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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07
Too MANY Meals.

There is, says Sir Andrew Clark, grow
ing up in the nursing world habit OF
having far too frequent meals in the day
and far too much variety at them. Meals
should not be multiplied in the way they
now are. The plan of having tea before
breakfast, lunch at II O'Clock, then dinner,
tea again in the afternoon and supper at
night is about the worst plan that can be
adopted. Nurses should have three meals
aday-good, sensible meals Of fresh, simple,
nourishing food. Women have but one
notion about food, and that is that the
oftener they eat and the more varied the
food the better they viii be. This is mis-
take
Having three simple meals Of plain,
nourishing food, and nothing between
them, is the best way of sustaining the
health and of supporting the body. The
diet of twenty-five years ago, when nurses
had plain bread and butter for breakfast
at half-past 6, a dinner consisting of joint
at l, and cold meat supper, was much
more fitting for the maintenance of health
and the support of the working powers
than the diet of the present day.
Children should be well fed Some are
overfed, but far more are underfed They
should be fed on abundance of bread milk.
eggs, rice, barley, and oatmeal in every
form.-Halfs Journal OF Health.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07
Danger in Wearing Rubbers.

A chiropodist says; Since the streets be
came so muddy have had a number OF
sufferers apply to me for relief II man
has a corn | can take it out and relieve
him, but if he is suffering from what call
rubber fever" can't help him and can
only prescribe liberal foot bathing and n
removal Of the cause OF the trouble. Rsb-
bers should only be worn To keep wet out.
and they should be removed the moment
the wearer gets indoors. Failure to note
this gives a man wet feet in a far worse
sense than IL he had waded through mud
ankle deep. IL WAS the trouble resulting
from forcing the perspiration to soak the
stockings and keep the feet pcrpetnaliy
damp that drove rubber soled boots ont OF
the market. Even loose rubbers are
source of danger and the cause Of many
more serious colds than they syert.-St.
Louis Globe Democrat
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07
RELIABLE STATISTICS.
From the Arkansas City Dispatch.

from the Arkansas CITY Dispatch.
c.. Wood Davis, who lives in Sedgwick
county, this state, is one of the leading
statisticians in the country. He has
spent a great deal of time and money
gathering facts and figures, and the re-
suit of his labors, having appeared from
time to time in the leading publications
of the land, has furnished food for much
reflection. A statistician, by the way,
is an individual who should be looked
upon with suspicion. He has it in his
power to do much good to his fellow men
and much harm. He may be either a
blessing or curse to his kind; blessing
if he is honest and able, a curse if he is
able but not honest. On this point a
prominent Kansan remarked ''While
it is true that figures won't lie, it must
not be forgotten that liars will figure. )"
Many statlsticians nowadays figure to
establish false theories because they get
paid for it. 1t is to be hoped that Mr..
Davis does not belong to that class and
that reliance may be placed in the Stats
tics he gives to the world. For some
time Mr.. Davis has been collecting data
to determine the ratio of increase in
the production and consumption of food
piouuSto III VIC chipSidte ZoueS. his
figures show that the baby crop is in
creasing in a much greater ratio than
the food crop. He concludes long
article on this subject in the Wichita
EAGLE with the following paragraph:
Startling as the statement may appear,
the data that l have gathered-and it
includes nine-tenths of the grain bearing
areas of the civilized world, indicates
that populati n and the production of
the great food staples, other than beef,
are increasing in the ratio Of six to one,
and that the two principle bread-making
grains wheat and rye, are increasing
only One-eighth as fast as the bread-ea
ing peoples" While Mr.. Davis figures
and conclusions are probably very nearly
correct, they should not cause US IN
necessary alarm. There is and will be
for centuries to come, enough produced
to supply all with food. The problem
for us to solve is that of distributing the
products of labor in a just and equitable
manner and furnishing all who can and
want to labor with work
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07
THE EMPRESS FREDERICK INCIDENT.
From the Globe Democrat,

