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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-29
DREAM ASSUROiTiES.
Some of the Strange Workings of the Mind
in Sleep.

People sometimes make poetry in
example: A lady who was fond OF rid
dies dreamed that she met another
lady, a stranger to her. Il shall not
tell you my name said the strange
lady. 'sbut I'll put it like this: If had
a tame hare which escaped and you
caught it, and asked me if you might
chain it up-that's my name
.'Letitia Harrop." answered the
dreamer at once. Let l tie hare
up"
There was no pause for reflection in
the dream any more than in another
case. The dreamer, walking with 4
friend. met an acquaintance of ovine
appearance, who saluted with curious
duck.
What a queer bow" said the com
panion in the dream.
.'Sheep-dip," answered the dreamer;
a kind of pun which perhaps nobody
would have made when awake any
more than he would have solved the
idiotic riddle of Letitia Harrop. As
another dream absurdity one may men
ton the lady who met in vision OF
the night another lady. who had a
baby. Il shall call him Jehovah" said
the mother.
s-Impossibler said the dreamer.
''Yes. and shall call him Jah, FOR
short..~-Andrew Lang, in Lonsman' S
Magazine
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-29
THE BUCK-RlOER.
One of the Desperate Dodges of the Han
.om Cab Drivers

One of the Desperate Dodges OF the Han
som Cab Drivers
The s'buck-rider" is dummy fare &c
whom the driver is often obliged TO re-
sort in order to scrape together su3i-
Gent money to pay the proprietor
This is especially the case should he be
unfortunate over his first horse The
great use of the 'buck-rider" is that he
enables the cabran TO get his cab into
the market: in other words. to get past
the police consta bles, who keep all
empty cabs from lettering at places
where people are most likely TO want
them
Desperation makes the cabman fer
tile of resource; he picks up his buck.
who NAV be either man or woman.
and carries him or her past the cousta-
bles TO the place where he wishes 20 60
A coin changes hands. usually one ar
ranged upon beforehand, and in the
raomentary delay Of alighting and pass
ing the money the cabman may secure
n reuuine fare and dries OF tr1urn-
miami. OF course the trick has TO %
done with caution, for the penalty IS 3
heavy one If the CAB driver Is caught
carving buck" Policemen are wei
aware of the dodge. and atcertain polnss
eonstables are stationed. whose sPeeial
duty il IS 70 spot the professlonai
s.b,Iels-riders." The profession Is not 4
lucrative one, for the buck" seldom
r-e.s z.ore than a shilling Or graft.
ride fox his or her services -Nlpeteertl
Centurr.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-29
Jus, R.trssus,sn.

Ibid you hear about Andyp" asked
one reminiscent westerner Of another.
mo? Well. Andy made strike %
sixty-fve thousand dollars ~ Cripple
Creek. As soon as be got the money
in his hands he went down % Denver
and blew 1t in Rum, cards aud fun
You know how IL IS. The morning
that he woke up sober and found all
his money gone he set out to punish
himself by walking 20 Cripple Greek.
lie wouldn't borrow a cent A fellow
who was teaming for ne overlook
him and offered him a lift. bat be,
wouldn; get In. and he plugged along,
muttering % himself: Walk. cursc'
yer, walk. BLOW in your dust, Tsilp
yer? Then walk. you fool I'm do'
you good No. you needn't stop At no
spring Amt you drank euough2 Go
dry, you son Of a gun Light out and
walk, you burned jackass-' And hs
did -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-29
A DEADLY TRADE.
The Hard Life of Men Who Labor In the
AlkaIi Works.

