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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-07-10
All Talk,

Once more certain of the republican lead
ers are talking about making campaign in
the south. They pretend to believe that
Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee are
missionary ground, and they are talking
about sending some of their able orators
down to convince the too solid south that it
is best for all concerned to place in power a
party that has exhausted all its ingenuity in
its efforts to harass, humiliate and degrade
the southern people.
But it is all talk, The republican pro-
gramme has been made up, and it is a pro-
gramme that necesstates loud and fire.
quent shrieks over the old dead issues OF
the war The bloody shirt is to be waved fu-
riously all over the north, and a strenuous
effort will be made to kindle the fires OF sec
tionalism.
A republican campaignin the south would
mar this programme. The moment that u
republican speaker addresses o southern au-
d.ence during the progress Of q national
campaign, that moment the bloody shirt
must be hauled down. The republicans see
and feel this. and for that reason mo- effort
will he made to divide the solid south.
Ar RED OAK, Mimi, last Sunday, Rev. sam
Jones Is reported TO have said. nd rather
have the devil president Of the United States
without whisky than have any man sitting I'm
the white house with whisky flowing through
the country. Why the devil would soon get
tired Of ruling country without whisky in it
and would resign and 80 back to hell again.
Wives, eohae down Oh your husbands and make
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-07-10

twenty-five years without any interruption,
and there seems to be no probability of its
interruption. Therefore we do not hesitate
to say that if the farmers fail to take hold
of this subject with firmness and determine
ton then they will deserve to be the per-
petual victims of such oppression.
THE CONSTITUTION desires it distinctly
understood that it deems it to be the duty Of
the farmers to look after their interests in
political matters The southern farmers
have been imposed upon in every conceiva-
BILE way since the war. They have furnished
the masic for the demagogue and the trick
sters long enough, and it is high time that
some one else should fiddle while they dance.
No class of people in the world would have
submitted as tamely to be robbed of sixty
million dollars rs the southern farmer was
by the iniquitous cotton tax. An insidious
attempt is now on foot to scalp cotton seed
in the same way and by the same process
Millions and millions of dollars are lost year
by year by the southern farmer for lack of
opportunity to procure money at reasona-
BILE rate of interest.
Let any farmer think what he could do if
he could get money OH his land at fair val
uation of six per cent per annum. The
merchant gets it on these terms. SO does
the railroad builder; and any man that can
take thousand dollars of watered stock to
Wall street can borrow money within ten
per cent of its market value, at six per cent.
This is the reason everybody wants to
speculate in stocks and nobody wants to buy
farming lands. This is the reason why
some men are now worth ten, twenty, fifty
and hundred million dollars. This is the
reason why, whenever we start any enter
prise in the south requiring money and the
issue of bonds and stocks We have to run up
to Wall street and pay toll, some ten, some
fifteen, and some fifty per cent.
Cheap money on real estate security
would solve many of the doubtful problems
submitted to the southern farmers. 1t
would enhance the value Of the land, diver
sify industries. develop resources now idle,
and make our farmers happy and prosperous.
Let the Farmers Alliance all over the
land take hold of this question and push it,
and let them refuse to vote for any man for
any office who will not aid them in their
efforts to secure equality with other classes
in this most important matter.
THE REPUBLICAN TlCKET-For president,
a,,;o,,iu II Harrison. for Vica-nracidant
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-07-10

THE REPUBLICAN TlcKET-For president,
Benjamin H. HARRISON. for yice-president,
Levi p. Morton.
Platform-The head of this ticket is the
grandson of his grandfather, and one of his dis
tinguishod ancestors helped execute Charles 1.
of England The tail of this ticket is very
small man. but he has very large barrel.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-07-10
THE CAMPAIGN OF 1888

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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-12
The Shops of Cuba's Capital.

