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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-31
MODERN FRENCH GIRL.

How astonished would the modern
French girl be. were she told not 70 take
the leading part in conversation. not 10
giggle loudly. not TO set her arms AKIN
DO, and never 10 talk privately with a
young gentleman. She would think such
recommendations perfectly ridiculous as
preventing all possible iirtations. for the
art OF Irritation is never al its best un-
less practiced in private But forty
years ago. when parents deemed that
marriage was not 4 proper subject for
the thoughts OF their daughters. hirta-
tion-even as j word-was unknown in
France At that time simplicity in dress
was the order OF the day for YOUNG
maidens. and even conferred a certain
distinction. being carried as far as pos
sible among the aristocrScy- There were
special light silks and inexpensive tim
kets for jeunes files. set with coraIs.
enamels and pearls. among which the
tinlest OF diamonds would never have
been tolerated any more than costly laces.
furs or elaborate trimmings AT a glance
Il was easy 10 ascertain b. the style 4
dress whether a young woman was mar
ried or not. whereas II Is not by any
means so easy now. the same satius.
velvets. feathers and jewels being worn
alike in both cases And IL Is rot any
easier 10 guess from the behavior Of 50
ciety. for it may happen that the con
versation Is taken up and carried on by
the girls n their desire 10 shine aud 10
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-31

sole support of the family, with a blind
brother who could not see to work. They
lived in Hamilton street, over a saloon,
the rendezvous of thieves and murderers.
The mother worked in an uptown hotel,
while the boy went to school, working
mornings and evenings in the saloon,
washing glasses, cleaning the floor and
running errands for an hour or two each
day. In the saloon the boy heard moth
ing but thieves slang and the horrible
details of crime. Returning again from
school he again worked in the saloon IN
til nearly bedtime. In this way he earned
a half dolla IA week. At school he tried
to forget the fearful things he heard
night and morning among the thieves
congregated in the saloon.
One day he answered an advertisement
for a boy in Wall street and got the po-
sition. It was small, but he gave salts
faction. and from Office boy he finally
became a bookkeeper. and today is a well
known broker whose name appears from
time to time as a man of business in
tegrity and successful management.
He rides in an automobile and visits his
mother in the fine house he has given
her in Westehester county, somewhere
overlooking the Sound. OF course this
is an exception, but it is vouched for as
gospel truth by one Of the oldest police
men in the precinct.
One of the efforts at reform was the
establishment OF the Hamilton Athletic
Club by the Sea and Land Church. 1t is
said that he recent killing of Billy
Mcmahon by Shea was to get even for
being blackballed at the club. AS he had
boosted OF past crimes. and of similar
ones to come. he was not wanted.
1t is also SAID that the club was mis-
used and made a rendezvous for thieves;
and finally the church was persuaded to
move the club elsewhere. Captain Will
liam H Hodgins. recently of the Tremon:
precinct, says he has made Hamilton
street a special post with men detailed
for duty there day and night. and he
expects 10 make the district quiet and
resDecta BILE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-31

This private hospital is now one OF the
best equipped institutions in the South
west for the treatment OF both medical
and surgical cases. Specia. attention is
given to the various forms OF stomach
and liver troubles diseases peculiar to
women. diseases of the rectum and gen.
ito-urinary organs. chronic malarial pol
soning. rheumatism. nervous disorders
diseases of the throat. lungs, heart and
kidneys; goitre and varicocle cured One
floor is reserved for a maternity depart
ment and in some instances homes will
be found for children. For a short time
only a ward will be set apart for the
treatment OF the morphine, opium. CO.
caine and whiskey habits
Resident physician. able medical stan,
quiet and healthful location. extensive
grounds with fine shade. home comforts;
terms easona bic. No contagio diseases
admitted Write for particulars.
The THOMAS SANITARIUM
Corner Tenth and St. Francis Avenue.
WICHITA. KANSAS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-31

Missouri Pacific Railway station. cor
ner Wichita street and Douglas avenue.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-31
Steamship Tickets to All
Points On Earth
sElEEI@
On SALE AT

