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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-02

one. in the direction Of the broken
lock.
The room in which l found myself
had evidently been occupied by a man.
knew that, because l brought his
coat and pentaloons down with me
when l descended along the partition.
I also brought the nail on which they
had been suspended; and it maze a
scratch on me more than five feet long.
1t WIS no more than fair to hang his
clothing up again; and was about to
do SO when the door opened, and the
gentleman himself entered. Now, 4
submit that the situation could hardly
have been worse. To be caught. as the
reporters say, 'red-handed, -" in another
mans bathroom with his pantaloons m
my grasp, should be worth two years
in Sing Sing to a man with no political
pull.
And nobody could have behaved worse
than that man did. He was deaf to my
explanations. In fact, as bad luck would
have 1t, the man was more or less deaf
to everything and had been for several
years He was of a stalwart frame
and an irascibie disposition. | was
very easy prey for him. tie gathered
mp his clothes in one hand, and me in
the other, and the procession started
for the hotel.
Well, the clerk is a good friend Of
mine. Also, he has developed sense
of justice, and g voice like a fog horn.
With these natural advantages he sue
ceeded In convincing the deaf gentle
man that ! was honest, though not
very bright | had suffered more. how
ever, in that unusual and conspicuous
passage 10 the hotel. than would be
ordinarily involved in trial and pun
ishment for grave crime.
When matters had been Strengthened
out. / made quick time for the shore.
There was great excitement when ar
rived. | learned that & bather had
mysteriously disappeared. His wife
had had his bathroom broken open.
and had discovered his clothes in it. 1t
was almost sure thing that the I'M
fortunate man had been drowned The
great South bay was 70 be dragged for
twenty miles each way from that spot.
and the expense would he charged 70
the estate of the deceased. On inQuir-
ing who this poor wretch was. learned
without surprise that he was a long
legged writer from up 10 the hotel"
and that he was called Fielding OF
something ike that.
Then ] met Maude. Well what is the
use Of going all over that scene again.
II would be more than / could bear.
She forgave me, but hardly. Then She
said:
Il was having q lovely time in the
water before l got frightened about
You. l met Arthur BlaRe-you Uemem-
Der him: he's awfullv nice-looking-
and he taught me u swim two strokes
without any trouble at all lie says
he'll teach me the rest tomorrow
HOWARD FIELDING.
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ONE WAY TO MAKE MONEY.
"a Dime Saved 10 Dime Made ThouEhs
the kCouorufr Man.


