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The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-28
SCIENCE CLIPPINGS.

To REACH the nearest fixed star one
must travel So, ,0oo, 600, 900 of kilometers,
and If the velocity were that of can
non ball, it would require 5,0oo, 600
years to travel the distance
THE platinum beds in the Ural
mountains are the only ones in the
world in which that metal is found in
grains. In several places it is to be
found imbedded in the hard serpentine
rock, but only in the Ural in grains
IF the earth were to revolve on its
axis with seventeen times its present ra-
pidity, the pendulum would not vibrate
at all. and we would weigh nothing at
the equator. for the centrifugal force
would be so great as to throw US off
IL warped board the convex side Of
the curve is always toward the heart of
the tree. The wsrping is due to un-
equal shrinkage, and it is easily under
stood therefore why the middle plank
is less subject TO this trouble than cuts
from the other parts of the log.
CORK is about the most buoyant sub
stance there is, but there are points be-
yond which even cork cannot go. A
cork sunk two hundred feet deep in the
ocean viii not rise again 10 the surface,
owing to the great pressure of the wa
ter. At any less distance from the sur
face, however. 1t will gradually work its
way back to light once more.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-28
INTERESTING TO OKLAHOMA.

A special dispatch from Washington,
under date of the Gath, says that Secre-
tary Rusk made a very important propo-
sition to Delegate-elect Flynn concern
ing the request on the part of many of
the leading Oklahoma citizens to have
the quarantine line changed so as to ex-
clude that territory from the perma-
nently infected region.
After a long and careful consideration
OF the quarantine. he stated that the
climatic conditions of Oklahoma were
such as to entitle it to be changed, but
there being no satisfactory law on the
question, he could not make the
change under the present legal con-
ditions. He suggested if the Oklahoma
legislature, now in session, would pass
just such a law protecting the territory
against Texas cattle as he would suggest,
in order to supplement- federal law, he
would change the quarantine in con-
formity to request
This position taken by the good secre-
tary is quite satisfactory to Finn; and
he IS now enthusiastic over the changes
to greatly improve the stock interests of
the territory. He thinks the legislature
VIII not hesitate to pass just such law
as will be necessary to Justify the secre-
tary in making the change. This mat
ter is regarded as very important from a
financial standpoint to Oklahoma, as it
will increase the selling price per head
two or three dollars on all cattle.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-28
JOHN MARTINS CASE.

There is much being said by the Kan.
sas papers about the legality of John
Martins election. Some of these writers
seem to pin their faith to and base their
opinions on the Kansas statutes. 1t
should not be overlooked that the United
States laws bearing ON that question are
the most important, and that beyond
and above laws comes the constitution
guaranteeing congress great powers on
questions touching the qualifications of
its own members. There is a congress
sional law which declares that a ma iority
of quorum present and voting can elect
United States senator. John Martin had
almost the total vote of those present and
voting. It is question if he did not
have a majority of all present and hold
ing certificates from the state board of
canvassers, many of whom refused to
vote.
1t seems TO us that the only possible
way to beat John Martin would be to
secure a majority Of all the members
elected and holding certificates,
which majority would have to in
clude the Democratic contingent, or at
least that portion of it which failed to
vote for Martin in the first instance.
This seems impractical.
There was but one thing for the Re-
publicans to have done. They, being in
the minority, should have united in
caucus in supporting what they already
had in hand VIZ: The Republican United
States senator. Once united they should
then have gone to work securing the
Democratic contingent or five other GER
tificate holders, by whatever honorable
trades or methods possible. If at any
time they mad found Perkins weak.
OF another man who promised
more strength, it would have been a
simple thing to transfer the vote.
As soon as the Pop caucus endorsed |
John Martin the little Democratic con-
5ingent saw in him a Democratic Ger
.ainty for the United States senate,
while upon the other hand they saw
'nly chaos and uncertainty. They there
ore made their Individual peace and
'ases safe and went to the support of the
ide of certainty.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-28
A LITTLE TOO PREVIOUS.

