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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

certainly coin his disgrace by writing
n book. and its sale will be undoubtedly
assured
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

Corbett and Fitzsimmons may have
to resort to violence to settle that fight.
The herald., 1895-09-08

and her favorite way of writing 10 to work
to etop for like period Of time.
Miss Frances L. Willard is one Of our
most interesting women bachelors. She
is in London now, the guest of Lady
lately come across the seas to thseffsct
that after many years of freedom and
emancip patton Miss Willard may marty ~
Englishman. He is vaguely described ~
of rank. fortune and heart and soul de-
voted to the principles for which Misg
willard bias spent the best part OF her
life. The name of the sutton has not beon
m mentioned, though some of Miss Willard'A
intimate friends have admitted thao
stranger things than this have happened.
Rev. Phoebe Hannaford. prominent
Der of Sorosis. has the honor OF. be-
ing the first woman minister ordained il
America. At the time of DR.. Hannaford's
ordination only three women besides her.
solf in the world had received orderss
She is busily engaged in preparing .
book of her early experiences.
Miss Mamie Dickens, the eldest daugh.
ter OF the great novelist. makes her home
at quaint old Dunton rectory.i in the town
OF Brentwood. in Essex, England. The
love of flowers. which with her amounts
to passion. is fully gratified in this
beautiful country. Her real life work
consists in ministering to the poor and
val's Inn, in March of 1888. when Charles
Dickens was past 20 years old, and father
and child grew up, almost as IL were. to.
Rether. 1t is not to be wondered at that
she Is like him in thought. taste, senti-
ment. and even looks.
Miss Helen Gladsuone. the daughter
and companion of the Grand Ola Man."
is a tall. stately woman OF 43. The gem
Jus OF her father seems to shine through
her deep. earnest eyes. For mum Der OF
years she has been cs-principal of the
ridge. Notwithstanding her work for
4 d her intense belief in the higher edu.
C tion of women, Miss Gladstone has
great dislike to the masculine girl. She
believes that the great mission OF woman
is to be womanly. and that college life
has no Influence in robbing women of
their chief charm. This gifted daughter
not only comedies with her fasher's polit-
ical views, but like him is q great be-
| ever in the virtues OF hardy exercise.
1t is net on record that she ever fsIled
and climber, and endeavSrs to have her
G irls follow her example.
A successful bachelor maid is Lolita.
who has woeed goodly fortune from the
tickle goddess. She is credited with hav-
ing snug ~, 030, 900 to her credit, we'll
invested in a hotel in Boston, NEXT to the
Park avenue tbeater. which shs also
owns. In New York she has q swell
apartment house, besides real estate all
over the country. She and her mother,
Mrs. Crabtree, make all of the nvest-
ments without the help of any men folks.
Her father was an unsuccessful miner and
it was from log cabin on Rabbit creek.
California, that the actress made her
debut.
The herald., 1895-09-08

New York society. The chapel is for the
uss Of the patients OF Bellevue Hospital.
There is to be no fixed creed. but every
denomination will be welcomed alike.
Mss Leary lives in a picturesque old
house way down in the Fifth avenue with
her surviving bachelor brother, Charles
Leary.
Kate Fields name is well known over
two continents as brilliant, fearless
writer and a bold, convincing lecturer.
her great aim in life is to comba what
she argues are the failacies of prohibit
tim. and her services are in constant de-
mand all over the land.
Susan B. Anthony is as energetic in the
crusade OF woman suff:age as when in the
early fifties sue began TO make her de-
mand for equal rihts for men and tor wo-
men, as those who met her IN Los An
geles recently can testify. She is well
into the sevent ties but her unusual mind
seems to gather fresh vigor with every
birthday. 1t is always pleasure when
this modest little women with her
smoothly parted hair and earnest. win
ming face rises 10 speak. for she always
has something well worth the telling,
and tells it right worthily.
Ada Rehan and Georgia Cayvan are the
bachelor girls among the theatrical stars
since Mary Anderson took TO herself the
responsibilities of home-making and
house~t spin
In liters,-e the Is 90 the unma rricd
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On a Modern Hook and
Ladder Wagon but
Each Has Uses
ODD EQUIPMENT OF A TRUCK
Life Guns, Jumping Nets, Roof Cutters
and Battering Rams Are Some
Of the Things Which
Really Fight Fire

