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The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-11
THE MISSION OF CLUB WOMEN.

AS everybody has been regularly informed, the mis-
sion is for the elevation OF the sex
for protection and encouragement But from
sermon delivered by Rev. F. s. Rockwell Methodist
preacher suburbs of Chicago, Sur day. would
appear that club has missed her mission
otherwise fails of comprehendng the and means OF
uplifting Dr. Rockwell is convinced that the club
woman is mock pretension that the who should
be reached be helped by the giving of fashion
able Chinese luncheons Browning readings and art lee
lures gloss culture The doctor brutal to
the club contingent but he can't be misunderstood. In
stead of discussing line of reading whether the club
shall include in its program lectures of Wagner such
women as have time loaf a disposition to dodge
home duties might better be aiding the despairng who
have been forced by circumstances fate into hope
less lives is probably unnecessary to prophesy that
Dr. Rockwels words fell rocky ground for his audi
euce was rich and fashionable The profession of
the club woman is only pretense. She seeks for self
the home for the whole The least
of club womans concern affairs and despairs of
the woman outside Of her select coterie
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-11
MORE BOYS THAN THERE ARE GIRLS

The census bureau has just completed an analysis
Of the matrimonial tables which is that
672679 bachelors of q or over the country and
100000 single than single Of that age
and above
New England has always been supposed 20 be ovebur
dened with single women and yet the reckoning
shows that there is the New England group
which has not bachelors than spinster Massachu
sets has slight surplus of unmarried the figures
being 2S29S2 single males against 2777Il females sim
larry situated
Way down in Maine too the bachelors number 60S7s
against S0554 spnsters in Vermont there are % 1S2
bachelors TO 1879 spinsters in Rhode Island ii6
bachelors and SO 4o5 spinsters Connecticut "a
Bachelors against 74731 spinsters.
But all this does change the fact that there is
naldstribution Of the in the country The mar
rageabe girls the might migrate to the great and
growing west. where the drug on the market
Just think OF California example where there are
s3e,5O4 bachelors and only SS7o5 madens 20 up
ward
There IS plenty Of the male persuasion in the country
but It is very poorly distributed Girls who complain
should simply 20 west
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-11
ON THE LEVEL PLAIN.

I dreamed Of heights of wOrdliness,
OF rainbow paths my feet might press;
Joy beckoned, and Hope led me on,
But Love, with dew-wet kisses, won.
Beside Loves steps my own are stayed,
On level plain my tent is made,
With round of tasks from day to day
And wee hands crowdng in my way.
The distant heights l may not see
While these small hands reach up to me
Nor look l to the arching skies
My stars are in my baby's eyes.
But when, at night beside the bed
lean above each sleeping head,
l thank God that my feet may press
The Mother road to Happiness.
Cora a. MatsOn-Dolsol
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-11
THE GERM THEORY NOT PROVEN.

Dr. Allen Of Chicago, editor of the Medical Advance
speaking of the theory and the of serms to
cure diseases, says:
LAS with the germ theory, so with serumtherapy
Neither fully proven neither is wholly accepted even
by the wisest of the profession Not only is this
true than able and accepted authority has
proclaimed against both theories falacous and mis-
leading The Philadelphia Medical Journal following in
footsteps OF the London Lancet sounds uncertain
warning in cauonng the profession against run
ming madly after these delusions."
Now this is what the editor of the Medical Advance
says and we heartily agree with him. We realize how
ever that such eminent authority opposed to the
theory the will be utterly unable to
the tide against them is convenient it is
soUlsasfyng every disease in this simple
To get other and inject under the skin,
which only contagious disease but makes the
patient immune from it, such theory is seductive
After all the uncertainty which has hung over the
practice of medicine do not wonder that the doctors
seize with avidity any theory that has particle of
tional thought
The practice of medicine is not only profession but
it is great Patients are for the part
ignorant and helpless children
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-11
THE IsHMAELITE OF CIVILIZATION.

