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dedicated to the sons of Indiana who
fell on land and sea in the war of the
rebellion.
The circle, about three hundred and
fifty feet in diameter, was set apart in
1885, while laying out the city as the
state capital, for the location of the
governors mansion. 1t has not been
used, however, for this purpose, but was
park until the excavation for the
monument began. It was bisected by
Meridian street running north and
south and by Market street running
east and west. The street skirting the
park was known as Circle street. 1t
was terror to strangers, who would
often be found walking in circle, and
eagerly appealing to stranger to show
them the way out. But the monu-
ment now serves to give bearings to
pedestrians who visit The spot. 1t
is by special act of the legislature
known as Monument Place. Being
no longer the Circle" in common
parlance. the people are coming to
adopt the Italian word plaza" as dis
tinctive and euphonious name. When
finished there will be no more attrac-
tive public court in the world. Monu-
ment Place will not be recognized by
persons who formerly knew it as the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-01

colossal bronze crowning figure >-3.;S;s
over twenty thousand pour DIS with it's
supports and braces and reaches over
sixty feet higher, the deviation of
the stone, due to elasticity, is no doubt
much greater. But the monument is
able to withstand the heaviest gale
that ever blew in the state. Thus,
from her lofty station the shapely
female figure typifying Indiana may
proudly say: This rock shall fly from
its firm base as soon as l."
The dimensions OF the monument
produce a harmony OF proportion and
symmetry, resulting in a charm that
permits no safe calculations of size by
the average person. Height and
breadth are lost to the observer in the
overpowering sense of magnificent
entity and dignifed massiveness. 1t
is especially unsafe to trust a citizen
of Indianapolis or the state in matters
of dimensions. His pride in this work
of art adds another disa bling factor in
such calculations.
Referring to the plans, it is found
that the monument consists of circu-
lar terrace on plot Of groun which,
with the approaches aud prospective
fountains is one hundred and ninety
two feet IN diameter. Tie foundations
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-01

foundry records for size. II is'pro
nounced by critics To be superb pices
of work, and of enduring art farnc.
The designer. Mr.. George 7. Brewster.
modelled il from two Cleveland women.
one OF whom posed for the body above
the waist and the other for that below.
The bronze weighs about twenty thoa-
sand pounds. 1t was cast in the Amcri-
can bronze foundry ut Chicago. II
stands thirty-eight feet high from the
base of the globe TO the tip of
the torch. Its pose represents
Liberty exultant Being unique
among statues as TO height. there
was always question whether
after it was put in its place ESQ feet
above ground it would be free from
art defects. The designer WAS success
ful in his conception. The figure har-
monizes perfectly with the require.
ments of art at its great height It.
has simplicity and harmony OF out
line. free from petty and superfnous
details, and has grace OF movement
combined with vigor and strength. II
is free from conventionalitics and is.
original as well as American in treat
mcnt- II shows evidence OF thoroug
technical training. The headpieee is
an American eagle with outstretched
wings J. T. LANE
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sn1 terrace occupy one heh'red and
ten feet Of this space. Tne terrace. oi
massive masonry, Is eleven feet hlga
and supports a massive stone talus-
trade. Within the terrace are apart
nents for engines. pumps. elevator
machinery and quarters Tor the Gus
todian- From the center Of the ter
race arises the square base and
pedestal Of TIE monument proper
The pedestal Is sixty-eigh: feet
in diameter and Eftv-rsiEe feet
high losing twensy-eigi.t feet IN
diameter ~ the top. Thence arises
the shaft, the same IN shap3. -
height 81 one hundred ard fO-tY-nine
feet having q diameter diminishing
from twenty-five feet SIX inches 20
twelye SIX inches a. tee base q
the capital Above this capital
which : oTuamented with csrved stone
eagles SIX feet hirh. there arises
lantern or furret Of iron beams cor
cred witE copper. which = ssTenty-one
fee algh ard e5gh; feet In diameter
On i.ris resss the ersswnin- figure.
thirty eight fest IN height Miss Tgsdl-
ana stands hir.ser than the highest
2oint reaeaed b the passenger n ;bs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-01
HUMOROUS,

