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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19

by the congress of the great Heads OF
the Mohaml1edan church in India,
when in session at Delhi, in condemn
ing the frequency of unions between
Europeans and Asiatics. This verdict
of grave and reverend signors of Is
lam is almost identical, word for
word, with expressions of opinion
upon this same subject uttered during
the past decade by both the spiritual
and temporal authorities of China,
Japan, Siam and Cochin China. And,
although they refer more especially to
matrimonial alliances of people of their
race and creed with Europeans, yet the
matter is one which likewise concerns
the United States. For there is an
increasing tendency on the part of the
fair daughters of Uncle Sam to ally
their destinies to those of Orientals,
and it was but last month that high
bred and accomplished lady of Nor
witch, Conn.,, the daughter of man
who had been one of the most promi-
nent and widely known citizens of the
town, became the wife of a Monaghan
formerly attached to the Chinese lega-
ton at Washington. This is but one
of large number of similar unions
which take place every year, and re-
member, a couple of years ago when
my attention was called to the mar
riage at Philadelphia of the daugh-
ter of leading member of
the Society of Friends to
Japanese convert to Quakerism, my in
curing of some of the brides relatives
what means they had taken to ascer-
tain the nature of her future existence
in Japan as the foreign wife of a ma
tive, without being able to obtain any
satisfactory reply to my question.
Having made several prolonged stays
both in China and Japan, and having
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baroness was neither young, rich @,
popular, and had but little prospect Of
securing husband among the men Of
her own race and rank. Under the
circumstances, it lis possible that she
may have been attracted by the liberal
salary and allowance of Aoki, as we'll
as by the prestige and privileges which
he enjoyed at Berlin as the chief of a
foreign mission. It is manifest that
some considerations such as these
must have constituted the motive
which induced her to marry him. It
certainly cannot have been love or
admiration. for he is as ill-favored
and in every respect deficient in ply
sique as the majority of his race. The
union excited good deal of ridicule
and disgust at Berlin, but. as the wife
of foreign envoy, she continued to
be received at any rate by official socie-
ty. 1t was not, however, until her
husband was recalled to Japan that
she realized the folly of which she had
been guilty in marrying him. On reach
ing the far east she discovered to her
cost that the japanese ambassadors
at Berlin and Mrs. Aoki at Toxic were
two very different persons. The ma
jority of the white women in Japan
turned their backs upon her in undis-
guised scorn, while those who did con-
descend to take any notice of
her were careful to make her
feel that they were comforting
great favor in tolerating her at all.
This, of course, did not tend to in
crease her prestige in the eyes either
of her husband or of his country peo-
pie, and her position became one of
great misery. Moreover, although the
mikado's officials draw large pay and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19
A BIG FISH STORY.
How Fish Are Caught by the Red Men In
Indian Territory.

How Fish Are Caught by the Red Men In
Indian Territory.
The biggest fish fry on record in tho
Creek nation, or perhaps Indian terri
tory, came off at Rock ford, on the
north fork OF the Canadian river, two
miles east of Eufaula, the other day,
says the Fort Worth Gazette About
two thousand pounds of fish were
caught and about five hundred Creeks
from all parts of the nation took part
In the grand fish festival. Over fifteen
hundred bundles Of devils shoestring'
were used by them to vitiate the water
preparatory to catching the fish. :.
This mode of fishing is practiced
great,de ,by the Indians, and is the
best i~hy'fn the world to catch lots of
6sh. The way theyydo this is simple.
The day is agreed upon by all the In
dianS to meet at q certain place at the
river, and everyone that wants any of
the fish is required to bring with him
fifteen bundles of devils shoestring.p
The day set all meet to select off mar
sl,ais TO conduct the affair. * It is their
duty to collect ali the fishing gigs,
spears, etc, and enroll the names of all
VINO are entitled to take part.
Just about daybreak the next day
the pounded shoestring is, put in; sacks
nnd put in the water the entire width
pfthe river. 1t soon makes all the fish
in the stream SO drunk that they can
easily be picked up out of the shallow
water or gigged or'lsilled in the deep
water. The command is given to GO in
md get them, and they are brought to
the banks by the boat loads, many
weighing as much as eighty and one
hundred pounds. The frying process
Is then commenced by the women and
= general feast is had. The shoestring
poisoDs the water for five miles below
where it is put in. -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19
A French Postal Card.

