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DIDN'T LIKE HIS METHODS.
Citizens Wanted Their Town Colder
Than Any Other One.

Hlpl tLe tHltiSo iiueS-otfdIQ
Warm weather brings out a good MANY
phases of human nature. The police know
that men more disposed to homicide in
hot weather, and everybody knows that it
is much easier for man to lose his temper
when the thermometer is in the nineties
than when the mercury is coyly retreating
into the bulb. Yet mankind takes a certain
pride in hot weather, and there is nothing
SO eXasperating to the average man, when
he has swelte. ed out Two collars, than to be
told by the weather reports that it was only
s3. and that his discomfort was due to the
humidity and not to heat In the same
way he takes a certain pride in knowing
that the tube registers below zero, and
rather scorns the towns that never see any-
thing worse than freezing.
An ex-observer of the weather bureau
was talking about this phase of human ma
ture the other day. He has been in the
south, and he says they are alike in this
respect.
When / got my first station in Dakota,
more than twenty years ago. said he, Il
never experienced more severe temperatu
than 10 or II degrees below the freezing
pont, and when the thermometer touched
zero for the first time / was rather pleased
to see it, During my first winters observa-
tions the tharm3fnetei1 frequently went 20
below, and a haH-dozen times it came very
near to 30 lfl.g,1 o
But, much toe{ny surprise, I found that
the weather reports did not give satisfac-
ton to the citizeRs OF the town wher. / was
located Previous to fly advent with q SET
of carefully tested government Instruments.
every other manghaa ascheap thermometer
which he used to consult with confidence
and the owners were ,much disgruntled to
find that the Observers Instruments did not
agres with theirs. When would report 90
below, their theam ometers would register
30, or even lowen and couldn't imagiu,
why they felt sot bad over the discrepancy
until 1 discovered that they ware taking a
pride in outdoing the other towns in low
temperature. III - VS.
'In the rivalrysto excel the other nioneer
towns, they actually imagined that ii was a
their. temperature was 20 below when an
other town in the same territory reported
80 below. / tried totrepresent to them that
it was no inducs ment to Immigrants to hear
that their town was colder than all the
rest, but they couldn't see it in that light
So in ordinary discussions about the
weather, the twenty-fve-cent tin thermom
eters We're always quoted as ths only re-
liable guides.
Il notice that this remarkable instance
of perverted pride still prevails, not only In
the northwest, but elsewhere. That's whv
you read such reports as The weather oh.
servers reports 16 degrees below zero. hut
reliable private thermometers register all
the way from p to % below. 1t is the anne
way in summer, and 1t will take a heap of
education to make people Understand how
utterly ridiculous such statement as this
is to any one who has the slightest knowl-
edge Of meteorology.s.s s.:,: -
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Baltimore Markets.

BALTIMORE, December 15.-Flour dull. uncbanp
edlEreeeiPts, 1O.bi6 barrels; exports, 80, 1913 har-
rels. Wheat strong-spOt and month i1IAa7fI
January, IlIsa72s; May, u bid; steamer No. I
RED 6Slaa6sh; receipts los 325 bushels exports
5000 bushels; stock. 75S, ,S52 bushels; sales %
900 bushels southern wheat by sample, 6sa71Y; do
on on, grade 9S.a!lh Corn strolg-spot and month";
o9Aa39i2; December, new old. 3Sa, a3SJs: JanU
sry. 3ssa3sH: February. 3sA a33; steamer mixed
80 SoAa3os receipts 22S o6i bushels exports. 81 As
eis.southern white corn, 36Iaa39h do. yellow 35Y
sssA oats inll and easy-No. white. 32a32hl;
els; exports. none; stock, los. 75S bushels. Rye
easier~No. nearby, 57h No. western, 59ls; re-
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Special Exhibit of
Rare Oriental Rugs.

Recent arrivals unexamped collection of the Rug Gem.
OF Persia India Arabia and other the selected especially
tor he special display and third will
and connosseurs for securing valuable specimens
oriental
Many choice and examples embracing
Srvans hiordes Daghetan Kaza Souma Bokhaa Afghan
Fndostan All sizes rich mellow
twenty feet for the decoration of paror halls libraries
and studios.
Special reference is made to two lots as follows
ANTIQUE SOUMACS in soft and beautiful coongs
feet inches by feet inches inches bv
Varying in prices from $500 to $1,000 each
Also fine of G1IORDES, GRELESLANS PFRSTANS
and HINDOSTANS sizes with bendngs
beauty that liking and you
from 5000 to $4,000 each.
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Xrmas
Handkerchief

