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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-19
SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE
Holds Meeting and Decides to Take up
the Tariff BILL

Washington, March 1s.-The Repubii-
can members of the senate committee on
finance he'd meeting after the adjourn
ment of the senate today, and decided TO
Immediately take up the tariff bill as
prepared by the ways and means COM
mittee Of the house. At the meeting the
point was made tha: there are 700 or 500
items in the bill, each affecting import
ant industries, on all of which the Re-
publican members would find it neces-
'sary to be prepared to answer questions.
The opinion was expressed that the ar
if bill is by no means as perfect as its
promoters in the house appear to think It
is. Some of the schedules were criticised
as providing duties above the demands
of the country
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-19
How MARoERY DO ".



Wife and That Settled Ii.
When the girl went 10 Loadon for .
visit her brother recommended that she
should pray for a good husband at th
most celebrated shrines. While, how
ever, she was supposed TO be looking
TO Heaven and her family searching on
earth for a man with Just the right
livelihood" Margerys heart chose q
husband for her, and her heart made
the fatal mistake of choosing without
any thought of the real merit conferred
by real estate The foolish girl en-
gagged herself To Richard Gale, a baliir
in the service of her eldest brother.
Her family were indignant at the icra
Of such a marriages. Practical John. the
younger, wrote scornfully that IL All
the others gave their consent be would
never give his that his sister should sell
mustard and candles st FramlinehAm.
which would probably be the elegant
occupation OF Dame Gale.
However, IL the girl had rcslly prom
ised, the match could not be broken
of. " she had given her word 20 Rich
ard Gale she was bound TO marry him.
Everything depended on what she had
said. and her lover besought her TO re-
peat il boldly. Gale felt sure that when
the girls family knew she bad prom
ised they would not dare TO Interfere.
II suppose they will not damn their
souls for US" be wrote. calling her hia
true wife before Cod The biAhop
consented TO examine Msrgery 70 see IL
her words had really made mAtri-
mony." The girl pluclSed up courage
az the examination, and. after repeat
ing what she had said 70 her lover, add
ed that IF those words made 10 not
sure" she would make 10 ssIrer ere shs
went thence. That eeftled the mat
Ter; her mother could do nothing:
Margary had promised. and she must b.
allowed TO fulnll her words.--Lippin,
ootcs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-19
BREAKFAST AND HEALTH.
The Mornfng Meal Should Precede
EVercfse.

The Morning Meal Should Precede
Exercise.
Breakfastshould be eaten in the morn
ing before leaving the house for ex-
ercise or labor of any description.
Those who do it will be able to per-
form more work and with greater COM
fort and alacrity than those who work
an hour or two before breakfast. Be
sides this the average duration of life
of those who take breakfast before ex-
ercise or work will be a number Of years
greater than of those who do otherwise.
Most persons begin to feel weak after
having been engaged five or six hours in
their ordinary avocations; good meal
reinvigorates, but from the last meal
of the day until the next morning there
is an interval OF some ten or twelve
hours. Hence the body, in sense, is
weak and in proportion cannot resist
deleterious agencies, whether of the
fierce cold Of midwinter or of the poison
Gus miasm which rests upon the sur
face of the earth whenever the sun
shines on q blade Of vegetation or heap
Of offal.
This miasm is more solid, more con-
centrated and hence more malignant
about sunrise and sunset than at any
other hour Of the "a, because the cold
of the night condenses it and it is on
the first few inches above the soil in
its most solid form, but as the sun rises
IL warns and expands and ascends to
point high enough to be breathed, and
being taken into the lungs with tho air
and swallowed with the saliva into the
stomach, all weak and empty as it is, il
is greedily drunk in, thrown immedi-
ately into the circulation of the blood
and carried directly to every part of the
body, depositing its poisonous infiu-
ences at the very fountain head of life.
If early breakfast were taken in re-
gions where chills and fever and ague
prevail and il. in addition, brisk fire
were kindled in the family room for
the hours including sunset and sun
rise, these troublesome maladies would
diminish in any one year, not tenfold.
but a thousandfold, because the heat
of the fire would rarely the miasmatic
air instantly and send it above the
breathing point.-CincinnaG Enquirer
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-19
EXCEPTION TO THE RULE.

