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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-21
METHugws RELEASE a MISTAKE

Lord Methuen was set free by his generous foemen.
The British probably Will show their appreciation Of the
act by hanging Commandant Kritzinger now on trial in
Cape Colony by alleged tribunal for rebellion and Sc
diton It supposed when the Beers captured Nethuen
that they would keep him as hostage It is impossible
10 believe that they in releasing their big game
Mehuen ought TO have been enough Of hostage to put
stop to the hangngs which now disgracing the Brit
ISL administration OF the conquered districts
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-21
YOUNGER STATESMEN NEEDED.

The Pitsburg calls attention to the discrepancy
Of age between public England and those in Amer
ica The age of retirement this side the at which
an English politician ordinarily regarded just enter
ing upon period of greatest public usefulness Lord
Salisbury resigns the premiership rmors say he is likely
be succeeded by Jospeh Chamberlain who is approach
ing his seventeen year. And at that it is remarked
that Chamberlain would be younger premier than any Of
the last five preceding him. Everybody remembers the
turmoil the of William Pitt to the premiership
caused The English people unaccustomed to young
OF their affairs of state and had they
had exceptional proof Of the ability of the great com
moner he would have been elected. Subsequent
proved the wisdom of their choice but neverthe
less England his since proved loyal to aged craftsmanship
few younger of ability at the head of her affairs
might prove great boon to Great Britain
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-21
WILL PROVE AN EXPENSIVE BLuNDER.

Senator Morgan has the committee considering
the choice of route for the proposed interoceanic
canal He long favored the Nicaraguan route and
has managed to make the majority of the members Of
the Senate Committee accept his views He reports the
DILL for the construction of canal across the
sthmus Of Nicaragua and is likely that the Senate will
pass at the present session The choice Of the Mica
ragua route is an unfortunate and will prove
costly bunder long before the work is well under
In these days of rapid steamships it is almost ncon-
cevabe that such long and roundabout route would be
adopted by such ineligible body the Congress Of
the United States. We may rely the judgment Of
that profound business man. Senator Hanna that the
Darien Panama route is the best and would be the
cheapest and most satisfactory in the long
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-21
NO COMPLAINT AGAINST MR.. WI.

The Pekn report touching the fling OF charges against
Minister WI has been officially brought the at
tenon Of the State Department and is the opinion
the officials that it will not be-
It is stated that when he silver fund paid over
to MI WI the State Department gave notice to Chi
government through Minister Conger Of the pay
ment, and the amount and Mr. says that he gave
similar notice it is perceived here how an opportunity
offered for deceving the home government even if the
minister was so disposed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-21

sructon and authorizes the Secretary Of War to make
contracts completion at cost exceeding $780,
600 O0o
How long viii it be- you imagine, before the Pan
route the Nicaragua route is up" again the
capitol?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-21
ALONG THE KANSAS NILE.

