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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-12
THE w AR IN INDIA.

Tha Punjab uprising and the Manipur
massacre attract the attention of the
enlightened world to that ancient coun-
try, its historic people and many of the
marvellous and tragic incidents it has
furnished to the worlds history. Recent
occurrences there indicate that the Brit
ish government may have inaugurated a
war that will be long, bloody and costly
TO it as well as to people against whom
waged. The present revolt starts in the
Punjab, a province which remained
peaceful and loyal in the trouble of 1857.
Its people are generally Mohammedans,
intelligent and warlike. If they are
aided by the inhabitants of the other
provinces they will make the struggle a
serious and a bloody one
Russian intrigue is suspected Of being
responsible, in part at least, for the pres
ent trouble, which is borne out by the
fact that the country is contiguous to
the cars Asiatic dominion and the fur
Their fact that he has long desired to ex-
tend his borders to the south in that
quarter.
If Russia is back of this uprising, and
if the Punjab is joined by other prov
inces, series of battles may be fought
in India that will revolutionize the map
of the world, and materially change the
status of Europe. 1t will not do to I'M
deresUimate the natives Of India. Mil
lions Of them are timid, spiritless serfs,
without the courage or the will to strike
a blow against their oppressors, but
there are also many millions who are
brave, brainy and capable of heroic deeds
and great sacrifices. They had system
OF government and laws, a religion,
civilization and literature, and mag
nlticent material development at a
time when the early Britons were half
naked savages living like wild beasts in
the forests. They feel a contempt for
their rulers, regarding them as an up
start race, and if they ever get fighting
chance, with few leaders ike Mana
Sahib. they will drive the British out or
tnn the country into desert.
So it is seen that while England and
the natives are at present the only par
ties to the conflict, it is altogether prob
able that Russia will find a convenient
excuse for taking hand in it before it
is ended unless England is able to bring
it to a speedy and successful termination
in her favor
With this state of case in the east it is |
more than probable that the Muscovite
demonstration towards the Balkan
country is only feint TO cover his real
designs. a few weeks. if not days, vii!
discover it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-12
Shaving Is Dangerous.

We have often heard that shaving the
face with a razor was bad thing; that
it injured the nerves and caused weak
eyes; that it removed the natural cover
ing from the throat and neck, and that
altogether it was thoroughly physiology
cal. A writer in The Medical Classics
has been looking into this matter little
more closely. By the aid of a micro
scope applied to closely shaven face ne
discovered that the skin resembles a
piece of raw beef. The razor removes
not only the hair. but also portion Of
the cuticle. The blood vessels thus ex.
posed are not visible to the naked eye,
but under the microscope each little
quivering mouth holds drop Of blood.
The nerve lips are also uncovered and
the pores are left unprotected, making
the skin tender and unhealthy, and the
person is liable TO have colds, hoar5eness
and sore throat.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-12

A somewhat amusing incident oc-
CURED at an English provincial theate1
during performance of Called Back. >
Early in the evening an old lady took
up her seat in the balcony and concen'
trated her attention on the play. When
Antony received his coup de grace at
the hands Of Macari the lady become
very excited and tainted. She was
taken down to the vestibule, and on re-
covery it was suggested she should leave
the theater. This, however, she de-
clined to do, being anxious TO witness,
as she pat it, 1.-The beautiful play"
She accordingly returned to her seat,
apparently well. The vision scene in
Act next proved too much for her, and
again she tainted. Once more restora-
tives were applied, and she declared hen
intention of staying to the end. Nothing
occurred in Act II to arouse her sympa-
thies, but the Siberian scene in Act III,
in which DR.. Ceneri shuffles off the NOR
tai coil, again upset her neves, and once
more she tainted. By this time the man
agement had had enough Of the thing,
and the old lady was sent away in a cab
to her residence, not far of.-Jester.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-12
a VAIN ENDEAVOR,

