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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-21
The Floods in Spain.

MADRID, Sept 21.-The greatest misery
has been caused by the floods at Caminas
and Villafranca. The crops have been
lost, and it is feared riots will result II re-
lief is delayed. At Consuegra there is a
demand for more disinfectants. Many
marauders have been imprisoned there.
At Almeria the bodies of 1,7sl victims of
the floods have been buried. Many houses
undermined by the foods continue to fall.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-21
IN limitation of Mature

An imitation ct Nature
that's the result you want
to reach. With DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets, you have it.
They cleanse and renovate the
whole system naturally. That
means that they do it thor
oughly, but mildly. They're
the smallest in size, but the
most effective-suga coated,
easiest to take. Sick Head
ache, Bilious Headache, Con
stipation, Indigestion, Bilious
Attacks, and all arrangements
of the Liver, Stomach and
Bowels are prevented, relieved,
and cured. Purely vegetable,
perfectly harmless, and gently
laxative, or an active cathar-
tic, according to size of dose.
AS a Liver Pill, they've been
initiated, but never equaled.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-21
Drowned ip Four Feet Of Water.

OMAHA, Sept. 1.-Two boys, named
Larson and Ford, aged 10 and II rsspsc:-
lively, were bathing in mill-pond nspr
Florence, an Omaha suburb. The lads
were drowned in four feet OF water. The
bodies were recovered.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-21

taken by Balmaceda after the disastrous
battle near Valparaiso and the surrender
Of Santiago Aug % has been learned. In
company with ex-Alcalde Victor Echauren
he took a carriage and drove TO point
two miles ouI side the city. Here a special
train of one car and locomotive was in
WAITING
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-20
THEY WERE YOUNG MEN.

A good deal has been said in the prints
the past few months about the ''young
crowd" and the sold crowd" in discuss
ing state politics from party standpoint.
Those of our readers who read the last
number of the Century magazine will
call to mind the following extract from
that periodical bearing upon the subject
of men in our national history and the
names and ages of some who have taken
conspicuous parts in the organization of
the government and in its subsequent
control and management.
No fallacy is more firmly fixed in the
public mind, says the Century writer,
than that which represents the establish
ment of our government as the work of
old men. The delusion is imbiDed in
childhood, and is unconsciously culti-
yated by textbooks used in school.
The fathers of the republic" are de-
picted in all the histories with wigs,
cues, and other accessories of dress that
apparently betoken age, and the pupil
naturally concludes that they must have
been old when the nation was born.
In point Of fact they were an uncom-
monty young set of men. Gerge Wash
ington, senior in age as well as in
authority and influence, was but 43
when the revolution broke out, and 81
when he became first president; Thomas
Jefferson, only SO when he wrote the
declaration of independence; Alexander
Hamilton, but 80 when he became secre-
tary of the treasury; James Madison,
only % when he was made member of
Virginia committee of safety, and So
when he was Hamilton's great collabor-
ator in the production Of that political
classic 1.-The Federalist."
Nor Were the leaders in the great en-
terprise exceptional in this matter of
age. Forty names were signed to the
of the United States on the
18th of September, 1887. Leaving out of
account four whose birthdays are not
given by the book of reference, only five
of the remaining thirty-six had reached
the age of 60; twenty of the number
were less than IS years old; and twelve
were under 40, among the latter being
one (Hamilton) of 80, another of 90.
third of %, fourth who lacked some
months of % when the convention met.
The average age of all the members did
not quite reach 45 years. The most i'm
portant committee to which the instru-
ment was referred for final revision con-
sisted of five members, four of whom
were between 30 and &c years of age, the
fifth and least prominent being 60"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-20
WHAT WILL THE HARVEST BE?
From the Tablet

