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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02

lamity stump bawiing for railroad legis-
lation like {, branded calf. There was
unfortunately another question that
agitated the minds of our people at that
time. The question of prohibition came
up like cloud in the morning, over
shadowing everything else of Importance
to the people. 1t afterwards became the
main plank il platform after platform,
until all other questions of Importance
was overshowed by it and dropped out
of sight.
/ am now afraid that the people of
this state are beginning to agitate an
other question that is of no importance
to our well-being as citizens and will
only tend to disrupt and disturb our
Legislative interests for years to come. as
has been the case with prohibition. /
refer to the question of woman suffrage.
This question, to my mind, has been
brought about by the squint-eyed poll
tician and few women seeking public
notoriety. There Is nothing in it for the
citizen or the community or the state.
1t will tend TO crowd out other questions
of far more importance and overshadow
our legislation for years to come. 1t
will, if adopted, turn loose upon the
long-sufering people of this state a
hundred or two snide women, as Mrs.
Lease, and when that arrives. if it eyer
should, the quicker the day of judgment
is ushered in the better it will be for all
of US. The state has already been over
ridden with isms, until we have Utmost
lost interest in ourselves and everything
that tends to our financial prosperity.
Yours respectfully,
F. NJ. DOFFLEMYRE.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02

to receive on the death of her husband she
Will get $500 on the capture OF Tom Jones.
for whose arrest there was reward Of
81. 500 offered. This money will be forth
coming and the marshals who were In the
Ingalls, raid have determined to divide 500
among themselves, $500 to Mrs Speed and
500 to Mrs. Houston. This Is certainly
just ana shows proper appreciation Of
services rendered by good men,
The following picture Of the situation in
the Indian Territory is taken from John
Three, Sixteen" a religious journal pub
lished By j. f. and Kate I. Wolf. The
latter is a Cherokee Indian, and knows
whereof she talks. Mr.. and Mrs. Wolf
are evangeiists among the Indians and are
devoting their lives to the cause: "The
condition of affairs in the Indian
Territory is almost indescribable. The
whole country is in a transition
state. the past five years have witnessed
many changes, not the least among them
being the attitude of the Indians towards
the question of land allotment. The in
rush OF white people has been Unpre-
cedented. There are probably ten white
people TO one Indian at present in this
country, and still they are coming. Tue
dulIer minds OF the fullblood red men are
beginning dimly to grasp the situation,
and instead of talking Of holding the
lands in common any longer they are look
ing to their legislators to devise some plan
by which they may each have their quota
of the soil given them. II ever there was
helpless people on the face Of the earth,
slaves of their surroundings and circum
stances, dupes of the tricky politicians
who abound. gouged and cheated by the
white shylocks of the land, these are the
peon1e ~
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02
Tn. ch..xisr Color Of Prem

Frogs. whether blind or not. become
dark green or black IL they are KEEP; in
. dark vessel ia . sPsrisglv-lighted
room. brit when branch with green
leaves IL introduced into the vessel. the,
ali recover their bright green color In
sorne,wsy unknown the reflected green
light acts either upon the nerves Of tho
skin. or--~hat seems more probabis. IL
stcinacb's experiments are taken into
scoount-directiy upon the pianans
cells Moreover. the sensations do
rived from the toes have also an 10
fuencs upon the changes Of color.
When the bottom Of the vessel 10 GOV,
sSed with . felt or with Q thin wirv
ret. the frogs also become black. ~
covering their green color VIXEN .
green srsach IL introduced into The
weasel
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02
GIANTS AMONG THE PLANETS.
Mighty Jupiter, Whose Diameter Is Elev.
en- Times That OF the Earth.

