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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-16

lake basins were originally valleys hol-
lowed out By the action Of water ages
ago when our continent had an eleva-
ton three thousand feet higher than it
has to-day. A great river appears TO
have flowed at that time through the
depression now occupied by the lakes.
Later, when the glaciers came, m ex-
tensive sinking Of the land occurred,
which was followed, after the disap-
pearance of the ice, by an elevation
again, but not TO the height occupied
before.
During these changes q level, and
especially when the Federation OF the
land occurred, according - the theory.
the ancient valley or series OF valleys
was divided into basins l'y barriers of
rock and of glacial deposits thrown
across it There is evidence that the
land toward the northeast was elevated
more rapidly than elsewhere, ard this
fact is considered to account for the
broad barrier Of rock which cuts c.F
the lake basins from the Atlantic, and
through which the St. Lawrence river
now drains of the surplus water of
those great inland fresh-water seas
which have been formed in the old val
leys behind the vast dams that nature
constructed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-16
a FEW QUESTIONS.

TO the Editor OF the Eagle.
VIII you, Mr.. Editor. please obligs by
answering the following questions
through the columns of the EAGLE?
Was there ever before since the for
nation Of our government and as shown
from statistics, as much money in cir
culation per capita as there is at the
present time?
Could our general government issue
paper money which was not redeemable
at any stated time or place and make
the same q legal tender2
Has the government ever issued any
paper money which was not a promise
10 pay?
Was there any silver coin at all in cir
culation at the time of the alleged de.
monetizing of silver, and, if not, how
could the money circulation by reason
thereof have been contracted to the
serious extent which we are told that II
was!
II it is true as claimed, !. e., that the
financial panic in 1873 was due to a
contraction of the money circula-
ton, why were the wears 1S76-7-S
and with less money circulation per
capita than there was in 1873, wears of
general business prosperity all over the
state:
Was the shrinkage Of commercial val
ues following the war, and which finally
eliminated IN the above ment ioned panic
OF 1873, due as isaiso claimed. 10 a con-
traction OF the money circulation. or was
such shrinkage in values due TO a cor
responding increase In the value and
purchasing power Of our paper money.
wIth which al the business Of the coun-
try was transacted?
Statistics covering a period OF two de-
cadeS, and which by the way is rs far
BACK as l have at hand. show that the
material wealth Of ihe country has con-
stantly increased in amount from wear
10 year, therefore please name the wear
or years when the people OF these United
States were brought to the verge of ma.
terlal ruin, as stated in the late Omaha
platform. Lone JoHN.
Grant township.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-16

One of the cleverest performances
ever recorded of parrot is told in the
Chicago News. In certain nome IN
that city the heads Of the household
were absent, leaving the servants in
charge and Polly. as usual. on her perch
in the dining-room- During the even
ing burglars entered and began run1nag-
Ing among the silver and other valua-
bles an the dining-roOIn- AS u was
dark. the men did not see the parrot.
The sagacious creature seemed to real
lie that something was wrong, and, as
the electric bell which summoned the
servants was within reach, she quietly
pressed the button with her claw, as
she had often sea her mistress 90. It
may have been only imitation on Polly
part, but il worked as well as II she
bad reasoned out the matter. The
servants came rushing IN and secured
the burglars. and doubtless Polly had
an extra cracker fer her services
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-16
FRESH AIR IN FEVERS.
An Important gent in the Cure of Raw
aging Diseases.

An Important Agent in the Cure of Raw
aging Diseases.
At a late sanitary convention, in the
discussion of paper on ventilation, an
old army surgeon related very inter-
esting experience illustrating the inn
portance of securing to the sick. and
especially persons suffering with fever,
an abundance of pure air. He stated
that during the war, he had charge Of
a large hospital in which at one time
in the winter season he had under
treatment three hundred and twenty
cases of measles. Just at this time the
hospital took fire and burned to the
ground. The patients were placed in
tents, and all but one or two recovered.
He had no doubt that the number of
deaths would have been thirty or forty
at least, had the patients remained in
the hospital. He afterward sent one
hundred men who were only slightly
Ill, TO the general hospital at Nash
Vile and seventy-fve of them died.
Upon visiting the hospital, he found It
so poorly ventilated that the air was
exceedingly foul, producing a sickening
sensation when he had only been in for
a few minutes. The doctor concluded
by remarking that he regarded pure air
and water as most important agents,
and believed them to be capable of con-
trolling the ravages OF raging disease
Good Health
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-16
DING DoNGING THE MEN.

