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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-07
WHEN LIFE GOES OUT.
The Disposition Made OF the Dead In
Various Countries.

The Disposition Made OF the Dead In
Various Countries.
The Mohammedans always, whether
In their own country or one of adop-
ton, bury without coffin or casket OF
any kind.
During the time Of the old Roman
empire the dead bodies of all except sui
cides were burned.
The Greeks sometimes buried their
dead in the ground, but more generally
cremated them In imitation of the Ro-
mans.
In India, up till within the last few
years, the wife, either according to her
wishes or otherwise, was cremated on
the same funeral pyre that converted
her dead husbands remains into ashes.
When a child dies in Greenland the
natives bury live dog with it, the dog
TO be used By the child as a guide to the
other world. When questioned in re-
gard to this peculiar superstition. they
will only answer: "a dog can find his
way anywhere
The natives of Australia tie the hands
Of their dead together and pull out
their nails; this Is for fear that the
corpse may scratch its way out of the
grave and become vampire.
The primitive Russians place certifi-
cate of character in the dead persons
hands, which is 70 be given to St. Peter
at the gates of Heaven.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-07

TIE ancient materials. but the whole Of
ters, remains perfect As the visitor.
enter the court they stand still in a.
constituent a. the extraordinary ai2hs
which meets their eyea. for here, crowd
ed within those four high walls, II tho
native village Of TadInors IL was nat
ural enough for the Arats 20 bald their
mud huts within these rcady-zsade for
tifcations, but the impression prodnced
by such q village In such place Il In
describably strange The temple, 80 20
speak, is eaten out at the core. and lit
tie but the shell remains But here
and there hBtsd CoTinthisn column
or group Of columns. with eutabiature
still perfect, rises In stately grace far
over the vretchea hufs, The rirh, crsarsy
color Of the Limestone asd the beaotl-
fnl rnoldings Of the capitals contracting
with the clear blue Of the eloadIesn A1sy.
The best view of the whole Is u BE- OBJ
tanned from the roof 81 the nao.. which,
once beautiful aad adornsd with
sculpture, Il now all battered and do
faced, and has been Hsetausorpho~~d into
a squalid little mosque To doserios
the view from that roof we're indeed a
hopeless tssk- High into the clear blue
air and the golden suas-A4ns riss ths
stately columns; crowded. ard tumblssi,
and hezped together below. uBt0ucbsd
By the gladdening sunp~Euss. unfrceA-
ened hy the pure, free air. lies All the
tqualor and vTstcasdoeas az "a AFzb
nud-hut village,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-07
THE DELTA OF THE DANUBE.
Interesting Facts About One Corner OF
the Czar's Domain.

tho Czar's Domain.
The Danube delta begins forty-fve
miles below Gslatz, where the river d.
vides into two branches, the left-hand
one. the Kilia arm, taking a general
northeasterly course, with many turns
and subdivisions, past the Russian
towns Ismail and Kilia, and, short
distance beyond the fishing village of
Viikoff, flows into the Black sea
through seven narrow channels. The
right-hand branch, actually the main
stream, divides again ten miles below
the first fork, the Sulina arm running In
a general easterly direction to the port
of Sulina, and the Black sea, and the St
Georges arm winding sluggishly on to-
ward the southeast under the extreme
eastern spurs of the great range Of
Dobrudscha hills Each side of the
irregular eauilateral triangle bound
ed by the Kilia and St Georges
arms and the sea-coast measures
about fifty miles In a straight line, and
the largest part OF the tract thus en-
closed in marsh and swamp land, COW
cred with dense growth OF tall reeds,
interpreted with numerous lakes, and
cut up into countless islands by narrow
lagoons- In the whole OF this great
delta there are only few square miles
of ground higher than the general level
ranges of sand dunes running north
east and southwest several miles in
land, marking the line OF the ancient
seacoast, where the waves and wind
raised this barrier long before the mem
DRY OF man. These sandy elevations are
now covered with a forest OF oak-trees,
and support sparse population. With
this exception the delta is uncultivated,
and the few natives who iahabit the
great marsh are almost all engaged
in fishing. They build themselves
rude huts out of the tall reeds, make
their beds and even their net
floats out of the same useful plant, and
during the summer months set their
nets in every lake and lagoon, preServ-
ing their catch in salt or carrying It at
convenient times to the distant mar
kets- This great marsh Is at ali times
most impressive, and in summer, when
the reeds have grown to their fall
height and are IN blossom. the land
scape, although mouotonous in The ex-
treme. often has great elements CT
beauty. Narrow WATERWAYS, sc con
more than a tzthcul broad. frtersect
the marsh in al directions and only
the natives familiar with the intricate
windings Of these natural canals can
find their way from one point 10 Anoth- |
er OF this labyrinth Seine OF these
waterways are known 70 hare been /
made Use of In the period Of Roman oc-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-07
WORK WITH FOOT AND HAND.
East Indian Artisans Generally Able To
Make Use Of the Preferable Toe.

