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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-23
REFORM NECESSARY no GRowTH,

Ex-senator Dawes contributes an able
paper on the prevailing demand for re-
form, III which he differs widely from
the few WHIP feel called upon to denounce
everything modern, and To vindicate old
laws and customs simply because thev
are Old. While he deprecates the idea
OF useless change, he recognizes tile
facS that changed conditions require a
change in laws. He says:
The American people have a genius
Tor government-making. and this never
ceasing challenge of the operations they
nave put over themselves is evidence
that the genius which constructed il
without model and in defiance Of all
governmental dogma, then tolerated
among men, is still quick and alert.
with vigor unimpaired. and with vision
broadened and clarified BY hundred
years OF constant search for defects and
strife Tor improvements.
these struggles to achieve govern
mental reform should be ENCOURAGED
not stitied, and this not because this or
that scheme of reform meets orr an
proval, and notwIt hStandn.c the ends
sought through mary of them NAV in
our opinion be unwise and mischiey0us
they are to be encouraged, because hey
keep alive and stimulate an interest in
governmental affairs essential to vi aIity.
There cannot be differences where there
Is dissatisfaction, and stagnation is fatal
10 life. There can be Improvement so
long as there is content, and there can be
no discovery except by an open. search
ing eye. This universal out-crv for GOV
einmental reform Is therefore evidence
OF universal interest in the affairs of 4
government in which all are in theory.
as they should be in fact. resDon,i-
ble, and II q most healthy and
essential condition of the public mind
'Ihe Importer of reforms in govern
ment Is the most unsafe Of all the many
types or this race of men, and his treat
ment presents more difficulties than that
Of any other. He comes 10 Won in -
many attractive coIors and with such
specIous arguments drawn so long Z dis.
lance from their home that You cannot
trace their origin or inquire INFO their
character. They are. therefore. to be r.
ken AT their valuation abroad Ike other
imports Besides, the importer Of poiit-
ical principles and machinery rese.n oIss
IN other respects besides valuation the
importer OF goods. wares and mer-
chandise. All sorts of men are en-
gagged in this busineSs-the Nihilist.
the Anarchist, the Socialist and the
ASrarlan. IS well as the earnest and
honest student OF civic-and the goods
OF these men 20 bear no label. They are
like ready-made Cloth.ng-admitted free
OF duty because they have been already
worn. and for hat reason i Is insiste I
that they shall be put on and worn lust
IS they are, whether they fl u or not.
Iuey were excellent aud clos fit Nc
where they Were found. and adapted 10
the climate of he country and the habits
OF the people who had worn them. and
the same fitness i claimed for them
mere regardless Of differences o. people.
Of their civil zaticn and Of those ius,i,u-
tons government which are their legiti-
mate outgToWta.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-23
FEW OF Us SEE sPooKs.

From the Springfield Republican.
The PSvchical Research society hsz
come to the conclu sion. after investi-
eating the matter for about six years
that to only one in ten of Us 1t Is given
TO see, hear or touch ghosts Ninety
per cent of naortals are seemingly too
dull or obtuse. too dim OF vision, or too
thick of hearing TO perceive these I'M
bodied visitors, or too healthy III mind
and body TO he subject 10 these haliu-
ciuations. The commonplace routine
of bread and butter getting, 10 which
most Of this ninety per cent. Of ghost
less men and women are bound seems
to afford few opportunities for exnioi-
billions OF psychic phenomena, and the
fatigue after honest toll Is foe 70
dreams and visions. Nor does the rush
and struggle for wealth which aosoros
all the energies and exhausts the vital
forces OF another portion o. this ninety
per cent OF ghostless individuals help
10 glinpses Of the undiscovered coun-
try" The way in which the society
for Psychjcal Research reaches Its con
ciusion, which agrees so well with ths
experience OF most OF US, IS by per
MISSILE use OF the doctrine of aver
ages Members Of that society set
themselves TO WORK 10 quiz ali their
friends and everybody within reach
about the wonderful and UneNpiaiR-
able events which had disturbed the
rronotony OF their lives or set their
friends to coFiizting. Women am men
toEethe-, there were four hundred and
ten OF these inquiries. two hundred @no
tyenty-three women and one hundred
and eiEhty-seveu men and they qulzze1
seventeen thousand persons IL TOOK
three years 20 90 this auizzng sys-
tenstican- oy asking response IRON
every one OF the seventeen thousaoS e
this question: Hare you ever wher
believing yourself 20 &c completely
awake. had = vivid imP-es>soa O. sec
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-23