From the Globe Democrat.
The Empress Frederick incident is one
OF those irritating and unfortunate oc-
currenceS likely to take place at any
time, on even the smallest provocation.
IN nations harboring the feelings of dis
trust and enmitv toward each other
which exist between Germany and
France. Whether the provocation in
this case was adequate or not is Ques-
ton which comes, perhaps, within the
domain of diplomacy rather than of
moral philosophy. But at all events the
result could have been readily foreseen
from the outset. The hatred of France
toward its old foe had not been mani
Tested openly or emphaticallv for several
years past previous TO this affair, vet
Germany has had abundant opportuni-
ties to learn that this sentiment still ex-
listed. The refusal Of the French artists
to send their works to the Berlin exh-
bition should have warned the German
authorities not TO look for any ELUSIVE
evidences of friendship from their Gallo
neighbor. 1t is understood that
the emperor himself intended
few months ago. TO make a
personal visit to France in the interest
of peace. and that prominent Germans
who have lived for years in France, and
who are in position to speak with au
thority regarding the feeling in that
country, persuaded him TO alter his
plans.
However, although Williams latest
attempt to conciliate France was ILL.,
judged and disastrous, MS efforts in that
direction cannot fail to win him the
no 1J1itc Of l,;oool y,arv1,e 49,
beginning of his reign onward he has. in
his attitude toward that country, falsi-
fed the predictions made on his en-
trance into power. He had shown, pre-
vlouS to the present mischance, none of
the hostility toward the old foe of his !
country which had been generally looked !
for both in France and out of it. On |
the contrary, his course has been |
the opposite Of thae which the /
political gossips and statesmen /
had marked out for him. Whatever |
may have been his Interior purpose in 1
the premises, there is no doubt that he |
desired closer diplomatic and social reia- |
lions between Germany and France than |
had subsisted at any time since the war |
of 1S10-7l. He realized, too. that in an |
sndeavor of this sort the first advances /
should come from the conquering nation |
In the pursuit Of this policy be has, on
the whole, been considerate Of the feel
Ings of France, while on several occa-
sions within the past twelve or fifteen
months he has gone far beyond diplo-
matte requirements in extending courte-
hes toward representative Frenchmen
visiting the German capital. 4 man of
ACT and of diplomatic knowledge would
nave avoided the blunder which the En-
peror has Just fallen into, but the fact
hat he was led to commit it through his
seai Tor peace should be remembered TO
ais credit. /
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07
The Farmers Joy.

The poetry Of farming exists chiefly in
the mind of him who looks on rather than
In the toll itself, There is poetry in the
summer scene where the clean shaver
meadow is thickly studded with green
cones of hay, and the OK wagon creaks IN
der the weight of its fragrant load; but it
is prose of the baldest sort to the perspir-
ing farmer who is straining every muscle
to get in his crop before the shower comes
up over the hill 1t is the dollars in the
hay, and not its fragrance, that he is think
ing about; nor is it any discredit to his
common sense that he should be more oc-
cupied with the money value involved than
with the picturesqueness of the situation.
We must not expect poem on the golden
rod from the man who spends hours of
hard work in attempting TO exterminate it;
nor can we look for from him any express
sion of admiration for the daisy when ITS
presence in his grass means pecuniary loss
To him the shrill cry of the hen hawk con-
veys but one message, and that is that his
chickens are in danger.
The half articulated cultural Of the
young crow is merely reminder of the
corn pulling and thieving propensties OF
that bird. The stacc3to whistle of the
woodchuck has no charms for him, for il is
promise that his young apple trees shall
be gnawed and threat that his clover
shall be trodden down to make paths for
this numbering freebooter to travel home
in. He loves the cuckoo only in times of
drought, and sees beauty in the rainbow
only when his parched fields have quenched
their thirst. His love for the robins even
can never be unqualified, for do they not
peck at his cherries and steal his early peas9
The waving of the ripening grain and the
rustic of the corn would be pleasanter to
see and sweeter TO hear were it not for his
that the rust would get into
his wheat or early frosts cut short his crop
Arthur /. Rice in Natures Realm.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07
Som. Famou. A.torra.h..

