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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-24
PICKING RlOE Binds.
4 New and rrea.abie Industry in which
e0nth Caroline Negroes Have Engaged.

4 New and Profitable Industry IN winch
South Caroline Negroes Have Engaged
The rice-hird crop has been more
profitable this year than the rice har-
vest After cultivstipg the rice the
negroes have found q sonanZa this fall
In supplying northern and western mar
kets with the birds.
These birds are known in the north
as reed birds. On their annual fight 20
q warmer climate they have stopped
over here sufficiently long 70 harsss the
planter BY eating Ct his late rice, which
is now of creamy consistency. This
let gives the little birds the most de-
lic.ous hsvcr. makes their bod les Jumps
OF delicate fe. and renders their bones
so soft that they are consumed By the
epicure with relish.
Every rice plantation has its regular
rice minders-r These are negroes
armed with muskets. Il The evening
they ere expected TO turn u 70 the over
seer certain number Of birds for every
lead OF shot Outside hunters are not
p~rmitted in the feds. hscsuse Tie de-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-24
OCT IN The FOURTH ROUND
Armstrong Comes Out Winner In His slug
Match with lawn.

New York. Nov. e3.-"Bob" Arm
strcng Of Chicago defeated Frank P. Sls-
win OF Australia tonight in the fourth
round
They met for a twenty-Touni 90 al
catch weights before the Union Park
Athletic club, and 400 persons were out
TO witness the mil Their appearance
was delayed twenty-five minutes by Sl2-
win insisting on the payment OF his per
se before entering the ring he fl
ally Won and the fight began
Round I--Af.er a uix-up and light ex-
changes Armstrong swung ~ tsft on
SIayin's neck and TIE Australian went
20 the foor. Armstrong forced Slavin 70
the ropes with two ieSts OF face ard TZc
rights on body. A. the soc7c - the
gong Siavta cent n a hard right swing
On the body.
Round s-Arrnstronx opened with
three let's on face Frank weae back
with left OF face ard right swing o.
saw Armstrong forced Slzvin 10 The
ropes and rsle Australian hugge1 20 avoid
punishment Rough aud T11 bling hEhf-
.ag was then u order and ID spectators
left their ssats'i1 order 20 sac Knockout
Both men swung II the jaw o1s les;be-
would give IN and both fsH u heap on
the fioo-. They were ciincAtug when the
bell rang
n THIS round and INDUCED "a EiGSg.1S.
Neither one rad any advantage vne-
time Vas called
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-24
COLORS OF THE EVE.
Differences Between Americans snd -
ropeass Are Marked.

Differences Between Americans snd -
ropeass Are Marked.
Into the realms of sentiment the 80
date and matter-of fact statistician OBJ
trudes himself, intent on dealing.
through percentages. with metfers
which one might think would be ex-
empt from such prosaie consideration.
The latest subject OF statistical in-
quiry is light and dark eyes. aad ~ the
result of sundry responses 70 questSons
propounded In various countries ard
duly authenticated it has BEEN discov,
cred land not merely discovered. but
also proved) that. taking the average
of Europe and America. $40 10 the per-
centaee of men having light eyes. In
GLIDING blue and gray. The propordon
of girls and women having blue OF gray
eyes is ny the same computation s%.S
per cent. In other words, blue eyes are
decidedly rsrer aznsng wsmen than
among men, and u ID for this reason
perhaps that blue eyes, espsciaaiy In
combination with blonde hsir, are es-
teemed so highly ~ feature Of fsm-
iniEe beauty. a
Men have ighs sy~s efsessr Gan
women. but in the intsrpeaiats range
of color between light aud dark thspsn
,en,age Of the two ssxss 10 very nesrlv
though not quite. the sa.ns. IA this irs
termediate category are brvwn and
hazel eyes, nstther pure light mar genu-
inc black. The psrOentags of these
among men is al and smong women
451. The percentage Of dark, or, rsors
properly, black eyes, In larger among
women, being 2e.7 per cent. OF ths
whole number. while among men IL 10
1913. Perhaps IL IL the relative rarity
Of dark eyes among men which estsb-
fishes the rule that dsrk-eyed rnsn are
esteemed BY women 70 b more for
.unate in the cslor Of their syss shsa
blue-eyed men.
The figures upos which fbsss per-
centages ar. based are the result Of ms
quiries not prosecuted in one or rpors
countries Of Europe or one or nsors
states Of the United States. A. Ia well
known. IN southern European eouv tr1es
lark eyes both among men and women
predominate, while light eyes are To b
found in just - high . proportion In
sorihera countries. - Philaaeiphss
Times.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-24