Hon. Amos Cummings figures it out
that there are upon the rolls of the next
national house of representatives 12l
Democrats from the north of Mason and
Dixon's line, and 1T from south of il.
counting the Farmers Alliance men
from Georgia and Mississippi. OF the
121 northern Democrats, forty-two were
reelected, and of the III from the south
seventy-siX were reelected. The sew
enty-six reelected from the south, how
ever, represent exactly 900 wears of
service III the house, while the forty-tyvo
reelected from the north have had an
experience of only 1SS years. In other
words, 1T southern Democratic con-
gressmen in the next house will repre-
sent 900 years of active service. while
the III Democrats from the north show
an experience of only 1SS years. \
clever enough analysis, per Sc, but he
fails to tell, and the unsophisticated
masses will fail To see, the point of
vantage 10 the country by the showing.
If there were any overshadowing merit
in the public services Of the III there
might be some point in the policy of
keeping them in service, but in the alb
sehce of such fact, with perhaps here
and there an exception, the policy rather
indicates a scarcity of suitable male
rial out Of which TO make congressman
in that quarter, and the more frequent.
in that view of the case, is decidedly 10
the credit of their constituencies.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-12
MORE TROUBLE THREATENED.

News from the Pennsylvania mining
and cooking region in regard to the status
and prospects of the LABOR trouble there
IS anything but assuring for the peace
and well being of that community. In
addition to the troubles that have been
on in that vicinity for some time, it
seems that arrangements are being made
to extend the present trouble and COM
pllcate the situation there by carrying
into effect on the 1st of May the long
threatened strike for the eight-hour day.
This last move, it is promised, will in
clude all the laboring organizations in
that section.
1t is probable that the present strike
there is maintained upon the idea of re-
ceiving encouragement and strength
by the extended complications to be
brought about by the 18t of May con-
certed event. Already the trouble there
Is having some effect upon the general
business of that section, and if the dis
turbed condition is not relieved before
May 1, it may and probably will widen
and spread until the entire industrial
system of the country becomes involved.
We are not fully advised as to the
merits of the existing trouble, but would
suggest to the operators that if a settle
ment Of the difficulty can be effected
without too great sacrifice of principle
and material interest, it would be good
policy to do it, and thereby nip the May
complication in the bud.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-12
A TALK TO FARMERS.

| To the Edpor OF the Eagle.
Burning the land over every spring
enriches the parents but impoverishes
the children. l am glad the farmers cut
up their corn last fall and hope to see the
| practice continued; it obviates much
burning and is great saving of hay.
Hay is valuable, sooner or later, if we
save it. The farmers of Kansas are
learning to save everything. They used
to throw away manure, now save it. 1t
helps the poorer places to make the
average yield greater. The farmers are
increasing their variety of crops, some
are preparing to grow sugar beets for
stock, others are intending to put In a
few acres Of sorgum. | saw 100 fine
hogs IN this county recently that had
been fed on surgum all winter
and they were in excellent condition.
The sorghum was cut and left in cocks
and is thrown to them daily. Alfalfa is
also good for all kinds Of stock, summer
and winter, in Kansas; it takes the place
of clover at the north. Field peas Is
also good crop for Kansas.
Keeping the ground constantly occu-
pied with crops keeps it cleaner. Farm
ers in Kansas are making a great inn
provement in this respect. They find it
is easier to keep out weeds than to get
them out
Millet is another sure crop for hay or
seed. Farmers are giving up the idea of
growing all corn, and especially late
corn, and are preparing to plant both
early and late varieties. Wheat would
be a more standard crop il the chinch
bugs could be disposed of, but / lack
faith in Prof. Shows remedy. When
the bugs get numerous the parasites be-
gin to work on them, and, increasing
faster than the bugs soon destroy them,
and then die off themselves. A new
start of bugs appears and increase for
several years before the parasites come
again. When the parasites are destroy
ing the chinch bugs they need no assist
ance. When the chinch bugs are on the
increase you cannot find enough para
sites to destroy them. However, this is
simply my view of the matter.
In regard to the prospects for wheat
in Kansas, have lived in the best wheat
sections of the United Statet and never
saw it more hattering. No matter what
the price is at harvest, it will be higher
later a good way to store it is in the
stack. The farmers of Kansas will get
better price for their crops, if they are
low at harvest, by holding on to them.
III, II. B.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-12
SUNFLOWER SKINNER.
Harmony is not extinct.

