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The advocate., 1891-06-10
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Save Your Children-The Enemies of Child
hood.

Save Your Children-The Enemies of Child
hood.
The undersigned clips the following
from the Detroit Commercial Advertiser
"This is my first visit to the round ia
BILE, and Villas letter about worms in
children Is what brings me here. My
child was 30 bad he had spasms. / knew
that worms were the source Of the
trouble, but a safe remedy could not
find. / tried everything I heard of that
l dared to, got worm medicine from eV-
cry drug store in town, and nothing did
any good until l tried Steketee's worm
medicine. have not much faith In pat
ent medicines generally, but had heard
enough about DIR. Steketee, of Grand
Rapids, to know that he was an honor
able man and would not recommend
medicine unless it was all that he claimed
1t to be. l got the medicine and 1t proved
perfect success. 1t is perfectly harm
less, and no one need be afraid to give 1t
to the most delicate child. 1t is not pow
erful enough to kill the worms; you get
them alive and kicking. If you cannot
get it Of your druggist, send to Doctor
Steketee, Grand Rapids, Mich, for it.
Mrs. M. H., Jackson, Mich"
If your druggist has it not, send 25
cents in stamps to G. G. Steketee, Grand
Rapids, Mich.
The advocate., 1891-06-10
VOLUNTARY TESTIMONY IN REGARD TO
SHOOTING PRISONERS.

Wetake pleasure In presenting the fol-
lowing letter, voluntarily written to
President Polk as additional testimony
relative to the Republican libel respect
ing his barbsrity at the battle of Gettys-
burg:
,WoRTHINGToN, o., May Is, 1891.
Coz. L. L. PoLK;-My regiment, Goth
Ohio and Indiana, was at the battle of Get
tysburg. By order was appointed to re-
main at the general hospital after the corps
hospital had been united in one. AS chap
lain, was on duty among all the wounded
for thirty days and thirty nights, and visited
every cot and conversed with every sufferer;
and il is with profound qualification that I
can say that no such act was charged against
anyone as the shooting of the prisoners.
If such an atrocious act had been COM
mitted / would have been informed: and I
am grieved that you should be charged with
such an infamous act. We have relinquished
the implements of war for those OF peace,
and have entered upon an unexampled era
of growth and fraternal regard; but such
abuse is the finished result of total deprav-
ity, and it is thing to weep over, for il is
full of waillngs and woes. Yours,
w. r. PARSONS.
The advocate., 1891-06-10
A BANKER GIVES THE GAME AWAY.

"A DANhEh OkV uAME avail
From the Induetrial Free Press.
The following statement was given by
Kansas banker to prominent Kansan,
whose word will not be questioned:
This banker, our informant goes on to
say, wishing to increase his amount of
available funds for loaning, and being
largely interested in real estate, con-
cluded to 90 east for the purpose Of bor-
rowing money. Taking lot Of good se-
curity with him, he went to q prominent
eastern banker and made application for
loan of $4,000. His securities were
examined and pronounced good and he
was finally given to understand that he
could have the money upon one condi-
ton; that was that he should leave the
money there and not take 1t out faster
than he loaned 1t, and with the condition
that if the bankers association should at
any time decide not to loan any more
money he would stop drawing on them;
Of course, they said, he would not have
to pay interest on any more than what
he had actually got. This aroused the
Kansas bankers curiosity and he asked
an explanation. SWELL" said the eastern
money king, "at certain times of the
year, you are aware, most of the farmers
have to pay their interest and the crops
also go on the market about this time.
Now, we are largely interested in grain
buying, and during this season Of the
year, as the farmer has crops to sell and
must have money, it is necessary to make
money scarce everywhere Gn order to get
tho farmers crops at a fair price"
AS this Kansas banker was largely in
terested in farming, and had soul, it
opened his eyes and he gave the whole
story away, adding that the people could
not stand this kind of game played on
them any longer. This fully illustrates
the beauties Of the "best banking system
that the sun ever shone upon" A gi-
gantic robber system whereby the pro
ducer Is robbed Of the profits of his
labor for the benefit of these eastern
money kings. And yet these are the con-
dltions that the two old parties are trying
to perpetuate, and 1t is wonder that
sensible, intelligent people will vote into
power any party that will work for or
uphold such q nefsrious robber system.
It Is time that the people were awaken
ing from their lethargy and asserting
their rights by denying anyone the right
to rob them.
The advocate., 1891-06-10
EDETORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

