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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-04
But the girl had tainted.

Three weeks later she recovered only
| to go into Mysteries at the thoughts
that surged through her snow white
brain. Take him away" she shouted
! to the nurse who was sitting on heI
lead TO keep her still II caa never
marry fat man"
Months passed and then it dawned
upon Kosciusko that he was thin
enough to present himself before his
ideal 1t had been terrible. Billy
Edwards showed him how to train
down and he was now fifty pounds
lighter than on that fatal day. A
shadow OF his former self was Kos
ciusko.
Do warm blooded women with snow
white brains marry shadows?
We shall see presently, and we shall
not have to wait until next week either.
This is no serial story
The hero arrived at the boudoir OF
his beloved. She rushes TO meet him.
As he dawns upon the scene she utters
cry of despair.
TOO thin. Too thin she screams
in horror and she faints again. Once
more they go through the dreary rig
marole of bringing her to-
Kosciusko has hied him hence. Three
months pass as months will Not even
the board of aldermen can keep them
back and prevent them from passing.
Our hero now weighed one hundred
and seventy pounds. This was happy
medium. A third time he arranged
himself for inspection and appeared be-
fore his angel.
The moment has arrived.
Five pounds too much!" she bowls
and faints again.
Then it dawned on Kosciusko that
she was triaing with him.
This thing had been going on for
ten years. He had been paper weight,
light weight, a middle weight, a catch
weight and heavy weight, but moth
ing pleased her, IN the recounting of
the romance several chapters of train
ing down with no effect have been
omitted on account of lack of space
We are impressionists. Never mind the
dull details.
He stood there undecided
Il will make bluff" he. thought.
and then he pried open her eyelids with
cold chisel he happened to carry with
him.
'Where am I?' she demanded, as she
recovered what senses there were for
her to recover.
Kosciusko is grim and determined.
"You are over head and heels in the
soup unless you take me as | am" he
Numbered. 81 will train no more"
She gazed into his steel gray eyes
they were blue at the start but gray
seems best suited for this last episode.
He looked like business.
"You mean it?' she asked, agitatedly.
81 do
sit goes. am yours"
Then she glanced up into his eyes
again, and in her kittenish way she
said: 'Kossy, I've been bluffing for ten
years Why didn't you call me before?
I'd have had you if You weighed ton
and I'd have been your bride if there
was only fifty pound of you"-N. Y.
Herald
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-04
The Lanruars Of F1Ie..

An English inquirer. armed with M.
crophone, or sound magnifer, has been
listening patiently through long hours
To the curious noises made by house flies
and reports his belief that thev have a
language Of their own The language
does not consist Of the bGzz.nE sound
which we ordinarily hear, which IS
made bv the rapid vibrations OF their
wings in the air. but o. smaller. finer
and more widely modulated series OF
sounds. audible to the human ear only
~ the aid Of the micrcphone Probo-
blv this ~ Conversation Is perfectly
,udible 20 the fy ears. which. a. every
lchoo, boy knows who has tried % move
H.s hard slowly upon them. are very
scuts The hope IS expressed that since
the heretofore maud DE whispers Of
:lies have been detected and recorded
some inventor NAV construct micro
phone which viii enable us 20 make out
the language Of tie microbes. and 80
surprise them In the horrible secret Of
their node Of o0era tons &C hicsgo Post
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-04
THE EMPRESS EUGENE.
She. Having Made History. Must Aooeps
the Verdict of Histarx.

Sac. Having Made History. Must Aooeps
the Verdict of Mastery.
Empress Eugenie was By no means .
bad woman, but she was q singulariy
foolish one. Brought MP by mother
who was little more than an adven-
turess. occasionally living in Spain, and
often roaming about Europe, she be-
came strong-keaded and nsrrow-mind-
ed, with all the superstition of Span
lard. and with al the tolerance of a
lady who has lived much at continental
watering-placeS The emperor fell in
love with her and married her. He
himself was dreamer, but amiahle in
his relations and as honest as was con-
sistent with his interests. His sur
roundings were thoroughly bad. They
were. in the main, men who were more
fitted to be billiard-narkers and card.
sharpers than to be invested with power
in a state: shady 6naneisrs, and women
who would have been more at home IN
the deni-monde than in a court France,
with all her wealth. was in their hands
ana they picked and stole to their
hearts content
he empress ON1 bcF Ot-Sf 10 Wnftt-
wash this sepulchre of honor and hon
eStv. and ia maintain an outward SEM
blance of respectabilitv. But uBques-
tionably she was smbitiors and really
fancisd she possessed political talents.
As the emperor's health waned her in
fiuence increased France under her
auspices was FIRST sacrificed to an en-
deavor TO maintais she temporal sway
OF the pope of Rome. and then to re-
cover the ground the empire had lost
in public opinion by wer wsgea for
dynastic purposes
When this war went against France
she forced her husband to make an
attempt to re-esta blish a lost cause by
an advance which every person with
the slightest military knowledge knew
was utterly hopeless Widowed and
childless, she is an objsst of sympathy,
but as empress Of the French she made
history and must accept the verdict OF
hlstory.-London Truth
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-04
"A LITTLE NONSENSE"