Mighty Jupiter, Whose Diameter Is Elev.
en- Times That OF the Earth.
Our most eminent astronomers do not
pretend to give us exact reckonings on
the great floating worlds outside of
our own solar system. but within that
monstrous aggregation everything has
been reduced to certainty. The king
pin of this solar system is Jupiter,
mighty Jupiter, the colossal giant of
all the sun-kissed worlds" His diam
eter is about 49, 900 of our miles, being
about eleven times that of our own
globe; the circumference 21s5 900 miles
at the equator, which would give the
giant a volume exceeding that of the
earth by 1.2S4 times. Were it possible,
says the st. Louis Republic, to bring
the earth and Jupiter so close together
that the distance separating them
would be no greater than that which
now, separates the earth from the
moon-about 100000 miles - what
wondrous sight would be in store for
the residents of our little globe. The
world of Jupiter would appear to us to
have a diameter forty times larger
than that of our usual mighty attend
ant. and the surface of his disk would
occupy space greater than that of 800
full moons. And this giant of planets
is removed from the sun by distance
OF 496, 900, 900 miles; has an orbit of
more than 1 ZOO, 000. 900 miles in extent,
and makes a circuit of its celestial
track once every 1882 DAYS. Thus it
will be seen that year on Jupiter is
equal to eleven years ten months and
seventeen days on our globe. The i'm
mensity of the world of Jupiter and its
orbit may be approximately measured
by this comparison: In order to COM
plete its orbit IN the time given above
it must speed around the sun with a
velocity of 700.000 miles day, or lit
tie more than eight miles per second.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02

The epidemic wave seems to have
struck the cranks of the country, all in a
bunch, and set them on the tragic stage.
No less than dozen breaks have been
made by that geni within the past four
days. 1t is getting to be so that ministers
have 10 be guarded to keep off assassin
attacks. If this thing keeps on it will
not be long until every man who enter
Iains an opinion adverse TO the doctrine
Of anarchy, and is called upon to express
it publicly, will have to keep himself
hedged about with a body guard. A
few conspicuous examples made of such
creatures would unquestonably have a
purifying effect upon the atmosphere
that propogates them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02
A PLAIN DUTY.

II large and enthusiastic meetings at
public discussions by Republican speak
ers are any indication of popular senti-
ment; if private opinions publicly ex-
pressed are test of the prevailing belief
of the people; if reports of re-conversions
from the opposition party back to the
doctrines and principles OF Republican,
ism mean anything, then everything
promises rousing majority for the Re-
publicans In Kansas next Tuesday. We
have not heard of any converts to the
doctrines Of fusion during the last six
months. She fusion papers do not an
nounce any such, or make any claims in
that direction. On the contrary the
logic of events, more potent than the
most eloquent orator or the most con-
vincing theories, has settled the question
of good government once for all in the
minds Of many who were uncertain, or
who had adopted and voted the Popu-
llstic view last fall. Hence. we say,
everything promises big majority for
Republicanism this fall.
Dut tileIt 10 one uduReI, duu tiidt ID
over-confidence. Let no Republican
take it for granted that what appears SO
plain to him is equally so to everybody
else Prejudices are hard to overcome,
and it will not do to trust to an ava
lanche of converts from the other party
to help out. Every Republican should
himself turn out and vote as we'll as see
that his neighbor votes. The effect of
big majority this fall will be largely
moral, as no national or state tickets are
TO be elected. The smaller the majority
in the counties the less valuable will it
be. But majority OF 10000 or 40, 900
would utter a sound which would be
heard at Washington, animate the mi
nority in congress with new vigor and
call halt on the free trade wreckers.
1t would herald the beginning of better
things and better times.
Hence it will be seen that every vote
counts, and no patriotic Republican can
afford to remain away from the polls on
November 18th.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02
IRRIGATION.
.om the Hutchinson News

From the Hutchinson News
There is {; general agitation of the
subject of irrigation in central and west
ern Kansas, and it is well that it is so.
The success of irrigation in states where
neither the soil nor the growing season
is SO fav orabl,. as in this state, gives
some idea Of what will be accomplished
on the fertile plains OF Kansas. Irriga-
ton is the coming idea with the farmers
Of the west, and the near future will
see thousands Of acres of land even In
the rain belt" under irrigation.
Whether necessary or not, there is
profit in irrigation in central Kansas.
There are few seasons i'll which irri9a-
ton might not be profiiablv employed in
almost every state i'll the Union. Every
state has its seasons of drouth, and the
farmer who is prepared to wet his fields
al Just the right time has an imcompar
able advantage over MS neighbor who
depends solely upon natural rainfall.
Irrigation means good crops every
year, no matter whether it rains or not.
1t means larger crops every year. for re-
suits in irrigated districts have lead to
the Observatian that rain is but poor
substitute for irrigation.
There is no place in the Arkansas val
ley where irrigation il not practicable.
There is underlying all this region an in
exhaustible supply of water. With the
proper machinery this may be raised and
conducted to the fields, orchards and
pastures. The expense will be repaid
many times by the increased production.
OF course the great question is, How
can this be done!" The ordinary farmer
is not able to buy expensive machinery
or dig great canals. Hence he must
confine his operations to a small scale,
depend upon some capitalist or utilize
the power of com bination among his
neighbors. As to which OF these meth
DDS is best 10 be employed is an open
question; but that some method of irri-
CATION must be employed is fast becom-
ing certainty. 1t is a great subject
for thought and one which may well
engage the attention of the progressive
farmer during the long winter months.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02
PAY OF FOREIGN LEGISLATORS
Lswmaking IL Not y Lucrative Professisr
In France Germany.


