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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23
A BOOK ON RAILRo ADS.

A. B. Stickney, a man who, as a ship
per, and as an attorney as well as a rail
way stakeholder and director, has had tc
do with railroads all his life, has written
book entitled ''The Railway Problem,
which is clear, feerless and exhaustive
discussion of the entire railway problem.
The constitutional and common law
rights of railway corporations, the
modern abuses for which these corpora
tons are responsible, as well as the
whole questions of construction, opera
ton, freights, passenger tariffs and SO
forth, are probably handled as they
were never handled before by any
writer. He not only discusses but eludi-
ates by diagrams, proves by figures and
practically solves the whole vexed queS-
ton. The main argument is that the
railways are but agents of the state.
The book is not large, 246 pages, but is a
meal from cover to cover. 1t is printed
by D. D. Merrill & Co., st. Paul, Mime
sofa. Cloth 200; leather $3.50.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23
It's Her WAY. nle.. Herr

1t WAS an up town surface car, and
three women carrying small parcels
boarded it.
After disposing Of their bundles and
themselves on the seats, two of them
started desperately at work TO open the
pocketbooks that they carried in their
hands. Neither succeeded 10 any ex-
tent, and the red haired conductor wait
ed and winked at a cross eyed passenger
in order to note for future reference how
a cross eyed man winks.
Meanwhile each of the women had
grasped the others arm and exclaimed:
Don't, dear, / have change" Tho
third woman said nothing, and the con-
ductor paused in front of the trio for his
fare.
Don't you dare to pay the fare!" said
one of the women.
And don't your was the reply.
Then while this friendly argument
was going on, the small woman who had
said nothing quietly handed the right
change to the conductor and the agony
was over.
Faith. thin wimin do be always the
same" said the conductor as he returned
to his post. And who shall say he was
wrong?-New York Recorder.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23

TIE lengths 70 viJch collectors % eurt-
osities Will 70 % satisfy their pArtiealsr
passion are great. There ars cases on rec
Ord where b.oliophties aud nan1isnAt1s.s
have Dot scraplsd 20 oorasnit tksfs % 80
care some coveted rarity. Bat the phlls;sl-
lst beats them al. Il = reSsnE advertisement
Ia Azarstius paper was tassrtsd vita
honorable iutsntsonA" Il recstAs thEs "a
stamp collector. who kAs soqzired over II.
oo0 specimens, wishes % marry lady wh0
4 aiso a. srdsns eolleSsor. provided she 10
The posseasor u tie biss p~snY scamp a
Azar1tius. isszsd In fsF7." No oocdltIoos
are made a. 70 as. essOr o. previous MAJ
rIlzG13ai sxpsrs1ce.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23

Nausea, from the motion Of the cars
may be prevented IN the following wayi
Take sheet Of writing paper largs
enough 10 cover both the chest and
stomach, and put il on under the CLOTH
ing next TO the person IL one sheet Is
not large enough paste the edges O. two
or three together. fox the cheat and
stomach must be well covered Wear
the paper Thus as long a. you are travels
ing. and change it every day IL your
journey IL a long one. Those who have
tired II say that It * q perfect defense
Those 20 whom the term sleeper" il
a hollow mockery may profit By the ex-
perience Of statesmen and others who
travel frequently. and have The BID
made up with the pillow toward thu 10
connective. Just why this should make
sleep easier is 10: explained. but tbs
plan Is highly recommended LADIES'
Home Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23

n short time ago the EAGLE suggested
the burning off of the wheat stubble as
soon after harvest as it could be done, or
at least before following the land for fall
seeding, as the best and surest method of
getting rid of the insect pests against
another season. Prof. Snow, the state
bugologist, agrees with the EAGLES sug-
gestion to dot He says: Nothing
can be done to prevent injuries to this
crop. The preventive measures with
reference to the next crop appear to be
burning or the destruction of the stub
bic which will destroy the insect in the
straw; also the burning of the surplus
straw in the spring. Secondly, an occa-
sional rotation of crops"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23
TIE SOUTH KANSAS FAIR.

