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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-26

Paris, Sept. 25.-Down at 20 Boulevard
Pofssoojere, about ten minutes walk
from the Grand hotel, among the gayest
.neaters and tie most interesting insti-
tutions in the world. 1t is unique and
unknown 70 almost every one except
the medical profession. The sign over
the door reads "Oeuvre Maternelles des
Couveuse d'Entants." or Baby Cnsri-
table Incubator hospital, TO use a liter
a translation. The process was invent;
ed and this Institution was established
by a philan,hropic physician from Nice
named DR.. Alexander Lion, and II is
sustained by charity. Some OF the first
ladies' in the land-princesses, duchesses.
coHhtesses. harnesses and meiame, Of
socla! dlStlncJion-hsVe agreed 70 give
from 10 francs 10 10000 francs a wear
Tor lis support and for the extension Of
the oenevolence TO other parts Of the
city The Grand Duchess Sergius Of
Russia. The Baroness .Rothschild, Jane
Hading, the actress, and others equally
well known are among the contributors
The public is invited 70 inspect the in
sItution daily between O'Clock in the
morning ana sunset. but each visitors IS
required 10 pay franc fo- the privilege.
Af,er they have made an inspection and
have satisfied themselves Of the charac-
ter and me usefulness Of the incuhators
tae visitors are asked 20 contribute
something 10 its support, and a large
book is KEPT in HANDY place for them
ID inScribe their names ana the amounts
o. their subscription. Medical people
professional nurses are admitted free.
although few leave the place without
dropping a silver or a sold coin in:o the
box
The invention Of DR.. Lions Is designed
Il assist nature in preserving the lives
OF newly born infants which are TOO
fran and feeble . undertake a struggle
for existence. and the records show taa.
since 1891, when Il was frs; introduced.
il has saved several thousand human
creatures by torcing ozone into :aeir
lungs ard pure. nourishing fooi into
their si0machs, by providing an even
Temperature fo- their sens.tiv little
bodies and protecting them igains, ne
dangers that new corners in tais world
are exposed 10 In addition 70 the es-
Enlistment on the Boulevard Poissiere
there are number Of incuoa;ors in
operation in several hospitals for chill
dgen in Paris London. Vienna. Brussels. /
Berlin. Geneva, Bordeaux. Marseilles. /
Nice Lyons ana other cities in Europe. /
and a sample Of the apparatus. Dr.. Lion |
tells me. is being exhibited a. the expo /
sitiJn al Nashville. although there have 1
in the United STATES.
The incubator. or colveuse. Is case /
OF glass about two fee: square, set in an /
iron frame, which Is nickel plated and I
Ornamental ii various ways. Inside is ]
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-26
TO SAVE THE BABES
PARIS HAS ANINsTITUrION CALLED
AN INCUBATOR.

'iny Children Who Are Born More Dead
Than Alive Are Taken Charge of Until
They Grow Strong and Wig orous-Iu IN
Atmosphere Charged With Ozone and
Kept at a Uniform Heat They Are Left
tn BE Comfortable and Crowded
Livery Two Hours-Eighty Per Cent
Live of Those Cared For
Kansas City journal., 1897-05-16
NEW CHINESE MINISTER CHATS
WITH FRANK CARPENTER.
CHANGES GOING ON IN CHINA.
ALL ABOUT THE NEW RAILROADS
AND FACTORIES.
Why Reform Cannot Go Faster-Chi-
nesc and Japanese Compared
Black Sheep Among Ameri-
can MissiOnaries-Chi-
nese Inventors.

Washington. May 15.-The effect Of Lii
Hung Chang's trip around the world is
seen every day in the new foreign pol
icy which has been adopted by the Chi
nese emperor since LIS return home. A
general change is taking place in the dip
lomatic circle, and new ministers are being
sent TO the leading courts of Christendom.
First, it was announced that Lo Feng Luh
was to be minister to Great Britain. A
week or so ago a commission was ordered
TO 20 to England to represent the emperor
at the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria.
and within the past few days a new Chi
nese minister has arrived in Washington.
The striking peculiarity Of the. new ap-
pointments is that the men chosen are
those who are up to date i'm foreign affairs.
I.o Feng Luh was educated in London. L
think he studied law there. He has spent
some time I'm Germany, and he speaks the
English and German languages almost as
fluently ms the Chinese. When j met him
in Tien Tsin year or so ago he quoted
Shakespeare in his conversations with me
and gave me his opinions of Huxley and
Darwin. He was then secretary Of the navy
Kansas City journal., 1897-05-16
TRUSTY INDIAN POLICE.
IN THIS CAPACITY THE RED MAN IS
AN EFFICIENT SERVANT.
As a Soldier He Rebels Against Disci-
pline, but He Is VigiIant md In
cOrruptibIe as a Guardian
of the Peace.

