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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-22
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The last verse is thought to be mod
ernized form of an old tune handed down
by tradition.
The turkey as a Christmas dish was in
troduced into England in the sixteenth
century. and is therefore OF less antiquity
than the huge sirloin of beef or The miaca
pie Mince pies were first shaped IKE a
manger. as We're the Yule cakes given
out by the bakers to their customers.
The plum porridge later developed into
the plum pudding. which dates from 900.
At the old Christmas ftasts peacvcks and
cranes formed some of the dishes. Before
being roasted the peacock was carefully
skinned. and after leaving the oven he
bird was reclothed with its old pluma ge
The wassail bowl. which is still used IN
the old families. succeeded the skull of the
Norseman's foe as a drinking vessel In
these old wassail bowls. some specimens
of which are of brown ware and others OF
massive silver, were placed the ale, the
ginger, the sugar. the nutmeg. and the
roasted crabapples. Where the old Gus
tom still prevails the ale is served spicsd
and sweetened in the wassail bowl but the
apples are omitted. Here are a few stan
zas OF Mr.. Dyce's version OF a Fifteenth
Gentry wassail song:
backe and side goo bare goo bare
both hsnde and fote goo colde
but belly, god send the good ale inOwghe
whether hyt be newe or olde.
cannot cate but lytylI meste
Ny stomacke Us not goode
But sure L thyncke tina; l could dryncks
with hymn that werythe a hoode
dryncke is ma lyfe althowhje my wye
some TYNE do clyde and scolde
yet spare not 20 pyle the po,te
OF jolly good ale and olde.
aoacke * syde. etc.
they that do drynoke tyH they aodde &
wyncke
euen as goode feilowes shulde do
they shah notte mysSe 70 haue the blysse
that good ale hath browghte him to
* ali DOore soules that skowre blscke
bowles
& them hath lustely trowide
god sauce the yves OF them and tAey
WIVES
whether they be yonge or Ode.
back * syde, etc
A good idea % the old-tizns CHRISTMAS
may be gathered from the follogi-z
verses taken from Christmas poem
written in the seventeenth century BIZ
Georgs Wi,h.r:
20 TOW is come our joyfaI's; fsas-.
Let every man D. jolly.
Eaoh room with Ivy leaves s dret
AID very post w!1h hpi{y.
Though seuae cnuris AZ our mir.h repre-.
Round your foreh=ads gsFlanti- fEiae.
Drown ssrne~ On 2 cus - wine
All .-e - al - merry
Nay AL oar nssghs,srs' e8ssnH-ys srnes.
And Chr s.sa - ~ Cks a-~ burning
Their owens mes n "a baked 40 = th ,sse
ARA al thetr saiE So farming
without tav ds-sr le- ssrraE ~.
And r for cs1s g hap ~ aie
Wei saFyf lu CaFfsiTs~s Ee
And sse-Trare - rneTrs.
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-22
Nos. 22o and 222
North Main Street,
Wichita, Kansas.
\ Celebrated Authors Opinion.
JOHN r. MUSICK
Chartered 1897.

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-22

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-22

Solo: The bore's head understands
Is the bravest dish in all the land;
When thus bedecked in gay GAL
land:
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-08-26

The o. r. Il n. Company under the
of A. Shiehe Is building a
shed i'm which TO store wheat near the
ferry on Snake river. This building
is supplementary to the big White ware
house and will be operated by the
Portland FIGURING Mills company, as
an auxiliary of the o. r. IL n. COM
pany.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-08-26
ANNOUNCEMENT.
FOR SHERIFF

George Bremen announces himself as
n candidate for sheriff of Nez Perez
county subject to the endorsement Of
the republican county convention.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-17

