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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11
a PRINT SHOP INCIDENT.

An old typographical error
One of the Old-fashioned school
With the oid-fashioned stagger,
The stoop-shouldered swagger,
Sat there on the rickety stool
He'd "hoofed il clean in from Salina,''
He said with make-believe cheer;
But there rasped in his throat
A corn-husky note
Twas truly pathetic to hear.
So over he went to the Red Light
To let the Rum Fiend do its worst:
For an image of wood
Most aSSuredly could
Not withstand such an eloquent thirst.
Some wandering Corsican MINISTRIES
By the door played their plankety plinks;
He needed them not,
But sped to the spot
Where Uholly was doing the drinks.
Perhaps you have seen an ecstatic
Deirious bliss in the face
OF a man who's in love,
As he pranceS above
The low earthly joys of his race.
Perhaps you've seen pictures of halos
Ger transported features OF saints;
Or looked when she smiled
In her sleep as a child
For whom heavens own artist paints.
Well, if you've seen such an expression
You've an idea then, like as not,
How his face lighted up
AS he dropped the tin cup
When the liquor got down TO the spot.
He rolled his eyes wistfully doorward;
With his hand wiped the liquor away,
And said in low,
Quiet voice: Let us go
Out an hear them 'ere eyetalics play"
The standard of morals was low then,
Before the descent of st. John;
And a man got his rank
From the size of his tank,
And the number of drinks he had on.
And so when / dream of heaven,
l think of place where they say:
That's the stuff; amt it though?
Now come on an les go
Out an hear them dang eyetalics play
VIII White in Kansas City Journal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11
soIdered His Eve.

A Bangor (Ae. plumber couldn't open
his eye the other day because the upper
and lower lids were held together by a
drop Of solder. The acci6~nt happened
while ne wss using some solder in gut
ter IN which there was a little water
The moment that he applied tbs melted
metal it snapped and few. One piece Of
1t came directly for his ere. The lids
closed iuvoluDt&rily the moment Of con
tact and the solder rested upon the LASH
e; il soldered the lids together 20 firmly
that u WAS impossible 70 moys the-n.
the ere was not injured IN the slightest,
bat was effsctually closed. The victim
was hzlf amused az the ridiculous sids
Of the affair. A CON psnion took him 70
q doctor, VINO severed the laznes- --Bos-
ton Herald
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11


The report comes from London that
the attending physicians declare that
Rev. Charles H. Sturgeon cannot live
much longer. This news will be uni
versally regretted. When he gave indi-
cations of recovery from his serious i'll
ness OF a few weeks ago 1t was hoped the
improvement would continue to COM
plete convalescence. Mr.. Sturgeon has
for many years stood at the head of the
English Protestant ministry. He has
been a great benefactor TO the race in his
country, and his influence for good has
gone out TO the civilized world through
the force and power of his sermons. He
viii be missed by the Christian world.
but his works VIII not end with his life.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11
SOL MILLER FOR GOVERNOR.

NJ. NJ Murdoch of the Wichi a EAGLE
brings out sol Miller of the Troy Chief for
governor. A few days ago Sol Miller of
the Troy Chief BROUGHT out VI. NJ. Muir
dock OF the Wichita EAGLE for governor
Abilene Reflector.
Sol Miller did not bring out Murdoch,
but there is no man i'll the state whom
the EAGLE would sooner or more heartily
support for governor than Sol Miller:
nor has there been more deserving, if
a more capable man n med, man
whom both the old and the young
crowds, the prohibs and resubs, could
all alike unite upon, assured that thirty
five years of test and trial had never
found him wanting in honesty or in
capacity. With Sol as the nominee
there would be no boiling, as there will
be if Smith is nominated, and no bold
ing back or lukewarmness as there will
be in some quarters if either of the other
men named should be nominated. In
short, his campaign would be regular
Abe Lincoln affair for enthusiasm.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11

Calvin S. Brice's taxes of 1850 and
penalties of $4,000 due the state of Ohio
are still unpaid, and suit has been brought
by the treasurer to recover the amount.-
Elk
Shouldn't be too severe in criticism of
the Ohio Yorker. P'raps that is one of
his ways of dispensing his benefactions.
Permitting such matters as that men,
toned to take the course indicated ne
cessitates the bringing of suits at law;
this makes business and fees for the law
officers and lawyers. And, besides, it
enables him to maintain his citizenship
in Ohio, that is so stoutly denied, and
disbeIieved by nearly everybody. You
see there is method in all things with
public men.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11
I.rrsr.. Ifarr..t.

