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The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-16

nEED OF THE POET.

Fhs LAWS of the Mind Make Him an Inn
portant Factor.
Itsis impossible for men to live in the
world without poetry of some sort or
other If they cannot get the best
and thus seem to verify Saint Angus
tiness slur that it is wine of devils, says
JAMES Russell Lowell in Century.
The mind bound down too closely to
what is practical either becomes inert,
or revenges itself by rushing into the,
savage wilderness of "isms." The in
sincerity of our civilization has dis
gusted some persons SO much that they
have sought refuge in Indian wigwams
and found refreshment IN taking a
scalp now and then. Nature insists
above all things upon balance. She
contriw.s to maintain harmony be-
tween the material and spiritual, nor
allows the cerebrum an expansion at
the cost of the cerebellum. If the
character. for example, run on one side
into religious enthusiasm, it is not un
likely to develop on the other coun-
terpoise Of worldly prudence. Thus
the Sha ker and the Moravian are noted
for thrift, and mystics are not always
the worst managers. Through all
changes of condition and experience
man continues to be a citizen of the
world of idea as well as the world of
fact, and the tax gatherers of both are
punctlal.
There is-as much poetry as ever in
the world If we only knew how to find
It out, and as much imagination, per-
haps, only that it takes a more prosaic
direction. Every man who meets with
misfortune, who is stripped of material
prosp Gritty, finds that he has little
outlying mountain farm of imagina-
tion, which did not appear in the
schedule of his effects, on which his
spirit isable to keep itself alive, though
he never thought of it while he was
fortunate. job turns out to be great
poet as soon as his fiocks and herds are
taken away from. him.
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in which it is placed, which large bot
tie is weighted with lead so that it will
sink to any depth required. Attached
TO the tiny lamp, and passing through
the cork or stopper, are two
lightweight electric wires, covered
with insulation of a Ightbrown color
(this being the invisible hue for water
work, and not gray, as SO many people
enormously imagino}! These wires
run upward to any desired length, and
the depth of the lamp in the water is
regulated by large board hoat, the
wires passing into the boat. where
there is small battery, cunningly
fitted into a box. BY the pressing down
of handle the circuit is made, and the
light glows at any desired depth, at
tracing the fish from any distance,
and undoubtedly productive of good
sport. The cost Of the outfit is thirty
seven dollars, but q homemade one
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-16
ALMOST FORGOTTEN.
The Mysterious Relic of . Prehisto
PeoDle.

