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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14
THE NEW FORM OF DEBT STATE.
MENT.

The following is an authoritative ex-
PLANTATION of the change IN the form OF
the debt statement and the reason there
for.
The secretary of the treasury calls at
tention 10 certain changes in the monthly
debt statement issued for June, 1891.
and in the daily statement OF cash IL
the treasury. Heretofore the manner
and makeup of the monthly statement
required the showing Of an increase or
decrease in the public debt. Under this
form It has happened on several occa-
sions thot when large purchases Of bonds
were made the statement following
would show an increase of the public
debt when a reduction had really been
affected. This was owing 10 the fact
that the principal and premium paid for
bonds reduced the cash on hand beyond
the amount Of bonds actually redeemed.
The secretary has concluded after
much thought on the subject 70 separate
the statement OF the debt from the
statement of the cash in the treasury.
Hereafter the statement Of the cash
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14
ELECTRIC SPARKS.

Pittsburg now has five electric streoA
railroads in actual operation. The very
latest, the Duquesue bas over twenty-eighs
miles u track.
The announcement Is made that a stock
company is % be organized in Cleveland,
with n capital Of 81 90 90, in connection
with the Austntz patent FOR the transmits
sion Of pictures by telegraph.
Glasgow. which already owns Is own gas
lighting plant, will ia ali probability soon
have an electric lighting plant Of is own.
IL is proposed 20 spend about Goo,OOO a. =
starter, and 70 adopt the three wire system
with accumulation.
The demand for stationary electric mo-
tors j. somstAiug enormous, and one firm
having LeadqUa-'eTs 20 New York reports
that ISIS =. 60 motors behind orders already
received. ard TIA, orders are pouring IN
from all sections o. the country.
Marssille=. France. has decided % adopt
the overhead electric systeu f0r street car
prouB sion. aod e new street car line. f1r
which franchise was recently obtained,
Kill D. bgiIc ia accordance ~lth 80. The
plant viii ~ ere fret hlzA tension electric
installation Of 10 Kind IA . large city n
France.
TIE New England shaver Telephone
company secured a charter - ths recent
sess on u tbs Rhode Island legislature,
and ALL enter into active com PETITION Nth
tie Bel Telephone com pany IN that state.
Tie cornpaay has an Authorized capital q
81 %. 90. and viii have - headq uArtsrs ~
Provldeace.
A Frencs4 inventor has invented a stove
bull, 81 TIE cylindrical form. around ihs
central f2e - which are RrDufe6 ssvsr4
hundred thsrno electric elements. a small
stove tEus equipped = sald 70 70 asis .
produce rirh ths usual oonsursptiOa "a
fuel enough electricity, II scored. - rua
twenty-five IO1-candls power iaDps
DAVID Charters szTs q tie slsosrts are
light which has b-sa placzl uyon Ah
model q tie EddTstons zhth0uss ia tie
ChslssA Naval exhibition. that - IL The
nlos. powerful ia tbs 1or,d- Ia pressaa
strsazta - about z.10o.1so caadlss, sr4
when ia usH motive po-sr - applied Afr.
Charssrls ko2es % Ta4ss IL 70 5.1o. 30 os
. ass1.Gdn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14
Look Out for Her.

Maude went shopping recently. and
although Maude knows the interiors of
the big mercantile emporiumS almost as
well as that Of her own home, she met
with brand new experience. Said she:
Il had made all of my purchases ex-
cept one. 1t was a neglige gown, which
the shop girl vulgariy called a wrapper
There was a dainty pink garment and
one in pale blue. | couldn't decide
which one would best suit my style Of
beauty, so just sat there thinking it
over. Before could make up my mind
we'll dressed woman rushed up and
saluted the girl behind the counter with:
Don't you remember me? I've bought
several Of these wrappers, and lot of
my friends have them too. We are all
delighted with them. The pink ones
are 50 becoming, and | can't see how the
firm sells them so low. Do you know
put a little extra trimming on one and
use it as a tea gown. Oh, they are
bargain Then she moved on.
by this time had decided to take
the pink one and ordered it sent home.
As was leaving the store heard IA
miliar voice, and there in the glove de-
partment was the same woman declaring
that those suede gloves We're ridiculously
cheap, and a customer who was hesitat-
ing bought two pairs at once. played
detective after that and saw the woman
help other doubtful customers to make
up their minds until | was CONVINCED
that she was fixture in the establish
ment
'Now | am sorry didn't take the blue
wrapper. New York Recorder.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14
AT THE COLUMBIAN EX-
POSITION.
KANSAS
To tho Editor Of the Eagle.

