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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-17

ratio is in favor Of the smaller towns
I'm the country proper, however, the
dead game sport" is rare bird Of the
II, 000, 900 male adults, it is estimated
that only one out of twenty-five tries
the equine paradox" That would
make 900 farmers" (as all people
outside of New York are facetiously
termed by metropolitan sportsnen),
who endesvor to tap the pool box. The
average investment Is considerably
lighter in the interior than New York,
say - 10 each Speculation. That would
make 81, 800. 900 for each day, or about
$500, SOC, 900 for the 313 working days in
the year. A tidy sum that-half
thousand billion-the farmers" OF the
smaller towns and cities yearly spend
in futile attempt to ''beat the horses"
Where does all this money go? We
have seen that over 500, 000,0 is year
ly spent in and about New York and
Brooklyn upon the outcome of equine
events, and over $500, 900 200 in all the
country outside the Greater New
York." which is to be. Who reaps the
benefit? Certainly not the player, for
outside of pittsburgh Phil' George
". SMITH, Lucky" Baldwin, Mike
Dwyer, 'Cull'' Holland and Col Bill
Harding you never hear of plunger
who does not "go broke" trying the
well-nigh impossible task of winning
the smiles Of the equine siren. The
marquis of Hastings, the greatest of all
plungers, blew in one of the finest es-
mated ei,00o,O 600. or about s5,0OO.Ooo.
Jubilee" Judkins $50 called because he
inherited and wasted fortune by fast
end furious playing at the time Queen
Victoria celebrated the fiftieth year of
her rsignN, SPENT $1,000. 600 on turf adj
ventures in single year. Our own IA
mols plunger, Walton, won SOC, 900 in
England, in 1851. Walton backed the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-17
GEN. g. T. BEAUREGARD.

war with Mexico he was engaged in the
construction of defenses at Tampico, in
1864; siege operations at Vera Cruz,
Cerro Gordo, Chapultapec and City of
Mexico, where he was twice wounded.
Shortly after he was brevetted major.
He attained full rank of captain of en-
gineers in 1858 for fourteen years of
continuous service as lieutenant On
returning to the United States he was
assigned to engineering in the construc-
ton and repairs of Notifications ON the
Mississippi river and in the construc-
ton of the custom house at New Or
leans His supervisory duties extended
over the gulf coast from Florida TO the
Rio Grande. He offered his services to
the southern confederacy in 1851.
On the refusal OF Maj Robert Ander-
son to evacuate Port Sumter he opened
FIRE soon after daylight on April IL,
1851. He was practically in command
at the battle of Bull Run, where he was
again victorious. He nearly succeeded
in routing the northern army at the
battle of Shiloh, and held Petersburg
against the federal advance and defeat
ed Butler at Drury's Bluff. He surren-
dered his army to Sherman in April,
1888. After the war he became presi-
dent of railroad. adjutant general of
the state and manager of the Louisiana
state lottery. Gen. Beauregard has,
until recently, been engaged IN many
important enterprises in the south.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-17

Statistics show that the proportion of
male adults is one out Of every six per-
sons. This would give 100000 to the
two cities with their suburbs. MY
sporting informant tells me that one
out of every eight men, not to speak of
boys, in and about New York and
Brooklyn play the races. This means
that o2,500 men daily tempt fortune.
Some gamesters play away up in the
hundreds; others only invest five or
ten ''spot," while the lowest that can
be wagered is 81. The mean between
these two EXTREMIST am speaking of
mems play now, and not of boys'-has
been found, after close study and OBJ
servation, 20 be about $3.50. Five and
one-half times 62,50o (the men who
play are sS43,75O. Just think of It'll
Between a quarter and half million
of dollars a day spent on the racetrack
in this immediate vicinity. AS there
are 31S week days In the year, that
would mean that the Titanic sum of
e106. 49,, T50 is annually expended in the
same way.
In the United States there are &c, O00,-
oo0 of people. The male adult popula-
ton Is 100000. The proportion of
gentlemen with sporting blood in their
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-17
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
Does This Stream Prove That Water
Flows Vphnlc

