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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09
BROKE HIS HEART
It Was q Brave One But Could
Not Stand the Strain.

at does not really seem possiblc, .
sighed Mr.. Simplex. as he folded his
napkin, adjusted it accurately under
the rim OF his plate. and pushed back
his chair from the breakfast table.
However earnestly one may Try, it
does not seem possible really 10 reach
the heart of boy"
His maiden sister. Miss Simplex.
shifted, half scornfully, from behind
the coffee urn
y am not certain she said severe
". that am prepared to believe in
the existence Of such Z thing as boys
heart. / dare say the little animals
have some sort of muscular organ
that pumps blood through their bodies.
/ know that they have stomachs. and
Jared certainly has brains, such as
they are, but / am pretty sure boys DO
not possess hearts in any spiritual
sense OF that word.
Miss Simplex was collecting the
glass and china, which always received
her personal attention, neditatiug
meantime in no hopeful frame of mind
on the proba bic future OF her yorng
nephew, who had been her particular
charge and trial ever since the time,
eight years before, when his pretty,
delicate young mother had gathered
the three-year-olG fodder to her heart,
kissed him for the last time on earth,
and charged him with her dying breath
10 be good bay and do as Aunt Sarah
babe him.
Just now Jared was home from school
in hopeless disgrace. 1T seems i'm
possible to make any impression upon
him. the principal wrote. and perhaps
it will be as well to leave him to his
own desires for awhile"
His particular ofiense this time had
been cutting I'D the leather covers OF
his grammar and making therefrom an
elaborate penwiper holder, soaking
and enclosing the leather very clever
" with the aid OF his penknife and
key. When punished he had taken the
chastisement sllenly. and wholly re-
fused TO admit that he was sorry for
his wanton destruction of the book
The inside's just as good" ne said,
IAN ! don't want the old thing. any
way lNlS was bQL one or JGrGQ
many offenses. HE had no sense Of
order or niceness OF arrangements"
Miss Simplex said. He would destroy
anything for the sake of making some
preposterous, ugly thing thereof.
But the most repulsive feature OF
Jared's character, as Miss Simplex De.
clared, as his anxious father noted.
and the principal regretted, was that
he seemed incapable of loving anyone.
Silent, almost Inorose, he seemed en-
tirely TO lack the usual impulse of
childhood to please. "TIe seems 70
care more for a common dog than for
his own kind" was ore of his aunts
worried indictments against him, and,
fearful lest so unnatural tendency
should be fostered, his father had re-
quired Jared to part with the broken
tailed mongrel cur that for nearly a
year had been his most constant com
panion, wandering with him in his
long, solitary wood traInps, and lying
beside him for hours on the hillsides
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09

( in the sun. where he loved 70 spenG MS
time, dreaming the long, long thoughts
OF youth.
Poor little JaredI He had an I'M
happy time at the morning meal, I'M
I'll at last, overcome with the sense OF
disapprovai with which the two
'grownups" regarded him, he had
flown from the room, Selling his
hat as he ran, and rushed for refuge
to favorite haunt of his beside little
stream up in the hills.
There IS no more pitiful sight In this
whole pitiful universe than boy n
trouble Your little girl, thanks to
mammals careful training. auntie's de-
vOtiOn and grandma s loving oversight.
rarely has a cnance to get into trouble.
Her little life is carefully mapped out,
her little footsteps ssdulously guided
into easy, correct and conventional
ways. and she grows up into a nice lit
tie parrot, or clever, correctly
arranged. finished article, while her
brother is being knocked about in
complexlty Of circumstance, getting
licked into shape BIZ the efficient and
ready tongue OF Life as lie r inds II. -
But the licking process Is hard, and
the boy suffers under It. Who can tell
the tormenting thoughts teeIning uEs
der the shocizy hair-the doubts and
yvonderments OF the bewildered boy
soul. and the wild rebellion Of the
tough little heart under the shabby
jacket? He fights MS mental and spir-
itual battles alone Tor the most part.
for few understand the little animal
they're only boys, You know, and do
not need the fostering care the little
girls must have Only the mother usu-
ally gets down % the little, warm, low
ing, yesrning, wondering heart, and
she often. al too soon- lets i 20 ont
alone 70 seek and Say It's giants or be
slain by them
Down in the damp grass, under a
:angle Of swamp willow, Jared lay and
thought. Was IL really true that be
was hardened sinner, as Aunt sarah
said? lie was sure he loved the God
who had made the blue sky and h.
green earth: az all events he loved tho
earth and the SKY What had he dons
that he should repent Of and call HIM
self lost? lie had knocked Tommy
Gray down last term for calling MIN a
liar. when he had only told him The
truth about his having seen q rattle
snake change his SKIN. bu; he had told 4
Tommy ne was so-rT. and had even
given % him. as q peace Offering. the /.
skin that h. had picked I'd and ;reas- /
ursd. surely God wasn't laying Ia; 4
I'd against hin
4 little red squirrel hoped ac-oss 4
the open and sat ca his hind legs = 10 i
roent. Studying Jared then suddenly
vhisked around AID disappeared in
hole Tie Tttle chap wondered 4
vaguely Il his sizs trouiled hirn- Then 4
he pr; as head down ca lis arms ard .
sT0za=d- Il suppose ] n h'ossnd 20 Pc
lost. be iuoz1e1 = must b. awful
wicked can; e-en rspt1L An1
thu ne poor sitti- sinner FELL g;
ssieep-
Lying there il ire shade 4 Tire trees
y hau 20: seen tsse oniBous gray
aias.iz tA-. s-=rs -e.r-~ 49, - -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09