Mrs. Trolley-''Do tell me, Mr. Kan
vass, whichis the greatest work of art?"
Mr. Selling the paintings,
madam. IN. Y. Sun.
-Doctor-''My good woman, does
your son stutter all the time?" Peas
ant-''Not all the time, sir. Only when
he attempts to talk. "-Commercial-Ga
zette.
II wonder whether hanging is a
painful death? Some people say it isn't
at all So 'It must be. Doesn't every
body say that there is nothing like sus-
pense?" Me-Up
Miss Younge-''Why do you not
marry, colonel?" Col Oldboy-"Oh,
there are lots eff good fish in the sea"
Miss Younge-"But don't you think The
bait is little stale?n-Columbia Spec
tator.
To College Boys
Lives of great men but remind u
We may rise though others fall,
And departing, leave behind us
Footprints on rubber ball
Detroit Free Press
-Kate-"Ah, Laura, you don't know
what you miss by not coming to dance"
Laura-"Don't 1? I've had five propos-
ais already this season through sitting
out dances in the conservatory."-Fu
ny Folks.
Miss Bostshaw (traveled)-"Letu us
again converse in French, count" Count
de Grandfre-'I zhall be most happy to
comply. Er-shall We talk in your
French or in my French2"-Chicago
News Record.
-Mamma-"Ethel. dear, why won't
you say good-by to this gentleman? He
is very kind" Ethel-"Because, NAM
ma, dear, you told me yesterday he was
the lion Of the season ,-and-and / am
so frightened. Boston Budget
On the Way to Church. Mr.. Hobbs
How much ought | to put in the con-
tribution box?' Mrs. Hobbs-"Wait
and see If that odious Mrs. Jennings
is looking, put in two dollar bill. If
not, a nickel will do."-Chicago News
Record
Remembered Her.-Mrs Ann
ordered dress pattern here yesterday,
to be sent wonder if it has been cut
yet?" Floor Walker-'Certainly not,
madam. The salesman said you hadn't
been in yet to change your mind IN.
I. Herald
II didn't know until to-day that
Hicks was color blind" Parsons
How did you discover it." 1--WE took
lunch together and he couldn't tell
whether the waiter had brought him
it"-Inter Ocean.
Little Dorothy, who was playing
with her kitten one day, turned to her
mamma and said: where viii my
kitten go when it dies?" Her mamma,
for lack of better answer. said: "You
had better ask your papa" '0h, yes"
said Dorothy, that is too hard u ques-
ton for ladies 10 answer"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-04

the money received, and on the other
her expenditures When examined,
the two pages were found to contain
these concise statements: Received
from Algy one hundred dollars" and
Spent it all. :"
"A Paris furniture dealer recently
bought from an architect an old writ
ing table, in overhauling which he
found packet containing 1900 francs
His honesty in at once informing the
former owner of his find was rewarded
by an equally honest declsra ton on The
part of the architect that the latter
knew nothing whatever about the
money and would not accept it
Prince Leopold. of Prussia. the Sec
ond cousin of the emperor of Germany.
who took part in the recent long dis
lance ride between Berlin and Vienna,
has recovered from the effects of the
race. Owing to the courtesy OF Lieut.
Heydt, contestant, his highness was
allowed TO reach the goal first The
lieutenant has been rewarded with an
imperial decoration for his refusal to
pass the prince when near Vienna
Mr. Ham. OF Georgia, tells this
story: They brought prisoner dow.
to Atlanta from northern Georgia who d
been caught revenueing. That's what
they call it down where I live. The
fellow had never been in city before,
and ne looked at the stone paving of
the streets with great interest. At last
he said: It's good thing they built
city in this place. 1t isn't worth darn
for farming land. LOOK at the rocks"
The emperor of Germany and his
granduncle. the duke of Saxe-Coburg
GOtha. do not speak as they pass by,
and the veners BILE grand duke OF Neck
len burg Strelitz, who is very fond of
Berlin, has not visited the city since the
emperor was crowded The grand duke
is blind. but his interest in German af-
fairs was never keener He does not
like the emperor. but does not openly
denouuce him as does the grand duke
OF SaXe-Coburg-G
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-04
cheap Rate, Tor winter Trip Via santa F.

