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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-30
TRAINING DOGS FOR WAR.
They Take to Messea ger Service and Soon
Learn to Hate a Freach uniform-

They Take to Messea ger Service and Soon
Learn to Hate a Freach uniform-
Interesting experiments IN training
war dogs are in progress on the Tempel-
hofer and Brix The work is done BY
non-commissioned officers. under the
occasional supervision of lieutenant.
The system of training Is elaborate and
difficult, and often enough the results
are utterly unsatisfactory. But small
percentage of the dogs tried are ac-
copied for military service. and OF those
accepted the majority prove 20 be fall
ures in consequence of the iInpossibility
of suppressing their natural .endency TO
bark whenever an enemy approaches
In the present work on the Tempel-
hofer field the dogs are taught TO re-
gard black or blue trousers as German.
and friendly, and red trousers as hos
tile. About half of the trainers wear
French uniforms, scold the dogs in
French, and cuff them or whip them
The dogs are taught thus in a short
time to distinguish between French and
Germans during daylight, and TO give
the alarm whenever a French uniform
comes in sight They are taught TO
give the alarm whenever anybody APP
proaches by night, the distinction BE-
tween friend and foe then devolving
upon the nearest sentry.
Training dogs for messenger service
has been found much easier than train
ing them for picket duty. The couriers
are selected invariably from the fe-
rnoIac &c tba,- ara o,,ialyar apS 1aSS lilya-
ly to loiter along the road The first
lesson taught to such courier dog is
that she must hise upon the approach
of human being, excepting, of course,
her special trainers and camp friends
A sergeant at Templehofer field told a
reporter that his dogs had learned al
ready to hide behind hedges or to crouch
out of sight in bitches whenever any
body came along the road, and then TO
continue their journey with renewed
speed as soon as the danger of detection
was by. The messenger dog wears
light iron collar with a small bag at
tached for the dispatches
The greatest difficulty, the sergeant
said, had been found in accustoming
the dogs TO artillery. At the first dis
charge of cannon usually they bolt.
After having once been accustomed to
the reports of firearms, however, he
said, the dogs were the most courage
Gus soldiers, and ran about without
quailing in the thickest OF the fight
The German spitz has been found most
valuable for the service on account Of
its intelligence and endurance. The
best color for facilitating the conceal
ment of the messenger dog has been
found to be gray, and therefore gray
haired dogs are selected whenever
practicable. A good many Scotch collies
have also been impressed into the
service; and few St Bernards This
latter variety is employed exclusively
by the Red Cross field service, and hence
it is asserted that in the next war there
will be no possibility that any of the
wounded will be overlooked on the
battlefield N. Y. Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-30
SHREW MICE ARE CANNIBALS.
When Boxed Up Together They Fight to
the Death.