Does This Stream Prove That Water
Flows Uphill?
In an article published some time ago
it was stated that since the source of
the Mississippi river is about three miles
its mouth is, therefore the water of the
river runs uphill This statement pro-
duced wrong impression, which it is
desira BILE to correct 1t is true that the
waters of the Mississippi, in flowing TO-
ward the equator, gradually recede
from the center of the earth, because
the earth is not sphere. buta spheroid
fattening toward the poles But this
recession can not be accurately de-
scribed as flowing uphill" because
that would imply that the water dis
obeys the law of gravitation.
The direction Of gravity is always at
right angle to the surface of still
water. and if the earth were completely
covered with water. that surface would
be not in the form of sphere. but of
spheroid, having substantially the
same shape as that of the solid surface
of the earth taken as a whole.
This is the form assumed by the sur
face Of the oceans, which is called a
surface of equilibrium, because, with
out some disturbing influence, tho
water has no tendency to flow in any
direction, and plumb line hangs per-
pendicular to it at every point But
owing to the fattening of the earth to-
word the poles, the plumb line does not
point toward the true center of the
earth anywhere except at the poles
and along the equator.
It follows from these facts that IL
the Mississippi valley did not slope to-
ward the south below the level which
an ocean covering that valley, and
of the river, would assume. then the
river would be in equilibrium from
source to mouth, and would not flow
at all
In fact. as the article referred 70
stated. the valley does slope. SO that
while its lower end ought to be about
three and half miles farther from
the earth's center than les upper end Is
in order 70 correspond with the general
FORM OF the planet, yet in truth Il II
only bout three miles farther from the
center. This half-mile of difference
represents the true hill" down which,
not up which. the Mississippi flows
The source Of Misrepresentation in this
case seems To lie in the overlooking os
the fact that the oceans. having 3 mo-
bile surface. which can not be perma-
nently deformed by local causes. meas
ure the true level OF the globe. while
the continents are simply elevations
thrust up above that level II Is the
direction Of the plumb line, ana not OF
the center Of the earth, that determines
the level OF water and the course O. It's
Sow.
Tn the other hand !; must not De
forgotten that Centrifugal force p.SJs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-17
Geography Of tho Moon.

Sir Robert Ball is reported 10 have
said, in his lecture on the moon. that
the geography of our satellite was bet
ter know even than that Of the earth.
There was no single spot on the moon
the size of an ordinary parish In En-
gland that had not been fully photo
graphed and observed. OF course this
remark can only relate to the side Of
moon which is always turned towards
Us. Nearly one-hah of her surface has
never been seen by mortal eye, and
never will be, unless the lunar globe
shonld be tilted by collision with .
comet or some such erratic body.
Otherwise 1t is fact that photography
has done more for the earth's attendant
than for itself 1t is analogous TO the
further fact that the only things which
man can predict with certainty are not
those that happen on the sphere he in
habits, but the movement of worlds i'm.
mensely distant--London Telegraph.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-17
tcoPYRIGHT, 1891

There is yearly spent upon the race
tracks of Guttenburg, Gloucester,
Sheepshead Bay and adjacent courses a
far greater sum of money than is re-
quired to conduct the municipal affairs
of the great cities of New York and
Brooklyn. The annual budgets of the
two big towns do not call for over $780,
900, 900. More than 500, 200, 600, or
nearly double that amount, is yearly
lost or won-principally lost-at the
race tracks, and nobody in particular
seems to be benefited By this enormous
expenditure.
Throughout the United States more
money finds its way to the pool box
than it costs to run the federal govern
ment. vet few seem to be better off by
the circulation of this vast amount of
coin and greenbacks
That may not be accused Of exagger-
alton, / will adduce the figures fur-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-17
Cheap travelling.

Hungary is stated to be the country
where railway travelling Is the cheap
est. 1t is said to be possible TO journey
from Buda Pesth to Kronstadt, a dis
lance of Eve hundred miles, for six shil-
lugs eight pence, being at the rate OF
six miles penny. Low ssothis price is
it is liable to reduction of one-haf in
the case of laborers journeying in par
ties of not fewer than ten.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-17

that they see very little OF the money
at the end Of the season. although they
take in hundreds of thousands Of dollars
in the way Of admission fees. The huge
purses they hang up, together with the
thousand and one expenses which are
necessarily incurred, the officers say,
eat up all the profits They are content
to do a little better than quit even" at
the close of the season. The associa-
tons, these gentlemen aver. open tracks
and conduct great events, not for the
purpose of making money, but of pro-
noting honest sport.
Who makes the money, then? Is it
the race horse owners? August Bel
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-17
LIT eY BALLOONS.
Aerial Ships with Electric Lights VIII
Iuumin2&o n CITY.

