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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-17

When the Wild West went TO Europe In
1887 old Charley was the star horse
Nearly every body in London got TO know
him. and quite a number OF the royalty
had a ride on his back Among the others
was the Grand Duke Michael, of Russia
cousin to the Grand Duke Alexis He
rode him several times and chased my
herd of buffalo on him lie also rode him in
the stage coach attack and became quite
attached to him. After closing our English
engagement we sailed for home on the
Persian Monarch spent great deal of
my time below decks with Charley On
the morning of May ii. 1883. went down
to see him and gave him some sugar In
less than an hour after my groom told me
that he was sick went down again and
found that he had chill In spite of ali
and at 2 o'clock in the morning of May II
be died.
The death Of human being could not
have excited more real mourning Every
one had some "reminiscences to relate OF
old Charleys sagscity. and many an eye
was moist with tears His burial was ap
pointed for o'clock in the evening !
should have preferred to carry him home
and bury him on the prairie. but this was
impossible. During the day he lay In
state upon the Aeck. decently wrapped In
q canvas shroud and covered with the
Stars and Stripes At the appointed hour
the entire ships company assembled The
band played Aud Lang Syne lights
were burned. and at last. as the faithful
creature glided gently into the water. the
ships cannon doomed last farewell TO
my constant friend and companion of the
last fifteen years.-Bufalo Bill
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-17

A story comes from a well known fashion
able Long Island club of a fellow there who
recently achieved a reputation Of owning
valuable things by constantly proclaiming
the loss Of something OF other which nobody
ever suspected he possessed. Every visit to
the club was marked by written notice
pasted on the wall Of the waiting room OF the
depot on his departure announcing that he
had lost fur overcoat, or a diamond ring,
or a pocketbook with $3.50 in It, and Offering
n generous reward for the return Of the miss
ing article. AS nothing was ever returned,
the multiplicity of his misfortunes finally in
spired suspicion as to the bona fde character
of these losses which he announced, and after
q careful consideration of all the circum-
sances in two or three successive cases, the
members of the organization came to the
conclusion that their fellow member was an
umiable fraud-New York Mail and Ex-
Dress.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-17
MIR. Blaine on the Campaign.

MIR. Blaine concludes his last letter.
from Paris. emphasizing his declinstion
in his Florence letter with tho following
paragraph. which Is full of meaning,
Republican victory. the prospects Of
which grow brighter every day, can be
imperiled only by lack of unity In council
or by acrimonious contest over men The
issue of protection Is Incidentally stronger
andgreater than any msn. for il concerns
the prosperity OF the present and Of gen
erations yet TO come Were 1t possible
for every voter Of tho republic 10 see for
himself the condition and recompense OF
labor in Europe, the party Of free trade
in the United States would not receive
the support of one wage worker between
the two oceans. It may not be directly
in our power as philanthropists 10 elevate
the European laborer. but il will be last
ing stigma upon our craftsmanship II wa
permit the American laborer TO be forced
down TO the European level. And in tho
end the rewards of labor everywhere will
be advanced II we steadily refuse 20 lower
the standard at home.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-17
The Right E.ind Of Talk.

There is nothing discouraging to the
Republican party in MIR Blaine's with
drawal We have other strong patriotic
and able leaders who are capable of lead
ing the party to a great victory this fall
The Press does not believe In wasting its
force by advocating some one candidate to
the exclusion of all others The interests
of the Republican party demand above ali
else harmony Party harmony cannot be
promoted better than by giving the friends
of all the prominent candidates an oppor
tunity to freely discuss the merits and de
merits Of the respective candidates This
The Press has done. 1t has gone further
While believing from the first that Mr.
Blaine was out of the race, it has freely
opened its columns to the views and action
of those who still had a lingering hope
that Mr. Blaine was in the canvass.-New
York Press Comment on MIR. Blaine's Paris
Letter
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-17
A sur-rtttieu. Notion.

