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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-16
RESULTS OF IRRIGATION.

The Pecos valley, in Texas, furnishes
an admirable illustration of the good re-
suits that follow irrigation. Two years
ago the cattlemen said that nothing
would grow in west Texas but grass and
calves, and they predicted that jrriga-
ton would be a failure on account Of
the excess of alkali and sand in the
soil.
a year and half ago about 500, 900
were raised and work was begun on the
irigating canal at PEGS City. Four
teen miles of this canal have been built
and about 10000 acres are affected by it.
When it is finished it will irrigate about
100000 acres. The crops Of the last sea-
son have been phenomenal Sixty bush
els Of wheat were grown to the acre;
one and one-half bales Of cotton to the
acre; five hundred bushels of onions to
the acre. and the melons and vegeta-
tables Of all sorts were Of the highest
class and in great quantities. And. with
irrigation. vegetables may be grown
all summer until the frost comes. When
it with his spade by turning on as much
or little water as he thinks proper
1t is said that in the Pecos valley one
acre Of alfalfa viii feed two 4-year-old
steers or sixteen hogs the year around;
while ordinarily one steer requires ten
or twelve acres of grass, and then, as
the Texans put it, will hardly cast a
shadow in the spring.
This is corroborative OF what irriga-
ton has done-is doing-ln Western
Kansas. What these sections want first
of all is friend in congress, who IS not
only heartily in sympathy with the
wants and needs Of the country in this
respect, but who has the ability to pre-
sent the matter in such form and man
ner as to carry conviction to the minds
of that body of the needs and require
meuts and thus secure the necessary as
sistanCe TO carry on the work.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-16

| have found an uuflIiIng remedy 'or
sleeplessuess in my children IS fresh cir.
either taking them 70 81 or introducing an
abundant supply into their rooms Taking
them 10 II Is the sure-s way. NJ nurse.
when baby was 2weels old. was bewildercd
by 50 healtLya creature never sleeping Foo
the daytime and used every means in ner
knowledge 90 cause sleep. but without sue
cess. At last ] insisted t-at nv rec.De
should he tried. She shoulc take LlEa into
the garden. 80 she banded him up sud
then went for a handkerchief 20 cover bis
face o1iacted-that wogit not do She
would pr1fec- bis face with a suushsde.
but be must have air. So out be- went.
with his great blue eyes wide open % look
at the world.
Hardly had she crossed the threshold
when the ewes were c.ozr1. ard be had the
sweetest and mos; peaeelII nap he ever sn.
joyed in his lie ! talak c-e cause o.
sleeplessness in nursing babies is that their
mother take too lltfle refresa5n- exsrc. se
iu the open air. n I "a .-si 10 b. g he fresh
air some time e~rs day when ! was u4rslaz
p bsDy I could always see Size result 10 TIE
increased fretfu.Eesz and ue-r-s.ress %
the child. & p'easa-' walk. or r. Zoo tire
some sitting cot ~ doors for even hlreea
uliuutes. siways seemed % impa-t 20 The
milk qu.stiag. Es4ltAfg.l quality. says
mother in BABY ood
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-16
THE POLITICIAN OF ONE IDEA.
From the Medicine LODGE Herald.

From the Medicine Lodge Herald.
Jerry Simpson is pre-eminently a man
of one idea. He is a farmer by Occupa-
ton, and when the Republicans admitted
that it was q seif-evident fact that times
were hard and prices were low, and
asked who could suggest a remedy, it
was but natural IN this new country
where free thought and free speech are
the especial boon OF the people, that
Jerry Simpson should come to the front.
We have a multitude of self-cOnstituted
legislators who would favor the passage
of laws that, in their judgment, would
alleviate the present stringency of fin
ance, regulate railroad freights, and con-
troll telegraph lines, and thereby hold
monopolies in check by simply passing
laws. Jerry Simpson stands up before
the people and reasons for hours, that
the only existing remedy for the present
stagnatiOn is simply to legislate, and
the evil is removed. To this one idea
has jerry dedicated his thoughts, and
he is now the acknowledged leader
Of this sole remedy. He has ar
gued the question so earnestly and given
it so much thought and study, that
legislation has taken full possession of
his being. and it has become part of him
self. His mind is so completely surren-
dered to this one idea. that every other
question sinks into utter insigniticance,
in comparison. 1t is his subject of CON
versatiOn with every man he meets-his
Bible and hymn book-the acme of his
political action in this, the Big Seventh
congressional district. He has at last
become an extremist and a visionary
political agitatOr-a blind leader of bit
ter partisanship, and consequently has
grown sour and uncharitable towards all
other parties. He is now struggling with
the belief that he is political MARTYR:
that he is an advanced thinker Of the
last decade of the Nineteenth century.
and verify believes that unless we receive
the passage of laws that can control the
financial and commercial arteries of
this country, that our homes are gone,
personal liberty is a fraud, and the peo-
pie Will become abiect slaves to the
mercenary. greed Of the money power.
That one idea sums up Jerry Simpson.
Now. the Herald asks in all sincerity,
what has Jerry ever done but talk? What
law has ever been passed for the benefit
of the people but what he has kept up
his growl and howl about it: What is he
doing today but talking for his own ben
eft about class legislation and railroad
lie knows that the inter
state law controls the long and short
haul. He knows that we have laws up
on every question that were passed es-
peciallv in the interests of the people. If
Jerry would spend more time and talk
about the tariff and the proper execution
OF the present prohibition and usury
laws, ami hundred others we might
name, he might prove a benefactor to
his cOuntrymen: but when he assumes
the monomaniacal position Of political
fanatic of one idea only. the Herald en-
denounces his course.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-16
SERIOUS EARTHQUAKES IN NICAR-
Aqua.