The postal card system in France is
about to be improved by the introduce
ton OF a new invention. The cards
will be issued in the form of check
book. with stubs The sender OF the
card can make memoranda of its con-
tents on the stub, and can have this
stamped at the post Office before it is
detached. SO that verified record OF
the correspondence can be kept
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19
WORSE THAN DEATH.
The Orienfals Make the Worst
Husbands In the World.
Can the Women Mako Good Wives-Thsir
Children Are Puny and Die Young
The Experiences of Some Euro
pean Girls In Japan.
rcopYn1oHr, 1881

The engagement Of Commander
William Whiting. q. S. N, to Miss All
Fong, the full-blooded Chinese daugh-
ter of wealthy Celestial parents. is for
mally announced. Naturally, the dis
cussion as to whether marriages be-
tween Caucasians and Orientals can
have happy issue has become moro
animated than ever.
almost all such unions have been
unhappy in their results" are the
the words used in the resolution passed
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Not n Irnctsist

Mrs. Worloley-If, as you say, your
master kissed you against your viii,
why did you not cry Help"
French Msie-Ah. madamel Eat ees
5uste &c word CT wish could not sink
ct 70 moment, Zen, ven remember
est. Get vas too late. He hat Recessed
nc t'ras four, Eve tines, Puck.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19

-Livingston-'I didn't know that
you and Miss Featherspray were SO
well acquainted. Nina-'0h, yes
we are distantly related" Livingston
--"How?" Nina-''We are both sisters
to the same Young man. ''-Vogue.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19
Speaking of Ealdness.

Some men are born bald, others &C.
quire badness early IN life, and others
get married.-Truth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19
The Reason Why,

The reason that rich men have SO
many friends is because they are cap
ital acknowledgements Magazine.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19
Her Amorous Gias.

Her Amorous Glass.
My Jenny cannot see her face, aiasi
Although she stands before her looking glass,
Like me- the glass does love her SO. alacxi
Holding her image, twill not give it back.
Truth
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800 copies from original Writing, DRAWN
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be taken from original. Recommended by ov
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the army maneuyres, and will 70 thence to

the army mhnpuvrea, ana will 20 thence TO
take the waters at Carlsbad.
A report that had its origin in the Vossische
Zeii,un0 to the effect that King Regent Luit-
pold q bavaria was about to abdicato is oific-
ially denied
The retirement Of Baron Won Msltzahn from
the Secretaryship Of the Imperial Treasury Is
officially announced. He will be succeeded by
Count Wehner. now Governor OF posen. Tho
Emperor has conferred upon Baron Maltzahn
the ilrst-ciass decoration OF the Order OF the
Crown.
:. Empress Frederick. mother OF Emperor Will
liam. will on Tuesday leave Athens. where she
has been visiting her daughter. Princess So.
phia Of Prussia, wife OF the Crown Prince OF
Greece. She will 30 to her chateau near Hom-
burg whero che will await the Hccouchement
OF another OF her daughters. the Princess Of
Schnum burg Iippe.
Tho international Socialist congress at Zu-
rich closed on Saturday, alter a session that
lasted seven days. The final resolutions
adopted hy the congress affirmed the necessity
OF energetic agitation to obtain legislative
protection for working women aud girls. Ten
hours daily tho resolutions declared. should
be the maximum time OF work demanded from
women and six hours from cir 8. No night
work should be done Ivy either women or girls
The resolutions lso declared that concerted
International action should TO taken on trades
questions. A declaration In favor OF universal
suffrage in all civilized nations was also ap-
prOyed.
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OCEAN GROTE'S GREITEST DAY.
More Than $4,000 Raised m varIous
Meetings for the New Audit ori,u.