Two young ladies. perhaps guilty OF
20 Easters apiece. were Walking Ia lover
broadway the other morning One wore
a three correred htiie pinch q q bOnnet
and PINK and Cg40 striped ulster that
looked dreadful.y Ike bath gown The
other sailed al1rE Ike vel trimmed
yacht with sOl-ewla, heavier tOpsa.l
and close harlci LITTLE jaeksi sud when
she stuffed Der small fsts into iAs pockets
thereof her elbows weTe broken OF Ike
boom and spiun&ke-. and she weai sIcnz
ike the tidy craft that shs WA
But IL came % pass th2. 3 raessonger
boy. without the fear q ChestsrTslt
oefore bis eyes. wanted 20 pass those
young women, ard. as tia stree. ~As
crowded, he gavsss sudden dive and
plunged between thea Tie taller gis,-
she Of tie greater dignity and mere ma
testio striae-gags q TYPICAL feralnias
sGuaws and grabbed her con psaion's sr1n-
Oh what did yoa Let kila 20 betrsea
90 forf declare I've lad nothing bgf
bad lick this day. ard II We arc 70 quar-.
ref And Ehe slmox. groanod a. ala
went OFT Of ear shot Where was her
dignity no--rbers her qz@eniy esisi
SEE Literally shs-nbled along. aisoonso-
lztc--Ssv Tork Evening Sun
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-17
How "Ik Marvel" Works

The literary methods of TX Marvel"
are not very methodical He usually waits
till 1.-The spirit moves. and finds his great
est difficulty in nerving himself to work
He can best write ION order. II the sub
ject be given and the order imperative
enough For a man 10 ask me to write
something for him, be might as well ask
the sky to rain AS valuable thoughts
occur to him he writes them In bis note
books, feeling sure. as his friend irving
used TO say when be sketched a beautiful
tree and laid 1t aside. that It would come
into play some time But many times
he takes pile of note books TO search for
something which he knows Is In them
and before finding. maddened with impa
thence. he pitches the whole bundle into
the fire He has lost much valuable mat
ter this way
he writes very fast. once started His
early manuscripts are written on paper
yellow as parchment and show a good
firm hand and singularly few corrections
he revlses always enough 10 make bis
work satisfactory 70 himself This is
sometimes much work. sometimes little
He seldom varies expression for the sake
of the expression itself. out viii make any
change necessary 10 add force or clear
ness TO the sentiment. He usually writes
in the morning but Of late had much
rather go fishing. planting or hunting
orchids in the woods One day IL is told
OF him that he started out 10 write out
under the trees" He returned severa.
hours later With eight nice trout. He had
cut the line aud dug the bait, bot whep
asked what he did for string burs. into
whole punches of wrinkles and said he
had carried a reel In bis pocket In Gaze
anything should happen J. Boz
in New York Graphic
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-17

II August. 1850, three high officials left
China as an imperial commission 70 exam
Inc into the condition of their countrymer
abroad After years absence they have
reported upon the state Of the Chinese II
Spanish, British and Dutch colonies. IL
the Philippines the Chinese community
complain bitterly Of wrongs at the hand-
Of the Spaniards, and beg for eonsuls
There are about City thousand Chinese
there. prosperous In business, and they
are murdered, burned out and plundered
without redress In Singapore they E1-n.
Der 100. COO. and are the richest sncng the
inhabitants. owning forr -ftths Of the
landed property In NLaoca ard selan-
gore they are vel protected. and severz.
Of them are milHonaires The Chinese In
the Dutch colonies complain Of being oct
rageously treated In Australia they
prayed hard for measures for their prosec
ton There are several millions Of China
Zen al presea. working IN foreign lanes
Boston Transcript
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-17
CrestS for Would Be Aristocrats.

