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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-12-04
PETER RETIRES.

PETER. having worked the people OF
Kansas, through the dominancy OF the
Pop party, for al it was worth, now re-
tires from public life, having taken the
final step by selling out his Pop news
paDer which would no longer pay ex-
penses. PETER came high. If he was
but a dreamer, he was cute. Nobody
ever accused him of selling himself out
right. but he did not fail to profit by all
the advantages which he secured
through his sanctimonious mOuthinSs.
He looked wise, talked incessantly, but
lived frugally and saved his money. He
had been poor man, a very poor man,
all mis- life, and therefore did not fail
of measuring the meaning of money,
even il il did come easy. PETER will
not be missed in Kansas, nor in Wash
ington, except through the treasury bal
ances that were queered by the eXtraor-
binary expense of printing his long
speeches. He will bore no one any
longer. The Louisville Courier-Journa
has been figuring up PETERS fortune,
and evidently his reputation. Both are
now safe, let it be hoped. For the term
his salary was $4,000; he received
So, 100 mileage and $3.50 ON stationery
account. His wife or daughter was his
private secretary, for which he received
during the term $1,000. Another mem
Der of the family was borne on the pay
roll of the senate, and as $1,000 per an
mum is a moderate salary for a senate
employe, let ii so at that-S6,0O0 Thus
the PETER family received from 1891 to
1897 the sum of $4,000. Add 10 this
the amount the senator received for con-
tributions TO newspapers and you have
snug little fortune. 1t is not to his
discredit that he saved his money.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-12-04
HER SPREAD OF WINGS.

The potentates of Europe are slowly
but surely coming TO the realization
that the wings of tine American Eagle
shadows and protects everywhere from
the Klondike to Patagonia. The warn
ing given TO Germany that the United
States will not tolerate the seizure of
land in Hayti, nor the imposition of ex-
cessive fines out of proportion to the of
Tense given to the German government
is timely manifestation of national
spirit While there is no objection to
such deserved amercement as may be
reasonably inflicted, there would be
grave objection 10 land seizure. Ii did
not need remonstrance 10 acquaint the
German government with the views of
the people OF this country on the cues
ZION Of European occupation either on
The American continent or on adjacent
islands; but vigilance is the price of Sc
curity,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-12-04
A PHENOMENAL SEASON.

For eight months, ending with No
rember. the rainfall of Kansas, and for
each month, has been below the aver
age for thirty years. The streams are
lower than at any time since the settle
ment of the territory, many of them be-
Ing practically without water. Such
rivers as the Walnut and Neosho have
ceased to run and there is left only
POOLS September, October and Novem-
Der were the wannest and the dryest
found IN the weather records, Septem-
Der being a hot summer month. The
first snow now lies upon the ground,
which fell night before last, the moist
are of which was greatly needed by the
wheat. Such phenomenal hot and dry
summer and fall is likely to be follow
I'd by very Indictment winter, which
set ia with the first OF December in
Jaw way. eliminating in wave which
rery nearly reached zero yesterday
moving.
Chancellor Shows university weather
report for the past month says. among
ether things, that ''the mean tempera-
ture of the past month was considera-
bly, above the November average. Only
eight Novembers on our record have
been warmer. The mean temperature
of the first half of the month was near
" twelve degrees higher than that of
the last half, but has been exceeded by
the mean temperature of the first hall
Of November in 1870, 1878 and 1879.
The extremes of temperature were IN
usually great only November, 1887,
having a wider range. There have been
hut four November days in the past
thirty years warmer than were the
18th. 14th and Goth. On fourteen days,
however, the mercury went below the
freezing point, and on six days the
mean temperature was below freezing.
The coolest day was the Doth, when the
mercury did not rise to the freezing
point The first '.black frost of the
season occurred on the Ind. twelve days
later than the average date. There
WAS no snow during the month, and
there has been no snow during the en-
tire autumn. The rainfall was much
below the November average thus add
ing to the large deficiency for the year
and making this the eighth consecutive
month with deficient rainfall.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-12-04
HsREDIFY INFLUENCE