Mr.. Brown-''How often have I
told you rot TO play ball in the house?"
Fred Brown-"Kvery time you've
caught me at it."
My friends were right about
John," sighed the young wife. They
said that after married him 1 would
find him out, and so l do-out eysry
night. New York Press.
WELL" said the reporter, as he
took the cash for an interview with "a
certain eminent politician" this is
not the first rumorthat has gained cur.
rency. .''-Washingten Star.
They say Jones made an incen.
diary speech yesterday. Was he on
the right line?' 81 reckon he was
same rope we lynched the other feller
with !'-Atlanta Constitution.
-Jennie-"You are not married yete"
Fannie-"No: but I'm going to be. The
young man who has been visiting me
has been making inquiries behind NV
back if 1 knew how to cook."-Tam.
many Times.
-Bibbs-'I never heard of his doing
anything SO very hard. How did he
come by the name OF being such hard
citizen?' Bobbs-' From his confound-
ly rocky appearance. most likely
Buffalo Courier.
of Course Not. ot.-Jones-"Was that
you | heard trying to unlock the door
at three o'clock this morning." Brown
(who had come in at five a. n.y. with
great iudignation-"No, sir; it was
not. ."-Chicsgo Tribune
Il wonder" said old Mrs. Jason. as
she watched the gang of political street.
cleaners at their work" Il wonder
if them is the campaign mud-slinger.
that | read so much about in the pa
pers?"-lndianapolis Journal.
-A-''Whst splendid library YOU
have got! All novels, I,declare ~ b
Yes, my wife bought them to pick
ont nice name for our little daugh-
ter" A-"And what name did you fix
upon?" B-"Msry."-Nord und Sud.
Mrs. F.-"Yeur former servant giA
wants me to hire her. Is she honest
and relia ble9" Dressma kerr can't
say. / have sent her to you with your
bill Eve or SIX times. but she has never
brought me back my money. Texas
Siftings
What the deuce are you doing
right on the top of that tree, Mike2
Don't you see that it's being cut down."
Mike-"Ies. your honor: the last toime
We had tree cut down it fell on the
top OF me, and. begorra, Oil be safe
this tonne. Tit Bits
Have a good time this summer
Jack?" asked Wallis. Fine. Went
fishing every day. and caught tremen-
dous big fellows" returned Jack. II
beat you there said Wallis. Il wen.
fishing every day too. but nv fish were
too big 10 catch. "-Harper's Bazaar.
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Amateur Werkmznship.
Woof-Sir. am self-nads man.
Warp-Ahl first lob. Puck.
ITALY'S POOR PEASANrRY.
The Oppression Of the Noney-Lend~r Felt
Heavily Since 1850.

Sir Dominic Colnaghi. ia his latest
report on la Dor in Italy. gives some in
teresting facts concerning the condi-
tion of the peasantry of Padua, Venice
and Nicenzs. He says that after the
union of Venetin with the kingdom Of
Italy, and down 20 1850. the times were
prosperous and the prices and rent OF
land increased. Then came the agri-
cultural crisis. Many among the small
farmers were compelled 20 sell their
cattle 10 pay their rent. the rate of
which was too high 10 enable them 10
realize profit. and the rents have not
yet fallen 10 the level Of the agricul-
turaL products
The peasantrv are fed from the
produce of their farms bu. all extrAs
are provided by accessory industries.
such as the raising Of stock. which
still forms one Of their principal re-
sources. pig and poultry breeding. etc.
These undertakings require a certain
amount Of capital. The funds are sup
piled by money-l.ndors. who sorse-
times belong 20 the middle classes. but
are often peasants who have made a
money lent amounts frequently TO one
hundred per cent. and is occasionally
higher. rs. for instance. on the ad-
vances OF Indian corn. of which gen
orally enough is not grown On the
farms 10 last throughout the year
The quantity advanced la. TO t,e re-
paid in kind, and has often 70 b.
bought ~ high rates. ~ that. a, times.
the interest amounts 20 two hundred
per cent
Goose breeding 5. Iour-es,a biisb~d
Industry. The pczsan, receives from,
the mop.y-leoder an sd@znec Of ten
dollars for the purchase Of ffty ros-
iinRs When. n the course of FIVE or
SIX months. the geese are fatIensd. ,h.
p-as=Ht farmer. IN addition IN the re-
pa sYrnent of me loan IN cash. gives The
money lender ore fat goose on, of.-.r~
ten u .ny gsese die during the fs.-
tensns 'he .oss il borne bT the peasant
IL tR- contract OF soecsdz. under which
third party suppiies cattle 80 ia.
farmer receiving half the profits de-
rived from the rsizisg 81 stnck ard
1eEne oiher special dBes. the gain ,o.b.
sn6-T - ree<on-e 30 aboaf sortv p.,
-euA ne contract NAV b~ fair or na.
'neoTeinZ - eireurssfznces h-,. :,
n2ny eases IT presses very heavily IN
he farmer. who IA. 70 b~a- All -.
'ss~s' while dividing the u-sa.,
>hssszs Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-01
Effect of the Free Use OF the Whip in Cor
Trair,in1.

