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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-17
Ate Eccs for SAFETY.

The late car was very fond of eggs
and ate large quantities of them. lie
was always on the watch against
poison in his food, and ne thought
eggs would be safe from any deadly
drug; he was therefore much startled
to find that by pricking them with a
poisoned needle enough aconite 20 kill
could be placed in them The poor
car never ate in any peace, and the
arrangement for his meals was one Of
the most important proceedings of his
reign When he made the journey
across Russia 10 reach his southern
palace at Livadia, royal kitchens were
fitted up at intervals along the route
These were conducted By large forces
Of picked and trusted servants, who
were on duty for days that they might
merely cook one meal when the royal
train should reach the place. II the
train was a little late, and the meal
was not needed, as happened more
than once in the Journey, all the work
and waiting went for nothing at one
kitchen. while the next one was hastily
commanded by telegram 70 move for
ward several miles, perhaps, 20 meet
the train soonerthan mad been planned.
A car, you know. does not have 20
think about any trouble MS orders -asy
give
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advanced several excellent arguments
in favor of my own suggestion. but my
nature was always yielding, like The
slush. and eventually followed her to
the place where she desired to cross.
Now if you'll step down there she
said, pointing to small island, ''and
then give me your hand till step over
on to that other place, we can start
from there and get across easily
enough"
l did as directed, and presently we
found ourselves standing on two pima
cles Of frozen snow, and holding each
others hands.
Now if / go ahead two or three
steps," said 1, gently endeavoring to
disengage my fingers from her grip,
you can"
Howard" said she, ''if you let 60 of
me for one second shall fall right over
into that horrrid snow bank
But. my dear 1 protested, Eve
can't get ahead this way. If we don't
let go of each other we're anchored here
for all day"
Howard. you want to 90 on all by
yourself and leave me standing here
she cried What do you suppose viii
become of me? Oh, here's an awful
horse coming right at me-"
1t was a misfortune which might
have been expected to occur much
sooner, but for the moment we had
had that part of Broadway all 10 our
selves. Now perceived bearing down
upon % one of those big-footed, city
department horses, with hoofs the size
Of piatters- As he advanced he was
preceded by an aqueous phenomenon
which looked like a rear view Of
sprinkling cart turned upside down.
The driver was looking up at the lead
en- sky, and the horse was finding his
own way with a total disregard for
human life which stamped him as
genuine New Yorker.
If that beast steps within q nile Of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-17
II FOLDED HIM UP
A Philosophers Reflections In
Crossing Broadway.
He Has an Experience Which Leads HiA
to Q Most Dismal View of Life
Warns Young AIen Who
Mediate M:str imeny.
rcopYR1eHn 1855. ]

fCoPYRIGEn 1895
Every young man who is thinking
about matrimony and hasn't the moral
courage to quit, should try an expert.
ment on the lines which shall here lay
down: and if that doesnS cure him, he
should try something else.
The experiment is foul 1ded upon my
own experience; and tina reminds me
to mention that one Of the things which
a young man will notice about expert.
ence is that it lacks punctuality. It
comes late. 1t is like being kept after
school to study your lesson. What's
the use of studying it after you've al
ready failed and have been punished
for it?
We paused on the curbstone and
looked across Broadway. There had
been heavy snOwstorm, and the date)
street cleaning commissioner of New
York had hired man to shovel the
snow off Manhattan island, and the
man had not gone to work Broadway
was morass of slush in which men,
women and horses commended for exist
ence, and the horses, having a com.
imercial value, seemed to be getting
much the best of it. This takes no ac.
.AsaHt Of the cable cars; they had q
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hurry at all on our part: the gripman
was the fellow who was In hurry. He
was leaning over the dashboard and
imploring us ~for tn Low av hiven," to
go "ayther wan way or the other" and
allow the transportation business on
lower Broadway to proceed.
1t was not pleasant to receive such
good advice as this from the bond thrall
of soulless corporation, yet felt con-
strained to follow It. So assumed the
control of our family affairs once more,
and made a bolt for the sidewalk,
dragging Maude after me. Neither of
us missed a wet-spot. We got to the
sidewalk angry, tired and bedraggled,
but we were not sundered. We had
helped each other across.
And when, as l supposed, it was all
over, Maude gripped my arm and
pointed across the waste OF slush.
"My urnbrellaI" she exclaimed.
