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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-21
WONDERFUL INSECTS.
Plant Lice That Are Used as Cows
by Ants.
African Ap&loes Uhics I7habit FIG
Trees and Ci5tiiI Water E-o-a iae
Sap or from the Attaes-
phere.

Almost every plant has It's peculiar
aphis. or plant louise, says the 81 Louis
Republic, creatures which natnre has
endowed with wonderful powers 81 re-
production Among these odd insects
there may be from twenty 10 City gen
erations in each year. each generation
capable of producing Others \ dis
tinguished naturalist has given figures
to prove that one pair Of aphides in Eve
generations. all cf which could be
brought into the world in less than ter
days, would have descendants 10 the
number Of 5.904, 90o. 600
Ants, although they cannot also be
classed as the most wonderful insect
of creation" are certainly the wisest
They use . certain species Of aphis as
their cows. The ant finds the aphis
with his proboscis pushed entirely
through the bark of some tender plant.
slowly sucking its life's blood lSaD(
Reason lit cannot be properly called by
any other name) teaches the ant that If
the aphis is irritated he Will void this
digested sap. Straightway Mr.. Ant
marches up 10 the helpless aphis and
proceeds to irritate the poor creature
with his feelers, and forthwith the sap
begins to flow from two bristle-iike
tubes, which are situated near the tail
end of the aphis. This flow of sap is
as he is very fond of it he begins 70
greedily suck it up
Livingstone tells of species Of aphs
which inhabits the fig trees Of Africa
which constantly distiil water until il
forms i'll great puddies on the ground
underneath. There seems To It. some
contention among naturaliSts as to
whether this insect distills its water
from the top of the plant which it in
tests or from the atmosphere Liv-
ingstone found some of them at work
on a castor bean plant and set about
making an experiment. When first
surprised at their work distillatiou was
going on at the rate of one drop every
sixty-seven seconds, or about five and
half tablespoonfuls every twenty
four hours. He DESTROYED the bark of
the plant below them, and, although it
is known that sap must come from the
earth, they were actually distilling a
drop every five seconds, the flow being
thirteen times greater than it was the
day before. He then girdled the plant
so deeply that i. dried and broke off:
still the little colony of insect wonders
kept at work, regularly distilling one
drop every five seconds, while another
colony on green twig only managed
to distill drop every seventeen seconds.
There are many other curious points
about aphides, such as the idea that
they are the progeny of ants, that they
will turn to ants or that ants will turn
TO aphides-common errors.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-21
CSTIFIA BILE HOMICIDE,

It is next to an unwritten law in this
country that man is justified in s!ay-
ing the despoier Of his home-the Sc
Queer of his wife OF daughter 1t is
rare that the avenger Of such wrong is
put upon trial for having committed a
right---and few there be who will deny
it, because the written law imposes no
adequate penalty for the offense and af-
fords no shadow OF recompense 10 the
injured parties--how much more so it is
where the circumstances of the outrage
named are reversed and the wife be-
comes the avenger. There are no doubt
as many instances where husbands and
sons are inviegled from the path of racti-
tude by bad women as there are virtu-
Gus women by vicious men, and the
wife or mother who assumes TO visit
upon the destroyer of her home and do
nestle happiness condign punishment,
even to the extent of taking life, is not
only not censurable therefor, but in the
estimation of the conservative public is
acquitted of any violation of the written
law and upheld in the act. A case that
comes within the last category occurred
in Kansas City, Mo-, a short time ago
the final outcome of which the Star of
that city gives in this brief summary:
eff ever murder is justlfiabe there is
justice in setting free Mrs. O'Hearn, who
killed the destroyer of her home, last
month. Juries have established prece
dent of refusing to punish men who STAY
other men when the provocation is of
the sort the O'iearn woman had. This
custom may be wrong. or it may be
right. but it certainly exists. The fact
that woman has been given the protec-
ton of this custom. speaks more for
manly sincerity and social conscience
than hours of declaration OF pages of
theory can. 1t is harbnger of a dawn
when one social law and only one shall
exist for men and women. No one can
gainsay the fact that when that day
comes the world will be better and hap
pier. The precedent established in the
release of the injured wife, Mrs.
OHearn, will make cowardly husbands
and intriguing women have more respect
for the marriage VOW. The smoking
pistol may not be poetic harbinger of
dawn, but it is practical.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-21
QUICK SHOOTING.
Montana Mans story of How Denver
sheriff Was Dropped Suddcais

n AChtaba Mans STORY ug ltpN n bcuvsr
sheriff Was Dropped >uddcais
Have you any idea how fast man
could shoot pistol in the bovyjer days.
said J. ". Delany. Montana ranch
man. as he continued the serial yarn he
had been spinning for a Washington
News reporter. Il man v ho couldn't
pull trigger so fast tbat you couldn't
distinguish between the successive shots
was slow. When they cmp,icd thri-
guns it sounded like one long report.
And pull. Why, I've seen men that coaid
kill you before you coultl shoot IL Won
had gun leveled q: them ia>t Take
the time when Doc Hamilton the noto-
rious bad man Of Colorado, killed Sher-
if Harrity in Denver. Hamilton had
been wanted for several killings and
was dead shy When he turned a cor
ner he'd walk away round near the edge
of the pavement Afraid somebody
would get the drop on him ifohe turned
too sharp, You know. One day he was
in hurry, however. and ran around
corner and looked square into Win
chester held by Harrity.
Wen. doc, got you says Har>
rity.
You've got too strong hand. Har-
rity, and I can't call yoa.' says Hamil-
ton, taking it cool and easy a. you
please.
. Yes. full house, doe; guess you bet
ter travel on in front
Hamilton was standing with his UNI
brella on his hip. leaning on it. He
looked the sheriff square in the eye
Mind you. the rifle " asn' four feet from
him, and leveled straight for his head
Just as doc started to move runaway
horse came down the street. Inyoluu-
tarily HaFrity glanced in that direc-
ton. Doc saw his eyes wavcr for an
instant, pulled his gIn-lvou see he had
his hand on his hip--and shot Harritv
stone dead efore he could pull the trig-
ger of his rife
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-21
4 Bank in Her Th-sa.

GraSsiri. the great Italian ssn-er, v-2s
very much interested II, the young girls
among her relatives. and air-avs ready
10 encourage auF tzieut she eoald fn3
IN them One Gay d Tl0Tice was lrOugh;
20 her TltA The u0proHsjsiac wor.ls.
She Is a spoiled c5ntralto. and sslis
never DO anything on tho stage Ia.
the singer listened whsle the yF,ang
gIrI beEa- her frightened trills. vsscf.
Suddenly Crassini caught her IN hev
arms Egi;h delight Why, you are no
soprano - the world Year voice - "a
stronger Khan mine stu3y well Yoz
uszt naue e say arpe the~e "a q cisa
hazS II ro4r threat The ssti'e s4ngcr
vas nome other ;l42a GsaIa lE.sL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-21
THE SOCIAL SCIENCE CLUB.

The Social Science club OF Kansas and
western Missouri, which. as a literary
organization of ladies, has made for
itself name and place i'll the social and
literary annals of the states, holds its
thirteenth annual session ut Newton,
Kansas. May :;rd, 4ih and 9Th. The pro
gram is one of more than usual in
terest. The address OF welcome will he
by Mrs. CASTOR Boyd of Newton, the re-
Spouse by Mrs. Mary c. Todd of Wichita.
There will be music. hours for social dis
cussion, papers on science. art, history.
philanthropy, reforms, ETC.. ETC.. by a
number Of bright women Of the state CT
Kansas and Missouri.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-21

c. II. j. Taylor. of Kansas City,
Cleveland's former minister to Madagas-
car, has been appointed register of deed,
for the District of Columbia, the posi-
ton held during the Harrison admins
tration by Frederick Douglass. Taylo.
attached his sirch on the place immedi-
ntely after the presidential election, and
having the good sense 10 steer clear of
both factions of his party's leaders in
Washington, he finally rounded up the
appointment in good form. He can now
give pointers to the white contingent
that is still in waiting how to get there.
His first instruction would probably read
do as | did
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-21

the sizes or the glass. Furthermore, "
will strike the exact age Of the horse,
or. II il be a persons hair. of the person
upon whose head It grew
/ In a certain tailoring establishment
+ this has been the feature for some time.
and with such a surprising success
that if accidental, as probably II IS. II IL
( simply marvellous. One day horse
stood by the .,,o-. \ hair from his tai.
tied totl:c gol3 ring ard daily suspended.
swung twice ozly, the ring striking cut
the two clinks audibly agsiRst The side
Of the glass.
"lio. h,." qpoth the skcptic, That
horse Is olc~c2 wears cid.
Not 50. Fais tha owner Of the horse.
who was hurried Up >"Thats a two
year-old ccls
I i hair from the head Of n very inter
esting young lady was lsia'lly ahstr@ct-
ed by her from among is eonPsaioas-
The same thing WAS done ana The ring
struck twenty well, no matter Just
hp,v rlGuyl, bu; she said:
We'll, that's mean: that's ray very
age"
Another lady was agreeable and this
+ time the ring clattcrcd along uEt:l is
struck iifty-one, II was he age.
4 horse 90 \ hack was unaware II
+ til ~--ac. lcNt when hair was
. pas. --.t * experiment that rnng
: out seventeen times on the glass of
/ time That said wrong" said Lew
iston man present al the experiment
THAT horse is only seven years old.
Going home to dinner one of the ger
I tleruen overlook the driver Of this horse
and asked the age Of the horse The
/ driver laughed ana said:
/ Hes most old CROUCH 10 vote"
Il heard that he was only seven"
well. he IS twice seven and three
7 more "
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-21
THE TERRIBLE COBRA,
A Description of Some Of It's Marked Pc
culiarities.

A Description of Some OF It's Marked Pc
culiarities.
1t is a remarkable popularity of most
poisonous reptiles that they seem TO
have great reluctance Of putting their
deadly powers into opera ton. Before
inflicting the fatal bite the rattlesnake
always gives his note Of warning, and
the same may be said of the cobra di
capello. the most deadly of the many
poisonous reptiles of India. The cobra
warning is unmistaka ble-hc dilates
the crest upon his neck and gives hiss
loud enough to he heard distinctly fifty
feet away. The cobra's crest is Z fex-
ible mem brane or hood with two black
circulars joined together so as to form
a very good representation Of pair OF
spectacles. When the hood or crest is
in position It's eyes seem 20 blaze with
a devilish. luster. ard the continued
kissing gives the very air noisome
smell. According 20 the best author
tiles the cobra never bites while the
hood is closed; and So long as that par
ticuIar mem branc is not erected the
creature may be approached and
handled with impunity- Even though
the crest be spread. Il The creature CON
''aufs @ii"r~e ser = 10 DANCE
Dua 5~= aa"s e-fA 20 rs.
-a- -ep.sr .E.vy snH ,Ns-ec"s t>rs
sf.-sstn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-21
TIE WESTERN COLUMBIAN CLUB.

4 number of well known, prominent
gentlemen from the states and territories
west of the Missouri river have formed
a club and leased the Park Club
House" near one of the entrances Of the
fair grounds. T. B. Mills, formerly of
Kansas. is president and W. II. HuIvey
secretary and treasurer. Meals at low
prices will be served to members: rooms
will be secured for members and all con-
veuiences of mails, hacks and so forth
provided.
The cost of membership in the West
ern Columbian club is $40 dollars for
every s}eie member ana t',4 privileges
OF the stun riij be extended without adj
dIt,onsl cost go lie Isdy members 81 the
members family. The management Of
the club believe. aside from the social
advantages and manifold facilities that
are furnished its members, that any per-
son visiting Chicago this year, if only for
che week, will more than save the cost
Of the membership By Joining the club.
$40 covers the entire cost of the men,
bershjp from Nav 1st TO November lSt.
1898, Remittances should he made by
money order. bank draft, express OF
registered letter to W. II. Hulvey, secre-
tary and treasurer. Western Columbian
club, Chicago, Ill. unless you know an
authorized agent of the club in your
town. The club will not he responsible
for any money PAID 10 any person who is
not provided with a regular membership
ticket of the club.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-21

In referring 10 the order of the circuit
court for Bourbon county for the en-
paneilnG of grand jury for the express
purpose of indicting violators of the
prohibitory law, the Fort Scott Monitor
payss
\ careful study of the petition for a
grand jury will show that with possibly
one exception. no signers of the petition
own, or has az interest in business build
ing In Fort Scott. Is rot this stranger
Another fact will appear that person.
living ut OnIontown and other places in
the county were solicited, and did sign
'his petition. About one half of ,he
h,auers q this petition being from the
country. OF Toe 50 ,lSuor.. Cd tbs f-Eigu-
i>iiSDCe almost every ownsV OF huslpa-s
property IN tbs city. VINO was ask ed signed
}, ana Jhls too without regard 10 politics
or belief or non-bel;ef in prohibition.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-21
CUNNING FOR CRANKS.

IN effort is being made to boom the
stuffed animal show in the Kansas
worlds fair building, by claiming it is
visited by more people than any other
state exhibit OF the grounds. Well
what if it is? Does the visitor carry
away any better opinion of our state?
Does it or can it in any way create a
desire on the part of the visitor to take
the first train for Kansas and buy a
home or farm. The space and loca-
ton given these dead animals is the
largest and most prominent the building
contains. 1t is proposed by some that
an admission fee be charged, which
would be in line with the crank idea
that put the exhibit there, and in keep
ing with Kansas cranks. and then the
whole building should be turned over to
stuffed business, and no other exhibit be
made, and the balance of the apprOprla-
ton could be used by the commission
for expenses. Large game is practically
extinct in Kansas, and the last legis-
lature enacted law to protect the
birds, so that the shootist can scarcely
be expected to pay Kansas a visit unless
he is cunning for cranks.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-21

For the presentation of those scenes
relating 10 the incidents of the voyage of
Columbus, which will be shown in the
Spectatorio, 'The Worlds Finder, .
ihere is being constructed by the Column
bian Celebration company three caravels
which will be exact reproduction of the
three vessels of Columbus feet. These
boats will be practical working ships,
manned by able bodied seamen and will
show all the feats of seamanship that
was possible with the original caravels
They will form a feature of historic in
terest in the production.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-21

The order of the pope to his faithful
subjects throughout Italy to observe q
day in prayer Cor rain would seem TO in
tcate that drouth is serious in that land
a. it has been recently in some parts Of
this. such action by the church while
not unprecedented Is very rare OF recent
years. The Popal injunction calls 10
mind an incident that occurred in Indi-
ana many years ago. Tie section was
suffering from drou,h AMI ihe good
folk by common consent. fixed upoa ::
date 20 meet and remain together
through the day impleading Divine ia
iefposition. Among the petitions -
rain Baptist deacon 81 uuusuaf uuctia;.
praye.l: "Oh. Lord send u rain. Dca' 8
send dam sna>llrr and gUily wasl,sT.
bus send down a @eatie STEADY driz=ie
drozzle. a g-ound soaker, and les it l.lSi
for about twcniy-fouY hours.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-21

If. as alleged. the railroad managers
Of the west have agreed among them
selves TO abrogate all existing contract,
with their employees ana refuse TO make
new ONES the Santa Fe managers DENY
that they have any such intentionl. they
Will no doubt invite and provoke con
flict, the scope and extent of which has
not been equaled IN any previous con
test between employer and employe in
tins country. If the report lie true. in
the absence of any Just cause for such
arbitrary action. so far as the public are
apprised, it would seem that the man
ayers hope to rely upon public sentiment
10 back them up pending the ensuing
worid's-iaJr season, and, so far as that
condition can, to thus coerce the oner-
atives into submission to the demands Of
the operators. In this. however, they
will discover thss they have made mis-
take. Tie innate sense of right and
justice will prompt popular sentiment
10 condemn wrong-doing III the strong
and powerful as promptly as in the
weak and powerleSs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-21

There is one feature of the treasury
situation in regard to the gold reserve,
held to by some, that is anomalous, to
say the least it is this: in order to meet
the demands that may be made upon the
treasury for gold in exchange for treas
urv notes if the gold runs short the
secretary shall issue bonds with which
10 replenish the gold reserve. Then
when the bonds fall due, OF the interest
thereon. if there shall be shortage in
gold in the treasury again, the secretary
must issue more bonds. And so on ad-
infinitim.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-21
WALES WAS THE DOCTOR"
The Amusing Discovery tnint-rtiossfiy
Made bE a British Guard.nsn.

A lady occupying one az the leading
positions in London society ana p mem
Der OF the Marlborough house set, was
on one occasion being called upon by =.
very popular and nir.h-loving officer ct
the Scots Guards. says writer Ia tho
Philadelphia Inquirer Suddenly the
groom OF the chambers entered and
whispered something % Mrs. :. >.
She iIrancdiately turned 70 the guards
man and bad" him adicu, explaining
that her doctor had just called and that
condolences with doctors were nere.-
sarily carried on cntre auatre veux.
The guardsmau took his leave and
was on his way downstairs when ia
niliar puff and pant aroused his notice.
and looking down he perceived the
prince of Wales coming sornss.hs la
boriously upstairs. Thoroughly taken
aback and disconnected, and aware,
moreover. that owing 70 the narrow
ness Of the staircase and the girtb of
the prince il was impossible ~ pass him
on the stairs, he remained standing on
the landing. perhaps unconseiOusly 70
manning ~ attention. The prince
eyed him sharply n h- laid flood
morning" 10 him. But "a. idea that be
should find IN the perrD1u u the prime
Of Wales the so-calied doctor II Mr.. >.
: struck him IS - iudeserj baby funny
that he had % pu; up BIS hand - HIS
mouth 10 choke Sudden irresisfIh BE -
Of laughter The primer noticed IL. add
for fuil year aiterw&rd would never
accord the slightest recognition b tas
young guzrdsfuan, VINO is no. =
Colonel
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-21

l. is stated, from Topeka, that to
committee of Santa Fe railway en-
ployes from Argentine who called upon
the governor Wednesday to ascertain the
truth or falsity of the report that the
MALTA would be called out to protect
the railroad property, the governor gave
the assurance that he would not only
not do so, but that he would afford pro-
lection to the strikers if they required
IL. Comment is UNNECESSARY.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-21

Tie last congress with its one hundred
and fifty Democratic majority was un-
able to dc anything in the way of legis-
lation. even in the matter of performing
the party's pledges. The next congress
will have only eignty-five Democratic
majority, which circumstance gives the
rank and file of the party some hope that
it will do something and thus afford a
semblance of excuse for the party 10 go
before the country in the next con-
gressional campaiCn,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-21

Emporia Republican: Governor Lew
sling says he is opposed to the Greenlee
railroad bill because it was drawn in the
interest of Wichita. The general inn
preston is that dwellings home is in
Wichita. but he doesn't act or talk like a
Wichita man, and we don't believe he is
a Wichita mar" You are entirely cor
rect. He is one of very few whose
residence here even for a short time did
not acclimate, and who failed to assimi-
late and become one of us.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-21
SIMPLY A LIE.

AS to the aote of criticism. received
yesterday, the reply is made that the
EAGLE was not only the consistent but
the bold friend of the Alliance, believing
in and advocating many Of It's proposed
reforms, and generally standing by it up
to the time that iU was only too evident
that it had been captured by d smagogueS
and had slid over into political party.
which party has been supported by
Democratic papers and by Fusion, and
has been run by Anarchists, adventures
and other disreputable persons. And
this last sentence Is not IN any sense
strained one. Clemens. one of the
principal advisors of the Populist party,
last winter, and who appeared in the SUI
preme court as their attorney, has been
openly preaching Anarchy for years
Ex-Judgs Doster, Gov. Luellings adj
visor, lost his place on the bench more
because of his Socialistic doctrines than
from anything else. Artz, the gov
ernor's adjutant general, is fugitive
from Justice from another state, and a
large per cent. of the men who have
succeeded to Office through Fusion are
mere adventures. SO when our cores
pondent, or any one else, complains
that the EAGLE has lost friends by its
reference to the leaders of the Populist
party as Anarchists and Socialists, they
must not forget that such friends were
so lost, if lost at all, for speaking the
truth. As for the charge that the
EAGLE has ever referred TO farmers as a
class of Anarchists, it is simply lie.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-21
A Socio-Ch1yalric Puzzle

Down IN Alabama citizen. large as
to KS feet, wrecked train with them.
The lady who was drawing the train ex-
pressed displcasure. Her fri~nds began
to shoot. Before dancing could be re,
sumed three chivalrous gentlemen had
been tenderly borne hence, tie rigid
fingers of each stained with gunpowder.
Southern editors were puzzled as to
whether accounts of this train wreck
belonged in The social column or among
the catasirophes.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-21

The PopuIist leaders affect to be very
confident that the Peoples party will
sweep the state in 1894, even without
any aid from the Democrats. In noting
this circumstance the Topeka Dem ocrat,
which is feminist fusion, expresses the
opinion "that it is roseate view OF the
political situation in the state We
violet no confidence in saying the Pops
lilac the dickens when they say they
don't want the Democrats to help them.