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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12
MUSIC IN THE TREATMENT OF DIS
EASE.
From the London Lancet.

| From the London Lancet
| The value of music as a therapeutic
method cannot yet be precisely stated.
| OF its wholesome influence in various
forms of disease however, there can be
little or no doubt In making this as
sertion we do not, of course, assign to it
any specific or peculiar action. 1t is no
| quack's postrum, no reputed conqueror
Of ache OF ailment. 1t is only, as we
have already shown in recent article,
| one of those intangible but effective aids
of medicine which exert their healthful
properties through the nervous system.
1t Is as mental tonic that music acts.
Accordingly we may naturally expect
1t to exert it powers chiefly in those dis
ease, or aspects of disease, which are due
to morbid nervous action. The evidence
of its utility on occasions where fatigue
or worry has disturbed the proper bal
ance and relation between the mind and
body of the so-called healthy will ex-
plain its action in disease. We can
readily understand how pleasing and
lively melody can awake in jaded brain
the strong emotion of hope, and
energizing by its means the lam
guild nerve control of the whole circu-
fresh the vascularity of every organ
We can picture the same brain in forced
irritation fretfully stimulating the SER
vice of the vasomotor nerves, and starry
ing the tissues of their blood supply.
Here, again, it is easy to comprehend
the regulating effect of quieter harmony,
which brings at once a rest and di-
version to the fretting mind. Even
aches are soothed for a time by trans
ference of attention, and why, then,
should not pain be lulled by music?
That it sometimes is thus relieved we
cannot doubt. 1t is especially in the
graver nervous maladies, however, that
we should look for benefit from this
remedy. Definite statistics on the
subject may not be forthcoming, but all
that we have said goes to show that
states of insanity, which are largely in
fiuenced by the condition of the SYM
pathetic system. should find some part
of their treatment in the hands of the
musician. 1t is, therefore, for such
cases especially that we would enlist his
services
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12
Men Who LAT Pie.

A truly charming gentleman is Mr.
Edmund Russell, apostle and expounder
of the Delsartean faith. We take back
ali the uncivil and cruel things we have
uttered against old Delsarte and his
creed, for we have seen Mr.. Russell eat
pumpkin pie at Rector's restaurant late
of nights. In the whole wide range Of
philosophy there is none other that ap-
peals more directly Or more potently 70
our synpsthies than does that philos-
ophy which justifes by practice the eat
ing of pumpkin PIE.
Mr.. Whittier, the Amesbury poet, Is
as famous a punisher Of pie as Ralph
Waldo Emerson was, and that is saying
much. for Emerson was mighty IN tee
pursuit, comprehension, masticatjon,
digestion and assimilation of that cheer
ing Wand Apple pie, however, and not
pumpkin, was Emerson's faTorlte diet,
and is whittier's.-Eugene Field IL
Chicago News
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12

The most famous opal IN history was
that which was worn IN a ring by the
Roman senator Eonius, In tho day Of
the tTiumvirate. It's size equAled that
Of a medium sized hazel nut Yet its
beauty and briIlisncy rendered IL mar
vel among the dliettznti Of Rome, e.
pecially when il wzs known that tbs
goIasmiths and money changers" had
set its valne At R1 .0o0, go.
Mark Antony made oEerturcs "a
SOnias for Is purchase, intending. IL Il
thought, to present. il 70 Cleopatra, but
ths senator refused % part with II. and
fo- fear that 10 would be taken from him
By sheer force sought safety ia fight
Here history loses all trace q this IA
NOUS gem. there being no record Of is
trsnzfsrsncs from SoHiEs 20 any Of his
tsInily.-SG Louis Rep1bEc.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12
CONDITIONS ARE CHANGED.
From the Kansas CITY Star.


