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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-13
THE EVERLASTING WHINE.

From the Newton Republican.
With all our talk about "hard times I
cannot be sure that there is anything I'M
usual about the times 1t is certainly
very plain that we are fools to keep
whining about it as we do. 1t does not
hely, but only makes the matter worse
if it is bad already.
| began to wonder if had not been a
fool all my life on this hard times"
business. | have always been familiar
with the phrase, have used it great deal
through my life and have enjoyed a great
deal of misery in connection with it. 1t
was as common with us back east as it is
here. We always had "hard times. 8"
When the prices We're good we had
nothing to SELL and when crops were
good we could git nothin foranvthing"
And 50 we always managed to have
hard times and enjoy the misery Of it.
| began To wonder whether there is
really anything in the claim that we are
having extra hard times out here in
Kansas. As | recall the past 1 remem-
her that we have managed by talking
hard times to keep ourselves ALWAYS
under theimpreSSiOn that the times we
were Jus the passing through were the
worst we ever saw, Although. l con-
clude that we are fools in this matter.
We talk hard times anyway. whether
the times are hard; or not. until we
are unable TO enjoy ourselves when we
are happy.
We destroy our credit when we need
TO strengthen it. We groan about our
debts and stay laws only to brighten
away the money which would give relief
to those who really need il. We pr9te
about hard times till every man holds
4 little tighter TO the few dollars he has.
Money Is made more stringent by every
extra whine Everlasting assertion that
times are hard" tends 10 make them 50.
and a cheerful instance that times are
good will reverse the situation.
Is not the hard times" fool the big
geSt fool of al: 4 KANSAS Fool.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-13
WIND DEALERS.

The great gambling incorporation,
known as the Chicago board of trade,
but who are felt by the farmers of the
west to be the swindlers' exhauCe, are
out in a memorial protesting against the
passage Of the Butterworth bill. We ex-
tract the following paragraph from the
memorial, which charges their crime
against the markets of the country to
their own child and banthng the bucket
shops as follows:
Gambling II produce-gambIing pure
and simple. Is carried on in the bucket
shops. This form of gambling Is and has
long been q fruitful source Of agricultu-
raj depression, and a rigorous federal
bucket-shOp law. vigorously enforced,
might 50 far toward the accomplishing
the end that Is sought. The having OF
waCers in these thousands of bucket
shops, on the quotations Of produce. As
they are made in the great uarts Of trade,
creates a powerful concentrated interest
fos the depression of values. The extent
u which this bucket-shop influence i re
sponSlble for the agricultural depression
that Is complained OF l. not, we fear.
fully appreciated. The evil Is of suffi-
Clent importance. IN our opinion. -
merit the attention OF congress. Il has
become national curse. This board
does not apprehend that yoUT honorable
body confounds bUC6et-Shops with ieEiti-
innate exchanges. Such a thought
would be an insult 10 your intelligence.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-13
LITERARY NOTES.

One of the most remarkable narratives
Of recent African exploration is that of
Lieutenant Victor Giraud, just published
at Paris, with upward of 100 superb en-
cravings illustrating his journey to the
lakes of equatorial Africa Lafcadio
Hearn, the author of the popular English
version of Frances Crime of SyIvestre
BOnnard, has selected and translated for
Harper's Weekly a series Of excerpts from
Giraud's work, which serve to convey an
idea Of the young Frenchman's journey,
and Of his singular adventures. The eX-
cerpts are to apprar, together with repro
auctions of some of the most characters
tic illustrations, in a four page supplement
to the number to be published May14
\ number Of young ladies, graduated
from Nassar, Wellesley and other similar
institutions, have recently founded in
New York what is known as "The College
Settlement in Rivington Street." for the
purpose of teaching the people of that
neighbOrhood how to live" Francis J.
Dyer viii describe the humane enterprise
in the number of Harper's Bazaar to be
published May 10.
Count Tolstoi's latest novel, ''The Kreut-
Zer,' which exists in Russia only in manu-
script Gts publication having been forbid
den by the ear and has not yet appeared
in book form in any language, was pub
hshed in English, in Boston, on Saturday,
May 10, by Benjamin r. Tucker. The
novel is the bOldeSt work vet written by
the Russian master. Dealing with the
questions of love and marriage, it urges a
morality that Is more than OuritaOicaI i'm
its severity, while handling the delicate
subject with all the frankness OF the real
istic school In st. Petersburg and Mos
COW manuscript copies pass from hand to
hand and are read aloud in literary circles.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-13
THE NEED OF SHORTER HOURS.

