Wichita eagle., 1890-03-11

The Sacramento Bee had the gooc
luck, as such things go, TO get itself sued 10
S25. .OO9 on an alleged libel, but befor
the case came to trial it had the bette
luck to get the suit dismissed. There
nothing like luck @.
a Georgia man aspires to the govern
orship on the ground that he is the pro
ducer of a choice variety Of watermel
ons. He must be in favor of fret
ballot for the negroes, and with that ht
would have a certainty of election.
The Youthful Abraham Lincoln was
all patriotism. A short time before he
was taken sick with the malady from
which he never recovered be wrote to a
friend in Chicago: "There is no place
like America for me. 1 long for game
of base ball with the boys.
The Wichita EAGLE is little late in pro-
Tossing to want a native born kansan Sent
to congress We lived in that congress
sional district for three years, and the
EAGLE never as much as limited that we
would make good timber.-Salina Repub-
lican.
OF course II didn't 1t could say why,
but-that's enough, don't you think:
"
The middle of another month almost
come again and yet no government for
Oklahoma. But the last month has been
less irksome than the preceding ones,
OWING to little advertisement, gotten
up by coterie of scheming politicians
and utopian-ideaed individuals.
Pennsylvania seems to have claim on
the Russian mission. Charles Emory
Smith is the sixth minister from that
state to the court at St. Petersburg, his
predecessors having been Messrs. Bober,
Curtin, Cameron, Dallas and Wilkins.
Editor Thorndyke Rice, who died just on
his departure for Russia, could also be
added to the list.
Bishop Bowman, of the Evangelical
church, has been suspended on various
charges until the next general conference
meets. Until that time his many friends
and admirers throughout the country
will believe him wrongly accused and
rely upon him to thoroughly clear him
self. He has been in the service of the
church over fifty years.
If the New Hampshire senator and
some other members of the American
house OF lords are as anxious to have
their effusions appear in the newspapers
as they appear to be, let them deyote a
modicum of their towering talents to
preparing something catchy-an exege-
Bis on snakes, for instance: there is al
ways a demand for snake stories.
Brazil, by its DEGREES enforcing citizen
ship on all foreigners residing within
its domain. has excited the wrath of some
Of the BIG European powers. IL will be
well for Brazifs reply simply to be an
udmonition to the European powers ''to
mind their own business" and from the
summary and independent policy evi-
aenced by the republic since its incep-
lion, it probably will so retort.
English capitalists, it seems, are not to
have all the ''phat takes (printer's
phraseJ in this country. New York cap
ital has gobbled up the artificial and one
of the natural gas plants of Indianapolis.
The sum invested is $2000,000. All that
can be said in favor of the investment of
foreign capital in such enterprises is that
it frees like sum of home capital to be
invested in something else that will
benefit the community.
Redish blonde hair, which is now the
fashion in Paris, and therefore the thing
everywhere, can be traced back to
classic, romantic and pictorial source. 1t
was equally fascinating in Rome when
Rome was mistress Of the world. and in
Venice when Venice was queen of the
sea But classic, romantic and picto-
rial source of the white horse Is still OBJ
scured in the oblivious past. The source
of this ubiquitous beast is what the red
headed female is the most interested in.
Senator Dolphs special committee to
discover the executive session leaks, hav-
pondents without discovering anything,
has now commenced on the senators
themselves. taking them alphabetically.
So far none have been found who have
ever told anything. But suppose an of
fender is found, what will be done with
him: viii he be hung: Or will he be
let off with expulsion from the august
and outraged body?
An unheard of event happened lately.
The old Sioux Indian chief Big Head
was found one day at Standing Rock.
y. D., hanging from tree with a rope
around his neck and an empty cracker
box kicked from under him. He was
cut down only in time to save his life.
He tried to commit suicide because his
grandchildren had died and he was
lonely and unhappy. An Indian was
hardly ever known to commit suicide.
Sioux never before. 1t is said.
In speaking of recent economic
changes, David A. Wells saws: The ex-
perience of different counties in re-
spect to the difference in the retail and
wholesale prices OF staple commodities is
not uniform; the most notable excep
ton, perhaps, being that American beef.
-four, bread. butter ana cheese are. as a
rule sold more cheaply at retail in Lon.
con than in New York. This difference
is easy enough explained, though; it is
found IN the fact that the retailers on
the nfher side a,.a contain. MI, :.