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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-03-26
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Big Sister - You naughty boy, why
didn't you put that ten cent piece in the
plate that gave your
Little Brother-Cos that Teller didnt
look half so poor as man know. Be-
sides, he's got plateful.-Once Week.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-03-26
TEXAS AT THE WORLDS FAIR.

TEXAS AT THE WORLDS FAIR.
At last definite move has been
made in the legislature looking to
Texas having proper representation
at the Worlds fair in Chicago in 1898.
In approaching the consideration Ct
this question the Legislature should
bear in mind several things. l. This
is fair gotten up not only by the
Federal government, but by every
state in the Union, and the greatest
state in the Union cannot afford TO be
unrepresented. 2. This is not only
state and Federal affair but case OF
national representation. The presl'
dent of the United States has invited
the nations of the world to have rep
resentation there and they have &C
septed the invitation. Can the
greatest state in the Union
afford to lose this opportunity
OF putting herself on record before
those nations as such greateat state?
Third-Is this not question OF state
pride? Is Texas willing to trust her
credit to individual public spirit and
the chances of unorganized private
effort2 Surely this is a state affair
and not to be trusted to local action
of anv section of the state. North,
South, East and West Texas should
all have typical exhibits at that lair.
This can only be accomplished ~ the
state herself taking thu wurh /" ch ugr.
II the state appoln -,erl' "lll erS,
as is proposed il tn Browning bill
introduced in the u'll-e lust Fud"y,
then the work Will be p"lormc
nethodically, scientifically and thor
oughly; every section Of the state will
be given q proper showing and the
result will be most creditable to
Texas. The amount appropriated
as mentioned in the bill
-$lO0,O00-is comparatively small,
but with that sum very much indeed
can be done, especially as there Is
such a rich field of exhibits from
which TO select. Who of US in Texas
would like to visit that fair and find
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Hi
nois and all other of the great states
magnifcently represented and moth
ing to show that such State as Texas
was in the Union? Regret, however,
would be too late then. Now is the
time to act. 1t will not do for the
Legislature to act hastily in this mat.
ter, nor to dismiss it upon some trivial
excuse. AS affecting the States rela-
tions 20 the Federal Government and
the other states Of the Union it is one
of the most important questions ever
presented for our consideration. A
precedent has been established in
the case of the New Orleans
exposition, and in this case the
Browning bill provides the exhibit
shall not be u temporary thing, but
that after the close of the fair in Chi
cago it shall be returned here to the
state capitol aud be kept in charge of
the commissioner of insurance and
statistics. Such an exhibit should
even now be under the charge OF that
officer. We should do this work even
as it is and regardless OF the Worlds
fair, but ii two birds can be killed by
the same stone, then so much the
better. THE STATESMAN earnestly
prays the legislature may give this
question its most earnest aud patri-
otto attention.
GOV, HOGG'S VETO OF THE SUGAR
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-03-26
just Appreciation.

Experienced Mother-What does make
YOU let Mr.. Oelrichs fatter you so, my
dear?
Innocent Daughter-Why, mamma, he
wasn't catering me at all He was only
saying some very pleasant things to me
about myself Journal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-10

Oklahoma City Journal: 1t will be re-
membered that Alfred Dupee Chicago
was convicted of horse stealing at the
March term of court along with three
white men. He was merely boy, was
bright and perfectly frank IN his state
ments on the witness stand. There WAS
question as to whether the boy really
knew that he was helping to steal the
horses. Judge Clark hesitated long
time before he decided what to do with
him. He sentenced the three white men
TO term in the penitentiary but lett
Alfred for couple of weeks longer when
he imposed peculiar probationary sent
ence. 1t was that Alfred was TO go with
Mr.. Ricketts,, handsome old colored min
lister who was then member Of the petit
jury, and stay on his farm fourteen miles
northeast of the city, until the October
term of court If either Mr.. Ricketts, or
any of the neighbors had reason TO com
plain of his conduct he was 10 be immedl-
ately locked up in jail again. The boy was
only too happy to accept the conditions,
and went home with Mr.. Ricketts, re-
joicing Yesterday Mr.. Ricketts, was in
the city and in reply to an inquiry as TO
how Alfred was behaving he said that he
had done nobly and had never given him
the last cause to complain. The conduct
of the boy shows that the judges humani-
tarianism has resulted in great good to the
bOV
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-10
BEGINNING TO KICK.

