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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

1t is not generally known that the
light of the sun and the moon exercise
a deleterious effect on edge tools.
Knives, drills, scythes and sickles as
sumo a blue color if they are exposed
for some time to the light and heat of
the sun; the sharp edge disappears and
the tool is rendered absolutely useless
until 1t is retempered.
On the estate of the Marquis de Ia
Laguna in Spain, a water wheel of
twenty horse power runs q dynamo.
Flowing by electricity has been proPos-
ed, and the current i TO be transmitted
to field three miles distant, where a
motor on plow IS 70 be operated The
cable 10 be attached 10 the plow is 70 be
wound on a reel and drawn over the
field
Cyclones OF grand dimensions are
generated in the zones where the trade
wind Of the opposite hemisphere Pene-
trates They are caused BIZ an aug
mentation or swelling in volume Of ar.
proceeding from TIE opposite hem!-
sphere. attending unequal Distribution
OF the normal limits os The atmospherta
circulation, aud determined or the re-
tardation which the trade wind or mon
soon meets with ia following the suns
movement
Professor Won Petteukofer has been
studying the Iser River which flows
through Munich carrying the c.tys
sewage. lie says that Eve miles below
the city there = rot trace Of the POI
luton which finds IS way into the river.
Some Observers have thought that the
self-puriScAtion OF rivers u due % de-
position OF sediment Dr. von Pet.en-
kofer, however, maintains that The real
agent at work IN purifying the Issr
River Is the oxygen q the air which Is
absorbed by or diEolved n the water.
a course Of experiments continued
through several years "a Germany. has
resulted IN Prodaeinz breed OF silk
worms that rat satisfy and thrive On Il
as vel as other breeds thrive ca ths
white mul berry. This VII enable ths
Germans 20 enter probably upon SIX
culture As the climate Of our eastern
and u idsile states = sboat tie sane "a
that of central z3d south Gernaav.
American aTricultu-ists can sFslI th@ua-
strives % sae resnlt q th-zs expe-s-
menf@
-s45s-p raising ard pru1e growing
are tlvo comparatively new industries Ia
California that are attasnSzg very large 1
sroSorsloas Ard -. zDusssze sxzz2a.s- !
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31
TO-DAY.

The ambition of tho Ar
cade is to lead and not to
follow, but circumstances
often occur that prevents
the carrying out the best
laid plans.
Somo time ago the Ar,
cade ordered a large line of
Tailor Made Night Shirts,
(for men only specially
adapted for holiday trade,
but the unfortunate circum-
stance occurred and these
beautiful Night Robes ar
rived Christmas eve, too
late for Christmas trade.
The beauty OF this lot of
Night Shirts is that they
are all cut the new shapes
and latest style, V fronts,
Y backs, pulled shoulders
and Vatican plaits, and are
guaranteed to bring sweet
dreams and pleasant repose
to the wearer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31

have almost driven the forelgn scs--
from our markets During nine months
ending September so. 1891, only 9, $685.
7S5 pounds of 'raisins and $500, T50
pounds of prunes were imported, as
against u, 76o. 056 pounds of raisins and
IS, 693, $50 pounds of prunes in the same
period of 1890 Four or five carloads Of
raisins are leaving Sau Diego daily for
the east at this time
Some recent experiments in light
house signalling in England have shown
some remarkable results from directing
the light vertically TO the sky, instead
Of horizontally across the water. When
all weather conditions are favorable the
light of the Eddystone Lighthouse. as
ordinarily directed, can be seen seven
teen and half miles at sea, but it was
found that a beam of light of much less
power directed vertically was visible
exactly twice as far. and could be well
discerned through an ordinary fog.
The number of locomotives in the
United States is about so, 0O0-one to
every FIVE miles of railroad, and of cars
of all kinds LOO. 600, of which q. 600
are passenger coaches. The locomo-
tives cost $3.50, 600, 600, the cars $780,
900, 600, making the approximate cost of
the rolling stock 81. 500. 600, GOO. Each
year freight engine hauls So. 900 tons,
and a passenger engine pulls 60, 600
passengers. These railways employ
725, 900 persons, nearly all men. who
provide a living for nearly 5000. 900
people, or about one-twentieth of the
whole population.
One of the theories with regard 70
the so-called Druidical rocks at stone
henge is. that they were erected with
an astronomical aim, and one of the
legends states that the sun rises on the
longest day of the year Immediately
above the top of an isolated monolith
The latter statement has been proved
by Mr.. Bacon, who made trip there at
the time of the last solstice, accom-
panied by Mr.. Howe, photographer,
who succeeded in getting a fine view of
the sun, as it rose above the point of
the rock in the manner named by the
legend.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31
A PERIOD OF PROSPERITY.
From the Globe-Democrat.

