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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-04

Our progress. quite rapid 10 Kentucky,
was now accelerated. and we were habtu-
ally tweuty-one hours out ~ twenty-fOur in
the saddle, very frequently not hating 40
night or going into camp II all For the
nr-t three OF foar days we saw nothing ~
the inhabitants save IN their character IS
militia. when they forced themselves on
our attention much more frequently than
We desired The houses were entirely de-
serted Often we found Zoe kitchen IRE
blazing. the key. hsuging 10 the cupboard
JOCK, and the chickens -auureriag about
the ward with q con deuc- that proved
that they had never before seen -oldiers.
Asthe first scare wore OF however we
found the women and childrrn remaining
81 home while toe men went % mus
ter When "a Thirsty c.,.sirgmaQ rode up
o. q house - inquire Tor Duttsrrnlik be was
generally met by "a buzori dame with "A hail
dozen o. ta1rs small children peeping OHt
from Der vDiumiuous skirt-, NhD. ID re-
Spouse - aqarsti0u aro1t Else "0lt mae
would say, Tie uea bev a.i gone % tnr
rally. y9g u ses 'eH -ocl- We sxDer!-
enced !itf.e diMculty ia procuring food for
man and horse
Usually upon orr ralds g. vas much
Indiana and ONO We Always f9und bread
ready uaked a, every house. In Ohio On
more than ore occzs3on. ia deserted houses
ws found pee hOt from tie oven. displayed
upon table, cooTeuieutly spread- Tie lr-t
time that sy.tres-e4 ta4s s9rt % hospital
ity va sAen r0ll- 80 - . house where a
party % my men were standing aTDuod .
table Zzru-sAed a. have described. eTirg
the pies hfsngrfly. bet showing 90 disDos4
taon 90 touch tben. ! asked IN sstonlah-
ulsuf why thsy were - ao,stlueut
One Of them replied th4t taey fesrsi TIE
PEE might be polsonsd- I wGs quite sure.
on tLs contrary, that they wsre intsnded
g. a proyitlzt0ry o.ZerinG- bad always
hesa f0ud II pi-s-tbese we're - luscious
sgr,lsz.--o lad TIE spokesman hand mr. !
one q The izrgsst and F'-oees-3sd - ear H. /
TIE nssn watcbe5 ule r.x.laDtly for two
or three m,autes. aDd fEsu AZ seemed .
much berfer after ray rs-.rlst. they took ho,d 4
Basil ". Duks IN Csntury.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-04
DOWN IN THE SUNNY CANYONS OF
MEDIUINE LODGE.
MEDICINE LODGE. Feb. 1. 1891.

MEDICINE LODGE, Feb. I, 1891.
To the Editor of the Eagle.
As Victor has got through rounding
up the great men at Topeka, and as
everything is at rest, and as the roses
are most here again, let us put cur
shoulder to the work making the crop
of 1891; let us look over the past a little
and look everything fair y and squarely
in the face and the prospects of the Kan
sas we all love, her homes, her cities and
her farms. 1t has been a great struggle
to make Kansas what it is today. 1t
has taken nerve, it has taken pluck and
manhood, and | feel like giving the
editor of the EAGLE great credit for
standing at the helm giving good, clear
advice and work for the interest of
Wichita and the west, which no one
would dare to deny.
The greatest thing in this world is
success of life. is commo sense,
which think the editor OF the EAGLE
has more of than most men. Kansas
has more love and less pride than any
other state in the union and l hope it al
ways will be SO.
Now, boys, as the crops of the present
year mean the key OF the future for the
farms as well as the cities Is il not bet
ter for US to all work together: See here;
we have bright hopes with these great,
broad, green wheat fields to start with
There never was such prospect or as
much Of it. Now, let Us grip
the plow handles, pull off our
coats and raise the greatest crop Of
old King Corn IN 1921 that the world
ever saw, and 1t viii buy everything,
feed everything and fatten our stock.
and wheat will pay the eastern capitalist
every dollar that Kansas owes. There
is not a man in Kansas who wants them
TO lose a dollar, and they viii not lose a
dollar unless they crowd US right at
present. If they viii be patient IN 1891
we viii push our stock and grain 20
Wichita 10 be packed and graded. then
on 10 Galveston, and we will pay all our
debts and be a merry, cheerful, happy
people.
l would like to give my brother farm
ers my experiences ON raising corn IN
the year that has just passed: Get out
the listers, and as soon as the ground Is
thawed out split the row OF the last
years corn row out: follow II every
night with noting harrow. as this viii
roll the old corn roots and stalks IN the
lister trenches. Then, as the spriDgtime
advances and the warm sun shines, the
weeds Of ali kinds-Alllance. Repub-
llcan. Democrat, Ike Iopeka-wiI
hold a convention. Now take the lister
put on the subsoiIers and the chain and
burst the ridges open and let it plant;
This viii stand the weeds on their heads
in these deep trenches that the lister
made before in February and March, and
covers all stalks, places the new row Of
corn between last years row. Harrow
X once or twice when II gets well up aud
cultivate twice. and by experience viii
say YOU VIII raise twenty-five bushels 10
the acre If 81 Is Just a. dry as 70 To
prove this am husking out OF the stack
a field | served this way twenty-five
bushels 10 the acre. and ole IN other
fields where ! listed only once and /
planted with planter: II VIII not make /
i've bushels to the acre, and have got /
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-04
GREAT SCHEME; IF IT WORKS.