In France Germany.
In Germany the members of the
reichstag receive no payment. but ARA
provided with free passes on the Ger
man railways, says the London Daily
News The same practice obtains in
the case of the members of the her
renhaus." or upper house of the Prus-
sian legislature; but those of the lower
house receive an allowance-diaten or
tagegelder-of Is shillings day dur.
ing the session, as well as travelling
expenses. France pays each Of her
senators and deputies 81 500 "a year.
minus deduction OF 81 month for
refreshments-pourl la buvette- More
over, the members OF both assemblies
travel first class and gratis on all the
state railway lines and monthly sub
scription of 81 enables them 10 travel
first class throughout the year on every
line. Clearly, there must be less lu-
crative professions in France than that
of senator or deputy. In Austria mem
bers of the lower house of parliament
receive 81 n day and travelling expenses.
and in Hungary $3.50 year. includ-
ing an allowance for rent II, how
ever, we would attain the full realiza--
ton of the radical ideal in this matter
we must cross the Atlantic and con-
template the system which prevails In
the United States. where each senator.
representative and delegate in con-
grcss receives a salary Of $1,000 per an
mum Washington may verify he
termed the FL Dorado of the profess
sional politician.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02
THE BRIDAL WREATH.
Materials of Which the Emblem Il GEN.
orally Made.

materials OF VI hich tho En- blem IL Gen.
orally Made.
No wreath has been so sung by poets
and rhymesters as that which graces
the head of the bride on her wedding
day, says the New York Advertiser,
and in most countries the myrtle is
closely associated with the bridal
wreath. The latter has become a sym
Dol of true womanliness, of purity Of
mind and soul, and even Schiller is
among those who have sung its praises.
In the time of the Old Testament the
Jews saw in the myrtle sign of what,
for them, was most beautiful and
precious-the promised land for which
they were always longing. Later on,
among the Greeks, the myrtle and the
rose We're considered the favorite fiow-
erS of Venus. the goddess of love. and
gardens of myrtle were planted in her
honor, with beds of roses, the red rose
and the green myrtle representing the
union of love and virtue. Nowadays
the myrtle has, however, several rivals.
In America, in England, in France and
in Poland the orange blossom reigns
SupASAhS' AZ itd4y tiC Willie IoSC has
taken the place of evergreen and
fragrant myrtle wreath. In Spain the
red rose and in Portugal the carnation
have supplanted it. In many parts of
Germany there are several distinct
customs to be observed The sprigs
from which the wreath shall be twined
must in some places be taken at a fixed
hour Of the night between certain holy
days. In some countries or districts
the veil is used without the wreath.
In the province of Dalarne, in Sweden,
the bride wears white cloth round
her head, and in several countries the
bridal wreath has, in the course of
time, taken the shape of more or less
elaborate headgear or wedding crown.
This is the case in Norway and in
several places in Germany. In Alien
burg it takes the shape of red velvet
cap. round which run thirteen silver
rings, from which are suspended
number of silver and gold plates and
coins. A veil and profusion of float
ing silk ribbons in gay colors complete
the bridal crown. In Denmark the
myrtle is universally used for bridal
wreaths, together with long white
veil. Many families possess myrtle
trees, which have for quite a genera
ton or more furnished the myrtle
wreaths for the brides of the family.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02
A QUEER RAIN THEORY.
Precipitation from the Soldiers Given ~ .
Cause of Showers After Battle.