East Indian Artisans Generally Able To
Make Use Of the Preferable Toe.
The traveller who walks In the native
quarters of the cities of India can easily
study there all industries In their be-
ginnings, as they were probably prsc-
ticed in Europe In the middle ages.
The shops are usually open and the
workmen can be seen inside; textile in
dustries, pottery, shoe making, joiner
ing, armoring. jewelry, confectioners-
all can be observed in n single street,
like Chitpore street, Calcutta II we
take pains TO examine attentively The
methods of working, we shall be struck
by the enormous function played by
the lower limb. Whatever the indus
try, the Indian, squatting or sitting on
the ground, works with his feet as well
as with his hands, and it might be said,
adds writer In the Revue Scientifque,
that all four OF bis limbs are In con
slant exercise The joiner, for ex-
ample, has no assistant TO hold his
plank, Ia. makes his great toe serve
that purpose. The shoemaker does not
employ a fixed clamp for the shoe on
which be is sewing. but holds It in his
feet, which change position To suit bis
convenience, while his nirnble hands do
the sewing. The metal worker holds
the joint Of his shears On his feet ia
cutting copper.
In the making Of wooden combs
have seen the comb held straight mp by
the feet, while the workman marked
the teeth with one hand and with the
other directed the instrument 20 cut
them The wood turner directs the
hand-rest with his great toes; 50. gen
orally. do Egyptian and Arabian turn
ers. In smoothing Irvine or sewing
bride the Indians hold Tie ar1irie be
tween the first and second toes When
the butcher cuts his rses. into small
pieces he holds the knife between TIE
first and second toes, takes the neas IN
both hands ard pulls il arrzns the
knife have seen child climb q tree
and hold branch between his toes.
The great toe IL capable Of considerable
lateral movements from the second Zoe.
SO that the Indian can easily pick up
articles from the ground with his foo.
and even exert so-ns force si6swiEe-
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est and earnestnesS They propose TO
raise $3.50, 900 above their ordinary con-
tributions, and to send out one hundred
new missionaries
Let nothing come between you and
the light. Respect men as brothers
only. When you travel to the Celestial
City, carry no letter of introduction
When you knock, ask to see God-noz1e
of the servants.
The late Emily Pleiner, of England,
directed that her fortune of $500, 900
should be divided between the women's
colleges, the training schools, the asso-
citation of German governesses and the
Royal school of art needlework.
Believing Gods word gives peace.
The man who believes the bank is safe
does not get up before daylight and
stand in line waiting for chance to
draw out his deposit. He goes right
along as usual, and draws a check
whenever he wants money.
1t is plain then that human life, in
its highest sense, is life of the soul-a
life Of thought and love, OF faith and
hope, of imagination and desire; and
men are high or low as they partake
more or less of this true life. By this
standard, and by no other, reason re-
quires that we form an estimate OF hui
man worth.-Bishop Spaulding.
i have never been able to under.
stand the security of those who placed
their whole reliance. in presenting
themselves before God, in the ordinary
relations of human life. As if all our
duties were confined within the narrow
sphere of this world! God demands
other things beside these kindly social
virtues of him whom he means to crown
with an eterhity of glory.-Eugenie de
Guerin
The famous Cathedral of Burgos,
in Spain, has been temporarily closed.
The stabbing of Canon Sozoma while
he was conducting religious services
caused human blood to be spilled in the
sacred edifice, which, according to the
laws of the Catholic church, is thereby
defiled and rendered unfit for the
worship of God until 1t shall have been
after the removal of every
trace of the deflenent.
The woman's board of missions of
the Cumberland Presbyterian church
received for the year ending April Is,
1892, 81, 405, or 81, 191 more than in the
previous year. Every synod of the
church has increased its contributions,
excepting four. More missionary liter
allure has been distributed than former
II. The reports from the field were
encouraging. One thousand
dollars had been given for school work
in Mexico, where the board will here
after have a direct representative. But
the mission in Japan had suffered from
the ill-health of some of its mem bers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-07
Peculiarities of Birds and Animals.

