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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-28

ject of great comment, for the opportunity of
seeing such an example of the framework of a
celebrated horse does not often occur.
> JOKES ABOUT PARNELL-
You will probably be surprised to learn that
Parncllism continues, after so long time, to
be a stock Joke at the music halls. as well Is for
the comedians in the comic opera entertain
ments, which now fourish like the green bay
tree. The pretended climbing of a fire escape
and an abrupt exit through window serve to
raise shrek of laughter and are still made the
subjects of topical songs. The changes rung on
them, which an ordinarily intelligent individual
would regard rs trite and worn-ou. subjects for
lest, become, in the skilful hand or rather
mouth. of the low comedy merchant" us the
comedian is somewhat irreverently styled here.
perfectly inexhaustible. Even tho more refined
members Of society seem to delight in these
references to the troubles of the uncrownc
king for the Right Honorable Earl Cowpcr. the
former lord lieutenant Of Ireland, was seen the
other evening sitting in the stalls Of the Opera
Comique Theater enjoying with evident relish
Mr.. Arthur Roberts amusing illusions to Mr..
Parnell, Mr.. Tim Healy and the other menu
bcrs of that band, which he was pleased to dub
the happy family.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Mrs. Marshall o. Roberts has sent out cards
for dance to be given at the Spencer House
on the evening of Thursday, March s.
News comes from Geneva which will be inter-
esting to every thorough-born American. This
il the discovery at Como OF an original por-
trait Of Christopher Columbus which was
painted by Del Piombo. This portrait was
formerly regarded ~ an heirloom In the family
of the Gloves. and in fact il was i'm the posses-
zion Of Paul Gloves, who makes reference TO II
in his works and had it engraved. Through
the failure of the male branch Of the Giovss
family the picture passed into the possession Of
the De Archi family and i now the property Of
DR.. De Archi Of Como. by whom its history
has been told.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-28

Messrs. Woodward Lothrop have purchased
two fine water color drawings by A. II. wyant,
shown in the exhibition of the American Water
Color Society, now open at the Academy OF
Design in New York. They we're regarded on
all sides as well up among the very best work
in the exhibition, and will make a valuable
addition TO the gallery of the purchasers, for
which, it is understood, they are intended.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-28
LoESE's NEW BOOK.

The Marquis of Lorne is probably doomed to
an interesting interview with his royal and
imperial mother-iu-law in consequence of the
publication of his new book. which is entitled
From Shadow to sunlight" One of the good
natnred friends. which it is the fate of every
author as well as of other less pretentious in
aiVldua's to have. has let out of the bag the cat
that was very carefully concealed therein and
now all the world and his wife are happy in
being able to share the secret that the heroine
OF the book is very decidedly American girl.
indeed. it is stated on apparently good author
NY that 1t is nothing less than life-like
sketch of young lady whom the marquis once
met and admired Very greatly
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-02
Begged the DEAD Man. Pardon.

A curious scene was witnessed at TIE
funeral of David Ruben, a prominent
pawnbroker. Ruben started in business
five years ago with A. Kline. Business
falling off last winter the firm dissolved.
A few weeks later Kline rented guar sers
next to the old place and started in opp0-
sition to Ruben. and went around ask
ing the latter's customers for their bust
ness. This so preyed on Ruben's mind
that he was taken sick and died Of ty-
phoid fever, and his funeral took place
from an undertaker's establishment.
When the friends were all Assem- bled, to
the surprise Of everybody Kline walked
into the room, and advancing to the cot
fin humbly begged the pardon Of the
dead man for the injury be had done
him Those present were deeply affect
ed.-Helena Cor. ST. Louis Republic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-02

Senator Plumb before the Republican
league: 1.-The destiny of Kansas is to
lead, not to follow. She has history in
which she may we'll feel pround. Do
you think this history has been enhanced
in the past few months? / have lived in
the state nearly thirty-six years, and
during all that time Kansas has always
been able to pay her debts, and is able to
do it today" What contrast between
this and the utterances of that other
person who will misrepresent Kansas in
the United States senate as the accredited
colleague of Senator Plumb. And yet
there are some in the state who would
supplant him with a fit companion of
the other
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-02
THE FARMERS PRIZES.
Nor are Their Wives, Daughters and
Homes Overlooked.

