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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-30
NO MONEY DIFFERENCE.

The Kingman Democrat says that the
EAGLE fairly voices the condition of the
Republican party. Well, that's what
we are here for. But the Democrat will
please allow us to suggest that the
trouble with the bourbon organ of King
man, probably, is, that it fails to catch
Understandings the said voicing of the
EAGLE. There are no desperate straits
nor humiliations. Financially speaking
it won't make one cent S difference to the
EAGLE which national party holds the
reins. Our fight is for principles, for the
future good of this republic, for the
millions yet to be" and while we work
for votes it is for intelligent votes.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-30
a MATCHLEsS ARRAY OF TALENT

One of the most pleasing features of
the Chicago convention, one that has
been matter Of gratifying comment to
every Republican, was the large number
of great ami iliustrious names from
which to choose a leader. The wealth
of craftsmanship. devotion to public
service and to principle, integrity and
high character which is the heritage of
the Republican party, was never better
shown than in the field of candidates
presented at that convention. With
Allison, Alger, Sherman, Harrison,
Hawley, Gresham, Depew. Mckinley
and others less famous, the convention
had before it the best blood. the best
brains and the best talent of the party at
its command. 1t could have chosen any
one of these men and have found in him
leader of heroic stature and an ex-
ponent of the best Republican princi-
pies.
\ party that can furnish such men as
standard bearers is rich in all that makes
parties great and illustrious. As Sena-
tor Harrison modestly remarked at In
dianapolis when notified of his nomina-
ton, it was the question of availability
more than personal qualification and
equipment that decided the choice in his
favor. While all were capable, some
were more available than others. and in
going to Indiana for its candidate the
party recognized the strategic pdsition
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-30
TIE Free wool Emblem
PEllz1slysta Brils-sn

Pki5s1sipsta Dcils-fn-
The bandana has but .one significance
Tor the present; otherwise II Is a chap
and nasty reInlniscense. SnztcbeA from
the head q the southern nanny. IL
reveals luxuriant growth Of free wool.
the raw, natural unc0Tnbed variety. bat
free through 10 effort Of the aged Hoosi.-r
ShO mas robbed the colorsd lady Of her
exclusive title 20 the red hezdcioth Hq.S
the red rag and is psessnt o.nsr have
no Present significance. The coiored
lady OF the south has learned 70 comb
her hair, and. thanks 20 northern inxen-
ton. she IS making desperate efforts TO
straighisn - So far "a ste IS concern
ed, TIE naIsdAE1a viii soca JOIN Mr. Csevs-
iaEad eIya service reform poli.r in the
dark and infinite sbysm Of innocsIous
dsnetnde.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-30

do such brilliant and effective work on
the stump this fall III his party behalf
as viii surprise even his warmest adj
mirers. He has every motive and in
centive 20 put fourth his full powers,
and he is not the man. if we know him,
to let 50 great an opportunity pass un-
improved
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-30

Gen. W. T. Sherman, in his character
istically frank and open manner, but ex-
pressed the feelings and sentiments Of
the friends of all the defeated candi-
dates when he said, in referring to the
nomination at Chicago: ''Of course l
would rather my brother John would
have got it, but | accept the voice of the
party" If all men were as fearless and
honest as General Sherman political
demagogues would have poor show in
this world.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-30

The California delegation in the Chi
cago convention manifested in 4 conspic-
uous manner the most admirable quail
ties of true Republicans. They went to
the convention having a decided choice
of candidates aud with open handed
fairness and true manly courBge stood by
their choice as long as there was the
slightest hope for his success. But with
his defeat they merged their preference
with the majority and the party at large,
and he ct once became their choice. IN
reserved and enthusiastic Nor did their
manifestations Of true Republicanism
sion there. They beam at once to fol-
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-30

The Topeka papers are pluming
themselves over the fact that one w. E.
st. Clair, the aeronaut, is about to take
up his residence in that city. ST. Clair
says that his parents are residents of the
Windy Wonder. Wichita, and that he
too, proposes to become a Kansan. The
truth is that w. f. st. Clair, so-called,
was saised in this city. and W. E. ST.
Clair is not his name, only his aeronaut
nom de plume.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-30

