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The Lexington record. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1890-1???, 1891-03-01
AUNT JEANS LETTER.
Inflrmary, Nurses, Donations,
A Twilight Visit. Incidents.
Lenten Thoughts.
DEAR FRIENDS:

~ = -
tender by daily communion with
Him who spent these forty days
and forty nights in deeper humble
ness of spirit than we can ever
know? / have not all of sunshine
or all of shadow for you. There
is Just the blending which mellows
all human pictures however salts
flying. Our
HOUSE BEAUTIFUL
is growing, and bOunteOus hands
are now, as in all these twelve
months, showering upon us the
means of growth which should be
unto us means of grace. The
brick annex is nearing completion.
A leading spirit in progress of all
kinds asked me, GLOW much will
it cost to furnish Students Ward
in your building? There ought
to be some place like that for sick
BOYS far from home and mother"
Shall we not encourage the sug-
gestion? This is the season Of the
year which has proved so trying to
southern boys, and numbers of
them are sick now. Oh, for light
sweet, pleasant room like that
where our last sick girl patient is
cared for; and how fervent her
commentator of the House Beau
tiful, where our uninterrupted young
nurses brighten the atmosphere of
sickness. Not alone do they cheer
these wards. Out into the homes
where disease and death come they
bear whatever of comfort may be
theirs to give. So faithfully has
Miss WestcOtt fulfilled her mission
for a dear young girl this holy
season, that though not mighty to
save, yet the bereaved parents were
to let her go for days
afterwards.
AMONG THE POOR
there was one suffering from neg
ect and wretchedness, whose
needs were so soothed by Miss
Larkin that her daily visit was
hailed with inexpressible delight.
Several public entertainments
have interested the people in be-
lalf Of our needed fund, and to
he question, care you going to
become self-sustaining?" we an
iwer that we are. "The Rajah"
vas played on the 7th of Febru-
Try, by a company of our anna
eurs and netted $500. The beau
iful Art Loan Exhibit which
vas conducted so cleverly and
4miably by Miss Nettie Mcdowell
md her assistants, yielded $340,
which Mr.. j. M. Duff kindly
made $3.50. In one particular
ook, beneath handsome por-
rats by distinguished artists, and
urrounded by curios and treas
res from every land, the sweet,
right spirit of the enterprise es-
ablished John Scott, a delicate
oy, whose game about theWhite
louise great men, was to be sold
The Lexington record. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1890-1???, 1891-03-01
Too Hard.
BY e. d. p.

Said Johnny, II shall never learn.
The catechism, mamma, see
If they have not a kittsnchism,
For very little boys like me"
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The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09
A NEWSPAPER CRITICISM.

A prominent gentleman of one of the
middle states in writing to Mr.. c. Wood
Davis and referring to an article from
the pen of the latter gentleman which
appeared in the EAGLE, among other
things says:
'Your explanation of the causes of the
slight notice in the newspapers Of Euro
pean crop and cruel conditions is no
doubt the true one. The newspapers
TEEN of late with advice to farmers and
with denunciations of farmers grain
corners" etc. For the farmers to hold
their grain for better prices is, according
to the newspapers, not only bad policy
for them but very wicked speculat-
ing in the necessaries of life? We hear
nothing or very little abont option grain
gambling, and the hundred and one
schemes by which the public and mostly
the farmers are feeced by combinations
Of all kinds, but when the farmers
are advised, and when they show some
signs of acting upon the advice, not to
combine or make any corner, but simply
each acting for himself to hold back his
wheat when he can do SO, so that the
market may not be glutted and so that
some of the increased value may stay in
the farmers pocket instead Of flowing
into that of some combination of specu-
lators-that is very bad. do not sup
pose the papers or those who inspire
them have any motive in this except
such as you point out, but it is singu-
lar state of affairs"
Applied to the leading dalhro of east
ern commercial centers the criticism of
the gentleman is correct, but not as to
the papers of the great agricultural dis
tucts. The EAGLE has advised farmers
to hold back their crop as individuals,
not only, but has always endorsed every
proposition made by the Alliance as a
combine, in that direction.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09
TIE
Hyde & Humble Sta Go.
ia North Main.
Life en- a LiehtsAIp.