From the Irish World.
Cardinal Manning, in his letter on the
rescript of Emperor William, states the
argument for shorter hours in the clear
| est, the most concise, and the most forci-
/ BILE manner when he writes: Chow can
/ the man who works fifteen or sixteen
hours a day, live the life of a father to
! his children? How can a woman who is
! absent from home all day long do the
/ duties of a mother: Domestic life is i'm
possible; but on the domestic life of the
/ people the whole political order Of
/ human society reposes. If the founda-
/ ton be ruined, what will become of the
| superstructure."
These words Of the English cardinal
mind us that the well being of society Is
/ largely dependent on the well being of
the men and women who produce the
worlds wealth. Worn out by long hours
of labor, with no opportunity OF mental
improvement, the wage worker IN the
course of time becomes mere eating
and sleeping machine. 1t is impos-
tible for such a one TO beStOw
on the education and training of
his family the attention 1t needs. If
society in the coming years suffers from
this neglect it viii only have TO blame
the system that made the father of the
family incapable of doing his duty by
his children.
One of the most encouraging things in
connection with the labor movement of
late Is the attention labor leaders are
paving to the question Of short hours.
In this country, where universal suffrage
prevails. we are especially Interested IN
having wage-workers. who form so large
a proportion of the voters. afforded an
opportunity Of studying public questions
in an intelligent manner. This they can
not do if they are compelled to work
long hours.
1t would be taking an extremely lin
tied, and we may add, erroneous view
Of the movement as affecting only those
engaged in it. As Cardinal Manning in
Inmates, in the noble words we have
quoted. we are all, whether wage-work-
ers or not, interested in having working
men accorded sufficient leisure 10 per
form worthiIy the duties their station in
life imposes on them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-13

included in the statistics for the whole
state.
Kansas has shown wonderful degree
of courage and perseverance In the few
| years of its splendid history, and this
world knows it. Nebraska looks aghast
at its western prairies and lacks the
| courage TO break the soil and plant towns
and forests. No portion of the area of
Kansas has escaped the ambitious enter
prise of our people-to the credit more
of their spunk than their business
sagacity. The result has been losses and
mortgages and starvation, of which the
world has heard enough or too much
| and has been too willing to discredit the
whole state.
But the facts are generally known
The fertility and reliability of the east
ern half of the state need little en-
comium now. So great Is the prOduc-
tiveness of the soil that the heavy
weight of western Kansas Is easily car
ried and even then the average weld in
corn last year was over 40 bushels and
of wheat over % bushels. No other
state can rival Kansas. By the end Of
the century it will be the banner agri-
cultural region of the world. The cul-
tivable area IS constantly enlarging, the
line of demarkation moving continuously
westward. The adaptability of the soil
Of the different sections to special crops
is becoming known by the teachings of
experience.
The people of the east who do not al
ready know Kansas to be what we know
it here, are the victims of that treason
able Democratic lie, the Galloway circu-
lar, declaring the farm mortgage in
de5tedness to be S235. 900 .000-a greater
sum than the farm mortgage indebted
ness of any three states in the union.
The census will completely and for all
time and in every mind refute that de-
spisable SANDER and no doubt cause a
revulsio2 of feeling among the misin-
formed to the advantage of Kansas. We
decidedly approve of the mortgage CEN
sus, and believe it will be a good thing
for the state.
The Capital should have stated the
reason given by us for the fear. 1t was
because large per cent of the mort
cages Will be Cancelled before the census
is published.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-13

