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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-31
LABOR BUREAU NEEDED.
BE Perish IN Cities Where There Is Work,
because They Cannot Find 1t.

Men Perish IN Cities Where There Is Work,
because They Cannot Find 1t.
have heard it said thousand times
that in this busy city of New York no
one who really wants work need go Idle
long; but IN the best season, when work
and wages are 11ost plentiful. that is
only half true, says Jacob A. Riis in the
Forum. The work may be there, and
at the same time thousands may be go
ing around looking very hard for it. yet
fail TO find it. They do not know where
to look and there IS no one 10 tell them.
Perhaps they do not know enough of
our language to ask and be understood.
Some agency IS needed to bring the
work and those who own it together I'M
der auspices that would inspire conf
dence on both sides. l remember being
called a year or two ago, in my capac-
ity as police reporter, to tenement on
the West side-I think u was in West
Thirty-seventh strect-where a painter
had that day cut his throat. Standing
there by the corpse ! learned from the
sobbing widow that the man was des-
perate for want OF work. lie had been
on the street for weeks and his children
were starving. II happened that had
been for Just the same length Of time
looking for a man to paint my
house out in the country, where
painters were scarce and very busy.
had just made up my mind 10 adver-
tise that day. There lay this painter
dead because he could find no one TO
give him work, while ] would have
been glad 70 pay him more than the
wages of his trade to get him TO work
for me. Had there been any means Of
bringing US together 70 which we would
both naturally have resorted, he would
have been alive and his family self-sup-
porting. Now il seemed certain to be-
come burden upon the public
IT was not the only instance az that
sort By very many had come across I
thought then, and / think now, tina.
some great central labor bureau con
Quoted by thoroughly responsible or
Plantation that could appeal 70 the
community with the certainty, not only
Of enlisting the aid II employers,
but also Of reaching the unemployed,
would be one Of the greatest Blooms THAI
could De conferred upon the poor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-31
Lofty Moantaia Lakes.

The most lofty-situated lakes are
found among the Himslaya mountains
ia Thibet, Their attitudes do not, how
ever. seem 20 have been very accurately
gagged, for different authorities give
widely different figures regarding them.
According % some. Lake Manasarovara.
one o. the sacred lakes Of Thibct. IL
between 1900 and q, 90 feet above the
level Of the sea. and II this Is ~ IL IA I'M
doubtedly the loftiest ia the world.
Two other Thibetsn lakes. those %
Chatamoo and Surakol, are sald 70 Do
1850 and 10, 900 feet ia altitude re-
spectively. For long time II vas sup
posed that Lake Titicaca, in South
america. vas the lof,i-.t in the world
II covers about 500 square miles, "a
ga feet in its creates; depth and Is
l2.O 900 feet above the sea Ia spiss
Of inexactitude with regard u the
measurements Of the elevation 81 the
Thibetan lakes. they are no doubt con
sidersbiy higher than this or any others
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-31
He NEVER SAID 1T.

From the Topeka Democrat.
Goverpor-elect Lewelling left today
for Wichita. Ia an interview. the Jour
nal of last evening quoted Rev. j. d.
BotkiE as saying that Governor Jewell
ing, in conversation with him on the
liquor question, had declared himself in
favor of placing the authority to sell
liquor in Kansas in the hands of special
state agents, and thus take it from the
druggists. According to this interview,
the governor said that he thought the
special agent system afforded the only
practicable method of solving the pro-
hibitory problem.
To a Democrat reporter Governor
Lewelling said: Il had a talk with
Elder Botllin a short time ago on this
subject, but certainly did not approve
OF the special agent system, or intimate
in any way that | was in favor of it.
The plan is 4 new one in this state, and |
haze not given it the time to thorough
understanding of it. Our talk was simp-
ly discussion of the question
Rev. Botkin stated to Governor Lew
cling after the publication of the inter
view that he had not been correctly re-
ported
Governor Lewelling did not commit
himself as to whether or not he is a pro-
hibilionlst. But he will enforce the pro-
hibItory law and probably rlgidly. The
police boards will probably be maintaid-
pI
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-31
WHY THE HAT is NECESSARY.
Exposure of the Head Endangers the Eie-
walton of the Human Race.

