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is VENUS INHABITED.
A Question Astronomers Are Much Inter
esfed In.

- Oucbt1On astronomers are Much lnref.
ested In.
IT will be remembered that about
two years ago the famous Italian as
tronomer, Schiapagelli, announced that
be had discovered that Venus, which is
world very slig smaller than ours
makes only one turn on its axis in GO
ing once around the sun. It would fol-
low from this that on Venus there is no
succession of days and nights as upon
the earth, but the perpetual day reigns
on one side of the planet and perpetual
night on the other. In other words. if
schiaparelli is right, Venus always
presents the same face to the sun, just
as the moon forever turns the same
hemisphere toward the earth.
The inhabitants of the sunward side
OF Venus, then-if there be any-never
see the sun set, while the inhabitants
of the other side never see the sun at
all, unless they visit the opposite hem
isphere OF their globe.
or course no one knows whether
there are inha bitants upon Venus or
not, but we do know that Venus has an
atmosphere, and that in its atmosphere
watery vapor exists and clouds float.
aud that upon the surface OF the planet
tho force OF gravitation is rot very diff
ferent from that which it manifests on
the surface of the earth. Accordingly
there are some reasons to be urged in
behalf of the opinion that Venus NAV
be an inhab bited world.
But Il opchslf of Venus be buried in
endless night while the other half lies
glaring beneath never-setting sun. it
is evident that the inha bitants OF that
planet must have experiences that
would be most strange and trying to
us. So the question whether Venus
really does rotate on its axis only once
IN 225 DAYS the period of its revolution
around the sun, derives an added inter
est from the consideration that the
planet possibly has inha bitants.
The older ohserva tions indicated that
Venus rotated in between twenty-three
and twentv-four hours, giving it DAYS
and nights about equal to those of the
earth. In order to settle the question
it has recently been proposed to apply
the spectroscopc. Il is known that in
the spectrum of q celestial body which
is rapidly approaching the earth the
spectroscopic lines are shifted toward
the blue, while in the spectrum of
fast retreating body the lines are shift
ed toward the red.
This principle has been used in meas
uring the rate of the suns rotation.
The lines are shifted toward the blue
on the eastern and toward the red on
the western edge OF the sun. and by
measuring the amount OF shifting the
rate of rotation is found 1t Is easy TO
see that the same method may be ap-
Piled to and ont how fast Venus re-
wolves On its axis
Every one who watches the glorious
evening stsr growing brighter and
brighter in the sunset sky during the
coming months viii certainly be eager
to hear the latest news from the as
tronoIners who are trying TO find out
whether Venus has successive days and
nights Ike the earth or has only day
side and night side. Youths Com
nHESax.
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dating fluid throughout the whole ex-
tent of the arabic soil TO be influenced
In the accompanying picture tho
conducting wires are shown upon tho
surface OF the earth Ia order TO show
their arrangement In reality they are
buried at such depth as not 70 inter
fere with the work OF culture. Such
an Insulation viii last for several
years. The apparatus operates a.
long as the wires Withstand rust. and
still permit the Passage Of th.
electric current The apparatus IL
called the gconaGpetifer. height Of
fifty feet is suitable for thirty acres.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-28
An Anarchist plot against the police has
been unearthed in Prague.

