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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-29
DEVELOPMENT AND
MARRIAGE.

Not long ago there appeared IN an En-
gl!sh Review an article by an able
anonymous writer, who claimed that
there was decline OF marriage, and ar
gued that among the causes which tend,
as the world grows older to make the
unwedaed aver5e TO marriage, and the
welded more prone to divorce, is the
undoubted and general advance of cul-
ture. The social conditions in Athens
in the time of Pericles, OF Rome in the
age of Augustus, and In Italy during the
"reminiscences, each marked by diminu
ton of marriage especially among the
cultivated and wealthy classes Were add
duced to corroborate the position "that
marriage and culture are inversely re-
lated tie one to the other" An impl-
cation of this view would seem to be
that the perpetuation of the race must
be left in the future, as it has been
in the past, mainly with the uncultured,
those in whom the intellect and the
higher sentiments are comparatively
undeveloped, those who are urged into
marriage by all powerful instincts which
men possess in common with brutes, and
who yield to these instincts with little,
if any, thought of the quality OF Off
spring or the future of the race.
The Review writer might have gone
farther and shown that in the marriages
which do take place, fewer children are
born than in the marriages among the
unintellectual and uncultured classes.
When higher development, generally
speaking, there is neither the desire nor
the capacity for reproduction on large
scale. The absorption of energy in in
tellcctial pursuits reduces physical
virility, and at the same time impairs
the strength of the paternal and
mind, occupied with intellectual in
terests. feeling strongly her individuality
and imbued with a purpose in life,
Is not willing in this day to
give the best part of her life
20 bearing and rearing children, "as
many as il may please God to send"
With the advance of civilization the
tendency is to late, rather than to early
marriages, and to a reduction to mini
mum Of the collaborating period, that
the woman may, both before and after
marriage, have time and strength for
intellectual and aesthetic pursuits. For
large families as a rule, we must 20
among the poor and ignorant-too often
among the thongh!leSs and improEident
those among whose offspring mortal
ity is frightfully large.
To the writer's mind there is laid out
here broad and inviting field for the
active employment of the energies, both
mental and physical. of a class of socio-
political economists in this country
whose alleged ambition is tie general
uplifting and betterment of the human
race, but who employ purely theoretical
methods that are principally sentiment
tai, though largely imaginative and con-
seQuently impracticable.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-29
KANSAS A SURE WINNER.

Last year Kansas entered wheat for
the agricultural stakes III the great
American Derby and won SO easily that
she expected to win again this year, but
a hard winter and dry spring prevent
ed wheat from getting into good form
and she will probably not run better
than fifth or sixth in the race. Kansas,
however, always has two entries, and for
the fall races she has entered corn, which
at this time is showing gait that will
make the other states hump. No state
in the Union has the advantage of Kan
Sas IN the two great crops Of wheat and
corn. A climate and soil that will raise
the crop with the success that Kansas
does will be appreciated some day, and
when it is Kansas will be the grandest
agricultural state in the Union.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-29
superstitions of Brave Peon,e.

II one will take the trouble to go
through the names of most of the
bravest people in. history, he will find
that they nearly all suffered from some
superstition or other. Napoleon Bona
parte was simply eaten by supersti-
tions, and so was the duke of Mari"
borough. Literary men have always
been VIGOROUSLY snperstitious, from
the days of DR.. Johnson, who would go
back half a mile if he remembered that
he had omitted to touch any one of
the lampposts on his daily walk, to
Dean Swift, VINO would never change
a garment il he found that he had
put it on inside out, and Lord Byron,
who would get up and leave a dinner
party instantly if anybody split the
salt. Statesmen have not been ex-
empt from superstitions either. Lord
Beaconsfield would always take espe-
cial care to enter the house with his
right foot foremost when he was going
to make big speech. Mr.. Parnell had
a strong prejudice against sitting in a
room wit three candles William Pitt
would return home at once, however
important his business, if he met
cross-eyed man in the street, while Sir
Robert Peel would always make the
sign against the evil eye with his fin
gers and thumb under similar circum-
stances. 81.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-29
DUMB ANIMALS SHED TEARS.
The Touching and Pathetic Way in Which
Horse SoIicits Sympathy.