Major Budd, of the Chicago Horseman,
discourses as follows of our city and the
coming fair in last Saturdays issue:
The American, full orbed as he ought
to be, is invincible. 1t don't seem to
have been within the ken of the old
PHILOSOPHERS to tell why he is indomita-
bic, but all the same he continually rises
up and moves onward. Instead of fall
ing down every time he gets up he gets
up higher every times he falls down.
and occasional defeats, instead of dis
maving him, only string him up for tri-
umphant efforts. Carthage was sublime
in her ruins, and Wichita is heroic and
buoyant in disaster. She seemed TO
marvel at her own growth. and when
her boom was at its height she seemed to
enjoy the sensations of an inevitable
tumble.
She is stock full of the courage to not
only live, but to have YOU know and
believe that she is invincible and that
rule she will, hot wind or no not winds.
1t must be in the air they breathe.
There seem TO be great diamonds and
rubies by the million in the breath of the
Kansas zones.
Immortality Is common plant, one
which fourishes in almost all sorts of
souls. but 1t has not vet gone into the
undertaking business, and when it does
it will starve in the attempt TO do bust
ness in Wichita. In the reverses of two
years ago there was a piece OF most
startling villainv; the man in whom the
trotting association had reposed the man
agement of its affairs ran away with the
money and the records. But, Phoenix
like, the society came 10 the front with
new and manlier officiary. retaining
the best Of the old and taking in fresh
and valuable men in the place Of the
defeated thief, themselves weighing the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23

On and after July the United States
ensign, the stars and stripes, will con-
tain in the blue field forty-four stars,
representing the forty-four states Of the
union. The arrangement of the stars
will be in six rows, the top and bottom
rows containing eight stars each and the
other four rows seven stars each. The
new arrangement is not pretty one; it
is too rigid in appearance and looks
monotonous. A more pleasing arrange
ment would be to form large star in
the center of the field with thirteen
stars, representing the thirteen original
states, and then place the other thirty
one stars upon the field around the
large star,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23
No Doubt About American soldiers.

Infantry, of course, constitutes the
main body of all modern armies, and by
the quality of its infantry an army must
be judged. The capacity Of Americans
to make excellent soldiers was proved in
the war beyond question. That hun
dreds of thousands Of men, most of them
entirely unacquainted with the elements
even Of discipline and drill, were trans
formed in so brief period into officers
and soldiers was certainly one OF tbs
wonders of our time. But the material
was in the main Of the best, the desire TO
master the new trade well nigh universal
and very strong, and there were from
the beginning many opportunities for
practising what had been learned.
The armies of 1862 were far and away
superior 10 the levIes Of 1861. The arm
les of 1866 were decidedly superior to
those of 1862. But in 1893 IL IL probabls
that the highest point Of efficiency was
reached in both the Federal and Con-
federate armies in the east, and certainly
in the western army of the Confederacy.
John e. Ropes In Scribner's.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23

The first modern war ship constructed
IN japanese navy yard was launched re-
Gently The Hashidate, the vessel launch
ed, is designed for coast defense, aud has
displacement Of 4, 80 tons, with a length
of 2a5 feet and beam Of 501S feet
Germauy's squadron of evolution viii be
sent out in two divisions Of three battle
ships, a dispatch boat, and seven torpedo
boats each They viii be manned by 30
officers and 5000 seamen- TIE eoI7 Hlandsr
Of all viii De Vice Admiral Deinh2rd
Germans have added g per cent and
Freedman have added 80 per cent 20 the
equipment OF artillery in ammunition since
the war Of ls7o-I In Russia a battery Of
horse artillery carries lbs hundred weight
nrnunition. IN France lis. in Germany
fI9, IN England only -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23

The Wyandotte Gazette Saws that 'tbe
uevl! wears lovely old chuckle" over the
trouble in the Methodist church. in that
CITY. Preachers are good deal like other
fellows. They urge the rest of us 10 be
long suffering aud slow to anger. but they
get mad mighty quick themselves. and
when they are mad make things hum in
tnelr ACKNOWLEDGMENT Times.
The foregoing was evidently meant as
sort Of double intender-a reprimand
10 the irate minister, and slap at the
name of George Martins town. As for
the latter, George is able TO take care of
IT, but the Times man ought to know
that the preacher is simply obeving the
biblical injunction of permit not your
good to be evilly spoken Of" You see
IL Is with preachers, sometimes. ike il
was with the man who chastised his bow
Tor swearing. The boy reminded his
iather that he set the example, when the
old man told him TO do as tell YOU to
do. not as do"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23

