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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-01

The most remarka BILE canal in the
world is the one between Worsley and
st. Helens, In the north of England. II
is sixteen miles long and underground
from one end 70 the other. In tina. sec
ton of Great Britain the coal mines are
very extensive, more than half the
country being undermined Many years
ago the managers of the duke OF Bridge
waters estates thought that they could
save money by Transporting the product
Of the mines underground, therefore
the canal was constructed and the
Tines connected and drained at the
same tine. Ordinary canal boats are
used on this unique water way. the mo
tive power being furnished by men
The tunnel arch over the canal - pro
vided with cross timbers. and the men
who do the work q propulsion lie on
their backs on the loads Of coal and
push with their feet against the wooden
supports Of the root.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-01

An education is qualification prece-
dent, and, in fact, necessary to employ
ment in any vocatiOn-industrial or pro-
fessional-where intelligence is required.
Here is a pointer for the boys. 1t is
shown by statistics that nearly twice as
many girls as boys pass to the higher
grades ia our educational institutions.
The effect is already seen in almost
every department of life in this country:
in all the lighter employments the girls
are crewding the boys out, and if the
present order of things continues for
another decade or two, there will be lit
tie left for the males to do but the
coarser and more vulgar Of the mental
cpvvirac
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-01
SACRED FISH.
Strange suPnrHtiiIoa Of the STosi.ns ~
TrtPof-


TrtPon-
Near TripoH tho MosIezns have erect
ed large, high building, with SNOW
white dome, near the pond and tree
known IN occult iitersturS as the Pond
and Tree Of the Sacred Fish.- The
building itself has title equally a.
high-soundinR ~ tbs pond and the trrs,
being kEoEn throughout uoTtl5sru
Africa IS The paiRce of the Sacred
FIsh~ The hsh. which a~v kept ia a
clear pool IN tlS rsa- Of TIE b8Iding.
much resemble common oEce or club.
but The old shcik who hiss 5sarEe cf
them ssys that they mr. really the 70
animated souls of departed poEjcns ~
high reBovvn. Ons, large blssk fab.
the king % these piscatorial oddities, ~
said 20 seldom Show himself, bat the
others may be seeu In thousaudA TIE
old shcik, who must - q? = thao>opb-
ical turn Of mind. Esys that duTiug Tie
Criucan WAL many Il the olf~r fshes
went ~ under the "a - b4bsEtopol -
Ezht The Russians ant that hundreds %
them came bark badly Wounds Tie
people 81 Trroli believe LAT anyone
80 indi.~ree. a. b rat one - thee fen
would instantly lie q boTTtbss eeatlL
THIS superstition hiss been rife for yearA.
A. loaz ago - ia Dr.. JeszHp. the
American consul :, Trlpoh. cAsgh;
.ora- Of them ard cooked aud ate them.
TIc pronounced them az eosrHs and IN
paIztzbie food. otherwise unhsrrnfaL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-01
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.
RE Is making war on the vags.

Guthrie Is making war on the vags.
Oklahoma has two female county super
inteudents.
The land Office at Guthrie will dispose of
all cases recorded in about thirty days.
The legislature has passed a bill staying
the collection without penalty to taxes.
Mrs. Rock has taken charge OF the
society department of the Evening
Gazette.
Kingfsher has sent delegate to Wash
ington to keep Henessey from stealing
their land Office.
The Cherokee nation will send chorus
of full blooded Indians, and a quartette of
lady vocalists to the worlds fair,
McMasters says that Norman has and
owns the first policeman vino has ever got
on a burglars beat in the territory.
Captain Hays has been ordered from
Fort Reno to Washin Zton on special duty.
The captain Will soon be made major.
Judge Asher is president OF the Tecum-
sen board OF trade and as such offers 100
acres OF land for the location Of the
asylum
Washita county boasts OF a lady who
carries the mail regularly between Cloud
Chief aud Cordell, regardless OF the
weather.
\ bill Is being prepared and viii proba-
bly, become a law. to IN Ike the mortgagor
instead OF the mortgage pay the taxes oa
morJgaged property in Oklahoma
The story Of gold mines IN tb- Wichita
mountains is disputed by a squgw mau
who has access to them. He claims that
the mountains are rich in silver. zinc, and
lead.
The Fifth Cavalry band will give 4 con-
cert At Post hail, For, Reno. this even
iag, the proceeds 70 lie used in buying
an organ for she Post chapel. \ rare
musical treat is promised.
Captain Bishop. formerly first iieuten-
ant OF y troop. stationed At Fort Sill. has
been promoted. transferred 10 Fort Reno
snd placed IN charge OF X JrooH, formecly
commanded by Captain Woodsoa.
The Muskocee Phoenix says tie Indian
territory delegation at the Inauguration Of
Cleveland at Washington, Msvcu 1. bids
fair to bs a large one. 4 uuusoer Of par
ties from Musko-ee expect % attend
Tue Oklahoma City Times-Journa!
thinks that county rests on = osd OF coal
through which flow rivers cf oil that needs
bat little rein ing. There = strong talk
Of organizing = company there 70 search
+, i. &c hidden treasure.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-01
THE WITCH TREE.
A Natural Curiosity That Is Found In
Nevada.

