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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19
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LOSING AND. FINDING.

Fro;atne Youths Companion
The finding of concealed wealth %
row an event of rare occurrence, ex-
cept in tales of romance and adventure
u was once not uncommon For when
civilization was comparatively rude
and the ways of keeping valuables
were imperfect. the earth was a favorite
hiding-place for treasures, especially
in times of war or Invasion The title
TO such valua bles when discovered has
been often the subject Of dispute
Money, gold, silver or plate found hid
den in the earth or in secret place Is
termed treasure-:ro the trencn
trouver. TO fiud- Such treasure, accord
ing to the law OF England. was the
property OF the king, and IN this country,
strictly speaking. once belonged to the
state in which II was found; but the
title Of the state has not for long
time, if ever, been strongly asserted
against fortunate finder.
Lost articles OF value found upon the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19
Co,ored Plaster Tor Walls.

Colored plaster is now so frequently
used for finishing the walls of new
houses that workmen do not object TO
its use "a strongly as they did few
wears ago, and it is now a common
thing to see the walls of one room col
ored ,retty buff or yellow. and OF
others soft reds, old rose and other
colors. II is asserted, however, that
too much of the colored powder added
to the plaster Injuries its quality.
Builders are, however. experimenting
with a mortar putty that comes in all
colors. and which it Is claimed i'm
proyes the mortar. Ia one Of its green
shades IL IS cool, delightful and fasci-
mating. and the following directions
are given for its .use: To prepare
mortar in this manner a small quantity
should first be mixed with coloring
matter and portion dried before the
fire. II the shade IS too light or too
dark. more color or more mortar Is
added until il suits BE sure 10 mix
all that is needed for one room a. a
time. as II Is difficult 20 match. The
ceiling should De several shades lighter
than the walls Art Interchange
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19
OKLAHOMA OCTLINES

The Greer county case has again been
postponed until March, 1895.
Purcell was not named as one of the
county seats in the Berry bill.
The Police Gazette doesn't appear to
be doing its duty by Bill Cook.
1t is now limited that Fort Supply will
be turned into an Indian school.
The authorities at Perry have at last
nipped the wings of Butterfly Kid"
Blackwell is out of prison again, but
the boys say that the old man can't show
q scar.
The prairie fires in the Caddo country
are driving deer into within few miles
OF FL Reno.
Dennis Flynn gives it out fat that he
will fight the Dawes commissions plan
for statehood.
Sid Clarke will move into his new house
on the military reservation at Oklahoma
City next week.
Editor Berkey of Blackwell says that
that town will be satisfied with the terri
toriaI peniteutiary.
At a trial in Oklahoma City, the other
day a woman who would not testify for
fear OF her life was told by the judge that
the government would protect her. She
answered that she was living in a little
shack on the outskirts and the govern
ment wouldn't be likely to trouble its
head about her.
The following is the official vote of the
territory on delegate to congress, with the
exception of L and NJ counties, in which
the commissioners have been enJoined
from counting the vote. 1t is not known
when such injunction Will be dissolved
7 IL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19
A PERsoNS WE CHIT.