The direct tax money refunded by the
government to the state of Missouri,
amounting to S646,95 was given to the
state university by act of the legislature.
Several states have made similar dispo-
sition of that fund, and it seems TO meet
with general appreciation. To the
writer's mind no disposition could be
made of such funds that would be so ex-
elusive in its benefits. Still, money for
the support of such institutions could
not be obtained IN a less burthensome
way than from some such source.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23

The circumstances that the grasshop-
pers are devasting Minnesota, the east is
broiling under tropical heat of 101 de-
grees, and the west has been enveloped
in storm cloud for two months, prompts
the Topeka Democrat to ask "who says
the signs of the times hearalding the
millennium are not yisable to the naked
eye?" Strange that the esteemed should
have omitted from the wholesale de-
sertion of Cleveland by the leaders of
the Democratic party" as one of the
most potential signs Of the approach of
the millenial-tide. Something wrong
somewhere
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23

The trial of ex-Treasurer holland, of
Missouri, is set for July 6. The former
trial of the accused was a mistrial, the
jury failing to agree on a verdict. An
ticipating hot time of it when the case
comes up again the defense will move
for continuance from July until cooler
weather. Continuances are usually I'M
derstood to work to the advantage of a
defendant, and they are usually con-
strued as indicating that the mover real
ICES he has a bad case.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23

Sand OF the Desert Is Composed Of Shells.
Along the eastern bank o: the Nile, run
ming from nez-r Cairo far into the interior
Of Africa, in the direction Of toe equator.
there Is a range Of mountains known a. the
Arabian chain The rocks Of which tiais
great mountain Is composed are formed q
the petrified remains Of muumulltes
Another range Of ul0unta.ns, the Lyblan
hills. extend along tEe west bank q ths
river. and this, too, Is con posed Ct the -
mains Il mumrulites-
In TIE ooudsn. over a tract q dsseTr
reaching for more than so miles from eat
TO west. and SONS 90 from north % south,
the feet Of travellers and caEnels six deep
into the powdsTy sand Take 40 a pl1ch
ot this dust. and under tie microscope.
like the scraping from tie cAslk, = vii be
seen 20 b oouposSd airsos; entirely II tiny
khzlLs.-AGAcon Telegraph.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23

The EAGLE need not be alarmed on the
nataiity question-at least so far as Kansas
is concerned. If there is one crop in this
state that never fails. it is the baby crop
Arkansas City Dispatch.
The EAGLE is not alarmed for Kansas
on this score, unless it be as the Dispatch
intimates that this state will be looked
to to make up the deficits of other states
and sections in the matter of an even
ratio of natality for the country at large.
In that event it might be a question for
serious consideration.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23
Willful Ignorance
trom the Newton Repuh!lcan.

Twenty negro witnesses who appeared
in divorce case IN Atlanta. Ga, last
week were so Ignorant that they could
not tell the time by clock nor did they
know the month of the year. This is
not spoken of TO the detriment of the
south. although there Is room for much
10 be done, but 10 call the attention of
the colored people to the fact that much
of this ignorance is their own fault, and
they cannot blame the white people so
severely when they take so little or no
interest in this line of work In this day
of public education there Is scarcely any
argument that viii sustain the colorad
people for remaining IN such dense igEo-
rance. and they cannot throw al the
responsibility on other people.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23

Secretary Mohler, of the Kansas state
board of agriculture, has dropped of
5000, 600 bushels of his estimate of the
wheat yield of this state-now placing
the crop at 100000. Az for the
accuracy of his estimate, however, it is
of little worth. He might as well have
added 100000 bushels to his former
estimate, and it would be as nearly
correct as the other, as to the source OF
his information, which is mere guess
work
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23

