davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21

the master, will add very important con.
tribution TO the history of the great con-
test which began in 1861. The story of the
financial operations of the government has
never been fully told, and as Mr. Coe will
tell it it Will not be mere dry reading Il
statistics or a narrative full Of technical
terms of trade. but will tie popular story.
and one which will be full Of dramatic and
exciting incidents.
The death OF Mr.. John Thompson in
New York few days ago suggests another
narrative, which will probably soon be pub
blished. This is history OF Mr.. Thomp-
sons sixty years experience in Wall street.
He began there just after the Erie canal
was opened, and when New York was Begin
ming 10 take those steps which made IL the
commercial emporium OF America. Mr..
Thompson's life has been practically con-
temporaneous with the history Of Wall
street. He has known and dealt with all
of the giant operators of the past. and had
a wonderful fund of "reminiscences and
anecdotes respecting these men.
Mr.. Thompson has also written some in
side history respecting the creation Of the
national banking system. II Is generally
that he was the first to suggest
it, although as it was adopted it differed
somewhat from his plan. He organized
the first national bank permitted under
the banking act, and was its president for
many years, and he is able 70 reveal much
inside information respecting the doubts
and the difficulties which had 20 be sur
before the system was estab-
lished. Such works a. Mr.. Thompson's
and Mr.. Goes viii be valuable additions
tn our historical Iifprafpre
X. j. EDwARnA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21
City and Country Life.

Observers whose lives are divided be-
tween country and city often remark that
while the city man Of wealth and leisure
l. apt 10 be Travelled and cultured, the man
Of moderate resources Il often far behind
his brother ia the country. The farmer
worth, let Us say, $1,000, s. In three
fourths Of the United STATES tho very
pillar Of church and society in bis neigh
bOrhood. lie reads as a rais three pa
pers-the county weekly, the state or
gan Of bis party and some religious jour-
nai-and las does read them. He appre-
ciates and pretty well understands every
line in them. His service On grand or
petit jury gives him ia time remarkably
clear knowledge II the general principles
q law, aud bis active baosfs, unless ne en-
hausts bis strength, keep bis mind clear
and receptive. More than All. hs has a
sense Of his dignity and equality with bis
fellows The small merchant aud worker
who hrs bit gio. 90 in ,he city has hardly
got start, and is only TOO liable TO lose IL.
Ii fact, through al the middle and lower
aidcle ranks Tia rarallst has lmn1snsely
the advantages.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21
SHOWING THE CLOVEN FOOT.

A significant feature of the Cincinnati
conference is the absence of any consid-
cradle number of southern representa-
tives. It has been an open secret for
some time that the Southern Alliance
does not favor the third party movement,
and yet the Atlanta Constitution says
that in one congressional district in
Georgia there are 5000 Alliance men
who will not support Cleveland if he is
the Democratic nominee, but will bolt to
the third party candidate if one shall be
named. The whole Alliance movement
is of southern origin; it was a scheme to
divide and thereby weaken the Republi-
can party in the central and western
states, while in the southern states it
was to remain steadfast to the Demo-
cratic party on national issues. In view
of this fact, therefore, and the further
fact of the Atlanta papers well-known
opposition to Cleveland, its statesments
need to be taken with liberal allowance.
The southern leaders are born politi-
clans: they talk one way for effect, and
act another when the political interests
of the dominant party are liable to be
jeopardized. The third party in the
norti4 and west, is diversion in the in
terest of the south and the Democratic
party, but it becomes at once calamity
when it threatens to invade Democracy's
domain,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21
a Fable.

A wolf, seeing a lamb drinking a: a
brook, stopped for few minutes CONVEX
sation. What big eyes you have got"
bleated the innocent. my dear, +" said the
wolf. in a tone of reproof, You ought
never 10 allow your remarks to assume a
character Of personality" 'But," per
sisted the lamb, what great teeth yOu
have got" How often" pursued the
wolf, not without touch OF reproach.
did your lanented mother enjoin upon
you to refrain from comment that might
cause PAIN" Ee afterward explained that
he then feared this lamb rad bad heart.
but he found il really as teGder as any be
had ever tasted
Though the langusge Of the predaoeo1s
class lose its coarseness in the general re-
fnement OF manners. the fate Of its natural
preyis not noticesbly chaaged--New York
Evening sun
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21
HOWLING GROWLERS.