From the Literary Di:cst.
This is suject' on which there are
some curious questions, and the ques-
ton is one which the majority of man
kind can not answer with any degree
of exactitude: first, because the acces-
sible scales are liable TO error: second
ly, because people make TO proper al
lowance for the weight of their clothes;
and thirdly, because the weight OF
person is in a state of continuous os-
cilliation that may be observed even
while one is on the scales. DIR. Henri
de Parville, a French physician. who
has made the subject lifelong study,
has communicated some interesting
facts in this connection to ''Le Core
spondant," Paris, from which we trans
late the following:
MANY persons weigh themselves fire.
quently and imagine that they know
their weight. Sweet illusion! Moth
ing is more difficult than TO know ones
weight exactly, even with access to
frst-class scales We hear one say: L
Am making flesh; have increased two
pounds and another: L am getting
into form; | weigh three pounds less
but while do not wish TO make nv
self disagreeable, especially TO people
who keep account of their weight, /
am convinced that in most of such
cases there is really not an ounce OF
gain or loss: or If there Is any varia-
ton. it is not what the scales record.
A lady goes into . store, weighs her
Inn - x
one hundred and twenty pounds She
goes to the country, and, returning
after several months, weighs herself
again in the same store and receives a
card, on which she finds inscribed:
November 90. one hundred and
twenty-six pounds She has gained
six pounds in three months and as
cribes it TO the change. the fresh air.
etc. She feels happy-good weight,
good health. But is this increase real?
In nine cases out of ten 1t Is only sp-
parent, due mainly TO wearing more or
heavier clothes, thicker boots, etc
7 The ordinary methods for determining
variations in weight give absolutely
tallacious results
The causes which influence weight
are numerous and rarely taken into
consideration. For example, was the
weight taken Immediately after break
/ fast or long after? or following active
! exercise. attended with free perspira-
ton? Again many people. even edu-
Gated people. have extraordinary ideas
as 10 what affects the weight OF the
body. Have you not been asked more
than once If it is true that one weighs
/ less after meals than before? As If
every additional; weight in the pocket
or the stomach were not necessary
revealed 6y the balance
The fact i that people are n the
habit of weighing themselves, for good
luck. one day after breakfast, another
day before dinner. another day with
heavy clothes on. another day when i
rains, etc Add 10 this the errors Of the
scales. and who can say that Re knows
exactly his own weight or range o;
yariation2 Ones weight : i.Ae q 10
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19
THE CARLISE PLAN WON'T GO.

The Carlisle plan stripped of its orna-
mentation is but Il modification of the
single standard gold-bug idea. The
anxiety of the administration is very
evident. Another issue of bonds is in
sight. At least the same demand eX-
lists for another issue which called for
the two previous issues. The more the
Carlisle plan is discussed the more I'M
satisfactory it becomes to the people
at large the more it seems Ikea scheme
covered up in words. The claim that
the bill is intended to relieve the cOun-
try Of the responsibility of specie pay
ment, under the gold standard and to
give silver n chance is thinly disguised.
Under it there would be national banks
but on strictly a gold basis with i
promise of i silver basis for the state
banks. st. John, the great national
banker of New York, who in oppOSi
ton to all the other bankers of that
city has been fighting for silver for the
past five years, declares that the Car
Isle bill, once a law, there would ensue
a great financial panic. This country
cannot stand another panic within a
decade and maintain its credit abroad,
while another panic, if it should occur
within year. would utterly ruin half
of the now crippled enterprises of the
country and utterly destroy the bulk
of all great values.
Whatever Wall street may want, of
whatever the financierS and politicians
of the country may be convinced, there
is one thing very evident, and that is
that the great majority of the Ameri-
can people desire no paper currency
that is not redeemable in either gold or
that in the meantime silver shall have
an equal and untrammeled chance
with gold. In other words that great
majority favors a bimetallic basis.
This will be the Republican idea coup
led with a demand for a tariff on sill
Yer in the event that the American
product can be coined free in no other
way. They want no false pretenseS,
or concealmentS embodied in laws gov
erning the issue of money, nor any
measure that will put the two precious
metals on different foundations. Every
| bank bill must be just as good rs any
other bank bill, and all bank bills must
be as good as the metal dollars.
The Carlisle plan is not wanted and
its passage, if it does not precipitate Il
panic, will inevitably prolong the pres
ent stringency
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19
Her View Batter.

Sozv. remember aid . charming
woman 20 her new butler. who had bot
. faint conception 0: business '9r
which hs demanded the hsgasNi wages
remember. IA Announcing meas y0a
are 20 ssy. -Bresktzs; : really. -E1eh
Is ready. dinner i served
"AIl right. nun replied 'se p-oz1
butler
Not long after this enArniag woman
ve-.ursd % experiment CT elmer %
a lev intimate frlerts f2aey the sx-
r,-e.sioa q h~r o0untrnance When a
syoearizg - the drawing rom door =
Knrounoe dinner tkss Literal ba;ler 81
claimed 10 Clarion tones breakfast
= ready, lunca IL ready, diassr =
sr-Te6--
Tia : > irse s:oss &C The e=zstAA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19
ROBERT LEWIS STEVENSON