Cawker City, Kansas, has the honor of
sending the first congratulatory telegram
TO General Harrison after the nominal
ton. The Cawker City Times says that
FIVE minutes after the announcement of
Harrison's nomination the following tel
egram was sent him:
CAwKER CITY, Kan. June $50 Gen
erai Ben Harrison, Indiana Headquarters,
Chicago: Congratulations from an old
soldier Of your regiment. whose knapsack
you carried when exhausted from sickness
and fatigue on the Atlanta campaign. j.
7. SNOW, Co. D, 18th Indiana Infantry.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-30

He halls from Indiana nowadays, but
he was born in Ohio. What state that
is. to be sure! And up TO his fathers time
the Harrisons were Virginians-borne
and sucked by the old original Mother
of Presidents herself!
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-30

In view of the fact that few Ameri-
cans have an ancestry more distinguish
ed, General Harrison was most highly
complimented in the admirable nomi-
mating speech made by Governor Porter
in this sentence: No one ever heard
him make first a reference to his ances-
tors. Modest but self confident. his
manner seemed to say, i am an honest
tub standing on its own bottom.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-30

he occupied, and decided that it gave
him strength above the others. But it
was a noble group of candidates, any
one of them worthy and well qualified
for the highest Office in the land and de-
serving of the high honors which the
narty gives to its Worthiest sons.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-30

Wednesday of next week is the glor-
ious Fourth. It is also the one hundred
and twelfth anniversary of the day on
which last century Ben Harrison. of
Virginia. reported the Declaration of In
dependence to the continental congress.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-30
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
Il Doesn't Signify.

F-o-a the Bz.4l5 E1TsfeEs-
The fact that families Of Stanley's
native escort are wearing mourning Is
no more 70 be excepted a. evidence that
Stanley Is dead than the fact that the
Democrats are fourishing q red flag il 70
be accepted a. a signal OF danger Of their
electing q president
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-30

An erstwhile enthusiastic Gresham
man suggests, since the little oratorical
incident in the convention hall at Chica-
go, that the eloquent infdel change the
theme of his favorite lecture ''The Mis-
takes of Moses" to the mistake of Inger-
soil and for the rhythm of eloquence
substitute the plant of grief thereat.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-30

So it is to be Chairman Barnum again.
The Democratic leaders evidently think
they can't get along without Barnum's
mules. So with his mules and the widow
McGinniss' pig, the Democrats will start
in with quite menagerie. But the tin
bucket brigade viii march right by the
whole outfit to vote for Harrison and
protection.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-30

Murdoch. of the Wichita Eagle, has a
very serious attack of poetic, jim jamie
frenz.-Canal City Dispatch.
Genuine afflatus, my dear sir, stimu-
lated with undoubted inspiration and
seasoned with brains.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-30
Blaine II Tie Caunaizn

Hartford CDGrz1t.
Mr. Blaine made a very remarkable
canvass n his own behalf four years ago.
but, II he comes home IN fairly good
health from his European HOLIDAY as
the news from him warrants a belief
that be Will. We shall exu-sc; 10 see hin
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-30

OF all the classical, scholarly, eloquent.
dignifed. statesmanly speeches made at
Chicago that of Governor Porter, of In
diana, in presenting the name of General
Harrison is said by critics to have ex-
celled. But, there is nothing strange
about that; having superior native loren
sic ability the speakers subject was an
inspiration. He couldn't help but de-
liver himself grandlv.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-30

The Republicans in the kingdom of the
Hoosiers are hilarious. 1t is a new seusa-
ton 10 them. Ii is the first time they have
ever had a real live presidential candidates
in the state. But while their JOY is uure-
strained they should remember that while
several are called only one Will be chosen
X. c. Star.
Aye, aye, sir; it is the full conscious
ness and conviction of the truth of the
last sentence quoted that causes the Re-
publicans of the kingdom of the Hoosiers
to be hilarious, and not they only but of
all the realm of rejoicing America. And
his name is Harrison. Make no common
error.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-30

Two weeks more Of wretcbed existence
for that miserable murderous miscreant.
Maxwell. Governor Norehouse will not
interpose executive clemency, and he
will hang july 13.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-30