vation of the Human Race.
Perhaps no article of clothing has
been more freely criticised in respect to
its utility than that which lexicogra-
piers describe as "a covering of the
head" Some, instructed by the ex-
ample of savage races and of others
widely different in various ways. among
them the leaders of feminine fashions,
whose crowns of gossamer may prac-
tically be disregarded, would have it
that the hatless condition is that most
Characteristic of mankind Against
their opinion we find arrayed the COM
bined force of civilized usage in every
climate.
From pole to pole we find that man,
if he dresses at all, dresses his head.
Even if bootless and guiltless of such
minor trifes as wsistcoat and collar, he
covers the head with some form of
clothing. Nay, the very savage, though
he may know nothing of silk or felt,
will often SO decorate his vertex with
feathers or SO weave it's own natural
wool that not even the conventional
European cylinder could protect it more
effeetually Surely there must be rea-
son IN all this
There is a clearly conscious need
which exists not merely in the imagina-
ton. 1t is thus practically admitted
that though the head, like any other
part of the body, may. after having suf-
fered the attrition of atmospheric varia-
tons. become Injured to their action, it
still loses somewhat in the process
In the first place it is evident
that in this conflict only the fittest
can hope to survive. Civilized man will
not endanger his chance of survival
by risking the experiment Further,
he finds that the inferior animals thus
exposed undergo external changes
which do not often, if ever, tend in the
direction of refinement, and instinct
lively he shuns the possible return Of
coarseness and barbarism. He also
recognizes the fact that, given a
wholesome custom in head clothing,
the consequent effect viii be as healthy
as it is becoming.
Foremost among the sanitary prin-
ciples which ought to control usage in
this matter are two-the avoidance of
any but the lightest pressure and the
admission through the texture worn or
by special apertures of sufficient air FOR
free ventilation of the head. If these
elementary considerations be duly re-
garded and sufficient protection be pro-
vided against changes of weather we
shall find man the better. not the
worse, for wearing his covering for
the head. London Lancet.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-31

folds of cloth In neat roll around the
stick. lie had grssped the handle with
his right hand and was twisting the
silk through with his left hand
That win spoil that umbrella when
you have repeated the operation half a
dozen times" the clerk continued, land
then you viii be coming here and COM
planning that that six dollar umbrella
wasn't worth City cents.
Now, see what you were doing, You
were making pretty roll. but did you
notice that you were twisting the ribs
and braces in a spiral aroa~s, that stick
as well as the cloth? You aay have
noticed that your umbrella sticks and
catches when you try 10 rails it.
''Thst's because You dom NOW how
to roll Il You twist the joslts of the
ribs and braces all out of shape There,
you see, You have twisted the ends of
those ribs all around in bunch on one
side of the handle. Now, let me show
you how an umbrella should be rolled. :"
The clerk took the maltreated article.
shook out the folds OF silk and worked
the spiral out of the ribs and proceeded
to demonstrate the proper methods OF
umbrella rolling. Grasping the handle
in his right hand. he eneireled the silk
at the tip with his left, which he slipped
down about halfway of the cloth. press
ing the ribs and braces firmly ~ ainst
the stick.
The right hand was then shifted TO
the tips of the ribs, which were held
firmly against the stick, while the left
hand adjusted the roll of cloth around
them By this method the ribs were
kept straight along the stick and not
partly twisted around it, as the custo-
mer'S roll
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-31

4 man who met yEith shipwreck n
the coast u Cuba and had % take - an
open boat, tells 81 the peculiar haI,nc.-
nation. called By sailors the Paradise
craze. - brought on by exposure % The
terrific heat II The suns rays he SAYS.
J be sea appeared % he transformed
into mighty meadow. bright with
flowers and mzflczi sTitb yong q birds
Cool springs burst from crystal rocks
AID trlck.st over golden sands. and
men snd Hszldeus danced beneath ia
trees Thcy seenas1 beckouiag ne %
JON them aud plunged over ths s16s
q the boa; into forty fstho1ez - bTin~.
The bath brought re 20 ~ tens~s. Aa4
reached The CHban cqazt more dad
than sllTs- Tbs mania IL 81 tr@qzest
occurrence IN tr0pjczl feas AID =
often referred 20 81 ,hs pce,A
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-31
ORIGIN or cAKE-wALKINo.
A PRstime -5-merIy Confined to the
EornHafd.

