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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19
How Some scc,Is Travel.

The most curious provision possessed
by seeds for self dissemination is the
Microscopic avn. In the wild oat (avena
fatua), for example, there is attached 70
the glumeha "a small, leafy structure
connected with the seed, a spiral avn
covered with humorous fine hairs, and
this avn has the power Of expanding
when moist and Of contracting when dry.
Thus the attached seed is constantly
on the move with the changes in the
weather. the hairs clinging 10 any object
met with, until termination or destruc-
ton puts an end 10 It's motion.
The seed of barley, too, is provided
with a similar avn, which is furnished
with minute teeth that point toward its
apex. The seed, when lying on the
ground, naturally expands with tho
moisture Of the night and contracts with
the dryness Of the day, but, as the teeth
prevent its moving toward the point %
the avn, all motion must be in the de
rection Of the base Of the seed, which
Will thus travel many feet from the parent
stalk knowledge.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19
"THE CENTRAL BELT"

The readers of the EAGLE are well
posted as to the charmed Circle the
great agricultural disk of one hundred
miles in diameter, which produces about
half of the agricultural wealth of the
state of hapsas, and in the exact center
of which is Wichita, with her ten rail
ways radiating out to the verge of the
disk like spokes in a wheel. For some
reason or notion the secretary of the
state board of Agriculture, so called, has
cut the state up into three belts, which
he denomiraoes the eastern belt. the CEN
tral belt and the western belt. He puts
seven more counties in the eastern than
in the western belt. The line between
the eastern belt and the central belt Is
the line dividing Sedgwicl and Butler
counties. The eastern belt constitutes
the state of Kansas so far as
1t embraces all the politicians.
state institutions and SO forth. 1t is old
Kansas. But this eastern belt takes in
hut little over three counties of the
charmed circle. of magical agricultural
disk of which Wichita is the center. and
consequently the supposed important
belt don't make much of a showing
when compared TO the so-called central
belt. The last report of that board gives
the wheat acreage of the three belts
respectively as follows: Eastern belt.
s64, go acres; the central belt. 1868. SOS
acres; the western belt, 644. 40S acres.
The central belt, which includes the
great southwest agricultural counties
of Sumner, Sedgwick, Rice, Harper,
Mcpherson, Barton, Barber, Harvey,
Reno, Rush, Pratt and Kingman, con
tains more than three times the wheat Of
the boosted eastern belt, or more than
twice the entire balance of the state in
Guiding the eastern belt. This no doubt
viii seem a little strange TO the average
resident of "old Kansas" but the
strangeness Goes not altar the fact
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19
hi. Team Had Horne sc,.e.

A man named Marshall was diving into
town with a two horse team pulling q load
Of hay. He fell aSleep, leaving his team
to 20 as it pleased. 4 hired girl q enc II
the neighbors had been truBdiing a little
child in low wheeled buggy. znJ. whils
stopping 70 chat with friend. czTelessly
left the buggy in the middle o. the road
Just IS the hea7ily loaded hay wagon came
along
The driver Of the wagon was Suddenly
awakened b. me wagon coming 70 stand
still The sleepy fellow rabbed bis eyes
and saw MS two quie. and sensible b0rsss
calmly investigating the 5zsgT and u IL
faat occupant, which were directly n their
path, ard which they had refused % rgn
down The chIId's buggy had been struck
By the wagon tongue, upssttsug q aud
throwing the child a. the borsss' feet -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19

1t is worth noting that Carlyle in hia
sweeping assertion made no exception in
behalf Of Emerson, who perhaps bored
him more than he dared acknowledge
with his transceudentalism and illusions
Of the lover soul Bat one might have
thought that he would have spared
Washington. Far from that, we find
him pleasantly rernarking at soIns grand
dinner 10 Mr.. Fields "a gentleman who,
both by ms writings and from al ac-
counts by the charm Of his personal
presence, must have done much % re-
move the imputed odium from his
couutrymen). THAT CRETE mon Of yours
George odd any ons under the sun
ever dream Of calling w Arlington George
before| eTclaiins Miss Milford. who 70
counts the stOryJ-''your CRETE mon,
GeoIge, was molstroEs bore and wants
taking down few hundred psgsg'-Ex-
change.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19

AN ALLIANCE JUDGE.