She had left it sticking in the snow
close to the curb. OF course L had to
go back for it (which made three times
that / was forced to cross that dismal
swamp, but / didn't mind that SO very
much. 1t was easy enough to do alone.
HOWARD FIELDING. g.
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" L. Fletcher, an Englnh mineral,
ogist, tells Of remarkable fall %
stones which took plaee a. Soua1 early
date In the histOrY Of Mexico. lie do
seribes fourteen huge Ela<xes Ia all,
and advances the vary likely theory
that they originally formed single
rneteoric mass TIA. WA shattered by
the intense kea: snsepd<rsd while
passing through the ea<th's s:rsos-
Phere. Tho fragSpents Of thls immense
Lnetsorits are scattsred over a section
Of country IS miles ia s<ngth and -
miles ia width, AID IL Is estimated thai
Is total weigh: was but little abort Of
1000 pounds One piece of IL now n
the National rsuseru at EaShizSt,u,
weighs +,lO0 pounds. or Q little ls~a
than one-tourth the estimated total
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HER COMING FORTH
The Pleasing Appearance OF tho
Poor Debutante.
Whist She VIII Wear at Evening Parties
and Evening Teas-Street Gowns
That Are Eewztchingly
- Charming.
ICoPYRIG.aT, 1891


It Is a debutante's tea. Poor debu-
kante! One wonders what there IS IN
life for debutantes, anyway, as one
watches her standing near the door,
near the dowager mother, sInilirgly
greeting a newcomer, srtling1y speed
ing an outgoer, smilingly standing still.
ct momeutary intervals, wheE there
comes gap in the ever-mcviAg process
sion. One looks about at the Two or
three hundred people present., and
pities Miss Debutante, and wonders
how many of the faces she will recall
in the weeks to follow, when the tea Is
followed bv dinners, receptions and
balls The girls that have come TO help
her are having little better time of It,
They, at least, can walk about, and talk
to those that they know, and pour tea
for the very few young men that have
ideigned to drop in. and look generally
charming in their pretty de1ni toilettes.
But there is some comfort for the
poor child near the door. Beneath the
polite society smile there Is genuine
one, and / blush to say that it is be-
cause she is gratifed at her own APP
ipearance But can you blame her?
Stand of little, and study the slen-
der. dark maiden, with the clear, white
face How the soft. fluffy white mus
lin becomes her, and the pretty ribbon
tied at the shoulders; and the baby
:puffs. and the satin sash that floats as
she turns quickly to shake hands with
the only man she knows in the whole
company.
But she is even more satisfied with
the company. Society hasn't tired her
yet, and she cannot get used TO the
thought that all of these people are
here for the purpose of doing her honor
her, who was a schoolgirl only yes
terday, and now is being presented to
these fair, richly robed women! She
has the instincts of her sex strong
within her and has noted not a few of
the brilliant costumes with which she
has shaken hands.
A rich golden brown velvet, touched
with fine embroideries in gold, she has
secretly admired; cloth in powder blue,
with trimming of silver fox, and collar
and yoke of sea shell pink velvet, with
a big black hat surrounding the whole;
daintier one of brOcaded satin in soft
green, touched with old rose, trimmed
with passementeric of same tintS; a
dark brown crepon. with yoke and
sleeve trimmings of cream satin, edged
with narrow sable, and a brighter bit
of color added by turquoise velvet
collar; another brown, fine cloth,
with flashes in the slashed bodice of
pale blue satin, with much jet trim
ming and little fur; a black cloth
with white satin and ermine trim
mings; zibeline of quiet black and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-17
A KIND OF TELEPATHY.
&c Was Nervous, But the Saleswomau
Know What He Wanted

He was only one OF several hundred
customers in a large Washington street
establishment, and there was nothing
to casual observer that would have
distinguished him from the mass of hui
manity that was pushing and crowding
him along. But TO an initiated eve he
was different. And the black-eyed,
black-haired little girl who had charge
of several departments on the floor
recognized the difference.
II Was Saturday afternoon. and he
had come in on an excursion. The
conductor had forgotten to take the
check out of his hat, and he was afraid
he'd lose It. so had pinned it 70 the band.
His face was of the shade of red that
showed plainly that harvest was over.
while his sand-colored trousers looked
like the front legs of an elephant. lie
was twenty-three, rural, unsophisti-
Gated and abashed.