The routine Of weak on q Alightship isquits
dmPle. At esunrise the watch lowers the
lights At 8 a m. tue captain or the uaats
stands in the doorway leading from ths
cabin into che berthdsek and shouts, sAll
nandsP The mea tumble out OF their
hunks and dress. bEeskSsst being served al
twenty minutes past 8. At half past I
the lamps are removed from the lanterns
and taken below 20 be cleaned and 1llsd.
In smooth weather this duty can Be per-
formed in about two hours, but u the ves.
sci is rolling and pitching the task may be
prolonged an hour OF two.
When the lamps have been returned 20
the lanterns there remains nothing for the
crew TO do except to clean ship and 10 20
on watch until sundown, when the lamps
are lighted and the lanterns hoisted. The
crew is divided into the captains watch
and the mates watch Of five each. Twice
between spring and winter each watch
goes ashore for two months, so that each
member Of the crew is aboard the lightship
eight months in the year. It Is not be-
lieved that they could stand the life longer
than this. In fact. many men throw up
their work as soon - they can gee ashore.
Three members Of the South Shoal Grew
have. however. seen unusually long terms
of service-twenty-o zone. nineteen and seven
teen years respectively. and others have
served on her a remarkably long time
when the desOlate character Of the service
is considered. This is probably due 70 tho
fact that the dangers Of this exposed sta
tiou warn of all but those Injured 70 the
hardships Of u sesfaring life. The men
who have been there 50 long are old whale
men, accustomed to voyages Of several
years duration and to the perils Of whale.
mans life-Gustav Kobbe ia Contury.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09
The Care of the Hair.

The best hairdressers tell Us that it Is
quite an easy matter 70 wash the hair TOO
often and thereby destroy the vital ellis es-
sential to its growth. The use of bay rum
or any stimulants, or of borax or alkalis OF
any kind, is condemned by some Of the
authorities. One Of the best things for
washing the hair is the white of an egg,
which is especially nourishing on account
of the albumen which IL contains. II
should be rubbed thoroughly through
every part of the hair and rinsed out with
tepid water. It will require repeated rms
ing before the water runs clear, but not
until then IS the process thoroughly &C
com plished
When applying the white Of the egg rub
it in with the tips OF the fingers, touching
every part Of the scalp, and continue this
vigorous manipulation Of the scalp for ssy-
eral minutes. Where any soap Is used the
best quality Of white castile Is alone allow
able Some hair is so naturally dry and
free from oil that a little pure vAselins
should be applied after it Is washed and
dried. Other hair possesses enough natural
oil in itself and does not require any such
addition Where the hair has become dead
or does not grow vigorously, a preparations
O. EAEA anu dl4UiL@ VI aVA4f y tic F&ftgAs
tonics Of qafnine sod sy Trustworthy hair
dressers wifi be found valuable.
There IS an excellent one which has ia lt
a portion Of oil Of neroB or the essential oil
of bitter oranges as a zcor1poneut part This
gives a refreshing fragrancs and - possess
ed Of valuable tonic qoalifiss The hair
should be clipped monthly. This assists
The growth materially and stimulates t.
New York Tribune
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09
The Phosphate Fields Of Florida.

The old sources OF supply Of phosphate,
South Carolina, Canada aud the West
Indies, have probably all reached the point
Of maximum production, and 10 Is 20
Florida that the world must look for its
increasing wants. What untold riches lie
under the soil of the PENN ia State may
be imagined from the fact hat one Of It's
richest tracts of phospha land IS 1000
miles square. Over most OF this land the
thickness Of the deposit varies from three
TO thirty feet or more, the average being
about ten feet.
A cubic yard Of tie crude stuff will wash
ont from 600 pounds TO half a ton Of clean,
dry nodules, and recent survey has Civ
en- the contents Of single section Of land
(640 acres) at 5000. .0OO tons. An acre Of
phosphate land. If the deposit be only three
feet deep, will contain 4 SO cubic yards Of
stratum, yielding Loo or 1900 tous Of
clear phosphate nodules.-New York TeIe-
cram
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09
DETERMINED DEMOCRATS.