From the Tablet.
Everybody with claims to sanity ex-
poets a crop to be identical with the seed
he sows. 1t may be much or little, or
perhaps nothing at all, but if anything
comes out of the soil to look at the sky,
it is expected to be of the same kind as
was consigned in good faith, to the
terminating influence of earth, moisture
and heat. The man that would look for
a cherry tree from an apple pip, or for
a centennial turnip out of a potato,
would be in that particular fit subject
for the pity of his friends and the atten-
ton of the commissioners of luna;y.
Now, as in vegetation, SO in human
character, there is law that makes the
crop identical with the seed, and the
product is simply a duplicate of the
germ that produces it.
In modern American life, this primal
and undeniable law is largely overlooked
in the home training of the rising gener-
alton. This evil is too general to be de-
MED, and its results are too apparent for
any thinking man or lover of his
country, to contemplate without appre-
hension. We may be graduating in edu-
cation, wealth and national eminence,
but if we lack in the sense and judg-
ment necessary to train the young, in
the virtues of self-restraint, obedience,
parental reverence, and hOme-love, the
material resources of a nation count for
nothing. The boys and girls of today
are to be the citizens of the future, and
on their training depends the history of
the next generation.
We are sometimes astonished at out
breaks and turbulence in social life, in
wild and violent methods. and general
splash of kerosene on society at large,
and if history repeats itself, our future
as nation is not prospectively peaceful.
1t would be well if some of our parental
guardians would remember, that where
thistle seed is sown, somebody sooner or
later, will scratch his fingers, when cut
ting down the crop.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-20
ROYAL CIVIL LISTS.

The people of the United States have.
generally speaking, but a vague idea of
what it annually costs the people of
Europe to maintain their respective
sovereigns. The German emperor heads
the list with yearly stipend of 42,000.-
O00 francs, which means, in other words,
that every man, woman and child. of
IL, 600, 600 of Germans, who inhabit the
Fatherland, must pay annual tribute of
about Is cents to sustain the dignity of
the imperial crown. The car of Russia
comes next, with a civil list of 36.000. =
GOO francs, or a head taxation of nearly
8 cents for each one his $1,000, 600 sub
jects.
The emperor of Austria, who rules
over 1900, 600 of people, has an annual
income of 23,0O0,00O francs, raised by
means Of an individual personal taxation
Of - cents.
Queen Victoria receives from the 81
100000 Of people which comprise the
population of the United Kingdom, a
royal tribute of 10 cents per head. or
-, zoe, 600.
The president of the United States re-
ceives $4,000, which to some people
looks all but sinful extravaganza, but it
Is less than one mill apiece 10 the Co.
100000 over whom he is called to rule.
and Is a mere baggatel as compared TO
what the royal heads cost the countries
and people who maintain that form Of
government, Is shown above.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-20
Wherein Bananas surpass Wheat.

The banana belongs to the lily family,
and is a developed tropical lily, from
which by ages of cultivation the seeds
have been eliminated and the frnit for
which it was cultivated greatly expand
ed. In relation to the bearing qualities
of this fruit Humboldt, who early saw
the wonders of the plant, said that the
ground that would grow ninety-nine
pounds of potatoes would also grow
thirty-three pounds of wheat, but that
the same ground would grow 1000
pounds of bananas, consequently to that
of wheat is 1873 to l and to that Of pota-
toes Al to l.
The banana possesses all Of the essen
tials to the sustenance of life. The savage
of the sea isles and the jungle owes what
he has of physical strength to this food.
Wheat alone, potatoes alone, viii not
do this. When taken as a steady diet it
is cooked-baked dry in the green state,
pulped and boiled in water as soup, or
cut in slices and fried. do not know
whose beauty admire the most, the ma
jestic cocoa palm, with its heavy crown
of great fringed leaves, or the graceful
banana, with its great leaves, which are
six feet long and two feet wide.-Gold-
thwaite's Geographical Magazine.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-20
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES:

