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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-15
DEGRADED RUSSIA.
Its Social Aspect and Moral Conditi on l.
the Eighteenth Century.

Peter the Great said of his country,
and said truly: Russia is rotten be-
fore she is ripe" To realize the true
meaning of these words and the full
ness of their implication, one must
study in detail the reigns of Eliza beth
and Catherine ii. In Russia, during
the eighteenth century, were TO be-
savagery and civilization. Add to the
lack of social instinct, of humanity IN
the wider sense, and of moral respon.
sibiiity that is to be found in Zulu
kraal, the worst corruptions that are
bred in courts like that of Louis XIV,
and one can form some faint notion OF
the Russian capital under Elizabeth
and Catherine
The country, as a whole, was orien-
tai in its want of civil organization.
but without the idealism of the east
The capital was weller Of blood and
lust, barbarism and sophistry, atheism
and superstition, drunkenness and
savage violence. incidence and semi.
insane activity. The moral condition
was reflected in the physical Never
was there such mixture of squalor
and magnifcence as in the palaces OF
the Empress Eliza beth. The rudest
and the most costly furniture wers
fumbled together. Filth and splendor
were always alternating, and the vilest
food was eaten of plates Of gold
Spectator.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-15
HE IS STILL HALE
Sole Survivor Of a Once Numerous
Indian Tribe.
Hs Lives IN North Fairfield, O., Where He
l. Known TO Everybody as "Unols
Jim--He Tells Some Inter
esting Stories

North Fairfield, o., claims to have ss
resident the last living member Of
the once powerful Wyandotte tribe of
Indians. His name is James Williams,
and he has a somewhat remarkable
history Uncle JIM" as he is called
by his friends, in ell probability is IN
octogenarian, while those who have
known him the longest insist that he
has passed the four score and ten
mark. He was adopted by the tribe
when he was nine months old, during
the "big war;" as he was told by his
foster mother, which was proba bly, the
war of 1912, and remained with them
until he was nineteen years old. His
looks, however, do not show his age,
and he is still able TO do days work
equaled by few of the young men of
his neighborhood. He has a good
memory and tells many intoeesting an.
ecdotes of the time when he lived with
the Wyandottes.
This tribe numbered then, he says,
between coo and 700, and were civilized
and Industrious. They owned and
operated their farms On the Upper San.
Gusky ana were thrifty and, as rule,
their habits were good. Next to this
tribe he classes the Delawares, who
were small in numbers and lived be-
tween Upper Sandusky and Bucyrus.
The Senecas did not have the good
qualities OF the Wyandottes, and were
more savage, but were better than the
Ottawas, who lived farther north, and
were Of a rowing, shiftless disposition.
The Wyandottes, in addition to being
coed farmers, were the best of hunters,
and would wander away into western
Indiana after game, leaving in the fall,
staying all winter, and returning in
time to attend to their spring work
with their pack horses loaded down
with venison and fnTs Of various kinds.
beavers and offers were captured in
the rivers and deer and bear shot in the
forests. Game was plentiful, and jim
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-15

and his father always were supplied
with verison and other wild meats.
One winter his father, Isaac Williams.
whom Jim locked upon as an ideal
hunter, received 1926 as bounty on tim
Der wolves &C So a wolf. Uncle Jim"
has large bow which he made recent
". A person unaccustoned to Its use
can make but little heedway with il,
but ''Uncle jim" can use it with force
and accuracy which shows hew Danger
Gus weapon it must have been in tbs
hands Of the aborigines.
The Language of the Wyandottes is
soft and rich. and Jim speaks it fluent
II. He refer3 IN the highest terms to
the chief OF that tribe In his time, a
man of great personality, strong char
Hcter and good executive ability, named
bin Walker. An execution Of an In
dian by members Of the tribe for muir
dering an old man is described by
Uncle JIM graphically and in detail.
The death warrant was read with great
impressiveness by Chief Walker after
the trial, and the prisoner was then
bound and shot beside an open grave.
The description of the trial Is confirmed
by Howe's Historical Collections andts
undoubtedly true. The women of the
Wysndottss were good .housekeepers,
and Jim says ''sorne of the girls were
mighty pretty and as good looking as
any of the white girls. They were
chaste and domesticaly inclined and
were married by the preacher of the
tribe, according to our own religious
ssrvices."
Jim has been married twice He had
three children by the first marriage,
one OF whom was killed in the civil
war, and Jim draws pension from the
government On account of the loss of
this SON His last wife has been dead
two years and he lives alone IN con-
Portable little home. His Bible has the
prominent position on the center table,
and every Sunday he attends church.
His neighbors hold him In high esteem.
and for the last fifty years his lie in
North Fairfield has been above 70
proach. he has great viii power. Two
years ago he gave up tobacco. which
he had used since he was sixteen years
old
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-15
THE KIND WORD.
ft II That which Is spoken From True
sympathy.