An Anarchist plot against the police has
been unearthed in Prague.
The majority of the committee on ways
and means will meet on Jan. and decide
whether an income tax shall be placed
! upon all incomes. including individuals,
| or whether it shall be placed upon cor
porate investments.
| Senator Chandler of New Hampshire
| will introduce after the reconvcning of
| congress bill inviting all the gold
standard countries of Europe and the
South American and Oriental silver
standard countries to attend a monetary
| conference The invitation to the confer
| ence will contain declaration of the
United States that the purpose of the con-
ference shall be the establishment and
| maintenance of an international ratio,
with the further declaration that, If SUCH
ratio cannot be- agreed upon, il will be the
purpose Of the United States to adopt the
single standard of silver.
The Trenton National bank. at Trenton,
Mo-, has been authorized TO begin bust
nees. with capital OF $4,000.
Anarchists held a secret conference in
London on Wednesday.
Orders for the Miantonomah to prepare
in twenty-four hours for sea were received
al the Brooklyn navy yard yesterday. Her
ultimate destination is undoubtedly Rio
de Janeiro.
The Moultop block at Providence, r. l..
was gutted by fire last night. Que man
perished. Loss. $780, 900.
The Colored Teachers association of
Missouri is in session at Jefferson City,
with 100 delegates in attendance. Ia an
address Yesterday Professor Gresham Of
Kansas City said that in the south. while
llliteracy among :he whites had been re-
duced ii per cent, illiteracy among
the negroes had been reduced from - to
81 per cent W. Ii. Harrison Of Paris was
elected president.
A steamer, which has just arrived in
San francisco from the Gilbert islands,
brings the news that Great Britain has de-
termined to seize the whole group, and
this has probably been done before Cow.
This information is based upon a report
OF Sir John B. Thurston. British high
commissioner OF the western Pacific and
governor of FIJI. American trading ves-
sells will thus be deprived of large
revenue.
Two colored children, aged and II,
were burned to death Wednesday night,
near Sibley, seven miles south Of Law
renee, Kan. The parents were absent
from the house.
A great sensation has been caused at
Lisbon by a report that the Portuguese
minister, Compile de Paco D'Arco, is de-
tanned by force at Rio de Janeiro. The
Portuguese government is Investigating
the affair.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-28
SIR CECIL RHODES.
Why He Has Become South AT.
rica's Greatest Man.
Tho Most Indomitabie and Unscrupulous
Man In the Dark Continent--Storiex
Told of the Cape Colony's
Prime Minister.

The big man in South Africa just
| now is Sir Cecil Rhodes, prime minis
ter of Cape Colony, who, owing to the
Matabele war, has recently been q
conspicuous figure before the world.
That he is a man of no ordinary parts
| is evident from the fact that in the Re-
view of Reviews Editor Stead has
awarded him the distinction of being
the third greatest of living English
men, Gladstone and Salisbury alone be-
ing greater.
But Sir Cecil's present greatness is
not so interesting as the singularity
and romance of his career. lie is not
| only the greatest nah in Africa, but
the richest as well. He is only about
forty years old, but his wealth is esti-
mated at thirty million dollars. This
may be higher than the real figure.
but there is no doubt that he possesses
. prodigious fortune for South Africa
Sir Cecil is the sole author of his
own fortunes. Like nearly all Of
the great men of the British coll
onies. he is Briton born. His
father was poor English clergyman,
with the large family that such men
proverbially have. Cecil was one OF
the younger sons, and about the time
Of the great diamond discoveries at
Kimberley, went to South Africa for.
tune seeking. He did not achieve any,
thing brilliant until he got up
what is known in this country as
. trust. In fact Sir Cecil was
one of the first men to form
trust, just as he was one of the
first to reap the greatest profit from
this form of modern aggrandizement.
The Kimberley mines, which are
now producing all the diamonds of
commerce except those taken from
two small mines in the Orange Free
State, were controlled by rival COM
panies, the De Beers syndicate and
others. Competition among them be-
ing very sharp, they forced the price
of diamonds down to a comparatively
small figure. Mr.. Rhodes, for he was
not a baronet then, induced these
companies to join in a syndicate,
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which took the name De Beers, after
the leading company.
Sir Cecil did not do all this for any
! small reward. He received great
block of stock, which formed the
nucleus of his present immense for
tune. Then he decided to be gentle
man, as one understands the term in
Great Britain, and went back to Eng
land to live. He became much inter
/ ested there in the home rule move
ment, and gave Mr.. Parnell SIC. 600 to
/ be used in its behalf. But he quickly
! grew tired of idleness and returned TO
South Africa. He went into politics
there and was elected to the Cape par
Lament. becoming soon afterwards
the premier of that colony. Ever since
he has been at the head of affairs at
the Cape and throughout South Africa.
Sir Cecil is emphatically strong
man. In South Africa they look upon
him as their Bismarck. He is full OF
ambitious schemes, of which he makes
no secret. He is English to the core,
and is thorough inperialist. He
pire, embracing the choicest portions
of the globe. In this empire he wants
South Africa to take leading part.
One of his recent projects is tele-
graph line from Cairo to Cape Town,
by the way of Zanzibar and the great
lakes, and already, by means of the
war in Matalbeleland, he is pushing
II hot = ha oh ho1
sess every inch OF the soil IN the
southern half Of the continent fit for
the habitation of white men. Ten
years ago. at Kimberley. he stood ba-
fore map of Africa He placed his
hand across the interior up to the
mouth of the Congo and the great
lakes and Said:
"An that shall be English. That is
my dream"
His dream seems to be coming true,
for the English, under his leadership,
are pushing northward, and Il IS be-
lieved that the Germans viii abandon
their possessions in South Africa The
Portuguese can be driven out. Then
the English flag will fv from the
Southern ocean up TO the limits marked
By Sir Cecil There Is no land beyond
that line and below the sahara for
which white man need care.
In appearance Sir Cecil is a typical
Englishman in every respect bat one.
But that one is important He has no
side wfisl<ers
Sir Cecil neither writes. speaks nor
converscs we'll HIS enlinence hs.
been gained without any of these
gifts He thinks and acts.
Sir Cecil lives at Kimberley. a. the
diamond mines The only brigI. spot
in this dreary place IS the Kimberley
Club. which Is an elegant buiidi NJ SIR
rounded oy the only grass plot In tac
town This club Sir Cecil makes hia
home
SIR Cecil has MANI enemies tsoth IN
Africa and Great Britain, who charge
that he does not ec-uple 70 slaughter
tie natives in order - add 70 Eng.i -
territory and h5s cy~n yeal.E
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-28
BROTHER PAULIN'S PLAN,
How . French Priest Fertilixes Fl eIds by
Electricity.


