The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-27


-'WilI you please tell him that his
house is on FREE Servant--'impossi-
BILE. He gave strict orders that he was
not 70 be disturbed. Judge.
DIR. Cook, who is 20 90 10 the Arctic
on a trip that combines business and
pleasure, saws that the cold of New
York is more trying 10 him than the
cold of q Greenland winter. The latter
Is dry, sharp. with the moisture frozen
out of the air. but winter in New York.
he says, is wet aud raw and penetrating
A good deal of gratuitous service Is
rendered in behalf Of the employment
bureau of the Young Women's Chris
tisn association The bureau proCures
places for female wage earners IN vari-
Gus branches of industry; IL has an eN-
change for wonan's work, and IL has
classes for Industrial instruction. The
whole of its business is conducted at .
very small expense.
There is said TO re in Chicago the
biggest collection in the world Of IDOLS.
fetiches, totems. kobongs, tubus and
other symbols OF heather worship II
al countries. II was gathered at tho
expense Of many Thousand dollars by
the late Mr.. w j. Cunning IL Is eN-
pected that il viii find a place in the
new Columbian museum.
1t is being realized that deaf mutes
suffer from imperfect lung expansion
because they use the lungs so little IN
talking, singing. and deep breathing,
and an effort IS being made 70 benefit
them by gymnasium work especially
adapted TO relieve this fault A pecu-
liar gait is also characteristics OF the
deafmute. which it is expected proper
physical training viii remedy.
When the Mother Hubbard toilet
was abroad in the land. one small Ohio
town distinguished itself forever bv
passing a law prohibiting the wearing
OF the gown outside of house limits.
And the lnndiady OF a small village
inn in England has handed herself
down 20 posterity in similar fashion by
refusing 20 let two women cyclists,
clad in lnickerbocker suits sit down
10 dinner in her public coffee room
Ira II. Benjamin.. of Romeo Mich,
has copper coin issued by the oppo-
nents of Andrew Jackson in the cam
paign Of 1884. On one side. cncirciing
the center, are the words Perish
Credit. Perish Commerce. 1884" In the
center Is the figure Of n hog running.
with the words, NY Third Heat on
II; above the hog, My Victory below
II. Down with the Bank ON the
other side, encircling the center, are
the words, "My Substitute for the q.
& Bank" In the center is medallion
Of Jackson. and below is the words
Experiment MyCurreucy. My Glory
Many people waste a great deal OF
their strength by swinging their arms
backward and forward all the time
while walking. II - n curious fact
that the practice Is followed By one OF
the sexes much more than il is by tho
other An observer has taken notes
upon this subject After standing for
q good while at the corner Of Broadway
and Fourteenth street he was able 20
allege that nearly sixty men in every
100, and only twelve women In every
100. swing their arms when walking.
Most OF them move the right arm with
the left leg and the left arm with the
right leg. A man who gave up the
habit for a time returned 70 II, for ths
reason that IL seemed 20 help him 10
walk rapidly.
The ehaparral cock Ia famous
bird in TeKss and some other south
western states, where - is known By
various local names. Itis = herce-lookp
ing bird. about the sire Of n bantam
rooster; has long and powerful legs and
feet, q strong bill, three or four inches
long, and Is an exceedingly sTlft run
neS. According 20 the TexAns this
bird eagerly hunts and sats cent?
pedes. tarsntulas and scorpions, saa IL
also follows and destroys rattlssnAkss
IN a peculiar wsT. Waiting until the
reptile - asleep IN It's COZ, the bird
dr4gs branches Of dry cactus, 90
a. 20 completely surround tie saaksL
Then the serpent = Aroused b. pushing
a piece of cactus against rs skin. and
f. Immediately tries % escaps Being
unable % pass the thorny hedge. IL
turns a. las. Ia - blind rage % strike
Itself and thus dies q So O7vu venom
Then the ehapa-ral cock dances ar0zBd
with ever aa37 q era tat.oa, and
go~s Of afts--s-8 rr- T.~tI-s-