The merchant tailors of New York
have decided upon a unique and appar-
emily effectual method of collecting old
bills against the members of what has
been called. 1.-THE noble army of dead
beats of the howling-swell type" Their
method is to put up at auction and sell
these claims TO the highest bidder. The
first sale will take place about the middle
of this month, and a full 100000, 900
worth of old debts is expected to be dis
posed of.
Of course the tailors do not expect to
realize much from the actual sale, but
hope that the noble army" will be in
duced to settle up beforehand in prefer
ence to having their names thus openly
blacklisted. But whether shame can
force payments out Of shameless dead
beats or not, the public of New York
will certainly be treated to most anus
ing spectacle, and sufferers from dead
beats in other cities might contribute not
only an amusing but also a beneficial
free show, by following the example set,
which, in course of time, might even
cause people, before contracting debts,
to inquire how they can pay them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-04
A scn.ihIn Rrn-ri.n.nt-

Miss Elizabeth was a very peculiar WON
m. She had a great deal OF sense NOt
that she was different from other women
in this respect but she bad ~ much Of IL
that d surprised many young men.
one day Young Robinson went % call on
Der. Young Robinson wa also very yensi-
bic He and Miss Elizabeth were well
matched. They could talk together on any
number 81 subjects, and they knew jusg
when and whore 10 stop, Just what 20 say
aud what not 20 say on this partsculAI
day there WA long story In the after
noon papers about a person known a. JACK
the Kisscr. who bothered many young
women and girls in the streets by catching
them and kissing them.
Miss Elizabeth said thar she did no.
think that q girl could be kissed By aoY
nan unless she wanted him % klss her.
Robinson said that any man could Kiss
any woman by brute f0rce Miss Eliza
beth said that thai was all nonsense.
"T'lI tell you what wei do. said Robin
son. Yen are certain that q man cannot
kiss a woman unless she IS 70 party ~ tha
kissing J arr certain that a man can.
We sou and ]. will try SEQ
Alss r. zabefh said that she didn't 80
any harm IL that. ~ Itobiueou t-gan ~
try 20 k4ss hrr. After several MINUTES
and trials be succeeded. and she. se-inn.
thai b, Wa useless 10 bat him further.
RBss 10 and iet him kiss her az be WAntes
o.
v ben u Wa al over Miss Eiizab~th had
a. insgirzrtDu.
I'm tel yea 1hA; Ne y o.. said Nj.
EIiZAbeth. NY foot slipped that tus
Wen try j. ever again ''-- New Yosk Esea-
ing sun
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-04

What a cheerful influence there IL in
well lighted rooml IL seems 10 give a dif-
ferent expression 20 each article Of furuis
ture. as il does 20 the countenauoe. bring
ing out the soft tints OF the pictures aud
draperies, making eyes sparkle and rosy
checks glow in its mellow rays and reflect
ing brightness over ali. On the other baud,
what a depressing effect there is IN a room
dimly lighteil An atmosphere OF gloom
pervades everything NJ one seems In
ciined 20 talk or work ard every one Is lit
orally cast IN the shade, when often it may
be remedied by "a little more attention from
the hOusekeeper IL kerosene Is used, it
may become muddy. and the basin Of tho
lamp requires emptying occasionally, or
the chimneys need washing. and wicks %
he trimmed or the burners cleaned.
If the gas Is poor and lickers, IL Il far
better TO use lamps for sewing or reading.
a. nothing can be more injurious 10 tho
eyes than attempting any work by a poor
light. Whether 10 IS matter of economy
or Indifference Is immaterial. bat there arc
many rooms, where the family assemblies
Ia the evening, where the light j. 30 dim
and suggestive of "a sick room that 1t IN a
positive relief when visit Is over: aud ona
oan but wonder why people are 20 consti-
tuted that they cannot appreciate the adj
vantage OF 4 clear aud shining light. which
renders many u plain home attractive and
often brightens gloomy hour NJ life
Alice y. Abel In Good Housekeeping.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-04
GOLD AND SILVER.