Jeanne Franko, the vioIiufst, says: II
take almost as much pride IN my auto
graph album as do in my violin. On lie
pages you can find the scratch Of wienlaw-
ski, Remepyi. Patti. Nilsson, Rabinssein,
Essipof, Hoffman, Thomas. DsDroeeh,
Sein and Joseffy. Most OF these musical
geniuses do not write a good hand Ono
OF the whites: things in the book IL the
autograph II wasn't born. was quarried
Henry Adonis Dixcy" When / asked
Patti for her autograph she wrote On The
last page. Last, bat not isass, Adehns
Patti " When. later, | asked NILSSON FOR
her signature, she noticed PATHS sigma
ture, and wrote on the inside cover o. the
book. Last - Christine Nilsson New
York Herald
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07
A Novel Ornament.

DR. John Link has perhaps tbe most
novel wall ornament in this city IL Is a
deer skin spread cot and tackled against
the wall. The skin il attachei to a 6ne
head, which is surmOss ted by magnificent
sntlers These the doctor uses for ha.
rack Around the deer skin ars hang
frames which contain views Of the western
scenery and the hunting grounds in which
the deer was killei by tho doctor near
Genwood Springs. Colo The skin wss
left at that place 20 be curcd IL ~es q
white tailed deer. and its antlers were at
least five inches LONGER than those carried
by any deer which was Affixed by any mem
Der OF the party -Cieveland Leader
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07
WHY SHERMAN DISLIKED 1T.

Marching through Georgia" is song
which has seen considerable service in
late years, in Grand Army meetings and
political campaigns. In fact, it has been
overworked and great many people
have grown weary of it. Gen Sherman,
IN whose honor it was composed and is
generally sung, heard it so much that he
says: For number Of years, when
ever Gen. Sherman heard the song, he
would express his hatred, for his feeling
toward it almost amounted to that. L
do wish they would stop singing that
song-it makes me sick, was his usual
expression" In answer to the question
why it affected him that way, Gen. Pat
terson continued:
1t never meant anything to Sherman
In the first place, he never regarded his
march to the sea in the light of great
achievement. He looked upon it as merely
pleasure tramp across a vast country.
He had no opposing forces to contend with,
and the march was merely means to an
end. Then, this song was written after
the war. 1t was never sung in the war, so
there was nothing about it to make it ap-
peal to the soldiers heart. There were no
memories associated with it as there were
with John Browns Body" Now, that
is a song which the general loved, because
of the memories which it awakened He
never tired of hearing the "boys'' sing
John Browns Body" at campfire, and
he would even join in the singing himself
with great spirit.
The allusion to the march to the sea as
being merely a pleasure tramp, having
no opposing forces to contend with, evil
IDENTIFY refers to that portion of it from
Atlanta to Savannah, for as to that por-
ton of it the statement is true. Gen.
Sherman was too earnest a man to make
Jest of his campaign from Chattanooga
to Atlanta for, while it was a continued
series of successes, it was yet dearly
bought in human life and heroic effort,
every foot of the distance being marked
by patriot blood. The Emporia Repub-
lican doubtless more correctly explains
the generals aversion to the song in this:
The chief reason for the old warriors
prejudice is doubtless the simple fact
that he heard the song a few hundred
thousand times too much"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07

Celebrated authors sometimes forget
their own works" said an eminent pnysi-
clan the other dag. This Il usually one
OF the effects Of disease or old age As
Walter Scott grew old ne became victim
to this kind of forretfulness- Frequently
when one Of his own poems waS read 20
him be would SAX who WIS the author.
Tvanhoe' was dictated during Q painful
Illness aad Published before Ia author had
quit his bed When Scot. bad become
convalescens be had no recollection OF the
story Toward the Close Of has hfe Lime
found gr~a: pleasure n reading his Owe
work. Fosgesfui :bat be VIA himself the
author. he would frequently exciAirn - he
read. 'Bezut3f1H fXAgRincents 7 wlsn
I had written that
"AaeaulAy. the historian. hid q frs>rd
whose memory lad onoe been eIceedfrxsy
strong Old aze made is excee1ingiy weak.
II aayrhirx besllazs was sA2d or Rad 70
him II the evening he would imagine rex-
morning THAI .ne bri AiAn; IDEAS heard the
night before vere h1s own II was hi. ru.-
tom 20 write them oat AID show tAe-n 70
his s-iends As Original matter. New York
n AZ
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07