The Democrats of CowIey county, and
of the state generally, seem to be sincere
this year, for the first time in many years.
! Winfield Courier.
The Courier evidently means to say
that the Democrats will refuse to fuse
with the Peoples party and will make
straight party contests. That seems to
be the disposition of the Democrats of
tbe state generally, though it is the de-
termined purpose of the would-he bosses
here and there to either combine with
the third party or let the nomination Of
candidates for county Offices go by de-
fault. No secret is made of such pur-
pose on the part of the Democratic bosses
of Wichita and Sedgwick county. If this
cOterie of self-seekers are permitted to
have their way no nominations will be
made by that party, but it will be held
as a ready cats paw to be used
by the third party to rake out
the official chestnuts. The Republicans
Of the county could hope for nothing bet
ter than that this policy shall prevail,
knowing as they do that it will insure
the election of the Republican ticket by
good safe majorities. There are scores
of Democrats in the city and county who
are tired, even to disgust, of being traded
and bartered like cattle for the personal
and pecuniary benefit of few individ-
uals who at best are Democrats simply
and solely for what they can make out
of it by manipulations, and scores of
Democrats who are such from convic-
tions, rather than be longer bartered and
sold, will exercise their personal pre-
rogative of voting for whom they
please, and in this instance
they VIII vote for the candidates chosen
by the Republican county convention,
for the double purpose of insuring the
election of capable and trustworthy men
for the Offices to be filled, and at the
same time administer long delayed re-
buke TO the would be leaders of their
own party, who have persisted in pursu-
ing line of policy that has brought the
party defeat and shame
These manipulators will ridicule and
attempt to belittle this statement OF facts,
and we only hope they may succeed in
hoodwinking a sufficient number of the
party to discredit what we have said and
accept their plans of procedure to enable
them to prevail in the party manage
ment, for we are confident that the cleo
ton will reveal sequel just such as we
have indicated, i. e.. the triumphant
election of the entire Republican ticket.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09
U... OF ola EnrIi.h Gravestones.

Old grave slabs are sometimes 10 be seen
used up ia our old churches In an odd
manner, showing that our fOrefathers. ia
these instances az least, hEd bnt small re-
gard for relics Of the kind. There was oSe
fine slab. with a handsome cross incised
upon II, observed cut into lengths and
made into a water table. 70 throw OF the
rain on the roof Of AlnTfck church. An
other in the same editice may be seen made
into the Intel Of clerestory window. In
the south aisls Of Morpeth church another
Is made into a Intel
In MiddletoD church. TeeSdale. there f.
another example OF similar economy. A
portion Of the shaft Of a cross carved With
Saxon ornament was made into the stem
Of a font. dated lsS4. 10 Rnthbury church.
Ip this way many fragments have ben
handed down % us thar might otbsrwiss
have disappeared altogether.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09
ghe aoha Badly Eagle 1asduesday Informing September

ton Of the mortgage debt of the state
would approximate 50. .25O, 900, and this
was during the summer, before the far
mers began to realize on this years crop.
Our wheat crop this year of 5000, 900
bushels, at current prices is worth $44,-
600, 900. One-fourth of this is ample for
home use, leaving $50, 900. 900 to add to
our investments, or to pay our debts.
Our surplus corn will bring US $50, ,000,
0O0, oats So, ,000, 900, and other farm
products S11 ,000. 900. We can and will
| sell this year $12 600. 900 worth of horses
and S25, 900, 600 worth of cattle and hogs.
After supplying themselves and paying
their annual expense bills, the farmers
of Kansas will have $104, ,000, 900 as the
net result of a single years work. Some
of this large profit will be added to our
permanent capital, but most of it will be
employed in hquidating Indebtedness.
The wandering vagabonds who have
joined the Alliance for political purposes
only, and who are trying to make liv-
ing by the sweat of their jaws, instead
of honest toll, will of course fail to pay
their debts; but there is a resolute pur-
pose all over this state to pay, as rapidly
as possible, all the debts incurred during
OuI p0flOQ OI Q0RcIOplucHts Liz
balance of trade is so largely in our
favor that the early extinguishment of
all our debts is certain. 1t should be
understood abroad, as it is known at
home, that the only advocates of repudla-
.tiop. either by intrigue or artifice, are
adherepts of the Peoples party.
An endemic of unreason swept over
the state last fall, and many of our peo-
pie were inoeulated with the pestilence.
Quarantine has been established and is
rigidly mainta; ned. The endemic is
not spreading, and many of the original
victims are convalescent.
Reports that are entirely trustworthy
indicate the rapid decline and certain
death of the Alliance as political party.
A marked decrease in the vote of that
party is sure to be recorded in November
The new party, under the seductive
leadership of demagogues, who magnify
the farmers misfortunes, and bellttte
their resources, obtained control of the |
lower house of our last legislature. Its |
conspicuous failure as a law-making |
body filled the more sensible members of !
the Alliance with chagrin, and they will |
embrace the first opportunity offered to |
themselves IL tue Republican |
party.
Kansas is marvellous in its history,
in its resources, and magnifi
cent in its achievements, and the party /
that maligns the state and dishonors
itself is already struck with the blight of
death. o. H. BENTLEY,
F. P. HARNESS,
A. II. ELLIS,
c. II. KIMBALL,
I. P. MOORE,
GEO. w. MARTIN,
JAMES A. TRoUTMAN,
S. B. BRADFORD,
II. B. KELLY.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09

