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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16

that they were actuated by the true
American spirit when, in founding
schools for the children of these people,
they expressed their intention of keeping
them together in the same school only
SO long as was necessary for them to
learn the English language, and then to
send them to the public schools to min
gle with all other children" These are
patriotic words and in conspicuous con-
trast with the Cahensley idea of trans
ferring colonies of foreigners to this
country and sending or bringing teach
ers and priests with them, not only to
guard the colonist against being
proselyted to Professionalism, but also to
incnlcate the principles and notions of
society and government of the countries
from which they come and to carefully
preserve the native language. Never
theless Rev. Philipson, while correct in a
sentimental sense, as to the Hebrew ma
tionality, he is wrong in point of fact:
the Hebrews or Jews are if possible the
most thoroughly distinctive nationality,
although not now in an organized condi-
ton, on earth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16
WILLIS WORK.

Willis, who ran for governor on the
Alliance ticket last fall and who Is get
ting $4,000 a year out of the Alliance
farmers of Kansas, is now In South
Carolina. From his regular set speech
which has been printed, we see that
among other wild and extravagant
things he charges that the European Jew
is capturing America with his money
power, that there is no such thing as
liberty and independence III America
and that the American press is controlled
by the money power which IS working
for a moneyed aristocracy. This sem
blance of man says in his speeches that
the farm mortgage Indebtedness of Kan
sas is S148, 000,0 900 and that there is not
enough wheat raised to pay the interest.
And this is the kind of talk for which
the Alliance farmers of Kansas are
paying an old blatherskite So, 900 year
to get off. This Kansas farmer @ who
evidently never had any surplus grain
either to store or sell is advocating the
sub-treasury or government warehouse
scheme. He talks against class legisla-
ton till he comes to the farmer and then
he is for class legislation pure and simple
If Willis had worked his farm half as
industriously as he is working his jaw
he would have been one money king
whom the Alliance could not have cap
turad
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16
Embarrassing for the Pole.

A charming, and it must be confessed,
rather coquettish widow, whose name is
familiar to many Of you, was recently
being escorted home from literary re.
ception by two young men, an English
man and Pole. Now, the Pole could
not speak English, nor the Englishman
Polish, nor even French, in which Ian
guage the lady was accustomed to adj
dress the Pole. Thus, in sort of lin
guistie medley, the three were discuss
ing the marriage of very young girl to
an old maA whose recommendation was
his money.
Said the Englishman Gin English, of
course-a dead language to the pole):
Snow, Mrs. -, if you'll pardon the
candor, 1 don't really believe you disap-
prove Of such marriage as violently as
you say you do. You women are all
sordid creatures-get you to the scratch
Tell me, frankly, if you had to choose
between that rich old man and say, for
instance, me (the Englishman was con-
spicuously impecuniousl, which would
you take?'
She-Why, you! You are at least young
and
They were interrupted by the Pole
muttering and jabbering under his mus
tache.
Excuse me, madam" he Kissed in
French. Il see am de tropl" and off he
went down side street. Of course they
were thunderstruck, nor could they
possibly account for his strange conduct.
A half hour later, while the imperturb-
able Enghshman pursued the even tenor
Of his way down Sixth avenue, such
peals of laughter as rang out from the
lady's dressing room!
HE must understands little English!"
she said to herself, 'just enough to have
made him think Mr.. - had proposed
and l had accepted him. No wonder he
felt de tropP"
She has never seen the Pole since
New York World.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16
e ARCADE"
Carlyle and Some Young Men.

When we think Of bores we are tempt
ed TO wish that all men had something
Of Carlyle's rudeness. The mighty
Thomas was bidding GOOD day" 10 a
very conceited young man who had IA
vored him with long sermon ON things
in general. He went politely to the
door, and then said,
''Well, Mr.. Bland, I've received We for
the sake OF your father. Now goodbyI
and | earnestly hope I'll never see ys
again."
On another occasion Carlyle looked In
passionless way at a visitor who had
been holding forth for ever so long, and
said:
'Man, but ye're puir creetureI'
The anecdote recalls one Of n cobbler
who once got nd Of q tiresome caller by
putting his hands on his lapstone and
pensively gazing at the talking nuisance.
Finally he saidI
81 suppose, now, they tell you that
God made your
The terrible insinuation was too much
for the bore, and be fed, utterly routed.
Irish Times.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16

