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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-12
EVILS OF READING.
An Article Which Ayers that Book knoWR
edge Is Not Necessary to RrllIiancY.

/ An Article Which Ayers that Book knoWl-
edge Is Not Necessary to Briiiiancy.
The London Spectator lately had an
| article on the i'll results of reading,
| which has a grain of truth in it. 1t
speaks of the bad effect of getting one
particular book on the brain and being
able to see no more. Then il saws
Nine. d'Arblay certainly wrote much
worse after she came TO know booizs
and she doubtless lost her power be-
cause of her reading. The article goes
on thus:
Certainly there are plenty of people.
men and women, who are exceedingly
intelligent-and this is not in any linn
tied direction-who never read, who
know nothing about books aud who
could not gain from them any aprre-
ciable addition to their brightness.
They have observed, they have thought.
and they can talk. They observe, as q
rule, much more closely than the,
readers who are apt either 10 ba pre-
occupied or 20 be mentally 'dissipated'
there is 10 other word and they
think, when they think, in n moro
original, or rather, as that word has
now a conventional meaning, in way
which is less obscured by the influence
of the common sense of most" Their
thoughts, poor or perfect. are at least
their own and are strong thoughts.
They lack width usually though
not always, for intercourse with read
ers has much of the effect of reading;
but they have a certain directness and
tenacity as to the point at issue. They
are apt, too. TO have humor, the incon-
gruities of things striking them even
more than they strike readers-hoyv
much had Burns read?-and humor OF
the peculiar kind which we defino
rather indefinitely by the word 'raci.
ness that is flavor. the trace Of tho
onion which aniInates the salad. In
talking, il is said, they are deficient,
but that is often only because they
are in presence of persons whoes
knowledge of books they dread. or be-
cause they belong 10 the classes or
races-for there are both--to whom
the privilege of talking easily has noe
been given.
There are women among Us who
never read, and talk exceliently we'll
there were scores of them ia Francs
Just before the revolution-and men
who talk as only chiefs OF professions
can, but who have never seen book
since they were at college. Indeed.
we believe that II the literary would
inquire they would be rather startled
at the number of the latter"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-12
POLAR BEARS KEEP COOL.
Tropical Animals In Captivity suffer Mos
During the Heated Term

ut will surprise most people" said
Superintendent A. T. Brown. of the
Philadelphia geological garden, to a
Record man, ''to learn that the polar
bear stands the not weather of the dog
days in this locality better than the
African lion. On hot days the lion viii
get off his feed; the polar bear will not.
The tropical animals in the garden,
continued the superintendent, ''are the
ones mostly affected by the extrerpe
heat of midsummer. strange as it may
appear. | suppose the reason Of it Is
that the heat here is more moist than
that of the tropics. and, as it were. of
Il different character. Whatever NOR
tality occurs among our animals dur
ing heated term is mostly among the
tropical animals, especially the African.
In hot weather ! have watched the
polar bear go into his tank, and then.
instead of lying in the shade, extend
himself in the direct rays of the sun.
where the water on his skin would
evaporate. He found ont for himself,
] suppose, that evaporation causes a
lower temperature. Again, it is some
what astonishing, at first, that our
polar bear should suffer sometimes as
he does from the severe cold of win
ter. l have seen him shivering on one
of those bitterly cold days, when the
sky was overladcn and the air full of
moisture. The moisture was evidently
what affected him. In the Arctic re-
gions it is so cold that the moisture is
frozen out of the air. Birds do not like
the heat. 1t makes them perch with
drooped wings. Heat affects not only
the animals in the garden, but the
finances of the garden itself A Adiffer-
ence of ten degrees in the thermome-
ter, say If il is ninety-five instead Of
means loss of several hun
dreds of dollars in our gate receipts
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-12