sympathy.
1t seems like the foolish reiteration
Of words so often spoken TO recall the
value Of the word of encouragement
There are many people who can say
sharp, cutting things. The woman
who deals skilfully in the mere pleas
antries of society is not an uncommon
person, but the kindly woman who can
say the wise and comforting word in
season is rarely gifted. Such a woman
must be tactful, but mere worldly wis
som and knowledge of character is not
enough; she must be filled with that
will make a genuine weu-wisher Of all
human kind.
The word kind, though of doubtful
derivation, seems TO be most reasona-
bly, traced from an old Celtic word.
meaning affection" The kindly word
is that spoken from loving sympathy.
not from selfish desire for per-
sonal popularity. 1t is the
outward expression of that Golden
Rule which is in danger Of being for
gotten in the modern haste for wealth
and position. The woman who IL gifted
With the power may ever speak the
word or reproof with so much kindness
that it has lost it's sting.
Nothing is further from kindness
than fiattery. The fatterer is seldom
a well-wisher of anyone, but is a pure
" selfish person who uses soft words as
means of gaining his ends. Some per-
sons cultivate sort of external anna
oility as a means of making themselves
popular and making their way in the
world with as little personal exeTtion
IS possible. II is simply marvellous
how many are caught by this false
kindness. The woman who allows
others 20 do her work. who
lives upon her gracious manners,
IAN have no genuine love for
her friends II would no doubt con-
tribute 10 her discomfort 20 be deprived
81 them. but she would miss their serv-
ces. not them. Abnegstion Of self 10
he true test OF genuine affection and
kindness.
words. said an ancient philosopher.
ARE the money OF fools. but the cOun-
.ers of wise men" II is strange how
many foolish people mistake a pleasant
Tord for true kindness Wise people
are not 50 easily taken IN ~ mere dross-
II Is easy TO recognize those who take a
true interest in the best good Of their
friends. These certainly are not fat
berers nor selfish idlers- but the sizcere,
who do their plain duty szy b. day.
They know how hard the path Of duty
gay Be, for they have trod il them
selves, and know how hard i Is II -
hey only who may speak from their
hearts the kindly, cheering wsrd--S.
Y rib1ue
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-15
AN APRIL WORK.
Setting the Nets for Shad in New Yori
HarbOr.

Setting the Nets for Shad In New Yorl
HarbOr.
The shad begin to go up the Hudson
early in April. Then fykes and fish,
pounds fill the shoals, and drift-nets
and gill-nets the deeper waters. Fol-
over month everything in the shape
of net is at work night and day to
prevent the fish from reaching the
spawning grounds.
Driving a pole, from sixty-fve to
eighty-five feet long, ten feet into the
harbor bottom, is no easy task, es-
peciany as the top of the pole must
bend enough to enable tow to pass
over it without doing damage. The
poles are of hickory, and usually are in
two pieces spliced together, as a tree
of the required lengths is generally too
heavy at the butt. The finished pole
is from ten to twelve inches in diane
ter, sharply pointed to go into the mud.
A favorable day is taken advantage
of; the poles are loaded on
the machine-boats two heavy
boats made for the purpose, dashed
together with strong. timbers) and taken
to the desired position in the stream.
When by soundingS the exact spot is
found, the double boat is anchored,
bow and stern, and on either side.
Then shs.d-pole is run out and low
cred: when the pointed end rests on the
bottom the sitting machine is screwed
on firmly. This is a bar of wood about
twelve feet long, to the middle of which
is fastened a hinged collar which can
be closed and screwed fast to the pole
cross-piece, and at first raise and lower
it gently until a hole is started In the
mud; then they raise it higher and
higher, bringing it down with increased
force each time, until at last it is bedded
so deeply in the mud that the devil"
alone can pull it out. But the devil"
referred to is a tool used for this very
purpose, and very hard work it is to
manage it.
The men must work well together
and the captains cry of "Uh-uh-upi
Down." serves to keep them together.
The poles are twenty-four feet apart,
the width of net. As one pole is put
down the side anchor is carried along
another twenty-four feet by the aid OF
tender, then the large boat moves up
to its new anchorage. In this way
they move along, planting their poles
at regular intervals. A hickory hoop
with weight attached to one side and
a gillnet to the other is slipped over the
poles, thus keeping the nets in place,
and enabling them to be raised and
lowered. Every tide, in storm or fog,
they are carefully looked after.
In the shoal water along the Jersey
coast may be seen what appear to be
hedges of brush sticking out of the wa
ter. These are part of the fence erect
ed for catching shad in ''fykes." As
the shad travel along these fences hunt
ing for an opening they find the en-
trance to the ''fykes," which are really
nothing more than traps placed at in
tervals along the fence. The ''fyke"
is visited every tide, lifted into the
boat, and the fish taken out.-Harper't
Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-15
PIGTAIL DECORATIONS.
Greatest Honor That the Sultan Cnnfers
Upon His Wives.

