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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-07
NOVEL METHOD OF TAXATION.
The Swiss Plan Throws the Greater Bur
den Progressively the veairbier.

The Swiss Plan Throws the Greater Bur-
den Progressively on the weaIrbier.
the method of taxation in Switzer-
Land is novel and almost amusing. No
official assessment rs made of property,
it seems. Blanks are distributed TO
every house. TO be filed ont by its oc-
cupants. The system is known as the
progressive tax scale, says the
Waverley Magazine. A, who owns four
thousand dollars worth of property,
pays taxes on only half Of ii; g.. who
owns twenty-five thousand dollars
worth pays taxes on eight-tenths of it.
while C., who owns one hundred thou
sand dollars worth of property pays
taxes on the whole of il. The result is
that C pays not the proportional TWEEN
ty-fve times the amount of As taxes
but fifty times as much
The income tax is managed after a
similar fashion The rich pay out Of
all proportion TO tho poorer classes
They probably would not change places
with the poor. however, even to save
what they decry as unjust taxation
TIE plan is not always popular ore
Leaving every man 20 assess himself
has the disadvantage that the rich,
with stocks and bonds. sometimes 90
Dot make returns Of them When q
rich Swiss dies. however. the govern
mest control o. his estate quickly
makes amends for ali his past misdeeds
ia the way Of assessments. and every
penny OF taxes held back Is now de-
Quoted together with compound in;eres.
and fines
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-07
AN ANCIENT BIRDlAND.
Thousands OF Great Wingiess Birds Ono,
Roaned Unmolested in New Zealand.

Thousands OF Great Vingiess Birds Once
Roamsd Unmolested in New Zealand.
For ages before its occupation By
man, says the Scientific American. New
Zealand swarmed with great wingless
birds, which found here no carnivorous
enemies. but an abundance of ve1eta bic
food. The moas not only existed in
vast numbers, and for thousands of
years, but had such diversity Of form as
TO embrace no less than seven genera,
containing twenty-five species-a re-
narkabie fact which is unparalleled in
any other part OF the world. The com
monest kinds in the North island were
oaly fro IL two and one-haf to four feet
high.
Those OF the South island were most
II frop, four TO SIX feet tai, while the
giant forms reaching twelve and thir-
teen feet were always rare Immense
deposits Of noa bones have been found
IN localities 70 which they appear to
have been washed from the hills IN ter
tiery times. Skeletons ca the surface
Of the ground. with skin ard liganents
stall attached. have given the impreS-
SION that these birds have been exuer-
minated IN very recent years. but other
facts point 10 different conclusion
Tradition seems TO show that the nca
became extinct IN The North Island soon
after the arrival OF the MaoTis IL New
Zealand-shat IS. Rot less than foUr 20
i've hundred years ago-and IN the
South island about ore hundred years
later. The fresh appearing slin and
hga aaeUts are supposed 10 have been
preserved l,y unusually favorable con-
diseaA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-07

the song entitled 'Celles Gu, on Re
specie" it Is an oversight: modern
Don Juan could there learn points. But
the singer has finished again. And
again and again the hand clappings,
and the stamping of feet, and the
braves resould-even outside the build
ing. What viii it be this time? ''Oh,
something altogether pure and limo
cent remarks Frenchman beside US;
''s1se Will saoEy you that she does not
depend on naugh:iness alone" And,
no more she does, for she next delights
the audience with 'Je Ne Sais Pas
Pohrquoi,' or 81 Do Not Know Why"
This chsrning little love song is fol-
lowed by lie Fiacre," a typical
Partisan 'cafe chantant" piece, inane,
incomprehensible. What can be said
about it bad enough? But this singer,
with voice and expression, renders it to
thunders OF applause, and. for u con-
clusion. puts aside her evening costume
to sing Miss Valerie" which is take
of OF very common parsonage at
Paris-the English goverress. An
American is generally liked by the
French, ont an Englishman is cordially
detested everywhere in France and the
reception of the very telling hit on
English governesses in general, or,
rather, as Frenchman wants to be-
Heve they are. is q most enthusiastic
one. The singer comes back on the
stage and answers to the wild demon
stration and bows her thanks again
and again; then she makes desperate
effort and gets back of the wings. Once
more she Is called out; generous as she
has been, the audience insists Once
more she bows her thanks to the throng
and tries again to retire.
After the lowest of bows she says:
SIC ne puts plus." That settles it. The
hearers will come another night.
ROBERT K. TURNBULL.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-07
TAKING THE HUSBANDS NAME.
The Custom Originated with the Ancient
4emans.