Absolutely the only thing any Demo
cratic contemporary has Yet found to
allege against General Harrison person
ally is that he Is the grandson of his
grandfather. Asthe campaign advances
perhaps they may vary the proceedings
by reproaching him with being the great
grandson of his great grandfather. Gen
eral Harrison is running on his own
merits, and his party's, not on his an-
cestry; but hereditary ability and patriot
ism are not bad things TO have in a candi-
date, antecedents conspicuously absent
from the head of the Democratic ticket.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-30

All supporters of Cleveland may not
be free traders, but every free trader in
the land is shouting himself hoarse for
Cleveland.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-30

II is claimed that the nomination Of
General Harrison was mainly accom-
plished by the prohibition element in the
convention. The claim has no effect
upon the third party prohibitionists,
however. who proceed coolly and de-
iberately in their opposition to the Re-
publican nominee as though he was the
acknowledged champion of open saloons,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-30

low up their faith by their works and
will not cease their efforts in behalf of
the party until its nominees are elected
and it is restored to the control of the
government.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-30

In answer to a correspondent who
casually inquiries whether Allen G..
Thurman's bandana viii reach around
Cleveland's neck, the New York Sun re-
plies that it depends on the relative size
of the neck and the elasticity of the ban
dana. 1t is by such signs as these that
Mr.. Dana's enlarged sand-craw stands
revealed. He ran an anti-Democratic
paper four years ago for Democrats who
wouldn't buy it, and has since had to
mortgage his home and office But here
he is, Just as the chance comes to rein
state himself, bristling about the stage
and making very wry faces at the Demo-
cratic audience. Either Mr. Dana is
going to turn Republican, or like the
Bowery hero, described by the gallery
god. he means to walk down 10 do foot
lights, fire two boss pistols in de air and
die like a sun-of-a-gun.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-30

An eastern newspaper prints what
purports to be the true figures of the ex-
penditure made by parties in presiden-
tial elections. 1t says that Samuel J..
Tilden's personal output in 1876 was
$3.50, 900: that in 1880 the Republicans
sent to Indiana 81, 900 and the DEM
ocrats S140,000 As to the election of
1884 the figures are approximate, but
serve to show the growing costliness of
American elections. While the extrava-
CANT use of money in political cam
paigns for the purpose of controlling cleo
lions IS to be deprecated, and should be
discouraged by all good people because
of its banefnl, corrupting influence upon
the young men of the country, the use
of more or less money is necessary for
legitimate purposes in every campaign.
1t costs money to print ballots, pay
speakers and other Incidental etceteras.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-30

Armourdale is enjoying a Lake Of water
IL the center Of the ciJ.
, 1888-08-23

A few days ago / desired to call upon
n young friend who is reckoned among
the stvclls of New York. / had forgotten
his address, and turned to the directory.
To my surprise, for he had lived In the
city all his life and was well known
about town, his name did not appear
there. then hunted for the names Of
several mutual friends, from whom / ex-
pected to obtain the desired information,
and, to my increased astonishment, l
found that their names, too, were
omitted. Fortunately / found n copy Of
the Society List" the directory that
pretends to contain the names of the elite
of the city, and in that way l discovered
the object of my search.
1t was while talking to my friend later
on that l loosely referred to his having
been dropped from the list of citizens.
"'Why, my dear fellow" was his re-
ply ''there's nothing accidental about
that. 1t is the result Of design, and 1
congratulate myself ON having been
clever enough to keep clear of those
deucedly persistent fellows that go
around collecting names"
"But what in thunder do you want to
keep your name out of the directory
for2" l cried, completely mystified.
He laughed.
tits getting to be vulgar, old fel, he
said. SIT is considered more aristocratic
nowadays not to have your name sand
wiched in with a lot of ordinary people.
The gentleman of today is a traveller. He
has many residences, and prefers to have
it thought that he is moving about from
n to another. Anyhow It is an estab-
lished fashion and rapidly growing among
the select"
Ny friend, who would be a first class
fellow if he had not been wealthy and a
member of a very fast set, mentioned
many other reasons for the desire of the
dude to be unknown t. the common
herd. Some of them were more sub
stantial than those already quoted. New
York Cor. Globe Democrat,
, 1888-08-23