republican and patriot, who was al
ways present under the mask, was Ma
poleone Buonaparte; the French re-
publican, Napoleon Buonaparte; the
victorious general, Bonaparte; the en-
peror, Napoleon. There was likewise
a change in his handwriting analogous
to the change in his nationality and
opinions. 1t was probably to conceal
a most defective knowledge of French
that the adopeive FrenchEan, repub-
ican. consul and emperor abandoned
the fairly legible hand of his youth,
and required to the atrocious one of
his childhood, continuing always to
use it after his definite choice of a
country.
Stormy indeed were his nation and
his birthtime. He himself said: Il
was born while my country was dying.
Thirty thousand French. vomited on
our shores. drowning the throne of
liberty in waves of blood-such was
the horrid sight which first met my
view. The cries of the dying. the
groans of the oppressed. tears of de-
spair, surrounded my cradle at my
birth 70
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-23

at the time of Louis XIV. He is a cat
tie dealer at Bougle, in Algeria
William Pole, the great authority
on whist, is an expert civil engineer, a
skillful organist, and man of large
| learning in such matters as steam eN-
gines, railways, armor plate, drainage
and army ordnance. He was born be-
| fore the battle of Waterloo.
Germans claim that the late Her
mann Helmholtz was, after Humboldt,
the greatest scientific thinker of this
century. The physicians who per-
( formed the autopsy were astonished at
/ the weight of his brain and the extra.
ordinary number of its convolutions.
Nine Coquelin, the mother CT the
! two great actors, died recently at the
sge of ST. After her husbands death
she carried on the bakery at Boulogne-
sur-Mer for long time. When her
sons became successful they estab-
lished her in comfortable house at
Sceaux.
Mrs. Mullins, moonshiner in the
mountains of Hancock county, Tenn,
laughs at the revenue officers. She
weighs six hundred pounds, her home
is accessible only by foot and they have
been able to devise no means to get her
out of her cabin. They have found by
experience that there is no moonshine
about her heft.
Charles Brigham, who was ap-
pointed clerk in the mailing depart
ment of the Boston post Office when
Martin Van Buren, had just entered up
on his term as president of the United
States. is still there, after ffty-six con-
secutive years of service, bright, yigor-
Gus, and looking fully ten years
younger than the so that he has seen.
The Countess de Fremont is a very
pert member of the guild of women
journalists in London. She lately
wrote to w. S. Gilbert asking for an
interview, and Mr.. Gilbert replied that
his charge therefor would be twenty
guineas. The lady responded that,
while she could not go to that expense,
she cheerfully looked forward to writ
ing his obituary for nothing.
bishop Wilmer, of Louisiana, once
had a talk with a Baptist minister,
who insisted that there were several
places in the Bible where immersion
was unquestionably referred to.
Yes" replied the bishop; 81 recall
two such instances, where there can
be no doubt as to the mode. One is
where Pharaoh and his host were inn
merSed in the sea and the other where
the Gadarene pigswere drowned in the
deep"
Emperor William is again suffering
from his ear trouble, and the imperial
family are anxious about the character
the ailment seems to be taking, which
is that of a wart growing between the
tympanum and the cartilage of the
ear. The attack is causing the en-
peror frightful pain, and in conse-
euence he is extremely nervous and ex-
eta bic. In order that no one shall see
his suffering he is going to isolate HIM
self in one of his country houses under
The preteXt of hunting.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-23
AMONG TIE WITS

