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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-01-24
MIDWINTER FAIR.
Events and tho Visitors from Now
Until Next June.
Daily Sights and Scenes-There WIN He
= Series of Congresses and .
Host OF Distinguished
Foreigners.
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Wild will become an obsolete term
In its Applicant ton to the west as a re-
suit of the Midwinter fair.
Imagine a golden city. awave with
banners and alive with sightseers,
spread throughout one hundred and
sixty acres of the most beautiful land
scape in the world
The most impressive thing about this
gigantic toy is it's exclusively western
atmosphere. 1t is as if the east had
never been. The Pacific states have
put themselves upon parade and left
their sisters nothing to do but look on.
1t wonld be profitless repetition to
enter upon a description Of the build
ings. Director General De Young has
already made the country familiar
with the exposition's salient points,
In month or less, the main structures,
those styled Administration, Manu-
features and Liberal Arts. "Agricul-
tural and Horticultural. Fine Arts"
and Mechanical Arts" will be almost
as familiar to the whole country as
were their prototypes of the White
City last summer. The buildings,
moreover. are given over to such ex-
hibits as their names imply, except
that the things seen in them typify
the progress OF the west. Thus in the
art galleries. the building containing
which is to be permanent affair and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-01-24
IN A TERRIBLE PLIGHT.

gave such vigor and tenseneSs to every
muscle that when we were half an hour
on our way we were all declaring that
we felt as If we eould whip our
weight in wildcats" or something to
that effect. Before we reached the
snowbanks on the opposite shore we
had ample opportunity to show what
we really could do.
When we were something less than
halfway across, the stearing-gear
broke loose. In order to repair the
damage the Wolverine had to be I'M
loaded, and her bow slightly raised
Capt Hawkins proved himself to be
brave navigator, and the cheerful
ness with which he faced this emer-
gency kept us all in good spirits
We'll sample the Wolverines stores,
boys" he said. when she was in sailing
trim once more, land then Wen put
her nose to the cape and keep it there
till she drives it ashore
But even while he was speaking he
discovered that the wind was veerinp
round, and the prospects were that in
few moments it would be blowing
through the strait instead of across it.
which would oblige his to turn out and
haul our boat instead of having our
boat carry us
Il don't conceal from We. gents he
added, that were a-goin' to have a
rough time. The lighthouse on Jouri.
main island lies tpercaway." he con.
tinued. thrusting out his arm. 1T
can't be many miles off and soon rs we
hear the gong we're ell right, but il
the wind keeps like this it'll be q
steady pull until we fetch it, and every
one on yen have to take his spell.
I'm sorry for We, gents, but ye was
told. We know"
We drank our coffee and ate our
rations hastily, and then started in on
rs stout struggle for life as ever'eight
men engaged in.
These boats are the merest cookie
shells, but even so their weight is not
trific, and ours was loaded heavily
with the mail matter that had been de-
layed by the recent storms
Two pushed at the back. Two got
into a sort Of harness rigged at the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-01-24