Harmony is not extinct.
Nobody ever accused PETERS whisker
of being beered.
The step-ladder joke is liable to breal
out any day now.
Of course somebody will suggest Can
| field for Plumb's place.
There is good deal Of Quixote in al
| this manifesto agony.
1t is a rare thing when April showers il
| Kansas come down in snow-flakes.
The Alliance took no hand in thrashine
Italy. 1t is theirs to thresh the wheat.
PETER is talking so much in the east
that the old name, "Jayhawker," is being
revived.
1t was a Topeka woman who paralyzed
the election judges by wanting to vote g
milk ticket.
| One of the usual signs of spring is lack,
| ing this year. What is keeping Schwein.
furth back?
A new flavor Of soda water is out called
'tiddledy wink" In Kansas the accent is
on the wink"
Sam Wood attests to Shakespeare pre-
cision by showing what he can do with a
mere Botkin."
Since the late Dago difficulty most of the
Kansas papers have shown their patriotism
by refusing to use italics.
J. !. Ingalls, Partially to the potato
may be from the fact that there is so much
''l'' about that vegetable.
There are three Democratic postmasters
in Neosho county. They are probably
Hoosiers and PresbyterIans
Peter Piper Elder never got so far ALI
ance" that he would call everybody in
tibet organization brother"
The kansas site" has been picked out
at Chicago There is no, saloon within
half block of it in any direction.
If the present prospects keep up it be
gins to lock like the Farmers Alliance
would have ito acknowledge the corn"
Lowell Courier A Kansas baby has
been named by his parents Hard Times
Probably ne sleeps under blanket mort
gage.
The Alliance doesn't seem to be much
more enthusiastic over Elders manifesto
than the Republican party is over Bl-
CHAINS.
The statement that Gerinomo has gone
TO Sunday school teaching will be encour-
aging news to the preacher contingent 0.
the Alliance that had given up al hope for
Elder.
Jerry Simpson IS putting on veneer. He
recently asked for boy gloves" in a New
York establishment, and the bright clerk
caught on and handed him out pair OF
kid gloves.
'Sneer all you want to at the Alliance.
said an Alliance man yesterday. but
Just notice that the price OF sugar has
dropped since that legislature was II ses-
sion, all the same
At the election for mayor. five council
men and police judge az Liberal. Kansas.
last Monday, there was bu. one ticket IN
the field and not name WAS scratched, all
the candidates receiving the same number
OF votes
The first person 70 vote in the Fourth
ward at Leavenworth On Tuesday was Mil
dred Ann Clay. colored woman los years
old. And she stuck in Democratic ticket.
too. She was old enough to have known
better Her name, however. Is very near
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-12

The Wichita EAGLE objects TO the Nc
kinley bill on the ground that it has rails.
ed the price on farm products and thus in
creased the cost of living. That might be
a telling argument in Connecticut or
Massachusetts, but it falls very fat in sg-
rcu!tural kansas.-Emporia Republican.
The EAGLES objection was based upon
your statement of the exparte effects CT
the Mckinley bill, in raising the prices
o the articles named and nothing else.
thus showing that It does not operate
upon the patriotic principle Of equal
rights TO all and exclusive privileges to
none. The position you take is the same
as the old deacon who prayed: Lord.
bless me aud my wife, my son John and
his wife; Us four, and 10 more.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-12

A writer of the New York Sun saws
that the time is coming when no cotton
will be manufactured in England. 1t
will be manufactured in the United
States close to the cotton fields Speak
ing Of cotton; a machine has been in
vented and tested in the cotton fields for
picking or harvesting the crop which, it
Is claimed, effects a saving of - 10 80
per cent in the cost of that part of crop
expenses, which is the largest half of the
entire expense. If the utility of this
machine shall be fully established it will
be to the cotton crop what the harvesting
machines of today have been to the
wheat crop: it will stimulate the produc-
ton of the tleecy staple 100 per cent in
side of five years, making the crop of
country Is, 900, 900 bales instead of seven
million and quarter now, and this in
turn will cheaper the cost Of cotton
manufactures to the people.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-12
For the Eagle.
THE ALLIANCE EvANGELINE. >