the things one knows. and another 20
grinding ut something you do not
know. but want to. 1t is easy and en-
tertaining to read an article which
tells yos: something which you knew
before and which you can indorse. bu4
you learn nothing by reading it IL
requires an effort to read an article
which contains real information, how
ever plainly expressed. 1t has 70 Be
studied. applied, digested. criticised,
the suggestions raised by its peruso1
have TO be followed out 70 the in-ccn-
elusion and 20 consciensiously read m
article of this characteri is task which
a man Is inclined to shirh just as lazy
man might shirk physical task. But
compare the man who shirks with tho
man who reads. and you viii find in
the first a mental bupglcr. in tho sec
ond the accurate and able thinker, and
the man whose head saves his hands
and who is always valued, respected
and trusted with the conduct of work
and the administration of affairs and
rewarded accordingly Always read .
little ahead of yourself. Read matter
which requires an effort on your part
to understand. The effort viii not
lectual plane, but the mental exercise
win develop habit of accurate think
ing which win be of more value TO you
than volumes OF average matter read
only TO be forgotten.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-12
a WOMAN BEAR-KilLER, S
The Wife of Woodsman Stays Bruin
with an AK.

a desperate battle took place few
days ago between a famished she bear
and the wife of Amos Corey, woods
man on the upper Beaverkill, near
Turnwood, N. Y, says the New
York Times. For several DAYS bear
tracks had been seen in the neighbor-
hood, and once good-sized bear had
been seen crossing the road near
Corey's cabin. The other morning
Corey started with rifle and dogs to
hunt down the animal, and had been
gone about an hour when his wife
heard a great commotion in the door
ward. Just then a little dog ran into
the house yelping with terror and COW
cred with blood. Mrs. Corey, thinking of
the bear, seized keen-bladed ak from
the rack and, shutting her baby and
little boy in a bedroom, ran into the
yard. There she saw huge she bear
rolling and tumbling in the sawdust
and chips of the woodpile, while over
it hovered a swarm of honey bees. The
bear had upset half a dozen hives of
bees and the little creatures were hav-
ing their revenge. Mrs. Corey watched
the battle for awhile and then she
made a stroke at bruin with the Ak, in
hicting d severe wound in the animals
side With howl the bear rushed
upon her, un1nindful of the bees Ris-
ing upon it's hind legs it advanced
upon the woman and tried to hug her.
Mrs Corey piled the ak with energy,
and after several blows struck the ami
NAL in the head, killing it instantly.
She received during the battle blow
from one of the bears paws. which
badly lacerated one of her arms. After
the bear had been killed the bees
swarmed about Mrs. Corey, stinging
her severely. They finally rested on
the bushes near by, where she sue
ceeded ii hiving them. Afterward she
was surprised TO find that two little
cubs had come out of the brush and
were smelling about their dead mother.
She captured them and after feeding
them with warm milk they became
quite tame She viii keep the cubs
and raise them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-12
CHARACTER IN HaNOSHixES.
Personal PecnIiari,ies as Indicated by the
Member.

The other evening 81 dinner. says q
writer in Woman, VIC were much in
tereSted in talking over the impress
sions we can carry away with Us of
people newly introduced Ay mother
said she always noticed the teeth, and
drew many conclusions from the color,
shape, size, Transparency. etc We
were ali somewhat struck with her
really clever portrayal of the charac-
ter OF sozae friends known 70 Us iZti-
nzteiY, bat with whom she had only
recently become acquainted Wy sis
ter said she invariably 5utged by tAe
mouth, and had scarcely ever bean mis-
taken \ friend staying with e al
ways carried away distinct portrait
Of the color, shape and expression oi
the eye. declared for The bandsssz ke,
and 50 far have not had reason 20
change my opinion that this Is the
snrest test especially taken IN coauec-
ton WITH the lap.l
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-12
Instinct in Cobras.

It is common belief in India that
It a cobra is killed and the remains are
left in a bungalow, others of the spe-
cies will be attracted to the spot A
correspondent of the Pioneer Mail
records an incident which appears to
indicate, as he says, that there is some
truth in this theory About nine
months ago Col. Ilderton killed a very
large cobra in the compound of his
bungalow at Dinapore, and had it's
skin stuffed and set up by native mo-
chae. Since then the compound has
been infested with these snakes. and
no less than eight full-grown cobras,
measuring from four feet eight inches
to five feet four inches, have been
killed there, one of which was sitting
up, with its hood extended, contem-
plating the house where the remains
of its preserv friend were 1t is a
curious fact that every snake when
found was making in the direction of
the bungalow, and most of them
showed fight when tackled The last
two were within few feet of each
other when Col. Ilderton killed them
with a stick, and were advancing up
the carriage drive together No cobras
have been seen in other parts of the
station.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-12
How Kaffirs Cross Streams.