PETER and Jeremiah Simpson were not
the only nobodies, wholly unqualified as
representatives of great state and a
progressive people. who were foisted
upon the state by the Alliance. Down
IN the Twenty-fourth Judicial district the
Alliance placed one Mckay on the Judi
cial bepch, but unlike Docberry he need
not call on anyone to write him down an
ass. lie viii be written down that wav.
very emphatically. and III large plain
letters, every time he opens his mouth
for the next two Years, Il some wav is
not found TO relieve the people OF him.
This bull-headed ignoramus put man
in jail for contempt, the other dav: the
contempt, it would seem, consisting Of
an attempt TO obey q mandate OF the
supreme court. This Mckay inagines
that he can, in his decisions, rise superior
TO the law. This man was elected be-
cause he Sympatnized with the Alliance.
and proposes, in his decisions, 10 stand
bv the men who elected him, no doubt.
Ii looks that way. The supreme court
which Mr.. Judge @ Mckay would defy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19

1t may have been trifle discourteous
to the visitors for President Livingstone,
of the Georgia Alliance to publicly an
nounce, in the presence Of said visitors
and Immediately following their forensic
efforts to that end, that the Alliance of
that state had not and would not take
any stock in any third party movement,
but he displayed commemorate degree
of courage and candor. Only he might
have communicated the facts of the stu
alton there to the missionaries in adj
vance and before they invaded the state,
for he must have known of their coming
and their purpose
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19
Men Who Iniure a Town.

From the Portland Me-. Journal.
All who oppose Improvements.
Who never push their business.
All who distrust public spirited men.
Those who run down the town to
strangers.
Those who show no hospitality to its
visitors.
Men who envy their neighbor's pros
perity.
Men who oppose every idea that does
not originate with them.
Men who wear long faces when strang-
ers speak of locating in the town.
Who refuse 10 subscribe towards build
ing of schools and churches.
Who think all systems of theology
except their own, are erroneous.
Who find fault with all enterprises in
which they are not connected.
Who oppose every public enterprise
that is not likely to be of pecuniary
benefit to themselves.
Who never subscribe, advertise in, or
in any way patronize their newspapers.
and are always ready to find fault with
everything they contain.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19

If Miss Irene Colt, the young woman
who finally forced her way into Yale
college, had been as eager for knowledge
as she evidently is for notoriety, she
would have sought place on the pupil
roster of Vassar or Wellesley, or some
of the women's colleges that rank with
the highest in the land as regard curri-
culum and efficiency. But that is the
trouble with a certain class of ambitious
women; they mistake the sphere in
which they may contest with men with
out compromising the womanly inspira-
tons and aspirations to excel.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19
HELP DESIRED.

To the Editor of the EAGLE
The w. C. I. U. at Canadian, in the
Texas Panhandle, is trying hard to es-
tablish circulating library, which, while
beneftting all, will be special help TO
the ranchmen and cowboys, whom we
are trying to reach and benefit. But we
need help. VIII not such as can spare
one or more books send them to US? A
book or two would hardly be missed by
any one and would, if enough responded,
be an immense help to us. Temperance
books-whether temperance stories or
others-preferred. Temperance and re-
ligious papers for bracket use are also
needed. In sending, please address,
Mrs. L. NJ. MCKNIGHT,
Canadian, Hemphill County, Texas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19

The character of the denials made by
the immediate attendants-family and
physicians Secretary Blaine, touch
ing his ghysical condition tend rather to
confirm than deny the reports that rep
resent him as being in a precarious con-
dition. To say that Mr.. Blaine is not
sick and is taking no medicine and then
supplement it with the observation that
he is more hopeful about himself sounds
like expressing wish in a thought
The earnest wish for the recovery of Mr.
Blaine is universal, but the belief in it is
not, for the reason stated. However, if
the giving out of such statements can
have the effect of encouraging the Sec
rotary in his struggle against excavation
nobody will object
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19

To the Editor Of the EAGLE.
Here is an argument that ought to
knock Ineersollism in the head: Man is
at the head of the animal creation by a
successive order of advancing develop
ment under the law of creation and must
have had a creator which we call God.
Now to advance man to higher order
of existence which we call angelic it was
necessary that we have a perfect repre-
sentative of our race, which was Christ.
H. E. BDwELL.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19
Saying Unpleasant Things.
From Harper's Bazar.