6crnans-
The pracrice of the wife assuming the
husbands name at marriage, IL is SAID,
originated from q Roman eustoIn. and
became the cornInen custom after tie
Roman occupation
Thus Julia and Octavi.l, married To
Ponpey and Cicero. were called By the
Romans Julia of Ponpcy and Octavin Of
Cicero. and, in later times, married
women in NEST European countries
signed their names IN the same manner,
but omitted the of"
Against this view may be mentioned
that during the sixteenth and even st
the beginning of the seventeenth CEN
trry tho usage seems doubtful. since
we find Catherine Pnrr 80 signing her
self after she had been twioc married,
and we always hear of Lady Jane Grey
mot Dudley) and Arabella StHlrt mot
SEYMOUR.
Some persons think that the custom
originated from the Scriptura teach
Ing that husband aad wife are one.
IL was decided IN The cs<se Of Bon Va
Smith, In the reign Of Ehxs eth that n
woman by marriage loses her former
name and legally receivers the name OF
her husband.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-07
Honorable Wrinkles.

peep inside a photographers den
shows that his art is fine art in the
truest sense of the word Much OF it is
too fine TO be seen by the casual OBJ
server. In inishingup people are usual
~ made much finer than they really
are. Very carefully the artist goes
over the negative and takes out the
imperfections and roughness of feature
which the truthful glass has laid
Down. According to the Lewiston
journal this was recently done up in
central Maine, when n lady who had
lived over one hundred years was pho
tographed. She was very much
wrinllled, Of course. and the artist
thought to improve the picture by tax
ing the creases out of the negative.
But the old woman protested strongly
against the change. She hadn't Lived
one hundred years for nothing" she
sensibly said, and she wanted to be rep
resented lust as she was" So the
wrinkles We're all put back 10 please
her. She was like the great Cromwell,
who made the painter put on the por-
trait the wart he would have omitted,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-07
that she believes 1t to be a matter OF In

that she believes 1t TO be matter OF In
telligence pure and simple.
She received me in her pretty apart
ments in the Rue Portals, just back of
the Church of Saint Augustine. and
postponed guitar lesson to try to an
ssver some of my questions. After a
few cOnmonplaces in which the lady
took the part OF interviewer, being par
ticularly DESTROYS to know how Paulis
had succeeded in America. she spoke OF
her intention of singing in English as
well as in French. And to see if thought
her wise enough in this branch to war
rant her making the attempt, we
talked English for few moments-till
it came to explaining the conception of
her representations-for one can al
ways understand better in foreign
language than ne can express himself
in it.
Miss Guilber-to Anglicize her-be-
gan her stage career four years ago at
the Varieties, where she appeared in
comedy parts with Judic Rejane. After
two years of this, with salary OF three
hundred francs (or sixty dollars per
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-07
a COSTLY COLLECTION.
Many Rare Jewels Owned and Worn by
the Present Gar of Russia.

tue frcSeht NxAT OF tsusSlas
The present car of Russia is great
admirer of precious stones, and delights
IN purchasing rare and costly speci-
mems. His uniforms and military trap
pings. says the jewelers. Review, are
decorated with gems of great value, and
his jewels are probably the most gor-
geous in all Europe. In the Russian
scepter is the famous Orloff diamond,
weighing 194sl carats. This stone is
rose cut, resembling half a pigeons
egg. 1t is supposed to have been the
eye of an Irxtian idol, which, after being
stolen by French deserter, passed
through mary hands, until it wus pur-
Catherine. The price paid the Arme-
MAN merchant who then owned it was
ninety thousand pounds sterling, an
annuity of four thousand rubles and @
royal title. The cars private collec-
ton contains numerous large and valu-
able diamonds and pearls.
Prince Gussupow of Russia, who died
few years ago, owned a collection of
precious stones. many of which were
historic. The collection was valued at
two million rubles, or more than FIVE
hundred thousand dollars. One of the
largest pearls in Europe is the property
of the Russian Prince YoussoupofY. 1t
is pear-shaped and weighs 524 grains.
This pearl, in 1860. was purchased by
Philip ". of Spain, for eighty thousand
ducats. a sum equal to about seventy
Eve Thousand dollars.
In the monastery of Capuchins. in
Prague, are the famous diamonds once
owned by Count Lobowitz. The collec-
ton is one of the finest in the world,
and contains six hundred and sixty-six
SpecimenS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-07