Long before Edgar Allen Poe wrote his
Bells the tolling of fire bells, the iron
bells, the cruel bells, had cast their pail
on every heart which heard them, and
seemed indeed to some like the solemn,
awful knell for the dead. When young
ster, you remsm Der how you played tru-
ant from school and fed with excited
feet and beating heart to the fiery scene,
following the engines" When you grew
older, and perchance acquired property
and wife, you never heard the loud
clangor without sinking and "a sudden
fond thought of those at home.
For all these reasons, fires and men
who fight them have been of the greatest
interest to all ages and sexes. New York s
fire service may be the best in the world,
and it may be the worst, out the men who
make heroes of themselves every week in
the year are always attractive to look at
and to talk to. But even OF more absorbing
interest to the public than the animated
souls who direct and plan against the de-
mon fire are the dumb instruments used
in this public service-old, battered iron
things, without voices and yet so express
i've in their mute inertia.
Leaving ethereal musings and reducing
our thoughts to homely facts, the New
York fire department is probably the best
equipped of any in the country with
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TO MARRY OR
NOT TO MARRY
The Gallant Army of
Spinsters Say
Nay, Nay
DON'T CALL THEM OLD MAIDS
They Are Women Bachelors All the
Way From Is to 75-.-Who They
Are and What They
Have Done
DON'T CALL THEM OLD MAIDS

ITO marry or not to marry - that is
the question which vexes and perpleKes
every women at some time in her career,
and must be answered yea or nay. The
am bilious plead thar an unmarried wo-
man is less hampered and trammeled
than her married sisters and therefore a
woman is better off without than with
the life society of the tyrant man. 1t
used to be the fashion and until very re-
Gently to style unmarried ladiss past
certain age as old maids. Now they are
women bachelors whether they be % or
80. Certain it is, glance over the list
of feminine bachelors shows that many
women have earned fame and fortune
unfettered or unalded by husbands.
Here are few interesting examples,
which tell their own story.
Miss Harriet G.. Hosmer is the foremo
woman sculptor of America. She is the
daughter of a well-known physician and
was born in Massachusetts sixty years
ago. For forty years she has been resi-
dent Of Rome, going there in 1852 with
her father and her friend, Charlotte Cush-
man. Some OF her celebrated works have
been the Beatrice Csnci," in the st.
Louis public library, and the ideal figures
"Zenobia, Puck "Sleeping Faun,"
and the "Pompeian Sentinel" Miss
Hosmer has carved out future with her
ohisel, and she was paid for one piece of
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is long one. Among the noted names
are Nora Perry, Miss Rose Elizabeth
Cleveland, sister of the president. and at
one time the FIRST lady in the land
Ouida. Jean Ingslow. Rosa Nouchette
Cary, Anna Dickinson, Florence Night
ingale, who has gained fame as a writer
since she retired as a nurse; Grace DEMO
Litchtielu, Edith Thomas and Susan
Coolidge.
Miss Kath crime Draper. who is still
handsome and healthy, though past ST..
had the hoaor to be photographed by her
brother. Professor Draper of the Univer-
sity of New York, in 1871. Miss Draper
was then young lady in society, and the
fact that "sun" picture had been maas
of her was wi 1ely discussed by the bellies
and beaux. The picture. which was the
first of its kind ever taken. was sent to
England to Sir William Hersrhel, from
whose son it was procured for the world S
fair. Miss Draper remem bers the process
wildly and enjoys telling all about it.
miss Sarah Orne Jewett occasionally
writes sketches OF 5000 or 1000 words in a
single day. This is of course. exceptional.
The herald., 1895-09-08

