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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-05
The Great French Artist.

Jean Louis Meissonier, who died Jan %
was born at Lyons Ia 1913. At the age Of
10 he was student Of art under Leon
Cogniet in Paris. aud ia 1896 when be wss
but q years old, his reputation was al
ready well established Ia that year be ex-
hibi,ed his Little Messenger" NILSSON
Ter was decorated with the Cross OF the
Legion Of Honor in 1875, promoted 20 the
degree OF officer Ia the order In 1856 and 70
that Of commander in 1857. lie wa made
q member Of The Paris Academy OF Fins
Arts IN 1901 In person Messsorier was
not taller than NJ Theirs, bu; b. was lea.
strongly built. bis large head and 1roa.
shoulders beng supported By short AID
slender legs. Meissonier was twice mar.
red HIS second wife, whom Re married
when be was II years Of age. WA Nile
BesaDcoD, twenty seven years Ms iunier.
Among the Sez Workers ~bo pozsezu Eas
specimens Of TIE great painters work ars
JAY Gould, Mrs.. ". Il Vanderbilt. D. o.
Mills, Judge Hilton, William Rockefeller,
I. Y Butler. John Ho~y. ". ". Aston. q.
2. Huntington, Mrx Par2B Sssv>zs and
Eaauy cshees
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-05
Noble Tree Planters.

read a very interesting statement re-
Gently that the three late dukes of Athole
planted In their lifetime $4,000. 900 larch
trees on their estates. The writer who
made this statement seemed 10 doubt the
fact on the ground that he imagined that
their graces did SO with their own hands,
which would necessitate each of them
planting 200 trees day for sixty years
When, however, q man is said to plant
an estate it does not any more mean that
he does so personally than, when it Is
said that man furnishes" house, he
makes his own cabinets and tables, or
puts down his own carpets-though our
grandfathers and grandmothers, as often
as not, actually did the latter. as well as
good souls!-sewing the various strips
of carpets together
If, however, 1t comes to planting trees
with ones own hands, there Is still some
thing to be said. Charles II planted
nearly all the trees in the avenue at
Windsor with his, and some that are
now in St. James park; and George LII
had mania for planting his own trees,
as well as innumerable grape vines. Her
present majesty has planted over 5000
trees in various places she has visited,
and the Prince of Wales cannot be very
far behind her in also doing so.-Gahg-
nani's Messenger.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-05
WHAT IS THE MATTER, ANYWAY

SPIvEY, Kan, March 80, 1891.
To the Editor Of the Eagle.
As this is an era preceding a great up
| heaval; an era of education, of breaking
away from long cherished opinions and
! political associations; an era in which
the masses are beginning to refuse soft
soap and ask for something tangible-are
dissatisfied with shouting for the "old
flag" while the other fellows get the zap
propriations, and as the EAGLE is the
most catholic of all journals, allowing
pagan and christian, orthodox and
heterodox, alopath and homeopath, re-
submission and stop drinking with a
club-all, in fact, to air their views, l
would like to express few opinions in
answer to your Bourbon" correspond
entS, only.
And first, the bourbons or the old
barbaric view of money, They kick
against silver, against greenbacks, against
anything tending to increase the circula-
ton and decrease its power, but eagerly
snatch st any view to decrease the cir
culation and increase the value of
money enhance the value of bonds and
mortgages. Why not say at once
the object of the .'barons" is to not only
demonetize silver, but in the end gold
also. and have the prod cers-the was
SAILS Of the feudal ages, pay ulti-
nlately in diamonds:
Again, another class of bourbons: the
protection fellows. Why have they not
the manhood to say at once: 1--WE want
to repeal all tariff laws, and make it
penal offense to import necessaries; and
then for every 500 worth of necessares
purchased by the vassal, he pays so as
protection, or tribute to his baron. as
portion for the baron's daughter, when
she espouses a European baron with
more ancient escuticheon! This reduces
it to simple proposition, SO that all may
understand
Again, why not say: eve starr ed
this howl of granger legislation, not,
because there was any fear of injustice
to the barons. but to inJure the debtors,
to keep the legislature from passing a
law to prevent "A foreign syndicate from
foreclosing mortgages on farms and city
property at one-hundredth part of their
true value, turning titles over to this syn
dictate, driving thousands of good citizens
and orphans whom they cain hold the
mortgages and advance the money, out
of any chance for return, except per-
sOnal Judgment against the poor devil
who has been foreclosed.
And now another class of bourbons,
thank God not SO numerous in the EAGLE
as further east, who say: Let US have
a law allowing the supreme authority of
the barons to oversee the registration of
the ''vassals." to make q house to house
canvass in every precinct, SO as to get
ION to" each ''vassal," ascer ain his dis
position, necessities and probably his
price. Then select the judges of the
election. back them up by a United
States marshal and file of soldiers to zen
force free ballot and fair count, and
proper ce 'tification."
Again, let us hire men with "clubs"
who through ''police commission"
will for so much stuff allow Us was
sells" to get medicine in sufficient quan-
titles to cure snake bites and other all
ments. respectfully.
SURE ENOUGH KANSAN.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-05
a TsTray.s FaI.n.