strong, splendid Kansasl Thy wagon Ii
hitChed to a star. To be within thy
borders breeds courage, which makes al
good things seem possible. There is {
Wilderness Of thy prair;es like the wide
ness of Gods love. Thy pure, sweet ali
sends the blood bounding and the pulse
thrilling with health and vigor. But
better than all thy beauty, better thar
sll thy bounty, is thy great belief Kan
sas was born to belief. There was nc
doubt, there could be no despair in the
texture Of the men and the women who
made Kansas. The pioneers bequeathed
a splendid legacy for all time to the state
which they nerved for freedom. II is o
great thing to have great name. 1t Is a
great inspiration to man to believe
himself capable of great deeds. This Is
40 true Of state as of o man. To feel
that much Is expected puts man or a
state on best behavior. Therein lies the
best prophecy for Kansas.
"Give a dog bad name and hang
him" The proverb holds truth. II
the unbelieving world says bad things
loud enough, and does bad things hard
enough against a man he looses courage,
gets dogged; the dog will soon deserve
the hanging. The converse OF this
10 true. Affirm the good things loud
enough, work toward the good end long
enough, and the good things will come
true.
Kansas believed largely last fall.
Kansas believed again at Cincinnati. Kan
Sas was not alone in large beliefs. Had
the convention waited for '92, every state
In the union would have ranged beside
Kansas with q great belief that would
have won the victory as the first word
went forth from the united, invincible
body. True it is that every state In the
union will stand beside Kansas at
Springfield in 1892. There is but one
believable outcome, whatever route we
take. But in the interim the enemy will
cherish the hope of overcoming the Gin
Clnnati fledgling. Our work must be q
little harder, because we missed Of start
Ing out with that largeness and oneness
which we would have had later. Our
real strength did not come to the front.
Success breeds success, and later we
would have had the ballots Of doubling
Thomases without the time and trouble
of talking for them. For this and other
good PERSONS 1t seemed to some Of us un-
wise to turn the conference into q con-
ventlon. But the convention wouldn't
be simply conference. 1t preferred to
be John the Baptist for the greater one
Of '0s.
Glad am I that the lesser formalitY Of
correspondence may put aside the con-
ventIonallty of the editorial, and / may,
In the first person, write to my Kansas
friends and to my brothers and sisters Of
the Alliance precisely as il / were speak
ing to them face TO face. There are
some matters concerning which l wish
to speak personally and polntedly,
Since my return from Cincinnati have
been besieged by queStlOners seeking to
learn my attitude and feelings towards
the new party in view of It's refusal to in
corporate prohibition plank in its plat
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The advocate., 1891-06-10

Ayers Pills are palatsbles safe for
children, and more effective than any
other cathartic.
The advocate., 1891-06-10


constant reiteration Of the cardinal prin-
ciple Of "equal rights to all and special
privileges to none," there had grown a
sense Of the mOnstrouS inconsistency Of
building up new party on the same old
basis Of inequality and special privilege
Of sex. Another year Of education and
organization would have found the con-
vention prepared to express itself more
explicitly in regard to this. In another
column is an editorial from the WomGn's
Tribune, which is q dlSpassiOnate and
satisfactory statement of the case and en-
tlrely expresses my views.
AS to the statement that the Peoples
party is another whisky party, it is no
more true THANH il would be to say it ofany
society or organization which came into
existence for some specific purpose other
than to deal with the evil of intemper-
ance and which therefore neither pro-
fessed to be for or against it. Governor
st. John and Mrs, Cougar saw Mr.. "Con
Burkhauser" prominent as chairman Of
the local reception committee; they were
repelled and suspicious. The circum-
stance was quite as irksOme to me as to
them. Mrs. Cougar sat and listened to
an invitation to the convention to lunch
at brewery. She resented it. So did /.
She was allowed by courtesy of the con-
vention to voice her protest. / stood
ready to speak far more indignant and
burning words than she spoke, had there
been motion to accept or In any way
arrange for recognition of that invita-
tlon. But the temperance delegates in
that convention were In overwhelming
majority and the lunch in the beer hall
was not attended.
1t Is not true, as reported, that / plead
to be heard and was refused. Had /
chosen to speak at that convention /
should have been heard. / smile as l
think of the remarks my Kansas brethren
would have INDUCED In had there been
any lntimation of a purpose not to accord
me hearing had claimed recognition.
The condolance am favored with on &C.
count Of my non-appearance on the pro-
gram is quite gratuitous. ] was re-
peatedly solicited to speak and positively
declined.
Believing as does Mrs. Cougar, that
the drink evil is the cause of poverty and
the greatest menacing danger, there Is
but one course for her to take; that is to
continue to work for the upbuilding Of
the Prohibitian party. Believing as ! do,
that poverty Is the large underlying
cause Of intemperance, believing that
monopoly, the concentration Of wealth
and power In the hands Of few, and the
increasing poverty, degradation and help
lessnesS of the many are the near evils
which threaten the life of the republic,
there Is but one course for me to pursue;
that is to work with might and main for
the success Of movement Il shall never
belong to party) whose purpose it is to
avert the immanent peril to the nation
and to save the homes and the liberties
Of common people. 1t was no easy thing
for one who detests everything connected
with the infamous liquor traffic as do, to
be patient and keep silence in non-pro-
testing body. But 1t is my solemn con-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-14
Size and Longevity.