Upon His Wives.
It is only on rare and special occa-
sions that ladies are permitted to visit
the sultan's harem; 1t Is considered a
very great privilege, and few beneath
the rank of an ambassadress can ever
aspire to it.
There are great number of ladies
in the harem, some of them being very
beautiful Each has her OWN allow
ence for dress and other expenses, and
the young and pretty women generally
get all their clothes from Paris,
though many are still content with
the old-fashioned Turkish dress, which
is not unlike our own tea gowns.
They wear no wells in the house, and
they usually wear their hair in short
loose curls, upon which is often WORD
a smart little toque ornamented with
jewels or a white aigrette.
The great distinction which they all
covet is the decoration of ''the three
tails" which is only conferred ON the
greatest ladies of the palace or some
special favorite These tails are com
posed of plated hair, not unlike the
Chinese pigtail.- though shorter, as it
only reaches little below the waist.
To have even one of these tails is
great honor. while the bestowal of all
three will 60 far to make the recipient
a proud and happy woman for life.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-15

and other casteless natives greedily de-
YOUR the flesh of an alligator without
waiting to cook it.
The flesh was very pale in color, and
probably was much superior to the
flesh 81 snakes and rats and such like
creatures which form the ordinary food
OF the predatory Sontal when hunting
in his native woods 1t does not fall
80 his lot very often to be able to cir
cumveat and slay and eat large alh-
gator. He more frequently comes upon
small alligators, and they go to swell:
the contents of his cooking pots. If,
however, he is so lucky as to meet a
sahib who has shot a large alligator,
say about six feet long, he eagerly falls
upon the unwonted delicacy without
waiting to cook livery much as we
read in books OF African adventure,
that the natives devour the carcasses
of the large game animals that the En-
glish sportsmen do not want for their
own followers.-Longman Magazine.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-15
ZIG FIGURES.
Enormousness of Some Heavenly Bodies
and Groups.

Enormousness of Some Heavenly Bodies
and Groups.
II our sun were removed to the
pleiades it would hardly be visible in
an opera glass with which nearly 100
stars can be seen in the cluster Sixty
or seventy pleiades surpass our sun in
brilliancy, Alcyone being 1000 times
more brilliant, Electra nearly 500 times
and Maia nearly 400. Sirius itself
takes a subordinate rank when COM
pared with the five most brilliant MEM
bers of a group. the real magnifcence
of which we can thus in some degree
apprehend.' Ii we seek to know the
dimensions, not of the individual stars.
but of the cluster itself. we are met
with many difficulties: but. on the as
sumption that il is approximately spher-
zeal in shape. we can calculate it's diam
eter to be over 10000 O0o, 600 miles, so
that light would take seven years TO
pass from one extreme 10 the other.
If we think of the dimensions of
our solar system by themselves, or
in relation TO terrestrial matters,
they appear stupendously enormous.
Neptune. the most distant known mem
Der. has an orbit over 5 .0so. COZ, 600 miles
scross-a distance that a rav of light
would travel in seven and one-hzlf
hours: but the solcr system is 10 the ple;-
adeS but as q Lilliputiaa TO a Brobding-
nagian-ls but as micr0be % a mount
ain. for q sphere the SIZE Of the solar
system would, If il were spherical and
its diameter that of the orbit OF Nep-
tune. be relatively so minute that IL
could De contained raorc than so. coo
oo0- 90 times in a sphere the ssZe Of the
pleiades; IN other words. the limits Of
the pleia6es could contain l5e solar sys-
tens as many times ever as there are
miles between Neptune and the sun
IL must not oe forgotten that.
though there are 900 stars IN the
cluster. vet with szch dimensions for
the entire group vast distances must
separate the stars from one another.
Il fact, 2.3os spheres each with d.
smeteT OF 3.oOo o.. coo niles, coald De
contained IN the limits assigned 10 the
group and. assuming equal oiSt-ihu-
ton % the stars IN the group. each
would De Al the ceatsT Of sphere
). GEO eco Cos miles acroSs. and Therefore.
: light journey o. L. days from -
neares; neigh bcr.-LOngmABs AaEs
zine
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-15
On the Mexican nordr,.