George N. Storrs. the son of the late
Emory Storrs, the eminent Chicago law
yer, has been removed TO the New York
state insane asylum at Poughkeepsie.
This IS the climax to a series of sensa-
tions in which young Storr5 has figured
disagreeably for nearly two years. He
first became notorious as the defendant
in q divorce suit brought against him in
New York city by his wife, Alien Storrs.
She charged him with almost every
known offense recognized by the statutes,
including infdelity, assault, non-support,
cruelty, etc. Storrs retaliated with a
cross bill, in which he accused his wife
and her relatives with conspiring to put
him out of the way in order TO get at his
fortune. This fortune consisted of an
estate of about 100000, left him by his
mother, who died recently in Chicago.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-13

In another column viii be seen a short
article from the Irish World comment
ing upon, or rather quoting the substance
of the views OF Cardinal Manning touch
ing the movement now being made hv
the labor organizations of this country
and Europe to secure the adoption Of q
system OF shorter hours as 4 days work.
The points presented by the cardinal are
well taken and would be hard To refute
And it may be stated Is a fact that if the
adoption of the new system of eight
hours would hut have the effect to slim
late the laborer 10 put fourth sufficient
extra effort 10 make good the los of
time-as could be done without the
slightest injuy-but few employers
would object. either 70 the shortened day
Or to continuing the long DAVIS paw.
Some would do this. but many more
would not. hence the opposition. which
Is simply a matter of self defense to the
employer; because. As has been stated.
the shorter hours means - per cent loss
10 him unless compensated for bv extra
diligence on the part Of the employe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-13
Grant and Lee.

Prom fhe Chicago Herald
After q famous fight the brave but de-
feated adherents 81 a coward aud iucom-
petent leader cried 70 the victors. ''Srap
kings and well night the battle over
again.
We're II possible for Grant n change
sides in the civil war, he might vel wish
that the poor people Of Richmond IN
stead Of the rich Of New York were the
beneficiaries of ms valoT- While his r.
mains lie neglected Ga the hanks 81 the
Hudson. the erecjf8u Il a statute - LIE
has furnished thu capital for the Hide
vised Confeeieracy with 81 occasion %
prove the devotion Il her Cltzeus 70 their
leader IN error. The unloading @ the
effigy creates = JOYOUS CONF petition among
the veterans. the sons q veterans aEd
even the women for a chance 10 pull the
ropes that carry the figure from the rsil-
road TRACKS 10 the Dsiistal. Even the
boxes in which il has ts-en Transported
from Italv are IN demand 70 - made
into furniture and pTlz=d zm0u- the
treasures o. Virginia
Ii New York remains A dull a. .he
proved herself ungratetEi. 80. saruoT.3-s-
gus II Grant l. lIke.v IL cr7lmhIe into
dust before a suitable monument l.
placed ovsT It.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-13
TIE MORTGAGE CENSUS
From the Topeka Capital.

From the Topeka Capital.
The Wichita EAGLE fears that this
mortgage census business VIII do Kansas
great injury" We doubt that The
census VIII disclose the facts and lies viii
have 10 be put p0wn, Kansas vii he
shown 70 have A farm mortgage indebt-
edness Of not a cent over 50, 90, zoo and
10 be increasing in wealth by the pro-
ductlon Of farm products at the rate of
100000, 900 and more per annurn- The
profits on the Kansas corn and wheat
crops alone for 1879. as We have shown
10y very careful estimates on official
figures. viii amount 10 nearly one-hah Of
the farm mortgage Indebteiness of the
entire state. and people Il the east SEEK
ny investments viii not need 20 u told
that the western part 4 the state. peo-
pied N considerable degree By s-heTnerS
who took mp land merely for the sake Of
securing loans and then deeampIng, Is
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-13

Prom m" Troy Times.
Reference has been made % the fact
that The beginning of the third wear Il
hlgh license IN PHILADELPHIA shows "a CON
tnued falling Oft IN the numbered drink
ING place. Under the old IDsv license
system there were more than 900 such
places. ln I--- che new iasy cur them
down 70 .>f3, IN I--4 ~ cot. and this
year there arc but ,l13-a falling Of u
500 saloons in three yr1rs. FhiladeI-
phin has population now cstiuate,i az
l.2JJ.gI1. Troy between sJ.pJg and 90
600. Philadelphia has i.I.1 sslrou.-
Troy about SO In other words. TLiIa-
deiphia. with about eighteen times ;ha
population ~ Troy has jess than one
fourth a. many more sli101iz Or. %
put ~ pa SAT- more striking way. Phil
ade.ph.a haa one saloon % every I 0fg
Inhabitants and Troy one o. every
elEis.T-sesen inhabitants. Can auv .sns
faII p seo the zIsuHcance of such sta
tsfics and the proof which they present
of the beneficial effects Il high lsceusey
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-13

