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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-20
SACRED WATER" ANALYZED.
A Scientific Examination OF Some from .
Well at Mecca

A Scientific Examinxtio of Some from .
Well at Mecca
A scientific analysis has lately been
made in England of the Zem-Zem wa
ter from the sacred well at Mecca,
which, according TO the Arabs, is the
well that the angel showed to Hagar,
and whose water saved the life of Ish-
1naeL After reading the results of this
analysis, one cannot wonder that pill
grims who drink the water are fire.
quently attacked by cholera.
The specimen examined, says the
Youths Companion, which was hernet-
ically scaled in tin bottles forty years
ago by Sir Richard Burton during his
visit to Mecca in the disguise of der.
Wish, contained sixty-nine grains Of
chlorine to the gallon. Water which
Contains 50 little as nine grains of
chlorine to the gallon Is ordinarily re-
garded as scarcely fit for human con-
sumption
Moreover, in the case Of the Zem-Zem
well, it is believed that the chlorine
originates from the custom Of pouring
the water over the pilgrims and allow
iEg it to run back into the well. The
sacred water was found to possess an
extraordinary degree of hardness"
three times as great as that OF average
water. 1t also held twenty times as
mach ammonia compounds as drinking
water should contain.
No bacteria were discovered, but this
IS accounted for by the fact that the
water had remained for so long a time
sealed up in entire darkness. Forty
years Of such confinement had com.
pletely sterilfzed it, but the chemical
impurities remained.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-20
TOSSING COINS.
Caasees of Three Pennies Falling An
Leads All Tails

Leads or All Ia1A
Supposin2 man 20 toss three pen
mics in the air. what are the chances
of their coming down all heads or
tails? This il Q question discussed
Ia a recent number Of Nature by Fran
els Gallon, Of tho Royal society. BE
upsets . popular delusion regarding
the laws Of chance IL Is obvio.s that
a. least two Of the coins thrown in
the air must turn up alike, for when
the coins are on the ground there naust
always be either two heads or tails
showing The question then Is as 20
the chance Of the third coin turning
up head or tail II il OF course al
even chance whether third coin turns
one side or the other.
Is IL, therefore, an even chance tia.
all three coins viii be slike7 Mr.. CAL
ton ssysit is not an even chance. and
that the man who bets bis money on
such theory would lose in the cad
Re says the relative chancs of al
three coins turning up alike Is two 20
eight. and he figures Il out in this ways
There are two different and equally
prCuaDte WAYS n Enlca coAo my
turn up, there are fosr ways in which
two coins may turn up. aud there are
eight ways ~ which three coins may
do 80. OF ;hsse e.gb. ways one is al
heads and another al tails While u
X an even chance whether third coin
Is heads or tails Il IL rot az even
chance that the third coin vii tzra
the sane as the other two.
In order 20 test the matter Hr. Cal
ton tossed three coins eight tines
Only twice did they come 81 al alike,
while the third coin vss equally sivsd-
ed between heads sDd t2ils. Mr.. Gal.
toa then made 10 throws q dice, Win
three dice in each throw. the odd asrs-
bers counting ss heads and tos even
Plumbers ss tails The 10 throws vers
divided into three srOzps Of fcrtT IA
each, aud gave the result % az alike
8. y. 9. total. -. a. agzEEs: Eot ali
sl.Se-s2, =, 3; tos.is ~ Ikis
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-20
DRIVERS TURN TO THE tErr.
how . Peculiar Road Rule Observed BY
the English Was Originated.

