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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-11
EARS OF A RABBIT.
Different Positions in Which They Carry
Themselves for Eating and Running.

Themselves for Eating and Running.
did You ever see a rabbits ears
stand up like that?' demanded Uncle
Tom, Tipping the ears of toy that
Dolly held in her hand.
Eyes. indeed" answered Dolly
promptly, pointing to the picture of a
ia Dbl, in book that lay at her side.
The little girl had bought a pattern
of rabbit at the store and with bit
of white canton-fannel and two red
and white buttons for eyes she had
fashioned ribbit for little Ted that
was as like as life. Everything was
finished now except the ears, and
these, daintily lined with pink. Dolly
was in the act of putting into their
proper places She had bestowed great
care on placing these useful members
correctly. and for that purpose she had
hunted up the book, which she knew
contained an admirable picture OF a
ribbit.
Initiating this picture as accurately
as possible she had fastened one ear,
setting it on the head in perfectly
upright position. and now she was
holding the other to its place on the
opposite side. and was eyeing IL at
arms length to decide il the two were
"A pair"
Uncle Tom took the book and exam
inea the picture critically; then laugh
ing. he said:
Why. Dolly. the rabbit in the pic
ture is sitting still. nibbling at cab
bage leaf: of course his ears stand
straight up. But this one that you
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-11

relate to the household She has
evolved from her own experience, or
received in the course of her domestic
training, a different method of arrang-
ing her fire drafts, mixing her bread or
what not, anda fair result is obtained.
One might as well teach a Digger In
dian the correct method as this house
keeper who is intrenched in her belief
Show her that the principal draught OF
her stove is sealed mp, ten chances to
one she will ignore the matter and go
on toiling to kindle the fire in tho old
way, complaining because the stove
always smokes 1t is useless to tell
such person that the concensus of ex-
perts declare that from 20 to 6S degrees
is considered to be healthy tempera-
ture for living and sleeping rooms oc-
cupied by persons in health; she will
settle the matter by saying: Il do
not think so" 1t is useless to tell her
that boiled beef is q coarse, unwhole-
some dish in the way it is generally
prepared; she settles the natter by
saying: 81 have always cooked it so. +"
Until women are intelligently trained
in their youth in domestic matters and
come to regard the problems of house
work as matters of exact. not of expert
mental, science, the drudge will exist
She will refuse to learn after she has
once acquired . method of her own,
but will go laundering through the
world the victim of no end of foolish
catastrophes- 1t is one Of those mex
plicabl. things that educated house
keepers who have not been educated in
domestic matters are often prejudiced
housekeepers, who persist in warning
against the common-sense laws of ply
sizes. Some people, regardless of their
education, seem to be incapable of
learning new ways 1t is not strange
that ignorant servant-maids are OBJ
stinate and unreasoning. when women
of superior general intelligence, who
ought to know better, are narrow and
incapable of adopting the wisest and
best method in their housework--N.
Y. Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-11
BOTHERSOME BIRDS.
st. Paul's Cathedral In London Thronged
with Eeathered Pests.


with Feathered Pests.
The fights of pigeons which are such
/ feature of st. Paul's churchyard and
the ueighborhood are continually in
creasing-so much so, in fact, that it
becomes question as to whether steps
should not be taken to diminish them.
Visitors standing at the west and
other doors of the cathedral, awaiting
their opening, are often considera bly,
Inconvenience and the places where
the birds most do congregate remain
in dreadfully untidy condition from
year to year, much to the deuriment of
sculpture and architecture.
Apart from the pigeons the sparrows
rank next in Importance; but robins,
redstarts, chaffinches, goldfinches and
sometimes larks make visits to the
churchyard. The sparrows, however,
will neither allow them to remain nor
hear of any other sound than their
own sweet chirp beneath the shadow
of the cathedral, SO that, even though
the chaffinches now and then make a
stand for liberty of the city, the spar
rows usually succeed, with all the inn
pudence of the uncommon or Lond on
sparrow, in preserving the churchyard
as the happy hunting ground for them
selves and the pigeons. which they
permit to remain in Difference to force
ma ieure City Press
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Town and Country Air.