1t seems that the Texas Alliances are
becoming tired of the way the machine
is being run, and the constant drain OF
money to keep a lot of loafers and
tramps on the go, and 10 account given
Of what the money is used for. Texas
is not alone in the kick. 1t is squeaking
all over the country. The following res
olutions were adopted by Prairie Dell
Alliance, of Bell county, Texas:
Whereas, we view with sadness and
alarm the efforts of some of our Alliance
leaders to pervert the order from the
noble and praisworthy purposes for
which it was founded into a political
machine, to advance the interest of cor
rupt and designing men, and to foist
upon the country in the form of law the
impracticable folly known as the sub
treasury bill; and
Whereas, Hundreds of thousands of
dollars of the hard earned money of the
farmers of Texas, advanced in the way
of fees, subscriptions, and donations.
have been absorbed in so short a period
of time as TO create q general demand in
the order for true account of their
CA DCilhibuItS, WHICH, HAS utN6I been
satisfactorily given: and
Whereas, So reckless, rash and per-
verting have the Uses to which the
money and the order have been directed,
that it has SO reduced our order as to re-
tain but mere moiety of its former
numbers, and created a Just and well
founded fear in the minds of all true
Alliance men for its safety, permanency
ana usefulness; and
Whereas, Recently, to-wit: On the
4th day of March, 1861, at Austin. Tex.
a certain number of Alliance brethren,
including our brother, Hon. w. =. Han
cock, inspired, as we believe, by the
truest Alliance principles and devo-
ton to the cause, issued a cir
Cular 10 the brotherhood of Texas
warning them OF the dangers that
threaten the order, and urging them to
relieve 1t from the weight that was
crushing the the life and usefulness out
of it, and bring it back to its original
principles and purposes; therefore, be it
Resolved, That we are unalterably OPP
posed to a third party created in the Al
lance; are opposed TO the sub-treasury
scheme, and condemn the course of all
Alliance leaders. be they high or low,
who would Use the Alliance TO advance
these purposes.
Resolved, That while we do not charge
any one with fraud or corruption in the
management of Alliance funds of anv
class, Yet we believe that many Of those
charged with their use have displayed
an extravaganza almost bordering on
criminaiIty, and an inefficiency and in
capacity that ought to permanently
retire them from positions OF trust and
honor
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-10
oh.eIete View. OF Animals

am the owner OF a natural history writ
ten by one Riley and published about the
year l1S9 IL Is quaint old book, and its
yellow leaves and odd type furnish the
reader with number of strange accounts.
Among others may be found something
like the following; THE digestive appa-
raLus of the ostrich Is said TO be very strong
indeed. that bird not only being able 10 d.
gest such things rs stones, bits of glass
and iron. but II is even said that it makes q
good meal OF bed of live Goals"
We laugh at such "A statement, but no
doubt at the time Of publication 1t was
stated for fact.
What right have we 10 Taught IL is not
long since every one firmly believed the
porcupine capable of shooting its quilts
like arrows, and regarded it as an animal
well sble TO defend itself against almost
any foe, instead of the quiet, inofensive
little creature that curls itself in ball at
the first approach of an enemy, trusting
solely TO its spine covered skin for protec-
ton.
Men who lived only a short time before
us did not question but what the pretty,
graceful swallows that skinned so lightly
DER the blue waters IN summer buried
themselves in the mud at the bottoms OF
our rivers and ponds when the season was
over. 10 await the return of SPRING
Forest and Stream.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-10
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES

1t takes 500 year to run a saloon at
Norman.
A Yukon man advertises fruit trees at
| Alliance prices.
! There are 796 acres of vacant land in the
| Guthrie district.
Langston is said to be the best chicken
! town in Oklahoma.
The Frisco Times is new paper that
has sprung up all OF a sudden.
! The Cheyenne aud Arrapahoe Indians
receive another payment today.
| Nobody can deny it. The Alliance pic
mic is undoubtedly on the increase.
| The latest from Guthrie is seven Irish
| potatoes that will fill peck measure.
The ground is heaving up around the
potato hills. Everybody knows what that
means.
One of the easiest ways TO be troubled
with snakes, Is to take too much snake
medicine
Only nine intruders were found in the
Chickasaw nation. Just enough for
base ball club.
As Fl Reno has six tickets in the field.
it is positively known how large num-
Der Of the citizens will vote.
The Indians will not work, but when he
has any money about his clothes, he is
liable to be worked by the white man.
The Oklahoma farmer only sleeps about
six hours in every twenty-fOur now days,
but he is not troubled with wakefuiness.
Somebody ought to invent drop a 81
in the slot and get a paraso" machine and
take it among the Cheyenne aud Arapahoe
Indians.
The teachers were paid for the month OF
June -, 5S4 IS out Of the United States ap-
preparation. There IS balance OF So
not yet discussed.
Some of the editors 10 Oklahoma spend
good part Of the day wondering where
they VIII put the next contribution Of
garden truck that comes in.
An Oklahoma man run across drouth in
a newspaper the other day and had 70 90
TO the dictionary. He had not seen IL for
so long he had forgotten what il meant
Flax promises a heavy yield in OKLA
homa and many think It the most profit
able sod crop raised, as 10 rots the sod,
leaving 1t in tue condition for fall wheat.
Guthrie Capital: /. A Peck has left Us
bunch of oats raised on his Payne county
farm. near CiTnarron City, which stands
feet inches high and be says they viii
make - bushelt 70 the acre. lie calls them
The White Wonder"
During a conversation with Hon. / y
Struoie bis opinion was asked a. % hoE
the evil OF specializing IL soldiers declsFa-
tioDs could be avoided, sad that The mat
ter should oe brought TO the attention ~
the secretary o. The interiDr or tee con-
missioner o. the general land Office petit
tIoulHE that The local land officers may BE-
given such instructions ss viii prevent
such schemes iron! being carried into ef-
feet Mr.. St-us!e did Bot thigk thar WIKI
out authority trogg The department tie
land Offices could De closed still better
plan would De 70 request the commissioner
not 20 attach the new territory 70 a1y iaua
district ugrIl the lands had ls=en pro-
Everyone WON'T then have &c equa.
chance al It--salut and sinner. soldier aud
civilian. The Sc.GjeT wouI1 have tEs al
vantage OF the offset Us term u service
would give him
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-10
raSv Scan Making.

The waste grease and fat from the kitchen
can be disposed Of 10 very good advantages
by making it into soap. A country house
wife tells Of an economical way of getting
good soap with very little trouble: Fry ont
bits of beef suet and other fat and waste
grease and strain out the oil into a stons
pot until you get from four to four and q
half pounds. Put the contents OF a pound
box OF concentrated lye into n stone vessel
and pour three pints Of cold water into III
stir with a stick until it dissolves aud be-
comes boiling hot; then let IL cool Till luke
warm. In the meantime, melt the fat, and
when both I've and grease are barely luke
warm, pour a tiny stream Of I've into thu
fat, stirring briskly, otherwise it will not
form soap. In thirty 70 forty minutes IL
becomes thick, like honey. Then pour into
q wet vessel and next day cut into bars
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-10
SuNFLOWER SILHOUETTES.