To tho Editor Of the Eagle.
The event which this celebrates is
greater than then Centennial. and in the
sixteen years which will have elapsed
since the exposition of 1876, the country
has developed its resources wonderfully.
and can make better showing. And
when one recalls the benefits which have
followed that exhibition what must he
expect Of this? Not, perhaps. so much
in regard to foreigners as in our own
country.
1t was eminently proper that the CEN
tennial of American natIopality should
be celebrated in the city Of Its Inaugural
ton; so it is now eminently fitting that
the celebration Of the discovery of a
new world should take place in the CITY
by the Lake which revealed TO the world
the greatness of American resources.
Chicago itself offers to visitors very
interesting and instructive picture. 1t
is a phenomenal city. Within half a
century it has grown from a frontier
village TO a metropolis, the second largest
city in the United States and the seventh
in the world
Chicagoans are not only public-spirit-
ed, but hospitable. Chicago Is uusur-
passed by any city in America, and bv
not more than three in the world. in Its
facilities for accommodating visitors.
Kansas was the center of attraction
at the centennial and now at the Column
bian exposition she cannot afford 10 be
second to any other state. Geograph
ically. Kansas is the central state of the
union. therefore, at Chicago she should
occupy her natural position as the CEN
ter Of attraction there. The record of
Kansas is grand one. and
the harvest OF Kansas this
year will be one that will
prove that the faith Of her citizens
in the natural resources of the state is
well founded. Every farm this wear is
overloaded with It's grain. The orchards
are breaking down with their loads of
fruit, and every product is demanding
that Kansas should be well represented
at Chicago in 1898.
Now is the time for every farmer to
select and set aside the best specimens
ne can secure from the products har-
vested. that the best may be shown.
The state board of promotion is doing
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14
PEN, PENCIL AND BRUSH.

It IS feared that Verestchagin, the great
Russian painter, is insane.
Bill Arp, the Georgia humorist, IS sixty
years old and the father OF nine children
The venerable portrait painter, G. p a
Healy, VINO now resides in Chicago. is still
plying the brush, though eighty-tRres
years Of age.
George Augustus Sala ia a jolly. red
faced and small eyed man Of sixty-three
who is always trying 70 cultivate some
what attenUsted mustache, which does not
seem 20 be OF good terms with itself
The artist Whistler IS most eccentric in
his attire. He usually comes down to
breakfast in knee breeches, silk stockings
and SHOES with large buckles. while his
short sack coat IS conspicuous forts Oddity.
Mrs Robert Louis Stevenson has turned
novelist. Her book. whica has been writ
ten under the supervision Of her husband.
is said . be fail % interest and as unique
in the development q is pot as DIR.
Jekyll and Mr. Hrde"
Marion HaEland began 70 write when she
was only SIX years Old See Is now mid
Gle aged. and i a somewhat poEtly woman
Of uledlnm height Her bAir - Just tgrn-
ing gray. and she wears - e1aDed back
from her broad forehead
T. Marion Cravyforri's first no~el was
published "a 1Ss2 Il was the famous "ldr.
IsAacs." ana the day after x appeared ths
author found himself t2nozs- Mr.. CraE-
ford = ~ hsart az Ainer1cs1. thoagh Ee
hss passed znauy years II Ezrope-
Women % the brush have cone cut wei
in this years HoFAI academy. Mrs. Adrian
Stokes "Anuaueiatsoa" hanZs above sr
Fre1er.ck Leizatoas n Al important
place. and Mrs. SomsEd's La Clzzses'
hangs on tie GHs below TIE WORK of hsr
AKA husband
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14
The Cause of Missions.

