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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-02-21
wnshington,a "Mants. -

In that primitive weekly newspaper
The New York Packet, there appeared
in May, 1880, just after the inauguration
of George Washington rs president, the
following advertisements:
A Cook is wanted for the Family of the Presi.
dent of the United States. No one need apply
who Is not perfect in the business and can bring
indubitable testimonials of sobriety, honesty and
attention TO the duties Of the station.
Coachlnan who can be well recommended for
his skill in Driving, attention to Horses and for his
honesty, sobriety and good disposition would like
wise find employment in the Family OF the Presi-
dent Of the United States.
1t is interesting to note that the Gus
tom now SO universal of advertising
wants" in the newspaper was adopted
by the Father of his Country. If this
sensible business method of commune
cation needed an official and dignified
historic precedent to sanction it, surely
none more conclusive could be found
than that furnished by Washington I'm
advertising for cook and a coachman,
both of whom he soon secured. New
York World.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-02-21
Washington as a Poet.

Following are the only lines of poetry,
as far as known, ever composed by
George Washington, written at the age
of 10 to his first love, Betty Fauntleroy:
oh Ye Gods why should my poor Restless Heart
Stand to oppose thy might and Power
At last surrender to Cupid's feather'd Dart
And now lays bleeding every Hour
For her that's Pityless Of my grief and Woes
And will not on me Pity take
I'll sleep amongst my Inveterntc Foes
And with gladness never wish TO wake
In deluding secpings lee my Eyelids close
That In an enraptured dream may.
In n soft lulling sleep and gentle rcpose
Possess those joys denied by lay.
From your bright sparkling eyes was undonc;
Rays you have more sparkling than the
A midst its glory In the rising day;
None can you equal In your bright array.
Constant in your calm and unspotted Mind,
Equal TO all, but will to none prove kind ~
So, knowing, seldom one so Young you'll find;
All woes me that I should love and conceal;
Long have wished but never dare reveal,
Even though severely Loves Pain feel.
Xerxes, that great, want free from Cupid's Dart,
And all the creates. Heroes, felt the smart.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-02-21
THE WASHINGTON LINE.

A Happy Union of Good Families In the
Great George.
Mary Ball, the mother of George Wash
mgton, was one of the very few to whom
one might, without irreverence, apply
the scriptural expression, Blessed
among women" Her family was among
the best, she was most happily married,
her home life was extremely pleasant
and she is immortalized in her son.
She was the second wife of Augustine
Washington and became the mother of
six children-George, Betty, Samuel,
John Augustine, Charles and Mildred.
Of the house in which she first lived, and
in which George was born, near where
Pope's creek falls into the Potomac, not
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-02-21
THE WASHINGTON CARRIAGE.

On the 10Th of October, 1889, President
Washington entered on that long tour
through New England which gave occa-
sion for so much satire and criticism on
the part of those who opposed his admin
istration. The next summer, 1890, he
made n lengthy tour of Long Island, in
which there was great deal more fun
and of which there was much less criti-
cism than the New England tour. On
these trips President and Mrs. Washing
ton rode in the once celebrated carriage
about which the anti-federaIists had so
much to saw.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-02-21
The Flag Making Era.

Every now and then some one dis
covers another design once made for an
American flag, and they are now so
numerous that one must conclude there
was an interval when all ingenious and
artistic patriots were trying their hands
at flag making. The annexed cut repre-
sents one of the latest discovered. The
border, here represented by short diagon-
al bars, was to have been either mere
band OF silk or thick cord, as might be
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-02-21

