The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-04

COn0creO Inab SuCQ udu SuOul0 i've
o completely alone: but once, when
poke Of the matter to him, he grayely
! epiied that a man should live for the
benefit of others, and that his studies
we're Of much more Importance than
/ lis own pleasures could possibly be.
One day my collie came into my
Dom, evidently suffering from the
! rreatest agony He was swelled up to
wice his ordinary size, and he had hard
sufficient strength to drag himself to
~ feet, where he lay moaning. My first
thought was Of my neighbours medical
! kill, and / rushed over to his house
md implored him to come TO the aid of
die poor dog. The man come instantly,
bringing with him huge bottle Of
ONE disinfecting fluid. and showing
n agitation which surprised me IN one
Who had spent so much OF his life as a
racsicing physician. The dog was dead
when we reached the room where had
eft him, and the professor instantly
,oured the contents of the bot
lie over the carcass and then sent ma
or his spade When / returned, he
arefully removed the dogs body to
he garden and buried it, exercising,
he greatest care not to touch it, except
With the spade. Then he went to the
house, bidding me remain in the room
where the animal had died, and when
,e returned he disinfected the room
md everything in it with chemicals
hat caused thick but entirely respir-
!ble smoke. To my inquiry as to what
vas the matter with the dog, he merely
.eplied that the animal had been
poisoned, and asked me If had seen
.he dog digging in the garden. had
,een nothing of the kind, but saw that
The professor suspected that the animal
lad dug up the remains of some guinea
pig or rabbit that had died of an ex-
remely infectious disease. This ex-
planned the elaborate care with which
iisinfectants had been used, though
could not but think that NV friend had
been unnecessarily alarmed.
CHAPTER II
/ had been acquainted nearly two
months with this mild and lovable vivi-
Iectionist, when one evening our con-
rersstion fell upon anarchism. The
usual bomb had just been exploded in
Paris, and was expressing good deal
If indignation at the miscreants who
lid such things
1.-The anarchist means WELL" replied
Prof. Schwartz but he is hopelessly
stupid. He attacks the wrong people,
Ind he uses absurdly inefficient weap-
ons."
What do you mean by saying that
be attacks the wrong people?" asked.
Just what say" be replied. 1.-THE
anarchist wants to kill men who have
money-capitaIsts and small or great
shopkeepers and employers Of labor.
These are the very people that are
most necessary to the existence Of hui
nanity. If the anarchist tried to kill
aboring men, he would be working for
the emancipation Of the race from pow
erty and misery, but he cannot see
this"
81 hardly see it myself" said 1. ''Do
you mean to say that the way to lessen
suffering is to kill the sufferers?"
Yes, and no." said Prof. Schwartz.
MY dear friend, listen to me! All the
poverty on this earth is the result Of
overpopulation. Why does the Italian
laborer work for two francs day, and
spend his whole life in a state Of semi
starvation? The anarchist says that
the laborer is oppressed by the capital
list. This is rubbish. The man works
for two francs day because there are
SO many workmen that the price Of La
Dor is wretchedly low. Halve the num-
Der of workmen, and You would more
than double the wages of the remain
ing ones. The same thing is true Of
the men in this town who make a mis-
cradle living by raising vegetables.
Each man has little morsel of ground
and he can hardly raise enough to keep
him from actual starvation. Reduce
the numbers of these small proprietors
one-haf and you would double the
amount of land which each one would
cultivate, and thus double their aggre-
gate incomes"
That sounds very mathematical"
answered; but l haven't that sublime
confidence in figures that had when I
was younger"
are must admit" continued the pro-
fassor, disregarding my interruption.
that the world is horribly overpopu-
lated. II a pestilence should sweep of |
two-thiris Of all the worknen in Eu-
rope the survivors would be able to
live in comfort Now, the anarchist |
doesn't see this. He would kill of the |
apitalists-the very men who employ |
labor and make 1t possible for laborers |
to live. l on the contrary, would not /
harm single man who has money to /
pay 10 others, but would remedy this |
fatal over-populatioE, an evil which |
grows worse and worse every year
Your English Nautilus had q glimpse OF !
what was coming, but he did not fore. |
see whit the remedy would be-"
Then there is remedy?" l asked.
Yes. Did / not tell you that the
remedy is to reduce the working popu.
lation? The man who discovers how I
10 90 TINS most swiIIIy ana enecuusTry !
viii be the greatest beuefactor this /
world has ever known"
1t rather amused me to hear this /
man, whom l knew 10 be gentle and |
tender-hearted. actually insisting that |
about one-half the population Of the |
globe ought to be murdered. tSut |
thought little of it at the tine. I /
knew how fond some men are of pro- /
pounding bold and startling theories |
which they themselves would be the /
very last to dream of carrying into &C
ton. Here was man whose business |
in life had been to heal the sick, and |
SO to prolong the existence Of the I