A Natural Curiosity That Is Found In
Nevada
A most remarkable tree which grows
near Tuscarora, New, is described in
the Popular Science News. The witch
tree, as the superstitious Indians call it,
grows to a height of six or seven feet,
with & trunk whose base is three times
the size of an ordinary mans wrist.
II has nunberless branches and twiSs,
and resembles somewhat the barberry
indigenous to certain regions in the
eastern states.
The trul y wonderful characteristics Of
the tree is its luminosity, which is so
great that on the darkest night it can
be plainly seen a mile away. A person
standing nesr could read the finest
print by its light. It's foliage is ex-
tremely rank, and its leaves resemble
somewhat those of the aromatic bay
tree of California in shape, size and
color
The luminous property is due TO a
gummy substanc e, which can be trans
ferred to the han i by rubbing, together
with It's phosphor escept light, while the
light on the leaf disappears. The lu-
minosity is thought to be due to para
site growth. Tho Indians will never
approach it, even in daylight, with such
superstitious awe do they regard its
mysterious light
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-01
WsNDERiNG WAITER S.
They Earn Two or xpGee Salaries n DaI
at Difsfsat Restaurants.

They Earn Two or xbgee Salaries n Day
at Diffsrsut n restaurants.
Many of the walters in the first-class
restaurants of New York have short
hours, and are therefore able TO work in
several places. For instance, says the
New York Sun, an ambitious waiter,
who is employed only for breakfasts
end luncheops IN ope restaurant, can
easily enough serve the dinner in an
other. The walters in some restau-
rants, where the dinners are served
early, are even able TO work in others
where the dinner is kept going until a
late hour.
An ezpefisnce of n well-known play
wright recently suggests some ludicrous
possibilities. He has been IN the habit
of dining at Delmonico's, and was al
ways served by the same waiter. A
few weeks ago he decided to try some
of the odd restaurants In the French
quarter. One night ne went TO a cheap
table d'hote at an unusually late hour.
To his great surprise he found the Del
rnonico waiter serving meals at this
place also. The waiter was equally
astOuisheQ
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-01
Afraid of a Big Magnet.

We have heard Of bold and costly
undertaking which an eminent person
age, still living, projected in his youth,
says the Saturday Review. lie caused
a magnet to be built Of such size and
power as had not yet been imagined. Il
was his intention to charge this gigan-
tic object without witnesses, so es TO
enjoy the unparalleled result in selfish
solitude. Happily, a great authority
called at the moment and received an
invitation 70 assist. When he saw the
preparations his face paled- Neither
he nor anyone else could foreteI what
would happen If that t~euty-foot mag
net were set TO work: but It was prob
able, at least. that the house would fall
The thing still remains unchanged, o.
did a few years ago
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-01

A few days ago the Capital contained
an editorial on the political situation in
Kansas, present and prospective, the
spirit of which was not one of over-con-
fdence for the immediate reascendency
Of the Republican party in the state. The
Lawrence Record, itself not a conspicu-
Gus optimist, quotes from tn Capitals
article and then adds this comment:
II is all very well to talk about the in
dignation of the people of tie state At the
.populst proceedings, but all experience
demonstrates that nothing succeeds like
success In less than three months the
capital made by the Republicans 50 far
viii be dissiDaJed, and unless some good
work is done the fusion forces will sweep
the state again two years hence. The
Record reiieratcs its remark made Just at
the opening Of this fight that a leader of
the Republican party Is sorely needed As
yet no one has appeared.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-01

