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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-24
DISADVANTAGES OF WEALTH.

Can millionaire be "hard MP l
never supposed that such thing was
possible until the other day when, saws
New York Sun writer: / met in lower
Broadway a gentlemen whose wealth.
expressed in Arabic figures, runs into
seven numbers. This gentleman Is
resident of a nearby New England city.
and is prominent in railroad matters and
well known for his charitable works. He
carried a large valise, and when stop
piag to chat with him / casually asked
if he was about To take a journev. He
laughed and told me that he was only
going as far as the office of a big trust
company in the street and added that
the bag contained lot of railroad and
other bonds. The fact is added he.
Il have TO borrow some money. You
see," he continued, some wears
ago | built q waterworks system in a
new town up in Washington territory.
The plant was ample to supply a place Of
5000 or 10000 inhabitants and was
good paying investment. Somehow,
people crowded into that region 50 fast
that before | knew where l stood, the
place had grown from 5000 or 1000 souls
10 nearly $1,000. l have to enlarge the
works 10 meet this existing demand and
10 provide for the $1,000 inhabitants
who will be there inside Of two or three
years Ii costs a heap Of money 10 do
so, and 70 tel you the truth, keeps me
hard up for the time being" left nv
millionaire friend trudging in the direc-
ton of the trust company with his
securities and fell into a reflection on
the burdens and Disadvantages OF
wealth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-24
ArcHlsoN PHILOSOPHY.

When a mans head tells HIM n thing ~
true. and his heart tells him it ism Z, which
is be TO believed
IL is a good rule 90 never do thing thas
IL would give you pleasure 10 accuse your
enemy Of doing.
You can measure your strength by tho
greatness Of the temptations which you
are able 70 resist.
No mans enemies would dare fight him
If they could hear the fierce things he says
behind their backs.
So many people imagine that II they try
to do a thing they are entitled to the credit
of accomplishing it.
ALL the generous deeds men have ever
done without hope Of reward could be emu
n4erated in one volume.
The performance Of some duties leaves =
man feeling as mean as though be had been
held up by thieves and robbed
There Is one thing a woman can do that
a man can't, she can smile her sweetest
and talk her brightest with a pin sticking
her
There are two kinds 81 good women, ons
kind brings in tract when you are stick
and the other kind brings IN bowl Of hoo
soup.
TIE man who Il a friend 70 everybody -
good deal like the remedy that il said tu
cure every pain. II is highly valued AMI
respected until you have a pain and try a..
-Atchison Globe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-24

tOr1a, a ID occupies two rooms NJ DueAms.
ham palace, over which two men watch
continually.
The czar has decided TO forbid any OF bis
subjects from entering the principally OF
Monaco on account Of the large nurnhsr OF
wealthy Russians who have been ruined nc
the gambling tables.
The emperor of Austria lives very sim
ply in his palace in Vienna He Il very
abstemious, and he is most happy when
seated AZ the work table I'm his private
study with fragrant cigar in his mouth.
The greatest marvel Of all the rich pos
sessions of the maharajah OF baroda Is =
carpet about ten feet by six, made entirely
Of strings of pearls, with centre and corner
pieces OF diamonds. The carpet took three
years 10 weave and cost g2o0O00
The sultan of Turkey is not in all re
spects the ease lOvinE monarch he j. re-
ported to be- He passes a good part Of thu
day with his secretary, discussing matters
pertaining TO the empire, and il u his boass
that he has never signed a state paper
without reading it,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-24
WHY NOT AT WICHITA