He had stood gazing in the window
in sheepish, half-frightened manner
for ten minutes before he came in, and
after CHANGING pervously around had
darted into the store between two real
old, notherly- looking ladies' His eyes
wandered nervously from one to an
other in the crowd. as though afraid
Of being recognized, and then he was
slowly pushed along by the crowd to-
ward the little black-haired clerk, who
had been watching him with some
amusement. She was standing at the
hutton counter at the time
The crowd stopped in its irregular
ebb and flow. and the young man was
grounded directly in front of her, his
face roster than ever Precipitation
started 20 his forehead in great beads
as she approached with a smile.
He stammered. took of his hat, raised
one foot and slowly scratched the other
leg with it and tried TO speak. 1t was
OF no use. lie Just couldn't.
Il know" She said, kindly, as she
came mp: don't worry about it. W.
want to look at baby carriages. This
way, please"
His hat dropped 70 the floor, and he
gasped as though choking on spoon
full Of prunes-
'Why--it was only Wednesday,
how you know he stammered
Never mind" she replied, kindly.
eve get so we can tell Here is nice
one for FIVE dollars"
II was just what he intended 70 paw.
and he bought II as though in a dream.
And then he walked out with the re-,
check still fastened To his hat band
with the tell-tale safety piD.-Incian-
aDoliS Sentinel
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-Manager-"Are you able 10 reach
high C without any troublea- Appli
can't for Place in Light Opera-'-I've
never tried that, but a tambourine held
ut six feet six I've never vet failed to
kick. Inter Ocean.
-Tenant-''Why, 1 haven't been able
TO make fire in this fireplace all win
| ter. 1t doesn't draw" Landlord-So9
Then il must have saved about s5 for
you in fuel. In such q case I'm afraid
I'll have to raise your rent"-Comic
Cuts.
."Have you . time table here?'
asked the seedy stranger. Our terms, Z"
replied the restaurant. keeper, ''ars
cash in advance" Fooled again, :"
Kissed the seedy stranger between h;a
useless observation-disclosures Journal
Irritable Old Gentleman, savagely
Ito up-to-date maiden. who has been TO
dance against his wishesl-'So you
have returned at last. daughter of
satanr' Rebellious Daughter-"Yes,
father."-London Chips
Not Competent Witress.-Tom-
my-"fou don't know nothin' at
all about how folks ought TO be bap-
tied What does st. Paul say about
it?" Sammy with much fercenessl--
''St. Paul doesn't say nothin' about it.
Hes dead.'-Chicago Tribune.
After n row with his wife, who vio-
lently expressed wish that he were
dead. an Irishman said: 20. it's n
widow you're wantin' 20 be. is Il? Be-
dad, I'll take good care you're no widow
as long as live --Tit-Bits.
DO you go 10 school. Willie?"
queried the visitor. NO" said Willie,
who has tutor. school comes to me.
/ wish it didn't, too. Some DAYS are
too wet for me to go ont, but there
amt any too wet for Mr.. Diggins- 49,
Harper's Young People.
Mrs. Orsmann-''What on earth do
you suppose the sultan of Turkey has
his horses fed dried currants for?" Mr.
Orsmann-'To give them sand. ! sup
pose. Anything else You want TO
know?"-lndianapolis Journal.
Every kind of game is getting
scarcer and scarcer in this country
remarked the man with the gun-case.
That's So" replied the parsonage who
wears conspicuously striped cuffs Il
reckon de tax on playin' cards has a
good deal ter do wild t."-Washingtou
Star.
Thoroughly Fitted for IMAM
ager (of packing we need
q man to stick pigs. but that's job
that requires experience, and you don't
look old enough Have you any refer
ences or recommendations" Young
Man-"Yes, sir. Here's my high school
diploma ! could cut up live frog or
a jackrabbit quicker'n airy other boy
In school. "Iehicago Tribune.
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US we snan1 get pry this year, salc
to Maude, in solemn tones.
"What in the world shall we do3" ex-
claimed Maude, gripping my hand
much tighter.
