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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-13
The BOY with g rf.ce of chalk.

The delight that the small boy er-
periences in making a beautiful wavy
chalk mark along fence" says an In
dulCent father. must be great, but I
suppose it is IS nothing to the joy he
feels when he comes TO one of those
lions or grifEns OF other of the archi-
tectursl animals wherewith many o;
OF our more modern edihces are now
adorned. He carefully whitens the
eyes Of these and Enthusiastically out
lines the mouth IN white Under this
treatment the most ferosious Of lions
looks despondenc and ridiculous and
the fiercest griffin looks IS though he
would Ike 70 laugh. The small boy
says nothing az he passes on, drawing
his chalk across whatever surface may
be within handy reach II Is evident
that there lie 10Y IL his heart
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-13

this year. You ask if the woman SUI.
frage movement is not passing out OF
the stage when it is treated with ridi-
cule. Yes, people have ceased to throw
ridicule upon it. That is because peo-
pie are becoming more sensible. The
women themselves have become better
fitted for the exercise of woman SUI
frage and are doing a good deal of
thinking. Inasmuch as they are al
most the entire support of the churches,
and the charities would be nowhere
without them. and inasmuch as gov
eminent is nothing but an extensive
form of housekeeping, it seems to me
that common sense indicates that the
housekeepers should be represented in
politics.
Who was il that said that 1.-The more
you see of men the better You think of
dogs?" l cannot recall just now, but
the more l see of the incapecity of man
rs government animal, the less / am
frightened at the idea of woman's en-
trance into politics.
II may have been said that woman Is
illogical, that she is inpulsive and liza
bic to be guided more by the heart than
the head, and that, therefore, she would
be untitled for politics This is tbs
height of absurdity. It is just as ridicu-
lous to say that woman cannot be logic
al as to say that woman cannot be a
mathematician.
If You want TO End out the fatlacy of
The latter statement all you have to do
is 70 investigate the public schools and
colleges
They viii afford abundant proof Of
what women can do in this direction
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-13
COL. R0B'S VIEWS
The Greatest Living American
Agnostic's Views Of Life.
America, Ee Thinks. Is Not Big Enough
to Give the Rising Generation
Chances Great as Those
the Past offered.
TcoPYRIGHT, Is94I

Among the early contributions 70
this series was an interview with Or.
LYMAN Abbott on the religion of the
future. He looks forward to an amaz-
Ing growth Of religious sentiment and
influence. He is the representative Of
what is best in American theology.
Surely it is fitting that before the
series closes it should contain an inter
view with Col Robert G. IngersOn,
who represents what is intellectually
highest among the whole worlds Op-
ponents OF religion.
Col. Ingersou counts theology as the
science Of superstition. He decries
religion as il exists, and holds that the
broadest thing a man. or al human
nature, can do is to acknowledge ignO-
rance when it cannot know. He ac-.
repts nothing on faith. lie is the
American who is forever asking:
''Whv?''-who demands reason and
material proof before believing.
As Christianity corner stone IS faith,
ne rejects Christianity, and argues that
Ell men who are broad enough 70
know when to narrow their ideas down
TO fact or demonstrable theory must
reject it. Believe as he does or not, all
Americans must be interested in him.
His mind l. marvellous, his tongue Is
silvern, his Logic IS invincible-as logic
He said a very interesting thing the
other day. He showed a tendency to-
ward pessimisIn. lie minated that
America-of which we all expected 81
much-is likely to disappoint US.
Col Ingersoll is a shining exam.
pie of the oft quoted fact that,
given mental ability, health and in
dustry. a young man may make foI
himself whatever place in life he desires
and is fitted to I'll. His early advan-
tages were limited, for his father, a
Congregational minister whose field Of
labor often changed, was man Of far
too small an income TO send his sons tC
college. Whatever of mental training
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-13