We sell through railway and steamship
tickets to all points in the world. We
carry in stock tickets of nearly all steam
ship companies. Below are a FEW:
Holland-American Line, New York to
Rotterdam.
French Line New York to Havre.
Hamburg American Line, New York to
Hamburg
White sta- Line. South Africa and
South America.
Hamburg American Line. New York to
Liverpool.
North German Lloyd. sew York and
Galveston to Southampton, Bremen,
Genoa, Naples. China. Austria and
Japan.
Mallory Line, Galveston to New York.
Anchor Line, New York to Glasgow
and Londonderry.
Cunard Line, New York ard Boston to
Liverpool.
Allan Line, New York and Montreal
to Liverpool and Glasgow.
Oceanic Steamship Company and Pacific
Mail Steamship Company, san Francisco
10 Hawaii. Japan, China, philippine ISL
ands, Straits Settlements. India and Aus
traiasia.
Besides the aforementioned we sell
through tickets and issue prepaid ticket
orders via twenty-seven other steamship
companies.
L. R. DELANEY, Ticket Agent
'Phone 13y.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-31
Steamship Tickets to All
Points on the Globe

Wichita ticket office carries a fun line
Of steamship tickets, always on hand.
ready 10 hand TO the purchaser as soon
as reservations can be made. We can
handle the foreign steamship traffic
where prepaid steerage tickets from the
old countries are desired. with the least
possible trouble 10 those wishing 10 bring
their friends or relatives to the United
States. All you have to do is TO deposit
the amount of the fare with us. We give
you receipt and deliver the ticket TO the
European passenger. and SEE that they
get to their destination in this country
We are agents for the following named
steamship companies:
Neutrality-suspicious. line, New York to
Hamburg
North German Lloyd. New York to
Bremen.
Cunard line. New York to Liverpool
White Star line. New York to Liver
pool.
Anchor line. New York tn Glasgow.
French line. New York to Havre
Dominion line. Boston to Liverpool
American line. New York 70 Southamp-
ton.
Red Star New York to Antwerp.
Holland-American line. New York TO
Rotterdam.
For sailing lists OF the above named
lines. and rates for railroad and steam
ship tickets to any point in the world.
call on or write
/ r. sHERwIN, p. & T A.
Missouri Pacific Railway station cor
ner Wichita street and Douglas avenue.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-31
Missouri Pacific Railway.
Frisco SystI.
EAST BOUND

Leaves DalIy.
st Louis Mail & Soli heastern
St- Louis Ft. Smith Express. l. p II
WEST-BOUND.
Arrives DAILY
Kansas & Colorado Nail and Elk. 10 p M
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-31
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Railway,

WEST BOUND
Leave Daily.
No. II, Texas Vestibuled Ex. s:53 N
no u, Texas Fast Express. 500 a m
NO %, Daily, except Sunday. 3:Io p N
EAST BOUND.
Leave Daily.
No. Il. Chicago Vestibuled Ex $50 a m
No a. h. c. and Eastern Ex.....10:30 p m
NO 81. Daily, except Sunday. 1:S5 p N
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-31

Count TolstoTs coatrias,tson o. s7.5as In
aid OF the persecuted Ie1S O. Kf<henev
Is one q the largest made in Russia
Though rot a Jeu and harsh critic a.
times o. the Iewish thsolosy. Toistci has
% the race b. q Russian soyeTnnszt AID
rcople
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-31
Time Table No. l. April / 1903.
KANSAS CITY, MEXICO AND ORIENT
RAILWAY

Trains arrive and depart from the Mis-
souri, Pacific station, corner Douglas ave
nue. and Wichita street.
l. r. SHERWIN, Ticket Agent.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-31

Santa Fe
ColOniSt One
Way Rates

One Way Rates to Pacific Coast and
Principal Western and California
Points Every Day, From Wichita via
A., 7. & S. r. Ry.
$40. 0O-To ogden and Salt Lake City.
So. O0-To Butte, Anaconda and Helena
$22. 800 Spokane and Wenatchee-
81. SOTO Everett, Fairhaven and New
Whatcom. via Huntington ana
Spokane.
SIS O0-To Portland. Tacoma and Seattle
sc. 0e-To Ashland. Roseburg. Eugene.
Albany and Salem, via Portland
So. OO-To Phoenix and Prescott, Ariz-, FL
Paso and Demfng.
25.0e-Los Angeles, San Diego and San
Francisco.
Homeseeker's tickets on sale first and
third Tuesday of each month; one fare
plus g for tie round trip to points IN
Oklahoma, Indian territory, Texas. New
Mexico and Arizona. Full information
furnished on application to
L. r. DELANEY, Agent.
Telephone 1S9. Wichita, Kan
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-31

When the King OF siam Is attired IN
his fun complement OF royal robes and
Is wearing al his state decorations their
value amounts to something over $. 81. 80
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-31
railroad Time able
Atehison, Topeka and Santa Fe Ry.
Wichita and Western.

