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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-07

and female cousin on the paternaI side
OF my family have each ffattened right
thumb, but as both are childless. this
slight deformity will pass out of ex-
ntenee in the present generation
There would, irdeed, be sadly rapid
degeneration of the civilized races Of
mankind if the typical forms of heredi-
tary diseases were as permanent as the
normal types Of man and woman. Were
it otherwise. families, village com
munities. nations and event ally races,
would become extinct in all parts of
the world. Bat the tendency of this
age is toward improved sanitation, bet
ter instruction and physical training Of
infants and children, and. It is 10 be
hoped, purer morality. A study OF
the registrar generals reports and of
the annual returns Of the larger hos
pitfalls viii demonstrate that great sue
cess in removing or rectifying deform-
tiles and mslformations has attended
the efforts Of our surgeons. and that the
average human life has beer consider
ably extended. -Homppat hic Review.
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IN LOVE WITH HIS SLAVE.
Romantic Story OF Famous Old Mansion
In Eastern Connecticut.

Romantic Story eff Famous Old Nassios
In Eastern Connecticut.
The true story of the beautiful stat
ford mansion on Groton Heights. New
London. Lately dedicate b. the Con-
necticut Odd Fellows al Fsirview reads
like dream How the Stafford house
came TO De built, how il was whispered
shat Mr.. Stafford, southern planter.
was az rich Is Crnsus and had married
one of his slaves: how the magn sicent
villa became rsoT5ie-d with large fs uIily
of beautiful and talented young quad
rooms: and how q few years later the
dreaded mala5y Of consumption lAaid IN
have resulted from the intcrms rrisge If
the saxen-haired millionaire planter
with his slave swept away their Sig chill
6ren almost IL their youth. and The name
Of Stafford died cat quickly are matters
eastern Connee,ieut people never get
tired Of talking about.
Col. Roberf stafford was oae % the
sr1srtest of southern planters who Wis
tied EeIv York in the sss and Jos lie
was porn south educated north and az
his ma joritv Inherited small fortune
from MS father With tais Fuonev he
planted larger cotton setls. ssor7hf
more slaves and finally texan the par
chas> Of estates or Cum bertrand island
in the Savannah river and negas -
raise the famous Sea lsizsd aotfcn- tse
fines. filtered cotton 49, pz.f5rs .ils fglar-
ket- ia this was - ra-si8lF acquired
,~ins. : fortune ard finally t-eeAsz.e
The owner ~ Eez-iy al =. C.1 sssgis-<
STAND
sie was nss Of Fine Pr seaes. corr.
II anznunrs ard uaazgglr.~s .sjg Try
lie h-.eanae infatuated With c1~ e As
ssavea. Mar inmate ssas~s @G&-.T
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s-s-s zezg- S.-ssa 1913 ~oGsa ~
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FROM PARENTS TO FAMILY.
Though Local in Origin. Certain Disease
Are Apt to become Hereditary.