The Touching and Pathetic Way in Which
Horse SoIicits Sympathy.
Many people believe that horses do
not weep, but those who have had
much to do with these faithful crea-
lures know that on several occasions
they will shed tears as we'll as express
sorrow in the most heartbreaking man
ner. In the west, where the hardness
of the ponies causes the riders to al
most overlook the necessity of provid-
ing for their needs. it is quite common,
when the weather is extremely cold to
to leave an unblanketed pony tied up
for two or three hours when the tenn
perature is nearly Zero and while its
owner is transacting business or get
ting drunk. In this case the suffering
is evidenced by cries which are almost
like sobs, and the unmistakable tears
freeze onto the cheeks like icicles.
When a horse falls in the street and
gets injured the shock generally numbs
it's senses SO much that it. does not
either cry or rgroan, but under some
conditions an injured horse will solicit
sympathy in the most distinct manner.
/ remembersa favorite horse of nay
own, writes d correspondent of the
New York Telegram, which trod on a
nail long enough to pierce its foot.
The poor thing hobbled up to me On
three legs and cried as nearly like a
child in trouble as anything can de-
scribe. The sight was a very touching
one, as was also the crippled animals
gratitude when the nail was pulled out
and the wound dressed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-29
Snake Charming.
be chamers

In India and Africa the charmers
pretend the snakes dance to the music,
but they do not, for they never hear
it. snake has no external ears, and
perhaps gets evidence of sound only
through his skin, when sound causes
bodies in contact with him to vibrate.
They hear also through the nerves OF
the tongue, but do not at all compre
bend sound as we do. But the snakes
eyes are very much alive to the motions
of the charmer. or TO the moving
drumsticl1s of his confederate, and, be-
ing alarmed, he prepares to strike. A
dancing cobra land no other snakes
dancel is simply cobra alarmed and
in a posture OF attack. He Is not dane
ing to the music but IS making ready
to strike the charner.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-29
In A BAD Elk.
The Startling Sight Which Met Bon
WANTS Gaze Next Morning.

The Startling Sight Which Met Bon
WANTS Gaze Next Morning.
Here is a story which, according to
the New York Sun, was favorite in
the repertory of famous CineinRa-
tan:
"Cn one occasion" he was wont to
say, "a friend of mine had been on
terrific spree which had been occupy
ing his nights right along for two
weeks or more. He managed somehow
to be Oh deck during business hours,
but when night came he was down in
the hold and everywhere else. One
morning he awoke heavy-headed. half
dressed and lying crosswise of the bed
When he had gone to sleep or how he
did not remember. There was the odor
of stale beer and wine and tobacco
smoke in the room, and bottles and
cigar butts were scattered all over.
By a great effort he got to his feet. and
for an instant his head felt as if it
would fall off and burst into million
pieces. He cast his eyes around the
room. As they fell upon the foot of
the bed they encountered grim and
grinning monkey sitting on the rail.
There was no known reason why
monkey should be there, but there it
sat and grinned. He watched it intent
~ as he slipped over toward a table
where lay loaded revolver. He was
very, very rocky, but he had grip
enough to hold the gun. and with
sudden movement he had it trained on
the simian. He was a famous shot, but
the monkey never wavered. It simply
sat there winking and grinning. My
friend held the pistol down on it for
second, steadily.
Now he said, nervously, if you
are real monkey, you are in bad fix
then he hesitated moment-'but if
you are not ne went on, then I'm in
bad fix.
He banged away. and it was ten
days before he was himself again"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-29
a PUBLIC OUTRAGE.

The exercise of executive clemency
nearly always proyokes some criticism
of the act, for various and patent rea-
sons, but it rarely occurs that such exc
cutive action meets with universal con-
demnation, as the case in the pardon by
the governor of Illinois of the Chicago
Anarchists who were serving life terms
in the states prison. 1t is HARD to con-
cieve of an excuse for such clemency
that could be regarded as even admisi-
bic. The plea of prejudice against the
accused.on the part of the trial court and
jury and of the community where the
trial was held, is simply a plea in avo i'd
ance; there Is nothing sin it. As
well accuse q man of prejudice who
appears as a prosecuting witness against
a man who had made murderous at
tempt upon his life. Call it prejudice
or what you please, but it is only the
prompting of the first law Of nature
self defense. The pardon of those red
handed Anarchists is an outrage ,tpon
the sense of right and justice Of the
whole country. 1t is just such acts as
this that bring the law into contempt
and promotes mobocracy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-29
NEW YORK'S FIRST STREETS.
Two Humble Roads Sufficed for the Whole
Towns Traffic.