Country air of the purest kind can
no more insure extreme old age than
London's somewhat polluted atmos-
phere can deter a man from living to q
hundred. Mary Burke, at one hundred
and five years. found Drury Lane per-
fectly suited to her lungs. Charles
Macklin, the actor. who died in 1879 at
one hundred and six, was in the same
case. He enjoyed the theater at that
age. and every evening breathed the
hot. berry air of a tavern in Luke
court In marked contrast to Parr,
Macklin was neither methodical in his
habits nor lover of milk. He drank
ale. porter. or wine thickened with
sugar; ate spoonneats and fish, and
followed MS own within as TO the hours
at which he fed and slept. It appears,
therefore, tolerably certain that rules
for longevity are as futile rs tie max.
inns by which aspiring youth is tickled
into the expectation of becoming a
millionaire. 1t is matter OF specula-
ton. in which the insurance companies
by no means always win. The man
who was something of weakling in
his early days has as much chance of
touching his century as the man who
at five and twenty was the cynosure Of
all ewes for his muscular development
and correct proportions.-Macmillan'i
Magazine.
ynsr rs q cneruo. asked tne teacher.
OF little Johnny Bings-
"A cherub. ma am" said Johnny, II
~ NJ
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THE POWER OF RAIN.
No Good Plan Has Yet Been Brought For.
ward to Utilize 1t.

ward to Utilize 1t.
A Philadelphia engineer has figured
out that inch of rain, falling upon an
area of square mile, is equivalent to
nearly II, 500. 900 gallons, weighing 49,
200, 900 pounds, or 70. 600 tons. Assum-
ing this water to have fallen from
clouds about half a mile, or. say, 1900
/ feet, above the earth, we have for the
energy represented by it about %, 900
horsepower. With pumping machinery
working at the low rate of consump-
ton of 2 pounds of coal per horse-pow-
er per hour, it would take 200 gross
tons of coal to raise the water repre-
scented by inch of rain on a square
mile to the assumed height of 5000
feet AS a matter of fact, rain often
falls from clouds which are at much
greater height than 5000 feet above
the ground, so that the figures just
given are quite conservative ones.
With all the talk that there has been
about utilizing waste energies, it seems
just little peculiar that no promising
scheme has yet been evolved to turn to
good account the prodigious power
waste which thus far has been shown
to go on with every rainfall of any ac-
count. And yet, while writing. pro-
ject comes to mind which was advanced
about ten years ago, apparently in
good faith, by some enterprising genus
in the West Indies, to accomplish eH-
nctly this saving. What he proposed
TO do was to conduct the water from
each roof, during heavy tropical rains,
into main pipe suA,lying a small tur-
bine coupled to dynamo. The cleo
tricity so developed by passing showers
was to be stored in accumulators, and
these. as they became charged in varia-
bic times, depending of course, on the
rainfall. We're to be collected and
stored at central depots, from which
the power was afterward to be distrib-
uted. Unfortunately. however, this
enticing scheme did not meterialize, so
that the field is still open for some one
eise-CasSin's Magazine.
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A HOT ARGUMENT.
The Usual Result When Politics Are Intro.
duced.

The Usual Result When Politics Are Intro
duced.
They sat on the front seat of a north
side grip car because there was not
even standing room in any of the
closed cars The evening was bitter
cold. A philosopher. wrapped in big
storm coat and with sealskin cap
pulled down over his ears, sat on one
Of the side seats. with his back almost
turned to the two in the front seat
They served as wind break for him.
Il tell you Mckinley is right about
it" caItie from the front seat. I'VE
can't have a tariff too big. You demo-
Gratis want 10 put coal, iron, and lGm-
Der on the free list and ruin our coal,
iron and lumber industries We can't
have any pauper coal. and iron, and
lumber coming into this country; no,
sir, it's wrong"
Wrong, nothing" exclaimed an
other voice. You don't know what
you're talking about The freer trade
we have the better we are of. Let us
buy our goods where we can buy the
cheapest. Europe spends millions with
us every year. and we spend millions
with Europe-in the end il all evens up.
Protection is running our industries in
stead of helping them. Free trade IS
what we need TO be a prosperous ma
ton"
You talk like a crazy man." said
voice No. !.
You talk like a foolr' exclaimed
voice No. 2.
Who's fool?''
who's crazy"
The philosopher turned around and
surveyed the couple They were Two
men returning from work fheir
small coat collars were turned up and
they were shivering. Neither had an
overcoat The philosopher didn't
know anything about the tariff, but be
drew his great coat around him and
pulled his sealskin cap lower down on
bis ears-Chicago Times
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THE HOUSEHOLD DRUDGE.
She Who Refuses to Avail Herself of Mod
ern Methods.