Are Apt to Become Hereditary.
The germ-cell theory, which meets
with the guarded approval of the emf
nent embryologists. Geddes and Thorn
son. sufficiently accounts for the Won
derful continuity of germ cells (which
thus resemble the protozoa in their i'm
mortality for the temperance at long
intervals of time in a family of some
formerly characteristic feature or pc
euliarity, such as Roman nose, red
hair, somnam bulism, Ieft-handedness,
an extra finger and so on. And this
after years of intermarriages with fani
lies not related. so that one would ex-
pect that all the earlier traits had died
out. Certain diseases are local in origin
and may yet become hereditary
Thus, in many sunless Alpine val.
leys, i'll drained and malarious,
where the only drinking water is cal
careous, derived from snow or glaciers,
goitre exists in both sexes for genera
tons, culuina ting in cretiaism. form
of idiocy. When an Alpine valley has
been pnt into good sanitary condition
and proper vratsr provided, thess dis
eases have disappeared from tn. place
and even victims to Eo;s.e have been
cured By being removed from their sad
environment early in lie and have
bred healthy Children. Thus also Nor
wegian lepers save ,ileir lives By en-
grating 70 America.
Diseases of nlalnutr:tion, s1ch as
govt. scrofuia. cancer and Tuberculosis.
require several generations for sLeir
full evoltion, and th;s evolution M DC
retaTted. or even wholly arrested. by
interElarriage with healthy persons of
another nonrelated family. Acquired
constitutional taiats and ac-
normal habits. IS alcoholism.
Alspton2l;a. when oEce ARMY
rcc:ed in an indiYid al Or
gs:ii-n. teei 70 propagate themselves.
Ike far ni.y features, and become here
ditary fo- several generations. even
when the original factors nave ceased
70 act Thus the acquired Ia q. 81 :ne
father ma become a natural feature IN
his son or daughter. just as the puppies
Of wsll-:rsinsd pointer or sst'-z re-
CURE On: rex little training e pom
or set. Detorn1ities, supz-i:sous digi:s
or toes and malfo-n22 lions In general
may ne caused by accident 20 The
mother. ~ powerful mental impress
sions arrcsting or altering th- develop
-,ens OF the 1nte-E child. and the child
bc-r VITA. any C these defects may be-
come re pa-c.s. or grandparent CT an
miami having an exactly similar zbnor-
rDaHty. Bot, fortunately To- sr.ef farm
lies, these family marks Gie CT. m :,
few generations For example, - au1t
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Col. stafford made IN. aequa,n,.

trip Col. STAFFORD made the aequa,nt-
ance of Mr.. Cops father. who was =
lawyer, and by this p1eats he came 20
Groton Heights. /. locality with which
he fell deeply in love, and where be de-
termined 10 locate home for HIS grow
ing family and estabfsh them. The.
Stafford villa. with all il barns.
sfablas. greenhouses and ~harves. yaa
completed in 1854. and there Col stat
ford located has family, consisting II
two boys and four girls. The children
were all A. handsome as the hand!
soonest specimens OF aaadfoon beauty.
Every expense was lsgished upon them.
Money was placed at their command.
they were educated al the most ex-
pcnsive schools. the best and most calt-
ured society was sought for them and
in every way Robert Stafford. n APP
pears. sought 20 atone for any misdesds
of his in the past ~ sending them out
into the world under the ulos; favor
able circumstances. But he was fooled.
Death and misfortune seemed - haunt
the possessor OF millions, although FOR
"A fegs Years the halls Of his beautiful
northern home rang VITA rair-h and
music. and were FILED with the gayest
Of young people. AT iae first his :1o
y0ung sons, Kobert and Armand. fell
victims to consumption, and then slow
IL. one o. one. the girls. all women g
surprising i0gslinsss. talented and
sprighty entertainers. sickeBed and
died Of the same disease Now. II -
aid al are dead. and l. aleo aid that
Col stafford who dses ia iss7 on Cum
berIand island. aged eighty years not
only eutlived the yyeznan ~ho ba-s his
children, but his eatirr family as we'll
AL Of the girls married. bEt the mar
ria2ss. IN mere thsn one instance. sgsTs
unhappy and saS1iy 81 the Children re-
selsjos from slaess z1ar=iag~s lave sines
been swept away ~ ths ssfas disease
waich HAUNTED Robert staSorss ehil-
sren. Sow they ~ IN buryiIg groaEds
= other parts AZ The World -icxt1a
sgs~-EG
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Early Make of Artificial Ewes.

The earliest notice of artificial eyes I
am acquainted with occurs in a very
rare work by the French surgeon. Am
broise Pare, entitled LA Methode
Curative DIES Playes eft Fractures de la
Teste Humane" Paris, 1861. AT page
900 Pare gives description and figures
of artificial eyes. to be worn in cases
where the eyeball has given way and
all the humors have escaped. They
are to be segments of hollow sphere.
made of gold, coated with enamel
painted in natural celors. With the
exception of the gold, they are exactly
like the eyes in use at the present time,
which are made wholly of glass.-Notes
and Queries.
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what oindIn9 % the peace was any
more than they did-that 10 TO say, it
had no real mesniag-but its effect was
almost magical No matter how sbu-
sive either side may have been--evsn in
the court room-those mysterious words
sileneed everybody, and it WIS rarely
that ever heard Of aAS more trouble
from those people. Not infreqIently I
had topronounse tie same terrible SEN
tence on both complainant and defend
ant to insure lasting quiet, and some
times I've put the whole crowd, wit
nesses and al. under the same ban.
That was when excitement ran high.
and il seemed advisable 70 bind tie
whole household 20 the peace for
awhile ~ Y. Times
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A Cotton Garnet.