The emblazoning Of crests upon equipages
Is said to be an active industry in Newark
II. j., where one firm makes a speciality Of
the business. 1.-THE selection Of the crests
hccorCing to one writer, ''is left largely to
the Newark concern. So great Is the demand
That one of the partners does nothing but
hunt up coats of arms. He has all the DOCKS
Dn heraldry, and also endeavors to trace
back bis customers ancestry far enough to
find a familytreo and family crest. 1t isn't
an easy job. Half the would be arlstocrats
have no trace Of their great grandfathers,
while in nearly every instance the records
disappear somewhere in the eighteenth CEN
fury. Occasionally a clear case of family
tree is developed, and then the search is easy
and the crest is soon concocted Chicago
Herald
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-17
A Sanitary View of Cremation

"hlle am not member of the crematory
association, still l favor cremation as a very
proper manner of disposing of the dead As
1t is something of al innovation in this
country, there are in consequence only few
as yet who prefer it to the old and time hon.
ored way, but look for many converts to
the new method. After all cremation is not
such terrible thing as some have pictured
1t. 1t simply accomplishes in few hours
what in the natural order would REQUIRE
years The body is bound to become ashes
ana the intense heat of the crematory re-
ouces it in few hours; whereas in the old
way 1T takes long time before the reduction
Is complete. There are many good arpu.
1nents used in support of cremation which in
the course of time viii make it more popular
among the general public Viewed from n
sanitary standpoint there is no doubt that
1t is lar superior to inferment in the usual
way.-Dr. J. r Wildwood in Gloha- De-,
erat
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-17
The Persian schoo1boY,s Studies.

There are four kinds of Persian writing,
called respectively ''Kuranee," ''naestalik. !"
s1shikaeste" and 'shikaeste-naeStalik." Fine
caligTaphy is, you may see from this,
really a science in Persia, and considered SO
there. Of arithmetic the Persian never
learns more than addition and subtraction,
and even in that he is greatly aided by a lit
tie counting apparatus, Of which every ner-
chant, dealer and everybody else much in
need of computing numbers owns at least
one. OF history the Persian boy learns only
something of that of his own country, not
truthfully told, however, but much exagger-
eted In this way the Persian schooboy
gets an idea that his native country is the
biggest and most powerful empire on the
face of the earth, and he will tell nybody so
who asks Dim about it,
Geography is not taught at ell in Persia,
and not understood by anybody there. Thus
It will be seen that an American boy is much
better Oft than Persian boy; even the young
princes there don't have so much fun and so
much care and love shown them as is the
case with the boy Of @ simple American mer-
chant, for instance.-Wof Won Schierbrand
In The Cosmopolitan.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-17
HOW CHEAP CLOTHING Els MADE.
Would Americans Wear Clothing Made
Under such Circumstances?

Under such Circumstances?
One of the things upon which the free
traders felicitate themselves Is that. /!
their theory prevails. clothing viii be
cheaper Clothing is already very cheap.
as any one who compares todays prices
with those which prevailed even q dozen
or fifteen years ago will readily perceive
But the prospect is held out TO us that
one of the blessings which would follow
in the wake of free trade would be still
lower prices 1t is interesting &c KNOW at
what cost this phenomenally cheap
clothing Is 10 be secured Some
light Is thrown On this subject by a
recent Official report gwen TO the house
of lords by the Ear of Dunraven The
, author of this report has been InvestigGt
ing the condition of affairs among the
tailors IN the east end of London Ee finds
that fam days pay for men ranges from
thirty two TO fifty cents, that one trousers
machiniSt IN q very gooc week earned
81 SO while another made from 81 A TO
81 Is woman engaged IN making waist
coats could not earn s. 20 wees though
she worked from clock in the morning
until midnight One woman was found
making knickerbockers for three cents 4
pair and earning 81 20 week The
author of this report remarks that while
there is dignity in ordinary work IN such
work as this there is nothing but degra
dstion and the Earl of Dunraven. In com
municating the facts to the house of lords.
said
He believed that the conditions Of the
lives Of these people were more deploraole
than those OF any body of workingnen IN
any portion of thecivilized or OF the unciv
ilized world-in.nirely worse to bis mind.
than state OF absolute slavery Ii was
not strange that under such circum-
stances. as the report stated. women were
driven on the streets. and that the strong
est men were killed out in the course of
eight or ten years What glorious pro
duet this was of the civilization of our
age-what noble result of the Nineteenth
century with all its science The conse-
quence of free competition. which political
economists told them were so beneficial.
was that men and women had 10 work
eighteen hours day for merely starvation
wages, that women were driven TO life
of dishonor as being less degraded than
the horrible circumstances which attended
a life of honest toll. and that the working
life of a strong man was limited to eight
or ten years.
To cheaper the price Of clothing at such
a prodigious cost seems hardly blessing
after ell.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-17
pfsxin's Automatic Machine crn.