From Harper's Bazar.
There is certain class Of people who
take great satisfaction in saying unpIeas-
ant things. They call this peculiarly
speaking their minds" or plain speak
ing" Sometimes they dignity it by the
name Of telling the truth. As If truth
must be unpleasant in order to be true.
Are there no lovely, charming. gracious
truths in she world? And. if there are,
why cannot people diligently tell these,
rather than hasten 10 proclaim all the
disagreeabie ones they can discover:
Tina sum Of human misery is always
50 much greater than the sum Of human
happiness. that it would appear the
plaiDest duty to add 70 the latter all we
can, and do what lies in our power to
diminish the former. Trifies make ID
this amount. and in trifles lie the best
and most frequent opportunities. II
may seem little thing TO tell another
what Is out IF place IN her appearance or
possessions. but If the information is IN
necessary and makes her unhappy, it Is
clearly an uukind and unfrieudly action.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19

Froa re Loui.iaua pea.

Erc-l re LoCistsua Destz
\ man got drunk ard devilish one
night and was arrested and fined 81 %
and cost in the recorders court. and
the first thing he done was 70 rush up
and ask Us for his wife's sake % keep
his name out Of the paper. He didn't
care for himself, bat j; would BE- dis
grace 10 her This man Ike many
others, has queer ideas Of disgrace.
There IS no disgrace 10 the patient
woman who tolls wiki her needle day
after day 10 make living. while hls
money that ought to 60 70 support her
Is spent n gambling or FOR liquor.
There Is 10 disgrace 20 the wife when
the husband goes reeiirg aud stagger-
iag along the street. MS brair hesotted
with the liquid Gre Of he'll un,iI lie
falls into the clutches CT the ps.se,e.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19

And even then in his opinion, the dis
grace does not begin until his name
appears in public print. 1t is indeed
strange. And if man really loved
the woman he vowed at the altar to
cherish and protect, be would rather
that his name be blazoned to the world
at large than that his wife should
know of his besottedness. As for the
newspapers, these fellows all know that
the newspaper man has a tender re-
gard for the good name and sensitive
nature Of a woman, and man escapes
publicity on this account.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19

The Knights of Labor will assist the
Republican cause in Pennsylvania and
the Democracy in Ohio. In this manner
it hopes TO keep up its reputation as a
non-partisan organization. The gener-
osity of the knights is probably due to
the circumstance that they have no
show of success going it alone. In any
event they show good deal more good
sense than the political Alliance, which
IS disposed to snub both of the old par
ties where and when they fancy they
can win single handed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19
ohi.,,l,n. piAn.t CENT.

have known two instances Of objections
having been raised 70 bauns One was by
Roman Catholic mother, who objected
on the ground that her daughter Has going
20 marty a Protestant. - the daughter
wa ~ age this was no legal iupedimsnt,
and tie parties were eventually marie.
Ia the other case a nsa<tsT objected % the
marriage q his apprentice, . rnisor. o. The
E10unG that lie was let eArsiag euOvgh 20
keep wife, and a. E.tsrSa-d this objsc-
ton was siso urged ~ the parents u the
boy. The marriage was y1t oE-pgt Cd. "a
il bsppensd. untj an eIopeEnsnt WA ar
ranged -LcndOu Bits.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19

Jerry Simpson is campaigning in the
southern states, when he could get 81 25
a day in Kansas for helping in the harvest
field. We are afraid Jerry is little lazy.
st. Joe News.
You do Jerry an injustice in imputing
laziness to him. He may have an aver
sion to labor with his hands, but that is
natural when it is considered that by
working his jaw he can realize nun
dred fold more recompense in cash.
And that is what he is after, regardless
of the beneficial or harmful effects of
his Jaw work.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19

The Alliance are manifesting degree
of hope that is close kin to confidence
that they will beat the erstwhile speedy
Democrats in the pending contest in Ken
lucky, while the Republicans of the state
have the chance of decade to carry the
state. II would be rather rough should
either of them vanquish the Star Eyed
Goddess on her native heath.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19

There is a greater demand for farm
labor in this state this season than has
ever been known before, at no time
since the setting of the crops in the
spring equaling the demand. As a con-
sequence able-bodied tramps have be-
come rarity. All who desire TO work
have had all they wanted, and there has
been little hand-me-down charity felt for
beggars of the able-bodied variety. Good
crops are the hane of the tramps life.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19
purpose.

