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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-01
GOLD AND SILVER BULLION.
From the Leavenwerth Times

From the Leavenworth Times
The government has nearly hundred
tons Of gold bullion which has been
counted as part of the 500, 900, 600 re-.
serve. 1t seems, therefore, that gold
bullion is good enough to hold in reserve
as security for the paper money. but
when it is proposed to hold silver bull
lion for the same purpose there are those
who sheer at the proposition.
There is another way i'll which a wide
difference has been made between gold
and silver bullion. Secretary Carlisle
has decided that there is not enough gold
coin and so he has ordered the coming
of this bullion. But, awhile ago, when
demand was made upon him for more
silver dollars, he answered that he had
not enough to spare any and he never
offered TO coin any of the bullion that
lies useless in the treasury, not even be-
ing used as security for the governments
paper, as the gold bullion is.
All this only goes to show the extraor-
binary efforts being made by the admin
istratIon to discredit silver.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-01
YOUNG OLD WOMEN.
II Is Strange That the Majority of Vel
Old People Are Women.

| II Is Strange That the Majority of vcry
Old People Are Women.
1t is an acknowledged fact that a
great age is attained by women oftener
than by men. The true reason, prob
ably, lies in the quieter and more reg
ular life usually led by women, whose
nervous systems and brains are. conse-
quently, not worn out SO quickly, as a
rule, as those of men. says Pearson's
Weekly.
One of the most famous female CEN
tenarians was the countess of Des-
mond, who lived to be one hundred
and forty-five, and died in the reign of
James l. from the effects of an acct
dent
This wonderful woman found her
self, at the age of one hundred. so
lively and SO strong as TO be able to
take part in dance, and when she
was one hundred and forty she
travelled all the way from Bristol to
London-no trifing journey in those
days-in order to attend personally to
some business affairs.
Lady Desmond is, however, quite
thrown in the shade by a French WON
en-. Maria Prion, who died at St. Co
lumbe in June, 1s3S-it is said-at the
wonderful age of one hundred and fifty
eight. Toward the end of her life she
lived exclusively on goats milk and
cheese. Although her body was so
shrunken that she weighed only forty
six pounds, she retained all her mental
faculties to the last
1t is an extraordinary. but incontest-
able fact, that some women. at the age
when most people die, undergo sort
of natural process of rejuvenation-
the hair and teeth grow again. the
wrinkles disappear from the skin and
sight and hearing reacquire their for
mer sharpness.
A Marquise de Mirabeau is an exam
Pile of this rare and remarkable phe-
nomenon. She died at the age of
but few years before her
death she became in appearance quite
young again.
The same thing happened to a nun o
the name of Marguerite Verdur, who
at the age of sixty-two, lost her wrin-
kles, regained her sight and grew sew
eral new teeth. When she died. ten
years later, her appearance was almost
that of a young girl.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-01
A VENERABLE TOAD.
1t Is Estin ated That 1t Had Lived Over
-Four Thousand Years.

-Four Thousand Years.
In laying the foundation of house
in Whitesborough some fifty years ago
the workmen had occasion to split q
large stone from the milestone grit,
says the Detroit Free Press. 1t was
perfectly close grained and compact
On opening it, however. they discov-
cred black or dark brown spherical
mass. This they removed and turned
over, when to their unbouuded sur
prise it proved to be toad, much
larger than the common species and of
very dark color 1t was perfectly
torpid, but after contact with the fresh
air it began to show signs of life and
to hop about in a heavy and ponderous
manner. The workmen. being ignorant
fellows, paid no attention to the toad,
which hoped around the yard for sew
eral days and then disappeared. They
laid the stone in the wall so that the
cavity remained in sight for many
years The story was subsequently,
investigated by scientists. who. from
the testimony of several witnesses
were satisfied of its truth.
The milestone grit is the oldest of
the secondary rocks, and must have
been formed many centuries before the
deluge. 1t was supposed that the toad
might have grown from an egg de-
posted through some minute cleavage
in the rock, but no cleavage could
be found, and the only explanation
possible is that the toad found its way
into the grit while the latter was in
aqueous solution. over four thousand
years ago; that grit hardened around
it, and that it existed within the rock
ever since.
A somewhat similar discovery was
made while the Erie canal was being
excavated. At that time when digging
through ridge of dry gravel the work
men came upon several hundred living
mollusca of the mya cariosa and mva /
purpurea families. They cooked and !
ate number, and found them very /
palatable. These living fossils were /
taken at depth of forty-two feet from
the surface of the earth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-01
a WAR INCIDENT.
The Old Commodorr's Brief But Eloquen-
Epttaph on His Only SON.