The Mysterious Relic of . Prehistoric
People.
On the shores Of Brittany there is q
mysterious relic of forgotten ages
which escapes the attention of most
travellers. Far out in the Moriban sea
across which legend tells us Arthur
sailed with his knights in pursuit of
the dragon-rises q little island It
can be reached in a boat from the
coast only in calm sea. A Breton
shepherd has solitary hut upon it
and feeds few sheep.
Crossing the grassy slope off which
they browse, the traveller finds himself
at the foot of the hill, in the face Of
which has been excavated great tun-
mel or cave, foored, walled and rooted
by huge fat rocks.
Some arch3ologists say that this cav
ern was the work of the worshipers of
the serpent god of Hoa-a race that has
passed into oblivion.
The learned traveller knows only that
the mysterious cavern antedates all
history: that the rocks of which it is
built came from the mainland, dis
tance of more than one hundred miles
inland. No rocks like them make any
part of the geological formation of the
island.
Even with our modern engineering
knowledge and machinery it would re-
quire vast la Dor and skill to bring these
enormous blocks of stone and place
them SO securely as to defy the wear
and friction of ages.
How were they brought here by men
who had, perhaps, few mechanical ap-
pliances-nothing but the strength of
their bodies and their faith in strange
god?
The race who built the temple are
dust. Even their names ages ago per-
ished from the earth. Their religion
is vanished. These stones are the mon
uments of their indomitable resolution.
That defies the flight of years.
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hat whilst writing his dispatch; no,
could he obtain the transmission OF
the latter. Yet how many kilograms
would be sent from New Fork were
every sender thereof to be obliged to
indite it and to hand it to the operate,
with his head barred? Again, on the
continent, and in the United States,
in the reading, writing, smoking and
drawing-rooms of clubs would be re-
garded as bad form, whereas, in Eng
land, which may be regarded as
the original home Of the club
as an institution, the barring OF
the head under such circumstances is
looked upon as solecism. So. too, is
the removal OF the hat IN the house OF
commons and the house Of lords, ex.
cept when addressing the speaker.
In Great Britain and in certain ele-
ments of New York society which en-.
deavor to initiate English manners the
men. when meeting ladies of their ac.
quaintance, refrain from doffing their
hats until the fair one has bowed
first, The theory being that it is neces-
sary that. by so doing, the lady should
grant permission to the man to salute
her. Everywhere else. however, the
men bow first, leaving to the lady to
acknowledge their salute or not. as she
may see fit
The continental practice of slightly
raising the hat when either making
way to permit a woman to pass by OF
else when surrendering TO her ones
seat in a public conveyance has been
pretty generally adopted in this coun-
try. though not in England. and
should be practiced, no matter what
the appearance or status of the won-
an. The mere fact that she is a wom-
an entities her to this courtesy, be she
one of the Four Hundred or a scrub
woman.
| frequently notice men manifesting
embarrassment as 70 whether 70 bare
their heads or not. in elevators, where
women are present That is matter
which depends altogether on the char
acter of the elevator II, for instance.
the latter Is carefully upholstered and
fitted up as room. as Is tic case IN
most of the leading hotels IN New
York. 1t Is oo-iouslv good form 30 bare
the head Il. on the other hand. the
elevator is merely an ordinary car.
without seats, and IN comparatively
public building where there is an
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without appearing too prominently on
the surface of the water, success is
assured. 1t is also fairly well known
that the prince of Monaco. in Europe, is
one ef the most scientific and enthusi-
astic deep water fishermen that the
world of sport holds to-day, to such an
extent that few years ago he in
vented deep water fish-trap, which
could be sunk to depth of two miles.
This was provided with electric lights
and plunge battery, which had to be
protected against the pressure of the
water by large, heavy air cushions,
and then when the trap was sunk, he
could at will turn on the current, get
the light at that depth. and SO catch
fish, many cf which had never been
seen before. This is all by the way.
1t is only the germ to a more useful
and more general machine, one for
everyone to handle, or build for him
self. The device is a small electric
light lamp, of about three-candle pow
er having a fine piece of wire twisted
around it to keep it from shaking
against the sides of the quart bottle
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AA~Nr
could easily be put together by anyone
having smattering of technical and
practical electrical knowledge for
about five dollars, and one that would
answer just as well as far as producing
light and attracting the fish is con-
cerned.
1t would appear that with this light
under the water and 'tip-ups." the
clear winter night overhead, and the
clear red fire merrily blazing on the
bank. and the pan ready for any fish
that may be caught, there is all the
necessary material for any amount
of fun this winter. for the one great
drawback TO fishing through the ice
has always been the unwritten law
that it is daylight sport. and that as
soon as night falls it is ''up lines" and
home
1t is perhaps as well to say that if
the best results are desired with any
kind of ice fishing. the ground must bo
baited for two or three DAYS in ad-
vance. This is sometimes difficult
matter TO do well near town, for the
boys are always on the lockout
and are apt to get on to it" and
90 some fishing in your preserves
themselves. So if j: is done /. should
be done very carefully, and at night.
Z. VANCE.
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p REFUSED A THRONE.
The HSfr Eresusppfive OF .AustE1n Thrown
Over for = Y0unx EieuHennnt.

The H&r Eresurp4five of .AustE1n Thrown
Over for Yonnx Eieu&ennnt.
Some time ago, says Vienna Letter
in the LONDON News, it was believed
that the heir pres,Enptfxe to the Aus
triar.throne, Archdnlse Francis Ferdi-
nand, would marry his Bavarian cous-
ir's daughter, Princess Elizab beth. 1t
is now heard thatithc idea existed, and
was much favored by the emperor. but
the young princess frustrated these
plans.
More than a year ago she began to
look approving3y upon a handsome
young lieutenant, Baron S. The
young officer began by riding past her
windows couple of times day. then
he obtained a room with windows
facing Prince Leopold palace. In the
winter. at court balls, the lieutenant
danced ottener than any other with the
princess. and in the spring lawn tennis
brought thean more together still.
All at once the young officer was
transferred 10 a regiment stationed in
Alsace; and shis seemed the tame end
of romantic story. But in the sum-
mer. when Princess Elizabeth staid
with her emperor grandpa at Ischl. she
Is supposed to have used her time so
we'll that the emperor promised to
make the baron prince. TO give him
some landed property, and to allow the
happy couple to marry if their love
was proof against time.
The princess is nineteen, pretty, per-
fectly natural. and very sweet-tem-
pered. That she should have preferred
a union with the man she loves to the
certainty of an imperial throne will
not ALLEVIATE the sympathies of those
who know her and love her for her
natural grace.
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compliments which are appreciated by
ali women, and give pleasure to them.
since it is in homage to their sex. 1t
therefore deserves to be more univer-
sally adopted than it is.
Another question in connection with
this matter, which has occasionally
been addressed to me, is as to whether
a man meeting woman several times
within the course of a few hours.
should bow to her on each occasion.
As general rule. this is not done, not
even on the continent, the idea being
that it gives unnecessary fatigue to
the lady, to acknowledge such repeated
saiutations.
In view of the Importance of the hat
in connection with our courtesies to-
wards the fair sex, it is in every way
fortunate that the movement started
in Europe, three years ago, for the
purpose of putting stop to
the doffng of hats, has remained
stili-bOrn. Yet at one time it ap-
peared as if it would take strong root
in London, Vienna and even Paris. 1t
was found, however. that the projec-
ted reform would have resulted in too
serious revolution of the social sys-
TEN, and accordingly it was aban-
doned, greatly to the relief of the hat
ters, who foresaw in the abolition of
the doffing of hats, and the substitution
in lieu thereof of kind of semi-mili-
tary, semi-oriental wave of the hand
towards the brim of the headgear, a
decrease of more than fifty per cent.
in their annual sales.
One word in conclusion. A man
should doff his hat to every woman OF
his acquaintance when he meets her,
no matter what her social status; be
she his superior in rank, his equal. or
his inferior. The mere fact that she
is woman entities her to this form OF
masculine courtesy and respect. There
is only one case in which man is ex.
empted from this obligation, namely,
when he happens to be in the company
Of an honest woman and he meets one
Of his acquaintance who is not entitled
TO that qualification.
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TEN.ANTED BY WILD HOGS.
a Largo Alabama Tract Where No HUI
man Being Dwells.