Spain, when the great international
trader of the world, for period of three
hundred years maintained silver as a
standard without the loss of gold, and
that too in spite of the example of other
nations during that time. Should the
United States declare silver equal to gold
as a standard, upon the ratio of 10 to /,
with free coinage, there would be no
outflow of gold nor inflow of silver after
the first short furry was over. The
bankers prophesied that the eact of 1873
would bring calamity, when it is a
fact that there are today 1881, 000, 900
of silver-coin and certificates-in
circulation equally with gold and still
the volume of currency is inadequate.
Since that time, 1878, our net importa-
ton of gold has been S1S5. 0O0. 900. and
our mines have yielded S15, 600. 600 of
new gold. In the one month of Decem-
Der 1890, the United States imported
5000. 900 of gold, or double the export
of the entire prece ding year, and not
withstanding he act of July last which
adds S25, 100000 annually to the silver
paper issue of rs.
AS Horace Greedy put it, "the way to
resume is TO resume" With one-half or
one-fourth the gold reserve held at pres
ent by the treasury all silver notes put
out could be made payable in gold or
silver" without the least fear that the
treasury would ever be embarrassed by
demand for gold that it couldnot supply.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-04

The Arkansas legislature has done well
to pass a law prohibiting the mortgag-
ing of any growing or uugathered crops.
1t is a notorious fact that the present sys-
tenn, under which such mortgages are
authorized. has done more harm to the
farmers of the state than any other one
source of mischief. And it is a step that
nearly every other southern state would
do well to follow. 1t would work
hardship on the entire community for
year or two, but it is about the only way
the farmers will ever get out of debt. Ii
is fact that nine out of ten farmers in
the south Obtain advances on their staple
crops-cotton and tobacco-before they
are ready for the market, and, in large
number of cases, before the ground is
broken for the crop. Such a system will
keep any people who practice it eternally
poor and in debt.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-04
THE DEBTOR WEST UNEASY.

1t seems plain that there is to be no
financial relief from the present con-
gress. With its adjournment disappears
the hopes of the west and mavhap all
chances for another Republican admins
tration. The dishonesty whereby, sur
reptitiously, in 1873, silver was deprived
of its equality with gold at the United
States mints. is not to be atoned for An
act which was passed bv stealth. at the
instigation Of the foreign credit class-so
stealthily that congress itself was actu-
ally unaware Of the fact that silver was
strous wrong to the debtor class, or the
producers of the west, but the burden
has never been lifted or hghtened.
All we hear is the gold-bugs sluSh of
the dishone-t S0-cent dollar and the de-
basement of currency. This appeal to
prejudice, this attempt to persuade the
American people that to restore silver to
It's historic place as one of the two
standards Of mOney-metafs would cheat
anybody or would, in any sense. be dis
honorable, is but the hypocritical whine
OF Shylock for his pound of flesh.
Gold has been enormously appreciated in
value by the eternal fight made 10 distrust
silver. This fight on silver has worked
only injustice 10 the debtor. 10 all who
have, either from compulsion or other
wise, borrowed money on mortgages or
other staple securities. And a Republi-
can congress coolly proposes to throw
away the only chance the party has to
put itself in accord with the
great body Of the American
people. The gold standard faction own
eight out of ten Of all the representatives
east of the Allegheny mountains. Silver
money is as honest a gold money. and
had been so considered for nearly hun
dred years by the American people and
the congress down 10 1873. An this
show Of investigating some imaginary
silver pool is but a dodge 10 discredit sill
yer and defeat free coinage.
The immortal Lincoln once declared
that mo question is settled until settled
right" The right way to settle the sill
yer question is to stop all adverse and
discriminating legislation against it in
the interest Of the gold bugs and let 1t
have the privileges of gold at our minis.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-04