The Bailey men claim that there are
81 delegates already Instructed for him.
North Dakota has plunged into the
field with man for Henry Clay Evans
place.
Eighty-seven liquor cases are scheduled
for the April term OF the Shawnee dis
trict court.
All the Kanssns in Washington attend
! Ell the reception TO Fred Funston Wednes-
/ day evening.
Next week Anna Digs viii move to
I Kansas City. Missouri. and viii reside
| there hereafter.
/ How the Rock Island Is reaching out,
/ The latest IS that II f. going TO swallow
( the Chicago Northwestern.
Abilene. which is drilling FOR gas and
oil, and not for Dead Sea water, win
continue TO probe the earth.
Bailey walked of with the state deIega-
ton from Washington county, which is
practically instructed TO vote for him.
Christian Mann. Of Junction CITY. head
OF the local Christian Scientists is dead
OF perotonitis. He refused medical aid
&C the last.
John D. Rockefeller has given 10000 70
a Baptist college at Hiawatha. John
Doesn't often give any rebates to Kansas
coal oil bills.
George ". Wiley Is roaring because
Governor Stanley viii turn him or as fish
commissioner and appoint John Haughey
or wellington.
Chester Long says that II reciprocity
had oeen beaten in the Republican eau
Gus the other night. II would have end
eQ reciprocity as a Republican doctrine.
Joseph Oliver. the man who several
years ago tried TO blow up Governor
Smiht. Of the Soldiers Home. Leaven-
worth. VIII be released from prison this
week.
This IS the tine OF year the Kansan
who last sumner saved the seeds q
particularly luscious watermelon TO plant
h season. wonders what on earth be did
with them.
Attorney General Goddard ard Auditor
Cole vert u Milwaukee the other dav %
inspect the ONYX which ls 70 be used ln
the rotunda % the capitol. They report
is all night al onyx ana q yard vide.
Perhaps she greatest triumph u pros
perity is this. that e is 50 uninpeachabiy
substantial, that the P0pliists ara AZ iast
surrcnCer.ng Ihe beIief that there fs uo-
iticai color ia the reports Of Duns and
Braastreets.
Frank montgomery What = curious +
thinr love s.. anyway. Tne PROBATE Judge
ir Brown county issued marriage li-
CEuse to q couple aged 8 ard Sc. respect
ivelY, the other day ard haif an Boar
later ~ was called up0n Coz the ssrrc .
servlo o by youta ~ 81 aHc q girl - Is
The SaUna Repuhl- can-Jour-af a.
u1unres a new RUE ATTY citizen - Eallue s
courtT who has s1lscribed f1r ere paper F.
twenty-five years t. elsltled - IL free Tor 4
the remainder q hlz Ile. Tne p11i.eaer .
has placed oLe uanae on TIE ist u1aer .
tbs RUE. and expects - aaTe others there +
scuz-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-21

It is unfortunate that the Democratic end Of Congress
has taken the fight Tor resolution Of sympathy for
he Beers the Democrats in Congress push so few things
70 successful conclusion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-21

The site CT the famous ancient city of Troy is now
owned by an American. 1t is cold day when America
doesn't pick up another hunk OF the globe somewhere
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-21

They want 10 include five counties in Greater Boston
But il should be remembered that YOU could lose I've
Massachusetts counties in Kansas township
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-21

The soldier who puled troop q men across the island
q Sanar Just 20 see II could be done in small has
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-21

Some day Emperor William viii come to America him
self he had known that the reception of Prince Henry
was going 10 be so great he would have come along
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-21

Last year the River Harbor biB vas knocked ont
This year & is larger than because az that The
River and Harbor oinch is eternal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-21

Prince Henry wishes to thank the American newspa-
the systematic way IN which they treated him
Now what 6tes ne mean by systematIe2
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-21

Mrs Soel who helped the Biddles 20 escape has been
Indicted, She belongs r-o2ery n ne La.aae asyIam.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-21

society in London is suffering from the souvenir habI
and people are ohaLnng her tasnaonz = ne -aa.es
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-21

threecent fare is 70 be inauguratca il Cleveland.
The street railway men say il wiH not pas
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-21