This is the prairie eternal the cottonwood trees by
the river
Stand with their feet in the water their shadows
softly reflected
That the birds in their passage above them. mis-
taken oft light on the shadow
Out from her cabin Evangeline wandering Oft By
the river,
Attempts TO ensnare the fat catfish, the fish with
protuberant belly,
And as oft as her wiles are successful the family
have fish for supper.
They are almost dependent catfish. but All
kinds OF supper comes handy.
To those on the wind beaten prairies. who put in
their spare time IN loafug.
Evangelines father Farmer. it Is spelled with
capital letter
Which means that the Alliance supports him as
one of its misguided leaders,
And never lick from September TO the end OF the
following August
Does this orator of the Alliance put in for the grub
OF his children,
And this is the reason why 'yangie must wander al
eve by the brooK-side,
To yank out the pot beled catfish AID fry him in
lard for the children.
ARTHUR FAULKNER JR.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-12
For the Eagle.
ROSICRUCIAN.
NAN W Il

NAN VII.
The dew that is caught In flower,
And touched with the whiteness Of day,
The sun at the middle-day hour,
The heart that in secret doth pray.
May hap cometh close to thy glory,
Cometh close to thy crucial fame,
Allusively twines round the story,
OF eerie-old Rosy Cross fame.
Or the woman, whose patience and soothing.
Groweth like to the saints above
From-may be wrinkled hand smoothing
And keeping it warm in her love.
Or finding grace in the tender
Wee fingers that cling 10 her gown,
Discerns in the vastness the splendor.
And fash Of the gems Of thy crown.
Or the heart that TO love has unfolden.
And is held In dream-woven spell,
That speaketh in words that are golden.-
As the voice Of a wave-swung bell,
VIII answer the tide in its rising.
Is hushed when the sea falle:h low
May breathe Of the essence comprising,
The secrets we never shall know.
Or the dreams which the dreamer forgetting.
Wreathe phantasies still in his BRAIN
In the faintest OF memory's setting.
With pleasure that borders on pain,
Could yield US the key TO thy sweetness.
But making day sweepeth it by,
And breaks IL and leaves incompleteness
When nature unfolds all her meaning,
And subtle relations to Him,
When we all her treasures are cleaning,
then Will the mystery dim,
Shine bright as the sands of Pactolus,
When touched by the suns golden fire;
Sound sweet as the music Tmolus
Once heard from polos gold Tyre.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-12
For the Eagle.
DE FROG SONG.

I useter set er nights an Iis'en to de frogs.
AS dey KEEP up dcre croakin' in de poa;
De tune dey sung was err berry ole tune;
Dey sung to lie by de light oh de moon.
Sittin' on de shore. squattin' on de logs:
You o-w-el you o-w-el ter-bac-ky! ter-bac-ky.
Dey KEEP up de tune de whole night long,
Wild many war atoms, de same ole song:
You owe ter bac-kyi you owe ter-bac-ky.
use.er 60 er nights er huntin' fer de coon,
Fer he done gone an steal de new-groun' con;
Ny ole dog jupiter he done foun' de trail,
He make dat coon go foppin his ole tail.
An he run i'm up er tree putty soon:
You o-w-e you o-w-ei ter-bac- KY! ter-bac-ky!
De frogs dey sung in de swamp clos by.
An KEEP 1t up when de bresh burnt high:
You Owe ter -bac-kyl you owe ter-bac-ky!
done got dat Mtstah Coon when de daylight come
He nebber steal new-groun' con 10 more:
J vited all my frens de Sundy mex,
An preached err sarmon wild coon fer er tex:
Er niggah full OBJ coon and mighty dumb:
You OWE! you o-w-el ter bac-Ayi ter bac- Ky!
Dem frogs sung out when de twilight growed.
Tellin' me erbout what all long knowed,
You Owe ter bac-ky! you owe ter-5ac-ky!
JOHN w. BEKBE.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-12

The announcement that Senator Sher-
man will not enter the contest for re-
election to the senate may open the way
more clearly TO the proposed plan of
nominating q candidate by the state
convention, but it viii unquestionably
complicate the situation for time by
inducing number of candidates to en-
ter the contest for the nomination. The
declination of the senator is no sudden or
recent change of purpose on his part, he
having expressed such determination
months ago to several close personal
friends"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-12
VIII See You Later,

i hope this viii not be the last time I
viii appear before you Next season. as
you all know intend 10 rest, but hope
10 be with you again. So spoke Edwin
Booth at the close of his performance in
Brooklyn Saturday night That doesn't
sound like farewell speech.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-12

