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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10

Despite "a nipping and an eager air, ;"
that Redeemed the noses and moistened the
eyes of the loungers in City Hall p" = that
afternoon, the bright sunshine and green
grass had a singu.arly summer like ap-
pearance, and when a well grown, wheezy,
green frog hoped from the foot Of a tree
into the full glare Of public observation, a
farmers boy, doing" the city for day,
would not have considered him greatly out
of place; but to the army of Dootblacks,
many Of whom had never seen frog be-
fore, he was "A curiosity of the first water.
Some Of them said he was legged snake,
and others, who had read NEUROLOGICAL
Literature with more zeal than discretion,
were inclined TO think that he was n very
young dragon. A sparrow policeman pro
tested that he was only frog and taking
him in his gloved hand, he announced his
intention OF dropping hum into the full
basin Of the fountain behind the postoflice.
"He's a-going 70 drown hint" yelled a
boy, and ordinations Of pity and dismay
were heard on all sides.
The policeman WIS inexorable, and the
frog was plunged into the water. Merrily
he swan around with the fine old fashion
ed breast stroke and strong rear kick Of
his kind, while the crowd OF boys looked at
him in stuepfed amazement.
''Some boxes been Jeachin' that chap
TO swim!n said one Of them AT last.
"Weil, why didn't he show him tn over.
hand tip while he was about it," replied
another contemptuouslv.
Perhaps" said an old man, ''the frog
did the teachin'. We used 70 think so
when was boy; bat that's a long time
ago."
1t was remark pregnant with refec-
ton, and as the frog heard it be Owed into
the cold recesses of the basin and was seen
no more. New York Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10
THE SOCKLESS SOCRATES OF MEDI-
CINE LODGE.

From the New York sun.
From the wids Of Bleeding Kansas. with hayseed in
With heart devoid Of fear and with feet devoid Of
socks.
Comes the champion of the Changers. of Hawbuck
The dauntIess Jerry Simpson. the pride OF Medicine
Lodge
You may call the roll OF statesmen the living and
You may reckon up the deeds they did. the mighty
But there never was a man OF them who really
With sockless Jerry Simpson when he stands upon
his feet
o, how our Jerry Numbered against the Mckinley
And what an avalanche of words his massive mouth
AS he fell upon that infamy and gave it kicks and
And for his peroration showed his feet bereft Of
socks.
You may talk about your orators, the famous men
Demosthenes and Cicero, and John. called Mouth
The elder Pitt and Charlie Fox and Monsieur Mira
But along with Jerry Simpson they wouldn't have a
show.
There's other speakers have more style and fire Of
bigger words
There'~ s0rghum-Iioped fine orators sweet as
cream and curds.
But il lie race with Jerry they wouldn't get a
For he'd pull his hgh-tide trousers up and show his
sockess feet.
I've seen the ballet in New York and ankles neat
and trim.
Where nymphs have skipped and fairies danced all
liberal in limb;
Why they'd bring down a house composed Of stones
and sticks and stocks,
But they wouldn't move a Kansas crowd like Jerry's
want Of sOcas.
Though Kansas zephyrs howl and bite, he doesn't
care darn;
Until the duty's taken of he scorns the aid Of
yarn;
Il recks not Of the blizzard he recks not and
He walks the soil of Kansas with free. unstock-
inged feet
I've heard at the Alliance of some Roman son OF a
gun,
Who was doing his spring blowing when he was
asked to run
For president; he said he would when he had sown
his wheat.
And just like Jerry Simpson he'd no socks upon his
feet.
But prouder than a Roman he'll tread the marble
hall
And put bis feet upon the desk where they'll be seen
by all;
And the people in the galleries they'll wonder and
they'll stare
At the man VINO thinks protected socks won't do for
him 10 wear
and il the Alliance puts man in Mister Ingalls,
seat,
hope that Jerry Simpson win get there with both
feet.
For pluck and lively hustling nowhere can he be
beat.
There are flies on Jerry more than socks upon
his feet.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10
A LETTER FROM HoOsEIRDoM.
To the Editor of the Eagle:

To the Editor Of the Eagle:
read fattering reports about the Kan
sas wheat crop. I see that Barton
county, Kansas, has Is, 400 acres in grow
ing wheat, and promises well. Items
like that will draw attention to the state,
and to the cheap farms to be had there,
There is a better feeling here about
Kansas, now, than there has been since
the boom bursted, except among a class
of people who see nothing new until it
is being forgotten by other-such people
still talk about grasshopper raids in
Kansas.
The workings of the Farmers Alliance
has kept Kansas prominently before the
public. and the impression is growing
that Kansas is working its way out of
the difficulties which have beset its peO-
Pile. The next boom in Kansas Will
start on the farm, and will in time reach
the towns.
The people must go to work to produce
something to attract people to move
there to get homes. Advertisements
must be based on solid facts to attract
attention. There will be an overhauling
of things in your legislature this winter,
and much good will result; but, one
thing needed is the repeal of your prohi
bition laws giving the largest liberty to
those looking for the new homes that is
consistent with good order.
Californians are growing rich from
their vineyards: and so might the people
in Kansas if they were allowed the same
privileges.
am confident you are nearing new
era of prosperity in Kansas. p. I. G.
New Albany, Ind, Jan. ). 1891.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10
IS IT a MORMON TRICK2
From the Hartford Post.

From the Hartford Post.
Joseph Cook, who has been in Utah
recently, and who has had opportunities
! to consult with those who know some
! thing of the exact situation there. spoke
upon the Mormon question at Boston
! Sunday and stated that he had no faith
at all in the recent manifesto. He con-
sidered it a swindle simply. Its purpose
was to head of unfavorable legislation,
secure statehood and perpetuate the
Latter Day swindle. He found it to be
the general opinion in Utah that the
manifesto was trick and that the Nor
mon leaders had no intention of re-
nouncing polygamy which was so promi-
nent and vital part of their faith.
Themanifesto had been received every
where with similar misgivings. Very
little faith is placed in its sincerity AMI it
was very clear from the presidents mes
sage that he considered it a snare set for
the purpose of securing statehood and he
very properly advised waiting for more
definite and better evidences of a moral
regeneration than this manifesto before
clothing the Mormons with the privi-
leges of statehood.
We have recently read statement by
one VINO signs himself Zone of the
Oldest Mormons," one who saws that he
has taken part in all Mormon events
from the time of the Kirkland settlement,
and he boldly takes the ground that the
idea that Mormons will renounce their
polygamous principle is preposterous. II
is the principle for which they have
virtually fought all these years. 1t was
the principle behind the Mountain
Meadow massacre and he fOrcibly asks
if it looks reasonable that a principle On
which so mu h blood has been split is
going to be yielded. without struggle.
He confidently expects struggle and he
asserts that the Mormons are quite as
ready to shed blood for their religion
now as they have been in the past.
1t will not be well for our legislators
to take any chances with rhe Mormons.
There are some good reasons for thinking
that political greed might tempt the
Democrats if in control, to ask for the
statehood of Utah. 1t would doubtless
be a Democratic acquisition and the
Mormon manifesto comes along rather
significantly at this time when the Demo-
Gratis are expected to have more influence
in legislation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10
Is IT HERESY?

The ecclesiastical trial of the Rev.
Howard MacQueary on charges Of heresy
is the event of the week in chul CHI
circles. Mr.. MacQueary has taken an
advanced and radical position in regard
to inspiration and the supernatural side
of modern theology. For that ofense
against the tenets of the Episcopal
church he has been brought to account
by the bishop of his diocese Ohio, and
there seems to be a general belief that he
will be expelled from the communion.
II is not easy to see how he can be other
wise served unless the church is willing
to sacrifice its creed. The difference be-
tween Mr.. MacQUeary and his church is
fundamental. Whichever one is right
the other must be wrong. The power of
organization and of tradition is against
the hereto, and it is not likely that he
will triumph. But it would be interest
ing 10 know how many of Mr.. Mac
Queary's fellow clergymen are in gem
eral accord with his views. The in
volvings of the case are very like those
that agitated the Presbyterian church a
short time ago and which is still unset
tied in this, that the fundamental doc
trines of the church that have character
lied it ever since its setting up, are
arraigned by being denied as to their
divine origin and binding qualities.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10

