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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-10

Dr. E. ii. Creditor returned home a
day OF two ago from Kansas CITY
where he had been Tor several weeks
attending the dental college there get
Ting the latest points in the profession
In his final examination the doctors
average was above 80. or more than Is
over the general average. Of which fact
he is naturally very proud, as Well II
his diploma The doctor IS now perna-
nenjly at home and will pleased To
meet his friends at his parlors on North
Main street
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-10

DIR. y. w. Tracy. the noted temper
0nce evangelist VINO has been lecturing
in ST. Joseph. No. Topeka. Emporia,
Newton and other Kansas towns during
the past winter. Will begin ii series of
twelve illustrated lectures At the audi
forum on Thursday evening, March Il
Dr. Tracy comes to Wichita a the inVi-
tation OF. the Ministerial association.
and in view Of further arrangements
Yet TO be made il IL very DESTROYS that
the meeting of Monday afternoon be as
full rs possible.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-10
IT WAS VERY FINE
TRAVELLING MEMS BALL E0LIPSES
ALL FORMER EFFORTS.

Array of Beautiful Women In Beautiful
Costumes ami Handsome Men Makes the
Auditorium Whirlpool of Color and
Gaiety--Cooking Club Eats Heavenly
Hash--Mrs. y l.. Dyer Gives Tea tn
Mrs. Hin of Iowa--Hypatia Discusses
Artisis--News of society in the City of
Wichita
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-02
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
An Evening of Living Roo,

An Evening of Living Books,
From the Ladies' Home Journal
To raise some funds for our hospital #
was decided to open the Town Hall and
give an entertainment known as the circu
lating library. About fifty girls selected
names of books which they were to repre-
sent, and dressed themselves in a way that
would best express the idea. The girls were
all catalogued according to their book
names and stationed behind large curtain.
Catalogues were held by five or six IL
brarians, who called the books from behind
the curtain when they were asked for and
they were given into the hands of the bor-
rover for fifteen minutes. The orchestra
played dance music, and the partners could
dance or have little chat or promenade,
The girls were all masked, which greatly
increased the fun, for they were only known
by their book names, and their identity
was the subject of much speculation. At
the end of each fifteen minutes a large bell
was runs, when all the books were returned
to the library, to be taken out again pres
emily by other Cor the same) subscribers
Twenty-Five cents was the fee for single
book and one dollar purchased a subscrip-
ton ticket which was good for the entire
evening. Twenty-Five cents admission to
the hall was also asked. All the seats, which
were arranged in rows around three sides
of the room, were occupied by delighted
spectators.
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the wall, which were filled with maps He
explained it all to her and took pride in
important duties. often of a confidential
nature.
I'm declare, don't see how you do it;
my poor little head could not remember
half of it," and she looked helplessly at
the maps before her.
within the next few days Miss Babe
managed to call at the Office upon one ex-
cuse or another at least once day, and
Hullet was pretty sure to drop in on papa
and the chafing dish in the evening. He
told Mrs. Hullet that he was catching up
on work at the office and brought her fried
oysters every night. She felt sure that
Hullet was up to some mischief on account
of this reckless extravaganza in oysters,
but she could not get a clue.
'One morning Miss Babe came to the
office and found him at work copying num-
bers from large map. oh, isn't this a
pretty map, she exclaimed. guilelessly, adj
miring the red and blue squares marked
upon it.
That's a map of the Pocahontas Indian
reservation which the government is to
open next month"; explained Hullet, and
those blue squares represent the sections
of land where the government proposes to
establish town sites: you can see that the
town site sections are numbered, and am
making record of them in this book
"'Oh, isn't that NICE exclaimed Miss
Babe, innocently. She was bending over
the map and seemed to be very much in
terested in it.
AT this moment papa appeared at the
door. Hello Hullet, is that you? thought
I'd find you here, and as l was passing
through the department just said to my
self I'd stop by and take you out to get
drink. Why, Babe, you here too? Well.
you Just keep house, and me and Hullet
II go cut and get something Quenching.
have an awful thirst
Papa had such a CHEEKY, masterful way
about him that before Hullet knew it he
was marching down the hall arm in arm
with papa, leaving Miss Babe perched up
in front of the desk. Papa kept him about
half an hour, and when they returned Miss
Babe said she guessed she would have to
go.
THAT night Hullet called at the boarding
house again, but was told that his friends
had left the city that afternoon, without
without leaving word for him. They
disappeared entirely, and not trace could
he discover. About this time he stopped
bringing Mrs. Hullet fried oysters in the
evening.
six weeks afterward, when the Poca-
hontaS Indian reservation had been thrown
open for settlement, and was big real
the principal town on the new territory, as
follows:
Dear Mr.. Hullet: I know you will be
glad to hear that papa and l are doing
well. Thanks to your map with the red
and blue squares, and the opportunity
which papa's thirst gave me to copy the
numbers of the sections where the govern
ment intended to locate town sites, We
have been enabled to make some right good
our way l hope you won't forget to bring
me those verses you promised to write for
my collection Of the works Of living
poets
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-02
Senator Chandler. Shorthand.