"The fields thirst for rain the mountains for the
sparrowhawks for little birds and the Turks for heads
says folksong; and if you can't get correct
notion of people from their enemies, where get
it? The Turks terrible fellows We all admit
mat They spend their time in reading the Koran. drink
ing coffee, smoking genuine Turkish tobacco and feefo-
fummng the blood of those dogs of inde the Chris
tians The Russion consul Monastr polite as
he called be when addressed a Turkish police
a pig of a Turk" In fact the remark less
uncompmentary to the Turk than TO the pg-especiay
to the American pig which has lately been admitted into
Turkey with clean bill Of health and a certificate of
good character The Sultan does pork him
self, mind you He hates the Christian that
them poison themselves with the unclean animal Well
the pig Of Turk objected to the language CT the ubanc
consul Foolish it must enlightened nations
many of these proud paynins grave persons with
great of their personal dignity. The NIussuman
swine killed the consul and his himself been killed
Some cynics say that the murder missionary China
many more trade territorial concessions to
the European country from which he came There are
plenty of Russians Perhaps the ts gentleman
Monastir will bring the Muscovite day nearer Con
EtantinOple.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-11
sendino Cotton Goods to China.

The Atlanta Cousteution states that n
1875 our American share of Chinese i'm
ports was 1.0l69r0 taels-the tad beir9
worth sixty-three cents in gold. In iHZ.
iis; twerty-seven years later. Chinese i'm
,,orts had grown fve-fold but our share
Of them had grown u 3l.l3s ~ teels. or
nearly thirty times what they were II
1875
our sales TO China iu Is9z-lso9 amounted
10 SIse0s 3se. and OF that sum cotton
cloths brought rs ti5.se.se). or more
than two-.hirds Of orr exports from th,.
United States 10 China IN the last fscal
wear. As an Offset 20 that we brought
lack IL exchange about slg pa9 80 q raw
six. tea and srices.
rho above figures az 20 cotton cloths
show how considerably interested the cot
ro7-erov-ers ef the south should b in
the future trade relations between th's
COUNTRY anf China The ceIes-lals ar
more eagerly asking every year 'where-
uithaI shall =ve - clothed - The largest
items of import Ento China from Gr-at
Britain and India are q cotton cloths
our country Is fourth IL The order z
trade with the Chinese and = our .n-
teresss there are properly guarded ar :
afvanced ~ Our diplomatic add coaelI. a-
-erresenfafivcs We ought i1 cfcade
rr f7 two at least have ire Tracfi-1-
0o-trol q that advancing market F0-
-s remarked. Chira is grouing iu ciFii
-atton and IN Jess than fh'rty Te1TE 20
i-rreased he- Imports frou 7e(fe.so5 ta-.a
10 115 CO. ~ taais
We ouzh; -lgi.t here Fl the South rnaa
r.<ectura The greater hrlk - the eotf7-
Goods sent te Chlrs from this calrtf
a-t cur southern rspFes st4-af.se - sar
tr-sr thsf- eEes ~ The reSgftefto--s ft
fFeen our eoveT7-r0t sra tsa' - fe
refesfisIs sn cT8er that oa- afaF
~sv have Sull rfsv ir f1tv-s cornr rc1
se-I@ h<tv-ee1 ske two-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-11
SAILED FOR NEW YORK.

Herman Wouters citizen of Jersey City, has just re-
turned home from visit to Germany his native country
He had gone his parents at Kempen and hearing
that be arrested the charge of shkng mill
tary duty he hurredy said goodbye mounted his motor
cycle started the Holland boundary line And not
minute too soon for mounted German policeman was
chase of him. Wouters gasoline began to give out
just managed to the line where the German
halted The fugitive lost time in reaching
Antwerp where the first steamer for New York.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-11
Daily - gayle
M M MURDOCH, Editor
The EXTRA SESSION ON.

1t is the consensus newspaper opinion tnat the pres
ent or called of congress will do little more tnan
pass upon the commercial treaty with Cuba Nothing OF
Importance otherwise expected even by the members
although several important bills introduced at the
first sitting among them statehood bills for Oklahoma
and New Mevico. statehood bill, introduced by
Texas congressman looks to the amalgamation Of the
Indian Territory and Oklahoma in single state Pro0a-
bly, however propositions will be discussed IN
way dragged in by such are loaded with
schemes while considering kindred themes The annual
session which begins month, will, however, find the
tariff and currency and canal questions in full sway
However important serious measures aside from
the Cuban treaty may be looked for till after the holiday
recess.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-11
LACK OF DEMOCRATIC HARMONY.

From his ruins amid growing darkness. Mr. Bryan
hows mournfully and long Howls that M Cleveland is
bunco steerer." Mr. Bryans Democratic enemies Choir
tie in their joy His Democratic friends he is losing
idly And the Republicans unless thay have disnter-
wish defeat Mr. Roosevelt enjoy the Bryan per-
formances wonderfully How sweet it is to brethren
in unity 1t disagrees with Mr. Bryan with any
body himself Mr. German and other cool Democratic
wait patiently By the time the Democratic nation
convention assemblies they expect TO play the train
while conservative Mr. Bryan plays the GOO"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-11

When the child plays it is literally organizing its
brain and one should recognize the boy
girl engaged III vigorous joyous play is carrying out an
important part of the actual work of education and prep
life. Dr. Hutchinson claims therefore, that
play should be organized and that every dollar
on a school building half much should be spent the
playground
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-11

French physican-Dr Marechal-advocates the
passing of law making the wearing of corset by
woman under thirty ofense punishable by three
months imprisonment if she is of and fine Of $40
$500 imposed parents guardians if she is
under age
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-11

Morris Williams, who has just been elected president
of the Pennsylvania Coal company big salary started
in as poor breaker boy" He commands upwards Of
10000 miners. Had he been member of a breakers
union" could ever possibly attained his present
position?
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-11

Jerome the hod-over reform district attorney, who
has made such a successful New York rotenness
said the day after Tammanys triumph If they think
they going have open town they have made the
damnedest biggest mistake of their lives"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-11

Manchuria Saonca, Sofia, Mukden, and even Canada
all in the shade while little Panama occupies the
stage Cuban reciprocity is back number and the win
supply Of fails focus the worlds eyes from
the sthmus.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-11

The Topeka papers kicking because of the extra
of legislative employees last winter. AS the To
boarding houses and joints presumably got the most
in.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-11

The Republican majority in Pennsylvania last week
fcots up only 2S7471 What's the objection 10 coonzing
couple of hundred thousand CT this brutal majority in
the Bronx?
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-11

Henry Clews, who claims to have clew the Wall
situation, that the stocks which failed
to digest derentating which he esteenns be an
encouraging difference Great thing be fnancier.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-11

Milwaukee Kansas City and Louisville the leading
candidates for the national Prohibition convention
Fitness necessity and deserving the demands of these
towns respectively which nobody Will denying.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-11

The Kansas delegation to the lower house Of congress
seems to be centrally advantageousy located fer
CATCHING the SPEAKERS eve and setns up rough honse
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-11

a by a beer wagon in Topeka the
other day and nearly killed and thus beer continues to
get deadly work the denzens OF our prohibition
neighbOr.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-11

The Kansas delegation going get together today
Try help Roosevelt out Of the district iudgeshp
nsudde \ multiplicity Of candidates has choked the
chute
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-11

1t is a race between the railway engineers and
the drivers OF automobiles IS 10 which get in the
greater number Of collisions and smash-Eps
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-11

John ". Breidenthal the late Kansas Pop boss CT
1romineut foe Of capital has just oPene0 bank
Pzola
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-11

Several New York papers are willing 10 talk abou
Thanksgiving and Christmas now
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-11

It would probably be difficult to men
ton a more provident animal than the
common chipmunk which for months now
has been carrying into his long, winding.
underground tunnel a store Of nuts. grains
and seeds of different kinds. which would
probably last him for two winters il there
should be a famine next year
The red and the gray squirrels. too,
have been busy collecting nuts for sew
eraI weeks past and many are the piles
of shellbarks and butternuts hidden away
in hollow trees. old woOdchuck burrows.
and under PROSTATE logs in the woods.
But these creatures are not nearly so
dependent on their winter stores as the
chipmunk is. for red and gray squirrels
are abroad moro or less all winter. while
the little hackhee sticks to his den from
fall until spring.
The woodchucll works or a different
plan lie stuffs himself all spring, sum
mer and autumn. and becomes SO fat
that he needs no food al all in the winter.
So he digs a long. deep burrow, which
usually winds about among rocks and
tree roots and near the end Of il he
makes q snug nest OF leaves or grass.
Then he plugs the entrance with soil and
leaves. 10 keep out cold air and goes 10
sleep 10 awaken in February or March.
with thin body and a ravenous appe-
tite.
The nying squirrels. too, sleep away
the winter but their slumber is less
sound thin that Of the wOodchuck. They
do not wake up to eat. so far as ] know.
but IT, on warm day in winter, one
taps gently on the follow tree where they
have their nest. they Will come out IN
one. two. three order, and sail away
through the woods
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-11

