The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-02
PILLAGED PLUMAGE.

Hubbard T. Smith. author Of Listen to
My Tale of Woe" has been appointed a
consular clerk.
A curious old English law forbade street
fawkerS TO sell plums and apples lest ser
wants and apprentices should steal money
to buy them.
The movement TO erect monument to
the memory of Anne Hill Carter. the
mother of Robert Edward Lee. is gaining
ground in the south.
The small waists of French women
are believed by some scientists 10 be the
result OF heridity. Ages OF tight lacing.
they say. have produced a physical Pc
culiarity In the nation.
The battleship Illinois. at Jackson park.
Chicago, has been dismantled by the gov
eminent of her guns and other para
phernalia of war. and the brick hull will
in all probability be sold.
Lord Rosebery's mother, the duches of
Cleveland, is writing the life OF Lady Hes
ter Stanhope. her aunt. who began life as
the private secretary of William Pitt. and
for thirty years had her own exact way
as an Arab sheik in Syria.
One dancing mistress in England Is
said 70 make a living counting into thu
sands. This lady was the instructress
of the Prince of Wales, and is now teach
Ing the little Battenberg children. She
has most aristocratic connection.
Shoes were blackened as early as the
Tenth century. The substance used seems
to have been lampblack mixed with rancid
oil; for, in an old romance, a man Is eject
ed from company Of polite persons be-
cause he had just blackened his shoes, and
they could not endure the smell
.
Mrs. Peter Conley, with a 1-year-old
child in her arms. was driven or a canal
boat at Bloomfield. N. j.. the other day
by drunken husband. She swan a long
distance in the canal, still holding the
baby. and was finally helped out by some
men on the bank. Her husband, who had
plunged in afterward. was not drowned.
The prolific italian author and anthro-
pologist, Mantesazza, who writes at least
one or two books every year. has followed
Cicero's example by writing a book on old
age CElosio della Vechiaia). He Is past
his sixtieth year. his tone IS thoroughly
optimistic, and he inclfnes to the opinion
that old age is the most enjoyable period
OF life.
II Is a strange fact that the right hand,
which Is more sensible to the touch then
the left. Is less sensible than the latter TO
the effect OF heat or cold. If you dip
both hands simultaneously into two bowls
of water of equal temperature. the left
will experience the higher sensation OF
heat. and this will happen even II the
thermometer shows that the water In the
left bowl Is in reality a trifie colder than
the water in the right one. The reverse
happens in the case OF persons who are
Mr.. Ruskfn has written a etter IN reply
TO the question. Ought parents 20 leave
a fortune TO their children? 20 He says
that parents ought 10 educate and main
tain their children until they reach ma
turity. Damned modernism" re adds.
"eats its children young. When they are
strong, throw them out OF the nest, but
let the nest be always open 20 them. No
guilt should ever stand between child and
parent. The doors should be always open
10 q daughter who Is a hariot or a son who
is a thief. If they return; but no fortune
should be left 10 them