1t is stated that the value of exports of
beef, hog and dairy products, for the
four months ending April 1, 1891, was 49,
1875, 206 larger than of those of the cor
responding period of 1890, although the
restrictions placed upon these products
by Germany, France and some other
European countries were higher than
ever before. Reciprocity with other
countries seems to be getting in its work
in our favor in good shape.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23
The stuffed Prophet.

l am the Marvellous prophet:
| Stuffed
Likewise the Claimant
| went a-hshing
| While others fought, and when
| They won
| 1 claimed the victory
| The Typical American am I;
| Our Chancey said it
| That night he toasted me. and
! / believe hint
| When was hangman
| Of Buffalo did not shirk
! My work.
| Nor will in
II / only get a chance.
! know that have been
| False
And have led my party to
| But am willing
| To try again
only, one man fear.
| And he
| Has the govt;
am zoo fat 10 have the
The Farmers Alliance cannot shake my weight,
But silver dodge.
/ am the only
Candidate
Who is always
Candidate
In spite OF everything,
And
II only have luck
You Will see where
VIII be next year!
! VIII not forget
70 write ali the letters
To keep everybody Informed
That am the latest living
/ prophecy that VIII
Get there
With Hilarious eclas;
stuffed Prophet
And perpetual
Candidate.
whoop.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23
a DANGEROUS Meapon-

From the Clay County Critic.
We have warned our Alliance friends
repeatedly against the use of the boycott
as q weapon un-American and always
retroactive. Ii was introduced into this
country by the knights of Labor and
from its questionable use that order has
suffered very much indeed. Your enc
mics are only anxious TO have YOU fall
into the trap that your false friends have
set for yog. Beware of the boycott.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23

The Missouri legislature did not pass
an act providing for the publication by
the state of all the text books needed for
the public schools Of the state, but it did
the next thing to it, and better thing If
honestly carried out, and that is, 1t
created school book board whose duty
it is to contract with publishers, on a
basis of merit and cost, for all the school
books needed by the state.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23
WORLDS FAIR NOTES

Indiana's building az the Worlds fair to
to be Constructed Of al bnIldtng materials
found II the state
Ex-Lzyor Cregier, of Chicago, saTs tie
Worlds fair work Il mDch behind. and
does ne. think the exhibition can be opsned
On Nay /, Is82
L Is said ih1. the EdEson General Eler-
trio company has s3gnifed It's intention %
spending q: least 500, go on its sxhsbi. AZ
ths forthcoming Worlds fair u Casczza.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23
Won't Be IN It.

From the Atchison Patriot
In this big fight coming on all the
hosts of the Republican party will be
arrayed on one side of the big issue of
tariff and the Democracy on the other.
while the third party will be away off
hurrahing for treasures. While the
Republicans and Democrats are cunning
for bear, the third party will be chasing
an icnis-fatuus.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23
Something Out OF Nothing.

From the Topeka Capital.
A correspondent in the Wichita EAGLE
tackles David Swing, and in the course
of his article says: How can some
thing be created with nothing" Try
this, letting a represent the symbol for
infinity: / divided by Ga. Therefore,
a times OIL. In other words, infinity
can make something out of nothing,
=. E. ID,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23

Notwithstanding the apparent drift
of sentiment away from Cleveland
as the Democratic candidate for presi-
dent, certain of his supporters still find
encouragement in the circumstance that
the New York Sun keeps up its warefare
against him. If the Sun should silence
Its batteries as against Cleveland his
champions would be hopelessly dis
couraged.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23

Pennington, of air ship notoriety, who
was to have sailed from Chicago to st.
Louis on trial trip not long since, has
moved his ship to Burlington, la. 1t IS
asserted that the cause of the removal
is the fact that Chicago atmosphere is SO
laden with sin that the thing coul1 not
be made to rise in it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23

Judge John Martin has figured in al
most every sort of role heretofore, but
he appears in a new one, and one that
nobody suspected he ever had a penchant
for, j. e. a circus manager. The state
supreme court has appointed him re-
ceiver of the busted Fulford circus and
1nenaperie. Such is fame.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23
The Central City of the Southwest

From the Greensburg Republican Banner
The Wichita EAGLE of the 14th inst. =,
contains an article that has the old time
sound of boom days in it. The EAGLE is
one of the best papers in the southwest
and its editor never forgets that his city
should be kept paramount IN his mind.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
The Horrid Soothsayer.