Il r. the man with the idea who de-
velops his Opulefscy today. A lawyer Of
this city not long 9aoe In three months
persuaded al ths manufacturers Of
certain staple product IN the eastern
states 20 form q combine. He visited al
Of them and finally gos thSu togsiksE
and drew TIE article. q agreement. be
joined about twenty-five concerns into .
con- binatiou. with \ capitalization q
over a million. ~ the oztsst hs claimed
2 pr cent. ard hsa realization Tor his
three months work wSs 81. COG. TsAs
Il fact Two Esy~ Haven concerns kzs
in the cor. bsna1son.- Hzy~z Pax
lA5iaEa-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11

While rain-producing experiments
have been in progress in America, scien-
titic men in Europe have been studying
to influence the weather in very diff
ferent way. Around Tarbes, district
of France, serious damage to crops and
vineyards has been caused for many
years by number of violent storms of
rain and hail annually. To avert these
disasters, the director Of the observatory
on the Pic du Midi has arranged a
series of high poles, surmounted by caps
of metal and connected by wires, on
the hills about tie district 1t is hoped
that this arrangement may reduce the
severity of the storms by lessening the
electrical tension of the clouds.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11

The annual report of the chief of the
ordnance bureau makes cheerful reading
for those who believe that war is bless
ing and its cruelties are refining. Smoke
less powder is a success, and gunpowder
will be abandoned; $4,000 pounds of gun
cotton have been ordered, and a plant
capable of turning out 1000 pounds a
day will soon be in operations; the navy
will be armed with new small calibre
smokeless guns, and armor tests show
that the United States produces better
armor plate than could be gotten any
where in the world year ago.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11

Garden and Forest, in a review OF the
report of the commissioner of acricul-
ture, SAYS: I'VE are not among tn ose
who believe that the pursuits of acricul-
ture or horticulture Will lauguish unless
they are special subjects Of fostering at
tention on the part of the general gov
eminent, and we DO not sympathise with
the desire that the administrative func-
tons of the department of agriculture
should be greatly enlarged. But it is
gratifying to know that In the exercise of
Its legitimate activities the work of the
department appears 10 increase in eff
cheney from year to year" The Atchi-
son Champion thinks this does not in
ciude rain making, but that were eduiva-
lent TO an admission that the expert
nrents In that direction made under the
department have been failures. while
they have been attended with some
measure Of success.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11

In the case Of the trial for murder
which is going on mt Naples the deceased
some time before his death fought duel
with man who is now one Of the pris-
oners. At the hearing the other day one
Of the witnesses, government Official,
said that on the day Of the duel he went
with others 70 meet tho Carriages CON-
ing back, for at Palermo every one
knows everything, and the carriages re-
turned "a If from festival, and ths peo-
pie waited 20 see them"
The public minister asked tho witness
how the news Of the duel beng about 10
take place was known 20 the public
Witness; First By the Mshs IN GKsng
On the place aud hour. 1 have never
seen such a duel; people went a. II 20 .
feast, and every one knew OK IT, Per-
haps the circumstances tnat an officer
was fighting had sorDe infusncs. and
that therefore she Authorities did not
prevent IL. 7-LonsOn News.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11
"Due Process OF Law.

