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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-04
OLD AND NEW WORLD HATREDs.

Herr Ernst Wildenbruch, a Carlyle might
have invented poet of Berlin, whom the emperor
honored in article expressed the hope that
many viii join with the United States in maintaining
the Monroe Doctrine. THE greatest struggle of the
twentieth century, he declared may be contest of the
Germanc against Latindom. Germany started the
struggle in 1870 and America continued it in 1898 1t is
the inevitable strife of the Germanic against the
Latin races, which continue until the Germanic
is supreme In the struggle" which hopes will
next take the form of extending the authority of the
United States all Latin America, mo German
be in doubt to where his sympathies active aid
should CO."
This, says the Worlds Work is frank bit of barbar
ism which is not untrue is undesirable it
feeling much stronger in the Old World than the
New There is something in the dominant feeling the
United States that may perhaps be called a prejudice
against the Latin peoples; but is prejudice
nor political prejudice, but rather the feeling of impa
tence that the economically efficient has toward the
economically inefficient There is the slightest rea
son to fear that the people of the United States
have such hostile attitude toward the people South
America the Germans and the French have toward
another There is inherent animosity animosty
of and the influence trade which is strong
is constantly to bring better understanding The
man poet hanks back to the predemocratic era he
will find no response this side of the Atlantic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-04
Where Science Missed.
CFrom the Railroad Gazette

tf rom the fSdliTOau 6aItIle.i
Herbert Spencer. guide, philosopher
and friend of our race. but especially a
philosopher, penned and printed more
than forty-three years ago an essay on
What knowledge is Of most worth In
this he emphasizes the value Of proper
degree of scientific knowledge to in
vestors. He tells us in his essay Of men
who have lost their fortunes in coal
mine investments. from not knowing that
a certain fossil belonged to the old red
sandstone, below which no coal Is
found" and proceeding in the same
strain, launches this statement.
Numerous attempts have been made a
construct electro-mag netic engines IN the
hope of superseding steam; but had those
who supplied the money understood the
general law OF the correlation and eQuiva-
lence Of forces they might have had bet
ter balances at their bankers. Daily are
men induced 10 aid in carrying out inven-
tons which a mere tyro IN science could
show 10 be futile
With electric power superseding steam
in a hundred directions In manufacturing
and in Observation-Disclosures the En-
Clish raiiroads-One smiles AZ the thought
where electric science Itself would have
passed. had IL accepted the great British
philosophers dictum 1T least may ne
be accounted happy that. now jostiing HIS
eigthy-third birthday. he has been spared
to revise his opinion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-04
The Paw of Teachers.

The people have done more for the
teachers OF New York City than has
been done for any body of teachers in
the world" writes Professor McAndrew.
principal Of the girls high school, in the
Worlds Work.
AS for teachers in general, the record
is usually after this fashion: Crates. of
Mallos, was the first to teach grammar
in Rome. Having had the misfortune
to fall into a sewer. thus breaking his
leg. he was thenceforward considered
good for nothing but to be a teacher"
Horace mentions Orbillus. the most ia
nous teacher of his time, only to con-
fer on him an Immortality of contempt.
The first American schoolmasters. say
the historians of education, were also
grave-diggers. street sweepers. and were
employed in otner occupations similarly
looked down upon.
Maine, in cities Of more than 5000 in
habitants, pays teachers S4iS a year upon
the average.
The cities of this state pay 1868 to the
average teacher; the cities Of Massachu-
sets, $T2s a year: the cities of Pennsyl-
vania, $52S. IN the latter state. as
whole, women average 1904.
The average (monthly salary for the
country is s47 for men. 500 for women
Lewis Elkin. OF Philadelphia, has Just
left a fortune whose income is to be
used in pensioning WORKOUT teachers. In
that city this work is no longer TO be
left to chance or left undone.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-04

or about cent of al-and the aggregate liabilities
not all of which loss, of course) last year
more than s117000050 The number OF failures has in
creased during these twenseVen years times OF bad
of panic etc. for example in 1893 when they
so per cent than 1892 But the most inter
etng aspect OF this study is the personal aspect of it.
And yet the personal aspect of be made very
clear by statistical study. Although the immediate
and assigned for mercantile failures be set
down in colunns-such extravaganza, incompetence,
lack of capital and dshonesty-nost of these some
form OF deficiency in character in ability The spe-
cifc instruction that be got from this list
is little Yet every failure instructive warning to
those who find it's real cause by knowledge of
the personalities involved; and very instructive study
Of them be made in any other way. personality
some way defective is behind every one of them
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-04
THE HoRsELEss CARRIAGE.

The time prophesied by Old Mother Shipton. when
carriages without horses shall CO., is surely here The
railroad coach is more than carriage. It's a sleeping
apartment, a dining hail. kitchen and sometimes a
complete residence on wheels The automobile a
real carriage but being developed into other vehicles
and implements In England municipal corporations are
testing motor fire engines. Cricket clubs are having
fitted their rollers and The good peo-
pie Antwerp having their street scavengng done
by automobiles and in Lincolnshire the motor hearse
has already well paronized In this latter capacity
spoken of highly, and it is admitted to
be cheaper expeditions method of conveying
the departed their last resting place than the horse
vehicle in districts it is preferable to
he
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-04
THE CHINESE INVASION OF CANADA

Sir Wilfrd Laurer has brought before the dominion
parliament bill to restrict the tide of Chinese arrivals
in Canada by providing for the imposition of poll tax
of $500 on each Chinese immigrant The master or the
owner of the vehicle conveying Cinnamon into that
try will be rendered liable to pay this
1t is expected that this measure will practically oper-
ate exclusion of the from the dominion The
Canadians have to believe that the rapidly ncreas-
ing number of Chinese and japanese Columbia
is great to the best interests that province
The Chinese began to flock into Canada about the
year 1850 Since that time they have gradually seized
almost every occupation the province
and at prices with which the white cannot
pete In the 1880 they numbered 44S3 and in 1891
they had increased to 5000 persons
At the present time they are estimated at nearly
10000 about onetenth of the population of the
province -. :. ~
The restriction of Chinese immigration is difficult
task But the being enacted by the Can
adam parliament does not check the food excu-
sion act similar that in the United States is liable to
be enacted.
China has population enough to inundate the world
Restriction to be but application law of
selfdefence
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-04
A CRAFTY HUSBAND

Virginia citizen of original mind has, after a
fashion solved he question of how proceed when
al infecty has reached such stage hus-
band and spouse abide peace under the same
roof
The Nashville American says: This Virginia philoso-
pher married whom he loved, and who he sup
posed loved him, and she probably does-nobody can
form accurate judgment in such matters. naggng
wife may love her husband much as a drunken hus-
band may love his wife-ony they may have peculiar
of demonstrating their affection. This mans wife
had habit OF assalng him with her tongue
he entered the house, and of continuing bombardmen
until exhaustion brought sleep upon her Did he
tc submit did he for divorce horsewhip her
irto silence scandal by separating her?
He did not He simply erected tent in his yard
and moved into it with such effects he needs, and
there he abdes in peace and silence his SAUNDERS I'M
broken by the mOnotonous verbal exercises of Mrs
Caudle. He is gutter; he is deserter. He has
simply changed his quarters and is sentinel on the
outer wall, as it were tent equipped with ali the
accessories is healthful and pleasant habitaton for
about eight months in the year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-04
TEACHING RESPECT FOR THE FLAG.