faith IN the powers OF ammonia as an
antidote. The scorpion is brilliant
hight green creature. with the ugliest
claws and tie most repulsive appear
ance generally. BE l. mortal enemy
OF the tarantula, and when they happen
10 meet IN the course OF their nrornen-
AIDES. battles take place that would fur
nish theme for some poet-aaturalist.
for they are always to the death. aud
the creatures fght, though deprived
member by member Of their natural
weapons, until they have given and re-
ceived fatal wounds
II i not only in she animal world
that the desert Is rich in -'p-ic}zleS and
sings The plants par;ake OF the
same features Of inhoSpitaIitv. though
they, 20 5e SIRE. are rather ANNOYING
more than poisonous They seem to
warn every living thing away from
their vicinity. There : The thornv
tuna. or ''prickly pear, which grows
everywhere. and bears beautiful bios
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09
FAIRS MILLIONS.
They Were Made After He Had Reached
the Age of Forty.

! the Age of Forty.
In the early seventys Fair was nan
| IF moderate means. The same age
/ limit may be applied to most, if not al,
! of our Pacific coast millionaires-tha
! is, those who have made their money,
! instead of inheriting it. The four boz
uanza milliona:res, Flood, O'Rrien,
lMackay and Fair, were all men of linn
tied means until they had reached
forty The four railroad millionaires.
Stanford, Croker, Huntington and
HOPKINS. were also in moderate cir
cumstances until they had seen four
decades. Bat when they had reached
the million mark their fortunes in
creased as only money can.
Senator Fair parted company with
his partners not long after the found
ing of the Nevada bank. O'Brien's
death had been the first break in
the ranks. When Fair withdrew
from the bonanza irTn, he with
drew also from mining stock iobbery,
He still had mining interests. but they
Were for the purpose of developing and
not exploiting mines. He seemed to
go from one extreme to the other
having MADE his fortune in the wild
fluctuations of the stock market, he
sought for investments of the most
solid character. City real estate seemed
to be his preference, although he
owned. also, number Of large ranches
in the state. But incidentally he be-
came the owner of a railway system.
which cost nm SIX million dollars, and
which he sold for seven million dollars.
He sold to the only corporation which
could nave injured his property-the
Southern Pacifc-and he made very
good sale. He improved much of the
property that ne bought in San Fran
cisco, and there are numbers of fine
buildings erected by him in a quarter
otherwise filed with old and sha bly,
structures. The quarters selected by
him was generally looked upon as a de-
clining oDe-it had been abandoned by
the wholesale merchants, who had
gone further south. But it is near the
water front and in most Of the large
cities of the world similar property is
very valua bic 1t will be interesting
to see whether Senator Fairs iudg-
ment in this regard was sound. AL
though the ground is not worth as
much now as when he bought it, he
was Il remarkably shrewd business
man. and 1t may eventually justify his
choice. Senator Fair not only erected
buildings on some of his real estate,
but ne made other large improvements
as well. He was engaged at the time
Of his death in reclaiming some fifty
blocks OF land at North Beach. This
Is work which not only gives en-
ployment to hundreds of men, but ADDS
TO the taxable and material wealth
of the city Altogether. Senator Fair
has used his money for the improve
ment of the city.-San Francisco Ar
rOp2uf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09
THEY HAVE STINGS
Peculiar Features Of Californie's
Animal and Plant Life.
rhe Country Is Full OF Creeping Creatures
That Bite and Sting Plants That
PsrtaKe of the Same Inhos-
pitab!e Characteristic.
Especial Los Angeles (Cal) Letter. !