10. the poor Indian. has been tried and
found wanting. His fighting disposition
and his indifference TO what would be
termed discomfort and privation by white
men gave the United States government
grounds TO believe that the Indian would
make a good soldier, and several COM
panieS were organized and stationed AT
frontier posts. The experiment has proved
a failure, and the war department has Is
sued an order for the disbandment of the
company now stationed at Fort Sill, o.
T., on May 81. This end was foreseen by
many people who had studied the Indian
character and who were convinced that he
would break down under the restrictions
and restraint of military discipline. Ihe
Indian warrior ceased TO be terror when
he washed the war paint off his face and
changed his fantastic costume for Uncle
Sans matter-Of-fact army blue. As an
Indian warrior he was his own master, to
a great extent, having time at his disposal
for sports and rest; and the orders to
stand round, keep himself tidy, to do police
duty and the like were carried out with
reluctance and with decided aversion.
Even the strictly military duties, the man
ual of arms, mounting guard and drilling,
were obnoxious to him after the novelty
had worn off, and there was a spirit of
dissatisfaction IN the ranks of the Indian
organization which precluded progress and
made the men unreliable.
The Indians while they paid a certain
Difference to their chiefs and superiOrs,
most things and men who had stood well
with their fellows felt that they were being
humiliated when compelled to arise or go to
bed at prescribed times, and that they were
being prosecuted when their failure to obey
orders brought them to the guardhouse.
Kansas City journal., 1897-05-16

nation. He attracted attention wherever
he went. and those who have seen him,
L will venture to say, have never forgotten
him. 1t was Gall and Crazy Horse who
commanded the Indians that took part in
the Custer massacre. To show YOU how
from a letter l have from Mrs. Custer
widow of the general, written since the
massacre. She writes: Painful as it is to
me to look upon the pictured face of an
Indian, L never in my life dreamed there
could be in all the tribes as fine a speci-
men of a warrior as Gall.
Proud of the Authority He Holds
Gall was succeeded as Judge in the
Standing Rock agency by John Grass.
These men were of the higher or official
class of the Indian police. but the privates
ara conscientious and diligent in the dis
charge of their duties, and perfectly trust
worthy and reliable. The Indian who he
comes a member of the police feels proud
of his little authority, and does not hesi-
tate TO arrest his best friend. The officers
have so little fear as to the loyalty of their
Indian police that some of the most des-
perate Indians have been placed on the
fo.ce. OF these Rain-in-the-Faee is a good
sample He is policeman at so a month,
with the same duties to perform as any
other private IN that branch of the serv-
which would entitle him to great consid-
Grafton at the hands Of his fellow war
riors. He is the man who, according to
accepted accounts on that subject, killed
Tom Custer, the brother of the general
and mutilated his body in the most hor-
also Drs. Halzinger and Balerano. He has
been a member of the police force for a
year, and has given perfect satisfaction.
At the various agencies where there is an
Kansas City journal., 1897-05-16
sARCOPHAGUs or ALEXANpER THE GREAT