Kansas is dry Kansas no longer. Her
rainfall this year has been greater than
that OF any other area In the country.
The drouth section now includes land it
has been so for nearly year, southern
Missouri and southern and central
illinois. Since January the rainfall in
Kansas has been from four to eight
inches above the normal. Even Dodge
City, the center of the ''arid lands" has
had OF inches more than her usual
rainfall. In this same time the de-
ficiency at Springfield, Mo-, has been
D. "a inches; at st. Louis Ala inches; at
Springfield, H., 80 inches, and at
Cairo 3.55 inches. Chicago, with the
lake to breed moisture, is short 1853
inches. There has, in fact, been no phe-
nomenal rainfall anywhere in the crop
sections Of the country, except IN Kan
sas, Indian territory, western Missouri
and Nebraska. Illinois now is in very
much in the condition so common here
fore in Kansas. Her rains have been
entirely local. There are counties in
Illinois now suffering from drouth,
while adjoining counties have plenty of
moisture. No one can say whether this
shifting of the storm will be permanent
1t is as likely as not to be. If vegetation
will have any effect toward making it so
the people of Kansas will not fail to keep
the earth well covered with growing
crOpS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12

The Chicago Times has the horrible
suggestion that there is an institution in
that city for the nominal education" @
of infants obtained by purchase at S25
each, and it intimates that there are
1,700 of these infants now in the institu-
ton. 1t would seem that the concern
has out corps of purveyors and the
Times says, "the stories told of mothers
from whom babes have been stolen is
sufficient to cause a searching investiga-
ton of the methods by which these in
stitutions are managed" The EAGLE
quite agrees with the Springfield Demo-
crat that when men or women associate
themselves together and under the guise
of philanthropy pay $25 a head for
babies, there is more of commercial profit
In the deal than charity-more of hades
than of heaven. Here is an occasion for
the new mayor of Chicago to put into
practical operation his reformatory and
purifying methods in the administration
of local government as it affects the
moral and social affairs of the city.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12

Blood oranges have been investiEs:-
ed by order Of the health officer Of Wash
ington- The story thai they are fixed
with syringe and q little sniiins dye
has been going the rounds Ct the news-
papers II was seen by Dr.. Townsend,
and as the supply Of blood oranges IN
the Washington market seemed 70 Be
abundant, he directed al inquiry With
view Of oondsmning TIE frat II it had
been tempered with The chemist &C
whom the matter WAS referred says Il
his report: The o-zugss are naturally
stained, 10 artificial coloying Of sny kind
having been used The small spot CT
the siasis fzagus spo; and Bot . Ts1nct-
IRE. Il Is impossible 20 Stain an orzave
By injecting &ay artificial staining fiIsd
into the frais eIfher befOve OF After
pgscking from Ghe tree. w asaingrou
Letter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12
The old-Fashioned Preacher.

From the Atchison Champion.
Like his modern prototype, the old
fashioned parson was human, the differ
ence between them on this point being
under better control than many of the
modern clergymen have. He not only
had the carnal and worldly man under
better subsection than have most mod
ern preachers, but he was to a more con-
spicuous extent a man of one work. His
business was to preach the gospel, and
right well did he exert himself to do
that special work. He made do political
speeches, he rarely appeared on the lee
ture platform; the ward caucus and the
county convention were places he spe-
cially Stunned. He was, in a pre-emI-
nent sense "man of God"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12
Misplaced BeQ uests.

HIoHl hC hdAio<lS OibS OONANdI'
Judge Hilton, the executor of A. T.
Stewart, who got most of the Stewart
estate, has made restitution of small
fraction of it by gift of $500. 600 to the
cathedral at Garden City. This was one
of Mr.. Stewards favorite projects. The
cathedral and various diocesan establish
mentS were built by the Stewart estate,
and this additional endowment is ex-
pected to provide for their permanent
maintenance. If Mr.. Stewart had only
planted this ecclesiastical establishment
in Brooklyn it would have become a cen
ter of great influence. But he was
caught by the picturesque features of the
English cathedral towns and dreamed Of
establishing peaceful retreat of the
same kind on Long Island, forgetting
how the world has changed, and that the
medieval cathedrals, when they were
built, were in the centers of populations.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12