Electricity.
Electricity has been utilized in
France by Brother Paulin, Catholic
priest, in the promotion of the growth
of vegetables and vines with decided
success. II is not the electricity of the
dynamo and battery that has done the
work, but natures own, as gener-
ated in the atmosphere a slight dis
tance from the earth by the meteoro-
logical phenomena of storms, rain and
wind. The invention promises to he
especially valuable for growing vege-
tables and fruits in the vicinity of
large towns.
4 French paper gives particulars re-
garding this very promising discovery
The electricity is obtained By erecting
resinous pole forty or sixty feet in
height, and higher, If possible, sup
porting an insulated galvanized iron
rod, terminating at the top in FIVE
branches Of copper. At the bottom this
collector of electricity communicates
with system Of iron wires spaced ,ix
feet apart, which distribute the .ecun-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-28

50 "a to repel dissassf II net, you wlii ist
ir DR.. Herce's Golisn Medical Discovery is,s
the help you need It comss 20 your ass
ance when you have such warnings O: isss-
pure blood and inactive liver, a. rinapies.
boiis or caG5Gncles or feeling cf .xssisusis.
weakness ard deepcudency. When yoCr
flesh is, from any cAase, "re<iuccd below
6 healthy Standard you've oEly 70 take TIE
" Discovery, which viii 81 all the organs
into vigorous action and hui,d UP both hcsa
and strength Avoid naeseous preparations
Of Ccd Liver On. They add Fat, but nps
wholesome flesh or healthy tissue.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-28
WEATHER BULLETIN.
WEATHER BUREAU, y
nrpApTMENT OF AGRICELTURH

w EATHER bUhEAUs
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURI
WICHITA, Kan. Dec. q, 1893.
Forecast for Wichita and vicinity
Fair until Friday night. Cooler THURSDAY
night and Friday.
During the past twenty-four hours the
highest temperature was SO. the lowest
80 and the mean a, with .O7 inch OF
rain during the night and trace in the
forenoon. Cloudy with falling barometer
all day.
Thus far this mouth the average tenn
perature has been 40.
For the past tive years the average
temperature for the month Of December
has been IS, and for the 27th day "a.
FRED L. JOHNSON. Observer.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.-The following
is the forecast up to s p. IN. Tuesday.
For Kansas-Fair; preceded tonight
by light showers in the extreme east;
southwesterly winds.
For Missouri-Showers followed By fair
Thursday afternoon or night: southerly
winds
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-28
ATHLETES OF THE PRESENT DAY.

j. f. Sullivan, secretary of the Amateur
Athletic union, president of the Pastime
Athletic club, and athletic editor of The
Sporting Times, writes:
'For years / have been actively con-
nected WITH athletic sports. | always
found il to my advantage to use ALL
COCKS POROUS PLASTERS while in
training, they quickly remove
soreness and stiffness; and when
attacked with any kind of pains,
the result of slight colds, / always use
ALLCoCK's with beneficial results. | lave
noticed that most athletes OF the present
day use nothing else but ALLCOCK'S
pLASTFRS" :"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-28

ia Niss FoA<iess sflI r-s,s1en: -
yozr soesefr t1- tbs spyys.ssion cs
SLAM Miss SAl14s9~
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-28

CHICAGO, Dec. 27.-Attorneys Essex and
Heron addressed the jury in the Prender-
CAST trial today in behalf of the prisoner.
Mr.. Essex urged the jury not to commit a
judicial murder by hanging au insane
man. Mr. Heron devoted an hour or two
to ridiculiDg Assistant States Attorney
Todd.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-28

Tae Se- E-saa Master w1rs-sa 81 ale
Knights 81 Lssor.