The question of heredity has long
been a mooted one. especially when it
came TO the transmission OF traits of
character and of acquired appetites up
on the part OF the parents. 1t has been
but a short time since one Of the emin-
eRt scientists of the country publicly
declared his opinion that a drunken IA
ther could not possibly transmit his an
petite or failing to mis- offspring. Upon
the other hand, it seems unouestionable
that mothers dc entail themselves upon
their offspring. Like begets like, and
there IS little doubt that children are
chips of the Old block. To DENY this
would be 10 oontrovert all experience
and observation. As back of nine great
men out OF ten VIII be found a great
mother. so nine out Of ten male Grimm
ais have back of them an abnormal ar
erratic mother. as most criminal WON
en- are sired by diSsolute or criminal
fathers. Yet there are marked excep-
lions 10 this rule. Professor PeeImsn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-12-04
Along the Kansas NiIs.

The sullen roar in the distance is me
coming of the Ralph Burton gubernatorial
/ boom.
The latest pointer is that Sterne viii be
| appointed and confirmed marshal beyond
| a doubt.
| The Newton Kansan claims that Newton
! is the only ripple in the soup. That is no;
al ali bad
Ed. Howe, Of A.chison, puts barbed-wire
around his shins to keep vanvassers from
ruling his leg.
The destruction OF rabbits in Sumner
county has been very great. The county
has paid sec OUT in hounties at three cents
a scalp.
The water famine az Fort Scott Is so
serious that the water works are likely
to forfeit their franchise by being unable
to get enough to supply the city.
The real fight on Jerry Simpson among
the Populists is that Jerry Simpson has
been found guilty of having brain and has
been convicted of having occasionally used
it.
A new shooting gallery at Wellington af-
fords the sports a chance to shoot at a
rabbit which is pursued by a dog. The
figures are attached to a revolving plat
form.
As a plain matter OF fact. no one in Kan
sas cares who is chump enough to sacri-
flee himself on the Aztec altar which the
Kansas governorship uses as a meat
block.
Leedy's refusal TO call a special session
of the legislature is based on two reasons:
Firstly: There is no money in the state
treasury to pay legislators. Secondly:
Wei. frstiy's enough"
Theodosus Botkin believes he can beat
Chester Long for the nomination for con-
gress. Chester Long Is just that strong
that the man who wants to beat him :.
not saying anything about Il.
Fish Commissioner Shurtz Of Wichita.
has been delegated by Governor Leedy 10
attend the Fisheries congress az Tampa
Florida. A pass d.d not accompany the
appointment and the fish commissioner Is
In revolt.
". T. Brown of Pratt county, PopuIist
legislator. issues manifesto in which he
says that Senator Harris and Jerry Slnp-
son were responsible for the defeat Of the
maximum freight rate law last winter.
What II they were? What harm has that
otISdl "OEkcl.
lola Register: ore OF the relics OF br-
gone days picked up when the old Psacoas.
building was moved. was an ancient flint
lock horse pistol All the wooden parts had
rosted away ard god deal o tire metal
but the barrel and trigger guard and par,
OF the handle we're intact Whose was
it,
Major Innan of Topeka has received
S. 90 from the sale OF as book: The
Santa Fe Trail" Major Inman has beer
a figure about TIE capital az Topeka. hS-
ure of extreme patoos. man OF brain u
poverty among a lot OF veil-csa1 med
ceres drawing Official salaries Tas xocs.
SO often at fault, never bestowed ss0o
more worthy.
The Populis;s, IN the midst Of sheir bitter
accusations Of other parties. are rocsi IL |
tolerant themselves Trey almost se1y TIE
right Of free speech and thought They
accuse Jerry Simpson Of beating the nszx-
mum fre.gh. rate law II Jerry believed /
Il TO be bad thing re lad perfect rssh; /
70 defeat IL TIE state hoso-s HIN fer zet- /
inS or hi. j.i3gmers. and TOT o. ia p-sJs-
tjces-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-12-04
ghe adhita Daily gaoe Saturday oruig eceoer 1897