In such profusion and variety as
never before, and that, too, within
the limits of absolutely pure linen or
pure silk. You wouldn't care to buy
any other sort for a gift, especially
when the prices are as low and often
lower than the cotton mixed or
union goods.
Exceptionally good values are
found in the following:
Mems Japanese SIX Initial
Size. Each. "%. a. fooa 25c. to $Ioo
. Mems All-linen Hand -embroIder-
ed Initial Hsndkerchiefs Earh 2SC. 10 soc.
Cbildrens All-linen Hand -embroidered Ini-
tial Handkerchiefs, G in boy ox.,..-.----. /SC.
First door-l0th street
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Speaker Reed oyerruled.
From the Chicago Inter-ocean.


AT recent annual meeting of the Daugh-
tiers of the Confederacy at Hot Springs,
Ark, lively ,.iSpute arose as to whether
the minutes of the previous meeting should
be read before business could proceed or
not One daughter ventuered TO quote
Speaker Reed on the subject but she was
promptly overruleu ana the reading dis
pensed with. on the motion of another
daughter, VINO asserted yehemently that
Tom Reed didn't know what he was talk
ing about"
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r1etaR Bedsteads for
HOLIDAY Gifts.

Our display of Fine Baked White
Enamel and Seamless Brass Beds is
the most complete to be found any
where, and comprises the newest de-
signs at the lowest prices
We offer as a special Extra Heavy White Enam-
eled Iron Beds, with brass trimmings, drop and
tended foot Sx3k feet.
$3.50 each.
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Senator Quay Ill.

PHILADELPHIA, December 1J.-United
States Senator Quay is suffering from an
acute attack of Indigestion. but his condi-
ton is not nsidered serious. His family
has not been telegraphed for and his ply
sician states there is no cause for alarm.
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Fine Reduced.

In the case of Engineer James Creamer
OF the fire department. who was recently
fined SIS for conduct unbecoming men,
Der of the department, the District Com
missioners, upon the recommends ton of
Chief Paris, and in view of the mans pre-
vious good record, today reduced the fine
to $1O -
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ceipts, S.0s6 bushels EXPORTS none; stock 1871, $50
bushels: Hay irm-No / timothy, S10.5OaS1i.
Grain freights duh and inclined to be easy,
changed. Sugar strong-granuated, 5.20f. Butter
stea':y unchanged. Eggs trim, unchanged. Cheese
steady unchanged. Lettuce, $i.25aS1.5O per bushcl
box. Whisky unchanged.
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suitzerIand'. New President.

BERNE, Switzerland, December l5.-The
federal assembly has elected NJ. Mueller,
who was vice president for 1885, to be presi-
dent of the Swiss confederation. NJ. Hau-
ser of Zurich was elected vice president.
They are both radicals. NJ. Mueller is a
resident of Berne.
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Spain VIII Pay January Interest.

MADRID, December 15.-The Spanish
government has agreed to pay the January
coupon of the Cuban debt.
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Fur
RugS

U uH
Rugs
Make most acceptable Xmas gifts.
We show large assortment of Goat
and Sheepskin Rugs, in white, gray
and black; also choice combination
Rugs, in various pretty effects.
White Goat Skins. Fac. . 9Z-2S ana 92. SO
Gray Goat Skins EACH. So. so
Black Goat skins Each. -. SZ!Oo dlu oZ 50
White Sheep skins. Each. -. DE-/ } dIlu S3.OO
,adSGd GGnhnat aton FeGb skins lined and S25o S45o
Third floor
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very handsome light Covert Cloth Top Coat. all
wool and stylishly made; In proper length and
styles; nicely lined very neat and drossr
sizes ID to 49, Regular price, $1,000. c6 -
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lot OF Top Coats. in Covert Cloths Irish Friezrs
kerseys Beavers and Cheviots, for boys from To
l6; very stylish ana dressy; fly fronts; prot,cr
length length Regulaf prices, 5000 to $3.50. Coo
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Boys
Clothing.
Sensible Xmas Presents.

pretty line OF Refers and Top Coats for IlttN
boys; handsome, stylish materials lirbt and lsr,-
coiors; Covert Cloths, Irish Friezes Kerseys ana
ch1nchiias: single double-breasted; proper
length Sizes 3 to 10. Regular price O.
$500 81 so. Each - $500
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lot of Al-wool Blue Cheviot Suits. neat and
dressy, doubie-breasted. well made and perfect ht-
ting, sewed with silk. Sizes to 10. Reg c, 49,
Third iCrr
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Useful Xmas Presents.