Of late years a numbe. of terrapin
farms have been started along the Chesa-
peake. The biggest farm is on the Patux-
ent river, and it consists OF large salt
water lake, which could accommodate
thousands of terrapin if they would
breed as rapidly as is desired The
farmer has surrounded this lake with
board fences to keep out the muskrats
and foxes. which are the terrapin's enc
mics. He has made hatcheries Of boxes
partly filled with sand, and so arranged
that when the females enter them they
cannot get out until they are taken out.
He has nurseries for young terrapin. and
he keeps the little ones in here until they
are ten months old. in order to preserve
them from their fathers.-Frank q. Car
penter in Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-05
THE CURSE Or SCOTLAND.
Tho e Are Twenty-four Reasons why the
Moe of Diamonds Is Called Uniucky-

| Tho e Are Twenty-four Reasons why the
Moe of Diamonds Is Called Uniucky-
Every reader has at some period of his
or her life heard CT the nine of diamonds
| referred to as "the curse Of Scotland"
but why, perhaps, you have never taken
the time or trouble to ascertain.
In my Repository of the Rare and the
Wonderful" find no less than seventeen
explanations of the origin of the express
sion, while Southwick's "Quizzism and
Its Key" gives eleven, seven of which are
wholly different from the answers given
in the work above referred TO, making in
all twenty-four different accounts of the
origin of the expression IN the two works
Southwick traces it back to 1745, NEIL
tioning caricature of that date which
represents ''the young chevalier' at
tempting 10 lead herd of bulls laden
with papal curses across the Tweed river
with the nine of diamonds lying before
them.
Perhaps the most satisfactory explana-
ton Of the enigma is that which refers
it to the massacre of Glencoe. The or
der for that cruel deed was signed BIZ
the Earl of Stair, John Dalrynple, sec
rotary OF state for Scotland. The coat
of arms OF the Dalry1nple family bears
nine lozenges. resembling diamonds. on
its shield. Thus it appears to have been
with reference 70 them that the nine
spot of diamonds was called "the curse
of Scotland The best and most likely
OF the other reasons for the origin Of the
expression are given below.
During the reign of Mary thief at
tempted 10 steal the crown from Eliza
beth castle, and succeeded IN abstract
ing nine valuable diamonds from il. To
replace these a heavy tax was laid on
the people Of Scotland, which impover-
ished them TO such an extent that nine
diamonds, whether On cloth, cards or
real jewels, were spoken OF as ''Albion's
curse"
IL the game OF Pope joan the nine o.
diamonds is the pope, whom TIE Scotch
Presbyterians consider curse.
II is also said that the Duke of Cum
beriand wrote his innumsn orders q.
Culloden On the back Of card. the front
O. which was marked with nine dia-
monds-
The Oracle. or Resolver OF Questions.
printed in ITO, SAYS tia; the CROWN O.
Scotland lad but nine diamonds, and
that the Scotch people were too poor 70
add - the coil-ctioa.--S Louis Re
r--rIsr
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-05

Kansas women-a few of thenl-are
making great deal more fame. of the
sort, for Kansas than all the male dem
agogues and political blatherskites that
ever afflicted it The New York Sun
says the ruling spirit of the Kansas Al
lance is little woman named Disgs.
Nobody cares how many digs the Al
lance is given, if every one such was
not dig at the states reputation, But
the Alliance has given the outside critics
and harpieS an indefini e Lease, and it is
presumable that the Diggs will be con-
tinued correspondingly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-05
A FATEFUL TWO YEARS.