The shops and cafes Of Havana are
surely more bright and interesting than
those of any other city. Among the shops
you will find no great establishments COW
ering a half acre of ground, half a dozen
stories high, and giving one feeling of
despair to enter; but they are all on one
floor, high, cool, pretty, and many ladies
have a habit Of shopping from their car
riages, to which the pleasant clerks or
chivalrous proprietOrs bring for inspection
and purchase any article desired.
In America it Is the endless effort of
merchants to get goods of every possible
description under one roof. Here, the
shops as rule are more characteristic
and individualized. One merchant deals
in silks and trimmings; another only in
velvets and velveteens; another may show
superb lines of linen; another sells cot
tons and prints alone; woolens can be
found only at the merchant in woods; all
manner of laces occupy the attention of
others, and rarely will you find the
general notion store so common with US.
So, too, outside of the textile fabrics these
divisions are vigorously observed. A
photographer is not IAN artist;' bronze
goods do not include pottery; the jeweler
sells jewelry, not watches and clocks;
the woodenware, ironware and basket
ware merchants are not each all the
others, and wine merchants do not sell
soap.-Edgar L. Wakeman's Cuba Letter
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-12
Grace Greenwood,s Democracy.

There are few women who can put a
truth more forcibly or clearly than Grace
Greenwood Being asked a few days
since whether she had found foreign girls
superior to the American girl, the bril-
liant authoress responded: ''Such ques-
tons as that are fired at me, point blank,
almost every day. Think of these ques-
tions-aA of which have been asked of
me: DO you still, after all the mon
archical splendors you have seen, believe
in a republican governments Did not
the grand procession of royalties at the
queens jubilee stagger your democracy?
DO you approve, as you once did, of our
free institutions, and feel proud Of the
privileges we grant to women and the
Difference we pay them" How do you
like America now, after seeing so much OF
Europe and its government
"Such questions are little better than in
suits l might as well be asked plainly
if, after mingling a little in conservative
and aristocratic foreign society, / had
turned snob, after the custom of consulS
and the manner of ministers; or If | was
ready to stultify myself by opposing the
higher education and the political rights
of women. If the best of earthly friends
the one dearest and most revered, wer>
living, / should hardly be surprised to be
questioned by some one: After an &C
quaintance with the English mamma, the
French mere and the Italian madra, what
do you think of your mother?' 1t is
very evident from this forcible reply that
America has at least one among its famous
and brilliant women whose republican
principles foreign travel and associations
have not changed.-William J. Box in
New York Graphic.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-12
Remittances From Postmasters,

Of the 5000 postmasters who make
their settlements with the government
through the St. Louis sub-treasury, quite a
number make their remittances in a novel
way. Some send the money sewed up in
little tobacco bags, some lay it down fiat
on a cloth, put another piece of cloth on
top of it and then stitch all around the
money. Others spread mucilage on piece
of paper, lay the coin fiat on the sticky
surface, and with another piece of paper
on for cover the money is shipped in
that way. l don't know why they are so
particular, unless they imagine the pack
ages TO be insecure. Some send the money
in cigar boxes, and there are several other
sorts of packages that are just as odd.
The nickels, ten cent pieces, ETC., are
separated by some in different packages,
as if they were afraid that the big pieces
might swallow the little ones if they were
put together. Some collect all the pennies
they can get, and we often get So or 81
in pennies from one postmaster. OF
coure the pennies come handy to supply
our local demand for them. Last sum-
mer we were short of pennies, but we
have quite a supply of them now. Oc-
casonally we get mutilated money. We
send back mutilated nickels and dimes,
but it is not worth while to return the
pennies, for they pass.-Assistant Treas
urer in Globe Democrat
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-12
The Way to Fall Down.