struction OF rice by careless walking
would be too great. 1t is remarkable
how many birds are killed sometimes AZ
Q single discharge of an old musket
that has been in service against larger
but wilder game. With six or seven
draehms of powder behind a handful or
No. 10 shot, a negro, knee-deep in mud
and water, will make his way through
the rice to the edge of vast fock of
the little birds which have descended
like a cloud upon the grain, bending il
down. The gunner is prohibited from
shooting the birds On the rice, for the
shot cuts the stalks. So. when he has
reached an advantageous place. he rises
above the waving grain and gives
veil. The next instant the dir is full OF
birds; there does not seem to be room
enough in the flock for another pair OF
tiny wings 1t is then that the bird
hinder points his gun toward tho
BLACKLIST part OF the cloud and pulls the
trigger. Sometimes the old brass bands
that hold the barrel in place are made 70
bulge, and as often as not the weapon
Jumps out of the hands of the shooter.
Sometimes the negro measures his
length in the mud, knocked down by
the tremendous recoil. He is quickly
up, however. and begins throwing BIRDS
INTO a sack.
Right here is where the negro proves
himself the superior of the usual rice
bird hunter. The white man may kill
as many, but in the thick, overhsnging
rice he cannot find half Of them OF
course a great many dead ones are lost,
and nearly all those with broken wings
escape, but ID is not very unusual for a
iarky to gather up ten dozen birds a.
the result OF one shot
This fall the demand for rice birds
has been greater than ever before, and
the prices offered IN Philadelphia, New
York and elsewhere have been so high
that negroes Oh the great plaE sasiens
On the Santee river have rssorte,l TO ma
tive ingenuity and primitive methods
10 capture TIE birds which they were
not permitted to shaot IN the rice felds.
The birds roost on the reeds and PUSHES
Of great marshes near the rice seids,
and there the promise OF a dollar doz-
en has tempted the dusLy hunter Run
ming his boat up some winding creek.
he lanes IN the heart OF the wilderness.
A bi--mouthed corn sack is sipng over
his left shoulder; In his left hand is a
long, blazing. lightwood torch Thus
he proceeds through the roosting
grounds of the birds, sometimes knee
deep. sometimes hip-deep. In water and
mud Blinded by the light, tie birds
make no effort 70 escape, and the right
hand of the hunter is employed almost
constantly in picking the birds from the
roosts, passing them 10 his mouth,
where his teeth meet through their
necks. and thence into the big-mouthed
Bag.
Between 400 and 200 birds are regard
ed az a fair nights catch for one man.
The season is short and this night work
Is hard in the fever-laden cir. but the re-
suit Of one such night at present prices
Is equal TO two month"; hard work with
IDade, hss or piew.-N. Y. Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-24

sary 20 MULTIPLY three minutes and
f<ty-s,x seconds by the number of days
that have elapsed since the observation,
and the product deducted fror the
hour the clock indicates the Grit night
clear enough for the second observas
tion gives the time the clock OF watch
ought 10 show. The same star can only
be observed during q few weeks. for ~
il gains nearly an hour in fortnight il
will In short time come 10 ths merid.
ian in broad daylight and become in'
visible.
In making the observation carr muse
be taken tina. Q planet Is not chosen
instead of star. Additional 10 the fact
that the light of fixed stars wrinkles.
while that of planets Is steady because
reflected, a sure means of distinguish.
ing between them 10 10 first watch Q
certain star attentively for a few nights.
If it changes its place with regard 20 the
other stars II is a planet, since the fixed
stars appear to maintain the same rel-
stive positions with regard to each
other.-Detroit Free Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-24
ghe aqieta uas eagle guesday orug gouebr FL 1855.