the Death.
! Some observers have urged that the
shrew mice are liable in autumn to be
/ infested with trou blesome parasites,
apparently of a species of acarus, and
that these occasion death. One writer
says: Coming, one day in 1929, from
/ Holloway to Battle Ridge | captured
and conveyed home in my gloves half a
dozen shrew mice that were evidently,
by their resistance and helpless
ness. in very weak condition, which
attributed to the extreme frost that
prevailed at that time. Upon looking
at them when l reached my home I
found the cause of their extreme debil-
ity to arise from their being infested
with millions of little parasites, who
perhaps derived sustenance from the
bodies of their unfortunate victims"
To the sober observing eye of the
naturalist, however, the number of
shrews found dead every autumn on
the roads and field paths is only an in
dex of the far greater numbers which
remain scattered about unseen among
the underground. where they love to
Turk in unsupported little domestic
colonies. So far as may be judged, the
shrew tribe is one of those on which,
as Grant Allen says, 1.-The Malthusian
problem is always pressing with an
nual persistence" All the insectivores
are impatient Of hunger, requiring a
continual supply of food; they die
under short fast. This constitutional
popularity is exemplifed in the mole
and equally in the shrew. This
yoracity is accompanied by great
pugnacity of disposition, which
leads them 10 attack each other.
/. the weaker usually falling a victim 10
his stronger adversary. Bell says that,
if two shrews be placed together in
box. "A very short time only elapses be-
fore they begin fghting. the victor not
only killing but feasting upon the van
pushed.
In their ignorance of the laws Of po-
litical economy. the shrews, with care
less improvidence, 20 on increasing
during all seasons wherein the food
supply Is abundant, only TO be sum
marilv checked by . widespread famine
at later periods Every spring each
female shrew brings forth litter OF
six or seven young, and, as there are
but little checked. owing 70 their small
SIZE and natural timditv and 20 the
fact that they do no 20 far from home,
they fud plenty Of food throughout the
summer. when insects, worms, slugs
aud snails abound everywhere IN the
fields and forests. Bat with the advent
Of autumn the food supply fails and
the law OK natural selection prevails u
thin out their mum bers Yet sufficient
survive to perpesuaae the species, Ia
ture being p-ovident of the type. how
ever careless she may be % he single
life
Although cats viii kin shrevs. thev
viii not eat them This IS owing 20
the fact that the animal exudes strong
mus.y hanc-. which renders the sesh
uzPalat4 Die, bat hawks. owls. weasels
and eyed the mole arc not 50 tast.dlouk
and numbers fail prey N these rs-
paciOu. enemies -LondOn G4o5S
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-30
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Experiments show the German rifle
20 be the most merciful weapon in use
in European armies, while the Lebel
rife, used by the French in Dahomey.
makes very ragged wound. The new
English magazine rife seems to be
the cruelest OF the three, as its bullet
smashes bones and tears flesh at dis
lance OF one thousand yards
The cruiser Rurik, recently
launched on the Neva in the presence
of the car and czarina. is the most for
midable war ship of her kind in the
world and the largest of any kind ever
built in Russia. Her displacement is
1923 tons, her maximum speed eight
cen and one-half knots per hour and
her coal capacity 1000 tons She.will
be able to steam 10000 knots at the
rate of ten knots per hour without
putting into port for fuel or provisions.
1t has not been generally consid-
cred that in the various arctic expedi-
tons which have been made the arctic
dog has played an important part In
the recent journey of Lieut.. Peary l.
500 miles were made by sledges drawn
by these faithful and useful animals,
and they averaged, according to Mr..
Peary's statement, about 81 miles day.
The dogs require about the same
amount of food as one man, and draw
load about one-fourth greater than
could man.
-Theaters in Paris are not paying.
There are eighteen leading play -houses,
and their receipts fell off from twenty
two million of francs in 1890 to seven
teen and half millions in 1891. The
only prosperous theaters seem to have
been the Vaudeville and the Renais-
sance. At a meeting of the managers
some said the cause was too many free
admissions; the young dramatic au-
thors were incompetent; the Theater
Libre had had bad effect. But no
good explanation was given.
The monument to the late emperor
been in course of erection for the last
seven years, will be completed in few
months, and early next spring it is to
be inaugurated. with a stately ceremo-
NAL, in presence of the imperial family.
The building has frontage of one hun
dred and sixty feet, and the interior
will be most sumptuously decorated,
the principal object being a colossal
bronze statue of Alexander II. repre-
sented in the dress he wore at his COR
onation, with his left hand holding the
scepter, while his right is extended in
the act of blessing his subject.
A remarkable scene occurred at
recent meeting of the Bewdley EN-
gland) town council, which was held
for the purpose of electing mayor for
the ensuing twelve months. The re-
firing mayor (Mr. Kitching) was pro-
posed for reelection. and one Mr.. Crump
was also proposed. There were eight
votes for each candidate, the mayor re-
cording his vote for himself Then the
mayor (who had persisted in presiding
at the election in defiance of vigorous
protest from the friends of his oppo-
nent) proceeded to record a casting vote
in his own favor, and declared himself
to be duly elected.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-30
Talk Of the Ballroom.

