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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

nothing exists beyond this visible
boundary? On the contrary science has
based the whole theory and explana
ton of one of the most important de
partments-that of chemistry-on the
existence and interaction of minutes
imal components, as much smaller than
| the microbe as the microbe Is smaller
than the elephant The solidity OF
matter, say the physicists, Is a fiction.
II our eyes were but microscopic
enough, we should look through block
OF granite as through the openings Of
wire fence; and a ring of tobacco
smoke would seem as little continuous
as a flock OF sparrows or the cOnstel-
lations of skies.
THUS scientific faith confidently pur-
sues its way beyond the boundaries Of
the visible from mote 10 molecule and
from molecule TO the still mlnuter and
more indiscernible atom. Does II here
make a halt and refuse 10 20 farther!
Ask any professor OF optics, and be
will tell you that the whole theory Of
his branch OF science is conditioned on
the existence Of a substance stlil more
tenuous and impalpable- To account
for the characteristic phenomena OF
luminous bodies. refractlon, p0lariZa-
ton OF light, interference, etc, the
Swans OF the present century have
been forced TO conceive Of light as prop
ogated by undulatioDs- But light
passes through the vacuum OF an air
chamber without the slightest restora-
ton or diminution. II passes across
the vast interstellar yoids, with such
complete retention OF its character
istics that by It's lines. as discerned by
spectrum analysis, the very gases and
metals in Sirius and Pleiades can be
analysed as readily as II We should put
these Orbs into our chemical retorts. A
ray Of light passing from one Of these
stars 10 our earth Is thus a vibrating
column, along which run countless
waves, 10000 10 10000 In every inch /
But % have such vibrations there must 4
be something 10 vibrate. The asfron- /
Omers and opticians have thus been /
led unanimously 70 believe that where
ever these light fluctuations pass. there. 4
as the unduiatOry sub-sfrstum Tor 4
them, there must be an exceedingly 1
rare medium, which they call the lum-
iniferous ether. Il Is infinitely more 4
subtle than the thinnsst gas. since u 4
pepetrates and peTvades metals and 4
and plsts Ok glass that shout 4
cut these gases; and jet il mus; he re
garded as 81 the nature Of solid. BE-
cause fts vibrations are transverse, not
longitudinal as Fresnel showed Il :
elastic and - pressure many
millions o. millions that Of gravity
Pnofessor Bixby tells us that science
ass no warrant from observation ia
believing n this OCEAN % ether IL
which our globe Hoats a. tiay Elose.
and tAst is existence has been esfab-
ls5ef. simply - tb- cernoastr2i!0a
that by The supp0sition % such an
afhsz and only by such lbs-ory can the
1asu9menz of optics D. reasonably 81
slzsned Tine aud space are net ma
.eri4l thinzs Shal space and tine.
hen. - ~ down ss Gctlons5 Boz shat
squally l. Impossible. Tiey ere. as
IL lntDitiveiy peTesfse, lie atmosphere
which embraces a.. tie lRGz-lS sSz-a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

while the horses alleged to have been
taken from the Cubans number a total
of over four millionsi General Weyler.
being short of mounts for his cavalry,
naturally desires TO know what has be-
come of these myriads of steeds- If
the order referred to shall not cause the
naturalization of a sufficient number
of war horses for the Spanish troopers
it viii have the good effect, at least. of
cutting short the tedious and absurd
official lists Of Spanish victories in
Guha
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10
Have You Seen
the new Pozzosr PUyY Bo1f u is given
free with each Dor Of Powder. Ask for u.

OF reality within which all float. the
fundamental conditions OF experience.
We can mentally think away every
thing that Is an object Of sensation.
But we cannot think away space Itself
Space Is an integral part Of all states
Of Consciousness Whatever. This -
his answer 10 The narrow and blind
prejudgmeBt II rostsrisilsm, with
much more to The same purpose. ia
the natural world. close about us, on
all sides, lie Invisible realms. repIets
with maryeis. Why. then should ws
maintain such Incredibly about the
supernatural. because We cannot ses
rs denizensf When ths wonders OF
the material 50 overpass lrnaxlnation.
Shy should We deny the spiritual D.
cause We cannot comprehend III
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10
JOE HAwLEY FOR SECOND.