The issue of the Panama Diario Near
aguense of Granada of Sept. ,, has the
following: "At 9 o'clock in the morn
ing the day before yesterday this city was
surprised by what proved to be the first
of a series of earthquakes, which pro-
duce the greatest alarm and which only
temporarily terminated at about $50 p.
m, to recOmmence at about s p. m. and
continue at intervals of about an hour
SAT about II p. IN. an extremely severe
shock took place, driving people from
their houses and forcing them to remain
in the streets tremblingly awaiting fresh
commissions. CONSERVATION and fri ht
were caused, and the cries and lamenta-
tions of the people who were praying for
mercy were heard on all sides.
AT a. m. further shocks took place,
was quiet at $50 p. m, when
place which shattered all the roofs,
throwing some of them down, and rails
ing a cloud of dust and fine stones which
soon descended on the shattered houses.
The peOp'e endeavored to save their
lives. but once out of the houses no one
ventured To re-enter them"
The DiaTio Nicaraguense in its issue of
September had the following addition
al particulars: "Bv Monday evening the
panic had diminished and peoples minds
had become more at ease. As soon as 1t
became known that the MombachO vol
canO had burst out in eruption toward
the south it was believed no more shocks
would occur. Nevertheless many people
left the town while the majority camped
out in the suburbs.
The appearance Of the city was ex-
tremely mOurnful. and only some clust-
erS of women were TO be seen, who con-
veved in procession the images of saints
they had taken from the churches. and
praying and chanting by turns implored
the Almighty for mercy. The panic
among the populace has been more in
tense than the damage of the earthquakes,
which have not been as destructive as
that which visited Managua on April II,
1885. while all the movements have been
slight, compared with what Leon and
Chlnandega then experienced
IN September } the Diario NicaTa-
guense said: Confidence Is becoming
restored since sixty hours have elapsed
without an earthquake having oc-
CURED.
The city of Granada is situated on the
banks of the lake of Nicaragua. The
SUBURBS are composed Of cane huts occu-
pied by the poorer inhabitants, but the
city proper Is formed Of one-storied
houses. built Of adobe or sun dried bricks,
rooted with tiles. Itpossesses several old
churches and the ruins Of ancient fortiti-
cations. Granada was founded by Fran
cisco Fernandez de Cordova in 1922, and
he left fort for its protection. In $50
1t was partially destroyed by fire and has
never recovered its former prosperity.
greater part of it being still IN ruins. The
,.I.,.s,1asTsf, =.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-16
THE AGE or INVENTION.