Effect OF the Free Use OF the Whip in Cor
rection and Training.
An item recently appeared in met
ropolitan newspaper in which father
boasts of having whipped his nineteen
.aar-old daughter He asserts that an
occasional whipping is benefit to such
youngsters, and that he considers it
his right and duty to correct them in
this way.
1t depends altogether upon the sem
timent that the average parent desires
to inspire in the minds of his children
whether he Shall take this course or
not. That must be a curious sort of
disposition that will, like common
cur. turn back and fawn upon the hand
that beats it.
If parents desire to be feared by
their children, to have all pleasure and
gayety suspended at their approach, to
be looked upon as tyrants, to make the
home place to get away from at the
earliest opportunity, to fill the mind OF
childhood with memories of arbitrary
dealing, unjust accusations and a gem
.ral atmosphere of petty tyranny, then
the whip is AN excellent constituent in
the makeup of the household equip
ment. Dogs and children and some
mems wives are the few remaining
creatures on which wrongheaded, bad
dispositioned men vent their wrath
through the medium of the lash Even
the average horscman long ago learned
that a whipped colt was spoiled colt,
and that very much more can be Sc
cured by gentleness and kindness than
by beating and banging.-N. Y.
Ledger.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-01
An Artistic EalI.

No matter what the shape of the hall
may be. certainly in a good-sized mir
ror there is an advantage An old
fashioned French plate mirror is a val
uable possession; throw the old gilt
frame away and rejuvenate the glass
in a hardwood. brass-mounted frame.
Another good idea for a smaller glass
is an old-gold plush frame studded
with brass-headed nails A long
leather-topped box seat is de-
sirabie companion to the hat-rack.
or, if preferred, a simple table, on
which may stand an effective Jana
nese vase. An inexpensive blue
and white or terra Gotta Japanese UNI
brella jar is indispensable Opposite
the bat-stand may be hung large
photograph with plain wooden frame.
the subject of which should not smack
OF any sentiment. The hall gas fix
ture us apt to be inartistically plain
and geometrically ugly / should be
tempted to cover the thing with a coat
or two of dead ebony black. or else
take 1T down altogether and hang an
artistic, blackmounted, opalescsnt
glass lamp in its place. Ladies' Home
Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-01
A Bad Fall.

"You are very late this morning, Mr.
Baldwin" said a dry-gOods merchant
recently to one of his clerks. "Do not
let it happen again"
Very sorry" said the clerk, 81 met
with a serious fall"
Indeed" replied the merchant re-
lently. Are you hurt much?"
Principally, sir, in your estimation, {"
answered the clerk respectfully.
''Oh, never mind that said the mer-
chant kindly. II am very sorry, and
had no intention to be severe We are
all liable to accidents. How did you
get che fall?"
We'll, you see, sir" said the clerk
confidingly, Il was called quite early
this morning-earlier, in fact than
usual
''Ah.'
''Yes, sir; but somehow or other
fell asleep again.
Go TO your desk, sir. and don't try
that on again, exclaimed the merchant.
with an air of severity which was be-
lied by the twinkle in his eve, which
denoted that he enjoyed the jole.-N.
Y. Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-01
A PARENTAL DIFFICULTY.
How 20 Meet the Individuality of thu
Childish Members of the Household.