Customs duties are in many particus
lars not enforced along our Mexican
boundary with the strictness that pre-
walls upon the Canadian border This
is especially the ease with those NOV.
able western commodities. cattle. horses
and sheep With all the natural OBJ.
staclss in the shape 81 mountains. for
est and arid plains :; has thus far bseu
found Improbable Tor customs officers
20 patrol 50 long a border. and among
the numerous ranch herds grazing on
both sides of'ths boundary IL ia hard %
prove % cattle found en- either sids
that they were driven from tho other.
The sentiment Of the people along the
border inelines 90 free .Ta6e in respect
OF live stock. VITA some Of the Gus
toms officials who are In service for
reasons neither hygienic nor PATRIOTS
IL Is net diflcult for smugglerz 70 come
20 terms. and TINS IL eomss about
that Of the many herds of live stock
driven north frola aid Mexico but
small proportion Is ever accounted for
ia the records Of customs recelp.s-
Chicago Herald
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rided vit91E skin the doctors estimated
Il would take fully this number of men
to furnish the necessary amount.
At half, past. five O'Clock in the after
noon SUPERINTENDENT Major, followed
by eighteen of his carriers, re-
ported at Bennett hospital. OF the
pt41er eleven many were detained
by duty and one or two had
backed'ousL Drs. Bouasrr and Nichols,
tvhs wereN to perform the operation,
thought the number was sufficient, but
warned the haen that each one would
have TO give upa considerable area of
slzin. When the dressing was removed
frcm Fouts's head some idea Of the
magnitude OF the DOCTORS task could be
ka;ned, and some of the volunteers
looked decidedly serious. Foute's head
kvas bethed Ii weak solution OF BIZ
chloride of mercury and the surface to
be covered was wiped clean. All the
barriers had crowded into the operating
room and were eagerly watching the
psoceedings. but the surgeons barred
them all cut until the preparations
svcre completed
When Or. Boufheur, knife in hand,
opened the door and called for the first
man. Superintendent Major stepped
forward After his.le arm had been
barred to the shoulder il was carefully
washed In an antiseptic solution and
the hair shaved off Being the sfrst
man the superintendent was little
anxious to know just how much skin
the surgeons wanted.
20, l guess we can get enough
piT one arm" said DIR. Boufiieur, grim
sy. es he whetted another razor. Now
hold still and don't yell unless you have
to"
& litter from out in the hail warned
the superintendent that al the other
victims were gathered the other side of
the door and were watching him
Through the crack. Declining chair
the superintendent brseed himself and
tolG the surgeons TO go ahead
They did.
Laying the blade:of q razor almost
fiat against the arm Dr.. Boufleur be-
gan to cut of skin with the care man
world show who gsauted to cut an
extra thin slice Of bread As the white
Blzin crrled up above the blade, DR..
Nichols dropped salt weter on the place
and q nurse, stanched the blood. Super
intenaent Ma jor looked as If he wished
he was home, for being skinned is ex-
auisitoly painful When piece four
inches long and an inoh wide had been
removed, tho skin broke. r'r- Nichols
took the piece ana, after steriEziug 1t,
carefully spread It On Foute's left
temple. superintendent Major was
about 10 rob down his sleeve when:
mold en-" said Or. BouSieur. "I
want auothcr piece like that"
'Talze all you want" said Major.
That's what I'm here for"
''Tnn-tk you. Mr. Major" said Foute,
gratefully when the supsr;ntendent's
wound had been tied up. "Tu re-
member that piece of skin
c. L. Taft, the next man. was so
good subject Chat the surgeons cut
three big. strips from bis arm. Not =
anaa OF the Eighteen wcsiEened. tTough
al Of them we're pretty pale when it
was over. The resulting wounds viii
fee painful enough for sesne days, tAs
Uocsors say, and VIII need frequent
dressing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-15
Gerrnaay's Yoe.ssui Criminals.