The situation as to the policy of the
new administration touching some Of
the more potential economic questions is
growing dramatic, even full month
before the situation begins to mate
rialize. Mr.. Cleveland gives it out cold
that the coinage of the dishonest silver
dollar" must cease. Per contra, the
leftenant of the western reserve. the
editor of the s.. Louis Republic, uo-
Claims:-
With silver freely coined ana the pres
ent exaggerated and highly artificial
premium on gold reduced, il viii be pos
slble 10 produce wheat. cotton, corn and
provisions in the Mississippi valley at
profit II i not possible 10 DO 50 now
The valley it is being robbed. The export
ing states, which carry New York City
aud its business rs port of exit and entry
on their backs, have endured all they can
endure; have stood all they intend to stand.
il they do not yet relief in this four years.
they viii smash things
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-01
Saved NV Their Coed Grin.

A thrilling incident occurred near St
Clair, Pa, the other morning involving
the lives Of two men When the morn
ing train from Shenandoah WAS ap-
preaching the ninety-feet high trestle
of the Pennsylvania railroad, a mile
above that place, alta high rate of speed
the engineer was horrifed At discover
ing two men ahead IN the center Of the
structure. 1t was too late 10 stop the
train, and as there IS but single track
and no sidewalk the engineer, after re-
versing his engine. closed his eyes %
shut out the sight Of two human beings
hurried into space The train reached
the vest side Of the trestle before II
stopped, when the two men. supposed
20 have been thrown into the ravIne be
low, were seen walking along the trest-
ling. They escaped death by hanging
from The spans which the trains passed
over
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-01
From the Chicago Tribune.
THE HOOP SKIRT,

And must it come-the skirt of other days
Amplitudinous and vast. the terror
OF pedestrians. the sport OF scoffers,
Shelter of small dogs fleeing from the wrath
OF the bigger ones, space monCpollZer
In the omnibus and gilded chariot
OF the horse railway! Cmbraceous horror,
Spreading like a circus tent of Kansas
Mortgage DER the land; must the patient
horse.
Grown used to the swiftly speeding wheelman
And the cable car, a walking haystack
Learn now to look upon without alarm,
As did bis forefathers in the long ago!
orbid Phoebe Cousins, Sis er Lease.
And DR.. Mary Walker These be the days
OF fats where latitudinal spread
Is limited. The earth is getting crowded,
There is no room for the hoop skirt,
It belongs to the dead past. It's home
Is in oblivion. There let it rest.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-01
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4 BULLS EYE GUESS,

From the EmperIs Republican.
The so-calied young crowd" Of the
Republican party of Kansas will have a
meeting in Topeka tonight to talk over
things and find out IL possible, where
they are at" 1t cannot be said that the
career of the young crowd up to this
time has been brilliant one. We fear
that it is in some degree responsible for
the present trouble of the party. But it
can vet be made to devote valuable SER
vice if the young men have ascertained
their whereabouts, their first step should
be to employ some man of mature years
and ripe political experience as in
structCr.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-01
STRANGE SENSE or DIRECTION.
Dogs and CatS Sometimes Display AstOaJ
tshing GsSEra7 hicAl Knowledge.

Sang rAital hAoNted&cA
when living near Neosho Falls,
Kan, a neighbor, who WAS q market
bird hunter, west from there To western
Missouri for the purpose Of hunting
quails and prairie chickens Ia the fall
of the year" saws writer IN Science.
HE took with him favorite pointer
dog. The route taken was southwark
some fifty miles TO Parsons, Kan. bv
railroad thence nOrtheastward - Fort
Scott and on into Missouri. nearly due
east from the latter point All went
very well for few DAYS after he began
hunting, but by some means the dog
became lost from him. He spent two
days hunting II, and a. IL was no use to
try to hunt without the dog he went
home and there found the dog oil right.
According 10 the report Of his family
the dog had reached there within two
days from the time he had lost him,
and as the distance was more than
seventy-fve miles it Is quite certain
that the dog took a near cut for home.
Now, II this dog had no sense of diTec-
ton what had he that led him 70 take
what we may confidently believe to be
the straight and true COURSE for home
when he had passed over the other two
hides of the triangle byrail7 Who does
not know that cat, OF even q half
grown kitten, taken long WAY from
home in a bag, nearly always hnds its
way baok2 When living in northern
Michigan had n cat we tired Of I took
her in boat directly scross the lake.
about two miles, ond turned her loose.
Although IL WIS about SIX miles around
the end of the lake, a c5reuitous course.
and certainly one unknown 70 her by
sight the next morning she was back
ct the old place. Another CASE Is relate:
to me Of cat that waB taken h nail
fully twenty miles In southwest Ms
souri,, and the next day he WALKED in al.
right at Ais former home
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-01
NO EDITOR NEED APPLY
From the Arkansas Valley Democrat.