| suppose that the early missionaries
of California had more potent reason
for calling the land 1.-The country of
! the devil" than the nature of the fauna
/ and fora that confronted them in the
terra incognito of their wanderings.
I but the holy father who travelled on
foot from old Mexico, across the arid
stretches Of desert. was fully justified
/ If he deemed the animal life that he
met with there was direct emanation
from the hand of the evil one. There
IS something 80 knowing and yet so
uncanny in the leer of the horned
toad, and the unwinking gaze of the
lizard. that even though we know now
that they are harmless creatures, we
do not care to come into intimate ac-
ouaintanceship with them. They are
not without certain sort of beauty,
that same which we notice in the
primitive pottery Of this once arid and
deserted country of southern Califor-
MIA. There is the dun yellow of their
native sands, modified by black
markings of intricate and perfect geo.
metric form, and it was no doubt
from these that the savage artists OF
bygone days copied tint and orramen-
tation.
Tho little swift creature Of the
lizard kind, Is rather too rapid in his
motions to allow any accurate study,
except by strategy. but DO not believe
Ii if anyone tells you that when he is
alarmed he drops off his tail, leaves it
- \,
scuds away tailless but happy, goes into
retreat, and straightway sprouts and
grows a new caut,al appendage. Do
not believe either that it is impossible
10 capture him, for / know a certain
small boy who caught one. painted it
red, and released it. / have been ex-
pecttng ever since to read learned
disquisition by some native naturalist
upon "a rare species or swIIg OF bright
red color"
You know all about the rattiesnakes
of the southern California country.
They are about like their relatives else
where. The natives make him an ex-
cuse for the ever present pocket flask
OF ''snake-bite" remedy, and will tell
you that hundreds of persons are bitten
by them (the snakes, not the fiasks) al
though l have never heard of a single
fatality, and cannot discover anyone
who has known personally of one. Tho
fact Is the RATHER" Is shy creature,
and Will run, rather than fight, unless
he is taken unaware.
Have You ever seen tarantula? I |
do not know why it Is that humanity. |
and especially feminine humanity, has |
such an unreasoning fear and hatred of |
the spider creation. You know the old !
story Of Ariadne, and / have no doubt |
the Greeks used it to account for that |
trait in women, for / think that the !
Greek women were exactly like the |
women of our acquaintance, barring a |
few non-esseptials in the matters OF |
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09
City Chemist, St. Louis:

Ir1lls ana millinery. Ar1aupe, you
know, in a contest in the creation of
tapestry, excelled Minerva. and was
changed into spider by the jealous
goddess. The tarantula is not one OF
the insignificant spiders that frequents
the corners of ceilings and drives the
housemaid to desperation. He is the
bold buccaneer of the spider kind. and
he is as ugly as one could wish buc-
cancer to be. It is said the sting of the
tarantula causes blood poison and death,
and that baking soda is the remedy.
The cowboys and ranchmen carry some
of this article with them when they
camD IN the desert. and further put
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09
COOKING is a FINE ART.
And as Such Deserves Every Housewives
Most Careful Consideration.

A correspondent writes that her first
year of married life has been full OF
trials, chiefly because of the incom-
potency of her cooks and her own ig-
norance of cooking. Such ignorance
could not long prevail if women rea-
lied the Importance of cooking in do
mestic and social economy. Owen
incredibly says: I'VE may live without
friends, we may live without books.
but civilized men can not live without
cooks" Between the coarse food of
the savage and the daintily prepared
salad OF the modern New Yorker lies a
whole history of civilization.
Many women think that ANYBODY
can be a cook; that the preparing of
food is a mental service associated with
grOcers' men, with butcher bows and
green grocers' men, and therefore be-
meath the dignity of ono whose place
is in the parlor. Yet the world could
spare the parlor accomplishments
rather than those OF the kitchen. The
worst cooks. are the ignorant and I'M
educated. The connection of delicious
and wholesome dishes requires trained
judgment, manual skill, and an I'M
dertaking of chemical and physical
laws. There is enough science in one
well cooked dinner to furnish material
for 4 text book.
Cooking has also its artistic side. It
should be the pride and pleasure of
every woman to make the dishes on her
table as attractive in their appearance
aC NJ
trained her servants are, she should
have thorough, practical knowledge
of cooking in all its branches and be
able to give those little finishing
touches which appeal to the imagina-
ton and tempt the appetite. In the
medieval times it was the duty of the
highest ladies in the land to prepare
certain dishes with their own hands
which were considered too important
TO be intrusted to servants.
Every one knows of men who are
thankful when their wives temporarily
take Bridget's place at the kitchen
range, because they say that the food
has more delicate and pleasing flavor.
There is an old saying that the WAY 10
4 mans heart is by his palate. With
out acknowledging that love is ALWAYS
born of good dinner, it is undeniable
that one great source of domestic com
fort and harmony. is well regulated
culinary department Divorces are of
ten ascribed to incompatibility of tenn
per, but the original cause NAV have
been heavy pie crust The diplomatic
woman viii serve her husband an har-
monious dinner before she asks him for
an Easter bonnet.-N. Y. Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09
SET RULES 1T DISTANCE.
Nc Railroad Company Could Prevent lee
Seeing Melinda on

