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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-04
Damages Awarded a Nsrro

The jury system in America still has its
merits, despite the adverse arguments of
ADVANCED thinkers, and that the color line
|ls not always drawn is shown by the fact
tnat negro who had been elected from
rali@ay train recently received verdict
ior damages in the sum Of S2,0o0 at Vicks-
Durg, Miss. The jurors who decided the
Ease were all white men.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-04
He WAS NOT A pEsERTER.
An Old Soldier Clears His Name Of
Foul Stigma.

Foul Stigma.
After bearing the stigma of "deserter"
for twenty-five years, John c. Knowlton,
of Rockport, Mass, can at last prove that
he was one Of the loyal and devoted sol
diers of the Union. Shortly after his en-
listment in the Eleventh Massachusetts,
volunteers. Knowlton became afflicted
with chronic malady and was made hos
pital baggage master. Prior to the first
Bull Run, however, Knowlton suggested
to the surgeon in charge that he would be
of more service to the country in the
field, and he was allowed to participate
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-04

ure on "TheVol-
untary System
and the Church
of England" in
1S48, became the
text book OF the
C h urch party,
and did a great
d e al toward
counteracting the
tide of dissent,
and Offset the
work of the Lib
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-04
Will agile
UNCONSCIOUS MOVEMENT.

An Interesting Experiment for Those
Who Delight in Magic at Home.
J Select from the assem- bled company the
person least inclined to believe in table
turning, spirit rapping and the like, and
ask such person to rest his hand steadily
on the table, holding knife as shown in
the illustration.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-04
FAMED FOR. HIS ELoouENcE.
low an Jrishman Rose to Be Primate of

How an Trishman Rose to BE Primate of
England.
By the tSeathi of the Right Hon. and
Most Rev. William Connor Magee,
archbishop ,,f York and primate of
England, whit occurred recently in
London, the Est ablished Church loses
one of its most eloquent divines. For
forty years DR.. Magee was powerful
factor in church, life. His famous lect-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-04

The piece Of plant here represented was
recently photographed for the London
Garden. In order TO obtain perfect pict-
|nre piece of white, rather thick paper was
cut in circular form the same diameter
Fas the leaves of one of the plants This
paper avas afterward cut in two through
Fthe center, leaving small round space In
the middle TO Git the collar of the plant.
While one man carefully lifted up the
leaves another laid the paper on the water,
supporting it by stretching thin pieces of
iattice from one side OF the tub in which
the plants grew to the other, afterward
Flaying the leaves on the paper, when they
| were photographed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-04

Few il any known plants are more inter
|esting than the Madagascar skeleton leaved
plant. commonly called lace plant, and
known to botanists as Ouvirandra fenes-
trails. Few plants have proved more frac-
sious under cultivation, many gardeners
having tried to grow it from time to time
With but Indifferent success.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-04
Thackeray's Love for Music.

Mrs. Richie, Thackeray's daughter, in
her "reminiscences says that her father al
ways loved music, and understood it too.
He knew his opera tunes by heart. 81
have always liked" she says, "the little
story of his landing with his companions
at Malta on his way to the east, and as no
one of the company happened to speak
Italian he was able to interpret for the
whole party by huruing the lines from
various operas I'm biglietto-Eccolo qua
says my father to the man from the shore,
Lasce darem' la mano,' and he helped
Lady I. up the ganSway, and so on.
He used sometimes to bring Mr. Ella
home TO dine with him, and he liked to
hear his interesting talk about music.
Through Mr.. Elias kindness the doors of
the Musical Union few open wide to US.
and 1t was there l first heard DR.. Joseph
Joachim play. When I listened to the
familiar happy stream flowing once more
before the crow6ing listeners l could only
marvel with wondering gratitude that
such strain should have accomplished
the opera Of ones long life in all its varying
scenes and combinations"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-04
DEMOLISHED BY THE FLOODS.
High Water at Prague Causes the Ruin
of a Eamous Bridge.

OF a Famous BrIuse.
The great floods which have recently
created havoc in central Europe threaten
the demolition of the famous Karls-
brucke, or Charles bridge, which spans
the Moldau at Prague. The history of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-04

THE CHARLES BRIDGE ENTRANCE TOWER
the Karisbrucke is largely involved in
the history of the capital of Bohemia
during the past five centuries. Its foun-
dalton was laid by Charles " in 1857,
but the bridge was not completed until
1907, when it was regarded as triumph
of the engineering skill of the time The
fine old tower at the entrance is splen-
did specimen of gothic architecture.
On the buttresses are many statues
and groups of figures. The oldest of
these is large stone crucifx, with i'm
ages of the Virgin Mary and st. John,
which was built with money wrung from
the Jews. Another odd group shows
suffering souls in purgstory, and was
erected in commemoration of the dread
full visitation of the plague. The old
bridge was the scene of many bloody
conflicts, and for ten years the heads of
twelve Of Bohemia's Protestant noble
men swung in iron cages from the tower.
Three Of the sixteen arches of the Karls-
brucke were swept away by the swollen
river in September last, and another col
lapsed early in May, rendering the total
destruction of the bridge inevitable
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-04

z. X. POWELL. PRIEST o. ". LARrNER v. PrssL
{. L. FBAHE. Asst Cashier.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-04
DIRECTORS!

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-04

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The record-union., 1891-03-02
THE SALMON INTEREST.
Ex-Patrolmann Cofiey's Head is Level
On the subject.


Ex-Patrolmann Corey's Head is Level
On the subject.
There can be no question as to the de-
STABILITY OF having the closed season for
salmon include the months OF August
and September. All those who have had
experience in the matter of salmon fishing
and propagation know that this species
Of fish should be protected from the
onslaughts Of the Gamers during these
months, and it was at first believed that
the Legislature now in session would so
amend the present law as to include
them, but it now looks as if only August
can be had as the closed season. In ad-
dltlon to the arguments used in these col
umns by Superintendent Woodbury., Mr..
Matt Coffey, who was for II long time
Chief Patrolman for the Fish Commits
sion. has this to say on the subject:
EDS. RECoRD-UNIoN: Noticing Your
article on the close season for salmon
fishing in Saturdays issue, allow me to
say few words in relation thereto. Dur
ing the season of 1888 | was an emDloye
Of the Fish Commissioners, and about
the middle of August the salmon com
menced TO run in large numbers, and
from that until the 1st Of September. the
commencement OF the close season, they
were drug on the market. The cam
neries at Black Diamond and Benicia had
to dump of the wharves something like
1000 or 5000 salmon, a great loss TO the
canneries and streams.
From my observations during tha.
time, | would suggest that the close sea-
son be in force from August to October.
During those two months the weather is
so warm that the fish do not keep until
they get to market, as have seen Il great
many shipments spoiled before they
reached San Francisco.
The record-union., 1891-03-02

inal, and cruel punishments-whipp
and even death-were imposed on con-
viction of offenses which are now regarded
as mere mlSdemeanOrS. The courts, as
conservatorS of the natural and inalien-
able rights of the citizen, found it eXpedi-
ent and just in the administration of the
law TO strictly construe the provisions of
penal statutes, and to resolve every doubt
full question of construction in favor of
the person charged. But the reason for
such rule of construction is no longer
existent, and in this State ii has been re-
pudiated by express legislative enact
ment. Section 4 of the Penal Code pro-
vides: 'The rule of the common law, that
penal statutes are to be strictly construed,
has no application to this code. All its
provisions are to be construed according
to the fair import of its terms, with view
to effect its object and promote justice"
The concluding words of the informa-
ton are evidently misplaced and should
have been inserted before instead of after
the charge of prior conviction, but such
misplacement being matter of mere
form, docs not tend to the prejudice of
the substantial right of the defendant"
and is, therefore, immaterial. (Secs. $50
and 1858 Penal Code; People VS.. higgins,
% Cal. 564.) 1t doubtless occurred
through the use of blank information
with the usual clause contra Jfo11ldBs
Stdtuti.
The judgment is regular on it's face
(Sec. 1907 Penal Code], and the court
properly took into consideration the prior
conviction pleaded and confessed, as
shown by the record. (E.r pdrte Young
Ah Cow, 73 Cal. 43S; People VS.. Meyer.
Id. 43.)
Other points made by appellant are not
well taken because the appeal is from the
Judgment only, and there is no bill of
exceptions. Everything complained Of
at the request OF the defendant, in which
event, of course, he could not be heard to
complain.
Judgment affirmed. PATTERSON, j.
We concur:
HARRISON, j.,
GAROIfrrE I
The record-union., 1891-03-02
The
-Argonatlt
An American journal for
An n&riGan3.

FE1IIE ARGON.AUT HAS NOW BEEN PUB
4 lished for thirteen years, o fact which dem-
onstrates that an American paper can live in
America, something hitherto doubted by
newspaper men.
The ARGoNAuTis is strongly American. It be-
lieves that this country can run its own affairs
without any assistance from the benevolent
foreigners who have come over 10 direct mat
ters for us. 1t thinks we have too many for
eigners here now, and that the rest had better
The ARGoNAur is the uncompromising foe
OF demago5ues-those men i'll high places who
trucllle to the ignorant foreign vote are un-
sparingly lashed by its whip.
The ARGoNAUr believes that enough has
been done in this country to catch the irish
vote ana the German vote. 1t is time now
that something should be done to catch the
American vote.
The ARGoNAUr believes in and advocates
these ideas. not with. bumptiousness or Chau-
V1nism, but with extreme tenacity.
Outside OF its editorial columns the AI.Go-
NAUT has many features Of interest.
1t publishes bright weekly letters from New
York. Paris and London. from skilled CORE
spondents, who are III touch with the intense
life ofthose great cities.
1t publishes frequent letters from other
points in the old world, and from the older
world of Asia come occasional letters from
India, China and japan.
The ARGoNAUT does not publish serial
stories. Each number is complete in itself.
Its short stories are famous throughout the
country. LII is hard to describe their peculiar
! tinge, but an idea may be gathered from this.
our standing injunction to our contributors:
HWhateyer you are, never be commonplace
The result is that the ARGoNiUT short stories
have an individuality of their own.
The ARGoNAUr endeayors To present o
weekly review of the literary movement. Briet
| notes on books, rather than lengthy reviews,
together with notes upon authors and journal
| lists, Will keep the reader well up with the
| literary gossip of the day.
The ARGoNAUrS other departments include
| "The Drama" which endeavors to cover all
matters OF interest relating TO the stage; 1'The
Inner Man, devoted to matters gastronomic;
.'Storyettes," collection of bright and season.
able anecdotes; .srhe Alleged Humorists," a
column of excerpts from the best humorous
papers; "IEdividualitics," interesting gossip
about people in the public eye; vanity Fair,h
q department devoted to the fads and foibles
of fashion; sold Favorites,na department in
which fivorite bits of verse are reprinted; 'The
Tuneful LIAR" n department of the comic
| muse; and a number of other occasional de-
| Partments, all OF which are bright and inter-
esting.
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The record-union., 1891-03-02
The True Election and the False.

Mr.. WINS, in his telling pamphlet on
electoral reform, says: ELECTIONS are not
such in any true sense of the word when
we simply register our choice between
two or three men who have already been
elected by machinery unknown to the
law, q machinery which is really the per-
sonal property of the few, and in which
the many have no right which they can
enforce.
'''rhe law being silent as to where the
ballots are to come from, as to who shall
supply and pay for them, and as to how
they shall be distributed, a certain few
in the community have created Ma
chine to do all these things which the
law necessitates, and does not provide
for, and have thereby actually put an end
to the very political equality which the
ballot is supposed to preserve inviolable.' -
The reform ballot law in great part will
correct the evil to which Mr.. 1yins re-
ferc
The record-union., 1891-03-02
Nuggets In the streets.

The dream of the tenderfoot has been
realized-they can now pick up gold in
the public streets. According to the
Placer Herald. the gold-hunters of Au-
burn turned out in force last week after
the storm had washed the streets. Quite
number of nuggets were picked up in
different parts of the city, varying i'm
value from q few cents to a few dollars.
The largest find reported was by Katie
Deetken, who picked up piece in the
six or eight dollars,
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5. And leave no legal
cover for bribery. The
law can describe and
limit al! permissible
expenditure, and COM
lpel the candidate or
iIis agent to make a
Sworn return with
vouchers to IL proper
public officer for all
disbursements. Itmay
punish all violations
with sufficiently Sc
were penalties,
] g. And prescribe that
no elector under pay
ofa party or candidate
shall be permitted to
vote, thus making ii
more the interest OF
candidates and parties
not 10 pay than to pay
for election services,
land thus detcrring ali
honest electors from
accepting paw.
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THE REMEDY.

1 l. The printing and
: distribution of all bal
,,lots at public expense
: does away with the ne
: lcessity OF organization
for this purpose.
2. And will deprive
/, the political Machines
: of the monopoly Of an
essential part of the
ELECTION machinery.
: 3. II will enable any
: body of citizens of the
. number prescribed by
law to have the name
OF tn cir candidate
printed on the same
ballot with the names
of all other candidates
for the same Office. so
that before the law and
before the voters all
candidates an d all
party organizations
will stand on II per-
fectly even footing.
4. This will dispense
altogether with the ne
cessity of and excuse
: for levying political as
: sessinents,
The record-union., 1891-03-02
Last Weels,s Failures.

The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency re-
ports fifteen failures in the Pacific Coast
States and Territories for the week ending
Friday, rs compared with twenty-four
for the previous week and eleven for the
corresponding week of 1880.
The record-union., 1891-03-02

d. 1t involves the ne
cessity of defraying
the expenses OF both
printing and distribu-
ton by means OF as
sessments on or contri.
buttons by candidates,
omce-holders, or party
leaders,
3. Which facilitates
bribery and corruption
by aiording them con.
venient covers;
The record-union., 1891-03-02
G r OC E r E s.

HAvING BOUGHT OUT THE GROCERY
business corner Twentieth and streets,
we are now prepared to furnish the best
groceries and at the lowest prices, to ,t az our
February 18th. RUDECH q COSSICH.
felS-lm
The record-union., 1891-03-02

Avon all risk with a Stubborn Cough
by using at once DR.. ID. Jayne's Expec-
torant, a sure remedy for all Coughs and
Colds, and well calculated to exert
beneficial influence on the Lungs and
Throat.
The record-union., 1891-03-02
PACIFIC HOTEL,
MRS. j. w. BOYD

HAS REMOVED HER DRESSMAKING
K L business from residence to 916 Seventh
street, between l and j, where she Will be
pleased TO meet her patrons and all others
who desire latest designs and 1irst-class work
in dresSmal.ng. fei0-lm
The record-union., 1891-03-02
SIDE BY SIDE.

The Evil and the Remedy-What Ballot
Reform Promises and Does.
William NJ. WINS in his work on Elect
oral Reform and the Ballot Reform Laws
thus sums up the whole matter concerning
the causes of the evils known in our cleo
tions and the remedies they naturally sug-
gest. His reference to limiting permissible
expenditure is to matter in several of the
reform ballot laws, but not in the one
proposed for California. 1t also prevails
in several other countries:
THE EVIL. THE REMEDY.
The record-union., 1891-03-02
March ApriI Nav

Are the best months in which to purify your
blood. During the winter, the blood becomes
thin and impure, the body becomes weak and
tired, the appetite may be lost, and just now
the system Graves the aid of a reliable medi-
cine like Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The record-union., 1891-03-02

6. And debauches
the electors by leading
them to become par
tisans for pay. instead
OF honestly and from
conviction performing
their duty as citizens
The record-union., 1891-03-02

CTRICTLY FTRST-CLAsS. FREE BUS no
~ and from the cars. d. 3. BROWN, for
merly of the State House Hotel, Proprietor.
The record-union., 1891-03-02

/. The necessity fol
voluntarily printing
and distributing th,
ballot justities organi
z;ltion for this pur
pose.
2. 1t practically vest!
the Machine with th,
monopoly of the eiec
tion machinery;
The record-union., 1891-03-02

3. And, as a conse'
quence, with the mo,
nopoiy of nomination,
The record-union., 1891-03-02

These are the months in every year when
thousands OF old friends resort TO a regular
course of Hoods Sarsaparilla The fact that
Hoods Sarsapariila, once fairly tried, becomes
the favorite spring medicine, speaks volumes
for its excellence and medicinal merit
The record-union., 1891-03-02

In case of there being three candidates
in the field III 1892, unless one shalt re-
caive majority of all the votes OF the
Electoral College. the election of Presi-
dent and Vice President is transferred to
the House of Representatives each State
having one vote.
the Republicans have majority, of Con-
gressmen from Maine, Vermont, Califor-
MIA, Idaho, Nevada, North Dakota, Ore
gon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota. Wash
ington and Wyoming-l1. The Farmers
Alliance have Kansas and Nebraska, 2,
all the rest are States having Democratic
The record-union., 1891-03-02
[Filed February %. 1871. !

Appeal from the, Superior Court of
Santa Barbara County-B. r. Williams,
Judge.
For appellant, Carroll Cook and J. f.
Foulds.
For respondent, Walter B. Cope, Dis
trict Attorney, and George II. Johnson,
late Attorney-General.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-04

tack an intruder with all the pluck on
q resolute bull-terrier. Their personal
safety remains a secondary considers
ton in emergencies of undoubted risk.
The proprietor of the Agra, planters
hotel" boasts the friendship of tame
leopard that shares the comforts of his
hammock and trots after its master
for hours together; but one day exceed
ed its privilege by following him to
the ereight-depot of the railway sta
ton. The shady platform at the north
end of that depot is favorite resort
for balloons and loafers; and while the
colonel was talking to the receiving
clerk his leopard strolled out to the
platform, where a little street-Arab had
fallen asleep upon a pile of gunny-
bags. The moment he approached that
pile a troop Of rhesus-monkeys leaped
from the roof, and, instantly surround
ing the boy, faced the intruder with
bristling names and menacing growls,
evidently determined to defend their
little relative at the peril of their own
lives. The Hindus, indeed, reciprocate
such demonstrations of goodwill Ac-
cording to the precepts of the popular
creed three, at least, of the twenty or
thirty different species of monkeys
have to be honored as the special IA
vorites of Brahma and enjoy all the
privileges of mendicant friars
'BhGrG GAur!' ('Mercy! MercyI'') is
q frequent cry in the streets of Benares
when a European domestic rushes out
of house in hot pursuit of long
tailed saint. "Mercyl Mercy, Sahibi
We will make restitutionl' If it ap-
pears that the sacred four-hander has
got away with something. ''Holdi
Spare him for the sake of Mahadeoi
For Saki-yam-Deva's sakel" and so on,
till the long-legged marauder is safe
around the corner.
In ancient Egypt the dog-faced
baboon appears to have enjoyed a SINH
lar veneration, for reasons more I'M
movable than the rationale of croco-
die worship. The ugly saurians were
at least useful scavengers, and the
housing propensity of the domestic cat
might explain its sanctity in land Of
huge granaries; but the hideous ap-
pearance Of the Hamadryas baboon is
unredeemed by a single discoverable
merit, and the only plausible theory Is
the conjecture that the homage paid to
his ancestors must have been a sort of
devil worship. His peer in ugliness,
the sacred Hanuman ape Of southern
India, combines the appetite of an
Arkansas book agent with the morals
of Mormon elder; yet that remark
able pet not only arrogates the freedom
Of every Hindu township, but enjoys
the protection of numerous saint
wardens, who feed his squealing
youngsters and intrust decrepit speci-
mems to the care of special charity
hospitals.-Dr. Felix L. Oswald, in
N. Y. Ledger.