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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-17
THE SPIRIT OF PATERNALISM.

both the old party organs" says the
Windfield Tribune, (Alliance), ''by way
of arguments against the Alliance de-
mands, say we can't legislate money
into the peoples pockets This is con-
| sidered squelcher, and as such, unan-
swerable. If about 100000, per
annum are not directly legislated into
the pockets of govegnment pensioners,
we should like some gold bug to tell US
how they get there by any other way
than legislation. And thousands of mil
lions of dollars have been almost directly
legislated into the pockets of the gov
eminent bondholders and money lenders
generally. Legislation directs all public
expenditures and is continually putting
money into peoples pockets"
All of which is true; but it is also
true that in every instance where such
payment is made there is at least a show
of consideration on the part of the
beneficiary. And it may he added that
with such showing there is nothing in
the way of any and every citizen receiv-
ing similar benefactions. To have per-
formed service for the government is
good fortune; not to have done SO is the
reverse, in the estimation Of great
many people The two conditions, or
propositions are responsible for the
sentiment in favor of paternaliSm that
has grown up among and upon the people
until it is now almost an open menace
to the well-being if not the existance of
our government in the exercise of its
functions in its present form.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-17

years back? And when the French
DANES came over to England in the
prince regents time, did they not pres
emily infect that society with feverish-
ness whose expression beguiles the
| reader of an indulgent smile to
this day? Hearken to the raucous voice
of the great and good Cotton Mather re-
buking the demure Decreases and Pris-
elias of Puritan Boston, A. d. 1896,
touching their ''immodest apparel,
naked necks and arms, or, which is more
abominable, naked breasts, and mixed
dancings." Sad, sad!
And as to amending of these resolu-
tons by legislation, it is the same Mon
taigne who records, This l do expert
mentally know, that never civil govern
ment was by that means reformed, for
that like laws do not beget the care of
doing well, that being the work of rea-
son and discipline; but only care not to
be taken in doing i'll. The order and
regulation of manners depend upon
some other expedient. But this being
an idea, an operation would be needful
to get it into the Minnesota or Maine
head. The instrument appropriate for
the purpose has been pronounced cork
screw in the case of a Scotchman. Per-
haps the robust administration of an axe
would more effectually meet the Amer
lean case
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-17
PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.
The Ether and Opium Trestment for Small
pox Described by French Doctors.

DR.. Mosse, of the Montpelier Society Of
Medicine and Surgery, relates his expert
ence in treating smallpox with ether and
opium in combination, the result being so
excellent that he strongly recommends the
treatment. Other French practitioner
havea at some important conclusions
in regard TO this matter, among which arc
the following, as stated in the Paris edition
of The Herald:
The medication by ether and opium Ii
capable of having fayorable influence on
smallpox and Of alternating or checking
the eruption. It's favorable action appears
to manifest itself specially on the puruIent
transformation Of che yesticles, which IL
either checks or prevents.
Second-This medication. like all others,
is usually powerless in cases of hemor.
rhagic smallpox.
Third-The association OF ether and
opium is the fundamental condition OF this
medication. These two substances can bs
given in quite high doses from the start
without any danger (ten 20 fifteen cent?
grammes Of extract Of opium; eight, ten or
twelve grammes OF ether. or eight. ten OF
twelve tablespoonfuls OF strip Of ether
every twenty four hours. H. is necessary
10 administer them in sufficiently large
doses in order TO obtain the tberapeutical
result sought for. The urine should bs
analysed in order 10 watch the condition Of
the kidneys
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-17
RAILWAY RUM6LES.