Barney Sheridan, editor of the Paola
Spirit, who kicked against fusion, and
when forced and gagged, finds small
hole through which the Democrats NAV
crawl out of any responsibility for the
present condition of affairs at the capi-
tai, thus:
1--WE regret this on Governor dwellings
account We thought that he had the
nerve and brain TO dare to do right. and
we hope so yet. But he is listening to the
dangerous crowd
Clemens is a social and moral out
cast and Sample is an Anarchist who at
tended the funeral of the Chicago devils of
destruction and ruin to decent govern
ment. DOster is an imitator of Aaron
Burr and Jerry Simpson is a political ad-
venturer who drawlS out praises of Gui-
teau. Webb is disappointed Republican
politician, whose misdeeds in the name of
the Republican party have injured and
disgraced the state. These are the men
who are now bossing Governor Lewelliug.
Not one Of them ever was a Democrat"
If Sheridan had withheld his comment
a few DAYS longer it would have been
cut off by the trucking of the coterie of
his party in the senate to these same
recalcitrants he named. They simply
backed into the hole and pulled it in after
them.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-28
FOREIGNERS OF NOTE.

MR GLADSTONE is by no means the
oldest member of the commons, Ia spite
of his So years Charles ViIliers is the
father of that body, having completed
has s0th year January ..
Rev. JoSEPR JAMES CHEsSENAS. tho
Baptist minister recently elected preSi-
dent OF the republic of Liberia. is a
colored man Of the most pronounced
type, and is very effective orator aud
preacher.
NINE De LEssEPs, so saws fashiona-
BILE London paper. has recently written
TO friend in England saying that her
husband has constantly remarked of
late that. like Napoleon III. he will
die in England"
MoSTA0U WuIIA.s. the eminent.
English harrister who died recently,
was SO overcome with stage fright
when he made his first speech in court,
Ia horse stealing case. that he would
have given up ths profession bat for
his wife's encoura -ement II persist
BERSHARDr has sent diamond ring
and photograph os herself in the role Of
Cleopatra to the lElsh lady who cap
tured and restore 90 itS owner the 49,
tress' serpent las- summer The saako
had escaped ana tins iady. while oat
wiling, r ,seed 1t. attention being
drawn tie more rvedliy % madams's S
cher python" by the gold ehasG and
Ieweled ring attached O. II.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-28
PRETTY FANCIES.

DRESDEN china tea bells ara very
pretty.
JUGS are now especially designed for
hot milk.
MIRRORS of Venetian mosaic come for
dressing tables.
DECORATED china pots arc intended To
hold condensed milk.
BONE dishes are now regarded as ane-
eessity. and are in many charming de-
vices.
ROSE jars of crystal and gold Of Doul-
ton and royal Worcester are now indis-.
pensable.
EVERY sort Of article for table use.
excepting knives and forks, Is found in
Copenhagen ware.
DRESDEN and Worcester candslabra
are very popular for the aesthetic ban
quets now IN vogue.
ToAsT racks Of fancy china are new
for the breakfast table. and share pop
ularity with those Of silvsr.--Jswelsrs
Circular
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-28
NEWSPAPER CURRENCY.

A load of two tons can be readily
carried by a full-grown elephant
THE city of New York cares for is, 900
lunatics at cost of s625, 900 year.
THE population of London now ex-
ceeds that of New York, Brooklyn,
Philadelphia and Chicago combined,
and these four are the only American
cities having one million or more inhab-
itants
A SAN FRANCISCO exchange raises the
alarm that California is suffering "a
girl famine" In every large town in
that state, with the exception of Ala
media, there is lamentabIe paucity
of the gentler sex.
SToCKMES in Wyoming report that so
far this winter has been very favorable
for cattle. More cattle are being fed
this winter than in the past, range cat
tie everywhere are reported in excellent
condition, and, barring billiards, the
loss will be much less this year than in
any former winter.
SURPRISE and terror caused some zinc
miners to desert shaft they were sink
ing at Webb City. Wis. As the opening
became deeper, they noticed that the
atmosphere became warmer. At the
depth of 16S feet the heat was so in
tense that work was stopped, and soon
they saw flames burst into the shaft.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-28
INTERESTING FOREIGN GOSSIP.

TELEGRAPHrc communication viii
soon be established between Denmark
and Sweden.
A RESIDENT of Leominster, England.
has won renown as collector of ha-
man skulls
! ACCORDING to French divorce st2tis-
tics the most unhappy period of matFi-
mony is between the fifth and tenth
year after the honeymoon
a soHooL-TEAcHKR in England has
lately been voted a pension If two shjl-
lings q week She is seventy-five years
old and has taught an infant school''
for forty years at a wage Of four shil-
Gngs a week"
The London Telegraph says that ef-
forts are being made TO preserve histor-
ic MalmaiSon, once the residence of
Empress Josephine, from falling into
the hands of some nineteenth century
vandaL
A SMALL seal bearing the efigy OF the
duke of Cumberland has been picked
up between Fontenoy and Ramecrois,
on the scene OF battle in which tie
British troops were engaged in I?45.
and it has been presented TO Queen Vic
toria-
TIE sea water originally put in the
great aquariums at the Crystal Palace.
Sydenham, in 1854, is said 70 be still
used there, having been used over and
over since that time, a record without
parallel in the history of similar insti-
tutions-
A MALE gorilla tgorilla gina) has late
~ been adopted by the Berlin aquarium
He is larger than any gorilla that has
yet been brought to Europe. He is sup
posed to be eight or nine years old, and
was for six years in the possession of
chieftain on the Gaboon. He has not
yet shown any friendly feeling for man
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-28
PEOPLE IN OTHER LANDS.

