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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20

politics the subject of conversation
at the crowded reception. at the
quiet dinner party and at the evening
call 1t would substitute for the deli
cious interchange of sentimental noLh-
ings, the discussion of political issues.
Far romance it would replace with hard
matter of fact Instead of the bright
poetry of life, it would present the dull
prose.
Now, if the girls have any sense, they
viii pay very little attention TO the ex-
hortations of the Equal Suffrage assO-
citation The ballot may DO valuable
thing for a woman, but a husband is
more desirable. 1t may be important to
the association to carry the coming cleo
ton, but it is more so 10 the girls to be
come wives. And they cannot win young
men by electioneering them. The mas
cuIine inclination Is not TO the woman
politician. \ young man will respect
the woman who is devoted TO a duty, or
what she believes to be duty. He viii
admire the woman who can understand
ingly and forcibly and interestingly dis
cuss political questions. He viii enjoy
intellectual tits with her. But he Will
perversely and perhaps blindly, but none
the less surely go off and marry someone
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20

Ives and Staynor ought to write a book
on How to Get Rich Quickly" After
running up debts to the amount of SIS
OOo,o they pay those that they have 10
and compromise the rest for . cents on
The dollar. The principle underlying
their operations Is not new, but they have
rarrie& it further than any spectators of
the present generation. il can be worked
by anybody without honesty and with
sufficient powers of persuasion. but Ives
ability 10 find lands whenever he wanted
them was what filed ms rivals with ad-
miration and awe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20

Mississippi floods Of this year are re
markable from the fact that there has
not been during the past season that
heavy snowfall near the upper waters OF
the river which is the usual source Of the
foundations. The rains have been heavy
ANA continuous, and the drainage OF
heavy soils has filed the streams. But
there Is no such reservoir to draw upon
as comes of large areas of melting snow.
On this account the floods are likely 10
subside rapidly and to infiict less damage
than the inhabitants Of the Louisiana
lowlands now aPprehend As soon as
present safety is assured. there
ought. however. to lie some
thought for the future. All the recent
Improvements of the navigation of the
river, both by the levees and CAPTAIN
Eads jetties, have been of a kind to com
press the volume of the river into mar
row compass. and 30 increase the danger
Of foods. The problem now Is To find
something 10 neutTaGze this mistake.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20

The school statistics received by the
state superintendent of public instruction
from the county superintendent
throughout the state show that The aver
age length OF school terms in every dis
trict in the state Is six and a half months.
which is nearly one-half month better
than any previous year. The number Of
pupils enrolled in 1889 WAS also greater
than any other year. AID about sixty
seven school houses were built. In
point Of her education interests Kansas Is
not behind any of the states, not even
the older ones OF the east THAI Law partic-
ular stress upon that feature Of the po-
ltico-social economy. This point Is
worth the careful attention Of intending
home seekers in other states and sections.
The intellectual as well as the material
welfare Is carefully conserved 10y our
systems aud public sentiment
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20
Memory Rings.

"A memory ring is merely silver ten cent
piece trimmed out, with the Inilled edges left
untouched. Usually the ring has bangle
attached, made OF the inner part Of the dime
and bearing the monogram Of the youth who
has been inyeigied into giving tine girl the
coin. The ring when finished costs less thar
81. Sometimes IL is made double the two
dimes being cemented together
Another novelty Is the friendship ring. A
girl goes among the young men Of her &C.
quaintance and gets from each little sum oi
money, varying from a cent n a dime, and
when She has lad tribute on all her friends
s=1e buys ring sucn a. tine proceeds Of heI
work viii purchase Memory rings seem ts
be the fayorite Jewellers Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20
A Great Submarine River.