Prom tae Atchisoa Champion
ThAre are. few attorneys - law and
fewer Judges. aud fewer laymen who. if
pressed 20 explain what Is mean 5y the
phrase due process of law IN the four
teeuth amendment 10 the constitution,
could give wilat would BE generally &C
cepted as perfectly satisfactory. The
correct Interpretation OF this phrase has
bothered not = few c0urtS. Does Il mean
that no citizen shall be convicted Of al
offense without having been tried before
4 court Of competent jurisdiction for the
violation of specific law. aud If there Is
no statute applicable 10 the alleged Of
fense, he cannot he said to have been
tried by cue process of law. In other
words. just what rights are conferred on
the citizen by the fourteenth amend
meaG
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11

Cleveland and tariff reform, in Demo-
cratic nomenclature. have for some time
been understood 10 be synonymous terms
the one meaning or implying the
other. Speaker Crisp, however. by his
declaration on the tariff question when
chose by his party caucus for that posi-
ton, seemed TO place himself squarely
on the platform mentioned. so that his
name viii probably be used as an added
synonym. This viii become q little
clearer, if true, when the make up of
the house committees is known.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11

According to the Atchison Champions
research of the subject there are 249
articles on the dutiable list that have
been increased in price from to 40 per
cent. by the operation of the present
tariff law. The investigation was evil
IDENTIFY made by the Champion for the
information of the congress just now
convened. The Champion ought not to
have contented itself with furnishing
such an exparte statement, but should
have given the number of articles from
which the new law removed duties,
placing them on the free list, not emitting
the item of sugar, on which alone the
consumers of the country save $50, 000,-
900 year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11
Bulletin No. 74s issued by the censn.

Bulletin No. I4S issued by the census
bureau treats of the hop crop exclusive
ly. Where 1t Is grown it is an impor-
tant and profitable crop Five states
produce almost the entire product of the
United starte, New York furnishing
fully one half of the entire crop, or up
ward OF twenty millions pounds. This
Is one feature Of agriculture that Kansas
Is not In; not that she cannot produce
hops, but that she has no use for the pro-
duct of the product.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11
KANSAS AND DEEP WATER.

The opening of exporting ports on the
Gulf of Mexico west of New Orleans will
be the means of inaugurating a revolu-
ton in the NOV ement of Kansas prod
ucts to southern and foreign markets,
which will tax the capacity of the pres
ent north and south railways. That
! Kansas City and St. Louis and other
points are alarmed at the certainty of
| the ports of Galveston, Velssco and Cor
pus Christi having harbors deep enough
| to admit of the passage of the largest
merchant vessels and ocean steamers, is
City to improve the Missouri and Missis-
sippi rivers 10 counterfeit its influence. If
Kansas city was DESTROYS of encourag-
ing the ports west of New Orleans in Sc
curing deep water, she would not have
called that Missouri River Improvement
convention Dec. 10 and 16, the same days
that Velasco, Tex, celebrates the open
ing of her deep harbor.
The fact is Kansas City has no interest
in the success of any harbor west OF
New Orleans, and never has had, because
they know it means loss of business to
them. This movement on the part of
Kansas City to deepen the Missouri and
Mississippi rivers for the benefit of Kan
sas, is only skin deep, being really the
last struggle of Kansas City to prevent
the trade of Kansas from entirely slip
ping away. Kansas has been paying
tribute to Kansas City for years, and
such tribute as the Kaw's mouth mer-
chant saw fit to exact.
The toll gale and monopoly of Kansas
City over Kansas is gradually being
wound up, and it will not be long before
Kansas will be free, and her products
open to the world to the highest bidder.
Regardless of all the conventions OF
schemes it is possible for the Kaw's
mouth merchants to concert to mislead
the people of Kansas there will be deep
harbor on the gulf and Kansas will reap
the benefit without being compelled to
go to Kansas City.
Mobile, New Orleans, Galveston, Vel
asco and Corpus Christi will all ship di-
rect to Kansas points. The fact is Kan
sas City is getting out of the line of trade
and Wichita is just getting in. The
Kansas railways are also pulling away
from the Missouri grindstone and |
Strengthening the position of Kansas to
all markets.
The Missouri grindstone cannot turn
much longer without more water, and |
the Missouri and Mississippi rivers must |
be improved. The Kansas City mer-
chant is getting desperate because the
conditions and circumstances governing
the trade of that city are being disturbed |
and changed by the gulf current, and he
is not liable to be in it. To counterfeit |
this, the gulf current must be changed |
SO it will run up the Mississippi and the
Missouri to the toll gate, or the Kansas
City merchant and jobber must move to
Wichita to be in the swim.
All the gulf ports will have their
agencies in Kansas and be doing business
of Kansas City. Galveston
has already recognized the Importance of
Wichita and established agencies here.
The other ports will follow in time.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11