They are so constructed that they
can either skim over the ice or sail
through the water This is necessary
because the ice, constantly subject to
the tides and currents, may break up
suddenly and leave large spaces o.
open water between the fields.
Prince Edward island is well known
for its fine draught-horses, SO superior
In size and strength that buyers go
there from the New England states.
In the fall of 1885 / went to the is
land to buy some Clydesdales for firm
in Boston. Being barely eighteen
years old, was very young to be sent
on such an errand, but | had earned
the confidence which the mission i'm
piled
While making my purchases /
stumbled over an opportunity to buy a
large quantity of oats cheap, and de-
cided to do little specializing on my
own account.
The buying and shipping of the
horses and the attention my own
longer than / expected, and by the
time all was completed the weather
had become very cold and boisterous.
Owing to this the steamboat service
from Shediac and Pictou ssuddenly
ceased, and found that / would have
to stay weeks on the island, or get
over to the mainland on the ice boat
which carried the mail in such contin-
gencics.
We'll take you all right, SIR" the
captain of the hybrid craft assured me,
''if you're bound to go, but we don't
insure no passenger that he'll get
there, and in case of trouble all passen-
gers has got to turn in and work their
passage.
The next morning / found three
other travellers ready to brave the dam
gers of a passage across the strait.
They were all Canadian ''drummers,"
who, like myself, had been shut up by
Jack Frost in ''P +. l." They were
stout, athletic fellows, and proved to
be most agreeable companions.
At the breakfast table of the inn at
Summerside, near our cmbarking place,
Capt. Hawkins informed us that the
chances We're reasonable good" and
that as soon as we had provisioned our
selves for the trip we must go on board
When we got under way about eleven
O'Clock, the sky was perfectly clear and
the wind fair, and there was every
prospect that in about three or four
hours we should reach our destination
1ceboats travel with great velocity
when the wind is with them, and the
distance from the point of departure to
Cape Tormentine, our objective point
on the New Brunswick side, is only
about twenty miles.
With a clear sky, a fair wind and
plenty Of wraps, commend me to an ice
boat as the most agreeable method Of
progress in the whole wide world. No
pen could do justice to the delight of
being the only living things on great
wide expanse of clear. CLASSY ice, and
of skiinming over it at the rate of ten
miles an hour.
The bracing wind that blew in our
faces made every nerve Jingle, and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-01-24
DAINTY BEDSPREADS.
The Best Material for Embroidefing Ar
tistic Coverlets.

The Rest Material for Embroidefing Ar
tistic Coverlets.
Among the revivals of antique fash
ions, the old-time coverlet, wrought in
color, with a tracery of fine en-
broidery or a printed pattern, is one of
the most attractive. Fashionable up
holsterers are importing special pat
terms in dainty silks, which are suita BILE
for draping the bed tester as we'll as
for the bedspread and bolster cover.
The most beautiful bedspreads, how
ever, are those embroidered bv the
patient fingers of the artistic needle
woman.
While it takes some time to work one
Of these coverlets, the time will hardly
count if the work is done at odd min
utes, picked up at times when the
fingers might otherwise be idle Ger
man women accomplish an immense
amount of needlework. doing it in
this way-having it always on hand.
and picking it up at odd minutes while
they are waiting for the fire to come up
Or the kettle to boil.
The best material for embroidering
Counterpart is Bolton sheeting, which
comes in ecru in double width at
about one dollar and twenty-five cents
yard. There is also pretty repped
cloth of the same width which is used
by artistic needle-women for coun ter
panes as well ~ for hangings. The
best patterns for this purpose are all
over design. conventionalized leaves
and vines intersect all over the ground.
The most fashiona BILE patterns are in a
medley of old tapestry colors fade blues,
Did rose, dull yellows and terra cottas.
There are others embroidered in spe-
cial fowers-eglantine for a pink
room, cowslips or primroses for yell
low room. and dainty bluets for blue
room. A. ain. the design, instead of
flowers. may represent an arabesque in
either pink. blue or yellow, to CORE
spond with the room. Like the hand
soonest coverlets of the dav. these
counterpanes are not intended to be
tucked in, bat are finished with a wide
border of knotted fringe or Of some
rich linen lace, like Russian or NAL
tese. which hangs over the edge of the
bedstead in something of the effect OF
,he old-time valance.-N. y. Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-01-24
FIREsIDE FRAGMENTS.

