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Wichita eagle., 1888-03-10
WHAT NEXT?

The house committee on banking and
currency has agreed to bill providing
for the issue of not more than $50, 000, 900
of fractional currency in denominations
of 5, 10, 10 and % cents to meet the de-
mands of those who desire to send small
sums through the mails, or at least that
is the reason given for the bill. Most of
the business men in this country have
not forgotten this sort of money, at that
time called postal money which was
in circulation up to the time of specie re-
sumption by the government. There
was great relief felt all
over the country when the dirty
ragged little ..shin plasters' took
their leave and the bright silver dime
and quarter came to take their place.
Some of these dirty specimens of money
can be seen in some of the stores OF
Wichita today stuck on the inside OF
the glass covering of show cases. 1t Is
put there for the convience of the
average citizen whose memory runs
back some ten or dozen years. The
ordinarily intelligent citizen can eX-
tract a large amount of comfort from
the simple act of stepping up to the
show case and applying about twenty
opprobious epithets to one of these dirty
specimens that in former years dis
graced our monetary system. Now
who is demanding the issuing of this
S30, 200, 900 of "scab'' money? Surely
not the common people or the business
men of the country. We do not re-
member to have ever seen a
person who preferred this sort
of fractional currency to silver.
Then who is doing this and what is it
done for: 1t is demanded by the shy
locks who are eternally trying to increase
the value of stocks and bonds dy increas-
ing the value of money. That is all.
These men have been trying for years 10
deprecate and destroy silver as money
of value. They keep up their squawk-
ing with all the persistency OF a bull
frog on a log, that silver is terribly de-
preciated and the dollar of the daddies is
not worth near one hundred cents. For
all this the people keep right along TAX
ing the silver dollar for one hum
bred cents. All over the country
they walk up 70 bank counters and throw
down so gold pieces and demand in re-
turn ten silver dollars. The silver dollar
goes out and pays a dollar of debt or
taxes or buys dollars worth of any
thing on the market and is taken back
into our hands for one dollar. There is
just this point to be gained if this bill is
allowed to pass it will displace $50, No.
600 of silver by this factional currency
and to that extent depreciate silver and
furnish one more argument for demon
citing it. The bill should never become
q law
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-10
A NEW ILLUMINANT.


Electrical Review.
\ recent report of the exhibition at the
CRYSTAL Palace contains mention OF a
new illuminant, which. according to the
inventor. is to supercede not only the
electric light, but which is so brilliant
and far reaching as to make the arc light
cast shadow when brought into COM
parison. The new agent is called Luci-
gen. and is SO powerful that at dis
lance of 80 PAGES from a Jet which costs
but Sd per hour, ordinary manuscript
may be distinctly read.
The cheapness of the new illunlinant
is accounted for bv the fact that the
crude and waste oils from gas factories
is the source from which it Is manufac-
tured, its costs. on the authority of gas
analyst at Glasgow, being about one
tenth that of common gas.
The light is produced by a mixture OF
compressed air and infinitely divided
PARTICLES of oil. which. together. form a
vapor that. when ignited, gives a steady
and continuous flame of great bright
ness. The flame is controlled by tap
in similar manner 10 gas.
The new il,uminanT, ii Is claimed. can
also be turned TO very practical use in
conjunction with another discovery bv
the same inventor. which is styled the
Progen, an apparatus for the heating of
metals. which will probably be OF great
use To engineers. as il acts with greater
cleanliness. economy and certainty than
would be the cause Were coal used. The
heat can be easily regulated by turning
tap. and can be raised to wilderness in a
few minutes. while it can. if desired. be
kept absolutely steady Tor any required
length of time
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-10

Four business houses We're burned at
Garnett Saturday night. Loss, Sl2. 900:
very little insurance.
The strike of tine iourneymen collar
makers at the factory OF l.. Kiper &
Sons. Atchison, has not yet been adj
juSted.
Margaret \ Bedwell. of Leavenworth
prays 10 be divorced from her husband.
L. NJ. Bedwell. alleging that he caught
her by the throat and said he would
shut her wind off, The average
woman can put up with indignities of
of every kind. can suffer privation and
abuse, but when it comes to a question
of hindering. as Webster would say. the
inalienable right of talking. the time has
come for action, sure and speedy. We
fear that when we get woman suffrage
in this state that there will be more cases
brought for divorce on this ground. If
Kansas women add politics to their
repertoire of subjects TO talk about many
husbands will be- tempted rs was this
Leavenworth man.-Topeka Common
wealth.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-10
BOGUS NEWS REPORTS.