Actually, only two roads were estab-
lished when the town of New Amster-
dam was founded and these so obvious
ly were necessary that, practically,
they esta blished themselves. One of
them. on the line of the present Stone
and Pearl streets-the latter then the
water-front-led from the fort to the
Brooklyn ferry at about the present
Peck Slip. The other, on the line of
the present Broadway, led northward
from the fort, past farms and gardens,
into the wilderness.
Broad street and the Beavers path
primarily were not streets at all. On
the line of the first of these with a
roadway on each side, a canal extended
as far as Beaver street, where it mar
rowed to a ditch which drained the
swamp that extended northward to
about the present Exchange place.
Because OF the homelikeness-as one
Systematically smoking on ones stoop
in the cool summer evenings-that there
was in having good strong-smelling
canal under ones nose, and pleasant
sight of round squat sailormen aboard
of boats which were also of ii squat
roundness, Broad street then called
the Here Craft was favorite dwell
ing-place with the quality of that early
day: and even the Beaver path-whi ch
could boast only minor. ditchlike
smell, that yet was fit TO bring tears of
homeSickness into ones eyes, such ten
der associations did it arouse-was well
thought of by folk OF the humber sort.
to whom the smell of a whole canal
was too great a luxury Thomas A.
Janvier, in Harper's Magazine.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-29

The Illinois legislature short time
ago passed bill known as the valued
policy bill, which provided that where
property that is insured is totally de-
stroyed the insurance company or COM
panies shall pay the full amount the
policy calls for. The governor vetoed
the bill, and the Chicago lnter-Ocean
commends the veto, for tine especial
reason that the bill, if it were to become
law, would serve to put a premium
upon fraudulent insurance, involving in
its operations murder, perjury and other
grave crimes. Such a law might SO
operate if insurance companies were no
more painstaking in assuming risks than
they are now, many of them. But
there ought to be some way of protecting
the insured. If a company takes pay
for insurng property, the natural pre-
sumption is that the rate charged is suffi
Gent to cover tie loss in totally and
they certainly ought to be required to
make good the loss. The state is suppos
ed to look after the arsonist and MUIR
derer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-29
LABoR-SavlNG MACHINERY.
Does 1t Rob the Worker of His Chance OF
Employment

Does 1t Rob the Worker of His Chance OF
Employment
There has been great deal of anxiety
and many objections raised regarding
the employment OF labor-Saving ma
chinery, coupled with the fear that ma
chine work would deprive the poor
working man OF the opportunities OF
manual labor and subsistence. The
same fear extends TO the increased en-
ployment of females. who fill positions
previously occupied by men. The fear
IN either case is proba6 bly, much over
drawn. if not altogether groundiess-
1t will be remembered that upon the
Introduction OF the sewing machine
many poor needlewomen almost gave
up in despair, thinking that surely
their occupation was gone, and tina.
starva ton stared them in the face
Sewing machines rapidly multiplied,
and SO did womans labor in needle
work, and there are more women to-
day than ever before employed in that
branch of domestic art.
The same is true regarding the multi
plicity of farming implements and agri-
Cuitoi d. liidciiitSfS- bhfitiS Wei tiliSo
the country could not have been main
tanned without the facilities for farm
work machinery afforded. As machins
cry became perfected in this and all
lines, the demand grew and rapidly
multiplied, and the scarcity of male
help was not felt in consequence.
AT first farmers and la orers wanted
to destroy the machines that they fool
ishly fancied Were only robbing them
of their bread, but the tide soon turned
in their favor Crops increased in guam
tity, quality and value. Dem and in
creased proportionatelv, and la Dor was
again at premium. The female type
writers and type-setters and the type
casting machines were eye-sores to
male writers and compositors, who
fancied that they would be thrown out
of employment: but that matter is fast
regulating itself The march of prog
ress. once truly started, is forward and
not backward. The world is wide. and
new fields are opened up or old ones en-
larged to accommodate all who are will
ing to work.
Some people are everlastingly look
ing for job, and such generally fear
that they may happen to find one, with
no good excuse to prevent them taking
it. The willing poor need scarcely
fear, If they are worthy, since the
same wind that is tempered to the
shorn lamb is tempered for them. and
it is an i'll wind indeed that blows no
good. Behold America, with her in
ventions and consequent progress,
power and wealth! Contrast our con-
dition as a nation with that of China.
where inventions of a labor-saving
character have been barred out by
their government, lest the poor be
robbed of means of support. The one
progressing to light and prosperity
the other retrograding to the dark
ages and fast becoming a dying race.
Thus is the story of this phase of the
la bor problem told in a nutsheu.-De-
troit Herald of Commerce.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-29
TO MAKE GOOD COFFEE.
some Practical Suggestions for the Ysusa
Eoasekeeper.