A Germany paper states that in con-
sequence of the considerable increase
in tho number of youthful criminals
In Germany between 10 and IS years
Of age the imperial ministry OF the in
terror ct Berlin Is contemplating the
reorganization Of the compulsory edu-
cation system The government has
In view the imitation of English instr
tutions All the German laws our Ber-
lin correspondent points out have the
great fault that the interference OF the
authorities is permitted only when q
child has committed some crime, bat
they give 10 handle against morally
debased children who are stiIl free
from crime The number Of youthful
criminals hes risen from - .2+o 10 45. sSs
that is, 40 per cent In one year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-15
SKINNED EN- ALIVE
Peculiar Heroism Of Nine teen Chi
cago Mail Carriers.
Eacs1 One Of Them Lost Largo Pieces OF
EpidsrInis foE the Sake OF an Un-
fortunate sComrsde Who Was
Burned by an Explosion,

Nineteen mail carriers Of the West
division station at Chicago. headed by
their superintendent, gave twelve
inches of their skin apiece to one Of
their injured fellows the other day.
Five weeks ago P. ]. J. Eoute was
caught in the explosion of an oil car at
California avenue. At the time he was
crossing the railroad tracks to deliver
fhe station agents mail and received
the fall effects of asshower of burning
pil When Foute was picked up he ap-
peared to be little better than a cinder.
he was sightless, his clothing was
burned off, his hair was gone, and
nothing remained Of his cap but the
peak. Even his pouch was burned, but
bv some chance the mail it contained
was unfDjured. Foute was carried to
the Bennett hospital, as twas thought,
to die. Flesh dropped freua his hands
end face when the doctors dressed him.
The tops of his ears dropped of and it
was thought his sight was lost. Some
what TO the surgeons surpa.ise Foute
rallied from tao shock and by hard
work his eyes were saved. Little by
little the flesh grew, but the surface Of
skin destroyedwas so great that nature
lunaided could not cover il.
Foute was a favorite with his fellows
End when they heard Of his troubles
they held meeting to see what could
be done. When the operation of skin
grating was suggested Superintendent
William J. Major promptly volunteered
TO contribute as much of his surface
covering as the doctors wanted to take
OF. He was followed by nearly thirty
pthers. As nearly the whole of Poute's
head and both his hands had toshe pro-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-15
PEN AND SCISSORS.

WoRN-oUT billiard balls are usually
cut up into dice.
-FOUR thousand Sioux Indians are said
to be regular church attendants.
THERE are almost four times as
many Americans living in England as
there are IN France.
The king of Portugal could sell the
Jewels in his crown for s.. 500 900 In
case of q royal financial stringency.
STUDENTS in Constsntipople are for
hidden from fre9uenting theaters
music halls and similar public places.
SEATTLE, Wssh-. furnishes a story OF
a cow that has been living for somo
time with q steel wire through hsx
heart
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-15
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

The health commissioner Of BROOK
iyn has determined TO stop the use a
soft coal in factories of that ciey.
EseUTxAU dogs thrive better on raw
frozen meat. and without shelter, than
they do on cooked food and housed in
q kennel.
Ar the Georgia United Statesexper
ment station they have rece ntly
proven that the dehorning of cattle
does not check milk production
ITALIAN grape culturists are now
making illuminating oil from CRAPS
seeds, from which they get product OF
from ten to fifteen per cent 1t is clear,
colorless and inodorous, and burns
without smoke.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-15

The reign of white petticoats pre-
dicted for several months, approaches
slowly The lifted dress coat skirt
stiu shows the dainty silk and lace
trimmed pctticoats IN more bewilder-
lag variety than ever For wear under
write AEd delicateiy tinted lawns.
Eousseline de sSies, and other gauzy
materials nothing Is 50 satisfactory a.
SILK. im2srting a anisA and eject ina;
are izPsipable- yet missed without il.
and except under g.nghz-n go~uS Vi
tAe siainest variety the masiin or can
b-ic pestie0a; has - sPhsrs aicage
Trisa.s-