Some animals exhibit queer lack
OF sense, says a man who has observed
them Put buzzard in a pen about
six feet square, and open at the top, and
it is as much OF a prisoner as though 1t
were shut up in box This is because
buzzards always begin their fight by
taking short run, and they either can
not or will not attempt TO fy unless
they can do so. Again, take a common
bumblebee and put it in a goblet II
Will remain q prisoner for hours. trying
TO escape through the sides, without
ever thinking Of escaping from the top.
So also q bat can not rise from per-
fectiy level surface Although il IS re
markab Ably nimble in its fight when
once on the wing, and can fy for many
hours at time without taking the least
rest. If placed on the floor or on fat
ground it is absolutely unable to use its
wings. The only thing il car do IS 10
shuttle helplessly and painfully along
until il reaches some triiing elevation.
from which il can throw Itself into the
air. when at once she is of like fash
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-07

when Lord Thurlo~ frzt er~r~d q
lawyer,s offer IN London. bs tsek =
bzssRen. room which had p-vvlcusly
ben occupied y . eosb.cE lie <as
somewhat annoyed b The prcviozs 90
ou5&nt'r callers. and t-rltzted by 10
fact that be had ,ey &C lis owu. Ons
dsy al Irazhazn srs<rea = as oob-
hler's gene. I 49," ne sd
Il sa0n.d th4nk be had tsT1ly 70
spoudee tie i2wTsr.
And via, 90 >. seii7'- inqzi--d la
IrishEan. locking - he solitary s@hie
AID 9 few law eco<s
'EiockhsAds. RESPONDED Thgriosv
@Bego--a. sad Pa, ''Ye nzs. be do
Ing rnighty tfs business ye &ln's 70.
bu. one sEfl. Once a ESss.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-07
WIT AND WISDOM.

One of the saddest conditions in life
/ is to have nothing good to live for
RAMS Horn.
Papa" said Willie, 'what makes
coal burn?" "Our hired man, Willie, "
answered papa.
Too many people are electric lights
in prayer meeting and tallow-dips at
home. -Ram's Horn.
EVERY man." remarked Uncle Zeb,
''has er bright future if he could only
lib long huff ter ketch up to it. "-Wash-
ington Star.
Maud says her young mans THEW
ing inclinations are so morbid that he
won't even take hint
Twinklings.
Never be ashamed to own you were
in the wrong, which is but saying you
are wiser to-day than yesterday.-O.
w. Holmes.
Health is the means to an end. Il
is an investment for the future. That
end is worthy work and noble living
Mary A. Livermore.
Pleasant weather there may be in
the voyage of life, but never weather so
pleasant that the hand may leave the
helm, or the eye the compass.
After people pass a certain age they
begin to talk less about poetry and
more about how awfully hard it is to
save their money.-Atchison Globe.
Young Wife, wonder the birds
don't come here any more. l used to
throw them bits of cake made, and -
Young Husband-That accounts for it.
Never ask question if you can
help it; and never let thing go I'M
known for the lack of asking ques-
ton if you can't help it.-Henry Ward
Beecher.
DO you ever take your wife on
your knee as you used to do when she
was your sweetheart" 81 can't say
that do, but she frequently sits down
on me of her own accord Cape Cod
Item.
-Contented Where He Was.-Miss De
Bonaire-And how do you like progress
sive hammocking, Mr. De Witt? Mr.. De
Witt lat his first hammock)-I should
think it perfect, Miss De Boraire, if
SI-ii IL "SiS AOt piOS iCooANC-
Free Press
Yes, he said, Il am becoming quite
expert, can manage my bicycle with
one hand" But" replied the summer
girl, whats the use? Managing a BIZ
cycle isn't like driving, you know
Washington Star.
Most people have two kinds of man
ners. One they use in the kitchen and
the other is saved for parlor use. You
never know man until you know his
kitchen manners. One reason that mar
rage brings out so many unpleasant
surprises is that the courtship was based
on the parlor manners Globe.
-Dobber Ia house painter)-"Weu, /
don't know much about Mr.. Johniyal.
but ! don't think much of a man who
gets home at night in the state he does"
a Listener-'How do you know how
he gets home? Are you counting his
slavey?" Dobber-''No, but l painted
his front door last week. and the wood
round the latch-key hole was jabbed
into deep holes. "-Pick-Me-Up
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-07
An Expression of Gratitude.