Near Meirs, in the department Of the Lot.
between Auvergne and the Garonne, thu
course Of a sGbterrauean river has been
traced in a boat for distance Of over
two kiIometers-say 6 800 feet. Seven small.
lakes and thirty-two waterfalls were passed
in the exploring voyage made IN small
boat. II Is e5umated that the underground
course is fully seven kilometers. tine stream
joining the Dordogns near 81. Denis Martsl
IL 10 10 b. remembered that ali that region Is
Of limestone formation Engineering and
Mining Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20

The greatest strike of labor history has
been inaugJrated 10y the coal miners of
England. Two hundred and sixty
thousand persons. men. women and
children. have stopped work. This strike
virtually stops the production of coal in
England and, if continued. will soon
compel the suspension of operations 10y
the iron works and all manufactures.
throwing millions out Of employment.
The possible consequences are absolutely
appalling. All this happening in a free
trade country. What conclusions are
our Democratic friends drawing from it:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20
Probing tie snhinz.

From the Philadelphia Press.
When ? O'Clock came today, Mr..
Plumb, who has about him an air Of
prairie breezes. If not Of Kansas cyclones.
that always stjs the hum-drum piaciditv
Of the senate. asked Dir. Blair ~ name
the time when be would be ready 10
allow a vote To be taken on his bill lie
pointed out that the semitic had as vet
passed no measure Of national import
ance. although il han been IN session four
months There were other important
measures waiting on the calendar. but
whole consideration Of public business
Was blockaded by the fiood II words
which had been poured out upon the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20
The Growth Is in the west.

Gath in the Enquirer
The city of New York might decline
as much as New Orleans has done, ana
the general interests of the United States
would probably continue TO be healthy.
but if one of these grand interior cities
should die out at the close of the nine
teenth century, or the brink Of the
twentieth century, the east would have
occasion for woe. Our true growth Is
always to and beyond our frontiers. on
the sea coast we cannot grow at ak
The west has for a long time past MAIN
tanned the east by its agricultural produce.
lions. its lumber, oil and broad field Of
investment. There are. however, many
wise. shrewd men in New York, and a
large proportion of them came out OF
this same western country and knew all
about development.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20

Rev. Sam Jones declares that he Is
making more money than any ten
bishops OF the Methodist church. Ii
making money was a Christian duty,
Jones declaration would be highly
Iaudable, but if he really said such a
thing, which in recognition Of his mental
brightness we are Ioath to believe, as a
boast it Is disgusting.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20

The recent developments on land and sea
Of the cruelty Of lieutenants toward their
interiors suggest that thorough inves-
LEGATION be made in army and navy for
similar outrages. The cases of brutality
on the Enterprise. under command of
NcCalla, are revolving. When young
officers can not command respect from
their men without the aid of tying them
up Icy the THUMBS and subiecting them
10 long and tortuous punishmeuts they
should be discharged from the service,
summariiV.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20

1t is the tendency in this day and age n
slight things. aud IL ia this tendency which
hurts American mechanism abroad. 4 man
just returned from South America told me
that no American machinery could be sold
there IN competition with English. While our
steam engiue=. FOR instance. were better I'm.
shed and more adapted e. the work demsnd-
Cd, something was always getting out n or
der, 5aws being revealed. aud no one could
depend upon them. They we're made 10 san
pot . ast-Detroit Free Prpsa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20

The French appear to haue the laugh
on their critical neighbors, the Germans,
in the matter of administrative changes.
The matter Of reforming the French
ministry did not cause the crisis that
was freely predicted in the realm of the
Rhine, while the unexpected-the retire
ment of the German premier-has come
near causing a panic at Berlin, and the
government will be lucky if the incident
is passed without serious results at home
as well as with its neighbors. Our guess
IS that the first move on the political
checker-board of Europe viii be made by
Russia, and if one or more of Balkan
peninsular principalities do not feel the
cars mailed hand in a short time it
viii be no less a surprise than cause for
congratulation at their escape.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20

