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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
lie Owl and Farmers Pests.

It must be remembered that Britain il
essentially an agricultural country, and
that if its fauna is a diminutive one it is
none the less formidable. We have ten
tiny field creatures, constituting an army
in themselves, that if not kept under
would quickly devastate our fields. These
ten species consist of four mice, three voles
and three shrews. Individually so tiny
are these that any one species could com
fortably curl itself up in the divided shell
of horse chestnut.
But farmers well know that If these
things are small they are by no means to
be despised. Now that the corn crops are
cut and the hay housed the field voie and
the meadow mouse are deprived Of their
summer shelter. OF this the barn owl Is
perfectly aware, and al evening be may be
seen sweeping low over the meadi0svs seek
ing whom lie mag deyour.-CornhilM Maya
zine.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

A minister stated from his pulpit in
Kansas City. Mo-, last Sunday, that the
members of n certain theatrical COM
pany were drunk in palace car, and
made the alluSion so pointed as to be
personal. The next night a member
of the theatrical company denounced
the statement as lie and its auhtor as a
liar, from the stage of the theatre where
the company appeared. Extraordinary
as the incidents appear, they find some
thing of a precedent in the Abbott Incl
dent in Nashville, Tenn, few years
ago, except that when the Nashville
minister inveighed against the theatre
and actors, Honest Emma Abbott, who
was in the congregation, promptly rose
in her place and defended herself and
the profession before the auditors who
had just heard the structures.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

aid you ever know" said well known
specialist, as he deity inserted a looking
glass into the roof of a sufferers mouth,
that the throat has brain of its ownt
No, suppose few of the laity do know
il, but it's fact. There is a small gan
glia which exercises direct control over
the muscles of the throat and acts rs its
brain. OF course il is subseryient to the
genuine brain, but at the same time does
a good deal Of independent thinking for it
self 1t is very timid and suspicious Of
any strange objects that come near the
throat. For this reason it is very difficult
for physician to operate on the throat.
Before anything can he done in this
direction it is necessary for the operator to
gain the confidence Of the little brain that
dominates it. II frequently takes weeks
before this confidence can be secured, and
until it is secured it is impossible 90 oper-
ate. When the little brain is finally made
TO understand that no harm is intended it,
but that the physician is actuated by
friendly motives, il will submit To almost
any treatment, however painful
But woe be To the man who attempts
rough treatment 10 the throat before gain
ing the little brains confidence aud ia
spite of its protests. His operations will
be resented with violent paroxysms. first
of the throat, then of the diaphragm, and,
if the operator still persists, the patient
will be thrown into commissions. Still
more curious is the fact that this little
brain has memory. and If once fright
ened In this way !t is impossible TO ever
gain its confidence. 10 matter how gentle
the operator may be.
II don't know whether its dlstrust
would extend 10 other operators than the
one who frightened it or not. think
viii try the experiment some time Of Sec
ing whether it can remember faces
Philadelphia Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

The mother Of the Italian queen II the
Duchess Of Genoa. noT a woman of sixty.
She l. q musician 81 taste aad ability. and
is the widow Of Kiag Victor EInnaanusi's
brother. Prince Ferdinand.
The emperor 81 Russia has lately been
wearing a. Ell outdoor functions "a su Iuptil.
ous mantle Of the richest violet velvet.
which is lined throughout with ermins
and adorned with splendid psssementsris
OF gold and violet.
KIng Carlos Of Portugal f. twenty
seven ysarz old. he il blond. unllks u.
majority Of bis eountryr7en. sDd r. a man
Of education and Of graceful bearing Hs
talk wsii. speaks Preach. and Is a clever
a-t.sf Ia water co!o1z
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
FALSE IMPRESSIONS OF KANSAS.

| Gen. John III. Rice has written letter
! to the editor of the Hartford Times,
which is a modification of his interview
| to which the EAGLE alluded last week.
| The general don't back the disagreeable
| things said by him of western Kansas,
but he challenges the world to show that
| Kansas has threatened reputation, or
that her people are not as honest, as pa
triotic and as intelligent as those OF any
other state, or any country on the face OF
the globe We quote:
There are many millions of dollars in
vested in Kansas farm loans, that are as
good as a government bond-securitleS
adequate, and every dollar of principal
and interest will be paid. This very
TRADE against the state may prevent
some good men from paying as promptly
as they would. Kansas embraces APO
miles east and west. Some eastern loan
agents went out into western Kansas, and
eastern capitalists entrusted them with
money to loan upon farms where there
were no farms. They loaned the money
upon claims and raw land, and the secu-
rity was never adequate. The loan agents
they trusted knew it, but what did they
care, when they were entrusted in Kan
sas with millians while at their homes il
the east they would not have been en-
trusted with hundreds? And now these
men, that so placed their money, never
tire in cursing Kansas, and if they lose
ANYTHING. their loss is the result of their
own want of business foresight and their
cred lily.
The next story of like character pub
lished here was that the State Alliance
of Kansas has passed resolutions in favor
of demanding a scaling of all private
debts.
These stories actually induce men in
New England to sell TO sharpers mort
cages on western farms that were never
in default and in all respects gilt-edged,
for % to 90 cents on the dollar.
Kansas is all right-argriculturall
she is the garden spot of America. The
land of school-houSes, churches and Sab
bath-schools. The laud of fruit and
fower-redolent with the fragrance of
the garden and the orchard; teeming
with the homes of million and a half
of intelligent people, and pulsating with
the vim and vigor of progress. Her
prairies are the great Conservatives of
nature, and furnish homes fit for the
habitation of the gods. She is populated
with as high-toned, intelligent, honest,
moral population as can be found on this
continent.
The writer has spent twenty-five
years of an active life as one of her cili-
zens in helping to make her a slice from
the juiciest side of the earth. l protest
that while nothing Iextenuate must be
pardoned for vigorously defending my
home against what know to be unjust
imputations.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