The next morning there was utter ST.
leuCe In Mr.. Chester's room, and after
waiting a reasonable time Mrs Perkins
concluded her LOGGER had gone to busi-
ness, and so she opened the door with his
own key. No evidence OF his return was
present. His satchel was not in the
room. Tor had the bed been disturbed.
3 But some one had entered Tor a package
Of laundry that had come home a night
or two before. which AIRS. Perkins had
intended 10 put away. and which had
heen taken inside and left on q chair.
( This was so real that it seemed 70 solve
the mystery huc she still thought Mr..
/ Chester had acted quecriy-for hirn.
lie cid not come the next nisht. nor
the next. and q week OF uncertainty about
their ledger made the Perkins family M
comfortable when on tie evening that
ended his vacation, AIr. Chester runs the
Perkins door-bell ard was admitted hy
AIRS. J. DE was as bright and CHEEKY
as usu2l and az once asked Tor ms keys.
why didn't you let yourself in IS you
did when YOU came back last week.
Ny dear madam. 2 have not been back
since ] left three weeks age. aad yol
have both uF KEYS, as you know
Here ar Perkins Joined them You
have been here in your room. he said.
steruly, ~thers Is 10 use IN deayinE 81.
10 not hrow-nor care-what your motive
may be in Geceiylag Us, but yea return
e. ard OCCUPIED that room Cor a night or
rart Of a night we both hesrl TOc
snE have proof that yoG opene1 The Eo5r
win key - your own.
Mr Chester or his part became much
excited. AID 7 so-emulv swear tf.at
1Filat you state Is utterly impossible
The matter was investigated ~ an par
ties and x vas zfr. Chester who Arrived
~ g s1lutlan which was satisfactory O.
himself alone.
oE the evening you ue1tic1.F be said
v1s in the fla Homestead Ir Augusta
SEE ana wishing Vc-y mlch tliEs Z vas
back iu uy oVu rccm lu ans hoasz
among mv boc6s- The Felix's were seilg
o. sorue entsrtliurzls-.r, 1s1t 4 begged CO
ard re-irea el-ly
Kew So SOC aeep1rt far it, asked
Airs. PERKINS,. .lcrelll 1siE.
GA. ! exnect uV astral so1v vas ~ o.
so1e slime. evolved tn -ry dream sad
Alr- Ctester. T-ith a17arc.t s-refstr-
ia4 been longing - come back end nv
Sparta tcuz atFs1tsge % ~ be5r ara
cams hfre o. az irsererss1r falrt
SEt a. t1e rEarIcz5 raif--s al tae Eerai1a
tte tiac was @ersz rsa1 f1a rsss.-
rrre gave Mr. Chester 1e.e s.
--s.r arlF z0l trE tilE
s el kseF iodEias slr4ss fer >T.tss
s 81 - asae
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-03
go TO THE ANT"
And Learn of Her How to BE an IdeaI
Socialist.

And Learn of Her How to De an IDEAL
Socialist.
''It now being past noon and Formi-
cas- thoughts turning to refreshments,
she hied herself to the outskirts Of the
nest, where the family cows were pas
tured. These COWS, or aphides, were
feeding on the leaves of the daisy, into
which they plunge their proboscides
and suck all day long, filling their
bodies with pleasant juices. Our ant
came up behind an aphis and stroked
it gently with her antennae, when the
little creature gave out a drop of her
sweet liquid, which Formica sucked
into her own crop. There were thou
sands of these aphides pasturing on
the leaves and thousands of ants milk
ing them. Most of the ants took more
OF the juice into their crops than they
needed; and, on the way back to work,
gave up part of it to friends whom
they met going to the cows, thus saw
ing the others time and enabling them
to resume their occupation more quick
ly. The ants were making the most
of the aphis juice during the summer
days, knowing that the supply would
fall off later when the aphides laid
their eggs. (Note here the superior
mental equipoise of the ant, which nei-
ther betrays surprise nor writes to the
newspapers when her COWS begin to
lay eggs.) These eggs the ants would
store over winter, tending them with
the utmost care until spring, when the
young apAides are brought out and
placed on the shoots of the daisy to
mature and provide food again during
the hot weather. This far-sightedness
Is uneXampled in the animal kingdom.
Other insects and animals put away
stores for the winter, to be sure, but
the ant is the only one Of them that
breeds its own food supply. Having
taken her fill of the sweet juice on this
particular day, Formica noticed that
the aphis which she had been milking
was in a position on the leaf which
might expose it to observation of some
aphidivorous insect. She Immediately
descended to the ground, when she
obtained a mouthful of earth, and,
again climbing up the daisy stalk, built
a tiny shed over the COW, going back
and forth several times to bring up
sufficient material. Frank Marshall
White in Pearson's.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-03
HE KNEW HIS BEES.
Worked on Bee Ranch and Learned
to Distinguish Them.