The homeseeker Is abroad in the land.
Spring Hill, near Edmond, is having a
big campmeeting
This is the biggest year the Chickasaw
nation has ever seen.
There are already two dozen applicants
for the appointments in the new counties.
The hunters are cleaning their guns and
the prairie chickens have begun TO hide
out.
Edmond is one town in the territory
that affords good view from the railroad
depot.
Governor Steele is passing few days at
Geuda Springs. Geuda Springs is getting
to be favorite with Oklahoma people
Chief Mayes is jimmying around the
Cherokee strip. People are getting to feel
awful tired about the Cherokee business.
A man who has just returned from Ok
lahoma says that 1t is livelier than it has
been since three months after the opening.
Oklahoma Hawk: We will give a years
subscription for the biggest watermelon
brought to this office between August Is
and September Is, and one years subscrip-
tion for the biggest one between Septem-
Der 10 and October Is.
The Norman Board Of Trade has begun
work on a road into the Pottawatomie
country, and have built several good sub
stantial bridges. From Norman east eight
miles the road has been put in excellent
condition, and in a few days the road viii
be completed 10 the Pottawatomie line.
From there the road is already good 20
Burnett. It will cost the Board OF Trade
OF Norman several hundred dollars, bur 1t
will pay them much bigger per cent of
profit than they con hope 10 secure IN any
other manner.
Some time ago Judge Green passed upon
the question OF appeal from the TOWNSHIP
board 10 the commissioner Of the general
land Office, and decided that no appeal lies
to the commissioner. 1t was on case
where lot claimant had sued the Guthrie
board OF trustees to compel them TO issue
him deed 20 lot they had decided right
fully TO belong to him The contestant
had sent up his appeal 10 the general land
office, and during the tendency OF the ap-
peal the trustees refused TO make out and
deliver the deed. After Judge Green 5 de-
Cision the land com missioner telegrAphed
the board NOT 70 issue the deed, thus plac-
ing himself in the attitude OF counseiing
obedience 70 the orders Of the court Judge
Clark now has under consideration tie
same question. involving the title 20
twenty or thirty tracts. I; Is very in
pogtant question, as the time required 70
settle the question Of title - prolonged or
shortened just rs the suit may 90 IL favor
OF or against appeal 70 the land eommis-
sioueT.
Oklahoma Times-Journal: Mrs. Stella
Ford. vile CT II. J. Ford, TIE Main street
butcher, WIS burned 10 death IN her resi-
deuce on Noble street, IN South Oklahoma,
last night about $50 o'clock. L : aImo>t
too horrible for belief, and sent thrill q
horror through the community when Il
became known, for IL was only too true
The facts as we have been able 20 learn
them amid the general excitement and
horror are as follows. Mr. and Mrs Ford |
lived 4 = RsAt Like e2is.ge Al t-s wssi
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-20
MORE DETERMINATIONS.

Another gIaring instance of discrimi-
nation in a matter of railroad freight
charges occurred in this city yesterday.
A gentleman, resident of Galveston de-
cided few days ago to remove to Kan
sas, but not being fully decided at what
point he would locate secured rate to
Topeka and had his goods and stock
billed to that place. On arriving at
Wichita he availed himself of the stop
over privilege to rest and water his live
stock, and during the time looked over
the city and made inquiries concerning
the surrounding country which together
satisfied him that this was the place that
he would most likely decide upon for a
location. Accordingly he went to the
representative of the railroad that had
his goods in charge and asked to have
them released and unIoaded here, he re-
leasing the road from the further trans
portation of the goods and stock. The
agent communicated the request to the
headquarters of the department of the
road, and the reply came back that the
goods could not be stopped and released
by the road at this point unless the
shipper would pay the local rate from
Galveston in lieu Of the through rate to
Topeka, or else pay the sum of the local
rate from Topeka back to Wichita in
addition to the through rate from Gal
weston to Topeka. The outcome of the
matter was that the shipper and owner
of the goods and live stock had to send
representative along to Topeka with the
shipment after reloading the live stock
into the car here, to remark and reShip
them back here.
The transportation company may de-
fend its action in the matter by assert
ing the terms of the association by
which it is bound in such matters, but
that does not justify it from the stand
point of right and equity, nor disabuse
the mind of the shipper that he was out
rageously dealt with by the railroad in
its using an undue advantage it had over
him. The case Will be laid before the
state board of railroad commissioners,
along with others in matters of discrimi-
nations in sugar rates, etc, and if no re-
lief can be had otherwise, it is not i'm
probable that an extra session of the leg
islature will be demanded by the people
of the state to remedy the evils.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-20
The Bane Of the unruIy Student.