One Railway Restaurant That Was
All Right.
With a weary sigh we entered the
railway restaurant in the little south
ern town where we stopped for break
fast. Everyone knows what railroad
restaurants are with their twenty
minutes for refreshments" or rather
twenty minutes to prepare for twenty
years of chronic dyspepsia. So with
heavy hearts we entered the little place,
prepared for the worst. A neat wait
tress approached.
"Quail on toast?"
"What?"
This was repeated. The quail was
delicious.
Fresh trout caught this morning."
"Great Scott. don't give me heart
failure! Yes, I'll take some"
BY this time the knives and forks
were rafting in earnest
"Beefsteak, cream toast, fresh eggs,
buckwheat cakes, coffee and cream?"
"Will the good things never end?"
cried the passengers.
was breakfast worthy of the Waldorf
or the Holland house-only I'll venture
to say the quail and fish were infinitely
finer than could be found in the metrop-
oils. The quail had been shot in the
corn fields the day before and the fish
was fresh, sweet and firm of flesh. The
coffee, cream, beefsteak and buckwheat
cakes were on a par with the fish and
the quail. What an aspect Of good cheer
and happiness was seen in the faces of
the surprised passengers. Now. indeed,
was the time for the world to come to
an end! What good Samaritan, bene-
factor and philanthropist was the keep
er of this restaurant, and how our eyes
beamed with satisfaction and gratitude
as we surveyed his jovial, corpulent per-
son.
Take your time. people," he said.
Lots of time yet. I'll call you all in
time. Plenty of quail yet in the kitch-
en-; plenty more fresh fish. That's
right; take another quail. They can't
60 off and leave you cause the conduc-
tors here and he's got powerfulhearty
appetite"
Oh, pleasant, rotund Boniface! Your
jovial features will remain in mind for
nll time. Your place is a refutation of
al the slandcrous things that have been
said of the railway lunch counter; it is
a bright spot in the memory of travel
ers, driving away hundreds of disagree
able dreams and experiences.-Detroit
Free Press,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-19
cLorfi From cAI.TAIL.
A New Use for the Humble But Pretty
Water Plant.

A New Use for the Humble But Pretty
Water Plant.
Very few probably are aware that the
fur. or vegetable down, of the cat-tail
is marketable article, superior to
feathers or cotton for many purposes
1t is not quite SO valuable or useful as
eiderdown, but it approaches it very
closely, and is cheaper than any Of the
three. AS a matter of fact great many
people are to-day using articles covered
with cat-tail products who have no idea
where she material comes from.
1t is vast extent of country, com
paratively speaking, from which the
cat-tail is gathered. 1t comes from the
swamps along the numerous creeks
that put in from the Delaware bay, from
Norris river to Cape May. The average
amount gathered in the season is a ton
a day. The work of gathering and
transporting it, and then weaving il
into the many forms which it must take
before becoming salable, constitutes a
considerable industry.
One of the most elaborate uses to
which this material is put is that of
covering sofas. Very many of the sup
posed plush-covered divans are really
covered with fabric of cat-tail. 1t
wears better than the plush and Is IL
fnitcly cheaper.
The same argument that applies 20
the sofa is applicable to the pillow.
Very often, however, such pillows go
by another name.
Sofa pillows, also, are made Of cat
tail. because a pillow avowedly covered
with cat-tal would probably be regard
ed with contempt Call It Alaskan
plush, however. or Shetland wool that
has been treated by a new process, and
II will sell readily enough, and give sat
isfaction. too.
The family album which graces the
center table in the parlor OF 30 many
faImhouses is also in many instances
adorned with cat-tsil covers. although
the housewife cannot be convinced that
they are not plush. She has doubtless
paid almost as much as II they were
what she supposes. and naturally she
SCOTS at any person who hints that she
has been victimized.
Il is becoming a prevalent custom
20 use cat-tail fur or the back of hand
mirrors and brushes, which have here
tofore been backed with plush. Some
say that the substitute Is really proving
better than the original. The head rest
too. seen on the easy chair. il often Of
IL is none the less CON-
Portable for that
Another article for which The cat-taii
is used il th. bed-quilt- The eider6owD
quilt Is an oi5-time article Of luxury.
The cs.-tail quilt Is every whit as con
Portable, and costs about ore-qr7rteT
as much. IN New Jersev. at least the
housewife fully appreciates the value %
The ca+~tail quilt. however much he-
less well-iEformsd sister mar s-sos a.
The idea--St- Louis Globe-Denoerzt~
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-19
WOMAN OUTLINES MAN.
ass Greater Vital Tenacfty, But Can.
not Stand Drink So Well.