Oneof the results of Gen. Wolseley's alarm
was to give large contract to our country
man, Hiram Maxim, the inventor of an auto
matte machine gun that may fairly be called
Dne of the wonders of this age. In it the re-
roll of the piece when once fired is utilized to
throw out the empty shells, ram home fresh
charges, and at the same time keep a column
IF cool water moving about the barrels to
prevent heating. Left standing upon its
tripod by retreating army, it will keep up
rapid and murderous fire upon tho advanc-
ing pursuers 20 the last second of effective
ness, and, if properly handled, may be made
TO scatter its deadly bullets along the ranks
Of an enemy like a storm of iron hail blow
Ing in misunderstanding American.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-17
A yyorkine-mau on Free Trade.

Now, workingmen, if you want free
trade. commence now to economic on the
European plan Keep meat Of your table
brush up your working clothes for Sun
day crowd your family into one room
Don't read anything but free trade papers
you might learn something useful Tel.
your employers to reduce your wages to
the precise figure paid for such work in
other countries Then you viii be fully
equipped for the change contemplated by
your free trade friends and prepared to
accept the servile place and degraded con
dition in life which it has pleased not al
mighty God. but the trainers of the Mills
tariff bill, to make for you.-James John
son in New York Sun.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-17
Adrioe To The Orar,ro.,,

Nervous people worry most, but they also
work most Well, the question one is in
clined to ask himself when he feels somethiny
wrong with his health is: "Am l over.
working myselff would answer thus: III
you really enjoy working, it cannot injure
You very much; but, on the other hand, if it
Is force work, and you find little pleasure in
It, then it will tell on your constitution. {"
But many people cannot afford rest. Well
but wonders car be done By taking exercise;
by breathing only fresh air night and dsv.
indoors and out; and by careful regulation
OF the dict. In conclusion, let NE entreat of
You, as you value your happiness, not to
neglect first departures from health. The
story OF the reservoir has really q moral for
every one Of us.-CaSsell's Family MAGAZINE
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-17

partisan spirit ana that point MI. Cueve
land cunningly urged But why did he
put the matter into such a shape that it
would be almost impossible to keep par
tisanship out of the discussion of itf Sim
ply because. at the threshold Of his first
year, MIR Cleveland did not care for re
election. or hoped to compass it through
non partisanship; while at the threshold
of 1888 he was eager for re election. and
saw no chance for attaining it except
through forcing tariff reform as a party
issue And SO be took up tariff revision
az political charlatan and not as states
man
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-17
Nh. BLAlNE'S TARIFF VIEWS
The Same Now as I'm Is52-One Of Hi
Old Editorials.

The Same Now in IS52-One Of His
Old Editorials.
The Philadelphia Inquirer contains this
The following article was written for
The Inquirer in 1852 by James q Blaine
who was then superintendent of the
asylum for the blind in this city and an
editorial writer for this paper 1t is one
of series of articles or the tariff which
he wrote during that campaign and is in
teresting now as apropos both to the re
newed tariff discussion and to Mr. Biaine's
prominence in the presidential field It
is as sound tariff doctrine now es it was
thirty six years ago, and is a good argu-
ment for Republican votes in this years
campaign Furthermore, it contains MIR
Biaines present views on the tariff, they
have not changed in thirty six years
OUR CANDIDATE FOR CoNGREss-PRo-
lection TO HOME INDUSTRY
There are five Wing candidates for
congress in the field in the city and
county of Philadelphia viz Messrs
Price, Chandler Sanderson, Lambert and
Hitner All are good men and true, all
are unequivocally attached to the great
national principle of adequate protection
to home industry At this moment there
ore but two of the districts represented
by Wings, viz: the Second and Fourth.
By Messrs Chandler and Moore. and yet
we believe that by proper efforts at least
four of the i've candidates will be elected
The only present member Of the Wings
who is nominated for reelection Is MIR
Chandler The others are new men, but
they are all intelligent, capable. conserv
alive and patriotic. 1t is highly probable
that fba r1patio- NJ tho royIciaD IF ha
tariff of 1916 will come up for dis
cussion and action before the congress
about to be chosen. Philadelphia is
deeply interested In this matter Her
thousands and tens of thousands of opera
tives are vitality concerned 1t Is for
them matter of bread. high wages. com
fort and prosperity In voting for the Wing
candidates they vote for their own friends
In voting for the opposition candidates
they vote for the advocates of free trade
and low wages. The question is plain
and simple; its real character cannot be
disguised. 1t remains, therefore, for the
workingmen of the city and county of
Philadelphia, for the thousands who are
engaged IN the pursuits of manufacture.
to choose between their friends and their
foes We repeat The Wing candidates
for congress are known to be uneQuivocal
candidates of the law providing liberal
protection to American manufactures.
American labor aSld American industry.
and it is therefore that we earnestly urge
aH who are opposed to pauper wages and
to pauper fare to attend the polls to
morrow and to stand by those who are
pledged to stand by them in their best in
tereStS."
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-17
Friction Increased Electrically.

