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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18
Ha Ken. HI. Word

IL was wet, i; was muddy, and TIE cross
town cars ware loaded 70 the edges Of the
steps. When the conductor pulled the bell
aud called Third ayenuet'' big. brawny.
fat lnaaAt the forward end jumped up and
boited over a woman or two, regardless Of
the fact that nearly every one else was pre-
pairing 10 get OUT The third person be
josSIed sga5ns: Was q slim, dark boy not
more than sixteen years old
Say, do5'S walk GA ne III break your
face" he said Sharply aud erspbaticzIiT as
the big man crowded up aud seized him By
the shoulder
Az. ye wouldn't break Nuyfhfnzf'
'4If ron dOa'f keep your hands OF ne III
break your fzce. s-er
Taey had both reached the door. and the
little dark BOP Stepped OF right behind tie
big hog who bad tEsEapged ca sveryho3y's
rights. TIE lite nAa WA FIRST 20 the
curb. Before Fhe bgFsy brute e0ald step
ouE Of the gutter ors weal aiMed o.ow frUzn
the boys SIS. landed tess On the posat q
his eAla.
lie -. down s7ade3ly ia three inches e
water. TIE promise Rad been kept Hs
fAe& Ezs broksa--Ssw xork Records.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18
SIMPSONS PATRIOTISM.

If there are any followers of the bare
shanked philosopher, either of his own
party or the Democratic 'poor white
trash" who still entertain the delusion
that their hero is inspired by impulses OF
self-saeri6cing patriotism IN ms desires
and endeavors to serve the dear people
in an official capacity, we commend to
such the following, which comes direct
from the national capital, the truthful
ness of which is vouched for by the
interviewer:
The sockless strolled into the stationery
room this morning and asked the clerk
in charge if he could have the SOU that
he was entitled to for stationery he
said that he wanted all the money ana
that he did not need any stationery.
81 can loan the money out In my
state" said Jerry, lat per cent
month, and that would be more that
could benefit by stationery. l notice
that NV constituents use double sheet
of paper when writing to me. 1 can use
the other sheet to return an answer.
''You do not live up TO the principles
YOU preach, Mr. Simpson, when you
lend money at per cent. a month, SAID
a Congressman who had overheard the
remark.
''Oh, am opposed to the conditions
that permit the leaning of money atsuch
a rate Of interest, but l am not opposed
to one taking advantage Of the condl-
TONS In the early days OF California
there was a law against carrying pistols
yet everybody carried one, for 1t was
necessary in order to protect your lie.
1t was the condition that made the carry
ing OF firearms necessary that was
wrong"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18
THE RAILRoADERs' FRIEND.

The railroad editor of the Neodesha
Free Press says that Benjamin Harri-
son is the only president the United
States has ever had who thought enough
of the 100000 railroad men to call the
attention of congress and the people of
the United States to the fact that 2,700
of these brave boys are killed every
year, that 10000 more are crippled,
and that most all of the deaths and
cripplingS are attributed to two causes
which should be remedied. He has not
only done this once but at every oppor-
tunity he has had, and he will continue
to do so as long as he is in position to
dictate such needed legislation" The
president IN his message made strong
appeal for railroad employees. And not
only so, but it is gratifying to note that
congress has been impressed with the
force and point of the presidents recon-
mendation, bills to correct one of the
most cruel abuses-the deadly hand
coupler-having already been intro
duced and will no doubt be enacted into
low
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18
A Begrar Who Eats at DeImonico...

There are many odd characters in New
York, but think one of the most remark
able is a dirty old man whom occasional
" encounter in the best restaurants up
town. He is one of the most uncleanly
persons l have ever seen. His clothing is
frayed, his trowsers are in tatters and his
feet poke through holes In his shoes. He
has mass of white hair and face which
was undoubtedly once very handsome
Occasionally | see him wandering about
the streets, but he never looks so out OF his
element as when be enters Delmonico's,
the ST. James or the Hoffman House res
taurant and orders luncheon that usually
costs anywhere from SIX 20 ten dollars.
He sat az table adjoining mine yesterday.
and was much interested ia the elaborate
menu which he had composed.
After finishing his meal ne gave the
waiter tip of fifty cents and went out Of
the restaurant, followed by the curious
and Disguised gaze Of everybody in the
place. / saw him Go precisely the same
thing six or eight years ago, and within
month or so / ran against him begging on
the corner of Beck man and Nassau streets.
/ have never been able TO determine
whether he Is a uiser who occasionally IN
dulges IN the pleasure Of good meal, or
crank pure and simple He Is altogether
the most remarkable looking person that 1
have ever seen in a decent Restaurant
Blakely Hall II Brooklyn Eagle.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18