From the Boston Advertiser.
Senator Chandler was once reporter
to the supreme court of New Hampshire
a position that, Of course, required an ex-
pert knowledge Of shorthand. He knows
as much about stenography as he ever did.
and although he is now in his sixtieth year.
he can read a shorthand reporters notes
as readily as though he was in daily prac-
tice.
1 remember talking with him on one &C.
casion concerning an important case in
ments was involved. He was very much
interested in the matter, and a great deal
depended upon whether the word at or
cial paper made by an attorney in the
case.
Before had said that the copy vas in
lOng-hand manuscript and that had seen
it myself. he said: do you understand
shorthand?' and simultaneously whipped
a little pad of paper out of his pocket and
marked upon 1t the stenographic symbols
at issue. There" he said. you see how
very similar these are. 1 can understand
how an error might be made in TRANSCRIPT
ing from them. But there is difference
as you can see. Now, If you can tell me
which of these characters was used in the
copy, can tell you just what word 1t was
intended for"
1 was able to testify that there could be
no. doubt about the matter, as the word in
question had been written out distinctly
but the incident served to show the grasp
of Senator Chambers mind upon details
that would have passed from nine out of
ten men in his position long ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-02
Laying the Rails.

train comprised about twenty-five cars, of
which half dozen were passenger coaches,
and the others were freight and baggage
cars. 1 made a rush for one Of the cars,
and my heart sank as I looked at the ac-
commodation, and at the place where had
to sleep during the night. 1t was merely
freight car filled with wooden benches run
ring clear across the car. and facing each
other. Above the seats there were shelves,
ard 1 found that these were the upper
berths. The lower seats were all filled
when we entered, and had to climb up on
one of these upper shelves to sleep. There
were no cushions and no bedding. I rolled
my coat UP for pillow, and wrapped my
self in my blanket and lay down. The
space between myself and the roof was not
wide enough to allow me to sit up, and
yelled over on my side and looked with in
terest OH the queer crowd surrounding me-
The most of the passengers were soldiers,
but there Were emigrants and farmers, a
half dozen Chinese, one or two Tartars and
several Japanese girls, who seemed to be
or very questionable character. They
laughed and chatted with the soldiers, and
were loud in their way.
Suspected by the Police.
1 found that the soldiers We're very in
quisitive. l was approached half dozen
times by officers and questioned The
guard of the train looked me over very
carefully, and when the men found I
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broadcloth, a rolling collar very low in
the neck and a big diamond in his shirt
front. Hullet could see the resemblance
between his features and those of the
woman who called him papa, and felt
assured. Papa called the young woman
Babe, and said she was treasure. in which
opinion Hullet was almost ready to concur.
Papa did not talk very much about litera-
lure TO Hullets surprise, and did not seem
at all abashed in the presence of genius.
He talked a good deal of land and cattle
and town sites. Pretty soon he suddenly
recollected an engagement and excused
himself, telling Hullet with hearty western
!rankness not to hurry, but stay and make
himself at home After papa left Miss
Babe talked of literature, displaying a GER
tain amount of coy Difference to Hullet's
superior opinion of books and authors, and
seeming to drink in his words with awe
that one should know SO much.
After awhile she produced a chatting
dish and brought in from the window ledge
a small tin bucket of oysters and several
bottles Of beer. She showed herself to be
an adept at handling the chafing dish, and
by the time Hullet had consumed a second
help OF panned oysters and his third bottle
OF beer he was sure she was the most
charming creature he had ever met. Papa
came back about this time and Hullet took
his leave, stopping on his way home at a
restaurant to take Mrs. Hullet some fried
oysters. His wife looked at him very sus-
p.ciousiy, and when he produced the oys-
tiers her suspicious were increased, but she
said nothing.
The next day Miss Babe came TO his
Office again. This time it was to get him
to make out list of books which she
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at ali. Moreover, he had abstained for the
further reason that he might thereby give
elders and better appreciate the stories
which they told.
AYE but ye'd be name the waur for
wee Grap O. the brew wi it all" said the
the stubborn gillie that We are" and with
this he figuratively washed his hands OF
the whole matter. 1t was not to end mere,
however. Some one suggested that as pun
