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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-17
ut his check he can see the point to
which it has been forwarded

1T his check he can see the point to
| which it has been forwarded
The new paper check" as they are
called, are designed to and do obviate
these difficulties, which have long been
a nightmare to baggage agents Each
road has its own system of pasteboard
checks, printed in different styles and
on different colored cardboard
When travel between certain cities is
heavy, name OF the destination, as well
as the originating point, is printed. In
some cases the routine is also printed.
But on the general checks, which may
thus at once be issued for any place on
any railroad in the United States,
blanks are left for the destination and
the names of the connecting roads over
which the baggage is to pass
These checks are mum bered consecu-
lively and are Kept for limited time
after the baggage has been claimed.
when they are destroyed. The check
issued TO the passenger Is. therefore,
an exact duplicate of the strap check,
which contains full and explicit in
formation and missing baggage can,
therefore be quickly located by means
Of the details printed or written in
The difficulty Of tracing baggage IL
lessened in another way. a brass
check might be received here In the
morning, used TO Kansas City q: night
and sent out from there the next da-.
But paper check" can De used only
once.
Baggage agents in large terminal
cities have 20 be eteruaIly on guard
against frauds A favorite method Of
doing crooked work at baggage rooms
used 70 be 20 steal somewhere a num-
Der OF pairs Of checks Then. while
the baggageman was looking for the
trunk bearing the mum Der correspond
ing 70 that on the bogus check rendered,
the crook would clevsrly remove the
strap check from any trunk OF which
he desired possession, and substitute
therefor a strap check from his pocket
This plan q robbery IS no longer p<zc-
t.eable with the new paper checks"
Il IS not easy 20 counterfeit q paste
board baggage check
Zach road has different style and
different color OF cheek. and .he matter
that Is written IL" must be in the same
handwriting
EVERYTHING On either CHECK mus. %
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The aietta 1ay Eag sumIau ornng September IT, 1888
QUEER OCCUPATIONS.
Unusual and Novel Methods OF Making
Living in . Great City.

Unusual and Novel Methods Of Making
Living in . Great City.
In city like New York the men and
women who earn their livelihood by
odd occupations form vast army. The
names of their different modes of living
would fill volume in themselves. Mod
ern progress and the never ending and
daily increasing struggle for existence
are continually swelling the ranks
About dozen men make good living
among the working jewellers in the
vicinity of Maiden lane and in less
pretentious localities demagnetizing
watches The tasters form another
class of men with odd occupations
They congregate around Pearl street,
at the appraisers stores, and are to be
found on the floor of the produce and
fruit exchanges. They never drink,
and seldom smoke, and they take as
much care of their palate as a prima
donna does of her voice Within the
past two years a number of men have
started into the business of visiting,
without invitation the rooms of Young
men in boarding houses, furnished
rooms and fats asking them if they
have anything to sell, and concluding
cash transaction on the spot. This
system saves the modesty of the dude
and insures the privacy of the transac-
tons. The painting Of black eyes is a |
fourishing business Only year ago |
there was but one professional who
made the treatment of discolored optics |
a special business Now that profess
sion is no longer confined to down
town, and there are four esta blishments
above Twenty-third street, each employ
ing as many assistants as a popular
BARRIERS shop. The usual treatment is
to extract the extravasated blood by
leeches and then to paint the skin
When this is carefully done the '.sign
OF the blackguard," as Thackeray
called it, is well nigh obliterated. The
tattooers are to be found only in the
dime museums and on the water front,
near Coenties slip. Those on South
street are ex-sailors and their principal
customers are seagoing men. The men
who sell sidewalk novelties, such as
the mechanical walking toys, make
much greater profit than one would
suppose, and those who vend them can
afford to dress much better than they
do only it would hurt their business, at
least that seems to be the general opin-
ion. These toys wholesale at about
one dollar and twenty cents a dozen,
and the street vendors easily get
twenty-five cents each for them while
the novelty lasts giving them the
handsome profit of two dollars and
eighty cents dozen. There are two
very handsome lads, about fifteen and
eighteen years Of age, who find lucra-
tive business in polishing up the
handles of the big front doors, brass
door plates, bell pulls and letter boxes
of the flats and residences of the West
Side, from Twenty-third street up.
They charge from ten cents to twenty
five cents for each house, and make
from seven dollars to eight dollars
week each at work that is they con-
slider, not half as hard as what they
we're accustomed to do as messenger
boys in the district telegraph service
St. Louis Globe Democrat
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PASTEROARD CHECKS.
They Are Rapidly Driving the OId-Fash-
Toned Brass Checks Out OF Use.