ems" But success. be it ia whatever
line. is worth always word Mile.
Guilbert is az least five feet. eight and
three-quarter inches in height, and she
has red hair. AS it is said that it Is a
work of art, there can be 10 orense On
the direct English OF the word Titan
esque. Her eyes are not quite the deep
absolutely Irish black Of the ex-ehan-
pion pugilist> John L. Sullivan, not
quite as light es Sarah Bernhardt's.
they are very peculiar eyes, once seen.
close 30. one never viii forget them
Il would De 6 little difficult 70 call her
beautiful. but rnademoiselis's charms
are not altogether those OF face or fig
ure. And everybody says she can't
sing. Blu. low delicious. how hide
s.ribsbly sympathetic IS her strong. full
voice as il pours ont tine words o. the
song which no English can Translate
The applause il long and load when
the conclusion is reached and the
singer resronds With fs< ls&s inpessu:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-07

of FIVE hundred dollars day, even upon
music-haI stage; much less is it COM
mon to find young lady capable both
of charming the average audience of a
concert hall and appearing to advan-
tage in the very best salons Of a great
capital like Paris.
Not only dqes this songstress turn the
heads OF the average Partisan who sees
her before the footlighgs, but her spare
afternoons are always engaged, way in
advance, by the givers of the present
Partisan fad the five O'clock" Just
what it is that so enchants one with
Yvette Guilbert it is very difficult to
say. especially before having seen one
of her limitations. After having done
SO it becomes more apparent. She sings
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-07
WOMEN THAT MEN LIKE.
Tho Sort That are Smart But Not Stroog
Minded.

Tho Sort That are Smart But Not Stroog
Minded.
Men do not like strong-minded. indie
~ admire one. who. though she is wise
enough to let them see how grand and
great she thinks them. is not one whit
overawed by their superiority. A WON
en- need not be f1ippant to show that
she is not afraid, but there are many
little actions that prove she is respect
full yet at the same time thoroughly
aware that the superior masculine crea-
ture is. after all. only very human be-
ing. who in all probability is coed
deal more afraid of her little feminine
ways than she is of him. Notwith-
standing all cynical assertions to the
contrary. the Philadelphia Times holds
that there are some most delightful
friendships existing between men and
women that have in them no thought
of love. There is a mental congeniality
as well as an attraction of opposites
that proves very delightful to many a
man. They enjoy conversing with
bright, clever women who have their
own views on topics of the day. differ
ing SO largely in their feminine ex-
preston from the masculine arguments
heard at clubs or in offices. A man de-
lights in the contrast; the keen, clever
insight of companionable woman and
the ready wit that punctuates her con-
versation is to him as champagne COM
pared with porter when he thinks of
some of the prosy albeit truthful senti-
ments issuing from the lips of members
of his own sex. Such women are the
equals, and in many cases the superb
ors, of hundreds of their male asso-
ciates, yet they never act as though
they knew their own worth. Theron
lies their greatest charm.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-07
THE FIRST WHITE AMERICAN.
he Was Born IN Massachusetts, ss Nor
wegsaa fzrentage.

He Was Born In Massachusetts 81 Nor
wesisa Parensage.
1t Is q historic fact that the first
white child born IN America had Nor
wegian mother. The childs name was
Snorre, son of Thornfeld. brother of
Lief Erilksen. and il was born in tho
state of Massachusetts in 1905 and taken
back To Iceland when three years Old
A thing showing ,has Columbus had
the benefit of the Norsemcn'S knosvi-
edge is the tact that the Norwegian
woman Goodridge. when she went back
from iceland, proceeded 70 Rome and
told the clergy where she had lived il
the new land aud-h bow long she had
been away from iceland. The record
is now in Rome written IN the Italian
language. Anyone like Columbus. who
had the brains and energy % 20 out and
seek the new lands. had the benefit Of
the Norwegian wouan's story. History
shows that Columbus went "a Rome and
WIS shown the records. Thus NJ knew
that there was land in the west lie
didn't know what country il was any
more than the Norsemen did. When
Lief EriSsen discovered the land the
time was not ripe for emigration FROM
Europe.
When Columbus went out there was ..
period of unrest. Religious contention
was in the air. The Pharitans and
QualSers ware taking refuge IN Hol-
land Persecution made people glad 10
sc elk a new land In large numbers, Co
lum bus went west when the time was
ripe for the world 10 follow him That
was his good fortune. but he was NOT
Americas discoverer. He was only In
strumental in its settlement In Erik
SENS time his people were rovcrs and
hence they did not take permanent adj
vaufarc Of his discovery
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-07
GOULD AS A HUNTER.
Tho Great Ffnancier Was . Poor Hand
l.rasa