should be compelled to tell a story. The
Canny Scot looked scorrfully doubtful, and
muttered something to the effect that IN
such a case the punishment would be mis-
placed. The motion was carried, notWitn-
standing, and when the brew was made the
victim was called upon for his story.
st knew a man once named Hullet who
men in the world. If walking along the
street he espied poor person obviously in
need of help, his great, big heart would go
out to that person and he would be almost
moved to tears. Then Hullet would utter
an inward and fervent prayer that the
Lord would send some one with money to
help that person. Having thus called the
attention of heaven to this apparently
worthy object of charity, Hullet would go
on his way relieved and rejoicing that he
was a charitable man. Hullet was very
pOetical by nature. If he found hair
from his wife's head attached to his coat
sleeve ne WOulu teHueTly remove IL anu
place 1t in the fire to be destroyed. 1t
would be proclamation to let a hair from
that blessed head fall on the ground to be
trodden under foot he would remark, rev.
erently. 1 never knew a man who had so
many romantic and delicate ideas about
matrimony. Mrs. Hullet appreciated this
fact, too. She would go down into the cell
lar to fix the furnace fire for the night,
bringing up hod of coal for the dining
room CRATE, in order that Hullet might not
risk taking cold by running about in his
slippers. In some families a little romance
carries good deal of coal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-02
THE TALE AS 1T Is TOLD.

Mr. hummer Believes I'm Stories With o
Soul, but Not With Purpose.
II. c. Bunner in the Century.
I cannot see that there is any literary
principle involved in what NJ. lola calls
naturalism. and what Mr.. Howells calls
realism. Each one finds real that which he
has seen, or might have seen. and finds
everything unreal that cannot be seen. But
In this regard the realism of story de-
ponds wholly and entirely upon the talent
and skill of the author. If 1 can write
story which. will make you believe while
you are reading it that when my hero was
strolling down 9Th avenue to attend a meet
ing Of the Young Mems kindergarten Club
he met a green dragon forty-seven feet
long, with eighteen legs and three tails,
and that the green dragon wept bitterly.
and inquired the way to a cheese shop
why, that's realism. repeat, If I have
made you believe, as you read, that you
saw the whole scene before you. and real
lied it, and If you were unconscious of its
absurdity-I repeat that that is realism-as
good realism as you could find in a book
made up from end to end of actual occur
rences, with every character drawn d.
rectly from life.
The story-teiler Is a wizard, who takes
you away from the actual life you are lead
ing, and makes you walk with him in
be broken, If he cannot get you under the
influence of his mystic power. If you
awaken suddenly in the midst Of his incan-
tation-than. of course, his dream is as I'M
real as you please, sham that you see
through, a trick badly done. But it is all
the question Of the wizard, not of the
dream. If he have his power in its full
ness. he may take You in his dream into a
world of countless impossibilities, and all
will be real to you. all will be true
to you, all will be part and parcel Of
your own life. There are said to be
minds SO powerful and so well trained that
they can conceive of a number of objects
greater than three as a single integral
group. But where is the mind that. having
known Cinderella in childhood, can now
conceive of her non-existence?
And, for a last word, let me say that
while l cannot believe IN the story with
purpose, l believe with all the faith that
is in me in the story with a soul. Every
good story that ever was written has its
soul, its spiritual essence, which distin-
cuisines it from all other stories. 1t is well
to remember, though most of our realistic
novehsts have forgotten it, that when you
find that you cannot at once place given
scene or given character in that one Of
the authors works in which 1t first ap-
peared that author may be making good
literature, but he is surely writing mighty
poor stories.
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laying track. and the road is being pushed
as fast as possible from Vladivostock to
the west. 1t crosses great rivers, which
have to be bridged, and it goes through
some Of the most wonderful scenery in the
world. It skirts Lake Bikal, one of the
biggest lakes in the world, the average
depth of which is more than a mile. Near
this lake the road passes through the noun
tains, and it has many tunnels and stone
bikes. The mountains are of granite, and
the work of construction will be very diff
cult. Throughout the whole central region
ton, and 1t is the same in the east. The
workmen have to be sent from European
Russia, and all of the rolling stock and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-02