The alkali works go on all the year
round, day and night, Sundays and
week DAYS: and st. Helen and Nidnes
are the chief seats of the manufacture.
If you have fancy for knowing how
that part .of the world lives which
serves the industry that Lord Beacons-
field used as his trade barometer, you
will do well TO gain admittance to the
strange and'lurid scene where the prod
igious processes are carried on
By the glow of furnaces and the
wavering light of an occasional gas
let. YOU make out bit by bit a rough
picture of uncouth buildings, gaunt
frameworls of timber, ominous-look-
ing lead cham bers looming overhead.
and a general confusion OF towers,
platforms. revolving and station
airy furnaces. great caldrons, where the
caustic glows n sullen red; threaten
ing-looking tanks full of corrosive
liquids, and other strange haf-animate
monsters which beset you as you pick
your way along narrow planlks or up
stairs half eaten away with acid There
are figures moving about the place,
wheeling barrows up the planks, stand
ing at the furnace mouth, tanning the
white-mass within. welding huge ladies
at the caustic pots. raklng. stralnIng
and laboring in terrific neat and glare
and amid sickening fumes A man
steps back from the furnace now and
again and lowers the muller from his
mouth to gasp more freely in the chill
air. and you can see his face, arms and
chest shining with the sweat
Figures are TO be seen by day which
are scarcely recognizable as men, with
great goggles over their eyes and huge
protuberanees OF flannel corded over
their mouths and neclzs- These are the
men who pack the bleaching pow
der. The powder packer, his feet
meas ed in thick wooden clogs and
his legs in brown paper CATERS. steps
into the chlorine chamber, showels the
bleaching powder into the cas1- and
presently shufies out again and ur-
lashes his swathings. gasping as
though at deaths door. There are
some fifteen thousand men n the en-.
pillow Of the United Aikah Co, inclu1
ing special process men and labor
ers-
The story o. their daily and nightly
toll i told iv the faces and forms c.
the worn. detected men who pass yoz
in the streets by The deaths ron
respiratory diseases which carry Of
the strongest men before their time
/ bv the evidence of horrible Suffering
from constant contact with the biting
. line. hy teeth ro.fed zw2y bE the sais
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-29
THE LUCKY TEA KETTLE.
A another Goose" Story Which Is Told
TO Japanese Children.

A Mother Goose" Story Which Is Told
to Japanese Children.
The Lucky Tea Kettle" is an in
genious story told to japanese chill
dren, in which that useful article Of
domestic economy plays the principal
role. A priest who finds an old kettle
in the temple fills it with water and
hangs it over the fire, when, to his
great amazement, it suddenly turns
into badger and begins jumping about
the room.
4 tea kettle Of such curious DISPOSE
ton does not recommend itself to tho
man Of religion, SO the next day. when
n tinker chances to call. the priest,
thinking to turn an honest penny, sells
the kettle without telling OF its uncan-
nv accomplishment
That night the tinker hears strange
noise. and. getting up from mis- bed,
perceives the kettle walking about
upon four legs, and covered with fine
coat OF fur: the kettle then proceeds 20
turn from badger to kettle and back
again with bewildering rapidity.
The next morning the tinker shows
il to an acquaintance. who surely mast
have had 4 drop OF Yankee blood in his
veins. for he suggests that here is most
excellent material for splendid show.
Take it about with songs and music, >
saws his friend. and make 1t dance on
= rope" The tinker adopts the idea,
and acquires comfortable fortune ex.
hIbiting the Lucky Tea kettle.-Cali-
fornian-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-29
Century.

Mos. srho,l-boys are convinced thai
mathematics are not strictly IN accord
auce with common sense, but theF are
not always a bic 10 prove their confenr
ton. This has Just been done for them
IN a mental arithmetic class A eoy
was asked whether he would rstnss
have half az apple or eieht-saxteenihs
awouIdut make any difference. was
the stolid rejo.n6er, they re All iAe
same
A, this repIy another hoy shifted
seornfuTy and was promptly turned
upon bv the teacher.
Well don. yol ag-ee
Non said she cseTer yozth- ! c
rood deal rather have one-AaI az sp-
pie
And whv. please
More juice. Cut ap hall an aPpls
into eiShs-xixt>enths, and yoad s0s<
hail the irice doing -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-29

A lady had almost decided 20 buy tho
coat she was trying on the weary
saleswoman breathed sigh of relief
The customer had been hard 20 suit
Even yet she fingered the buttons and
twitched the sleeves thoughtfully.
What was this fur when il was
elire?" she asked abruptly, as she ad-
iusted the cellar.
The saleswoman hesitated and STAN
nered. She was torn between ousi-
ness-like desire 20 make a sale and a
conscientious regard for the truth Her
confusion was painful
well. a'arn, we have 10 call il mar
tin she said at last, but it was skunk
when IL was alive"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-29
incompatible.