The Kansas Alliance which has been
blindly fighting the national bank law,
themselves passed law so much more
favorable in its terms, that great num-
Der of Kansas National banks are giving
up their charters for the purposeof doing
business under the Alliance enactment.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-12

The United States district court will
convene in Topeka tomorrow, Monday,
with Judge c. G. Foster on the bench,
he having sufficiently recovered from
his recent illness to resume his judicial
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-12

There are exceptions to all rules.
Touching the question of free ballot and
fair count the line ought to be drawn at
the Dago and kindred classes from other
countries who are not assimilated to our
customs and governmental economy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-12

Mrs. Jesse Gallo, of Chicago, carved
Mr.. Congetto Vallone with butcher
knife recently. They are both members
of Italia's sunny CLINE, and it is in order
for the Marky Degreeni to call Brother
Blaine to account for it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-12

fFoI ne hSnsts N1,y Ntas.
a Pittsbnrg Justice has handed down
the important decision that a man can.
not kiss his female typewriter without
her consent II Is already known that
under social and domestic law he cannot
perform this courteous act without his
wlfe's consent. and it seems TO be rather
poor picking for the men.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-12

Kansas City was a candidate, before
the commercial congress at its last meet
ing in Galveston, as the point for hold
ing the May meeting. She was third in
the race, Denver being..frst and Wichita
second. Then came the scheme of getting
up a congress of her own, using the
Kansas legislature as a successful cats
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-12
Good Times Coming.

.N-lE t-4N = sA4t--a kcItNsNE-
The only hope of the Alliance, SAYS
the Wichita EAGLE. Is in grssshoppers
or crop failure. II now looks "a if
Germany was going to swallow our hos.
trichinae. tail and all. w bile the failure
Of the wheat crop in India and in large
portions Of Europe Is going TO make
booming times for the farmer. IA which
event good bye to secret oath and hide
bound grip.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-12

A woman in tears declared the other
day that she was compelled to give up
reading the EAGLE because of its pro-
nounced views on the question Of women
IN public life. Before we had woman
suffrage, Kansas politics made some
pretty strange bed fellows, but now these
strangers are no longer accused of being
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-12
The Ruling Passion
From the AtCa.son P4tr4ot

An Atchison man on election daY sent
one Of the free hacks up to his house 70
fetch his wife to the polls to vote. The
lady, however, first utilized the hack for
the purpose OF making some calls. and
she fingered so long at the last place that
when she reached her precinct the polls
were closed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-12

Senator Sherman is credited with the
opinion that neither Mr. Harrison nor
Secretary Blaine will be the Republican
nomination for president in 1892 The
senator does not express an opinion as to
who will be the nominee, but some peo-
pie are so suspicious as to couple the
declaration quoted with his declination
Of another town in The senate.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-12

Carter Harrison has formally SHE'D his
caster in the arena of Chicago politics,
and for two years, or until death them
do part. they are going to have fun alive.
Carter is a tartar
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-12

Illinois introduced a bill threatening
to appropriate 100000 for Chicagos
'93 boom, but now that the other legisla-
lures have all adjourned, she cuts her
Drag figures down just one-half.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-12

Usually United States senators are re-
garded as something Of political factors
in their states, but Kentucky affords a
striking exception just now, Editor
Natterson and Congressman Caruth be-
ing the recognized heavy weights.
Messrs. Carlisle and Blackburn asseverate
and disc!aim with their wonted
junction and fervency, but they don't
appear to teeter Just Il triGe
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-12

Under new law the poorer class of
farmers in Russia will be prohibited
from selling or mortgaging their lands.
A reform that this country would do
well to immitate,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-12
EXCHANGE SHOTS,
A Good Guess.

From the Oklahoma City Gazette.
Marsh Murdoch would not take any
thing for the Wichita EAGLE He con-
siders it one of the family and no offer,
however tempting, would induce him to
part with it.