The cash purses made up for the races
by the management of the Southern
Kansas Fair, are undeniably large, in
fact SO unusually big as to attract the at
tention of horsemen from Maine to. Cali
fornia; but they are not out of proper
ton to the aggregated sums offered for
livestock, cereals and other products of
the farm and home. The lists of awards
for such things as come under the head
of professional and amateur work and
which are principally produced by town
people, were the only things that were
cut. But what we desire to refer to
in particular is the utility list
of especial prizes. Nothing
equaling it was ever offered by any fair
in the state of Kansas. The exhibitor is
not debarred from competing for any
and all premiums, but he has chance
at the same time, under the same entry,
with the same article, to compete for a
special prize worth many times the cash
value of the regular premium. Nor are
the competitors for these special pre-
miums asked to give their exhibit to the
society or anyone else. Having made
his exhibit the farmer can take whatever
he has and sell it on the market or carry
it back home. His load of corn or bag
of grain is his own whether he draws a
prize or not. 1t was not 50 last year.
The value of the special premiums Of
fered by the Southern Kansas Fair as
ISOLATION at Wichita, Sept. 2sth to Oct.
3rd ought to bring a thousand exhibits
of grain from the farmers of South
Kansas. Each and every county of the
fifteen composing the initial territory is
warranted in making an effort for some
of these valuable prizes offered as indie
pendent premiums by the liberal and
enterprising business firms of Wichita.
They include sulky plows, farm and
spring wagons, sewing machines,
watches, -four, furniture, clothing, boots
and shoes, lumber, dry goods, pumps,
etc., etc., with a number of cash prem
iums in gold, seventy odd premiums
all told, and all for direct prod
ucts of the farm. the most of them
for corn or wheat or grass or fruit
There are enough of such premiums in
number to give each of the fifteen coun-
ties five each. But any one county may
take them all.
Every farmer in South Kansas who |
has either extra grain OF any kind, or
extra fruit or grasses, can well afford to
study the list of special prizes offered |
them by the business men of Wichita !
through the Southern Kansas Fair asso-
citation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-02
AN IMPORTANT FARMERS, MOVE
MENT.

From the dispatches it is learned that
the ranchmen and large farmers in Texas
are arranging 10 take up the rain-pro-
ducing experiments made by the govern
ment recently in that state, and develop
it into a regularly organized system to
| be employed as occasion NAV require
This is in line with the EAGLES suggest
ion of few days ago to the agricultural
community of Kansas, The conditions
| Of the country, as to diminished and
diminishing area of public lands subject
10 settlement and susceptible of cultiva-
ton. and the relative decrease of the ag-
ricultural production as compared to the
increase of population, as has been clear
" demonstrated by statistical data on
those subjects given in the public prints
of late, indicate the imperative necessity
of employing some means of increasing
the produc tiveness of our tillable lands
not only, but also OF insuring the agri-
culturist against crop failure by supply
ing necessary moisture when the natural
process shall fail.
Irrigation meets this requirement
wherever it is employed, and that is
thoroughly reliable resource wherever it
is practicable and the system properly
constructed. But there are localities
where irrigation cannot be employed,
and without some other artificial means
Of supplying water when nature fails,
the labor and best efforts OF the husband
man cannot insure him against loss.
Tie plan of supplying needed moisture
by superinducing precipitation from the
upper atmosphere IS the only means of
providing with moisture those localities
and sections that are beyond the reach
of irrigation, and now that it has been
demonstrated that this can be done, it
behoves the citizens Of every community
to organize and make preparation TO
coerce rainfall wherever it shall be
needed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-02
COMING BACK HOME.