Small talk in ballroom. 40 often de-
cried, would seem TO be a. much ia place
there as music. lights, and evening
clothes Subjected 70 the interrup-
tons Of greeting friends and changing
partners, girl can hardly De asked 20
key her Conversation &c verv intel
lectusl pitch An effort IN This d.
rection might run The risk Of meeting
the Interpretation % me under
graduate from New York n r-sponss
team inquiry during pause ia dancing,
% young lady from Boston Hare
yoa read Kant sne asked You
mean Don't, don't youy' was the ART
less answer That On such occasions
small talk may D. banded lightly and
entertaining witbou, friToiisy OF ill.,
IA ture IN personalities Il tee golden
mean We nay safely strive 70 reach.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-30
Rlalne,s Church amra.ion

From The Le1veawortl Times.
The Kansas City Times publishes al
alleged interview with Robert Blaine.
James G.'s brother, IN which Robert j.
mode 10 say that James q. Blaine Is and
always has been a Catholic. The inter
view IS probably fake. One thing Is
certain, whatever he may be now, james
G.. Blaine has not ALWAYS been Z Calhc-
lie. He joined the First Presbyterian
church Of Augusta, Me,, many years ago
and was stiil communicate Of that
church III 1884,. as was certified by the
pastor Of the church. during that year.
In Washington Mr.. Blaine has attended
the Presbyterian church. Il viil D. re-
membered that the frs: OF has sinking
spells Of which the public a. made
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-30

STEyoGEAFsIT was first Used 81 fhs
French parliament about the Tea- 1850.
and one q the few oiHc.sl steuogra-
pkers q that period s:ss. surviving Is
y. L4g2eAe, y 20 is zo~ senator Of
France.
TIE Sabbath days 5ozrDey of fhe
jews was .-0o5 yards, the Traditional
distance from the ezd os Tie ARK Of the
Covenant 20 the farther SIDE - the
Israeiiles' camp, where they rad made
q stop IN she wilderness, re o.osas
where the SaouGtse.-l .Ap Eg1s sssea
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-30
SANITARY "DoN'TS."
simple Precautions that May Keep Avs
Disease.

simpI. Precautions that May Keep Away
Disease.
The Transcript advises the following
simple precautions, which may be- the
means o: ayerting serious disease:
Don't put any money in your mouth.
1t is literally filthy lucre. A doctor
money that comes TO her calls IL one OK
her charities Yet the coin or green
back, that at best IS far from inn
maculate and may be foul with disease.
is held between the lips of some girl
while she searches for a nickel 10 pay
fare with, or struggles with her
bundles If she could see what IL Is
she has placed in her mouth, she would
be cured of the habit onceofor al.
Don't often put candy in your mouth.
Investigations in destistry show that
decaved teeth are the work of a micro
organism that breeds and fourishes in
just that particular acid which the dis
integration Of sugar produces In pro-
portion as foods contain starch and
sugar are they likely 10 affect tho
teeth, and In candy the proportion %
sugar is at the maximum. A prom
inent dentist cites the case Of = work
ing confectioner who. by the time he
reached middle life. had not q tooth
left His teeth were fragile 20 begin
with. and he had been living in an
atmosphere most favorable 70 their
decay.
Don't put your bare hands m tbs
straps furnished in the street car for
the overflow Of passenger Turn one
Of these straps inside out ia any
car not fresh from The shops,
and the reason will be plain
Handled as they are ~ all sorts
and conditions Of men. they are ready
carriers Of disease. The sbrzdsa skin
Of your finger may touch an infected
spot, or dangerous bacteria may %
transferred. at the next motion Of the
hand. 70 the delicate tissues Of tbs
mouth or eyes.
Don't use public drinking vessels
Don't use the towels provided for grn-
eral use IN public lavatoris.. mems res
taursnts sud sometimes in schools A
specialist 81 diseases % the eye a. Bsf-
fslo inTestig gated ths towels furnished
4'f tt-H w. - pups IN ++@ PaNa~@
schools o. that city. with view u dis
covering how far they might b = soures
81 contaRion- 4 square foot % towel
ing which had had sBodsrzts use va.
found 20 contain from tbirtT-fv= % atty
million bacteria They iuel7dsd the
bacteria % several contagious dlssasss.
and among them those 81 s~riouS a.
lection % the ere II r. not generally
know thai blindness IA 5persasinz -
this country four Zines - ssst - ths
pops1ia,sen. AID that The incrsas~ = ess
largely 20 = tootagioas dls~aas % TIE
eyes which - spread ~ luAt Ezch
mana -- f>oston Transcript
Ia preaching there = sothizg Ike
aiming a. rssalts n tAs prossEs tease
Ram Hora-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-30
Pensions are NOT Aims