The habit of fault finding seems te
have become Chronic. The Alliance i;
but an organized howl, and its mission
is to growl at everything, good or bad.
The Leavenworth Times in like spirit
says: at seems safe to predict great
wheat crop now, but what good will ii
de;" Great heavens, we answer by ask
Ing what harm can it do? A great
wheat crop has its drawbacks, but out
side of the Alliance nobody would set
down great wheat crop as calamity.
The Times says ''it's money that is
wanted" What good would there be in
money if there were no wheat or no any
thing to buy with it? If there was
not dollar of money in the
United States yet a superabundance
of everything for everybody in the way
of field, orchard and factory products,
wouldn't the oppulence of the people,
their satisfaction and consequent happi-
ness, be greater than though every man
had his pockets full of worthless money,
or even full of gold, and no products of
labor anywhere for sale? Money is
representative of value, primarily, but
if there be no values then wherefore the
money? Upon the other hand, who
would want PETERS billions of valueless
stuff, issued by the government for the
sole purpose of loaning it out at one
per cent, with the interest payable in
the same fiat trash? A money
value based on the credit of the
government is perfectly good only
when the government stands ready
to make it good on presentation, but SO
is anybody's idividual note.
The fact is. that the value of all things
that is, their exchangeable quality for
other things-is determined by unrram-
eled human action, and any dominating
power thrust in for the purpose of cur
failing or of unnaturally expanding this
freedom of interchangeable rights and
values, is followed by disaster just in
to the power employed, and
just as sure as that, the man who sticks
his finger in the fire will get it burned
the hotter the fire the worse the burn.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21
Knew Her Papa.

This morning liftle b, Eve years old.
heard for the first time TIRE tragic poem
Of Beth-Gelert. whereia the dog. Jeff 70
guard MS masters child, SAVES us life By
killing the wolf which attacks e Poor
Gelert, covered with blood from his fierce
battle, IS stabbed oy his master O. his ~
turn, for &c faucets the blood = thar % his
child. and finds. VIXEN all teo late. the
dead body q the wolf under the child's
bed TIE little boy listened 10 the s.z-y
with absorbing interest, bnG Lss cAeeks
finished, his eyes FLIED and his lips azsv-
erred 4. ire sad ending. To divert his az
tentiou tired 70 show the r1sStgr did no-
mean 20 be cr2el. ard szs3. u yozr papa
should come u aad think BIZ dog had
killed yen. wouldn't Re xiii the dog
"Ob. no." came ths qUicx rcalr, Eay
p&pA's afraid 20 tc1ch . gzz- New YORK
Tr4hnrs-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21

"Mr. Chiffon, of Texas" says the Gin
cinnati Commercial Gazette, Twill be
the youngest man in the United States
senate. He is about IS. JIr Morrill,, at
the age of 81, is the Oldest Of young
linen may be mentioned Kyle and Irby,
who are 81: Dubois, who is 40; Turpie,
who is 40; Kenna, Pettigrew and Hans
brough. who are 43; Dixon and Faulk-
ner, who are Al, and Hill. who is 45.
Dawes, Barbour, Pugh and Palmer are,
except Morrill,, the only senators over 20,
and they are but little past that mark. J.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21
suNELowER srLHouETrEs.
The idea of the third party is to get :
movement on it to be first.

