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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-09
A Remarkable Automaton.

A most wonderful autonaton has re-
Gently been privately exhibited in Paris
by rich old gentleman. who has an
inordinate taste for mechanical toys.
The group represents family Of seven
kittens. life-sized and covered with real
skin and with eyes of emerald set in
pearly enamel. The group are each en-
gagged in playing upon some sort of
a musical instruments flute. a either,
a violin, 4 drum, harp, horn, cor
net and an accordion. All these instru-
ments perfectly harmonic and upon
them the mechanical kittens play all
kinds OF music, including difficult
operas. The mechanism is said to be
similar to that of a music box. The
automaton cost eighty thousand francs
In Persia
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-09

deavored 10 raise myself lar enough to
| slide out feet foremost. Meanwhile
| vainly besought Maude to do some
| thing. She was doing her best all the
| time, but the machinery would no.
work as it had done in the chair mans
shop. By great exertlon I had sue
ceeded in getting my feet well started
in the direction of freedom, when both
arms OF the chair collapsed inward.
That was one of the strong points Of
the chair. a child could learn to fold
1t up at the first attempt Just as the
arms fell under me Maude succeeded in
working the patent adjustable spring.
Both ends of the chair instantly sank
to the floor. leaving me supported only
b. its iron arms which were just under
the small of my back. | was able 10
decide almost Immediately that this
was one of the chairs combinations for
which | should have very little use in
the future. However, it had one adj
vantage: 1t permitted me to roll OF on
to the floor.
Perhaps the reader may imagine that
lost my temper. and said something
disagreeable about the nice present
which thoughtful and aifectionate
helpmeet had provided. Not at all.
My dear" said /, this is a lovely
chair. When I am tired Of sitting in
other chairs ! can get instant relief in
this one, for the muscles employed are
totally different. Tnis is less like sit
ting down than anything else | ever
experienced. There viii be no need
now for me to join the New York 9th
letic club. / can get all the exercise I
need, simply by sitting down in that
chair. l feel better already Haven't
felt like this since / played football.
Have we any arnica il the house,.
Maude found little arnica, only Il
turned out to be ammonia in the arnica
bottle, but that didn't matter. for the
skin was all taken of In the place
where put it, so there was practically
nothing for the ammonia to do. II lust
simply eat its way through TO the
other S ie of me, but that is such a
very little distance that it isn't worth
mentioning. II any resentfuI feelings
were thus engendered in my bosom,
they We're all directed against the
chair. / resolved to conquer, subdue
and sit upon it,
My first attempt was directed against
the ingenious machinery by which the
chair is adjusted. This is operated by
a spring 1T one side. In concentrating
my mind upon this spring i speedily
discovered that it could be operated by
means of one finger. and then with anv
other finger, but never with the same
finger twice, because the iron frame of
the chair shut down like a pair of scis-
sors, and shipped Off anything that
happened to be In its vyav That 10
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-09