Some of the bogus reports sent from
this city as special dispatches may be
very interesting reading for the readers
of that excellent journal, the Kansas
City Times. and they also show remark
able enterprise on the part of the Times
representative of this city. \ representa-
tive of a great newspaper who could go
down into his imagination and dig out a
blood curdling story like that of the Kel-
" family in No Mans Land. at time
when news is scarce, shows an enterprise
that is commendable The latest enter
prise of this sort is a special sent from
this city to the Times to the effect that
Deputy Marshall Wood had returned
from No Mans Land and reported "a
horrible massacre" in that section. After
the EAGLE had seen Mr.. Wood and learn
ed that there was nothing in the report
and excluded the story from our local
columns. it was highly interesting news
for the EAGLE to receive this same story
III the Associate dispatches from Kansas
City dated Wichita. The EAGLE is will
ing to pay for Associate dispatches, even
when they are in the shape of an adver-
tisement for the Times, but this Wichita
racket is becoming monotonous, call him
off
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-10
BORROWED THUNDER, AGAIN.
To the Editor of the Eagle.

To the Editor of the Eagle.
In the Daily EAGLE of March s, under
the heading Borrowed Thunder" by
Quondum, the idea is advanced that the
expression God reigns and the govern
ment at Washington still lives" was the
evolution of thought of the survival of
tittest and direct sanction of Deity by
season of early training. The same idea
is an exclamation of Frederick |. made
in about A. d. 1850 on hearing of the
death of his son, viz: ''My son is slain,
but Christ still lives, let US on. my
friends
Whether Garfield borrowed the
thought or not, it seems to me that early
training had but little to do with it. He
crystalized the idea in American litera-
ture, and with him it will live forever.
My idea that early training had
nothing to do with it arises from
the fact that great inspirations
come to great scoundrels. Ma
poleon, for example, was not credited
with piety in youth, maturity or exile,
and yet he in one of his bursts of egotsm
exclaimed: Alexander, Caesar, Char
lamange and myself founded empires.
But we rested the creations of our genius
Oh force. Jesus Christ founded his EN-
pire on love- and ut this moment millions
are ready to die for Him.
Was not the old Corsican regretting
that Jesus Christ had more soldiers than
the standing army of France: In other
words: Ne and Christ founded en-
pireS, but His army is bigger than mine. :
Mapoleon's thought, when considered
as an exemplitication of the power of love
4 a !. I
thy of a great pulpit orator, and vet a
fable suggests Napoleon's idea, viz:
The contest between the wind and sun
as to which could soonest cause trav-
eler to cast aside his cloak.
* ANcAN"
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-10
Senator Plumb on senator Vest.

Congressional Record march,.
Mr.. President. | listened to the senator
from Missouri Mr. Vest with a great
deal of pleasure. He spoke from his
heart III that magnificent commentator
which he made npon the bravery of the
confederate army. | know he had not
time or he would have had something TO
say perhaps about the men who fought
so bravely for the other side. Perhaps
he may congratulate himself that he is
not a candidate for the presidency. and,
therefore. he is entitled 10 be something
of free lance.
But when | come to look over the list
| of pensions granted by the pension officer
| last year, | find something which.
| think: may be admitted by that senator.
| find that .S46 claims of citizens of
| Missouri Were passed upon favorably by
the office and that only 35l claims of
citizens of Kansas were thus passed
upon. think, therefore, If there Is any
thing wrong about this matter the cIti-
zens of Missouri. whom the senator rep
resents here. are more culpable than those
whom | represent.
The senator has got his courage up
somewhat OF late. He admits that he
compulsion. or. in other words. | sup
pose he was afraid TO do otherwise: but
the fact is that he voted for bill for the
pensioning of soldiers of the Mexican
war. three-quarters Of whom live south
of the Mason and Dixon line, and under
the law which the senator :helped 10 en-
act there were filed during the last year
almost 20. 900 claims of the survivors of
the Mexican war.
He has commended the military Prov
eSs of the confederates; he has told how
far their spears and their bullets reached,
but they did not reach as far as the spears
and bullets OF the Mexican soldiers did.
There are more veterans of the Mexican
war in proportion TO the number enlisted
upon the pension rolls today than there
are in the union army IN proportion to
the number enlisted in that army. 50
the senator's commentator and prowess
and skill OF the confederate army would
have 70 be increased very much In order
to meet the case of the soldiers OF the
Mexican war.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-10
Blaine tie Parrin.
Brooklyn Eagle. Dem