A late addition To the household hap
piness is carpet made entir ely of cot
cheap as good stair mating. 1t is sold
under the somewhat peculiar name of
''cordemon"-for what reason | do not
know--and is another development of
the art of dyeing cotton stuffs. Its
price is absolutely low for good wear
ing carpet, being only 80 cents yard
But the makers assert that it will en-
dure the hardest wear, nevertheless.
and, if only part of their claim be
Just, the floor covering deserves recog-
milton. for its tones are delightful. its
texture is good and it is woven in thor
ougly artistic designs.
c1i,raS
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Th aeia 1ai1s Eagle: 0a1dnesdaY Moniuo gnne 1893

before she became conscious or my
presence and turned with a,little start.
what are you going to do with all
that money!" l said to her, with
smile that intended to be reassTing.
Apparently 1t was reassuring, for the
little lass. who had at first clenched up
her coppers in her little fists and put
her fists behind her back, now brought
them forward again and smiled back at
me as she unfolded her small and
rather dirty palms. and displayed the
wealth they contained.
It was not much wealth after all l
think it came to about five pence half
penny all told, but it was evident to me
that the little girl regarded it as a very
serious property.
WELL said, won't you tell me
what you are going to do with all
that money? Come, let me contribute
something and 1 laid sixpence on
top of the pile of hot halfpence in her
right hand.
The little girls face flushed with
pleasure while she thanked me, which
she did with certain gravity that is
occasionally be met with among the
children of the extremely poor. could
see that she now regarded me worthy
of confidence. With the gravity of q
small chancellor of the exchequer she
proceeded to unfold to me the scheme
of her little budget The sudden IL
PRODUCTION of an element of silver into
the. bronze had not upset, it had only
enlarged, her financial calculations.
1t appeared that mother was wash
erwoman, and twopence out of the sum
was to be laid ont in the purchase. Of
bloaters for mother, a deliacy, it ap-
peared, of which the good woman was
fond. Then there was little brother
who was not as strong as he might be,
and upon him penny was to be laid
out-at least that was the original pur-
pose-in the most elaborate way. For
he was to have a farthing story book,
and farthing cake, and a farthing
stick of sweetstutf, and farthing ap-
pie.
So the little maid ran on. Twopence
was to go into mothers money box. a
wholepenny was to be devoted to buy
ing a bunch of flowers for the girl in
the court who had SO much sewing to
do, and who loved flowers SO dearly.
forget exactly all the details of the lit
tie creatures scheme, but they were all
informed by the same unaffected spirit
of benevolence.
When she had come to an end I asked
her question: But what are you GO
ing to get for YOURSELF"
She did not at first quite seem to I'M
derstand my meaning, and she re-
enumerated most of her purposes. When
she had finished I repeated my ques-
ton. This time she understood me and
she shook her little head till the paper
crown rustled.
Il don't want nothing" she said;
"I've got all 1 want, Mother II give
me a bit of her bloater, and l know
Bobb II want me to take a-bite of his
apple"
l do not know that ever entertain a
very high opinion of my own merits,
but do not think that ever seemed
smaller in my own regard than seemed
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BINDING TO THE PEACE.
Meaningless Phrase Which Has Quoted
Axrx Ienemenfhouke RoH.