finished in 1905. The indications now are
that 1t will be completed long before that
time. In my last letter I described the
city of Vladivostock, the Pacific terminus
of the railroad. 1t was here that the first
work was done in 1892. The present car,
who was then taking 6 trip around the
world, had come across Siberia along the
line of the proposed railway, and it was
with great ceremony that the first stone of
this, the greatest railroad in the world,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-02
THE GooDLY MPANY

When the Writer Lad arrived at the
Canny Scots the other day he found the
Goodly Company in the midst of discus
sion. There was momentary silence at the
entrance of the newcomer, which gave rise
to the suspicion that he had been the sub
ject of the conversation.
"Awcel, moo, gin We say 1t to the ladies
face we will see who is RIGHT" remarked
the Canny Scot. breaking the pause. Evil
IDENTIFY the Canny Scot had been champion
ing the cause of the absentee. That is one
thing about the Canny Scot; he will berate
the Writer Lad in most vigorous fashion
himself for some infraction of the unwrit-
ten ethics of the Gcodly Company, some
fancied lack of proper reverence for the
ancients, but let any one else undertake to
do the same and the Canny Scots wrath
is Immediately shifted to him. Thus it had
been in this case.
Some one had called attention to the fact
that at all of the previous meetings the
Writer Lad had invariably left his Hot
Scotch untasted. This was grave matter,
implying disrespect TO the Goodly Company
and the brewmaster.
Name the less contended the Canny
Scot, This glass hae always been filled and
he's paid his good siller."
Evidence was adduced, however to show
that the brew had not been consumed, and
this had proven a cause of offense to the
Goodly Company. Still the Canny Scot
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Huliet was one or
the most effusively
generous fellows you
ever saw. He would
take a crowd to
lunch and insist up
on paying for all, or
would stand treat at
the club to a group
of C m p a r a t | V e
strangers with abso-
lutely royal grace.
Yet he believed in
economy in domestic
matters. being no
spendthrift, and Of
ten boosted t h a t
Mrs. Hullet could
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-02

>@&O 3AA ASoos L opd
wanted her to i'm
prove her mind as
much as possible.
Hullet's office was in
the Interior Depart
ment. and he had a
little 10 by II room
all to himself, which
arrangement was en-
tirely satisfactory to
the other clerks.
Miss Babe seemed
very much interested
in his work and
saucily opened sey-
eral large drawers in
the cabinet apaiDs f
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-02
A Trip Over the Eastern Section Of
the Trans-Continental.
THE GREATEST RAILROAD SYSTEM
Frank Carpenter Tells About Its
Construction and Cost.
WON Err Full seem cry
Copyrighted, 1895, by Frank G. Carpcnter.)

ian railroad is being
pushed all along the
line. Since the break
ing out of the Chi
nese-Japanese w a r
the work has been
more earnest, and a
large force of men
are g r a d i n 6 the
routes and laying the
rails as fast as pos
sible. The original
intention was that
the road should be
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w o u d not believe
that the Hot Scotch
W a s left untasted;
such a thing would
be sacrilege in h i S
eyes. Being solemn
ly called upon to tes-
tify, the Writer Lad
admitted that he did
n OF drink the Hot
Scotches. This was
not from lack of con-
fidence- in their quail
ity; as for that, they
were surely. incom-
parable, but it was
because the Writer
Lad does not drink
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His Own Estimate ofiThe,sir Value to
Il tn
the City. :
TEE OPINION OF Els CONTEMPORARIES
The Painful Years Spent as a Con-
gressionaI Claimant.
COMP SATION PAID