This saying IL commonly attributed n
Vo!taire, who az Ferney, when pcstercd
by professions % insinoere frisndship
said: II pray God To deliver nae
from my friends; / will defend myself
from my enemies" The thought. how
ever, IL attributed by the French r. Mar
shall Villars, while Kant discovers Ia ia am
Italian proverb, and "A German collection
Of proverbial wisdom gives IL IN n modified
form. Antigonus, one 81 the generals OF
Alexander the Great, offered sacrifice that
the gods might protect him from his
friends, and az the same time declaring be-
could look after mis- enemies himself
Churchill has something Of the idea Ia ths
lines.
Greatly his foes be breads bat most his friends.
lie hurts tbs taost who laviahiy comtnendz
st Louis Globe Democrat
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10

That 204, 600 Democratic majority in
Texas appears TO be about as resolvent as
Kansas $4,000 Republican plurality. At
any rate the political situatian down
there is not as roSeats as it has been
made TO appear, if we may judge by this
rom the Galveston News:
Unless the Democratic party tears
up its San Antonio platform and puts a
subtreasury lank where the anti-sub-
treasury plank now is. comes forth
boldly for government ownership of
RAILROADS and telegraph lines, changes Its
financial policy in most radical man
ner and surrenders 70 the Alliance-why
then it is going TO be foggy up the creek
in Texas One thing is certain: The
San Antonio Democratic platform is di-
rectly and very directly opposed 20 the
st. Louis platform. which Is now the
platform of the Alliance of Texas. In
trying TO stand upon both, the political
leader must make himself very obtuse
angle"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10

II is stated as an open secret that a
majority of the Democratic national
committee is opposed to Cleveland as a
presidential candidate. But all the same
the candidate goes right along talking,
every time he has an opportunity, just
as though he was sure of receiving the
nomination, or that he was utterly in
different as to the nomination. And
that is what rifles his opponents. If he
would only say sometaing that would
give them a cue TO his wishes and pur-
poses they could plan their antagonistic
campaign with much greater intelli-
gence and precision. His reticence
touching his plans Of campaign is as
aggravating as is that of his cousin, the
senior senator from Kansas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10

Butler is one of the few counties in the
state that has never gone in debt for any
thing and some Of its good people think
it is too late now TO try the experiment,
even for the purpose of securing a new
court house, much as one is desired. The
county might follow the example
of a Kentucky board of mag
istrates, once upon atime when
their county was similarly situat-
ed. The said board ordered that a
new court house be built, on the site of
the old one: that the material in the
old one should be used in the con-
struction of the new one, and that the
old one should stand and continue in use
until the new one was finished.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10

The ST. Louis Republic explains the
meaning of the ''incantation" in which
the Sioux joined after their leader
threw dust into the air, and Just before
they began the battle to the death at
Wounded Knee. 1t SAYS it was the in
dian litany for the dead. The Indian
warrior about to die sings his own death
song" In the face of death they sang
because they were prisoners, and the
guns of an army four times as great as
theirs were at their breasts. They sway
ed 10 and fro as they chanted. until the
last line was sung. Then they began TO
fight, and continued until thew were
destroyed. The Republic adds that
"most of the fighting done in human
history has been for life. At Their
mopyl@. at the Alamo and at Wounded
Knee the fighters against odds fought
for death.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10

That Turner letter may be genuine and
it may be part of correspondence be-
tween Turner and McGrath, but there
are several suspicious circumstances con-
nected with it. At any rate and in any
event, it goes to show to what lengths
some men viii go TO secure an office.
And further, we predict that Turner
granting that he wrote the letters not
the only one who has over shot the
mark. 1t is q trite old saying "that
when thieves fall out honest men get
Eheir dues"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10
AN EPOCH IN COMMERCIAL POLICY
From the Globe-Democrat.