Although there is some relation between
size and longevity-the duration of the
period of growth and length of life being,
speaking generally, longest in the largest
animals-there is no fixed relation between
the two. The largest organisms live the
longest, some trees reaching an age of {, 900
years, and some animals, as whales, several
centuries. And after maturity is reached
larger animals require longer time than
smaller animals to secure the preservation
of the species. The explanation of this, as
pointed out by both Leuckart and Herbert
Spencer, is that 1.-The absorbing surface of
an animal only increases as the square of
its length, while its size increases as the
cube; and it therefore follows that the
longer an animal becomes the greater will
be the difficulty experienced in assimilat-
ing any nourishment over and above that
which it requires for its own needs, and
therefore the more slowly will it reproduce
itself" We, however, find corresponding
duration of life among animals of very diff
ferent size, says Longman's Magazine.
For example, the toad and the eat live as
long as the horse, the crayish as long as
the pig, and the pike and carp as long as
the elephant. In an interesting appendix,
from which these facts are quoted, Dr.
Weissmann cites the case of sea anemone
which lived not less than siXty-six years.
1t was placed by Sir John Dalzell in small
glass jar in the Edinburgh Botanical gar
dens in 1923, being then, as companions
with other individuals reared from the egg
period, fully seven years old. 1t died a
natural death in 1887.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-14
.Inc1,lar IiferafnYe.

Mr.. ". c. Hazlitt in his studies IN ioc1-
lar literature shows By quotations without
end the ancient descent of scores OF famous
JOKES and gems Of repartee that bob up IN
every generation, CARRIED anew, perhaps,
fostered upon other parents. and regarded
by most people as entirely new Some
American students Of this matter pretend
that they can predic. the exact time when
such and such joke or story may De ex-
pected to appear IN our newspapers These
jokes have their orbits; they run through
the press from New York 70 California, 10
disappear and reappear in certain number
OF years, slightly altered. perhaps. but still
the same old friends.
Mr.. Hazlitt pins number Of the most
famous jokes of the IGss genersSion IN
England and traces them back step b step,
showing in some instances that they were
hoary veterans when the first Joe Miller
appeared, 80 years ago- Even the mists
Of Hindoo mythology not escape Mr.
Haziist. who thinks be Is the germs Of
sundry good jokes lurking therein The
modern quatrain,
The lore hsi-. which Celia wears,
is Es-s-wko would have thought 10
she swears us hers ard true she sgeArA
For know where she o0gSattI
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IL recent magazine article. hr. ErDes.
Ingersoll, the noted writer. says.
The climate OF Southern California IN
winter closely resembles that Of Egypt
Its equability Is constant. and its dryness
is proverbiaL The only complaint made Is
that il is too nearly perfect Residents
bred ia the eastern states confess now aud
then that rousing storm vouid give them
a grateful sensation But this sentiment
meets Wi b 70 favor from the HAD who has
just fed from q superiority o. wetDess and
chilling gales. To him perpetual SUNNI
seems perpetual paradise, and 70 the III
valid dreading tie advance CT disease, the
still. arid atmosphere is as the breath OF
life =
The most con- fortsbie way 10 reach the
Pacific coast Is VIA Santa Fe Route
Weekly excursions in Pullman tourist
sIeepers AZ losT rates. Apply 70 @. 7.
Nicholson. g. 7. & T. a, Topeka, Kan.
for folder. -
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gh aieita Daily Eagle: ghursday g1ornig gay H.