And just then the horse got the range
of us. He planted one of his forefeet
with malicious deliberation and deadly
aim. 1 was reminded of the watery
pillar which arose when Gen. Newton
exploded his dynamite in He'll Gate. A
large piece of ice struck me in the back
of the neck and dropped down inside
my collar. think Maude got her
share of it. for she spoke her mind with
such bitterness of spirit that the horse
was visibly affected. He was, I believe,
moved to repentance. He hesitated
some seconds before putting down his
other forefoot, I'D am inclined to be-
lieve that he meditated holding it up
permanently. But it was too heavy.
He let it fall in deprecating manner,
showing that he bore no malice. But
the result Was direful. Maude got the
most of it, though she was behind me.
I'm sorry to confess it, but / had not
the moral courage to refrain from
lodging.
twas too much for Maude. Although
the horse seemed to have stopped. she
was afraid he might not really mean it.
She hadn't confidence in him. So,
abandoning her perch, but still sticking
to me, she fed across the street. But
just then a cable car came sweeping
along. The pilot ON the front platform
banged his gong. We had plenty OF
time to get across in front of the car.
and unquestionably, if we hadn't been
tied together, we should have done so.
As it was, each of us distrusted the
other. was afraid that just at the
critical moment Mauds would draw
back, and doubtless she felt the same
way about me. / hesitated one fatal
moment. Then 1 plunged ahead. But
Maude was frightened, and drew back.
So was going one way and she was
going another, but the cable car was
coming straight on. 1 was on one rail
and she was on the other, and the cable
car was comprehensive enough to in
clude us all in one destruction. Maude
said: "Come back" and 1 said: Come
ahead" and at the moment when I
made up my mind to take her advice,
she decided to take mine. SO ve SIM
ply changed rails, and still we held
hands, and were pulling in opposite
directions.
We accomplished this graceful dance
several times, to our own great disturb
ance, and to the amusement of all be-
holders. Then we noticed that the
cable car had stopped. There was no
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PUNGENT psRAo PaPHs.

Vegetarian twho has been chased
across the fence By cattlep-''Just wait,
you stupid brutes- From this moment
] an no longer . vegetarian Pile
geode Batter
-Traveler-ssycu can form no con
ceptiOn OF the extent OF our business
Only imagine We did not discover til
csIr last stock taking that two cashiers
were missing --Tit-BIts
-Jink bots-''You complain az the
expense % a typewriter. why don't yOa
hare your wife do it, Henpec'---I
can't dictate - nv wife---Syracuse
Pos
p gg-.'Tes. allow tina, her sing
ing i something terrible. but I CUES,
We shall live through ." Fogg- nat
Is the MOS. terrible thing about IT,
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trimmed with velvet and satin: plair
cloth coat, 81 tort velvet jacket, Il goli
cape. an opera cloak. preferably white
g rainy-day clio nix, and one or two full
creations in The shape Of collets OF
boas The HI It's are generally large
although she wears small toQue fol
walking If it d pes not detract from the
Youthful appes rance of her costuming.
Then slae mast have all of the small
details looked after-boots and shoes
for this :tnd that occasion, velvet col
lars and belts for plain costumes,
bicycle and gymnasium suits and such
the tea, I'd the crowd, and the ward
robe. almcs turn her young head.
1t is ba1 gain time again. 1t seems
always to be bargain time, by the signs
in the shops. But just at this period
of the year, when everyone has sup
posedly sec ured her winter wardrobe,
the offers in dress materials are we'll
nigh irresist dble. When one sees ma
tcrial that WIS two dollars and more a
yard offered for seventy-five cents, it
is not difficult to be persuaded that a
new dress is an absolute necessity.
There are lengths ofered-enough for
a costume-in fine shining cloth, for
three dollars and half; in cheviot and
twi1ls, for three dollars; in fine covert
cloths of the most fashionable weave,
for four dollars and half, and pretty
checks, ell wool. as low as twenty-five
cents a ward. There are zibelines and
L.r L
what they were three months ago.
The staff is ordered and sent home,
and it Is only after the purchaser has
tVher II to the dressnaker that she be-
gius to realize that her three-dollar
bar gain may yet cost her dear. For,
after all, what is outside covering
to the lining and interlining? Aye,
there's the rub. Material that costs
you fifty cents yard is inter-
lined with borsehair that costs from
forty-fve to sixty-fve, horsehair so
narrow that it takes seven yards to
stiffen it. Then there's your lining.