Robert Louis Stevenson expected TO
die. He had left the world and had
chosen the mild climate and mild sur
roundings of an uncivilized tropical
country.
He was 4 writer of peculiar tempera-
ment. but at the same time was
strong and vigorous in his peculiari-
ties. His greatest gift as writer was
the ability for sustaining n narrative
In any other hands than his it is not
likely that DR.. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde
would have won the success the book
did. The idea of 4 metamorphosis
through the power of potion was not
new. Ii was very old. but none before
Stevenson had turned the idea To such
good account. II was made TO imply
and intensity the quality of all natures.
and the strange contrasts that may eX-
! il in one character. II had moreover
/ the charm of 4 narrative. well written.
and was sifted of all superfluity and
| circumlocution.
| As SO often happens in literature the
author thought nothing of the work.
| II was written for the little sum of
/ money il brought But ii caught the
/ world-Stevenson did not know how.
Strive as he would 10 catch the world
again, he could not, the same as Bret
Harte and his Luck of Roaring
Camp. Stockton and his Lady of the
Tiger" HaGgard and his she"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19
JUDGE rHAcHER AND ADY.

And now Judge Scion o. Thacher of
Lawrence is formally announced as q
candidate for the United States senate
from Kansas. In point Of experience
and wisdom and in all the other quail
fications which go to equip man Tor
so exalted and responsible position
Scion o. Thacher is surpassed by very
few men in Kansas or elsewhere
Doubtless he will command the sup
port of his congressional district in a
pronounced way.
This leads to another observation.
Judge Thatcher lives in the old political
pocket of the state. as does Hood and
Leland and ingalls, the other promi-
nent candidates, and as do nearly all
of the state and federal officials of any
importance. including both Of the pres
ent United States senatos, United
States Judge and soforth. And so 1t
has always been. Br by looking over
the field it will be seen that Southwest
Kansas has a candidate, who in learn
ing and natural superior qualifications
Is very nlucn ike d uSc IHdtliti, anu
man who holds the prestige OF an
Endorsement of the last legislature,
who, in fact, was really and unques-
tionably elected by a majority OF the
members legally entitled to their seats.
Ady is a Southwest Kansas man. his
home is here and all his interests. He
lives in the Seventh congressional dis
trict and if his district should be found
to be just as solidly for him as Thach-
er's is for him, or Leland's for him, or
Hoods for him. Southwest Kansas
would prove a great big political fac
tor in such event. The Seventh dis
trict has twenty mine votes in the leg
islature and Twenty-Five votes would
go far towards settling the question Of
United States senatorship. Joe" as
he is Familiarity called, is not only pos
sessed of brains and dignity, but of
youth and energy. He is a worker.
and if an earnest one none the less
honest. In addition To his acknowl-
edged ability his purity and cleanli-
ness have never been questioned. In
short Judge Ady will be found to be in
the race.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