Some one remarked that the producer
Of a new article of food is a public bene-
factor. In this day of intellectual de
velopment and literary research the same
ought TO be true Of the coiner Of a new
phrase that is at once suggestive and
adaptable to the wants and conditions Of
the times. This leads to the observation
that American slang is feiicitous. BY
most persons it is considered the correct
thing. Slang phrases usually hit the
bulls eve. but even clever tongued Amer
lea can learn, occasionally, from slow,
old England. The latter has invented a
new term that viii probably become a
part of the English language and be
found in any dictionary published for
other than premium purposes ten wears
from now. When they want TO say that
man has misappropriated money
not his own, they say he has
'tiddle-winked" the funds. An ex-
bezzler is not a boodier. rs we have it
here. but a tiddle-winker Where the
expression came from no one knows;
" Nv "a EllbAAA I've II iliAbliA fANtt-il~lblt.
but that it fits" fairly well is somehow
evident.
There is hardly the dignity about the
term. however. that Is found in the
word "boojler,T and in the use of the
two expressions "A distinction should be
made. The word boodler applies to the
hribe-Jaking councilman, for instance.
as naturally as the term Napoleon of
finance fits the Wall street manipulation
who is gullty-of being caught. Why
not use the phrase tiddle-wink, a flip
pant phrase. in referring to the till
tapping clerk or the bookkeeper whose
nerve or opportunities confne his pecu-
lations TO vulgarly small amounts: En-
ploying 1t in this way "tiddle-wink"
is more than fairly good: it Is excellent,
and deserves TO live as a part Of the
language.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-16
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Burning in effigy does not amount to 6
| FIG.
The Union City Advocate died without
even an obituary.
How many days was Governor Steele
writing that veto?
Nobody is going to make anything of
that color line question.
Nobody has heard any grunts from the
Rock Island railroad over that veto.
The Kansas City Star calls the governo or
of Oklahoma "Steck." Such is fame
The first veto was not as long as the mes
sage but 1t meant more to some people.
There are about as many people anxious
about that 81 900 as the capital question.
There doesn't seem to be any lies on that
election bill introduced III the house, Tues
day
The Guthrie News IS particularly hilari-
Gus. "Neni, vidi, veto Is one OF Its eDulI-
tiOns.
The first Kansas territorial legislature
had forty members. Oklahoma Is only
one behind
The Payne Hawk purchased part of the
printing establishment OF the Old SILVIA
ter Standard.
The Transcript says: Norman will ship
tory towns combined.
Guthrie is doing marvellous amount of
Growing. But it doesn't want 10 forget
that this isn't the last laugh.
The political fixer is making a scrap book
of the legislative proceedings. They Will
come in handy the next election.
Several chickens have been missing
lately in Saltwater and some people are
mean GuDI Y tn -II-DpcT the Hawk
FL Reno and Kingdsher could easily con
sumo the rest of the 10 days lighting over
the capital if they were given a chance.
Nobody ever lost anything by keeping
his mouth shut" and the smart politician
is talking very loud on the capital ques-
ton.
No sooner Is the capi'a al question settled
than Guthrie goes TO fighting with itself
again. Harry Clark Is the bone, this
time.
1t is a fact that if the Oklahoma City
fellows lived at Guthrie and the Guthrie
men populated Oklahoma City. Kingfisher
would be just as joyous as ever.
Nobody regrets the capital issue. proba-
bly, more than Governor Steele. He was
damned because he did, And he would
have been daHed if he had not.
If the papers will hold up "A while on
local questions and proclaim the fact
that two crops of vegetables have been
raised IN Oklahoma this year, IL will do
the territory great good.
Kansas City star: A. between burning
in efiigy in Oklahoma City and lynching
in Guthrie, Governor steele very wisely
chose the former, thereby showing the Wis
dom OF a statesman and the prudence Of a
man Of family.
Governor Steele is quoted as saying:
i ii tell what. / have notion 70 veto ey-
cry capital site bin that Is presented 70 me
until a bill Is passed by twO-tnIrds ma
jOTity Of the legislature. Then / viii lie
satisfied beyond doubt or peradventure.
The stories about Oklahoma get horribly
twisted before they get 10 the Mississippi
river The Omaha bee says. With over
two hundred armed men surrounding the
legislature az Oklahoma it Is safe 20 as
sert that the members are imUued with a
wholesome respect for the wishes Of their
immediate Constituents
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-16
BLACK FOR RAILROADS.

Mr.. Aldace P. Walker, chairman of
the Interstate Commerce Railway asso-
citation, virtually admits in his late call
for a meeting Of presidents that COMPETE
ton on through traffic has risen to such
a pitch that companies must surrender
their rights to make their own rates or
otherwise go into the hands Of receivers.
Mr.. Walker is not the only man in the
country who has been approaching the
fact that he now makes public. The in
crease Of railway facilities for the past
few years has been far in excess Of the
actual requirements of the traffic. In
addition to these embarrassing circum-
stances are the continued threatenings of
labor organizations and the howlings of
political demogogues who are forever
building up and sustaining the sentiment
among certain classes that the railroad
managers of the country are robbers. In
the mean time railway securities are
suffering and railroad stockholders are
sweating
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-16
FLAX CULTURE.