Hoasskeeper.
Remem Der in making coffee
That the same flavor will not suit
every taste.
That everyone can he suited TO .
nicely By properly blending two or
more kinds.
That equal parts of Mocha, Java ans.
Bio will be Tctished by q good many
people
That mild coffee. can be made dam
gerously fstrong and stili retain TIN
mildness Of flavor.
That the en- joyment Of a beverage and
slavish devotion thereto are quite diff
ferent things
Tha, the flavor r. improved ~ ths
liquid is turned from the dregs as soon
a. the proper strength has been OBJ
tanned.
That where the pereolstion nsthof
is used the coffee should be ground
very fine or the strength viii sss ~
extracted.
That IL the ground coffee "a put intn
the water and boiled IL should be ra,h-
er coarse. otherwise IL will invariably
he muddy.
That good coffee will always oorn.
rnand fair price. but tha. ali high
priced eoffees are mot ipeee~srsiy Of
high quality.
That in serving he esp. ard eresz,
stoula Ne warm. the cream kkot,le -
put in tse esp before she coSs~ q
poured IA. bat IL Is inaTna tsrisi " hen sae
sugar : sddefi
Tina; Level ,ea-posafxi Of sse grouad
coffee 70 each csp - the standing al
Iewznce. fr0ns which dsytst,on ear ~
made IN sithsr direction according "a
the strength desired --Chicsys Three
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-29
RiPPlES OF LAUGHTER.

"DrD the whole company rise and
drink Howler's health?" lie didn't
say but / guess they did, for he isn't
able to sit up this morning"
WHY does smithy forbid young Mil
lions calling?" Because he Is very
wealthy and he wants his daughter To
be sure and fall in love with him"
II DO feel so sorry for that dear littls
pug dog ''Is Mr.. Emptypate cruel IN
hin?' No; but then just think how
an educated dog must feel in such COM
pany."
"FRoM what I've been reading sup
pose boarding houses must have been
found first in Turkey" Will Jon ex>
plain why?" The best variety on
prunes grow there. Inter Ocean
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-29

Lieutenant Pealy and the members
of his arctic exploring party started from
Philadelphia in the direction Of the
North Pole Monday afternoon in the
stanch steamer Falcon. Speaking of the
event and the mission upon which the
party sets out the Record says: aside
from the intrinsic charm which never
fails TO invest adventurous cruises OF
this character. and the sense of local
pride which Philadelphia must feel in
this voyage, one peculiar, scientific in-
terest will attach to it because of the OBJ
servation to be made on the aurora, in
the hope of verifying the theory that
these phenomena have a relation to
thunder storms. Thus meteoroIogy,
equally with geography, may be enriched
by Peary's journey"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-29
dNcosPoHArEn

was Goose. who lived with 4 family
named Fleet that kept little shop In
Pudding lane, Boston. Could more
appropriate place of Tesiden.s fc-
Mother Goose be found than Pua
ding lane, unless. perehance, there
be such a locality as Pie alleyp And
this dear old lady used TO sit
on the sidewalk outside the window
and make up doggerels for the little
Fleet urchins. She had a sweet note in
her soft old voice and a way of Groom
ing these rhymes and tunes that at
tracted all the children in the lane. and
brought much custom 10 the shop indi-
rectly. So the shopl<eeper, at the re-
request of his patrons. printed the
rhymes and gave them away. and in
this way the old lady became known 80
Mother Goose. and her quaint doggerci
became the dearest treasure of nursery
lore The old lady whose verses one
would rather have written thnn all the
classics, because they have been so
greatly beloved by little children, is
buried in the GrapGry cemetery. not
far from the grave of Paul Revere. The
stone at the head of the grave has
crum bled, but wild violets and ferns
mark her resting place. N. y. Sun
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-29
An Extrayayant Monarch.