brooklyn t-a-Ee, De-s4-
No. Dir. Blaine will not be candidate;
denomination VIII not be forced on him;
his name viii not be presented to the
convention. He retIres from contention
TO literature, from the making Of history
To the writing of II. He has ba-n and
he remains great American. whom his
counrrymen should hold in regard be-
cause OF his uncommon abilities. his IN
tuitlve discrimination. his loyalty 10
friendship. his Burning patriotism and
the phenomenal powers of mind and
manners that have made him the idol OF
one party and the respected ana feared
opponent OF the other. certain IN time 10
become the pride oi posG,
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-10

The Baltimore press advocates the
licensing of locomotive engineers by
congress, and argues that this plan
would reduce accidents TO a minimum.
prevent forever and etfectually railroad
strikes, and save the travelling public the
payment of thousands of dollars in
premiums to travellers insurance COM
panies" Whether the press was moved
to policy by the occurrence of the pre-
vailing strike on the 20" railway system
or not it does not matter so far as the
principle involved is concerned. The
licensing OF railroad engineers would be
long stride in the direction Of absolute
control of the railway system of the
country by the government. The licens-
ing of steamboat masters, pilots and
engineers is not analogous. though that
is cited by some as an argument in favor
of the first named proposition. The
sSeam vessel, itself, is as much a private
enterprise as a railroad locomotive. but
while the track, the roadway necessary
for the locomotive is also private prop
. erty, the stream or body of water neces-
sary for the employment of the latter is
public, open to all alike: and being thus
public it is necessary. that private in
terests may be protected, TO place the
restrictions upon all who avail them
selves of the privileges afforded. and in
the nature of the case there is no author
ity to do this but in the general govern
ment. Not so with railroads: those be-
ing private enterprises there is no war
rant for the assumption by the govern
ment OF any such authority. Besides it
would do no good if it did. for it could
not prevent engineers from resignins or
surrenderilg their licenses.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-10
Kirsl.v Ketchiu, On

sfaIs JC3~Ts9l-
The Kinsley boareof trade is discuss
ing Whether they shall take page in a
kansas commercial paper for adj
vertising their city, Why don't they take
a page in their own daily paper the Mer-
curry, and then mail 10. 006 copies to va
rious parts of the union. That Is the best
way TO make a boom. People want TO
see the papers published in town before
they 20 to IL
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-10

Whether anything comes of theproposed
schemes for opening the territory or any
portion of it to settlement, the agitation
of the subject will undoubtedly result
in practical good to southern Kansas.
it will come about in this way: Scores
of live, wide-awake, enterprising people,
from all parts of the country, acting
upon the belief that Oklahoma would be
thrown open by congress or the admins
tration. have come to the southern
border of this state to be in position to
go in with the first tide Many of these
people have been here long enough to
become acquainted with the people and
country. and not few have already
identified themselves with the commune
ties in which they at first sought tenn
porary abode. The consequence is that
even if the country which was their
original objective point should be opened
il will afford little inducements to them
since they have already found what they
set out to look for i. e. a new country
Astounding in opportunities for the bet
terment of their material conditions and
in addition social advantages they could
not hope for in an unsettled country.
Thus Kansas is the beneficiary whatever
may occur.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-10
How We Apples, etc.

hd0sa~
Il is stated that President Cleveland
was treated with the greatest considera-
ton and respect by Editor Tomlinson, of
Topeka. from whom he received a call
last week. No one posses to "A greater
degree than Mr.. Tomlinson. the enviahle
faculty Of putting people entirely at their
ease IN his presence.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-10
Mrs. Cleveland as Candidate.