In dry weather they are inches deep in
dust, and when heavy rain comes on,
they are a deep sea of liquid mud. Until
one has seen the extraordinary way in
which these earth roads convert them
selves into absolute boys, one cannot fully
appreciate how realistic is the story OF
the man who, picking his way along one
Of these mudways, saw u hat apparently
floating ON the surface.
He kicked it with his foot, and was
surprised to hear a gruff voice from I'M
derneath say, Leave my hat alone!''
"Who are you?'
"Who am II Why, Pm the conduc-
tor on the top of an omnibus. -
''Zephyrs."
, 1888-08-23
Something About ..Falry nlngs.n

The fairy rings of England, so ia
nous in folk lore, began at a bit of ma
nure dropped by q COW or by birds. A
mushroom growth 1t was that ate up the
nitrogen of the soil. No one noticed
their beginning, but after awhile would
be seen q circle of grass, and within 1t n
barren spot. The grass of the edge, or
ring, was deeper green and more luxuri-
ant, but inside whatever grew was
stunted. Mushrooms of different sorts
abounded and crowded up to the edge of
the grass. These are terrible eaters of
nitrogen, carbon, phosphorus, potash.
AS they exhaust the soil their mycelium,
or seed, extends outward, and, thus
springing up, exhausts again. But the
decay Of the mycelium, which Is SO rich
in plant food, first fattens and feeds a
ring of grass before ~displacing the same.
A rich ring of dark, stout grass is formed
by the deposition of carbon and phos-
pilates, and then this is crowded back
and out by the craft of the t~oadstools.
All this the folk did not use to know,
but instead they saw 1t to be the work Of
fairies.-Mary E. Spencer in Globe Dem
ocrat,
, 1888-08-23
The Waste OF Fertility.

The city that lives at the expense of
the country owes the land n debt. Pay
mcnt of n just debt both honor and hon
esty exact. This debt is duly set forth
on the annual balance sheet of nature.
If payment is refused the world goes
bankrupt. Liebig, chemist, philosopher,
p~lilanthropist, adduces the past as q
warning to the present. He declares
that ''the cloacae of Rome absorbed the
well being of the Roman farmers" After
the wide Campagna had been wasted
by the sewer of the great city, all of
Italy became its victim. After Italy
she poured Sicily into it, then Sar.
DINA, then Africa. Only Egypt, annu-
ally renewed by the slime of the Nile,
was able measurably to Withstand the
drain. The sewer of Rome swallowed
the fertility of the ancient world. In the
clark ages" the earth as the race Of
man, lay as in fallow. So only could
there be recuperation from the physical
as from the moral exhaustion of her
pernicious rule.
Against Chicago the grim balance al
ready shows in the millions. On the
lowest basis on which computation
can be made Chicago, initiating pagan
Rome in this, wastes annually not less
than two millions in present money
value. Applied judiciously to the soil
the gain in added harvests would be two
fold that. The methods Of saving and
utilizing this vast wealth, with its won
drous possibilities, are well known. The
expense of applying them is but nominal
in comparison with the gain. 1t needs
only that this product Of the city be
placed on the market. Its value shown
by the results of its application would
compel purchasers. II there is profit in
it transported in the bamboo baskets of
China, what gains do we not lose who
can restore this matter to its place at one
hundredth the cost Of that in China7
Instead, with our sewerage system we
poison our people. Every zymotic dis
ease that decimates our children is trace
able to its fetid exhalations. And those
whom we intrust with the care of the
public health a devise nothing better
to protect that than by a garbage Gre
matory" to pour this gold in the ore, too
bulky for the sewer, through flame into
the funereal smoke that hangs over the
crematory like a canopy of mourning
shrouding n starving soil.-Chicago
Times.
, 1888-08-23

Wallace says that some of the Pacific
islanders will never eat hens eggs, CON
sidering them unfit for food; but they
sell them to sailors. The Esquimaux will
not eat vegetables, considering it a
perverted taste that will indulge in such
stuff. The New Guinea natives refuse to
eat bread and biscuits, and abhor sugar.
On the contrary, such tribes enjoys ants,
grasshoppers, monkeys and snakes.
Those Malayans that collect edible birds
nests never can be induced to eat of them.
African tribes that keep most cattle never
taste milk. Salt is where all the world
finds kinship, for no nation or tribe but
Graves it, and needs 1t. On the whole we
shall have to go back to the old Latin saw
for an explanation of such diversities:
There is no accounting for tasteS.n-
Globe Democrat.
, 1888-08-23