Unquestionably, through the harmon
ious actions of the great central west,
at the convention of Dallas, Denver an
Topeka, was the favorable action of
congress secured for deep water at Gal
weston. But deep water at the nearest
and most convenient coast line does not
cover all of the transportation and the
other vast and varied interests of the
states in question, which interests if not
ignored bv congress have at least been
given nothing more than passing at
tention. The power of the great eastern
commercial centers, their claims and de-
mands combined have from their com
parative and immediate weight and
Impotence overshadowed those of Sec
ton from which much of their
ascendency has been continually drawn.
1t has been millions for the affluent but
not ever so much as thought for those
whose neglected interests made
the affiuence possible. The young giant
of the central west stands no longer in
the attitude of the humble supplicant, but
realizing its inherent forces, and profit
ing by its deep water victory, now pro-
poses to try the virtue of such reasonable
demands as it has the p wer to enforce.
This move, as foreshadowed by the Den
yer dispatch of day before yesterday, to
be successful must be a concerted one,
of concretness and of organization. The
proposed commercial congress is to dis
cuss, to formulate and demand. All the
territory from line midway between
the Mississippi and Missouri rivers to the
sumit of the Rocky mountains have a
community of interests in the material
questions TO be discussed and the de-
mands to be formulated. In the nearest
possible deep water ports, in transporta-
ton, ia irrigation, ETC., etc, the states and
territories included within these bound
aries are mutually interested.
As for the point at which the conven-
ton will be held, this preliminary meet
ing called for Galveston on the 9Th of
February, it is now open for discussion.
1t was in fact canvassed somewhat at
Denver when and where Wichita was
suggested and urged by those having no
direct interest here whatever, upon the
grounds that in such selection there
would be no envies or rivalries, which
there would be as between Missouri river
points or Northern Texas points. To the
interested territory as whole, Wichita
seems more central than Denver or Kan
sas City or omaha, possessing addition
ally all the necessary hotel capacity and
hall facilities.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-24
DAUGHTERS or EVE.

Mrs William Walter, of Easton, Pa, Is
over ITO years OF age. She has just been
photographed for the first time.
The Duchess dues has just lost $50, O01
by the fight Of French banker. 1t is said
that she has also sunk $4,000 in The
Gaulois, Partisan royalist newspaper.
Mrs Chandler. the widow Of Zachariah
Chandler, is erecting beautiful house in
Washington It's walls are OF pinkish yell
low brick with trimmings Of grayish yellow
stone.
The widow Of Gen. ROmeyn b. Ayre-,
who used 20 assist Mrs. Hayes at the White
house receptions, has signihed her inten-
ton Of entering religious order Of the
Roman Catholic church
Mrs James g. Blaine. Jr. is described as
having the hsndsomest hands and feet Of
any woman in New York They are per
feet and have escaped ernaeiation from the
long illness that their owner has suffered.
Mrs Garfield is said % be overwhelmed
by her correspondence. Letters come %
her from every part Of the country and on
every conceivable topic. Every communi-
cation she receives II given careful atten-
ton.
One Of Chicazo's pretty beiresses Is Miss
Helen Drake, daughter Of John B. Drake.
She is a very stylish blonde, with dimpled
face and brilliant complexion. she j. a
great fsvorite in society and an interested
church worker IS well
Mrs Chauncey VI. Depew j. one Of the
most elegantly attired women, ia New
York She dresses fau,,lessly and j., more
over. maRnihcen. in style. she is literary
and has been known % get her name III
print" on her own account
Mrs Pering. who has been elected 70 the
Office Of road overseer in Kansas. - a wide
awake woman, with swapping black eye
and determined nien- " hen she has &C.
cas.on % say No her voice can - heard o
mile away" says a orresIs0rient.
Annie Besant. the English socialist and
tbeosophist. il a charming woman q me
dun size. well pro2Ortionsd. and has
fne head covered with iuXuriant hair that
3 Just turning gray. Her eyes are large
and soft. and her fare bright aid pleasing
Mrs. SaIter, the mayor q Arzonia, Kan.
for her second term. - q nervous looking
and tsasid Ltils woman Besides attending
to Der public snd sociAl duties shs has dons
ali Ter ho1Aeho work. Including ~zsh-
ing. ironing and cooking lor family Il
Eve
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-24

When Sam Jones vas preaching Ia a
western town rorne time ago be was an
noyed by a young man who was whisper
ing 70 his girl Finally the preacher could
stand the interruption no longer. - hs
looked straight a the young man and said;
Il viii pssiss until tbs young man In thu
bark Of the room gets through tAIkinz
The silence was intense, and every eye
Vas Oa the young man. who wAs still
vbisp@ring % his girl lie had been ~
busy that he had MOI o4ught thu pso,Leh-
er's ensure Mr.. Jones repeatsi the -
marx, and tbs tizne ths young man heard
him Not 40 Instant al b. bs~itass. bat
b. imuedt&tefy trbed % square himself
While every one was watching him be
boxed sqzarely a. the preacher add sald.
Go right &bssd. Ar JODss. yoa are noe
bothering me "--Yznkee Blade.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-24