| The idea of the third party is to get q
movement on it to be first.
| Motto for the hot-season resorts: Uni
| ted we stand, divided we summer"
Jerry Simpson, at Cincinnati, seems to
! get all the cheers and most of the beers.
Secretary Tracy denies that new man
of war will be named the Mary A. Lease.
If Adam had been like PETER, it would
have saved Eve powerful lot OF work in
fig leaves.
As Judge Foster sails out an unlimited
number of Kansas gentlemen sail in, for
his position.
There is no telling what Kansas editor
will do. Charlie Scott, of the lola Register,
is going to Europe in June.
According to the Coldwater Enterprise,
the Alliance will adopt a motto thus:
Non sockum ct multum whiskero."
There is so much in the way thing is
said: 1t is rather unkind to say that A. B.
Campbell is climbing up again.
Kansas is a doubtful state now, and
whoever runs for the presidency we will
be apt TO see and hear speak before he is
elected.
Congressman Otes is making an attempt
to come OUT" but unfortunately for him
he has something on his feet and nothing
on his chin.
Mr.. Wilkin, of Kansas, spoke at Cincin-
natl. He must be one OF the leaders of the
Alliance, as nobody in Kansas ever heard
of him before.
l. was very wise precaution on the part
of Sam Wood to manage to be away of IN
Cincinnati, about the time Judge Botkin's
trial is through.
The Kansas crowd still sticks to old
Willis. There are little girls who will
leave whole family of wax dolls to play
with one little rag baby.
The righteousness of PETERS mention
for the presidency has been somewhat dis
sipated by the candidacy of Blaine for the
place of the chief executive
Jerry Simpson SAYS he has lost 81, 900 in
the past twelve years farming. He will
have hard time making anybody believe
that he ever had 81 600 to lose.
The Cincinnati conference will find it in
poor taste to prolong its session when it is
ali undisputed fact that the sunfowers in
Kansas cornfields are growing an inch a !
day.
Miss Mary Plumb, eldest daughter of
Senator Plumb has arranged for a trip to /
Europe with party of New York friends. |
She will sail on the 18th on the City OF |
Berlin.
It is said that when PETER said that the
Alliance was taking the place OF the
both Sam Wood and Elder swal- ]
owed a hard lump in their throats, and,
left the hall.
Every time Jerry Simpson is announced
1t the rear door of the convention hall at
Edward Bellamy, who is
present, is said to be greatly pleased.
Everybody begins looking backward.
1t is interesting to note that the inspir-
ng strains of 1.-THE Star Spangled Ban
her," for the first time at an Alliance
Meeting superseded the classical Good
,ye, old party, good bye" at Cincinnati
1.-The Farmers Wife" is to be the title of
newspaper TO be started at Kansas City
n few months to run through the presi-
ential campaign. Mrs. Lease and Mrs.
)iggs, of Kansas, and Mrs. Livermore, of
Boston, all prominent politicians of the
lew school, will be the writers, and Mr..
Pack will be business manager.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21

The New York correspondent of the
Baltimore American in his letter Of
Monday says:
An idea of the enormous fees paid in
financial circles here TO men who settle
up the affairs of big firms and institu-
tons. may be formed from the compen-
sation given TO Mr. VIM. Nelson Crom-
well for a few weeks work Mr.. Crom-
well was the assignee, who took charge
of the affairs of Decker, Howell & Co,
when that firm got into trouble. He az
ranged all settlements and paid OFF the
creditors in full. 1t took him Just six
weeks to balance up the accounts, and
TO send IN his bill for services. The bill
was for $500. 200. which is the amount
Mr.. Cromwell will receive. This IS at
the rate of about $4,000 & month, or
$4,000, 900 year Mr.. Cromwells other
business went along as before during the
SIX weeks. 1t should be borne in mind
however. that Mr.. Cromwell was paid
for knowing how. and not so much an
hour for services actually rendered. 4
New York lawyer ought to live quite
easily on salary Of Sl1S. 900 a month.
few months ago a banking house ii
Wall street offered TO reorganize a trust
or rive per cent OF the amount involved.
which would have added 10 the FIRMS
wealth about $3.50, 600. and the work
would probably have been done in
little more than month. That is the
price of expert knowledge in tinancier-
ing-a commodity that Is very valuable.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21
The Hunor in Kansas Literature.