AnO 0tt8S kn8HClCf Wa9 = IO0E 1oo0
with Gun-
The following story of the late jay
Gould is taken from the Philadelphia
Press:
He had horror of Indians and cow
boys and rough characters. Only on
one occasion is he known to have fred
a gun On one OF his southern trips
through the Indian territory he stopped
over night in his car on little solitary
side track. miles from all human hab-
itation.
Early in the morning slashing. rip
roaring cowboy rode up, and, sticking
the nose of his bronco through the
sleeping car door, informed Mr.. Gouid's
party that big gang of deer were list
over the hill Two or three Indian po-
lice were in the baggage car and Mr.
Gould wa. not afraid he made up his
mind to have shot at the deer.
Accompanied by several of his party,
and thanked by the Indian police. he
assembled the hill with all the stealth of
an old scout, armed with big Hotch-
kiss rifle. Now. anybody who under
derstands anything about rides knows
how an old-fashianed Hotchkiss can
kick Mr.. Gould peeped over the hill.
and. sure enough, eight or ten deer
Were grazing out ON the prairie about
two hundred yards distant.
MIR. Could scorned to take rest for
the gun. He lifted it slowly 10 has
shoulder. almost after the fashion of a
girl, with the Indian police looking on
in amusement The slant of the hill
behind Mr.. Gould was pretty steep, but
he did not notice it. 'Whangr roared
the gun, and the next instant Mr..
Gould was flying down the hi1l, first on
his back and then on all fours. The
Indians did not smile They were too
busy killing deer. While Mr.. Gould's
friends were running to his rescue the
Indians had bagged two, one of which
they tried TO persuade M. Gould was
his. But the WHY financier knew bet
ter, because. as he put it, the gun had
shot backward and kicked him twice
after it had him down Consequently
hunting could not be considered one OF
his pleasures"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-07
A NEW GODDESS.
She Sits Enthroned on the Gay
Partisan Stage.
Is Nearly Six Feet Tall Has Red BAH
aud Earns Mere Money Than Bern
hardt-y1er Songs and Her
Way of Singing.
COPYRIGHT. 1891

LOOPYRIGHT. 1883
Mile Yvette Guilbert this last name
is pronounced as if spelled Gilbare). the
young woman whose success In Partisan
concert halls has been SO great that
Russia is longing for her at Sarah Bern
hardt prices, who will be one Of the
attractions at the coming worlds fair
in Chicago if slight difficulty.-a mat
ter Of one hundred thousand francs, OF
twenty thousand dollars. is gotten over
lis an altogether original woman.
To begin with, not every young woIn-
an who he's passed few years behind
bargain counters is capable of making
q success which turns her in an average
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-07
History from homes.

The limestone caves of Malta contain
fhe bones of various extinct species OF
elephant. hippopotamus, stag, tortoise
and other animals. From the fact that
many of these bones We're gnawed it
was inferred that some carnivorous
brutes were contemporaries John Cook
has solved the mystery by finding in the
Har Dolan cave, on the eastern side Of
Malta, remains of the brown bear aud a
species Of wolf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-07
A Harmonious Family.

Mrs. Brace-Do you and your hus-
band ever disagreeP
Mrs. Chace-No. indeed At least my
husband never does.-Puck.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-07
sh. Knew What he Meant.

She Knew What He Meant.
Ella-What makes you think he loves
your Did he say SO?
Idaho: but he Rugged me. That is
round about way of letting me know
it--Brooklyn Life.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-07
How Sho Heard OF Hin

How Sho Heard OF Him.
She-Miss Barker says she heard lots
about you
Mr. Sappy-lAm charmed to know it,
Miss Maury.
''Yes; she says she met you once
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-07
TUFTS Hair DYE

Gray hair or whiskers changed tn glossy
black by q single appiication on this Dye &c
imparfs = natural ro.or. acts instantaneous
Iy aud contains nothing injurious to the hair.
Sold by druggists. or Will he sent ON receipt
of price, Ul.OO. Ofssce. 50 Park Place, u. !.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-07
WONDERFUL TRANSFORMATION.
iH Aged italian Experiences = Complete
Renewal of Life.