A short time ago we noticed a state
ment IN an exchange to the effect that a
farmer in the northeastern part Of the
state had successfully employed an cleo
trio current to superinduce moisture in
the ground and thereby saved twenty
acre field of growing corn from the dis
astrous effects Of drought. And now
comes reports from other sections and
states Of the successful employment of
electricity in other farming operations.
At Durham, n. c., the ravages Of the
tobacco worm have been greatly reduced
since the city has been lighted by cleo
tricity, the insects, it is supposed, hav
ing been killed by the lights. The Phila-
deIphia Record suggests that powerful
electric light in the center OF one eff the
sea islands growing the famous long sta
pie cotton might save all the plantations
surrounding it from the destruction so
frequently wrought by the cotton army
worm,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-13

The Guatemalteco, published at the
capital of the Guatemalan republic, in a
late editorial upon the railroad pros
pected to unite the southern and north
ern portions Of this continent, says: eve
can confidently assert that Central
America is prepared to cooperate in
the gigantic enterprise which is being
projected in the United States, which is
to unite with railroads the northern and
southern parts of this hemisphere. The
line which runs from the Atlantic, and
which extends into the interior of Costa
Rica is very nearly completed. Those
of the Nicarauga and Guatemala will
put the Pacific coast within quick COM
munication with those Of the Central.
Salvador in a short time will conclude
the line to the capital, so that great facili-
ties will be presented to transport ali the
material for the railroad which will run
over Central America, near the Mexican
coast, and to the frontiers of Guate-
mala"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-13

during the last war with the Eighth
Indiana infantry he was appointed a hrst
lieutenant Of the Fourteenth nited States
infantry, was subsequently promoted. and
resigned, Ia take effect February l. I-56.
He served during the ten years immediate
~ following the war ON the frontier of tho
southwest and is familiar with such sur
rounding, a. VIII confront him IN hi- new
duties a. governor of Oklahoma. he was
not candidate for the position. but 80 j.
believed hc viii accept The entire com.
PIGMENT 81 officers for Oklahoma J.. rrcoc-
nized here rs being the most excellent. an
OF the judicial officers being men OF excel
lent character and q high grade ~ ability
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-13

Domenico Cappeletto, a journalist of
Padua, Italy, sent his newspaper an ac-
count Of his own suicide and then shut
himself ina room. lighted 4 charcoal
fire and underwent asphyxiation. In a
foot note he advised the editor to print
100 extra copies, as he thought there
would be an unusual demand for the
paper on account of his death. This
may be Italian journalistic enterprise,
but we doubt it. The Italian typo is a
formidable individual and Signor Capped,
etc, had probably aPologized for him in
the same number of his paper. Asphvx-
iaton was by far an easier method of
diving
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-13
A Dead Give Away.

From the Bluff City Herald.
The Wichita girls have found new
way of getting around the prohibitory
law. 1t Is done by taking an alcohol foot
bath, which Is said to produce an exhil-
Grating effect and even intOxication if
INDUCED in long enough. One who has
tried it says the sensation makes YOU
think YOU are going to heaven" This
reminds US Of the fellow who told the
preacher that if he went behind that
mule he would get the devil kicked out
of him, and the minister. thinking IL a
pretty good kind of a mule, offered to
buy 1t to use IN his evangelical work.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-13

4 correspondent at Newark. y. J..
writes making inquiry concerning a ma
chine said TO have been invented and
patented by an Illinoian for harvesting
grain and binding il with the straw of
the grain, mention of which was
made in these columns several months
ago. Ii was announced that the Illinois
State Grange had offered the patentee a
liberal price for his invention. but since
that time the matter has been lost sight
of and we have no means of ascertain
ing what became of il.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-13