An elevated railroad is to be built on
Market street, Philadelphia.
The St. Pancras station at London
covers ten acres. 1t was built nearly TWEEN
ty-ive years ago.
The Bolon railroad runs over the Hima-
laya mountains 1900 feet above the sea
level. The scenery on the route is said to
be magnificent.
The Pullman company is building a
number of palace cars for use on Austria
liam roads. They will be shipped from
America in sections and put together in
Australia.
The locomotives for the Jaffa and Jeru-
salem railroad have reached Palestine.
They bear the name of Jerusalem, Ramleh
and Jaffa. A Philadelphia company has
| the honor of supplying the motive power.
Carriages on the German state railways
have been fitted with five six candle power
lamps each, and the system is to be
thoroughly tested. The current is obtained
from accumulators placed under each car
riage.
A cash prize is offered by the passenger
department of the Chicago and Alton road
to the conductor who takes up and turns
in during the year the greatest number OF
annual passes found in possession of per-
sons to whom they do not belong.
The Kentucky Central road, during the
month of December last, was operated on
about IS per cent. of its gross earnings. A
road that is operated on 60 per cent. of the
annual gross earnings is operated at less
than the average cost of operating roads in
the United States.
The Illinois Central Railroad company
has decided to send agents to Mexico, Cen
trail and South America to develop trade
between those countries and Chicago via
New Orleans. This is intended as an Off
set to the New York scheme of trade de-
velopment via Tampa, Fla.
The fastest train in Ireland is the
American Mail" from Dublin to Cork,
165 miles due at the latter place 11:A a
M, on Sundays only. The speed of this
train is forty and one half miles, including
stops. There are but two other express
trains in the whole of that land of 1000, 600
inhabitants.
The zigZag tunnel, ,627 feet long, on the
New York, Ontario and Western railway,
near North Walton, \. Y, has just been
driven through. The records of 3O6 feet in
October and 945 feet in November, 1890, 10
by 20 feet heading, have seldom If ever
been equaled. The November run OF Bis
feet Is the greatest on record in America
On every road since railway trains TO
turn their wheels began, at every station
you will see solitary man. His brow is
damp with beaded sweat, his heart with
woe Is cleft; most earnestly he wants TO go,
the man that's always left. If the train
that's due at O'Clock should wait till half
past there'd be one man come down to go
just thirty seconds late.-Exchange
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-17
UNDER THE YOKE,
From the Galveston News.

4 From the Galveston news.
One of the advantages of separate
state legislation is the opportunity pre-
scented for studying the various expert
ments introduced. 1t is pretty well es-
tablished that nations as well as individ-
uals learn soonest by mistakes, where
they learn at all. There should be some
economy, then, in having possibly in
furious laws tested in a small area rather
than inflicted upon the whole country.
1t is still better for the nation if it can
learn from the experience of foreign ma
tions. In the discussion of government
! railway and telegraph service the advo-
Gates of the theory have endeavored to
support their case by reference to econo-
mics in the operation of such service in
Europe. The disparity between coun-
tries differing in density Of population
and in cheapness of labor might be en-
titled to more consideration than they
give it. However. Dr. Norvin Green
and others have in the past made good
showing for American telegraph service
in spite of every such disadvantage, and
in consequence the advocacy of govern
ment telegraphy has been set back. There
come now from Germany authentic re-
ports and confessions of the govern
ment, which supply stronger argument
than any other facts yet presented
against the system. The newspapers in
opposition to the administration party in
that country are harassed by the sup
preston of kilograms and parts of tele-
grams from their correspondents, and
the administration confeSses to the use
of this arbitrary method. 1t has been
confidently stated that it would not do
to trust the party in power to handle the
dispatches of its political opponents, but
what was wanted was such develop
ment of facts as this in country blessed
with the government telegraph. The
government telegraph project is quiet
here at present, but it viii come up
again and then the German experience
should not be forgotten. There need be
no fear that it will be- The German
government has reformed and apologized
very little. 1t is not dismissing its
offending officials. II authorizes them
to take liberties with telegraph copy on
the pretense that false reports must be
corrected. That is sufficient excuse for
butchering the correspondence of the OPP
position press. The American people it
Is hoped are not too busy 70 make a note
of such things and of the danger in
government control of tie channels of
news.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-17
WILL TEST THE LAW.