The Hunor in Kansas Literature.
From the Kansas City Gazette.
We are patiently but anxiously await
ing bound volume of the proceedings
in the Botkin impeachment case. 1t will,
we believe, make an enduring addition
to Kansas literature. 1t is a long time
since we have had anything like it, and
it will Indicate that the civilization of
the border as it existed in the early days
continues to this day in Stevens county.
Whether this is because Sam Wood has
kept pace with it, or that there is some
thing peculiar in border civilization of
itself, we are unable to say. We listened
the other day to a few statements con-
corning the testimony in the impeach-
ment case. Botkin drives up to a drug
store and inquiries, "Is Bud in:" bud
who?' "Why, Budweiser, of course"
Eyes" "Well, bring him out" He
halts in front of another drug store, and
inquiries, "Is Bud in?' mo, but Ann
is" "Well, bring Ann (Anheuser) out"
And after a few gallons he is prepared
to take the bench and dispense justice to
such community.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21

When the Kentucky Democracy go
back on the states favorite son it is a
sure sign that something is radically
wrong somewhere; but that is just what
the state convention did last week. A
resolution endorsing Carlisle for vice
president was voted down without cere-
mony. Whether it was because Cleve-
lands name was mentioned for first
place on the ticket, as the Topeka Demo
crat believes, and was as a rebuff for
him, or because the Kentucky Demo-
Gratis mean TO hold their Junior senator
in reserve for possible dark horse. is
not indicated in the published report of
the conventions actions; but probably
ooths
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21
Just as was to be expected, the Demo

Just as was to be expected, the Demo-
Gratis are now claiming credit for the
reciprocity policy inauguraled by the
present Republican administration, and
in substantiation of the claim they quote
the following splinter from the tariff
plank of the platform of 1884 adopted
by the Chicago convention that nomi-
mated Cleveland:
I'VE favor an American continental
policy, based on more intimate commercial
and political relations with fifteen sister
republics of North, Central and South
America, but entangling alliances with
nOne.n
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21

The Botkin trial will close today. 1t
cost the state some money, but it afford
number Of estimable gentlemen a Job
and proves an experience for the men,
berS and officers of the state senate. As
for the verdict which viii be found.
everybody knows what it would be as
soon as it was known that the sam
Wood wing of the Alliance constituted
the irresponsible prosecution.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21

In noting that Mrs. Lease, the Kansas
female Alliance orator, has received an
offer of $50 and all her expenses paid to
make three speeches before the Chautau-
qua meeting at Atlanta, Ga, the Atchi-
son Champion pays that lady the very
fiattering compliment of saying that
brains tell, whether in man or woman.
inside or outside of the Alliance.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21

The Servians seem to be in the notion
to dispense with royal establishment
and choose their own chief executive,
and the facility with which they got rid
of their queen for the time would indi-
cate that the change were an easy going
incident. But this is only the beginning.
1t is next 10 certain that this republican
move will be opposed by neighboring
royalists and it will be wonder if the
country escapes conflict of arms.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21

George W. Boyd, who had charge of
the presidential train. says: A thing
would like to speak of is that the presi-
dent, travelling all over that wild country
and meeting all sorts OF people, refused
70 have an escort Of any kind. There
was not a revolver on the whole train.
Governors of states frequently offered to
send an escort, but he said he was as
safe as anybody else
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21

a Chicago judge says lit is the duty of
man or woman to find out whom they
are marrying 1t were, indeed, a wise
precaution, and the fact that some peo-
pie fail to find out who they have mar
ried after years of association, should
not deter others from observing the in
junction Is far as possible beforehand.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21

The declaration of Gen. Mitre that Ar
gentina will again be on the road to pros
perity in ten years, coupled with the
cause of the republics complication,
calls to mind the matrimonial aphorism
OF marry in haste and repent at lea
sure" A point the Cincinnati concIave
would do well to consider
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
A flight" "Fit."

From the Arkansas City Dispatch.
The anti-tightS craze has struck the
town. One of our ministers took up the
subject yesterday in his sermon. He
gave such a graphic description of the
ordinary can-can that his hearers had no
doubt but that he was perfectly familiar
with that kind of a theatrical perfor-
nance. He gave the naked truth, not
even dressing it in tights.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21

Helen Cougars mission to the Cincni-
natl conference is to secure the introduc-
ton of prohibition plank in the plat
form. 1t Is probable she will succeed,
and with that and woman suffrage and
other kindred idioms, it will be COM
plete Cosmopolitan condemnation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21