Methods and apparatus have been devised
to increase the tractive power Of locomotives
and other self propelled rail vehicles by in
creasing. electrically, the FRACTIONAL adhesion
between the driving wheels and the rails II
is claimed that the tractive power can thus
be nearly doubled without increasing the
weight Of the locomotive, and that sleet and
snow difficulties viii be overcome. It is also
claimed that the friction thus obtained is
cheaper than sanding, without It's consequent
wear.-Chicaso News
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-17
WHY sowoEN WAS SLAUGHTERED.
Sc Lifts tho Curtain on Pennsyivsria's
Famocs Convention.


Famocs Convention.
While Mr Scott We. expected to bose
the Pennsylvania convention. the ease
with which his Cleveland machine did its
work was the subject of great deal OF
comrne1, at Washington Scott explained
frequently and with evident qualification
that the affair was simply an Endorsement
of Mr. Cleveland and bis po!icy by the IN
hindsred enthusiasm of the Pernsylva-
mans he saw nothing else is 1t. he said.
and naturally was sverss 10 charging any
o. II 10 his awn 'bossism The fact OF
the matter which he did not express was
that Mr. Cleveland mad turned over to
HIM the entire administration patronage,
and that the party had no; principle enough
80 refuse the bait
Mr Sowden was indignant over the re-
suit Mad goes Only q httls way to-
ward expressing bis feelings
Theirs hss been 10 Democratic conven-
ton. he SAID /: was a Scott conven
ton. q millionaire convention All the
Federal olhcehoiders were there II WAS
controlled ey otB5ehoiders and those to
whom pat.onare was promised The peo-
pie were fooled with the promise of pa
tronage which they could never get Mr.
Scott posed as representing the admins
trstion lie Is received at the White
House
Mrs Cleveland cane 10 hear bis tariff
speech In the houSe The people in Penn
ayivania were deceived by al this TO
think that be has unlimited power In the
distribution Of patronage. They al rushed
10 get something n The convention. and
the gag was applied /; was a sorry day
TOR the Demccracv OF Pennsylvania They
viii hear from il in November They
cannot control my action In congress. /
told them SO The convention was the
most outrageous exhibition ever wit
messed in Pennsylvania There was never
anything ike it
lie SAID much more. all going to show
the intensity of MS feelings He said
they told him that he could so to the
Rational convention II he would promise
10 vete for the Mills uiH. This he de-
clined to Go. and they slaughtered him.
Mr Randall. who has had considerable
experience in the ups and downs of politi-
cal life. as usual made no display Of his
feelings, though he had no hesitation In
saying that he did rot like the result.
He thought Mr. Scott had made mistake.
and that the convention had made an
equally bad one in following him. but he
lid not expect them TO fnd it out au AZ
once
Among the members there was little
belief of the genuineness of the platform,
and the whole comment was upon SCOTS
ability TO whip the party so thoroughly
into the support OF what they obviously
did not believe.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-17

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