"A freshly cooked steak for break
fast, smothered in finely minced tur-
key or chicken. is particularly good
and appetizing. Field and Farm
-Broiled Oysters. large plump
oysters: wipe dry; season with salt and
sprinkle of cayenne; lay on very
hot gridiron; let brown first on one
side, and then on the other. Take up
on heated dish, and pour over melted
butter.-Harper's Bazaar.
Veal Cutlets.-Salt and pepper both
sides of the outlets and spread little
melted butter on both sides also. Put
on hot creased gridiron and broil.
Basic now and then with melted but
ter, turn three or four times, and when
done serve with maitre d hotel sauce.
Boston Budget.
Apple snow is as COOL as it is
handsome. Steam three large, tart APP
Piles and mash through a colander.
Beat the whites of three eggs to very
stiff froth. Add half cup of powdered
sugar by degrees, and beat again. Add
the apple and beat until like snow
Pile lightly in glass dish, and gar
nish with holly leaves. Serve with
boiled custard made with the yolks of
the three eggs.-Home Queen.
Ring jun bles. One pound of but
ter, one pound of sugar, four eggs, one
pound of flour or enough to make soft
dough, three teaspoonfuls of extract Of
red rose. Mix all together, adding the
well-beaten whites of eggs last Line
shallow tins with buttered pa per Bake
quickly and sift fine sugar over them
as soon as you take them from the oven
With a teaspoon form rings of the
dough.-Farm, Field and Preside.
Herman Breadth the evening set
sponge as usual for bread, in quantity
enough for three loaves. In the morn
ing, when fully risen, add one pound
of brown sugar, one pint of dried
apples: or pears, minced fine, one pint
of broken hickory or walnut meats.
three tablespoonful of caraway and
one of coriander seeds. Mix thorough
ly, mold into loaves and bake when
light. Wrap each loaf in a towel and
put in cool place. 1t will keep for
several weeks.-American Agricultur.
list.
-Francotellis.- three table
spoonfuls of cornstarch: one saltspoon-
full of salt and one and a half cupfuls
of sugar. Add one pint of boiling
water and boil five minutes Take from
the fire and add the grated rind and
juice of two large lemons. When cool
add the well beaten yolks of four eggs,
then the whites beaten to stiff froth.
Mix them in lightly, fill the patty pans
which you have lined with puff-paste,
and brown them quickly in hot oven.
Serve cold.-Home Queen.
English Cakes. filing, which
is made first, take one cupful each of
honey, currants and jelly. one-half
cupful of chopped citron, the grated
rind of one orange, one cupful of
chopped figs and one small tablespoon
full each of cloves, allspice and CHINA
mon. Mix together and keep for use
To use make rich puff paste, and
roll out in pieces the size of saucer
Place a tablespoonful of the mixture
in the center. lap over one side. moisten
the top. and fold up the other side and
pinch the ends together. Place this
side down on a baking pan, cut three
small Sits in the top and bake twenty
minutes. Sprinkle sugar over the top
before baking. -Housekeeper.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-01-24
ghe aaieta 1au Eagle aaedussdsu ornue gauarY "a 1884

the fact that the Ferris wheel has here
a one hundred and twenty-five feet
high and sixteen CARED prototype
should be noted. as well as the roaring
business done in the nest OF Chinese,
japanese, Esquimaux, Canadian and
German villages, not to mention such
bagatelles as a reproduction OF Old
Cairo, a Turkish playhouse, Moorish
mirror maze, tomato house. Coiora-
do mine, an ostrich farm and other
wonderful enterprises, like Jones chill
dren. too numerous to mention.
The first intimation that you are IN
the vicinity of the mining camp is the
sight of wildly yelling and excited
mob of tattered and muddy miners
stringing one of their number up by
the neck to a tree. This is a mock
lyncking. The visitor is at perfect
liberty to join any of the crowds sur
rounding such mock affairs as duets.
trials, combats and so forth. These re-
minders of gold fever days are enacted
in a space four hundred and fifty feet
long and two hundred and thirty feet
wide. This is called the camp and
its principal street, four hundred and
fifty feet long, is occupied by shanties
which do duty as gambling houses, sa-
looms. miners cabins and such other
structures as appertain to a forty nine
settlement. They have even the shan
ties in which Maekay, Jones. Perkins
and other millionaires of to-day toiled
for pay dirt. 1t was thought when this
idea was first exploited that the guard
again suggestion Of the Columbian
guard-would have trials in maintain
ing even mock order. but so far the
camp has been the scene of mock dis
turbance merely.
In this confusion of exhibits. it is i'm.
possible to mention particulars except
at haphazard. Thus there is a figure
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-01-24
Not Going TO Hurt Him.