Perhaps the Thermometer was not
one hundred and sixty in the smoking
room of that parlor-car. The at u.an
said ii was, and the other passengers
were inclined TO let it go at that. At
any rate, il was hot enough for ali
practical purposes, and the entire con-
p2ny OF smokers had stripped of coats
and vests and loosened SuSpenGerS and
unbuttoned collars and were listening
with eager attention - the tales OF the
returned artic traveller.
The fat man was gloating over par
ticulsrly realistic description Of an
iee-tloe which was three miles long
and mile wide. and no one knows
how many miles deep. He had an
nounced his intention Of emigrating to
Greenland and settling there, when
the train drew into Little Fails and
stopped. A couple OF small boys stood
on the platform crying: ''Strawbur-
riesi' They had "A few boxes Of luS-
cious fruit covered over with fresh
green leaves, and the fat man made
bolt for the platform and bought "a
quart. The other people in the Smok-
ing-room followed his example They
found that the berries were as nice "a
they looked and that the prics
was fifteen cents box Five men
bought box each and turned them
over to the porter of the buffet-car,
telling him 10 serve them as soon as he
could get them ready
The sixth man was an old fellow
with a hooked nose and a big yellow
diamond in his necktie. How moogh
is dose berries?'' he asked.
Fifteen cents quart" replied tho
boy.
IN gif you den for box"
Mop"
There was a long argument between
the man and the boy. Finally the
train began 10 move and the old man
said: "Bedder take den cends You
viii hat dem left on your hands"
oh said the bO.y, ''there'll be an
other train along in a little while and
then I'll sell them"
"Veu, III gif you den cends For a
box
"Nop"' shouted the boy. and the old
man climbed back into the car.
In = short time the buffet-man
brou ght the strawberries into the
smolxing-room and the FIVE owners ate
them with great relish. The old man
watched the feasters out OF the corners
of his eyes No person offered him
any, although he plainly wanted an
invitation. After the dishes had been
removed and silence had fallen on the
company, the old man pulled his chin
up off his breast and said: well, [
mage money either way you loog al id.
II buy de berries mage fife eends,
but # didn't buy de berries / mage
den cends."
And that p" said the fat man moist
II, lis the philosophy OF getting rich .
Buffalo Express.
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brought from Vienna and did not disturb
the artists at all. Soon, however, anoth-
er and another New York manager took
the notion up, and the posers were not
brought from Vienna. The ability de-
mandcd of living picture is to stand
perfectly still with as few clothes on
as possible-some of them now wear
none-and look pretty. Naturally. no
one filed the bill so well as the artists
models. They had been trained TO do
just these things, though in another
cause.
This wasn't bad, though, for it came
in the midst OF the models panic
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view to the early fall campaign against
the lively rail or the early duck, and
not few take their guns along with
them just to get their hand in as they
stroll along the shore and start up a
open spots where they find hawks,
meadow larks and other legal marks
while enjoying their vacation.
This is all very well, as far as these
birds go. but they are too easy to hit to
make much Improvement in a mans
shooting, and great many shooters
now take a week or 80 at some clay
pigeon or live bird club, to bring the
eve into good training for the serious
campaign in the fall For those who
have the time, the money and several
other things this of course is a very
good plan, but there are a great num-
Der who, for one reason or another, do
not find this convenient, irrespective of
the great army of young sportsmen,
and those who are learning to shoot,
who are too self-conscious of their own
inexperience to wish to exhibit ii be-
fore a crowd of ompetent men. A clay
pigeon outfit is not exactly cheap
item. and therefore the continuance
herewith described, which can be made
by almost anyone at very small cost,
should prove boon to all the last men
toned division of the friends of the
gun,
To make this automatic flying mark
it is necessary to get very large spool
or bobbin about six times the size of
an ordinary one used for cotton thread,
and if that cannot be procured, almost
any wood turner will in few minutes
make one. from piece Of hard, light
wood, and only charge few cents for
it. The best size is one about four
inches in diameter and about six inches
in length. At each side of the top of
this, securely drive in a wire nail so
that about one inch will project from
the wood, and then, with file, round
these of until the nail-head disap.
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tween Hod-rls AND fheir empIoye-s.e
at least as business ike as those which
exist between storekeepers and their
clerks. The fact that . model is willing
TO pose nude by no means intimates
that she is not entirely respectable,
and there IS taoit understanding
among both artists and models that q
man who does not treat his model with
due consideration is 10 be severely
frowned upon There are, OF course
some romantic stories stioat OF artists
who have found their wives on posing
rostrums. but most Of them are untrue.
Jacob Freer married his model. and
also William H. Chase. but such occur
renceS are few and lar between.
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90 that she might not detect me in the
act of following one Of her suggestions
III then leisurely removed the remainder
of my attire, and put on my bathing
|suit.
Having completed that operation I
paused moment. It always requires
|n tremendous struggle for me TO appear
publicly in a bathing suit. do not
care so much about exposing a portion
|ef my venerable Pelt. but surely 1t is
3immodest for man 80 thin as am to
walk abroad with practically nothing
bat one layer Of Jersey cloth between
the public and his skeleton. However
soon crushed down this prudish feel
Ing. put nay hand upon the door and
shot back the bolt. The door did not
open.
One roof, by the way. covered 4 con-
siderable number of dressing rooms
Ny wife's, however, was not under the
same roof as mine. Still | ventured TO
ball ''Maude." in a most affectionate
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-02

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business
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the tongue was,-e'--
Manicure. would AtSTvs = sr--e pso-
pies corus troubled them a. L.t.e -
Their cgnscieEses
so-4e z.cu make h.s'0ry that = reTel
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prgvited sou ars at roote1 lu the
ground
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right. bat dpn't run over Everyone
else n tas ro4A- Young Meas Era
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HAS A CLOSE CALL
Howard Fielding Has a Theory
Which He Tries to Demonstrate.
IL Does Not Work just Right the First
Time, as the Reader VIII PerceiYsI
But He Intends to Try
1t gain.
lcoPYRIGaT, 1sp4.l

The great South bayis vast natural
bathtub, sixty miles long and five
miles wide. Ny experience leads me
TO believe that it is the only one in that
region. In other words, there is one
bathtub for nine thousand hotels,
which is better average than you will
find in certain parts Of the west.
have learned great deal here. 1
have had the oyster industry described
10 me by man who knows it thor
.oughly, having lost several thousand
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-02
PEOPLE WHO POSE
a Story Of Hard Times Among
Artists and Models.
People Who Pose Are Getting Scarce
Some Funny Scenes In the studios
sylvan view"-Makins Love
to Lay Figure.
COPYRIGHT. 1891

There have recently been two OF the
queerest hard-time panics on record in
New York. One was amon~ the artists
models, because they could not find
artists TO pose for. The other was
among artists, because they could not
find models TO pose for them The lat
ter is still on. II is very interesting,
and it came about in this way:
The living picture" craze struck
Gotham less than year ago. The first
troupe was made up of shapely girls
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-02