Round 4-Armstrong jabbed Siavin In
the face and Slavin sent his right hard
in the stomach Armstrong sent Siayin
10 the floor OF the ring with three let's on
the face Then he swung right and left
on Slayin's face and pummelled S,avin
so hard that the Australian threw up his
hands ard quit after two minutes and IS
seconds OF this round had expired
The evenings entertainment was in
eugura.ed with ten-round slGgging
match between Hugh McWintsrs and
Andry Watson, both coiored. No dam
age was done and McWinters got the de-
cision. Following this kid Madden OF
Brooklyn and Patsy Broderick OF Prov
idcnce. r. l., fought ten rounds 10
draw
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-24
Discourses of the Four Times the Nation
has Been In Peril,

Montpelier, VT, Nov. 23.-The Vermont
Society, Sons of the American Revolu-
ton, assembled at the state house this
afternoon and escorted Chauncey NJ. De-
pew OF New York to Armory hal, where
he delivered lengthy address. A mill
tary band headed the line, which con-
tanned about a thousand members and
guests OF the society. including many la
dies and members Of the legislature.
In the course of his remarks, MIR. De-
pew said:
Now, more than at any time during
the present generation, il is important to
teach the principles upon which our gov
eminent was founded and the policies
which have made it great. The patriotic
societies have before them a most i'm
portant work. Their first duty is 10
educate the people. Both those who have
landed on our shores from foreign coun-
tries and those of later generations which
have forgotten the revolution, must be
taught the dangers of moving the re-
public from the safe mooringS of the
past.
The hundred and seven years since
WaShington's inauguration may be-" the
speaker continued, divided into three
periods. We are now entering upon the
fourth. 1t is remarkable that each of
these began with a threat against the
republic, as created by the fathers. The
nation has come safely out of each trial.
The first period was one of construction
and hero worship"
In his review of this period. Mr.. Depew
said our forefathers believed that they
should avoid European ENGAGEMENTS. At
the same time, Il the Jay treaty with
Great Britain, they laid down the prin-
ciples upon which with skill. dignity
and patriotism Secretary Olney has end
ed the Venezuelan dispute"
The second period began with the
notification of the federal revenue laws
by South Carolina The hero wroship OF
the time gave tremendous authority to
living leaders whI possessed The people s
love and no man more conspicuously met
this requirement than Andrew Jackson.
The generation which came upon the
stage between 1850 and 1860 knew little
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-24
EMIGRANT COMMISSIONS
Southern Pacific Yields a Point Of Great
Importance.

Chicago, Nov. 23.-The Southern Paci-
&c has informed the roads whiach are
members OF the emigrant clearing house
that II win on December join with them
in a reduction of commissions on west
bound immigrant traffic on normal ba-
sis. This is regarded by the western
roads as a great victory for them in the
fight over the payments of commissions
on this class OF business. The normal
commission should be about s. and the
Southern Pacific has been paying very
close 10 SIG. After the meeting in New
York some weeks since, at which the
Southern Pacific endeavored to get the
western roads TO pay as much commits
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-24
TRIVIAL AND WORTHLESS"
Gladstone's Estimate of the Promises OF
the Sultan.

New York. Nov. 23-The letter TO the
National Armenian Relief committee has
just been received from the Honorable
William E. Gladstone and is as follows:
''F. D. Green. ESD, secretary n. \. K.
committee, So Bible House, New York:
Dear Sir: / rejoice that the great
and bountiful people Of your country
are endeavoring through the relief fund
to mitigate as far as they can some OF
the consequences OF. the great assassin.
This is mething-not much; for Eu-
rope and civilization still remain under
the disgraceful reproach Of having coldly
tolerated a series OF outrages perhaps the
most monstrous known 10 history; and
according 10 one of the latest accounts
one of the powers seems, after the in
Vulnerable falsehoods of the sultan, still
to accept his trivial and worthless assur-
ances, and even to be flattered by him.
ITO your good work, l wish heartily
we'll, and I have the honor 10 remain.
Yours very truly.
s.W. E. GLADSTONE"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-24
SLAVERY IN the SOUTH SEAS
At ANY Rate, England IL Always Glad OF Al
Excuse for Land Grab.


Sydney, y. S. W., Nov. 2S.-Reports
have been received from the New He
brides Islands, lying west of Fiji. that
the natives are being sold like sheep for
from to 10 pounds per head and that
many are subjected to great cruelties.
The New Hebrides are under Joinu
Anglo French ~ontrol. The new He
brides company, which has large inter-
ests in the islands, last year sent dep
utation to Sir T. McIlwraith, the colon
ial treasurer Of Qeensland, complaining
of this joint control and suggesting that
Sir w. McGregor. administrator OF Brit
ish New Gniana, should also have juris-
diction over the New Hebrides. Sir t.
McIlwraith said in reply that the only
solution lay in the annexation of the
islands by Great Britain or in the estab-
lishment of protectorate over them.
There is a British high commissioner OF
the Pacific who has jurisdiction TO set
tie disputes between British subjects liv-
ing in these islands and others. the
Anglo-French control was fixed by a
convention between Great Britain and
France on October "A. 1887, in which II
was agreed that the protection of per-
sons and property in the New Kebrides
should be secured by means OF mixed
commission composed of naval officers
belonging to the English and French
naval stations in the Pacific.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-24
CONTEST IN KENTUCKY
Chairman Richardson Complains the way
the Vote Was Contested.