the admission of Utah into the union
will be followed by a lively crusade
there in behalf Of equal suffrage, and
with success, / think.
IF once women make up their minds
to come To congress, / have no doubt
rs 10 the result. Women suffrage
works admirably in Colorado, and the
indications are that it will spread to
the surrounding states within a short
time"
Senator PETER. of Kansas. the leader
of the populists in the senate, who has
made some study of the subject in his
own state, and who doubtless expects
TO have woman colleague one of these
days, had this to say:
Il think that eventually in every civ
tlized country woman viii take part in
politics. The movement has begun in
the United States, and Kansas Will in
all probability be first to send women
TO the state Legislature. This may
happen at any time now. Things are
changing rapidly, and Kansas, you
know, is always first in every good
work. Our people are strongly in
favor of political equality. We be-
lieve that women are as much entitled
TO political rights as they are to civil
rights
II do not see why women should not
come to congress, do you? We have
some women in Kansas who are more
capable of legislating for the country
than some men there that know. The
situation may change in a very short
time, SO that we may soon have worn-
an representative in congress from
Kansas.
As to separate apartments. do not
see why we should have different COM
mittee rooms, Women dine together
with men. ccngregate in public and
private with them, and. in fact, are in
every place where men ought to be.
They WIZ be admitted to banouets one
OF these days. Men and women dine
together at hotels, meet together in
Hobbies and reception rooms. and do
not see why they should not associate
together in committee rooms. We have
mixed schools, and in the churches the
two sexes intermingle freely.
1.-The presence of women in congress
would improve il, for in this way YOU
would get more of the home influence
In public life. In this way our politi-
cal life would be purified, and the gen
eral effect of woman's entrance into the
national legislature would be good
Senator James II. Kyle. of South Da-
kota, who represents a strong element
of the populist party in the west and
whose name is whispered around
as presidential possibility on their
4:aSat in 90 had this 10 say.
II am not in favor OF women SUI
frage, and hence do not think it would
be the proper thing to have women
representatives in either the state or
the national legislature. But do lot
imagine that women will ever want to
come to congress. Besides, il would be
pretty difficult thing for the two sexes
20 work tremendously in matters of
legislation.
J ''No-the appearance of women in
eongress will not come about in my
day" VI
Senator Harris. of Tennessee cresi-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-09
WOMEN In CONGRESS
shall We Have Fair Delegates IN
House and Senate.
What Senators Think - Interviews with
I Leading Members of Both Houses on
the Prospects of Women Repre-
seEtatives at the Capitol
IcoPYRIGHT. 1891

VIII women ever be elected to con-
rress? The question is pertinent just
how in view of the equal suffrage agi-
kation going on all over the country.
When two hundred and fifty thousand
persons in one of the greatest states In
the union sign petition praying that
women shall have the privilege of vot-
ing. as was the case at Albany during
the sitting of the constitutional con-
rention recently, the matter assumes
weight and importance. And when it
is remembered, too, that it is barely a
century that the experiment OF male
suffrage has been in successful opera
ton, it does not seem so strange that
in the second century of government
by the people we find women asking
the right to cast ballot along with
men.
As the state of Wyoming is the first
in the union where the equal suffrage
movement has met with complete sue
cess, no more interesting testimony as
to its promises and possibilities can be
given than that of the Wyoming sena-
tor. Said Senator Carey:
''It is a great mistake to imagine
that all the 'screechers' you hear pro-
claiming Tie virtues Of women suffrage
are representative OF the great mass of
women voters. the fact is, no one
would want TO send to congress the
women who would like to go there as
representatives. In Wyoming ladies
run for such Offices as superintendent
of public instruction. and other places
that are suitable for them.
Anything like female representa-
ton will never occur in my time, so far
as congress is concerned. Women SUI
frage works admirably in our state,
but no one thus far has evinced de-
sire to come to our national legisla-
ture''
Senator Teller. Of Colorado. who rep
resents the second state in the union
where women now have the right of
suffrage. and who is regarded as one
of the most conscientious, honest and
far-sighted men in the senate, said:
''Out in my state TIE women vote,
but rarely hold office; while in Kansas
they are allowed to vote under certain
restrictions and yet can hold all kinds
of Offices. ] do not imagine that women
will want to come to the senate-and
yet this is within the possibilities of
the next fifty years All through the
west the women are wide awake, and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-09
NOT AS ADVERTISED
Howard Fielding in a Variety Of
Novel Attitudes
He Sits on tho Back OF HIS Neck and
Reclines on the Small of His Back
With an Iron Foot-Rest for
Pillow.
rCoPYRIGHT. 1871


The comic papers have lots Of fun
with the woman who buys things for
her husband. She is not limited to the
holiday season, but runs all the year
around, like the sea bathing-suit pic
lures in Truth. She is represented as
squandering large sums OF money.
have written that sort OF thing myself,
and ! remember distinctly now pleas
ant it was to imagine man who could
be wheedled, henpeclsed or otherwise
defrauded OF a ten-dollar bill at break
fast, dinner and supper. No woman
can do that with me-till literary wood
saving commands a better price per
cord. AS q matter of fact, ! don't be-
lieve those stories, anyway. It's my
opinion tIat the level-FeaGed man vol
unfairly permits his wife 20 do the buy
ing, and the other fellow. in these
grasping days, hasn't anything to buy
with.
A woman will go into ten stores and
spend ten dollars, while a man will go
into one store and spend ten dollars,
after which he will accuse his wife of
the shopping habit. 1t Will be found
almost every time that the woman has
obtained the greatest amount for her
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-09
A POSSIBLE MATRIMONIAL COMPLICATION