From the Globe Democrat.
The official statement of imports and
exports for the month of November is
still better than the remarkable one for
the previous month. 1t shows an in
crease of imports over the average for
the previous four years, and an increase
of exports that is unprecedented in the
country's history. That Is to say, in no
former month did we send abroad so
great an amount of our products. The
exports Of all kinds aggregated over S110.-
O0O 600, or nearly $4,000. 900 a dav. For
the year ending Nov. 80, the exports
reached 1919. 600, 600. an average of over
$40, 900, 900 per month. which surpasses
the record of any previous twelve
months. These exports We're largely
made up Of agricultural products, which
were sold at higher prices than the
farmers have been getting for several
years past. The increase in imports was
not SO large IN proportion, but 1t was
large enough to prove that the
new tariff law is not preventing US
from buying all the foreign goods we
want at satisfactory rates. In fact it Is
apparent that said law has operated de-
cldedly to our advantage in both buying
ana selling, and that the predictions of
It's enemies have failed in every regard.
There can be no doubt that the country
Is entering upon period of such pros
perity as it has never before known. The
depression IN agriculture has practically
disappeared, and there is reason to be-
heve that the danger of producing more
than can be profitably sold viii not again
intervene. Our manufactures are SINH
larly prosperous, and new fields are be-
ing opened to them in different direc-
tons. Stocks are selling at high prices,
and there is a constant demand for Sc
Carlties that could not find purchasers a
year or two ago. The is great confidence
everywhere IN American enterprises and
investments. Foreign capital is to be had
il abundance for the development Of
our resources and the creation Of
new industries. Trade Of all kinds
Is fiOurishing, debts are being rapidly
paid, and labor has steady employment
az good wages. The causes Of complaint
ore few and transient; the fundamental
conditions are all sound and wholesome.
If congress viii simply let well enough
alone, that Is all the people VIII require
at It's hands. There Is no need of fur
teer legislation on the tariff or the cur
rency. The duties are now so sdjusaed
as 10 yield the proper revenue aud give
the proper protection, and our money
system Caunot be improved in any i'm
portant respect Il would be easy 10
dlsarrauge the present excellent situa-
ton, and introduce elements Of DOUBT
and peril. by tiukering with laws that
are working satisfactorily. The highest
duty OF the statesman az the present
time Is 70 refrain from interference With
the existing agencies and Influences Of
prosperity; and i IS TO be hoped that
such policy Wi! lie favored by aior-
ity OF our legislators.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31
For the Eagle.
POLITICO-ELEGIAC.

Plumb, the senator. All Plumb, Plumb!
When will thy successor come?
lrremediable loss,
Wonder if there's dark horse?-
A broken marble, time alone can deck
(Who in thunder is that man PeckD
With ivy and immortelles.
An oak, amidst his utmost greatness, level
Ingalls, Confessions" are what played the
devil
A serius gone from constellation great.
Winnowed from all his compeers in the
senate
There's Perkins, but you know he's hardly
in it
To run for president of these United States!
His fame, the state of Kansas proud aigrette,-
II umphrey himself would like the place III
bet ye-
Crownless she sits her down upon the ground.
Long may she wait for such like need of
glory
Joe Hudson looks.-but that's another story
In all except her honor stricken down!
&c. :. GILBERT.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31