One event of his early manhood illus
hrates both qualities On certain oc-
casion he had prevailed over oil his COM
panions in various trials of strength, and,
somewhat piqued, they suggested that he
mount powerful young horse which
had proved the terror of all the grooms
who had thus far tried to break him to
the saddle. In the flush of his recent
victory and feeling conscious of his
youthful strength, Washington accepted
the challenge and mounted the spirited
animal. The day was very warm and
the struggle protracted; Washington
conquered, but the exhausted animal
sank under him and died. 1t is limited
that the lad hesitated for moment, as
this horse was favorite of his mother,
but he went and told her the facts.
sGeorge,' said she, II forgive you be-
cause you have had the courage to tell
the truth at once; had you skulked
away, should have despised you"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-02-21

the same. or any of them, except by the
advice of u physician, or in case of ac-
tual disease (also excepting wine at pub
lie dinners), under penalty of 90 cents;
provided, that this article shall not in
fringe on any religious ordinance. No
member shall offer any of said liquors
to any other member, or urge any other
person to drink thereof, under penalty
Of % cents for each offense."
The first general organization was es-
;ablished in 1918 and known us 1.-THE
Massachusetts Society for the Suppress
sion of Intemperance." Another orgah-
!zation, begun in 1926, was known as
''The American Temperance Union"
The most stirring and enthusiastic move
ment, however, was initiated in Balti-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-09
A DOUBTFUL EXPEOIENT.

Capt. John Florer, who has had eigh-
teen years experience in dealing with
the Indians, has been interviewed by a
Kansas City Journal reporter in regard
to the present Indian situation in general
and the Cherokee strip in particular.
He IS reported to have said that IF the
CherOkees refuse to accept the liberal
offer made by the government for the
strip, Judge Perkins plan of opening the
strip to settlement and then negotiate
with the Indians, is the proper thing to
do" That the government has the power
to do that nobody will deny, but that it
has the right, moral, legal or other, is
just as patent. The very fact that the
government offers the Indians any sum
is an admission that their claim to the
land in question is valid, and if so, the
government has no more right TO confis-
cate it for that is what such an act as
that proposed would be) than it has to
arbitrarily take the property of a citizen
in time of peace. Urgent as the popular
demand is for the opening of the strip,
the emergency is not so great as to call
for such arbitrary action on the part of
the government. We have not seen the
plan in detail that the redoubtable cap
tain refers to, but think Judge Perkins
has been misquoted. We are aware that
Mr.. Perkins is the champion and recog-
nized leader in this movement to secure
the opening of the Indian lands to settle
ment, but we think he is wrong in the
instance herein cited if he is correctly
0llptad
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-09
OKLAHOMA OUTGIE RS.

Kingfsher's new Jail will cost 500 whel
completed.
The church at Downs will be turned int
a school house.
The town of Moore has G. a. r. pos
of twenty members.
Purcell organized an l. o. o. f. Iodg,
last Friday evening.
Saltwater is the first town to announces
proposed Christmas tree.
Oklahoma's Italian climate has pached it!
carpet-bag on trip south.
The greatest demand in Oklahoma is fol
good dwelling houses to rent.
j. G. Hill, of the Kingfisher Journal i.
the youngest editor in Oklahoma
The farmers of Oklahoma county have
effected farmers organization"
All capital legislation will be over, for a
while, at least, inside of twelve days.
An attempt was made to rob the postof-
flee safe at Norman, last Friday night
Seventeen prairie schoOners in one string
passed through Edmond on Wednesday,
Walter Ellis is now the sole editor and
proprietor of the kingtisher New World.
Last week panther weighing 1Sj
pounds was killed in the Choctaw Nation
We forgot to be thankful that the cattle
mems time wasn't extended again by the
president.
The legislature has proven that the first
few weeks it lacked nothing more than APP
plication.
Venison is very cheap in Oklahoma
This knocks out the old pun about IL be-
ing deer.
Liberal is two and half miles north of
Beaver county, Oklahoma. 1t has $50 in
inhabitants
One Oklahoma man is going to demon
strate that man can live on turnips and
water for a month.
Unless il gets cooler. the Oklahoma
moonlight will melt the icicles off of Santa
Claus whiskers.
The popular question in Oklahoma is:
who of the territorial legislature has
made the best record?'
The Norman church row is not ended
Rev. G. c. Hembree will sue for damages
at the next term of court.
Payne Hawk: One man stopped his
paper this week and sixteen new subscrib-
ers have taken his place.
The Edmond Sun thinks the Oklahoma
farmer must suspend or bust. This is a
little hard-harder than it is trne.
You have to look some where else besides
the Kingtisber papers TO discover that the
capital is not located at kingtisher.
The legislators will have a chance TO feel
the pulse of the people who have been
watching the legislative proceedings, at
the next election.
1t is something of coincidence that the
first delegate Kansas ever sent to Wash
ington and Oklahoma's first delegate
should be co-laborers.
The editor of the Payne Hawk has an
nounced fOndness for turkey and chicken
And if the truth were known he probably
would not object to little "Old Crow"
either.
Kansas City Star: It is almost needless
to state that Editor Greer who pOmmeIed
an Oklahoma senator in the presence
of the ''conscript fathers" is a native
kansan.
Fit. Reno has 100 Indian scouts who re-
ceive IS per month, also board and cloth
ing. TT. Sill has 20 under similar condi-
tons. At FL. Reno there are 30 Indian pO-
lice who receive the same provisions and
ST. per month
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-09
PLUMB AND THE PEOPLE.
From the Beloit Gazette.