When a peacock spreads its feath'
ers it forgets it has black feet.-Ram's
Horn.
when grow up" said six-year-
old philosopher, ''shan't ! feel strange
for day or twor-Tit-Bits.
Cautious. - American Heiress
"Would you ever marry for money,
baron?" Baron-''I don't know-how
much have you?''-N. Y. Ledger.
FIRST Modern Statesman-''N otico
anything crooked at the poll?' Sec
opd Ditto-''Not a thing. Every man
has voted just as he was paid to do
Buffalo Courier
-McSwatters-'Is Clsnghorn en-
ished author?" Yes. You see, he
called on Woolly, of the Howler, and
called him liar: and-wel, you know
Woolly. Syracuse Post.
When er man smites yer" said
Uncle Eben. ''tu' I'M de uddah cheek.
Den eff he's mean enough ter tex adj
vantage Oh yer Christianity he deserves
de hes lickin' yoh knows how ter GID
i'm Washington Star.
The Musical Scale in Flats Gent
Cooking into the apartment of a mu-
steal eomposer)-''EXcuse me, does Mr..
Secretary Meyer live here?' Musician
No; he lives an octave higher. -
Neuer Schreib-Kalender.
-Tommy-''Paw, teacher wants Us
10 tell what Is the difference between
speak and talk" Mr.. Iigg-"Um-
femme see. Generally when | get in.o
an argument with your mother she is
outspoken and 1 am outtalked- In
Gianapolis Journal.
He tpleadinglvl-"Why can't we
be married right away" She tcoyly)
oh. ! can't bear 70 leave father
alone just vet" He iearncstly)-"But,
nv darling ne has had you such
long. long time She (freezinglyl-
Sir .''-Brooklyn Life.
Plenty OF Room "A certain man
who resides near Rockland had small
barn few year aro ne had bic
crop Of hav. ana one of his neigh bors
asked MIN where he was going 20 put
il. Il think. " said he. 'thst q! stack
what I can out door anC put the rest
in the barn. Lewiston Journal
One OF Is Great Advantage
ers inspecting itl-''It looks 70 me Ike
waste OF cloth 20 rave At overcost
made that reaches 70 vour heels"
Banks-'A waste az cloth2 Great
Scott, In the mere mat'er % Carrying
away UNI breli4s unsupported that over
coat paid for itself IN three wees -
Chicago Tribune
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-23
WEALTH AND LCNACY.

Reciprocity should be the ruling prin
ciple in our dealings with other nations.
a system which depletes the treasury OF
one people for the enrichment of an
other is "a one-sidei deal which, sooner
or later, leads 20 bankruptcy on one side
and Unnatural and unearned wealth on
| the other. Such a relation is not impos-
| sibe between this and the mother coun-
try. We talk Of balances of trade as
shown by our annual exports and i'm
ports, but if we were 10 attempt tostrike
a cash balance from these items cash
would be millions short every year. The
outflow of money-always in coin
through American tourists in Europe is
difficult of computation, but enough is
known To gay it is a heavy and al
most inSupportable drain upon our
money reserve. 1t Is not only the ex-
pense of travel but the cost of expensive
goods and works of art, the costly enter
| tainments and the worse than pSofigate
waste among the sporting and gambling
! classes. What is it to the Flooding,
bread winning people OF this county
| that an American should win the Derby,
or that an American built yacht should
| develop greater speed by a few seconds
than an English one: What good pur-
pose is served by the very wealthy class
of this country buving their every day
supplies in Paris, London or BRUSSELS:
The question is superhuous, but the loss
to this country is most serious. The
vast incomes of our multi-milionaires
are all earned in the United States. In
fact no other country renders these col
lossal and suddenly acquired fortunes
possible, hence every dollar expended
abroad is just so much of
drainage upon or resources.
Still more demoralizing to the social
conditions i'll our country is the fad for
counting social favor with the royal
families of Europe. Il virtually ac-
knowledges that there is somet hing bet
ter-a higher grade of society than our
country affords. Fortunately this idea
prevails only with the Anglo-maniac-
the American snob Of whom we would
be well rid, If we could dispense with
his company and save lis cash. IL
reality, there is not a potentate in the
world who can confer distinction on an
American citizen, and the brainle,s dude
who takes the other view only errs in
his estimate Of customs and countries.
What Is gained by this kind Of toadyism
is SO well known that sensi-
bic people, let it be hoped, will
hardly bid for the honors. A little
hypocriticai can't and mock avowal of
friendship, and, now and then, profit
gate, sporting titled spendthrift for a
son-in-iaw, constitute the trophies most
sought after. To these might be added,
the pity and disgust of the real aristoc-
racy of the enlightened nations-the
aristocracy of Intelligence and real men
tai and moral worth.
1t were pity, two fold in its results,
that we should lose so much of our sur
plus cash and get so little in return. A
few restrictions upon the means used to
acquire those vast fortunes would serve
as wholesome restraint upon this form of
lunacy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-23
oRIrNrAL ARTISANS.

