The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-12-18

Md be -nre You don [ fpfgef,
The dear little dimpled darii..g

And Christmas and Kris Kringle will be here
one week from to-day The psttering Of the
feet of his flying RENDERS upon the roof will
be heard by thousand quick little ears. II
is mistake not to get all the happiness out
OF this life possible. and we hope that no
readers OF the EAGLE TO whom little ones
look for happiness will neglect the chance to
bring joy TO their hearts. Happy should be
the home, however humble. which finds eve
ry little pillow occupied with its curly head
and no little stocking missing. Yes, Christ
mas is coming, and don't forget the little de
pendent ones who look up to You for every
thing. Every home is kingdom, and poor
in spirit must be the parent who once year
cannot be generous TO the flock Of bright
children whose very rOmp;Dg and laughter is
more to be desired than lands or monies.
Every house where nestles little one has u
treasure above and beyond any wealth that
is protected By vaults and locks. And wheth-
er the dimpled darlings have ever seen Il
Christmas OF not
Hang up the baby's stocking,
And be sure YOU don't forget
er, has been doing great deal Of unnecessa-
ry belyaching of late over Wichita. her rail-
roads and her future. In reading his late lu-
subrious droolings one would conclude that
the old man had witnessed nothing more life
inspiring than funeral Tor year. IL i'm
AGNES everything in sight highly -pcr:umed
corpse and elevates his nose accordingly.
Not satisfied with his own graveyard he must
needs prowl around with his spade in search
II other suspected cemeteries. He don't ap-
pear TO know that the terminus OF the Win
ield branch is at Arkansas City already and
hat the L.. l.. & u. will push on through
Winfield TO the west. But when ii comes to
Nichita's railroad. and Wichita future he
axes on dreadful!y. Now, see here Old man.
sho has commissioned you to stand with one
DOT on the land and the o Their n the sea aud
icciare that with Wichita, time shall be no
more: It's becoming some hal monotonou-.
u you don't like Wichita. take tic less Of
her. should we die. we viii not want for re-
spec able home-mad, mourners wi:huut-cali-
az on Winfield for aH! OF her syeophantic
o 4 stifl,ers. -nu.i!ing seems to be ,he ,osr
iers strong hold. and il might be no bad thing
"a it 10 store up its blub5ers against the sew
raj tan. ral, that are liable to happen in the
Walnut valley within tie mex, year. w;ch-
i contain, her own inspiration. Her birth
gss n vigorous hraioycr-heels tumble into
Ill life, nor doctors her wet-n,irscs hid augh;
do with IT, She has male her own fight.
nd eypcef- 10. mana. her "wn Affairs and
Sgects ta, orcrshaaowed ard outS;ripped
Il woul-5e rivals and expects 20. and If she
.iouil die the howl III wenii .en up from
his valley wciisd make Milling ION and his
Winfield tlnk that The Judgment day had
so!lidci with an earthquake. As she had no
rann's at her borainS, he z II want none
{ lcr funeral.
MIR. J. ". Robbins. formerly editor of the
Wichita Hcra'a. WHO. after disposins OF his
interest in that paper. was engaged by the
Chicago Igter-Oceda to proceed 10 New Mexi-
go and Arizona for the purpose OF giving the
world debate idea Of the resources OF each.
got back to WIGHT. last Monday when he
made us friendly call. Nj. Robbins COM
mission carried him directly over the new
proposed Pacific Railway line along the 18th
parallel. When he had reached point hun
dreds Of miles beyond civilization. but lack
ing still a thousand luiies OF San Francisco
and the Pacific coast. into region Of vas,
mineral resources and of varied interest
about which he wrote several exciting and
valuable letters. he received word from the
great journal with which he was connected
to proceed Immediately TO san Francisco in
time to meet Gen. Grant. He made the trip
in safety and was with the General in all his
travels through the States and Territories Of
the we.t and until he reached Galcna. Reing
the only accredited correspondent with the
party his daily letters and dispatches OF the
old hero's doinys and savings were read BY
hundr .ds Of thousands Of readers Forget
ting how the editor OF the Esrdid used to
abu c the editor OF the EAGLE. we followed
him closely for every day Of that trip. So
satisfactory was his work that the manager
of the Inter 0ceea Immediately offered him a
position upon its regular staff. place he
now holds. His present mission TO Kansas
is II look into the exodus question and 10
tell the many thousand readers of the
Iatsr-otedR what our people are doing for
themselves. Mr.. r. does not believe that
Gen. Grant wants the Presidency again. his
greatest desire seemingly to be for the unity
OF the people and the prosperity Of the
Nation