Blankets Quilts Down Coverlet Down Pillows Linens
Towels Table Covers Pillow Shams Italian Silk Blankets Gov
Sumber Robes Por Lace Curtains Couches
Iron Beds Opportunities for suitable selections
classes OF goods nnumale and the prices decidedly
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Passed Away in New York City This
Afternoon.

NEW YORK. December 15.-Calvin S.
Brice died in this city at 3:15 this after
noon.
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Government Bonds.
Grain, provisioina. ion .,ad anad Cotton Markets.

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers
and brokers, 14l9 ST. members New York
stock exchange correspondents Messrs. La
denburg Thaimann &sCo,, New York. .-
CHICAGO Dacpm,er
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Holiday
MuffS.

A recent purchase of a lot of
Muffs in variety of styles, at
very decided reduction from regular
prices, enables us now, just when
they are most wanted for holiday
gifts, to offer good muffs at very
special prices.
Black Hare Muns
75c. each. Usually SI.oo.
Black French Coney MufYs
SIyoo each. Usually SI.5o.
Black Astrakhan Muffs
SIPS each. Usually S2.25.
Black Pieced Persian Lamb Muns
SI.5o each. Usually $3.50.
Fur Garments and Fur Trimmings
OF every proper sort.
Third duor
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We are showing a full line of the
Popular Felt Mattresses,
Which are the most comfortable and the best wear
ing mattresses known They will not mat, and
absorbent. Ali sizes.
$500 to $12.5o each.
Second floor.
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Holiday Presents.

The assortmen comprise quality from the most elegant and
imported Bc-a Brac the
obanabe The displayed;
chanse offered the moderate quoted the vastly increased
comfort and facilities afforded shopping puc-have
store great satisfactory Christmas shopping place
Silver Ware Leather Goods Jewe Umbrellas
Goods boxed otherwise made
public the convennces we have provided
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A cup OF Armour Bouilon Ceyon Coffee Baeys Extract
CLAIMS served free fifth floor You very refreshing dur
ing or after your shopping = -
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Xn1as
Umbrellas.
An Umbrella is almost as safe
gift as Handkerchiefs. Everybody
uses an Umbrella; everybody needs
one-hence they are always accept
able.
We Offer a rlanufs cturer's
Samples of Umbrellas
At SOC. to S3.z5 eachs
Which prices are
1913 per cent
Less Than Regular Prices.
They represent various qualities
of cloth; handles are plain and silver
trimmed. Suitable for men or wo-
men.
Also from same manufacturer,
small lot of Umbrellas with elegant
and expensive fancy handles-no
two alike-in Dresden. enamel, horn,
ivory, tortoise shell, etc, at
$500 and $500 each,
Which prices, in many instances, do
not cover cost of handles alone
Both lots will be displayed on sep
arate tables, apart from regular de-
Dartment.
First floor.
Evening star., 1898-12-15

The committee on banking and currency
reported a resolution favoring the gold
standard. which was adopted without dis
cussion This committee consisted of Wal
ter Hin. chairman. ST. Louis. W. r. Rice
Boston. T. V. Smal!ey Chicago: s. A. Rob-
nson. New York: Silas NJ Giddings. New
York; G Il. Murray. Cincinnati: Dennison
X Smith, Toledo. and L. W. Bodman Chi
cago.
The resolution offered by the committee
was as follows:
We favor legislation that will perroa-
nertty establish the gold standard: that will
retFe al K nds of paper currency issued by
lIie government as rapidly as can he done
"ItnOut uHoue contraction injury to the
agricultural Industry or corunrercIal inter
ests OF the country: that will provide for
currency Issued by banks in safe pronor-
uon 10 lheIF sound capital and surplus. as
the needs OF the. country require under
such governmental supervision and control
as Will insure its redemption in gold ar
banks Of issue and at the leading nonetarv
centerS OF the United States
We deem this matter of vital fnDortapoa
and we urge its immediate consideration Inv
Congress. to the end that legislation EN-
bodyinS the principles set forth In those
resolutions may be secured before the neyt
presidential election, and IL special ses-
tude and Importance of action upon the
subject demand that such a session be
called
Merchant Marine.
The report OF the American merchant
pfoval Of the board. was offered by An
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Sewing Machines for Xmas Gifts, Sis. 90 to s3s.O0
Full attachments and 5ear guarantee with each machine
Seconds Floor
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Open Evenings til Xmas.
These Five Acres

or floor space filled with almost countless collection
pecially suitable for
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Merchant Marine.