rff-F- re AelalA-a--
Farther along tho streets were toe
ivory-carvers. al working N sight Of
the pasSers-by Men shaped from a
oingv-coated elephant ;u,z ob5e~'s q
living wonder and besuty-sprites and
COLLINS. Vods and devils ray.csturee II
human form things unlike suytIsrg
on TIE earth o. n the ~ztcrs beneath
or n the heavens above Animals.
birds and creeping thiaEs grew cut q
this dead ivory 20 take shape and lice
n almost noisy Esu5ols around ne
spiral tusk- Pzper-knives- weights.
combs. b7clCs for orusAes. oruaments,
hairpjns. cuaniaglF cared giobes
within globe. tors. and many strange
;hingh has birth IN thee quaint aEa
primitive workshops
Near ~ sv>re the wood carriers, 1T
ting On the Sosr % thel- booths. and
holding with their feet to timber
from which they chopPes oct. ara
with ehisels grave1 draToaz. srr.ils.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-23

ing or being touched By living being
or inanimate object, or OF hearing a
voice, which impression, so far as you
could describe, was not due to any ex.
ternal cause?' To this question TWEEN
ty-two hundred and seventy-two an
swered Yes" but the inquirers were
not satisfied that some hundreds Of
these pretended psychical subjects had
really experienced the phenomena
they described in their replies. or that
these phenomena came within the
scope of their inquiry. For these rea-
sons and others the number OF affirm
alive replies registered was cut down
10 sixteen hundred and eighty-four, or
almost exactly ten per cent. OF the
whole number Of direct and indirect
replies received.
The analysis of these accepted replies
brings out facts as interesting as the
replies themselves. More women
claimed - have had these expericrc Is
than men, and the vast majority saw
the strange things rather than heard
Or felt them. There were eleven hun
dred and twenty visions reported,
while three hundred and lightweight
heard mysterious voices or sends, and
only one hundred and forty-four were
touched By the unexplaina Die. Angels
showed themselves rarely, only sixteen
having been seen, and saints and re-
lgious appearances were even more
rare. Satan. with his groteSoue and
disagreeable satellites. was seen sixty
eight times, while spectral animals
startled the observers twentv-seven
times Where human figures were
seen the majority OF these phantons
were of living persons, q good many
were not recognized, while only two
hundred and thirty-two of the seven
teen thousand claimed TO have seen,
heard or felt images or phantoms OF
the dead. All things considered. this
IS a remarka bic result, for it shows
that the phenomena of temperance,
or of direct apparent communication
between the dead and the living or
what passes for such phe-
nomena, is At best extremely
rare. Where could the great
body of spiritists, who possess such IA
Win NAiCSC nave
been when this question of the pSy-
chical society was going its rounds? II
was sent all over the world, and re-
plies came from every civilized coun-
try from Russia TO Brazil, and il is a
striking result that only two hundred
and thirtytwo people were found who
would claim to have seen, heard or
touched phantoms, or appearances of
those who have crossed the line be-
tween life and death. Still. the fact
remains that these careful investi-
gators of the Psychical Research soci-
ETY. have found two hundred and thir-
ty-two such eases, which they are will
ing to record and use as material for
further investigation. The honesty OF
these two hundred and thirty-two OBJ
servers seems to be accepted as proved,
and so does their intelligence and the
general accuracy o. their accounts OF
their Authorizations. Beyond this the
society does not go. 1t assumes the
scientific attitude and collects and
Classics the data from which it hopes
that sometime the law under which
these phenomena occur may be de-
duced-and this is about the only safe
attitude for anyone 10 assume at pres
emit toward these mysterious happen
ingS.-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-23