Cheap Rates Tor Winter Trip Via Santa F.
Boute.
To Texas. New Mexico. Arizona, CALI
fOruia, Utah and Ola Mexico. are offered
by the Santa Fe
Tickets DOW on sale good until june |.
w'Jh suficieu. transit limit ia each di-
rec,ian TO enable passengers 10 stop of ut
al, points ~ route. Last ol destinations
include Corpus CHrisiie, Il Paso, Calves
TON, Houston. Ltmpasas. RlcApoyt. Ssn
Antonio, Civ oi Mexico Prescott. Salii.Io
~aa lni~ Pyto>l Las NrEaS Hot Springs.
san D;aEo, >-u Francisco, SaiJ L.aSe ana
Portland
New Mexico : motel rs having one OF
The most equable climates IA the world.
sudden changes being ALMOST wholly an
known. Il IS "a most desirable p are either
Tor eue business man. pleasure seeker or
the Invalid. val.- Il l. the haven for the
,nmlgrJDt No portion OF the United
States csu compare Win the fertile valleys
OF lis riveg-. ANA lu the productions of tie
ueit- tte market garden, the orchard and
tie vineyard.
or TAI particulars regarding the conn
trE. r-;e-. 80 p'v-s> etc.. etc. call on nr
address He.sre>f Santa Re a--ue NJ Geo. T
Nicholson. q. p. sod I A.. Topeka, Kan
". !. Blac!l, \. u = aud L \.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-04
Children Cry for
Pitchers CastoFia.

Jack Frost slim ulsfss travel " bea %
tourass or ear. re link about gsttsag
warn
California be. rhs ideal w.pfey elrat@
-jGss f1r euouxh south - D slEshiysF
and fFosI i.s-. ard Jet Eith s113cis-. to1sc
u TAG At
santa e route taxes Jack F.6si's hInt.
AID "a. arrAnz,9 ssrsss e personally
coud ucterl weekly excursiDEs % Csi4
toyniA- Pullman tourist EIsspsTs. fHrn-
bed vita usp-6sng. toilet artscir-. stf.
iesvs Ctlzago and - LOsts EVER satar-
dsT essaffz and leave KsBsAs City every
~uaczY as1ra4ag va 4 T snc : 80.
\ g-S = A4e. fer LIS Ang-lss sd 80
Frsncs go. CT fast express trans
spec. Eg~Efs aud EoTt~Ts ~ @iferss1c~
-ecaao-cssss tseksts E@Gof-s2- a sns4.
ghzr.e {es u.r e toCr.st -l-sprr. AEsrs
~ ~ nes' cl-zn rEa comfortable
fa4ulrr ~ u~s-~-E tscsrt ssssE. Or 1Ytfs
=. a. T. %scaossoss 9 l. 2a1 7 A -sHsa
p. -ottts. . cQ-Ez kss. foE cepT e
sS.dsx sx.Er. ing lksse exrLTsiorA .Hsf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-04

The Missouri Pacific Ry. will sell tickets
at the rate of one fare for the round trip to
the following places: PsoIa, Pleasauton,
Fort Scott, Cherokee. Pittsburg, Neodesha,
Fredonia, Winfield, Lyons, Arkansas City,
Anthony, in the state of Kansas, and Lib
eral. Lamar, Joplin, Webb City, Mindeu
and Carjhage in the state of Missouri. To
other points within distance of two hun
dred miles tickets will be sold at the rate
of one aud one-third fare for the round
trip. Tickets viii be on sale Dec. 24th
18th. 10Th and 31st, 1892, and January lsJ
and 2nd, 1898. and will he good returning
on or before January 3rd, 1898 For fur
ther information call at city ticket Office
No. 224 East Douglas ave, or at depot, COR
her Second and Wichita streets
l.. +. BLECKLEY, p. Sc T. 4.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-04
A Tsrribls Strain.

Son-If you think can be newspa-
per writer Ike you, what Is the use Of
my taking up ~ many studies on sub
jects that newspapers never talk about
Father a dramatic critic)-They are
simply for mental discipline, and The
cultivation of the powers Of memory.
analysis, etc
Soa-Whst good viii that do7
Father-If you DO rot acquire great
powers OF concentration, combined
with wonderful penetration, backed o.
enorno1s retention. Tou win never be
able 20 get the hang Of the family his
tori outlined bT the servants IN ina
first act OF . 1eV plsy.-Good News
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-04
VIII Nee. HIN Later On.