Seeing Melinda On
When the train for the west was
called. there was rush OF passengers
g: the door, and among them was a
ANAL, thin young woman about twenty
years old, who had a humble and re-
signed expression. and n sharp-noScd,
iron-iawcd female OF forty who
was evidently her mother. the small
thin woman had bundle and ticket
60 ~. Thomas. The sharp-noSed wom-
81 had 4 basket and two bundles aud
no ticket AT ali.
Ticket, ma am" said the gateksep-
or. as she attempted To follow her
daughter out.
Pm Jest goin' to see Melinda on the
train" she replied.
Ticket. ma am, ticket. so. 20 have
ticket"
I've got 10 put Melinda aboard Of
the train, tell We. She's never trav-
eled before in her lie, and is Jest -
apt TO git under or on top of the car Us
into il.
SHOW your ticket. ma'an." persist
ell the gate tender Is he whirled his
ticket punch around. II have 10 do as
/ am ordered. Won know"
Il tell YOU" replied the woman ~
she crowded closer, I'm bound 10 see
Melinda off II won't hurt yer old
railroad any 20 let me through. Me-
linda, don't you cry, fur I'm a-comiu'.
The idea that a mother can't see hey
daughter off,
Ticket. ma'am. You are OBTAINING
fifty passengers. Please show your
ticket or move back
Eve got 10 put Melida on that osrl-
shouted the woman in n high KEY.
I've got twelve EGGS, bottle OF
slunk's lie, two lamp chimneys.
pumpkin pie. a bottle OF hair dye and
pint Of buttcrmilie in this basket. and
either 90 through or bust this baske,
right here and now!'
She dropped the bundles and begar
swinging the basket about her head.
bnt It made only two circles and the
.atetender smilingiy said:
wish 10 see your daughter OFF, Pass
right in, lady. and stay as long "a you
want to"
You bet ! willf' muttered the old
LADY, a she joined Melinda, but I'm
a little sorry lie give up 40 quick
Good lands. but could hev made sich
wreck Of that depot that no trims
could hey gone out fur a veck"-N.
<. Recorder.
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ful in the extreme. For some reason.
which I cannot explain. white Is the
prevailing color in desert fora. and
next comes purple N VARYING tilts. law
cnder prsdominstinC. There - cor
responding uniformity in the shape o..
the blossoms, also. The -sraP-draC o1 -
form Is the COMMON one. ana from tiny
cups. slmost microscopic - huge
Haunting bells as large as those Of ne
trumpet vine. mat shape Is infinitely
repeated. Beside spines. many 81 The
desert flowers have bGrrs q seed-po5s,
and one species has arranged alternate
II down tie SEN pitcher-shap-d sacks
OF gVetnish white. which are 30 tough
ihas Trey hold sznd o. water. and oes-
81 children blow them fun OF air. tie
them together and make sort Of cou-
posi.e balloon
Fun q strenge interest - i life N
she California desert. there i 10 fea-
ture y i that i more fascinating t'4su
E discriminating study Of ''l'-iclSles and
81 LoU '. CaaFIs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09

SONS anu frurs that Is a deIusion and a
snare. seedy, acrid and pricl<ly. Per-
haps the Mexicans do eat it. as I have
heard they do, but they are so fond OF
pepper and other biting, singing prep
arations that cactus spine more or
less would probably make little differ
ence to them. Then there IS the candle
cactus, curious thing in the shape of
bush formed of many candle-shaped
branches that are elso about the size of
an oid-fashioned ''taliowdip.' They
are the spiniest and prickliest of Gre
ated things. but they bear at the point
of the candles beautiful light-green
flower, the size and shape OF the uiaa-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09
HOW Ts PASS INSURANCE
An Experts Opinion.