OF course you will not put silk in this
cheap costume, so you content your
self with percaline, costing a little less
than dollar for the five yards. After
that you need even for the simplest
of dresses, sufficient velvet for collar
and belt, and touch of lace or satin
somewhere After that comes your
dressmaker's bill. and, when you
count up the cost of that cheap gown,
it approaches very near to twenty dol
lrrs.
How do Won make the new gown?
OF the skirt nothing need be said. 1t
is quite plain, stiffened all around, ex-
cept just over the hips in front, or it
may be slashed broadly at the sides,
over velvet. A satisfactory bodice style
is the moderate blouse, with the large
box plat just in front. At the neck
rather large velvet yoke is inserted
that has doubled velvet loops falling
over the blouse.
Another and perhaps much newer
style gives something of q princess eff
feet.
At the neck of the dress lies large,
square yoke, spreading out into fat
shoulder reverS IptO each shoulder
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CORRECT CONDUCT.
A Condensed Guide for Ladies When Out
in Public.

When three or four ladies are walk
ing together they should maintain an
unbrol1en line across the pavement. In
this way they can regulate the veloc-
ity OF others without interfering with
their own conversation.
If lady and gentleman meet who
are but slightly acquainted the lady
should wink first. American ladies
never courtesy in the street. Neither
do they dance a minuet or other dance.
If a lady offers her arm to a gentle
man azd he refuse it she should not
be offended. Men are proverbially
queer.
When stranger offers TO carry you
over mud puddle accept with CALM
ness and savoir faire. Do not laugh
when the next person comes along,
slips and falls into it. Merely scream
Ii you wish to stop car cable or
otherwise, put couple of tons Of pig
iron on the track. If you have not
time to do this take running Jump
and get on the best way you CAP
Truth
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brown. with a hat tina: took ones eyes

brown. with hat tina. took ones ewes
nway from the gown. 1t was picture
hat. of course-they always are at teas,
unless they are dainty bonnets or
toques-in brown silk beaver, with
black crown. it was encircled with
crush of green velvet and a scarf of
rare lace. Black plumes held them
down. assisted by small violet punches,
md over the back dropped a spray of
palest pink blossoms.
The debutante thought complacently
of her own beautiful wardrobe, and
felt even more pleased. II might sur
prise you TO know its extent. for the
fashionable debutante requires as COM
plcte an outfit as does the fashiona Bile
bride. She has been getting ready
these six months past, and the girls
head is full of the occa sions at which
these costumes may be worn.
Her ball gowns are simple and befit-
ting the bud. Simple muslin, chiffon.
or white silk. cut round and rather
high. with shoulder putfs and much
satin ribbon, are always most suitable.
Dinner gowns may he more elaborate,
and need not be in the white Of the
ballgown Pinks, pale greens. blues or
yellows arc equally appropriate, al
though the satin OF the dress should be
softened by chiffon or other youthful
trimmings.
The street gowns differ from others
in no respect, except, perhaps, that
their trimming IS less elaborate than
that of the ordinary woman. Jet should
be used sparingly, If at all: fur is al
WAYS en- regle; satins are effective and
fashionable. and all braids but the rich
or passementeries are employed with
good effect. The trimming should be
confined to one or two materials-fur
and satin, satin or braid, and so on.
The costume which includes fur, passe-
menterie, Jet and satin, in its compost
ton, should not be relegated to the
dcbutante. Her tailor-made gowns
should be OF the simplest-plain covert
cloth, serge or other twill or cheviot-
Or she may dispense with this entirely,
and make up her street and shopping
dresses in full skirts that clear the
ground and spare one the necessity of
lifting them. and in round waists that
have satin faced revers: or the fashion
able blouse. box -plaited waists
The debutante has crepon gown il
brown or other quiet color. richly
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Much yf-1as In an ia.

II the Atlantic we're lowered s.3A
feet the distances frosa Ahors 20 shore
voEld b. Only half "a great, or 100
inileA u lowered q Bttle r,ors than
three miss-ssy Is.oso ke.-thsry
word = road Of dry land fr.ta ys~-
foun isld - Ireland This b Tee ridge
on ff.'lr lie Atlantic cable. are la.S
Ia e i'errznezn - eosapara,sv.,y
sil-'is.. cry tnz uP s-s feet would
!s4Fs t1Tlc .ii4sereni seas. and Africa
'Fo1ia ~ ,olaea vita Italy. The Brit
isn eaannsi . more Ike a pond. which
accounts for - ehovyy wares