Surgeons will be interested in the
death of Mrs. Brent, of Paris, KY, who,
it is claimed, came to her end in a re-
markable way. Some months ago w lille
reading to her children, cher right thigh
bone broke with loud report from
muscular contraction" and an hour
afterwards the other one broke from the
same cause. Since then and up to her
death she suffered terribly. No levity is
intended, but the poor creature was ''all
broke up"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12

According to the method of book
keeping introduced in the treasury de-
partment by ex-Treasurer Jordan, the
net cash surplus in the treasury is shown
to be less than 81, ZOO, 900; but according
to the old method of making up the cash
balances there appears to be nearly S46,-
100000. If the method has anything to
do with magnifying or minifying the
amount of actual cash, give us the
simplifying method.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12
sLUss APPOINTMENT.

OAOOO
So seldom in these times OF self-seek-
inc does modest merit command ade-
ouate recognition, that its occurrence af-
fords peculiar pleasure. In ninety
nine cases in every hundred political
preferment and Official stations are only
reached through a serhes of self-abase-
ments by pullings and haulings and by
the urgings and exagerations of friends @
whose own fortunes and interests are
directly or remotely involved. Such
methods have become therule ofpolitical
advancement from the Office of presI-
dent down, the dignitarieS of the higher
courts not excepted. The appointment
of Judge H. c.. Sluss, therefore, as an
associate justice of the Court of
Private Land Claims is an exception
that is as gratifying to us as
1t will prove satisfactory torthe state at
large, especially to all who know the
man. For years his superior mentality
and his marked legal attalnments, as
also his sterling qualities as a Republic
can, have been conceded, but in the
fact of the lack of that self-seeking ele-
ment alluded to in his makeup his
friends have signally failed Of all their
ambitions for him. The EAELE know
ing the man, and admirlng his integrity
has but Systematically failed in every
effort made to seat him either on the
supreme bench or in congress. Bnt the
tardy reorganization has come. And
while it would have been better for
the interests of the state and for its
farming classes, had Judge Sluss been
with his comprehensive judgment and
conservative convictions been chosen
United States senator instead Of one of
William PETERS inexperience and i'm
practicability; still the state will be bene-
fitted in the honor conferred. President
Harrison said two weeks ago to the diff
ferent state delegations presenting candi-
dates that he would consider the name
or claim of no man who was not, in
experience and ability fitted to go upon
the circuit bench Of the United States.
Plumb and Brewer knew Sluss to be
equal to such a standard Of measure
ment.
Judge SlusS less than three weeks ago
had quite long talk with the president,
never dreaming that he was being sized |
up, or measured; tor the matter had not |
been mentioned to him by anyone, at |
that time, SO that the news of his APP
pointment was as great surprise to him
as TO the state at large.
AS for the court or its scope and |
powers we know little except that it was !
created to relieve, in an important meas
ure or sense the supreme court of the
United States from the hearing and de-
termining of large number of Spanish |
land grant claims and difficulties which |
have involved the prosperity and vexed
the courts and authorities of New
Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, California,
Wyoming, Nevada and Utah, at the
capitals of each of which term of said
court will be held once a year.
AS the EAGLE said yesterday morning,
President Harrison, the Republican
party and the people Of Kansas are to be
congratulated in the choice of H. C.
Sluss as Associate Justice in the Court of
Private Land Claims.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12

AS between the sects and isms that
have been holding their periodic con-
claves during the pastmonth, the country
has been supplied with an unusual
amount of thought food. First, the AL
lance with its aliases, then the churches
and now the prohibs. None of them
have any business meddling in politics,
and yet all of them have made politics
more or less feature of their proceed
ings-more to the injury than the benefit
of the causes they severally claim to rep
resent
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
Twenty Minutes TO Wait

Twenty Minutes TO Wait.
The open car rolls gaily down
The dusty avenue.
The driver looking straight ahead.
Obvious OF you.
You can't catch the conductors eye
He clearly means you sha'n't;
You want 10 whistle, but you are
a woman. and you can't.
You shake your parasol in vain,
There's nothing else to do,
And then you stand and watch the car
Roll down the avenue.
-Someryille Jour
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12