The people having won the victory
over the bosses and fixers, who now
concede that the Republican premier
of protection will bear the banner in
the coming campaign, naturally enough
there is a general casting about for the
men who shall fill the second place,
whether he shall be from the east, west
or south. Surface indications are not
always reliable in a movement involy-
ing so many complications. That the
east will put forth a united effort to
secure the vice presidency there is little
doubt Still it might prove the better
politics TO take him from the extreme
west Ex-Governor Buckley of Con-
necticut, made a flying visit to Canton,
Ohio, the other day, for the purpose of
consulting with Mckinley. 1t was
figured out that he probably had AS
piratiOns for the second place himself.
But later advices from artford indI-
cate that the real purpose of the visit
was in the interest of Senator Joseph
r. awley, in which event Governor
Buckley would go TO the United States
senate. Hawley is a good man. prom
inent for a generation, and In some re-
spects a great man. But Connecticut
is very small state. General Haw-
ley would give strength to the ticket
undoubtedly, but not as hailing from
Connecticut The party al large has
but very little interest in the matter
of Connecticut senatorship, and IL Mr..
Hawley's friends desire the place for
him it should be asked upon the gen.
eral grounds of his Republican record,
and the fact that he is a New England
man
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10
TOO MUCH WIND.

The rains over the TransmiSouri re-
gion, this spring, have proved very
irregular and spotted. Over the first
fifty mile belt west of the Missouri
river the rainfall has been abundant,
and for the most part also for that Of
the SECOND belt of fifty miles There
are counties or circumscribed areas in
west Kansas which have had an abun-
dant rains, but for fully one-half OF the
agricultural portion of the state the
precipitation has been below the nor
NAL, with excessive and continuous
high winds. A large per cent Of the
wheat and oats acreage lying west of
the 9th principal meridian, or the 9Sth
degree of longitude, does not hold the
same promise as on the LIST OF April.
And this is true of the west half of
Oklahoma. 1t is a region that does not
have April showers and on which the
best rains, as a rule, fall in the months
of May and June. From all the in
formation which we have been able TO
obtain we doubt If the wheat and cat
yield west of the west line Of McPher-
son county comes up TO the estimate OF
one month ago. However, timely rains
from this time forward would do Won
ders- The corn stand is exceptionally
fine, fully up to what it was at this
time last year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10
The d0liehita 4aIu Eagle sunday yflornmo 7au TO- 1896

encouraging proofs possible of vitality
and undying strength of Christianity,
and that means vast conservative
force in all the great affairs Of human
life and civilization.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

At Canton. Ohio. the hotels are fixing
up to meet the influx of personal visit
ors upon Major Mckinley. Ii is a
frigid day when the hotels do not
squeeze themselves in at the first table.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

Major Mckinley should come out for
a single gold standard and stand in
the high regard that John &. Carlisle
does today. This is what Mchinley's
enemies want him 10 do.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

The defeat Of Billy Buchan in the
Second district is an indication of how
hard it is TO get a politician out from
under the ruins of his mistakes.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

1t appears that when Tom Anderson
visited Mckinley AT Canton. the major
softly closed all the doors and whis-
pered in Toms ear that he hoped he
would be nominated.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

Perhaps the most surprising thing
about Holmes execution was the fact
that when the hangman got ready. he
did not discover that Holmes had
stolen the rope.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

Tanner, who killed a man. is being
run for governor by the Illinois Re
puhlicans. Kansas Republicans may
be stil more original. They may run
a man who has been killed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

Now the eastern papers are laying that
story about q girl killing her father Tor
sucking eggs, on oklahoma II happend-
ed. il it happened at al, in the Indian
Territory not far from the Kausas line.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

John Sherman's memory was i'm
peached in his own memoirs" and the
chances are that he has forgotten Nc
Kinley's exact views on finance.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

No man who has failed to have the
experience of trying 10 hold barb
wire fence down and crawl through 1t
at the same time can appreciate Gov
ernor Morrill's position.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

The Cheyennes' position on the gov
eminent ownership of railroads Is I'M
known, but they are not strictly in
favor of government ownership of In
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

10 Chamberlain cannotsay too much
against Rhodes. Perhaps Chamber
lain is afraid that public attention
might turn from Rhodes and fall upon
Chamberlain.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