From he LeavenWOrth Times
Some of the papers, Republican pa
perS too. complain thRt rich men are on
tho pension rolls. And why not: In
passing pension laws the Republican
party has not thought 10 make objects
of charity Of the OLD soldiers. but 70 re-
comPense them. in some measure, for
disabilities received in the service OF the
country. In paying pensions the conn
try is only paying its debts, and if the
debt De owing 10 millionaire it should
be paid just the same o. AZ should i
owing to pauper.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-30

The proposed increase Of the tax on
whisky from so cents to S1.25 a gallon,
1t Is explained. Is intended 10 SO increase
the governments revenues As that pen
sion payments may not be cut Off or IN
terfered with upon the plea Of no money
in the treasury, As has been strongly
limited at in certain quarters. There
ought be no objection TO the scheme
among Republicans. The Democrats
were primarily responsible for the pen
sion list, and under the proposed plan of
raising the necessary money to pay them
they Will, themselves, have tie burden
10 carry, for obvious reasons.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-30

An effort is being made to arrange for
a grand reunion at the worlds fair of
surviving '49-ers'-the men who left
their homes in the east in 1919 to become
gold hunters in California. 1t is thought
that several thousand OF them are still
living. and thar all would make IN extra
effort to go 20 Chicago next year, were a
reunion arranged as Is proposed. Many
Of them remained in California, but the
majority returned and are row scattered
throughout the states east of the MisSis-
EiDpL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-30
NOT CoMPREHENDRD.

There is a misrepresentation or misun-
Outstanding as to The scope of our edi-
torial on the Kansas senatorial question.
by number OF readers and by other
papers. We hold to the position taken,
which was that in the event of there be-
ing no show for Republican then under
no circumstances could the Republican
members of the legislature afford to
either help the Democrats who sold their
party out to the Populists, for the sole
purpose Of defeating the Republican
party of Kansas. nor yet to increase the
Democratic majority in the United
States senate.
Simply as a matter of party tactics the
advice of the EAGLE will be found to
have been sound. There was no hate or
love, no friendship or enmity
in the proposition, it being
one of coldblooded partnership in
which future chances and possibilities
were given the most weight
Our party leaders and papers do not
always side with the views of the EAGLE,
but, barring the egotism involved, they
might, SO far as results are concerned,
just as well do so, besides thus availing
themselves of the opportunity OF being
in accord with a greater number of peo-
pie. Surprising, for instance, that the
Republican papers and party leaders had
been with the EAGLE for the past four
years on several, to the people of this
state, very important issues, the Republi-
can members of the incoming legislature
would not have been under the painful
necessity of voting for either Democrat,
a PopuGst or a mere caucus dummy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-30

In the attempt to obtain a supply Of
fresh water on Galveston Island an ar
tesian wei has been sunk 500 feet and
. inches without success. 1t viii now
sink shallOwer wells on the mainland
and bring the water to the island
through pipes. The city occupies the
anomalous position of having water all
around it but rot drop to drink.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-30

People who live in districts that are
subject to inundation from spring floods
will do well to begin making prepara-
tons at an early date to guard against
such disasters in the spring. The snow
fail has been almost universal and is I'M
precedented in quantity for this date in
the season, and if we have even the
usual amount of snow and rain from
now on the greatest floods in the larger
streams Of the country are inevitable.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-30

The first thing congress should do on
reassembling in January is to pass the
necessary bill providing for the opening
of the Cherokee Strip to settlement
This is demanded by every consideration
of fairness and justice, and to further
delay the matter, in the absence of any
good reason therefore would be a crime
against the large numbers of intending
settlers now upon the borders WHO have
been induced to so there by the acts of
the government tending in thar direc-
fiCn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-30

The gove!nor-eiect will divide up $425,
COO yearly salaries among Kansas third
party patriots. And the Democrats who
fused with the Populists just TO break
the Republican column may, if they are
civil, sit on the fence and see the process
sion 30 by. The Kansas Democratic
fusionist is a sad spectacle, from a
national point Of view, and in state
affairs lie is plainly a second fiddle.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-30