With a faint glow on her usually
pale cheek the young woman traced
treometricaI figures in the sand with
the point of her parasol.
(which of the two do you prefer,
Mr.. Farlow." she asked, ''Thoreau or
Margaret Fuller" !.
II must confess, Miss Ticklowlle, y
replied the young man, that L have
read very little of either"
1T is as feared, Mr.. Farlow,' said
the Boston maiden, rctreatlng from
him with a shudder. Eve are lncom-
patible. We never could be happy
together. You pronounce it eether."
Chicago Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-29

~ suppose gear son doesn't sz<e -
ruch irs.eres. n rznsic. now BE - IN COZ
ie1e. as he used to sid Mn Talinz.
hast 20 Ars- Bigg-rsts1
On, yes BE- DOS, replied TIC latter
Hess member O. tAe e&sarrn AID Sas-
ca.iDs elEb. Judge
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-29
HERE LIES BURIED
SOMEBODY'S CHILD.

And before he slept he had the head
board in place. and as we drove away
next morning he fingered for half an
hour to bring more water and perhaps
to utter prayer for the repose of the
Sead.-Detroit Free Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-29
The stronger Anesthetic.

wagieigh-Prof- BoresoFne gave
lecture on anesthetics the other night
with experiments with chloroforIn.
More than half the audience were put
TO sleep
Tagleigh-With chloroformP
wa-leirh-No, with the lecsrre--N.
Y. Herald
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-29

cake fumes, by scars ana sometimes
blindness from caustic burning, by
vitrial burns. and by the deadly nausea
from the gas inhaled, and the recurring
exhaustion brought on by fearfully-
protracted toiL-Fortnightly Review.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-29
A Satisfactory Exp,an.s,on-

Visitor in newspaper-ofsscel-Whas
is that terrible volley Of profanity I
hear?
Boy-That's the religious editor nsk-
Anr ia eha forms --1IadnA-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-29
lnfsntile Precocity.

1T was awfuuy clever OF baby. he
had never been told what flowers were.
but the minute he saw them he ssid.
.Bwobsr"
But what does Bwobs mcsn2"
Flowers, of course. 7-Harper's Ba-
Ear.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-29
In Mourning

Les, rear cer sssr wzs ~hsts - sce~.
See SlNcx iocSs Are 49, tFTv S@orzEG.
b.. a. ~ eAazEe Gar ~S1de- 80
Her h4soz.s-s sss@ sza Sc = rsosT.iz.s.
-EfsSkiFs LA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-29
SYMPATHY.

..Oh. Adolphus, you have been look
ing very poorly OF late wish you
would insure your life; it would oe SO
nice TO have something to remember
xo, hrr,-Onee q Week.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-29
Good as 2 Clock.

Daughter-The clock has stopped,
and l promised my music-teacher to
practice full hour every day.
Father-Well, never mind; begin
your practicing, and III let you know
when the hour is up. I'm going out
But if you go out how am to
know?''
You'll see me coming in"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-29

-Payrim-"Isnt Wagner a great
co,ndoser?" De Nerves-''Compose
why, he riles me ali up. Harvard
Iampoou
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-29

When BABY vas SIX, e gsve ha'r Css'si
w. s,,, w-sa Ca...a. size cried fo- Castor-i-
W., she became aI7s, she e:,-aS - csis'o'Aa'
w., - eas,,.sc.., sac e.vsshela Ca51oEis.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-29

fornian-
The morning call., 1893-08-20
UBIQUITOUS MICROBES.
The Little Wretches Are Found
Everywhere by the Millions.

DIR. Manfred has been announcing some
disqueting facts concerning the omni-
presence of fatal microbes. In the busy
thoroughfarrs ~Df crowded city he has
found LOGO 600. coo microbes TO gram of
dust, and in the dirtiest streets 5,OOO,-
100000 per gram. A large number of dis
ease-produclng microbes were found
among these, the number of such NOR
bifc germs being directly proportional to
the aggregate number of microbes. OF
forty-twO cases in which he inorulaied
guinea pigs with NeapoItan dust he de-
tected the tuDercle bacilli Che dust of
cOnsumptlou) in three, the bacillus of pus
in eight, the bacillus of tetanus in two,
the bacillus of malignant 9dema in four.
and other fatal bacilli. A medical paper
suggests that the streets of American
cities should be tested for microbes and
Is confident that in many OF them a har-
vest as rich in variety and deadiness as
was garnered III Naples could easily be
secured.
Emphasis is given to DR.. Manfredi's
alarming statistics by the results of some
Investigations which have been carried on
by Professor UffelmSn with respect TO the
carrying OF cholera bacilli by means of
letters, postal cards, etc. he infected Il
letter with the baeilli and put it " the
ordinary way into postbag. In thfcOurse
Vi HuuIo tnc iTbbci w do
out and the baciIi were still living They
were also found still living on postal cards
twenty hours after infection, but on coins
they seemed TO die with great rapiditv.
The reason for this difference cnuld not be
discovered. On wooden and linen stuffs
the bacilli enjoyed particularly long life.
The busiest and most effective infection
carrier was found to be the common f1y.
A fly which had been infected by being
put on to mass of cholera bacilli was
Dla ced on piece OF beef. When the beef
was examined soon after it contained an
enormous quantity of living bacteria. Pro-
fessor Utfelmau deduces from his expert
ments the oft-taught lesson that In time OF
epidemics the most serupulous cleanliness
is the best safeguard.
The morning call., 1893-08-20
THE ART OF CONVERSATION.
1t Consists in Suggesting Rather
Than Leading 1t.