"The special providence that seems to
hover over drunken men and children has
something of an explanation, said well
known and eminent medical man to re-
porter, in the fact of the main cause of
the breakage of bones from falls being
from a resistance of the tendons more
often than from the violence of the shock
incident to he-actual fall. A child or an
intoxicated person will rarely endeavor
with any great effort 10 recover their bal
ance when they slip or topple over. Hence
no special resisting force is exercised, and
they sink into a collapsed heap without
serious injury. When an adult in posses
sion Of his sound senses undertakes, with
endless contortions and gyrations, to save
himself from going down, he draws every
muscle and sinew taut, and if the wrench
is too severe the bone breaks. There is
no way of definitely proving it, but it is
asserted. and l believe with some show of
truth, that some, at least, Of the fractures
resulting from falls, especially from a
height, happen before the actual shock
with the substance one falls on occurs.
It's strange, but l guess it is the truth"
philadelphia Call.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-12
A FLOODED Racers Pluck,

A blooded racer possesses one essential
quality that scrub horses seldom have
pluck. You will find many common
horses that possess fine points, so far as
wind, muscle and structure are concerned;
but in race they will nearly always
throw up their tails and give up in disgust
if passed by an adversary, or if they feel
like they can't win. Flora Temple, the
queen of trotters in her day, was an ex-
ception to this rule. She never knew
what ii was to be beaten, and always put
forth her utmost efforts until the driver
commanded her to slacken her speed. A
race horse is like a gamecock in that he
must have nerve to supplement his nat
ural powers. There are blooded animals
that will go their level best until they
drop. 1t is useless to use whip on that
kind of an animal; they are born fighters,
and eXult as much in victory as their
owners. Such racers also have superior
intelligence, and if they are not too high
strung they can be trained in the arts and
tricks of the turf. All blooded animals
do not possess pluck, however, and such
as are lacking in this quality are more fit
for the plow than the track.-"Jockey"
in Globe Democrat.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-12
A Moorish House.

We visited one of the native houses, the
home of our guide. 1t was a simple dwell
ing. The entrance, which was narrow
and paved with tiles, led to little open
court, from which were outlets hung with
portieres leading into rooms. A narrow
stairway, also inlaid with tiles, led up to
rooms above, into one Of which we were
shown. The walls were mostly bare, but
of peerless white, from the many white
washings, which gave q pleasant air of
purity while it reflected the light coming
from the little court which was open to
the sky and made the well room Of the
house. There were no windows for insid-
ers to look out or for outsiders to look in,
but that was perfectly Oriental in charac-
ter. The Moor never allows the slightest
exposure of his domestic affairs. The
very entranceway often turns st a sharp
angle, so that the interior may not be dis
closed, and especially that the female oc-
cupants may not be seen from the outer
door.-G. P. Gates in Boston Transcript.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-12
Unerringly and sIercilesssy,

A newly married couple were advertis-
ing their affection regardless of comment
All those who had worn the matrimonial
harness long enough to be CALLED were
quite out of patience with the happiness
of this hopeful couple, particularly as
there was a disparity in their ages, and
the bride had 1.-THE heft" of the disparity
on her side. She was the older by fifteen
or twenty years, and society resents that
in spite of the fact that il is getting to be
no uncommon thing. The happy couple
kept their window up, much 10 the dis
comiture of the other passengers. At
last lady who sat behind them-only a
woman could have cut so unerringly and
mercilessly into the weak spot of her soul,
leaned over and said with the suayest
smile: MADAM, will you kindly request
your son to close the window? / fear I
am taking cold The window came
down and SO did the spirits of the BRIDE
New York Press.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-12
Books That Have HeIped Me.

An the articles which have been written
about "the books that have helped me-"
tacitly assume that what helps me will help
you, or that Brown, on learning where Jones
got his mental provender, will order home
supply Of the same, and live on it, Nothing
can well be further from the truth Wher-
ever these articles do not crafty harmless
vanity, they are interesting simply as the
literary experience Of one more or less re-
spectacle human being, and nothing more.
Every man who loves books and reads them,
and makss any good use of them, reads in the
line Of his own tastes and temperament and
pursuits. He is not, and for the most part
cannot be. helped by another mans books,
suppoSng books to be anything more than
repertorieS Of facts, Ali must, of course, go
to the same sources of information, or in
other words must consult the same books of
reference, but every man who reads for cul-
ture, or for encouragement, or inspiration, or
power, must choose his own books Books
that lave helped Brown may be interesting
to Jones, because be loves Brown and likes 70
watch the working Of his mind; but they
VIII not necessarily help Jones. In fact, the
time he spent on them might be time utterly
wasted unless there existed the closest SINH
larity in pursuits and in character between
the readerS.-New York Post.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-12
An Amusing Turkish Story.