a most remarkable thing, says an ex-
change, is reported to have occurred at
Naples tone account says florence in
the year 1881. Antonio Lazzetti, a beg
gar. who had formerly resided at
Tarentum. but who on account of are
had been sent to home for the aged at
one or the other of the places men
toned, experienced complete renewal
of life
AS the beginning of the transforma-
ton he was little less than ninety years
of age. The first thing noticed which
suggested that something extraordinary
was about to take place was in his skin.
which cracked and came off just like
that of toad or snake, leaving soft
new skin in place of tbs wrinkled old
ruticle that had been worn for four
score years and a half. Within a sur
prisingly short time his flaccid old mus
cles became strong and plump, the
white hairs fell from his head and
curly black hair appeared, similar to
that which had SO delighted the maid
ems seventy years before.
His eyesight also returned with all
the vigOr of youth; his complexion
seemed fresh and rosy; in fact. he was
n new man from the scles Of his feet to
the crown Of his head. He lived sixty
years sitter this transformation and
died at the age of one hundred and ffty.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-07
DAVIDSON & CASE
fr.e-sass
John Davidson, Polneer lumbers8es
Ct S.d.wiek County.
ESTABLISHED :: IN: 1870
A soupiefs ri9rk Pi1s iar1 n
ebsn.iss IAlh. itsoTs. Szsh-
etc. Assays "a A4EG

cnce snd ysfas cn Nsslsy ave bs
tween DsuEias ave. SAD sFst at al
bTnsrh "a TGE At uien tfsy. UAtz
hofnA CITY. ~ Eeus snd AiReo. os>ls
Aess = sFrssssrs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-07
AMONG THE MOORS.
Five Centuries Back Into the Past In As
Many Hours.

Five Centuries Back Into the Past in As
Many Hours.
SIT is barely five hours since leaving
Spain, and yet here we suddenly find
ourselves in the midst of people totally
different from those with whom we
breakfasted-in race, religion and civil
ization. In the morning we were living
in the nineteenth century, surrounded
by science, learning and art, and among
a people who, if differing from ourselves
IN race, still belong to our age and fun
Gamentally are in sympathy with us in
aim, religion and thought" says z
writer in Scribner.
'At noon all is changed. White men
have become black; trousers have be-
rome burnooses; hats, turbans, cathe-
dralS, mosques; crosses, crescents, en-
iiChtenmcnt, darkness. Civilization has
been left behind, apa in five little hours,
hardly more than one might pass at the
opera, orr ship has borne us backward
along the path of time rs many centu-
rics 1t is dreamy, weird, fantastic,
and the doctor even thought he sInelled
birthstone and suggested that his maj
esty' had been shifting the scenes.
''Often have we been requested upon
the programme to fancy lapse of FIVE
years between the acts and we have
accomplished it, but never have we ex-
perienced the sensation of so suddenly
parting with five centuries. There is
much of course to remind us of our
epoch-the villas, the flags, the steamer,
olrselvcs-but it is far too little to dis
iurb the iliusion-we and the rest are
merely anachronism's homogeneous and
out of place.
1.-THE city is an absurd relic of
medieval life, and it is difficult to take
it seriously. 1t must be, in its homely,
everyday life, but little changed from
what it was one thousand years ago
for, Notwithstanding it's close proximity
TO the advancing civilization of Europe,
with the INDECENT contentmcnt of the
degenerate Moslem-it has not only de-
clined to be influenced thereby, but,
from a total lack of any native inclina-
ton to keep abreast of the world it has
failed even to hold its own, and is to-day
far to leaward of the position it &C.
rupied several centuries ago. 1t is
truly a Zip Van Winhle."
RvGMnEpEIu CHARACTERIZATION
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-30
In Church Wills.

Many of the older churches in En-
gland and Western Europe have Jugs
or jars embedded in their walls, the
mouths opening into the interior.
For long time the openings were
supposed to be holes in the walls, but
a closer examination number of
years ago, on one or two of these old
buildings, disclosed the fact that the
openings were the necks of jugs.
Most OF the old churches erected from
the eleventh to the seventeenth CEN
turtles have them, and in some they
are present in great numbers. A
church in Leeds has over fifty, while
this number Is considerably exceeded
in some of the old French churches,
nearly two hundred having been
counted in the Cathedral of Angou-
leme. The explanation Of their pres
ence is simple. They are placed In
the walls with view to lettering
the acoustic properties of the build
ing. The efficiency OF this strange
device is certainly open to question.