Ihen Baby was sick, we gave her Castors-
When she was a Child, she cried for Ca5so-,s.
When she became Miss, she chung TO Castoria
Tlen she ha,. Children. she gave them Caste-A
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-02
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>ervant-Please. mum. Mrs. Nexdoor
wants you IL lend her some reading
matter suitable for a sick person.
Misunderstanding, Give her those
medical almauacs.-N. Y. Weekly,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-02

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-02
GOOD GUN PRACTICE
An Automatic Flying Mark for
Training the Eye.
Made With Little Trouble and Nominal
Costa Tin Bird Flying Strongest
at the start-Hint for sum-
mer Visitors.
COPYRIGHT. lsai1

II Z a 7 Z z II I
sportsma n b e.
gins, as soon as
the tide of trav-
el sets toward
the sea shore
and the noun
tains, TO think
of looking over
his sh ootin G.
iron. with a
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-07-12

the side stile Of the cage is a short
bar, the projecting ends OF which car,
ry studs, into whose path the recessed
inner eXtremitles Of the arms project.
When the cage is about to descend
the matches are closed and the studs
are about to engage in the recesses.
This must cause a positive swing
movement Of the arms that will drive
the hatch doors apart and allow the
cage to pass. AS the same actuatlng
studs engage the lower set OF arms
(they having been brought to the pc.
sitlon indicated by the dotted llnes),
a positive closing movement will be
exerted, the top of the cage mean.
while having passed below that floor,
1t Is obvious that the posts are al.
ways set ready for engagement, eth,
er up or down, and no mistake can he
made. 1t will be understood that
this principle, with suitable modifl.
cations, can be adapted to open OF
close the ordinary vertical door com.
monty used.
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which we know from actual observa-
tion and experience
The douhle-hOuse should be the
property of one man, as he can live in
oAe-half and either rent the other or
let itstand empty to suit his pleasure;
can paint, tear down, and build up
to suit his fancy; or can make both
sides into one should his family wants
demand it, and thus eventually con-
vert 1t into home; for we must say
that the half-double house never yet
associated itself in our minds other
than as a mere stopping place, where
in we are waiting for the home that
is to be, and sometimes never comes.
The design here illustrated shows
a neat and attractive front; and one
which cannot fail to please even the
most fastidiOus double-house critic,
and if they are as numerous all over
the country as here, they are legion.
The halls are in the center of the
building, stairs being placed back
from front doors, which gives a roomy
entrance-the stairs to cellar being
under main stairs, and reached from
the kitchen, Each half contains six
good rooms, with bathroom, dress
ing-room, pantry, closets, etc, ETC.,
with large attic over the whole,
which is divided by center wall run
ming up to roof.
The frame is a balloon, sheathed
and clapboarded; roof. shingled on
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it is urged that legitimlsts have no
choice but to indorse his rights. On
the death Of Ferdinand VII. In 1893,
without male issue, the succession
passed, according to the legitimist
theory, to his brother, Charles V.
In 1855 the latter renounced his
rights In favor of his son, Charles
VI, count Of Montemoln who
was succeeded in 1861 by Don
Juan, the father of Don Carlos, and
Don Juan renounced his rights in IA
vor of Don Carlos In 1868, Mean
while the throne was assembled In
1888 by Ferdinand Wills daughter,
Isabella, grandmother to the present
King Alfonso XII. The contention
of her supporters was that the Sale
law In Spain had been abolished by
decree Issued in 1880 by Ferdi-
nand VII, but, on the other hand, IL
Is alleged that he was without the
right Of altering the constitution.
The contemplated second marriage Of
Don Carlos Is not uniniluenced by his
position as pretender.
The princess of Rohan, upon whom
Don Carlos choice has fallen does
not belong to either Of the royal
categorles which all the tlrst two d.
visions of the Almanach de Gotha,
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Tho Runaway Boy.