The Fifty-first congress will be remem-
bered as a most remarkable one for the
number of deaths tina have occurred
during its session among its members.
Eleven representatives have passed to
the land of the great majority, since it
opened. This is the largest number of
deaths that have occurred among con-
gressmen during session, sine the for
nation Of the government. The list is
composed of the names of some of our
brightest men, who have national repu-
tations. They are as follows: Cox and
Wilbur, of New York; Kelley, Randall
and Watson, of Pennsylvania; Burnes
and Walker, of Missouri; Townshend, Of
Illinois; Gay, of Louisiana; Laird, of
Nebraska, and Phelan, Of Tennessee.
Add 10 this list the names of Senators
Beck, of Kentucky, Wilson. of Mary
land, and Hearst, Of California, who
died during the term, and the record is,
indeed, remarkable one, even to stop
there; but it might be extended to the
other coordinate branches of the gov
eminent for the same period, and the
ratio of fatalities would be found to be
borne out in each.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-05
FOR SILVER AS CURRENCY.

It may be predicted. with a reasonable
degree of certainty, that silver is to be
the chief factor of the currency of this
there should be a large increase in the
gold product; and if we reason from
known facts, there is no ground on
which to predict such an increase. In
the last ten years the annual product of
gold has lot risen about $4,000. 900 nor
fallen below $50 900, 900. With ut now
canvassing the wisdom of particular
measures, the experience of these ten
years JUS iies the use of silver as the
most available, most valuable, and least
dangerous means of reinforcing the cur
rency of the country.-Forum for March.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-05
LET Us FORCE THEM TO DO THEIR
DUTY

The Leaven worth Times is tired of tht
workings of the police commission i
that city. We are glad of it. The EAGLE
raised the fight on the policy OF such
government as soon as the bill was in
troduced in the legislature that made il
a law, at which time we declared the
system "unamerican, unrepublican and
undemocratic, which phrase has been
quoted since thousand times by news
papers and in platforms. But, like pro-
| hibitlon, it is one of the isms of the Re-
publican party Of Kansas. endorsed by
the bosses, and the kicking of the peo-
pie availeth nothing. The present legis-
lature refused to even relieve Wichita of
this outside, outrageous tyranny, after
the city had practically unanimously
petitioned for relief. The EAGLE has
| declared over and over again that an in
vestigation would show that the law was
begotten of rottenness and that only rot
tenness could come out of it. But it did
no good Neither will Col Anthony
present howl
1t has been foreordained, predestinat-
ed and it is but destiny, that the Repub-
llcan party must continue to take up
with islns until it sinks beneath the load
Anthony himself has advocated search
and seizure" procedure which no civil
izatlon outside of Russia would tolerate
Through the rule of crankism Kansas
has lost lgal and five Republican con-
gressmen. Under the same rule next
will go the state senate and the state ad-
ministration. The Alliance even has too
much political smartneSs to give the Re-
publican party a chance to unload and
therefore denied resubmission because it
would reunite the r publican party.
The Alliance house would have proved
a nest of political fools in offering any
such opportunity for the healing up of
the breach in the Repuo lean ranks. The
Capital says that resubmission is dead.
1t may indeed be sick, but it is not half
so sick as the Republican party of Kan
sas, and not half SO dead as will be its
bosses.
Take your medicine, colonel; there has
been no stronger advocate in Kansas of
all these delightfully."- disturbing isms
than yourself, including those of muni-
cipal female suffrage, commission rule
for cities and prohibitory laws, enforced
by search and seizure. But let us tell
you that the top-heavy concern will take
a tumble, unless your boss rule goes one
step farther and makes it legally obliga-
tory for every citizen of Kansas to join
the church and to vote the straight Re-
publican ticket, with proper system of
fines and police commission TO enforce
it; we see in such law the only hope
for our party's future supremacy. There
are numbers of ignorant Democrats and
unelightened Alliance men all over
southwestern Kansas that don't know
what is, and what is not good for them,
in the way of politics, of drinks and of
religion, and they, and all such, should
be forced into the right party and kept
there by such wholesome enactments as
the prohibitory and the police commits
sion laws.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-05