TIE new .-aaf master workman. OK
the knights % Labor. after a 5rsrf r~-
.aEu - DeS Metres has 9oae eAst zvaiz
sad Is FoE~ IN Passlassesphfa making ar
sanveEnenss 10 sri t1se X 81 L. g~ur-
e-1y sherc In aergzE1znce rT4sn tbs sa-
ss--g4s-t3o-ss of the gSn@-zI aSsesnsssg ~
she knights preparatory - rs-nsv-
sn- the headquarters ~ ss- order
EAiAeg. - y s.A1snz.oa og k@l.s1E<xa.
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Mr.. NonpoF--Ey baby cries all nishA
don't know sTbs, 20 10 with &.
Ar- Enoxift-fvls tell pm VIA. ia
As soou as or baby commenced - cry,
j used 70 tern OF az tAr gas Thst
fooaes HIN He shoazh, - w.s bro4d
csTl-ghs and vvent % sleep--L.ts-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-28

First TraDsp-Las. night dreamed q
founG = poekef1ook-
Second Traup-Did ron know yoa
were dreaming a; ia. timer
''oh. yes; IL bad iorty dollars n IT,
-nrooAlyn L.is.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-28
WHEEL FLYERS,

NEW YORK, Dec 27-The score in the
bicycle race at 10 o'clock this morning
for the five men in the lead was: Martin,
$50 miles; Waller, Sl5; Schock, sos; Albert,
7l3; Hosmer, 700.
At O'clock this Thursday morning
Martin was leading with 993 miles; Walter
was next, 946 miles; Albert, SIS, ana Neil,
$50 miles
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-28
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-28
n REEvENrs TIM ryTelSce

Va taseos-ySSe o."
ana an actsTs ssser.
How sxpiAinsd Z ns
circulation Of tho
blood h tie great
highway 0vsr whirss
The gGms of dsSesss
eave tn liver Is sno
quarantine shrc@sa
whos gass any dr-Ai
cfs<nss may or Esy
rot pao - TIE kvsr
chuoaeA
Ays you watchsrls
Is your blood in erdss
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-28

Hoods Sarsaparilla cures-and it has a
record of successes unequalled by any
other medicine
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-28

Frei-You are no. tie girl 20 rsre
yourself away. are yor?
Miss E!aeriy-oh-Tr Fred, this /. 50 sud.
lAA-Inal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-28

Il propose. said Mr.. Sovereign.
whea asked about his plans with
reference to his work in tie
responsible position to which he has
lust been elected, Ito go over the coun-
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PLEAS FOR PRENDERGAST.

Mental exhaustion and brain fatigue
Promptly cured by Bromo-Sellzer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-04
I'd EDITION.
NINE LIVES LOST.
Sinking Of Steamboat in Lake
George.
NAVAHOE MAKES A POOR SHOW TODAY.
Attempted Wrecking Of a Train
Prevented.
OTHER TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
NAVAH0E MAKES A POOR SHOW TODAY.
OTHER TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

TROY. Aug A-About o'clock last
night a pleasure party while going to a
dance at the lower end of Lake George
met with terrible casualty. The steam
yacht Rachel, which is owned by D. W.
Sherman. proprietor of the Pearl Point
house, Lake George, was conveying TWEEN
ty-nine people up the lake.
The little vessel was turned toward the
One Hundred Mile Island House and was
gliding toward the landing when the pas
sengers were thrown forward by a sudden
shock.
In the dark the vessel had run upon a.
sunken pier. and before assistance arrived
from the shore it sank with all on board
1t was only few moments after the shock
when the yacht careened to one side and
went down in eighteen feet of water.
The shrieking. struggling passengers bat
tied for life In the darkness. Women threw
up their arms and sank beneath the sur
face. and when brought ashore life had fed
Deeds OF heroism were performed by the
men.
When all in sight had reached the shore
1t was learned that eight or nine persons
all women. except a youth Of nineteen, had
sunk to watery graves. As soon as posi-
BILE an attempt to recover the bodies was
made.
After strenuous efforts all the bodies were
brought to the surface.
Those who lost their lives are said to re-
side in Troy, Brooklyn, Hoboken, and War
renSburg.
The following is q correct list of the
drowned:
Miss Hattie Hall, Brooklyn.
Bertha Benedict, Montclair. N. j.
Miss Edith Harding. Hoboken, N. J.
Miss II. NJ. Burton, Jersey City.
Mrs. ]. H. Mitchell Burlington
Mrs. J. H. Mitchell. Burlington.
+. c. Mitchell, Burlington.
Lizzie Corley. Burlington.
Clara Black, Burlington.
Lizzie Clark, Bridgeport
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-04
TAKING A HOPEFUL VIEW.
Western Railroad Men Looking 70
Better Times Next Month.