The engagement of Miss Hattie. the
Youngest and only single daughter OF
Secretary Blaine, to Air. Truxton Beale.
minister to Persia. and son of Gen.
Beale, of Washington, Gen Grants
great friend, is announced. The mar
riage is TO take place in the fall. Miss
Blaine has gone 10 Europe for her trous-
seeu, the dispatches announce. Here
is another lesson pointing in the direc-
ton Of the desirableness of trade reci-
proclty-and it may furnish a pointer
for the secretary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12

"A bad slip up the choir made
This morning" said old Warden Taps,
Gan you explain to me the cause
OF such a general collapse?"
SThe organist was Of his base
The tenor said, with show Of zeal,
-And therefore It may be assumed
We slipped Up on the organ peal.'
Boston Courier.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12

Arz- Lille DsTenepK BiAka, tia besi
looking O. toe Dotsd women sz1rAzfsss a
America. - oeAosnded from Joo2thsa Id.
wards. and consequently ess q The eho1nsf
relics shs possszsss j. = yellow EiIk COWS
that was worn bT Aaron BzrT's naothsr,
ths great diytne's dzagh.sG.
MrsL Kzte susish, who ha4 bsrguas kno-x
% fame a. the "Qaesa o. tAs Csas1z, . n Q
Philadelphia w0zazn- She ~ tai. eark
haired, with round sEea, = pure Give eszr
pleZton. sroseSad mouth sci Al tnsofl1z<zf
face She h4s vel roaaasd AID szaos-
fEl figure. ard IN ths department la sAosR
eouEdsgabis sxscaslTs AGILITY.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12

From the account given in the dis
patches of the incidents connected with
the trial and expulsion of several young
ministers from the Reformed Presby-
terrain church by the synod in session at
Pittsburg, Pa, it would seem that the
church needs to be reformed in some of
its creed ideas and doctrines, else it will
soon find itself without form. Most
fair minded persons will agree that the
church has the right, and ought in duty
to exercise it, to prohibit its ministers
from taking an active part in partisan
politics, but nobody will contend that
such prohibition should be carried to the
extent of forbidding to the ministers the
exercise of the prerogative of citizenship
in simply voting at a local election.
Ministers are no less interested in the
efficient and faithful performance of
official duty and service than any other
citizens,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12
Had Heard it Before,
the New York Continent

From the New 4ork Continent
Senator Carlisle, of Kentucky, never
cares to be interviewed unless he is pre-
pared, forewarned and has plenty of
leisure. 1t was suggested to him that
his name had been mentioned for the
presidency, and now was the time to
give an interview. He waved his right
hand aloft deprecatorily and replied that
he had heard it before.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12

The Democrats and Alliance do not
intend to fuse in Kansas at the next
election. And if they don't fuse they
are both likely to get hurt by the ex-
DlOSiOn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12
Glow to Keep Boys on the Farm"

"Row TO Keep Boys on the Farm"
From the Field and Farm.
He told his son TO milk the COWS, feed
the horses, slop the pigs, hunt the eggs,
feed the calves, catch the colt and put
him in the stable, cut some wood, split
up the kindhng, stir the cream, put fresh
water in the creamery after supper, and
to be sure and study his lessons before he
went to bed. Then he went to the
Farmers club to discuss the question.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12
& Prohibitionists.
From the Emporia Republican.