This is strange when it is remembered that
the Indian is passionate. uncontrolled in
his impulses, cruel and ferocious by nature.
They have their differences and quarrels.
however, but arbitration of the old men
prevents bloodshed and murder. Yet,
once in while a fight occurs, and 1t is o
novel sight to witness. One buck chal-
lenges another to combat, and, accompa-
MED by their friends TO the battle ground.
each buck is stripped to the nudity so
pleasing to the high cultured art schools
among the pale faces, and made to con-
front the other. Between them lies war
club-a smooth, long piece of hard wood,
seasoned by years OF service and regarded
as a sort of mascot because of the blood
stains on it received during the war. The
seconds of the surly-looking duelists toss up
a piece of bark on "the wet or the dry"
principle, when boys long ago chose sides
in playing town ball" The winner picks
up the club. and his opponent, folding his
arms, sturdily plants himself, bending his
head. 1t is the club-bearer's privilege to
whack his antagonist just as hard as he
can, and with all the vigorous malicious
ness he can command, on the back. 1t is
a foul blow to strike above or below the
back. One blow is struck, and then the
man who has endured it picks up the club.
and his opponent is subjected TO all the
force he can command. So tue whacking
goes on, and almost every blow is a knock
down one, until the duelist last knocked
down rises to his feet and refuses to accept
the club from his opponent. He has had
enough and the party breaks up. The Sc
verify of the punishment inflicted and
endured in these duels is marvellous. The
club used has a jagged edge, and every
blow struck brings blood. making deep
cuts and fearful bruises. / have seen two
such fights, and they are brutal and nau-
seating in the GOODNESS of their procedure
and the appearance of both contestants
after victory is won and defeat confessed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16
Curiosities About BeanA

OF all edible pods, it IL believed that
the bean has been the longes. known
and most widely cultivated II was
used as food by tho ancient Jews and
considered sacred By the Greeks and Ro-
mans. A temple dedicated TO Kyanetes,
the god OF beans, formerly stood on the
sacred road near EleuziS Kyanetes was
called the god OF beans because be was
the first to cultivate them for food. The
bean feast, which the Athsuians cole.
brated in honor Of Apollo, was eharAc-
terized by the excessive uss Of beanA
Tho Egyptians, contrary 10 the ma
tons above mentioned, considered beans
unclean, aud would not venture 70 touch
them. Pythagoras admonishsd bis schol-
airs. abstain from beans" The natives
of Egypt and most AL oriental nations
look upon the black speck On tho wings
Of the bean flower Is the written char
scters Of death.--st. Louis Republic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16
MORTALITY AMONG STATESMEN.

| From the Globe Democrat.
The average reader would scarcely be
| aware of the fact if he were not told OF
1t that there is not an ex-vice president
OF the United States now living. Han.
nlbal Hamlin was the last survivor OF
the men who held the second official
position under the government previous
to the present term. johnson, Colfax.
Wilson, Wheeler, Arthur and Hendricks
have, IN succession, filled the vice presi-
dency since the close of the war. but all
OF them Were dead years before Hamlin.
who preceded them in office. Dead. too,
are all of the defeated candidates of the
two great parties for this post except
English and Thurman. Blair. Brown.
Hendricks (who was unsuccessful in
1876 and Logan, nominees for this
office, beginning in 1868, are gone. Of
the expresidents only two-Haves and
Cleveland-are left US Only one man
-Blalne-if we except Cleveland. who
was beaten for reelection, of the van
pushed candidates for the presidency of
either OF the two prominent parties is
still among the living. Seymour.
Greeley, Tilden and Hancock have de-
parted. and all except Greeley went
"i'hIu IuS past SIX years.
A glance over the list of the
men who formed the cabinets of
the presidents tells the same story
of the high rate of mortality among
prominent public men. McCulloch.
we believe. is the only survivor of the
Lincoln cabinet. OF the men who fig
ured in the ministerial councils of pre-
ceding presidents not more than one or
two survive. Death has struck all the
later cabinets, including the present one
and that of Mr.. Cleveland. About half
the members of some of these postwar
time cabinets are dead. Hardly a cor
porals guard remain among the living
of the men who composed the congresses
of the war period. If a balance were
struck between the living and the dead
among the men comprising the national
legislature during the reconstruction era
the vacant chairs of that body would I'M
doubleday be found to largely outnum-
Der the other ones. OF course, the scale
of longevity is as high among statesmen
as In any other class or profession. The
average age of public men in the United
States on beginning their career is some
what greater than is found in other con-
splcuous avenues of intellectual endeav-
or, and this accounts for the compare
tive brevity, on the whole, of their lives
after retirement or after they have &C
CURED their fame. Hamlin, however.
had passed far beyond the psalmist's age
limit before death came to him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16
Topeka DRUG STORES.