The grand duchess of Baden has had
4 granite cross erected over the tomb OF
Marianne Won Neindorff, the faithful
lady-in-waiting of her mother, En-
gress Augusta The cross bears the in
scription: Here lies Mariana Won
Neindorff, born October 10. 1924, died
November 90, 1891 As her whole life
was vowed ii answering devotion to
the service OF her late majesty, the EN-
press Augusta, so she, faithful unto
death, followed her illustrious mistress
in suffering to the grave This nonu-
ment is erected In true gratitude By
Louise, grand duchess of Baden"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-07

cupancy, and the race Of ashermen who
now make use of them have preserved
their type, their dress, their boats, and
their implements practically unchanged
since the time when Ovid was exiIed to
the shores of the Euxine Myriads Of
wild-fowl breed in the solitude Of the
broad morsss, and many kinds of fish
abound in its quiet waters In the au-
tumn, when the frost has killed the
reeds, great tracts of the delta are often
swept over by fires, consuming all the
vegetation above the level of the mud.
but clearing the way for a new and
vigorous growth in the spring. Only
during the winter months is the marsh
passable for vehicles, or even for pedes-
TRANS, and when the whole region is
frozen hard the mails and the few pas
sengers who are obliged to travel are
carried on sledges straight across from
one station 10 another over the level
surface of land and water
Russia took possession OF this region
after the capture Of Ismail, in the early
part of the century. and in order TO help
commerce at home. put various restric-
tons on the Danube trade, which al
most annihilated il for a time The
adoption of free trade by England
naturally stimulated the export bust
ness in the corn-producing countries Of
the Danube, and great pressure was
brought 70 bear 20 induce Russia 70 re-
move the hampering restrictions on the
navigation OF the river. International
disputes arising from this cause finally
eliminated IN the Crimean war. and il
was not without reason, therefore. that
the treaties Of peace contained articles
intended TO place the navigation Of the
river in control OF the countries most
interested in the corn SUPPLY. D.
Aillet, in Harpers Magazine
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-07
THE TRIUMPH WAS HERS.
a Resolute Little Woman Who Humble
a Naughty Glass-setter.

a Resolute Little Woman Who Humbled
a Naughty Glsss-setter.
There is just now triumphant little
Lady on Dearborn avenue, near Chicago
avenue, and only block away is a
glazier who is suffering the horrors of
defeat
In the Dearborn avenue house were
two broken window panes. One of these
was entirely destroyed and the other
had only small corner broken off. The
glazier was sent for to replace them.
Now the lady had two small pictures
in need of glass and the big pane was
Just the thing She would have it cut
to fit them and would be so much ahead
But when she had paid the workman
the big pane of glass was gone
She sent the domestic over for it, but
the glazier refused to give it up. at
Shas der rules of der shop" he eX-
planned, blandly. Then the little woman
went over.
''See here, paid you what you asked
for putting in those panes and you've
carried off my own glass and l want
that glass now"
'Vhell, you pays feefty cents Der
rules of der shop say So"
Il don't care anything about the
rules of the shop, You've taken my
glass and ! want it,
''Vhell. you ged oudt," he returned,
and the little woman retreated.
Later in the evening she went back,
accompanied by her husband. The
husband, without any preface, walked
up to the counter, took up the window
pane and stated out with it
Police! Police!'' shrieked the excited
workmen, rushing out on the sidewalk
The husband laid the glass down as
two officers from the Chicago avenue
station hurried up. The situation was
explained. and the police told the hus-
band to take the glass if he was certain
of the property. When he looked
around, however, it had disappeared.
They were outwitted Justice Kers-
ten was appealed to to recover the
property under a criminal warrant
1t wouldn't stick. Then the little
woman decided TO bide her time. 1t
game.
Three mornings later the GLACIERS
boy rung the bell Did the glazier leave
hammer there the other day?
"Oh, yes" replied the laudlady,
stoutly.
The glazier needed it very badly.
That's all right. Tell him it's the
rules Of this house that we keep all the
tools left here. If he wants his ham
ner tell him to return my glass"
Ten minutes la-ar n
door with the pane of glass. The land
lady took 1t.
Tell your boss / was mistaken-he
didn't leave his hammer herem And
the door closed with a bang.
Later it was learned that the ham,
mer was left next door.-Chicago News.
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Eagle
He WAS NO FIGHTER.