1t is hard for the country to get away
from forestry. Before Lincoln was a
president he split rails; and now Nc
Kinley saws wood
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

While Mckinley would not have had
the nomination if he had refused to in
wade the states Of favorite SONS, he
would have had the friendship of Quay
and platt
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

People who want to know Major Nc
Kinley's exact views on finance, can
readily discover them by anticipating
the St. Louis platform.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

The Mckinley boom is sixteen stories
high; it tabers from the top down, and
there is mighty little room on the
ground floor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

Everytime Weyler sees an American,
ne sends someone to catch him while
be himself gets a court martial to-
pa+hoP
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

We never saw Persian biography,
but at the time Of the shah's death the
son of the shah seems to have been at
work on the life of his father.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

Kruger has read only the Bible and
''Pngrim'S Pre-. TesS." This is striking
ly eccentric. GeniuSes of this kind
usually include Shakespeare with the
other TWO
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

Mckinley is to visit Kansas next
summer and about all Kansas will re-
turn the visit when Mckinley gets set
tied ii Washington.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

Farmer Funston will not represent
Kansas in congress again: There are
other indications that Kansas is get
ting tired of noise.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

Holmes request of the hangman was
Don't bungle it," Then the hangman
careIessly broke Mr.. Holmes neck.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

The Democrats are beginning to see
the handwriting on the wall, and the
Hebraic characters very much resem-
bic the word Nit"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

By certain foresight Ben Harrison
arranged it so that he was married,
not married.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

The burning question in most large
cities now embOdies a hot desire TO
make it warm for the ''scorcher."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

Kansas orchards, even If there are
neach trees among them, are the ap-
pies of the Kansas farmers eyes.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

CIV Leland has no candidate for gov
ernor, but he has the measure OF every
oostoffice in the state.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

When a child is awakened by an
alarm-clock ia order to escape the
tardy cIang, its mind is not apt TO be
as clear as bell.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

If the goldbugs want goldbug for
president. they should quit nagging Nc
Kinley, and nominate john G. Carlisle.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

Sam Peters will be on the main track
steamed up when Morrill, is run into
the round-hOuSe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

The Wichita cyclists will only sub
nit 10 an ordinance compelling all ped
estrians TO wear bells.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

Cleveland's ''good Offices" are not do
Ing nearly so much for the CuDans as
Snain's bad officers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

Definition for beer: "A small body
sf liquid which accumulates at the
bottom of a efferyescent foam.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-10

There are 119 kinds of weeds in AKIN
sas, not counting the widows.
Evening journal., 1896-10-17
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NOTEs.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NOTES.
Miss Florence Egee is entertaining
Miss Alma Bouchelle, Of Chesapeake
City.
Hon Watson R. sperry, ex-minister
to Persia. has arrived IN Wilmington
for a visit.
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Humes, Of
Milford, have issued cards Tor the mar
riage of their daughter, Katharine to
Robert Paynter Davis, Of Georgetown
in the Presbyterian Church, OF Milford.
on Wednesday, October 2S at 1890
o'clock.
Miss Florence E Perkins left this
afternoon for visit to Brooklyn, N. Y.
Miss May Motley has returned to
Port Deposit after visit to Whining
ton friends.
Ritter Hopes will spend Sunday with
relatives in West Chester.
Rev. J. II. S. Ewell, of Georgetown,
was in Wilmington yesterday.
William Johnson has returned from a
visit to Marcus Hook.
Mrs. William Radcliffe and children
are visiting relatives at Smiths, Deb
Mr.. and Mrs. S. C. Carter, of VIII
mington, have been visiting friends at
Ellendale. Del, for several days past.
B. e. Stephens, assistant ticket re-
ceiver at the r., w. & 3. railroad, and
Mrs. Stevens, have been spending a
week at Salisbury, Md, and another at
Pittsburg.
Mrs Elmer p Taylor, of Dover, is
visiting Wilmington friends.
Robert G. Ellegood of Concord, was
in Wilmington to-day.
Bradford Murphey, of Dover, regis
ing
Joseph Powell and Miss Florence
Crowding will spend Sunday with
friends in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. l.. Anderson, OF West
Chester, Pa, are registered at the Ho-
tel Jennings.
Mrs. Joseph X. Adams has returned
visiting relatives.
Superintendent A. G. McCausland, of
the Wilmington and Northern railroad,
Is in Baltimore to-day.
Mrs. Biggs, of Middletown, is visit
ing in this city.
Alfred c. Lingo formerly Of Will
wington, but now Of Philadelphia, and
Miss Ada Mccullough, of Detroit,
Mich, were married on September 29
at Union NJ. e. Church, Twentieth and
Diamond streets, Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Il. Huyett have been
visiting in West Chester.
Evening journal., 1896-10-17
BROKEN BY THE FROG.