through the air, until, seeing tbs ngnt, 1t
struggles to turn its course and is thrown
up against the glass. Yes, it kills them.
Sometimes they fiutter weakly against it
and then slip down and are killed in the
fall. It makes one sorry for them. but you
can't save them. They are on the outside
and you ara in.
I'VE live very we'll here; / have q good
little farm on this rock, You see it's hard
ly more than a rock, bat we have the sur
face of it under cultivation. There's our
garden. and we raise corn, good potatoes
and vegetables. Ii gives US pleasant work
in the summer and good store Of luxuries
to draw on in winter.
"Accidentsy Well, last winter slipped
on the ice and went of that clif there IL
was n long fall. and the only thing that
saved me was that landed among the ice
and snow covered branches OF the trees
over 100 feet below. They stuck holes into
me until / was sieve. and when they
found me had half dozen ribs broken,
but you see Pm ali right now. New York
Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18
THE MEMORY OF PoTIPaAR,s WIFE.

They have a doctor in Jail, up in Doni-
phan county, on a charge Of breaking
the seventh commandment From his
place of confinement he writes SolAliller's
Chief letter, explaining that he really
considered the woman his wife anyhow,
and that in curing her of softening of the
brain he had SO rejuvenated that ancient
lady as to render her youthful and Sc
ductive wiles more than he was able to
Withstand, concluding the declaration
that "any handsome woman who tries
to play Mrs. Potiphar with him will find
that he don't Joseph worth cent, )" fur
Their adding that his understanding is
that in such cases it requires two to con-
stitute quorum. The whole defense is
rich.
The Doniphan doctors estimate of the
character of the second ruler in Egypt
reminds us of an incident in Tom Cor
wins life. In one of his campaigns
while addressing a mixed audience one
night he made rather broad allusion to
the Mrs. Potiphar episode, whereupon
two or three ladies started to leave the
room. The famous orator stopped short
with: 81 hope the ladies will not leave,
for assure them that l despise the cow
ardice of Joseph as much as they"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18

The silver convention in session at Ell
Paso, Tex, has adopted bulldozing tao
tics and viii try to rush free coinage
through regardless of the Judgment OF
the honorable senators and representa-
lives. Judge l. S. Trimble gave the cue
TO this idea when he declared in the con-
vention that although lifelong Demo
erat he would not support that party if
1t failed to champion the free coinage of
silver. This is the first time the doughty
judge has bobbed up in public since Os-
car Turner, the Granger candidate.
downed him in a contest for congress in
the First Kentucky district-the Gibral-
tar of Democracy-in 1885, Trimble be-
ing the regular Democratic nominee He
is born buffer, but it remains to be
seen whether he and the convention for
which he speaks can bluff congress.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18
S;rce prasident Harr;son's adm,

Since President Harrison's administra-
ton began thirteen war vessels of mod
ern types have been launched and twen-
ty-five more are now under construction.
When the latter are finished Uncle Sam
will be in position to make it very in
teresting in sea fight for any nation in
the world. All that was required to put
our navy in respectable condition was a
Republican administration and liberal
Republican congress.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18

The Alliance leaders have now organized
a mortgage company and propose to loan
10 their benighted followers ell the money
they want on their farms or personal Sc
curity. The Alliance has just about COW
cred the field now. IL it will get few of
Ats lecturers in the pulpits of the state they
will have spread over it all But they are
getting so thin by reason of the spreading
process that one can easily see through all
their motives. Journal.
There's is one error in the foregoing in
reference to the domination of the pulpit
by the Alliance. Knowst not that it
claims TO be equal with the church in the
matter of evangelizing? Fact, and they
claim it IN all seriousness, too.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18