Take . quantity Of cold turkey and
chop fine; put layer OF bread crun -
IA the bottom Ct q buttsred dish. and
moistsn with little milk; then add q
layer Of turkey with bits ot the dress
ing and ANAL pieces Of the butter on
top, sprinkle with pepper and salt;
then another layer Of bread crurz BE-,
and so On til the ci&h i nearly foil;
add little boiling vztsr 20 the gravy
left over. and pour {. on tie turkey;
then for top layer crusl bss; two
eggs, two taolespoonfuls Of milk, one
OF melted bUttsr. little salt ard
cracker crum b sufficient 70 make thick
enough 70 spread en- with = <nEe; Pot
bfts OF butter over and bsl&. shre--qusE-
tsrA Of an hour, with a tin plate over ~
about Ten ui1ztes before serving, re-
move tue plate and br0ssn sligbtlT;
chicken Ia also served "A this style st
Louis Republic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31

A publication called IAN Honest Dol
lar" which alleges in its date line that
it is published simultaneously at Boston,
Chicago and New York, is in the interest
Of the gold bugs. 1t will not make
many converts in the west. In fact it is
an organ sent out on a fools errand.
Nobody in this country who has sense
enough to read Understandings but ia
vors an honest dollar, or as President
Harrison puts it, that every dollar issued
by the government shall be as good as
every other dollar.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31
TOUCHED A TENDER CHORD

The EAGLES brief account of the
burial of the late Senator Plumb, under
the heading of "How We Buried Him, .
seems to have touched tender chord in
the emotional nature Of the editor of the
Fort Scott Tribune, for he reproduces a
paragraph from the EAGLES article and
makes this comment upon it:
'And this word picture serves TO re-
mind Us that so far as burving our dead
Is concerned our civilization is cold and
heartless. The cold, barren. neglected
patch of ground we call a cemetery,
where we shudder TO spend even an hour
IN the bloom and blossom of summer.
and where the bleakness Of winter adds
untold revulsion and adherence, we
deem a good enough place TO stow away
our dead. Cremation or the art Of
mummifying Is more humane and con-
siderate way of disposing Of the remains
of those we loved"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31

The prohibition convention called 10
meet at Topeka, appears to have been
pretty much a failure. At the hour set
for calling the meeting to order Tuesday,
there were just three persons present.
Nevertheless, the report viii go out that
the convention was large and respectable
one-hke the political meetings down in
Kentucky, frequently: \ large citizen
ana one of average respectSbility will
meet in court house, organize by one
taking the chair and the other acting As
secretary. The convention thus organ
lied proceeds 10 adopt resolutions, pre-
pared for the occasion. And the report
Is given out of the harmonious action Of
the large and respectable convention.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31
Hit the Er-KinE Hard.

A good joke on ex-King Milan during
his recent sojourn az Carlsbad BY his
nonchalant manners toward Indies
Milan had become greatly disGked
among the visitors, and one day he adj
dressed two pretty young girls whom
he met out walking, and % whom he
had never been introduced, In hts usual
free and easy manner. Naturally they
did not esPOnd; but as they could not
get rid Of him. the elder turned and
said, with greas severity: Monsieur.
our principle IS not 70 speak 10 ez-
Kings unless introduced 70 them" This
had the desired efect-Chicago jour
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31
RAPHAEL'S PLACE IN ART.
What the Painter Of 1.-THE Angelus'
Thought of Him.

What the Painter of 'The AngeIus"
Thought of Him.
To realize fully his power of design
we must study the drawings he made
for his pictures. In the academical
qualities of drawing he has never had
an equal, and the fertility and rapidity
of his inventions are shown by the
enormous number of works he has left.
These gifts make him the great master
for serious students of painting in its
larger feld-that of expression of the
artists thought-and ] have heard the
greatest of modern idealists, Jean Fran
co.'s Millet, talk by the hour with the
highest enthusiasm on portfolio of the
Raphael drawings as the ne plus ultra
of design in its best sense. For the
modern type of painter, the man who
regards his function to be that of a
mirror to nature, or who considers
nature his mistress rather than his pur-
veyor, and his brush-work more import
ant than his conception, Raphael is no
model, and for such he has no lesson.
The tendency of all modern painting is
more and more TO these characteristics,
80 that he who will understand the
ordinate in all his breadth must turn
his back on all the modern schools Cf
there be any now which deserves the
name of SCHOOL,, and build his judg-
ments on standard found in the range
of work from Masaccio to Michelange-
10. By this standard Raphael must be
given, if not the supreme rank which
his contemporaries gave him, at least
place in the front rank among the half
dozen who have endowed art with
higher nobility; and among them all he
stands first for the sense of beauty and
next to Michelangelo for refinement;
first as academician and composer, and
side by side with Giotto for fertility OF
invention. This is enough of honor
W l. Stillman in Century
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31