Worked on n Bee Ranch and Learned
to Distinguish Them.
Did you ever hear of man who
could recognize bee from the other
members of it's swarm?" asked Col. j.
L. Showalter while talking to a group
of horsemen in the Hoffman house lob
by a few evenings ago.
'Oh, you needn't give me the laugh;
it's so. I've done it.
'Of course it isn't every one who can
do it-just as there are few artists
that can catch the expression Of horse
and put it on canvas. It's on the same
principle that some shepherds know
every sheep in a flock of two or three
thousand.
When | was a young man l went
west from Kentucky to locate. l was
charmed with the beauty of southern
California and settled for year or two
at San Diego. | found that l would
starve there if l tried to practice law,
so | turned to almost the only thing
at which one could make a living then
in that section, and went on bee
ranch.
There you go again! Because you
never heard of anything but horses you
imagine a bee ranch doesn't exist
Well, it does. That whole section is
practically covered with a white sage.
the bloom of which makes perhaps the
best honey in the world. Consequent
ly the country has been divided into
great bee ranches and the production
of honey became quite an industry.
Some of the best pure white honey
on the New York market to-day" said
Col. Showalter, according to the New
York Times, comes from San Diego.
In the course OF the development of
the industry it was found that the
black bee, from near the River Pc, in
Italy, was the best suited for their pur-
pose. Well, worked for about year
on a bee ranch and became so familiar
with the bees that | learned to distin-
guish them from each other"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-03
Macadam Machines.

The construction of macadam roads
on large scale has naturally i'm
parted great impetus to the develop
ment Of rock crushing apparatus. The
first steel rock crusher was built ten
years ago and gradual improvement
has since gone hand in hand with an
increase of capacity. The most mod
ern plants not only crush the stone
but elevate 1t and separate it into sizes.
The stone crushers weigh from two
to eight tons each, require for their
operation engines of from twelve to
twenty-five horse power and give
product of from eight to thirty tons
OF crushed stone per hour. For
separating the crushed stone into diff
ferent sizes road makers usually use
portable storage bin which weighs
25OO pounds and has three compart-I
ments, each of which will hold four
tons of stone, and when are provided
with discharging chutes on either side
so that wagons can load from both
sides il necessary. For separating
the crushed material into various sizes
screens of different types are avail
able. One of the most interesting
forms of this apparatus Is the revolv-
ing screen, which revolves on either
shaft or on rollers and into which
the stone passes. Some of these
screens are fifty-six inches in diamter,
and inasmuch as each screen is
punched with holes of two different
cir
are obtained, one size passing through
the one-inch holes, a second size pass
ing through the two-inch holes, and
the largest size passing out at the end
Of the screen.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-03
The Six-Finrered Children,

Unique in the history of freaks Is
the six-fngered family of Dresbach.
MINI. The family now consists of
Mrs. Gaskill and ten children. The
popularity belongs to the mothers
side.
Mrs. Caskill's maiden name was
Olive Cooper. She doesn't know where
she was born, but the family was prob
ably Of New York origin. She remem-
bers only that she was wanderer
with the Cooper family at an early
age, and that the Cooper family were
basket-makers and venders; they led
gypsy lives and crossed the continent
from New York to San Francisco sew
eral times.
In the Cooper family there were ten
children. Five Of them had six fingers
and five of them had not. The great
est peculiarity is that every alternate
child in point of age has the extra fin
ger, and those who are not six-fngered
are blessed with an extra toe, and
those who have six toes have webs
between their toes. The extra toes
and fingers have well developed nails.
Exactly the same conditions are found
IN the Gaskill family. Mrs. Gaskill
was married to Zacheus Gaskill thir-
ty-two years ago, and has resided in
Dresden since then.-St. Paul Dis
patch.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-03
DON'T BE ASHAMED OF IDEALS.
The Passion For Things Good is Planted
In Ia