Captain Burns next showed a pair of
wire cutters. long he ndled nipper, used
in cutting electric light and telephone
wires whom they obstruct the free use of
the ladders. These are insulated with
rubber handles. and the men use rubber
gloves when operating them.
Chief of the Department Bonner of New
York has devoted his energies to the
greatest efficiency OF the service, and as
= result has invented and patented
number OF valuable tools. Among these
are the tin-cutters, for forcing an en-
trance through TIN roofs. This curious
device looks like picturesque old battle
axe, but it is serviceabls, for the blades
are very sharp and made Of tempered
steel.
Truck No. carries long iron cable
dotted . every iiftssn feet with rubber
from buildings of great height. where
there are no fire escapes or where the
escapes have been destroyed or blocked.
It is pulled up by the rope fired from the
big life gun. 1t has never yet been OPP
Grated. except in experiments, but is
considered one of the most valuable aids
al big fire..
A modern invention is the -four way
connsction," huge main nozzle from
which jot out four pipes. 1t is designed
to get the largest effective stream posi-
BILE. Four engines connect with the four
EranCh pipes, ana unite 10 IOICe III OH
ster stream through the big nozzle. which
will qusnch the fercest blaze. The snail
connections measure "a inches and the
biz hose is 81 inches in diameter.
One of the best things in che depart
ment, according to Captain Burns, is a
little tool for hosting hose ontothe roof.
1t is a simple continuance OF two parallel
iron ribs, between which are reared two
wooden rollers. This instrument has
teeth which fasten on to the coping of the
roof. BY this means the hose is rapidly
drawn to the roof, and it Is kept from
being cut by projecting particles. 1t Is
the invention OF late chief, John j. Bres-
nan.
The X-inch hose used in the flour way
connection" is kept coiled, to the length
of fifty feet, on a cylinder at the back of
the truck. One Of the ordinary appli-
ances is 4O-foot rops ladder, to be
brought into requisition where there are
10 firS escapes.
GA battering ram is necessary tool on
a hook and ladder wagon. 1t also COM
pines a wall cutter. 1t is ponderous
iron bolt, one end OF which is blunt.
which is the ram; the other end is
forked, which is the wall cutter.
A cellar pipe was next dragged out by
the men, under Captain Burns orders.
AS its name implies it is intended for
service where the fire is IN the basement.
It is a snaky looking iron pipe resting on
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two braces, and can be moved in all
directions after being lowered into the
cellar. The distributing nozzle is some
times effective in cellar fires. A hole is
cut in the floor and the nozzle lowered.
The force of the water rotates two nozzles
at the end of the pipe and distributes
the water in every direction.
Besides all these unhenrd uf devices, a
well-equipped ladder wagon carries many
dozens OF tools, small and large, which
are always useful at fire On the truck
in question there are three scaling lad
ders, made of oak and ash. heavy and
strong. and fourteen ordinary ladders.
The largest IS 15-foot extension ladder,
the longest in the service. There is also
small baby 16-foot extension ladder,
very useful.
Then there is the jumping net. or life
net, made Of tarred rope fifteen feet
across, strong enough to catch horse
thrown from ten story building. Among
the odds and ends which make a COM
plete outfit are four rubber buckets two
Babcock fire extinguishers, two red signal
lanterns, two bar lamps. two red sig
nal flags. four shovels, four hay forks,
four axes, two picks. two roof ropes,
crowbars, chisels. jimmies, foroible entry
tools, heavy mallets, mauls, four cotton
hooks, hfe-saving belts, scaling ladders
and scores of minor art icles.
Such is the comprehensive equipment
OF a modern New York b Jok and ladder
wagon. A brief com parison of the old
fashioned wagon, which was armed only
with one or two crude, shaky ladders. a
dull ak or two and few tin buckets.
may remind the reader that, while mod
ern inventions increase the possibility of
death, modern ingenuity has established
an equilibrium by thinking out all of
these devices for saving life. And, after
all, the trucks are the sinews of the fire
service and bear the brunt OF the hard
wear. Engines may puff and shake and
oceans of water may be forced through
the hose, but without the steady hands
and cool heads of the hook and ladder
boys to direct this power. with the tools
Just described, the department would be
inutile and worse than useless.-New
York Morning Journal.
The herald., 1895-09-08
SOCIETY AND
LORD LONSDALE
The Question Now Is, How
Will the One Receive
the Other?
HAS BEEN A SPORTY BOY"
Society Gave Him the Cold Shoulder
When He Played Angel to Violet
Cameron, but it's Different
Now He's Married
HAS BEEN A SPORTY BOY"

How. will swaggerdom receive Lord
Lonsdale? It's an interesting question
ana most difficult oneito answer. Some
assert that he will be received all right
and others claim that those who are now
at the helm of the society ship have de-
termined to steer clear of him.
If shis should turn out to be the case
interesting times are close at hand. AS
one of the syndicate owning Valkyrie
Ill, Lord Lonsdale should arrive here
within few days, as the first of the
America cup races will probably take
place on September 18th unless the Eng
lish ask for more time for the preparatory
work on their boat.
Certain it Is that royalty has furnished
an abundance in the way of precedent
as to the social statutes Of Lonsdale. Not
only is he the favorite chum of the prince
of Wales, but the eccentric young ruler,
the German emperor, has snowered
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wart horses to pull it, stood like an old
warrior. as though resting after battle
and preparing for the next, every honor
able scar on its big wooden ribs telling of
some victory over the red element.
The first curiosity exhibited was the
life gun, recent addition to the equip
ment of the service. 1t is kept in sort
Of hammock, swung along the running
gear. 1t was a pIain-looking long pole,
about seventy feet from tip to tip al the
end wearing hollow steel cylinder, from
which is shot the proiectle carrying the
life rope. The line, 500 feet long. is
coilsd inside cylinder along the side of
the pole. and the rope unwinds as the
projectlle flies through the air. This is
used only for very tall buildings. There
is an ordinary life gun for similar pur-
poses in case of smaller dwellings.
: A door opener was tine next oddity I'M
shipped from its hangings. 1t was
massive, thick iron prod. tipped with
a powerful hook at the other. 1t is
effective in forcing open doors which are
locked, where perchance victim is
stirling or where the seat of the fire can
be reached only by that means.
The herald., 1895-09-08