Epttsph His Only SON.
The recent death of Rear Admiral
Melanehthon Smith. Z. S. N, recalls
an incident of the rebellion which has
found its way into print before. hat
which has long been forgotten. says
the New York Tribune. 1t relates TO
namesasc and relative Of the De
ceased. Commodore j. Smith, for many
years chief of the bureau of yards and
docks.
The news of The Merrimac's arrival
in Hampton Roads and of her first days
fight before she met the Monitor
reached Washington on a Sunday
afternoon. The Telegram was brief.
but explicit The reel ironclad was
in complete control OF the Roads. Mes
sengers were hastily dispatched, sum
moning the chiefs Of bureaus to a
council at the navy department. One
of these messengers sent in search OF
Commodore Smith found that officer on
his way home from church and he
knew that the commodore's only son
was first Lieutenant of the ill-fateS
Congress.
''Commodre." said the man. "there \.
bad news from Hampton Roads. The
Merrimsc has come down from Nor
folk, the Minnesota and Roanok. are
disabled, the Cumberland sunk. and
the Congress Is on fire and has sur.
rendered"
SURRENDERED The Congress haS
hauled down her colors?" repeated tn,
commodore. And, as the messenger
confirmed his words. Then my sor
joe Is dead" said the commodore.
simply-and that was ali.
There have been longer-winded en-,
taphs. many OF them, but not every IA
Their could be so sure Of his sons char.
acter a. to honor his memory before re.
eeiving the news Of his death with !
such n tribute as that. Joe" was In.
deed dead. as modest and rs bra.e a |
man as ever drew sword In a rood J
cause. Peace be 20 him and 20 those
who fell with hint They did their
best-they served
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-01

positors; but put in only one hundred
dollars. reckon. after so many ups
and downs. that il must have been
wiped out long ago"
who are you?' the cashier asked,
''and what is Your tiame?"
My name is Jefferies."
Thomas JefferiesT' cried the CASH
Ter.
Eyes, they called me Tom then"
where have you been, Mr.. Jcfferies,
these long years, and why haven't you
written us?"
In Californy: and, of course. I
thought the one hundred dollars was a
dead duck, and it's only ycar sign that
called me in now
well. Mr. Jeferies. il you have been
idle" said the cashier, taking down
and opening great folio, ''your one
hundred dollars has not. Here il Is.
Your check on this bank to-day is good
for seven thousand eight hundred and
seventy-five dollars You have only "a
get some one to prove your identity,
and we will pay it over"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-01
A CENSUS OF INSECTS.
Two Hundred Thousand Species Known
and Over . Million In Existence.

Two Hundred Thousand Species known
and Over . Million In Existence.
The great ma iority of persons have
no idea of the numerous and singular
forms of insects. writes ". J. Fox in
the Popular Science Monthly. They
are called bugs" by most people, yet
not one-tenth Of their number are
really bugs. These latter are classed
by themselves and are called Hemp
terra Beetles are not bugs. being to-
tally different things, and form what
are known as the Caleoptera, which
means sheath-winc. because OF the
two large plates on the back that cover
the true wings. which consist Of thin
membrane. These covers are called
elytra. The butterflies and moths
form another one of these orders, being
called Lepidoptera, or scale wing. on
account Of the tiny scales with which
the wings are covered
No doubt many Of the readers of this
article have noticed the powdery sub
stance which comes of butterfly or
moth on handling it. These are the
scales. and should arg reader possess
a microscope and place the wing or
part OF one under il think he VIII BE
repaid for his trouble. The dragon
flies and ''devil's needles" form the
order Nenroptera. which means vein
winged SO Il is with the flies and the
bees. wasps and ants. the flies being
called Diptera--i- e.. two-winged-and
the bees, vasps and ants HTtnenopsera.
or mountaineering.
Il viii be probably he SAID by some
that ants have no wings, but this *
only the case with what are called
ueuters or workers, the males and e.
males being provided with wings The
total number Of different kinds ct ia
seets that are known az present IS oTer
200. go. Of which beetles alone number
i2o. Dsa-shis being about twice as
many as all the other known animals
together Il Is estimated thz. the
actual number OF different kinds Of n
A2csa = .Ae weird IS over l.049.eS5A
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-01
KANSAS EDIToRI.L ASSOCIATION.