Spectators have their plans laid, in the
event OF the free coinage bill becoming
law, to bring in Sc silver from foreign
countries and trade it for our gold dollars
Free coinage would be a bigger snap" to
those who are in it, than the subtreasury
scheme would be to the yeomen- But free
coinage will hardly be a go.-Newton Re
publican.
The writer of the foregoing thinks it
an ungetoverable argument against free
coinage of silver, no doubt; but it is the
merest fiummery-a stock chestnut with
out kernel The silver bill passed by tho
senate contains no such provis on, and
the Republican man knows it, if he
knows anything about the bill, and if he
doesn't, he ought to quit talking his
demagogy until he learns something.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-24

The receipts of the test offices of the
Western Union Telegraph company for
the first seven days of January are re-
ported as showing an increase of S14, 900
over the corresponding period of last
year. A satisfactory showing for the
stockholders, but not an auspicions one
for the best interests of the company as
a common carrier, viewed from the
standpoint of the popular demand for
government control of that service. 1t
will afford Mr.. Wannamaker another
hitch in his breeches, so to speak.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-24
A FARNER.s RlGHT.

Some farmer wrote to the Troy Chief
asking:
Have not farmers right to think in
political matters as well as editors and
lawyers
And this is the answer he got 20 his
query:
"You are mighty right, they have.
And when they think-that IS, when
they do their own thinking, large ma
jority of them are level headed But
when they allow somebody el-e TO think
for them, as in the present epidemic,
and that somebody else Is usually small
bore shyster. and allow him 30 put them
under oath, with signs, grips and pensi-
ties, 20 act accordingly 70 the way he
thinks, that Is what . playing the mis-
chief. and the gig back will hurt the
farmers worse than anything else.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-24
ROYAL FLUsHEs

Prince Cnun. the father, brother anf Son
OF various ernpsro- q CEiuz, disd -
Gently
Runor hAs q thR- King kAlskAaa TX
away w7ah toe e1ts-e saFp8l- q toe Hs-
wAl.An t-eAaary before be lett EO1O. 1lu -
Gently AID lost = al AZ poker
Ex-Er1y--ss Engenis declines % kslp any
more % Sapo.eon ITS relatives Sta
thinks sns has bes1 too good 70 them. aid
she IA not able 70 5el2 then much noS.
King Albert q Saxozy Is a. years cid.
add La basz CO TIE throas Tor seventeen
yssrx tie is bgbisnnan % Dose AID y a
home Z. tia f0ryztx o. tha BotsEsizu fsou
ter
Tbe Prince q Wales r. 4 a5rsc. desoenS
att q Kiag Aires, bin * The tAlrry -shlr,s
gre-:-SrAn1sol. tk1s The Eoz.lsh tkrons
Ia rrnEinsd N ths sane family fo- over
900 jean
The rDO<s rAlEaols solid gsld dinner
service - l4as wSs.1 5<lSnzs u Qnaen We,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-24
INTERESTING FACTS.

One half the peopls born die before thu
age Of lG
The Chinese do not permit their women
70 be photographed.
Two drains Of spider web BY weight
would. II stretched into a straight line.
reach n distance Of over 400 miles.
4 velocity Of about six or seven miles
second would suffice 70 carry n body
away from the gravitatiOn 81 the earth
Indian ink IL made in some unknown
way from burnt camphOr; The secret Is
known only % the Chimes, and they refuse
~ reveal H.
The thread Of the silk worm Is 10 small
that an average Of forty-two u them ar,
twisted together ~ form a thread Of com
mon sewing six; that OK the spider =
many diaTnetsrs smaller.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-24
ALLIANCE PARTISANSHIP.