General and Mrs. James II. Wilson
had an unpleasant experience yester-
day afternoon. They were driving
down Market street. When below
Eighth, their carriage wheel caught in
the street railway frog, and the twist
broke the axle. They we're forced to
get out and take a hired team home
The family carriage was sent to the
shops for repairs.
Evening journal., 1896-10-17
THE WORD CONTEST.

The Holiday Visitor has received
hundreds of letters of inquiries for in
formation as to what words can and
cannot be used in the contest for the
prizes offered by The Holiday Visitor
1t is impossible to answer every COM
munication, and for the benefit OF ALL
we publish again the conditions:
The Holiday Visitor will give three
prizes for the greatest number of words
made from the title, The Holiday Visi-
tor. First prize, $40 for the greatest
number of words; second prize, SIS for
the list second in size; third prize, Sc
for the list third in size.
The conditions are:
1st-Words must be written on one
side OF paper only.
2nd-No word must contain a letter
oftener than it appears in the words
The Holiday Visitor.
3rd-Use no proper names, foreign
obsolete or contracted words.
4th-Plurals and different forms OF
the verbs allowable
5th-All contestants must send in
their names and address, with 10 cents
In stamps or silver, at once. This
small entry fee is made to limit the
number of contestants. Contest close;
November 20.
The names of the successful contest
ants will be published in The Holida!
Visitor December s. and prizes award
/ ed December 10.
Get your dictionaries and spend you
evenings hard at work You may b
/ successful.
Address all communications to
| CHARLES G. WILIMENT Publisher
No. 406 Shipley st. Wilmington, Del.
Evening journal., 1896-10-17
A SLICK THIEF.

Several days ago Artemas Smith
missed his SIT dictionary from his law
Office. Thinking that some of his
friends had borrowed it he rested easy
for two or three days. Finally he went
out to look for it. None OF his friends
had it and he came to the conclusion
that it had been stolen. He finally To-
Gated it in a secondhand bookstore on
Sixth street near Market. Two fly
leaves had been torn out and Mr..
Smiths name erased. The proprietor
told him that a man giving his name as
James Morrison, and his address as
No. 427 Delaware avenue, had sold it to
him for 81, saying that he had bought
a better one and had no further use
for it. The name and address both
proved to be fake, but Mr.. Smith paid
81 and got back his book.
Evening journal., 1896-10-17
IACOBs L0sT HIs cAsE

There was a referee trial in Magis-
trate Pritchetts office. The l.tigants
We're Thomas j. Jacobs, plaintiff, and
l.. A. Thomas, defendant. men who live
in adjoining properties on West Eigh-
teenth street. ID. J. Reinhart repre-
sented the plaintiff, and Robert Adair
the defendant. The referees were
Archibald S. Reed. Patrick Neary and
George r. Townsend. The action was
for material furnished and work done
In 1lling up defendants yard to a level
with plaintiffs yard. The award of the
referees was no cause of action and
Jacobs must pay the costs of the suit
Evening journal., 1896-10-17
TrNvETLING THE STONE.

The special train over the Whining
ton and Northern railroad to take the
visitors to the unveiling of the old
Crane Hook Church memorial left the
French street station this afternoon at
2 o'clock, carrying a number of promi-
nent Wilmingtonians. members of the
Delaware Historical Society, and theil
friends Many other people went tc
the place on bicycles and by carriage
Chief Justice Lore will make the open
ing address at the unveiling ceremony
and the program published in yester-
days Evening Journal will be followed
Evening journal., 1896-10-17
REPUBLICAN MASS MEETING.