ship between the. present earl and royalty,
it may be mentioned that both the Prince
of Wales and Emperor William address
him as "Hughey." Wonderful stories
are told of the msgniilcence of the enter
tainmens offered the emperor upon his
recent visit to l.owthsr castle.
Particular attention was paid to the
shooting, as the emperor prides himself
upon his ability as a CT ack shot and the
official reports of the result OF the differ
emit days work on the moers were So STU
pendous that some incredulous people &C.
tually doubted them.
For instance. the bag for one day
amounted to 200 BRACE of which no less
tnan sixty brace fell before the emperor's
own gun. The most favorable spot, of
course. was reserved for him, and the
birds were carefully driven in a stream
straight over him. 1t, however. was a
wet day with a heavy mist, which OBJ
soured the sight Of the bras until they
were within half gunshot. The kaiser
occupied a butt in a favored ravins, and
shot with three guns, being served by
two leaders. Sixty brace under bad
weather conditions, by man who is
sinSls'hsnded shet, even If he be king of
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tensils for battling against fires. Y ct
out of every ten men who hear an alarm
daily, or run to a fire every time they
sec an engine. not one perhaps could
mention any of the odds ana ends which
are carried on hook and ladder wagon,
or truck as it is called by the fire
laddies. All manner of curious brc-a
brac adorns the huge tram which hangs
below the main part of the truck-lcng,
slender iron prods, with tiercely pointed
ends, demonstrating forked instfu-
ments. and a melee Of buckets. caps.
ropes and every conceivable creation of
the blacksmith's art.
The other day a Morning Journal re-
porter and artist dropped in on Captain
John J. Burns uf Hook and Ladder COM
pany No. J., located at No. 26 Cham bers
street, and asked to be shown all the
curious knick-knacks about the wagon.
pleasure as he Cordially consented to ex-
plain what he knew of his big pet. The
huge truck, which requires three stall
The herald., 1895-09-08
Convict Farming Pays

The managers of the Mississippi con-
vict farm announce that one years ex-
perience wi it has been thoroughly sat-
isfactory. and it will turn into the state
treasury some $50. net over all expen-
SEES. This amouptswould have been twice
as large if the farm had been large
enough to give employment to all the con-
victs. Mississippi abandoned the sys-
tenn of working out of conivots, so general
in the south last year, and purchased a
farm of 10000 acres, the convicts furnish
ing the labor. The experiment has bsen
a success IN all respects. The convicts
are better treated, the farm produces a
handsome revenue, and there is no obi &C.
ton from the people. as the production
of cotton by convict labor does not affect
free labor unfavorably in any way. Au-
thority will be asked from the legislature
for the purchase of another farm.-New
York Sun.
The herald., 1895-09-08

him. The boy turned. and after looking
at the artist for a minute, sang out to
his companions:
''S-a-a-y here's smooth guy wild blin-
kers, an ne says would please par
NIT him to pass. Would 1? Well. l
wouldn't 40 ting to him.
J Mr.. Hutchins wears no beard. and some
OF the other boys began to make person.
al remarks about his appearance. They
talked in slang and the artist knew the
way to win them. Leaning over to the
first boy he said:
Say Petty, I'll tell you how tits. I'm
up against it an that's straight. 1 don't
want to get me blinkers busted. Give a
Teller a chance. See?''
Cert" replied the boy. "Open up
there an let me fren trough. He's al
right"
And Mr.. Hutchins did get through
without trouble. Slang goes with the
abingdon square small boy.-New York
Sun.
The herald., 1895-09-08

upon him marks of approval and esteem,
in such lavish fashion that all England
has stood ,agspe at the spectacle In view
of this, those who attempt to snub the
English earl will probably ini them
selves part of an exceedingly small
minority.
Lonsdale has the reputation of being on
closer terms of friendship with Emperor
William than any man in che United
kingdom. After the recent yacht races
at Cowes, in which Germany's ruler took
an active part, he became the guest OF
Lord Lonsdals at the latter's family home,
Lowther castle, in Westmorelani. The
grouse SHOOTING there is said to be as
fine as at any place in England, and the
For hundreds Of years the place has
The herald., 1895-09-08
Slanged Ii Through