How Pecul18r Road tfOle ODServed oy
the English Was Originated
"I came near having several coils
ions while driving in and about Lon
don on a recent visit in England, be-
cause couldn't get the hang of turn
ing to the left instead of the right
upon meeting a vehicle. as we do in
this country" said globe-trotter to q
Cincinnati Times-Star reporter a few
days ago. you know we always turn
to the right in this country, and but
for the vigilance of the English driver
/ would have been mixed up in more
than one smash up. / asked dozens Of
Englishmen why they had such an
ebominable custom, and not one could
tell, except that they had always done
it. One day stepped into newspa-
per Office and asked one of the edit
ors- He couldn't tell lie appealed to
young reporter in the room and the
boy gave the explanation that in olden
times the foot traveller passed to the
right that the shield On the left arm
might be interposed to ward off
treacherous blow, and the right, or
sword arm, be free TO strike.
'Horsemen, however, usually had
coats of mail to protect them, and there
was more safety in being near the an
tagonist than in having to strike across
the neck of the horse, as would have
been necessary had they turned to the
right. When vehicles came in Use
later the drivers instinctively followed
the old horseback custom and turned
TO the left. And believe have found
why we have fallen into the habit of
turning to the right. Horses were
scarce for several generations in this
country after the first saddles came
here, and the English custom for foot
travellers naturally prevailed, for we
were very English in those early days,
as you know. We got in the habit Of
turning to the right, and when con-
veyances became common we kept
turning to the right, because more
used TO IT. A nation will drop into
habit as easily as an individual
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-20
Mortality from Cancer.

II is one Of the curious facts in medic.
al res search that cancer rarely attacks
persons of desolute and drunken ha bits.
II most OF the female patients whose
cases are recorded BIZ an eminent In
glish authority, the victims have beez
Woodworking, industrious and home
loving women, and IN large number
Of consecutive cases there was not a
single individual with either viruleni
disease or depraved habits Upon this
basis Of reasoning. Il would appear that
some Of the popular ideas on this dis
Ease are very far from the truth In
the same connection il nay Dc said that
many sO-czfle6 cancers are thus dag
nosed because the attending physicians
are unable or unwilling 20 give the
ulalady It's true naEe--S. Y. Ledger.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-20

1t is remarkable how the progress
OF geogr aphieal exploration Is adding
TO our knowledge Of the vegetable
world A few years ago i was az
thoritativelv stated that the number Of
plants known TO and described b. bot
anists was 100. eco; bat the southern
part Of our continent and eastern Asa
are turning out novelties IA great mum
Se-s. Works devoted 70 these topics
are continually describing them Il =
not improbable that one-ha1 hare not
yet been known.
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az mean, my dears, that this exercise I
will give you now will be the last All
take places at the back of the ROOM
There were some shrugs and murmurs,
of discomfort. and then the girls formed
in billowy looking line in the dusk.
a Great Profession.
''Scrape. scrape, scrape,'' went the nu-
sician's string and the tune was the fllse-
tering air from 'Erminie''-
On, when love is young,
All the world seems gay!
attention. Onel'' cried monsieur, and
Instantly the dozen little sprites were up
on their toes.
''Two!'' and ell the uniformed. slender
arms were wrcathed above their heads.
Three" and they came down the room
and back again On their toe tips.
Four and every childish form was
dropped in o courtesy, while every rosy
lip curled in q supposedly seductive smile.
"Five,' and they stood upright again.
''Sixi" and they went backward Just IS
rapidly
-'C'ost fni. " cried monsieur and made
me iiourishing bow.
The girls Scampered to the dressing room
and soon were chatting like so many mag
pies, while the smell of oranges fioated out.
1T Is a great profession, - said mon
sieur, with modest pride.
Non, l de-oest eeV.'' cried Nile. Ra-
mon. But, an, you are wonderful
And l-ah. welli-I went away and
walked very heavily on the soles Of my feet
as a relief when l thought of the poor
cramped toes those pretty slippers had hid
den.
The pSeuI? of the ballet was done for
me forever, for knew that the smile flash
ing over the footlights was, in truth. a
salsTied one, a. Indispensable to the ballet
girl - her rpuge aud tulle skirts. II meant
nothing, il could mean nothing, and il
ndEht-!eS, 1t might-Inask breaking
heart KATE JORDAN.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-20