Their everlastingly praised politeness
and good looks is q lot Of sentimental
gush. They are not good looking and
their politeness is all on the surface, con-
sisting Of the most profound courtesies
and a stereotyped set of nicely turned
compliments, but genuine politeness they
do not possess. An Italian gallant viii
allow a woman to climb upon a chair for
a book out of reach without the faintest
idea of offering his services, but will look
on admiringly and be oTercharged with
pretty expressions about her grace, or he
will step before her with unfailing ele-
gance to receive attention at a window
where she has been awaiting her turn
Florence Cor. Chicago Times.
, 1888-08-23

Recent investigation made by collect
ing a large number of seed vessels of
various species of weeds, counting the
contained seeds and then averaging the
results, brings the most surprising
figures. The average yield of the sand
bur is $500 seeds; OF the ground cherry,
5000; of the horse nettle, 1900; of the
cocklebur, 1000; while the hull of the
Santa Fe nettle furnishes 0 1000 seeds;
the jimson weed, 100, 900; the f~oxtail,
$4,000; the pungent meadow grass, $780,
600; the tumble weed, $50, 900, and the
common pig weed or goosefoot sprinkes
an average of 200, 900 seeds to the plant
each season. These numbers represent
averages, and are, of course, much ex-
ceeded by individuals of the various
species amed.-Boston Budget.
, 1888-08-23

Some strange things were brought up
from the earth while drilling wells near
Albany, Ga. White pine logs were
brought up from a depth of 700 feet.
Mr.. Merritt, at a depth of twenty-seven
feet, dug through a mass of seven feet
of petrified bones. They were thigh
bones, ribs, finger bones, teeth, and
with these remains of some forgotten
race, immense bones of animals now ex-
tinct. A Mr.. Bowles, in digging out for
n mill foundation, came upon the shore
of an ancient ocean. This sand showed
the ripples from the waves, and was
covered with marine remains, shells,
sharks teeth and bones of deep sea mon
sters. Chicago Herald.
, 1888-08-23

A New York house that formerly en-
ployed 100 drummers has dispensed with
them all, and in their place prints
monthly an illustrated catalogue, which
Is mailed to all customers. A member
of the firm is credited with saying that
it is a more effectual Solicitor than the
body of men it used to Send out, while
the expense is very much less. The in
terror merchants are reported to be
pleased with the innovation. This plan
may work very well in some lines of
trade, and not at all in other. 1t will
be q good while before personal solicita-
ton of business will so out of fashion, If
IL ever does, and the present generation
of travelling men need not expect to ever
wake up of a morning and find their oc-
cupation gone.-Rochester Herald.
, 1888-08-23

Many men and women lose all the
sweetness of life by giving way to a
spirit Of grurnbling and criticism. There
are many thousands surrounded with
good constantly by words and acts ask
ing: SIS life worth living?" 1t is an I'M
profitable spirit to cultivate, and the
grumbler in the marble palace is not so
much . man OF woman as the contented
and happy one in the humblest cottage.
Detroit Free Press.
, 1888-08-23
A Definition of Gruttonx.

"Gluttony, says the Shepherd in Will
sons ''Noctes Ambrosiane," ''may be
defined as an immoral and unintellectua
abandonment of the sowl o. man to his
g~ustative nature. I defy n brute animal
to be n glutton, A swine's no a glut-
ton. Nae creatur but man can be a glut-
ton. All the rest arc prevented by the
definition" Not much fault can be
found with this definition of gluttony,
except in n rather important particular
that the craving for food is not always
prompted by the desire to indulge the
palate, but is caused by what is virtually
q disease New Orleans Picavune,
, 1888-08-23
Our Sweetness of disposition.

The London Times, summing up the
reunion of the blue and the gray at Get
tysburg, says: In the last twenty-five
years the American people must, as q
whole, have learnt the art of training it.
self to an extraordinary sweetness of dis
position, which 1t Is no offenss to say
that individuals of the race spaot in
variably exhibit. If the secret be In
any wise communicable, there are sew
eral quarters of Europe on which Amer
lea would confer an inestimable kindness
by imparting Il. "-Boston Transcript.