As much as has been developed by
human ingenuity and scientific research,
knowledge of the possibilities of the
natural forces is yet but in its inception.
The time viii come when the force of
the tides of the sea and of the currents
OF rivers will be utilized to give us light,
heat and power. When waves are
twenty feet high they exert a force of
one ton to the square inch. AT spot on
the coast Of France advantage has been
taken of this knowledge to make the sea
lift granite blocks.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31
What Old Women Talk About.

The next time you see two intel
ligent, well-dressed, dear old ladies
meet on the street and stop to chat
with each other, just time you gait so
that you may walk one square before
passing them Then as you pass keep
your ears wide open and you will hear
them say something about somebody
that IS i'll. You win hear: ''They say
it's typhoid fever" or "she was feeling
as well as ever day before yesterday,
but the next day"-or something Of
similar character. OF course you mustn't
stop to hear the entire conversation.
bus there is no law to prevent your
wondering, as you walk along, why II
is the delightful old souls don't discuss
some other topie--Chicago News
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31

The famous Fitzgerald-MaIIory case
has been decided. John Fitzgerald sued
the Missouri Pacific railroad company
and the Fitzgerald-Mallory construction
company for an accounting in building
the Kansas, Colorado and Pacific rail
road, and it has been holly contested.
Judge Tibbitts, however, at Lincoln,
Nebraska, decided on Saturday last, that
Fitzgerald was entitled to $3.50 in
stead of $4,000, 600, for which he sued.
1t is a great victory for the Missouri Pa
cifc, although it is understood they will
appeal in the hope of getting still bet
ter result, OF to delay the time of pay
ment.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31
LIGHT AND AIRY.



The rroTea SIN show :hstr uats q red KsA
gold
Ard green ard purple these Eo-smser dsyE
TIE skies are Eloriosss Y ths nszhts afs cod.
Ard az tie bsavsua ulth stellar sp-saGer
aAze.
Tn lanes sai xoo+iaad wzys reita oosar CIV;
Ths poads ils glassy 'n,afa tie saa1fsT sau.
Tie Eana1s st-l fns.F deep hrs& fsAtzsrs
sh8u-
No who'll yet hsr rsos kas zutunn rza-
he s1sa6os TTass 2 azptzTs e ftch ssaraon.
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Sew 1exk Pres.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31


What may be the fate of New York
state, now that the Democrats have been
given control of the state senate, which
completes the control of the entire state
government by that party, can hardly
be surmised at this time, further than
the generally conceded fact that the
party in control will make the most of
the opportunity to make the party Sc
cure in its hold. This dark promise for
the Empire state causes US Republicans
in Kansas to regard our party here for
tunate, even in its recent sore mlsfor-
tunes. AS the Emporia Republican puts
it: "There will be no gerrymandering
of congressional districts in Kansas. In
the first place Kansas is above that sort
of thing. In the next place the Alliance
house and Republican senate could not
agree if the governor should call them
together. And finally things are so
mixed in this state that neither side
would know how to go about a gerry
mander, if it had full power" And, the
Republican might have added, there will
be no opportunity given for any sort of
gerrymander through an extra session OF
the legislature: there will be no extra
session, and that puts the matter at rest.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31

The private door of the governors
office at Topeka was never before, time
without mind. more important As it
swings TO and fro, SLABS, bangs aud
creaks. It reveals some countenauce
whose set lines 4 row of newsnaper
writers Try 10 interpret. For once, the
Alliance dogma, the Office should seek
the man is half true. Governor
Humphrey has the Office and is seeking
a man for il.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31
Health of the War Veterans.