ATrsN'
NO. az. Pratt * XingraH Pas
senger, except Sunday IL % a /
40 ia, Pratt and kirgman ac-
com, Tuesday. Thursday and
Saturday ........................ 20 p !
Leav,
NO AL, KinCman and Pratt Pas
senger, except Sunday .......... 8 Is p r
no z73. Kingman and Pratt Ac-
com Nc nday "Wednesday and
FRIDAY . Il I
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-01
THE WRONG WAY.
How a Woman Enters a Storm Door
and Man Turns q Corner.

How a Woman Enters Storm Door
and a Man Turns q Corner.
"There are two things which do not
understand about human nature said
an official of the city post office to a
reporter Of the Star. "NVhy does a man
hug a corner so closely in turning one
in these corridors, and why does a
woman always try to go through one
Of these revolving storm doors the
wrong way? There is an invariable
rule Of the road, keep to the right.
That Is not something new, but has
been the rule for a long time. 1t Is
not a difficult rule nor one easily for
gotten, but you will see men humping
into each other all day long in these
corridors. The man on the left is en-
titled to the corner, to rub it with his
coat sleeve if he wants to. The man
on the right belongs far enough out
to keep from running into anyone COM
ing the other way. This is not OBJ
served, as they go bumpetybump,
bumpetybump all day long. This is es-
pecially noticeable on Sunday, when
large crowd gathers at the windows
in the morning to get the Sunday mail.
AS for the women, they go at the
storm doors with vim, and look sur
prised that they do not yield to pres.
sure the wrong way. Sometimes they
go right up against it when some one
is coming out, and Of course get a
jab in the face almost hard enough to
knock them down. They give an an.
CRY glance at the gentleman coming
out, and go right up against 1t again.
1 have seen one or two give it up and
go away, and one l helped through the
other day said, alphabetically: !
never did understand these DOORS. II
might be a good idea to put up sign
but 1 guess they wouldn't read it,
Washington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-01
FERTILIZATION OF ENGLISH.
Many Ways in Which the Language
Enriches Itself.

In an article In Harper's Magazine
on what he is pleased to call "Ameri-'
canisms" and Criticisms" Prof.
Brander Matthews points out some Of
the advantages to the language Of the
growth of provincialisms in word and
phrase One reason for regarding them
with equanimity is the fact that most
Of these localisms are inept and use
less, and their life is, therefore very
brief even in their own locality. Those
which are most vigorous survive in the
land of their origin and of these some
few may in time spread abroad and
strike root everywhere that English is
spoken. So far from their being any
real danger of the deflement Of the
language by the profusion Of Britt
cisms and Americanism of Canadian
isms and AustralianismS, Of New Zea-
landisms-if such exist, as, no doubt,
they do-English is really the most for
tunate of all modern tongues in that it
has SO many sources of refreshment, so
varied, so remote from each other. The
vocabulary Of every language is con-
tinually wearing itself out, and it needs
to be replenished sometimes by the
adroit revival of forgotten words, some
times by broadening the meaning OF
words in current use, and sometimes
by the creation of wholly new words.
In this respect French and German
are vastly inferior to English, says
Public Opinion. The French and Ger
man people are massed together with
in a comparatively limited area, and
have no proving grounds for verbal
MISSILES" as Prof. Matthews calls
them. "But English is the native Ian
guage not Of one great nation only, but
of two; and, while the United States
has within it's territory more than half
Of those who have English for their
mother tongue, the British Empire has
it's stations scattered here and there all
over the world. In the British Isles,
in the United States, in the British col
onies, we may see just so many sew
eral nurseries for the seedlings Of
speech. By such hardy growths the
language will be refreshed and invig-
GRATED and kept from hamilton and
sterility.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-01
THIS WITNESS WAS TOUGH.