The following editorial in the Empo-
ria Republican is in the same vein as
| Senator Plumb's speech at Topeka.
! 1t is sober and sensible. If all Repub-
! lican papers would adopt the same tone
| toward the Alliance there is but little
! doubt that we should see the Republican
farmers back in the ranks by 1892. The
| Republican SAYS:
There seems to be a movement going
on quietly but steadily among the ALI
ance farmers which possesses consider
able significance. Members of the Peo-
pies party are returning to the Republi-
can fold Every day we hear of it-half
a dozen here, a dozen there, and occa-
sionallv an entire sub-Alliance. Farm
ers are finding that hard times come in
spite of Republican rule. not as the re-
suit of it. and that no party could pre-
vent them when crop conditions at
home and abroad are conducive.
The prosperity of the present year, I'M
der the same rule and policy that pre-
vailed two years ago when farm products
were so low, has made this fact very
clear. They have also had time to in
vestigate the measures proposed by the
new party for the cOuntTy's relief and
have found them generally experimental
aud mpracticable-Some of them wild
and revolutionary.
Republicans who went off with the
new party can come back without en-
barrassment They have an excellent
excuse for such a course. They Joined
the Alliance when it was non partisan
and when it was understood that it
would remain non-partlsan. Its CONVEX
sion into party organization was con-
trary to the wishes of many Of its men,
bers. The new party was formed in the
confident belief that the Alliance in the
southern states would unhestatingIv
fall into line and that great national
organization would be created. The
prospects of such an organization have
now well-nigh disappeared. The state
Alliances IL the south and most of those
in the north have decided against It.
The national conference to be held in
February will in all probability put
quietus upon the movement. Ii there is
70 be no national third party, little local
affair up here in Kansas and Nebraska
viii amount to nothing; it will be non
sensical and ridiculous, its only effect be-
ing TO help the Democratic party elect
some Wall street candidate to the presi-
dency.
The truth Of the matter is, the farmers
went INTO the new party with too much
of rush. before they had had time to
properly consider its pFoprietv. They
have now had opportunity for investiga-
ton and reflection, and they are return
ing 10 the old party under whose rule the |
country has developed and prospered so |
wonderfully-coming back home. They |
very senslbly see that the chances for |
new reforms are much better with a /
party which has been working out great |
reforms for quarter of a century, than l
with new organ zation whose theories /
are all experimental and whose very ex-
isience twelve months hence IS doubtful.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-02
g ARCADE"


EGeAAo00
Mrs. Divine, . widow, Of Cornwall, N.
T., went to ehusch Sunday, leaving her
two little girls, Nora and fanny, sged
respectively six and four years. alone In
the house. Half an hour later Mrs.
Benton, ths wife Of Q nsighborinz
farmer, saw the children citing On the
grass under an apple tree, striking every
few moments at something on the
ground. After each strsks they scream
ed with laughter
Mira Bsnten's curiosity was aroused,
and she crossed the road to see what waa
amusing them As she approached them
Nsra cried gleefully, Big worm
playin' psskabOo wit Us" She had
hardly ceased speaking when half the
length of . great copperhead snake
darted ont Of the hole in the direction Of
the children. Two switches descended
smartiy upon it and the ugly head was
quickly pulled back.
Mrs. Benton called to her husband,
who was watching her, and rushing for
ward she dragged the little girls away
from the hole. Mr.. Benton arrived Just
as the snake looked out again to see
what had become Of them. The farmers
stick fell upon his head and be went
back no more. His body was very
nearly teur feet long. Mrs Divine
tainted when she saw the snake and
heard the story, but the children
wept and refused to be comforted be-
cause their playmate was dead.-HArt-
ford Post
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-02
DON'T AGREE.