What Came of Cutting Man OF Short
Who Had Something to Say.
It was about ten o'clock at night and
forty or fifty passengers We're in the
depot or strolling about on the plat
torms when a young man with very
long neck and very long drawl to his
voice came up to six or eight of us who
sat on big baggage truck and said:
Gentlemen, there'n be man out here
presently"
swell, what of ftp" asked one of the
group.
He'll ask if any of you has a bottle
OF whisky"
Suppose he does?"
Don't give him any. If you do he'll
get wild and / can't control him.
Please, gentlemen, don't offer him any
liquor He's no fighter, but perhaps I
ought to say"
HE won't get any whisky here"
Thank you, gentlemen. AS 1 set
out to tell you, he's no fighter, but l
ought to-
''We don't care whether he's fighter
or not"
Thank you He may not come, but
IF he does you can make excuses Be
little smooth with him. While, as I've
told you before he's no fighter, he is
''And 1 told you we didn't care
whether he's fighter or dufferr' inn
patiently interrupted our spokesman,
who had been broken short off in tell
ing story.
We'll, but'-began the young man;
but no one paid any attention and he
retired.
1t wasn't five minutes before a man
came out of the waiting room and
stood before us and asked
'Any one here got anything to drink?
Am spittin' whole bales of cotton, and
there isn't saloon within half mile"
Yes, we've all got something, but
you can't get drop-not even a SMELL"
shouted the story teller, who had just
begun his yarn to be interrupted again.
why not?"
Because we are not filing up duff
fers. Go on, now, or I'll throw you
over the houser
''Will you? Whoop! That's my game
and here goesr'
He seized the story-teller and gave
him a toss which landed him on the
Fidge pole Of the station house. Then
he grabbed the next nearest and tossed
him upon the awning, and the third
went over a pile of baggage and into
the tender of a switch engine. The
rest Of US got out of his reach, and he
picked up the baggage truck and flung
1t up on the beams of the water tank
He had a negro man ready to toss
when the young man came out and
seized him and took him away The
three men had just beer helped down
when the long-necked young man came
back to ask if any one was hurt.
Look here, mister, what sort Of a
man have you got there?" shouted the
story teller, who was badly bruised.
why, started to tell you before,
He's no fighter, as remarked, but he's
the Teller who plays marbles with can
non balls in my side show, and I wanted
10 caution you particularly about not
offering to throw him over a house or
anything. IN. Y. Herald.
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dispatch must always be carried
the whole distance by one man The
best horses are procured for him 20 ride
change horses, 20 the saddle OF which
he is tied He IS accompanied By two
soldiers. who are changed a. every ste-
ton. on the arrival a. which a fresh
horse IS always found ready. and fresh
Guards IN attendance The courier IS
united from the horse. given a raw eTg
70 eat. mounted and tied 20 . fresh
horse, and proceeds on MS Journey
was informed that this exceedingly
hard work proves fatal 70 many conr
iers-Through China
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-07
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

A Roman Catholic church in Lower
Bohemia, originally built for and used
by the Hussites. has been coded to the
Protestants by the town council.
The alumni OF the divinity school
Of Harvard university passed by a large
majority a resolution recommending
the admission of women to the divinity
school
The southern Baptists are pushing
their centennial work with great inter
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-07
A Natural Conclusion.

Johnny, did you put that money I
gave you in the foreign mission box for
the benefit Of the poor heathen?" asked
an east end matron of her young hope
fuL Nom, 1 kept it heard you tell
pa the other day that charity begins at
home, and You called me little heather
yesterday, so i thought the best thing
- 80 Was SO keep it-"-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-07
A Model Young Man.

Solemn Party-My young friend. is
your conscience ever awakened 70 the
call of duty?
Tom Bigbee-I should say so! Why,
I've been to make party-cal OF Miss
Norris this very eyening.-Puclz.
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TIE TEMPLE OF sAAL-

DescrIpsssa Of the Entns 81 whss was
one~ = M.sEfaeea. Bzil1sne.
There rises . hage wall s~venty feet
high, iEelozing . square court o. which
tie side Is seven hundred and fs-sy
feet iong, SAYS writer Ia BlzclwooSs's
Magazine Part Ct the wall. having