The sultan of Turkey IS said 20 be
the most extravagant housekeeper II
the world. According TO a recent esti-
mate his domestic budget runs thus.
Repairs, new furniture, mats, beds,
etc, Is, 600 900 francs; toilet requisites,
including rouge and enamels for the
ladies OF the harera, and jewelry, 90
coo. 600 francs. extra extrav7gances,
q, ooo, 600 francs; clothes and furniture
for the sultan personally, 10, ooo.ooe
francs; doueeurs and wages, %, ooo. coo
francs; gold zad silver plate, 1880, DO
francs; maintenance % Eve carriages
and horses, .,Ss2 600 francs-g total Of
IT'S, 0eo, 900 francs, tT more. than sSs, o00,-
COO
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-29

The Philadelphia Record notes the cir.
cumStance that 3lr. William d. Mccoy.
consul general Of the United States in
Liberia, news of whose death was re-
ceiFed IN Washington Saturday, was the
fourth diplomatic representative OF our
government TO die at his post of duty in
that country. This fatality is easily
traceahle TO climatic influences, to which
men of the Afro-American race seem
peculiarly susceptible. Vet despite the
unenViable reputation which the Liber-
Ian mission has thus gained in point OF
lnsaiubrity, 1t IS not likely 10 be long
vacant.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-29

The man Vernon whose eScapades have
brought him into notoIiety more than
once-whose latest is fresh in the minds
of our readers, has been wrongfully
credited TO the Methodist church. If
any church were responsible for his
tortuouS course 1t should be charged to
the account of the Congregational
society; but, fortunately tor the cause OF
christianity, no church Or society Is
blameable or even countenance for a
moment any such derelicuons, though
black sheep it is said, are found in every
flock.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-29

At the present price of silver on the
London market the standard Ameri-
can silver dollar is valued at 81 cents,
says the dispatch from Washington.
There's situation tor you! The dollar
of our dadJies play thing for the
blarsted Britishers. What is this gov
ernment's fat worth, anyway? If this
is the best the government at Washing
ton can do it had better close its Office
and 90 out of business. Mr. Cleveland
and his administration may think by
such skullduggery to SO discredit silver
as TO cause it to be repudiated as
standard medium of circulation, but the
great body of the American people will
never consent TO any such scheme. The
popular demand for stable currency of
gold, silver and paper, every dollar of
which to be worth every other dollar,
will be enforced or there will be trouble
This people have had about as much of
this monkey business as they will stand.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-29

Before the people of Germany have
another election bout with the govern
ment they want to have introduced in
that empire the Australian ballot or
some other system that viii insure them
free ballot ana fair count. The re-
contest between the government and
the. people-these are not synonymous
terms over there as they arc presumed
TO be here-over the question of largely
increasing the army. which meaasa cor
responding increase OF the burden OF
taxation TO the.psople. was not hard to
determine IN the governments favor in
ismuch as it had full control OF the elec-
ton machinery.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-29
EXCaANGE EPuoMES.
,cretary Morton on Free Coinage.

Secretary Morton on Free Coinage.
From the BsItlnlore sam
The Granite Mountain Mining com
pany, SAYS Secretary Of Agriculture
Morton. produced in one year recently
nearly 6, 900. 900 ounces of refined silver
at cost of IL cents an ounce This Is
the cost the company reported IL the
secretary of the treasury. The whole
output that year cost ssSe, ess}. Int.
coined 81 4i25 grains TO the dollar. II
would make over -. tso, coo OF legal
tender for over 3.oSi0.eD bushels Of
wheat. the labor cost oil which is much
more than IL cents bsgs1ei Why
should the farmer wish 70 shove NJ the
price OF silver: Why should be wish 10
be paid for lis wheat IN 3 deprecated
metal? The secretary thinks tile western
farmer secs through the swindle COW.