New YORK WOrIu.
In writing to men, subsequently, girls
past twenty-five-don say too much, and
don't say it in many words. Men all have
latent, Unborn cruelty under their waistcoats
and it all comes out when they get docu-
ments-over four pages long.
Don't use more than one darling" per
page, even to your fance Gush If you
must, when you are together, but don't eff
fervesce upon paper. Why should you,
really?
If you hunger for warfare write to your
lover a sweet loving postal card, directed
to the office. Try it. and wait.
No matter if he does want you to write
every day-don't. A few days waiting for
a letter from you will be wholesome moral
discipline.
Men do not dote upon reproaches sent by
mail. If you have just cause for anger
fest it by a golden silence. Speech is but
silver, and written reproacheS are, in COM
parison even baser metal.
Don't spend whole pages in silly excuses;
that is egotistical. Nor will it exalt you in
your correspondents eyes to imploEe him
to answer your letter." that should be a
Self-impOSed task. Gentlemen need no such
reminders.
If you receive written proof occasionally
of mans affection don't show 1T to your
best friend Envy might thus be born and
malice is her twin sister. Besides, it's silly.
"A badly spelled, recrossed epistle is an
unlovely witness against you. Men enjoy
daintily worded and written letters-when
they must read them at all.
Never expect a busy mere man to really
distinguish himself in a letter-he won't. He
is essentially disciple Of brevity.
A crafty wooer will face powder and shot
rather than give worldly woman documen-
tary evidence of his courtship. He judges
all women to be traitors until they prove
otherwise. Wise art thou, Q man.
Heavily-scented paper is vulgar, highly
tinted paper likewise stamps oddly placed
and eccentric chirography not to be es-
teemed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-17
UNIFORMS FOR THE SOLDIERS.
Every Effort Being Made to Equip the
Army.
PhiIadelphia Teleeraph.

i
In view of the general interest in the
war, the unforming of the men at the front
comes in for it's share, as their sufferings
are no doubt greatly accentuated by the
extreme heat to which they are subjected
in the climates where is the fighting. Some
there are who do not hesitate to criticise
the authorities for what they class as neg
lect in this respect, and still others intimate
that favor is being shown in the award Of
contracts for furnishing such supplies.
There are two depots from which cloth
this city, the other at New York. The
Philadelphia depot is in charge of Major
Furey, and Lieutenant Colonel Amos S.
Kimball is the depot quartermaster at New
York. From this city it is estimated that
between 1900 and $4,000 uniforms have
been shipped to the front. From the New
light weight. unlined blouses and $1,000 light
weight Kersey trousers have been shipped
to the army in the field. BY the army in the
field is meant not only the army in Cuba,
but the soldiers at the various camps south
of Washington and the troops that have
gone to Manila.
Four thousand canvas uniforms have al
ready been sent to General Shafter. and
twenty thousand more will be shipped on
Monday.
This does not take into account the under
clothing, shoes, hats and caps that have
been shipped to the army. The shoes have
been shipped chiefly from this city. The
about thirty thousand pairs of shoes and In
the neighborhood of 100000 sets OF UNDER
wear and an equal number of pairs Of socks
AS for campaign hats. they have gone out
Of here by the carload.
Yesterday four experts on wooden cloths
were at work good part of the day ex-
amining 120 samples Of overcoatings SUBJ
mitted by forty bidders at the opening on
Wednesday, Tho men who examined the
samples were especially employed for this
purpose. They have not done work for the
army before. and they were recommended
to Colonel Kimball as the best experts in
wooiens in New York. None of them knew
who had furnished the samples. After a
careful examination 1t was found that there
were two samples which were better than
all the others, and of these two there was
no choice. Upon the report from the ex-
ports Colonel Kimball recommended that
the fifty thousand overcoats, for which the
contract will be awarded should be made
Of either or both of the two samples sub
mitted. When the Washington authorities
reach decision Colonel Kimball will award
the contracts
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-17

The, Medici collar is seen on several i'm
ported costumes.
The trimmed skirt appears to advance
more rapidly and more generally in favor
than the draped or overskirted styles
For late summer there are being made
pretty gowns in all gray; the skirt of
wooden material the waist in silk or
chiffon.
At the seashore one finds the petticoat of
white haircloth blessing, particularly after
the dressing" has left ones best dimity or
organdie gown.
Many people who can stand the squeak"
prefer isle thread stockings to any others,
but there are others who cannot wear them
at all. Ii you are wearing Isle thread
stockings and find that the feet swell and
are painful, don't say you have that artistic
cratic disease, govt. 1t is nothing but the
Isle thread, which draws the feet. Fine cot
ton stockings will obviate the difficulty
A new garniture briefly told of in the
Economist seems very attractive. 1t is for
trimming afternoon gowns of semi-trans-
parent wcolens. White or black satin rib
bons are taken and embroidered in black.
white or gilt soutache as band to head a
dounce: trim the wrists and form bayadere
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-17
Water as a Health Agent.