From the Arkansas Valley Demacrat.
A newspaper man has no business to
seek Office. 1t is his business TO trv to
get an Office for the other fellow: 10
sound the praises Of the candidate ana
TO quiet his own feelings; TO whcop her
up FOR his man and let has msn forget all
about him when be Is elected: 10 defend
his candidate against the unjust attacks
OF the opposition, and see that whatever
favors his candidate has TO beSiow goes
TO tie other fellow. Il is ms business TO
boom the city for all it Is worth, month
after month, and see one hundred dol
lars worth Of printing so ont Of the city
because ten cents can be saved in doing
so. lt IS the business Of a newspaper
TO give every enterprise a frequent
''send-off," and then catch HI because
he failed 20 record the fact that some
prominent citizen had his delivery wagon
painted. To subscribe literally TO every
public, charitable and church entertain
ment, advertise 1t for nothing, pay his
own way 10 everything and then be
called prejudiced aud mean because a
column is not devoted 10 that particular
affair,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-01
COLOR BLINDNESS IN ENGLAND.
Criminal Negligence in the Examination
of Railroad Employees.

Criminal Negligence in the Examination
of Railroad Employees.
The number of persons employed in
working the railways of the United
Kingdom is about four hundred thou
sand. Railway employees generally be-
long to class with very high per-
centage of color blind. and it may,
therefore, be assumed that some sixteen
thousand of that number would have q
defective color vision. If properly ex-
amined, says London Truth, they would
be excluded from positions in which
color blindness is a source of great dan
ger to life and property. AS it is, a con-
siderable portion of them remain in
active service. Putting it at very low
estimate, there must be at least four
thousand men employed on railways
who cannot distinguish between red
and green signals. In other words. at
least one out Of every hundred engine
drivers, fremeD, pointsmen. shunter S
and others directly connected with the
passenger service is unfit for the work
he has to perform 1t is earnestly to be
hoped that uniform, reliable test will
soon be introduced
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-01

A remarkable story, II true, is told II
the jewelers. Weekly. 4 servant boy
was sent to town with a valuable ring.
He took IL from its box 70 admire IL, and
passing over bridge let 1t fall on
muddy bank. Unable 10 find Il he ran
away, went 20 sea, finally settled in
colony, made a large fortune, came
back after many years and bought the
estate on which he had been q servant.
One day, while walking over MS land
with q friend, he came 10 the bridge
and there told his story. Il could
swear, said he pushing his stick into
the mud, TO the very spot on which
the ring dropped" When re withdrew
his stick the ring was On the end of II
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-01
SOL MILLER ON KANSAS CRANKs.

1t has been said that Kansas has more
cranks to the square inch than any other
state in the Union. That is true, and
always has been. A large proportion of
the people have always been cranky. 1t
only appears worse now, because the dis
ease has taken a concentrated and aggra-
waited form. The people Of this state
have been doing Things for years, in fits
of temporary insanity, that men in their
rational minds would not do, and Of
which they lived to be ashamed. 1t has
not been confined to any party. Repub-
licans have been the worst cranks. They
have gone crazy over some fraud or ad-
venturer; have stopped over on some
fool sentiment; have bitten off more
than they could chew; have frozen out
their best friends: and have acted the
fool on general principles. Because
Kansas has prospered in spite of it, they
imagined that the prosperity was because
of it. When the present craze is over,
and the people have had breathing
spell, they will start up another craze,
and permit a lot of characterless shysters
to bleed fat living out of them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-01

The Sac and Fox Indians have more
children in school in the territory at pres
ent than ever before. They patronize the
Agency school altogether, for the reason
that at that school the children are board
ed and clothed, while neither board or
clothing would be furnished in come ton
with the district schools. The Kickapoos
have sent twelve to school this year, the
first OF the tribe that have been gotten
into school
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-01
LARGEST OF KNOWN WAVES.
CauEed ty Earthquakes =. Sea and soras-
times Rising Sixty Feet IN Height.