This is the time of year when the busy
housewife is canning fruit, making pre-
serves, etc. And every time she seals
can or dumps dollars worth of sugar
in the preserving kettle, feeling Of ex-
tenuaticn comes over her In regard to
the Mckinley bill.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
Simply a Party Question,

An exchange says that when the news
got out that Democratic Governor Patti
son had just fitted up luxurious bath
room, it destroyed his little boom for the
presidency and ruined his prospects
among the rank and file of his party, es-
pecially among the rank.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19
The Cause of the Decline.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Walter Besant says "there must be
some reason why young men have
ceased to find expression in poetry"
There is, Walter. there is. It is a good.
deep reason with q large open mouth.
1t is made of willow and stands with an
insatiate yearning best lie the editors
desk
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19
Should Make 1t an Exception.


There is talk to the effect that the SUI
preme court will have Judge Mckay,
the Alliance district judge who set the
orders of the supreme court aside, ar
rested for contempt. The supreme court
should not do it. While it is true that
there is an old rule to the effect that ig-
norance of the law excuses no man, vet
an exception should be made in the case
of Alliance judges.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19
Freak Of E.tay..

Nr J. J. Clark, Esin< sut few miles
from BA1IsY hAs . E1s nE,rcsity fa tas
shSpe az ehssp. IL has Iso perfect y
formed ns=.as sLsaoosd 70 tie Scdy and
hsek Whsa ehswtnR IL food = rsses kstA
mouths With peFfecs ScszrGcy. I'D Is .
natural shc.p sxos,s ths twin Lads Cor.
AfAanLz Constitution
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19

In a recent issue of THE EAGLE an ar
ticle was published relative 10 the stand
ing Of the Guthrie National bank; the
following statement appeared: The
stock is worth sis and now for sale.
u should have been none for sale"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19

If money enough to move the present
crop has started west from the eastern
certers, as is alleged, no wonder they
are feeling the effects of a stringent
money market in that quarter. though
nobody knows within SIC, 900 600 or $15,-
600, COO how much will be needed for this
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19

Whether or not Sam Small regards his
evangelistic labors failure, his pen
chant for the use of the pencil as his
weapon has returned upon him and he
has gone back to his first love, journal
ism. There is where he made his first
reputation and where his efforts were
most successful and best appreciated.
There is one thing about his connection
with the ministry that is particularly
noticeable, and that is it turned his head
in regard to the temperance question.
Notwithstanding the fact that Atlanta
gave prohibition a thorough test and
then repudiated it as an Ineffective aid il
the cause of temperance, Small's paper,
it is announced, will raise that question
again and attempt to make it an issue.
Sam is encouraged in this, probably, by
the fact that a number of rural COM
munities in the state have availed them
selves of the state local option law.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19

The question OF consolidating the cities
of ST Paul and Minneapolis under one
municipal government is again being
agitated. So much for the influence OF
the Christian endeavor society that has
just held its convention with Mime.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19
A Benefit From Protection.

From the Lawrence Journal
Fresh reports of death from cigarette
smoking are coming in daily. 1t is con-
fidently believed that if the cigarette
makers are properly protected in their
industry they will in a few years be able
to wholly exterminate the weak minded
youth of the land.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19
And Kansas Leads All the Rest.