passengers to brush by him. He hac
made no signs of sire to step out, but
when the elevator resumed its upward
course and the door WAS nearly closed he
gave start and jumped forward until
his body projected out Of the car and
prevented the door from closing. Luck
lily the conductor understood his bust
ness. With an instructive movement he
stopped the car in few inches. Then
he drew back the door and released the
venturesome passenger. who walked
away without even looking back or say
ing word. The other passengers looked
on in silence.
Even the elevator man had nothing 70
say for minute. bU. wren the next floor
was reached the whole affair seemed to
strike him in new light He didn't
think of the horror OF life suddenly
taken away. of the sicAeeing sight Of a
crushed and nangied body That's
what call mean man" quoth he with
severity want TO have me sent 70 the
TombS. Ell: Cad. \ man like that
ought to get hurt. ne had. New York
Times
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-05

American Druggist tells Tia: we are In
dsbted 20 Ponpesi for tie grez: ire1stxy
Of canned frutsa Years ss3. when The sx
eavstions WEIR jus: beginning. . party Q.
Cinc.nnAtta1s found. 10 ~hAs lad been the
pantry q the to1ss, many Jam 81 Pre-
servei HS.- One ~as o2~nsd. and they
we're tossd 20 b tYssh AID god Isves.t
Szzaor showed that tie szs had bean pus
into tars IL hs&-et SALE. - aDsrs1re len
fer the steam TO escape ssd tsen scaled
with wax. TLs ala: was taxss. An6 tae
rex: year frat Gaming was in.rodnosd
into The Tinted s,Asess he prccsss aescs
Identical Wit. that il rsga. az Po-ap<sl
twenty cssTa-s@ sso The isd.ez II Arn---
ios who eAs tomatoes sz9 peaches DO cot
rs4.lxe Ia: tier are indso.ed for ta.. Ar.
20 people vino we're literally zAe>e a fey
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-05
THE LATEST IN JEWELS.

Silver spurs are worn by New York eques
trians of both sexes.
Fine lizard skin purses are provided with
silver locks and corners.
Silver mounted rock crystal pitchers ano
claret jugs are in demand.
In some of the finger rings the gems are
set entirely around the finger.
For chatelaines there are tiny pencils en-
circled with an enameled snake.
The latest in prayer books and hymaals
are those with gold mounted shell covers.
Square watch seals and lockets are divid-
ing favor with the round and obioDg ones.
Nun bered with the newer watch brace
lets are those made of gold Milanese chain
work
Diamonds mounted on invisible pins OF
gold and worn In the hair are decidedly
effective
single flexible chain band OF gold
crossed by diamond slide is pleasing
style of watch chain.
Fine amethysts are in demand and ars
especially effective when handsomely
mounted for brooches.
An elegant trife for smokers is an amber
cigar holder with finely enameled band
OF silver around the center.
Five stone hoop rings. in which diamonds
alternate with sapphires and other preci.
Gus stones, are much worn.
The Maltese cross in enamel and dotted
with diamonds makes IN effective orns-
ment mounted ~ finger ring.
An appropriate present for naturalist
is an inkstand, the cover Of which repre-
sents in beaten silver life size crab.
Jewelers' Circular
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-05

Helen Gardener, the author Of rs
This Your Son, Ny Lord?" corrects the
impression that would naturally follow
the reading of her frank story, that it
had been prompted by Tolstoi's 'Kreut-
ger Sonata. The manuscript for her
story, it would seem. was in the hands
of the Arena Publishing company long
before the first English version of the
Russian book appeared, and was first in
tended as serial story for The Arena
Magazine. as This Your Son. Nv
Lord:' is enjoying phenomenal sale.
Although less than four months have
elapsed since it was brought out by the
Arena Publishing company, four editions
OF 5000 copies each have been issued.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-05
AMERICAN AND ENG ISL RAIL
WAYS.