|
The Kansas Editorial association as
reurganized, ard whose memo will
visit Chicago as an excursion party two
hundred strong, meets az Topeka Sept.
II for a two days session, with the fol-
lowing program announce:
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER II
$50 p. m.-Busines, session.
Admission of new members.
Payment Of dues.
Adopting "A constitution.
Miscellaneous.
SD. m.-Music.
Address of welcome-Chas. W. Gleed.
Response BY president.
Music
personal "reminiscences of Early Kan
sas Newspaper Men''-F. p. Baker, Kansas
Newspaper Urion.
Should country weekly have editorial
opinions Wv. j. Costigan, Ottawa Jour
nal.
Social Observation-Disclosures OF MEM
bers-geperai laud-shake.
TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER II.
900 a. inflow can this association be
made OF the greatest benefit to the press of
the state"-Deli Valentine, Clay Center
Times.
WHAT is news aud how to get TT. j.
Norton, correspondent Kansas City Jour
nal.
How to increase newspapers circula
tion"-B. J. Sheridan, PaoIa Spirit.
Are the prices of auxiliary sheets too
high"-Wiil Z. Bolton, Greensburg Sig
nal.
"Cash-in-advan subscri2tions-some Of
the benefits of this system"-CAas. s.
Davis, Junction City Tribune.
1:30 p m.-"The business ena OF a news
paper"-Ed. 2. Greer, Winfield Courier
THE best form of mechanical makeup
of country paper"-T. j. Leftwich.
Larned Eagle Optic
The responsibility of partisan news.
paper to its party and to the public.
X Hudson. Topeka Capital.
miscellaneous.
400 d. m-Chicapo
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-01

The suicide of the young Sioux Indian
at Fort Dodge, Ia, mentioned in yester-
days dispatches, would seem to afford
something of an argument against edu-
eating that race. The victim is repre-
sented to have been very intelligent
young man, the effects of educated civil
ization, whereas suicide is almost an
unknown occurrence among the Indians
In their aboriginal state. The circum-
stance is at least demonstration of the
poetic axiom of
Where ignorance Is bliss Ills folly to be
t1,ica
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-01
Taxing No Chances.

There is certain Judge in Chicago
who rather prides himself on his vast
and varied knowledge of Law. The
other day he was compelled 10 listen to
a case that had been appealed from a
justice Of the peace. The younr prac-
,itioner who APPEARED for the appel
liant was long ard tedious; he brought
In all the elementary textbooks ard
quoted the fundamental propositions
of law. AZ last the judge thought i
was time &c make en- effort TO hurry
him up.
Cant we assume" he said. hlandlv,
''tha. the court knows q little law
itseif9-
That's the ~erv mistake r-afe In
the lower court" answered the young
man: Il don't want 70 lie. ii defeat E1e
twice
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-01

We see it stated that Phillips county
farmers and business men are moving in
the matter of loading car of grain and
donating it to the unemployed laboring
men in the eastern part of the state.
This denotes generous and praise
worthy spirit. The circumstance that
the unemployed are idle mainly through
their own action in quitting work, does
MOI make them any less human beings
or the needs and sufferings of their de-
pendants less poignant, and it is these
last that appeal to the generosity of those
who have to spare.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-01


1t seems that Bank Commissioner
Breidenthal has been jumping to con-
illusions in regard to the business rea-
lions between Kansas banks and the
banks of New York. The commissioner
has heard from 15G state banks regard
ing their business with New York banks
and finds that only three of the 156 have
borrowed from New York banking
houses. The amount which these three
banks owe the New York institutions is
small and the commissioner now thinks
the common belief that Kansas banks
are obliged to ask favors of the New
York banks is without foundation. He
declares that less than one fourth of one
per cent of the money borrowed by Kan
sas banks comes from New York.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-01