From The kiowa Signal.
Providence seems to be on the side Of
American farmers this year. Alum
dant crops are the rule throughout
America, and the fact that cereal crops
are almost failures in Russia and India,
which have been referred 70 as Europe's
granaries, makes it certain that the
American farmers will be able to get
big prices for their products.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19
should teach him a lesson that he nor
his crowd will forget till the year of
irIhiIaa

Mr.. Baker, the consul general of Great
Britain at New York, evidently does not
agree with Governor Campbell and the
Ohio Democrats concerning the effect of
the Mckinley bill upon the industries of
the nation. He states that the higher
duties have unquestionably benefited all
classes of American manufactures, with
the single exception of the silk industry,
and that it has been of especial advan-
tage to the cotton and wooden manufac-
turers everywhere, but particularly in
the southern states. 1t is hardly ex-
pected, however, that these statements,
although made by man and official of
high standing and who is in position to
know what he is talking about, will be
accepted by the free trade advocates in
this country. They will prefer TO accept
the theories of that other noted English
man, Golden, whose ideas Of political
economy accords with their own peculiar
notions, especially as regards the ques-
ton of tariffs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-19

The Oklahoma City and Frisco base ball
clubs were battsns 81 each other yesterday.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-31
TRUSTEES SALES.
T>RUSTEE'S SALE-BY VIRTUE OF A DEED
4 OF trust executed to me by Thomas J. =.

sALE-BY VIRTUE OLA DEED
-, - OF trust executed to me by Thomas j. r..
liayshp, dated October g. 1SD, and recorded In
the clerks Office of the dustings Court OF the city
OF Roanoke to secure to G. Il. Flanagan and w
l.. Andrews the payment OF the sum OF $26l IS, as
evidenced by two certain interest bearing ncgo-
table notes OF even data with said deed, ono for
$50. payable In sixty days from da G, and the
other for 11.S5, payable in one year from date,
each OF said notes executed by the said Hayslip
and payable to the SAID Flanagan and Andrews,
with interest, and default having been made In
the payment OF the last mentioned note, and be-
Ing requested 30 to do by the bcncnciaries In said
deed OF trust, SHALL on MONDAY, NOVEMBER
30. 1891, AT - O'CLOCK NJ. OF that day, in front
of the courthouse building, in the city OF Roam
okc, offer for sale at public auction all OF that
certain lot or parcel or land in said city, bounded
and described as follows:
beginning at point on the north side of Gil
mer street 290 feet east of Houston street, thence
with G1lmer street In Nh eastery direction 30 feet
to point; thence In nOrtherly direction 13O feet
to an alley; thence with said alley in westerly
direction about 30 feet to point; thence In a
southcry direction 100 feet to the place OF begin
msp of Rogers. Fairfax and Houston Addition to
the city of Roanoke, Va
TERMS Cash sufficient to pay the costs of exc
cutting this trust, including trustees commits
sione, and to pay the Gum OF $1I1.35, with inter-
est from Bird day OF October, 1870, till paid, and
the purchaser to assume n note OF S23333, paya-
bic 10th May, 1892, with interest from 10th May,
lSU. The balance IL any. on such terms as Will
HENRY T. PARRISH,
oct2a-tds Trustee.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-31
PRODUCE AND MERCHANDISE.

New YORK, Oct. 3o.-ISpeoiall-
Southern flour dull. heavy. Wheat I'M
settled, lower; active for export; No. 9
red, 1.O211@1.o3; options closed steady
H@N under yesterday; No red, Oct.
and Nov, 1.03S<; Dec, 1.O416.
Corn unsettled, weaker; options de-
'clined M@2A chiefly on near deliver
les on liquadating, larger interiors, re-
-ceipts and lower cables closing weak;
Nov, Ga; Dec, 564; May, 5s1. Oats
weaker, less active; No. 3, 364@37%;
options quiet, weaker; Nov, 3614; Dec,
365s.
Coffee. options opened barely steady,
closed firm, 5@l5 up; October, 1I.0 ,0D
11.50; November, II. 35@11.5o; spot Rio
frmer. No. Z, 12T@i2. Sugar, raw
firm, in demand; centrifugals, 90; test,
SIG; refined quiet, easier; standard A,
3-16; granulated, 3-l8@4 SIG.
Molasses-New Orleans quiet. steady;
common to fancy, 2s@3O. Rice firm,
fairly active. Petroleum easier quiet;
refined New York, 6.25@G.4O. Cotton
seed oil quiet; crude, 24@25; yellow,
30. Rosin quiet, strained; common to
good, l.32M@1.37]6. Turpentine dull,
easy, 36L37.