The Grolier club has done a great work
among the publishers OF this city Ia III cul-
tiyation Of the taste for fine bindings and
beautiful painting Once year 10 pub
fishes a book that Is gotten up IA the tBost
exquisite style OF the bookmAk-r's art
Each member of the club s~ioscr .bes s. for
a copy, and when the 800 necessary 20 al
this subscription are printed the type ID
distributed The book Immediately be-
comes scarce. 4" and its price quaIruplex.
The finest book the club has yet issued
was the "Philobiblon, " OF which two copies
were printed on vcilum. and one of these
sold for s4l0 ,he other for sj45 New York
Cor Boston Transcript
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07

stepped on the rear platform Of o street
car the other day to tstk with the CONDUIT
OF. fsT faced. gray bearded Norses.ar !.
whose respectful yes aignifed manner wss
particularly attractive lie told nc that
his work kept hin busy from m me sfter.
noon 70 midnight WIS. do Won do A.
aay," / ASKED IA often as anything
else, said be-, II 60 down 20 ;hs vharv,s
TO sse the ships. ] was q sea oaeaas. for
twenty five years, and I love the aosnss
Of she waves ADD the .r,en Of tssrsd rosA Z"
The Old fellows eyes xss>enes ~ hespsks,
and DOUBTLESS q. that z,o1sst b. lad
pleasant visions Of turn kaBg seas and
staining CANVAS In the Ear nerth.-Ssv
York Sssx
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07
Investigating Mental Phenomena.

From the Chicago Post
That is novel scheme proposed by a
new scientific society i'm New York, Or
ganized for the purpose of making more
advanced Investigations into mental phe-
nomena. A confidential circular has
been issued under its auspices and sent
to various leading men of the country
like Blaine, Depew, DR.. Heber Newton,
Phillips Brooks and others of the same So
cial and professional position. The request
is made that the brain of the men ad-
dressed shall be given TO this society
after his death, SO that brain specialists
may dissect it and its relation to a sue
cessful career and put the results on rec
ord for the public benefit Each MEM
Der of the society formally agrees to
allow any scientist to handle his brain
after he has departed from this mundane
sphere. In short, the society is the
material embodiment of a desire long
entertained on the part of specialists to
have the privilege of examining the
brains Of eminent men.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07

Andrews, to secare tie dssaxncx4oa II kAs-
ing . rom IN vasa b sAo1Ghk BY y1rxss
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07
THE KANSAS SENATORIAL GROUP.
From tho Washington Post.
Here is pen picture OF notable trio
on the floor of the senate:
Senator.elect PETER.

Here is a pen picture OF a notable trio
on the floor of the senate:
Senator-elect PETER.
Senator ingalls, o Ex-senator Pomeroy.
The plain black and white of ink and
paper and the infiexibility of type cam
not give an adequate idea OF the pictur-
sequences of this group, representing, as
it did, three distinct eras in the political
life of Kansas. Everybody remembers
Pomeroy, the big, burly, white side
whiskered Kansan who preceded In
gals in the senate. He had strolled into
the chamber just before the subsidy bill
was voted upon, and seemed to be almost
a total stranger to the senators On the
Republican side. Near him was In
gals, tall, erect and spare il form, his
closely-buttoned Prince Albert coat
showing merely a glimpse of wildly
scarlet necktie. Senator-elect PETER
was the third man in the group-haif OF
his expressionless features hidden by
long, very long, beard of dark brown
hair. He was quiet looker-on, saying
little, rarely smiling, and almost in
different in his manner In this he pre-
sented strong contrast with the strong,
selfassertive personality of Ingalls,.
Ingalls, succeeded Pomeroy after
fight that left its scars for many a day,
and now he steps down and out for Mr..
PETER, whose figh for the seat was a
memorable political struggle. Six years
hence who will succeed Mr. PETER:
Mr.. PETER seemed i'll at ease in the
senate. although he had no room TO
of lack of attention. While
he sat on the lounge idly twirling his
thumbs or stroking his beard, Senator
talked with him in an ANNA
ted way and other Republicans fastened
to he introduced to him. Senators
Faulkner and Ransom went over TO meet
him, for he was on the Republican side.
while Senator Chandler dragged him !
from the retirement of the lounge into |
The publicity of senatorial chair and |
gave him copy of bill to read. At
Senator Piumb's suggestion, Mr.. ingalls, |
went over to meet him and said, How |
Ire you, PETER? in hearty way that |
made PETER feel more uneasy than ever. |
The uncertainty of the Kansan's political |
attitude makes him sought after by both
parties.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07
THE STRAIGHT TRUTH.