who have set themselves to the task of un-
earthing the treasures of the buried cities
grand in its already accomplished results.
The enterprise has been supported by some
wealthy and generous citizens of Philadel-
phia, and for half score OF years these
specialists, with a large force of laborers.
have delved and dug amid and in spite of
every conceivable obstacle. The climate
has been against them, the heat being at
times ardent enough to suggest cremation,
and sand storms have suddenly risen like
squalls on the ocean, half filling the ex-
cavations so laboriously made.
There was also malaria to be guarded
against and treacherOus Arabs to be
them and kill for the sake Of plunder. It re-
quired pluck and perseverance to persist
in work which tested the mettle Of a
Layard beyond the point of patience.
But our American explorers. DR.. Peters
and Professor Hilprecht. with Mr.. /. Fl.
Haynes in charge of the excavations have
pushed their way to large degree of sue
cess and secured treasures which are val
liable in a thousand ways, not the least of
which is in throwing a strong and con-
vincing side light on many of the events
80, 900 tablets, fac-similes of some of which
may be found in these columns. have been
recovered, containing information concern
ing kings and dynasties, aud cities and bat
ties, and religious and social usages so far
away that the eye grows weary with look
ing.
That civilization is very much older than
1t has been popular to suppose can no
longer be doubted. The four thousand and
fourth year before Christ, which our faith
will have to be erased and a number at
least it's double will have to be substituted
The tablets which have come from the
arcient Nippur show a state of society at
the time when that city flouriShed which
could only be the result of ages of evolu-
ticn. The race makes slow progress from
barbarism to the magnificence and luxury
of municipal life. and when, therefore we
fix the date when it had reached its high
Kansas City journal., 1897-05-16
LIGHT IS THROWN
BY RECENT BABYLONIAN DISCOVERIES
UPON THE BIBLE.
Though Certain Time Honored Theories Are Upset, the
Results Of These Researches Are Of Great Value
What We Want Is the Truth

George H. Hepworth, in New York Herald
L have before me magnificent copy Of
the Bible from a Philadelphia publishing
firm. As an addendum TO the text is 4
very carefully prepared account Of recent
archaeological excavations and discoveries
in Babylonia, Egypt, Arabia, Syria and
Asia Minor. edited by the Rev. II. V. Hill
precht, who is connected with the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. and is an expert
on the subject of antiquities.
The matter thus introduced renders the
volume exceedingly valuable to Biblical
scholars, for DR.. Hilprecht has spent many
years IN the study of cuneifOrm inScrlp-
lions. lie has just returned from the
East. where he has been actively engaged
IN the work of excavation among buried
cities, and has achieved signal success in
his labors. He returns to his task, / hear,
some time this week
He brought to America a vast number of
tablets, inscribed with cuneiform or arrow
headed characters, which have a direct
bearing on the civilization of days SO far
back in history that even the story of the
Garden of Eden seems TO be compare
lively modern incident, If We accept the
chronology of the Bible as correct. The
story itself remains, of course. intact. to
prejudice or scholarship may determine,
but the date of the occurrences which are
related therein Is thrown back, or perhaps
1t would be better to say is violently hurled
back, several thousands of years.
We must not forget. however, that the
chronology of the Bible is not fixed by the
text of the Bible, but is the result of the
best information of two centuries ago,
when the facilities for research such as
we enjoy were unknown.
Admirable Work.
The University of Pennsylvania has done
admirable work. of which every American
should be proud. 1t has engaged experts
Kansas City journal., 1897-05-16
Giving the Devil His Due.

From the New York Journal
Wiley-"I want your service on delicate
Lawyer sharp-'I will do the best can
for you"
WiIey-'The fact is. Mr.. Sharp, 1 have
been running an account for some time
without striking balance. l fear l shall
be oveTcharged, but l would find IL hard to
prove the fact. What ] want to know is if
there is any way to avoid payment when
* comes TO a settlement
Sharp-"Is the total a large One?"
Wiley-'It is really quite a sum, fear
oVercharge or bring in and set up a counter
claim of some kind, your only sure way
will be to put all Of your property in your
wife'S name
Wiley-"That had occurred to me: but do
you think that you can draw up a transfer
in such a way that ii will be impossible to
set 1t aside2"
Sharp-"Perfectly certain of it."
Wiley-"Then 1 wish you would do II at
once; but what will you charge for do
ing it?"
Sharp-"Oh. a mere trifie-say $10'
Wiley-"Very kind of you: let's proceed -
Sharp (after writing steadily for an hour)
There you are. Sign that paper and I
defy any of your creditors 10 touch YOU
Wiley (signing)-"Will 1t need another
witness?"
Sharp (applying notarial sean-''Not in
this state. (Hands Wiley the document and
pockets a ten dollar bill) All. by the way
Wiley. who is your CREDITOR"
Wiley (pocketing the deed and edginE to
the door)-'I didn't like to mention IL be-
fore. .but--er-it was your account 1 re-
farred n -
Kansas City journal., 1897-05-16