The commander of the revenue cutter Seminole evil
IDENTIFY believes has any business board a
United States vessel who is loyal the flag
is right
The other day of the sailors that vessel be
angry for and in the course of TRADE
he declared that the and stripes dirty rag
The remark reported to the commander, and sum
moning all hands deck he forced the offender
the flag six times and then take to speak
disrespectfuly of his countrys emblem permit any
body else do in his presence.
AS a rule the who the uniform Of the United
States either in the navy, have the
spect for the flag To them it is emblem be-
for everything for which they willing
lay down their lives if necessary 10 be hoped
that the lesson taught by the commander OF the Seminole
viii be remembered by other sailors who may far
forget themselves show disrespeet for flag The
disciplining of this sailor may have good effect.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-04
Mr.. Bryan's Nose.

CFron the New York Press
William Jennings Bryan Is a teetotsier.
He would no more think II taking q
drink Of intoxicating hquor than he weUld
of deserving the silver coinage hobby.
The nearest he ever came 10 letting any
stfmulants pass his lips was during his
recent visit 70 this city He stopped at
the home Of q friend up town. who al
ways breaks hts fast on grape fruit.
sDrinkled with brandy. The servant, 2
good natunred Irish girl. Was not aware
Of Mr. Bryans aversion 70 liquor. aud
as ne Tas the houered guest OF the
house hold she gave him "A good hooker
on his grape fruit Bryan scented The
brandy and pushed the fruit 20 one SIDE
Next day az breakfast h id the same
thing with an orange warmed Up iu a
similar way. The hostess tlen discovered
the trouble. and she Informed ths Ser-
want 81 NJ Bryan's aversion 10 l4qssor-
Didn't ne ever take a drink ssEet
the servant iu suazeueut
No. he does not even know the taste
~ 1T replied tkc mistress
is .hsf So said the surprised sfrTsrlf =
ard thsn she a6dsd wei. thea hs tas
a fire sense Of smell FOR = ran that
never took drop"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-04
KANSAS TEACHER STANDARD RAISED.

Persons who desire to teach school in Kansas here
after will find the procuring of certificates difficult
A higher standard been decided upon. The Capital
says that of the bills passed by the legislature
amended the law relative to teachers certificates It
intended raise the of education for teach
and it will certainly have the effect of making the
examinations much more severe. State Superintendent
L. Dayho has issued statement detailing the changes
made in the school law 1t follows:
First-Ths law in respect invalidates certificates
in force the time of its enactment, but all future
county certificates be issued in accordance with its
provisions.
Secondary applicant who makes grade of 30 per
cent in any branch branches may have the
same credited professional certificate No grade
will be carried longer than years. No grades will be
carried from at which the applicant fails
tc receive a certificate.
Professional certificates renewable by the
county superintendent upon payment by the applicant
the usual fee of ST. provided said applicant complied
with the provision of the law prescribed in section
thereof
FOurth-Any holder of first grade certificate at the
time of the passage Of this law and who has taught
Kansas years Immediately preceding the expira
ton of such certificate shall granted professional
certificate passing examination in general history
history of Kansas English literature and algebra-pro
v:ded he does not fall below So per any of the
above branches
Fifth-The following changes are made in the pres
cnt certificates:
First grade-Mnimum age advanced from IS years to
10 natural philosophy omitted history Of Kansas
algebra and literature added
Second grade-Mnimum age advanced from II to IS
gears algebra and history of Kansas added
Third grade-Minmum age advanced from Is 70 IS
years history of Kansas added.
The law provides that persons are not less than
16 years of and who completed at least two
years Of high school work equivalent and persons
who now hold third grade certificates but who are not
is of the of the enactment of this act
shall be entitled TO the benefits of this act
The law amply protects all holders of certificates at
the time of the passage OF the law but advances the re-
quirements for future certificates The professional
certificate requirements high but the means of at
tainment are equitable and easy 10 the digent and
studious teacher
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-04
A REGULAR REPUBLICAN ROUNDUP.

With Republican mayor and Republican city ad-
ministraon and with Republican congressman OF her
own under Roosevelt our Republican leader Wichita
will be strictly in it.
The Eagle feels even congratulate its many Demo
cratic friends in Wichita the suspicious outlook in
which the said many Democratic friends have the same
interest in the present and welfare also like
love and devotion for this city Wichita which holds
all of our hearts and homes in common
We are nearing the close of a municipal campaign a
campagn of trunpedup issues and personal preferences
largely, upon the one hand and the regular nominees
of party upon the other. still campaign which has
seemingly evolved as much interest and excitement as
could resulted from regulation tight between the
two old parties But with all the feeling and figuring
with all the pulling and hauling everybody has been good
ratured charges against any OF the
nominees on the Republican ticket scandals charged
on the Mclean administration, and falsehoods re-
tailed nor hard things said against the heading the
INDEPENDENT or The Sociastc ticket These continue to
retain their own sefrespec and TO the respect of
their opponents and fellow-citizens generally
OF the election of the Republican city ticket there
seems to There has been real doubt here
from the beginning This fact inspired the words OF the
first paragraph Wichita at last in the big band
wagon With a Republican congressman of her own,
and solid Republican city administration Wichita will
be on front seat up Teddy who holds the reins
position ask for anything her people desire or
are entitled to from Republican president that strenu
GUS Republican president who brooks bolter
However, whatever may happen, and in any event,
once ended with the rising of next We'd
nesday mornings sun Wichita will be again as her
people have always been in faith in in devotion
to- and one for a victorious future
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-04
The GIRL. THE HAT AND THE BIRD.

In order gather birds feathers. and especially
egrets deck womens hats in what is called civilization
great cruelty The skiful collectors
catch the birds alive and kill them by Sitting the roof
OF the mouth with sharp penknife that they may
bleed to death without soing the feathers
Another method OF exquisite cruelty is skin the
captured birds alive the theory that this method pre-
the gloss OF feathers any other
Paul Fountain the African explorer describes finding
heap Of putTefying bodies Of birds the Of
feather hunter who only the egrsts leaving rest
Near the sad spectacle dark patch upon
the ground marking where the lives OF thousands Of
miserable. futtering agonized birds
OF course those feathered hats preityif the be
holder has Imagination see what is behind them
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-04
Strategy.


GFrorn the NeT York FreEs1
When nan - - zhso-fsed thinking
what would have hspTeurt n y had RI
I'd his busted T1xn n big tsckp0f the
night before that Ne dos not hear lis
wife when she rsniods hin q Tro1-i~e
TO take her 70 TIE theztsr. the safest
thing Tor hius 20 do Essn she sets r-s1
about X Is 20 cozse - lie sfth q s-srs
ana tell her hoE hspFy 4 r-ssss htus
when r. gets 70 thirkinz = the 1rsf tine
- s--a- sfsrSF r1~
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-04
Provoking.
tFron Puck

Such an fll-managed theater.-'
Yes
COB vile. They advertise particularly
that the curtain viii rise at SIS sharp:
and then one arrives AT SD only 70 nnd
the orchestra Just playing the opening
overture. What could be more provok-
iurT~
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-04
a Solid R.ason.

(FrUu Puck
Bookkeeper-I would Ike a little more
SALARY. sir You see. I'm married Tow.
and
your family
Bookkeepsr-No. sir. for myself Eou
see. my wife knows s1=t what n getting
now
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-04
When the Dust Returns to the Earth