Whether or not John q. Carlisle shall
he chosen today by the Kentucky legis-
lature to succeed the late Hon. James b.
Beck IN the l. :. senate. everybody will
be glad 10 know that the report sent out
from Washington City that he was
drunk on the day Of Senator Beck's
funeral in that city has been proven to
be without foundation OF fact and false.
Even the bitterest political enemy pub
lie man may have. unless he himself be
debased, VIII never rejoice at his down
fall
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-13

Said Judge Sluss. of Wichita, to an
interviewer from the EAGLE: Il have
heard of tariff reform, but hardly know
what it is. Ihave an idea that the way
to reform the present tariff is to smash it
and let a new one be constructed by men
who are not interested in pet schemes to
enrich themselves at the expense of the
masses" For a man who processes ig-
norance of his topic Judge Sluss appears
to have some remarkably clear IDEAS
Kansas City Times.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-13
STRAWS IN THE WIND.

The Topeka Capital of Sunday pub
fishes items from half dozen towns in
the state.
From the Kingman items:
Mrs Attorney w. C. Teterick has re-
turned from a two weeks visit with friends
in Wichita.
T. A. McClelland and family have remov-
ed temporarily, to Wichita. Mr.. McClell-
and's business as a stock dealer requires
most of his time in that city, hence the
removal.
From the Great Bend items:
w. II. Odell was in Wichita Monday.
c. T. Guyers, of Wichita, was in town
this week
From the Salina items:
+. R. Wilder was IN Wichita Thursday.
DR.. De Wesse attended the South Kan
sas Medical convention at Wichita.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-13

Father Toomey, the soldier priest" of
Palo, ILL.,, in speaking on the occasion of
the recent services in commemoration of
DIR. Cronin, referred to one Patrick
Judas, of Chilli This is an insinuation
from the friends Of Cronin that the min-
lister to Chill IS suspected of being i'm
plicated in the otfenSeS for which the
Triangle has been attacked by many
prominent Irishmen. But it Is an IN
Just insinuation, if so meant. because
that matter was brought up and investi-
gated while the trial of the case was on.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-13
As a Matter of Business.

From the Salna Republican
There is no use Disgusting the fact that
prohibition has received a terrible blow
that will stagger it. The only hope is in
congress. Unless relief comes it would
be matter of business to restore the sa-
looms. If we are to have the whisky we
might as well have the revenues. This
is not an admission Of weakness as a pro-
hibitiOnist as a question Of business sa-
gacity. We still hope for relief from
congress
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-13
A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT.

The master of the state grange of Iowa
writes from Joliet, Illinois, under date of
May s in which he pays the EAGLE the
following compliment:
l am highly pleased with the general ap-
pearance of the EAGLES makeup and its
get-up rs a daily newspaper No wonder
Wichita is improving SO rapidly; with such
paper to represent your natural advan-
tages it must grow rapidly and come to
he the great commercial center Of your
rich agricultural state. Yours truly.
J. NJ THOMPSON.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-13

Yesterdays dispatches tell of revolt
ing crime Of a Frenchman and with what
Unconcern he told his brutal story to the
court and crowded court room. 1t is a
good thing for him that the man was not
born an American. The French are
wild, excitable and all that, but their
minds don't run to hemp and telegraph
poles as much as some nationahties.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-13
a Great Treat.

From the Newton Republican.
That is a great treat-Or treatment
that the people of Salina will have next
week when both the doctors and the IN
dertakers Will hold conventions there at
the same time. One body viii convene
for the purpose of studying to heal the
living and the other to preserve the dead.
Both are objects that are worthy of APP
proval, but most people would rather be
''healed' than preserved.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-13
Ad Astra per AsDera.

Bv BID Bye
Out Of the labor and anguish a. war.
drOuth and pestilcnce in Kansas was
born "a beautiful state. and within her
borders dwell a proud, prosperous and
prohibition people. Kansas b one Of thu
most hcasthfui states IN the union. Pea-
pie live so long they get tired - life.
The death rate is only eight % every
thousand people. tho mortality being al
most as low a. u Is among French
dueIi-tl.