From the Kingman Leader.
About as partisan thing as we have
seen is the naming of farmer as chair
man of the judiciary committee in the
lower house of the Kansgs Legislature.
This is one place that in the past has
never been given to partisan. Judge
John Martin, Tom Fenlon and George
w. Click, all Democrats, each in turn
held the place at the hends of Republic
can houses. but in this year of reform
Judge Webb, George L. Douglass and
". E. Brown, all eminent lawyers, are
passed BY and farmer placed at the
head of the committee. But that is not
all-Sam Wood, the worst old reprobate
who ever disturbe the quiet of Kans :,
is made clerk, it is openly understood,
to furnish the law TO the farmer chair
man. Such is non-partisanship and re-
form IN Kansas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-24
is THE sQEEzs OVER

From the Boston Commercial Bulletin
Mr.. Jaw Gould was reported to have
announced some time since that on JAN
uary rs money would be drug in New
York. Whether it will be that he
boarded the millions of money he Is
supposed TO have withdrawn from the
market. or whether the result is due 70
the influx of money that has been COM
ing to the metropolis from country
banks. as far as the stock market is con-
cerned, his prediction has been Justified,
when he state of business is compared
with that existing Immediately before
and Immediately after the national elTc-
tions. In the merchondise markets.
however, such is not yet the case. We
have been purchasing a stupendous
amount of foreign merchandise. the i'm
ports of woolens alone being valued at
SO, 0000, 90, the largest in quarter cen
fury, and the desperate attempt to carry
an overstock of all sorts of merchandise
has necessitated stringency that has
led in certain western town 70 an actual
resort TO barter instead Of sale. and from
which the return to ordinary conditions
of trade through the process OF hqulda-
ton is naturally slow.
In the south, which was the last part
of the country to feel the pinch, the
stringency for cash still prevails. Cotton
is pouring into the southern ports. the
receipts in every direction being heavier
than last year, but, on the contrary, the
receipts at New York are nearly anelghth
less than last year. In other words, the
mills are not buying cotton yet. the cost
of money being still too high. 1t Is not
L., hot -
cent was paid here for gilt-edged corpo-
ration paper indorsed by the commission
houses The rate for such paper has fat
len TO per cent, and even TO %, but
leading southern mills, even with a
sound exhibit backed by an unquestioned
commission house, cannot borrow Tor
per cent yet.
The tide, however, seems to be slowly
ebbing, and there is less and less demand
for deferring the time Of the payment OF
the 81 900, 600 of duties on the goods now
in bond in New York. Nearly all these
goods, it seems, are owned abroad and
consigned to this country. The
money, therefore, it might be
fairly expected, would be paid by
the foreign owners, 1t being cheaper
to borrow money abroad than mere.
Should this money be thus transferred
from Hamburg and other foreign mar
kets to the United States treasury, 1t
would hardly be all injury to this coun-
try, indeed, so far as it had any effect at
all. it would be a benefit TO this country.
We have been plunged into dumb
panic by the usual squandersng and sink
ing of capital in unremunerative invest
ments; by unreasonable winters, necessl-
tating the carrying of heavy stocks OF
goods; by change in the tariff, result
ing in enormous and suddenly increased
foreign importation. In this gorged
condition of commerce the liquefyIng
agent has not been sufficient, but as time
passes the money gradually returns to
circulation, the glut of goods disappears
and unless the quacks at Washington
substitute fever for indigestion a return
of more healthy state of trade may be
pretty safely propheSIed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-24

That New York Alliance man in To-
peka appears to be on a fools errand."
as far as influencing the members of the
legislature is concerned. His insinuation
that the Kansas Alliance was simply
playing tail to the southern kite didn't
seem 10 modify the spirit of opposition
10 the force bill one whit, nor to cool the
ardor for free silver. 1t was rather
cheeky in him, il must be allowed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-24

The lard thieves are robbing the Amer
lean farmer of upwards of $4,000, 600
every year, and vet the Alliance in the
legislature hesitates TO endorse the Con-
ger lard bill. There is being made by
the Big Four" 100000 pounds annu-
ally of stuff called lard which costs less
than cents a pound and sells for 10
cents. leaving only 6 cents per pound
profit; vet the Alliance member Of the
legislature hesitates and says he don't
know about it. or course he don't
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-24

If Kansas City, Kan, wants to retain
the metropolitan police system-in
word, if she wants her police affairs
controlled from Topeka-by all means
let it he done. But there is no reason or
justice why other cities in the state that
are capable of managing their local
affairs should be outraged with the
imposition in order to satisfy whim of
those who confess their inability TO at
tend to their own business properly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-24
ENDORSEMENT OF KINDRED WORK.