The bureau of statistics of the treasury
department has issued a statement OF
exports and imports for the twelve
months ended March 81, which shows;
Exports merchandise valued at ST.. 0l0.-
81; imports for the same period, $685.
63l, 420; excess of exports over imports,
SIT. BIS, So; exports Of gold. $50. $50. 9S.;
of silver, So. 0S., 9S1: imports, gold, SIS
662, 725; of silver, S2l,97l,106; excess of
exports over imports, gold and silver.
Sl3,2.3,ss3. For the corresponding
twelve months ending March 81. 1890.
the excess of experts over imports of
gold and silver was S54. 2S5. 1873.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
Emphasizes a Point.

From the Fort Scott Monitor.
Judge Allen fined a juryman yester-
day for failing to be on hand to do duty
IN the district court which calls atteu-
ton to the general disposition of business
men to shirk jury duty. 1t Is a curious
fact also that the class of men who have
the most use for the courts seem to think
that their time is too valuable to be
taken for service on the jury. Business
men are generally intelligent, wellin-
formed and unprecedented in their judg-
ments and are consequently good jury
men. The habit IN many courts of ex-
cusing this class of men is bad, and the
the action of the judge yesterday if inn
partially adhered TO will raise him sew
eral notche5 in the estimation of the
DeOple,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

The United States supreme court hav-
ing finally disposed of the electrocution
cases appealed from the New York state
courts. it is presumed that the execution
of the four criminals under sentence in
that state will take place. The only
hope for the condemned persons is in
executive clemency, which is not likely
to be secured. If the executions shall
be reasonably satisfactory in point Of
promptness and decency there will be
an end to the objections so persistently
urged against that mode.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

On account of the reduction of the
tariff on sugar the receipts at the Phila-
delphia custom house have fallen off so
greatly as 10 occasion surprise to the Off
cials. The receipts for April. 1891.
amounted TO 500. 1882. while for
April. 1890, they reach $. S93, 7oj.41. In
April. 1899. the receipts FOR sugar alone
amounted to about $780, eco. For the
past month but one bag of the article
which was dutiable under the new law
was received at the port. and the amount
Of the duty paid was S.. 80.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

Consul Corte, Of New Orleans, is not
only demonstrating his capacity as a per-
soma non grata; he has fairly earned the
distinction of an asinue magnifcus.-kan-
sas City Star.
With such record as that it is nc
wonder that even the Italian govern
ment should have recalled him. 1t must
make the Malta rave with envy to find
themselves thus SO ingloriously dis
tanced by one of their countryman, and
one in the employ Of the government at
that
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
ANON

The Wichita EAGLE should kick about
the Denver convention. Having adopted
the program of the Kansas City conven-
ton, it becomes a mere echo.-kansas City
Gazette
The EAGLE did not object to the Kan
sas City convention because of the cues
tons proposed to be discussed nor be-
cause of the objects set forth, but be-
cause it was called to beat the Denver
convention which Kansas City had failed
to secure. The Denver convention has
our most hearty good wishes for its sue
cess
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
Elucidation that Dosn,t Eluce.