The following in relation to the cult
Wheeler, of Nortonville, this state, who
has for the past fifteen years successfully
grown that crop, and shows that it is not
only one of the surest but also one of the
most profitable crops that can be grown,
while it seems to be especially adapted to
our soil and climate:
We think the best place to raise fax is
on sod that has been well pastured. 1t is
sometimes sown on stiff prairie sod but
does not so well unless the season is very
wet: think it Is quite uncertain on that
kind of land, 1t will do well on timothy
or clover sod. 1t is often sown on
corn, wheat or oat stubble; will
do we'll on these where the land
is in good condition and free from weeds;
it needs clean land. If sown on stubble
it would be much better to pillow the land
in the fall. When it is sown on old past
ures it is quite an advantage to plow
them up in the fall.
The seed should be sOwn as early in
the spring as is safe to escape frost. We
sow from the 10th to the 18th of April
The land should be narrowed down
smooth before sowing. We SOW twenty
quarts to the acre; it should be sown
broadcast by a seed sower or grain drill
with the hoes taken off; it does better
sown that way than put in drills.
Flax stands drOuth well; its not hurt
by chinch bugs. With us, It is cut
from the 18th to the 18th of
July. 1t should not be cut
until the bolls are all ripe; it will not in
jure from standing like wheat or oats.
1t is best to cut with a binder. and stack
ed as soon as dry. 1t yields from 10 to
ID bushels per acre. This year mine
turned out nearly Is bushels per acre, by
weight: was worth when sold, Septem-
Der / $1.22 per bushel. That is rather
an extra price; it is worth, usually, from
80 cents to S1.10. Care should be taken
to get clean seed, free from mustard.
Flax is considered an exhaustive crop
on land. Corn does not do well after it.
Our plan is to SOW on old pastur and
follow with wheat. If we sow on old
land we SOW grass seed with lit is a
first rate crop TO seed grass with.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-16

In answer 20 TIE question WHETHER o.
meal j. preferable T. Pc a. "a American
rational fool Dr. O..er WerGsI H5.nes
Is credited 1gitn ths following y suppose
the b>sf answer csa zise % your question
l. 20 tel you what ls my ova pr4r'l-e
Oatmeal o. the morning. a. a. arcaitsrs
lays uezi Of concrete 20 fora = Dass f1r
his super~tTTsef P- When ] can get b
t1st is - Tie genuine sr-f. Z ofre j. . vsrg
cod Fre1ue 100 a,.a.a-s p- o. aa article ~
dlet. f. l- eoDu.or - bear every form -
bod y degersFat.y ard iEEfruI'F stt-l s1.ed
70 fhls particular faFovifs feed ! see 10
resson or AeLss la r. EF Ernsrsoa -
ler@d Ia pc ard wa4 aig-oss Indignant
wlel fellow Traveller refused fts si1e- b.
Offers. L4m- WhF Nr - 41 te
what e pc made f9rT y every gfseu
Aouu-ain boy b&sa't sssea = 3aszszass
t.zaes rs uelZat ia Egois. DunBk4n ~ zaal4
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-16
SUNFLowER SKINNER.

/ oUS LOOCl LnCA cay Oh0o thO CoA
to hotel business in Kansas is a lack of a
bar.
There doesn't seem to be anything left
for Dan Anthony to do, but join the
young crowd.
The Baker family of Topeka could give
the Rice family of Fort Scott some point
ers in diplomacy.
Doniphan county lost 745 people the last
decade, but Sol Miller gained more sub
scribers than that.
Jerry Simpson has an oleomargarine
record which proves that he smells even
worse than he spells.
Sol Miller takes a chance with his Re
publicanism ty not dropping IN with the
laudatlon OF the anti-lottery bill.
Talmage says "God will lift the mort
gage" Stu, the Kansas farmers go right
ahead and put in a full crop of corn.
The editor of the Leavenworth Times
dashes off Bill Higgins name with fire
that is rarely seen in a man in his Goth
year.
The Democratic state central committee
is said to be negotiating with William Nc
Kinley for speech or two in Kansas this
month.
General Bradford says he is sick. He
has renowned Humphrey. He says Il am
done" This seems sort of an under-done
break
You don't hear anything about wheel
horses" in Kansas this fall. Every candi-
date seems TO be running his own wheel
barrow.
General Rice was sunstruck some thirty
years ago when Bill wasn't big enough to
get away with any more than spoonful of
paregoric.
Senator Ingalls, slicker overcoat is liable
to be taken as an argument against irri-
cation. What is the central committee
thinking about?
An Alliance organ has figured out that
if all the Republican candidates in Kansas
have names that begin with III, ingalls,
must be an Englishman.
If the canvas was left wholly to the
newspapers, Case Broderick's campaign
would be almost as pyrotechnic as Judge
Pfeffer's senatorial boom.
The Globe has found out what is the
matter with Atchison. Too much politics.
and Kate Fields consciences.
The king of Holland will have to give up
his reign. This will strike a sympathetic
chord in the hearts of the settlers in the
last tier of counties in western Kansas.
Barnard Kelley is loose in the state
making prohibition speeches. 1t is under
stood that he isn't travelling on the same
line of railroads with Mrs. Lease. And he
better not
President Harrison told Governor Hum
largest gathering he had ever seen, with
the possible exception of one meeting in
New York city.
Congressman Peters says he has seen as
severe wind and dust storms right on
avenue, in the capital city of
the United States of America, as he has
ever seen in Kansas.
The effect of President HarrisOn's visit
to Kansas is already being seen. The
Democratic postmasters at Shannon,
Atchison county, and Hunnewell, Sumner
county, were removed yesterday.
Dan Anthony, the editor of the Leaven- |
worth Times, of state renown, with guber- |
aspirations. will vote for man
next month, who resides in the county |
next Leavenworth and who, a year ago,
wasn't generally known out of his county. |
Kansas people do not have to go to Rider |
or Robert Louis Stevenson to |
read of queer things this fall.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-16