Lawyer Could Not Elicit Much Infor-
nation from Him,
The lawyer for the defendant was
trying to cross-examine a Swede who
had been subpoenaed by the other side
rs a witness in an accident case.
"Now Anderson, what do you do?"
asked the lawyer.
"Sank you, but Aw am not vera
we'll"
81 didn't ask you how is your health,
but what do you do?'
ooh, yas. Aw vewrk."
1--WE know that, but what kind Of
work do you do?"
'Puddy hard vewrk; it Gees puddy
hard vewrk."
Eyes, but do you drive team, or do
you work on railroad, or do you ham
die machine, or work in a factory p
ooh, vas; Aw vewrk in fact'ry."
every good. What kind of fac
tory?"
ut ees very big fact'ry."
"Your honor" said the lawyer adj
dressing the court, ''if this keeps on
think We'll have to have an interpre-
ter" Then he returned to the wit
ness.
''Look here Anderson, what do you
do in that factory what do you
make?" he asked.
ooh, vas, 1 un'erstan'-yo want TO
know vat 1 make in fact'ry, eh?"
Exactly. Now tell us what you
make"
"Von dollar an half day..
And the interpreter was called in to
earn his salt.-New York Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-01
The Hudson Bay Company.

The stock of the Hudson Bay Com
pany is mainly held in London, where
it's affairs are controlled by a governor
and board Of directors, but the COM
pany has "chief commissioner" resi-
dent in Canada. The company has lost
its monopoly. In May 1870, it formal
ly relinquished its charter control Of
the northwest in consideration of pay
ment by Canada of $1,5O0,O0O cash and
half Of all the surveyed lands within
the fertile belt and posts. The land
grants probably amounted to more
than 100000 acres. The company
since has been simply a rival with
other traders.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-01
Christening a RaiIwaY.

Engineers are, as a rule, sternly it'll.
itarian, but there are occasions on
which they indulge in sentimental
practices. One Of these occurred the
other day on the completion of the
first transcontinental railway in Afri-
ca. When the plate-laying gangs from
Buluwayo and Salisbury, respectively,
came within twenty chains Of eacL
other a telegram was SEMITIC the con-
tractors and engineers, who at once
arrived on the scene. The rails were
Joined and two engines proceeded
slowly toward each other from each
side. Attached to the draWhead Of the
engine fron Salisbury was bottle of
champagne, and as the two engines
met it was broken and the new rail.
way was named in the orthodox man
ner.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-01
ert Hook in 1850. 1t win be news to

ert Hook in 1850. It viii be news to
most people that the screw propeller
was thought of SO long ago, but here
again is an Illustration Of the way in
which great thoughts are liable to be
the product Of many minds. The ins
vention of the steamboat is credited to
Robert Fulton, yet in the seventeenth
century Denys Papin launched on the
Seine, in France, a boat that was run
by steam. It is a matter of historical
record that the river bargemen smash
ed Papin's boat, because they feared
that 1t would injure their business.
The most interesting of all the mod
els. however, in the line of aquatics
will be that of Abraham Linceln's fa-
nous device for lifting steamboats, off
shoals when they were SO unlucky as
to get aground. 1t consisted of attach
ments resembling accordions on huge
scale, made of wocd and canvas, which
were to be fastened beneath the sides
Of the craft. When she ran upon q
shoal, long poles thrust through the
deck from above were supposed to
cause the great bags to fill themselves
with air, at the same time raising the
boat, which was thus rendered light
enough to float off. 1t was a very in
genious plan, the only objection to it
being that it could not possibly work,
contending as it did against the same
sort of difficulty as that which pre-
vents a man from lifting himself by
his bootstraps.
There will be model Of the first
locomotive ever built, and another rep
resenting the earliest steam engine,
which was exhibited at the Serapeum,
in Alexandria, Egypt, about $50 B. G..
Though hardly more than a toy, this
contrivance perfectly illustrated the
principle of the modern steam engine,
having a boiler that generated steam.
which cause a hollow metal ball to
revolve. The steam, passing from the
boiler into the ball, which was sus-
pended between two pivots, escaped
from the ball by two little spouts in
such q manner as to cause rotary mo-
ton.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-01
THE WHOLE FAMILY HISTORY.
How the Physicians Wife Happened
to Learn 1t.