A good motto for the Kansas farmer who
burns his corn: "a fool and his fuel are
soon parted"
A Chase county farmer has been drag
| ging his corn field for the plow he left
there last month.
| The last legislature set an example. 1t
passed an eight-hour law and the state
officials pass by it.
As for the Stevens county seat war,
Brennan has discovered enough about it
| probably to get the hang of it.
1t has rained so much that there will be
no dust in Kansas this summer. except
| that in the farmers pocket book.
The thermometer was down to fifty in
Kansas the other evening. Colorado
doesn't want to put on any airs over US.
The strictest Prohibitionist in Kansas
lives right here III Wichita. His cherry
trees got so full that he had them pulled
A Sedgwick county farmer ties a cow
bell On one of his horses when he is plow-
ing corn, so his folks can find him to give
him his dinner.
Ben Clover says that he as a congress
man hasn't got his hand in yet. Probably.
And the guardian of the treasury will see
that it don't get there, in all likelihood.
The world lost a good deal by the Garden
of Eden not being located in Kansas. In
this state great many apples have to be
picked TO give the remaining ones chance
Jerry Simpson is making up for lost
time. He has so many engagements now.
1t will be remembered that he was very
nnpafDl dtIrJnn tho y1aPinf of 'E1-iES ~
avoid them.
The only way it seems for the Republi.
can central committee to make Mrs. Lease
totally miserable, is to notify her that
they are also, besides the lemonade. batting
pickles and ice cream for her
At recent Wellington wedding, as the
newly married pair were marching down
the aisle the organist played for a recess
sional the well-known hymn, Onward
Christian Soldier, Marching on to War"
Thank you," said Mrs. Lease to the
man who carried n pail .of lemonade in
one hand and offered her a glass with the
other, at the Fourth of July celebration,
as she eyed him suspiciously, "Pll drink
out of the bucket"
''Pa, y said the youngest child of the ex-
legislator, who said preservation is the
first law of nature?" Really" answered
the lately retired solon, Il don't recollect,
but I'll write to Elder and maybe he'll
remember who introduced it"
Two grasshoppers sat on Il hedge fence
on the borders of Kansas, looking over the
state just after the regular daily rain. Il
guess we had better go back" said one as
he rubbed his head with one of his forelegs
in a peculiar way grasshoppers have, THE
good Lord hasn't furnished US with gills
and fins"
'That man with the thick black hair
and the brisk step must be one of the
young crowd of politicians" said a stran-
ger in a Topeka hotel the other day.
That's where you're off," answered his
companion. He's Bill Higgins, secretary
of state; that old man over there with
bald head and hitch in his walk is one of
the leaders in the Young crowd"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-10

The pitiful squabbles Of the Jgden-hetza
the Jew batting craze Of eastern Europe,
make II difficult 20 realize the fact that tbs
ancestors Of the outraged Semites came
more than once very near getting the bet
ter Of the world conqusring Caucasians.
The Assyrians. who for 800 years had no
military rival in western Asia, were "a
closely related TO the forefathers Of thu
Hebrews as the Scandinavians are 20 tho
Danes. SO were the Csrtha0iuisus, who
conquered I'll northern Africa besides Cor
sica, Sardinia and portions u southern
Spain. and once came within days march
Of nipping The power 81 Rome in the bud.
Their kiDsmen. the Isiamized SAracens.
once governed a territory stretching from
western Spain to tie valley of the Indus,
and but for the almost miraculous victory
Of Charles Aartsi would have turned ali
southern Europe into AohAumecAR cal
ipbaie. Philadelphia Times.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-10
A Singular Animal at DEVILS Bite.

AT DEVILS Bite, that oddl named chasm
in Wyoming. and there alo e, IS found c
golden gopher or golden guide. comm y
called the ''tieck o gold" The little !.
low undoubtedly belongs to the gopher
tribe, and is of a general golden hue, rep
resenting the various shades of that pre-
cious metal from the dulIer colors of its
native state to the brillancy given by the
stamp at the mint The duller colors are
blended on the body, while the brighter
ones spread along the back and tail of this
curious little rodent, the tail being the
''feck o. gold'sn chief pride and the won
der of the beholder
This tail is fifteen inches in length
more than three times as long as the little
animal of which it is a dazzling continue
tion-and CLEANS and clistens as il made Of
the pure FURNISHED metal itself. The tail
Of the feck O. gold is continually in action,
an action which has no apparent purpose
except that of display, the jerks and
writhes, curls and twists seeming TO be
solely intended as a means of displaying
the caudal appendage TO the best advan-
tage. That the deck o. gold is vainglorious
of his tail there is but little room 10 doubt,
for he has been seen to wrap it many times
around his tiny body, Transporting himself
into a ball OF FURNISHED bullion, and then
roll over and over. seemingly in perfect
ecstasy of Joy and delight
Being solely confined to the regions con-
tiugent to the DEVILS Bite canyon, and
making his burrows nowhere else except
in gold bearing soils, has caused many
curious explanations concerning the origin
of this singular little creature.-S5. Louis
Republic
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-10
Descriptive.