From the Kansas City Gazette.
Seventy-tive million dollars is contrib
uted yearly in the United States to the
sustenance of the church, S31 900, 900
more being given for purposes purely de-
votiona Within the century now draw
ing to a close 100000, 900 copies of the
Bible have been printed in 226 different
languages. Fifty years ago there were
SOP missionary stations in foreign parts;
there are now 5,765. Fifty years ago
there were 6J3 ordained missionaries; to-
day there are 1886 such servants of the
Lord. Then there were but 1,266 other
Iaborers and helpers abroad; now there
are 40, 552. This looks as il Col. Inger-
soil had really lived in vain.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14

Kansas leads in the production of hay,
and the product is much sought after in
the leading produce markets. This year
there will be an abundant crop and it
should be carefully prepared and kept in
good condition so as to realize the full
benefit of the top prices of the market
when sold. No matter how abundant
farm products may be this year they are
sure TO be worth considerable more than
the cost Of production.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14
An Honest Boniface.

A college graduate is now telling en-
Enthusiastically a story about the honesty
of a tavern keeper in the old college
town. The graduate had not visited the
place since his college life ended until
the other day, when a convention Of his
secret society was held there lie went
around to the old tavern where he had
had many late suppers, to see If the pro
prietor was still alive and 10 take a look
at the room where he had toasted every
one and everything connected with has
college and ms class.
"Halloa. Mr.. u" said the old inn
keeper, I'm glad 70 see you for owe
Won six dollars "Owe ne SIX dollars"
SAID the graduate in astonishlent 4
shouldn't have been surprised Il | had
owed YOU but I don't see how you can
owe me. Certainly such a condition Of
affairs never existed when ] was IN col
lege." The old man took ont his ledger.
There You are" he said triumphantlv
Just before you went away You settled
your account, and you oyerpajd ne six
dollars. There it is to your credit"
There was only one thing for a college
man 20 DO in his old meeting place. aud
TINS was promptly done-a deot washed
out just as others had been washed IL. #
o1e may say lt.-Eew York Tribune
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14
Tha Issues in Ohio

Maj. Mckinley in the New York Tribune.
What will be the contentious of the
campaign, MAJOR"
1.-The tariff, honest money, the national
administration and the state administra-
ton. The campaign will not be confined
to national issues alone, although they
doubtless will be prominent, but of
course much attention will be given to
state politics, particularly to the legisla-
ton of the Democratic party in the state
during the last two years, and the I'M
precedented extravaganza Of the state
administration"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14

Atlanta Constitution: "The talk of
Plumb of Kansas for presidential timber
that has been recently started, may be
loaded. His views on financial matters
would insure him many southern dele
cations against Harrison. The west and
south can control the next convention.
Plumb might prove the available man. ="
This, though mere speculation. is still
gratifying to the friends Of the popular
senator. 1t Is fair to assume. however.
that Mr.. Plumb has no such thought be-
yond the moment such statements meet
his eve. That he is worthy and well
qualified nobody for a moment ques-
tions, but the fact that he is from a
strong, Overwhelmingly Republican state
is agin' him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14

The Republican papers which insisted
Ed. holland, the defaulting state treasurer
of Missouri, would snever be sent to the
penitentiary, ete.-Springfeld Democrat
Well, suppose he does go the states
prison for the two years as fixed by the
trial jury that convicted him, what is
that-for the crime he committed in the
position he occupied hut a half apology
to him for the finding Of the court? But
he is not in the states prison yet, and it is
dollars to doughnuts that he does not go.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14

The rose has beaten the golden rod in
the contest for the state flower of New
York. There is 10 doubt that the rose
deserved to win, if beauty and fragrance
were the tests. If the genus rose is actu-
ated by the inspiration that seems to
impel all other created things the
chances are that this preferment will re-
suit in another war of roses, the thous-
and and one varieties all contending for
recognition as the one meant. And this
shows the unwisdom of not selecting the
honest and modest, yet fearless, sun
flower as the insignia flora.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14

Mr.. Harrison may not run for the presi-
dency in 1892, but it appears perfectly
plain to the casual observer that the Re
publican party is already running and
that at 2:20 gait.-Springfeld Democrat.
You seem to have summarized the
general condition of the party through
out the country just about as it is. And
if all the isms and opposition to the
success Of the party don't get off the
track p. O. they will be run over and the
life trampled out of them. 1t is in the
race to win, and don't forget to remem-
Der it,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14
Modern Luxuriousness.