F. NJ. Hutchins, the illustrator, was
one OF several artists who attended the
last Abingdon square concert in search of
the picturesque. Mr.. Hutcnins wears
glasses. He is also connoisseur in the
latest slang, and it served him a good
turn. About a thousand small boys were
closely packed around the band stand,
and the artist wanted to work his way
through them that he might speak to
his object to boy who stood in front of
The herald., 1895-09-08
Very Plausible Explanation

In Western Kansas:
81 like this farm in the main, but I'm
suspicious of this outcropping of lime
stone"
'It's not natural, my dear sir; it's
macadam-we' re standing at what was
once the intersection OF Main street and
Kansas avenue in Boomville Chicago
Record.
The herald., 1895-09-08

A combination garment consisting of
feather boa and shoulder cape, is among
the fall novelties. The cape IS a short
affair, extending only over the shoulders.
1t IS made of carefully selected ostrich
feathers. not ourled at the edges, but laid
fat upon a silk foundation and slightly
overlapping one another. The collar por-
ton is the ordinary feather boa, cut alb
ruptly ct the throat instead OF hanging In
dangling ends.-New York World.
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work $25, 0o0. the figure of Queen Isabella
fol- the Worlds fair.
Rosa Bonheur is another of the OLD
maids born to poverty as the sparks are
to fly upward, and who has gained gen.
erous future by the cunning of her fingers
in representing the animals she loves so
we'll.
Kiss Adele M. Fielde, great traveller,
who has written books and lectured, has
The herald., 1895-09-08

a match cutting machine is quite an
automatic curiosity. 1t cuts 10. 000, 100 .
day, and then arranges them over vat,
where the boards are put IN at q surpris.
ing rate of speed.
The herald., 1895-09-08
Boston's Cow Paths

There is nothing surprising in the state
ment that the knights Templar parade
of 20. 600 men required six hours to pass
a given point. 1t probably marched one
abreast to avoid rubbing the paint off the
buildings.-Chicago Tribune.
The herald., 1895-09-08

ll-bioeded Cherokee Indian, Wahc-
cchee. is holding Christian revival services
at Thomassille, Ca. and draS Wing i'm
menss crowds. He is said to be very
successful evangelist.
The herald., 1895-09-08
Lord Lonsdals

been the home of the Lowther family al
though the present castle is com narrative
Iy new, having been built in 1908. The
estate is Is, 000 aces in extent and much
of it Is laid out in magnificent park.
The terrace is mile in length, running
along limestone cliff, which overlooks
the park.
feature of the park is the great age
and size of its yew trees. Wordsworth
visited the place in 1888 and wrote of it:
In thy majestic pile are seen
Cathedral pomp and grace, in apt accord
With che baronial castles sterner mein;
Union signihcant,of God adored
And .oharters won and guarded by the
lsword
of.aR2Gisnt honor.
As an,syidence of the extreme friend
The herald., 1895-09-08

Excavations in the interior of the coli :.
scum ut Rome, which were suspended in
1878, are soon to be begun again. by
order of the Italian minister OF public in
structiaE.
The herald., 1895-09-08

1t is q fact that no married subject in
Australia can procure a passport to 60
beyond the frontier unless he cali produce
written consent from his wife.
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devoted Imuch of her time to ameliorat-
ing the condition of her sex. She has
worked hard and earnestly for political
equality, finds her greatest rest and re-
taxation in the house -witely acts, particu-
larry cooking and sewing.
Miss Grace Dodge is so young and good
to look upon that it is difficult to distin-
gulsh her from one of the girls. She is
wrapped up heart and soul in the cause
of the working girl, and what she has
accomplished for ~ "nc Will ever
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know. She lives with her mother in
quiet but elegant style, on Madison
avenue. Her life is very busy one, for
sides presiding over the working girls
clubs and being their contidant and adj
wiser.
Miss Anna Leary is the oldest of the
scialiy prominent spinsters II New York
society. Half of her enormous income
goes in well-considtr ID and deserving
charities. She is building now memoir
;al chapel to her brother :Arthur Leary.
who was about the most popular man In