the young man had he was obliged to
get by reason OF his own exertion, and
his splendid triumphs as an orator and
1is solid achievements as a lawyer
are all the result or his own efforts
The only help he had outside of that
given him by his much loved elder
brother Chen, now deceased, was that
which is the common heritage of all
American young men-the chance to
fight even handed for success. 1t Is not
surprising therefore that Col. Ingersou
feels a deep interest in every bright
young man of his acquaintance who is
struggling maufully for the Ciittering
prize so brilliantly won by the great
agnostic himself. He does not believe,
however, that the young man who goes
ont into the world nowadays to seek
his fortune has 50 easy battle to fight
MS had the young men of thirty years
ngo. In conversation with the writer
Col Ingersou spoke earnestly upon this
subject.
"A few years ago" he said. there
were many thousand miles of railroads
to be built. great many towns and
filled; vast areas Of uncultivated land
were waiting for the pillow, vast forests
the ak, and thousands Of mines were
longing 70 be opened. In those DAYS
every Young man of energy and indus.
try had a future. The professions We're
not ovsrcrowded; there were more pa
tients than doctors. more litirants than
lawyers, more buyers Of goods than
merchants. The young man Of that
time who was raised on . farm got
little education. taught school. read
law or Tedicine-some Of the weaker
pnes read theology-and there seemed
10 be plenty OF room. plenty Of avenues
10 success and distinction.
$50, too. few years ago 4 political
life was considered honorable. and 50
Ia politics there were many great ca
reers. 50, hundreds Of towns wanted
newspap ers, and in each OF those towns
there was an opening for some eaer-
getic young man. At that time the
plant cost bat little; few dollars pur>
chased the press-the young publisher
could get the paper stock on credit.
Now the railroads have all been
huilt: the canals are finished: the cit
ies have been located; the outside prop
ertv has been cut into lots and sold and
1ncxtgaged many times over. Now 1t
requires great capital TO go into bust
mess. The individual Is counting for
less and less: the corporation, the trust.
for more and more. Now great mer-
chant employs hundreds OF clerks: a
few years ago most Of those now clerks
nvcnld Lave been merchants. And %
it seerIs TO be in nearly every depart
1n,ent of life. OF course I do not know
what inventions may leap from the
brains Of the future; there MAJ be mil
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-13
Effect of the Trolley on Watches.

A great many men are wondering
what is the matter with their watches.
Never since the town was a town have
there been so many pocket timepieces
taken in for repairs. Tho trouble lies
IN the trolley. The Introduction OF
the electric wire for propulsion, max
ing the car stop and go fast or slow,
affects the average watch in similar
manner, and fortunate is the man who
gets of trolley with his watch in the
same condition that it was before. He
may catch a train or reach a bank IN
time to pay a bill, but it win be By
town clock time, not his own. Every
watch thus affected has % be demag-
neti-ed. -Pli1adelDhia Times
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lions and millions of fortunes yet to be
made in that direction, but OF that !
am not speaking.
$50 l think that few years ago the
chances were far more numerous and
favorable to young men who wished to
make a name for themselves and to
succeed in some department OF human
energy, than now.
'In savage life" he went on, ga liv-
ing is very easy to get. Most any saw
age can hunt or fish, consequently
there are few failures. But in civil
lied life competition becomes stronger
and sharper, consequently the per-
centape of failures increases, and this
seems to be the law. The individual IS
constantly counting for less 1t may
be that on the average people live bet
ter than they did formerly, that they
have more to eat, drink and wear; but
the individual horizon has lessened: 1t
is not so wide and cloUdless as former
". So | say that the chances for
great fortunes, for great success, are
growing less and less
Col Ingersoll's views regarding the
Bible and Christianity were not gen
orally understood by the public for
sorse time after he had become famous
as an orator, although he began 10
diverre from orthodoxy when quite
young. and was as pronounced an
agnostic when he went into the army
as he Is now. According to all accounts,
his fathers experience with the
churches. of which he was pastor,
were not such as to give the son an ex-
allied opinion OF practical Christianity,
and IL this regard Rev. Mr.. Ingersoll's
were not unique experiences by any
means. The boy, therefore, began to
investigate at a very early age, espe-
ciallv as his father was himself man
whose Iiberality of belief increased
with his years and who was. therefore.
severaI tunes brought mp peIore cnurcn
tribunals for trial. On one occasion,
when he was charged with -prevarica-
ton and conduct unbecOming minis
ter" the evidence WIS trivial in the ex-
treme and the committee decided that,
while he had done nothing incon-
sistent with his Christian character
mis- conduct had been inconsistent
with the ministerial character, and he
was forbidden to preach in future. APP
brought about reversal of that order,
but the circumstances confirmed the
VounI man in his -skeDtical INQUIRIES.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-13