est excellence, or, say. thirty-fve centuries
befOre the Christian era, We know that IL
did not spring into civilization, as Minerva
Is said to have sprung from the head OF
jupiter, in full panoply. but that a great
many generations must have been con-
sumed in attaining such prominence.
Now, some timid people suffer a good
deal from apprehension lest the Bible may
be affected by these discoveries.
Well. what would they do in the mat
ter2 Would they put end TO the DIS
coveries; would they cry a halt to re-
search?
That would be the worst kind OF folly.
and it indicates on their part not merely
timidity but skepticism. If the Bible iS
true, can any amount of research discredit
II. and II II IS not true ought 1t not to
be discredited?
What is the most valuable thing in the
world? Is il not the truth and the whole
truth, no matter what consequences follow
u our prejudiceS or our opinions? For my
own part, l am ready to declare that IL
there Is a man on the planet who can
break the Bible to pieces L will not only
beg him to do so at once, but will lend
him any hammer within my reach with
which to do il.
If the worlds scholarship can discover
anything new in any direction ii is its
boUnden duty to do so. AS for the conse-
them a second thought. So far from trem-
bling before them, / would hold out my
arms to welcome them. We ought to be
glad of consequences when they follow the
truth, and he who Is afraid of them is
neither a true Christian nor a manly man.
Then there is another class of persons
with whom have as little patience as with
the timid Christians. refer, of course to
the skeptics who hope that their skepticism
will be upheld by these excavations, and
that the Bible account will in some way be
shown to be false.
The hope is father to the thought. They
Kansas City journal., 1897-05-16

serve them. We have instances of such
things in our history. You are now talk
ing here of your vehicles which go without
horses and other such inventions. Now, II
is a fact well known to every Chinese gen.
tleman that one of our great generals OF
the past, who lived during the latter Han
dynasty, about 220 A. D., invented wooden
horses and buffalOes to be used for mill
tary purposes. The horses were worked
by means of machinery placed in their in
sides, and they moved rapidly over the
earth, carrying men on their backs. They
were used in battle, and it was by means
of them that this general conquered the
enemy. Every Chinese boy knows of that
invention, but the details of IL have been
lost and never rediscovered. 1 have no
doubt that we have invented many other
things which have met with a like fate"
At this moment one of the Chinese sec
retaries called upon the minister and our
interview closed. Upon leaving the min
lister gave me his latest photograph, writ
ing at my request his autograph in En-
glish and Chinese upon its face. The pho
tograph was made by a Chinese pho
tographer in Shanghai, and is as good as
any of the photographs which are made in
America FRANK G.. CARPENTER.
Kansas City journal., 1897-05-16

Indian police there are also Indian justices
who occupy similar places to that which
was held by Gall. There the Indians who
are guilty OF any misdemeanor are brought
by the police, and there justice is admins
tered. Theft, horse stealing, drunkenness
and all other offenses are tried there. and
confinement in the lookup for various
lengths of time, to work on public proper
ty or to saw wood. Court is held on ra-
tion day, about twice every month, and at
such times the men who have been arrested
by the Indian police are brought up for
trial and are allowed to defend themselves
before the judges pronounce sentence upon
them. A man who was present at Standing
Rock when John. Grass was holding court
there gave the following as an illustration
of the legal proceeding in the unique court:
The Red Man as n Judge.
An Indian had caused the arrest of an
other for stealing his wife. and the two
appeared before the dusky judge. The ac-
cuSed man confessed that he had stolen or
acquired the wife of the plaintiff, but made
the counter charge that the accuser also
had stolen the woman a year before. The
judge, after hearing all the testimony,
said that they were both guilty. and SEN
fenced them each to cut ten cords of wood.
They went about the work reluctantly and
in hangdOg manner. and, although they
worked only few feet apart, they never
exchanged a word, and made very little
progress with the work. The time ap-
preached for the assembling of the Indians
to receive their rations, and for fear that
their fellows might see them in disgrace
the CulprltS hurried with the LABOR set out
for them, and finished it before the braves
arrived.
Cases of drunkenness among the Indians
are handled with great severity. The In
dian justice makes it his duty to discover
the person from whom the Indian received
the liquor, and aids the authorities in his
prosecution He also infficts punishment
of Imprisonment on the Indian who was
found intoxicated. Some travellers in the
Indian country have had occasion since the
establishment CT the Indian police TO note
its working to their own discomfort. Ac-
cOrding to the law, no man has a right to
travel in Indian reservations unless he has
a permit from the interior department or
one of its Sub-departments, and If an In
dian policeman should find on the reServa-
tiOn traveller who was not properly armed
with permit he would be likely to take
him to the nearest headquarters, even II
that were fifty or sixty miles away. AS
long as a man went peaceably, he was
perfectly safe in the hands of his Indian
guide but neither bribe nor threat would
induce the policeman to allow his white
prisoner to escape When Sitting Bull was
killed in 1890 the Indian police showed that
they would work as diligently against In
dian foes, If required to do so. as against
those whom they consider their natural en-
Kansas City journal., 1897-05-16
The College Bred Negro.
From Harper's Weekly.