From the Beloit Gazette.
Senator Plumb introduced his silver
free coinage bill last Tuesday. If he
will push it to passage, and devise and
carry through some measure to squeeZ
the water out of the railroad stocks, and
solve the problem of decent transporta-
ton rates for the people, he can be presi-
dent IN %, Notwithstanding Blaine with
his reciprocity and Harrison with his
force bill and the tariff. The transporta-
ton question is the great problem before
the American people today, and no party
can ever win again which does not meet
it, and decide il in favor of the people.
and against Jay Gould and his partners.
He holds, today. the prosperity of the
great mass of the American people in
his hands. the railroads of the country
being, practically, under his control.
He has thrown Off his mask, and defies
the business interests of the country;
and, if he is not downed by congress, and
that right speedily, the people, through
the Alliance or in some other way, will
put men in power who will settle the
matter for ali time to come.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-09
PRESCRIBING CONSCIENCE.

Resolved: That we, the national farmers
alliance of America, believing that obedi-
ence and veneration for the laws of God is
the conserving and saving force of human
government, we do thereby respectfully
request that the directors of the great ma
tional fair Of 1892 do not desecrate the
American Sabbath, by keeping open the
the gates of the same on the Lords day
National Alliance resolution.
The Alliance, as every other society or
organization, has the moral right to re-
solve in favor of or against any and
every such question il they choose, but
the rightfulness of the thing demanded
Is quite another proposition. In this par
tlcular case the complainant has no more
grounds of complaint that any other
class or community. The farmer portion
of the Alliance has nothing to complain
of If the exposition is opened Sundays:
they will not be called on to attend the
great show on Sunday. But large num-
bers of other laboring people will have to
visit The exposition on Sunday or not at
all. People whose scrupleS will prevent
them from visiting the exposition on
Sunday will have the balance of
the week to crafty their curl
osity in, but they should consider the in
terests of those who are so situated that
they cannot observe the requirements of
such scrupleS without depriving them
selves of the enjoyments and recreations
of the rest day; and further, that 1.-THE
Sabbath was made for man. and not
man for the Sabbath"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-09
HARPER ALL RIGHT.

A Harper county correspondent saws:
Times have been very close financially,
and farmers are vet somewhat behind.
We had good wheat crop this year,
and it is bringing fair price. The larg-
est acreage of wheat ever sown in this
county has been sOwn this fall. and it
never looked so well at this time of the
year as it does now, and if wheat is
worth 80 cents a bushel next fall, no
man in the world holding a mortgage
on Harper county farm. need lose a
cent, unless by his own folly. Farmers
are trying hard to get back interest paid
up, and i'll my opinion it is well for in
vestors, holding mortgages in this
county, to give the farmers a little time,
and my Judgment is that if this is done,
by the next year there will be no COM
plant as to our docket being behind, SO
far as the farmers part is concerned"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-09

Under the present legislative appor.
tionnent there are nineteen counties in
the western part of the state that are
without representation in the legislature
and will be until that body makes pro-
vision therefor 10y redistricting the state.
The delegates elected in the nineteen
counties viii probably be given seats in
the coming Legislature. but they will be
so many tigureheads, having no votes.
The constitutional limit TO the leglsla-
ture is forty members in the senate and
125 members in the house. There are
JOG counties in the state, all organized
and entitled, under the constitution, TO
one representative, which would leave
nineteen representatives to be appor-
toned among the twenty-five counties
that have two representatives and the
five counties that have three at pre-
sent
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-09
BLAIR'S BLUFF.

