The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-12
JEWE7T STOCK FARM, Cheney, Ks.

money win be provided from the saw
ings banks 1t is expected the system
viii be largely taken advantage of BY
the agricultural community.
The southern otter is still hunted
in Florida for the sake of his fay. a.
though it is inferior in quality TO thar
of the sea otter Of Oregon and Alaska.
So persistent has been the pursuit %
the sea otter in the far northwest tina;
the animal has become extremely
scarce. The common otter of the south
is an expert fisherman and he Is found
only near watercourses or lakes IL Is
the East Indian otter that has been
taught 10 drive fish into nets as an aid
70 human fishermen.
Inconsistent and mendicant younG.
men now 20 about the large towns
with bandage9 hands or arms in sings.
telling innocent folks irreconcilsble
stories of long idleness and recent In
juriss by machinery. The bandages
and sings are usually neat, but doubt
less professional would detect some
thing emateurish in their style. Is
may be taken for granted that an anna
teur bandage concsals whole memb Der.
because free medical and surgical trest.
ment is SO easily obtained In the cities
that no really poor man has TO have his
wounds dressed at homo or by unwo.
fessional hands
Skilled music teachers In New Yorh
earn largo incomes when once they
have gained n reputation. au1 the best
Of them charge from three 70 seven doll
lars lesson and perhaps much more Il
they have also some repute as eompos-
erS The composition OF really good
music is, however. hardly q profitable
occupation in New York A young
composer whose work Is slowly oh
tanning recognition was informed re-
Gently that song written for tho
piano could be pu blisbsd At q loss 10
the composer OF about twelve cents per
copy printed. Had he written q cheap
and popular piece of vocal music h
night have hoped for some return
"A writer in the Quarterly Review,
several years ago. undertook to inves-
tigatc the popular notion that there are
certain hours during the tweDty-fous
rertained the hour of death in 2. $50 In
stances of all ages from a nired popu-
lation and from dsaths occurring during
period of several years The maxi
mum hour Of death f. from i've 10 SIX
o'clock a. III, when IL 10 forty per cent
above the average. and the minimum
during the hours from nins TIL eleven
o'clock in the evening. when IL IL siS
and one-half per cent bslov the aver
age. Thus the least mortality Is dur
ing midday honrs-namely. from ten
till three o'clock, the greatest during
early morning hours, from three tail ssx
o'clock. Fishermsn say that the amss
OF the ebb ana fosv Of the tides are al
ways critical hours with in~alidA
Tho fidelity Of the ds2 hss ofssa
been cited The following snse<ioss
proves that tho virsue caa Be sssa
shaved by the goat A Swiss fayner IN
the Canton Sruyers proceeded. ~ was
his won't early enc neyuiag 10 tsad
his cattle on n certain nnouatain stu
ated some dissancs from home. wh~a
midday passed snd he did 10. return q
lad set out ia qrest Of him. aad zftef
long searching and calling repeatedly
was at Las. answered BY two goats vhd
remained inEnovzt.e On an elevation
Gaided 20 the spos By their pss.<ni erssa.
he foznd the farmer fallen down .
crcvice and inSsnsibie. The lad de-
parted In search Of help aud after
long ssssroe rstnrnsd with . szccor-
ing party. 70 End ths fsith:sl goats
stil watching their master. and On shs
rz.ourntui party stsrtiaz ~i,h tissr
burden FOR the vslisT. the animals
eaietiy followed behind o.cczsionxIig
giving ycnt 20 thslr evident so.ic..zas
Tor thesr INJURED matter.