AZ al evening party Danley was r.
trodaeed 20 a yoang lady. and after o
remark zbont Ire weather. be aid.
gaiiantly:
And have really the pleasure q
meeting the beautiful Miss blossom
whose praises are being sounded 81
ever BODY?
On. 10. Mr Dunaley.- the lzdy -
piled. the beautiful Ms Blossom %
whom y0c refer i . coaxia Of mine"
'-oa- tAz.s it, ] though: there TnEss
b. mistake sc-De~he-e-~ sid tia gal
la: Duialeg.-Ts5-7.is
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-20
LIFE OF MIDDIES
LOWEST COMMISSIONED OFFICERS IN
THE NAVY.
They Are Addressed as Plain 'M-," but
They Get Good Pay and Have an Easy
Time The Chances For Promotions.
How Enthusiasm Is Worn Out.
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
ANNAPOLIS. June 11.-From 20 TO 25
Of the recently graduated six year class
of naval cadets viii shortly have taken
their places for life as regularly commits
stoned officers of the United States navy.
The course OF the youth that trains for
the navy is four years at the Naval acad
envy, with summer practice cruises and
$500 year pay, two years at sea TO learn
all the practical details OF future duty,
and then appointment to the lowest grade
in one corps or another of the navy. The
half dozen picked out for the engineer
corps, while still at the academy, are sure
of places, while the rest must take what
vacancies there are in the line.
Should there be more graduates than
vacancies, as there always are, then the
men that make up the overplus must re-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-20

Young wife-Tbs MINISTER ~.nts
every woman ia the congregation N
earn sezssthing for the church BY her
own "a Dor. and den : Knew What Ia
the world 20 40.
Husband-Yo1 spoke sbo1t nsed!sg
q new dress and
wife-Oh. yes. never iho1sk, %
TIA. III get tie srsssnaksr 20 par
me 80 Enueh sn houF 15iie I'm being
e,.ed. AID then she can charge IL ia
lie bs!I-S. \. Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-20
coia Comfort.

FusSy Passenger-Why does your com
pany insist thar passengers must pur-
chase tickets before entering the tram:
Are they afraid that II W pay money
- y0u that yOu viii seal IL
Conductor with dignity - eTizlniy
not. Thev are afraid the tram I1lay nm
CT the tzack as-surs / can eef around
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-20
E1pIaining II.

Customer-Gimme piece apple pie,
quick
Waiter-ChicaSo or Boston:
CUstomer-Wlrit dye mean:
Wailer-knife or fork:-Phiiadel.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-20

Li.ir..t-rn wiiisnx 20 wager Ca
thozs4se dollars I wiz The suiI
Lawyer-Tz<s ny s1Ties sad sost
b.
Lstigzs.-Sos - ! tack yozr advice
I'd lose. auyhowl I've hired ssotkef
lsrysrs-B..ls.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-20

sxze, eshy was sick, we gave her Ca,tosse-
When she was Child, she cried for c aseoris.
wber she became Miss, she chung to C2s'oria.
SAen she hss Children, she gsve.hern Caf1c-A
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-20

Supop--I eaa't sleep with zee baby
crying
Mra Sapop-Tbsn shT don't ycS
rst sp and yak ~ith i RwhiIe7
Sup0p-De yos think Ia 9 siess
~alksr2-S. =. World.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-20

seemed To- settle the matter. and IndI
Gated that the most probable expeeta-
ton in the case OF the dice was 50 u
On
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-20
,TeI,,ou,u. MOI. Raekua-d.

The population 81 Melbourne, the rnesrop-
els OF Australia. has decreased 46.ot,s since
April. 1851
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-20
LEARNING TO KICK
PROSE AND POETRY OF THE ART
or FANCY DANCING.
Kate Jordan's Impressions Of Premier
panseuse-The Stage Smile and the Stage
woe-More Like Hard Work Than Play.
An Iconoclastic Visit.
Especial Correspondence.1