The vivacious and good humored Kan
sas City Times finds heaps Of sport in
'-nagging" the Charley Joneses, late of
Florida, about their eccentricities, and-so-
forth. but we note that the V. e. b. afore,
said finds convenient room in its columns
for liberal reproductions from the St.
Louis contingent of the aforesaid @. j. S.
But, then, suppose it's all right, as it is
in the play.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20

And Uncle Sam has seen fit to impress
upon the mind Of the unsophisticated
Red man that lottery in his midst
would not be for his welfare. Poor
Lo." who knows how the round silver
dollars roll off in the direction Of Louis
lana every month, is trying to explain
the inconsistency.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20

Nulvane Record: The farmers are on
the alert this spring. The low price Of
grain does not appear to discourage them.
One blacksmith says they have already
made more plow lays this spring than
they usually make in the entire season.
Kansas farmers have the pluck, and
they viii make it win. Corn is cheap,
but many Of them are holding the last
Prep, or until they can raise hogs to
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20

Senator Allison Is credited with the
declaration that the proudest moment Of
his life was when he counted the ballots
that made Abraham Lincoln president.
But this does not signify that the senator
has not lived in an atmosphere Of antici-
patton Of a prouder moment, when 10y
al friend shall perform the same service
for him
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20

It does seem that congress does an in
finite amount of diIlydallying about the
Oklahoma territorial bill that is not
necessary. The people have waited
patiently for a long time and any further
delay on the part Of the legislative bodies
at Washington is only adding insult to
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20
NlGlljlSiE! s1Dle
NJ. NJ. MURDOCH, Editor.

Notwithstanding that the cliff jewellers
are a wild and woody people, it seems
that their xhibitor-Lieutenant Schwat-
ka could get some very reliable pointers
from them on sobriety and temperance.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20

OF course it was a Missouri judge who
decided that playing progressive euchre
for prizes was a violation Of the ganb-
bling laws. In any other state the judge
would have been progressive enough to
have made it the now all popular High
I7i,-, -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20

1t is said that Minister Palmer of
Michigan, who has represented this
country at Madrid since May 1, will re-
turn about the 1st of June, and that he
will try to be governor of his state, al
rhougi on two former occasions he has
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20

Dom Pedro is said to have gotten away
from Brazil with five wagon loads of
silver plate. Thus if his European Uncles
are at all reasonable, he will have a
pretty good protection against actual
pinching want in any emergencies that
may arise
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
The Bobin's Apology.


When spring comes, in the garden
The robin sings this song:
81 really beg your pardon
For staying quite so long.
eff You would know the reason,
Whichever way flew
] met a backward season
That kept me backward. too.
Frank Dempster Sherman.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20
Mans rnhumanitr . Nan.

Prom the Sailna Republican
Intolerance causes more cold blo0ies!-
neSs than anything else. There ara scores
Of people in tins world who would cru-
cifv dead downward every person who
disagreed with them This make- nen
and women mere nlicEu-uSnl,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20

The failure of the Louisiana State Lot
terry to purchase a new lease of life in
another state brought it to realize that it
was advisable, if not necessary. to test
its social and moral status at home. The
present flooded condition of the delta of
that state afforded it a convenient oppor-
tunity, as well as plausible pretext for
making such test. 1t was not expected
that the virtue of a great state could
thus be purchased in open market, but
its people are to be congratulated none
the less for the prompt rejection of the
seductive advances by their governor.
This last incident would seem to indicate
that that moral incubus. the L. S. L., has
about run its course. 1t is hoped SO, at
least,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20

Miss Minnie Wanamaker is to marry
DR.. Ruth, who is the handsomest man in
the navy and the teacher of the bible
class in Papa Wanamakers Sunday
school. This last statement is not au-
&ba,,tic
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20
Plumb's Admission.

From the Globe Democrat
There Is solid truth In the statement Of
Mr.. Plum that NEARLY four months of
this season has elapsed, and nothing has
yet passed the senate that can be said to
be nf any national importance The
grave and ponderous members Of That
body should get a move on then" in the
direction Of needed legislation if they ex-
pect to retain public esteem and conf
dpnCe
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20
It's Efforts Appreciated.