The chief business of the host and host
ess is 20 give the occasion, to suggest. and
to bring sympathetic minds into play so
that AS iron, in the language of Scripture
sharpeneth iron, so may a man the coun-
tenance OF his friend. The gift for this
kind ot management is not Unborn in
many; indeed, it is Unborn in very few,
but much can be done by self-control and
prac ice to develop it. So long as there is
anything stiff, suited and distant in talk
ing the best result has not been reached
All who have written on conversation are
agreed on this. ''To talk without effort is.
after all. the great charm of talking" The
social party is not the place for academi-
cal lectures, and he Is apt to be thought
either prig or a pretender mo adven-
lures upon them. Men like Macaulay and
Carlyle were privileged. but they were
masters ot mon0logue rather than polite
conversation. Their example is not TO be
followed.
The talk IF De Quincy, according to all
accounts, was more amenable to Bacon's
demand. He loved tn listen, and desired
to excite expression on the part OF the
company. His Unborn gentleness and
courtesy, no less than his humility in his
desire 10 learn from others, sufficed TO KEEP
him up 10 a fine level of sympathetic con-
sideratioD which he always observed.
Montague. in his essay on conversation,
has some very good hints. This is one
In table talk / prefer the merry man be-
fore the wise one, and in common CONVEX
sation the most able speaker. even though
he does not always mean what he saws
and so of other things" This points out
one great rule. Eirnestness is apt to over
leap itself, and 0ne-sded enthusiast is
sure to do so. The man with hobby, the
man with a grievance, the man with a
cause. these are one and all. save in very
exceptional cases. bad subjects for the
master of conversation to manage and
control. And just MS they violate harmony
and fair interchange by the interposition
Of their egotism, so does the person who
would fain lay bare his bosom and treat
the party to revelation of all his private
affairs. his snfferings and his faults.
The morning call., 1893-08-20

the main hall are movable, and the dining
room may be thrown into the main hall,
making an apartmrut 22X62 feet in size.
At the front end oi the hall is a large
open fireplace in the English style of the
hospitable chimney corner. The recess
for the fireplace will be fourteen feet
across. From tbe right Of the chimney
cnrner stairway leads 10 a gallery over
the fireplace at the height IF the second
f1onr, where there is second similar fire.
place. From this gallery is an entrance to
the library, which is situated above the
reception room.
The third and fourth floors are devoted
10 sleeping apartments and housekeepers'
rooms aud lavatory. There are seven
seeping-rooms for fraternity men who will
live in the house while students. The in
terror finish OF the first finor will be red
wood, paneled throughout TO the height of
the doors. The mantels are 10 be specially
designed by the architects.
The building will cost about S12 600 and
will be situated upon slightly eminence
overlooking the university grounds. The
work is to he begun at once and the build
ing is to be completed by December. 1t. is
proposed later to build coaehhouse 10
cust $4,000. where the fraternity coach will
be kept.
The morning call., 1893-08-20
THE WRONG PLACE.
A Couple Who Were Married When
They Had No Need to Do So.
MarSh1el1 NeJ