fefkptr2ttOn from the soldiers Sfvep - =
Cause of Showers After Battle.
A most extraordinary theory has re-
Gently been propounded, says the Bos-
ton Globe, to show the reason why
rain usually falls after a severe battle
has been fought.
The sncients used to attribute the
phenomenon to the generosity OF some
diety who was kind enough TO make
the attempts to wash away the traces
of mans degradation as soon as pos
sible, and later on. when cannon came
to be used as a means of destroying
life, the decorations of those machines
were said to cause the wonderful down
pour of rain.
But more prosaic, up to date people
Of to-day put it down TO preparation
And this is how they go TO prove it:
One soldier will, in the course OF
twelve hours fighting, give off six
gallons of water. He drinks much.
Thirst for gore. glory, and water 60
together on such occasions, and the
total amount of moisture given of by
one man Is said TO be sufficient TO
cover twelve square feet. three-quar-
ters of An inch deep
Now, of course, ali this preparation
eFaporates and goes up into the at
mosphere- The atmosphere, becoming
unduly charged with moisture. offers
itself on the slightest provocation TO
the formation of clouds. and in nine
cases out of ten rain falls immediately
condensation sets in
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02
A Terrible TreA.

That swful Indian bugaboo. the
"witehed tree OF Calcutta" stands On
the Stanley road, few miles ont from
Calcutta, India II ia not a botanical
freak OF the 'cannibal1 or "bloodsuck-
ing" variety. neither is !. a tree which
exEaies poisonous va2ors or other
deadly eleEnents-it Is simply species
Of chural which the natives and nos a
few Of the English residents believe 10
be bewitched. Away back Ia the SIX
tcenth century serega Do~Ish and
twenty-five Of his men camped under
II abont two o'clock che morning. and
=, daylight ali bGt two were dead. One
Of the survivors remained . chztterin2
idiot all the rest o; the dsyz o. his life.
and the other died terrible death
within the month Of = terrible erup-
ton th5: sveliei his body out Of all
proportions IL Tire seven tacn:h cen
tUry the tree claimed score or more
Of yictiTn& I he last victim waz a scrv-
an. q. NJ. Kemp. O. the British do
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02
Uncle Dan Explains.

The Learenworth Times is getting 10
be As waggish as that other gay youns
journal. tie Troy Chief. Discussing the
ansagonIsm between the Democrats and
Popuiists The Times closes by declaring
that pure Democracy Is as far a"ay
from pura Populism as pure whisky Is
from pure cussedness-' I hat Is also a
succinct difinition OF the Differences be-
tween tweedle de and twesole DUN
Wichita Eagle.
We did not mean il that way. Pure
whaskey is not productive OF pure cnss-
edness, at LEASE To the extent ,ssat Tor~-
ka "a hiskey Is. Perhaps 10 compare The
Democratic party 10 paEe ~nisSy Is
putting il rather strong. but that party
has really come to apP~ar more respect
able by contrast with the Pors.-kAven-
WORTH TimeA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02
Primitive Teleg-apAy.

The frss person 20 apply to purposes
Of teicgraphy the galvanic battery in
vented by Volta, in 1850, was Dr.
Samuel 7. Won Soemmering. OF Mu-
mich. He employed the energy OF
powerful voltaic pile 70 dccompose
water by means of tairty-nve gold pins
immersed IN an oblong glass trough.
Each Of these pin electrodes was in
connection with thirty-tivs wires
forming the telegraph line. The bub-
bles evolved by these electrodes were
received in figured and lettered tubes
corresponding to each pin and the mes
sagcs were thus spelled out. Ia 1910
he autographed over two miles Of wire
by this primitive method. As each
separate pin was immersed i, decom-
posed certain portion of water and
sent bubbles through its lct;ered or
numbered tube.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02
STRANGE PEOPLE.
A Tribe In India Which Has Some Pc
culiar Beliefs.