LoBsTERs and salmon are so disliked
by the shah of Persia, that when either
Is served at table where he is seated
he leaves the room.
THE khan Of Khiva, now visiting
some of his fellow rulers in Europe
travels with his moliak tor PRIEST and
his own cook. He feels tolerably safe,
no matter what turns up.
THE khedive Of Egypt uses a type
writer and is SO pleased with the instFu-
ment that it is said he has conferred
the honor OF the Msdjidie on the in
ventor.
THE oldest member OF the British
peeTage IS the duke of Northumber-
land, who Il nearly ninety years of age.
He has been a member OF five cabinets,
but always in a subordinate position
where he eouldn do any harm
N. DUFUY. the new minister Of com
merce, IS one Of the conspicuous self
made men in the existing French
cabinet His father was a liFeried
servant of the prefecture, OF Puy. while
his mother kept g small tobacco shop.
The case Of Rev. Joseph Best Of
Hamilton. Ont, affords further proof
that there Is little in 4 name Rev
Joes piety revolted 81 the idea OF per
rIs.tIng a servant 20 wash potatoes on
Sunday. and he debated The matter 50
forcefully with Mrs Best that he was
sent 10 prison for two months FOR as
sanlt and battery.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-28
MlIl} Eagle
NJ. NJ. MURDOCH. Eator
LEWELLING AND HIS POPS,

Governor Lewelling recommends and
urges several new enactments. Five OF
his principal recommendations were re-
ported by the Republican senate revision
committee of two years ago and they
were passed by that body as reported,
but the Peoples party in the house
slaughtered every one of them. This is
the solemn truth, of easy proof by the
records. The fact is that Governor
LeweIling in his recommendations en-
ploys the very arguments found IN the
revision committees report, quoting, IL
instances, their exact language.
There is, however, one satisfactory
thing in contemplating this muddle at
Topeka, and that is tie reflection that
so long as it holds the people of the state
will not be burthened with any more
laws. The curse of modern legislation
is almost innumerable enactments.
Business and society can hardly adjust
themselves to the new laws before they
are repealed and new ones Supersede
them. That many of the laws of Kan
sas are vicious and unequal, all admit,
but even these but repeal others which
were equally as unwholesome.
And as there is little pros
pect that anything better would
be offered, the happiest thing for Kansas
W ould be a cessation outside of necessa-
~ appropriations Of all law making for
series Of years, leaving it for the courts
to wipe out, by wise decisions, the worst
outrages and inequalities.
There is another thing. The Republi-
can treasurer has on hand now, as a res
idue of a quarter of a century of Repub-
lican rule Of patriotism and Of wonder
ful development, upwards of a million
and a quarter of dollars of hard cash, |
belonging to the people. The Populist /!
senate and house so far as they have gone |
have shown the most eKtravagant |
ideas, and in their venality, and a desire /
10 get even with somebody, have shown |
unseeming haste. Their treasurer, who /
couldn't borrow a hundred dollars Of |
his own neighbors, and who hasn't a
single notion of the serious responsible
tiles of the place to which an unholy al
lance foisted him, has so far failed to
make his bond IF in addition to This
the rump minority should, under Lew
ellings advice, hold out against a legal
organization, all that money will be
saved, at least for a time.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-28
JOURNALISTIC PLUMS.