People who've never lived in = tene-
mentho1sc have very little idea Of
what life there is. said ex-Polioe JUS
tice James I. Eilcerth TO Times man
the other afternoon, as be tilted back
in his cA,;r in the o1:ce he has opened
since leaving the bench. after nineteen
wears of service And the people
who've spent all their DAYS in one have
less idea still, for they don't know any
othe- kind Of existence. Life in these
deus must be 3 continual round of ex-
citeR..n., b,I. the people don't seem TO
mind i as : .ule Sometimes il gets
too hos t5r them. though and
then its nee 70 see who'll
&c. to the ooiice court ami
make 3 complaint first. Sometimes the
aeg-ieved person arrives first and some
times the one who's really to blame.
Generally both complainant. znc de-
feEdant are women, and nearly aiEays
there Is horde cf witnesses. for every
other. ana, ot course. easncs % eoart
In s.eA caSas tesA SIDES are generally
n.c-s er le.. 70 Game. and what they
Il Ned :. .i.s,s -e.saja!ns sa5aefse~
snficed. il isn { otter ,Aas Sss ~-Ets 20
- -.ac eine- 2.y EeTs was t4us.ci1ec.
80 - speak. Iraa6 N almost ;nvAriseIs
method CT dealing with s.eA CASES
when ! Saw there ssas nothing ss-seGs
IL ;heE- Of course. After bearing the
story with e-i9eat as.en:icn kz2 solssss-
ri.v / -ozlG ssy 10 Re c-,e-1zs..,
'TcC'r- Go@1d 20 the pssce r. Ak
-acs-s-as. ezs s%o eSz Ss,izsn. 7v0--9 90
hs1.c p.stsc..'- Ea.isss<. Si5.'1 kao.s
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Whc- she wes Child, size cried fo- Castoria-
When she became Miss, she clun: 10 Cassoria-
When she had Children, size gave them Csssoria
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A Society Episode.

81 want somebody TO show me where
20 unload this coal" said the grimy-
looking man at the kitchen door.
.sYou needn't ask me about it" re-
torted the young woman. Il don't have
anything to do with unloading coal.
I'm the kitchen lady"
Il can't help that" he rejoined. I'm
the coal gentleman and the father OF
three kitchen ladies, one laundry lady
and one cash lady, and if you don't
show me where to put this coal I'll call
the woman of the house"
It'll show you. sir she humbly
replied. leading the way TO the coal
house. Tribune.
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Not Proud of His Election.

There is a case on record in Japan
where the winner at the polls was not
only sorry for his success. but came
through that success subsequently, to
wish that he had never been born This
was in the village of Ava, and the per-
son honored-or dish6nored-Sy the
ma jority vote was Jap by the name of
Abb Tanihei. It seems that the village
of Ava was harassed by a midnight
robber whom nobody could detect. The
head of the hamlet summoned the en-
tire male population under his charge
aud directed every man to write the
name of the person whom he suspected
and to deposit the paper in a box. Fiji
teen ballots bore the name of Abb Tani-
hei, the rest being blanks. The man
whom everybody distrusted was so
much overcome with establishment he
made a full confession and went to
prison. In q more civilizs,S- country an
incident of this sort could never happen,
and it is to he hoped that it will never
be tried. If Abb Tanihei had really
been an honest man il would have made
no difference II his fate. which would
indeed have been d. dreadful thing
Iarper'S Young People.
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nnANeDAx
= n.onsrsrx:
y JUSTIN Hn'CHRTrn
81 Copyright 1858, by
az. A$Zo, RI nm the Author.l