From the Topeka Journal.
The secretary of state is receiving
many requests from large loan COM
panies doing business in the country on
foreign capital, for copies of senate bill
No. 165, known as Senator Richter s
alien land bill.
Section 2 of the bill is as follows:
"That no corpora ton or association,
more than 20 per centum of the stock of
which is or may be owned by any person
or persons, corporations or associations,
not citizens of the United States or of
some district or territory thereof, shall
hereafter acquire, hold or own any real
estate in the state of Kansas"
The last section of the bill, whoever,
provides that this shall not interfere
with these persons or companies taking
land in payment of a debt or contract,
provided however, this land shall be dis
posed of to some citizen of the United
States within three years of the time of
acquiring possession, otherwise the land
becomes the property of the state Of
Kansas.
This bill will not become law until
published in the statutes some time in
June, and it is understood that these
loan companies are securing these copies
of the act, and are making all necessary
arrangements to test the constitutional
ity of the law, it being averred that this
act conflicts with the constitution of the
state of Kansas and of the United States.
1t is highly probable that as it effects
all the large loan companies in the Unit
ed States combination will be formed
for testing the bill, and some attorney of
national reputation will be given charge
of the case.
The attorney general has not been call
ed to give his opinion on the bills con-
stitutionality, aud has notinvestigated
the matter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-17

A physician i credited with the follow
ing plain directions: When one faints hs
should be placed in a recumbent position,
with mis- head low If he IL pale and blood.
less, but high IL red in the faoe. and every
tight fitting garment should be loo~~neci.
Then he should be famed in the open air
or by window. cold water should be
sprinkled over him. and bis temples bathsd
with vinegar, ether or cologne, while am
Inonia, burnt feathers or singed hair are
held beneath his nose, and bis nostrlls ara
tickled % make him 'sDeeze. IL the faint
be- deep one an enema ~ vinegar msy Dc
administered, the feet and hands batksd
in warm water. the soies Of the feet chai,d,
and IN Gstsrd applet over tie heart Upon
coming out OF the faint the patient should
still preserve for time the reclining or
recumbent position, and should drink
little cold water, some brandy and water
ia the proportion Of a teaspoouful Of brandy
in a tablespoonful q wateT. or a litsis
aromatic spirits q ammonia. ten drops In
. tablespoonful Of water.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-17

where the mains of the two companies
which have contracted TO light the metropo-
lis will be united
By placing two iron bars at seven or
eight meters distance from each other, and
then putting them in communication on
one side by copper wire covered with rub
Der, and on the other side with a telephone,
a storm can be predicted at least twelve
hours ahead through dead sound heard
in the receiver.
The announcement comes from Balti-
more that a new method of storing power
for street car traction and other purposes
has been invented by Robert r. Zell, and a
company has been organized to take hold
of it. The nature of the new motive power
is kept secret at present, but it is openly
limited that it is electrical
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-17
SOCIAL EToUETTE-

The Proper Thing iE CrsetinS-roI1nzss
asd Eaatsur Qaits ost Of Date
Cordially in gree-ins l. now the p-ooer
taiag- 70 Gzots Ssw YORK sxchzr 70
"L-Assst1ds, Laagaor and indifference have
goas 70 tAs val and IN tkelr p!scr are gva-
esoISasss, Evssh ssd ~eIeeuas VIA tsosa
arms oglStrsschssc pour hostess gr~~ts yss
hsGEing with al iS< e1falz~no~ tAA. ga
ture xiii psrLzs,- She Is gl~a 70 see yoz.
Glad al over, aid EAe shows Il Is oss--iy
S1t uEclsgutsesiy a. II are bad Ses ksan
taught foe the past few y.~rs % eoncz4g
hs- affsctsocs, Ekss AID 6.sfssA4 nd--
cold sacss;y kA1teGr TIE wora4n Who
nEdeEst@zs1s her business sr~-es yoa AZ Il
shs has Dst ancshe- frSead t. tho weird
sDd Las 20 wssa 70 maze xay h<yoss yoas
ouE sxs<. se.s"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-17

The promoters of the sub-treasury
schemes have just put a pamphlet of
thirty-two closely printed pages into
circulation throughout the entire country
that is calculated TO make sensation.
The scheme involves the addition of
something like seven billions dollars to
the country's circulating medium. What
pleasurable sensations the thought of
such contingency must produce in the
bankers of the country. What thew
might lose in rate of interest under the
new scheme, they would more than
make up in the increased volume of bust
ness they would do. And the bankers
are the fellows the promoters of the
scheme expect TO knock out of the ring
first
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-17
ELECTRIC SPARKS.