Hastings taLtLte-J OuTNaI.
Mrs. Cleveland is the only person con-
nected with the present shoddy admins
tration at Washington for whom the en-
tire people have a sincere and profound
respect. Mrs Cleveland could undoubt-
eddy be reelected, but Grover stands no
earthly show
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-10
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
Like a Soldier Bold.

Hastings Gazette-Jourual.
There was no freckles on the voice of
Phil Sheridan when he declined the
honor which the enterprising newspaper
correspondents were endeavoring To
thrust upon him. He renowned fame
without a tremor.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-10

Our enthusiastic contemporary, the
Kingman Democrat, of this week. con-
tains more than column of comments
from the press of that faith in central
and southern Kansas, favoring the hold
ing of the state convention of that party
in Wichita. This shows more wisdom
business common sense-than we had
given the brethren of that faith credit
for possessing. They may tiatter them
selves with the idea of making a scoop.
so to speak, by the movement, but we
will take the chances as to that. Wich-
tia will welcome that meeting with an
eve to business. Come.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-10

The New York Herald says as to the
now public evil called trusts: Look at
it how you viii, trusts mean war against
the best interests of the community. If
we don't abolish them they will abolish
us. It may be long fight and hard
fight, but it is fight worth fighting. A
monopolist is just as much an enemy to
orderly society as an anarchist. The lat,
ter blows us to smithereens by asinge
explosion, the former lays us under a
tribute and compels every man, woman
and child to add to his bank account
We are his slaves and have no rights,
because he wants them all himself.
Down with trust combines and give the
people a fair show"
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-10

The mail service dished out to the peo-
pie Of Kansas hy this administration i
gradually improving IN deficiency every
dAy.-Aauene Reflector.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-10

Now that defeat in the coming contest
is staring the Democratic party grimly
in the face. their leaders are beginning
to hedge against it in the matter Of the
distribution of federal patronage. Under
the present regime the lions share of
public appointments have gone to Dem
ocratic states, but it is now proposed the
proposition being introduced as a bill
in congress by Democratic member) to
apportion the appointments among the
states on a basis of population. This
proposition is in conflict with the civil
service law, but that only makes it the
more desirable to its advocates. 1t is a
square going back on the Democratic
doctrine of ''to the victors belong the
spoils.' There is nothing in it to COM
mend it to Republican support.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-10

Mississippi society appears to be IN a
desperate state, growing out of the pro-
hibition campaign just now at It's height
in that state. No less than four shooting
affrays have occurred within week ana
these are having the effect of intensity
ing the bitterness of feeling between tpe
contending factions To oar mind such
occurrences as these, details OF which
have been given in the dispatches, con-
stitute the strongest argument IN favor
of the principles of prohibition. Remove
a cause and its effects will disappear.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-10
The brief but pertinent comment upo

The brief but pertinent comment upon
the pending tariff measure, as contrasted
with former ones. is from the Atlanta
Constitution: BRO Morrison went IN
for horizontal reduction of the tariff and
failed. Statesman Mills goes in for zig
gag reform. The tariff is not SO full OF
inconsistencies as the free traders.
Wichita eagle., 1888-03-10

In concluding an editorial article on
Government Telegraphs," which APP
pears in this weeks Troy Chief. Sol Mil
Ter makes this unanswerable statement:
There is such thing possible as the
government becoming too ''paternal."
If it is to take possession of all the pay
ing enterprises, it will be necessary to
look out for new sources of public reve-
nue.. 1t may as well undertake to furn-
ish the people with groceries, fuel, and
clothing, run the manufactures, and
take charge of the farming. Then there
would be nobody to tax, for the business
would all be in its own hands, unless it
should tax salaries and wages; for all the
people would be government employees. y
The Wahpeton times., 1888-10-25