If the present volume of money were
doubled, prices" might be higher, but
values would not. and it is value that
we want-Newton Republican.
Upon the theory it would be the proper
thing to reduce the present volume of
money. instead of to increase it, and the
more the reduced, the better Wichita
EAGLE.
No, your deduction is groundless and
SO illogical. If an increased in the vol
ume of money does not lift values, it
cannot follow that decrease in the vol
ume of money would lower values. But
it can and does follow that it would do
nothing to values just nothing. New
ton Republican.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

"Ihe Hill campaign, If once thorough
ly organized and in operation, will be a
money campaign or campaign fully pro-
vided with promises in advance of fat
places to the agents and contractors in
the various states who may be expected
to espouse zealously the Hill cause, P"
sententiously asserts the Galveston News.
The statement is probably made and
meant in comparative sense, in view
of the well known parsimoniousness of
Standing Cleveland.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
Correct. to a Dot.

keely, the motor man, SAYS: 81 am
making sympathetic harness for the
polar terrestrial force-first, by exciting
the sympathetic concordant force that
exists in the corpuscular interstitial do
main, which is concordant to it: and,
second, after the concordance is estab-
lished, by negatizing the third, sixth and
ninth of this concordance, thereby Undue
ing high velocities with great power by
intermittent negation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

A manufacturer in Worcester, Mass.
has received an order through the Ger
man war department. for set of cart
ridge belts for the personal use of the
German emperor. The announcement
naturally suggests the question, what
does the German emperor want with
cartridge belts? If it were the car of
Russia it wouldn't be surprising, for he
is supposed to go armed all the time
he needs TO
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
For the Eagle.
MEMORY'S FAITHFULNESS.

Deep in the recesses Of my heart,
Ever is drawn by memory's art,
a form OF beauty in every part.
Regal all the features fair.
Instructive grace in every air,
Leaving naught of loneliness,
Or aaght that might it bless.
Vain indeed the llmner's will
Fer to rival with his skill,
Your picture that doth me thrill,
Or all OF times efYaceing power.
Useless to destroy. EN- an hour.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
The Omaha CITY conncil does not

The Omaha city conncil does not pro-
pose to recognize John NJ. Thayer as
governor at the reception to be given to
President Harrison this evening. Some
of those fellows will wish they hadn't
been so brash some day. Il pays to have
the governor Of ones state for friend.
Though denounced as a usurper, and
though he may, in turn, be ousted from
Office, Governor Thayer will hardly deny
himself the pleasure of meeting the
president
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
IVY POISON.
WICHITA, Kan, May 70, 1891.

WICHITA, Kan, May -, 1891.
To the Editor of the Eagle
noticed few days ago a communi-
cation to your paper in regard to rene
dies for ivy poisoning. AS family, we
are very subject to this distressing affiic-
ton, and myself have tried various
and sundry remedies, including those
prescribed by four different Wichita ply
sicians, with little or no relief. BY far
the best of anything we have used, is
the one recommended by the distinguish
ed naturalist, John Burroughs-simply
hot water applied several times day,
and as hot as can possibly be borne. I
find it easy to apply extremely hot water
by putting it Oh with quick little pats of
a wet linen cloth, until finally the pois-
oned part can bear to be freely bathed
with the hot water. A couple of days
will finish the job instead of having to
endure the suffering for two or three
weeks at time, as | have done more
than once. 0IRS. b. II. c..
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

An Emporia minister announces that
a girl better marry drunkard than an
infidel. The original package epoch seems
TO have had a softening effect Oh the
prohibitory shell of Emporia.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
GrandilOCuent.

From the New Orleans Delta. (Anti-lottery.)
Men of louisiana. Awake. Through
every village and hamlet, and town in
the state. in the moss-hung valleys of her
great rivers, by the still waters of her
placid bayous. through the rustling
woods of her pine-clad hills, let the fiery
cross be borne, until, from the hills of
the Arkansas line to the marsh bordered
gulf on the sou h, the cry shall go forth
in the voice of the people, aroused and
determined. $50 your tents, O Israel. 5"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
The Evolutions OF a Granger.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
There seems to be necessity for warn
ing to the falsely reported sockiess
Simpson of Kansas. He is developing
habit of afterdinner speaking at New
England banquets which makes it peril
nent to point out 70 him Mr.. c. n.
Depew and Mr.. c. Cleveland as exam
Piles of what habit comes to when it
grows on a man.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

:! ear run Passenger train .. sse rata
Of raile for every fissy-fv~ seconds - sx~s
al old railroad s-sg.rsse-, '-tzs. ,lse pa sels-
gers --r-sen'- stand H. When ges On :
sPses: q fsrty niles an hour sls coaches
sway 50 "a. half he people tsooEae fysz 81.
eass- and osEaAzd slossx syeed De
tT0ss E-eG Presa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

If the Charleston and Esmeralda should
meet and exchange test Of metals it
might serve to spur the Italians to make
some more demands upon this country;
but as for effect and results, it would be
but to intensity the humiliation Of defeat
hitherto experienced by the Transalpine
Would-be dictators.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

The dispatches announce that there
will be large delegations from the south
al the Cincinnati Alliance conference
next week. If there are, look out for
that influence to dominate the meeting.
liz which event the primary object Of
the meeting-the organization of a
national third party-will be thwarted.
We go on record with the guess that the
thing viii be fizzle.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

The Pinkerton detective agency, in
the service of Grover Cleveland, has dis
covered that the presidential party is fol-
lowed by party of travelling statesmen
from the firm of Wannamaker and
Rrovvu
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

New York is ahead of all the other
cities, if individual riches running up
into seven or more figures are meant.
1t is said that New York has over l 900
millionaires, while London has coo, Paris
500, Berlin 200. and Vienna 100.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

In Indiana and in Minnesota the cold
wave has not only destroyed most of the
fruit, but killed the early sown wheat
In Virginia and North Carolina nothing
like it is on record for Nav.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
Is This True?
From the Chicago Citizen.