II is strange how much the average
good housekeeper Is the creature of
routine. and adopts without thought
the customs of those who have gone
before. 1t is indeed gift to be able to
essimilate to ones self the best of new
ideas and re ject the worthless and i'm
practicable. The woman who buys
every patent. who experiments with
every washing powder and decoction OF
fosd that is recommended, Is the mod
ern Mrs Toodles, who buys all sorts OF
preposterous things because they are
SO handy to have in the house or things
that she does not need because they are
so cheap" That there is still large
body of these housekeepers may be
proved by the absurd makeshifts OF
every kind that find remuneratiye sale
as well as the success of those bargain
counters that are palpabie frauds None
of these counters are more popular than
the burnt goods sale" an allurin2 bait
which never fails TO bring hundreds OF
shoppers and persuade them to buy
household linens, bedding or what not
tinged with the smell OF smoke. The
same goods may frequently be pur-
chased clean and fresh al the same
price at a counter further on, but the
shopper who is bent on bargain sell
dom looks into the matter further than
to Join the crowd and take for granted
she has her goods at al astonishing dis
count The bargain counter is seldom
prepared so il will attract the customer
who has an intelligent knowledge OF
goods There is hardly day when he
country house is not invaded by agents
selling the most absurd impracticable
things. which are in no way equal %
the simple, old-fashioned contrivance
which they propose 10 succeed
But an abject object is the house
keeper who rejects all modern methods
and drudges on n the iaborious old
way. This woman Is not capable %
instruction: she is a law unto herself:
she aesurdiy sets the Judgment aside
of scientific experts In commones. mat
tiers of natural physicA 30 far n the=
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DIR. j. T.. BENNETT.
126 n. Main ST.. Wichita. Ks.
THE hERON'S TRICKS.
Nsmstic Powers That Make 10 Hard -
Distinguish from the Rash

Nsmstic Powers That Make 10 Hard -
Distinguish from the Rush-
Nature seems to have provided some
animals with wonderful mimetic adap-
tations to protect them from their ene-
mics Mr.. Hudson cites an example OF
this. He had fred at South American
heron which was stealing through some
PUSHES, but on coming 70 the placs
could see nothing Of the bird he was
on the point of turning away when .
strange sight met his eye. This Is how
he describes the scene:
There stood my heron on a reed no
more than eight inches from my knees
and on a level with them The body
was erect and the point Of the tail
touched the reed grsspcd by his feet;
the long. tapering neck was held stiff.
straight and vertical, and the head and
beak, instead OF being carried obliqueIy.
were also pointing up. From his feet
20 the tip of his beak there was not q
perceptible curve or inequality; but the
whole was the fgure-the exact coun-
terpart-of straight. tapering rush,
the loose plumage being arranged 20
fiji all inequalities
The wings, pressed into the hollow
sides, made 1t impossible 70 see where
the body ended and the neck began. or
60 distinguish head from neck. or beak
from head. This was from. view. and
the entire under surface of the bird
was thus displayed. all Of . uniform
dull yellow. Net q movement did the
bird make placed my hand on the
point Of his bsak and forced the head
down till IL touched the back.
When I withdrew my hand mp few
the head, like q steel spring. 20 lis frss
position repeated the experiment.
several times with the same result. the
very eyes OF the bird appearing al tho
time perfectly innovsbie-
But how CHANGED IL that while walk
ing round the bird through the PUSHES
had not seen his striped back and
brozd-colored si5es7 Thinking thus.
stepped round 20 get side view, when
al I could see was the rush-li<e front
Of the bird His motions on the psrch
as be turned slowly or quickly round.
still keeping the edge Of the b.a1e-.iks
body before me. corresporded 80 exact
IL with my own that alnoxt dos bssA
Il bad moved at AL.
After watching The bird thus sov
some time. took him forcibly from the
rush and pcrched him on my hsSf.
when he few away 20 some dry sr.ss
fifty or sixty yards distant Here he
again przcticed his mins.ie tricks 50
ably tina: groped about for quarter
OF an hour before fading him ! vas
amazed ths; a creature apparently 50
frail should be able 20 keep the body
rigid 40 long Pittsburgh Dispatch
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nave mace is running at fuh speed and
just in the act of making leap. A
rabbit in that position should have his
ears lying back from his head, almost
parallel with his body"
''Does the wind blow them back as
he runs?- asked Dolly, making the al
teration without further question.
That" said her uncle, much
amused, sis one explanation, perha ps,
but there is another and think bet
ter one, which the naturalists sug-
gest."
Turning over the leaves of the pic
ture-book he pointed first to the pic
ture of fox, then to one of a wolf,
and then to pictures of other beasts Of
prey of various kinds.
These animals" he explained, indi-
eating the ears of each, have the ears
pointed forward as they proceed. Can
you suggest any reason for the differ
ence?"
Dolly shook her head, but listened
attentively.
s'Well. continued Uncle Tom, ''you
know that the rabbit. or hare, is very
timid animal and never attacks or pur-
sues another animal, and that it feeds
only on vegetable diet. Whenever,
therefore, it is found to be in a state of
motion the chances are that it
is fleeing from some enemy in
the rear. 1t is to its inter
ests, then, to keep its attention
steadily fixed on sounds preceding
from that quarter. For this purpose
nature has taught it to adjust its ears.
or its ear trumpet, as the long outside
part of the organ of hearing really is,
so as to best collect all the sound
waves, and to offer the least resistance
to their passage to the inner organ.
In such a position the ears would nat
urally be fattened back against its
head. as you now have them.
Now, when wolf goes in search Of
his prey his thoughts are intent on
what is before him. He concentrates
his attention on the sounds that may
lead him in the direction of his victim.
His ear trumpets, therefore, are turned
forward to catch the sounds that may
aid him in his chase"
"And so it is with all animals that
prey upon others. Detroit Free Press.
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Marrow Escape.