A French factory was engaged a short
time ago to manufacture rifles for the
Russian government, and the incident
has given rise to the assertion that Rus
STA has ordered 100000 rifles from
France
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21
ghe aeha Daily gagle ghursday 9orme, clay 2i 1881.
peach, apricot. pear and cherry trees are
loaded down with fruit

loaded down with fruit.
Oklahoma City Journal: The proper
inter probation of the word Oklahoma,
''The Beautiful Land, +" is pretty. pleasing
and poetical, but, unfortunately. it LACKS
the essential element OF truth Mrs. f. L.
Cramer, who spent several years among
the Choctaws and Creeks and Is familiar
with their lore and language. is authority
for the statement that the word is derived
from the Choctaw, Okla, Red and Homs,
home. THE home OF the red man" In
1882 Governor Wright, Of the Choctaws,
after consultation with some Of the chief
people OF the tribe, went to Washington
as delegate and st his suggestion the
name Oklahoma was applied te this part
of the territory. The Indian manner of
writing the word effectualy disposes OF
the controversy as to its proper pronuncia-
ton, as they write it O-kla-homa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21
-
Only a RumOr.

From the Newton Republican.
1t is rumored that Judge Foster of the
United States court fer the district of
Kansas will resign before leaving for
Europe for his health, III which event
Chief Justice Horton OF the supreme
court of Kansas will probably lie ap-
pointed to succeed him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21
The Egg Problem Solved.

By the Paola Republican.
During the good old Democratic
times" the farmers wife exchanged
thirty-three dozen eggs for twelve pounds
of sugar. Now, under the Republican
Mckinley bill, thirty-three dozen gets
seventy pounds of the best sugar. When
Democrats admitted calico flee of duty,
it would take eight dozen eggs to buy
one yard of calico: now, under the Re-
publican tariff, eight dozen eggs will buy
twenty yards of better calico.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21

The Albany Evening Journal states the
situation in the empire state thus: al
low us to remark in the most dispassion-
ate and unprecedented manner that n
Cleveland banquet in every city of New
York could not wrest the state from
David B. Hill. He holds it in the hol-
low of his hand. He viii send to the
next Democratic national convention a
delegation solidly committed TO him
Self"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21

As between Infatuated citizens, under
ground mishaps and dynamite explosions
the Italians in this country seem to be in
bad way for personal safety. They
get the worst of it in every such in
stance
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21

The worst elbow" that has yet struck
Chicago is this from the Galveston News:
"lt Is claimed that a man with great
whiskers finds it necessary to pick his
time when he wants 10 pass through
Chicago .
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21

1t is estimated that Great Britain will
lose $4,000, 900 of trade in cotton goods
by reason of our reciprocity treaty with
Brazil, and it serves her right, consider
ing the cIorGs Jilat she made to defeat
Harrison in 1888.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21
Here Is where America makes her
Presidents.

There is more truth than there was art
in the idea. The country school house
has done and is doing much not only to
start ambitious men on careers of public
glory but to give to the people the educa-
ton and love of knowledge which makes
America the most intelligent nation in
the world.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21

Judge Foster left Topeka for Carlsbad,
German, where he goes hoping for
new chance in life. The rumor that Fos-
ter is going to resign is unfounded.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21

The Kansas farmers, now in Cincin-
natl looking up new party, will be
bowling as usual next fall that farming
Is failure and monopolies curse.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21
The Most Important Item,

II understand Stallwitz is engaged.
Who's the ladyi"
ne says she is worth fifty thousand.
He hadn't time 70 tell me her name. New
York Recorder.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21

A Kentucky girl has started her gradu
ating essay, '"Music in the South" in this
way: ''Minors are never seen in saloons;
majors, nowhere else.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21

The Sac and Fox money has all been paid
out aud the traders are reaping rich har-
vest. The Indians are gambling n good
deal among themselves, an Indian named
bling monte. As high as $50 is bet al one
time On the game.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21

The speaker Of the next house of rep
reSentatives would be justified in putting
the whole Kansas delegation on the
committee of agriculture.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21

Mayor Shakespeare Of New Orleans
seems to be the lion of the Denver event.
And the recognition accorded him has
an extra-perSonal JUNCTION in it that is
somewhat significant.