tFrOm the New YORK Mail and Express.
That was no morbid impulse which led
a dying man of this city the other day
to ask that his ashes. after his body
had passed through the purifying flame.
should be scattered to the waves and the
winds. The ceremony performed in the
lower bay was like a memory of one of
the old forgotten religions-forgotten be-
fore men had learned to set down their
hopes and fears in writing. But there
was in it a sentiment that has come to us
unchanged from the buried empires, a
survival of that nature worship that, in
one form or another will make every
man its devotee so long as ne feels his
kinship with nature and his dependence
upon it.
To be one with the elements in their
freest manifestations. to achieve that re-
turn Of the dust 10 the earth of which
the melancholy preacher sang. through
some less forbidding portal than the mar
row house OF death-the wistful feeling
comes to every man whose thoughts
range beyond the end of his earthly term.
1t is part primitive pantheism and part
primitive poetry to wish that ones mortal
substance shall mingle with the winds
themselves the emblem OF the unresting
life. with the waves. the emblem Of the
eternity toward which he tends
Maybe there is something beyond this
Maybe it is the wistful thought OF the
heart that has found the world fair. OF
the brain that relinquishes with regret
the service Of mankind Of the physical
nature that shrinks back at the silence
and loneliness of the tomb. 1t is not
good TO be forgotten II is not good al
ways 10 be an exile. even IN the body
from lands where the spirit has rscre-
ated itself. Beyond the death chamber
the flesh looks forward 20 the time when.
in the innpalpable but frgctifying dust. il
shall become part 81 the earthly soul OF
things; and il finds a comfort in the
thought II II IS pagan rite. thus 10
scatter the ashes OF the dead. IL is n
beautiful one
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-04
Hisszke sorenntre.

PreacheT-Whzt ser r1t TIE idea srtn
your bad that tt>r~ Szs . pcker zane
81 TIE garden q E6~17
Mr. Joues-I hare xts.zk Eos-ss- say
sor7~thlsS zSOst he's AtSn oEes Ez4sss.
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-04
INSTRUCTIVE ASPECT OF COMMERCIAL FAILURES

The elaborate study Of failures extending
over period Of twentyseve years made in Duls Re
view. shows remarkabe-ndeed an almost Incredible
dtmnution Of the relative importance failures to the
volume Of business the liabilities failed CONNER
cial enterprises shared by the other commercial
enterprises in the country loss of each would have
been less than sloe last year The defauled indebted
ress was only 80 every $1,000 OF solvent par
mens made through clearing houses These figures are
only of failed merchants manufacturers nor banks
The smaness OF the losses caused commercial
community by mercantile failures is therefore NOT a
heavy the successful
Still observes the editor OF the Worlds Work the
absolute number Of failures is great-more than IL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-04
Me- kie Ezuls


IFroT, ne LE-c1Eo LrI1lrs-I
CAUTIOUS PeTSon-FIoE can you recoa-
Gle such 3 thing T.th y0yr conscience
Tou contribute 70 the missionary cD--e.
and yet you sell idols % the heather.
Philadelphia Manufacture - They az
billed as dolls- ! can't help g. can /. e
the heztkezs make IDOLS Of then
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-04
A Fable Of Fashion.


An elegantly attired lady, with beau
| tiful ictoria waiting for her at the curb.
stood at the front door of an Old-fash-
toned and dignified mansion in Madison
aenue. The butler said the mistress of
the mansion was at home, and took the
callers card upstairs.
He returned presently. saying that his
mistress wished to be excused Some
thing there was in his manner that the
caller did not like. Just what she could
not say. for the manner of servants is
often vague and underlined.
She drove to her own home, in a more
expensive and modern neighborhood. and
sent a note to the mistress of the Madison
avenue mansion.
BY her ownTliveried courier she shortly
received this reply:
Madam-You have asked me to explain.
You should know that your public disre-
gard of those proprieties governing men
and women, whatever their social posi-
ton makes it impossible for a self-re-
speeding woman to approve of your con-
duct. To receive you would be approval
l do not approve, therefore l do not re-
ceive. l had hoped you would not COM
pei me to write this letter, but as you
have asked for it, | give it to you with
no apologies. l want you to understand
clearly my position, and you must re-
spect it, whatever else you do.
Regretting the necessity of this letter.
but not its contents. l am
When the lady had finished the reading
she laughed lightly, and said with a
sigh: How very few of the old-fash-
Toned people are left to u.s.
Then she Jared forth again in her VIC
toria. and she stopped at many beautiful
houses, but was turned away from none.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-04

There are some things I. doeSn't Ply %
b.? az bargain saies-ggz. for Instance