Hes Greater Vital Tenacfty. But Can
not Stand Drink So Well.
OF the IA reputed centenarians who
died during the past year no fewer than
IL were women Out OF the 1e5 per
Sons who were declared as over 60 years
Of age at death, los were women. The
superior longevity OF the female sex
IL a well-established fact. To some ex-
tent it depends, of course. on their
more sheltered method OF living. but
By no means exclusively, Is the women
Of the laboring classes show a great Vi
tai tenacity as well as thoee who have
had an easy time of it n the world
The vital power of girls Is displayed IN
bsbyhood. for though about lo4 boys
are born to every 100 girls. the females
have more than o~ertaken the def
cheney before the end Of the first year.
In other words. the belief OF old n-Irses
that .sbovs are harder TO rear than
girls is true one
For the first time another point IN
vital statistics between the sexes has
recently been investigated This Is the
relative periods of sickness il life II
is only lately tina; there hase been any
female friendly societies hence The sta
tistscs as 20 the DAYS OF Illness among
women have been largely co1iectu-aL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-19
CRACKERS INITIATE TOURISTS.
They Treat the Yankee Hunter n . r.
derfoot and ShoN HIM n rr4es

They Treat the Yankee Hunter n /.
derfoot and show HIM . Trick or rvo
The Florida guide for hunters doc.
not regard northerners in q very favor.
able light and the hunter who gees
among the Brackets has TO put up with
some things which hunter in Maine
might regard as sufficient justification
for shooting the guide. The Cracker
initiates hunter by leading him to
places not comfortable to get at. War
rem Dean tells about these:
II went after turkeys on the roost a
night. and literally had my clothes and
shoes torn of by bamboo briars, not
to mention shreds of hide Next night
] walked half the night through .
miserable country with q lamp in my
hand looking for deer. but finding only
cattle and skunks. begged my horse
clear TO the saddle in muck, and slept
IN mud banks where allisstors had been
skinned several days before, waiting
10 be ready for a deer 10 come In tho
morning. For four hours I sat silent
watching for deer where deer De~es
came. bur the guide, Alec. wasn't hav.
ing u much better time than l wAa-
But had sport enough 20 make UP
for il later on, when / was accepted into
Crackersiom.
The Crackers object 10 perfnmers,
and Turkey Collier. curious De Soto
county character, told me SO after bis
own fashion. Alec and met Turkey
Collier ons day, and they sw~pped to-
bacco and stories. Turkey got 20 lee
ward of me after bit; then. Without
warming. he fetched his stick down
on my horses flank IN q way that made
the horse jump. / WAS thrown and got
up ready TO do things 20 Turkey Collier.
who was treading around in the grass
as il looking for something. Alec told
me that Turkey Collier had smAllcd .
rattlesnake and was looking for It.
Two or three days later, after I'd been
thanking Turkey for saving me from
the snake, heard myself addressed AZ
'Rattlesnake Jack had bod some
musk perfume onl my shirt. and that
had reused Turkey Collier 70 immedi-
ate action when he smelled it."-N. Y.
Sun
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-19
HAS NO FEAR OF SNAKES.
Maryland Man Who Allows the Meat
Poisonous Reptiles to Bite HIM.

Maryland Man who Allows the Meat
Poisonous Reptiles to Bite HIM.
The only man in the world who does
not fear snake bite, and upon whom
The venom Of serpents apparently has
no effect, is William +. Wilmer, whose
home is in Wolfsville, Md. HIS PERFORM
ances with copperheads, rattlers and
vipers ara a constant source Of wonder
and amazemeEt 10 all who know him,
and even 70 his lifelong friends there is
O large element of mystery about the
man and his strange power over snakes
He takes great pride in this respect,
and when among strangers 81 u a favor
tie form of emuseInent with him %
hunt up some ugly booking specimen OF
the snake family--tbe more deadly the
better il fits bis purpose-sDd let the
reptile sink its venomoUs faDgS IN his
bare arm or hand.
Recently while on n visit IN "a.
mountains Of western Pennsylvania, a
half dozen spotted vipeTs were found IN
spot under a stone Rolling up The
sleeve Of his coat Until has arm wa
bare 20 the elbow, Wilmer proceeded
with his other hand 20 take ths largest
and ugliest looking viper by the tai.
and. shaking him apart from the rsst
of the snakes. swung him about until
be was thoroughly enraged. He then
allowed the viper 20 sink It's teeth u
his arm
Then. ouebv one. the o<her vipers
were picked up and allowed 90 seize The
s-In. until there were fuii half dozen
az the spoi;ed. writing thiags hanging
from Winners fesh and writing them
eeiTes sbou. TIE arm IN q very trenzv
OF rage. When the spectators wer. snf-
feientIy borrifsd the man took the
enakes one by o1e by the tai, and, alaak.
ing them loose from his arm. killed
them by SnsPpiEg them Like The lz<h Of
@ whip.
For the res; % the DAY 10 nan woz,ld
have been szrp-ized 20 see The nan
drop dead a. any moment. but. o. tie
contrary, be seemed sToong IL. rve5ses.
Of The party. There vas % selling O.
the arIn DoT any nunbuezs % the a~Sh.
Tie ozly trace q The exhibition besny
% tiny red =so<x OF shs arr.
which looised Ike a. - a needle has
Iuoefrr~zi TIE feat. These uer~ tSs~
marks Of he snakes fzaoz.
Wilmer himself szya % ,he strange
Tsenliarify which - posssr-~a ihss !,
= sometime iabe-ised from his sae~s-
torE. one Il each gezerasion beck a. far !
a. - knovs having had th;s sar-ual,v |
s-ora the zol<1-a os seao-zona rxns5isx
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-19
Free stopover at Washington