Louisville. KY, Nov. 2S.@Secretary
Richardson of the Democratic state cam
paign committee tonight gave out a
statement covering the grounds on
which a contest over the electoral vote
Of the state is to be made, first before
the contest board. 1t is claimed that ir-
Irregularities have been discovered affect
ing sufficient votes to insure the election
of twelve of the Democratic electors. 1t
is claimed that on great many ballots.
the voters cross was placed only before
the name of the first elector; that these
ballots in the case of the Republicans,
were countedf or the entire electoral
tickt where as the Democratic ballots
Of this sort were counted only the first
elector 3. Smith.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-24

or nothing of the revolutionary war
Slavery, more as an investment and
business than as sentiment, held the
republic by the throat and constantly
threatened its dissolution. Thus, this
period, which had forgotten the revotu-
ton, which had become sordid and sur
rendered everything to profit. IN IT'S rude
Awakening sacrificed millions or lives
and millions of treasure to maintain the
union upon the foundations where the
revolutionary fathers placed it,
1--WE then entered upon third period,
the speaker said. 1T was that OF re-
construction, of invention, and of extra
ordinary accumulation Of national and
individual wealth.
He referred briefly to the vast strides
forward that had been made In that
time He asserted that in the general
uplifting, the people, the whole people,
were better educated, better clothed.
better fed, had fewer hours for labor and
larger wages than ever in the history Of
the world.
But without our scarcely knowing, ana
certainly not recognizing its extent and
possibility of counteracting it as polit-
ical force, discomfort had seized upon
the people as never before. 1t assumed
again the form of an assault upon the
time-honored and Revolutionary prin-
ciples of American liberty.
In this connection, Mr.. Depew declared
that the shifting standard of value is
not American, a paternal government is
not American, and any effort to array
the people into classes when employees
and employers are constantly changing
places il not American and an assault
upon the Independence of the judiciary
is not American.
He spoke Of what he said the country
owed to the supreme court and TO its in
iterpretations of the law, and closed with
a patriotic appeal to learn and teach the
principles upon which our government
has grown.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-24
NO OFFENSE INTENDED
Union Club Apologies to the Artemus
Ward Club.

Cleveland, O., Nov. s3.-The Union
club, through its president, Judge VIM.
3. Sanders, has sent a letter to the Ar
temus Ward club, apologizing for the
discourtesy shown the reporters at the
dinner to Chairman Hanna. In his let
ter, Judge Sanders says:
1.-THE management of the club, as well
as the committee in charge of the affair
supposed that prior to the dinner such
arrangements for the accommodation OF
the newspaper men present had been
made as, under the circumstances, were
satisfactory to the reporters. The club
management very much regrets that
anything should have happened which
even seemingly justified the resolution
you enclose"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-24
PROPOSAL TO PARTITION TURKEY
What Would Satisfy Russia rs q Settlement
of the Question.

London. Nov. 24-Th Daily News Ber-
lin correspondent says the Grand DUKE
Nicholas of Russia on a recent visit 10
Vienna took with him q proposal for the
uartition of Turkey among the powers
and to make Constantinople free port.
Russia 10 have Asia Minor and England
to have Egypt
London. Nov. PA Copenhagen dis
patch TO the Daily Nail. says marriage
has ben arranged between Prince Chris
tan Of Denmark. eldest son OF Crown
Prince Frederick, and Princess Pau
line of Wurtemburg. the daughter OF
King William ii OF WurtemburG. Prince
Christian was born September IS. 1870,
and Princess Pauline was born Decem-
Der l9 1877.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-24
Tandem Records at Denver.

Denver. Nov 23.-In the face of a
high wind today Sanger and Swanbrough
rode five miles, flying start unpaced, on
a tandem on the Denver Wheel club S
track today, lowering the professional
record sixteen seconds, TO 1921 Watts
and Smith established a new amateur
record of Iii for two-thirds of a mile.
flying start unpaced, on the tandem and
new records of 1 80 20 for a mile and
Alp 3-5 for two miles.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-24
Mullen Takes IN Ware.