The women leaders of the suffrage
movement are forever and eternally
ding longing the men. Why don't they
turn their batteries on their own sex?
Four women cut of five, as they run,
and nine mothers out of ten, do not want
public life or political responsibility.
Woman as a sex, or as class have but
TO command 10 be obeyed. The men
are running the country or may think
that they are, but the mothers and wives
run the men without question. In
crowd of men the lip of the man who is
blessed with woman suffraglst FOR a
wife, will fail and his countenance take
on a pitifully hopeless look
when he Acknowledges that he
is also for woman suffrage. The
inscrutable wisdom of the Almighty in
giving woman such power Of rule over
man may not be questioned, probably,
but even the first man blubbered out,
'the woman Thou gavest tempted me
and did eat" Adam for the time was
in the helpless condition Of the husbands
of Anna Diggs ct al, but after the twins,
Cain and Able, put IN al appearance we
hear no more of Eve making herself
in the orchard or elsewhere,
Adam being left to run the political
caucuses and to discharge the simple
public duties pertaining to civil life.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-16
SIMPLIFlED HOUSEKEEPING.
A New Order OF Things Created BY Hired
Help.

| a new CFGer CT Things created BY Hired
Help.
ct is SO very different now from the
time when 1 was young" said lady,
| recently, in speaking OF the arts of
house and home. Then housekeeping
was burden, sometimes the thought of
it terror. But with the change see
how everything is lightened; there is
no longer the need of such an immense
retinue tumbling over each other below
stairs and above; the work is better
done, and the whole thing simplifed,
and that merely by the help of few
young persons coming in from outside
to do certain special things. Under
this fin de steele regime our parlors are
full OF bric-a- brac, you know, some Of it
immensely valuable in cost, some of it
as precious from association. But now
a young woman comes in on stated
mornings three or four times a week
young woman of good breeding, often
of good family, but who needs money
comes in with her paraphernalia of nice
cloths and brushes, and goes to work
quietly and softly, and the drawing
rooms and reception rooms and library
are in spotless order when she goes out
to fill her next engagement, and every
thing is as it should be, and you have
hardly been aware that she was there.
The price paid her is trifing; but she
receives the same price from so
many houses that it amounts to con-
siderable sum in the course of the
week, and makes her feel herself in a
good business, while to you, or to your
housekeeper, if you have one, the re-
suit is luxury. Then another young
person comes in with her bag of appli-
ances, attends to the lamps, which in
these days of lovely lamps in multitude
is no small matter, and she has them
all in some closet, and rubs the metal
bright with the oil, and polishes it dry
and clean, and brushes out the burners
closely, and wipes the crust off the
wiclzs instead of cutting them, and
cleans the chimneys with few drops
of alcohol or ammonia on her piece of
flannel, and shakes the dust out of the
silken shades, and leaves them all
ready and without flaw for the house
maid to set in their places But per-
haps as great a help as any is the young
lady who comes to pack. She is also g
lady; she knows what pretty things
are and how they should be taken care
of, and she does all the folding, laying
away, STOPPING, stepping about, either
for the packing of your trunks for a
journey or the closing Of your house for
the season, and she comes to you in the |
city, or obeys your telegram summon |
ing her down to the country or the sea-
side, and saves you what WEAKNESS of |
soul and body.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-16
Civil Marriage IN Hungary.