Il was born and brought up in
the Life Insurance business and
whenever found man troubled
with any kidney trouble ! have al
WAYS recommended Warmers Safe
Cure. not because / had any axe
to grind. but i found that if man
would take half dozen bottles of
the Safe Cure that in nine cases
ont of ten he would pass the medi-
cal examination. l have tried 1t
myself and i know that it is kept
up 10 the standard.
T. Il. TAYLOR.
COhOcfOp Y
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09

What is supposed 20 be tbs oides:
European book on meteorology. Rev
mans Weather Booklet" lWetter-
buechleinl, published al Augsburg in
1906, has recently been reprinted. and
it shows that in this science. as in
nearly al others, the beginnings Of
our knowledge came from the east.
Eeyman's rules Tor foreteilinr tho
weather are highly commended for
their good sense They were derived
from the Arabs, who taught rs chem
istT,y, astronomy, mathematics and
many other things, for which We have
ceased TO be grateful 10 them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09
on ofts- Ir1p,,':.'rl.hea.

Little eiri-Plezse gre re ss-,
peuuies Mother f. dad. aud ~ n.
ther cant p ont rigats any r-o-e. ~
TIE doo'oT'a orders, and ~ ennt earn
49, money
'1isr'tAoiy Dspoeea Ladv-Canr >.
- ngH'sf N5y. dear child. wha, (.
jour fathers f,r-s n..s7
Little Gir]-He's a tu-2isr ma,
ai'a '-.iore BE wss taken down ws.h
; '''ifh ~ uss1 70 liTe besutIsully.-
Isoaton Tr1ns~ri1..
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09
false Alarm.

Mr.. McSwat went home late from
club dinner the other night. and in his
haste he forgot to remove his gloves
when he went to bed. About three
O'Clock a m. he aroused Mrs McSwat
with the agonizing cry:
''Lobelia': Lobelia. I believe on nv
soul I'm getting paralyzed There
isn't bit OF feeling in my hands,
Chicago Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09
Physicians

prescribe SCOTS Emulsion of
Cod-liver Oil and Hypophos-
phites because they find their
patients can tolerate it for a
long time, as 1t does not upset
the stomach nor derange the
digestion ike the plain OIL.
SCOTS Emulsion is as much
easier to digest than the plain
OIL as milk Is easier TO digest
than butter. Besides, the fish
fat taste is taken ont of the oil.
and It is almost paiatable. The
way Sickly children. emaciated.
ananlc and consumDtive adults.
gain flesh on SCOTS Emulsion
Is very remarkable.
Doafts persIgaea 10 ac1eYf a substitute,
Scs't Scsae, n. y. 81 Druggists. SOC. ard 81.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09

Boy-The number Il Is awful UNI
lucky, isn't it'
Motber-Why do you think 40
Boy-Ihsre's Just - IN our sPejl!nr
class, and I've been a. the foot q -
ever since j. started Good News
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09

Too mustn't black your .ho-,a ,hf<
''','r,.ioa' Jelnny,7 sid NJ BIius
~ aosT-
l.sgara@ SIS SunasF. Ynu sAa-ls
have attended % t'ss. natter la. go.
,''7'.'isss' ADDED Nr. Blilus. hnrriedIY
ioe ng a rs upper ieit-aanA vest
I'Des.ei i van; yoa Z, ran o~~, =, N.
dr. s.--.-sa5 pet re ,asae riz.y.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09

II see, observed Mr. Chugwater.
looking over his morning paper
they re making another effort 70 put
a tax or bachelors
is that The single tax I've heard -
much sbout?'' inquired Mrs Chugws-
ter. Chicago Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09

No chiCanery OF dubious methods toll
Grated. Perfection throughout all the
varied processes is why Or. Price
Cream Baking Powder maintains su-
p-cuacy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09

There IS a language of flowers. There
Is also - language OF the Hour ana loaf.
home and the fircsidc and the tea table.
Ali are improved By the influence oI Dr.
Prices Cream Baking Powder.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09

-W-caulav ssia taas 90 man "a
ask fD~ ostssr food taaE plan ro.a,
1eet and Ds4ed po-at0sA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09
-. - M,,.ionarr -. >

The Church Nissionarv society -
TIE Church - England has tas largest
income q any missionary organ zssto1
10 the world. amounting ~ more thza
$50 oo1 annually. For TIC last vesr
. reports 80 stations. go ordained
uiissionariess AID over 80 unrrda ned
WORKER. and nearly no native preach
s-s- Teachers and hel pcrE There we're
nearly fOar thousand cDnv~ss.ous g.,
ire rear.
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4 D~iic.i. Distine,ssu .

did yoa say you wanted shaks-
speare's vorks?7 rszcd the boo,, store
cLcrk-
No" replied the naughty girl. 4
want his plays. ~--Wazninztou star.