From the Chicago Ci1Zen.
Bigots, sophists and tricksters may
claim the election of Mr. Washburne on
different grounds, but the fact remains
that the vote of the Irish Catholics, the
open enemies of knownothingisrn, placed
him in the proud position of chief magls-
trate Of the second city in the union. He
is at present surrounded by influences
that will not permit him to see clearly
this important fact.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

Great Britain is sending troops to
Bechuanaland, Africa, to suppress a
movement of the Beers TO invade South
African territory for the purpose of set
ting up the Republic of the North. :"
They are aiming at Mashonaland and
Manicaland
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

The four baby lions ofthe Philadelphia
Zoo have been named after prominent
citizens OF that city as follows: George
W." for Dir. Childs, Sing" for William
NJ. Singerly, TONY" for Anthony J.
Drexel, and THE Governor in honor
OF Governor Pattison.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

Apropos of Lieut.. Peary's proposed ex-
petition 10 northern Greenland, Gen.
Greedy expresses the opinion to an Ore
gon reporter that less danger attends
these polar explorations than tramp
like Stanley's through Africa.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
EXCHANGE SHOTS
Pos. Ao-tem Poetry.

Theodore TiIton Is writing Some poetry
that will not ne printed until after he Is
dead. He Is PROBABLY Of the same men-
tai makeup as the Pennsylvania editor
who wants Annie Rooney sung 81 his
grave, and Only then
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

If you want to build factories and
other business houses in your cities so to
work Systematically and ill the state
with thrifty farmers, cattle and stock
raisers, etc. This will make demand
for more factory products and the larger
t,ifins
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

The monument of the center of popu-
iation at Greensbug, Indiana, sends up for
amoment, "a wild weird shrek
from Kanapolis, the center of the United
States
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

Any breeches remaining between
Blaine and Harrison have been closed up
and Baby Mckee has donned pants.
These ought to prove drawers for the
Republican party.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
ghe aaaieta aay eagle: aaedesaay oine aas Is, 1891

benevolent Atchison woman keeping a
bar of soap out by the bank of the creek
for the benefit of tramps, who congre-
gated every day to use 1t, IS like the
tramps. 1t won't wash.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
This Applies TO the Fair.

1 y
If there be no harm in looking at the
sky, the sea. the brook, the flower, or
any other creation Of the great Creator
on Sunday, where is the harm in looking
at the steam engine, the oil painting, the
chromatic lens or any other creation of
that Creators creature on the same day:
All are his handiwork-some directly,
Others indirectly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

Diamonds are declining in value. This
has always been true when clubs are
trumpS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

Is Gen. Rice or Sam Wood going to
stand at the head of the third party
movement? This is a leading question.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
Laboucher's Ideas OF Dress.

rOLL IOIl4Ou
When | was q lad women took for a
time to wearing short red perticoats
with skirt over them, which they
could by means of string draw up
above the petticoat and they wore bal
moral boots coming half way up the
calf. This was the most becoming and
practical dress that l have seen worn
during my sojourn on this globe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

Boyd's case was peculiar. Most every
body has the naturalization qualification
without the office.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

Hay is so dear in Kansas, that it is be-
coming cheaper to buy straw hats for
horse feed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

The big case in Oklahoma is the land
case, and the big case in Missouri the No
land case.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

The Car of Russia seems to be run
ring his country and running 1t into
other nations.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

WesEs-I wzrs cigar very b.i
Nestrs2o-Test sxrxazs tzssSs go deal
erl Jnxs hand Mr. Weeks ors q shsas
cFs csct f1R-xs;1ss, ysu ss2t
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

Two more young lions have been born
In the Berlin geological gardens. AS the
mother refuses to nurse them, they are
sucked by big Newfoundland.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

A Dickinson county editor thinks that
a man ought TO be willing to pay a dol
lar year for paper to find out that
nothing had happened.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

The secretary of agriculture has charge
of the weather, but the other department
will still run the war clouds.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

The st. Joseph Gazette says that the
Rothschild family acts as uncle to about
all the rulers of Europe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

Missouri has some very disreputable
treasurers, but her judges escape I'M
peachment.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

Some of the Kansas towns that can
work up boom, find the next recourse
in a revival.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

Even if the women do wear "white'
shirts, this is a good deal more than can
be said of many of the men.