A Republican mass meeting was held
at Third and Church streets at noon
to-day. There were several hundred
people present, though how many
Republicans were among them, IL
would be heard to say. Most of the
assemblage was composed of the en-
ployes of the Diamond State Iron
Company, who were in the vicinity to
draw their wages. A stand had been
erected on the corner opposite the Dia-
mond State Company's office, and from
this Colonel Benjamin Nields delivered
an address on the issues of the cam
paign in favor of Mckinley.
Evening journal., 1896-10-17
MERCHANTS SCARED.

Some of the Republican dry goods
merchants are preparing for Bryan's
election One of them said a few days
ago that he had given a travelling sales
man from Ireland a large order for g
certain line of dry goods, with the un-
derstanding that if Mckinley is elect
ed il should be filled, but if Bryan is
elected it should be cancelled. The
salesman told the merchant that he
had not taken a single order sine,
coming to the United States, excepting
under the same conditions.
Evening journal., 1896-10-17
MARRIED

Observation-Disclosures theITn-
ion NJ. e. parsonage, No. sos Wash
ington street, on Wednesday even
ing, October IA, 1896, by Rev. j. d. G
Hanna, Samuel G. Chandler and Miss
Leona S. Hartman, both Of New Cas-
tie county, Del.
MMULLEN-WATSON.-On October
IA, 1896, by Rev. j. R. Milligan, d. d..
James McMullen and Emma S. Wat
son, both of this city.
RUSSELL-MOORE.-At Grace M. e.
Church, on Wednesday evening. Oc-
tober IA, 1896, by Rev. John d. C.
Hanna, Alfred Russell and Miss Ell
sic May, daughter of Colonel Enoch
Moore, all of Wilmington, Del.
Evening journal., 1896-10-17
ADJUSTMENTS.

THE SAGES' LAST PERFORMANCE.
Tonight the Sages close their weeks
engagement at the Opera House, much
to the regret Of many Wilmington the
atre-gOers. Both Professor and Mrs
Sage. as well as DR.. Gray have made
hosts Of friends in this city by their
many social qualities as well as their
powers as entertainers. The perform
ances given by the Sages are both in
structive and amusing. Before the
hypnotic tests are made Professor Sage
gives a brief logical lecture on hypno-
tism, after which he calls for vOlun-
teer subjects. During the last nights
Of the engagement, the stage has been
crowded and many of the experiments
have been interesting in the extreme.
The program has grown more intricate
with each performance, as the subjects
appear more susceptible to the infiu-
ence, and last night cataleptic living
pictures were shown. A baseball game
was played and altogether last night S
performance was the best of the series.
A local subject was secured for the
anaesthesia test for the first time To-
nights program promises to be fun
nier still, as the side show" one of the
best of the Sages' scenes, will be pre-
sented. The Sages have given a num-
Der of private parties during their stay
in Wilmington.
After the performance last evening
Professor Sage gave an exhibition of
his powers at the residence Of Job II.
Jackson, while Dr. Gray and Romaine
Conrad entertained a party at John h.
Auger's, No 1OS East Eighth street.
Evening journal., 1896-10-17
WEST CHuRCH MATTERs.

The annual synodical meeting of the
Woman's Home Missionary Society will
be held next Thursday at o'clock a. m.
in West Presbyterian Church. The
Foreign Missionary synodical meeting
will be held in the afternoon at
o'clock In the evening there will be
public meeting under the auspices OF
both societies. There will be an address
by Rev. Thomas A. McCurdy, ID. d., and
a fine e-nnsicale is arranged for.
Evening journal., 1896-10-17
K. G. E. ADIouRNED.

The annual session of the Supreme
Castle. X. G. e., adjourned in Reading
last night. Supreme Chief Brown, of
Wilmington, appointed his committees,
on which these Wilmingtonians will
act: Finance. j. T. Triebler and John
Thompson; law, John Aspril. Three
classes Of death benefits, $780, 500 and
81 1000 were adopted.
Evening journal., 1896-10-17
MRS. MEWAN IN TOWN

Mrs. McEwan, wife Of DR.. NJ. L. Nc
Evan, formerly pastor OF Rodney
Street Presbyterian Church, but now
in Pittsburg. was in Wilmington yes
terday and spent two hours with Miss
Bowen, at Delaware avenue and Frank
lin street DR.. McEwan is attending
the meeting OF the synod at Bellfonte