Hhllauelph1a inquirer.
A lady whose failing health was matter
of great uneasiress to her family yielded
to their entresties last January and sought
out the family physician. He examined
her thoroughly and asked all sorts of I'M
pleasant questions OF her habits and finally
said: You don't drink enough water"
Well, she listened to what he had to say
on the matter, and without the least faith
in his advice she promised to do his bidding
From two to four quarts of water each day
was his command, and that to a woman
who rarely drank more than pint was
hard task. However, she had set out II.
quest of health, and if it could be found in
so simple a remedy as water it was hers at
any cost whatever In various ways she
managed to get away with the requisite
quantity, and in less than week a marked
Improvement rewarded her efforts. To-day
she has no need of a physicians services
and she does not expect to have as long as
she faithfully swallows her three and four
quarts of water each day.
1t is little strange that the thing which
has made Poland springs and other resorts
famous has never been applied to every
day life. The invalds who visit those
places drink all the water they hold
and think the good results come from some
of its properties. Sheer nonsense! 1t is
simply very pure water taken in such guam
titles as to cleanse the whole system and
flood every organ. Besides it's cleansing
properties, water absorbS effete matter and
carries 1t through the system, and the purer
the water the greater its power of absorp-
ton. Diseases of the kidneys yield to its
power, and liver and stomach troubles cease
to exist. Even rheumatism. local heart
troubles indigestion and the numerous other
annoying Ills of the flesh due to impeded
circulation disappear before the reSiStleSs
power Of plenty of water.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-17

stripes on the blouse: vest of white mousse
line or tucked and lace-trimmed lawn, with
collar and belt of velvet; small buckles ana
fancy slides.
The domestic science department OF
woman's club has found class of boys re-
cruted to be instructed in camp cooking
exceedingly profitable. The boys are from
the families of well-to-do persons, and be-
come remarkably proficient in making col
fee, broiling steak bacon or fish, tossing To-
gether corn bread and preparing eggs In
various toothsome ways. The idea Is a valu-
able one, now that summer camps for grow
ing lads are popular.
French sleeves are generally cut on the
modernized leg-of-mutton plan, and TRIM
mings generally follow the lines OF the
sleeves. The wrists fit very closely and
may or may not have fiaring cuff. Many
OF the prettiest sleeves have cuffs hooking
very snugly, and are untrimmed. The top or
sleeves are made with as little fullness as
possible, and are surmounted with epau-
lettes, if the goods are heavy. For soft ma
terials, however, Paris makers still retain
the moderate top fullness and in making
sleeves for summary gowns the shirred.
puffed and tucked sleeve is as much IN
vogue
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-17

