The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-27
Redding's
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MISCELLANEOUS.

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"A king should die standing.-ves-
pasian-N
The atrocious crime of being a
young man.-Earl of Chatham.
kansas is fifth in cattle and corn,
ninth in hogs, horses and coal
Fisher and Fisherman came from
the name of business occupation,
while Fish, Fisk and . few more have
the same origin.
The Mississippi river is navigable
to the Falls of St Anthony. The Mis-
souri, river is navigable for more than
3, 900 miles.
Don't they have yell of their
own at this SCHOOL, Yes, but the
college colors are so loud you can't
often hear it. Inter Ocean.
Something With Him. Young Flip
-"Will you have something with me9'
Steady-"Yes, thanks; I'll have talk
with you on your dissipated habits y
Detroit Free Press
Photographer - Look pleasant,
please" Sitter-'I'll be blamed if /
do! I'm tioorwalker in dry goods
store, and this is the first day off I've
had for six months. Boston Tran
script.
-Alligator's tail is one of the queer
delicacies much priced by southern
Creole gourmands; but not the tail OF
any alligator is desirable. II must be
of the proper size and condition. Whep
1t is properly cooked it is most tooth
some. 1t tastes something like turtle.
A st. Louis physician wisely de
clares that only healthy people should
marry. 'If had my way" he adds,
'blondes should never marry each
other. A blonde shonld secure bru>
nette for partner II this were done,
we should become more beautiful as q
race, and stronger, and longer lived. "
-Naturalists say that the largest
serpent of which accurate measure
ments have been taken in modern times
was an anaconda which Or. Gardner
found dead and suspended in the forks
of tree in Mexico. 1t was dragged
and careful measurement with tape
line proved that it was thirty-seven
feet in length.
The musical instrument called the
jewsharp, once very popular among the
negroes of the south and mentioned by
a doubtful chronicler as one of the tive
instruments that Connecticut Puritans
might lawfully play on Sunday, was
really not named in honor of the Jews.
1t was once called the jeustrump, or
toy trumpet. and the name jewsharp is
a popular misrepresentation.
Some New York shops maintain n
times curiously primitive messenger
service in the suburbs. A messenger Ia
dispatched by rail to some central
suburban station and starting thence
he delivers on foot small packages Of
goods to customers mile or more from
the railway station. 1t is an expensive
and laborous system, maintained to
encourage trade from rapidly growing
suburbs.
"A new wayfarer's lodge, opened in
New York, contains beds for 200, un-
limited bathrooms and an impressive
wood yard. An applicant must saw
one-sixteenth OF a cord of wood for q
luncheon. one-eighth of cord for din
ner and lodging, and as soon as the
wood is ready he is obliged to take =
bath before he can reach his reward
All clothing is put into the fumigating
ROOMS at night. The building is so
constructed that the rooms can be daily
flooded with the hose.
One of the most wonderful time
keepers known TO the horologist was
made in London about one hundred
years ago and sent by the president of
the East India Company as gift to
the emperor of China. The case was
made in the form of chariot, in which
was seated the figure of woman
This figure was OF pure ivory and gold
and sat with her right hand resting
upon a tiny clock fastened 10 the side
of the vehicle. This beautiful orna-
ment was made almost entirely of gold
and was deliberately decorated with
precious stones
Not all the immigrants who come
TO New York are the lumpish people
that some try TO make them out On
the bridge, especially, they display an
amount of curiosity that would credit
Il Yankee, and the view delights them.
Any day one will see company OF
italians, just landed, the women splen-
did in brass jewelry and printed hand
kerehiefs, standing at the bridge en-
trance, watching the operation of ay-
plying the grip 20 the cable, and all
chattering like magpies The stolid
Russian Jew seems 10 delight more in
the landscape than in engineering. and
often walks over TO Brooklyn with his
whole family on tour OF sightseeing.
The Washington state cornmandery
Of the military order OF the Loyal Lee
gion passed resolution. for the pur-
the members of that organization. that
in future, and for all time, whenever
the music OF The Star SDangled Ban
ner'' shall be played. every member Of
Washington Commandery present shall
Immediately rise 10 his fee: and IN
cover his head, and remain standing
until the music % It's inspiring strains
shall have ceased. The officers ~ the
Washington body think the patriotism
of the whole order needs stimulating,
and they will send a request to all com
ulanaeries throu1hout the country for
the passage Of similar resolution.
Lately the employees a. the Phils-
deiphia geological garden have been
amused by the antics OF some queer
little animals which are no. on public
exhibition. The newcomer are white
and black Iapa aese Waiting nice.
se~en in nun Ger When let ont Of
their cages fher wiak a. each other
and step gracefully forward win a