presidency He has since been labor
ing to develop true character in all
who come within his influence. Dr..
Evans was in at the birth of the old
republican party, casting MS irst vote
for Gen. John c. Fremont He was
among the earliest and most Zsalous
abolitionists and was vigorously out
spoken on the platform and in his pull
pit for the union cause at the outbreak
of the war. Once more, in 1888, he en-
rolled himself among the founders of n
new party, being one of the signers Of
the call for the convention at Bloom
ington at which the prohibition party
Of Illinois was organized. Since that
time he has been one of tho leaders Of
his party and an ardent advocate Of
equal suffrage. As presiding elder
and delegate to three general con-
ferences Of his church he has exerted a
strong influence in shaping the policy
of the Methodist church regarding the
question of prohibition.
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and these led him far beyond the most
advanced position ever attained by his
father, who was adjudged simply TO be
tinged with heterodoxy.
Col. Ingersou is an inch more than
six feet tail. and weighs ten more than
two hundred pounds He viii be sixty
one next August, and his hair is snowy.
His shoulders are broad and slightly
stopped. though not with age. They
We're bent quite as much as now
eighteen years ago. when he electrified
a people and placed his own name upon
the list of a nation greatest orators
with his matchless 'Plumcd knight
speech in nominating James G. Blaine
for the presidency. His blue eyes look
straight into yours when he speaks to
you, and his sentences are punctuated
by enga cling little tricks Of facial eE-
pression-now the brow is criss-crossed
with the lines of frown. sometimes
quizzical and sometimes indignant
next the smooth-shaven lips break into
4 curving smile which may grow into
broad grin if the point just made were
a humorous one. and this is quite likely
TO be followed by a look of such intense
earnestness that you wonder if he viii
ever smile again. And all the time his
eyes fash illuminating. sometimes an
tlcjpatOry, chances that add immensely
10 the clcarness with which the thought
he IS expressing Is set before YOU. He
delights 10 tell a story. and he never
tells any but good ones. but-and in
this he is like Liucoln-he is apt to
use his stories 70 drs,a some PROPOSE
ton home. This is almost invariably
true. even when he sets out 10 spin
va-u Tor the StoTy'S simple sake. His
Dentsnry seems 70 oe duplex-quadrsi-
PICK. multipleX. if Won please-aud
while his lips and tongue are effec-
lively delivering the story his wonder
fui brain i. seemingly, uncousciousiv
applying the point of the story 10 the
proving Of Pet theory. and when the
tale has been told the verbal applicz-
ton follows
Though there are few who are more
urhane than Mr.. Inrersoll. he Is never
urban. No one would take him to be
city born. He was . country boy-his
birthplace was Dresden. y. y. His
early boyhoOd was passed in New York
state and his youth and young man
hood in Illinois, Ohio and Wisconsin.
The proyincisGSms Of those states cling
10 him; they crop out here and there in
sharp accents and fat tones never
heard from the lips Of the born New
Yorker and IL gestures that. in the
want Of = better term. may be said 70
h gracefully awkward. When he
walks his progress Is marked b. most
engaging wadJle. His clothes are al
ways serriceable and modest in cut
bat they rarely 1it Wei and they do not
look - ! they cans tbs daY before
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-13
JeOGE wAxEm'S PROVERBS.