From the Lawrence journal
The ruling of two or three Judges in
district courts IN western Kansas TO the
effect that the original mortgage and
the notes must ne produced ia court be-
fore a decree Of foreclosure Is entered
will cut no figure whatever in fore
closures, and the ruling D. merely one u
practice. The judges should have re-
quired that always. but the practice OF
allowing Judgments 10 b. taken on the
pleadiugs by a motion has long been fol-
lowed, and the new ruling = simply a
departure from that rule. II is a good
and sensible departure, however, but 81
viii BE- Of neither advantage EOr dctri-
ment to the man who owns the land
upon which the mortgage is forsclOset,
nor 10 the owner Il the mortgage.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-04
THE nooui SNAKE DANCE.
Ghost Dancing IL sedateness Itself In
Comparison with 1t.

Comparison win II.
BENJAMIN Brink, Afoqui, Ariz.." was
written on the register at the Palmer House
by a robust looking man OF 60. somewhat
stoop shouldered-
.sFrom what have heard Of the ghost
dance, f" said Mr.. Brink, 'Icannot see why
it should stir up such 3 row. The snake
dance believe, is ten times more excit-
ing, and the Zuni, Navajo and Moqui In
dams on the reservation near my homo
work themselves into 3 perfect frenzy dur
ing its progress, but never think OF molest-
Ing the whites.
ut is part of their religion, though, and
If any attempt were made to stop It be-
heve there would be bloodshed- The dance
takes place once in two years. Prepara-
tons were made several weeks before y
came of, and ! was as anxious TO be a
spectator as they were. A stranger or
wilder ceremony / never saw. | hope
shall never SEQ il again The dance took
place Just before shutdown, and / got up on
q high ledge where could get good view.
The space allowed for the dancers was not
large, and was inciOsed. Fifteen fine look
ing Indians began TO walk rather slowly st
first around huge stone in the center OF
the inclosure They were almost naked.
and every part of their bodies. even TO their
feet, was smeared with a red and green
paint. Each man had fox's scalp dang
ling from his waist, and in each hand car
ried a rattle made OF a gourd. HoofS Of
deer were tied around their ankles and
wrists, and at each step and movement Of
the arm noise enough WAS made 10 wake
the dead.
The snakes TO be used in the dance had
been caught several days before the fete,
and just before the dance had been placed
in a cluster of trees beneath where | stood.
After the men had yelled gill they were
hoarse, and had made themselves tired
with stamping on the ground, fifty more
painted redskins came rushing down "A hill,
filed into the Enclosure, aud then began
such tunult AS | never want 90 hear
again. At a given signal the sixty -five now
thoroughly frantic men made a rush Cor
the grove where the snakes were hidden.
Each man came rushing back with a wrig-
Cling and squirning snake. its neck be-
tween his teeth so il could not bite him. re-
entered the ring. and began slow walk
around the center stone The reptiles
Kissed and dashed their tails and bodies
around the necks of the apparently mai
red men. Several of them were bitten by
the snakes. which were rhe most venomous
in the country. 1t is a wonder all Of the
performers were not bitten. Two Of them
died a day or two after the dance, the herbs
applied not being sufficient to draw out the
poison.
After the ceremony each man snatched
his snake from his mouth ran down into
the valley below, and there the reptiles
were set free. The Indians were thorough
Is exhausted after their violent exercise,
and could scarcely crawl back up the hill
From what l could learn such ceremonies
as the snake dance have been held for
centuries. Chicago Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-04
Groundless Apprehension.

The story that each Alliance member
OF the Kansas legislature vas pat IN
charge of three men from his own town.
whose duty II was to see that he did not
come under the influence Of any mag
netlsm emanatIng from senator ingalls,,
reminds the New York Press Of the story
that John Randolph. ot Roanoke. when
asked 70 bet on a horse race. and told
that Sir. Jones would hold the STAKES,
suffered out, And who viii hold Mr.
Jones: IL Il preSumabie that the great
sheep hater'- apprehensions were ground
less, a. any similar app-ehensions IN The
case OF the triple guards at Topeka have
proved 70 BE-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-04

question which it has essayed to discuss,
but it bravely rises again, and again.
Its experience with its northern boycott
was hardly encouraging, then it slipped
up on the Georgia senatorial situation
and it now sees the collapse of the great
Hill boom for 1892, VIII ch it has nursed
for year and more. The Constitution
was great paper under the direction
of level-headed Grady, but since it lost
his guiding genius it has been mighty
WnhhlV
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-04
PRECIOUS METAL PRODUCTS.