profound political philosopher were
asked TO name the most important event
of the year 1890 he would probably men
ton the conference of the representatives
OF the three Americas. There can be no
doubt at all that it was the most signiti-
can't OF the occurrences of the western
hemisphere, and this alone would give 1t
pressing claims to the worlds considera-
| ton. Of course 1890 is still so near us
that we cannot gain a proper perspective
for Its enterprises and transactions. We
need background of half a dozen years,
or perhaps decade, to enable US TO get
correct view of the relative significance
OF Its happenings. The events of 1880 or
| 1888, as looked at now, take their correct
! places In the picture of the doings OF
those years, but just estimate can hard
/ ly be made of those belonging to time
so close to us as the year which has just
| expired. Five year and ten years hence
| the Pan-American gathering IS likely TO
loom out larger than it does now. All
that Is accidental or transitory will have
J vanished from the view by that time,
leaving, in proper proportion and rela-
tons, those which are essential and
/ permanent
The three Americas conference marks
an epoch IN the commercial policy OF
the United States. We have arrived at
a period when the old exclusivenesS
which came to us as the central feature
of the national school of political
| economy must be relaxed. The teach
ings Of this creed have been of the
highest service to the country. They
have developed our resources, cultivated
the tastes and aptitudeS of our people,
and enabled us to make the best of our
natural advantages and opportunities.
At this moment the United States comes
| nearer to being selfsustaining than other
country in the world, and fully as near
as 1t Is essential or desirable that any
country should he in the present stage of
civilization. We are, in the words of
Mr.. Gladstone, an empire In ourselves.
No further advance in the direction of
industrial independence can be made
except by the sacrifice of something
which Is Of more value to us. \ new
departure, therefore, IN commercial
policy Is made necessary, The domestic
market Is no longer adequate. The
circle of our interests and activities is
steadily and rapidly broadening. For
purchases as well as sales the area of our
business transactions is about to be
widened. In purely commercial sense,
and by returning a fair equivalent for
such advantages as we obtain, we have
set out to capture the continent, and the
Pan-American assemblage Is the pre-
liminary and formal proclamation of
this purpose
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10
BOSTON

Prom the American Investments.
The statement started in the city Of
Dean eaters, and which Is travelling
around the country at wicked pace.
that Kansas has '.2i 600 tenant farmers
on lands farmerlv held bv themselves
but lost by Foreclosures l. gross and
malicious lie. The Alliance never issued
any such statement. and il used false
language If It did. The writer. and we
think we know him. need not he afraid
of any such a thing as eternal punish
ment IN a future world for thu SINS
executed in this. His ma 5s-stic sup7em-
acy viii adjust itself easily WREN notes
are compared with the present ~
cumbent Of the intensely cal0ric regions.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10

AZ : o'elock the weather again eharzed
The wind shifted from southwest % north
wezL Long bsfo-B it struck u re ooul1
heas ID the distance deep, suIlsn roar
listened, and fest thzt Il Uas 70 ordinsrg
gale hat was o0nizz upon ia The top
sails we-x cios~ rsefsd- and sFerTthiEg VA
uade rsSdy for the onset.
j. Dfrrr Epon rs with sucb terrific frlrJ
TIA; / erp@cxed 70 49, every sal torn 20 rin
bors F0rsunEteay ter ~ssr Bew znd hsld
tagesher u they ~ x1Tsa way nOtElns
csBu.d have n4Ted ~ fro-a dTiftirg CT ths
rocks % certain death
Tse yErS2s bat hke rre1s fro,a TIE foros
q the S.Ed- To shorten sal Eas isnraazt
bic, the risk Il lasinz it~ru zzz TOO zrvas
TIE Ezrs~ app~nr-d alns1-t % swallo.4 a.
al. aHsz ss.l.-6 I'D x..srass IL, - !.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10
WHAT IF HE SUCCEEDS?

Kansas City Gazette: 1.-THE well
kown firm of Marshall Field & Co.. of
Chicago, has taken the tariff ''bull'' by
the horns in a way that shows it means
business. The firm objects to the rise in
duties imposed by the Mckinley bill,
which makes TO it a difference of some
$500, 900 per year on imported goods, and
does so on the ground that the law is I'M
constitutional, being rendered so by the
omission of the tobacco clause from the
bill as signed by the president. