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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14
OUTLOOK FOR WHEAT.

From the Buffalo Milling World.
The wheat outlook for 1891 Is peculiar
in some respects. The southern hem
isphere crops are not up 10 the average.
In the United States the winter wheat
plant has suffered from druuth and a
lack of snow 10 protect it from the cold.
Much of ii has been uncovered all winter
There was a considerable increase In the
acreage sown last fall. but the conditions
unfavorahle to the crop moie than offset
the increase. All the probabilities puint
TO a small crop of wheat in the United
States. In Europe unusual cold hes done
great damage 10 the uncovered plant.
and in France and elsewhere the farmers
are preparing to reSow their wheat fields.
Russia reports decidedly serious damage
by frost 10 the uncovered plant. In
Aslstlc countries there Is nowhere = pros
pect OF a large. or OF anything more than
an average. crop. In addition TO all tins
the wheat reserves ara the smallest
known tor YEAR. 1t seems improbable
that wheat can remain az Its present level
IN price during tbs year and next
Should the worlds crop prove as short
Tor 1871 as now seems probable, pushing
prices up 70 somewhere near their level
OF ten or twelve years ago. Il Is vsrV ike
~ that English grower viii In 1892 turn
100000 acres Of land, now idle or crow
ING other crops. To wheat again.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14
MUCH OF A DELUSlON.

With all its business commissions 1890
was great year for the commerce of our
country. We sent to foreign nations $3O,-
81, $50 more than we did in 1859, and Vet
1889 was called a prosperous business year.
We imported $50, 706, Sl7 more than in 1899,
despite Mckinley and his tariff bill. Along
with all this we sent abroad upward of
4l,O00,0O0 less of gold and silver than in
the preceding year Kansas City Gazette.
As an abstract statement the foregoing
would appear to be in a measure satisfac-
tory, if not CRAFTY ing; but little analy-
SIS will divest it Of its apparently most
attractive features. The large increase
in the volume of our imports was directly
the result of the enactment of the Nc
KInley bill. The editor Of the Gazette
surely has not forgotten its effect,
the immense importations of foreign
goods that were ordered in anticipation
of the enactment of that measure and in
order to evade the heavy increase of duty
il would impose? And how near the
extraordinary demand for money to pay
the duties on those large importations
came to precipi ating a panic, and
which would have occurred.
but for the Intervention of the United
States treasury, and of congress in ex-
tending the time in which the duties on
the excess of imports might be paid?
Nor will the esteemed deny, we appre-
bend, that the absorbing of the
Sal 900, 900 in gold had very much to do
with adding TO and continuing the de-
preston in general business in this coun-
try caused by the inadequacy of cur
rency to do the country's legitimate
business.
AS we said, the Mckinley bill is large
ly responsible for the conditions named.
and not only so but likewise for much of
the industrial depression and distress
that has existed and is still felt, for the
very po ent reason that the overflow of
imported goods overstocked the home
market. 1t is needless to pursue the
subject further. Anybody with half an
eye and Just a little reasoning faculty
can see that the apparently luscious
fruit presented in the paragraph quoted
above is little better than apples of
Sodom to the common people of this
country-there is nothing in it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14

The reinstatement Of Col. Forsvthe to
be active command Of his regiment and
he communication Of the secretary Of
war in thai connection, whether meant
Tor that purpose or not. Will probably
head off a congressional investigation of
he Wounded Knee affair between the
seventh regiment and the Sioux which
thrwise would have been ordered. be-
end doubt. after the statements made
oy the Sioux chiefs now in Washington
regard to that occurrence, Gen.
Niles endorsement" on the papers in
he Forsythe case probably helped along
he matter Of nOn-investigation, too, in
some measure, though it contained
mighty little comfort for the redoubta-
BE coionel's wounded pride and charac
ter as an officer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14
THAT LETTER

The preponderance of opinion ex-
pressed by Democratic statesmen touch
ing the Cleveland anti-free coinage letter
Is decidedly adverse to that gentleman's
! presidential aspirations or chances, SO
far as such opinion can at present affect
them. But, as Mr.. Bynum remarked, it
long time before the next Democratic
I convention, while Mr.. Peele accurately
( sizes up the situation in the observation
! that many of those who differ with Mr..
Cleveland on silver, viii vet be for him
for the presidency" Come to think of it
without passion, it did not require any
great amount of nerve or foresight for
Cleveland to write the letter. He knows
that without the support of the east he
cannot be elected, and that to secure
such support he must be in accord with
the controlling sentiment of that section
on the money question He also knows,
from the experience of the past, that the
south can be relied on implicitly, 10
difference what the demands of the
east and the sacrifices required of the
south. From his standpoint, therefore,
there is not only nothing surprising in
the declarations contained in the letter,
but they were just such as were to be
expected from him.
As to what effect the letter will have
upon the west, the writer evidently gave
himself little concern. He no doubt counts
largely upon the indirect support of the
Alliance, in the heavy drafts that move
ment is expected to make upon the Re
publican party, and whether or not
Cleveland succeeds, even to the nominal
zion by his party, will depend very
largely upon just that contingency.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14

The Boston Journal says that the letter
''R" is dropping out of ordinary Ameri-
can pronunciation. and will probab Y in
time be banished from the alphabet as a
useless sign. If this had only taken
place before 1884, the alliterative Bur-
chard would have been fooled, and Mr..
Cleveland might not now be an ex-presi-
dent. But perhaps the Journal had that
circumstance in mind. together with the
Blaine coup on the ALTERATION mention
Ell in the addition of another, recipro-
city, which is a cloture on the idiom.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14
THE JAFFA AND JERUSALEM RAIL
ROAD

torturous double iron track; station here sta
ton therei
A locomotive, tender. tanks; coach with stu re-
Ginning chair:
Some postal cars, and baggage too, vestlbule Of
pleasant MAKE;
tomato brake .
modern gem;
Jerusaiemi
Beware. o sacred muley COW! the engine, when you
hear It's bell; -
Beware . camel, when resounds tbs Whistles shftlI
unholy swell;
And native OF that guieless and unused 10 modern
travels snare.
Beware the bend that peddIes books-the awful pea
nut boy beware
Else trusting in their speciO1s arts You may nave
reason 10 cOudemn
The tran which the knavish ply twtIt Jafia and
Jerusalem.
And when, ali? when the bonds fan due. how pass
ing wrOth viii the state
From NebO's mount to Nazareth Will spread the cry
'Repudiate."
From Hebron 10 Tiberius from Jordan's banks unto
the
VIII rise profane anathemas against that - mo
nopOlyi-
And F. II. q. A shepherd-folk, with sockless Jerry
leading them
VIII swamp that corporation line 'twixt Jaffa and
Jerusaleml -EUGENE FIELD.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14

While the Alliance legislature is howl
ing for the life-blood Of the Kansas rail
roads, everyone, save three, of which
were built at the solicitation and through
the manipulating influences of Kansas
people, and al of which are financially
n the souP-please remember that sew
erai Kansas towns are trying TO build up
Kansas markets for grain and live stock?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14

1t is said that the ReTenchment-Re-
m-Alliance-Pe ffer-Elder legislature
elected several enrolling clerks the first
thing. One man in one day could enroll
all the bills passed during the first three
weeks of the session.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14

The Cleveland letter is plums for the
Topeka Democrat, that always did hate
Grover, and it Immediately renews its
Hill twadde. On the question at issue,
however, Hill and Cleveland are in per-
feet accord, but the circumstance that
they are in the tureen together gives the
T. p. this bit of assurance: Hill being a
sprightler acrobat, it probably thinks he
is more liable to turn q flip-fop and flop
out first. Well see. Meanwhile the
sport goes on, to the amusement Of all
who don't wear a collar branded sc. c.
and eastern interests regardless of the
west
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14

The Alliance Of the Topeka legislature
instead of reducing the number Of Offices.
a they promised, have not introduced a
bll abolishing single place, bui on the
other hand have started out 10 add a
hundred unnecessary offices IN the way
OF printer TO be elected in every county
IN the state. The scheme is an absolute
fraud, sprung with but one idea, and
that of bleeding the tax payers in the
interest of the sO-caIled Peoples party.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14

The New York World observes that it
unfortunately cannot change our
climate. This is an interesting confess
sion. and as far as Kansas is concerned
truth compels us to confess that we are
glad Of il.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14
ELECTRIC SPARKS

Electricity has been pa % driving drfilA
A thrse-gtar-ss iseh bo5. Ia taras-7 aAr-
~ ir.ch pate eGn b. drilled II leaa tEaa a
minute
Firing Gstlsng guns ~ means - sisc-
tr.clty a&s proved ~ sgcc.ssfgl that ne
naval gisns o. TIA: type az hereafter % -
etrezd VITA fhe motor.
Co.d aggger Eirs orer. te.. 1890 q
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14
They AuWsr-+be "a.

PROM Ire Wellington Standard Dem
The Wichita EAGLE * the daily news
paper that Is most eagerly looked for in
tins section. This winter its Topeka cor
resPoDdeace has been unusually interest
lng and lts other departments have not
fallen behind The EAGLE arrives in tins
county ten hours earlier than auv other
metropolitan paper and it, press reports
are generally fuil and complete. People
40 not pay much attention 10 It's politics
but they do Ike il for news.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14
"BU LIS" AND BEARS. /"
rom the NORTHWESTERN Miller.

From the Northwestern Miller.
A ''bull" is fellow who believes in
everything, and bear is chap who
believes in nothing. The former will
devoutly take stock in the widest flights
of fancy, while the latter discredits the
existence of his very self. IS a rule, we
must say we prefer the mind of the
bull If we must choose between them,
for Ne have but little patience with the
croaker, and the man who delights in the
total destruction of values. Give it to
her" yowled blatant loud-mouthed
fellow in he pit the other day. "She
can never get low enough for me. If l
could get the stuff for nothing, l should
try to make you pay me for taking it."
"Wow" shrieked a rampant "bull' a
few days later, ''up she goes! This Is
Just starter. a dollar and a quarter
for wheat will be low in a few DAYS"
The trouble with both Of these factions
Is that they never know what an extreme
Is; they will never admit the existence Of
limit at either end Of their respective
lines. The figure they set is an ignis
fatuus which recedes as il Is approached.
Given dollar wheat, the "bulI7 vearns
for and believes il an ultimate price Of
one and a quarter; put the price down
to 90 cents, and the bear hungers for
further decline
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14

Dunkin of Punkin was sunken out of
sight and everlastingly crucified when
rom his honest but untutored Demo
;ratic-Alliance heart he protested against
throwing away one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars on the benighted and
ieluded inhabitants Of the coyotes dis
uicts. Dunkin Of Punkin forgot that
nearly one-half Of the Alliance contin-
gent were coyotes.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14

Somebody tells it for a fact that the
Alliance house of retrenchers and re-
formers at Topeka has five assistant
chief clerks and clerk and slenographer
and type writer for the Judiciary COM
mittee? The man who with a single as
,istant couldn't keep the journalism any
house straight ought 10 be put pounding
sand in a rat hole.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14

Just as the Topeka Democrat renews
the fight on Cleveland, that other Demo-
cratic paper at the other end Of the line,
to-wit: the New York Sun. ceases its
warfare. And, odd as it may appear,
both were prompted by the same thing,
that famous anti-silver letter. Cholly
and Dan ought to .'unhitch' and hold a
conference"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14

rings was printed IN the hollow space be-
tween the arms of the horseshoe.
The banker was studying out the game
of Blind Luck. which the Grant Mon
ument Fund commit ee have put on the
market 10 aid in completing the memoir
ial. 1t is a fascinating and curious puz-
ze in mathematics, but SO simple as 10
be easily learned even bv a child.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14

Mrs. Stanley is reported by New
York World interview to have accorded
10 the bellies and DANES of Boston the
palm for "daringly decOllete crowns. 4"
She tempers the severity of this criti-
eism, however, by observing that the
anatomical, exhibitions thus produced
are quite good.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14

Sam Jones admits that he is slightly
disfgured, but asserts positively that he
Is still in the ring. To which last decla-
ration the mayor of Palestine as pos
itively denies, in part; that is, that Sam
is in the ring, but is not still, as mum
Der of scalp wounds on his head album
dainty attest
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14

Have any of the Reform Alliance
members of the Legislature yet made any
estimates of the aggregate of the appro-
priations they are expected to make out
Of the peoples money, or instituted any
comparisons with the appropriations of
the old corrupt Republican legislatures?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14

Dana, of the New York sun, puts his
opinion Of the Farmers Alliance very
forcibly. he says: 1t is composed in
the main Of honest. but wrong-headed
men. who are doubtless at home at the
plough tail. but who are As helpless aud
clumsy AS stranded whale when they
take to political economy and financial
reform and the regulation Of transporta-
tiOr -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14

While skinning the money sharks of
the east who come out west TO loan their
money, will the Alliance legislature
please take notice that in many counties
in this state a certain class of public Of
6cers grow rich on two and four years
salarias2
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14

According 10 the New York Sun, Mr..
Ingalls, of Kansas "enjoys the unique
distinction of being the first senator dur
ing this generation to lose his seat TO
successor who is neither Democ.at nor
Republican" a nothing and a nobody.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14
Be WarnaCi n Lima

From the Senola Ca rD1ise-Ciaze--e.
When the tongue Of trade i coated,
when the eyes and limits Of the clerk are
dali and lanEuid. when the raging fever
tackles the empty v;tals 81 the tail when
the spider rOosts IN the cash box and
bouquets OF decay are on the chandelier.
Il = conclusive that the advertising doc
tor has not been consulted.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14
Where the Loser VIII win.

From the Mcpherson Republican.
We have been waiting with no little
curiosity to see what would become Of
Sam Wood. Just now three authorities
are claiming jurisdiction of him, the
Kansas Legislature. the supreme court
and Stevens county. The one that gets
him VIII be the worst of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14

The most significant circumstance that
has occurred in connection with the Hi
nCiS senatorial contest as indicating
where the three Alliance members will
finally go, is that they refused to sup
port Cicero Findlay, who is president of
the State Farmers Alliance, when the
Republicans dropped Oglesby and took
up Findlay. 1t is doubtful that the Re
publicans could name a man in the state
who the three recalcitrants would vote
for, unless it were Palmer or some other
Democrat.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14

VIII the Alliance reformers of Repub-
can extravaganza please take note that
their legislature is costing the people of
Kansas more per day by hundreds of
dollars than any legislature which
ever sat in Topeka in all the history of
she state?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14

A st. Louis Irishman is out $500, all on
account of his habit of keeping his
money in stove. That would have
been all right, had he not made draft
on his bank by starting a fire in his
stove. This is as bad as that other Mis-
sourion who put his wife on a stove.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14

A lot of bills that Sam Wood had piled
up on his table were burned in the little
confagration in his private room. The
Lawrence Journal is of the opinion that
ibis is about the best plan yet devised to
get rid of the majority of the bills SO far
introduced, in which opinion a very
large majority concur.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14
where Greater Danger Liss-

fro11 ne i-sNTsasce %elriaA
Poor old Cleveland, he has been
forced into hole b. ms over jealous
friends aud has been compelled 70 de-
clare himself against the free coinage q
silver he even GOES beyOnd that and
saws the measure IS one fraugbt with
danger 20 the country. The Journal
would respectfully suggest that there i
not half as much danger 70 the country
in free coinage as there = 10 Cleveland
IN ouy1zIny IL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14

While the protestants are sending ms
sionaries to convert the heather, Bud
dhist doctrines are being propagate In
she United States The Moslems are to
establish a centre of activity in Boston.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14
An Alarming SYMPTOM

7 TOM INC III IalI'IpIIa It-COIl-
A man in the Eleventh ward told his
doctor that he was afraid ia he had in
somnia. The doctor asked him what
made him think so, aud was told: Il
see people asleep around me in church
on Sunday, bat all can do is 10 doze of
for few minutes
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14
Aye, That's the Question.

The agitation about reading tho Bible
in public schools Is on again in various
places. Parents who want il complain
that their children get no religious in
struction. But what kind Of homes are
those where the children get 10 relig-
iOus Instruction.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14

What is the Topeka Alliance legisla-
ture doing in the direction of tightening
the taxes of the people? And what of
their promise to diminish the number OF
offices?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14

There is no doubt that an extra session
of the United States senate will be held
after March next. The business to be
transacted will be entirely executive,
such as acting upon the nomination of
the successor of the late secretary Of the
treasury, and to ratify the reciprocity
treaties with Brazil. Mexico and Vene-
zuela, and perhaps three or four other
South American countries.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14
~Bln6 Luck Worse Than -Pixs IN
Cover


Frou ~ Ns- To-k Pro-
A prominent banker was deeply ah-
sorted n a square piece # fa.steboaryl
yesterday a. be sat IN a Broadwav car
gong up town On the pastsboard y as
a horseshoe with round spots on THE
shoe and Oig spot containing thirteen
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14
Pooling with q Boomerang.

From the Atchison Champion
The Newton Republican seems to have
Is hands pretty full nowadays reading
people out of the Republican party. It,
latest exploit in tins direction is its effort
to bounce Senator Plumb
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14
VIII be Lonely.

IRON the Chicago Post
Senator-elect PETER. of Kansas, be-
lieves in woman suffrage and prohibit
ton. How lonely he viii be in the
United States senate
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14
n. ". MURDOCH. Fd'to-.

Idreamt ] stood in q marble hall,
With unctious old sam close ny my sioe,
PETER on the Jackpot had the call,
While Peter p. cried let her slide.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14

Jerry and Peter and PETER so tail.
God 10 Hts wisdom created them al.
But we never ezartiy could
Just make out who made Sam Wood.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14

Blaine and Business, Reciprocity and
Republicanism.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
SIMPSONS Coasolatior

One thing there is bout soCl.less j
As comfort for his shocks
His shoes some III "a may One dav.
But none may hi his s0Cks
II Continent
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14
Those awful Republicans.

From the New York herald 0Deml.
A prospective deficit in the national
treasury, a gag law in the senate. a Bay
onet bill and false coinage-isu't that
pretty stiff record for a Republican presi-
dent to face
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14

from the Worcester Gazette
Tobogganing down on a slippery slide
J. the
BlissfnIlest
sind 81
bliss.
But It isn't 20 funny when you strike stone
And land
up
LnCE
praV
ssV
sun
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14

Cleveland. like Dunkin OF Punkin, has
thunkin to very little purpose.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-14

The Horticultural department of the
State Agricultural college i in receipt of
IL small quantity Of s uart's pap she'll"
pecans. grown by w L. Stuart q Co,
Ocean Springs. Miss. They are large nuts,
measuring about two inches i'm length and
three inches in circumstance, and the
kernels have delicious flavor The price
alone-SiNty cents per dOzen-bars their
general intro u.-Indusfrlalist