The deans Office at Harvard is, from
the nature Of affairs, purgatory. A
summons to the dean means that there
is trouble for the man who is summoned.
The high court Of justice sits in the
deans Office. That is, it does so far as
the undergraduates know, for here are
delivered all the courts decisions. At
one time in the history Of Harvard col
lege there hung in the room Of every IN
dergraduate cartoon II WAS picture
Of ~ 5"--the deans Office.
A grinning Mephistopheles stood az
the door welcoming long line Of con
demned wretches Over the door was
this legend, who enters here leaves all
hope behind Nearly every man who
in recent years has left Harvard college
in disgrace has left hope behind when rs
last entered the door of 20 5.7-Ne7R
York Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-20
White Dresses No Longer Worn.

Speaking retrospectively," said a
fashionable widow, "when was a girl
in society the white dress was consid-
cred one Of the sweetest things a young
lady could wear. Now one never sees
them except at a commencement or a
wedding. Prints, prints, prints! Even
the sweet girl graduate in white dress
is rarity. AS for Broadway, the sight
of a white dress on anybody but an in
FAINT is thing of general feminine COM
ment.
Il know it is rather daring to venture
an opinion in this era of colors, but |
think now that q young and pretty
woman in pure white is the loveliest
vision in the world of beauty. She need
not be so very young, either, If reason
ably pretty. I've seen women who could
be called without offense neither young
nor pretty who looked better in white
than anything they could have put on"
And what man of forty upward, pray,
Will not agree with her?
The man with handpainted mus
tache or beard went out with the white
dress.-New York Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-20

Most people have the idea that Aus
trallia is but small island in the south
ern seas. and because the old biographies
divided the earth into four grand divis-
ions. and four only, but few have taken
the trouble TO measure the length and
breadth Of this vast domain Of unex-
plored hahltahle territory. Even Great
Britain herself is scarcely conscious of
its immensely, while the inhabitants of
sydney are only beginning to discover
that their city is the metropolis OF
great continent Some idea Of the mag
nitude Of Australia may he gained from
a statement that an expedition consist
ing Of fourteen men, forty camels and
stores of provisions and ammunition has
recently been fitted out in Sydney TO
explore the unknown regions Of the
south and west. and that il is estimated
that the period of two years viii DE re-
CURED for the work.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-20
sUNsTROKE NOT AN ACCIDENT.

a few days ago there was decided in a
st. Louis court a case which is likely to
be Of use as a precedent these hot days
in northern and western cities, where
the unusually high temperature is kill
ing off the population by hundreds.
a supervising architect of st. Louis
who had taken out an accident insurance
policy and had regularly paid his dues,
died of sunstroke week or two ago.
The company refused to pay the policy,
on the ground that sunstroke is not an
accident, but disease; and they there
fore disclaimed liability.
The heirs of the dead man brought
suit TO recover the amount of the policy,
and failed to obtain verdict
The argument of the insurance COM
pany was based on medical authorities
and decisions in English courts, all of
which made reference to sunstroke as
a disease. cit is term" said one
work which was quoted, applied to
the effects upon the central nervous
system, and through it upon other or
ganS OF the BODY, by exposure to the
sun or overheated air. There is no
ground for the popular notion that it
comes like a stroke Of lightning from
piercing ray of the sun"
Further evidence was adduced, too,
by the defendants TO show that its oc-
currence is frequent during the night;
that it takes place often in laundries
in soldiers barracks in stoking places,
and in close and overheated rooms,
where no ray of the sun penetrated, as
in the open where his rays beat with in
tensest firceness.
On the strength of this evidence, and
following the decisions given i'll England,
the st. Louis court ruled that sunstroke
is not an accident but disease, and re-
lieved the insurance company of liability
in the premises.
Holders of accident insurance policies
will know, therefore, how to govern
themselves in cases of death by isolation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-20

