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The daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1884, 1884-06-05
ALlTTLE STEEP.

The following "family notice is a
little steep, but, coming as it does
from an editor who has stood for
twenty-six years or more away at the
head of journalism in the west, away
ut the head of the procession as an
exponent. of all the best thoughts and
principles of his times, why, of course
it is exceedingly fattering:
The Wichita Daily EAGLE of M. Nj.
and R. =. Murdoch follows closely in
the line lately marked out by their
brother T. B. Murdock's FL Dorado
Republicau. The new daily is an
eight-column paper and peerless. The
brothers are all practical printers,
good editors, managers and poii'l-
clans. Two of them, 'Marsh and
"Bent.''. have served an aggregate OF
about sixteen years in the State SEN
ate, and would honor any office in the
State. AS editors they are judicious
and progressive. Their papers have
been on the right side of almost every
public question since Kansas became
a State. Judge Adams. ut Topeka.
must show these journals TO persons
who visit the historical rooms to learn
whether civilization has an abiding
place in Kansas.-Hidrath0 WOyid
The daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1884, 1884-06-05
REPUBLICANS.

The memory of the bloody shirt is
fading and the blue and the gray diff
fer no longer i'm their conceptions OF
what constitutes great Republic, save
in some unimportant details. Party ties
probably never bound SO loosely as now.
In the absence of the nomination Of
Sherman. Sheridan or Grant the pres
tige of former glories and victories will
count but little. The nominee of the
republican party, therefore, at Chica-
90, should be representative Of the
best achievements of the republican
party, and the convention should
strive more than ever TO be the party
of the people, for upon the choice OF
the man and the stamp of the plat
form will depend the future of repub-
licanism, for at least the present gen.
Grafton. The eyes of the world are
turned on that body of men gathered
in that hall in Chicago tonight, and
who, as we write, ale deciding the
fate of the party for veal or woe.
Nav they decide intelligently.
The daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1884, 1884-06-05
THAT SUPERSTITION.

Senator Ingalls,, of Kansas, remark
ed the other day that Sam Tilden was
on.v superstition ard Robert Lin
coin mere Renaissance. The Brook
Ign Eagle says that "on the holy Sab
bath day Samuel j. Tildcn visited
Greystone Park, where he found ma
ture decked in bridal robes, the birds
singing sweet songs, the air fragrant
with thousand delightful Odors, and
there he held council with his Egeria,
and debated long whether or not he
should bid adieu to all these enchant-
ments and embark ON the stormy en-
tcrprisc 'of saving his party and his
country And the decision he arriv-
ed at-has not been given to the out
side world"
The daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1884, 1884-06-05
A COLOREO MANS SPEECH.

John II. Lynch, the colorcd man who
was chosen as temporary chairman of
the National republican convention,
made the following handsome speech
on accepting the unlocked for and IN
expected honor:
GENTLEMEN OF THECONvENTION =
| feel that ought not to say that ]
thank YOU for the distinguished honor
that YOU have conferred upon me, for
do not. Nevertheless, from the stand
point that no patriot should fail TO re-
spond to his country's call, and that no
loval member of his party should
fail TO comply with the demand
of his party, | yield with reluctance
TO your decision, and also to the
duties which you have assigned me.
Every member of this convention who
approached me on this subject within
the last few hours knows that the pO-
sition was neither expected nor dcsir
ed by me. If, therefore, there is any
such thing as man having honors
thrust upon him, you have an eXem
pliticatiOn of it in this instance.
Laughter and applause.T | came to
this convention not for the purpose Of
securing the defeat of any man, or
the success of any man, but for the
purpose of contributing to the extent
of my vote and my influence TO make
republican success in November next
AN assured fact. TCheers.l hope and
believe that the assembled wisdom of
the republican party of this nation,
through its chosen representatives,
i'm this hall, will SO shape its
platform and present such can-
didates before the American
people as will make..that victory be-
vond shadow of doubt. So far as
the candidates for the presidential
nomination are concerned, do not
wish any gentleman to feel that my
election by YOUR votes is an indication
of anything relative TO the preference
of any candidate over another. i am
prepared. and hope that every men,
Der of this convention is prepared, to
return to his home with an unmistak
able determination to give to the cam
didates of this convention royal and
hearty support. whoever they may be.
TCheers.l | am satisfied i'll my own
tudt We ~ oNhOhS WV ~
pie of this country our action will be
ratified, because the great heart of
the American people will never con-
sent to have political party gain the
ascendancy i'm this government whose
chief reliance is on fraudulent
ballot and on violence at the
polls. [Applause. am satisfied
that the people of this country
are too loyal ever to allow man TO be
inaugurated as president of the United
States whose title TO the position is
brought forth in fraud. | am salts
fed that the American people will rati-
fy our action, because they will never
consent to have q revenue system for
the government other than that one.
that will not only raise the necessary
revenue for its support. but will also
be sufficient to protect every Ameri-
can bitizen in his business. Cheers.
Gentlemen. not for myself, but per-
haps in obediance to custom, L thank
YOU for the honor YOU have conferred
upon me.
The daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1884, 1884-06-05
TRUE TO HIMSELF.