To the Secretary OF the Quarterly Convention OF
the Farmers Alliance OF Sedgwlck county. state
OF kan>Hs.
Dear SRI have been authorized by
the State Assembly Alliance of the In
dustrial Union to tender, through YOU,
10 the Farmers Alliance Of Sedgwick
county our sincere thanks for the real
ovation your convention, on the 21st
inst. gave our chief representative. The
spontaneity of your action Is most highly
appreciated Seldom can cause pre-
sent so much merit as TO bring so large a
body of men as yours was, impromptu,
to its feet in its commentator. 1t was
the electric stroke of a common human
lty, flashing from ominous clouds, on
lines of like endeavor, viz: The uplift-
ing of the oppressed, and the equal dis
tribution of the public burdens. We can
but feel much strengthened and better
equipped for the arduouS and responsible
duties that are before us, by your mag
unanimous acti n.
Be assured of our supreme sympathy
in your courageous efforts to attain
justice for all, and special favors for
none. IhIve the honor to remain your
obedient servant,
II. WINsLow ALBEIT,
State President of the Alliance Assembly
of the Industrial Union.
p. S.-A requst was made by the
State Assembly that this acknowledge
ment be given by me to city dailies and
10 Weekly Commoner for publication.
H. w. A.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-24

Globe-Democrat: 1.-The triumphant
reelection Of Senator Comeron supple
ments the defeat of Charles ]. Folger in
the canvass for governor in New York
eight years ago as a warning to presi-
dents against actively interfering in state
politics. The choice of a senator, it
must be understood. is as much a matter
Of purely state concern as the election of
a governor" And the hurtful effects Of
outside interference in these matters is
not confined to the national administra-
ton. As a case in point, we honestly
believe that all this outside pressure just
now being brought To bear upon the
Kansas legislature, ostensibly in behalf
Of Senator Ingalls,. is doing that gentle
man more harm than any adverse intiu-
ence that is being employed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-24

to work, and in ab5taining from 1t they
are simply following the bent OF human
nature. If the government undertakes
TO compel anybody to work, even those
who have mo other means of support, 1t
will have its hands so full that 1T VIII
have no time to monkey with the In
dams and quell uprisings among them
that its agents provoke by Systematically
robbing them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-24

The EAGLE received yesterday from
Norton Brothers, Chicago, a tin can
made of the first tin plate ever made in
America, together with enough matter
to print about it which at our regular
advertising rates would buy car load of
tin cans of the best foreign manufacture,
which the can sent us does not equal by
any means, besides the tin nor the iron
of the can are of American production.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-24

Realizing that there had not ceased to
be a potentiality for infinite mischief IN
10 the Democratic party in the eager pur-
suit OF premature politics" the New
York Star cleveland super, remarks,
for the benefit Of Earring factions of the
party, that 1.-The Democratic candidate
for the governorship Of New York is not
TO be chosen until after the expiration of
several months, and that the nomination
of the next Democratic candidate for
president is yet distant by year and a
half"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-24

Says the Fort Worth Gazette: There
is 40 use in mincing matters or monkey
ing with the truth. There are too many
unhung murderers in this state for its
good. Texas would have 100000 to
5000, 900 inhabitants instead Of $500, 600
had it not been for the tender regard for
murderers as compared with horse
fhinrnc
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-24
The OPTION BILL


FINl NhLfoaA Farn klc fIINsl---
We ELSEWHERE give q speech of senator
ingalls, in favor Of taxing the rsscals who
fleece the farmer by playing fast and
loose with prices OF hls products- ASIDE
from the merit and arguments OF the
speech. il contains some quotations from
Dir. Justice Storey, that we commend 70
the cranks who oppose the Conger bill
because they claim it IS using the taxing
power OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES more JSsdic-
ious Use can be made Of the poTer q the
government than 70 stamp cut fraud and
rascalIty:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-24

The crop reports from the Argentine
Republic are on the whole favorable, but
rather conflicting, while in South Aus
tralia lower yield is expected. An in
crease Of 80 per cent is expected in Vic
toria. The toUal crop of the two repub-
lies would, therefore, exceed that of
last year if these estimates prove to be
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-24
wh..sp ,cx pone % You7

From ~. I&~rszos Jo1r-sL
A town down IN Sedgwick county has
been a. work for week trying % settle
the question. What is a Christian
and the folks find j; impossible 10 decide.
That seems pretty rough on S@dgwick
county, but perhaps since Dick Walker
moved to Topeka there are no Christians
living there