The Breaker Electric line, of Milwaukee,
has been mortgaged to the New York Loan
and Trust company for 81 ,ooo, 600
The Worlds fair bureau Of electricity has
been formally organized by the appoint
nnens of Mr.. J. Allan Hornsby, Of Chicago.
as secretary Of the department under Pro
fessor Barrett
A Berlin electric light company has for
some time been supplying small motors
for running sewing machines with power
from it's central station The cost Il quite
low and large number are IN use
California cities cannot grant franchises
to electric railroads, and the legislature Is
unwilling TO change the Jaw unless the
companies desiring franchises VIII agree 70
use the storage battery system
4 company has been formed at Waco,
Tex, with capital Of 800. ooo. 10 supply
the town with electric lights and electric
street railroad The company is 20 run its
dyuauos by power obtained from a-tesizn
wells
Telephones are 81 greater antiquity than
IL generally supposed " beatstone de-
srribes MS 'teleyhone" in It'll, and IN 1854
Oh B01-Seul sad. 1T = certain thai il =
more or less distant future sPoech vii Be
Transmitted By electricity"
S1a.e papers recently pab,ished IN swe-
den show that great progress has been
made IN telephony. There are EoT rs
wires worked by the government, ard the
total length, including 4anes ogeratSd t.
private enterprise, l. 46. 80 kaloa.sSsEs-
A Psilsdeiphia FIRM lizats - place q!
6s.sinezs By means CT a rs hight dynamo
run By fifteen bore psosv~r gNs sg1ce. The
dynamo Is run on an sger4ze 81 ak and
. bAA hours each evening. ard tbs casst -
operating tie plant - about 40 a Enc1fs-
TIE EgnsIag % th- city 81 London By
electricity has jE-sr b-ea !zaugu r2s-d with
elaborate c~-ez1oay. tlse lord n4sTar b2ying
s--4 .ssHsiS4i1cc s1oi-e " tee a1Ectsoz. pox.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-17
OLD As TIE HILLS.


c1pI rs - Joe Jews
The anti-tights, anti-low neck gowns
bill pending in the Minnesota legislature
Is the latest link, IN point of time, OF q
chain that reaches far back in the
human record. Wom7n's practice OF
exercising fascination by exposing parts
of her person usually concealed issnot
without the interest that attaches 10
mere historical continuity Does not
the worthy Balthazar Castilis upbraid
them in the Latin tongue for pulling up
their pettlcoats N the streets, ''ur peliRm
&C tibiarum pars aliqua conspiciatur. ="
and Jovianus PontatlIs address them in
verse on the exposure Of the "lacteolus
sinus" Us NAV De read at length by the
curious. with translaIlons convenient to
the unlearned. in Master Burton's treat
on Melancholy:
And touching the Ike. i there not
much excellent discourse by the JUDI
eious Sieur de Montague, uttered 80
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-17

That there was a lot of disreputable
Junketing In connection with the con-
gressional escort of Senator Hearst's re-
mains to California is made clear, despite
senatorial and representative denials, by
Mrs. Hearst's indignant determination to
pay all the necessary expenses of the
trip out of her own pocket. Such esca-
pades, letus hope, have passed the zenith
of that craze and will henceforth be I'M
known III such solemn connection.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-17

Kansas City Gazette: "If this admin
istration had done nothing else than to
compel the Germans to receive our meats
and meat products, which have been
prohibited by that country for several
years, it would deserve the thanks of
every American citizen" Indeed it
would, and that it may succeed in this
most praiseworthy and important en-
deavor Is the earnest desire of every one.
But from the equivocal announcements
and evaSive assurances that come from
the other side, the prospect for such ac-
compiishment is not the most encour-
aging,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-17

Notwithstanding the PERSISTENT and
long continued attempts TO belittle the
agricultural department. of the govern
ment and to bring its head, the secretary,
into ridicule, Uncle Jerry has developed
into one Of the strongest and brainiest
members of the administration. The
act of elevating the commissioner of
agriculture TO a cabinet position and
making his an independent department.
which action was deferred by congress
year after year on various pretexts.
proves to have been one of the wisest
in the behalf of the country's most i'm
portant interest, that has ever obtained.
And in the selection of its chief President
Harrison was most fortunate to secure a
practical and competent man in the
person of Hon, jeremiah n. Rusk.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-17
Jerry's Favorite Authors.