In these DAYS of currency discussion,
statistics of the production of precious
metals have more than usual interest.
The latest circular of the standard au-
thority on this subject shows for the
states and territories west of the Missouri
river and British Columbia total
metallic yield during 1890 of 1927, 166, 900.
OF this gross value about S32 600, 900 was
gold, S63, 0000 600 silver, SOC, 900, 900 copper
and 81 100000 lead. During the year
the production of gold and silver in
Mexico was $40, 800, 900, of which S24,-
300, 900 was coined into silver dollars and
S250,0O into gold coin. The American
production of the year was the largest in
our history, the development of our min
ing industries having advanced he pro-
duction by almost unbroken annual
stages since 1870, when the value of the
metallic yield west of the Missouri was
only so. 000,0 900. Our advance in min
ing of the precious metals has been far
greater than that of Mexico and in
greater ratio, the coinage output of that
country in 1878 having reached nearly
twenty million, or within five millions
Of the present yield. Mexican gold coin
age has decreased in the same time by
more than two-thirds.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-04

VIII the Republican please inform us
when Emporia was included in he
seventh congressional district. We had
been laboring under the impression that
@ Topeka milk peddler represented that
locality in c, ngress. Jerry Simpson
spreads fairly well but he can't be made
10 cover the entire state. From reading
the Republican and the papers OF the
state generally one would never be led TO
believe that old John Davis and that
Gus and that Baker and that Clover had
been elected to congress. The old party
bosses have been in the habit of declar-
ing that Wichita is not bigger than the
state of Kansas but they show no hest
;anc' IN admitting that the Seventh con
gresslonal district is, or at least tkey all
seem to recognize the fact that Kansas
has but one congressman and his name
u Jerry 5 mpson.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-04

One of the thinest and meanest cries
and lies of the anti-silver papers is that
the public money is being squandered
for silver bullion. There is no expen-
diture of public money, no reduction of
treasury surplus. in the buying of silver
ander the law. The paper money which
Gays for it is originated 10y the treasury
for that purpose, and the bullion Is set
aside TO represent and redeem such
paper money. Then why not do away
with all this circumlocution and turn
all the silver into money, or where the
owner Of the bullion prefers, give him
the paper, which they all would, because
such paper would e worth its face in
coln-in silver or gold.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-04
King Caucus
Prom ire Kansas City s;Ar.


Kansas Is probably the only state IN
the Union in which the plan 81 prepar-
ing legislation IN caucus has been reduced
70 an absolute science Every night tie
Alliance members Of the house meet and
agree upon a program which ls followed
cat 20 the letter IN the session Of the fol
lowing dav II Is known Just what bills
viii DC introduced by the Alliance rep
resentafives, and how every man belong
ing 70 the Peoples party VIII vote. AL
differences are settled IA the caucus. and
when the farmers come together in THE
house they know Just what they are
there for and they proceed 10 work with
q perfect knowledge Of the duty N hand.
and with the precision % a well rezulat-
ed machine. The method. ike a good
many other things. j. peculiar 70 Kansas.
and II - doubtful whether II would work
anyw here else
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-04

The New York World says that the
man in Washington who heard the news
of ingalls, defeat with the deepest regret
was Mr. Plumb. The fact is a great
tribute The two men have worked
together in the closest intimacy, and if
any man knows Mr.. Ingalls, intimately
it is his colleague in the senate. Mr..
Plumb, while not criticising his state or
speaking disrespectfully of Mr.. PETER,
says that the defeat of Mr.. Ingalls, is a
distinct luss to the whole country.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-04

The suggestion that Plumb be made
secretary of the treasury is a very wild
one. President Harrison mas had, it is
understood. several rows with Plumb
over the financial question. Plumb is
against the Wall street idea which
means much when it is considered that
he is financier not only from states
mans standpoint. but practically.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-04

The American Federation of Labor,
which, in numbers, is about twice as
strong as the Knights Of Labor, has de-
cided not to accept the invitation Of
Grand Master Workman Powderly to
Join hands with the union of Knights of
Labor and Farmers Alliance. Its men,
bers have agreed not TO embark in poll
tics nor to have anything to do with
unions which think or act differently on
that point.