One OF the most wonderful exs implies
in Mathematics is that relating to the
various combinations in siorainoes Ds.
Bern, a Frankfort ltse.vnanvJ raa'hc-
n1atician Of national reputation has
calculated TIA. two persons playing
the game zen hours e d~F, aad making
four rnovcs IN minute. eaula continue
one hundred ard eighteen million
years tIis. 90. oeo} wfshon, exhaas:ing
al the combinations 81 ;ae gaia, Lac
totz! OF vaica j. .4S.s-Sszl!,osA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-01

Having advised the strike in the coal
mining district in the eastern part of the
state and urging the strikers to continue
the struggle until the places vacated bv
the striking miners have been nearly all
filled. leaving no hope for the future.
Waters, the leader, now advises the men
10 end the contest and by taking any,
thing that may be offered them acknowl-
edge defeat. The same drama has been
enacted times without number but. like
the stage-struch amateur. new leaders
come TO the surface periodically who
aattcr themselves and persuade the svs-
Gepiible crowd that they can achieve
success where all others have failed
And it will. probably. continue SO TO
the end. Meanwhile the miners OUGHT
to make walking delegate of Waters
compel him to walk out of the district
and state.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-01
HOW SAVINGS GROW.
A Pretty Little STORY That VIII Maks
Yoa Get . IAN. Eork Now.

This incident. told in a -. Louis
Newspaper. shows how small sum.
deposited where !: will draw 4 .noder-
ate rate ef interest. will accumulate II
the cearse OF yesrs II ought 70 con
vsY lesson io voung persons who
think their savings are toe small 20 be
wS-th Investing.
some years aEp man entered TIE
Beatnen's savings bank CT Second
street ia s. Louis wlih s4ssTsewhs,
d.fiaden, air. and looked inquirsngly
about him, "a one Dot quite positive ct
his bearings lie scrutinizea the build
ing closely. looked zlseu, the interior.
aud presently fossnd his way 10 Ia.
Cashier desk
There used - be hank here in the
old sispe.,T Re said. called ,he iseas-
n1sn's saTincs institution ] ssppcs.
&; is dead long aga. This Essnk, Of
course, has nothing 20 do with il
It's shr same hank. replied the
cashier. ''ealy the name il little
changed
Al exeiai-Desi shs strange. with
surprise. Well. wnsn ;hr n44 iastssa-
i.sa started. !. wzS o1s 9: l.s asss as
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-01
A Common Interest.

From the Emporia Republican.
Ths eastern part of the state has al
most as much interest in irrigation for
the western part as that part of the state
itself has, and we should render every
assistance in our power to aid the west
to secure government aid. If western
Kansas were provided with a gen
eral system of irrigation the
taxable wealth of the state would
be immediately doubled and we
would never hear any more about
drouthy Kansas. The government
could not put money in circulation with
greater advantage to the people of the
whole county than by aiding these
western states in making the arid pro-
portions of them productive.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-01
MAGAZINE RIFLES IN WAR.
Effective IN skilled Hands. Rut Not valua-
BILE for Raw Recruits.

BILE for Raw Recruits.
A belated report on the Gillian revo-
luton of 1891 has been made to the
navy department by Lieut.. James II.
Sears and Ensign Il. W. Wells, Jr., Of
the navy, and the material has been
collected in pamphlet. and issued in
a limited edition by the Office Of naval
intelligence as No. 4 of the war series
OF information from abroad. The re-
port, says the New York Herald. is
prepared from personal observation,
statements of participants. official
papers. and from presumably anthem
tie publications. The publication is a
carefullywortled account 81 the opera
tions on land and sea without the com
ment which has made previous mum
bers from this Office interesting. The
pamphlet viii have place in military
libraries simply as convenieDtiy-ar
ranged account of the revolution. 10
gives few details of strategic eondi-
tions and the development of the CON
stitutional and opposing forces. The
book is illustrated by maps. charts.
plans and copies OF photographs. OF
fetal papers are reprinted. including
the reports ON the Smiling Of the Elan
CO Eneelada. There ara six appe ndices,
in which are included current mani
fcstoes, notes, etc. The only really i'm
portant comment is tina. contained IN
the appendix on the Aiaunliaher rife.
which appears Ia have served the su-
thors aud the naval Intelligence Office
with the sole suggestion derivsble from
the Gillian revolution. The note Illus
trates, ia the lsnguage Of an unnamed
'one who was with the army 81 the
time, the disadvantages Of magazine I
rifles IN the hands Of unframed men.
and their remarkable efficiency after !
the troops become acquainted with the /
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-01
BRAIN WORK AND VITALITY.
Men Accustomed to Thinking Are Harder
to Kill Than Others.