POVERTY is nifty nj crime in polli-
ticks
The best test Nv mans ability 20
hold emmy offs IS TO git II.
Ir's powerful bad sine when WIN
men git the polliticks habit.
CoNGREss thinks it amt dom its
dooty ef il amt maxim laws all the
time.
PUB1LCK offs IS a publiciz trust. and
the man that hain't got the offs IS agin
trusts.
THAR amt foot on erth big enut
20 trampel on the star spangled ban
ner nv freedum.
Eff eny L ;. seniter carrys q litenin
rod 70 keep The presidenshsl litenin
from strikin' him nobody ever seen Il
st3ckin' Up in site.-Detroit Free Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-13
" ERE CRACK SHOTS
Wonderful Workmanship at a Re.
cent Paris Tournament.
Grand Medal Won by II. Bonfon-Six
Consecutive Shots Which Hit the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Re-
polver Experts.

In France It is claimed that there are
more expert pistol shots than in any
other country. This is open to dispute.
particularly by Americans, but it is
pretty safe to assert that there is more
target pistol-shooting and more inter
est in it in France than in any other
land. st the last annual tournament,
held at the gallery of Gastinne Renette,
l. Avenue d'Antin, Paris, there was
plenty of evidence OF the Frenckmen's
skill with the pistol. The scores were
probably the best ever made in France.
To win a prize IS considered a great
honor. at the last tournament, re-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-13
Indians in New York.

There are about $500 Indians in New
York state. The Senecas are the most
numerous tribe, having In 1893 2,5JC
members. Next comes the st. Regis
tribe, with 1,19o. The once powerful
Tuscaroras number 4Ol; the OnOndagas,
47s; the Oneidas, geo, and the Cayugas
1913. AS a whole. the Indians of New
York are not falling off in numbers,
there being rather more Of them to-day
than there were twenty years ago
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-13
CHARITY NOTES.

TuEsE are 800 soup kitchens II
France.
IrALr has 27o.oo0 inmates Of the poor
houses
TIE aims houses Of France have go
COO inmates
AUSTRIA has fz4.oS9 orphans cared
for by the state
GERMANY has SC. co Paupe-s IL ais
public aims lo-seA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-13
GREAT PROHIBITiONIST.
Few. J. G.. Evans. Nominated In ulDs
for the L. S. senREOrship-

Few. J. G.. Evans. Nominated in nlasfs
for the L. S. ssnsEOrship-
Rev. J. G. Evans, who was nominated
by the prohibition party at its recent
state convention in Bloomington, III,
as a candidate for Uai.ed States sena-
tor. is a man Of stalwart character and
interesting career. lie was born in
Marshall county, III, on December 10,
1893, and received his education At thu
Wesleyan seminary, Peoria at Judson
college and AZ the Clio Wesleyan semi
nary. His thorough religious training
and serious bent Of mind inclined him
20 enter the ministry. ADD IA 1884 hs
was ordained hy the Methodist Episco-
pal church Eighteen years later Ia
was elected president OF Hedding col
lege, = position which be held for air
years Clladdock college eslied him 70
Ats presidency in is7s. bat he resigned
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-13
JEWELERS. Fun.

HUsBASo-''This paper says a man
of-war costs over million dollars. -
Wite-"And it's only plated ware a.
that"
Political rings have = lot
Of gold in them PareSis-'YeS; but
there Is also a great deal ot copper
n ther conDos:tien. Truth
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-13
er physicians testimony:
HARD ON TIE MEN.