From the Tirnes-DemOcrat.
The luxuriousness of modern life is IL
lustrated by this item from the New
York Commercial Advertiser: Mrs. S.
Y. r. Cruger has added wing to her
country house, in which there is to be a
Roman room, with fountains playing,
water splashing from rockets, etc, and
the floor is to be covered with tiger
skins When in this room Mrs. Cruger
will wear Roman costume-soft flowing
robes caught up on the sides and a jewel
ed girdle."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14

The potentest factor in the Democratic
contest for the presidential nomination
next year. little as the followings of the
two New York champions may think of
it. will be Governor Pattison Of Pennsyl-
vania-that is, if his and the party's pol
icy is endorsed in that state, which
makes it rather remote possibility
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14

A band in Salina has been trying to give
a concert for week, but has been COM
PEELED to put it off on account of wet
weather. Joe hudson was right when he
said there was never too much rain in
Kansas.-Kansas City Star.
The pun on the band may be well put
the Salina Republican says the Star
can't appreciate good music-but the
Star put itself in a lower case in print
ing Joseph's name with a small ''h.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14

American writers of short stories are
winning golden opinions abroad. A re-
cent number of the London Spectator, in
the course of an appreciative review of
Annie Trumbull Slosson's' Seven Dream
ers," says: 'Mrs. Slosson has written a
singularly beautiful and fascinating vol
ume; and it is a volume, too, which pos
sesses a peculiar interest, in virtue of the
fact that the genius of its author makes
itself manifest in the one literary form
in which any indications of genius are
most seldom to be found. We use the
word genius, knowing well that genius
is as rare as 1t is precious; but we know
no other word which adequately repre-
sents the combination of fellcitous inven-
ton, Of imaginative insight, of quaint
fancy, and of delicate literary expression
which is to be found in these stories"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14

A large part of western Kansas can be
made the finest farming country on
earth, and in place of ten or twenty
bushels Of wheat, thirty to forty can be
raised to the acre, and in place Of no
corn forty to sixty bushels can be raised,
and an abundance of vegetables. This
is being demonstrated this season with
out irrigation, and with it, it will not be
chance work, but certain success.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14
a. Ii Shn11fd Be

From the Atchison Champion.
In the revised course of study at the
State Agricultural college for the new
year beginning IN September no pro
vision is made for instruction IN the
classics. This is wise and viii give gen
eral satisfaction. The instruction of that
worthy institution is wholly English,
and more every year is agriculture com
ing to be its chief object of study and
a~Darip1ap+
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14
The Honor Paid Mir. Douglass.


AS we have already said, our minister,
Frederick Douglass, must be glad to
withdraw from country whose history
seems to stigmatize men of the African
race as incapable of orderly self-govern-
ment 1t is inconcelvable that such a
diplomatic appointment can be regarded
as an honor, except as it may be sup
posed to show the respect and confidence
Of the administration. 1t is certainly a
droll proof of respect for an American
citizen 10 send him t. Hayti.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14

The action of the state committee of
the Alliance in repudiating the repudi-
ators of that following was somewhat
tardy but it was the most benefcent act,
as affecting the best interests of the ALI
ancemen and of the state at large, of any
yet taken. If the committee had also re-
pudiated two or three other discreditable
and compromising fallacies inculcated by
the Alliance as d political party, notably
the sub-treasury, government warehouse,
2-per-c from the government
to the citizen, government ownership Of
railroads and telegraphs, they would in
large measure have removed the causes
of antagonism against the movement"
in the interest of the farming communi-
ty and opened the way for much moral
support that is now withheld.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14

was sufficiently aroused to cause him to
listen intently. A cold chill ran over him
when he heard his name as the party
against whom the Indictment was written.
1t being his own funeral he felt IN duty
bound to hear it through. When the vot-
ing began it was the monotonous AYE"
without d break. It was certainly not a
pleasant ex perience.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14
Slirh+lu Prauin1,s