Dowe got real mad when the New Workers called lin
~Pudgy Lie
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-11

We can however. get some idea of the
beavers natural preparation FOR winter
by watching the muskrats which have
somewhat similar habits. The muskrat
makes no dam. but chooses for the site
of his winter home pond already IN
existence Here he builds hut or lodge
on the same general plan as the beav-
er's. but much smaller The material
used in its construction is usually that
which IS easiest To obtain-sticks. leaves.
moss. grass and the stems OF bulrushes'
being among the materials | have seen
used by this animal. As far as l know.
muskrats lay up no food for the winter.
but depend entirely upon what they can
pick up from day TO day. Like the
! beavers. they are partial to the roots OF
aquatic plants, and fragments of these
are often seen beneath the ice. where
they have fioated from the spot where
some rat has ben at work. Muskrats also
go out into tn fields through holes in the
ice TO eat any winter apples they may
find under the trees; or to CLEAN corn
or other grain which may have been left
by the farmers. They occupy their we'll
built houses chiefly in the daytime.
The Little Chief Hare or Plea Of the
West is another OF our provident wild
creatures This little fellow is appar-
emily related 10 the rabbits on one side
and TO the rats On the other. Pleas live
on the slopes of the mountains where
in holes and crevaces among the rocks
and boulders they find safe retreats.
They are most industrious, and spend
much time in gathering mountain plants,
which they pile into ''haystacks' for their
use in the winter.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-11

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The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-11

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The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-11
WILD ANIMALS IN WINTER.

Ernest Harold Baynes, in the New York
Evening Post, describes wild animals IN
winter and how they prepare for the
coming OF cold weather, as follows:
The month has come when those OF
earths creatures which know not the US
OF fire must make their preparations for
winter if they would survive its hard
ships. They are confronted with problems
which, If they are not already solved.
must be attended TO ar once In most
cases their problems are those Of food
ana shelter sometimes one. sometimes
both. OF course. the question of pro-
lection also comes up. and although this
is always before them in some cases at
least. IL requires a special answer in win
ter. For this reason the fur of the
Canadian here. the erInine and some othsr
mammals. and the pluHage Of the white
tailed ptarTniSan, change from the brown
color OF summer TO pure white. making
them practically Invisible in the snow.
Then in order that they may travel more
easily over snow-covereda ground. the
feet of many animals are subject 10
peculiar modification at this season.
As we all know, horny fringes grow
upon the toes of grouse. the hoofs of
certain deer become broader. and the feet
of rabbits become wide. hairy pads. But
Z
change of color or growth peculiar to the
season, are attained without any effort
on the part of the creatures themselves.
In order TO obtain food and shelter for
the winter however. some animals are
obliged TO make active preparation.
Perhaps the best-known example OF
such preparations is that of the beavers
which first make a pond of damminS a
stream with trees. brush. stones and
mud. and then, in the pond thus made
erect stanch huts whose roofs are we'll
q above the water and whose doorways are
well below it. Here they spend the Win
ter, swimming out under the ice in search
of quatic roots, or the bark of trees and
bushes growing near the water or, when
other food fails them. eating the bark cf
sapiings carried TO the bottom or the
pond and stored away near their huts IN
the autumn. Unfortunately, few OF Us
ever get a chance to see either OF these
animals or their works, for not only have
the beavers been almost eXterminated
but those which still survive often spend
their winters in holes in the banks OF
streams. afraid to make a dam or rear a
hut lest it be the signal for mas
sacre.
Gilpin observer., 1903-12-31

en-. They had seen how small thing
Is life, how easily and swiftly to be
ended.
In front of the trenches were other
regiments. out ahead in the woods, un-
seen. somewhere toward that place
whence came the steadiest jarring of
artillery and the loudest rattling of the
lesser arms. 1t was very hard to lie
and listen, to imagine, to suspect, to
dread. For hours the game went on,
the reserves at the trenches hearing
now distinctly and now family the
tumult of the lines. now receding, now
coming on.
These young men, who but lately
had said goodbye to the women of
their kin, began to learn what war
might mean. 1t had been heretofore
distant. unmeasured. undreaded
thing, conquerable. not to be feared. 1t
seemed so sweet and fit to go forth,
even though 1t had been hard to say
goodbye.
Now there began to appear in the
woods before the trenches the figures
of men. at first scattered, then becom.
ing steadily more numerous. There
came men bearing other men whose
arms Topped loosely. Some men walked
with hand gripped tightly to an arm;
others hobbled painfully. Two men
sometimes supported third. whose
head. heavy and a-droop. would now
and then be kept erect with difioulty,
the eyes staring with CHASTITY, sheep
ish gaze. the face In a look of horri-
al L..
parings of thej defeated line in front.
dropped back through the woods. drop
ped back upon the young reserves. who
lay there In the line. Some Of them
could go no farther, but fell there and
lay lsilent. Others passed back into
the fields where droned the protesting
bees. or where here and there a wide
tree offered sholter. Suddenly all the
summer air was filed with anguish
and horror. Was this, then. the War?
And now there appeared yet other
figures among the trees. q struggling.
broken line, which fell back, halted,
stood and fired always calmly. coolly,
Mt some unseen thing In front of them.
But this line resolved itself into in
dividuals, who came back to the edge
OF the wood. methodically picking their
way through the abattis, climbing the
Intervening fences. and finally clamb-
ering into the earthworks to take their
places for the Anal stand. They spoke
with grinning respect Of that which
was out there ahead, coming on. They
threw on their coats and frightened
their belts. making themselves COM
fortable for what time there yet re-
mained.
At last there came . continued.
Gilpin observer., 1903-12-31

hoarse, deep, cheering, a roaring wavH
of menace made up Of 1itrlo sounds.
An officer sprang up to the top Of the
breastworks and waved his sword.
shouting out something which no ono
heard or cared to hear. The line in
the trenches, boys and veterans, re-
serves and remnants of the columns CT
defense, rose and poured volley after
volley. as they could, into the thick
and concealihg woods that lay before
them. None the less, there appeared
soon a long. dusty, faded line, trot-
ting, running, walking, falling. stumb-
ling, but coming on. 1t swept like a
long serpent parallel to the works,
writhing, smitten but surviving. 1t
came on through the wood. writhing,
tearing at the cruel abattis laid to en-
trap 1t. 1t wrfrhed, roared, but it
broke through. 1t swept over the rail
fences that lay between the lines and
the abattis, and still came on! This
was not war, but Fate!
There came cloud of smoke, hiding
the face of the intrenchment Then
the boys Of Louisburg saw bursting
through this suffocating curtain few
faces, many faces, long rows of faces,
some pale, some red, some laughing.
some Mortified, some shouting, some
swearing-a long row of faces that
swept through the smoke, following a
line Of steel-a line of steel that flick
cred, waved and dipped
Gilpin observer., 1903-12-31
No Time for Kindness.

Don't you think the modern woman
is in danger of getting SO busy she
has no time to be kind?" asked a
sweet old laIy the other day. I'VE
hear so much about making every
minute count and always having some
work or course of study for spare
hours and systematizing our activities
that there Is no room left for way
side kindnesses. We get so tremen-
dously absorbed in our own affairs. SO
self-csntered. so intent on not missing
anything that is going on, that we
pass by thousand little gracious acts
that, II we had been living fifty years
back. instead of now, we should have
thought OF. 1t isn't only the lame.
the halt and the blind that need our
love. There are hundreds who never
fall by the way or ask publicly for the
cup OF cold water. who yet are perish
ing. for lack of 1t. think the old
fashioned woman had the advantage
over the so-called new woman In
quickness Of sympathy and respons.
iveness. New York Tribune.