NEW YoRE, June 11.-Iwas waiting for
ballet girl at the entrance to theater
lust of Broadway. I had just seen her on
the stage moving in maze OF colored
lights to the rhythmic measures OF that
matchless ballet mu5ic in Faust, and
filled with wonder at her agility wanted
TO ask her few questions.
Yes, / wanted to learn from her own
hips lust how she became perfect in the art
of pushing her foot up her back until it
rested on her shoulder, in bending her
head backward until the upper half Of her
hung below her waist line and you were
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-20

in adyantsg
The era
nc
pa apply oths ~
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-20

privileged to view for a full minute her in
verified face, and just how she managed to
make one big toe support her quite as COM
fortably as two feet fatty on the ground.
More than this, I wanted ID know the
mystery of her changeless snlile-if she
were really as happy when she danced as
she seemed to be.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-20

lapse to civil life unless they have In
fluence enough to obtain places in the pay
corps or marine corps. A few very lucky
fellows of high standing are picked out of
the highest class and sent abroad to be
educated as naval constructors. As yet
this country has no regular school of naval
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-27

due course was called to the Scottish
bar. But his natural instincts would
not be quelled. Many years of his life
he spent in travelling and in literature.
For nearly seven years, up to 1888, he
was known chiefly among scholars as
a brilliant essayist and editorial writer.
Every success he handled was marked
by the perfect grace, ease, rhythm and
simplicity of genius.
One of the earliest works published
under his own name was an account OF
his travels in California, the beauty OF
which always enthralled him His
dawning genius as story writer was
shown first is 1.-The Dynamiter" and
the somewhat fantastic but withal
fascinating New Arabian Nights. y
The subject of Treasure Island" was
suggested by small boy. who, not APP
preciating the force of THE Dyna-
wanted something interesting-some-
thing like Robinson Crusoe." But
not until 1885, when the marvellous ''Dr.
Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" came, did Robert
Louis Stevenson reap the full reward
of his years of hard grinding, almost
despairing toll, in which he oftener
perhaps than any other author who
ever lived was forced TO endure the re-
lection of his manuscripts.
The idea on which this wonderfully
told and derfully-constructed tale
is framed had existed dimly in Steven
sons mind for many years He had
tried to formulate it many times, but
without results such as would satisfy
him. lie had about given up the hope
of being able to produce story which
should suggest the idea Of a dual ma
ture in man, when one night, sitting BY
his fire in the old-fashioDed inn with
the storm raging fiercely outside, there
flashed in his mind, as by inspiration,
the true method of handling the story.
In few days the story was written
and ready for publication. Stevenson,
for some reason, always felt chagriDed
that his fame rested on this work, be-
lieving that he had accomplished bet
ter things kidnapped" story told
By David Balfour, added but little 20
his fame, but IN "Ballantae," pub
1ished in 1889, he wrote what has been
regarded as one of the best written
stories in the English language Here
IL is that the beauty and purity OF
Stevenson's style are seen al their best
IL directness. terseness AID force many
critics say he was never approached
Many students Of Stevenson believe
they could discern the influence Of
Shakespeare IN his works But equally
with Shakespeare he digested Thsck-
cray, Dickens and. above all. Scott. and
the sentiment Of the last named author
may be traced in many Of his stories
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-27

which now is waning. The early set
ting sun is throwing rudy glow be
hind the trees between the old castle
and the village. AS we walk along en-
joying these lovely tints of nature, we
hear in the distance the thud Of the
woodlands AK. We hasten in the di-
rection from which the sound seems
TO come in the hope OF finding that
Mr. Gladstone is the woodsman at work.
Happily we are not disappointed.
There he is with his sons in shirt
sleeves telling n mighty tree, whose
time has come TO give its timber for
other uses than beauty alone Mrs.
Gladstone and her daughters and some
of the grandchildren are looking On,
with few neighbors. When we arrive
at the spot the tree is nearly falling.
and down il comes with a mighty
crash, ropes having been previously
attached to make il fall in safe direo
ton MARY u. BURNETT.
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Federation. Every one interested Is
making strenuous efforts at conceal
ment. The Knights, 1t seems, are al
legged TO be practically bankrupt. It
is claimed that at present not five thou
sand members who pay up are in good
standing. The salary of General Mas
ter Workman Sovereign Is overdue and
unpaid, while other claims of pecun-
dary nature against the knights remain
chronically unSatisfied. The leaders
In the organization have for some time
been trying every expedient to raise
funds without avail. AS for the Fed
Grafton, its condition is by no means as
hopeful as may be thought in certain
optimistic quarters. The coming of
John Burns is pronounced spectacular
device, calculated to revive languid in
terest in labor matters, but otherwise
things are by no means In a promising
condition. Yet every possible effort is
being made to keep the true state Of
the case from transpiring. In New
Works inner labor circles the prospects
of organized wage earners, as class,
are much decried. The great problem
Us, who will be the Moses to lead the
proletarian cohorts out of this Egypt?
The situation is critical and needs in
stant action. Labor's burden is to-day
us heavy as was that of the pillsr-trans-
porting Samson.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-27
HOW HE WAS GREAT
Robert Louis Stevenson's Place IN
the Literary World
Ills "Dr. Jekyil and Ar. Hyde" Was thu
Finest Study In Physiology Ever
Penned-Early Struggle Of the
Talented Author.