Men Accustomed to Thinking Are Harder
to Kill Than Others.
You may kill man with anxiety
very quickly; but it is difficult to kill
him with work, especially if he re-
tains the power, which most men of
intellectual occupations more or less
possess, of sleeping nearly at will, and
without torpor. The man who has
used his brain all his life, say for six
hours day, has, in fact, trained his
nerve power and placed it beyond the
reach of early decay or that kind Of
feebleness which makes SO many ap-
parently healthy men succumb SO
readily to attacks of disease. Doctors
know the differences among men in
this respect quite well, says the Lon
don Speaker, and many of them
acknowledge that the "habit of sur
viving" which they find in their first
patients arises from two causes-one,
which used to be always pleaded, be-
ing that soundness of physical con-
stitution which some men enjoy by
hereditary right, and the other, some
reconcile form of brain power, seldom
exhibited, except under strong excite
ment. by any but those who through
out life have been compelled to think
and. so to speak, use their thoughts as
other men use their ligaments and
muscles. If such a man is tired of
life, medicine will not save him; but,
as rule. his will, consciously or I'M
consciously, compels the trained nerve
power to struggle on. Whether the
brain can actually give power to the
muscles is not certain. though the en-
or1nous strength sometimes developed
in last rally looks very like it; but
that it can materially affect vitality is
quite certain, and has been acknowl-
edged BIZ the exnerienced in ell ACES.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-01
What Will Hoke Do About It2.

From the Arkansas City Traveller.
1t is estimated that $4,000 people will
present themselves at the Arkansas City
booth for registration. In the five days
and half all these people can not be ac-
dommodated. Surprising about 1900
are in line waiting to register when the
booth closes. Are these people to be cut
they failed TO get certificate: Suppose
these men make the run, end get a
claim first; can they hold it over the
man who has registered and gets onto
the land later on? We wonld like to
know what Hoke is going to do about it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-01
Divorce or Death.

From the Lawrence World.
Tom Reed and Bourke Cochran in bed
together. Ye Gods, what sight! And
the mantle that is drawn over both in a
vain attempt to cover their shame Is the
cloak of Wall street. Worse yet.
There has either to be some political di-
vorce suits or this scandal will kill the
Republicans.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-01

If you want to pulverize the present
national Democratic party, stand for
rency only, pensions for every union
soldier, letting all such side issues as
prohibition, woman suffrage and the
like take care OF themselves.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-01

1t is the uncertainty that kills. The
vote in congress the other day has
already had cheerful effect upon the
country. Let the senate act promptly,
SO that the people may go to work and
do the best they can until there is an OPP
portunity to put this country into the
hands of party that knows how to
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-01
Gold Bug Jerry.

From the Leavenwor,h Times.
The Topeka Capital says in one para
graph that Jerry Simpson voted for the
10 to ratio and refused to vote on the
Il to PROPOSE ion, and in another para.
graph it says he voted against the form
er and for the latter proposition. The
Capital was evidently mixed. The fact
Is Jerry did vote for the l6 TO PROPOSE
ton, ana declined to vote upon the
Others, except upon the re.enactment Of
the old Bland law, thus helping the gold
men to bring about unconditional repeal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-01

Under Cleveland's directions Hoke
Smith started out to cut off 100. 600 pen
sioners with the view of saving S12, 0O0,-
900 a year to go to the improvement of
southern rivers and harbors and the
Ike
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-01

1t is estimated that America is paying
europe interest on something like three
billion of borrowed capital. 1t takes a
big volume of exports to offset such
drain and have balance of trade"
coming,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-01
The Protest Universal.

From the Topeka Capital.
Reports from every part of Kansas
state that the Republicans are harmon
ious and deeply in earnest for the fail
campaign. All over the state the Re-
pubiicans feel that the party and the law
have been outraged by the revolutionary
schemes attempted by the Populist junta
under the lead of Frank Doster. anu they
propose to roll up their biggest vote III
November in the protest against anarchy
and riot.