When the Republican state convention
assemblies in 1892, the delegates fresh
from the people instructed by them as
to the platform and the nominees, the
Capital predicts that the plank reaffirm-
ing the endorsement of constitutional
prohibition and the enforcement OF the
laws upon this question will have no un-
certain sound. When the Republican
party shall so far forget its history and
its principles as to take counsel of brew
ers, distiIlers, saloon keepers, their
agents and supporters. its days of use
fulness will have passed.-Topeka Cap
ital.
The Capital lodges the point. Mr..
Higgins is not a brewer, distiller, a
saloon keeper, or their agent. Many
Republicans have taken counsel with
him and been advised to insist that the
prohibitory plank be forever left out of
the Republican platform. Why does
not the Capital have the manliness to
denounce this counsel instead of evading
the question by throwing it all on the
''brewers, distillers, saloon keepers and
their agents. Topeka Journal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-02
The New silver D.sirn.

cit is not likely that another compe-
tition will ever be tried for the produc-
ton of designs for United States coins,
said Assistant Director Of the Mint Pres
ton ''The one inst ended was too
wretched failure. Doubtless it was
the first contest Of the sort ever opened
by any government to the public at
large. the result Is not very fiatterinx
to the boasted artistic development OF
this country. inasmuch as only two Of
the 800 suggestions submitted were good
enough to receive honorable mention.
So the affair has been handed over to the
engraving force Of the Philadelphia
mint, which will produce the dies re-
quired according to such patterns as its
own sense of the beautiful suggests"
The designs for Uncle Sans coins
hitherto have been produced at the
money making establishment at Phila-
delphia, vAsre the dies for ali the minis
are turned out. Anticipating a severe
popular criticism, the chief engraver
will do his utmost TO render the FIVE
cameo pictures called for as unexcep-
tienal as possible, estheticallY speaking.
There must be substitute of some kind,
representing Liberty, for the schoolmarm
on the dollar, the reverse of which re-
quires . better type Of bird than the
present buzzard.
Also the unprepossessing female, seated
upon a cotton bale, is to be removed
from the half doAar, quarter and dime.
Plaster casts of the patterns evolved will
be submitted for approval to the director
OF the mint and the secretary Of the
treasury, and as soon as they have been
pronounced satisfactory dies viii be
made and small change of new and love
ly mold viii thereafter jingle in the
pockets of the people.
No alteration is TO be made in the gold
coins, because they are really exquisite
now, and could hardly be improved upon.
1t is realized that the money Of nation
is expressive of its art culture. There
fore, lest posterity imagine the present
generation to have been barbarous, it is
desirable that our silver pieces should be
as handsome as may disadvantages
Letter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-02

A special from Richmond. Ind, SAYS;
"Some months ago Samuel Eutting. q
this city, was run down by a switch en-
CINE and instantly killed. He bad no
relatives here. but hsd a sister some
where in the west. Of whom nothing mad
been heard for years Yesterday Post
master Jenkinson received letter from
the sister, who lives near Davenport. Ia,
asking for information a. 70 her brother,
and stating that she had dreamed that
her brother had been killed IN an sccI-
dent and had felt worried over the mat
ter. 50 she determined 70 write and learn
if something had happened 20 him. Par
ticulars were SCI; 70 her today q ths
death Of hsT brother
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-02
The Safe the kaiser Took with Him.

The Safe the Kaiser Took with Him.
Those who saw the emperor's luggage
brought ashore at Port Victoria will re-
member the iron safe which formed part
of it. In this safe was the large cOllec-
ton of jeweled snuff boxes, silver ciga-
rette cases, diamond breastpins, signst
rings, etc., which the kaiser brought
with him for distribution among the
members Of the queens household and
many other officials with whom he was
brought in contact during his visit.
These assorted gifts, which have been
cased up by the emperor during the past
two years literally by the gross, have
now been duly distributed, and have
probably-for such is human nature
caused more heartburning and disap-
pointment than delight.
Large as the stock was, it did not
prove quite large enough. and several
members of the kaiser's suite were en-
gagged for some time at the West End In
buying further assortment OF trinkets
to serve as presents from the kaiser.
The German Orders which the latter has
distributed were brought over In a sep
arate case. and In quantity which re-
calls the incident of the Russian baron
in "Ninicha. London Figaro.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-02