On all through tickets between the
east. west, north and south. reading via
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. etop-ove-
at Washington can be secured, without
extra charge for railroad fare. by depos-
iting the ticket, upon arrival at Wash
ington, with the B. e. o. station ticket
agent at that point. Washington is al
ways attractive to visitors, and particu-
larry 50 while congress Is in session. This
arrangement for stop-over privilege will
doubtless be appreciated by the public,
and will bring to the national capital
many travellers TO view IT'S superb public
buildings, monuments, museums and
thoroughfares.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-19
THE FISH CAUGHT THE MAN.
Novel Experience of a Man Who Wore
Spurs.


Spurs.
A singular incident connected with
fishing is related by the author OF
wild Sports of the West of Ireland"
A party of fishermen were out in boat
after gudgeon near Sunbury- One Of
the men, who had famed his horse some
miles from home, had been taken on
board, but was not fishing. As q PEN
atty for wearing spurs, he sat in the
bow with his feet hanging over the side
of the skiff.
Soon after he got into the boat one
of the anglers caught small gudgeon,
which he playfully hung on the horse
mans projecting spur. The incident
was forgotten and the gudgeon hung
there, its tail just touching the water.
Suddenly the man gave cry of aston
ishment, and The others, looking up,
saw large jackfish fioundering about
the dangling foot. and splashing the
gan rocking, and the man in the bow
lost his balance and tumbled into the
lake, where he disappeared from sight.
A moment later he rose to the sur
face. the jackfish still threshing the wa
ter about his foot, and it was seen that
the fish was caught on the spur. The
jack was a huge fellow and very strong.
and in its struggles for freedom it
plunged toward the bottom of the lake,
dragging thefnan feet foremost after it.
His weight. however, was too much for
the fish, and it made small Roadway.
The fishermen now went to the assist
ance of their luckless companion, and
one of them struck the jack with an oar
and stunned it. The man was pulled
into the boat and the jacllfish dis
patched. The big fish had jumped for
the gudgeon, fixed its teeth in its body,
and had somehow been caught by the
gill on the crane-necked spur.-Youth's
Companion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-19
WEBB M'NALL CALLED DOWN
Maybe He Ii Right, but He Must PROVE it
to the Court.

MAYBE ne u fSlgnt, but he u1ukt HEoYe IL
to the Court.
Topeka, Kan, March 1S.-Judge c. g.
Foster of the United States circuit
court, today issued an order citing State
Insurance Commissioner Webb McNall
to appear before him and show cause
why ne is not in contempt of court for
revoking the license of the three insur-
ance companies interested in the Hill
mon case. An order was also granted
enjoining McNall from interfering In
any way with the business Of these COM
panies. The hearing was set for April .5
These orders were granted in a sup
Elemental proceeding instituted today in
the Hillmon case, now pending, in which
the New York Life Insurance company,
the Mutual Life Insurance company, Of
New York and the Connecticut Life In
surance company are the defendants.
In the petition presented today, the de-
PENDANTS attorneys claim that the arbi-
tration action Of the insurance commits
sioner in shutting them out of Kansas
usurped the power of the federal court
and virtually prohibited them the right
Of trial by jury in this celebrated case.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-19
FIFTEEN MINUTES IN SESSION
House Disappoints an Audience Interested
in Tariff Debate.