of the University of Bonn, Germany,
has contributed to the study of this sub
ject some very interesting observations
as the result of practical investiga tons.
Prof. Peelman selected as the special
subject for his investigation the de-
scendants of profligate woman known
as Frau Ada Jurke, who was for sixty
years resident of the city of Cologne
and died there about a century ago.
This woman lived a life of vice and
crime and transmitted her traits TO sew
eral children. Her descendants number
S34 persons, representing six genera
tions of her posterity. Prof. Peelman
has secured the biographies Of 100 of
these descendants. He finds that JOG
were of Legitimate birth, 1872 were pro-
fessional beggars, GA OF them died in
almshouses, 1S1 women lived lives of
open shame, as were convicted and i'm
prisoned for crime and Z have been exc
cuted for murder. That is quite rec
ord for fhe descendants of one profit
gate woman.
The economic side Of the question is
brought out in Prof. Peelman's con-
illusions as to the expense caused the
state by this family. He estimates that
it cost the public an average of $4,000
a year, or a total Of 81, 200. 600, TO sup
port the paupers and punish the Grim
inals and protect society against their
depredations during these 100 years.
There is a fine field for the sociologists.
II shows that from a financial stand
point alone it is much better for society
TO reform its criminals, if possible,
rather than let them propagate their
vicious species. If Frau Jurke had
been properly trained as a child and
kent from evil associations she might
nave been honored TO this day by law
Abiding, respectable descendants who
had been the friends and moi the foes
OF society.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-12-04


ITO live, you mean? o. there are ways
it don't matter-rm past fretting for. you
know" Then, Rob, You've been good
to me aiways-you'Ii be good TO the child.
Eow that-now-"
Its cold out here-you'fe shivering, too,
lass-there's q fire inside"
But the woman staid on her knees, cling
ing weakly to the hands put out to help
her up.
"Rob-Rob! You don't mean it-you're
dreaming, Rob, Why, I've broke your
heart| know I've broken IT. I can't never
Nell-it'H be hard-mghty hard, for
both of us-but well try, God helping US.
An Nell-there's little chap inside wait
ing to be put to bed. He's rolled in a
blanket-we couldn't find his shirt"
On the floor of the cottage a man and
woman knelt together. gazing yearningly
into each others sorrowful eyes-and round
each neck was loving little arm. and a
sleepy baby voice was the only sound
they heard
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-12-04
How Afridis Fight.