How TO Meet the Individuality of the
Childish Members of the Household.
The home-circle is q unit of love and
harmony, composed of varying dis
positions. No tive faces are exactly
alike. No two spirits perfectly resem-
1 BILE each other The parents have
doubtless felt this difficulty many
/ times: "How can we best adapt our
training and government to agree with
! and develop our shildren's diversified
natures?"
! The problem, as stated above, is not
| easy of solution. Some children need
! very little correction, but any amount
of stimulus Others overflow with
abounding yigor, but the vigor some
times takes wrong directions and mars
their prospects. The grand fathers
temper will assert itself in John, need
ing strong restraint: while Mary, low
ing and patient, is too easy-going and
must be urged forward. The more
gifted and original the family is, the
more probable is it that these marked
contrasts viii be found. One child's
mental and moral food will prove an
others poison. And wise, loving care
of our little ones and growing boys
and girls is much exercised as to how
it must best adapt itself to chSnginS
needs.
The easiest way to do this is to make
study Of every member of .your fami-
~ circle. Keen-sighted love is intui-
tive and can more easily discern the
hidden depths of Johns or Mary's
heart than any other method. Such
study of your boy and girl will lead
to the understanding of them; and
when this much is accomplished, the
greater part of the problem is solved
1t is safe to assert that where training
is at fault the parents lack not love,
but knowledge. They love well, but
not wisely. For it should be remem-
eered what gulf there is between the
love Of benevolence which ever seeks
the highest good of the object it loves,
and the mere impulse of passionate
affection.
A parents heart often sacrifices itself
but the lesson is necessary for the ad-
vance of character in the child. This
is the love of benevolence.
Another fond mother, ardent but
mistaken, will say: "Oh, let him have
this, or do that, for can not bear to
hear him cry," This is the impulse,
unguarded and unsalutary, of passion
ate affection. 1t is really selfish feel
ing, since it prefers present comfort to
the child's future good.
Gently, yet firmly. must the child be
taught the great lesson of obedient
service, that its highest liberty is to
surrender to the loving mastery of the
father and the mother. This process
is the work of years, not days: when
guided by good-natured common sense
it can not easily fail: and the law OF
love ever being supreme, our children
shall grow up as trees rightly planted, |
out OF their very diversity producing a
rich harmony OF concord, unity and |
affeotion.-N. Y. Ledger.
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"Pircle." Bowlders have given way
to asphalt pavements and sidewalks
Granolith approaches on the north
and south sides lead TO the wide stair
ways by which the terrace is reached
The monument proper is square and
rises IN symmetrical and shapely lines
Its height from the ground to the tip
Of the torch in the hand OF the crown
ing figure is two hundred and eighty
four feet II is tie highest point in
the city, aud is the first object that
meets the eve on entering the city. The
whole structure IS colossal, exceeding
any other monument Of similar pur-
pose IN the worid. Its material Is
Indiana stone. the volitic which has
become famous and is in demand from
" Washington city to San Francisco
Many Of the blocks living in the base
OF this monument weighed sixty thou
sand pounds before they were dressed.
The handling and placing Of such
stones were affairs Ii themselves Of
much interest Mechanical science,
however, WIS all sufficient For two
men and a windiass successfully
raised the quarry monsters 10 their
permanent bed IN tse strucIRre- Nos
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-01
HOPES WRECKED BY A BONE.
He Would Hsve Proposed. But for an Ac-
cident.

He Would Have Proposed. But fer an Ae.
cident.
Eyes, meditatively said the bachelor
to the other man, Il would have been
Z prosy old married man like you BY
this time if it had not been for the med.
dlesome Intervention of soup bone
''Scme months ago I was very much
impressed with little typewriter girl
in our Office. She was bright. pretty,
had a dainty figure. and wore such neat
teiets that half the men in the place
were daft about her
II was too bashful to ask her IL
might call en- her, and one night over
my late cigar ! evolved a business
method Of settling my fate. l would
SO early to the Office next morniug-sh
was usually the first clerk down.
would send the porter out upon an err
rand. and then dictate letter to her
asking her to marry me.
Wasn't that brilliant schemee
But she was not there. and did not
come in until nine o'clock Late in
the day heard her tell another girl
what had detained her.
Ihe coOH AT her clearinghouse
had gone out to buy meat for break
fast: she entered the butcher shop inst
as the butcher, in anger. threw a SOUP
bone at his assistant; the cook inter
cePted the soup-bone. was felled insen-
sisle. and being unknown to the
butcher was carried off to the hospital.
The boarders waited for their
breakfast. and my romantic intentions
were chilled beyond esuscitation-so
here / am. dismal bachelor, the vie
tim OF contemptible, mean, little
hve-cent soup bone. N Y. Journal.
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A Russian village Fire Department.