"My,young friend." said old Mr..
Surplus to young Mr.. Giddiboy, edo
you not think that you were rash
to ask my daughter to marry you
when you are not able to support
her?" "Well," said the young man,
craftily, perhaps 1 was. l admit
my fault and throw myself on your
generosity, sir" That's right" de-
clared the old gentleman. "You
shall not lose by it, I assure you.
There, sir, is q nickel to pay your
car fare home. No thanks, if you
please. Good day, Mr.. Giddiboy."
"Mother, do you know why they
call then irons you're ironing with
sad irons?'" "No, Johnny, I don't. {"
"Well, l do. It's because they have
to listen to so much talkin' when
you're ironin' with them that it
makes them sad; and doggone i'll
blame 'em either. They ought to
call the table and chairs and every.
thing in the room sad, too, cause
they have to stay in here and listen
to you. I must go out now or I'll
git sad myself."-Kentucky state
Journal
The Wahpeton times., 1888-10-25
Confederate Col

Chicago Times.
1t is a late hour in the lobby of q
hotel. A man comes in, looks around
and bows to few acquaintances.
There is somethingin disappearance,
in his dress, which works the impress
sion that he has seen better days.
An acquain tance says, 'sLet me in
troduce MAJ. Steele"
CDR. Steele, if you please, the man
says in a courtly way. :
DR.. Steele was at the head of the
cavalry that was hurrying Jefferson
Davis away from the pursuing Yam
KEGS when the head of the lost cause
was overtaken. He had charge OF
the confederacy, for although Lees
men were starving the vaults of the
confederacy at Richmond were full OF
gold. You have often heard and
seen the inquiry in print, "What be.
came of the gold that was taken
away from Richmond when Davis left
it?" I am told that Maj. Steele
could answer that if he wanted to.
There is story that he divided it
among the officers whom Davis desig-
mated. Steele's lips are silent on
that subject.
The Wahpeton times., 1888-10-25
A Cowboy Shooting. Match,

One curious shooting scrape that
took place in Medora was worthy of
being chronicled by Bret Harte. It
occurred in the summer of1SS4, 1 be-
lieve, but it may have been the year
following. I did not see the actual
occurrence, but I saw both men inn
mediately afterwards, and I heard
the shooting, which took place in q
saloon on the bank, whileI was SWIM
ming my horse across the river, hold
ing my rife up SO as not to wet it. 1
will not give their full names, as am
not certain what has become of them,
though was told that one had since
been either put in jail or hanged, I
forgot which. One of them was a,
saloon-keeper Familiarity called
Welshy. The other man, Hay, had
been pickering with him forsome time.
One day Hay, who had been defeated
in a wrestling-match by one of my
own boys and was out of temper,
entered the others saloon and became
very abusive. Thequarrel grew more
and more violent, and suddenly
Welshy whipped out his revolver and
blazed away at Hay. Thelatter stag
gered slightly, shook himself, stretched
out his hand, and gave back to his
would-be slayer the ball, saying:
Here, man, here's the bullet" It
had glanced along the breast-bone,
gone into the body, and come out
at the point of the shoulder, when,
being spent, it dropped down the
sleeve into his hand.-The Century.
The Wahpeton times., 1888-10-25
.You're Stabbed, Don't You Know,v

AVu'AC OG&UUCuS OUu't HUI AUUWk>"
Brundage H. Welton, who is one of
the best known insurance men in
Central New York, was standing in
the cigar store of Wilcox Brothers, in
Bainbridge, N. Y, tne other day,
when VIM. Gilbert, a cigarmaker,
walked in and, stepping up to him,
punched him in the side, as was sup
posed with his fist. Welton said:
hurt"
"But you're stabbed, don't you
know" grinned Gilbert, punching
him again. "Look and see," Wei
ton unbuttoned his coat aud the by
ISLANDERS were Mortified to see q great
quantity ofblood. Didn't know, it
eh?"chuckled Gilbert, as he drove his
blade, a long jack-knife, into his VIC
tim a third time. The murderer was
at once secured and taken from the
populace, who would have lynched
him. Welton will die and his wife, who
is in delicate health, can hardly sur
vive the shock. There is no cause for
the murder, and it is generally sup.
posed that Gilbert is crazy.
The Wahpeton times., 1888-10-25

Loo CABINS, lackingele-
gance, were yet comfor-
table homes. Health and
happiness were found in
them. The best of the
simple remedies used are
given to the world in