CHICAGO, Aug. 4.-Western railroad men
are inclined to take a hopeful view Of the
present situation. They look for good times
beginning In September or at the latest
in October.
Said President Roswell Miller Of the st.
Paul yesterday: Everything depends on
the financial conditions There are good
crops in our territory-better than average
taking all crops together. There Is a rea-
sonable prospect Of good prices for the
crops. The people at large are not poor
and the country is in such a state as re-
spectS its resources as will enable ii to re-
spond with reasonable promptness to i'm
proved financial conditions / don't mean
at bound. but steadily and healthily."
The corn roads especially are becoming
more and more encouraging every day
Nothing but good reports on corn products
headqua rters.
President Renhart of the Atchison said
yesterday: Il have received complete re-
ports of the tonnage prospects from every
point on our system. 1t Is within bounds to
say that We never had such a tonnage in
sight. The future is all favorable, and al
ready our tonnage is increasing The state
ment for last week Is more favorable than
We anticipated. / believe the worst of the
trouble is over"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-04
STRIKE OF KANSAS MINERS.
Miners in Missouri Promise to Out,
Work.

Work.
P1TTSBURG, Kan, Aug. 4.-The strike
Is assuming a different phase as the result
OF the convention held at Kansas City
August l and q wherein the Missouri min
ers determined to discontinue work at the
call of the Kansas executive board.
President Walters returned from that
meeting yesterday and held conferences
with the leaders here
In consequence there is a determination
TO make fight to a finish and prominent
miner stated yesterday that kilograms
signed by the executive board had been
sent TO various points in Missouri and Ar
kansas calling upon the miners of those
states to suspend work Saturday, August 5.
until the difficulty is settled with the Kan
sas miners. The strikers assert that when
they get the above states and territory they
VIII proceed to organize in Iowa and other
states.
Seyenty-five striking miners this morning
lay IN walt for the men at work in shaft
No. II of the Kansas and Texas Coal Com
pany and made an assault upon them as
they were going to work
All OF them ran but one, Henry Smith,, an
american. He stood his ground, and was
brutaily assaulted. He finally got out OF
the mob and made his way 20 his home,
where he procured revolver and started
again for the mine.
nad put IN an appearance; and the mob dts
persed. The mine is being oprated with =
full force. It is the intention of the COM
pany to enjoin all of the striking miners in
the neighborhood Of the min Is in the fed
eral courts.
Al last nights mectin., OF the miners and
QUEENS comrittee, it was found inlpossi-
E.e TO come 10 any igrean.ent.
The operators consider the strike at an
end. and will not entertain any proposi-
ZION ZION i Dr. compromise or arbitration; New
men are coming il daily and but few Of
the strikers would be given work, even IL
the strike was declared OH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-04
FINANCIAL LEGISLATION.
What Representative sperry Has 20
Say on the Subject.

Representative Sperry. who was second
In the majority Of the banking and cur
rency committee In the last House, said
TO Star reporter today that he was very
uncertain about what might be accorn-
plished by this Congress in the way OF A.
nancial legislation and was apprehenslve
mat whatever was done might not be done
speedily enough. His own opinion was.
ne said, that the Sherman law should be
repealed Internationally. He did not know
whether this could be done or not, but vas
IN hope II might. Speaking generally the
financial legislation TO follow this shonld
be, he thought in the line of increa sing
the national bank currency and retiring
the treasury notes. He did not he said,
believe In any provision for the use of sill
yer except as a fractional currency and he
would do away entirely with all purcha se
or silver at all times except that OF such
fractional currency as the government
found there was need for.s He said he Was
opposed to the repeal OF the tax on state
banks unless IL were done with some saYf
OF reservation or condition.