Boston. Mass, Nov. 23-Recent,y q
challenge was sent 20 England by Pete
Ware of this city. for match between
Pat Carroll of Waltham, the present
American professional long distance
runner. to match with any one OF the
other side. not barring F. e Bacon, vic
tor in three races over Tommy Conner,
for race or series OF races from one %
five miles for 81 Zoo a side Mr.. Ware
today received a cablsgram from Dublin,
Ireland, stating that Mullen, the Irish
champion, accepts the challenge The
date and distance is not given Manager
Ware and Carroll will leave for England
feat Mullen, ne viii take on Conneff,
Grassland or Bacon.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-24
Atlantic Baseball League.

Philadelphia. Nov. 23.-The delegates
Of the Atlantic league of baseball clubs
met here today. Previous TO the formal
meeting of the league the board of di-
Tectors, composed of William Sharsig OF
this city, George Ellis OF Newark, c. j.
Mckee of Patterson and President Sam
uel Crane, met and audited and approved
the accounts of the league. An adjourn
ment was then taken till $3.50. There are
q half-dozen candidates in the field to
succeed President Crane.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-24
PRINCETON CELEBRATES
Board Fences and Sidewalks SuRsr and
There Is Much Grating.

Princeton, n. J., Nov. 23.-The towns
people and students united their efforts
tonight in a great celebration in honor
of the greatest football victory ever won
by Princeton team. Broken and de-
uolished fences and board sidewalks
were heaped up at quadrangles: these
were sTeared with tar and Oil When
a procession Of 1000 people. led by the
members Of the championship team In
a coach, halted in front OF Clio hall, the
huge pile was kindied. Speeches were
made by President Patton. the football
coachers and players. Meanwhile the
bells ringing. whistles blowing and the
discharge OF firearms kept Up desfsn-
ing din. 4 brilliant display Of fireworks
lighted up the campus and ended me
calebra ton
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-24

Cleveland, O., Nov. 23.-The small NAH
manufacturers of the country Will be-
gin to feel tomorrow the heel OF the
wire nail combination on their necks.
Beginning tomorrow the pool VIII dis
continue paying subsidies to the wire
manufacturers to keep them out OF the
nail market and consequently the mar
ket Will soon be over-Stocked. The II.
P. Nail company of this city, member
Of the pool, denies emphatcally that
the pool has quit business. a manufac-
turer who sells steel rods to wire nail
concerns, said today:
when the wire nail pool was organic
ed, $40 key was made the basis and
for each keg sold the manufactures who
entered into this 'gentleman's agree
ment' was to receive that sum, the mon
ay coming through the combination and
the sales being m ade by the officers OF
the pool. VINO have their headquarters
In Boston. The out put OF each mill was
fixed by these offic ers in order that the
supply of nails sn Ould not exceed the
demand and thus bear the market. Inc
sales being made through the oIncers
DE- the pool, each manufacturer IN II
was credited with $40 for every keS
sold and the difference between the pool
price and the market price was turned
Intc the treasury and invetsetd In good
interest beaS ring securities This surplus
has reached a good size and is owned
by the pool as whole. what VIII De
done with it only those on the inside
know, but it is believede that it VIII De
used in bolstering up the pool manufac-
turers, while the small fry are beng
strangied out of existence by the pool"
A DIFFERENT NAIL STORY.
Boston, Mass, Nov. 23.-J. II. Parks,
treasurer OF the Nail association, when
asked regarding a dispatch from Chica-
20 stating that the Wire Nail Manufact-
urers' association had dissolved, said Il
was substantially true. This nail asSo-
citation. he said, had lived much longer
than its most sanguine promoters eX-
peoted, ana, as financial undertaking
had been as unprecedented success. It's
present abandonment, he said, is not
due to any conditions in the organization
Or 10 any interdnal differences or short
comings, but solely to the large growth
which has spruGs up within the past
few months
I'VE do not think ii would be good
business longer TO continue a policy, he
said, which is increasing competition
SO rapidly
The story that the association has
large obligations which il is unable TO
meet is declared false by Mr.. Parks.
He says such an intimation is ref1ec-
ton on the honor and good faith of the
nail manufacturers.
Hoods Sarsaparilla, the king of med