ANTONY WHITE, of Presque Isle, Ne,
has hound that hauls him several
miles to and from his work daily, and
which during the day renders good
service hauling cedar railroad ties, four
or five being a usual load.
AN erratic clock adorns the post Office
in Gallatin, Mo. A Philosophic farmer
says of it with quiet sarcasm: when
ever the clock in the post Office strikes
eleven, and the hands point to half-past
twelve, know it is just a quarter to
ten"
A WONDERFUL hen is owned by a man
in Waterloo, Oregon. 1t is as expert as
a cat in catching rats. 1t leases them
awhile, and then releases them. The
owner of this remarkable fowl has OBJ
served that no rat ever comes the
second time within reach of it's claws.
A INTERPRETATIONS citizen of
Deering, Me, is suffering from his first
attack of toothache. All his teeth are
sound, and the one that is troubling
him has defed all the efforts of the den
tist to extract it, the roots seeming to
be twisted around Il part of the jaw
hone
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-28
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

THE rice crop in the south this year j.
estimated % be ~. .0Oo ooo pounds
The anthracite coal fields produce
more than *, ,o00. 900 tons Of coal year.
THE output Of American manufarto-
ries for the past year was O. ,2le. 900, odis.
In value.
LAST year 100, ,3ss, 7ss feet Of lumber
passed through the port Of Bangor, Me
los, ,544. .S77 feet was spruce, "a. 45a. oss
hemlook. and the rest pine
ToRACOo has been successfully raised
on the banks Of the Androseoggis river
in Maine, and one man n preparing 20
cultivate il the coming pear on large
scale.
TIE earliest machine used Tor making
screws was invented by David Nilkin-
eon Of Rhode Island. for which he oh
tanned patent In 1874 There were ia
1870 in the United States 1ghtSen e.
tsbIishmeHts engaged IN manufacturing
screws
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-28
THE MILITARY.

THERE is Col. Sausee in the Russian
army, but Paris has general who is
SauSSier.
RUSSIA has decided that its soldiers
shall be supplied with handlSerchiefs,
at the expense of the government.
UNBaoKEN 4-year-old colts, suitable
for military purposes, can be bought in
the Australian colonies at from $50 To
S75 each.
A STUDY of German map, on which
is plotted the stations of the troops in
their huge army, shows that the
majority are so placed as to be con-
veniently moved in sections TO the
French frontier.
THE table on which the articles Of
agreement for the surrender of Viclos-
burg were signed by Gen. Grant and
Gen Pemberton is in daily use in a
beer saloon in Vieksburg. The saloon
keeper has been offered a large price
for the relic, but he refuses TO dispose
Of
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-28
BOOKS AND WRITER'S.

MARION CRAWFORD will have two new
novels in American magazines next year.
SOMEBODY understands that James
Whitcomb Riley is going to write a
novel
The original manuscript of Poems
by Two Brothers." written by Alfred
and Charles Tennyson many years ago,
was sold at auction in London on Fri
day for 81, ,4eO.
Rev. FATHER PALLADTUs, the famous
Russian missionary, has brought out,
after twenty years of labor, Chinese
Russian dictionary containing 1868
hieroglyphics-
SOME manuscripts of Tennysons ear
hest published poems were sold at auc-
ton in London two weeks ago and
bought for G4so by the representative Of
Cambridge publishing house.
WHITTIER's homestead is now owned
by a retired merchants of Haverhill,
Mass, who is willing to sell the estate
on condition that it shall be properly
and permanently cared for as memo
rial of the poet.
NJ. ALPHoEsE DAUDET intends to
spend some time in England. first at
the Isle of Wight and subsequently at
London. He does not speak English,
but he has a good knowledge of Eng
lsh literature through the translaticns,
Dickens being his favorite author.
IN the 227 years since Don Quixote"
was published 1,Se4 editions have been
printed OF which 52s were Spanish, 304
English, l79 French, 90 Italian, 81 Portu-
guese, - German, Is Swedish, Polish,
Danish, Russian, Greek, Rou-
manian, 4 Catalonian, Basque and l
latin
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-28
A CoURTRY's HEROES.

THE famous fve-hundred-doilAr sword
which wSs presented 70 Gen y N.
Prentiss. .'tbe hero of Shiloh, 4" was re-
Gently purchsssd from ! New York
pawn-shop for ffty-fvs dollars
CAPT. JOss ADA4 CosFzH is ths
youngest veteran % the Mexican war,
having enlisted a. the age 81 twelve.
lie IL also TIE pioneer horss-car driver
of san Fr&neiAoo. having been IA tho
business twenty years
p. PAExEK street-eAr conductor
In Oakland. Cal, who took part ia the
march with Wolsrlry across the desert
u KhArtOurn. r. relieve Stanley. il The
fortunate p>~&esSoT ~ two medals f7r
bravery CD the BATTLEFIELD. n,ns gives -
the queen. tic other BY lie khSdivs of
Egvyt
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-28
MEDICAL SCIENCE.