The Kaffirs are great swimmers.
They can Go things in the water which
other boys would look upon with as
tonishment For example, Kaffir
boy can ford stream, shoulder high,
running as swiftly as if shot from a
torrent. The way they accomplish the
feat is this: just before entering the
water they get huge stone, sometimes
as heavy as themselves, and with the
help Of a companion place it upon the
head. A weight like this gives the
boy balance, and he can'keep his foot
ing against the heaviest stream. If he
were to drop the stone he would be so
light the water would sweep him off
his feet. And this is just one of the
kafir tricks to accomplish things
against tide and food.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-12
KANSAS CITY CRIMES

KANSAS CITY, July 11.-Harry Stein. a
wlenerwurst peddler. played the races to-
day and lost all his money When he
went home this evening his wife chided
him. Stein became enraged. and, drawing
a revolver, fired at his wife The bullet
went wide of the mark, but Stein, think.
ing that he had killed his wife, turned
the revolver upon himself and blew his
brains out. He had been married only
four months.
Richard II. Browning and William
Mullins (both coiored) quarrelled tonight
over game of cards Browning had won
Mullins money and Mullins demanded its
return. Mullins drew bis revolver. say.
ing that he never produced the weapon
except as an extreme measure. placed il
against Browning's breast and fired
Browning WAS Killed INSTANTLY.
Mrs. Joseph Elder this morning sent for
tue undertaken. TO prepare the remains of
her husband for burial. The undertaker
found that Elder had bled 10 death and
sent Tor the coroner. The coroner's ex-
animation showed that Elder had been
shoc&ingly mutilated in nameless man
ner, probably some time last night. Mrs
Elder. aged 80 years, and her son nv a
former husband and the sous wife ara
held for tie murder
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-12
a ROW IN THE COMMONS.

LONDON, July 1.-THE house of COM
mons. sitting in committee, continued
his evening the discussion of clause nine
CT the home rule bill This clause con-
Germs the question of Irish representation
1t Westminster.
Henry Setton-Kerr, Conservative mem
Der for st. Helen's, moved that the Irish
members be elected by the constituencies
which would elect the native council.
Under this amendment the Irish in the
house of commons would number forty
eight instead of eighty as proposed by the
DILL
William Broderick, Conservative. said
The Irish were both impecunious and gar
Iulous, and that therein lay two reasons
for reducing their representation In the
house TO the minimum.
Thomas Sexton Interrupted to say that
such language was grossly lmpertlnenU
and ought not to be tolerated in the
house.
The chairman told Mr.. Sexton that he
was out of order and must withdraw his
expressions.
Mr.. Sexton expressed his willingness to
obey in case Mr.. Broderick would first eX-
press regret for his language.
Mr.. Balfour said that, acting under his
sdvice, his honorable friend refused TO
apologize.
The chairman then ordered Mr. Sexton
10 withdraw, but Mr.. Sexton stuck dog
gedly to his seat.
MIR. Gladstone appealed to Mr.. Sexton
TO obey the chairman.
Mr.. Sexton replied with evident reluc-
tance, that he would leave his defense
with the prime minister. AS he retired
the Irish members jumped to their benches
and cheered. Then Mr.. Broderick retract-
ed his statement that the Irish were gar
.rulous and impecunious, and order was
restored
Mr.. Setton-kerr's amendment, which
had been quite forgotten in the uproar,
was rejected by Il vote OF 251 to 2lJ.
Adjourned
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-12
A Gun of Remarkable Power.

A distinctive progress in gunmalSins
is recorded. a gan has just been
tested in France, which, upon trial, has
given most remarkable results. II ia
of 60 INCHES caliber and over ~ feet
long. To this enormous length the
wonderful initial velocity Of its
projectile is attributed. This velocity
reached the phenomenal figure Of al
most 1900 feet a second. surprising all
previous records The gun l. iJnprac-
tical for use on board ships, under T're~-
ent conditions, bat 1t does not neees-
sarily follow that IL may not DE used
with advantage on shore, especially
in seacoast defenses, where such high
initial velocities would be greatly de-
sirable for The purpose Of piercing tbs
armor OF hostile war vessels. provided.
OF course. that projectile could be
found Of such hardness as 20 pass
through the opposing arnor
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-12
Why Brick Carriers Founder.