From the New York Sun.
Whatever the quality of Jerry Simp-
sons socks, it is noticeable that his shoes
are especially neat and well made. In
fact, Jerry's whole appearance is that Of
matter of indifference. His soleoisms
in speeck are occasionally pretty serious.
"Wretched," for example, he pronounces
as monosyllable. Occasionally, too,
his verbs and nouns do not agree. His
vocabulary however, is full and pretty
accurate. This is not surprising, how
ever, when one knows that his favorite
authors are Dickins, Thackeray, Henry
George, Carlyle and Shakespeare.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-17
FISH LADIES VS.. WASH LADIES.

AT the brookside primeval
Stands the Smart Aleck,
Watching the maiden
As deity she bats the hook
And catches the pot bellied catfish"
He. with boiled shirt" resplendent,
Done up" by his hard working mother,
Who had cut and carried the wood,
And from III town pump. bro't the water;
And had lovingly famed her smart Aleck,
When he In the kitchen lay fainting.
Sorely oppressed by the heat
And the stencil from the washing.
And then, as he started 20 walk,
Had loaned him two dollars
And after a nip at the Joint
And cigar. costing two for a quarter,
Strolled far into the country.
Far from the ''madening city,
Out TO the ''prairies eternal
Where the cottonwood trees by the river"
Give shade for the fishes
While singing in their branches,
The blackbird.
These. he espied the maiden,
AS he arrived completely tuckered,
These. with eyes bullying outward,
He saw the industrious maiden.
Attempting to exc out a scant supper.
BY catching the pot beliied catfish"
The range OF his vision was broadened
Here was a new occupation.
a new way for sisters and mothers
To help make" living for the ''loafers."
He had, heretofore only known that
1t could be done by washing.
SURE ENOUGH KANSAS.
A
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-17

The awful charge that he smoked
cigarettes was brought against Fl. Wash
burn, the Republican candidate for
mayor of Chicago. Shall he be the
next mayor of Chicago" asked the Her
aid, with trembling lips. 1.-THE people
at the poll will thundor Mo-" For
awhile after the election the result
seemed to be enveloped in smoke, but it
was not from Washburn's cigarette-he
was elected.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-17
To Keep the Affections of Your Husband
For the Sake of History.

From the Troy Chief.
Sidney Clarke publishes in the Topeka
Capital a deserved and well-written
tribute to the memory of Chester
Thomas But he commits one great
error of history-no doubt for want of
careful consideration. He says that
when. Chester Thomas was born OSLO
the union contained but thirteen states,
while now it contains forty-four. Thir-
teen was the original number of states
that formed the union. Before 1910 the
following states had been admitted: Yer
mont, 1871; Kentucky, 1892; Tennessee,
1895; Ohio, 1902.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-17
The Ereeu.no. ofK.~ ox,.

An eminent French physician claims
that raw oysters are the mot nourisAing
food IN existence They are ercs.lent .or
all cases Of impaired digestion. exsrs 8
strengthening influence upon the nervous
organs, AID The Hq1or they contain Is =
V2Iua5Is tonic
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-17

The time for the final roundup of all
creation has again been figured out to a
day, and hour, and minute. OF course
the wise virgins viii have their lamps
trimmed and burning, and of course
there will be some who think the prophet
just afoolin', and will neglect to get
rnndr-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-17

Another New York City minister has
had charges Of heresy preferred. Min
listers who have always remained out of
the pale of fame can now land within in
one bound by the new heresy route.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-17
Wealth's Folly.
ON The Atchison Champion

From the Atckison Champion
American unIlionaires' wives are en-
titled to the fried cakes for their dam
phoolishness- Mrs. ". K Vanderbilt IS
having made for her counterpart Of
Queen VictOria's crown, which she viii
wear 70 the theaier- Good sense and
large wealth do not always go together.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-17

Lurking Place for Typhoid B.oigii.
The Medical Journal advises the careful
examination and waiting Of celery before
IL Is used Many cuItivatsrs force TIE
growth Of the vegetable with night soil.
which Is fall Of typhoid fever bscilh TEE
plants construction "a such a. To make Il
peculiarly apt 10 hold portions q thz sol.