The reports of the torture or assassina-
ton Of Armenians by the Turkish au-
thoritie are increasing in number, and
may soon demand the attention Of the
Christian nations of Europe. Il as the
Bulgarian atrocities that aroused Europe
against Turkey and led to a bloody war.
Perhaps the Armenian atrocities are des-
tined to play an equally important part
in the drama Of the Eastern Question. 1t
cannot be that the Christian world viii
long remain unmoved. when the horrible
condition of their brethren under Turkish
rule shall be fully disclosed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-16
MONEY.

From the Financier.
Money seems TO be tightening up
again. There are very few bankers who
claim that money Is easier, but the
weight of opinion comedies the fact that
the general money market is very close.
1t Is the expressed hope that the finan-
cial situation viii become more salts
factory with the approach of the holi
days. but little confidence in the realiza-
ton of this hope manifeStS itself among
those well posted on the money question.
The reason for this lightning of money
are difficult TO discover. The country
is still active in its demands, but there
Is no longer an absolute rush for loans
The crops are being moved As rapidly as
the capacity Of the railroads permits.
and they are being speedily turned into
cash. In several months the de-
mand from the country viii cease
and a steady inflow of ready money
ensue. Six per cent is the almost in
variable rate at the banks at present.
and there are no indications that the
rate VIII be advanced. New York Is the
only spot with the possible exception of
Boston. where money Is really tight.
The immediate cause of this. aside from
the drains from the country, l. probably
the passage Of the tariff bill Those
having goods in bond are seeking money
on al sides and they would pay any
price for it. After the custom house
rush ceases. the market should r gain
normal tone. Business everywhere Is in
an unusually prosperous condition. and
50 true il tins that merchants out-of-
town cannot understand why money Is
so dear in New York.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-16
pnint. 20 .r.h. . nets OF.

A widow usually wears silver gray or
pale heliotroye and there are 80 many
lovely shade Il the latter 70 choose from
that IL would h. Ia better taSfe 20 wear one
Of these color than bridal white
NO cards ia % convey that neither
wedding cards nor cake viii D. sent.
80 well bred perTca ever tssfs Or sneers
a. thing which afs sacred ia The eyes q
evea the burnLIe-t peuon-
B-cal-s frisld e. polite DO no; think
tba. his time IL ya4usless.
It is not usual ~ odsr tbs arm u lady
Ia daylight ua.ea. SIZE Is "a feeble health.
b17 thr arm shs4.e always ~ offered 10
lad wag1 her safety. epn.feTt ~ conVsu-
.e..-a rr.-ts rl ra -a H.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-16
WICHITA IN THE CENSUS.

Superintendent Porter's census bureau
may be a great success in some direc-
tons, but it's sad failure in others. He
returns the population Of Wichita at 49,
735, increase i, 824, per cent 3S3. 30. OF
course his count must be accepted as
correct, but his figures showing the in
crease and his per cent increase are
simply miserable blunders. By the cen
sus of 1880 Wichita had 5,4S2 inhabi-
tants, which gives an increase Of 1928.
or in round numbers four hundred and
fiftY Der cent