There seems TO be a general feeling of
goneness among the people; the result,
probably, of disappointment at the alb
sence, practically, Of the usual Christ
mastide holiday. The possibilities of
Christmas are not fully developed ex-
cept when the holiday is spread over a
period of three days, and we have had
none, the period recurring on Sunday.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-30

Last year Galesburg, Ill.,, laid four and
a quarter miles Of vitritied brick pave
ment, two miles of vitritied pipe sewer
and nIne miles of vitrified brick sidewalk.
The cholera bacilli viii have to find some
other Judgment than rotten pavement be-
fore ii can establish itself for business in
Galesburg.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-30

Tom Bayne, Tuesday, began contest
proceedings to GUST Judge S, o. Thacher
from the seat as senator from the Fifth
senatorial district. The Lawrence World
says Bayne acknowledged his defeat re-
peatedly since the election, and that he
is forced to make the contest by his
partisan hackers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-30

Hon. john Speer celebrated the 10Th
anniversary of his birth at Lawrence,
Tuesday. Mr.. Speer is one Of the Oldest
citizens in the state, not only in years
but in length of residence. He came to
Kansas in 1854 and has been actively
identified with the states progress ever
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-30
More PlucoCTacy.
IRON the Troy Chief.


This story comes 90 US from one of the
western counties, told by a young Re-
publican who works for q calamity
bowler farmer: The calamitvits was
reading aloud the program of tue funeral
services OF Jay Gould. as published in
the paper, in which the following &C.
Cured: &c. Prayer :. Song. 5. Ben
ediction." AS he read. be thus com
mented: six prayers! Jesus Christ,
Six prayers.., Seven songs. Wheww
Eight Benedictionss., Why, d il. if
he had been poor man, he wouldn't set
a id ousir
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-30

The charge is made by the Washing
ton Post that valuable historical docu-
ments purchased by the United States
are in the hands Of literary ring in the
state department and that these books
are refused to all except few historical
writers of New England. Names are
given of prominent men implicated. Il
is but fair to state, though, that the
parties to the alleged ring stoutly deny
the charges. One of them. Congress-
man Lodge, says it is a scheme to defeat
him for the United States Senate An in
vestigation has been demanded.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-30

Olathe Herald. Democratic, says:
"The Populists are not only loyal to
their own papers, but THEY have prac-
tically boycotted the Democratic papers
of Kansas who went to the polls and
elected Cleveland without voting for
Weaver, the Democratic newspapers of
this state would have been wiped out of
existence All of which is the naked
t~,gh
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-30

There appears to be a good many Demo-
Gratis who before the election were OPP
nosed to the protective tariff law and are
now against its repeal. But Democrats
don't care for little matters Of inconsist-
ency like that. Their principles are all,
and only, policy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-30
To Shift Responsibility

From the New York Mall and Express.
The Popullsts IN control in Kansas
have out lined the legislation they will
demand, which includes oppressive
taxation on fire and life companies, a re-
duction in the rate of interest. protection
of mortgage property from seizure and
sale for the non payment of interest,
taxes on telegraph, sleeping car and all
other corporations, and general effort
to shift the burdens of tho people 10 the
shoulders of those to whom the people
in a new country are often most deeply
obligated.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-30
Circumstances Alter Case:

from the lawrence Record.
The Topeka Journal having asserted
that Caobeli recently declared one of
the Kansas electors, was the first colored
man elected to vote directly for presl-
dent, several papers undertake to correct
it by the statement that several negro
electors sat in the college of 1876 In
view of the peculiar circumstances I'M
der which that body was constituted
there are large numbers of Americans
who Will agree with the Journal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-30

Prentice is no more, but Kentucky is
not without true poet. His Christmas
MARBLE begins:
Now pie awakes my drowsy lyre
Win Inspiration bright and now;
I'd lain invoke PrOmethesn fire
10 bake FOR me just one or two.
Pies baked with Promethean fire would
certainly be an improvement on the
sosgY end unsatisfactory pastry that
sometimes comes from the bakery Il
is possible that yearning for a better
quality of pie may have led Prometheus
to steal the heavenly flame; but what
could have induced the "lloneyless Man"
TO tantilize his hungry fellows with snch
im-pie-oUs dissertation Of the muse is past
under-Stanton. But its all right as for
Kansas, if Sol Miller don't get onto it.