Young Ferdinand Ward, the pyro-
technical New York financier, left the
Jail in charge Of an officer the other
day long enough to call on General
Grant. Grant refused 10 see him.
General Mcdonald, one of the big
whisky crooks during the whisky war,
had been an old friend of Grant, and
had the impudence to call ON him
while awaiting trial. General Grant
sent his card back, rs he did Wards.
Grant has been unfortunate in the
choice of some Of his friends, but he
has the good sense to cut loose from
Them when he finds them ont.
The daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1884, 1884-06-05
A PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN.

There is a large manufacturer in
Columbus, Ohio, who is practical
Christian in his methods. Sunday
baseball playing has become one of
the great evils of that city, and efforts
are being made to break it up. Calling
the 900 men employed in his factories
together. he announced to them that
the factory would shut down at p.
m. every Saturday without reduction
of wages, if each workman would re-
fuse to attend baseball games on sun
day. They received the proposition
with cheers. II employers generally
would give their employees thoughtful
attention, they might wisely work
great reforms. No employer loses by
studying the best interests of his en-
Moves
The daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1884, 1884-06-05

The strike which has just closed at
Fall River, Mass, lasted for sixteen
weeks, during which the strikers lost
in round numbers $250,00O in wages
which they would have received, had
they remained at work.
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-11-08
The Inventor of LuciGer Matches.


According to German paper, the in
ventor Of luciter catches was political
prisoner who perfected his idea in 1888,
within the walls Of State prison. Kan
merer was native of Ludwigsburg. and
when sentenced to six months imprison-
ment at MOhenaspeg, he was fortunate
enough to attract the notice and gain the
favor of an old officer in charge of the
prison, who finding he was studying
chemistry, allowed him to arrange a
small laboratory in his cell. Kammerer
had been engaged in researches
with a view of improving the de
ftctive sleeping system. according
to which splinters of wood, with sulphur
at the ends, were dipped into chemical
fluid in order to produce fame. If the
fluid was fresh the result was satisfac DRY,
but as it lost its virtue after time, there
was no general disposition to iscOntinue
the old fashioned system Of using flint
and steel. After many failures KAN
merer began to experiment with phos-
phorus, and had almost completed his
term of Imprisonment when he discovered
the right mixture and kindled q match by
rubbing it against the walls Of his cell Ga
coming out Of prison he commenced the
manufacture of matches. Unfortunately.
the absence of patent law prevented his
rights from being secured, and, on Aus
trian and other chemists analy2ing the
composition, limitations speedily made
their appearance. In 1885 the German
States prohibited the use of these matches,
considering them dangerous. When they
were made in England and sent to the
Continent these regulations were with
drawn, but too late to be of any benefit
to the inventor, who died in the mad.
house Of his native town in 1857.
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-11-08
A Humble OF snlckers.

ASt Louis jeweler has invented carriers
with bells on them. In this city we re-
verse matters, and have bellies with gar
tiers on them.-N. o. Item.
A commercial traveller at our elbow
suggests that the Mother Hubbard dress,
like charity, covers multitude of shins.
Texas Siftings.
A Chicago man has married q female
snake charmer. If he comes home drunk
very often she will be mighty handy to
have in the house.-Loweil Citizen.
A French husband was choosing a
wreath of immortelies to put on his second
wife's tomb. The woman in the shop
offered him a wreath with the inscription
Eternal regrets" mo, no." he said,
mot that placed a wreath with that
inscription on the tomb of my first wife,
and the second was real jealous. THE
Gaulois.
An answer to violetscented note :
The best way to trim lamp, Elfrida, is
with Escurial lace, if you care for the
vagaries of fashion. Puck.
1t is estimated that there are 10000
dogs in Washington, counting only those
with four legs.-Montgomery Advertiser
How the zeal of scientists benefits man
kind: An English editor read in Cana
dian paper that train had been thrown
from the track "by a broken frog" "
whereuron he wrote a learned article on
the peculiarities of toads.-Anon.
modern Joshua: The following mi
H.la order was once given: ''The batal-
lion will be reviewed by Major General
Dash at sunset to morrow. The sun will
set at 6:37 P. NJ. BY order of Major
Blank, commanding. Burlington Free
Press,
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-11-08
A. Nd. e. Church Review.

We have received the second ed
ton of this valuable book, and in
perusing its contents fad that it con
tains a number Of we'll written arti-
Giles from the pens of some Of the
best writers in the literary ranks of
the colored people. We have before
spoken in deserving terms Of this
grand departure of the A. NJ K.
church, and we recommend, without
regard to denominational prtjadicc, a
liberal patronage Of the colored pco
pie TO this excellent effort Among
the many excellent articles we take
occasion to mention Right Rev. j.
T. Holly's article on the divine
Plan of Human Redemption as dis.
cussed from an chronological point of
view" Rev. Holly handles the sub
iect like an able divine, which he un-
doubtedly is, and shows scholarship
and theological knowledge. Bishop
Cain sets forth in well written arti-
Gle the "Powers OF the General Con-
ference;" a question which should be
carefully studied by every church
man Prof. Crogman has a poem
entitled ga Friend in Need is a
Friend Indeed" while J. w. Crom-
we'll, Ct the Peoples Advocate, con
tributes an article read before Bethel
Literary, at Washington, Goa our
Colored Churches" 7. T. Fortune,
of the Neao York Globe. has an ex-
celIent poem on Nat Turner; and
Rev. James johnson expresses his
opinion ably on Female Preachers.
"The Episcopacy of Today Is an
article by the editor, DR.. Tanner.
Revs. Rufus and Revoe, George w.
Bryant, Ii. l. johnson, A. B., T. j.
Juniper, D. D., and Prof ]. A. M.
Johns, H. S. Healing, j. P. Samp
son, Parker l. Smith, r. Henri Her
bert, Geo. T. Downing, and Mrs.
NJ. E. Lambert, each contributed well
written articles, which will place this
number pre-eminently among the
finest collection Of literary contribu-
tons ever given to the public.
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-11-08
Strange Properties ola Conductors Hands.

Strange Properties ola Conductors Hands.
'You can always tell when the winter
season has begun" said fat old man in
Sixth-avenue car yesterday to his neigh
Dor, "by watching the car conductors
hands. The hands of the man who just
took my fare were puffy and red AS his
finger touched mine it felt like an icicle !;
he had no wristlets on, and he didn't rub
his hands together. That simply proves
that it is the first chilly day of the season,
but by no means cold day. When a
conductor puts out a hand to collect your
fare and the hand is quite blue, with a
reddish tinge between the fingers, you
may make up your mind that the dead of
winter is pretty close When there is q
pair worsted wristlets, an old kid glove,
with the fore-fnger and the thnmb stick.
ing out of it, on deck, it proves that win
ter is well advanced, and the man has be-
come used to exposure, If l hear the
driver stamping up and down the plat
form when go down town of a morning,
| know there will be snow before night /;
and when the conductors nose is very
red on the tip, bet seven dollars to three
that the winds from the east, and that it
will rain within twelve hours"
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-11-08
Feminine FanCies,