Aerial Ships with Electric Lights VIII
Iuuminate . City.
A balloon with electric lights at
tached to i. for lighting cities is the
latest idea of turning the light OF
lights" to a practical use This idea
may seem very visionary, but c. A.
Smith, of No. 112 Grove street, one OF
San Francisco's inventors, has sufficient
confidence in the scheme to commence
operations of constructing balloon
for that purpose, says the Call of that
city.
This balloon will not be Of the ordinary
silk bag pattern, but will be made OF
aluminium and in the shape Of cigar.
pointed at both ends. 1t viii be about
forty feet long and fifteen feet in diam
eter at its largest point, and will con-
tain sufficient gas to sustain it in the
toughest kind of weather. Fans will
be constructed so as to hold it point up to
the wind and help it from dipping, and
in calm weather it will be SO balanced
that it Will remain perfectly level.
A cable containing the electric wires
will hold it at sufficient elevation, SO
that the light will be spread over tho
area to be illuminated to the best adj
vantage.
The balloon will sustain six arc
lights, or it can be SO made as to be COW
cred with incandescent lights, each one
of which will be inclosed with are
hector, SO as to concentrate the rays
of the light and throw them downward.
An appliance will be provided for
hauling the balloon to the earth for
trimming the light or making any re-
pairs that might become necessary, or
raising or lowering it SO that the light
may be advantageously distributed
The inventor claims that, counting
the first cost of the balloons and their
maintenance, the total cost OF lighting
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-17
II. S. M'INTYRE.

American plunGers' again visited Eng
land, and he not only lost the 500. LOCO
he had won in England, but about $780,
600 more he had picked up on the Amer
lean turf the season following his Eng
lish venture. Arthur Maginis got the
lions share of the plumber. Ia fact, he
was the bookmaker who broke" Wal
ton. He got back his 100000 with
tremendous interest
The various racing associations claim
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-17

THE SKY LIGHT FOR ILLUMINATING 4
CITY.
. city the size of San Francisco will be
reduced considerably. as one balloon
will suffice for from four to six blocks
At the same time the tangle Of deadly
and unsightly wires from the streets
will be removed and danger from fires
reduced.
MIR. Smith, in addition to the lights,
has invented on arrangement of mir
rors, which will be placed on the under
side of the balloon, SO that a person ON
one street can see what is transporting
on the next, even though blocks Of
buildings intervene, and this mirror ar.
rangement, the inventor says, will be Of
great service to the fire department, as
the location of flames can be easily as
certained should they break out from q
building.
Perhaps the best use to which this
system of lighting would be turned
would be to harbors," said Mr.. Smith.
''Three or four of these balloons placed
over San Francisco bay would make the
harbor as light as day.
''The members of the San Francisco
Electric association have discussed my
scheme pretty thoroughly, and they
claim that it is not only possible, but
one that would be very useful rs sys-
TEN of city lighting
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-17
Great Wine CaSk.

The most capacious wine cask in the
world is the celebrated tun of KONG
stein, constructed under an edict issued
BY Frederick Augustus. king Of Poland.
IN l7S5. This greatest of all tuns holds
1859, lS5 pintS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-17

q part In producing the present SURFACE
of equilibrium of the earth, and that if
the rotation Of the globe should cease,
there would be change in the direc-
ton of the plumb line, and then the
waters of the Gulf of Mexico might
overflow the valley Of the Mississippi
Youths Companion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-17

a M ~ HoA
lizard a n d ex-
Mayor and ex-
Co mgr es m an
Michael n. No
Ian, the Albany
CrGsus, sold out
their stables, al
though they had
the best horses
in the country,
b e C au Sc they
could not stand
the draft upon
t heir purSeS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-17
Reward OF Merit