Some of the strict construction papers
of the state essayed to accuse Senator
Plumb of weakening towards the Alli-
ance because of his league convention
speech, but the senator evened things up
In his speech at Downs and now his
critics are as sweet as pie on him. Their
first criticisms were out of place and un-
called for. The fact is, as Republican
and party man our senior senator is just
what his name signifies, and no one need
give himself any uneasiness about the
rectitude of his political actions. There
is nothing wabbly about Plumb.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09
A Timely Gliding.

From the Kansas City Gazette.
The heroism now stalking about
among Republicans in Kansas is some
what amusing when we remember that
it is not yet three months since Judge
Horton was urged not to resign to ac-
cept federal appointment because no
one wanted to make a contest with the
Alliance for his successor. There are a
great many brave men in Kansas Just
now, who were in the brush or taking
concil last fall that we were wrong and
had never been right. We were all JUS
tilted in being scared one year ago, be-
cause we were badly tramped on, but
the same bluff never works twice-still
we think it behooves everybody to be
modest for really there are no brave ones
to read the others out of the party.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09
a NEW WHEAT MOVE.
From the Atehlson Champion.

From the Atehison Champion.
A car service bureau which has been
the subject of discussion by the various
boards of trade of the Kansas and Mis-
souri, cities for some time past will no
doubt be established shortly if the pres
ent movement succeeds.
The bureau will comprise st. Joseph,
Atchison, Wichita, Leavenworth, To-
peka, Kansas City and a number of
other points in the two states. The OBJ
ject Of such bureau will be to force the
grain into the elevators. AS things now
stand it is claimed that the six day limit
fixed by the roads for the cars to stand
loaded after arriving at destination is
not enforced, and as a consequence cars
are allowed to practically do the work
of the elevators. The railroads heartily
favor the plan, but the commission men
of the Missouri river cities oppose il.
The boards of trade favor it because
they claim it will build up elevators and
the milling business by establishing and
maintaining staple market. 1t is pro-
posed to have the bureau in charge of a
general superintendent. This official
would have to organize a sufficient force
of men at each city embraced in the SER
vice to keep up system of espionage
upon all cars arriving.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09

Snakes ars but few among the many
dangerous things that reach the depart
ment in dead letter packages. Live cent.
pedes and tarantulas, horned tOads and
Gila monsters contribute to this losa
freight Small aliigators from Florida sot
infrequently turn up Among other grus-
soms objects similarly received not lcna
ago was human ear inelossd in a letter,
perchAncs by some rufiian who had made
IL bis trophy; also the scalp ef an Indlaa
woman with long black hair, and grin
ming skull which a Philadelphia physician
refused 70 receive because letter rates were
charged upon it.-WashingtOn Letter.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09
John Young Brown of Kentucky has |

John Young Brown of Kentucky has
long been known as man of high moral
courage, but he is just now giving evi-
dence of possessing degree of nerve
that is really marvellous. Heretofore
and for years eastern and central Ken
lucky have monopolized the stateoffices,
only now and then giving the western
portion, known as the ''pennyroyal
deestrick," place on the tail end of the
ticket as matter of grace. Governor
Brown is western Kentucky man, and
it is said that the hitherto dominating
end of the state gave him precious little
encouragement and support. He pulled
through, however, and now he makes
bold to declare that this is going to be a
western Kentucky administration. Evi-
IDENTIFY Governor Brown has reached the
zenith of his political ambition, as far as
the state can prefer.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09

Train robberies are now almost as fire.
quent as those of stage coaches were in
time gone by. The pusillanimity of pas
sengers has often been commented upon,
but recent instances have shown that
where an attempt at defense has been
made the robbers have not hesitated to
add murder to their other crimes An
organized effort on the part of railroad
and express companies seems to be
needed to put an effective quietus on a
growing peril TO travellers.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09
PHOTOGRAPHS SUPPRESSED.