T THE LAST MEET
ing of the Columbia
Historical Society a
paper on some phases
of the career Of Pierre
Charles L'Enfant, the
designer Of the plan
of the city, was read
by Mr.. w. B. Bryan.
The paper was as fol-
lows:
Neglect, lack of ap-
probation and in
gratitude are gen.
erally conceded to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-02

FOR OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Use Horsford's Acid Phosphate,
Thin. of your head in the morning after nights
hard labor and take Horsford's Acid Phosphate fok
speedy relief.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-02

Following a period of delay, which 1t
seems was as characteristic of legislative
consideration of such matters In those
days as in later years, on the 9th of
March, 1904, bill became law, which
in one of its sections authorized the super
intendent of the city to settle and pay
L'Enfant's claim "in the manner and on
the terms heretofore proposed by the said
CON missioners.' 1t seems, however, that
the unfortunate engineer was deeply in
debt, and creditor by the name Of Nc
Rae secured judgment and levied on the
money which L'Enfant was authorized to
receive. In consequence, the necessities of
LEnfant, which had become extremely
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-10-29

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.i Iu..
.IsIuf .rhWHtco,,f your way las.
uIrit luIu.rsl Unt
HNUn nHt ns urHIlHft uu.
"NHlis 500 wut hlHs..n out stumpsf'
Nnu I tiluY burn DW uut
hNuur hlrd mnn ain turned common
wpll anarchist aud ttird ~ blow up yct
huu hI h.''
Sop hos srndin's arun the fruit tres
Uyrr yon
'rheold woman didn' build ilrc with
kcr-cuc I'D shri'
NUp
Won. % muut n bin your boy jake n
pluyiu with the powder horn nroun The
hrrlaoy
saw neighbour you're gcttin down
purity Gloss 90 home now. s'pu-c YOU
tUntiun was 'tmctcd 10 suthin over my
way li-tordayf
"Ncp Thought n bungshcll had bust
I'd over that dipotiun somewhere.
'M,u. IL WINS mc cluinin out the chin
hpy. II got stopped up with suit ill II
wouldn't draw, and my family wui
smoked tin we looked Ike bacon. Nhc
,,uz m town Satudy, | hought one o
these h,.c big skyruckcts that packs I
whole brood 81 little rockets along with 1t
and when 1t husts sends them scouun IL
cvcry dirction. tied % big punny sacl
To tie ts.lo of It to swah out the chimhlcy
stood IL mp in the fireplace and touched
lcr On. -
Did it clean aout the chimblcyi"
yep, clean as whistle. Didn't lcav
| . brick, AN come might near clcanin on
| the ranch. Faliin bricks killed two calyC
| over In the lot nm % litter % pigs back q
| lhc barn. I'm thinliin o. gcttin some lit
! tie ones TO clean lamp chimbloys with. ~
| san Francisco Post.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-10-29

An interesting departure in engineering
is the introduction Of marine engines for
land service. One of the great electric
Illuminating companies, it appears, has
adopted them in its work, and concerning
their economy in respect to space and
power it is reported that the land engine
takes up some ten times as much space as
marine engine, and the marine quadruple
expansion engine has ten times the heating
surface OF the land engine. Further the
new quadruplex two crank expansion en-
gine is twice as powerful as the triple ex.
pansion three crank engine, occupies also
30 per cent less room and carries regularly
2l0pounds of steam. The land engine carries
only 30 or 90 pounds of steam and gets one
horsepower out of from to 10 pounds of
anthracite coal, while the quadruple ex.
pansion marine engine develops one horse
power out Of ~ pounds of Welsh coal
that Is, according to these data, the land
engine requires from two to four times as
much coal as the marine engine to produce
the same power.-Age Of Steel.