The Passion For Things Good is Planted
| in Us All.
| Apropos to the recent discussion of
| tract from an editorial article in the
Century:
| ''There is hunger OF the soul for
things of good repute that, given life
of average length, Is apt sooner or later
to assert its power in every man not
born an irreclaimable criminal. There
| Is passion, in strong natures as in
weak, for things evil, but there is 4
| passion as well for things clean and
virtuous. In that strange and memoir
| able colloquy of the dawn between
| Francis Villon and the Lord of Brise-
tout, in Stevenson's story, "A Lodging
FOR the Night the sympathetic figure
| is not the well-housed seigneur, but tho
homeless, thieving poet. And yet the
| man of convention, warming his knees
| by his comfortable charcoal pan, said
things that hold water. You speak of
food and wine quoth he, and l know
very well that hunger is difficult
| trial to endure, but you do not speak
of other wants; you say nothing OF
honor, of faith to God and other men,
Of courtesy, OF love without reproach.
1t may be that 1 am not very wise
and yet l think | am-but you seem to
me like one who has lost his way and
made a great error In life. You are
attending to the little wants, and you
have totally forgotten the great and
only real ones, like man who should
be doctoring toothache on the Judg-
ment Day. For such things as honor
and love and faith are not only nobler
than food and drink, but, indeed.
think we desire them more, and suffer
speak to you as | think you will most
easily understand me. Are you not,
while careful to fill your belly, d!sre-
garding another appetite in your heart.
which spoils the pleasure of your life
and keeps you continually wretched:'
'The young man who put these
words into the mouth Of the Lord of
Brisetout knew one or two things about
life, and 1t would be nothing other
than natural If, more and more, his
own life betrayed that knowledge.
"Heaven knows there Is enough to
pull us down. Let us not be ashamed,
we poor sinners, of cherishing ideals,
even in weakness! And defend US from
the cynic critics who, for reasons that
SAVIOR of qualities one does not wish
to name, would deface the ideals that
speak to us from the many-volumed
writings of brave knightly and la
mented spirit"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-03

Considering the deterioration of the
Thames as highway, it is surprising
that the professional waterman should
flourish as he does. This is in great
part owing to the prize which Thomas
Doggett, comedian. established to COM
memorate the accession Of the House
of Brunswick. For ITO years now, on
August 1 every year, six young water
men, just out Of their apprenticeship,
have rowed for the fame-colored coat
and silver badge for which Doggett in
his will provided in perpetuity. The
Fishmongers' Company, of which Dog
gett was member, provides other
prizes, and the contest still excites
more than q local interest.-London
Chronicle
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-03

my collar you wanted to catch. When
l thought you wanted to bite me- twas
q scolding you We're giving me for
my foolishness. Skipper, by. honest,
beg your pardon. Next time I'll
know that all a Newfoundland dog
wants is a chance to tow me ashore.
And I'll give him whole chance. But,
Skipper, don't you think you might
have given me chance to do some
thing for myself?'
At which the Skipper waSged his
tail.-Youth's Companion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-03
Excessive Politeness,

There is 4 man who is always apollo
gizing, and some say: How courteous
he is! How thoughtful! A born gen.
tleman" Know that he is thorough
and aggressive egotist. He runs against
you, he stepc on your foot. he tries to
pass you on the left, he knocks your
hat as he hangs by strap in car.
he sits ON your coat tail-what does he
not do to call attention to his own
breeding? Sometimes he throws the
accent on "beg," sometimes on
pardon" The speech is merely a
rhetorical flourish and he has practiced
all the variations.-Boston Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-03

Asiatic Turkey is to be rescued from
semi-bsrbarism by the construction OF
s14O GOO 900 worth of railroads, one of
which will run through Euphrates val
ley from end to end. The new roads
will follow the old caravan routes, and
they will touch all the principal cities
and towns of Bible land.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-03

In Zante, one Of the Ionian Islands,
there is a petroleum spring which mas
been known for nearly 5000 years. 1t
is mentioned by Herodotus.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-03

OF the 1857 towns in New England
101 manage their schools under the
district system, eighty-one Of them
being In Connecticut.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-03

I sit before my window
And watch the sullen rain;
The hand of age is on me,
And weakness grows to pain
My sons are men, far from me;
Their father-he is dead;
] own the roof above me,
l do not lack for bread.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-03

CALIFORNIA; barley crop harvested in
1901 amounted to 100000 tons.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-03
FALLEN INTO ELD.

But o the lonely morning!
And o the dreary night!
All, life itself should follow
When love and hope take flight.
No happy days await me,
No joy that all must crave;
The only path before me
Ends in an open grave.
-Ninette NJ. Lowater, in New York Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-03
WHY Railroads Help.

~ VERY few months reports are
II published concerning exhi-
VI bitions of road building ma
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-03

e was q Newfoundland dog,
born of reputable parents at
Back Arm and decently bred
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-03
A DOG OF RUDDY COVE.
Ey Norman Duncan.

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