important Great things are winsome. but
the world needs the doing OF the common
fasks--it could not exist day without them.
The sowing of seed. the hewing of lumber,
the management of trade, the baking of
bread. the making of clothes and the clean
ing Of foors-these, measured by their use
are LIES greatest tasks. Humanity could
get on without generals, artists, actors, or
ators. explorers, prophets, more easily than
without those who do the common drudgery
Of the world-the housekeeper and the shop
keeper, the breadwinner and the bread
grower. Thank God for the uncommon
greatness of men, but more for the great
ness of me common men.
Do need to call attention to the fact that
az real and lasting beauty is the beauty of
fae commonplace? Where did Raphael find
the beauty Of his Madonna and child? His
marvellous products bring high prices in the
market. but every humble home has its Ma
1onna. more divine, more eternal than the
glory of art. would like both the paint
ing ard the original; but if 1 can have but
one, give me that in which Raphael caught
4 giinpse Of glory which made his canvas
tivii.e
10 landscape scene can catch a thou
sandth Tart of the beauty nature wastes
every Meeting hour-throwing off her richest
glow y neither eyes which were made for
seeing are closed or blind. The common
sky which you see from your own window
Is more rare and beautiful than the most
costly painting of it. The real prophets and
artists deal with the commonplace. Por-
traits Of kings and queens may hang in art
collections to be studied in the history of
art, but copies of Millet's peasants hang on
the walls of a thousand homes and live in
millions of toilers' hearts
And who has not learned that the COM
mon task is made divine by doing it d.
vinely? Not the task, but the soul that is
left out Of 1T or put into it makes the COM
monness or divinity. Emerson said: HE
that despiseth small things will perish by
little and little" Likewise he that observ-
eth small things to do them greatly shall
rise to the only real and lasting greatness.
and in his eyes, as in the eye of God, there
shall appear nothing little, for
There Is no great, no small.
10 the soul that maketh ALL"
Eyes that seek for signs have no glimpse
for the face of God in the beauty of life, nor
can they see the hand of the Eternal man.
afest in the moving of the ordered heavens.
or the blessings of the providentiaI earth.
Inere IS need that we all should pray for
vine." 40
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-17
While We May.

The hands are such dear hands;
They are full; they turn at demands
So often they reach out
With trif1eS scarcely thought about,
So many times they do
SO many things for me, for you
If their fond wills mistake,
We may well bend, not break
They are such fond, frail lips p
That speak to Pray, if love strips
Them of discretion many times
Or If they speak too slow quick, such crimes
We may pass by for may see
Days not far off when those small words may be
Held not as slow, or quick or out Of place, but
DEAR A*
Because the lips that spoke are no more here
They such dear. familiar feet that go
Along the path with ours-feet fast slow,
And trying TO keep pace-if they mistake
Or tread upon some flower that would take
Upon our breast, or bruise some reed,
Or crush poor hope until il bleed
We may be mute,
Not turning quickly to impute
Grave fault for they and we
Have such little way to go-can be
Together such little while along the way,
We will be patient while may.
So many little faults we find,
We them; for blind
Is love. We see them; but If you and
Perhaps remember them some by and by.
They VIII not be
Faults then-grave fauts-to you and me-
But just odd ways-mistakes, or even less
Remembrance to bless.
Days change many things-yes. hours;
We see so differently in and showers.
Mistaken words tonight
May cherished by to-morrow's light
We viii be patient. for know
There's such a little way to go.
Frances f. willard
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-17

An Endless story.
Chicago Post.


A mother said: when my child Is
weaned and can eat the food of the earth,
beginning his life independent of my body,
my worst anXieties will be over"
When he was weaned she said: when
he can run about and talk and amuse him
self with his own play l shall have less
care"
But when he ran about she said: "Oh. If
he were old enough to have leasonw
Being old enough TO have reason he had
Will also, and she said: when he is in his
teens he will be more easily restrained and
guided, being at the age of governing HIM
self"
He was in his teens Juggling like a wild
colt. And she prayed much. on her knees,
with her face covered: 20 God he tcrtures
my heart, but that is nothing. What fear
are the pitfalls-the multiplying pitfalls
which wait for him everywhere. and which
he will not seel Bring him safely through
the terrible age of pitfalls. and pray Thee
settle him TO his appointed taskl''
But when her son was settled to his ap-
pointed task in life. and was welded and re-
spected, and her heart swelled with joy and
pride. behold his wife said to her.
Grandmother. you have a grandchildT
And the woman caught her breath with
both rapture and dismay. For she saw there
was no rest In the world, and the old story
was all to be lived oyer again.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-17