In the official ceremony the Chinese
diplomats are strict observers of the
very letter Of etiquette: in private life
they are simple and unaffected with
the joyous disposition of 10. of school
boys. A young lady was walking in
the geological park few days ago
when the Chinese minister passed her
going out. He was followed By lot Of
boys The young lady was worried
lest the boys were about 70 do some
thing rude 10 the minister, and she
called one Of them 20 her
DO you know who that is?~ she
asked
Yep; Chinaman,r was the Iseoric
reply.
HE Is the Chinese minister ssia
she, impressiveiv. and you mas: b<
very careful not TO be rude 20 him
''oh. we amt going 20 hurt him
answered Young America lie Is all
right lie has been playing football
with us down il the. pari- - ws-AkiaS-
Ton Post
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-01-24

bow and pulled So we Spelled" it as
the captain had warned US we should
have to do.
Icy blasts drove down against us,
and swirled the snow around so that
we were literally enveloped in clouds
of it 1t chilled us to the very heart,
and in spite of our severe exeTtions
frost-bite became imminent
The first man to give out was Jim"
ward in the snow, and was unable to
raise himself, SO benumbed were his
legs and feet. We were obliged to
place him in the boat, and as the
terrible haul was beginning to tell on
all of us the mail matter had to be
taken out and left in the snow
We covered Jim up carefully with
everything that we could spare from
our own necessities, but we could hear
his teeth chattering like castanets all
the time. Every few moments we haa
to stop for some one to rub his frost
bitten hands or feet with snow, and we
all were beginning to feel more or less
mum bness in our feet and legs.
Another Of the crew succumbed They
were not SO warmly clothed as we who
were passengers. He, too, had to be
placed in the boat, and then we noticed
for the first time that Jirn's teeth had
ceased chatterng. The poor fellow
was dead.
We lifted him out, and laid him in
the snow 1t seemed heartless, and
the captain muttered something about
mot being able to face his folks" but
we could do nothing more for him, and
our own chances would have been ma
terially lessened by not leaving him be.
hind.
Next one of my drummer friends
gave out He STUN bied and fell at
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-01-24
How He Worked It.

Eass-That was a cute idea OF Sell
lens
Cass-What was that?
He had a big lot of sofa cushions on
hand, and they didn'tsel worth a cent.
He tried all sorts OF ways TO work them
off Finally he told his wife in strict
est confidence. and made her swear
never 10 tell soul. that he had a few
cushions that We're better and cheaper
than any ever before sold in the CITY.
He said he wanted to keep the thing
secret TO avoid a rush"
"Well?''
His store was packed with women
for two weeks and he sold his cushions
and twice as many more Boston
Transcript
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-01-24
Extraordinary Hrecantinn.

Hotel Clerk-Did you tell that old
gentleman from the country that he
mustn't blow ont the gas, as | told you?
Barney new boyl-Yis. sorr: but i; 5
20 afeard TO thrust him On was. sorr,
0i bowed If owt rnesilf. sorr.-Judge.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-01-24
An Accommodations Friend.

Can you let me have five dollars ]
left all my money at home and !
haven't a cent with me-" said Johnnie
Fewscads to his friend, Hostettcr No.
Ginnis.
Sorry ] can't lend you Eve dollars
But here is a nickel car fare. You css
ride home and get your money" r~
piled IIostetter-Texas Siftinga.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-01-24

An absent-minded man ARRANGED
to give an elaborate dinner to numer-
Gus and distinguished company. The
appointed evening arrived: the COLA
ton was ready to be served. but the
guests came not. Half an hour passed.
and still they did not come, and the
host became uneasy. When the DELAY
had grown to an hour. and not man
OF them had shown up, his feelings
were indescriba bic. And who can
picture his agony of spirit when. on re-
turning to his room. he CHANGED to
pull open a drawer, and therein found
the whole bundle of invitations, which
ne had forgotten to send out.-Har-
per's
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-01-24
True Courtesy.

Featherstcne-Tha Miss Twillinp
you introduced me TO is very polite
girl. called on her last night and
asked her II she wouldn't sit down in
the only armchair in the room. aId
what do you suppose she said?
Ringvvay-I can't imagine
teatherstone->he said: After You"
truth
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-01-24
Ihenry and Practice.

Cora-There il the great suffrage
agitator who believes that wonsu
should have equal rights with men.
Merritt thought ss much There
was long line at the ticket Window
and she showed her way In at the hesA
of IL because she was . woman
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-01-24
PERILOUS PASSAGE.
An Ice Boat Adventure on North
cumberland Strait.

r IN CE E D.
WARD island
is pecul iarly
inaccessible in
winter on ac-
count of the
forna tion Of
ice around its
coast. In very
cold and stormy
W e a t h er ice
boats ar e 1t S
only means OF
comnunica ton
with the main
land.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-01-24
A New York Episode.