Some of the ministers Of Topeka held
meeting on Monday to consider what
could be done to enforce the prohibitory
law throughout the state, AS for Tope.
ka they claim that there are too many
drug stores. Doubtless there are too
many drug stores. The most effective
enemy of the drug store is found to be
the deadly joint. But the Topeka pro-
bate judge declares that having issued
the drug store licenses he proposes to
stand by them. And probably he will
so far as the ministerial association fight
and its resolutions are concerned; but
drug stores nor probate judges can with
stand the insidious and persistent work
ings of regular revenue joints, such as
are reported fiourishing in Kansas City,
Kan, Leavenworth and Atchison. 1t is
said that in the towns named half of the
police forces have been discharged and
that all the remainder of such forces
have to do is to go around the corners
once a month or SO and take up
from the joints the necessary
%S'NH1O W pay IIc vi
the other officials. This is sad state of
affairs, to which the attention of Cover
nor Humphrey is earnestly directed.
Of course it isn't expected that the min
listers will put up their salaries, for it is
about all that they can do to get their
own paid regularly in these times of
high taxes and poor trade, when the
average business man feels that even
churches and ministers are luxuries bor-
dering on burdens. As for Topeka it
might be possible if the drug stores were
killed off that there would be no necess-
ity of salaried officials and an expensive
city government. The ministers might
run the town for the glory of the thing.
Brother Barney Kelley would doubtless
delight IN taking a hand and so would
Brother Mayor Hudson. These gentle
men might not prove quite so hard on
the drug store as the ministers referred
to, but they would make it warm for the
joints. We do not understand, however,
that the Topeka ministers are complain
ing particularly of Topeka. Oh no,
Topeka is all right and a pattern for all
other towns. Their meeting was no
doubt called in the interest of the towns
named where the drug stores have to
keep up such an uneven handed strug-
gle with the joint, which is winked at
by the police commissioners and patted
patronizingly on the back by all other
city officials.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16

Our esteemed contemporary, the Wichita
EAGLE, makes bold 10 say that neither of
the old parties are fighting the agricul-
atural interests of Kansas, certainly not
the Republicans" How about Mckinley
ism and its nspirators-trusts?-
Atchison Champion.
If it were true, which it is not, that
the Republican party of Kansas endorsed
the Mckinley bill, that circumstance
could not be taken as evidence that the
party thus antagonizes the agricultural
interests of the state, because the indi-
vidual defenders of the Mckinley bill in
sist that that measure has not been en-
dorsed by the Republican party in Kan
sas, and it is by no means certain that it
will.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16
North. Oh. xIty... K,n~

Colonel North, ths nitrate king, has =
daughter Emma, 70 whom hs gave ESQ.,
900 and told her TO marry whom abs
liked All ths young sparks in Chill
used 20 laugh about her. but enc viii
probably end by being AZ least doch-
sss. He bas one son, Harry. OF, a. be
used 70 be called when / knew him,
"'Arry." He was then a email boy 70
Ing homo TO schooI, and On landing si
Montevideo came CT with box Of com
mon gr&z a. q curiosity 70 take 70 Eng
land Hs bad never sssn . blade Of
grass a. Iguiqus, where nothing Eruwn.
and the boy could n0s underss&1d Cur
laughter az his gTsenDesz. North gave
Harry s5o.ooo CT his twenty -arxt birth
aay, and told hira 20 hAvs q sicily syres."
belisTs Harry II now IN the army
San Frzocisco Letter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16
Set 1t for Hu1Rin1.