EMErIcs have no effect on horses,
which have 30 gall blaaders 70 be acted
upon.
A CASE Of bleeding through the sound
skin is the subject of European medi-
cal report.
TIE imperial cholera commiSsioe IN
Germany announces its discovery that
wine-elaret or hock-wiil kill the bac-
ILL of cholera in few minutes. Tea
will Kill them in an hour.
ALL the motions and sensations of the
various parts of the body are repre-
sented in the surface of the brain as on
a map. Thus there is a separate brain
area necessary for sight, another for
hearing, another for the melton Of the
fingers and so on
NUTNEGs have strong narcotic prop
critics. A pint Of tea made from two
nutmegs, il drunk by an invalid viii
produce sleep Of many hours dura-
ton The symptoms viii be about the
same as those ooeasloned by opium.
NutmegS in the quantity OF two or
three drachms will cause both stupor
and deliTium
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-28

As we have before remarked the dan-
liens of the happy, favored valley
scarcely appreciate the generally Meas.
ant weather of the present winter when
contrasted with almost every other sec
ton Of the country. A correspondent of
the Cimarron New West writing from
West Point, IN central Mississippi. saws.
This part OF Mississippi was ex-
periencing some very cold weather: and
on the night of the 18th snow fell to the
depth of SIX or seven inches. somethin.
unusual in this climate; and the weather
Is very cold, and has been cold for five
weeks. 4 tourist in Florida write, .
Quite cold here. The coolest weather
the Fioridians have experienced for
some years" The cold waves have
switched out of their usual course. and
struck the land of flowers and bananas.
and this.is why western Kansas has such
fine weather since Christmas.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-28
COMMERCIAL MATTERS.

tn consumption of cheese in Paris
reaches as much as q, 900 zoo pounds
per annum-
A TAsMASIAN prize merino ram, sold
recently for e. 500. gave 22H pounds of
wool when shorn. Another ram, not
accustomed to being housed and fed
until few months before shearing,
clipped 22H pounds
GREAT BRITAIN, during the year 1864.
spent q, 176. 900 in foreign poultry and
eggs In 1878 the amount had increased
TO sls. $50, 900, and for 1891 it amounted
TO s2s, ,s50, 900, which included s., o0o, oo0
paid for importation Of eggs and poultry
from Ireland
LONDON Truth hopes that the recent
experiment Of shipping oranges direct
from Florida TO England will prove gnc-
cessful, because the fruit is Of exception
ally fine quality, and quite equal, II not
superior, 70 any Of the many varieties
We now have in our own market"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-28
Nationalism in a Nutshell.


,uWa'O Belany
The exercise of irresponsible power,
By whatever means, is tyranny, and
should not be tolerated. The power
which men Irresponsiby exercise for
their private ends over individuals ard
communities through superior wealth is
essentially tyrannous and as inconsistent
with democratic principle and as often
sive to self-respecting men as any form
of political tyranny that was ever en-
dured.
As political equality is the remedy for
political tyranny, SO Is economic equality
the only way of putting an end TO the
economic tyranny exercised by the few
over the many through superiority of
wealth.
The industrial system of a nation, like
its political system, should be govern
ment of the people, by the people, for
the people. Until economic equality
shall give basis to political equality,
the latter is but a sham.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-28
CONsECRATED PETER.

Murat Halstead, we are afraid. has not
profound respect for Kansas senior
senator. The following from his latest
letter appears 10 be what Artemus Ward
used TO call "Sarkasm." Petfer has a
mighty intellect 1t is big with all the
great questions. In activity lie is pow
ertUl. He is determined TO do great
deal for mankind. That is the reason he
talks SO much through his whiskers. He
does not want president 10 serve more
than one term. The shallow and COM
monplace utterances on that subject
seem TO PETER a wise and massive
Couldn't PETER let something alone? II
there Is TO be a reform relating 10 the
presidential terms, change them To two
years-th8t is, let the terms coincide
with congress and do nor monkey and
meddie and muddle. PETER viii not
pause hut he should he feels sort Of
consecraIed to greatness.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-28
What to Teach the Pupil.

From the Minneapolis Journal
The war against school fads in Chica-
go has extended TO the teaching of Ger
man in the public schools. Ia Chicago
there are 240 teachers of German draw
ing salaries from the public school fund,
the aggregate cost being $500, 900 year.
The results are very meager, and good
many people believe that the money can
be spent with better effect teaching the
people the use of the United States Ian
guage. A good deal of this sort of feel
ing is developing throughout the coun-
try. There is no more reason to teach
German in the public schools than there
is to teach Scandinavian, French or
Italian.