Prison Missionary-My poor fellow,
what are you in here for?
Prisoner-For not havin' political in
iuence TO get ne out-Brooklyn Lie.
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him along by the arms.
The captain now decided to abandon
the boat, as the struggle had narrowed
right down to fight for dear life, and
we had only stuck to it so far in order
to have the means of carrying those
who gave out 1t wrung our hearts to
desert the poor fellow in it, but he had
already sunk into the fatal stupor that
precedes death by freezing.
We filed our pockets with beef and
biscuits and started once more to pillow
YEARLY through the driving snow.
Now we were completely lost The
captain had been steering us by a
pocket compass. and it was only with
the greatest difficulty that we could
now and then keep a match lighted
long enough for him to tell in which
direction it pointed. At last there was
not a match left and nothing to do but
blunder around until daylight broke.
Everything depended on our powers
of endurance. That the poor fellow
whom we were assisting along by turns
could not hold out until daylight was
only too evident. We were all utterly
benunbed and exhausted, and but for
the captairs frequent assurances that
we might stumble up against the base
of Jourimain island lighthouse any mo-
ment, would have sunk into the snow
and given up the struggle.
Its hereaway, gents-it's here.
away" he declared every few mo.
ments. I've lived round here, boy and
80 -
hundreds o times and can't have made
no mistake"-but it struck me now and
then that he talked like one who was
trying convince himself.
AT last he stopped-stopped SO sud-
denly that the sole survivor of his
crew who was Flooding along right be-
hind him was sent head over heels into
the snow. We could not see the
captains Face, but the moment ne
spoke we knew we were saved.
DO you hear it?'' he asked.
At first we could hear nothing above
the wild bowling of the gale. Then a
sound like the toliing of bell came
across the snowy wastes.
Its the lighthouse gong he briefly
observed, and turning started on again.
We followed in his wake with feelings
that can only be entered into fully by
those who have come suddenly out of
great and prolonged peril.
In less than an hour we were in
safety at comfortable little inn, not a
stones throw from the lighthouse
were receiving every attention that
our exhausted and benu,u bed condition
required.
AS soon as day broke, party was or
ganiZcd TO go in search of the boat and
the bodies OF those whom we were
obliged to abandon. They were the
sons OF farmers who lived in the neigh
borhood.
A melancholy procession it was that
came off the ice that afternoon. and
wound over and around the great snow.
drifts in which the storm had almost
buried the neighboring hamlet. We,
who had so barely escaped place in
its sorrowful ranks. watched it ont OF
sight with barred heads and thankful
hearts
This j true story. 1t was told tc
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-01-24
Dogs in Belgium.

Belgium leads the way in the i'm
oortance which it accords 70 dogs Ac-
cording TO a decision just issued by
the government. which controls all the
railroads of the kingdom, dog is just
as much entitled 20 a scat in railroad
compartment az its owner, providing
the latter has purchased a ticket for
the animal. and. when compartment
made 10 hold ten persons eontaiDG
eight human beings and two dogs. the
compartment is henceforth 70 be re-
garded a. full II is 20 be hoped. how
ever. that on busy days the dog passe a.
ger viii he willing 10 stand 20 oblige a
lady, though, To judge from the favor
which canine pets appear 20 en- 5oy ia
Belgium. il seems more likely that
ladies will lie requested 20 give up
their seats 10 doSS-S. y. Tribune
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-01-24
In. material 70 Him

BluH-I look upon yoa. sir. as ras-
cal
BiG-You are privileged 20 look I'D
On ne in any character Tou desire q,
sssuEae. -TceEle-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-01-24
The wherefers Of n

II wonder why salter doesn't
marry"
He hash; found .he woman"
is he 80 zerg particular"
"So-but Ike women A-c"-Brook.
Iyu Life
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-01-24

This j a true story. 1t was told tc
me last summer by the horse buyer
who escaped. Clara A. Harper. il
Youths Companion.