At the siege of Petersburg young lieu
tenant, who was very good looking and a
great favorite with the girls at home, was
badly wounded in the left arm. Several OF
the surgeons declared it was necessary 70
amputate the limb; but finally one Of them
decided that by removing section Of the
bone the arm could be saved. But" said
he, at will be.a bad job, and when healed
the arm will be crooked"
The young lieutenant. thinking that any
kind Of an arm was better than no arm,
and with a thought for future conquests,
replied:
Never mind the crook; set # for hug.
ging and go ahead "-Texas Siftirgs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16
Commencement Essarn.

heard the esssYs. That one on
The Magma Charta and King John,
The head girl wrote. She with the wreath
Described Lear's Wanderings CD the Healk
Quite prettily. Another one
Explained The Spots Upon the Sun"
The Influence Of Browning. and
The Early Writings Of George Sand;
Tho Transcendental Movement; How
It Touches German Letters Now.
All these sadly listened 70:
What earthly good can these thing. DOR
asked myself. Does old King John
Teach you TO sew patch upon
a cOstl Or can the spotted sun
Say when a roast is rarely done7
Do Brownings tangled poems tell
The way 70 mend q stocking weIlf''
While was wondering sadly there,
4 sweet girl rose and. DECLARE.
She talked about ell honsiY things
Prom Tasbtubs down % muffin r!ngsl
She had ten pages al ca pie.
She knew the choicezt way 70 fry
An oyster. and how best 70 bake
A good Odd fashioned johnny cake.
Next Day that girl was asked 70 shars
The fortunes q q millionaire,
She row reads Brswning's wonaro1s booke.
And leaves Tia cooking 70 Der cooks
The girl who wrote OF BToTrirE's work
Is married 70 q gsztle clerk,
whose Incomes ErzAL No gtYi have they;
ehe scrubs and cocks the lfyeissr DAP;
and siEAs> while sezdizg ser TIE rarzs.
When abe rejects EEsa The eksEzs-
Tie fail from scAoo. EabEalIi1es
To tattered books q recipe
-s,rizxeeid Grz,hio.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16
THE TRUE IDEA OF CITIZENSHIP.

Rev. David Philipson, of Baltimore. in
an interesting and striking address on
Judaism and the Republican Form OF
Government, declares that the aims and
purposes of Judaism and Republicanisnl
ale practically identical, Republicanisnl
meaning "the appreciation of the dig.
nifty of man, and Judaism preaching
the fatherhood of God and the brother.
hood of man." After centuries of Oh
preston the latter has celebrated a re-
birth in this country, but it does not
revive rs a nationality.
There is no such thing, he SAYS. ''as a
Jewish nation or Hebrew people. We
are Jews in religion only. Judaism
wants no little Russia, no little Poland.
no little Austria, no nationality here
whatsoever, except American, and the
trustees of the Hirsch fund should feel
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16

From the wall raised and echod by the
calamityites for months past, one unac-
quainted with the real condition of af-
fairs would have come to the conclusion
that all business in this state would, by
this time, present a scene of general
wreck and chaos: but Duns report
shows that up to date the business fail
ures for the year have been but little, if
any, more numerous than for the cores
ponding period last year. So the shrek
ers have not been able to bring the state
TO the ragged edge yet.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16
THE DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS.

The Alliance party may not be partic-
ularly dangerous, but the next to a moth
ing party in Kansas today is the Demo
cratic party. There amt enough of them
left to resolve a wish that Blaine should
die. This party which has shrunk UP
and out of sight, and disappeared be-
hind the passwords hole of sub-Alliance
doors, is TO meet at Topeka on the 9th
to issue an address ''to the state and ma
tion." However much the state and
nation may be interested in Kansas
Democracy, we suggest circular sent
to the sub-Alliances will catch the great
est number of the old mossbackers of
that party. PETER and Simpson and
Greenback Davis have become the
mouth-pieces of the Kansas Democracy.
These mouth-pieces were chosen by the
Democratic votes, not one of whom ever
voted Democratic ticket, unless Jerry
happened to at some time when he
could find no Anarchy ticket in the field.
The Kansas City Times remarks that
''The Democratic party of Kansas has a
future" That may be, but, as the EN-
poria Republican well puts it, cit is GER
tain it has no present" AS nobody, not
even the Alliance seems to care what
Kansas Democracy may or may not re-
solve to do, its party leaders and papers
are entitled to sympathy. And we hope
that the forthcoming address will be
given respectful hearing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16
A Fast Run in Texas.