A Pastime J-nerIy Confined TO the
Cornfield.
The practice OF cake-wAilIing, or
walking for prizes, originated in tho
south during the old slavery days, says
the New York World. in those days 10
was called a dance and always took
place at a corn-huslcing or quilting
party. They used TO give them In the
open air by candle light. under the old
system of burning Eat and cotton bat
ting in n tin pan, so that everything
could go on joyfally.
This made a strange but after all a
pleasant light. as it fiickercd among tho
cornstalks and the green trees. Tho
walking took place usually in n corn
field after the grain had been stripped
from the stalks. The costumes worn
were odd and very different from those
which may be seen at any Of the mod
ern cake-walxs in the city Of New York
The women used 20 wear in tho corn
field ginghsm dresses and old clothes,
and the men wore cornsack Trousers,
with one leg rolled up and the other
pulled down.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-31
BY Pigeon Post.

Englishmen enjoy in France curl
Gus privilege which is rigidly withheld
from Germans and Belgians. 1t is that
of flying carrier-pigeons, on the strict
condition, however, that both birds and
senders are of British nationality. In
Belgium alone there are at the present
moment six hundred thousand racing
birds, which, in case of war, would
be placed at the disposal of the govern
ment- Every bird of this number is ad-
mirably trained. In days gone by their
training used to take place in the south
of France, but that is now interdicted,
and no bird from Belgium or Germany
is allowed in FEance. The French gov
eminent, of course, fears that in the
event of a war. trained pigeons would
be struggled into the interior. thus ena-
bling information to be carried TO the
belligerent country.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-31
p,markahI. Nfszor,.

The Toledo Blade tells OF a condpc tor
on a western railroad who possessed a
remarkable memory. An ofsici2l Of the
road, who doubted his alleged powers,
was convinced by the following feat.
Coming into his Office one day the con
ductOr said 70 him: There is uoy train
book. Along the line have taken in
more than one hundred passengers. and
while you hold the book viii tell you
the station At which every passenger
got or and of, the class Of ticket each
one carried. the color 81 the ticket.
whether the passenger wss nE!s CT
female, and the destination 81 ali pas
senZers transferred The us, was
gone over and be did Tot err in a single
particular lie then stated that re
could describe every one Of those one
hundred passengers, giving TIE manner
Of dress, color ~ eyes add hair. and
general appearance, and could select
the lot oct % an asseEnolzZe q thou
sand
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-31
TaE HOG MARKET.

Hogs reached : cents on the Chicago
market on the 29,h, the highest price
paid since 1888. The prediction has been
freely made that the prics will go to s
cents before it drops 10 ). This is not
speculative spurt in the market; the ad-
vance is caused by the scarcity of hogs
in the country, and it is the belief Of
many that high prices viii prevail for
the next year at least.
The very conspicuous shortage in hogs
at the present time is accounted for bv a
prominent packer on the theory that the
heavy spring rains played prominent
part in the question. In many sections
the continual wet weather killed off the
spring crops of pigs that would be mar
ketable now; then, the low prices of the
product early in the spring made the
farmers careless, and instead of keeping
their hogs, as they usually do, until the
holidays, they started earlier. crowded
them with cheap corn, and sent them to
the market,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-31
QUEER NOTIONS ABOUT LUCK.
Good or Ill Fortune Depends Entirely
on the Point of View.