In any account of the ways the Afridis
fight, it Is necessary to include in the
description the military characteristics OF
the frontier natives without regard 10 DIFF
ferences Of tribe.
Their style of fighting is speciayn adapt
ed TO the geographical conditions of the
country. Both at Fort Saraghari and at
Fort Cavagnari I mad an opportunity. with
other officers. Of learning the peculiar fight
ing ways of the Afr:d:s. Every race. of
course, has its own method of combat,
and the Afridis conduct their operations
against an enemy in a manner altogether
their own. 1t Is as shifty as II is effective.
Few civilians can realize how deadly IT
may become.
1t is bad enough when an enemy. Creep
ing slowly up a hillside, lodges itself in
sections behind huge boulders, and, under
cover Of these, pours volley after yolley
at the human targets-as those engaged
in the task of guarding the summit be-
come. Watching the advancement Of a
foe is not at any time an inspiring ocu-
patton; it is worse to see the half-naked
Afridis creeping slowly from boulder to
boulder. This is what takes place in broad
daylight. but even then the cunning Afr,-
di can circumvent nature. Take, as an IL
lustration of this, the way in which Fort
Saraghari fell. 1t occurred in broad day
Ugh, and within sight of the neighboring
fort of Cavaghar, where the stealthy OPP
erations of the tribesmen were observed
by the imperial troops. Attempts were
made by means OF signals to warn the
defenders of the British flag of their dan
ger but TO do avail.
Although considered impregnable, Fort
Saraghari, built of square stone with two
bastons at opposite angles, was fatally de-
fective in design. 1t had a dead" point
underneath each bastion@. e., point from
which an enemy could be neither seen nor
hit by the defenders. The result was that
while the contending forces were firing
against each other-the defenders In the
forts and the assailants behind stone breast
works and within ten yards of each 9TH
era few native-born engineers" among
the Afridis who had crept up to the dead"
point were mining a breach in one of the
bastions. Before this was made sufficient
ly large to admit the savage tribesmen to
make their deadly rush into the fort, the
undermining operations were seen by the
small force holding Fort Cavagnari. These
signalled TO their brothers in arms the dan
ger awaiting them, but the latter were too
busjly employed in repeliing the onslaughts
of the enemy to benefit by the telescope
observations of their comrades. And so
every one of the twenty-one Sikhs guard
ing Saraghari died at his post.
All this took place on the afternoon of
September II. If the Afridi were crafty in
daylight. his cunning at night became su-
perhuman. Many a sentry has fallen 81
lently and mysteriously in the Indian night.
naked form, moving stealthily in the
dark as the sentry PAGES backwards and
forwards, getting almost motionless as the
sentry draws nigh; a sudden bound fol-
lowed by dagger thrust; this is the end
of many an Indian soldier, and the secret
of many a tribal v.ctory.-"An OLIVER"
in London Telegraph.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-12-04

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-12-04

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-12-04

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-12-04

Georgia has stamped out football as
brutal. and now her lynching team had
better be trembling in their boots.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-12-04

An Austrian baron has just killed him
SELF for love of an American widow Amer
lean widows are dangerous IN Austria-and
America
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-12-04

The riots in Prague were probably wit
messed by Maurus Jokai, the Hungarian,
the best story-teller living. He will prob
ably scrape three or four novels out of the
rip4S
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-12-04

The postoffice department has ruled gu.
Perhaps General Gary has been worrying
MS brain out trying 20 supply the elmina-
tions.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-12-04

There is a widespread opinion that the
annexation CT Hawaii is merely an an
nexation of a museum of varities of the
human species.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-12-04

Mckinley is most priced by the Ameri-
can people as dutiful son.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-12-04

might explain to the people there how that
Oklahoma bank had 10 go out of business,
because there is no money In lending
money
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-12-04

General Pando. the only Spaniard so far
who declared that re would go into the en-
emy,s country and give them battle, has
been killed. This is Unfortunate. What
the row in Cuba needs is one good decisive
battle.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-12-04

The tail Masonic Temple building 10 Chi
osgo is slowly sinking. A fortune was
spent 10 secure firm foundation for tbs
great twenty-one-s;ory structure; but Il
seems to have been a failure. The build
ing has commenced TO settle. and already
at its roof 1t IS Is inches out OF line. Ex-
cavations for the foundation were made
fully 80 feet down. and then piles were
driven upon them Then came innumera-
BILE layers Of cement and concrete. inter
spersed with miles Of railroad rails la.d
ever the concrete. II was thought that
this would make it firm enough. It is
surm.sed that soma OF the piles are sink
ing into tbs swampy ground.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-12-04

Three weeks ago the newspapers OF Vi
emma were bewailing the triumph of law
lessness and the menace TO the stability
OF this government involved IN the New
York election. But New York has forgot
ten the election so completely that none
of her journals has thought of turning It's
paragraphs against the viennese.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-12-04

A late Berlin dispatch declares that the
German government has abandoned its in
tention to send battleship to enforce the
payment of indemnity on the part Of Hayti
1t undoubtedly Is something magnificently
noisy and impressive 20 use an ircnclad
10 kill a mosquito. but II costs more than
it comes 10. And there are other dlssuad-
ing arguments
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-12-04