! 4 POSSIBLE MATRIMONIAL COMPLICATION
woman to these halls. Things will
come to pretty pass when we get
senator's face wore q curious cross be.
tween smile and sheer.
| Senator Pugh, of Alabama. said:
''There are no women in the south who
want to come to the senate. Nor can
you find ten men in any southern state
who would favor such an extraordinary
proposition"
Senator Call. OF Florida, showed true
southern chivalry, and said that onca
women come TO congress, he would be
in favor of them in every way. They
should have their cloak rooms, COM
/ ,nittee rooms. boudoirs and hair-dress-
! ing apartments. While he did not ex-
pect to see ladies for legislators In the
near future, yet he intimated that 1t
! would not be the worst thing in the
world that could happen to the United
! States senate. They could tighten and
I brighten many a weary hour, and
would be decided boon to some of the
dry-as-dust committees. What is more,
| they would prove an admirable an tt
dote to the country constituent and
ubiquitous Office seeker.
Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, be
lieves that worse things could happen
than the admission OF women to con-
gressional halls.
occupy such high places" said he, but
will be content with municipal and
state offices. There would be nothing
remarkable about 1t, even if they
should want to come to congress We
have such examples as Queen Elizabeth
and Queen Victoria, women who have
become great as rulers, and others,
like Joan OF Arc, who have become
great as generals. 1t does not follow
that because women get the right Of
suffrage they will want to come to the
national legislature. When the ne
groes were emancipated and the re-
publicans were in control in the south
only eight colored men were sent to
congress. You know it was Lincoln
who wrote: L go for all sharing the
privileges of the government who as
sist in its burdens. by no means ex-
Guiding women While l do not inn
agine that women will care to come to
congress, yet it is among the possible
tiles of the future"
George Washington Murray. the col.
ored congressman from South Carolina,
had this to say: 1.-The colored people
don't think much of female suffrage.
This may be due to the fact that they
have no ambitions or aspirations in
that line. But as regards the whites,
expect to see some women from the
western states sitting in the house as
representatives before long"
Representa- tive English, of California,
said: Il should not be surprised to see
women in congress one of these days.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-09

the revolution that war might have
been recorded in history as the ''Ameri-
can rebellion"-an uprising easily sub
dued.
The society deals in something more
than promises 1t has hung the por-
trait of Mrs. Harrison in the white
house; it has contributed largely to the
Mary Washington monument fund and
to the fund for the statue of Gen.
Washington, to be presented to France
by American women; it has made a
collection of valua BILE books and relics,
while its present enterprise looks to
securing permanent home for the So
ciety in Washington, Colonial hall,
which is to be an imposing building,
serving as national headquarters and
business center as well as museum
for colonial and revolutionary relics
and records. Thus has the foundation
of powerful organization been laid
whose scope will broaden yearly.
The choice of the society's first presi-
dent general was a happy one, for IN
the late Mrs. Caroline Scott Harrison,
wife of ex-President Benjamin Harri-
son. the Daughters of the American
Revolution found leader. generous.
Intelligent and helpful at a period
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-09
Over In JerseT.

New Yorker-Your police force hero
does not seem 70 amount 20 much Hare
You found the perpetrator q the Last
murder that was comrnittted2
Local Oftcizl-Wasl. no. we haven't
got 10 perPetrator yet; bu: We found
the corpse OF the victi,a--'TsrnEs~n ,
Tines
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-09

. pastebonrd tube long enough 70 reach
up into the foot Of the boot while tbs
lower end projects below the leg, and
tasten it in that position with string.
A tube such "a pictures or maps ara
mailed in Is just the thing. The lowe,
or projecting end o: the tube mus,
have funnel-shaped mouth o. p.pe,
fastened 70 IL. Under II plaoe q kerr
oscne lamp with SIS fame burning Low.
The working OF this arrangement. Ia
simple and thoroughly effective Tbs
stream Of warm. dry air from The lamt
chimney Il conducted up the paper
tube into the foot Of the we. boot and
drives out the colder air down the boo.
leg. This constant circulation O. warss
ar viii dry very wet boot IA Hfteen
minutes. aad then the tube may 10
transferred % the other one.
The lamp should be Just close enousA
under the funnel and The wick should
lie burning a. such height. "a 20 MAZE
the foot part % the boo; feel about .
blood heat II too hot IL viii izirrs
the rubber. - Thomas c. H2rTiS h
Yoata'a Companion
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-09
Oar % Hafa