There is gentleman in Washington
whose principal theme of conversation is
the domestic qualities of his better-half.
He brags of her bread, of her pies, and
of her cakes, and he is willing TO bet any
man within reach that, as the most &C
complished cook, preServer, or manu-
facturer of palate-uckling decoctions.
she hasn't an equal. His wearied
friends, however, have retaliated, and
this is what they tell at his expense.
The gentleman in question has an inor-
dInate fondness for that harmless ex-
hilerant, ginger ale. And he halls from
Kansas and is an accredited representa-
tive Of the much mis-represented state.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18
For the Eagle,
"HIS GRANDFATBER's HAITI

His grandfather's hat is too small for his head,
So it hangs on nail in the hall,
And the tile that he wears has a shape all its
own,
1t is neither too large nor too small.
1t is not built of poles, or matched with pump
kin vines,
Or shoe-pegged, as some folks have said,
But an aIl-around hat-that is neither sharp
nor flat
Which gracefully covers his head.
He sits in the chair where his grandfather sat.
tAnd heroes have sat there: a score
He fills it with Aonor we all must admit,
As his grandfather filed it before.
He steers straight ahead, DER the route he
thinks best;
He is level headed, loyal hearted-true,
And with Harrisons, and Blaines, and hats
filled with such brains,
VIII man old Nations ship in ninety-two.
MILE Z. FANS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18

1--WE BEEN 4 wsBdersr on the faos Of the
earth for dozen years. " whlned the seedY
applicant for dime 20 rieh ssd healthy
mouop0list.
"Ab, indeed. M good fellow" was the
mouopoiistic reply, AID have you gps
nothing by iti"
Look a. me. f." said the tramp bitterly.
well, judging from your appearances.
should sag you ought 20 try some ether
part Of its person and giTs fts fsos rsst
for yeas or t~O' and, turning on his
heel. be stepped iato hss eieEzat ezErfags
and was dEi=ea away % bis zsgniaosBt
homs. -DetrsiG FREE Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18

While vzxioss PLACES IA the EASTERN ssstes
are complaining q 6r0azht and scarcity
Of water supply, tie Ysepfe % t5s Arzsn>
tine kspuoiSc are dsssdiBg q food a pro
visess4 governor reports tsas the fall a
snow IN The Andes las ys&x kAs been haav.
Ter than ever before, ard THAT gbleza pro
cAutlOnAFy nlsAsarsz are taxa tksrs ars
likely % Dc very sersosRs aoacs when Tee
Snow malta IN isss fr~sbs.s Fesultiss
from tkis c&ass sgrssd dasoizt3ou over q
grsas part Of TEE Droytros II San %saa-
Tie governments E@s zgYropTtRass3 siSetss
FOR tie psrp1~s 81 bs44ltisz dIkss - essesd
tbs tsvns ard pribcig.sl sEr.c1ltur@l o.
sTactA-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18

The municipal authorities Of Toronto
recently ordered the police to make a
count of the unoccupied houses in the
city. The citizens were not satisfied
with the showing made and a recount
was ordered. The second count was
completed the other day, and 1T shows
that there are 1879 dwelling houses and
564 stores vacant in that city. The ex-
PLANTATION of this apparent post-boom
condition, offered by the local press, is
that the building craze overdid the thing
while the era of exodusting fiduciaries
from the states was on; that the present
overplus of buildings is one of the effects
of the recent treaty that put stop to
the emigration mentioned from this side
of the line.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18

The second, and supposed 10 be final,
determination by Judge Culberson OF
Texas OF the appointment 20 member
ship on the interstate commerce COM
mission, ought to practically settle the
question of George T. Anthony's chances
for one OF the vacant places on the com
mission Cuiberson appointment was
understood TO represent both the south
aud west, hut with that idea exploded
both the west and south viii no doubt
be represented, separately. on the COM
mission.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18