Patrick. coming into a street-car,
found only one seat vacant, and
promptly took it.
Its looky come when did," said
he.
That's so. Pat" answered some one
"Bekase," he went on, If was com
in sicond later, I'd be afther havin'
crowdhed mesilf out of me sate!"-
Youths Companion.
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DRY GOODS MARKET.

New York. Jan. 10.-New business was
of very little proportion. Though deliver
les on former contracts large sales have
been reached and business of such de-
crription must continue for some time.
Printed cloths quiet at S-16 cents asked
and 21a bid by manufacturers not consid-
ering the latter price.
Kansas City. Jan. 10-Cattle-Receipts
3.4O0; shipments, 1000. Market strong to
10 cents higher. Texas steers, 2.75G3. s.;
Texas cows, S1.75G2.iG: Colorado, steers,
s25Oa3.95; beef steers, So go SIS; native
cows, Si.50G3.5 so; stockers and feeders, $3.50
$3.50: bulls, Sl.50G3.25. Hogs-ReceiptS,
$500; shipments. 200. Market strong to 5
cents higher. Bulk of sales $3.15T3.40
heavies. 4.1094O; porkers. siqi0; mixed.
s.; pigs, S3.5OG6O. Sheep-Receipts, 200;
shipments, none. Market weaker.
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Light Weight Hogs Come Up.