The report OF the American merchant
marine committee. which received the ap-
pfovai Of the board. was offered by An
drew Wheeler Of Philadelphia and second
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-22
TWO FEDERAL DISTRICTS.

The committee on the judiciary Of the
house have unanimously agreed to re-
port favorably the bill making two
federal judicial districts of Kansas. It
was shown that there was more bust
ness pending before a single federal
Judge in Kansas, and he an invalid,
than could be found on. the federal
dockets of states having three and four
Judges. Whether the bill will pass is
hard to tell. The administration is
urging economy. In the event, how
ever. of the bill becoming a law, an
additional judge viii have to he ap-
pointed. Three or four prominent law
yers are mentioned in connection with
the lifetime job and honor. Judge
Samuel Peters of Newton. who has
Served on the bench and in congress for
e long trem of years and who is recog-
nized as being one among the leading
attorneys OF the state. seems to have
the lead or the best chance Of receiv-
ing the honor It is certain that this
section Of the state would heartily en-
dorse his selection. The Leavenworth
Times evidently holds a different opin-
ion While naming Judge Peters first
and Judge Case Broderick, now in con-
gress, second, it mentions W. c. Hook.
ESQ, Of that city, third in connection
with the observation that some politi-
clans claim that the judicial ermine is
most likely to fall upon the shoulders
of that gentleman. What the state
wants or needs is the additional court.
AS for anything further, the Repubh-
can party of Kansas viii take the
chances of President Mckinley naming
a sound Republican and a competent
man.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-22
Women and Their ways

The Rainy Day club of New oYrk, the
members OF which pledge themselves 70
wear short skirts in rainy weather. Is
rapidly increasing in number. as some OF
the best-known women in the metropolis
haves Joined its ranks. thus giving the
stamp OF fashion 10 the society and so
materially advancing its success.
Row adays the woman who Is not clever
enough 10 dress q doh IN some character
costume for a don exhibition. religiousiy
coaceals ;hat fact, and. hiring her seam
stress 70 do the work. calmly accepts
tic pIaise which accrues 10 herself as
= skilled nee6lew0msn-
Miss Lcrerto Small. the daughter OF the
famous evangelist. Rev. Sam Small. Is
s,.idysuE 1or the stage under the guidance
OF tne traEesian. Robert Downing. AID
VIII make q n oebUt as Juliet during The
coming winter al Atlanta
Many and curious are the means ~ I've
Hhood for women who are sufAcientls
clever TO overcome the fact that they arc
unframed IN any one particular branch
There is the woman who makes good
living b. ue1diaz for bachelors, the eTic-
a-orac buster. the bs-weekly mzrksts-.
the visiting reader, and Last the milf
Ter. AFRO gives her tine oE ten hour and
IN the course 81 a morning can trim hair
& dozen hats az abog. q third CO the cost
/ aHzrz42 M = fzzhtaashtA z'7flltnA<-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-22
The Brilliant Dog Star.

The brilliant blue-white star which may
now be seen in the early evening hours
in the southeast is Sirius, the Dog-Star.
Although classed among the first mag
nitude, Sirius should really form class
by himself, being fully nine times as
bright as an average star OF the nrst
magnitude-
naturally given it prominence, both IN
mythology and in the history of astron-
omy.
The ancient Persians called this star
Tishtya, and dreaded its supposed malign
influence as the cause of summer droughts
and of diseases among men and cattle
Similar notions regarding the star were
current among the Greeks and Romans.
The Egyptians regarded Sirius as ben
efcent star 1t was known TO them as
Sothis, and it was supposed to be the
residency of the goddess Isis
The Egyptian year began with the rs
ing of Sothis-that is. its first appearance
above the horizon at daybreaw-whlch
event occurred in the latter part VI
July.
simultaneously with the rising OF Sir
JUS the annual inundation OF the Nile
began The star seemed. therefore, TO
watch over and to announce this event.
and, hence its name. Dog-Star
The distance of Sirius from us Is about
CO. 900 times that of the SUM- 1t requires
nine years for its light to fash across the
space that intervenes between II and US.
In a model of the universe in which the
earth, represented by a speck OF dust TOO
small to be visible to the naked eye, were
sat at a distance of ten inches from the
sun, Sirius should be placed at distance
of 100 miles.
49, oIaI% I,ac IIT1 QhnIIld
en- a diameter of less than one-hundredth
of an inch. The diameter of Sirius is
probably six or eight times that OF the
sun.
Sirius has proper motion" which in
the last 1000 years has carried 1t toward
the southwest distance equal TO one ol-
ameter of the moon.
Sirius is the first star of which the mo-
ton lin line of sight was detected by
| the spectroscope In 1868 DR.. Higgins
found the star receding from us at the
rate of % miles second. Its rate of mo-
ton has been found. however, to vary
in manner not hitherto accounted for
The spectrum of Sirius shows that the
star is environed in a dense atmosphere
of hydrogen gas.
All of the blue-white stars give spec
ira resembling that of Sirius. These stars
are now commonly spoken of as 'Sirian
stars" They are undoubtedly hotter than
| the yellow, or solar" stars.
Sirius has a companion star circling
| round it in a period somewhat under 80
| years. 1t was first seen in 1852 by Alvan
| Clark, Jr., although its existence was de-
| tected automatically more than ten
years before. 1t is of a green color and
shines so family as to be visible only in
| the largest telescopes. After having been
| for four or five years past too near the
| bright star to be seen, it has recently
come again into visibility.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-22
A MISSOURI CHUMP.