Because the people of the country
have been pressing Blaine to become a
candidate for president, with no affirma-
tory answer, now comes old Cleveland,
through friend, in yesterdays dis
patches, declaring that he is not can
didate for president, but if the nomina-
ton is tendered him in a certain way he
might consent to enter the campaign
Shades of tubs Of all sorts of refuse.
Despite the fact that there are ten
thousand men in the Democratic party
better fitted for the White House than
that mountain of egotism, and notwith-
standing no man ever labored more in
dustriously, in season and every where,
for the presidential nomination than has
Cleveland, and this last dodge is too
thin to even fool Democrats.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18
Dots Modest REQUEST.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Little Dot is a Chicago girl. Her
father is a travelling man. She wrote
the following letter to him the other
evening:
Dear Father, when you come home
for crismas | want you to bring me a
Big doll that winks its eyes and has real
Hair and carriage for to ride it in and
some candy with english walnuts stuck
all through it and box of games and a
noahs Ark and some more candy ID book
about Giants and faireys and Gold
ring. And | want a nice crismas tree
and some candels to burn on it and a
pair of nice mittins and some more
candy and any other Little things that
YOU think will surprise me. Dot"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18
The Eagle and oklahoma

From the Oklahoma Times-J journal.
The Wichita EAGLE realized the import
ance of the statehood convention and,
always on the alert for Oklahoma news,
sent the best man on its force to report
the proceedings. No man in the west
keeps in touch with Oklahoma and Okla
homa matters in a greater degree than
does Victor Murdoch, and his kindly
feeling for Oklahoma is most heartily
reciprocated by our people. Move down,
Vic. and when we've become a state
we'll send you to the United States senate
or make you state printer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18
At 1t Already.

From the Chicago Herald.
Senator PETER is earning his salary and
justifying the length of his whiskers. He
has two bills before the senate already
one, intended to fill the treasury full of
patent money; the other, to give pen
sion to every man who lost a trousers
button in the army.
Good old PETER! May no nipping frosts
ever mar the corners of his beard. The
treasury wide open at spiggot and bung-
hole and Kansas cylone blowing the
shinplasters every which way. Who
would be a king if he could braid his
whiskers?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18
Mad at Humphrey.

From the Alliance Review.
If Marsh Murdoch can't make better
record as governor of Kansas than the
present incumbent there is no use of his
aspiring TO the nomination. Murdoch
has had the manhood to say what he
thought and believed to be right, while
the other has said one thing and acted
another. The Republicans of Kansas
can find no better than Marsh for their
nominee
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18

The acquittal of Treasurer Peake, of
Kansas City, unfortunately does not re-
store the stolen money. The jury ought
10 have stipulated that be pay back some
portion of the 81, 000-Emporia Repub-
lican.
The case seems to be quite like that of
the fellow who was tried on a charge of
petty larceny. It was clear case, but
she accused was clever fellow and
Eomewhat of favorite in the commu-
nifty, SO the trial jury rendered this ver-
dict: Not guilty, but don't do it again.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18

The suspension of the Evening Times
of Kansas City has made the Star, the
only afternoon paper published in that
city, SO frisky and sef-important that it
Is already looking out for other urban
communities to appropriate. The Star
has its sinner on Springfield and may
descend upon that town with branch
at an early day. Springfield assures
itself that if the Star can stand it, that
koyvu cau
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18

An old woman at Downs has found a
fresh hens egg on which appears the
words, "IVar in 1892" Downs is all
torn up about the matter. The Atchison
Patriot thinks this woman is probably
some kin to the WyandoUte female who
recently announced that the world
would come to an end on Christmas day.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18
A tCurious Concidencer

Is noted In the names given by three
story-tellers to characters given in three
stories just published in as many period
icals having no connection with each
other. In Harper's. Scribner's and the
Centuary magazines, novelists Harris,
Allen and Hibbard have each introduced
a character named Spurlock. 1t is an
uncommon name, and that it should have
been chosen by three writers for stories
which appeared in print almost stimuli
taneously is a yerv uncommon thing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18

1t has generally been supposed that the
cry of the scarcity of money these
months has been confined mainly to the
west, the circumstance of a man IN
Pennsylvania compromising a suit
against the assailant of his daughter,
for $40 shows that they are hard up,
there as well
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18
But is Not Done in that WAY.