The commercial convention of states
fathered by the legislature of Kansas
was suggested by and is wholly in the
interest of Kansas City. Missouri. The
movement was put on foot to beat the
series of like conventions which have
been held in the interest of deep water
and of other western demands. Kan
sas City expected the next convention
and being beat in the race went to work
through the Kansas legislature, which
body readily became its tool. The
next convention would have been held
in Kansas, probably at Wichita, but for
the influence of Missouri in Kansas leg
islature.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07

An eastern editor, after reading Miss
Willadr's remark that "Women are now
filling almost every rank from author
and artist, lecturer and journalist, to
dentist and barber. farmer and ranch
men, stock broker and steamboat cap
tain" sat down and wrote long jere-
MAD on CA Sorry Outlook for Man"
He closed by observing: Where it will
end no one can tell, but one thing is
plain, namely, that women are becom-
ing mighty independent, and at the rate
at which they have advanced during the
last ten years all hapless mortals who
wear bifurcated garments will be order
ed to fall in line at the tail end of the
procession"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07

John Jacob Astor, who recently mar
ried Miss Willing, of Philadelphia, gave
DR.. McVickar $4,000 as a fee. Three
days later be quarreled with a Rich
mcnd hack driver about the charge for
an hours drive. Since then, it is said,
ne has observed the most scrupulous
modesty wherever he has appeared in
public-prompted no doubt by chagrin
and shame at the two acts mentioned
respectively.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07

During the Fiftieth congress 1,61l bills
were vetoed, and during the Fifty-filst
congress fourteen bills were vetoed. This
illustrates the difference in ideas of the
uses and abuses of the veto power
held by Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. Harrison.
Exchange
With appropriations of public money
to be raised of the people-of billion
dollars staring them in the face, there
are not few people who wish Mr.. Har-
rison had abused the great prerogative a
little more freely than he did.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07

y constitutional convention will be held
IN Kansas This being II business PROPOSE
ton, the Topeka Capital must needs howl
that TINS Is victory for resubmissiou. IL
Is strange, very strange, that when any-
thing IS done in Kansas that savo-s of bus
lness or good. common sense. that the Csn.
ltaI must Genounce itas whisky measure
Topeka Democrat.
The only strange thing about il is that
with an intimate acquaintance with your
neighbor for so long time you should
not have learned his most marked char.
acteristic, of which the incident men,
toned is but a natural manifestation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-07
TWO TYPICAL KANSAS SENATOR,

From the Topeka Capital
Between Senator Murdoch and Senator
kirkpatrick it was a stand-off as to
"hoin gets the more fun out of the sem
ate Both are very able men. and, when
the occasion requires, Senator Murdoch
can give the senate more good advice in
little one-stick solid nonpariel speech
than any member on the floor; and SEN
ator kirkpatrick, one Of the foremost
constitutional lawyers of the state. can
pile up his law books and with precedent
and the constitution tear bill to tatters.
Both, however, believe in the old saving
about all work and no plav, but have
very different methods of looseninp
their wit upon the senate. Senator
kirkpatrick likes to sit with his feet or
his desk and fire his short jests between
speeches without having privilege 10
talk. Senator Murdoch proceeds in
exactly an opposite fashion. He walks
up toward the presidents chair, de-
mands recognition, and after he has the
attention of every senator, hez springs
his Joke, and it sci ON fails TO bring
hearty laugh. Senator kirkpatrick is
the largest man in the senate. He has
gained quite reputation as an objectcr,
put however often his peculiar No" is
heard, IT has not become with him, as
some one suggested the other day, las
constitutional as his arguments. Sem
ator Murdoch Is one of the best dressed,
as We'll as being undoubtedly the
smoothest lady's man in the senate. In
personal appearance he is a life-size
edition OF Sam Radges; for in the cut OF
their clothes. and whisker-, their eve
glasses ana plug hats, and Immaculate
SHIRT fronts, they are exactly alike.