In Russian village there is not even
such an organization as we possess in
this country in the small volunteer
companies. In their stead is log
stable with thatched roof, containiup
an old-fashioned hand-pump and three
casks mounted on wheels. These are
kept filled with water. and each is
drawn by single horse. The horses
lare the property of the commune. and
they are kept tethered outside the
cabin, ready for duty at a moments
notice. A place is also set apart in the
hut for the muzhik. VINO serves as
watchmaB, an Office that is held. turn
by turn. by the inha bitan.s of the
township. The location selected for
this cabin is as uear as possible to the
residence of the pristav. or the dis
trict captain of police. and upon a,
alarm of IRE he drives to the scene in
his telega at the head of the procession
'ef aarts and peasants
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q man was killed or wounded in the
construction, which has been under
way for five years.
The weight of the monument is
almost beyond calculation, and of
course required solid foundation.
The excavation was deep enough to
find solidity, and in the first year after
laying the stone the settling amount
ed only to the eighth part of an inch,
which was evenly distributed There
has been no change since. The shaft,
however: has shown that there is eias-
tieity in stone. Though over twelve
feet square in its slenderest place, the
monument at the capital. which is two
hundred and twenty feet from the
ground, will bend under a strong wind
about eight iuches. NoW that the
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-NorthinVtcn's Nagazi,. x.v. >,

-Northingtcr' Magazine say. the
oldest rose bush in the world is at
Hi;dersheim, in Hanover. 1t was
plan ed more than LOCO years ago by
Charlemagne in commemoratioo OF a
visit made to him by the Am bassador
of the caliph HaEoun-alRasehid After
1t had become fourishinp vine a
cathedral was bull, ever II. 1t is
known. however, that cofi shaped
vault was built around il. sacred roots
IN the year SIS, the vault ard brsh
surviving FIRE which DESTROYED the
cathedral in l14s. The bush is now %
feet high and covers 80 feet OF the wall.
The stem. after l,eso years growth. is
only inches in diameter.
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Horace Boies has never used to-
bacco in any form and is unacauain ted
with the taste of liquor, and perhaps
his only profanity was when he swors
in as the governor of Iowa.
The late Arthur Elder Nelson is
said to have made about 1000 a year
writing dime and half-dine novels, and
he didn't waste any OF it on pistols and
bowie-knives to go hunting bears and
Indians.
Prof. Garner, who is monkeying
with gorillas and chimpanzees in the
wilds of Africa, calculates that he viii
get back home in December. He ex-
poets to have several exceptionally fine
specimens with him.
Jordan Bailey, a negro farmer in
Georgia, is still daily using a two-horse
Gen. Sherman's camps in Butts county
in 1854. That army wagon was evil
IDENTITY made for service which was not
true of all of them.
Henry w. Scott, associate Justice
Of the supreme court of Oklahoma, is
at twenty-eight years the youngest
Judge perhaps in the country. At
twenty-five he was register Of the land
office at Larned, Kas., and since then
has written several legal works of
standard authority.
The car dislikes German so much
that he recently declined to answer a
DANISH officer who addressed him In
hat h..
peated to him in English. It might be
supposed that it would be a relief to
him to hear few sentences in German
after listening to his native language
for time.
Emperor Francis Joseph, whom
Prague as king of Bohemia. has been
twice crowned already, as emperor OF
Austria and king OF Hungary. The
kings Of Italy, Spain, Belgium, Ba-
varia, and SaXeny, on the other hand,
have never taken the trouble to be
crowned at all.
king Bshanzin of Dahomey is said
to be e follower of modern fashion in
his correspondence. for he has selected
a gorgeous coat CT arms. which embel-
fishes all his letters. His letters are
written by his secretary and bear the
official stamp of Behanzin. The king
is said TO be fabulously wealthy, and to
an English correspondent he deplored
the loss of one hundred and sixty pots
of gold stolen from him after his re-
treat before the French
Bismarck collects Thermometers for
as other men collect coins,
or stamps, or canes. Hardly window
in his home is without one, and alto
gether he has fully thirty of improved
make about the place. The prince has
a great fondness for the dumb creation.
In the forest about his castle there are
many squirrel boxes and bird houses.
the occupants of which have been SO
well treated that they come down the /
trees to receive the caresses of visitors
Henry Irving's voice gave symp-
toms OF giving out while he was in San !
Francisco, and the result of a consulta- |
ion with specialist was that a sur
gical operation was performed on the !
great actors throat, and growth that
lad formed in the nose to such an ex-
,ent that both the larynx and pharynx
we're much irritated, was removed.
The improvement in Mr.. Irving's voice
after the operation was very marked,
Ind he has since expressed himself as
greatly pleased with the result.