zone morning last week l rode
around with my husband while he was
making his sick calls, and incident
ally learned the history of one entire
family quite in an unsOught, but rath-
er amusing, manner" said the wife
Of a prominent physician of this city.
"The doctor had just gone into a poor
appearing house when little fellow on
a velocipede rode up beside me-
"'Hello,' he said, and l in answer
called back, hello! that proved to be his
cue.
az know that DOCTOR he said, he
brought me and my little brother, too.
He is twenty-one months and three
days old, and teething and cries all
the time, and I'm five, goin' on six.
My mothers got lung trouble and pa
pas drunk nearly all the time and
strikes her some times. He did last
night and my big brother struck him,
and now they're all sick an we had
to get the doctor. I've got two grand
mothers and two grandfathers, and
four uncles who live in that house
when they work. Papa puts them out
when they don't, and we always cry
then, and
"Here l broke in, for the child had
not stopped to breathe even, and
didn't know what I should hear next
Wouldn't you like some candy,
said I, trying to get his mind from the
troubles of his family, and tossed him
a nickel.
"Gee, I'll tell you lots more than
that for a nickel; a nickel is lot of
money
Il was assuring him l had heard
enough and had given him the nickel
to stop, when my husband joined me-
TO his utter amazement. disclosed the
history as I had heard it.
"He could scare believe me when ]
told him how 1 had become acquainted
with the family. 1t is every word
true he said; the little chap yer.
near told you all of the sad case, and
then people wonder how their domestic
affairs become Known"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-01
BEST OF THEM BLUNDERED.

Ludicrous Mistakes Made by Some OF
the Worlds Greatest Artists.
In Vandyke's celebrated picture OF
let's are for the right hand. Wilkie
painted a horse without a bit foaming
at the mouth. Angelo in his great pic.
ture, "The Last Judgment" has intro
duced Charon's- bark. Brengheli, the
Dutch painter, In a picture Of THE
Wise Men Of the East" making thell
offering to the infant Jesus, represents
one Of them dressed in a large white
surplice, booted and spurred, offering
the model of Dutch seventy-four
gun ship. Sir Joshua Reynolds gave
one Of his portraits two hats.
Thcre are numerous similar errors,
all most ludicrous, but I cannot at the
moment get hold Of list Of them.
Some absurdities are in Westminster
Hall. Sir Cloudesley Shovel is dressed
in a Roman cuirass and sandals, but
on his head is a full-bottomed wig Of
the eighteenth century. The Duke Of
Buckingham is arTayed in the costume
of a Roman emperor, while his duchess
is in the court dress of the George III.
period. Tintoret in a picture which rep.
reSents "The ISraeliteS Gathering
Mamma in the Wilderness" has armed
the men with guns. Paulo Mazzochi in
his symbolical painting of 1.-THE Four
Elements" represents the sea by fishes,
the earth by moles fire by a salaman.
der and air by camel. Evidently he
mistook a camel for a chameleon,
which additionally lives on air.-New
York Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-01
PAPER PRINTED IN CHINESE.
Mongo1ians of New York Have Week
" Sheet OF Their Own.

There is only one Chinese newspaper
printed from movable type published In
the East and that is issued from an
office on the top floor of an old build
ing in Nassau street, according to the
New York Mail and Express. There
are Chinese newspapers in San fran
cisco, also printed from movable type
but most of the Chinese publications
are Autographed and printed from
stone. The reason for this is that the
Chinese alphabet contains several thou
sand characters and font of Chinese
type set insprinter's cases would cover
two sides of an ordinar. room.
The old-time printer stands at ais
case and with a prehensile arm galh-
ers In the type as he needs it, without
moving his feet from the well-worn
spot where he stands day after day.
But the compositor of a Chinese news
paper must dance around from one
case to another, picking up the char
acters as he travels and his work Is
not only slow, but intricate. 1t takes
remarkably good memory to locate
all the characters in a Chinese print
Ing Office. Most Of the work Of COM
posing is done by japanese and the
proprietors of the Chinese newspaper
are Japanese and an Englishman.
The Chinese newspaper is issued
once week. Every American who
has his eyes open Is familiar with
| Chinese characters, SO there is moth
| Ing very odd about the general appear
ance of a Chinese paper; but when the
scheme is explained it does have a
startling effect, for the Chinese news
paper runs backward. The last page Of
newspaper to us is the first page to
a Chinaman, and the last column Of
our newspapers is the first column in
his Moreover, his lines Of type do
not read from left to right, but from
top to bottom of a column, so that,
beginning in the upper right-hand COR
ner of page he runs his eye to TIE
bottom of the last line of the char
acters and then begins at the top Of
the next. The Chinese editor is very
serious-looking person. He sits in an
ante-room, with his soft hat on his
head, smoking big cigar, and occa-
sionally painting red characters on
fimsy bit Of paper, Important events
in Chinatown call for an extra.