Meetings for the New Audit orium.
OCEAN GROVE. Aug. 13-This has been the
greatest day in the history Of Ocean Grove 1t
was New Auditorium Day" and all the SER
vices from morning till night were devoted to
the raising of funds Tor the new auditorium
which it Is proposed to erect in timo for dedi-
cation ut the twenty-nfth anniversary next
year. The results exceeded the m ost sanGuine
expectations Tho way the money flowed in
in response to the appeals of the leaders
showed that the summer residents OF Ocean
Grove and Asbury Park were not afraid of
bankruptcy. Several Wall street men who
Were present said that such an exhibition
of generosity and confidence should have
some effect upon people who feared that the
country was III danger of worse nnan cial dis
trcss. Chaplain McCabe was to preach in tho
morning. Int illness in his family prevented
his coming. The Rev. DIR. L. II. StoHes took
charge Of tho meeting in person. and with the
assistance Of lhr Tho!uGs Hanl"n and the
Rev &. H. latman. started the wo, X OF raising
james a. Bradley OF Asbury Park was also
present. and took a lively and practical interest
in tho meeting
After DR.. stokes opened the service Mr.
OF the PROJECT The enthus iasm grew steadily
as the meet ng went on and ut its close $1,000
had been raised. The work was continued at
the meeting of Or. Hanlon great Bible class
o'clock. and again III the auditorium this even
ing The last meeting made the total amount
over SiOUOO. and the service ended in praise
and THANKSGIVING. the remaining $4,000 it
is hoped to raise partly by subscriptions from
distant friends OF Ocean Grove who arc invited
to send to Dr.. Stokes any amounts they may
Ions Eitle class gave half Of the whole amount
raised.
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THE SECRET OF THIS COLONY.
Congress. PetItIoned to Find Ont What liz Go
Ing o, mt TOpOlObampo.

Topeka. Aug. 12.-A petition has been sent
to Congressman Brodcrlck by citizens OF West-
moreland. Pottawatomie county. urging Con-
gress to investigate the affairs Of the Kansas
company that is now engaged in sending cnlo-
MES to Topolobampo. In the state OF Sinaloa.
The petitioners represent that nersons going
there arc first required to surrender their
money to agents here and take scrip for it.
and also to take an cath never TO make known
to their friends any facts regarding the meth
DDS OF the colony or the condition OF the col
onists.
One Of the petitioners. james Langsion. ha s
a daughter there who writes that the people
are in a distressed condition and unab BILE to
return home, aud that the colonization scheme
Is n shameless fraud.
An inquiry is demanded as to the plans Of
the company. and 'on2ress IA ask ed to pro.
vide means for the return to the international
line of all colonists who are at present en-
slaveh by their inability to extricate them
selves.
Tho petition is signed by all the county
officers Of pottawatomio county and many
prominent citizens.
J. W. Breiienthal. State Bank Commissioned,
and c. b. Hoffman. rich miller mt Enterprise.
Kansas. are connected with the colonization
cOmDany.
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KILLED HIS HITIL IN NEW YORK.
Now In Jall In Michigan for Asaisting His
Sister to Murder Her Husband.

ROCHESTER,. Aug. 1a.-Jonathan J. Lape. who
is in the jail at 81. Johns. Mich. on the charge
OF assisting his sister. Mrs. Henry Lyvere Of
Ovid, Mich. to murder her husband on the
night Of Aug. q. was born about one mile south
OF the hamlet Of South Sodus. Wayne county.
on what is known a, the Knnouse Farm. at
present owned by William Miles. His father
was Samuel Lape. q weil-to- do farmer
The family consisted OF father. mother one
daughter. and two sons. Samuel and Jonathan
j. Lape. Jonathan secured n good common
school education, was especially bright and
taught school for n numbe OF years in the
towns of hose. Soius, and Lyons. When about
II years Of age he became partially derangcd.
At about that time u German family Of the
name OF Nico. consisting Of widow and two
daughters. were Twin. on what is now known
became infatuated with tho youngest Ei,l and
visited her quite frequently.
At about this time DR.. William A. Wheod"n.
about 70 years Of age. moved with his wifo
from Camlllus. Ononda.a county, TO South
Sodus. where he started in practice. The Doc
tor was called 10 attend mem rers OF the Nico
iamiy. ana soon Lecanls acquainted with
Laps sweetheart. lie tuunted ape occa-
sionaily hy sayn. that he had neen t. visit the
Nico girls Oh tho night Of sept 81, 1853. Lape
took his shotgun and hid nchind the road
along LIpe shot him dead: The murderer was
declared 70 be insane and was committed to
the ltl"a Insane Asylum. from which he es-
caped within year and fed to the West. He
had not been heard from since until his arrest
last week.
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A DANISH SAILORS WIFE.
WIZ PRINCESS MARIE HAD AN ANCHOR
TATTooED ON HER ARM