While the country people of New Eng
land have no such marked dialect as pre-
walls in some other parts of the United
States, it is fact that they use many
words and phrases which to strangers are
often quite incomprehensible
a girl who spent a summer on farm in
northern Vermont says that if her Ian
guage was half as confusing to the people
OF that region as good deal of theirs was
to her she wonders they didn't ask her TO
supply them with a key"
One day she asked the farmer how long
it would take her to get TO the nearest vii
Iage.
Les see" said the man, slowly, ''they
amt much choice tween PoTteryille an
Skimby's Corner, but l calc'Iate the Cor
ner may be grain nearer. How was you
pIanniu' TO git there; by handy'
BY WHAT" asked the astonished girl.
by hand was what / said" replied the
farmer. Don't ye know what that
means? WAL, SEEM you're from city way,
/ s'pose I'd oughter've said, Was you in
tendin' to foot itY But we allus say 10y
hand here, fer it seems more reasonable,
someways. youths Companion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-10
Jesus Was n Vegetarian.

Very little is said by the evangelists as
10 the dIetetic habits OF their leader, nor
was 1t necessary in the apostolic age u
give information on that point. Sufficient
u know-as il was well known among ali
classes, Jews and Gentiies-that the Essen
can brotherhood was a strictly vegetarian
one, none were eligible 10 membership bur
total abstainers from flesh diet
This historical fact, then, furnishes
strong presumptiye, if not positive. evil
dence that Jesus was vegetarian. as he
was born Of Essenean parents. The GeneaI-
ogy of the Son of Man can be traced back
10 AbTahsms time Abraham Was the
father or rabbi Of a community called
Listians-a vegetarian Observation-Disclosures
was scrupulously cbedleEt TO the oon-
rnandment found n the ninth chapter Of
Genesis. Jesus was an EsseRsa1-suOther
name for Listian- a long line Of ancestry
were Essensaus IA principle i net Il maze
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-10
The Cats Laugh.

Perhaps the feline idea of joke is best
represented in that familiar picture where
in pussy wears wonderfully suggestive
broad grin and exclaims: "Ha, ha, hal
I've eaten the canaryl" But grimalkin can
do better than that.
If something resembling a bull is permits
sible, happen to count among my four
footed friends a cat which in some accident
sacrificed the bone of its right hind leg
from the middle joint downward The
skin remains tapping loosely like the empty
sleeve of a manned veteran. As | was
passing my friend Tom the other day his
right ear became suddenly itchy, and in
voluntarily he essayed 10 scratch 1t with
the injured and impotent leg. Suddenly
realizing how futile was the attempt he
looked up at me and his features expanded
into smile that was positively laugh,
albeit he uttered no sound. Then be
limped solemnly away 10 rub his head
against some convenient rail post.-New
FORK Telegram.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-10

The insurance people who have been
debarred from doing business in Kansas
by eX-Commissioner Wilder because of
their noncompliance with the laws of
the state, and who consequently felt so
gay when Mr.. Wilder was succeeded by
a new commissioner, have had their
JubilatiOn cut short by the announce
ment of Commissioner Mcbride that any
insurance company may do business in
this state by complying with the terms
of the law to the letter, and not other
wise. Now listen for a TRADE of denun-
citation against the new commissioner.
Kansas means to Danish the idea of
special privileges to a few at the expense
of the people in every respect, and that
policy will be maintained as far as it is
possible to do so.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-10

\ revivalist in Portland. Me-, pro-
duces a mystic letfect by closing his
meetings in a singular way. He re-
quests perfect silence for about three
minutes, and it is so still that one can
hear the buzzing OF a fly. Then he Is
the people 10 pass out without sayiu, a
word, and the big congregation dis
perses in solemn quietness. The scheme
might work we'll enough one time, but
in Wichita the female portion of it would
be conspicuous by their absence at the
next meeting. Il would fail as an at
traction here.