Advices from Apia. Samoa of date Of
December s, are to the effect that the
well-known novelist, Robert Louis
Stevenson, had died suddenly from APP
oplexy. His remains were inferred on
the summit of Pala mountain, 1900 feet
high. At the time of his death Mr..
Stevenson had half completed the writ
ing of a new novel.
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was
born in Edinburgh November l3, 1850.
He was educated at private schools and
at the University of Edinburgh
L. 1891 Mr.. Stevenson's health was so
badly broken down that his physicians
told him he could not live. II was
then that he decided to abandon civili-
CATION altogether. and to go with his
wife to the Samoan islands to spend
his declining years. He knew that the
climate there was such as to promise
him few years more of life. Mr..
Stevenson purchased 400 acres on tho
side of mountain near Apia, the prin-
cipal city of the islands. The big es-
tate cost him mere song, and with
Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson we're his aged
mother and stepson, Lloyd Osborne,
and they there battled for his life. The
news of the death of Robert Louis
Stevenson will be profound shock to
the world of readers, to whom his
name had become a household word.
Boys will remember him as the author
of Treasure Island" Perhaps in re-
spect of mingled humor and satire
1.-THE Dynamiters." dealing with the
Irish Invincible" outrages, is unlike
anything else ever written. But to the
mass of his readers he will be best
known and longest remembered as the
author Of DIR. Jekyl and Mr.. Hyde"
which, by many critics, is considered
the finest study in physiology ever
penned.
In the choice Of a career he had the
example of his father. Thomas Steven
son, it was who wrote the famous
Light House Optics" He had re-
solved, however, that his son should
follow a different profession. Robert
Louis was sent to the University of
Edinburgh, passed with honors and in
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-27

great statesman whose stupendous ge-
MUS has dominated almost every field
of human endeavor, and whose sympa-
thy with every movement and onward
march of humanity knows no bound
airy of time or nation. For over forty
years this ancient parish has gloried in
being the country home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Gladstone. It had been Mrs.
Gladstoue's home from childhood till
her marriage Every inhabitant was
dear to her, and she was beloved by
them all
When she came back to live there
with her husband, he being states
man of rising fame and eminence, the
people of Hawarden felt they no longer
lived in an unknown village, but they
were linked on from henceforth with
all the greater interests Of the Victor
ian age, and that the glory of the name
of Gladstone was their glory also, a
glory which should live in English his
tory. Mr.. Gladstone's presence has
been like a liberal education to Ha-
warden, charging the horizon of In
terest and knowledge to all who dwell
there.
Hawarden is very charming and very
dear to its inhabitants, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Gladstone are no exception in
having this feeling Of affection for the
old place. Here they always spend
Christmas in the midst of their chill.
dren. their friends and neighbors.
wish / could in word painting convey
the vivid picture which rises up in my
own mind as memory begins to play
among happy remembrances.
AS the picture produces Itself before
my mental vision, it seems to be com
posed more Of the psychical (the es.
ss'ace of happy infuences) than what