This mornings dispatches state that
John \, Blair. of Independence. Kan.
has made the Cherokees an offer. through
Chief Mayes, of $40, 900, 900 for the strip
of land bearing their name. This offer.
if it was in fact made, was no doubt
made on behalf of the Cherokee Live
Stock association, of which Blair Is
member. Efforts have been made in the
same direction by that association be-
fore, and Just at n time or times when
the government and Indians were on
the eve of concentrating a deal. and
while such offers could not be accepted
by the Indians, they had the effect of
breaking of negotiations between the
commissioners and Indians and poStponing
the settlement of the issue. This is un-
doubtedly the object of the present bid.
The government may not have the right
TO force the acceptance of its offer by the
Indians, but it has the right TO prevent
them from selling their lands 10 individ-
uals or private corporations And
whether the government comes into full
possession OF the strip or not, il is GER
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-09
Paying an Old Debt.

From the LeavenwO-th Times.
Prof. Garfield got a chance to scratch
Joe Hudson's back the other day in re-
turn for the scratching Joe has been do
ing for him in the last year. and he
scratched in manner that showed that
he was up to the business. 1t was in a
speech before the Horticultural society.
His topic was Modern Journalism" a
proper subject to he discussed before the
growers of apples and goOseberries. In
his speech and ar the very beginning. he
took occasion to hold Hudson's paper up
as a model. In fact it looks much as if
the speech was made for the purpose Of
reinstating the Capital in the affections
of the grangers who have gone back on
it since its uncalled for abuse of the Al
lance began. Well, Garfield was only
paying an old debt
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-09
WHAT MR.. GOULD WANTS.

Jay Gould denies the reported inter-
views published in the eastern papers.
Gould's plan is not TO advance freight
hates in the west, but he wants every road
held to the published tariffs, and no fav-
oritism shown to pets and large shippers.
In other words. let the state railroad
commissioners say what Is fair rate,
and then let the roads confine themselves
to it. The present plan is, notwithstand-
ing the interstate law, TO give such rates
to a favored few. whom that enables to
crush out small dealers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-09

The dispatches announce the failure of
the Myers Cotton company, of New Or
leans, with liabilities to the amount of
S3O,OOO,OOO. The same dispatch states
that the firm has assets valued at 81 800,
600, and that the firm Will resume bust
ness and pay out, dollar for dollar, if
granted an extension of time by its cred
itors. 1t viii strike the average bust
ness man as rather strange that a con-
Germ possessed of such rare business
qualifications as that should have failed.
particularly when engaged in a business
that affords such a per cent of profit
1900 per cent in, say, three months.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-09

Advocates of the advancement OF
women to more active participation in
public affairs will derive much encour.
agement from the vote of the members
of the Methodist Episcopal churches OF
the United States upon the question OF
the admission of women as Law delegates
20 the general conference of that denomi.
nation. The Philadelphia Methodist saws
that the returns that have already come
in show that the women have carried the
day. The general conference still has
the privilege of passing upon its mem
bership; but in the face of a large popu.
lar vote in favor of the women, that
body would probably not feel inclined to
refuse seats 10 the female delegates sent
10 them by their constituencies. This
radical innovation in church government
Will he watched with much interest bv
the religious world.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-09
How Blaine Looks.

Washington Cor. New York Tribune.
saw Mr.. Blaine this morning in his
house on Lafayette park. He appears to
have taken on new lease of energy,
and is now looking much as he did ten
years ago His eyes are bright and
clear; the paleness of his complexion,
which was so marked during his visit to
Europe, has changed to the ruddy glow
of man who lives much out of doors;
his appearance betokens more than or
binary good health, and there is buoy
ancy and alertness III his manner equal
to the physical vigor of his best years.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-09

From the Hazelton Express.