Scattered over the breezy downs OF
the Nilgherries, in the little villages
of wicker houses that look at 6 little
distance like nothing in the world SO
much as colony of bcehives, lives a
community OF six or seven hundred
people, who are variously believed to
be the descendants of one of the lost
tribes of Israel, the aborigines of
southern India and community of
Manichasens.
They believe in strange trinity and
a hell. dismal stream full Of leeches,
and this they must cross by means of a
single thread. The soul. burdened
with sin. is too heavy for this slender
support and the sinner falls into the
the souls of the good. The funeral Of
a Toda, for that is the name OF the sim
guar tribe. is as odd In its way as its
religious belief His body is wrapped
in a new cloth and his toes tied to-
gether with a red thread. Grain, sugar,
tobacco and money are wrapped in his
funeral toga to provide him for his
journey across the Styx and the dark
plain beyond.
Two bufTaloc, are slain beside the
corpse and the dead man hands are
placed upon their horns. piece OF his
skull. his hair and his finger nails are
removed 40 be used later on az the
great celebration of the death Of al,
those who during the twelve months
have taken the leap over the preeipice
into the bottomless abyss" When
these tokens are removed clarified but
ter is smearod on the fragrant wood Of
the funeral pyre and the body Is burned
to ashes and the ashes scattered 20 the
forr winds
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02
ODDITIES OF NATURE.


Curioua Things to Wonder Over by the
know n All People"
There are processes of nature which
seem a. iuexplicabie as the operation
Of the mind.
Why does sugar7alwavs crystalline
in a certain way and salt In certain
other way? An infzllible test for
some minerals ia in their form OF
capitalization, says the Seattle Tele
graph
Why does the mysterious movement
of the sap in a plant proceed with such
absolute regularity that ia the leaf.
say of varicgated geranium. a little
coloring matter of one shade Is dropped
At one point and little Of another
shade at another point, with never .
mistaken
Why does nature. or rather how does
nature. tell the wheat that IL grown in
northern latitudes that /, must produce
many seeds 20 each plant. SO that sorn~
CT them may survive the rigor OF the
winter?
Why do the plants Of the tropics ex)
pend all their forces in leaf and gor-
geous flower, and yield only . few
seeds, as II they knew that in the
genial climate where they flourish
every seed stood . grand chance OF
growing?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02
A short SENTENCE.

Mr. Justice Maui once addressed a
phenomenon OF innocence as follows:
Prisoner at the bar, your counsel
thinks you innocent. the counsel for
the prosecution thinks ron innocent: |
think you innocent But q jury o!
your own countrymen. in the exercise
OF such common sense as they possess,
which does not seem 10 be much. have
found you guilty, and II remains that
should pass upon ron the sentence OF
lay. That sentence Is. that you be
kept In imprisonment for one day: and.
as that day was yesterday. you may
now so about your business"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02

The railroad commissioners gave a
freight rate decision in favor of Wichita
the other day, greatly reducing certain
claiming that it is entitled to the same
rates. And they will all get them, too,
unless Wichita does the handsome thing
by the commissioners. Justice demands
that Arkansas City, Hutchinson, Winfield.
Salina, Abilene and all the rest be placed
on an equal footing with Wichita
The implied meaning Of the foregoing
is that Wichita will try to use the decis-
ion to her exclusive advantage, and the
purpose of it is TO prejudice the other
towns and cities of the state against this
city. Wichita's motive, primarily, was
and is a selfish one; that is, she was
prompted by the first law of nature-self
defense-but he would be chump, in
deed, to suppose that the determinations
practiced against all the interior points
could be removed as to one and remain
against the balance. So, while Wichita
has been fighting battle in her own
behalf, the victory will inure to every
other point in the interior of the state
similarly situated. And for this Wich-
itas qualification is exceeded only by
the satisfaction she feels at her own de-
liyerance
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02

delight of Dan Voorhees,, in his stump
ng campaigns in Indiana, to strike an
attitude before his audience and holding
aloft a silver dollar and exclaim Here
laddies, and his Hooser followers would
howl themselves hoarse, equal to Kan
Sac calamityite of today, on occasion.
What figure Daniel would cut now in
he same presence and attitude, but
The silver dollar replaced with a golden
eagle, his new idol.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02

Instead of a revival in all lines of bust
ness that was promised by the repealers
10 follow Immediately upon the passage
Of the repeal bill, the contrary effect
was felt at once: Wheat fell off ? cents
rom its already abnormally low price,
md other farm products shrunk COR
'espondingly. while the stock market
suffered like pressure. Well may the
people cry out, o for little leaven of
brains and patriotism to be kneaded into
the controlling batch of dough.