WAS in a very
i'll humor. With
my morn in g
post had come
amongst others
one particular
CO catalogue the
catalogue of a
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One OF those hard. practical New
England women that occur in maya
zines oftener than in life. called on an
artist in New York city, at his invita-
ton, not many days ago She looked
faithfully over his pictures ana studies,
though there were many of them. be-
tokening great industry, and after the
inspection was finished she said, n a
severe tone: Eyes. it's very pretty. but
should think you'd get dreadfullv tired
of doing such things. Don't you ever
want TO go out and work.
A French viscount. who is not so
richly endowed as he would like 20 be.
has invented novel means Of feather
ing his nest He advertises in the
French papers lottery in which The
great prize will be himself and his title.
Five thousand tickets are 70 he sold at
twenty francs each. which will bring
him in over twenty-five thousand dol
lars. The lady who draws TIE lucky
number viii have :he choice OF two
alternatives Size may marry the VS.
eoun. with his fortune or she NAV
share this capital sum. but must first
forego Ill right to his hand
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1 WAS LOOKING OVER HER SHOULDER.
at that moment. My querulousness,
my grumbling, seemed so woefully pet
ty, so selfish, whe.4 contrasted with the
simple generosity of this little daughter
of the gutter.
81 beg your pardon" said to her, in
very earnest apology.
She stared at me il establishment. |
could see that she was very eager to be
off and make her little purchases. but
that sense of politeness to an uneX-
pected friend RETAINED her impatience.
So asked her where her mother lived.
She told me. 1t was a dismal place
enough, IN the purlieus of Westminster.
! gravely promised that l would go and
see her mother and make Robby's ac-
quaintance-I am glad to think that /
kept my promise, but that is neither
here nor thcre-and then let the little
maid go her ways. She went speeding
away up the street. once more bright
ly-colored dancing imp, and 1 paced
slowly back to my lodging.
There I said to myself, sis
lesson for you, and lucky
one. For it was mere chance
or was it mere chance?-that made
you run up against that dingy little
fairv If that child had been, as she
very well might have been. selfish
little beast, occupied only by the thought
of what she could do for herself out of
her little takings. you would have been
confirmed in your own squalid. sordid
thoughts: you would have felt convinced
that the world was evil, all grssping,
all greedy, and that the kindiier
emotions the soft charities and loves
were but the sick fancies OF the penny
philosopher. Wen, if it was only
chance, / am grateful for il with all my
heart Do not recall certain words:
Goat OF the mouths OF babes md suck
lings?"
When | got home l am proud to say
that put the catalogue into the waste
paper basket without sigh.
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Esssle
GYMNASTICS FOR THE LUNGS.


Artificial Breathing which May Benefit
Health and ProlOng Life.
Air is to the lungs what food IS to the
stomach. It's Importance may be Judged
from the fact that healthy human be-
ing requires sixty-six gallons of air per
hour. The lungs consist of 1,sOO, 900, GOO
lung cells, which, if they were spread
oct. wouli cover two hundred square
meters. This proves the usefulness of
the lungs We must breathe, and if
we do not instinctively understand hows
TO do it properly we should lean. Hence
lung gymnastics. But few breathe
properly. Look at the children over
their lessons or the accountant over his
books. Can you hear them breathe?
Nay, they do it SO feebly that it does
not affect their position or counte-
nance. To breathe correctly is an art,
and must be learned, though nature
witty. In the first pla,e it is wrong to
draw the breath through the mouth.
The nose IS the natural avenue to the
3ungs. In the nose are provided cavit-
3es in which the air is warmed before it
comes TO the lungs. The nose also con-
tains excretions which absorb the I'M
purities of the air. We ali commit
great fault by not breathing with force.
TO understand what true forceful
Breath is, bare the breast and look into
your glass. The ordinary breathing
scarcely moves the chest; but hold the
breath for an instant before it is blown
out and you will seesthe chest move.
This is right. We must breathe so
forcefully that the chest moves up and
8own, or visibly expands and contracts.
Artificial" brea thing consists in fore
ing the air in and out of the lungs SO
strongly that the chest visibly expands
and contracts. To learn to practice
that II is well in the beginning to stand
up straight against a wall, for instance,
placing the heels together, resting the
arms upon the hips; then push the chest
forward, while the abdomen is con-
tracted, so much that the weight of the
person falls upon the foremost part of
the feet. After having come into this
position close the mouth and draw in
the air slowly and blow it out as slow
1y. After long or deep breath one
ought to hold that breath for an instant
before it is blown out again. By hold
ing the breath the air comes to act on
whole surface of the blood, nourishing
1t and removing the impure gases. The
lungs must be perfectly emptied before
being refilled, and that can only be
done by forceful breathing. When we
make those experiments the body must
not be tied down by close-fitting gar
ments, bonds or an overloaded stomach
The best time is in the morning and
before meals. The exercise should al
ways be taken in free, fresh and pure
air, or at least before an open window,
Five minutes exercise every, day will
do wonders for a healthy person. We
must not expect miracles for unhealthy
persons from lung gymnastics. We
ought to practice before we get sick.
Sometimes the practice would prevent
the sickness. AT at rate, it wiz pro-
long life.-N. Y. Weekly.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1893-07-24

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