The Priuccss Has Won the Devotion OF the
People Partly by Disregard for Couvon.
tionniitie- and Partly by Her Warm
hearted Na,ure-The Navy, the Firemen.
the Plain People, Her Conquest-
Princess Marie OF Orleans. the wife OF Prince
valdomar OF Denmark. 10 said to be the most
popular woman OF the court OF Copenhagen
Had any one ventured to predict six years ago.
when the Princess arrived In Corenha q on, that
some day such would be the case. the Danes
would have ridiculcd his prophecy. The truth
is that tho young Prime proved something OF
adisarp intmcnt to the loyal citizens OF Copen-
hagen. For months their newspapers had been
applying to her choicest phrases from the
court reporters stock. charming. fasclnat-
ing. majestic. beautiful" And here she
was. with her halfcosed eyes, re-
ceding chin. and pathetic expression.
1t is true. her 1.-the and slender
figure and her fresh complexion were leyond
criticism, but that was about ali the grumbling
inhabitants OF the Danish capital could say In
the way of praise-that praise which once for
all has been put down as the due OF nll royal
ladies. Her features possessed none Of the
classical regularity OF those OF her sister in
law. the Princess OF Wales, nor were they mel
lowed by tho ineSpressible sweetness that
lowered upon the face OF the lovely Caroline
Amalie. the widow OF King Christian Will.
whom she survived so long that to nearly
every ono OF the generation that greeted
: Princess Marie hcr memory was still familiar
as that OF tho ideal woman and queen.
There were, however. some few-a very select
number indced-who. without talking too
much about it. assumed the liberty to think
that the much Wanted beauty OF the Princess
OF Wales is. after all. rather IN onotonous. with
q total lack Of any expression whatsoever; that
good Queen Caroline Amalie was-almost too
good: that wit. force Of character. and a we'll
developed intellect are not qualities absolutely
obnoxious in II queen or a princess. And
somoi ody suggested that TO find princess at
the Danish court whom the French new conner
recalled. it was necessary to go back to old
Princess Caroline. who died n few years before
her favorite granddaughter Va!demar brought
his young wife to Denmark.
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Race or slit Walkers.



Just about II year ago we gave our readers
an account VI q race OF stiltsmen organized by
the Pri,tr h,Diidr OF Bordeaux.
This year on Ascension Day. the same jour-
nal organized contest which was repeti-
tion OF that OF last year. adding to it this time
q race OF female stilt walkers and p0r;anitr"S.
We should not have SPOKEN OF tho race OF
silt wal kers OF thus year had not the conside
ations that We advanced last year been totally
reversed We said; in fact that twas very
probnble thai the Paris Belfort walkers tthe
Iace was to take place in u low days would
have tn do better. nnd show more speed than
the stiltsmen. despite the concurrence OF their
stlts The experiment showed tnat we were
entirely right. Anne Martin. the first stiltsman
10 arrive. has beaten not only the time Of
Namoge. the conuuegor Of Paris -Befort. at tho
same distance tiip kilomeire-h hut also the
foot record for twrnty-tour hours that belonged
in this race to Duval. Tho latter made 80
kilometres in the first twenty-four hours. Will Q
Martin made the fine mean OF kilometres
and S5 metres per hour.
Farther, it must te remarked that Duval.
exhausted by this effort. and his feet in very
bad shape. almost Immediately lost the first
rank to arrive only the fortieth. 1t is. there
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fore. rather with ,iamoge that he must he com.
pared. and tn" fo'i"wing is n para llol that will
i;amoss 'r rsasned "'bbaafions-sur-Marue 'baf usl
ValenSe-i, gen ti70 kilometresIi in 54H. Ra.
m9ge reached Bar;le-duc t2i4, Kilometres in
an Lamnsns @ s@S Sg ga rs9csed n b am
ti4h. 20 m. Ann Martin REACHED Chirac l32l
Slire"ourt i5a kilomet%rosv % in 72h. JON. AIMS Aims
MnrtIn reached driCnois 1858 kilometresI In
It must be remarked. in tho FIRST place. in or;
der to explain tho change that has occurred
since last year; that Martin had s,iIts Of the
fact. is scarcely more than 20 metres.
These lon! app"ndnges despite the great
weight OF four kilo,grammos each. permi,te cd
Ia m. even at til" end of the race. to taks ste rs
Of III metres in length. Another detail: Mar
tin Is only 70 years old. and such an age is hut
slightly in contradiction wi h the observations
made upon the time of lie most proper TO re-
sbis sbs,ahse pee wh,nn yInli TO thirty y%ars purng
exsnns Walk Of the
Suits. His pulse alone sxhiLited great anoma-
other runners On the road. his .pulsations
were l3S per minute. ana at the finish they
0s and those OF the third were lO8.
The 'emale silt walkers had TO mako jour-
nsy f Of seventy kiiomeires which Is 2 lon: one
than seven kllomaires per hour.
The thing absolutely new this year was the
rnce OF the portnmerpS. which IL the name in
carry heavy burdens upon the head. The dis
tance imposed WAS nine kilometres, Each
basket in which was placed n bag Weighing
twenty kilogrammes.. sixty poL1nM,errs took
part In tho race, and the first. Marguerite Pu-
In running constantly. in the surprising time
OF one hour and Ilye minutes. This last race.
thousand persons crowded along the way,
was u genuine success. and. In conjunction
with tho other races Of tho Peii'e Girondp.
efforts much superior to those that have been
attributed to it.-Ld Na,ue.
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MISS E11CH,s coMBUs7IBLxS
Firemen Called to n Dre~smnker's House
Twice In One Night.