From the Kingfsher New World.
The EAGLE IS a true friend to Okla
homa and the people are not slow in
recognizing that fact, as is clearly proven
by the enormous circIIation it has in
this territory.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20

educational bill. In his appeal to Mr.,
Blair, the Kansas senator spoke of him
as the sphinx Of New Hampshire"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20

The Atlanta Southern Industrial Record
details 325 new manufacturing enter
prises inaugurated in the ten cotton
states during the past two weeks, en-
pIoying over S6,000,0OO capital. This
does not include the many new railroad
enterprises detailed, employing many
millions of dollars capital, developing
vast eXtents of country rich in minerals,
coal, timber and agricultural lands In
dustrial development is spontaneously
springing up all over the south which
will eventually make it populous and
rich. May this not afford a more prac-
teal solution of some of the problems
that have and do still vex that section,
and incidentally the whole country:
Such influx Of people and capital into
that country. as indicated by the Record,
will unquestionably be felt in the man
agement of its affairs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20

The total revenues of the government
in 1859 were but little above fifty-six
million dollars. Thirty years later, or
for 1889, the revenues Of a single railroad.
the Pennsylvania Central, are given at
1923, 600, 900. Nor is this increase of
property peculiar to the railroad interests
Of the country. In the thirty years past
the governments revenues have increased
more than eight hundred per cent. and
the general business of the country has
averaged fully up to that standard. in
many instances largely exceeding that
figure. Such showings are not altogether
in harmony with the present business
status. but it is remembered that the
present is but a brief span and its condi-
tons must speedily give way to the
wanted tread of progress and prosperity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20

The New York Sun has been specializing
on the result of the next census. It esti-
mates the gains over 1880 as follows; In
the New England states, from 400, j29
to 4 500 900: in the Middle states, incIud-
ing Maryland and West Virginia, from
y. 195, 1856 to 100000; in the Western
states, including the Pacific coast, from
1G, 60j, 081 to %. 800, 600; in the Southern
states, from IS, 837 1916 to %. 100000 To-
tai 65,000,000. The greatest estimated
gains are in the west, and the next great
est in the south. These two sections will
gain in representatives in congress and
in presidential electors. New England
viii lose. and the Middle states about
hold their own. Neither party Will gain
materially over the other. But the actual
result may differ widely from this esti-
mate.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-20
On An-Fours, Though Don't Crawl.

From the Kansas City star.
At the opening Of the cattlemen's con
vention at Fort Worth yesterday bcauti-
ful Jersey cows from Kansas III each of
the lower proscenium boxes were "A
feature which attracted attention. The
animals were gaily bedecked with bright
colored ribbons and sported playfully
with their negro attendants. Kansas al
ways gets there with both feet and some
times with four
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-11-12

bear, sable, sea otter, chinchilla, martin
and ermine come from Russia and her
Siberian possessions. Bet these regions
do not supply all that fashion Graves for.
In every furrier's store are skins from
South America, Australasia, China, In.
dia, Africa, Thibet and the woild-famed
vale of Cashmere.
The fur trade of the far eastern coun-
tries is a peculiar one. The fair at
Nizhnee Novgorod is the Mecca toward
which many caravans wend their way.
It is held during the month of August,
and while almost every conceivable
article of merchandise is dealt in, furs
form the crest bulk of the trade. At
last wears fair the whole offering of
720, Bokhara OK skins was taken for
the American market at advanced fig
ures. Novgorod, too, is the mart for
Astrakhan.
The great European centre of the
trade is London, whittier nearly all the
the furs 60 at some stage Of their exist.
ence. The busy season reaches its
height during March, and at that time
dealers from all parts of the world are to
be found in the British capital. The ag-
gregate OF the trade is enormous, one
house alone being credited with doing a
business of $25, 900, 900 q year. Next
to London comes Leipsic, which is the
chief depot for the Russian trade.
The fur seal is now found in but few
localities. Alaska furnishes the greater
portion by far of the worlds product,
and London dyed Alaska sealskin is
beauty's pride. Early in June the shores
of the Pribylov Islands resound with the
voices of the seals, which gather during
the breeding season. The history of the
discovery of these islands reads like
romance. For years Russian vessels had
searched for them. Captain Pribylov
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-11-12