The ecclesiastical struggle in Hunga-
~ precipitated by Premier Wekerle is
beginning to attract attention all over
Europe. The premier is enGeavoring to
force the passage OF a bill making e
civil marriage sufficient in law, and the
bishops are united in opposing him.
The latter have issued manifestoes pro-
testing against the proposed Law
On the ground that it Is con-
trary 10 the law of God, and they
have called upon the representa-
tives, whose official acts they are So p
posed 10 greatly influence if not con-
troll, To vote against the measure. The
fate Of the bill is uncertain. 1t win
doubtless be passed by the lower
branch Of the legislature, but may be
defeated by the upper branch This
struggle has called attention % the fact
that in ali other continental countries
the civil marriage IS recognized IS le-
gal. and that il France, where the
church fought 50 bitterly 70 preserve
all of It's rights and privileges, the civil
marriage Is now the only legal one, the
religious ceremony being regarded only
as a profession OF faith
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-16
4 Freak Of Lightning.

A man who gets his clothes wet IN
thunderstorm may take comfort from
the following remarkable tale recently
published in New York paper: Three
men took shelter from a thunderstorm
under a pollard willow. A fash Of
lightning strnek the tree and took in
one man. 1t did not iHjure him in the
least, but threw him down and violent
" stripped of his clothes, which were
hurled distance Of twenty yards. The
explanation given IS that the clothes
were stripped from the man by light
ming just as bark is stripped from
tree The discharge finds a moist pas
sage down between the bark and the
trunk, converting the moisture into
steam and thus blowing off the bark.
1t is supposed that the mans clothes
had become drenched by the rain, and
by similar generation Of steam there
had been an explosion severe enough 70
rend his things from him and throw
him 70 the ground Fortunately for
him his wet clothes had formed . better
conductor THAI his own BODY"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-16

The editor of the Lawrence Record,
who is keeping the readers of his paper
advised of the carryings-on at Topeka
from the standpoint of personal observa-
ton, writes the Record as follows con-
corning the confirmation of Artz as
assistant adjutant general for the state:
1.-THE senate devoted almost the entire
forenoon TO an executive session, upon
the nomination OF Artz. After long
debate, participated in exclusively by the
Populists, he was confirmed by prac-
tically a party vote, many Populist SEN
ators voting under protest. It was
hard pill to swallow, and will do more,
when the details of the case are known,
20 disgust the people with the party
which proposed it than anything hitherto
transpiring. But the governor was de-
termined that it should 90 through and
all the means at his command We're en-
ployed to that end"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-16
For the Eagle.
a QUESTION.
BY AL D. KREBS.


What if your life had been barren thing
Barren of all that made it good and wise,
But rich in ali that letters the free soul,
And calm before the worlds close scrutinies.
Think Of one day upon that dessert waste
\ great light fell, and, dazzled and struck
blind.
You wrapped it like a mantle would your
heart.
Nor asked of fate what FOLLOWED close behind.
suppose sometimes it glowed clear, warm and
bright.
And lifted you above all common need;
sometimes 1t faded pale, and wan, and weak,
And OF your toilsome track took little heed.
Whereat you gathered trembling and afraid.
The treasures Of your life-all that w good
The sacred trusts kept clean from alien hands
By years of melancholy solitude
And cast them down-a costly gift-to stay
But for a little time the lessening light.
Dreading so much the purposeless dark way,
The solemn dread eternity of night.
Thinl, if the bride were powerless, and you
lay,
Yoiceless, dethroned-no refuge-none to
save:
Would you not doubt the love and help of
heaven,
And ask of earth one boon-naught else-a
grave?
Conway Springs, Feb. IA, 1893.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-16

Mr.. Gladstone's long expected home
rule for Ireland measure that was intro
duced in the British parliament Mon
day is not as radical by half as was an
ticipaUed by some, and while accepted
by the Irish, as a hungry man does a
half-loaf of bread, is far short of their
desires. But it is met by violent opposi-
ton from the strict imperialists, as was
expected, though their opposition is
against the precedent that VIII be estab-
lished if the bill is adopted rather than
against what 1t will actually accomplish.
As president HARRISON said of the Dem
ocratic tariff reform idea, it is the d.
rect!on of the step rather than the length
of it that vests it with serious concern.
So with home rule for Ireland to the
British government.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-16
4 CREDIT CURRENCY.