A six-foot spectator with muscnlar
arm and a hand ike q smoked ham
rushed in between the two young men
who were Pomneling, scratching and
gouging each other, and separated them.
If You don't stop this" lie said, hold
ing them at arms length and shaking
them till their teeth ratified, III bump
you together and break every bone in
your worthless bodiesl Now gOP
That's all right" said the youth
with the bruised eye and disfgured
nose. picking up his hat and shaking
his fist undismayed az the other young
man. III meet him in q football
game some day whero We can fight this
out without mterferenceg"-Chic 20
Tn kulne
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-04
THE LION OF VENICE.
Covered With Rivets II Stil Stands On the
Famous City.

covered With Rivets II StiIl Stands On the
Famous City.
One of the most wonderful pieces Of
mechanical work ever undertaken by
human hands has just been completed
abroad. The celebrated landmark of
Venice, the Lion of San Marco, has
missed from the top Of thu mighty
column of the Marcus place by strangers
visiting the city ef,lsgoons. Last year.
when an examination lof il was made,
it was found that the statue had fallen
into more than fifty pieces, which were
liable TO come down at any moment
This discovery gave rise to desire
on the part of some of the eity fathers
10 transfer the original lion to the Civsi
museum, and to make for the Marcus
column an exact copy OF the historical
monument But the Venetians were
strongly opposed TO this and urged that
the original lion should remain in it's
place. Thereupoa Signor Luigi Ven
drasco, devised plan To repair the
damaged monster. With infinite 10 Dor
and care the decayed statue was low
cred to the ground and it's fragments
carried to the arsenal.
The experiment by which ID was
thought the loose pieces could be re-
united by smelling process proved
failure. Giovanni Bontempi, one of the
finest mechanics of Venice, was called
in and resolved to repair the fallen hero
By welding the pieces together in the
presence of several of the municipal
officers. More than three hundred and
fifty screws were used to reunite the
separated pieces of metal, and the
cracks and interstices were filed out
with an inside lining of bronze. This
difficult piece of work was brought to
happy close with marvellous skill
Nothing can be seen of the repairs ex-
ternally. and as of old the Lion Of San
MareC bids the stranger welcome IS no
enters tS-e beautiful city of the DogsA
Cincinnati Ca 49,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-04
Relic of Old Border Days.

A primitive custom which still sur
wives at Cheyenne, Wyo, is when the
through trains from the east or west
stop there for an old woman to drive
down to the station seated GA a ricllety
wagon on which big milk cans rattle at
a great rate. At the first sign of pas
senger alighting she brings 10 light
and sound-a tremendous copper bell
which she swings back and forth with
vigor. TO proclaim that fresh milk will
re supplied by the glass to all who de-
sire TO irnbibe the healthful liquid -
Washington
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-04
RULES OF A HEALTHY LIFE.
How the Great Brooklyn Preacher Man
ages to Keep . Good Appatite.

How the Great Brooklyn Preacher Man
ages to Keep Good Appetite.
/ finished my education in the city.
My hours of mental work differed.
studied hard and persistently. Some
days 1 would spend twelve hours over
my books; sometimes ten; and now and
then very few. l still continued, and
am now, in the enjoyment of a full
grown appetite. There is not an arti-
Gle of food that | cannot eat with
great deal of Satisfaction-eXcept cod
fish. | like that three blocks off or
more. In all my life, l never missed
but one meal, and 1 would not have
missed that if there had been anything
to eat within ten miles. / was on the
top of one of the Allegheny mountains,
and half days tramp from the nearest
cabin. So ii was not my fault that I
missed my meal on that occasion. |
eat at regular hours My breakfast l
always have at seven o'clock; light
luncheon precisely at noon, and at halt
after six o'clock l enjoy my heartiest
meal never allow anything to inter
fere with the strict observance of this
regularity. / eat what | can relish
best, but never eat so much but that
could not eat something else; hence l
always arise from the table in a com
Portable state of body and of mind.
After my noontide meal, l always take
an hours nap. This calls the blood
away from the brain and enables the
stomach to do, in the best possible man
ner, its work of digestion. And be-
lieve, too. that one of the chief reasons
of my continued good health IS found
in my non-indulgence in tobacco and
liquors, -DeWitt Tal,nage in Ladies
Home Journal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-04

On account of our increasing trade we
lre compelled TO move our business to get
more room and switch faculties, and have
jansed the SteinhaQSer building, corner Of
Third and Fifth avenue, on Santa Fe
rack.
We also herewith thank the people of
Wichita for their most liberal patronage
IF our flour, and will hereafter as we have
q the past, give you the best -four in the
state AT reasonable figures.
Yours Respectfully,
HALSTEAD MILLING COMPANY,
OTTO WEIS, Agent.
p. S. We retail no flour; Second to
None;" "Standard;" every grocer keeps
{. Phone 105. d4l 81
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-04