Many culprit has heen brought to justice
by faltering in his answer to a cleverly
framed question. An amusing story is told
illustrating this, Of the Turkish Nasir-ed-din
Khojah, a kind of typical scamp, like Howle-
glass, Punch and Harlequin, in western coun-
tries. He was stealing turnips from gar
den, and had filed a sack with them, when
up rushed the owner "What are you do
ingl" exclaimed the angry proprietor. "a
violent gale of wind caught me up, whirled
me through the air and deposited me here"
said the unabashed Khojah. "Well, but how
came you to be holding some Of my turnips?"
why said Nasir-ed-din, ''the wind was SO
very violent that it tossed me about, and, to
steady myself, grasped these in my hand"
''Good again. said the owner; ''but tell me
now who filled the sack?' "Ah," replied the
Khojah, 81 was just considering how that
question should be answered when you came
upon me SO rudely and unexpectedly. New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-12
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THE STRENGTH OF CIGARS.
l. Kansas City Dealer Says It II Not
Indicated by the Color.

Indicated by the Color.
''It is surprising" said a prominent
tobacco man the other day, ''the amount
Of transformation that prevails among old
smokers even in reference to the strength
Of cigars as indicated by the color of the
wrapper. These colors run from claro,
the lightese, to oscuro, the darkest, but
the latter is very rare color and Is sell
dom seen nowadays. Now, ninety-nine
smokers out of a hundred fancy that the
strength of the tobacco is regulated by
the color of the cigar, but it is great
mistake. It has little or nothing TO do
with it whatever, but the man who calls
for a claro walks off entirely satisfied that
he is necessarily smoking mild cigar,
whereas he might have bought Maduro
and got milder one.
81 will tell you why. A packer will
have before him on table a large num-
Der of cigars, the wrappers of which will
vary in color from light yellow down to
an almost black shade. The filler, re-
member, in all these is exactly the same.
Well, he will pick out the ightest in the
lot, lay them to one side, pick out the
next lightest and place them to one side,
until nothing but the very darkest are
left. The first lot will be packed away
into boxes stamped Claro. the second in
boxes stamped Colorado and the third in
boxes stamped Maduro. There are, Of
course, intermediate grades, such as Colo
RADIO Claro and Colorado Maduro, but you
see that the Claro box contains just as
strong a cigar as the Maduro. There
may be little difference owing to the
color Of the wrapper, but that is very
slight. The color is determined entirely
by the packer, and the distinction is made
solely because cigars Of a uniform color
look more.attractiye.
Here, for instance, are two boxes of CT
CARS both stamped Colorado. One is the
Maradona. made from the Vuelta Arbajo
district tobacco; the other is the Arletta,
made from the tobacco of Partidas dis
trict These cigars are of about the same
strength, and yet the Arletta is much the
darker. Now, the ordinary smoker would
be almost certain to take the Maradona if
he wanted a mild and the Arletta if he
wanted a strong cigar. The supposed diff
ference in strength as indicated by the
color is purely imaginary. kansas City
Journal "Rustler."
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-12
Protest Against Late Hours.