In the northern part of Limestone
county, Ala, is a tract of land con-
sisting of more than one Thousand
acres, which is net on the map of the
state, nor can it be found in the reg
ister.s Office of that county. No one
claims itsand no taxes have!ever been
paid on it, 1t is vast wilderness, in
habited bN snakes, deer and-razorback
hogs. 1t is free hunting ground, and
every year, more for sport than for
anything else. The hogs areswild and
cannot be domestcated. Their Weld
is sal to be enormous. Tom Booth. of
Pulaski, Tenn. secured a male and fe-
male and, did all in his power to tame
them, but failed. He kept them a
wear. and atrthe end of that time they
were as wild as at first. The more he
fed them the thinner they became.
Wishin the year they consumed four
hundred bushels of corn and were as
lean as church mice. During that time
the SOW had five litters of pigs. num-
bering two hundred and ten. Mr..
Booth could not tame any of these nor
get them fat enough to make even
soap grease. Finally he gave them to
a negro, who now considers himself
under no obligations to Mr.. Booth.
The flesh of these hogs resembles
horsaiesh. 1t is as tough asa coon
skin, and large-sized hog of this
species, rendered would not make
grease enough TO fry a skillet of batter
cakes. They 60 through CAMDEN like
shovel plow, and no vegetable es-
capes them. They can crowd through
crack that would hardly admit
mouse, and their sharp noses act as
levers for garden gates. The Tennes-
scans make great fun of Alabama's
razorback hogs.
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Large Foreign Cities.

OF cities with more than one hun
dred thousand population England has
thirty. Germany twenty-four, France
and Russia each twelve, Italy ten.
Austria-Hungary six. Spain five, Bel
gium. the Scandinavian states, Ro<l-
mania and the Balkan islands each
four, the Netherlands three. Portugal
two; the total in Europe being one
hundred and sixteen grest cities. Asia
has one hundred and five, China having
ffty-three and British India thirty In
Africa there are seven. in America
forty, of which the United States has
twenty-six: South America nine. Aus
tralia has only two large cities
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-16
Risky BusiDeaS.

A Maine farmer who recently visited
Boston tells how he got the better O.
the deadly trolley-car: II stood" he
says, right on the track when one Of
them dummed skypole cars came a-buz.
zing along. and ] thought I'd just see
if thev'd run over me. They hollered
and yelled for me to get Of the track,
but didn't bulge an inch. for had as
much right there as they had. and they
just hauled the thing up stock-s:ill
afore they got ter nc. All mans got
ter do is 10 stand up for his rights, ana
them Boston fellers dassn't run over
him"
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Nothi-r New to Him.

Johnny tproudlyl-My father Is
building new house for us 10 live in.
Bert twhose father is builder
Pooh. that's nothing: my father is
building new houses every day for
other people to live ein.-Harper's Young
Peopl
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A HOLE IN THE ICE.
Some Timely Tips to tho sTip.
Up" Angler.
Bow . Good Catch May BE Assured
Gathering tho Fish to the Vicinity
OF Your Bait ut the Cost
Of Five Dollars.
lCoPYRIGHT, lS94.1

ICOPYHIGHT, I8y4
An interesting device to the angler
that secures his fish through hole in
the ice is one that while eminently
adapted to fishing through the ice is
good for use all the year around, ire
spective of time or season. 1t is well
known that the best way to attract
fish at night is by light of some kind,
and that if the light can be thrown at
will at any one spot under the water,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-16
After the shower.