A holiday excursion ticket is an appro-
pirate Christ mas or New Years present.
IL fits any size stocking, and suits any size
purse.
The fsvorite Santa Fe Route has made
Ihe low rate of one and a third fares round
trip o stations nits line, within Il distance
of 200 miles, for holiday travel.
Tickets on sale December 9th, 25th, Goth
and 3lst; also January lst aud I'd, good
until January Sd, returning.
Call OF local agent A. T. &; S +. r. r.
He has plenty of tickets on hand at above
rate. G32 lit
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-04
Fables About the Condor.

According to Humboldt, the massive
pinionS of the bird enabled it to soar
over all the SUBMITS of the Andes, to
circle for hours in those regions of low
pressure, and thence on sudden TO de-
scend to the seashore, thus passing
rapidly through all the gradatiOns of
climate From Prof. Orton is quoted
the statement that the condor 'can
dart in an instant from the dome of
Chimborazo to the sultry coast of the
Pacific" This agreement of observers
is now broken as far as concerns Mr..
Whymper. He weakens the authority
of Prof. Orton's statement by remark
ing that the Pacific is at least one hun
dred and twenty miles distant from the
dome of Chimborazo, so that to traverse
the interval in an instant is to fly at
the rate of four hundred and thirty-two
thousand miles an hour, which would
cover the distance from the earth TO
the moon and back In sixty-six minutes
The flashing of such fight no human
eye could follow, still less could il
identify over course of even twice
sixty miles the bird which started and
the bird which arrived. AS a matter
of fact, it is said the condors seldom or
never descend to the seashore in Ecua-
dor, though they undoubtedly do so
elsewhere, while, so far from surpass-
ing man in the heights that they attain,
Mr.. Whymper, who had repeated OPP
portunities of observing them sailing
to and fro, not above but far below his
snow-girt encampments, was persuaded
that their habitual range did not rise
above sixteen thousand feet He in
geniously explains the ocular deiusion
which has probably imposed on other
Observers -Edin burrh Review
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SHE eLUFFeD FOR TEN YEARS.
But She Would Have " edded Kosciusko IL
He Had Weighed q Ton.

'Kosciusko," she faltered in agouiz-
ing accents, how much Go you
weigh?'
Two hundred pounds, he answered
her in strong manly tones-this huge
being WHO lowered sOove her his big
blue eyes looking frankly into hers
Such men cannot lie
Two hundred pounds, Sophonisba,"
repeated her hero Then ne demz nded
with something of moclleyy, in his
enormous features. And what Of il.
sweetueSs2'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-04

For Kansas City, st. LOUIS and all points
east take the Missouri Pacific railway
The shortest line to St. Louis by IS miles
No change of cars OF any kind between
Wichita and st. Louis. Only fifty hours
between Wichita and New York City via
the Missouri Pacific railway. City ticket
office 294 East Douglas Ave. Jolt u
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-04
Awful Possibility.

Baby-A-bwa- s-bwa, a-bwa-
Moaher-Boire, bodre; what can Chat
les Augustus mean@
Fsther-He's going TO be tope, An
geline. Boire Is French for drink.
Mother (anxiously)-oh. wouldn't II
be dreadful if Charles should TURF out
70 be a French baby, and we couldn't
understand q word he Sudbury.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-04

The Worlds Fair Calendars for 1898 are
now being distributed AT the Rock Island
city office, free. You are invited 10 call
and get one or mora. J. H PHILLIPS.
City Ticket aud Passenger Agent. Wlch
ita. G2O If
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-04

in company of novel-writers the
conversation turned upon L, a
brother novelist "A very decent fel-
low" said one Of the party. Il never
heard him say bad word about any
one" 'Parbleu.' replied s., ''he
never talks about anybody but him
self La France.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-04
Hnliday E1cnrsIon Rntes.

Commencing Dec 24th, 25,h, Goth and
31st, and January LIST, '93, the Rock Island
will sell excursion tickets to ull points
within 200 miles al a rate of one and one
third fare for the round trip, good fo- re-
turn up TO and including January Bird, 1893.
}. II. PHILLIPS,
City Tx / and pass'r Ag't,
oT-l5t Wichita, Kan.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-04

The Rector-''It must be a great
consolation to think how considerate
you were of your husbands comfort"
Widow (sobbing l was always
very good 70 Thomas. II always used
to thread 1.-THE needle for him when
,.lnt he's =