From the Forum,
While the health of some men has
been improved by their military service
during the war, even TO the preservation
of lives that would have been lost had
the owners remained exclusively in civil
life, the health of the average veteran
has been deteriorated by his service; and
he suffers more from illness and has
somewhat less expectation of life than
other men OF his age. This conclusion,
based as it is upon examination Of the
census data for small part of the coun-
try. is n provisional one only, and we
must wait for more complete compila-
lions to give definite and reliable figures.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31
Too Snnerstitious.

From the Fort Scott Monitor.
What could be expected of such law
makers O. as the Alliance man at Clay
Center? He telegraphed to brother in
the triple bonds of Alliance at Topeka:
"Watch Hardness. He has called the
senate in extra session without the legis-
lature. They mean to elect a senator
and perhaps redistrict the state without
the knowledge or consent Of the house. !"
The call for alarm was the calling of
senators to the ceremonies of the Iamented
Senator Plumb.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31
Il Nav Mean More.

From the Kansas City Star.
Cara is the Spartacus of the western
continent. At first it was a handful of
troops to crush the marauder; now two
republics are trying to curb his growing
power While there can be no doubt as
to the outcome, the insurgent has demon
strated his capacity to make trouble and
has shown how easy it is to organize a
rebellion in Mexico.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31

A valuable article by the Rev. Dr. w.
5. Rsinsford on the charitable work of
the rich among the poor in New York is
published in the current number of
Harper's Weekly. Another interesting
feature Of the number is an illustrated
paper on the utilization of Niagara Falls
as mechanical force for the operation
of machinery, with views Of some of the
works constructed for that purpose.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31

The Topeka newspaper correspondents
have taken an ardent devotion to the
practice Of comparing the governors
0ffice to a barber shop, where each man
waits his turn and is summoned with
"next." This barber shop idea is faint
hint of the effect PETER is having on
Kansas politics.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31

The Alliance is using Young Bogv's
book, In Office, as campaign litera-
ture. BoEy wrote a sensational tale of
Washington life, wherein ali the daz-
zhng immoraities and sensual delights
of the national capital capital are shown
UP. This may help the Alliance politi-
clans, and on the other hand, it NAV
bring out fresh horde OF candidates
for the offices OF congressman, which al
ways decimateS the Alliance ranks,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31

President Harrison's announcement
that he will receive callers on New
Years day at the White House may re-
yive the maribund custom of New Years
calls. 1t is certainly happy observ-
ance and does not deserve the disregard
that has in late years, come over it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31

At the first the EAGLE announced that
there was only enc thing definite about
the senatorial appointment, and that
was that he would be from Topeka, The
weathervane still swings in that direc-
sion. With two senators and a congress
man, Topeka would be the most numer-
ausly represented town in the country.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31

The louisiana lottery which had taken
refuge in Canada is now to be driven
from the dominion. The lottery has
seen its balmiest day, and as a business
measure, should seek out an early and
speedy death.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31

The man with a carpet-bag Is fast be-
coming person of Mephistophelean
dimensions. \ man walked into n shoe
factory at Norfolk. Conn, the day after
Christmas and demanded $4,000 or he
would drop the bag. He got the money.
1t is time for all moneyed establishments
to supplement the shut the door, sign
with, visitors must leave their grips
outside"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31

Human thought is always seeking out
some period, some epoch, some begin
ming and end in arts and letters. but it
meets rarely with it. 1t might be said
here at the close of this century that
new school of letters would spring up,
and at a given time all the old school
would be shut off by death. Still the
wide diversity in age makes such a
thing impossible. Dickens died in the
sixties. Carlisle little later; Tennyson
still lives, Gladstone also. James Russell
Lowell followed Emerson, but Oliver
Wendell Holmes is still hearty. New
men are coming up all the. time, and in
place of periods, which the mind in vain
attempts to place, there is always a con-
tlnuous chain of geniuses whose lives
are dovetailed with one another without
a break.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31

The Washington Star thinks the idea
of having senators elected by the people
instead of being chosen by the legislature
will result in sending younger men to
the senate. It Will probably result in
not sending some Of the same men SO