The days of the brass baggage check
are numbered For the past two years
the pasteboard check has been gradu-
ally crowding il out Of use, until brass
checks are now employed only for local
checking, ard for that purpose solely
because each company has a large
stock Of them on hand Through bag
gage is checked on the printed and
written cards
The old system was Objectionable for
several reasons An immigrant who
could not speak the English language
might come on TO this city while his
baggage would be checked only TO
Cincinnati This involved a tedious de-
lay while the baggage was being traced
By mail and telegraph from New York
Again. a busy or absent minded tI1v-
cling man might ask for 4 check, Van
dalia-" II check should happen 10 10
given 20 SandaIia station, the man
nigh. 20 on 20 Pittsburgh OF Chicago
before discovering that his baggage
was astray-
There was nothing whatever on the
brass check TO denote whence or By
which line the baggage had been for
wardsd- But noy AZ soon az be InAka
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IN CAMP.
Tho Fishing Rod the Chief Means Of Sup.
plying the Larder.

Tho Fishing Rod the Chief Means Of Sup
plying the Larder.
| The selection of suitable spot in
which to build a permanent camp is a
matter Of great Importance, as its stu
alton has much to do with determining
/ the comfort and success of the camp.
We should advise that camp be To-
Gated near some body of water. unless
in very wild region or existing for
the special purpose of studying nature
in some of her many branches. The
usefulness of the gun and rifle in camps
nowadays is decidedly small, the re-
sponsibility of supplying the larder
falling principally upon the rod, thus
rendering the proximity of a lake not
only an advantage, but necessity.
There is also constant need of water
for washing and cooking purposes, and
it would be great inconvenience to
carry water from any distance to meet
these demands. And what would life
in camp be without the morning plunge
in the cool waters of the lake, or at
close of day the moonlight paddle and
song far out in its quiet bosom?
The success of camp is not in pro-
portion to the size of the lake. We
passed three most enjoyable summers
on the shores of pond five miles
long and half as wide. On very large
lake high wind will blow up sea,
which renders cruising in light boat
or canoe both difficult and dangerous
This extreme 70, ness lasts often for
several days, and such an event
party encamped an island, unless
provided with sta row-boat, would
be temporarily shut OF from all COM
munica ton with the mainland. Again,
the difficulty of locating and becoming
familiar with good fishing grounds or
lodges in large lake is very great and
must be experienced to be appreciated.
This is matter of great Importance to
campers, who. necessarily depend upon
fishing to a considerable extent for
pleasure and maintenance. and one
may as well fish on dry land as cast his
line at random in fresh-water lake.
There is nothing to break this mo-
notony except now and then strip of
woods or muddy bank bristling with
forked sticks left by some midnight
pout-fsher The current is sluggish,
but extremely hard to paddle against.
There is no rapids worth mentioning,
but numerous rocks just showing above
the surface of the water and invaria bly,
covered with small turtles. There are
only two redeeming features to such
river-its lilies and its fish.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-17
MODERN CRlMlNAClTY,
The Force and Violence of Other Days
Has Changed to Fraud and Astuteness.

The Force and Violence of Other DAYS
Has Changed to Fraud and Astuteness.
There are two forms of criminality,
the atavic and evolutional Atavic
criminality is the return of certain in
dividuals, whose physiological and
psychological constitutions is morbid,
to such means of the struggle for exist
ence as civilization has suppressed, such
as murder, robbery, etc. Now the
natural forces which formerly impelled
men to battle in this sanguinary man.
ner have not entirely ceased to act up
on humanity; they still act, and excite
men to certain antagonists, which oc-
cupy the entire life of almost all hui
man kind, excepting only those who,
possessing superior moral sense, re-
fuse to become entangled in self-inter-
ested struggles, even if this course of
the means of the struggle have changed
through the influence of civilizations;
these were formerly force and violence;
they are to-day fraud and astuteness.
No one can deny that an immense
number of thefts are committed every
day, of which the law takes no cogni-
zance: that human cupidity finds means
of satisfying itself even if it does not
employ the sword and poison, which
sometimes makes one wonder, with
horror, if all human progress is not
menaced with failure. This is the
transformation of savage criminality
among civilized people. 1t is to-day,
unfortunately, a normal condition
of existence that this battle
of astuteness has replaced the
war of the muscles. For, as long
as the present social conditions last, no
human power will be able to prevent
men from stealing from each other,
just as it is impossible to keep men liv-
ing in a state of barbarous anarchy
from killing each other. From this
point of view all modern humanity is
imbued, to some extent, with evolu-
tional criminality.
Those, however, who really form
that criminality, which l call evolu-
tional, are the men who, endowed with
a greater talent or favored by too
prosperous fortune, push that battle of
intrigue and deceit to q monstrous ex-
cess, which makes it too great dan
ger to all modern society. These, in
reality, only employ to great extent
the means of enriching themselves that
all the world uses on small scale; but
their action, on account of the Excess
sive development which they give to
the means of the struggle for existence,
should be considered as abnormal and,
therefore punishable: while the same
means, applied on a small scale. are en-
tirely normal, and, although our moral
sense feels them unworthy, remain I'M
punished for law would be powerless
and even unjust to injure them. Those
who make use of the means that socie-
ty has given them. without annoying
the social life more than others, are
evidently only using their rights. But,
for the great evolutional criminals, il
Will not do to trust too much 10 the eff
fects of the punishment: they are tho
product of our customs and will AWAY.
be found so long as our customs remain
unchanged. -Guillaume Ferrero, in
Revue des RevueS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-17