The young men who dance are probsoly
engaged in their fathers Offices or counting
rooms, and have to be at their desks at least
by 9 o'clock or $50 in the morning. As
it is not fashionable to arrive at ball until
midnight or after, the breaking up time is
seldom before S. A man to be at his Office
by must be up at latest by 8, SO he has less
than three hours sleep, after days work
and nights hard play. To pull himself to-
gether he is apt to indulge in morning
cocktail and a champagne lunch, and the re-
suit is that he is rather poor specimen of
humanity by the time he reaches his forties.
Then be sees the follies of his ways, but it is
too late The fashionable hour for dinner
parties is about the same here as in England
- for ordinary dinner parties, s when they
partake of the nature of banquet All this
is as silly as it is bad for a man, or a woman
either; but it is harder on the men, for they
have to go to work the next day, while a
woman can lie a-bed and rest. If it was not
that athletics have taken such hold in this
country lit is English to be athletic), the re-
suit of these late hours would be even more
marked; but man gets pretty well built up
in the summer and fall, and can stand win
ter campaign better than if he hadn't spent
so much time out Of doors Brunswick" in
Boston Gazette.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-12
Preserving Milk in Bulk.

Professor Long, in The Dublin Farmers
Gazette, says that Mr.. Meyers, OF Chris
tiania. has discovered new method of
preserving milk sufficiently for conveying
it in bulk 10 English markets, and raises
an alarm as to the flooding O. this country
with milk from Holland also. 1t is en-
tirely improbable, however, that any per
fectly non-injurious preseryatiye has been
discovered. all ar present in use being
more OF less harmful Besides, English
farmers have before now delivered milk in
London at an average of eightpence a
gallon all the year round. and would be
able TO do it again If necessary, poorly
remG lucrative as such price is.-Chicago
Times
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-12
Contrast in Business Methods.

Americans commonly have a mistaken
idea as to English business methods. The
typical American, alert, enterprising, full
of snap and so is apt 10 try all things by
his own standard; and that test leads him
to consider the average Englishman slow,
unprogressive and sluggish, satisfied with
prevailing conditions, whatever they may
be, and not to be reused TO any attempt
to change them-not, indeed, perceiving
any reason for changing them. The diff
ference, however. is one of methods and
not of results. The conservatism of the
EngHshman is not unprogressiveness, for
he aims at the same point that the Ameri-
can does, and, to use slang expression,
The gets there just the sameH-indeed, he
gets there in better form, for although
not so rapid, English methods are safer,
quite as sure, and their results more per-
manent than those developed under Amer
lean high pressure Haberdasher.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-12
documents Of Historieal Interest.

The archives OF the government are
kept IN the library Of the department Of
state, and constitute vast collection of
precious documents There are a great
MANY of historical interest. The first
draft of the Declaration of independence
and of the federal constitution are here
preserved. Washington's commission as
commander-in-chief of the American
army. and host of documents pertaining
to the revolution and the early days of
the government are TO be seen. The let
tiers and papers of Washington, Jefferson,
Madison and Monroe and some of the
other presidents are preserved in large
volumes, many of the manuscripts ap-
pearing as clean and distinct as if writ
ten yesterday. Autograph letters from
kings and queens, princes, statesmen and
historical personages who have flourished
during the past 100 years are to be found
in these collections Here are the origi-
nal copies of all the laws enacted by con-
gress, and of all the treaties made by the
United States with foreign nations, from
the first, with France, 171S, and the sec
ond, with England-the treaty OF peace,
bearing the date of Sept. 3, 11S3-down to
those of recent years.
embellished with golden letters, but the
most unique treaty in the collection is one
with Japan, which is contained in costly
lacquered case covered with silk. The
quaint Japanese characters, covering
many pages of fine paper, are clearly and
boldly portrayed The royal signature
appears at the top, and you read from the
bottom. The treaty was brought to
Washington by two officers Of high rank,
who were charged with its safe delivery
on peril of their lives. One day they tri
umphantly marched into the department
of state bearing aloft on bamboo poles
queerly constructed box, in which was
the important document. Glad indeed
were they to have escaped the disastrous
chances of land and sea, and when the
royal agreement finally passed into the
hands of the secretary Of state they ap-
peared greatly relieved, for their heads
were no longer in Washington
Cor. New York Mail and Express.