A writer in scientific journal reports
having recently heard 3 young girl of four
teen MARBLE after the fashion Of . bird
She kept her mouth slightly open, and the
lips merely trembled, the notes being
formed in the throat, the center of it work
ing as birds does when singing, and the
sounds produced were exactly like those Of
blackbirds and thrushes She warbled
several airs to pianoforte accomplishments
faultlessly, and most beautifully modu-
lated; and SO powerful were the notes that
her grandmother. who was excessively
deaf, could catch every one without the
slightest effort in another room little dis
lance off. In the same room some notes
were deafening when she poured them out
at the forte parts. She had been self taught
entirely from "whistling" to her dog and
sitting in the window to MARBLE" to the
BIRDS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-14
REAL ESTATE.

Furnished by the DEAN Abstract Coz
The records in the Register OF DEEDS
office show the following buyers Oh real
estate:
Cornelia K Viele NV Il IS 1 W wd: 3 4OoO
CHI Pierce lots "A 90 Topeka ave Hill o-oo
-, K;nlla nv u oo1w sbf 600
",h ? C Enu .nt add wd 1900
Rachel Huff north p $50 1T by 4oo IL :,
in W cor q SCI % 9 wd......
w Louis Lacker $50 l32 Beacon ave
Ferrells subdiv in Farrells fourth Am
add wd. 9oo
Cynthia Jane Mathews blk II gar IN
den Plain qcd .............-.-..::. III
L G Bangs 81 80 II 43 % Water ST Bar $500
tholomews add wd. 2oOo
Helen Fordham II % Emporia ave
Zimmerlys Sd add W d.......-..... 6o0
WI Osborne a. As 40 50 81 81 and 50
Elizabeth avenue Lawrence's 9TH
add W d............-.......- ioOo
Mrs Abby Peck SO 35 Dayton ave
Lawrence's 7th add W d. ........-.. oUU
WM Pond and Co and 6 blk CAL
den PLANE W d.................... SOO
Barbara Knebler Ell NV d IL 26 2e
e< swI II 20 2e WIZ ne1l IL 20 2e
except sw IL acres 9 C q. .:...:.::. loo
Abby 2 Peck 30 30 Lulu Hatf1eld's
w d...................... lOO
VS. Page 1913 1915 Jefferson ave
Greiffenstein's Sth add w d........ 275
The Western Investment Co section
- IS 4w W u. ......-..... IooUo
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THE CURIOSITY SHOP.
Lullabies That Mothers Sing to Luu Their
Little Ones to Rest in Many Lands.

LulIabies That Mothers Sing to Lul Their
Little Ones to Rest in Many Lands.
Every country has its mothers and babies,
and therefore every country has its cradle
songs, and from the unrhy thmical lines with
which the Chinese parent strives to woo
the spirit of rest to her little yellow faced
treasure to the poetdcal verse of the Italian
mother rocking her bambino there is a
thread of connection that winds its tender
way from ocean to ocean and from CONT
nent to continent. What can be prettier
than the simple Scotch dirty:
Ba-loo, ba-loo, my wee thing,
Oh, softly close thy bhnkin' e'e,
Thy daddy now is far ava,
A sailor laddie DER the sea.
The following is of Gaelic extraction:
Heigh-o, heugh-o, what'u do VII yer
Blacks the life that lead WI We.
Many o. We, little to gle We,
Heigh-o, heugh-o, what'uI do Wi yer
Our old familiar,
Bye Baby Bunting.
Thy fathers gone a-hunting,
Gone to get rabbit skin
To wrap his Baby Bunting in;
and the Hibernian,
Hush, baby dear, weep not awhile,
And DER thee shall bright treasures smile,
AS did thy royal sires once own
In the green land of Conn and Owen,
will bear comparison with the grooming
verses of most countries. One or two are
particularly melodious. Among these we
must quote this bright lyric which you will
hear in every hamlet and every village of
song loving Brittany:
Go to sleep, you little darling,
Go to sleep. dear little Pierrot; %.
I'll sing sweet and low, (
And rock to and fro,
The crib of Pierrot, !
Whom we all love.
Then there is the pretty Italian, +
Sleep my baby, sleep, my darling,
While | hush thee with my song;
Sleep until the new sun rises,
Sleep in peace the whole night long.
Reference has been made to the rhythm
of the Chinese lulling verse; here is a speci-
men:
Snail. snail, come out and be fed,
Put out your horns and then your head,
And thy mamma will give thee mutton,
For thou art doubly dear to me.
Of all tine soft motherly ideas ever incor-
porated in song there are none more so
than those of the Hottentot who bends
over her baby singing:
Why dost thou weep, my child?
Wherefore dost thou weep?
Hush, darling, calm thee,
And sleep, my child, and sleep.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-14
PerS Onal NOte by Edifn-