The marks of q recent stroke Of
lightning on James Gillespie, of Noda-
way county. Mo. who still lives, start
from the fingers of the right hand.
pass to the elbow and there jump for
the body, beginning just below the
sixth rib; then passing to the hips
the scar divides and goes down each
leg and to the big toe of each foot.
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identical with parallel Information on.
the other instead of only the number,
and the name of the road being reqnireb
TO correspond. as under the workings
Of the old brass check system
Even though a manhad n lot OF blanls
forms correctly printed he would DO
compelled to inspect tho baggage ho
desired to steal. memorize the NUMBER
and written information and then ge
away and prepare h 3 false check in tho
identical manner and handwriting in.
dicated on the strap check Mistakes
would very often De made by him whieh
would instantly expose his gsne---st
Louis Globe Democrat
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NCW
5Q@}&
LII FIGS

Blowly you do It, it is not a bit more
easy to grasp.
To on-lookers, the twisting the fin
gers round and round appears to be an
important feature or the performance,
and anyone attempting it is certain to
twist diligently for time before he
attempts to join the fingers, and, of
course, the twisting can be shown as
slcwly as you like, and yet not disclose
the trick; but if you want to have fun
with the learner, never omit the twist
lng.-Somorville Gibney, in Golden
Days.
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OLD BUT AMUSING.
How t. Perform a Trick That Was Popu-
lar q Long limo Ago.

The trick, puzzle, or whatever title
may be given to it, that am about to
describe, cannot be called new, since I
can remember seeing my father per-
form 1t as long as / can remember any
thing; but at the same time I never
saw it done by anyone except those to
whom he had taught it, and l therefore
conclude it is not generally known.
1t is far too good and pulling q
trick to be lost sight of, for, while APP
pearing simplicity itself, it is exas-
peratingly difficult to grasp and learn,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-17

Among the Greek rustics the bride
and groom walk around between two
consecutive circles composed of the
young men and women of their ac-
quaintance who heartily kick and CUT
them as they pass
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Be Ought To- asave II

Hungry Higgins-Have you got any
nice cold cake for a poor man that
hasn't had bite to eat in three daysT
Mrs Wicl<wire - Why. isn't breay
good enough for your
Hungry Higgins-This IL my birth
day, mum Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-17
A Erava Lad.

~ suppose you arc a very brave boy.
Jack. and are not afraid Of dogs any
more?"
"No: I'm no. bit afraid % dogs any
more" said Jack. specially ~hers
they're tied up" HarPers Young
People-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-17

"A little boy whose parents are al
ways moving from one house to an
other, was asked by the Sunday school
teacher: "Why did the Israelites move
out of Egypt" Because they couldn't
pay their rent" was the reply.
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An obesisa. Child

Mother-So~. never let me catch yoa
at the jam again.
Wllie-T-I-t-icd not 90 le. yo-s
catch me this time.-Demorests Maya
zine.
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-He-"We have a clock that SAYS
Cuckoo" She-"We are going to get
one that says What must you go?s"-
Lies Calendar.
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rlIo,sro o. sunIo Gus SSH su-rosq Gus usEa
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-11
THE CITY.
G BREvITxEs.