The gentleman from Missouri, the
Hon. Champ" Clark, might better sign
il "Chump'' Clark 1t is proper for a
politician to be conspicuously partisan,
but there is no excuse for a congress-
man playing the role of an ass and an
ignoramus upon the floor of the United
States congress. The auditory is too
wide for such a display. The entire
illumination Of the gentleman from Mis-
souri,, as reported in our dispatches yes
terday, on the question Of recognizing
the rights beIligerent of the Cubans,
was against the Mckinley administra-
ton for its dilatoriness and cOwardice.
Cleveland and the Democratic party
have not been out of power eleven
months. For four years previous to
last March, Mr.. "Chump'' Clark's party
not only made no move to encourage
protest against the outrages committed
against an almost defenseless people,
but its administration sat sUpinely by
all the while, permitting the imprison-
ment and murder of citizens of the
United States by the Weyler regime.
The only indication that Grover Cleve-
land knew that there was a war in
Cuba was through his activity in ap-
pretending and furnishing citizens of
this country caught in their attempts
to send aid to the Cuban patriots. So
cowardly was the policy of Clarks own
party that the old, bankrupt and effete
government of Spain had begun to
threaten the United States with war
should its people show any active sym
pathy with their struggling neighbors.
Upon the other hand, the very first
thing that President Mckinley did was
to force the recall of the butcher Wey-
Ter, and the next thing to demand the
release of American citizens from
Spanish prisons. Following these eff
cient acts, the Republican administra-
ton in the plainest terms informed the
Madrid government that the further
prosecution of the war in Cuba must
be along the lines of modern warfare.
otherwise the United States would sur
round the island with her navy and en-
force decency. The wonder is that the
Democratic side of the house refrained
from kissing the gentleman from Mis-
souri, down.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-22

the next national effort Of the party OF
Jefferson and of Fusion. There is no
longer any doubt that Croker IS at
work with influential members of his
party in the east forming combina-
ton to defeat the nomination of Willie
in 1900. This means plenty Of trouble for
the popular lecturer and traveller. There
is little doubt of Bryans sustained
popularity. He is as strong with the
masses of his party as he was in the
last campaign and national conven-
ton of the party if held tomorrow,
would unquestionably name him as the
favorite. But the old Democratic lead
ers are not only naturally opposed to
him, but afraid of him. There is too
much of the socialistic in his makeup.
PopuIistic doctrines crop out too fire.
quently in his speeches. Bryan is more
Fusionist than anything. He as
readily fraternizes with Free Silver Re
publicans or with calamity Pops as
with the rock-ribbed, moss backed
Jacksonian. The scheme is to disor-
ganize the Bryan forces Of the west
and south. Upon the other hand, the
practical politicians, the professional
spoilsmen, are shrewd enough to see
that with Bryan the next fight would
result probably more disastrously than
the last, from the simple fact that Bry-
an holds to the idea Of making free sill
yer, 16 to 1, the principal issue. On
such an issue, Croker, with Tammany
at his back, may not be able to carry
New York, the gold center Of the coun-
try. That Mr.. Bryan is aware of the
new effort and the probable turn which
things may take, must be accepted as a
matter of course. What his counter
movement viii be does not yet appear.
If he abandons silver even to the ex-
tent of putting it second in Importance
he loses his hold on the only section in
which he is strong. The Boy Orator is
very evidently in the tolls.