can lay aside her first years salary while
acquiring experience as a teacher, to pursue
later university course abroad, and thus
enhance her chance Of a profesSorShip
there are a dozen girls who have not only
themselves but dependents to support out
or their earnings, and the requirement of
additional degrees is for them a downright
hardship But / never discourage the girl
OF means from getting all the educational
advantages possible, even though she may
be Jeopardiz1ng the chances of her less for
tunate co-worker. In a country where for
tunes come ana go, how am to tell what
turn IN the wheel may leave the rich girl
as needy breadwinner as the one whose
place she may now seem to be usurping?
women write to me from all parts of the
country. said Mrs. Young, asking what
Naturally the most ambitious are anxious to
aval! themselves of the advantages to be
had here, and do not blame them. 1t is al
ways pressure for me to open to the right
and the competition wakes stronger every
year, until now the city is full of expert
teachers. often forced. owing to the over
ability Only the thoroughiy Experienced
should seek New York with the hope Of a
nVennood Start out in your own home, is
my aoVlce TO every young woman, be her
calling general instruction, languages, mu-
sic or art. The chances are better where one
Is known. 1t is time enough to seek the
great centers when experience has been ac-
CURED.
THE day has passed when women's pride
deferred them from starting out as bread
winners In localities where they We're
known. NO one can have too many friends
IN these days Of competition Despite the
high value put upon the possession of de-
grees, schools and colleges seeking teach
ers lay equal stress upon experience. This
Is always a surprise to the girl rich in de-
ing experience, when she applies for
place."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-17

Chicago Post.

A Boston father appealed through the
press for a suitable course of reading 'for
a ten-year-o old child and the returns are
still coming in. One intelligent person sug
gests Prescott and Motley "for an easy
fluent style and then Bancroft. Parkman
and McMaster, with WASHINGTON Irving for
lighter reading" "If she digests these au-
thors with profit" he sagely continues. "she
will need no further guidance" Wisely said
The spectacle of ten-year-old girl sitting
up in eager perusal OF Prescott and Motley
anon trifling with the pastry of Washington
Irving, would be a sight for gods and men.
II anybody should undertake to guide"
that creature at the advanced age of twelve
he would be most beautifully and correctly
snubbed for his presumption. 1t seems to
US that IL we had daughter ten years Of
age and If any particular idiot should come
along and advise her to read Prescott and
Motley and Parkman. we should first kick
him down the front steps. and then tell the
innocent child TO get her bicycle and ride
In the sunshine a Boston father. or any
other father, who goes 10 the newspapers
for course of reading for en-year-o!d
child has no part in the grand providential
plan of matrimony and its wisely ordained
theory OF increase and multiplication.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-17

Chicago Mai


Speaking of hard luck"
''Well?" said the listener as the narrator
paused and sighed.
Speaking of hard luck know a man
that has q double load OF 1t. Misfortunes
OF the ordinary kind seem like blessings be-
side it."
Death in the family? Or did he buy
gold brick?"
Worse than either. This fellow I'm
speaking Of Put in all last winter In the
Klondike, and"
Frozen up, / suppose, and lost both ears,
six fingers and one leg by fFostbite
Not at all. He's back; but say!'
"Well?"
THE very day that war was declared he
landed back here with the fineat assortment
OF klondike pictures, descriptive articles,
stories and anecdotes that ever was got to-
gether. and II looks now as II he might as
Well have cached them up there for at least
another year.
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When the baby died,
THE PAY OF THE NAVY.
How the Men and Officers Are Cared
For by the Government.

For by the Government.
Leslies Weekly.
When one takes into consideration the in
telligence, the technical training, and the
other demands made upon them by their
profession, the officers and men who handle
our war ships are poorly paid as compared
with those who follow similarly eXacting
duties on shore.
OF course a naval officer, as long as he
obeys the regulations and maintains the re-
quired standard of professional attain
ments, is practically sure of position for
life, with certain payment of his salary,
slow but steady promotion, and a retired
list to await him when age or physical in
trinity incapacitates him for active service.
On the other hand, he can never get rich,
receiving but a very modest competence,
and he never has a permanent home until
sixty-two years old, the legal age for re-
tirement. He may own house and his
family may live in it, but he himself is a
nomad until reaching the age named, being
ordered hither and thither, all over the
world, in the meantime.
An officers pay varies not only accord
ing to his rank, but according to the nature
of his duty. His highest pay is while at
sea, his lowest while on leave or waiting
orders" The following table gives the Off
GERS pay per annum: