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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21
CHEWING GUM.
Reasons for Not Forming Habit for
Which There Is Little Excuse.

Which There Is Little Excuse.
The origin of chewing gum may be
traced indirectly back to the time when
contenders in manly sports ia the am
phitheaters kept their mouths from
parching by chewing the leaves OF
plants which were capable of produc-
ing an increased flow of saliva; but
the modern chewing-gurn, with all its
alleged benefits and various favors. is
strictly a product OF the present ag
gressive age.
The medicinal value Of chewing-gum
of any kind may well be expected TO be
slight. Aside from its employment in
some cases as a sialogogue, or saliva
producer, it is likely TO become posi-
lively harmful If persistentiy used.
We may perhaps excuse It's use by pub
lie speakers and by all whose threats
are exposed 10 the irritation Of constant
use, as by means of IL the throat may
be kept moist and free from irritation;
but even then it Is doubtful whether
methods would not prove quite as eff
cacious without being SO harmful 10
the digestive system
II is easy 20 explain why the digestive
system is liable 10 suffer from the per-
sistent use Of chewing gum
One of the chief functions Of the
saliva is 10 stimulate By its presence in
the stomach an increased flow of the
gastric juices. But the increased fovw
OF saliva induced By constant chewing
is generally thrown into an empty
stomach. This explains the gnawing
that persons uDaecustoned 20 The use Of
gum experience after chewing II for
while. There Is no food for the gastric
juices 20 work upon and an artificial
appetite is set up
This fact nigh. be turned 20 account
IN some cases % Indigestion, II il were
not for the supplementary fact that
the saliva which eones from prolonged
stimulation Is always inferior IN quail
ity in direct proportion 70 its increased
amount And not only Is this super
fetal saliva weakened in its power Of
stimulating the gastric juices, but an
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21
A GOOD NOMINATION.
There is one office, in particular,

There is one Office, in particular. that
every tax payer is interested In having
filed with honesty and ability, interest
cd in having level-headed and long
headed men only occupying the position,
and that is the Office OF county commits
sioner. The board of county commits
sioners constitute, in sense, the execu-
tive, the judicial and the legislative
power of county. They not only make
the fist order but in the end order all
the bills paid. Their Judgment and ac-
lions in every official move touches the
pockets of the people.
Mr. Webb, of Gypsum township, who
was nominated by the Republicans for
county commissioner for the First dis
trict is above criticism in all Of the quail
ifcations necessary for frst-class
officer. He is honest and he is capable.
He is conservative, quiet gentleman
who viii do his whole duty and never
fail to guard the interests of the county.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21

The settlement Of the strip will unionbt-
e6ly prove a big help 10 Wichita. especially
Tor year or two.-Fort Sect Monitor.
And not for a year or two only, but
FOR all time to come. if the good people
who have found homes are appreciative
of our effort in their behalf as we take
them To he. The EAGLE does not say it
in idle boasting but as a fact known 10
all that Wichita has been the strongest
factor in securing tie opening OF the ter
ritory lands to settlement, and it cannot
be denied that but for the interest taken
IN the matter by the public spirited citi-
zens of this city and their untiriug eff
forts in that behalf, Oklahoma, instead
OF enjoying the benefits and advantages
of three years growth and marvellous
prosperity, would in all probability still
be portion of the Indians country,
with the Cherokee lands still in dispute.
Wichita is proud of the success of her
efforts In this matter. aud sull prouder
10 know they are APPRECIATED
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21
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TRAIN ROREEnIES.

The frequency of express and train
robberies OF late will tax the ingenuity
Of every body to provide remedy. OF
course the first thing suggested is steel
safe which can neither. be picked car
ried away nor blown up with explosives.
Such safe might be constructed and
provided with time lock, set to be
opened on schedule lime at given point;
but this could only be used between the
larger cities. The train leaving Chicago
might carry separate safes, say for
Cleveland Buffalo and New York.
This, however, would be impractical
for general use, as the bulk of
business done through the express COM
panies comes from the many stations and
smaller cities of the country.
The use of bloodhounds has been sug-
gested, and it might succeed. They
might be kept at convenient stations, or
carried by trains. RobberIes being COM
mitted by night, the hounds in pursuit
would be measurably safe from the fu-
gitive's rifle. It would lead to almost
certain arrest, and an hours start would
be nothing in his favor. This presup-
poses an armed guard on every train.
The frequency OF train robberies will
compel this provision very soon. It is
due from railroads that they give protec-
ton to their passengers. It is also
the duty of the government to guard the
means Of interstate travel. It is false
assumption that one man, standing at
the door of passenger coach, should
intimidate hundred or fifty. Guards
may DE as well equipped and as brave
as bandits, and might be SO concealed
and distributed as to fire from ambush,
bringing down their game at single
shot. The robber must turn his back to
some point, and there is where the guard
should be. The success of these assaults
depends almost entirely on the robbers
ability to bluff and intimidate the crowd.
They will take to the woods any
time on the slightest apprehension
Of danger to themselves. If a
trained guard could be placed on every
train, who could be relied on 10 take
equal chances with the highwaymen, a
few examples would solve the difficulty.
The last remedy to suggest here should
have been mentioned first. That is.
that the present called session of con-
gress should enact a law making it a
capital offence to commit these depreda-
tions anywhere within the United States
or Territories. The present state of the
public mind would render conviction al
most certain if taken alive, and sure
enough halter would de quite a persua-
sive adjunct to such law.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21

Hon. Dennis Flynn, Oklahoma's vigil
liant representative In Congress, is album
dainty able to take care of himself in
any contingency, but the EAGLE desires
10 commend him, nevertheless, for his
prompt and fearless Remuneration of the
outrases perpetrated upon the people
he represents, notwithstanding the fact
that those Outrages were the result OF
the administrations blunders, through
Incompetence or design in the methods
employed TO open the strip lands u set
Element. Mr. Flynn's criticisms were
not made from a partisan standpoint,
but were the iteration of facts that will
so into history, 10 the shame of the ter
ritory and disgrace of the administra-
ton, and everybody in the territory as
well as the thousands who were deceived,
disappointed and depraved of their rights
rs citizens, VIII heartily endorse everv
word he uttered.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21
30 AoRa RING RULE.


Prom the Leayenwcrt8 Times.
Oar Topeka correspondent gives us
this morning some facts concerning
slate making that should attract Tie
attention of every Republican in the
state. We have had information during
the past SIX months that slate was
fixed up last winter and some OF the
names given in our correspondents dis
patch were given Us before as being
upon it.
The Republican party of Kansas has
had sad experience with riug rule in
the past and we believe that the ring.
sters are destined TO have a sad experi
ence in the future. The Repuhticar.
party of the state has had enough of tslis
sort of thing ana we believe il will re-
puaiate it IN convention. II il does not
the party itsalf Is destined to be again
repudiated ct the polls Ring rule viii
not be longer tolerated by kansas Be-
nuh.icans-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21
HOW FROGS HIBERNATE.
The State OF Our Cold Blooded Friends
While in Winter Quarters.

The State OF Our Cold Blooded Friends
While in Winter Quarters.
As TO their condition during the
winter season, our cold b!ooded friends
pass the time in comfortable way, in
a state of torpor called Information.
The place selected seems anything
but comforta ble-a tomb in thS, mud
in the margin or bottom of pond
Information is state of entire or par
tial torpor. 1t seems like sleep, but is
proved to be not really the same In
torpor, the breathing, circulation of
the blood. digestion, are almost entire
ly stopped; but in sleep these all go on.
An animal is awakened from sleep by a
mere jostling; while in complete torpor
it will not be reused, even if subjected
to treatment usually fatal
The frog is sustained, when he ceases
to eat, by lobes of fat stored inside his
body for that purpose. This is another
method for meeting privation which
our amphibious friends share with the
camel, whose humps are little else but
stores of fat.
AS to diet, the general rule is that
frogs eat, or are eaten by, almost every
thing. Slugs water-bugs, grasshop-
pers, and other insects are specially
relished. There is peculiar arrange
ment for catching insects The tongue
is hung by the outer instead of the in
ner end, SO as to flap forward and back
like flash. and entrap its prey.
1t happens that insects. curiouslv
enough. disappea for the winter and
reappear in the spring at just the times
when the frogs hibernate and come out
again. Bullfrogs indulge also in small
fish, feldmice and duclklings They
will often eat their own tadpoles.
While ia captivity they learn TO eat
almost any food given them--St Mich.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21
or them Is great art among breeders,
and is attained only by infinite care.

or them is great art among breeders,
and is attained only by infinite care
Many books have been written about
the canary, and several eases IN which
birds have been taught to talk have
been duly recorded. In ali these cases.
it is fair TO suppose, the talking is more
or less inarticulate, and requires 10 be
helped out with the Imagination OF the
listener.
\ bird in London, named Titchie,
which had been neglected from its
Matching by Its parents, and was reared
entirely by human care. was taught to
utter succession OF sounds in which
people heard the words:
Dear. sweet Titoslie, kiss Minnie,
kissiel lzissie. kissie.''
The same bird was Taught to whistle
clearly the first three bars of God
Save the Queen" This. though an TN
usual accomplishment, is not extreme
" rare in canaries, finches, linnets
and other birds.-Youth' Companion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21

The coal product of the United State in
1892 was worth, in first hands, Sl72 coo, 900;
the silver product was worth $4,000. COZ,
allowing it an average price Of So cents an
ounce. The cotton product was worth at
the gin $40 500 00J, the egg product was
worth $22G, coo, 600, ANA the wheat $240 00O,-
coo; the corn 5000, 05y, eco; pig iron SI23,-
OO0,COG From this showing it will be seen
that silver, instead of Being one OF the
greatest, is one of the smallest concerns OF
the coGntry.-Norfolk Nirginian.
All of which only goes to show the
folly OF talking about overproduction of
silver. There is no reason why the gov
eminent should continue to buy ii as a
protected industry, and simply as mer-
chandise. bur it is needed as money, and
should be admitted to coinage upon the
same footing as gold. in accordance with
the terms of the federal constitution.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21

The Kansas City minister who has dis
covered that hard times are not neces-
sarily detrimental to church work is to
be congratulated. lie would put new
life into his members by reminding them
that the fires Of adversely only serve to
test the true Christian spirit. ''What
the church needs more than she does
money" to use his own words, sis men
and women Of heroic faith ard self
sacrificing love" But the church needs
money also, and the church member
who Is base enough to unnecessarily
shirk church debts on the excuse of hard
times Is just as much 10 be despised as
the dishonest business man or dead-beat
OF any other kind.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21
Strip Politics.

From the Kansas City star
When the dust of the rush had cleared
away i'll the strip, politics began to assert
itself. And when politics began to rise
the Kansas crowd felt as much at home
as if it were assembled in the Kansas
school house in '.Fairview," pleasant
Ridge" or ''Mud Greek Bottoms" II is
with no feeling OF surprise, then, that
the world reads the announcement that
ex-State Senator Thomas Benton Muir
dock OF Butler county is a candidate for
mayor of one OF the new county seat
towns. Ii Thomas Benton Murdoch is
within one hundred miles of fight, he
is going to be in it, and if he is gong 10
be In it he is going to be at the front of
it. He has been four times candidate
for the Kansas state senate III fourteen
years, he has distributed patronage in
his county ever since the buffalo left,
and if there is to be a little fun on the
border Thomas Benton is going to be
I'm it," The Kansas spirit OF conquest
is strong in Kansans wherever they
may roam"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21
ALL HALLOWS ACADEMY,
WICHITA, KANSAS,
FOR 1SO3-lS94.

This Academy, established in 1887 possesses every
advantage that parents desire for the general I'M
provement of their children,
The site is attractive and as experience has proved
The grounds neat and spacous afording for
the enjoyment of nvigorating exercise
The Sisters OF Charity of the B. V. NJ being especial
ly devoted to the instruction of youth spare pains
win the heart virtue and they impart to their pupils
a solid and refined scholarship With vigant and Inn
mediate superntndance they provide for the and
comforts OF the children intrtlsted to their care
Studies will be resumed the first Monday in Sept
For further particular apply to the
SISTER SUPERIOR
All Halows Academy, Wichita, kans IS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21

other important function. that 90
changing starehes to sugar. is CORE
spondingly iEterfered with.
Then again, we must not forget tina
frothy condition of saliva produced ~
the chewing of gum. nor fail to sppre>
ciate the uncomfortable and even
harmful results of forcing such quant!-
ties OF air into the stoEnach.--l oath
Communion
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21
QUEER IDEAS or BEAUTY.
How Women Of yarions Countries Tbinn
to Aid Their Natural Charms.

How Women of yarioas Countries Tbipn
to Aid Their Natural Charms.
In some countries the mothers breair
the noses Of their children and others
press the head between two boards
that il may become square. The mod
ern Persians have a strong aversion To-
red hair; the Turks, on the contrary.
are warm admirers OF IL. In China
small round eyes are liked, and tho
girls are continually pluclting their
eyebrows that they may be thin and
long.
The Turkish women dip gold brush
they pass over their eyebrows IL IA
too visible by day, but looks shining
at night. They tinge their nails
with q rose color. An African
beauty must have small eyes. thick
lips. large, Hat nose, and skin bcauti.
fully black. The emperor Of Monorno-
tapa would not change his amiabie ne
groes for the most brilliant European
beauty. An ornament for the nose 10
necessary for the Peruvians They
hang on IL q weighty ring. the thick
ness Of which Is proportiouea By IN.
rankof their husbands. The custom 81
boring IL, as our ladies do their ears -
very common In several nations
Through the pereora.ion are hung ysri-
Gus usaterials-gold. stones. q singis
and sometimes grea. number Of gold
rings
The inhabitants % the land Of Sssa,
wear caps or boonets from six 30 fsp
inches high, eofnpos~d Of the "a, II
oxen They then gradually snolnt tho
head with \ rurer crease, which mix.
ing with the hair. fzst-ns these boa.
nets for their lireG-Cincinnaa Com
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21
Not Serfs After All.

From the Chicago Herald.
Kansas is doing well at the world S
fair. Considering the distance which
the kansan5 have to traverse to rerch
the exposition the representation from
the Sunhower state has been highly
credItabie. This is all the more crafty
ing as it proves that the people Of Cover
nor Lewtllins's bailiwick was not so
ground down and oppressed BY capital
ISIS and mortgage holders as Mrs. Lease,
Jerry Simpson and other calamityites
would have us believe. People who are
groaning beneath the thumbscrew of the
usurer do not travel 500 OF coo miles to
see worlds fair or any other kind of "a
show. They have neither the money
nor the inclination TO do SO. That so
many thousands of kansans have fouad
both the means and time to visit the ex-
position is pretty complete refutation
of the Populist theory that the state is
going TO the devil as fast as it can.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21
The report is out that Indiana has pro-

Ihe report IS out tnaC Indiana has pro-
duced $500 dialectic poets. This points
to the conclusion that the Hoosiers have
a dialect SO unique in idiom, accent and
pronunciation as to form sort OF philo-
logical museum for the entertainment of
outside readers, or that large percent
&c of their people have grudgs at the
world, or, what IS quite probable, that
there are $3.50 aspiring imitators of their
great master Of dialectic verse. James
-Wlitcomb Riley started the tune and
every body tries to sing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21
Ives, Himself, Was There.

Ives, himself, Was There.
From the Topeka Capital
The original poem" recited By one of
Mrs. Leases children on Kansas day
was enough to make a Kansas man
want to kick himself up the Midway
plaisance and back again. The state
played the kindergarten act at the fair.
Il is pity Kansas placed freaks on
exhibition during her week at the fair.
Such exaggerated palaver in'praise of the
state az Mrs. Lease INDUCED her fancy
in is as foolish as the calamity bowling
that she gives everywhere else. 1t only
made intellectual people smile. Why
can. Kansas orators talk some common
sence once III while:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21

From the Inter-Ocean.

From the Inter-Ocean.
1t is not at all surprising that all the
Kansas people at the worlds fair We'd
nesday wanted to join the Clan Mckin-
lev. The people of Kansas have been
sorely tried in the las, year with ponu-
list government and 1t was great temp
tation to join any clan that ckuowiedged
Governor Mckinley as its greatest men,
Der. The Kansas people still havs good
impulses, and they will yet redeem their
state.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21
Not for doEey.

From tn Leavenwor:h Times
Hoke Smith wants the Oklahoma
statehood convention to endorse his al
nlInistration. Discretion will probably
prevent the convention from denounc-
ing him but. in view OF the fact that he
has sent southerners IN TO hold the Okla
homa offices Hoke couldn't get an en-
dorcement from aD Oklahoma Demo
cratic convention let alone noa-pariisan
statehood convention.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21

Senator john Martin, Fusion senator
from Kansas, is of less Importance than
old Pop PETER himself. Tho consensus
of Washington opinion seems to be that
Mr.. Martin cannot hold his seat. But it
matters little, as he has not the least bit
of influence with the administration.
The letter he wrote TO Billy Jones laid
him ont
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21

The estimated value of gold spoons
received by Baby Esther, tie new mis-
tress OF the White House, is said to be
sufficient TO start brokerage on Wall
street. Silver spoons are conspicuous by
their total absence.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21

The Democrats claim that the Repub
lcans are to blame for all the evils that
have occurred since they took the helm
of government. If they cannot run the
old ship of state without hitting every
snag and running Oh to every sand bar,
they will be relieved the first oppor-
tunity. The people thought they
wanted a change, but will not put up
with imbecilitv in line of craftsmanship.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21

The Leavenworth Times renews the
war on the slate makers. 1t thinks the
party has had enough of this sort of
thing, and that it viii repudiate it III
convention. The Times is right in It's
reference to the past aud ought to be in
It's conclusion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21

Backward the star Of empire holds
its way since finding that sixty thousand
boomers could not be supplied by thirty
thousand claims. There is ample supply
of cheap lands and improved farms in
Kansas, where the comforts of living
are already provided.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21

Old Panacea PETER offered resolu-
ton asking the interstate commerce
commission to see that no more tram
rohberies occur. It's a mighty difficult
matter that his whiskers cannot settle by
resolution.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21
EXCHANGE EPITOAE3>
Contradictory.

Can I keen my lips from chappinf"
Quered Marion young and gay,
'Pepa says | can. if only
/ viii keep the chaps away -,
But" she smiled. ana bluahed In smiling.
70 her dainty finger tips,
stIf the chaDs caa not come near them,
What's the use OF nice red lips:
pharmaceutical Era.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21

The Wichita hustlers who made the
run, nearly all got there on time, but IN
their eagerness to get corner lot next
to the court house or postoffice they all
cot lois in the streets or pubic parks.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21

reau for this sort of thing. The ties of
coasanguinitv bind him more or less
intimately to all the craHkS in this or
any other country. and he sympathIzes
with all their various visions. PETER
will paw the postage rather than not re-
ceive this valuable matter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21
World,s FAR Attendance.
The cranks' Inning.
F-c= ts- View YORK A4veslses-

Flcf- E~ir Wv OK A-Ft-AaNs-
Notice is HEREBY given that Il there
are any csanks in this country wao nave
bills which have no; yet been iniro1acsd
IN congress ihs same should be sent
along without tarihe- delay. These bills
mar be sent TO arr southern or western
member, and particularly may they os
sent to the bewniskerssd Peter. PETER
has constituted himself receiving t0-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21

John Raymond, shoemaker ef
sanderssiils. Ga. has tame naosasl.s
that assasts hiEa in his business. when
John gsts half sole fitted and r~.a,
% sew up he calls ~Jsrsey. Jsrsey.- s.f
the mosquito bores the holes s.s..,
thzn John cao follow With The wsxea
end he uses no a~I q, az.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21

We have had nearly six months OF
Democratic rule. and the baby horn at
the White House the other day is the
only success scored, and that turned out
to be girl.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-21

The country could stand PETERS long
whiskers, the Globe-Democrat thinks, If
he would only shorten the speeches that
blow through them.