Wunst sassod my pa, an he
Won stand at anu he punished me-
Men whom he wuz gon that day
l slipped out an ruined away.
l took all my copper cents
An climbed over our back fence
In the Unison weeds at growed
Ever where all down the road.
Men got out there, an men
! ruined some-and ruined again,
When / met man at led
A big COW AT shocked her head.
| went down long, long lane,
Where wuZ little pigs ~ play'n,
An Jumped up an skeered me, too,
Men / scampered past an they
Wuz somebody hollered "HeyIn
An just looked ever where,
An they wuz nobody there.
l want TO, but I'm fraid to try
To go back An by an by
Somepin hurts my th'oaC inside
An want my ma--an cried
Men great big girl come through
Where's a gate, and telled me who
Am ], an OF telled where
My homes at she'll show me there.
But couldn't list but tell
What's my name, and she says "Well, "
An list looked me UP an says,
SShe know where 1 live, she guess"
Men she telled me hug wife close
Round her neck-an on she goes
skippin up the street, All men
Purity soon I'm homo agen.
An my mn, when she kissed me,
Kissed the big girl, too, an she
Kissed meet p'omise shore
won't run away no morel
james Whitcomb Riley.
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society which meets once a fortnight
and discusses various questions Of
public interest. Atone meeting cap.
ital punishment was the subject pre-
scented, and the young lad upon whom
the duty of opening the meeting rest
ed was somewhat embarrassed over
his position. When the meeting was
called to order, however, he prompt
ly stood up and began, "Mr, Chair
man and gentlemen, the subject
which we are about to discuss this
evening is one Of the most vital inn
portance TO everybody in this ROOM"
but he never got any farther in that
sentence, for he was greeted with
cheers and daughter that effectually
interrupted him. OF course the young
speaker did not mean to imply that
every one OF his listeners was in
danger Of being hanged or electro
cuted but what he said sounded like
1t, and so they laughed. Another
boy speaker at another class debat-
ing society got himself laughed at,
too, once when he stood up to talk
about Gen. Grant He was very
much embarrassed and frankly con-
fessed that he was able to say very
little. "But, he added, "lf l were
to say but three words, l should wish
to make them a continuous eulogy
upon General Grant" That boy is a
gray-halred man now, but he and his
friends still laugh at his continuous
three word eulogy.
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One cold January day, Mr.. Hamil-
ton, who was In the Maine woods as
foreman for numbering company,
went out prospecting for spruce. He
prudently left his rifle at the camp,
fearing he might be tempted to break
the game laws.
While picking his way through
fir thicket he was snddently start
led by resounding below, and
found himself close upon a bull moose.
The man lost no time in lodging be-
hind a great birch.
For a moment the moose stood
still, as II surprised, then vented his
wrath upon a pile OF spruce tops and
boughs that lay near, tossing them
about as II they had been a stack of
jackstrsws Meanwhile Mr.. Hamil-
ton climbed into the birch.
And there In the bitter cold he
was forced to stay for six long hours,
while the moose kept watch below,
quite regardless of the cramped mus
Cles and aching bones OF his victim.
At last he moved of, and the fore
man ventured down.
Unless the game commissioners
send him a body-guard, Mr.. Hamil-
ton declares that hereafter he shall
carry his gun into the woods.
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not fully made up our minds to ac-

not fully made up our minds to ac-
cept the double-house system as a
sure indication Of the near approach
of the millennium, yetwe are willing
to accept 1T as a nearer approach to
the attainment of a home-even
though it may seem to be only half
home-than that system, so prev
alent in our country at the present
day. Of putting one family on floor
directly over another the beauties
Of which is a theme poets never sing
about; and while the double house
has its many drawbacks, such as the
owner of one-half painting the ex-
terror white and the other brown, as
is frequently the case, plenty of proof
OF which can be seen; or one adding
a bay-window and enlarging, while
the other is anxious to sell out on ac-
count of his neigbor's disposition to
be always making Improvements,
with which his pocket.book will not
allow him to keep pace, and plenty
of like trouble in the same spirit
that we could enumerate, all of
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FOOLED THE BANDITS.
A Strange Adventure with Road Agents in
Mexico.

Strange Adventure with Road Agents in
Mexico.
When you are travelling alone par
ticularly in country Ike Mexico,
where bandits are even now too nu-
merous, always carry two revolvers,
one Of which may be worthless, but
put good gun out of sight, says an
experienced traveller. A friend of
mine, Mccoy Shepard, was travelling
alone from Acapulco to the City Of
Mexico. He knew the language Of
the country well and had little
thought Of danger, but he went pre-
pared for business He put in the
holster Of his saddle a 44-caliber re-
volver loaded with cartridges that
barely had enough powder in them to
blow the bullets out of the muzzle,
and then in the small of his back he
hung the handiest 3S-Caliber he could
find when in Frisco.
1t happened that as he was coming
down out Of the main range three
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sonnet ing Lacking.

A certain doctor living in the up
per part Of the city has a bright and
oberving 4-year-old daughter She
has a brother a few years older, Of
whom she ia very fond, and who for
her amusement sometimes draws plct-
ures on slate or paper. A few oven
ings ago he was thus engaged and es-
sayed to draw an elephant. He
shaped the body, head and legs, and
before adding the proboscis stopped a
moment to look at it. The little
girl had been watching every stroke
of the pencil with great interest,
waiting patiently for him to finish,
and when he stopped and she thought
he was done exclaimed, "Why, John
ME, you forgot to put on his sachell"
For the moment she couldn't think
of the word trunk and evidently con-
cluded the other word would do as
well.-Utlca Observer.