Chicago, Jan l0-Cattle receipts were
less than expected. Trade was duh dur
ing the morning, but the demand became
quite sharp later and there was a general
stiffening of prices. Common to extra
dressed beef and shipping steers were in
demand for s3.40a5.S5. Only a limited
number sold above SIS. and sales below
s3.75 were also comparatively few. Cows
and heifers were salable anywhere from
S1.50G1.75 for inferior to S3.75G4 for trade.
Useful cattle generally sold 5G10 cents
higher than yesterday.
Sales of hogs We're at an advance on
Wednesdays opening prices of 5d10 cents.
The Improvement was the most marked
in light weights though that class COM
prised large part of the arrivals. Lots
averaging from ITO to 2!o pounds generally
weights at s4.500465. Prime heavy were
quoted at 7014.75, and choice assorted
lights at Si.35. The close was weaker.
here today. That was moderate supply
and the demand was quite sufficient to
absorb it. Prices were steady at the ad-
vance established earlier in the week
sheep being salable at s293 70 for poor TO
choice, and sales of lambs making on a
basis of s2.5od4.50 for corresponding qunl-
81. 10 bought most of the lambs.
=, Receipts-Cattle. n.OOo: calves, 800; hogs,
1900; sheep, 1900.
Omaha. Neb., JAN -Cattle-Receipts,
LOO. Trade was very active and prices
generally stronger on decent beef grades,
as the demand was brisk from all quart
ers. CowStuT was in red hot demand and
all grades were readily salable at a 10G15
cents advance. Veal calves ruled shade
frmer and the same was true as to bulls,
stays and rough stock generally. Bust
ness in Stockers and feeders was brisker
and prices a trifie sitter all around. Caws
$3G3.75; feeders 81. 25G3.50; bulls S2ll3.
Hogs-Receipts, 5000 Heavy and butcher
weight hogs sold at steady to strong
prices at A.10d4.40, with the light and the
light mixed stuff steady to niclSle lower
The market for pigs and workers. ruled
very nearly steady at around s3G3.60 most
ly. Trading was largely at S4d4. %. Sheep
Receipts, 1000. Demand good and the
market firm for desirable muttons and
lambs. Common and stock sheep ruled
slow and weak
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Sharply at the Last, Closing Strong.
New York, Jan. 10.-The share specu-
lation today was in the main irregular
and unsettled and it was not until af-
ter delivery hour that the speculation
developed any real strength. There was
sharp advance in the final trading
but the gains were not sufficiently
large to wipe out the earlier losses.
The dealings were chiefly in Sugar and
Chicago Gas, the combined sales Of
which We're greater than all the rest of
the list. st. Paul and Rock Island were
the only other stocks in which transac-
tons exceeded 5000 shares. The cover
ing Of short contracts in Chicago Gas
was continued, sending the stock up
rs per cent to rs per cent. After II
o'clock, Sugar, which had advanced Z
per cent, was hammered by the bears
and broke rs per cent to S9A per cent.
The general list also gave way a frac-
ton but steadied somewhat at noon,
mainly by reason of the absence of any
selling pressure. The Cordage shares
were sold down rs per cent for the
common stock, 21a per cent for the pre-
ferred and l per cent for guaranteed.
Hooking Valley common advanced rs
per cent, to l1f per cent, and the pre-
ferred g per cent, to 60 per cent. The
Improvement in the shares was due TO
purchases induced by the favorable de-
cision in the company's suit against
Judge Burke and others to recover the
proceeds of the So, 0O0. 900 of bonds which
it is claimed were diverted to the use of
the directors. The active list eased off
fractionally until about delivery hour
when a sharp upward movement set
in, in which Chicago Gas gained IA
per cent, Sugar and Pittsburg and
Western ! per cent and the general
market a fraction, speculation closing
strong. In some cases advances were
recorded on the day, including Sugar
preferred l per cent, Oregon Improve
ment " per cent and Rock Island a
per cent. The declines, however, are
more numerous and include: Cordage
preferred per cent, Cordage guaran-
teed IA per cent, Cordage common i
per cent, Missouri Pacific Ia per cent,
st. Paul Is per cent and Chicago, Bur
lington and Quincy and Northwest II
per cent and Sugar Il per cent.
The trading in theb ond market was
at lower figures for a majority Of the
issues dealt in. The dealings were
more animated and aggregated ST.
272. 500
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Kansas CITY Grain.

Kansas City, Jan. l0.-Wheat-Steady:
No hard and No. , red 81 cents; rejected
fs0 ID cents. Sales by sample I. O. b; Mis-
ainni river: No. hard SO cents; No.
rec - cents. Confirm. No. mixed.
HAIL cents; No. white 34ls4 cents. oats
-J1nsettied; No. mixed Sl922 cents; No.
white IS cents. Rye-Firm. No. 80
cents Flaxseed-Dull s1.30dl51. Bran
F'irm. 6Sa69 cents Hay-Firm. Timothy
taGl0: prairie S7.50GI9. ButterFirm; cream
Fy 1875; dairy 13dl6. EgSS-Dul l5is9i6
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ST Ioujs Grain.

ST. Louis. Jan. 10-Wheat-Higher: cash
;2.s cents: January 5Sls cents; May %
rents asked. Corn-Higher: cash 42<.
7ents: January 43 asked; May 4i'sQi5
cents Oats-Higher: cash 30ls cents;
Jenuary, SOI9 cents; May 3l1s cents. Pork
Lower SllG. Landowner, S6.10q6-Sa.