Cargoes of brick have to be slowed
in the most careful manner, says the
Philadelphia Record, or else the vessels
carrying them will founder in the
mildest weather. owing TO the strong
tendency of the brick to absorb the
water caused by the leakage which
necessarily occurs on all wooden yes
sels. The brick will absorb the water
as fast as il runs in from an ordinary
leak. and the increased weight Of the
brick causes the vessel to settle until
she makes the final plunge. and the
crew are frequently at loss to know
the cause. To new shoals, defective
work IN the vessels construction and
other causes are attributed the disas-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-12
MEXICAN FINANCES.

CITY. OF MEXICO, July IA leading
paper. speaking of the Mexican financial
situation, says:
1.-The effect of the high rate of exchange
has caused great confusion and will yet
bring about a more serious state OF af.
fairs Many mercantile concerns which
have to make their settlements every six
months were unable to meet obligations
falling due last June on account of the
rate of exchange This caused them to
raise the price of goods to such an extent
that few sales are made. Hence the in-
come of the firms has been greatly re-
duced. The lowering of the salaries of
the government employees adds to the bad
situation, as it will cause II decrease of
S4 000, 900 in circulation 1t is hard to
foreIelI what the result will be-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-12
ghe auha Daily Eagle aaelnslau 7ornne galu Il 1893.
suNDAY-cLosING ECHOES.

CHICAGO. July l1.-Judge Jenkins today
in the United States court handed down a
decision in the suit brought by Wana-
maker & Brown to restrain the WorlG' S
Columbian exposition directors from
opening the fair gates on Sunday. The
issue was a demurrer filed by the de-
PENDANTS, alleging that the complainants
rs stock holders had elected the directors
aud could not now question their discre~
tion. Judge Jenkins sustained the posi-
tion, throwing the case out OF court.
BY vote of 81 to the national COM
mission adopted the following resolution
at the afternoon session:
Resolved, by the worlds Columbian
commission, That the rule now being en-
forced by the Worlds Columbian Exposi-
tion company for opening the gates OF the
exposition on Sunday has not been ap-
proved by this commission. and is in
violation of the rules jointly adopted and
promulgated by said exposition and said
commission, aud is being enforced with
out the consent or authority Of the worlds
Columbian commission"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-12
Gold Nu~ycla.

One OF the largest and most remarka-
bly, shaped nuggets ever found was dis
covered in an Australian mine in 1857.
1t was fiat and almost the exact coun-
terpart in contour of colossal human
hand held open, with the exception Of
the thumb and forefnger, which were
closed together in a manner so as to
make II appear that the thumb was
holding the finger in place. Its great
est length was twelve and a half
inches and KS greatest breadth eight
inches, says an exchange. II was of
the very purest gold, with Fbut little
Of foreign substances adhering mostly
between the fingers and weighed SIX
hundred and sereuteen ounces. The
famous Lady Brassy' nugget. also
found IN Australia. weighed fifty-one
pounds Of pure gold. worth two hun
dred and twenty-five dollars per
pound IN 1891 a nugget Ct fifteen
pounds weight, shaped exactly like
cross. with the exception of the right
aria, was discovered IN the Buriss mine
near the same place.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-12
KANSAS PROHIBITEON

TOPEKA, Kan. July u.-Countv At
torney Stafford has commenced Injunction
proceedings in the district court against
one OF the drinking clubs of Topeka. If
the injunction be granted be viii proceed
IN IKE manner against all the Others ~
which they are fifty in Topeka, where beer
Is sold over the bar regularly on the ticket
plan.
A delegation from junction Civ !
here TO protest against the appointment
or an assistant attorney general bv At
tornes General Little. They claim that
the county attorney, who is A nnemher ~
the delegation, i able to enforce tie nro-
hibition iaw better than any other perso1,
Mr. Little VII. consider the matter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-12