The Horrid Soothsayer.
From the Chicago Times.
The merry, merry maiden
Now dons her tennis dress,
And gees forth racket-laden
To the summer suns caress.
Why does the maiden do this?
You ask with ears agape.
She does it, son, the truth is,
To show her pretty shape.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23
Prenaring for SIecp.

Some one was asking the other day"
said a night worker, chow he could cure
himself of sleeplessness. / won't promise
him that my cure will work in his case,
but it freed me from an habitual insomnia
which had worried me for years. 1 never
got to bed before or 4 o'clock in the morn
ing. / used to 60 directly 10 bed after my
work, when my heart was pumping blood
for ali it was worth into my brain. The
result was that / could not sleep, or II
did my brain continued to work just as IL
did when l sat at my desk. had fierce
dreams, and got up in the morning feeling
as tired as If / had been working all night.
Now l never think Of going to bed IN
til a couple Of hours after finish my work
Ny first care Is 10 eat very light lunch
con, so as TO turn the flow of blood from
my brain to my stomach. Tbeu l sit
around and loaf for awhile, perhaps talk
little, for | have companions in misery.
But never talk business and never think
OF anything connected with Il, for that
would start the blood lesping into the Old
channels where it had throbbed for hours
before. II read / read very carelessly.
just CHANGING over the lines Then I 70 %
bed and sleep full seven hours-a thing
which was once an impossioiAty. New
YORK. Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23

Now watch the free traders hop onto
the corpus of the poor dead brute Of a
race horse, High Tariff, as 1t lies
stretched upon the course at Chicago.
An awful warning of the fate OF that
economic principle, tobesure!
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23
How to Reduce Interest

From the Leavenworth Times.
Reduce the rate of interest by increas-
ing the volume of money in circulation.
When this is done, new enterprises will
spring up, labor will be employed and a
general stimulus to all kinds of business
will inevitably follow.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23
VIII Tell You Later.

From the Belle PLANE News.
The "Sunflower Silhouette writer IN
the Wichita EAGLE says that the straw
berries in Kansas this year are as big as
the apples last, and this years apples as
big as last years pumpkins. We would
like 70 know then how big this year
pumpkins will be.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23
THE EAGLE APPRECIATED,
From the Salina Republican.

From the Saina Republican.
The city council of Wichita gave the
city printing to the EAGLE at 81 per square,
over the Beacon at 46 cents. The Beacon
of course roars.-Kansas City Gazette.
This was right and the city of Wich-
ita would have been culpable to do any
thing else. There is no better paper
west of the Mississippi than the Wichita
EAGLE. 1t has kept up its high standard
during the most trying times that west
ern newspapers have ever gone through.
1t has cost a great deal to do this and it
a simple duty that the city owes the
EAGLE to give it the printing at full
rates. The city council of Topeka dis
graced itself when it compelled the Capt.
tai IN order to get the city printing to
bid down TO % per cent. A first-class
newspaper does city and the business
interests of a city more good than any
other enterprise possibly can. 1t takes
money to run paper-and great deal
of it. When city council becomes so
niggardly as to compel its best uewspa-
per to bid down to a ridiculously low
figure in order to receive the public
patronage it displays a penurious spirit
that is contemplate. There is in almost
every city some back alley sheet that
lives on newspaper garbage which will
take public printing FOR any price it can
get. We congratulate the EAGLE that it
has community that appreciates its
value.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23

A Chicago Judge has just decided that
street car companies are not compelled
TO heat their cars. He chose a most OPP
portune time for making such ruling.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23

It is said that all of Kansas orators
are going to Ohio this year. In the lam
p1age of the amen darkey: "Bress de
orud
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-23
NI1]l}iI agle
NJ. NJ. MURDOCH. Editor.
NJ. NJ. MURDOCH. Editor.

Yesterday was the longest day OF the
wear, and it was typical day.