'How did you find the steak. sir:'
asked the waiter. helping him to put on
his overcoat.
We'll done, thou good and faithful
servant" replied the guest, slipping @
quarter Of dollar into bis hand-Ihi-
s:arc Tribune
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-17

veins is not. Of
course, in the
interior com
lnensurate with
I b a t Of New
York or Brook
Ign. In cities
ii X e Albany,
Troy, Syracuse.
Rochester, Gin
cinnati, Chica-
go, Denver,
Leadville, Port
land an d San
Eraucjsco- the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-17

Fountlei2h-How is il that vcu. q
loyal American, are not IN favor OK the
annexation of Canada?
Countleigh-My dear fellow. am the
aaAhiAx az q hank-Truth
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-17

nished me by a
W e l Tx n o W u
sportsman, who
is an authority
upon the subject.
There are in the
cities of New
York and Brook
lyh in Guiding
S u burbs, about
2 O00 mo naopla
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-17

winning horse at
three big con-
tests and raised
havoc among the
English book
makers. From
Arthur Maginis.
the greatest of
British sports
m e n, Walton
took 900
a | o n e. T W o
years after the
king of the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-17

-Marian-'I'm sure you ought to be
satisfied with Georges behavior. II
By any chance he ever does anything
to offend you he always apologies so
abjectly- Elsie-"Ye-ea But
wan, him to apologize abjectly when I
do ANYTHING TO offend him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-17
GEN. BEAURE0ARR.

The Career OF the Confederate Veteran
Who Died Recently.
! Pierre Gustave Toutent Beauregard
was born near New Orleans, May IS,
1913 He graduated second in his class
rank at West Point in 1888. He was as
signed first to the artillery and then to
the engineers, and in 18Ss-Se to assistant
In the construction of Fort Adams, New
port, and at Fort MacHenry, Maryland,
in 1a44-45. At the beginning Of the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-17

81 got my start In life through pich
ing up pin on the street. / had bcen
refused employment by banker, and
On my way cot saw pin and
sOh. thunder What a chestnut I've
heard of that boy SO often The bsDlser
was impressed by your carefclacss and
called you back and made you bead Cd
the firm"
mo. saw the pin and picked 1, mp
and sold II for fvo hundred dollars IL
was diaGood PIN "-Ha-per's Banx-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-17
Wl]Illl Eagle
seoo,OOO,00o.
This Sum Is Spent at Race-Tracks
in the United States.

Into Whose Hands Does All This Vast
Amount FaH?-A Question That No
One seems Able to Answer-New
York City's Big share.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-17

~ ten you the winter holds pleasures
that are unknown 70 tho summer"
.You think so7'
Certainly. Whom a blizzard onnss
how delightful II Is to 81, by the Are
and pity those that are out IA IN.
i. Press
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-17

Thu %s line ss s reliable
wuhn Gven
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-22

The news Of the Merrimac's arrival in
Hampton roads and OF her first days fight
before She met the Monitor reached Wash
ingtou ON Sunday afternoon. The telc
gram was brief but explicit. The ironclad
was in complete control of the roads. Mes
sengcrs were hastily dispatched, summon
ing the chiefs Of bureaus to council at
the navy department. One OF these mes
sengcrs, sent in search of Commodore
Smith, found that officer ON his way home
from church, and he knew that the com
modore's only son was first lieutenant of
the i'll fatcd Congress.
commodore" said the man, there is
bad news from Hampton Roads. The Mer-
rimac has come down from Norfolk, the
Minnesota and Roanoke are disabled, the
Cumberland sunk, and the Congress is on
fire and has surrendered.
surrendered The Congress has hauled
down her Colors?' repeated the commodore,
and rs the messenger confirmed his words,
"Then my son Joe is dead said the com
modore simply-aud that was all
There have been long wiudcd cpitaphs,
many of them, but not every father could
/ be so sure of his sons character rs 10 honor
his memory before receiving the news of
his death with such tribute as that.
Joe was indeed dead, as modest and as
brave "a man as ever drew sword in good
/ cause.-New York Tribune.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-22