die expression; IL changes every IN
slant. The study of this matter Is new
ertheless of considerable physiological
and hygienie Importance, a fact OF
which l have become thoroughly con-
WINGED in the course OF more than ten
years investigation of the subject
THE inaccuracy of ordinary bal
ances. such as one finds in hotels, at
railway stations. etc. determined me
TO make portable balance to weigh
one hundred Kilograms two hundred
and twenty pounds. and to be exact TO
within an ounce, and since then l
have weighed myself regularly every
day, at the same hour in the
morning and under identical conditions.
and to-day / possess a record OF i've
years of experiments conducted with
the utmost precision. Every day when
weighing myself / record the baromet-
ric and hygrometric variations, the
temperature and the dinner menu for
the day. These experiments have con-
WINGED me more than ever that our
weight is in perpetual state OF fiuctua-
ton. After eliminating the errors OF
the instrument our weight varies. sub
ject 10 innumerab BILE influences. After
breakfast, on a warm day. one loses
more than one hundred and fifty grams
an hour. How, then, are You to arrive
at your true weight when 1t is subject
to such incessant fluctuations?
when we remember that seventy per
cent OF our body is water, there is
little difficulty in understanding that
our weight must vary continually with
the Transportation OF moisture; more
over, it varies with the pressure of the
atmosphere. The mere variations in
atmospheric humidity suffice to &C
count for a change of more than
pound, and other causes may suffice to
account for another pound. The per-
son who weighs only at intervals may
infer from this that he is growing light
er or heavier, but the conclusion is un-
warranted. There are some people, on
the other hand, who will tell you that
their weight never changes. This, too,
is an error; it is constantly fiuctuating.
The fault is generally that the scales
used do not record variations of .
pound or so. Fer ordinary purposes
this is of no consequences. but for re-
cording changes of weight in sickness
it is of very serious moment.
The scales are not without their
Importance in medical practice, es.
pecially with infants. The weight Of
an infant increases in definite proper
ton during the first weeks Of life. and
there can be no departure from this
regularity of increase without impair
ment TO health. For adult persons,
too, it is good to consult the scales,
for they are the barometer to health.
Any sudden increase of weight,
amounting to pound or so in day,
indicates tendency to disease. 1t is
evidence of health when the weight
does not fluctuate more than three or
four ounces from day TO day. Great
fiuctuation implies functional derange-
mapt y
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19
Jo,n,,, Completed simIi..

Next boy exclaimed the teacher.
"Can you give a smile for the word
'maidenPT
"Yes'n.~ responded Johnny Sum
uers- A maiden ia Ike cider
Very good, Johnny. You See. boys"
explained the teacher. who Is a LADY Of
uncertain age and irascible disposition,
johnny means that a maiden IA
sweet"
Yes broke in Johnny. and grows
sour with old age. "-PhiadslpAla Cal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

Young Mzn-why does Mr.. Jinks
have such hanz-dog. no-Account lcok2
Il l. because he Is IN financial troz ble9~
Old Man-Oh. 10 II = because be 10
the father Of eEildrea % ,chool age.
spd they have begun 20 ask hin 20
helm them With their srithEe.ic--S
Y. Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

That grand old Kentuckian. the
land of gallant men and majestic
womanhood, Cassius NJ. Clay, has been
writing on love. He says that his ex-
perience in life shows that young
girl may love an old man intensely,
for love is of the soul, passion of the
passion of the body. Long live the
old patriot and older and long live his
love of love
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

Ii Hung Chang says that China can
not fight until she has more railroads
If Ii Hung knew what troubled China
would have in getting freight rates he
would say nothing about it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

The late Prot Hyru once a. al En-
animation asked the following cues
ton: What can you tell ne Of Tho
functions % the rpleen7" Thss;udsnt.
-ot wishing 20 confess BIS ignorance.
replied. heri,atipglT: Il used 70 know.
out IL has unfortunately escaped Ee
Unhappy man, sald Hyrt!. you are
The only one who ever knew anything
About IL and yo1 have forgottsa ~ -
San Prsrcisco Ar2ossgt
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19
A. the YhSatSv.

she-would you not Ike 20 30 cut
and see . mann
He-Why. no. ] would not think OF H.
she-But. really. shan't object In
the least
He-How absurd How can you say
srch q thing?
She-Well, 20 tell the truth, want
20 see a raan myself. and know b.
won't come over while you are hsrs--
life
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

There are few aspirantS for the
United States senate, but the number
is nothing 10 what it would he if the
Kansas legislature had the exclusive
right 10 choose 4 president of the
United States.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

Kidd, Of the Dawes commission.
wants TO be governor Of the new In
dian state when il is formed. 1t was
always suspected that the Dawes com
mission wasn't making speeches TO the
Indians for health
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

The world did not hear of the death
days after he passed away The spirit
Of The hermit is as much alive today
as it was in the middle ages.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

Two Winfield girls ran away with
two Usage Indians. AS every Usage
Indian is worth $4,000 in his own
right, this seeming madness may be
Inethodical
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