Good Ill Fortune Depends Entirely
on tho Point of View.
What is good and what is bad luck j:
Gently whom ! had missed from the
Strand" for month or two, says a
writer in the New York Herald. He
was hobbling painfully along with the
aid Of a cane he told me he had
fallen into a stone pile in the Bowery
and sprained his ankle; had been laid
up for a month.
THAT is certainly bad luck" said I,
alphabetically
''Tm in luck that didn't break my
neck" he replied.
But it must have come hard for you
to be laid up during the exciting end of
political campaign" l remarked My
friend is something of a political sport.
at was. But I'm lucky there. too,
for I'd have bet on Harrison.
Which reminds me of the following
newspaper paragraph following the
cable intelligence of a street accident to
Gladstone:
The Grand Old Man seems possessed
Of charmed life. Within twelve
month he has twice been knocked down
by cab in London and then tossed by
a heifer while in his park at Hawarden,
In Flintshire."
Very charming life. indeed, Is It
good luck 20 be run over by cabs and
be tossed by heifers, or Is il merely
good luck he wasn't manned for life or
killed?
4 Chicago friend once met ne on
State street and introduced ne 70
couple OF gentlemen as the ''luckisst
man alive"
why, this man" said be, surveying
me at arms length. was shot three
times in the ar1n-shot in every battle
he was ever iu-shot since through the
lungs-in fact, gets shot wherever there
is any shooting going on-and just look
a. him now, Wen, Iever Saw a luc<ler
man in my life. "
Il have, " said 1.-The nan who never
gets SHOT az all
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-31
APPEARANCES DECEPTIVE.
He Looked Shabby, But Nothing Was Too
Good For His Little Gal"

Good For His Little Gal"
He was a very shabby person indeed.
His clothes were of that much-worn
character that precludes any attempt
at description. He had cotton in his
ears and he wore 4 most disreputa BILE
hat, yet there he was in one of our
large dry-goods stores, as much out Of
place as a stolzer in a drawing-room.
No one paid any attention to him,
every one having come to the conclu-
sion evidently that he was workman
or some porter looking for job; any
thing. in fact, but purchaser.
At last, after he had fidgeted about
for some time. he started off toward
the cloak department and presently
came Sack with an obsequious floor
walker, who snapped his fingers and
called out:
"Show this gentleman your finest
seslsl1in wraps"
Everyone looked in establishment at
the seedy figure, and one young wom-
an had the grace to remark:
Excuse me, sir, thought you were
looking for cloth garment"
''NO, miss, sealslin amt good enough
for my little gal and I guess if there
was anything more expensive her pap
'ud buy it for her"
Only a little everyday happening,
but it teaches the lesson that fine
clothes do not always mean the latest
pocket books Chicago Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-31
TEE ITALY OF AMERICA.

The Italian cline racket is not on in
Kansas this winter. Black signal fags
and SHOWS and billiards and blows have
driven all dreams of bright prairie
sheans hence, while a white sheeted
ground and cloud obsiructed sky have
reversed landscape scenes and heavenly
schemes generally for a whole month.
On the 18th of December. following the
softest days, came SHOWS of such driv-
ing force as TO blockade the most of the
railways in the state, since which time
the ground has not Teen bare. Nothing
like it was ever experienced in Kansas
in December. All the fall days Were
bright and warm and DRY, so much SO
that the great breadth of heat sown
grew but slowly. Many had begun to fear
that Kansas might lose her prestige as
the big wheat stale, from winter drouth.
But it first rained, a soft soaking rain,
then it commenced to snow and it con-
tinueS to snow. The great fields of
green wheat were all blanketed in fresh
ness and full Of promise and there they
lie waiting for the earth to tip its warm
side up again. the chances being that
both in average and aggregate yields
Kansas viii lead the world in wheat for
1898. Thirtysix years experience and
observation attests that the worse the
winter the bigger the crops of summer
in the Sunfiow er state. This winter, SO
far, has not only been comparatively the
worsor but positively the worst. And it
was showing again yesterday with the
signal blizzard flag at Full mast. If the
coming legislature was only over, Kan
sas would seem to be on the high road
to prosperity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-31
THE RAILROADS OF KANSAS.

The railroad commissioners submitted
their tenth annual report to the governor
Wednesday. The report declares that
the physical condition of the roads in
this state has been much improved dur
ing the past year, and is better as re-
CARDS road bed, equipment and service
than ever before. The main lines will
compare favorably with any roads IN
the country, east or west.
A summary of the accident statistics
shows the following casualties during
the year: Trainm"n killed, 1873; train
men injured, 61' 7witchmen, fagmen
and watchmen ed, 40; switchmen,
fagmen and watchmen injured, 24S;
other employees killed, 70; other employees
injured, 300; total employees killed, 241;
total employees injured, 1,176, total cas-
ualties TO employees, 1,4lS; pas
sengers killed, So: passengers
injured, 1873; others killed. 81; others
injured, 258. Grand total killed, $50;
grand total injured, 1922. Grand total
all casualties, 2.213.
The income account for all the roads
as shown in tables accompanying the re-
port is:
Total increase from all sources ... S55 $40, Sig
Total deductions from income. ...... 46. 167, 534
After deducting SJ,707, 707 dividends a
surplus of $5,815,271 from operating ex-
perses is shown.
On the subject of reduction in freight
rates the board says: ''Since the crea-
ton of this board, there has been a con-
tinuous yielding of rates, some of it due
10 competition among carrying compa-
MES, but more to supervision and regula-
ton under the commissioner law"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-31
THREE MARKED MEN.