Il has been SAID that he that adds an
article to the list Of foods for man or
beast is a public benefactor. Some ge-
MUS whose modesty prompts him TO with
hold his name is entitled TO the distinct
1on named for the invention or discovery
Of a method for making honey. which
BIDS fair TO outrival the natural product.
it consists OF sugar, small portion of
mineral salts. water. and a free acid. In
taste and smell it very closely resembles
the genuine honey.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11
His Zeal Consumes Him.

From the Arkansas City Dispatch.
To bring him nearer to the speaker
ship. as he thought, Roger Q. Mills re-
ver5ed his position on the silver question,
helped indirectly to defeat Gov. Camp
bell of Ohio and gave himself body and
soul to Cleveland and the Wall street
Democracy, but all i'll vain. Roger
probably realizes that there is such a
thing as being too servile to the money
power when one is seeking an elective
Office.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11
A ma as Luck.

Mrs. PhillippiI e Overstolz of st. Louis
is said to be the only young lady Presi-
dent Grant danced with during his occu-
pancy OF the White House. She was his
partner in the dance when he visited the
Mound City after his Inauguration. An
other interesting fact in the life Of Mrs.
Overstolz Is that she once came near
buying for $, 900 certain salmon fisheries
in Oregon that were sold . few years
later Tor s.. 90. 600.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11

A woman in Kansas City predicts that
the world will come to an end at 5
o'clock p. m. Christmas. 1t is supposed
that the wickedness Of the place or the
fear Of having her baby stolen has dis
gusted her with the world, or with the
insignificant portion of it by which her
earthly existence is bounded.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11
Influence of the Press.

From Press and Printer.
The newspaper is now tenfoid more
potent factor in moulding public opin-
ion than the ablest and most eloquent
orator in the Union. No man can read
a newspaper 365 days in succession,
without insensibly imbibing the ideas
put forth in the paper. There is a silent
seepage of ideas from the newspaper into
the minds of its readers
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11

David B. Hill to the Democracy of the
south and west: The New York Democ-
racy dare follow where you dare lead; or
they dare lead where you dare to follow
Topeka Democrat.
A plain case of blind leading the blind
either way you take it. And you know
what holy Writ says of the result.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11

Train robbing is developing into no
mean kind of an industry in parts of this
country, and yet the commercial reports
do not show any additional demand for
hemp. 1t is not impossible that it will
come so suddenly some day as to corner
the market.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11
g Kansas 49,.
,hsLszgssaa Cgty Bead


Sol Miller. George 7. Anthony. Tim
McCsrty. 4. " Smith aud Marsh Muir
dock aTe all stated for the gubernR;oriai
race II Kansas. We have a sorf Of hank
ering essre % add J. X. Hudson 10
order that the last be complete Then
with our eyes b3indfoided Ee think we
could pick Mgrdock, Miller and Eu3sou.
either ore 81 whom would bring dear
old Kausas 20 the front Tim can afford
70 wait: Georges frigidIty Is against
him. while A. ". mas besn tired befcre
a convention aud found wanting. bs1E ~
ali means ies . Republican b elected
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11

And now Kansas City claims a point
IN the election of Crisp for speaker. The
Gazette says he was undoubtedly Con-
gresham Tarsney's choice from the
start. What viii the Gazette do with
the potency of the city's entertainment
Of the distinguished Georgian not long
ago? 1t must be one of the citys freaks
of abnegatory magnanimity in its con-
Eressman's behalf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11

The orange crop of Florida for this
year is set down at 10000 600 boxes, and
these, together with the California crop
and the small product of Louisiana, 1t Is
estimated viii be enough to supply the
home market without importing any.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11

If the squabbIe over the organization
Of the house Of representatives Is an in
dex of what is 10 follow, that deeply.
darkly Democratic body may prove a
party hoodoo for the 1892 campaign.
And that is just precisely what is ex-
pected. One Of the truest utterances
Heneral Grant ever made was that the
Democratic party may always he relied
upon 10 make a fool OF itself at the
proper time.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11
Medical Ethics VS.. English Law.