jacket IoT instance Is a i'leal uescehuant
ot Jhe FAMOUS chleI whose lerVld oratory
used 20 illuminate our >chool readers, while
Chlet LaPorte comes Oh l"inlIy that has
been famous Tor centuries among his PEG
PIE, ana the uounIy suggestive appeIlation
OF solomon y Ban belongs TO lhe grandson
OF olu OhlGt Corn painter VINO was a friend
OF George " aShlngtoh. OHiet JACK OF the
lusoaroIaS, the secretary OF the lroquols' IL
mere, ana aiso one "i the champion runners
OF the world DeelIooI, VINO raced III Eng
iahu years ago ana whose record Tor an
hour mas never heeh beaten:
Inc present clNlhAatlon OF the Six Nations
10 very ht'ch the same as 'hat OF the rest OF
the people III New ORR state ihey nave
houses ana sChooIs IKE Ihose OF thelr Whlte
brethren anu many oil them attend Ohris-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-22

The red men who inhabit the whole west
ern continent between the Rocky noun
tains and the Cascade range believe that
the spots on Luna's face represent the form
of gigantic toad and tell the following
story to substantiate their queer ideas;
In time long past little wolf, being des-
perately in love With II toad, went a-woo-
ing one night and prayed that the moon
might shine brightly on his adventure His
prayer was granted, and by the clear light
of the moon he was pursuing the toad and
had almost caught her when, us last
chance, she made a desperate spring for
the face of the moon (Which appeared much
nearer than commOn) and succeeded in
reaching that luminary, where she sets until
this day in plain view of all the wolves of
the world, which nightly howl in their ag-
ony whenever they think of how the toad
ouUwitted their ancestOr.-St. Louis Re
public
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-22
ANIR0QU0IS WIGWAM
ONE OF THE ATTRACTIONS At THE
WORLDS FAIR.

The Six Nations Represented In True Abo-
riginaI style-The civilized Iruquois 81
Today--A Practical Exposition uf Life
Saving on the Lake Front.
The Empire State did a great thing when
she added the Iroquois village to the cthno-
logical exhibit at the Worlds fair and
sharged herself with the maintenance of
the representatives. OF the Six Nations whom
she sent hither To illustrate the manners
and customs of their fathers in the time OF
Columbus. The village is down on the
shore OF the south pond near the Forestry
building, and its wigwams Of Eastwood
bark rooted with elm, it's council housed aud
It's stockades are faithful reproductions Of
the primitive structures of 400 years ago
The Indians, too, of whom there are
about 20 are dressed IA their ancestors
dTessed-in buckskiu garments, heavy with
fringes and sewn with sinews of the deer
Each Of the famous Six Nations has sent
representatives. SeneCas Oneidas, CayU-
gus, Ouondagas, Mohawks and 1uscaroras
meet for powwows in the council house, "a
their ancestors did though they do not
conduct their deliberations in the language
theirnnCestOrs used. \ droll effect of To-
eating the different nations Oh separate res
eTyations Is seen in the fact that they Cun-
not communicate with each other in their
native dialects, but are compelled to use
English.
The Indians are most Of them aristocrats
In their tribes and collectively represent
the best blue blood of the Iroquois. Red
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-22

The sound of the old man 1agellating a
carpet in the back yard nerved the youth
in the front parlor to seek to make himself
understood.
do YOU
With every symptom of anxiety he leaned
toward the girl of his choice.
look with favor upon my suit"
A smile disturbed the delicate curves of
her lips.
YES" she answered, and his being
thrilled with the glad tidings II do. may
seem to be looking at the northwest corner
of the room Immediately above your head,
but that is owing to the congenital strabis-
mus which atllicts me. You win accept
this explanation, trust. Thank you"
In the failing light he printed kiss upon
her brow, and their troth was plighted.-
Detroit Tribune.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-22
The Question of Good Eyes.

Native Patagonians, like other savage
people, have very keen eyes for certain
things-things which their modes of life
have made it indispensable that they should
notice. In other words, they are special
lists and as n matterof course they excel in
their own particular line. But it does not
follow that they have better eyes than are
possessed by men of civilized countries.
Set one of them to find "A reversed ''s' in
the middle of a printed page, says Mr.. Hud-
son, and the tears would run down his
brown cheeks, and he would give up the
search with aching eyeballs. But the
proOfreader can find the reversed letterin a
few moments and never strain his eyes i'll
the least.-Youth's Companion.