From the HazeltOn Express
The fact that the Oklahoma legislature
has passed law granting the right of
suffrage TO women is liable to make anti
woman suffragists hustle around and try
to get factories established in the west
which will give employment TO women
Of ambitious desires other than multiply
ing and replenishing the human family.
American, and especially western wo-
men are energetic, and 1t will be- hard 10
keep them out Of politics unless kept
busy at some suitable employment. Can
the Wichita EAGLE see way out
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-09

Promptly with the coming of cold
weather the usual increase in destructive
fires began. In New York the fire de-
partment had a very lively time of it,
and news from other parts of the coun-
try is to the same effect. Every year the
attention of the public is called to the
necessity Of extra caution in starting
their furnace and stove fires for the win
ter. Every year, however, the same
story Of carelessness is repeated, and
thousands of dollars of property 90 up
an smoke as a result Winter is intro
duced in very expensive way in our
larger cities.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-09
Stage Struck.

From the Kansas City star.
The intelligence that Eva Ray Hamil-
ton IS going on the stage naturally sug-
gests the regretful thought that the
stage Is always made the sewer from do
mestlc scandal OF the penitentiary.
There Is no reason to suppose this woman
has a special talent for the drama. She
is merely making capital Of her notori-
Gus infany, and taking advantage Of the
morbid curiosity Of the vulgar.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-09

There seems to be a firmly rooted con
viction in the minds of everybody that
President Harrison would veto any
scheme looking to the relief of monetary
affairs at this time. 1t seems to us that
the great emergency of his administra
ton is at hand and that if he entertains
desire to convince the people that he is
equal to anything he will send a supple
mentary message to congress asking that
they without delay take such action as
will bring relief to the people of the
United States.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-09
THAT PREDICTION.
rom the Klnrman Journal.

IRON The EiBsman Journal.
The Wichita EAGLE make a prediction
that the Republicans in congress must
before March 4, pass q free coinage bill
and modify the Mckinley bill. or the
party viii not carry more than five
states in 1890 aud not one OF the western
states. And the EAGLE is about right.
too. We believe in more money, a per
capita of $50 or $50 will not be TOO
much. With more money prices Of farm
products viii be advanced. and plenty
and prosperity VIII settle over the ives.
a. well as the east.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-09

The Ananias society of Harper held its
first meeting Saturday night. The chief
attraction was Judge McKay's trial, by
the boys" The society is composed of
thirty members and is strictly private,
though the Saturday night meeting was
puphc, and the crowd in attendance is
said to have been the largest that has as
sembled in Harper for some time. The
Ananias promises to create quite furore
in Harper society this season.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-09

Tascott will crawl few feet further
into the hole in which he is hiding, and
draw it as much after him, since the re-
ward offered for him has been increased
TO 100000 and holds good for another
twelvemonth. II looks as if it were
meant to make veritable Rip Van
Wrinkle Of Tascott
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-09

Electioneer, the great Palo Alto stall
lion, died last Wednesday night, Dec. 3.
He was the sire of some of the most
noted race horses on the continent, Sunol,
2:1O, being among them. Electioneer
was the property of Senator Stanford at
the time of his death, and had been for
several wears.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-09

An exchange very aptly says: Scratch
a southern Alliance leader and you find
him grateful. He has an itch for office.
In this respect, however, the southern
Allianceman is not dissimilar from his
brother in the north. That is usually
the first symptom of the ailment.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-09
What Caused ItP

From the Kansas City Gazette.
Every other man has been occupied
since election telling how it happened.
Senator Eliiston of Atchison, says IT all
came about because the state senate re-
fused to pass the meat inspection bill
This inspection business has since been
knocked cut by dozen courts. Sol Mil
Ter says it all happened because we
wanted free Mexican ore. Then folks
had better listen t. these parts"