Fanny-How kind twas of that gen.
tleman to lend me his umbrella during
the shower.
Jenny-It was, indeed He is one Of
natures gentlemen.
Fanny-Ycs; quite a rainbeau
Texas SiftinCS,
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Experience

$50 you invested in silver mine out
west, eh? What did yoa realize from
:t?-
Jus. how big g fool can be-
Truth.
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Miss Curtly-Ah. Miss Dewnose. we
were speaking of you at our FIVE O'Clock
tea yesterday.
Miss Dewrose-Oh. dear!-aad I've
tried so hard TO be Puck.
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tribute much to render social inter
course pleasant; it enables US to give
outward and visible signs of the de-
grees of esteem in which we hold our
friends and acquaintances, and it is
in one word indispensable. not so much
as an article of dress as of manners,
to the masculine element of the civil.
lied universe.
In almost every country OF the
world the courtesies in connection
with the hat vary. There is one broad
principle, however. which is accepted
by nearly all civilized races, namely,
that the doffing of the hat constitutes
sign of respect. The exceptions to
this rule, are to be found in the Mo.
hammedan countries of the orient,
where the removal of the head dress,
on the contrary, is considered in the
light of discourtesy and as bad
form. But everywhere else, even in
Japan, it is regarded as an act of po.
likeness,
The question of when to remove the
hat, to what degree to remove it, and
as to the length of time that one should
remain with barred head, is source Of
considerable embarrassment to a great
many persons, who are anxious to full
fill all the requirements of good form.
And while on the one hand they are
afraid of appearing remiss in good
breeding, they are equally anxious on
the other hand to avoid rendering
themselves guilty of any exaggeration
calculated to make them unduly con.
spicuous and consequently ridiculous.
Thus, for instance, whereas in France
and on the continent of Europe it is
customary for a man on entering a rail
road carriage or tram car tc
slightly doff his hat to those
who have already found place there
in. any such salutation would be
either ignored or ridiculed in
this country or in England. In the
same way the majority of the well-bred
cially those of the older school. make
point of removing their hats on en-
tering shop or store, no matter how
humble the place. and of remaining
with their heads barred until they leave.
We're any one, however, to do such a
thing in one of the great stores Of
New York or London, they would get
themselves laughed at even by the
very occupants of the premises, to
whom their courtesy is directed. The
same rule prevails in public Offices
and in Germany, for instance, have
seen an Englishman elected from the
telegraph Office of a small provincial
town because he refused to remove hi,
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Nightly Depredations.

Biggs-ls your wife tickle woman:
Niggs-tfeeling in his empty pock
etsl-She is fond Of change Truth.
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enormous amount of traffic, often OF
the most mixed and rough kind. the
removal of the hat is obviously super
auous and frequently embarrassing to
the women present. Indeed, there is
no more reason for doffing the hat un-
der such circumstances as these than
for men to remain bareheaded in the
streets, since elevators Of this kind
are identical with public thorough
fares
Another form of courtesy in general
use on the continent, less frequent in
America, and almost totally ignored in
England, is that of remaining bare
headed when speaking to woman,
until she grants permission to resume
the hat. The only men who practice
this form of courtesy ia England are
the prince of Wales and his immediate
set. and the late Lord Granville, who
had, however, received his education
in France, and was frequently
criticized by his compatriots, in con-
sequence of the Frenchiness of his
manners. 1t is, however, one Of those
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CURES RISING
:. BREAST :.
"MOTHER'S FRIEND" s;esssnse is the eDsasss; ssss

WV TILT J TUlStsU Blessing ever
cffered ohlld-bearing woman. have been =
midwife for many years. and in each case
where Mothers Friend" had been used II has
accomplished wonders and relieved much
suffering. 1t IS the best remedy Tor rising OF
tac breast known, and worth the price for that
alone. IdRS. II. NJ. BRUsTEE.
Montgomery, Ala.
Sent by express. charges prepaid, on receipt
Of price, 81 so per bottle.
BQADFIELD REGULATOR CO.,
So.i by all druggists. ATLANTA, GA.
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THE GENTLEMAN'S HAT.
The Etiquette Of the Hat In Europe
and America.
How to Handle It Correctiy-A Gentle.
man Must Lift His Hat to All Women
Of His Acquaintance, Even to
His Washerw0man.
icoPYRIGHr. leo4.l

HERE is scarce
1y any article
of the mascu-
inc a t t i r e
which plays SO
i m p o r tant a
role in our ev-
ery-day life as
t b e h a t. 1t
constitutes the
instrument O I
m a n Y courte-
sizes which con-
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