We have travelled few miles in our life
time, and know what it is TO be uucom-
fortably housed in a poorly upholstered
car and rudely tossed up and down Oh old
iron rails that are laid on dirt road bed
We have been there; but it WAS always on
other roads than the Santa Fe Their main
line between Chicago and Denver is hard
TO beat. The rails are of heavy steel, the
track smooth and rock ballasted; and the
through 'Cannonball" train chat flies at
fifty les per-hour speed over this ele-
CANT roadway is as pretty bit of work
manship as Messrs. Pullman ever turned
put. Each vestibule sleeper is model o.
luxury, and as easy as "A cradle Chair
cars, library cars, and day coaches are 40
carefully adapted to the travellers eve.
want. The Santa Fe is rightly nam
( he most comfortably line"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-14
Anew surpe.,ion. for N. Tourist

When contemplating trip Of any kind,
the first thought that most naturally sug-
gests itself is, How can l derive the
most comfort out of this trip" To this
answer is, take the Missouri Pacific rail
way.
The next question to solve is, "Where
shall 90 to get correct information rela-
tive to this trip" The answer is, at the
Missouri Pacific ticket Office, at 100 n.
Main street. Last, but not least, is TO get
my ticket just as l want it, and baggage
checked when l want it, and my sleeping
car reservations through to my destina-
ton. All these accommodations you will
find at the Missouri Pacific ticket Office,
ION. Main street. l0l-tf
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New Dining Car Service.

Hereafter passengers leaving Wichita
on the Missouri Pacific fast through train
at 40 p. M, for st. Louis or points east OF
Fort Scott, will enjoy the benefit of hav-
ing supper served in dining car at Fort
Scott at 725 p. m. Likewise passengers
leaving st. Louis at $40 p. m. will be
served breakfast at 7:26 a. m. in the same
way. Thus is the leasant Hill route"
becoming more poplar daily with the
travelling public +. f.. BLECKLEY,
Passenger ahd Freight agent,
Missouri Pacific Railway
100 North Main, dc If
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II you are going to any point north or
east be sure and take the Great Rock
Island train that leaves Wichita every day
at SIS a. m. and reaches Kansas City )
o'clock the same day and Chicago early
the next morning. Remember the Rock
Island Route is the only line between
Wichita and Chicago on which you do not
have to change trains. Evening train
leaves Wichita at 9:55 p. m. City ticket
office 100 Z. Douglas avenue, corner Main
street. W. II, WIsHART.
l11-tf Ticket Agt.
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Are You Going to Washington TerrItorv-

Parties emigrating to the northwes
will find it to their interest by calling a
the Rock Island ticket office for informa
ton regarding rates, routes and accommo
dHtiOns VIA this line. Do not not be de
ceived by agents of other lines as to this
route. You are invited to call at the office
and be convinced as to the superiority of
the Great Rock Island route over all
others. By patronizing this line you can
have the choice of four different routes
west of Denver. For speed, safety and
comfort the Rock Island leads the process
sion. w. II. WIsHART, Ticket Agent.
Office 100 East Douglas avenue. ceorner
Main street. d69-tf
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Rock Island Route to the Pacific Coast.

If you are going to any Pacific coast
points, now that the Union Pacific have
changed the time of departure of their
twelve hoursin time by leaving Wichita
via che Rock Island train, which runs
daily, leaving Wichita S:55 a. m, arriving
at Denver O'clock next morning, making
direct connections with the Pacific coast
trains with tourist cars drought to Port
land, Ore, and San Francisco. Office 100
street. W. II. WisHARr, c. t. and P. A.
f34 If
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The Santa Fe route to the west IS the
only line running in its train from Wichita
daily, through family tourist sleeping
car TO Los Angeles, Cal, without change,
and connection is made at Burton with
through Pullman and tourist sleeping car 5
to Pueblo, Colorado Springs Denver. San
Diego and San Francisco without change
Accom- N odatioDs can he reserved on appli
cation. Train leaves W ichita at sos p IN.
daily. 51-tf
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Death from a Rrokeu Hart

What is claimed to be a genuine case of
man dying from broken heart is report
ed from st. Louis. Just before Patrick
Connolly, aged thirty-five, died he ex-
claimed, "Ohl my mother! my dear moth
err When the heart OF Connolly was ex-
amined it was found the apex was elongat-
ed and bursted. No cause is assigned ex-
cept grief due to the death of the aged
mother of the deceased. The verdict was
death caused by ruptured heart