A new English design for plush cape
has the poetic name of Myosotis The
front has a plush lining and the arms and
hands may be slipped into this or passed
out through the sleeves which form part
of the garment.
The fashionable frock for little girls is
called Gretchen" and has a perfectly
plain tight-fitting waist. A square or a
triangle of velvet is let in at the throat,
and the sash may be of velvet. The skirt
has no trimming except tucks.
Fur bands will be extensively used in
trimming the new velveteen costumes.
Silver. pointed black beaver is the most
expensive of these and is the fashionable
substitute for seal.
Corduroy jackets are to be worn, as
we'll as many short cloth ones, trimmed
with astrachan, favOrite trimming also
for cloth dresses.
Fine braidlng is now applied to many
of the cloth and other wooden dresses,
and even to silk. Most of the wooden
dresses are made up in wooden founda
tons.
In bronze cashmere and velvet Co.'S
tune, the skirt is velvet and the double
tunic is cashmere. The pointed bodice is
trimmed with velvet, and has pointed ep.
aulettes and cuffs.
An afternoon costume is of Egyptian
brown bison cloth, with the skirt mounted
in broad box plaits, and bordered with a
velvet band at the lower edge. The cor.
sage has full vest, shirred at the throat,
and terminating under a velvet girdle
below the waist, with panier scarfs pro
ceeding from it.
The cutaway jackets for fall wear re-
semble very closely those worn by gen
tlemen. They ale l-AIe of all kinds OF
fine cloth.
Hats are high l,i,l comets and have
narrow brims. The best are of velvet,
trimmed with white China crepe EN-,
broidered in gold, and metallic braids are
also used.
The short chenille trimmed dolmans,
which were so popularity worn last spring
will be fashionable again this fall for
both young and elderly ladies.
Belts can be worn with all waists.
They are narrow or wide, according TO
taste. Deep belts are not suitable for
women with short waists.
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-11-08
An Island of Pretty Women.

The Channel Islands, and particularly
Jersey, possess much Of interest to the
stranger; but the browning glory of Jer-
sey is the beauty of her women. For q
general comeliness they would readily be
awarded prize in any competition of
feminine grace. Rare creamy complex
ions that would put the bloom on the
peach to blush, figures made graceful
and sinewy by bodily toll, with rather
strongly cut features, eyes like aloes and
lustrous dark hair, the girls met on the
streets of st. Helier's seem to the stran-
ger the personifcation of womanly indie
pendence, beauty and maidenly reserve
The soft white mists that wrap the island
every night from shutdown to sunrise give
them carnation cheeks. The tell that
brings with it the active, healthy body is
due to causes which will enlist on the
side of these women the sympathies of
true manhood. 1t is because of the woe
full dearth of men in Jersey that women
do all the work. Where you meet one
man in these tortuous streets of st.
Helier'S you meet ten women. Out
among the green farms this proportion
of the sexes is even more painfully ap-
parent. The heavy, ungainly carts on
the country roads are, almost with ex-
ception, driven by women, and hand
some women, too. Groups of cherry
checked girls may be seen in wayside or
chards, some picking apples from the
trees, others straining at the rude cider
press S. The little fields, with their lux
uIiant growth of turnips, cabbages and
rutabagas, all are tended by women,
while the blooming flowers in the house
yards show in their rich variety the evil
dence Of women's care and attention.
None but women are to be seen in the
big public market at st. Heller s-women
buying and women selling. What men
you see are either too young or too old
and decrepit, boys who have not started
out in life, or old sea captains who have
come home to end their days, smelling
of salt and full of "reminiscences Of stormy
voyages to Buenos Ayres, to Australia or
through the China seas.
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-11-08
A Texan Norther Described.

An old Texan complied with the re-
quest to describe norther in the follow
ing strain; "I'll tell you what it is, stran-
ger, norther puts in the quickest work
Of anything you ever saw. You see that
lake down there (pointing to beautiful
lake about mile distant, last spring, in
the latter part of March, was fishing in
the afternoon the sun was shining, and
it was as warm almost as the middle of
summer The fish were jumping up all
ever the lake, and they were biting splen
didly. A shade came suddenly over the
lake, and l thought I smelt strange
smell that often precedes norther. |
Immediately turned away from the lake
and looked toward the northwest, and I
saw small dark cloud passing like light
ming, and knew must hurry home. AT
ter looking a short time at the cloud l
turned and looked at the lake, when, to
nv establishment, the lake was frozen
over and many fishes were lying on top
of the ice. The fish had jumped up, and
the lake had frozen over so quick they
could not get back, Stranger, maybe you
think that is stretching things little, but
I'll tell you norther can beat anything
but lightning, and it can hurry that up
nightly"
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-11-08
PRESS COMMENTS.

1t will be long time before three
such consummate asses as Geo. W.
Curtis, Henry Ward Beecher, and
Carl Schurz, will occupy the same
standing in infamy in politics in this
country. They are fearful warning
to trsitors.-LoatiSUille Bulletin.
The Democratic party Is opposed
to black men holding Office; it is OPP
posed to their serving on jury; it is
opposed to their enjoying equal &C.
commodations on public carriers or
in places of public amusement.-N
Y. Globe.
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-11-08
A Queer Place for Wheat.

Last spring queer sprig was seen
growing from the top of Spite at the
outer edge of the wharf of the Staten Is
land ferry, at the foot of Whitehall street.
1t grew larger and stronger, threw out
spears and finally stalk. 1t was then
recognized as thrifty plant of trit5cuDa
Gestiguna, or what is commonly called
summer wheat. How the seed kernel
happened to fall in such place no enc
could tell. Its roots found life and
strength from the decaying heart of the
Spite. All summer It grew until q full
head of the product caused the stalk to
bend before every breeze. Lately the
head ripened and the green material be-
came straw, and the work of nature un-
der such cdd circumstances was COM
plete.
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-11-08

Mr.. G. A. MILLER, of the Eighth
ward, will represent Harrisburg in
the next Legislature, and the people
can rest assured that the much needed
legislation for which the city has suf-
fered, will be rec,ifed. so far as lies
in his power. No person knows
better than Mr.. Miller what these
needs are, and he will be equal to the
task. 1t must be exceedingly crafty
ing to Mr.. Miller and his friends for
the handsome majority by which he
was elected. The Eighth ward takes
especial pride in the honor bestowed
upon this one CT its most worthy re-
representatives.. The colored men
throughout the city supported Mr..
Miller almost to a man, showing
their respect for him as Republican,
possessing all Of those qualities en-
braced in the true principles of the
party. May he make a record which
will entitle him to the further conf
dence of the people; and if there is a
higher plane to which he can be ele-
waited, we are satisfied the united
efforts of the people will not be spared
to elevate him.
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-11-08

Mr.. J. J. RIDGwAY, JR, of Phila-
delphia, was defeated for Controller
by Col. Dechert. Mr.. Ridgway is
the gentleman who told colored
man that colored men aspired too
high when they asked for such posi-
tons as messenger TO the Mayor Of
such a great city as Philadelphia.
We'll, it appears that Dir. Ridgway
aspired too high when he sought the
Controllership of Philadelphia. The
colored men remembered this astute
Republican, and aided strongly in
RELOCATING him to the peaceful retire
ment of his home. Mr.. Ridgwsy
will hereafter, at least, control his
tongue, if be has DO respect for the
men who help to elect, and will GER
tainly aid in defeating all such trashy
Republicans.
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-11-08

EVERY man who voted the Demo
cratic ticket, voted to make the South
more solid, and a solid South means
disfranchisement Of the colored man.
Let the colored men who voted that
ticket think of this, and then compare
themselves with the ignorant slave,
who to curry favor as he thought
with his master, betrayed every action
and word Of his fellow man, the
result of which was the brutal treat
ment of the betrayed and the careful
watching Of the betrayer.
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-11-08
The Worlds Exposition.

The setting apart of a portion Of
this great Worlds Fair to be devoted
to the colored people of America that
they might show their handiwork,
and thereby give the world an oppor-
tuuity to Judge Of the progress which
they have made 10 quarter Of q
century. When first projected it
was looked upou as an excellent idea
by many. 1t has, however, given rise
to much discussion as to the propriety
of the Government, or the manage
ment, setting aside particular space,
or designating particular depart
ment as colored. But since it appears
thst colored commissioners are denied
the facilities to secure a proper and
creditable display, it grows more and
more objec tionable if we are to be
placed at so much disadvantage we
cannot expect to make creditable
showing, and if We cannot do this we
had better leave the whole matter
alone. While we never found any
complaint against the discrimination
of color,d department, We do eom-
plain when we are not TO be allowed
the same advantage TO make our ex.
hibits as creditable as the other parts
Of the fair. |; appears that Senator
Bruce, unlike the other general com
missionels, has no funds placed at bis
command, and must act only as a
medium between the fountain head
and the people. l! We are to have a
distinctiYely colored corner in tbs
exposition we should be afforded
every facility to make it a grand sue
cess, otherwise leave it alone.
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