The United States is not the only coun-
try that has had heavy drafts made upon
its metal money. The drain of specie
from Portugal this year has been SO Sc
we're that its gold and silver coins have
nearly disappeared. 1t is stated that
country will now remodel its finances
on the basis of coinage of silver and re-
new its commerce with South American
states, and attempt to make Lisbon the
natural depot for Europe. No less than
500, 900, 600 in gold have been drawn
from Portugal this year, considerable of
which has gone for American wheat,
and its proposition to remodel its none
tary system upon the silver basis indi-
Gates growing demand throughout the
world for this coinage.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-20

The latest news from Chill seems to in
dictate that the Balmaceda governmental
is getting into desperate straights. The
policy of forcing all the able-bodied men
into the ranks cannot but have the effect
of weakening instead of strengthening
its cause for obvious reasons. If the in
surgents or Congressional side of the
contest can hold out few months long
er there is little doubt of their final tri-
umph. From present indications it is
very evident that the latter following
must succeed if they would remain in
that country. To fail means to them
death or exile.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-20
Smile. Better Than so.ntsr..

It was just at the beginning of the
busy hour in the evening and the car
was crowded People were packed like
herrings inside and on the platform there
was the usual crush and struggle for
four square inches of space. 1t was Just
at the beginning of a rain and the grip
man had no waterproof along. 1t
seemed that at every second door some
one had to get on. The car was con-
stantly stopping. 1t was filed to the
last limit long ago. but still people were
waving their arms from the pavement
and clambering up and in some way.
Nobody knows how many persons can
get into a Chicago street car. At one
corner three women with babies in their
arms stopped the car and got in.
The gripman swore little at them.
At the next man looked at the
clouds, signaled the gripman and got IN
out of the wet. The rain began to come
down little more decisively. The grip
man started up and threw the lever far
forward He wanted to shoot straight
to the stables without stopping. There
was another man. The car had not run
forty feet.
The gripman swore very roundly as
he loosed the lever and pulled back on
the brake.
Then he started, bent the talons of the
grip about the cable and plunged ahead
again. There was another woman. The
car had run just half block. The pas
sengers looked up as they saw the wav-
ing arms of the waiter. They expected
to hear very volley of oaths at this
second stop. The gripman's face was a
study. First it was black as night Then
he looked closely at the woman. He
hated her and wanted to blast her with
frown. Then his brow softened. A
twinkle came into his eyes. His lips
parted and his great wooden face broke
into a kindly laugh.
What had she done? Who was she?
Did he know her? Nothing-nothing at
all. He knew nothing about her. She
was only a handsome girl, and she
laughed a caress right into his lips as
he frowned at her. Smiles are better
than scepters any day.-Chicago Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-20
The PaddIer,s Reve1zs:

From the Interior Ocean
A well-known millionaire, who re-
sides Oh Michigan avenue. tells this story
at the expense of his better half:
The servants Of the foInily are con-
tinualIy annoyed bT peaIs at the bell
from itinerant peddlers Alterations
between the hostile parties frequently
ensued and the mistress Of the establish
ment is often forced 10 Interfere. The
other day a soap peddler appeared ON
the scene He praised the properties Of
his soap in the face OF indignant protest,
until Madam rushed from her b0udoir
and shrieked franticaliy:
''Oh. 70 away, We never use soap"
\ few evenings later her handsome
carriage drew up before the entrance Of
the Chicago Opera House. and. as she
sailed respondent into the vestibule, the
observed Of all observers. q prophetic
voice walled through the crowd:
But she never uses soap