Col AfIzg-- at restasTzair-"sster.
\ x.zss - -st~E. Y yo2 Piesee
Fr.~na ggh2tg A ksatae3ian cal.
iaz toT water
Col AII@o-s lwi;h los,y aixns,yl-
Iaozf you suppa~,. ssa. TIA. th@ gods
~ hlga caynpz. e.. ssre1 - n~r.ak
a-uo-A-.-...1 +. s~.z-<s.s<zo 1s.sanA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

The Populists want this country run
on the plan of New Zealand, while the
ing out GLASGOW as model In all
probability the United States will be
modelled strictly after the United
States.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

A ..-o-y br..xfEs: disa II rnads from
-. ,o,nat1.-.. and little cold boiled
a. b-o5ls4 IAN Chop the han Sac.
81 uss. from a hAlf cup 20 . eapful.
aid put Il ~ . saneepaa with three srsa
,guastoes pess~Si and eat IN sl.oes All
hzlf;Abl.syoonful % batter. and
cook a few inmates. then adj two raw
sygA- Ma thoroughly. aac szSo< 1ei-i
tie sys4 are act. sszscG with wEif>
pepper. aad serwe On vsll-brv~ssa
tosss, sprlas!sd with Chopped F~rsasJ.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

Under Carlisle's plan the people may
have money to burn. But then again
they may not think enough of it TO go
10 the trouble of building fire for
that purpose.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

II is now charged that Dr. Fraker.
the alleged insurance swindler. chang
ed his SEX But now that the election
is over the newspapers ought 10 let
up on making fun OF Winfield's citi-
ZenS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

The new automatic SCaffcld which
vas used in Hartford may be a work
Of art and wonderful mechanicism.
but it is not 50 fascinating that il is go
ing TO drag anyone into being hanged.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

Eugene Ware, the Kansas poet. is
living in a $4,000 house in Topeka.
Milton sold his Paradise Lost" for SIG.
The moral To this is that Milton was
an unfortunate cuSs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

Mr. Duncan, a member Of the Ten
nessee legislature. is walking $50 miles
to the state capital rather than pay his
fare or take a pass. His constituents
will do well to watch that man.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

1t is said that Carlisle's new currency
system could not fail to produce a
panic. But the production of panics
seems to be the goal of Democratic am
hitjOnS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

Bob FitZSimmons is afraid that his
II is true that both he and Corbett
have not talked enough by about three
Or four million words.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

The name Indianola does not suit
the Kansas City Journal 1t thinks
the territory should be known as Cook
p3nCiaQa.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

Cleveland has bandaged up his big
toe and gone off on a hunting expedi-
ton He too ought to file his account
for salary and stamps and conclude
not TO return.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

The New York policeman who paid
$1,000 for being made a captain
ought to go TO Kentucky where man
can become colonel by entering
poker game
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

In Illinois fifteen thousand more
votes were cast for prohibition than in
Kansas. That may be significant. And
it NAV not be.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

1t is noticed that despite legislation
the cigarette habit is just as obstreper-
Gus as ever. 1t may be possible that
there are some things that legislation
cannot do.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

By instantaneous photography it has
been found why cat always lights
on its feet. Perhaps photography can
discover why the cat came back.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

The Carlisle currency bill is TO be
rushed through, and the chances are
that the result will prove as fatal as
the tedious tinkering Of the tariff bill
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

The agricultural department claims
that we eat too much. Well, what are
we going TO do with our 40 cent wheat:
We don't like to burn it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

PETER is gradually drifting
security where the end man at the
into that awful degradation of OBJ
minstrel show passes him by.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

The fact that Spain is supplying
Cuba with -four has caused the senate
to ask Secetary Gresham TO investigate
the matter and report.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

Cassius Clay says that ''love and SEN
sualism are as far apart as night and
day" A young man like Cassius
should be authority on this subject.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

The prevailing opinion is that the
Dawes commission should go and soak
its head. This is the way both the In
dians and the white men feel
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19

EVERYBODY is smiling once again in
Wichita 1t is part of Il Wichita
mans nature TO be able to scent pros
perity, several niles away.