In England American railways are, as
rule, the object OF almost unmixed
laudation. We see their marvellous
cheapness, their fiexibility of adaptation
to rapidly changing circumstances, and
the extraordinary technical ability with
which they are managed. On the other
hand, we pay little heed-perhaps be
cause we have difficulty in imagining
theln-to the personal preferences, the
unjust determinations, the wild tuctua-
tions of rates. even the actual financial
dishonesty, which look so large in the
eyes of the American public, and have
given to the agitation III favor
of more stringent state control,
or even of state ownership, what
ever force 1T possesses. 1t Is worth
noticing, therefore, that these blots on
the American system have no necessary
connection whatever with the system of
private management. 1t can hardly be
doubted that the railways of England
and the United States, whichever stood
first, would secure the first and second
place between them. In speed and III
accommodation, whether for freight or
for passengers, whether quality or guam
tity be taken into consideration, in the
energy which pushes railways into the
most remote districts, in the skill which
creates traffic where no traffic existed
before, they stand today in the front
rank, as they nave stood any time for
the last half centurv.-Forum.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-05

According to the report of the depart.
ment of agriculture the farmers are sell.
ing their corn at a per Cent more than
last year, their wheat al 20 per cent more.
their oats at nearly double last wears
price, their potatoes at 80 per cent more.
and their rye. buckwheat and tobacco
at a considerable increase. To be sure
the bulk of all these crops has been dis
posed of; still, there is considerable O.
each In the farmers hands, quite enough
II disposed of at current prices, to re-
heve the money stress TO q considerable
extent The truth of the matter is the
Farmers OF Kansas. rs class. are in
infinitely better fix, financially, than
anybody else, if they could only get
their consent to believe il and acAnowl-
edge it,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-05
Cure for Insomnia.

From the AtchisoB Globe.
An Atchison man who has suffered for
years from insomnia writes 10 the Globe:
Il don't know that it will effect every
one in the same way, but have fou a
perfect cure for insomnia in hot bath
b fore retiring at night. Isuffered from
the complaint several years. SO much SO
that | looked forward TO the coming OF
night with horror, but hot bath before
going to bed has completely cured me.
fill bath ub full of as hot water as
can stand, and remain in it perhaps
fifteen minutes. Then rub myself with
flesh brush, and with two or three
towels, The rubbing gives me a good
deal of needed exercise, and when the
room is warm | perspire freely. ] kept
this up every night for awhile. but
finally only took the bath every other
night, which seemed to answer tie puE-
pose equally well. "
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-05

The prayerful attention of the Hon.
George Martin, editor of the Kansas City
Gazette, is called to the testimony Sc
cured by the legislative committee
touching the operations of the police
commissioners at Leavenworth. as also
to the proof of the number of Joints
maintained and the amount Of license
money regularly turned in, with the per
cents pocketed by the various marshals
1t makes up a sweet scented record. to
which we would also call the attention
of the Republican state senate if a ma
Jority OF that body We're not such infer
nal hypocrltes on that question.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-05

The attention of the members of the
state senate who voted against relieving
Wichita of boss rule by commission. is
respectfully asked as to the late develop
men of hypocrisy, Doodle. corruption
and open violations of official oaths and
the law through system which esti-
mates every citizen as a criminal at large
to be RESTRAINED by statutory enact
ment Such a ystem for official de-
hatchery and personal hypocrisy prob
ably was never equaled by the laws of
any country.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-05
grs aa1ieha Daily Eagle ghursaaY oruue a1areh s. 1891

The Alliance of Iowa have decided to
put full state ticket in the field this
year. The have been encouraged to do
this, no doubt, by the success of the
Democrats last year. The margin be-
tween the two old parties was narrow
enough heretofore to make it doubtful
state, and the Alliance hope to profit by
the existing situation ard capture the
state. They may succeed. Some people
will not use the lesson of experience
learned by others, but must learn it for
themselves,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-05

In our news columns this morning
viii be found remonstrance from a
number OF leading women OF Chicago to
the legislature of Illinois against the
enactment into law of the pending
woman suffrage measure before tina,
body. It il one of the strongest protests
against the proposed innovation we have
ever read, and It's force is UNNECESSARILY
strengthened by being the promptings of
honest earnest. intelligent and faithful
womanhood. Would that every woman
In the Land who has ever entertained the
dangerous idea OF general suffrage for
women could read and honestly ponder
the statement Of facts made by the grand
~ noble women OF Chicago.