TO begin Usl.l. there Is the animal
magnetism which must pass from one
TO the other. To take few examples:
q sincere man, perhaps rather rough,
SO that one feels coguizant of ones
fingers for some time afterward, points
to character possibly somewhat
wanting in tact and refinement, but
genuine and true. Then how well
know the soft, silky. insinuating hand,
which as one shakes it slips out of
ones fingers. An Irishnlan. some one
viii say. Exactly. Who so clever as
he to get out Of awkward corners,
never at loss for the right word. or
the laughable story to fill an awkward
gap, or cover an annoying contre-
te mps. Then there is the tlabby hand
belonging to people who never put
themselves out. Again, we have the
quick, nervous handshake OF an ex-
citable, nervous temperament, or its
opposite, the nerveless, passive one Of
a person out of health. Then there is
the hand that as you shake it seems
to collapse. Don't trust the possessor
of such hand as that.
My pet abomination, though, is the
fishy handshake which leaves on one
the impression Of having touched a
toad or snake. Beware of those
hands and their owners.
Lastly, there is the fashionable,
pump-handle shake, betokening too
often the fickle idler, who follows the
whim of the hour.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-12

4 man absorbed in his work is apt "a
be curt, and may not mean to be III
hammered. Here. possibly. Is case in
point. as related by the Troy Times A
venerable and diguiHed bishop .as re-
Gently having his portrait painted by
an eminent artist After sitting stead
ily FOR abont az hour IN silence his
lordship thought he 1ouid ike u
break the monotpuy with the remark.
Accordingly he said 20 the artist:
How arc you getting oD2" To the
astonishment Of his sitter. the Knight
of the palette. absorbed IL bis work.
thus replied: Move yoor bead Little
that way and &hut your month Sos
being secustoiaed 70 be spo&ea 20 In
this fashion. ihe bishop said, Nag
assE why you address ne IA this man
ner2~ Artist stiiI absorbed ~ wsns
- take oT iittle Of your ehesx-~
f<3I5aryea - ssfs. ffsa afss
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-12

LEAVENWORTH. Kan, July 11.-Rickard
B Morris, the newly appointed internal
revenue collector for Kansas and the In
dian Territory, took charge of his office in
this city yesterday, relieving Cyrus LIE
Land, Jr. He gave out the following
official list OF deputy collectors and ap-
pointments TO positions under him:
Charles Howard of Ell Reno 0. T., col
lector for the Indian territory; h. f.
Murphy. Leavenworuh; John Watrous
burlington; W. IL. Swarizel. Parsons, and
w. L. Huffman, Wichita, deputy col
lectors for Kansas. II. Feagans, who has
been in the office for over twenty years,
was retained as chief clerk, with Miss
Anna Leland as assistant. Edward Fen
Ion, Jr., was appointed oleomargarine
clerk, with headquarters in Leavenworth.
Captain Taylor. a relative of ex- President
Harrison, was retained as custodian of the
public buildings in this city.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-12
Electric Wires and Rain.

Prof Wiggins believes that telegraph
wires cause drought, that the atmos-
phere cannot absorb moisture unless it
is charged with electricity, and that
upon an oblate spheroid like the earth
the electricity will inevitably collect at
the equator. In this way he explains
the frequency of rains at the equator.
''If, however" he says, there be ele-
waited spots on sphere electricity will
collect on them. Should these spots
or continents be connected by wires it
might accumulate on each alternately.
This has happened this year, and Amer
lea has all of the electric energy and
Europe has lost it: SO that our conti-
nent is flooded and Europe is burned
up with drought" His conclusion
from all this is that electric wires
should be buried
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-12
THE al ATCHFORD ElINFRAi

NEWPORT, r. l., July 1.-THE funeral
rites were performed over the remains of
the late Associate Justice Samuel p
Blatchford at $50 O'Clock this afternoon
at All Saints chapel. The floral pieces
were numerous and costly. After the
solemn services, which were conducted by
Bishop Potter, assisted by others, the re-
mains were taken to New York, where
they will be placed in Greenwood cemetery
tomorrow Seldom has there been IA more
distinguished gathering assembled here to
pay respect to the dead than that gath
araJ todav