Il Is worth while knowing thar silvsa
articles put away for . tins can Be pro-
teeted from furnishing. According 70 TIE
Decorator and Furuisber thla can Be dons
by applying 20 them. with soft brush,
collodion mixed with alcohol II silver
plate IS already furnished. is full bril-.
lance may bs ressored b. washing Il In
Hnuid poi4ssia. next rinsing it in warm
water and then immerslng IL Ia liquid
composed Of one part u alum. ons Part
O. common salt snd two parts Of salt
peter 10 thres parts Of vster The plats
has now % be washed Ia luks warm
water. then wiped With ctEmois lsathes
snd finally packed In s4~das 70 dTy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-02

Some interesting ruins OF ancient cites
have been discovered IA the heart Of the
Sierra Madre, near tie natural warm
baths q the Pisdrzls VerSes. Msxico.
Some q the houses are ~ god state q
preservation Ia one q me cities can bs
seen a grezs cupo.z. aAlcn stands d..
rectly in 'front.' q farm. and there are
many other interesting objects An ea-
pioring party At the last accoznt VIZ Al
Casas Grzndes. CmnEzhaa. AID The IL
tention was % remain there for nan
bsr Of days IN order that = thorough IN
veStigafi0n Of TIE Tzizs IA SaE De MADE.
-Exch4nzA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-02
THE QUANrRELL SURVIVORS.
From tie Topeka Lance.

From tie Topeka Lance.
There was organized at Lawrence, on
Sunday evening of last week, a society
that will become memorable in the his
tory of the country, just as its members
are now memorable in the history of the
state-the survivors of the Quautrell
raid. History does not furnish accounts
of n more diaSolical massacre than that
at Lawrence on August p, 1863, when
Quantrell and his band Of bushwackers
raided the quiet little city and ruthlessly
murdered nearly 200 citizens-men in
the presence of their wives and children,
young men in the stores. boys, anybody,
everybody, merely to quench demon-Iike
thirst for blood. There were few sur
vivors Of that fatal day, number hav-
ing in some way or another escaped the
fury Of the cut-throa's. These men.
now growing aged, have turned their
memories back over the days of tribula-
ton, OF bloodshed and sorrow. and have
associated themselves together 10 perpet-
uate the memories of those who fell.
One of the objects Of the association is to
rear a monument to those who were vic
TINS of the raid, and IN the success of
this enterprise everyone wishes them
well; it is something that will teach a
lesson and be benefit
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-02
Two Miles q Day by Rail.

Some illustrations of modern railway
speed cited before the parliamentary
committee on the cross country railway
bill merit special attention, showing
what can be accomplished when a rail-
way company makes an effort. A Bux-
ton coal merchant says that sometimes
the Midland company manages to con-
vey coal from Buxton to Chesterfield in
eleven to thirty-four days, and as the
towns are more than twenty miles apart
it will be seen that sometimes the coal
trains dash along the line at the rate Of
two miles a day. Once the witness
found birds nest m truck which had
been thirty days on the way, and he
reasonably believes that the nest was
built and the eggs laid during the
month. Yet this Buxton merchant is
not happy and desires change.-En-
gineering.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-02

Senator ingalls, declared that there was
hardly an important town IN Kansas
that did not gain revenue from the sale
of intoxicants "Holier-than-thou" To-
peka, as usual, made great protest of
slandered virtue, one Of her police COM
missioners appearing in the public prints
and giving Mr.. Ingalls, the lie by prac-
tically declaring that Topeka, in the OBJ
servance of the prohibitory law, was
above criticism or reprosch. A thousand
Republican politicians all over the state
laughed in their sleeves over another
score made for the prohibitory plank Of
the Republican platform, but the Demo
Gratis had hardly commenced 10 swear
before Sol Miller, a leading defender of
the law and state official, appears in an