From the Chandler (ok) Times.
Marsh Murdoch for governor of Kan
sas is the sentiment of the Republican
press of that state, with an occasional
Democratic press appreciation. If the
nomination could be leftto the people at
the primaries, in place of voting for
delegates to make the selection, Mr..
Murdoch would receive five votes to any
other candidates one.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18

The claim will not be denied that the
weather bereabouts is all that could be
desired. and we are fortunate by con-
trast. In Colorado and Dakota people
are perishing in billiards. and snow
sforvac
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18

Two items came from Washington
Yesterday. One of them was about
Plumb. the other about PETER. The in
formation about the first was that he has
already introduced fifty-one bills; the
news about the other that he braids his
beard before retiring at night.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18


The governor of Tennessee has order
ed the return of the convicts, recently
liberated by the striking miners, TO the
mines in east Tennessee, to be accom-
panied by double guard of militia and
civil officers. The law governing the
convict employment question being I'M
changed and other conditions that led to
the recent trouble in the mining district
being tie same now as then, it is almost
certain that the convicts and guards viii
be met with resistance on their arrival at
the mines. The governor is credited
with the declaration that the mine
operators, who control the convict labor
under contract with the state, will be
upheld and defended If it requires the
entire power of the state, civil and NIL
itary. To do Ii. On the other hand, the
miners who were displaced swear that
the convicts shall not work N the mines,
and claim that they viii be backed in
their resistance BY twenty-five hundred
TO three thousand miners In that section
From all these conditions it would APP
pesr that further and serious trouble Is
inevitable.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18

If Director Holman is made chairman
of the appropriations committee, it will
be move toward cutting down appro-
priations. As the Lawrence journal
observes, the man who succeeds in get
ting an appropriation through will either
have to "stand in" with Mr.. Holman, or
be able to knock him down and drag him
out. The height of Mr.. Holman's ambi-
ton seems to be to wear the mantle of
the late James B. Beck, whose patro-
nymic while he was member of the
house was ''the watchdog of the treas
ury." But for the Inconvenience that
would result to the public service it
would be a good thing for the Republi-
can party for the appropriations commit
tee to be made up of sucn men as Hol-
man; it would be sure to result in large
deficits in sthe appropriations for
the maintenance of the various de-
partments of the government and to that
extent retard the legitimate exercise of
its functions through its several depart
ments. Such obstruction is inimical to
the patriotic sentiment of the great mass
of the American people, and they never
fail to condemn it through the ballot.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18

Coincident with the Oklahoma state
hood convention, which decided virtu-
ally for the extinction of the Indian as
savage, comes the death of Chief Mayes,
the leader of the rotten old regime.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18

Cleveland, whether possuming or not,
if backing out. 1t begins to look like
Harrison on the Republican side. and
Cleveland got all the racing out Of him
he wanted in 'SS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18
.Jinrle-bob Cows.

From the Beaver Advocate.
Wichita EAGLE wants TO know what a
"Jingle-bob COW" is anyway. The jim
gle-bob is an earmark-the ear being so
cut as to allow about half of is to hang
pendant. No chargr, only, brother
Victor. please give your clippings from
the Advocate the correct credit, when
crediting at all.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18
Let Them Rest.

The American people have ghoulish
passion for digging up dead mems bones,
and trundling them about for exhibition.
The Wyandotte Gazettee and some of its
Correspondents have exhumed E. G..
Ross, and are abusing his skeleton. Some
antiguarians claim that they have found
Cleopatra, and next some liar will insist
that he has found the remains of John
?. ST. John.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18

Senator Plumb has introduced a bill
authorizing the Hutchinson Southern
railroad to extend its lines through the
Indian Territory from Guthrie, 0. l., to
Deuison, Tex.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18

Kansas may not be exactly a nonenlty
in the lower house of congress but no
body questions that Kansas will be an
object OF ridicule, is the sad comment OF
the Topeka Capital.