" about their real calling
among their schoolmates and to say
that their pa was a city man. Among
the neighbors he was supposed to be
a messenger in a bank. He smoked
very good cigars, and when the night
was too cold for comfortable men
delaney, or when he felt the necessity
OF a holiday, he spent about an hour
or two in a public house at billiards,
which he played very well. The case
is n more illustration of the utter
folly of giving indiscriminate aims to
any beggar even of the most woe
begone appearance. London Letter.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-11-04
What q Blind Man Can Do,

An example of marvellous industry
and power to overcome adverse cir
cumstances is given by Max Mayer,
who was born blind in Berlin %
years ago. He received his first in
struction from a teacher of the blind
and later attended the Sophien-R Real
gymnasium, a scientific college in
Berlin. He was always among the
best students in the college and passed
a brilliant final examination. He en-
tered the University of Berlin a few
years ago to study mathematics, me-
chanics and philosophy. He took the
degree of Phi. D. a few weeks ago,
preparing q dissertation upon the
differential calculus which excited
the admiration of his professors
Exchange.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-11-04
TO MAKE GOOD COFFEE.

Remember in making coffee.
That the same flavor will not suit ev-
cry taste.
That equal parts of Mocha, Java and
Rio will be relished by a good many peo-
pie.
That every n e cannot be suited to a
nicely by properly blending two or more
kinds.
That a mild coffee can be made dan
gerously strong and still retain the mild
ness of favor.
That the flavor is improved if the
liquid is turned from the dregs as soon
as the proper strength is obtained.
That where the percolation method is
used the coffee should be ground very
fine or the strength will not be extracted.
That if the ground coffee is put into
the water and boiled it should be rather
coarse: otherwise it will invariably be
muddy.
That in serving the cups and cream
should be warm. The cream should be
put in the cup before the coffee is poured
in. but it is immaterial when the sugar
is added.
That a level ~teaspoonful of the ground
coffee to each cup is the standing allow
ance, from which deviation can be made
in either direction according to the
strength desired
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-11-04
TURF TOPICS.

c. J. Hamlin owns six 2:15 performers.
Kentucky has but 20 trotting tracks to
118 in New York.
No pool selling will be allowed in Con-
necticut this season.
Keller. 2:20, by King Rene. will be
campaigned this year.
Axtell will have 80 mares at 81. 900
service fee this season.
Several pneumatic tire sulkies have
been shipped to Bermuda.
Allen Farm has SO nominations to the
$25. 900 Kentucky futurity.
Breeders of Shetland ponies in this
country have formed an association.
A turf expert declares that worry is as
bad for domestic animals as for men.
Turf. Field and FARMS philosopher
says that an inferior colt is expensive
ever if it is given to you.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-11-04

Not one man in a hundred thou
sand has any idea of the terrible
strain put upon marine machinery
in a trial test. A few years ago a
machinist who had previously been
in my employ was called on to go
down into the shaft alleys of one of
the crack transatlantic greyhounds
to help fix her up after her initial
trip to this port. He told me that
night and day during her entire run
across the ocean men had been kept
constantly pouring water on the
shaft journals to keep them as cool
as possible. Despite this precaution
the journals became so hot that the
babbitt metal Innings partially melted
and ran out.
When the journal caps were un-
screwed and lifted off, the babbitt
metal underneath was in many places
as honeycombed as a sponge. He
and a number of other machinists
had to replace these Innings with new
ones before the ship could return to
Europe. After l heard this l made
up my mind I would never travel on
an ocean greyhound until the ma
chinery had been worn smooth. This
one met with a severe accident 20
her machinery not long after the
trip l tell of.-Macon Mccormick in
New York Advertiser. o
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-11-04
AMONG THE GEMS.

The Orlof diamond is believed to be
responsible for 81 murders.
Diamonds so small that 1900 go to the
carat have been cut in Holland.
When Lord Palmerston was buried in
Westminster abbey, the officiating cler-
gyman threw into the grave several dia-
mond and other rings as a peace offering.
When Cardinal Borromeo was buried
in Milan. a large gold cross with even
fine emeralds surrounded by diamonds
was placed in his tomb and still remains
there.
The great South African diamond
found in the Kimberley mines in 1886
weighed 457 carats rough. According
to the ordinary rules of valuation, its
worth is 81. log, $50.
The diamond worn by the sultan in
the aigret Of his plume on parade days
was picked up from a dust heap by a
poor man Of Constantinople during the
reign of Mohammed w.
When the French crown Jewels were
inventoried in 1901. there were 9.547 dia-
monds, 500 pearls, $50 rubies, 1874 sap
phires. 100 emeralds. II topazes, 8 am
ethysts and a number of unclassiied
stones.
Tavernier saw in India q diamond of
lO4 carats whose center was SO foul as
to make the stone worthless. When it
was cut open. it yielded eight carats Of
filth like that from the bottom of a dirty
pond.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-11-04
WALTER BESANT'S MAxIMS,

WALTER BESANT'S MAXlMS.
He who foresees new acts.
Wise men never attempt anything.
Cheerfulness may be an admirable
cloak.
There may be pride even in confessing
mistakes.
The greatest things are done by the
greatest fools.
Mems motives are mercifully hidden
by their shirt fronts.
The most charming attribute Of friend
ship is the right of candor.
When you lose a leg. begin at once to
practice with q wooden one.
The consolation of those who fail is to
depreciate those who succeed.
If you cannot become rich, remember
the many miseries of the rich.
Dives is never an example, because
nobody considers himself really rich.
Out of ten men nine are born to work
for the tenth. Resolve to be the tenth.
The best way to make a man honest is
to make him ashamed Of being found
out.
Everybody says that gentle birth is an
accident, and everybody treats it as an
achievement.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-11-04

When a person meets you in the
street, my son, and halls you with
How are yer" for goodness sake
don't think he wants you to go into
a tedious disquisition on your aches
and pains, which will make him shun
you ever after. No, my son, though
you are possessed of all sorts of ago
MES, don't let on, but fling back his
hail with a How are yer9" as hearty
as his own.-Boston TRANSCRIPT.