Senator John Sherman, in speaking
against free coinage of silver and Of the
fact that after 1907 there will be no out
standing bonds upon which TO base
national bank circulation, is reported as
saying:
"Why not have the government of
the United States issue its own money !?
1t is the richest nation on the face of the
earth. We reduced in thirty years a
war debt of q billion dollars 20 now
about ] billion dollars, and 10 the amaze
ment Of all nations. Our credit is re-
1owned. We now do national bank
ing business on the faith of the bonds of
the government. Why not do a bust
ness on the faith of the government :?
The same confidence given to bond OF
the nation ought to be given to the note
it might issue. The government should
issue its own money"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-16
THE GUELPH FUND.
A Subject That u Profoundly Agi-
tatiDg tho German Empire.
How the Fund Was Created and the Uses
to Thieha 1t Was Put By Bis
nlarek When He Was
In Power.

The uses to which the Guelph fund
was PIT have been cynically admitted
by Prince Bismarck. who while he was
chancellor had the fund at his disposal
free from all parliamentary restraint
The Guelph fund had its origin in the
sequestration OF the property of the
late King George V. OF Hanover The
events that led TO the sequestration of
the property may bear repetition, says
the New York Herald, in view of the
fact that a reconciliation has been eff
fected between the king of Prussia and
the duke of Cumberland, the rightful
heir of the property.
Hanover was a sovereign kingdom
from 1914 to 1896. The monarchy was
hereditary in the male line In 1866
Hanover became involved in war with
Prussia and was defeated. Hanover
became a Prussian province, and the
property of the king was sequestrated
by the victor. 1t was entirely owing to
the obstinacy with which the late king
refused to renounce his rights to the
throne of Hanover that Prussia felt
herself constrained to keep a firm
grasp of the rich inheritance which be-
came hers after the battle of Langen-
salza in June, 1866.
Not only did he assert his claim to be
the legitimate king of Hanover after its
annexation to the Prussian dominions,
but he did everything in his power to
make good his claim by arms. On his
death, in 1875, the present duke of Cum
berland, his son and heir, issued proc
lamation from his residence in Austria
declaring that he, too, maintained his
ancestral claims to the throne, and
again, upon the death of Duke William
of Brunswick, il October, 1884, he en-
deavored to assert his rights to succeed
the duke.
AS he persisted in his pretension to
Hanover, the government of Brunswick
refused to acknowledge him as heir to
the dulzedom, and in the following wear
the rundesrath confirmed their decision,
and declared his accession to the duke
dom incompatible with the fundamen-
tai laws of the empire. 1t was plainly
impossible for the Prussian government
to make over the immense wealth Of
the late king to heirs who openly
avowed their claim to an integral por-
ton of the Prussian kingdom.
Negotiations to settle the question
were begun, and an understanding was
arrived at by which the duke of Cum
berlend entirely renounced the imprac-
ticable position which he had main
tanned in the face of modern Germany.
In April last the Prussian diet removed
the sequestration and the duke of Cum
berland came into his property. The
property has been estimated to repre-
sent capital of 10000, 900 marks and
revenue of 100000 marks. Prince Bis
narck applied the money to the require
ments CT the secret service and to the
of the reptile press" and
he has never hesitated to justify his ex-
penditures in these directions
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-16

an American engineer recently re-
turned from visit 70 Spain y con
WINGED that the durability Of Moorish
architecture Is overestimated IN popTs-
lar opinion That which Re exaraiueI
he found extremely defective from the
engineers point Of yievs, and ne believes
that where ore ancient Moorish strge-
t1re remains scores must have perls.st--
The famous hcrseshos arch aad ths
prevalence o. pillars seemingly 100 deli
cate ITO Do the work isuposed upon
them he ascrioes n a foDcnsss q tlS
Eoo-s tor creating in great structssss
the depression q instability. trek IL
result. perhaps, * something e1sP.y
Inbedded II the Moorish inteLscL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-16
K.-LEo HIM ON The SPOT.
Col Ru sterstt Tells of some Tsrriry-
ing Texas Noises