From the Newton Republican.
An American NJ. d. was recently pros
ecuted in England for calling himself an
NJ. d. The case was brought to trial.
He was convicted as falsely represent
ing himself as an NJ. ID. on the ground
that he had ''only an American degree. 4"
An appeal was taken, which was dis
missed and the said doctor will have to
pay 500 into the treasury of the queen
for using a title in England to which he
had legal right in America. Doubt
less NJ. DIS will look out for this in the
future.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11

After many years the complete con-
troll Of the Democratic party is again In
the hands of the south. No northern
candidate for speaker had ghost of
show. the southern Alliance members
themselves voting for either Crisp or
Mills
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11

The editors of the Kansas Alliance pa
pers are bowling at the members of that
organization because they don't pay their
subscriptions, in face of the fact that one
of the cardinal doctrines OF the Alliance
is debt reputation. The wonder is that
these editors don't fall back on the fiat
doctrine and PRINT their own money.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11

Cotton crops before the war sold in the
south before they were groWn-when Just
planted,
And the system has never been aban-
doned or improved upon. And that is
the prime reason why the south has not
made greater progress, financially. Debt
will handicap an Individual or acommu-
nifty in proportion to its extent in all de-
partments of life and of the country.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11

Marsh Murdoch, with the assistance of
his brother, Benton Murdoch, has sue
ceeded in developing something of guber-
material boom.-Kansas City Stars Topeka
Dipatch.
Some one word of the above might
have been true had it not been that every
word Of it is d lie.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11

On the speakership Kansas went into
a caucus all alone by herself, assisted by
only three outsiders, in remembrance of
which picturesque denonement Kansas
should not sound the hugag but rather
gag and soundly vomit.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11

Descendants of revolutionary soldiers
living in Kansas are proposing to organ
lie societies of the ''Sons of the Revolu-
ton and of the Daughters of the Revo-
luton. Persons whose ancestors on
either side were soldiers in the revolu-
tionary war are requested to give their
names by postal card to T. G. Adams,
secretary Of the State Historical society,
TODeka
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11
- d a g 20.

Prom the g-zWrgsscs 1oarl2i-
The newspapers Of the state do an in
Justice to the Peoples marty when they
refer TO the defau!ting treasurer 81 Stat
ford county a. the Alliance treasurer,
etc. lie was elected before the Alliance
came along. and was perfectly straight
before the craze struck him HIS defal-
cation Is the legitimate result OF the doc
trines o. Doster, Corning, Vincent & Co.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11

1t is authoritatively denied that the
race horses at the Garfield track are to
be provided with snow shoes. The man
agement considers that by dint of close
economy it can afford to keep a snow
plow at work
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11

The attention of the Democrats of the
Seventh district who elected Jerry Simp-
son is respectfully called to the attitude
of that gentleman towards the Demo-
cratic party in the house.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11
AM. ~ :
WClltls ] :sI,s.sz .;1[)le
NJ. Nj. MJ4,DOCK, Editor

The witticisnls of the punsters at the
expense of the present congress VIII be
more friable than usual: they VIII be
Crisn. and some no doubt brittle.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11

Kansas, never backward about blow
ing, has just experienced three weeks OF
the steadiest blowing that has been ex-
perienced at any one time in several
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11

Recent experiments in Queenslzud
have shown thai Iao;her-of-pearl shslls
can DC made 10 produce pearls artid-
Sialiy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-11
= Question of Enthusiastically

= QubSLIOu OF INAuILs5iA1dI4ty'
From the Salfna Republican.
Wichita EAGLE says that the smallest
man in the world is from Holland; that
he is 81 years old and Is exactly "a inches
high and perfectly formed human be-
ing and a good singer. He may be the
smallest physical specimen, but he can
not he half as small mentally as nine
fenths of the Alliance statesmen who
have afflicted Kansas 70. the past year