Fircmeh Called to Dressmnkers House
Twice in One Night.
Miss Mary d. Fitch. dressmaker. OF 400 West
Fifty-ei.hth street. second story. had fire en-
gines in front OF her apartments twice on Sat-
urday night.
Miss Ida Fitch. who occupies the apartments
with her sisters Tessie and Mary Fitch. says
she smelIed smoke OH Saturday night after
the family had rsti; ed Tho firemen sGurted
lot OF water into room which contained q
number OF dresses and sacks. The flames
were quickly eXtnGuished. Damage. S25U.
Half an hour after the iremen had gone they
came back again In answer to another alarm.
They found the fire this time in n bedroom ad-
joining the room whero the first fire had oc-
CURED. Water settled the bedroom conflagra-
ticn in nyo and a half minutes. Damage. $50.
Whom the nolice and bremen inquired into
tho cause OF the fires they could learn nothing.
and they decided tonotify Assistant ire Mar
shal Alison. who viii investigate Miss Mary
Fitch says. she is insured for $4,000 in the
Royal Fire Insurance ompany. A fireman has
been detailed to remain on the premises until
the investigation is completed.
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DRILL FOR N4vAL RESERVES.
17s Men from PhusdeIphis and Roehe.ter
TO spend Three Days on the San Francisco.

to spend Three Days on the San Francisco.
The naval reserves OF Philadelphia and
Rochester. numbering 172 officers and men,
will have an Opportunity this week to show
whether they are the genuine tars they pre-
tend to be. They have boen ordered to report
on board the protected cruiser San Francisco.
Off Forty second street. North River. to-mor-
row morning. and Just as soon ms they have
been assigned TO their respective stations the
vessel will head for Sandy Hook for four
days cruise to tho southwark.
In ordcr to accommodate all those men Can't.
Watson ol the San Francisco will hc obliged to
leave about half of his crow ashore. They will
DO put on board the Vermont at the Navy Yard
Cant. Watson was seen on board his ship last
night. He gave an outline Of the work which
he has planned for the amateurs on their
cruise livery moment will TO utilized rom D
o'clock ~ the morning until Y at night; and the
bring his. clothing and q lanket. Cncle Sam
Will provide him with hammock.
:, The men will bc separated into messes. and
aso i w s ire d2R 9n he hsoy second %
of which there are twelve On board. they are
H-nch breechlo londcrs. At tho conclusion OF
posed to have struck her flag. there will lie il.
struction in the use Of the cutiass. At night
the new mon S, viii haze their Ilrs, exger,sncs
watches Of four hours each The work sched-
uled for Thursday is a company drill ut the
breech leaders and target practice with tho
secondary battery. which consists Of nll the
sma llcr guns and the Gatlinga. Barrels will
be thrown into the water for tho gunners to
aim at and every man will have chance to
try his skill.
on Thursday afternoon the vessel is ex-
pectcd 10 hc OF the mouth OF the Delaware
River. It will steam up the river as far as
Newcastle. where Gov. Patterson OF rennsyl-
cisco will return to the North River on Friday
orni,