Mss Uptedste-Yes. indeed. orr rec
Tor Is n ancomnoaly clever nan- lie
gets OF SOHO very good things IN tAs
pulpit
Miss Latsly-OE- rector never does
lie only quotes the Scriptures and
warns Is airs: s.z@Exssxiss Lss
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-09
DRYING RUBBER BOOTS.
How an Experienced Sportsman Psrfosra
the Operation


While hunting ducks on a marsh last
winter, / had the misfortune to step
into a deep hole. over the tops of my
rubber boots, and every sportsman
knows how disagreeable such a mishap
IS, especially in cold weather. Ittakes
a long time TO get the boots thoroughly
dry inside after soaking. The felt
lining seems TO hold the water, and tho
waterproof nature Of the rubber great
~ increases the difficulty.
On this occasion it was necessary %
use the boots again the next morning.
or miss days sport Necessity Ia said
20 be the mother Of invention. and, with
the aid OF sketch, ! will show an easy
way out of such predicamen:-
Tie the boot 10 a bedpost. or other
support, with the foot uppermost- Get
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-09
A Necessity of yoz.n.

His Hother-Johnny. yoa INST nC>
hght with yo-r little sister when roo
know sae's not strong enough 20 esh(
back
Joh1uy-That's tust Il II she esat
Gghi bows there going 20 - any fgh;-
IN a. al unlc1s / do 50 Chicago
Eecc-d
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-09
Prsf.rred Pe.e. R<gardl-s. Of Cost

Mrs JinPson-Don't yoG think. Mr.
Jinpso8, i would be grez; benes. 70
orr daughter Il she were 20 fnisa her
singing lessons abroad
Mr. JinPso1-GiTe Il uP, but ! know
Il would Dc great relief 20 Iae--ICwn
Tones
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-09

when the young society first tried It's
uncertain footing.
When Mrs. Letitia Green Stevenson,
wife of Vice President Adlai E. Steven
son. was elected TO fill the vacancy lef.
BY the death of Mrs Harrison, the
precedent established was adhered To.
and The wife of one of the nations chief
officers was chosen TO stand at the
society's head Mrs. Stevenson has
good claim upon the leadership apart
from her political prestige. for she
traces her descent from John WASH
ington- Mrs Stevenson has proved
herself in Office a inst and liberal
thinker and possessor OF a Judgment
invariably 10 be relied upon
In Mrs Mary Harrison Mckee. lately
vice-president of the national society,
and daughter Of the first president, is
found one Of the finest types Of the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-09
More Atmosplsere.

What your story needs" said the
critic, us more atmosphere
well. that goes 20 show that there S
no pleasing everybody said the dis
contented author The editor who
read il last says that it's too breezy
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-09

Hrs Nuchwed-l never q1arrels9
with my other husband. as Do with
JOu-
Mr. Nuehwsd-Tr. only your wora
fc- that
ErA Arehwed-lf they we're here
they would not contradict ma.
Nr. Mncnxed-Thsn DON. wondsv
Jou never quarreled-S. 7. World
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-09
a weIoon. Relief.