Col BIu sterett Tells of some Tsrriry-
ing Texas Noises
Speaking of noises" remarked Col.
Sterett, reminds me Of thing that
occurred down IN Henderson county IN
my state once Right near Maxwell
was wild sort OF place, inhabi with
about four hundred million black
wolves, and the edge OF it was pretty
thickly settled A stranger going to
one OF the settlers houses never could
sleep because the wolves made such y
noise, but the natives never minded
'em bit, and even their dogs stopped
taking any notice OF 'em.
Suddenly the people began TO get
worried Sounds began 10 come out ol
that wilderness such as no human ear
had ever listened to before. The howls
OF the wolves were as the voices OF the
cherubim and the sersphim alongside
It Every night il continued growing
worse and worse, until IL became down
right soul terrifyin'. Grown folks
would get white and the children's
teeth would chatter, while all the cat
tie would come up around the houses
and try 20 get comfort from bcin' near
folks Pretty soon the people conclud-
ed 1t was a Bengal tiger or lion that
had got out OF some circus, and they
made up their minds to hunt il down.
So big party raided the woods AID
sent in the dogs, Pretty soon
back came the dogs with their
eyes bgger'n aud brighter'n eles-
trio lights and their hair al standin'
up and their tails between their legs.
and they didn't stop when their mas
ters called 'em, but kept right Gu f1r
home hard as they could go. The peo-
pie concluded the thing, whatever Il
was. must be something pretty terribls
when a Texas dog wouldn't tackle 70,
so they drew of their forces. Thas
only made the noise at night more In
ternal than ever. II was indescribA BILE.
All the souls in torment seemed to 90
moanin' and cryin' and shrielSn' to-
gether.
at last a fellow came along who
said he had been in Africa. aud that /,
the noise was nothing In the world bat
the night song Of au ostrich. The
people felt sort O shamed THAI
lHey IaN becn lfiEubcued by any
thing that wore feathers, so
they made up their minds 10
start in after It again and let nothing
stop EN- So one night about one hun
bred Of en-. armed TO the teeth, went
forth, determined OF victory. The dogs
went in and came out sgsin just as
they did before. but their masters went
on. As they began % get near tho
place the sounds came from they were
all pretty near scared 10 death. but
they were afraid 70 turn back lest tho
thing, ostrich or whatever 70 was.
might run after EN- and catch EN-. 81
on they went, gentlemen. and pretty
soon they came 20 little cabin In a
gully. and there they found s-sittin'
out in front Of st an old fellow named
Jim Bolts. a-sawln' away for dear life
and trying 10 play Maryland, Ny
Maryland on big boss fiddle.
what did they do with him2 WHY.
they hung him, of course Washing
ton Post
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-16
FOR HIGH AIR SOUNDINGS.
q FrenchmaD Has Invented n Balloon fog
Making Meteorological Observations.

Frenchm2D Has Invested n Balloon fog
Making Meteorological Observations.
The employment of free balloons for
meteorological observations at very
great heights has long been discussed,
but hitherto with little practical result,
because as yet no balloon suitable for
this purpose has been devised NJ Oh.
Renard, French scientist, however,
has just presented to the Paris academy
a design for such balloon which prom
Uses to be success.
His proposed miniature vessel for
sounding the atmosphere. according to
the New York Herald, is supplied with
d very light sef-recording barometer
and self-recording thermometer, partly
made Of aluminium, each weighing less
than five pounds. To prevent derange-
ment of the registering apparatus upon
the fall of the balloon he provides each
instrument with an elastic guard so
effective that the clockwork of the in
strument IS not interrupted by the
shock of the fall The total weight,
instruments included, does not exceed
twenty-one pounds avoirdupois.
If found TO work satisfactorily this
simple and apparently cheap device
VIII marlfa new era in meteorology. At
present meteorologists know but little
more by direct instrumental gauging OF
the upper atmosphere than the fauna
inhabiting the floor of the Atlantic
know Of the gulf stream and its asso-
ciate surface currents.