From the Houston Post.
The Southern Pacific is not behind
when it comes to fast running. The
west-bound train left Lafayette, La,
Thursday afternoon one hour and thirty
minutes late and arrived in Houston
only twenty minutes late. The distance
is 217 miles, and was made in six hours
and twenty minutes. On the trip thirty
three stops were made, two of which
were for water and one for supper at
Beaumont. Allowing one minute for
each of the stops, fifteen minutes for
supper and ten minutes for water, the
actual running time was five hours and
twenty-five minutes. This is an average
actual speed of forty miles an hour. This
is the second best time ever made on
this division, the trip once before having
been made in six hours.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16
THE PROSECUTED JEWS.

While the Russian government was
endeavoring to get rid of its Jewish sub
Jects by expulsion they raised a great
cry Of persecution, which appeared to
the balance of the civilized world a
righteous complaint against an unjust
and cruel policy. Several weeks ago the
policy of exclusion or banishment was
reversed by the cars government and
orders issued forbidding its subjects, and
especially Jews, to depart from the coun-
try without special permission. This
order Is now as strongly condemned as
the other and upon the same ground of
cruelty and persecution, and in spite of
1t hundreds and thousands of Jews are
leaving Russian territory by every ave-
nue. they find open. And so great has
the emigration grown that some of
of the countries adjoining have found it
necessary to take steps to prevent the
Jews from thronging their territory.
That many of those prosecuted people
are altogether undesirable as citizens
seems to be a generally recognized fact;
still an mate sentiment OF humanity
prompts feeling of commiseration for
them and desire for the amelioration of
their unhappy condition.
There are many believers in divine
Providences who see in all this the con-
tinuance of the ban placed upon those
people as nation 1900 years ago, which
may be true, though the Jews are not
the only race or nationality that has
suffered in the same way and to as great
extent perhaps as they. History is
largely made up of just such occur
rences and events
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16

When it comes to publishing such
stuff as the ~following--a resolution al
legged TO have been passed by a Demo
cratic county convention in Mississippi,
the Topeka Democrat displays despera-
ton of opposition to Cleveland that is
next to pitiable. The point raised in the
resolution is no doubt portentous one
in the south, but it viii not be appre-
ciated in the community in which the
Democrat is supposed TO find readers.
Here is the resolution:
During the tendency of the force bill in
the fifty first congress, when the fate of
the south hung trembling in the balance
we had the right TO expect that Grover
Cleveland, who had been so honored and
admired by our people, would give his
powerful assistance TO our Democratic
leaders in their heroic struggle TO defeat
1t. His failure to lift his voice in our be-
half has satisfied us that he was Totally
indifferent 10 the danger that we were
threatened with.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16

The Kansas missionaries who have
gone to Georgia to stiffen up the back
bone Of the Alliance of that state would
do themselves a greater personal service
by going into Texas and Minnesota at
once and correcting some fallacies(9
that, it seems, have siezed hold of the
following in those states. If the Al
lance as purely farmers organization
shall break away from the political
feature of it, the Kansas contingent will
feel mighty lonesome within six
month. Other states viii no doubt fol-
low suit,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16

Speaking for the Star-eyed Goddess
and the one hundred thousand unarmed
Kentuckians, Editor Watterson formally
announces that Governor Hill, of New
York, is not in the race for the presi-
dental nomination, and the Chicago
News exclaims in the same key for the
unterrified suckers, and includes Gray,
of Indiana. in the ban. Hill and Gray
will therefore consider themselves effect
ually and finally sat upon. In the con-
nection mentioned, Watterson declaims
for Cleveland, but the Chicago paper
simply meant to throw a pebble into the
sea hoping to create a ripple that should
widen and grow until the entire body is
included in the great Fuller-wave.