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with or which doctors
had Temporary
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with the directions taking
medicines ut~fhR 4
IN
had
delighted the household With
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-12-04
Daddy, daddy. awake,

Daddy, daddy. awake,
With a start the sleeper opened his eyes
and looked up. On the seat where he had
been lying his little boy had climbed and
was now Juggling with all his small might
at his fathers coat and peering down hor-
ror-stricken into his face.
20, daddy, daddy, I've finished al nv
prayer-but you wouldn't wake-I couldn't
make you wake,'
Never mind. my little darling-never
mind ii now. Were going home-we're to
go back home-after all 0, Sammy, Sam
my
Still later, but on the same night a mar
footsore and weary, sat by a window,
watching.
In the same room. on chair. and rolled
round with a blanket. was a little boy
sleeping heavily. Close 10 the FIRE was an
empty porTidse bowl, and over the back
of a chair some clothes had been spread
out 10 dry.
The night crept on and the gray dawn
came. but the watcher had not moved.
and the blind was no; drawn down.
But what he was waiting for came Ct
last.
A shadow crossed the window. q low but
certain cry % pau A4>lN4OcI l<sc S-lc1Ce
CT the street outside
Then the man rose. and. moving slowly
to the door. opened IT very wide. At his
feet on the step a woman cronched and
moaned- When he spoke she lifted up n
hard. despsiring face
'.Nsn.''
I'm soizs-Im going a, once I never
meant 10 come. but sonae;hing-she ehl8
-"
Has ne lsf, you
yes. I'm glad Of T. though
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-12-04
The Ross Coal Co.,
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the number. 2l5.

Free openAr Balloon
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Clothing, Gents and Ladies' French Boots and Shoes

and with keen eye aud sharp knife cut prices to
move stock in due time and season. Our scale of
princes nnmed helnM will andnrsa ON nrnn
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OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
CONTINUED from Third PageJ
ANDREWS.

ANDREWS, Nov. 29.-The schools closed
in this district last week. Mr.. Wallace
Hardison closed Wednesday, with an
interesting entertainment in the after
noon, and Miss Annie White closed Fri
day, with appropriate exercises. w. Z.
b. wilkins, the colored teacher, had a
concert Friday night, which was pro-
nounced very nice bv the director who
attended.
Mr.. Nat Nicholson went with his lit
tie son, Bonnie, to Nashville, Thursday,
and put him in charge of Mr.. Jno. V.
Armstrong, Principal of the Blind
school. He was highly pleased with
their method of teaching there, and
thinks it a grand institution, which
the people throughout the State ought
to feel proud of. There are only ninety
nine children there now; yet there are
four hundred in the State who are en-
titled to a scholarship. He also says
that Mr.. Billie WhitthOrne is one of the
grandest men Tennessee's Legislature
ever had, and the voting class make n
great mistake in not keeping him there,
for it is through his influence and ten
der sympathy for the unfortunate that
appropriations to such institutions,
sufficient to run them, have been made.
But since his defeat they have been cut
short. He saw children there who
could not see at all, recite as correctly
as if they had good eyes, and some were
performing on the piano with as much
ease and elegance as was possible for
any one to do, and, what Is most CUR
prising, most of the teachers are totally
blind. The colored department is
separated from the white by a high
plank wall.
Mr.. Wilburn Sowell has erected a
new tenement house on his farm,
which is occupied by Mr.. Humphrey
Hardison.
Mr.. Geo. Dooley has a very sick child.
Mr.. Madison Dooley is quite sick.
Mrs. Ida Hardison is suffering with
tOnsilitis.
Miss Nellie Journey has returned
from visit to her aged grandmother,
Mrs Evins, at Culleoka.
Mrs. Darnell, of Talley Station, is
spending some weeks with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Josie Sowell.
Mrs. Lizzie Davis is with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. White
Mrs. Maggie Rome came down to see
her mother last week.
RIPPING WAVES.