good story is being told of one Of our
preachers. Last Sunday afternoon a couple
cslled al the parsonag and In broken English
inquired, so the reverend gentlemen under.
stood. IL the "preacher man" lived there. And
on being Invited In they commenced preparing
their toilet. OF course it was supposed they
had come TO be married, aud every assistance
was given by the preacher and good wife in
getting ready for the ceremony. The bridal
veil aud wreath were carefully adjusted by the
lady. and The gentleman carefully combed his
hair. Then their hands were joined aud the
solemn words were spoken which binds humans
together in wedlock.
The ceremony over. of course, 1t was sup
posed the newly married couple would be in
haste TO depart. But it was not so with them
and by their actions they betrayed that they
expected something else before leaving. FL
Dally the reverend gentleman remarked. "Wel,
now you are married" and the answer came
ION yes, We bin married last February and now
want unser biglure dakrn." A feather would
have Knocked down the preacher upon the
revelation II was the ''picturr MANI they
were looking for and not the "preacher man."
However, there can now be no mistake about
their being marri d, aud that the knot is tied
good aud tight,
The morning call., 1893-08-20
A CHAPTER=HOUSE
Latest Architectural ADJ
dition to Berkeley.
HOME OF THE BETA THETA PI.
A Building Unique in Design, Well
Suited to the Purpose for Which
1t Is Required.

An attractive accession to the architec-
ture of the college town wi sbe the new
chapier-house of the Beta Theta Pi fra
ternity of the State University. for which
plans have been prepared by Coxhead &
Coxhead, architects of this city. and Of
which the accompanying sketch will show
the general appearance.
The building is unique in design.
modelled somewhat after tie old English
style, and will Undoubtedly be one of the
most complete chapter-houses in the
city. The structure Will be 96x44 feet out
side dimensions. with a piazza extension
of so feet 1t is to be two and three stories
in height, the main hall reaching to the
roof.
The first floor will contain reception
room 14x24 feet, opening to the main hail,
to which access may also be had from the
piazza and through an entrance by way of
the arch.
The main hall will be a handsome room
for entertaining on public occasions and is
TO be 22X48, with walls extending through
the second story and roof tim mbers showing
AT the rear Of the main hall is the
dinlng-room. 13x2S. The end panels of
The morning call., 1893-08-20
THE BAGGAGE : sMAsHER.
Three Cheerful Little Stories Re
called by Middle-Aged Citizipd.
New York SUI

81 look in vain In the literature OF the day."
said middleaged man. "for stories of the
baggage Smasher, such as were current thirty,
or forty years ago, which used to iHte rest-
me very much. Who that Is old enough can
not recall the story OF The baggage master and
the circus mans snake? The circus mau's
trunks, it will be remembered had been at one:
time and another pretty roughly handled and
so one day he got rather fmsy trunk and
put in boa constructor twenty-five feet long,.
and lie marked on the outside of the trunk:
Don't break! Boa cons rctor inside.'
ION, Eve just been waiting for somebody to
ship boa constructor by this line,' said The
baggage-smaSher and he grabbed the trunk by
one of its handles, intending 10 toss IL over his
head, but lie yanked with such sudden energy
that lie i'ulled the handle of. Then he kicN ed
the trunk over. the other end up, and grabbed
1t by the other handle, lifted II and dropped IT,
ana smashed it wide open and there was a
snake in II, and the snake came out and uH-
coiled himself, and when he cOed himself no
again he was around the baggage MASTER.
and
''The baggage-master never checked any
baggage after that.
''Anoth r story told of the tribulations OF a
traveller whose trunks had been smashed and
how finally he filled big trunk with dynami
and marked it Handle with cate-Dynamite!'
"'DvDamite be - said The baggage master,
with fine scOrn, and he pulled the trunk down
from tile top OF high pile and let it fal! on obe
corner, and
He never returned.
"Then there was the story about the angered
traveller who placed upon the corners of his
trunk patches OF some material so elastic and
springy that II you dropped the trunk hard il
bounded into The air thousands of feet. This
trunk came 10 the station on the summit of Il
great load of trunks, and The baggage
seized il by the handle, braced one foot against
the load, and pulled the trunk off and let IL fall
upon one corner and
1T never came ,ck.
"And the owner sued and recovered for the
loss of his trunk.
1T might not be easy in a paragraph con-
clusvely to assign reasons for the decline of
the trunk story. Certainly the baggage master
is as powerful as ever, and surely he cannot
have lost in the comparatively brief period OF
thirty or forty years the nne sense of humor
that prompted him playfully TO drop trunk
and break 1t wide open. 1t seems more proba-
bic that he has shared with the rest of mankind
in that steadily advancing refinement of meth
obs which has mar. I'd our progress in recent
years; that he Is not less humorous, but only
less boisterous, than he was; and 1t may be-
too. that the fact that | inks generally are
made stronger than they were has had some
thing TO do with H."