spent five summers trying to find the
home of the seals. During the sixth he
was at one time driven from his course
by violent storm. AS the tempest SUBJ
sided he heard a most welcome sound
the roaring of the seals. He returned
with his ship loaded to the gunwales.
He tried to keep his secret, but other
captains followed him and were soon
sharing the furry treasures.
The islands are about fifty miles of AL
aska Cape and in summer are wrapped
in dense fog. which probably accounts
for the fact that they were so long un-
discovered. They are rocky and barren
aud surrounded by shoals. During the
breeairg season the seals congregate
there in countless numbers. 1t is said
that no less than 5000, 900 have been
seen on st. Paais Island at one time.
The breeding season begins about the lst
of June and continues until August. The
pups are brought forth singly and when
few days old are left on shore Ill
charge of the fathers. while the mothers
90 a.visiting. They return in about three
days and below about until they lind
their husbands and children. They re-
main long enough to nurse the young and
then are off again for another three days
gossip. The sealers so down to the shore
early in the morning, cautiously get be-
tween the seals and the open sea and
drive the victims inland a half mile or
so.
Great care has 10 be taken not to alarm
the seals, for should they get heated the
skin is of no value. Only the males be-
tween two and four years of age should
be slain, but often great numbers Of
younger ones are killed. One blow on
on the head is sufficient to cause death,
and almost before the animals are done
breathing their skins are off. An expert
will remove pclt in from three to five
minutes. The skins are taken to the
sailing house, salted, laid in piles and
counted by the United States Govern
ment officials before shipment to San
Francisco, where they arc again counted
by tie Collector of Customs. and the tax
coIIectea before they can be shipped to
London. In London they are plucked,
dyed and made ready for the manufac-
turer. A cargo of sealskins is very
valuable. The steamship St. Paul on one
trip took 100000, rated at 81, ,00O,-
900, making the average worth OF each
skin $40.
The process of preparing the skin for
market is q difficult and delicate one, re-
suiring long experience, cunning hands,
strong muscles and some brain power.
Furs gain in value by manipulation from
twenty-five to sixty per cent, and very
slight mistake on the part Of the work
men will cause a very serious deteriora-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-11-12

of which are wrapped with skins-oper-
ated by machinery do service. Then the
fur is taxed on board, and combed over
and over until each individual hair stands
smooth and straight. The long hairs are
plucked out, except in cases where fashion
demands that few be left to indicate
genuineness OF the article. Imitation
seal is made from the skins of cats, musk
rats and foxes. It is colored and trimmed
in such manner as to deceive any but
an expert. Sometimes the deception is
carried so far as to sew in the long hairs
to allay the suspicious of the skeptical.
Now comes the dyelng. Formerly the
pelt was dipped into vat, but as the
dye quickly rotted the skin other means
had to be resorted to-. At present the
dye is applied with stiff brush, which
goes to the root of the hair, but not
further. The making of the fine seal
brown color is monopoly. The shade
is known to the trade as ''old Apple
dye" Its history is said to be as fol-
lows: About 1884 man named Apple
worked in a London refinery as q sugar
baker. One day two fellow workmen-
an Austrian named Philip Danowitz, the
other Frenchman, came to him. At
home Danowitz had been dyer, while
the Frenchman had been a weaver. To-
gcther they had made some experiments
with dyes, and had by accident stumbled
upon beautiful seal brown.