Washington, March 1S.-The house
was in session today for only fifteen
minutes, and that time was consumed
in the reading Of the journal The gal
leries were filled in anticipation of the
opening Of the tariff debate. but Mr..
Henderson Of Iowa announced that the
ways and means committee would not
BE- ready to report until tomorrow, and
accordingly. on his motion, the house ad-
journed at 1215
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-19

Il do not Try to explain it, said Es:
-aii know is that have no fear d
snake bites. and although have been
bitten hundreds Of times never felt ths
slightest iii effects of any Of them.
1t Is only past;me for me 70 hunt
ana catch the most deadly se<penta. and
peculiar feature Of it is that once
snake has bitten me- have no di1Bcolt4
IN tanning It In fact, at home have {
number of pet rstsIers and copperheadA
which know me aud win como when !
can them. Just like dog. nrm u
have the same power over animals. and
have yet to meet the first wild animal
1 cannot tame."-Dctroit Free pre<x
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-19
REED WILL RUSH TT
NO FO0LISHNESS ABOUT NEW
TARIFF LEGISLATION.

No More Committees viii be Appointed by
the Speaker Until He Gets Ready. Which
Means That Nothing Can be Done Ex-
cept the Real Business of the Extra
Position Where it Must Work or
Bear the Blame of Delay Congress
sional News
Washington, March 1S.-Speaker Reed
has definitely decided that for the pres
ent at least he will not appoint any of
the regular committees of the house be-
yond the three already announced. In
this way all the miscellaneous iegisla-
ton will be blocked and the entire at
If bill. The bills, which are being intro
luced by hundreds, will have to wait I'M
til the committees are appointed. AS
soon as the tariff bill has been sent to
the senate the three appropriation bills
as they were sent 10 the president and
the deficiency bill as agreed to in confer
ence, will be put through under special
orders which the rules committee will
bring in for that purpose. BY avoiding
complications which might arise If the
legislative mill should be thrown open
TO an indiscriminate grind, the house
leaders believe they can materially ex-
pedite financial legislation in the senate
by rendering delay in the upper branch
Of congress on the tariff all the more
conspicuous by the inaction Of the house.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-19
TREASURY APPLICATIONS
Additional List of Aspfrants in Western
States

A0d1t10uoI LIST OF Aspfranto IN western
States.
Washington, D. c., March 1s.-Among
the applications for appointments under
the treasury department fled today were
the following:
Idaho-G. c. Parkinson of Preston, co.,
lector Of internal revenue at Helena, Mont.
Nebraska-T. A Scharbz Of Lincoln, col
lector of internal revenue at Omaha
Iowa-A. G. Yorker Of Mason City, audi
tor war department.
Nevada-G. W. Lickins Of Carson City,
superintendent of the mint, Carson; w. G.
Clark, Carson City, melter and refner at
Carson mint.
CoIorado-A. C. Carson, Denver, melter
and refiner at Denver; John G. Quay, Den
yer. surveyor of customs at Denver.
CaEfornia-Joseph Klopenstein, San Fran
cisco, appraiser Of merchandise at San
Francisco
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-19

First Little Boy-My pops Meth
odiSt; what's yours?
Second Little Boy-AIne = = tasos-
ophis;-
''TheosoPhis.2 What's THAR
II don't know"
Why dent ron ask your popf-
- did. but from the wsy be looked
ruess ne doe=n't kno.s. eith~r.--S \.
Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-19
Reform is Lame in Missouri; Too.

Jefferson City, Mo-, March 1S.-The SEN
ate today by vote of p to II, indefinitely
postponed the bill to reduce freight rates
about % per cent. 1t had passed the house
by a good vote.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-19
Nansen is Honored some More.

Oxford, Eng. March 1s.-The honorary
degree of doctor of civil law was confer
red here today upon DR.. Nansen, the Nor
weigan explorer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-19

the treaty, it would not be binding on TN
ture sessions"
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Morgan's re-
marks, Senator Davis gave notice that
he would ask the senate to take up the
treaty again tomorrow and that he was
II, sneak on il
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-19

Ny boy. sd Old Dry~ste-. -, "a
cresslon yc7 went end anT su4rai
eroep' nan Who makes habit Of ssnok.
saz,"
fss.s SRI Eus neither 60 knov .ay
oiser animal THAI cooks bis Es.E&--
I'd Bi:x-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-19
Galatians Want "Reforms, Also.

Barcelona, Spain, March 1s.-The Cata-
Ian committee has issued manifesto de-
manding autonomy, similar TO the scheme
proposed in the case of Cuba, for Catalon-
ians. The authorities are taking precau-
tons in view of the possibility of an out
break in Catalonia.