The natural wealth of a state is in
those qualities which yield the best re-
turns for labor and the use Of capital.
Nobody thinks OF cuitiva.ing the soil.
or hunting Tor geld on the coast of
Labrador, but they do tiud the facilities
worthy OF the effor's of q lifetime in
such pursuits in Kansas and California
Kansas Is great because Of the wealth
contained in her soil. It is q fact thar
her twelve inches of surface sol Will
produce more wealth than all the mines
In the mountain states. The same i
true of few other states, but they are
not in The hills and rocks and imporer-
is!.ei sol 81 New England Il makes
6ll the diff renee ia the world 10 the
farmer whether he spends half the
value OF hs crop for fertilizers aud
extra labor, or whether he harveSts
double the quantity with half the labor
il the new West. This is just the ia
SucemeAt which Kansas offers TO the
farmer. Come ana try it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-23

Chicago is making an effort to divorce
The police force from politics. Prepara-
lions are being made To get the matter
before the legislature and a strong effort
will be made to secure the passage of a
law that will accomplish the purpose.
The effort is worthy of imitation bv
other states. Police regulations and
the preservation of order certainly have
nothing TO do with partisan politics, and
Ri attempts to prostitute these powers to
such ends are, prima facia. diyertInS the
Efforts Of paid guardians of the peace 10
improper uses. The police power and
partisan politics should be held as the
antipodes Of municipal government.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-23
PERSONAL AND IMpERsoxAI

Men persisted II winter winds till
one Smote FIRE from fintS;oneS coldl7
hiding what they held. the red spark
treasured from the kindling sun.-Ed-
win Arnold.
The latest pretenier 10 the throne"
OF France Is MoAammed-ben-B Bourbon.
lie claims descent from one OF the
bourbon princes. who went IA AIyisrs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-23

The people of New York Will show
their appreciation of DR.. Parkhurst's eff
forts to down the Tammany ring 10y Civ
ing him banquet Tuesday next. If a
banquet is the proper thing, this one
should have the endorsement: of more
good people than any like entertainment
ever given. DIR. Parkhurst is entitled to
the sincere thanks of every good citizen
in the United States. BY all means let
the banquet come off.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-23

John W. Golf says that New York
ander the rule of the police department
as it was controlled by Tanmany hall.
was far worse as regards the individual
comfort of citizens than ST. Petersburg
under its most violent police regime.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-23

If only the authorities in Kansas City
could get at the fellows who stole or
altered the returns, it would seem more
ike avenging the law. Newspaper talk
and public indignation are well enough
In their way, but it don't convict any
body. There is nothing like personal
identity IN such cases-a ferreting out
and locking up tie flesh and blood and
depravity of the guilty parties.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-23

Self-government in the Indiun Terri
Tory having proved failure, the COM
NISSAN recommend that it be revoked
All the other provisions of the treaty
have been violated.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-23

The secretary of agriculture, Mr.. Nor
ION of Nebraska, is opposed to irrigation
on the grounds that it will increase COM
petition in farm products. lie is doubt
less opposed to an increase in anything
but the Democratic party.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-23

The working portion of 10000, 900
Democratic postage stamps being too
feeble to do duty, the stamps will be de-
stroyed. Like the Democrats, they
couldn't keep their grip.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-23

Mrs. Waite and Mrs. Jerry Simpson
are doing all the talking for their hus-
bands since the election. When women
can vote and run for office they Will carry
On the campaign from election TO cleo
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-23

This Academy, established il 1887 boarding school for
possesses every advantage that desire for
general improvement Of their children
attractive and experience has proved adj
vangeous for the promotion good health The grounds
spacious afordng for the enjoyment of invgorang
of study includes everything necessary for
training all Of refined
education The Academy Conservatory affords every
facility the highest proficiency Music and
For particulars, address SISTER SUPERIOR,
Al Hallows Academy. Wichita Kansas
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-23

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human 'r-e 80 30 tine before ear
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-23

1t was the Wilson bill that killed Bill
Wilson.-Winfeld Courier.
But it was the sugar coating of the
sugar trust that induced Democratic
congress to swallow it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-23

A Chicago medicine man advertises
for retired men and elderly women TO
Introduce his goods. He should write
directly to each of our Pop state officials.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-23

Reciprocity between employer and
employees is very desirable and it is some
thing that fhou!d be cultivated great
deal more than it is at present.