FROM harper weekly.
A paper called Dixie, which is published
in Atlanta, Ga, says that 5000 negroes
have been graduated at a cost of 500. 800, =
900. from the colleges for negroes which
are supported by Northern money in the
South. 1t also says that there are many
thrifty. prosperous negroes everywhere in
the South who are doing well; but IL de-
clares that very few of these 10000 college
graduates are to be found among them. 1t
says the college graduates find it very
hard to make a living. because in trade
and in professions for which higher educa-
tion might be supposed to fit them they
have to contend with race prejudice and
to compete with educated white people. 1t
finds that they do not succeed (except in
rare cases) as lawyers or doctors, and it
thinks II would be IAN unspeakable boom
for the Southern negroes If the money that
supports colleges for them were devoted to
the establishment of Industrial training
schools in which they might learn to work
to advantage at industries in which they
would have a fair chance.
Dixie may be prejudiced. and very posi-
bly, il undertakes the good that the col
leges do. bur it speaks very positively, and
assumes to know whereof IL speaks and
its opinions seem. on the face of them, 10
be pretty sensible. To fit negroes for pro-
.tessionS in which they will surely be
Kansas City journal., 1897-05-16

extract what little comfort they can from
every new discovery, but as yet they have
not believe in parts of the Bible and there
fore they reject the whole, a course of pro-
cedure as unwise as it is unscientific. Tho
chronology is wrong, they say; the story OF
Jonah is a fable; and, that being so. there
can be no truth between the two covers OF
the book. II you have a handful Of coins
and one of them Is not what 1t purports to
be. then all the rest are counterfeit. There
is no logic in such position; there is only
The Simple Truth.
Now, the simple truth is that these ORR
entail excavations have Strengthened out a
great many misconceptions concerning the
Bible and buttressed many of its historical
statements. They have been Invaluable in
this regard. They have sealed the lips of
doubt and encouraged the Christians
faith. Babylonia has borne testimony to
the accuracy of the Old Testament story.
II we have to give up some of our worn
out and outgrown dogmas-that is, IL we
must lay aside our ignorant Interpretation
and accept q better oneIthe world Will
a great gain 1t would be absurd to sup
pose that We have reached position be-
yond which no new discoveries can be
made We have given up much that our
fathers believed, and our children will give
up much that we believe.
The more light there is the clearer We
see. Shall we choose our darkness instead
of the light? II by pick and spade new
truths can be found, shall we lay aside
the tools and reject the truth? Let these
bid every searcher godsreed.
The Bible is safe. It has taken care Of
itself so far. and we need not fear for
the rock, but the rock remains. The Bible
is to be interpreted from a higher stand
point of knowledge, that is all. For my
self, | have no fear; on the contrary, I
have hope. Give me all the truth that can
be found; you cannot injure my respect for
the Sermon on the Mount
Kansas City journal., 1897-05-16

The new house OF the Country Club, It IS
expected. will be ready by July 4. 1t will be
located on the site of the old building which
was recently burned, and will be built on
the old foundation walls. The principal
part of the ground floor will be occupied
by large lounging room, 21x30 feet, with
large stationary upholstered seats, a rustic
fireplace about ten feet wide, and stairs TO
the second floor. There will also be on the
first floor billiard room. with two tables,
with large seats for spectators along the
wall, and a large fireplace similar to that
in the lounging room. The billiard room
will be 19x25 feet. A dining room, 2lx26 on
the first floor will have immediate connec-
ton with the sitting room. The kitchen
and serving room of sufficient capacity for
club patronage adjoin. These three rooms
will be finished in dark wood. with upright
posts with plaster panels between. and
heavy beam ceiling. The sitting and din