From the Emporia Republican.
Mr.. c. Wood Davis, the farmer-liter-
ateur of Sedgwick county, has been en-
gagged by the Alliance to write upon
economic subjects. He is a firm be-
lever in protection and the home market,
and will give the farmers some valuable
information and counsel upon these sub
jects. His first order is for 600, 900
pamphlets,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12

A Philadelphia man threw up his
position as cashier of bank rather than
obey the orders of his superiors to falsify
his books. This is the kind of a man
President Harrison likes to appoint to a
snop
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12

The Topeka Lance thinks there is too
much hero worship in Kansas. But as
long as all of us are heroes, the remedy
is not apparent.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12

Schweinfurth's failure to come into
Kansas at this time was a clear con-
fession of his utter inability to walk on
ICofpr
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12

The national sympathy for Sir William
Gordon Cumming was of scarcely such
capacity that we wanted him to marry
an American girl.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12

The Topeka Capital prints picture of
Brewer with his whiskers on. The
Capital, however, does not wish to appear
to be counting the Alliance.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12

Porter may be recalled from Italy, but
he will remain away from Indiana. He
is said to be the most popular man in
Indiana
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12
Capital

Prom the Wellington Press
c. Wood DAVIS OF Seigwick county is
making a great reputation as writer on
farn. grain and kindred topics By the
way, how would c. Wood Davis do for
senator some time.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12

The Topeka Journal says the Topeka
joints are now fined. Still they claim
that one can not find Joint in town.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12

Just as soon as the prince of Wales got
through with baccarat. he went to back
inc bnrsaS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12

The snobby Wilson family Iof England
will b.. less likely now TO welcome the
Cumming guest.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12

A huge waterspout was sighted off
Galveston last week. 1t was conjectur-
ed that McGinty had caught the preva-
lent calamity howl
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12

The people up in the cold Rocky
mountains should come down and spend
the summer with us in Kansas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12

Sir Cumming has been bounced from
the clubs. This is infinitely better than
being bounced with club.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12

There is reason TO believe that Blaine
is a good deal better, because the de-
spatches do not say so.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12

George Click and Judge Martin got
together, the other day, and held a state
Democratic mass" meeting.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12

The most noticeable part of the prince
as a grandparent, is his grand paw for
raking IN winnings.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12

There were sixty newspaper men on
the stage Gt Lawrence the other night
and about half of these "old stagers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-12

It might be the prince expected the
queen, his mother. 20 die of mortifca-
rioD
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-25
Got What lie Wanted.

One of the inmates Of military prison
had in Il rage threatened to strike Il warden
an had iusulted the governor As he was
a young soldier the latter wished to dga
with him himself and not bring him be
fore the visitors, who would have ORDERED
him to he logged for an ofTense so serious
Discipline, however, had to he maintained
and as long as the man was obstinate anC
refused to conform to the rules Of th'
prison the governor could not spare him.
So lie sent for me, who then was chap
lain to the prison, and said: II don't want
to get No. - flogging, but it must b.
done unless he caves in and tells me tha
he is sorry for what has taken place. Per
haps you would 90 to him and ask him iii
will come better from you than me- not Il
make fool of himself and bring the ca
down on his back"
talked to the man in his cell for abOu
an hour, when at last he said: "The tvutl
is, sir, | have Il really awful temper. Il
has brought ne into scrapes all ~ Ife
and don't think there is anyth.ag for i
bu, fUggiug. It's what my father an,
mCI her should have given me, and nuw
EiI determined to hav" what is 0wy,l t
me Well, my philoSophic friend too!
his punishment very plncIiIy, and when
vi ;cd BIN GeNl day he said he thought !
v:a.,jLc h"s; thing l2 could have done. al,
til. it might make Il man of him.-GoOt
" CItlS
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-25

Manila is one OF The most important
ports. in the Philippine islands, but, strange
u ..;ly, is orr d;:y behind all other places
cj i;> ~iz" in the world. This curious fact
i, accounted for in this way: Although I'll,
Philippine islands lie near the ASH: il
coast, they were discovered by Spaniartls
who sailed from America. When they
crossed the magic line where Sunday sad
denly changes into Monday, these fiery
dons of proud Castiian ancestors did uot
revise their calendar. When told of hi,
years later-wher informed that tlail
mode of reckoning time WAS not up Il
modern notions tney only said that that
WAS so much the worse for modern notions
Anyhow, the fact remains that these Pull
lppine islanders keep plodding aloug on,
day behind all the rest of the world, whicl
reckous time by new style.-St. Louis Re
Dublic