Wheat, Al; fax, so; oats, -; barley 81
to So.
Rudolph Berg is engaged painting the
east side school house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chase, Of Howard, are
the gnests Of Mrs. j. B. jerks.
There will be a regular meeting OF
Madison Chapter No. 8 tonight.
That Bingham resolution will prove a
large stone to roll away from the coun-
Gil door.
Mrs. Pat Ryan departed Tor Caledonia,
Mimi, in response to a telegram announ-
cling the serious illness Of her father.
The oyster supper Of the Baptist
ladies realized them about S55 last eve
ming. This is q good index OF the pub
lie appreciation.
A.. G. Tyler and Jerry Hurley have
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
1.-THE Philosophy OF Prayer will be
the sermon topic at morning worship,
1890 a.. m. Sabbath school at noon.
Miss Vida Munger will lead the Y. P. s.
G. e. meeting at $50 p. M. Evening
service at 7:30 p. M, with sermon upon
christianity at Parliament of Religions
Everyone is cordially welcomed to these
services.
GRACE CHURcH.
I0:30a. m. Morning Prayer with SER
mon. Theme: "The Responsiveness Of
Jesus to the Touch Of Faith" II M,
bible class for adults and Sunday school.
Subject: "Daniel-Christ, the Witness
to the Truth" Wednesday evening at
7:30, Litary service with lecture on
.The Days OF Persecution" All per-
SON are cordially invited TO attend, and
take part in, these exercises.
NJ. Il. CHURCH.
Sermons by the pastor upon the fol-
lowing SUBJECT: 1890 q. m, 'The Law
OF Revival" 7:3O p. No., Counting the
Cost" Business men especially invited
to the evening service. Glass meeting
at 9:45 a. m. Epworth League at $50
led by Ira Hammer. Meetings each eve
ming next week. All are cordially in
vlted.
BA<rIsT CHURCH. M
Morning theWe, 'sThe worth OF living
Evening, .The gain Of dying" Sunday
school at noon, Juniors at $50 p. NJ.
Young people at $50. Revival services
during the week.
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Nothing succeeds like success" and
nothing will more quickly insure success
than true merit. For fifty years, Ayers
Sarsaparllla has maintained it's popu-
larity as the superior blood purifier. 1t
stands upon it's own merits and eve
fails to give satisfaction.
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Try our new mince meat at the Model
Bakery.
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Neither calomel nor any other deleter-
ious drug enters into the composition OF
Ayers Pills. A safe family medicine.
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On and after December l, 1888, [ will
sell for cash only. j.. j. PFIsTER.
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Try those fresh Monitor brand oysters
% cents per can, at D.. McKinnonis.
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On and after December 1, 1883, i viii
cell goods Tor cash only. Produce taken
at the highest market price.
FRANK FLrTcROFT.
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THE CHURCHES.

Order OF Exercises af the Different
H0use of Worship I'm this City
TO-M OrrOw
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A fine lot OF young horses and cattle
to trade for city property. J.. e. BELL.
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! LILY White buckwheat Hour at the
Msdison Feed mill.
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Try those fresh homemade candies a
the Model Bakery.
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Fresh Tiger brand oysters, 80 cents
per can, ~ ID. McKinnon's.-
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Try those fresh Tiger brand oysters
80 cents per can, at ID. McKinnon's.
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Storm windows and doors put on your
buildings by A. p. Harling.
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Fresh Monitor brand oysters, Is cents
per can at ID. McKinnon's.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-09-22

play hes accustomed women to. This
ruff adjusts itself to any sort of neck.
The frills are mounted on as narrow q
bsnd as need be to be comfortable. Tho
frills stand ont straight from the neck,
instead of upright against it. They
sta I'd out SO far and the band on which;
they are mounted is loose enough, so
that you really have lots of ruff even if
You have very little neck, and the
effect is secured successfully and with
out discomfort to You. Maybe Henry
VIII. was not stylish, but his ruff suits
the idea of style to-day, and now that
you have learned how to get into the
thing without entire sacrifice of your
head, you can go in for it and be happy.
Luz avoid the other things.
Two pretty street dresses arc de-
picted in the fourth illustration. That
at the left is composed of dark-blue
fonlard and trimmed with white lace
and apple-green surah. The skirt is
trimmed in the novel way mentioned
at the description of the initial. with
three serpentine %rutflcs, each edged
top and bottom with narrow white
lace. The ronnd bodice has n pointed
yoke OF gathered green silk finished
with bands of guipure lace. The re-
nader is laid in tiny plcats and
trimmed with Aitical bands Of lace
Insertion three inches wide. The
other gown is made of pale-blue and
white striped o%rgandie, trimmed with
insertions of embroidered batiste. The
skirt is lined with white satin and
garnished on the inside with u pinked
satin frill. The blouse waist is plain
in back and the hooks in front are hid
den by a stripe OF insertion. The draped
fronts have also two bands of the same
insertion on either side. These fronts
are loose and arc joined in the shoulder
seam. The belt is a plain band of
batiste. The sleeves have q large, full
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-09-22

extremes and stuck to through them
all till it dies of its " over-develop-
ment, but in the beginning there Is
more sense shown. One of Che offered
models has o ruff effect of three up
right and stiffened frills that pass
stifiy about the neck and down the
front to meet at q point at the waist
line. The awful part Of this is that
the frills maintain their stiffness and
uprightness all the way. and at the
waist ever stand at right angles to,
everything else. Tho frills are fur
nished with vandyks points, and O man
may Just as we'll go and jump on q
picket fence as try to set his arms
about a girl so protected. The only,
pleasing effect Obtained along the ruff;
line is the modification Of it that
mounts q close frill on the top of the
long popular choker collar. This
requires u very long neck, but
that is all right. If the fashion
that is requires u long neck, we must
all have them and that is all there is
to it. The Henry VIII. ruff is u double
frill affair: tho SORT of thing many O