Scarcely is our diplomatic sea with
Germany spread with pacific ripples and
bosomed with peaceful calms, before the
welkin again becomes threatening from
the indiscretion of a photographer. A
photographer of Mainz, named Graves,
has been arrested for publishing a pic
ture of the emperor with his beard half
grown, contrary to the orders issued
that no portrait be made until permission
was given, presumably when the beard
has attained its full growth. Ia this
picture the emperor's effort looks like a
failure, the growth being stubby and ir-
regular in spite of liberal application
of pomade. This picture, of course, was
In great demand, for its sale was cut
short by the interference of the police.
Graves claims that he made the photo
graphs for Philadelphia publisher and
that he had no intention of permitting
their sale in Germany. He appealed to
the American consul at Mainz, who
vainly attempted to secure his liberation.
The governor refused on his own author
ity and said he must await orders from a
higher source. Now Minister Phelps has
been asked to intercede.
The case is indeed pitiable. While the
enterprise of the American of the second
part is not unworthy of laudation, it is
also lamentable that all beard-growing
youths have not recourse to summary
prohibition like the king, Of the first
part. The incpient beard is sight to
make men and much more exalted or
ganisms weep, and photograph of
William at such time, coming sit did,
Immediately after charges of mental
alteration was very discreetly nipped
in the bud or beard.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09

Since 1t has been ascertained that
there Is something like $3.50. coo in the
Missouri state treasury remnant that
sne states treasurers didn't get away
with, and the accumulation Of revenues
since the last embezzler was turned ont
the papers of that state are making a
great blow over its financial manage.
ment and great resources. The latter
must be admitted, along with the mar
velous gullibiliiy Of the average citizen
taxpaye
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09
THE FARMER AND THE GOVERN
MENT.

In view of the present timeliness of the
subject, the Century has arranged to
print during the coming year an import
ant series of articles on the general sub
ject of agriculture and the governments
relation to the farmer. Among the topics
to be treated are Agricultural Possibil-
tiles of the United States" 1.-THE Farm
er's Discomfort" "What the Govern
ment is Doing for the Farmer" Go
operation, etc. Mr.. j. r. Dodge, sta
tiStician of tie agricultural department.,
Mr.. A. w. Harris of the same depart
ment, Professor Brewer of Yale, and
others, are among the writers.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09
Across the Arctic Ocean at Two Mile. Day

The objects from the Jeannette drifted
in three years from the New Siberian
islands TO the west coast of Greenland. II
we assume that they required one year for
the drift southwark from latitude 50 degs
north, on the east coast OF Greenland, only
two years remain for the rest of the jour
ney, and this requires speed Of no more
than two nautical miles in every twenty
four hours. This does not seem too high a
rate when we remember that the Jeanette
drifted at the same speed during the last
half year of her drifting, and that in the
last days before she sank she dTifted at a
much higher speed, which sometimes
reached even eight nautical miles every
twenty-four hours. IL cannot therefore bs
considered improbable that we should
reach open water on this side of the pole
within two years after our start from the
Siberian side, and if we take provisions for
five years we may consider that we have
an ample margin.-Dr. Fridtjof Nansen in
Forum.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09
a Just Defense and Tribute.

FIR ON the Kansas City Star.
Mr.. j. L. Bristow of Salina, who was
elected treasurer of the Republican state
league, has been referred to by some OF
the newspapers as the editor of the Sa-
lima Herald, which is a Democratic-Al-
lance paper, and is not in harmony with
the principles to which Mr.. Bristow is
devoted and which he advocates with
great ability in his paper, the Salma Re-
publican. There are a few Republicans
left in Kansas who are proud to let the
world know where they stand, and Mr..
Bristow is one of them.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-09

A knowls5zs that abe has bssn nobiy
loved has saved many q rcnsu from tba
temptations of igns5ls love. II - tss
weakest natures. spurrsd by TIE in2aiss
of the mspsat, that 90 tbs nost 6sspsrats
ae.s In some dispositions IL is tbs visa,
IN sthsrs ths fear, that II the fssAsF of thg
thought