Eate Fields Latest Contribution to Wom-
an Suffrage Literature
You ask me, writes Kate Field, the
noted journalist, lecturer and agitator,
to the New York Sunday Journal, if
there is any likelihood of woman suf-
frage becoming an established fact dur
ing the life of the present generation?
At the rate at which history is being
made, think it is quite possible that
New York state may have woman suf-
frage within the present generation.
Two states already have woman suf-
frage, Wyoming for the past twenty
years aud Colorado for the first time
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-13
Man Is scicntiscaily dshn~t - ~
pounds q carbon and nitrogen di1ased
through FIVE buckets Of water.
SOME BOOK COVERS.
Pretty and Appropriate Ho,tos 20 Tas rpos
Thrm-

Th-m-
Book covers are 20 much fhc rage fhas
Il makes little difference SHAT the bfnh-
ing q our faVorito author Indeed,
we may take very shabby friend and
make him blossom like the rose. Paint.
ing On parchment. paper ~ linen hss
quite superseded csnhrolar~v. and oHrs
dictionary |of pocket size. q c0urss
ones address o. note book diary should.
II We would ~ quite IN tie SWIM. -
provided vita q pretty cover
4 curiosity Wa 4 SNAIL hook with r..
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-13

that. The fact that the Ia Dor % SOM
putting the precise time Of its return Is
already about TO begin gives assurance
that the next time 10 will not be
question Of how many days, but rather
of how many hours, OF even minutes.
the calculations viii he in error.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-13
II. .BoNzoS's WHINING TARGET.

Gently concluded, the premier prize
was won by ". II. Bonzon. a fac
smile OF whose score is mere produced.
This gentleman is considered to be the
peer of all the pistol shots in Paris
When L tell you, says a contributor
TO the New York Herald, that his re-
markable performance was accom-
plished at distance of sixteen meters
(ifty-two and hals feet, and that the
bulls eye was bat one and one-eighth
inches in diameter, you can better ap-
preciate NJ. Bonzon's deadly aim. For
the first time in the history of this IA
NOUS gzllery-the oldest in Europe
the use Of reviewers was permitted, and
it will be a source of pride to Americans
70 know that NJ. Bonzon used 6 re-
volver Of American make. 1t carried
44-caliber bali.
NJ. Bonzon fred six shots at the tar
get. Not only did each strike the bulls
eye. but each took OF a portion of thu
carton, the small white disk in the
center, which is only three-eighths of
IN inch in diameter. For this wonder
full bit of craftsmanship NJ. Bonzon
was awarded the grand medal of honor,
a prize greatly coveted but seldom
won. The second prize at this tourna-
ment was won by NJ. Molinie-Paget,
who scored forty-eight points by send
ing six out of seven bullets square into
the bulls eye. Several competitors
scored forty-sepen points.
The frearIn generally used IN these
competitions is very similar in size
Shape and weight to the old dueling
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-13
CONGRESSMAN sORo.
Said TO 30 One of tire Msst Popular and
KLchsst Men In oh.a.

The recent election II Paul j. Sorg
to congress from the Third Ohio dis
trict cannot be considered q partisan
victory. Although nominated by =
democratic convention, Mr. Sorg's per
sonal popularity, his business quali4cs-
tions and philanthropio application Of
his great wealth determined ais Soc
cess.
There Is great satisfaction with Mr..
Sorgs victory in his home district He
Is five times a millionaire. but "a
plain, matter-of-fa0t business maui
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-13
GREAT COMET COMING.
Astronomers Everywhere Arc Already
naarnasin-

Astronomer Everywhere Are Already
Discussing Its Advent.
Hslley's comet Is coming back-the
comet which in the year 1866 shed
celestial splendor over the Norman
conquest and whose terror-inspiring
visit was commemorated by the hand
of Queen Matilda in the Bayeux tapes
try; the comet that in 1886. the year Of
the battle Of Belgrade, scared the Turk
and Christian alike and was anathemat-
lied by a bull from the pope; the
comet whose strange scimiter form
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StderrzU Rentals

The renting Of portions Of the side
walk II Paris TO p-oprietors Of cafes
who set out tables there. brings il q
rental 20 the city Of 10000 francs =
year