From the Topeka Journal
Governor Leweling said today that it
is the expectation of the new administra-
ton to have three new railroad commits
sioners elected early in the year to take
the place of the present board, and in
talking about the matter he said the
citizens of Wichita had agreed upon
Thomas Fitch, a Democrat, and his
name will be presented to the executive
council as candidate for the Demo
cratic member of the board. He said p.
r. Maxson had twice been endorsed by
the Farmers Alliance on two different
occasions, his name would proba-
bly, be presented. r. G. Brad
shaw of Topeka was a candidate
for that position two years ago, and he
was indorSed by the Populist house of
representatives. The governor said these
three names would be presented to the
executive council for commissioners.
w. II. Mitchell, of the present board,
said today that he aud Governor An
thony do not propose to be removed un-
til their terms expire. The Populists,
however. insist that they will have to
go, and if a reason is wanted they will
simply refer TO the late campaign and
the fact Mr.. Mitchell and Governor An
thony were out making speeches when
they should have been III the office earn
ing their salaries.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-31

The land in the Cherokee strip is suf-
sufficient to make ten counties. 1t Is
low traversed by three lines of railway,
with others ready to enter as soon as
conditions shall warrant the extensions.
Situated as 1t is the strip could and
would be occupied, almost completely,
in day. The conditions touching the
question Of the opening eff these lands
are such that the necessary act of con-
gress can be perfected and passed within
a wesk. In the interest of humanity 1t
oncht 70 be done.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-31
Ratlroad Ieslslation :
On the KInSman Democrat.

Prem the kfrSU1G DcDOcrHt
Whist Kansas needs Is legislation in
the interests of the whole people and rot
for any particular locality. 4 railroad
commissioner does not need 10 have anv
other interest silan that of the whole
state in view 10 understand that when
the railroads OF Kansas charge 81. 10 for
carrying a ton OF coal a distance Of 400
miles, while Ike service = performed
by The Iowa roads for 81 20 aud bv toe
Illinois roads ioI 81 s., that tue Kansas
roads ought to reduce their r..se. These
CuiraseS apply TO other articles as well
As 10 coal In Kansas the railroads charge
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-31
Sleeping on n Full stomach.

Man is the only animal that does not
sleep we'll after hearty eating. Feed q
dog or cat or any other animal as
much as it can eat, and it Immediately
goes to sleep and sleeps soundly until
its meal is digested. Feed man all he
can eat, and, if he goes to sleep 1t all.
he rolls and losses and groans and yells
and wakes up in the morning feeling as
though he had been passed through
threshing machine. Yet this state Of
feeds and goes to sleep; so do Young
children, and only in manhood is the
habit Of sleeping on an empty stomach
firmly fixed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-31

The east wants the free coinage act re-
pealed. Gold is leaving the country at the
rate of s., 000, 900 a week. With neither
gold nor silver, where will we be?-Topeka
Journal.
Under the present coinage law there is
no silver being coined now and probably
will not be so long as it remains matter
of discretion with the secretary of the
treasury; nevertheless the circulation is
being increased by silver certificates to
the extent of the government purchases
1900, 900 ounces a month, and as long
as this continues there is not likely to be
a crisis here from scarcity of money.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-31

Mrs Adams. widow of the late N. ID.
Adams, editor and proprietor Of the
Scott County News, will be candidate
before The Kansas legislature for the
position of postmaster of that body.
Mrs Adams is represented by those who
know her best as a most worthy woman
and fully capable for the efficient per-
Torrance of the duties Of the position
she seeks, and, having the united and
cordial support of the press of the state,
she should have little difficulty in secur-
ING an election.