Plunson-Ill be mighty glad when
we get. through with the nineteenth
century.
Rayson-Why?
PlumsOn-By that time writers VII
be obliged 10 give lin de steele a
Inuch-needed and weIlearned rest
South Boston News
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-09
Who Took Psty on HIM

Cholly-It wained 50 hard ! had 20
get under shelter.
she-Who told you II was ra;ning7-
Life.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-09

The republicans of California have q
plank in their platform favoring wom-
en- suffrage"
Congressman Neil, of Arkansas, said:
"Women are not wanted here. We
don't believe in woman suffrage in our
state"
Congressman Pendleton, Of West
Virginia, said: Il expect within the
next ten or twenty years to find women
in congress as representatives or sena-
tors. The tories in England are very
conservative, and yet they favor woman
suffrage"
Buck Kilgore, of Texas, volun-
teered q new argument against women
representatives. Said he: 1T would
be great mistake to have women in
congress. for the reason that it is not
the place for them. II they should
get here, il would cause no end of
trouble for the men who happened to
sit next them. The husbands of the
one or the wives of the other would
get jealous. and we should have a big
ru;npus don't think that the coming
of women to congress would improve
thugs in the list -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-09
ARE TO MEET SOON
Daughters Of the Revolution Win
Hold q Convention.
Progress and Projects-A Young. But Al
ready Powerful Body Of Patriotic
American Women-Pians for
Colonial Hall
ICoPYRIGHT. 1se4.1

ICoPYRIGHT. 1884
Formally organized four years ago
by handful of women, the National
Society of the Daughters Of the
American revolution to-day enrolls
some seven thousand members. II has
chapters in every state in the union, is
in perfect working order, and is now
preparing for a continental congress in
this city.
Washington has been from the start
its headquarters. From Washington
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-09
Ans,erdam-You told me an awful

Mr. Henpeck-What was that?
You told me you were going TO
sleep. and afterwards saw 81 going
into the theateT"
Il know it. but, holy smoke. where
else can poor married man get a little
sleep?"-Texas SiftinTs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-09

dent pro ten. 81 the senate, laughed
heartily when the question OF women
coming to congress was broached to
him. ''They will not come in my day
or in your day, either.
'sWhat about Kansas? Well, 1 don't
believe that even this wonderfully
fertile state in experiments will send
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-01

CA01yaH County, nbC1T0r Court,
Before H. C. Privott, Clerk
VIM. J. LEARY, ST., and wife Order of publCa-
Emma w. ton for Joseph Pax
ton, defendant in
1t appearing to the satisfaction of the
Court from the affidavit of VIM. j.
Lcary, ST.. one Of the plaintiffs i'll the
above entitled action that the defend
ant Joseph Paxton is q non resident OF
the State of North Carolina, and after
due diligence cannot be found therein
That the summons issued III this action
has been duly returned as to the de-
PENDANT Joseph Paxton mot to be
found" That his address is not known
to the alfiant though he is believed to
be living in the city of Norfolk, in the
State of Virginia. That this court has
Jurisdiction of the cause Of action. That
the defendant Joseph Paxton is q nee
Cessary party to this action and that
this suit is for the partition or sale (in
case partition cannot be had) of the
John Paxton lot, situated III EdentOn,
\. g., bounded as follows: On the
North by Albemarle street, on the
south by Gale street, or the East by
the lots formerly belonging to Rich
ard Woodland and on the West by the
lots formerly belonging to John King
and Eliza K. Wilson, containing =
acre, more or less. 1t is therefore
ordered that publication be made for
six weeks in the FISHERMAN & FAR
MER a weekly newspaper published in
Edenton, y. c., commanding the said
Joseph Paxton to be and appear at the
office of the Clerk of the Superior Court
of Oh owan county III Edenton, y. c..
on the 4th day of February 1895 and
answer or de1nur to the complaint filed
in this action in said office or judgme Mt
will be granted as prayed tor by the
plaintiffs. Witness my hand this 23rd
day of September A. D., 1898.
Fl. c. PRIVOTT,
c. s. c. Chowan County N c.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-01
TWO LIVES SAVED.

lirs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction
CITY, III, was told by her doctors she
had Consumption and that there was
no hope for her, bat two bottles Dr.
Kings New Discovery completely cured
her, and she says it saved her life.
Mr.. Thos I,5ger5, I39 Florida St, San
Francisco, suffered from dreadful
cold, approaching Consumption, tried
without result everything else then
bought one bottle of Dir. Kings New
Discovery and i'll two weeks was cured.
He is naturally thankful 1t is such
results, OF which these are samples,
that prove the wonderful efficacy OF
this medicine III Coughs and Colds.
Free trial bottles at WI. Leary's Drug
Store. Regular size SO. and SI.oo- 5
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-01

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