Why not elect Marsh Murdoch for
governor next time? He would ike to
be governor, and he would be an orna-
ment to the place. Topeka Journal.
NJ. NJ. Murdoch is mentioned as a
possible Republican candidate for gov
ernor a little early but not a bad
selection it would be.-Kensington
Mirror.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14

This is a great year for canning fruit,
despite the Mckinley bill. All sorts of
fruit is abundant and cheap, and stone
Jars are as good as glass, and better than
tin if not quite so handy. Make it
point to put up" all the fruit possible,
everybody. 1t is not only handy to have
in the house, but a well-tilled pantry
will save many a dollar next winter at
the grocery and meat shop.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14

Schweinfurth, the Illinois religious I'M
pOstor is unusually careful in his attire
for false prophet. The Deglige costume
in which he appears at the breakfast table
would do credit to the taste of a man Of
fashion. On the street he wears a neat
suit Of light summer clothing, his linen is
clean and his shoes are always carefully
hlacl-ad
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14

"GirlS on Horseback" is the title of an
important series of papers to be begun in
the next number of Harpers Bazaar.
Having to do with the practical art Of
horseback riding, even from its begin
ming by very young girls, the series will
commend irself to the attention not only
of young ladies and misses, but of their
mothers and all others who are inter
ested in this most healthful form OF ex-
ercise for women.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14

A Kansas man made small fortune
on potatoes last season. When asked
how he did it, he said: 81 planted them
and then staid at home and attended to
them" He is trying the same process
this season and expects to double on last
wears realizationS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14
JUST ONE POINT, PLEASE.

The Leavenworth Times takes up a
paragraph from the EAGLE of few days
ago in reference to the sugar question
(wherein it was stated that the removal
of the tariff duty from sugar, which
brought into the treasury fifty millions
of dollars annually, and the substitution
of a bounty on the home production of
that article which, it is estimated, will
call for thirteen millions from the treas
ury, the two amounts aggregating $685.
000, coo, which amount will have to be
raised by increasing the burden upon the
people in the shape of increased duties
on other articles of import and asserts
that sit was proper to take the tariff off
sugar, protect it by the boanty and raise
the revenue by duties upon something
else. There is no hope of the sugar
industry in this country. The amount
of sugar produced is no greater than it
was forty years ago and it is not half,
or third enough to supply the de-
maud."
The EAGLE does not deem it expedient
TO discuss the subject further just now:
the facts of the case, are under
stood and appreciated generally; but the
Times statement suggests one question
that we cannot forbear to ask, and that
is, if ''there is no hope of the sugar in
dustry in this country" what excuse can
be offered for granting protection to it
iii any form? That is what the bounty
is alleged to be given for If the Times
will give a satisfactory explanation of
this the question may be dismissed for
the time being, as far as the interests
and welfare of the Mckinley bill are
cnncnrnnl
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14

AS much as women may be criticised
for their participation in the affairs of
men, they cannot be accused Of strad-
ding any subject, if we may accept the
bicycle, and not all of them fall down
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14

Lord Coventry. of whom % much has
been heard IL TIE Gordoa-C1EmlBg trial,
u TIE principal steward q TIC Joker Gu b,
the final authority on racing matters, sld
chairman q the tribunal before whom al
offenders against the laws q the turf and
Of betting are tined.
EIhu Thomson, to- Piston electrician,
who l. regarded as Edlgon's most forZnid-
ABLE rival. IL q slender yo1uZ uaa with
clear cut feature. . ErEa-l brown w-s-
tache and Way bFCwn hair. lie IS 3 bT4..as
tslksr, a good listener. sad Is very pgy.z.4-
s.zca. the electricians 81 lie s4sI
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14

Spokane, Wash, seems determined to
make or break in short order. The city
has recently started in on 81, 100000 ap-
propriated for public buildings and other
improvements.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-14

Electrocution will go; both the method
and name, Notwithstanding the persist
ent opposition of philologists to the one
and the lawyers and sentimentalists to
tha other