Caused by Earthquakes =. SEA and soras-
times RiSaag Sixty Feet IN Rsight-
While we usually think of ea-th-
qunkss es taking place ON land. they,
do occur with GO ual devastation IN the
ocean Tha. point in the eartA at
which the explosion or breaking takes
place Is called the earthquake focus,
and from 1t what are known as err III
quake waves pass TO the surface, says St
Nicholas Take 8 basin full of wa ar
and dip glass tube intoit low through
the tube and you viii see bubbles
rising TO the surface and circular waves
passing out The disturbance at the
bottom of the basin eorrss ponds with
the explosion or swapping IF the crust
at the earthquake focus, with the diff
ference that instead of water waves the
latter produces earth waves, passing
through the ground When the city Of
Lisbon, Portugal. was destroyed, the
earthquake took place IN the bottom OF
the ses, fifty miles west OF the CIV.
Yet ii SO agitated the water that wa 70
sixty feet high dashed over Lisbon, g
stroyinE it and its inhabitants in the
space OF six minutes Another earth
quake, occurring just of the coast az
Peru, made such q gigantic wave shat a
large vessel was thrown several miles
inland. These are called earthquake
waves They are the largest known
waves and gre caused by the heaving
and rocking of the bed of the sea In
deep water such waves are not very
high, but their motion extends far
down into the ocean. When they reach
shallower water, however, they heap
up like a gigantic wall and, with a
force more terrible than fire or sword,
they sweep on. bearing destruction with
them. Huge ships are tossed like
straws far inland or mingle their ruin
with that of a harbor town.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-01

It is announced from Kentucky that
ali the other candidates for the United
States senate to succeed Mr.. Carlisle
have Withdrawn leaving a clear field to
Judge William Lindsay. The ex-chlef
Justice is a strong man. but his bent of
mind is more of the judicial than politi-
cal, and it is predicted already that his
career will be about like that of eX-Sen-
ator Evarts of New York whose eleva-
ton upon high political pedestal rather
dimmed than added brilliancy to spIen-
did reputation for learning and intellec-
tual force. But the Kentuckians all
swear bY Bill LINDSAY.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-01

In TIE Netherlands dogs used . b
trained by sr3nZgiers tccrSss thefr0ut!er
laden with parcels Of lace, At night A
Quick-sce7ted dog was despatched ahead
Of them. who, when he sueIlsd custom
house offers about. turned tack and
x armed The others. who lay concealed
behind bushes OF IT bitches til a. WIS
safe Al the end & TIE journey the
leading dog showed himself alone. nor
lid tAa others come up ti5l a whistle
RFas g.~sn ~ ne co14-zasA - show al
Ezs szfAA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-01
letter 6 ERYSIPELAS
ings, Scrofnia. Ears Running.
Suffered Terribly.
All Remedies Fail. Tries Cuticura.
First Application Reliever. Con-
plete cure III Three Neeka

I've years aso VAS poisoned lr ny hands
Thes took letter. Ten krysigelas wsEt % my
head. face. ears. and H. ~ ears were svo.isa
Azd running fr0-n ne Inside and 0agx.1s I could
lie ealy on nv bAeS. Nv nSck WAS covered with
EiAadGssr sveilinEs-SS rSfaa- suffered terrtby.
lien relieved me vcry n ch. azt IN three week. ny
ears. head aad face wrro well. CUTTCURk RENE-
DIS cured e. al oghcr rrElrli e> failed. aad
had daSPaiccd q evev 6s.ns any b-tter- I cAaaos
he W shout tAe.a row. sat shah recommend ths-n
g ny suffering friesds. for do sSy that they
lie most peasant nd t5ss remedies for skin dis
eases ever saw. 1lKS LILZlE Hall.
kairnsld IL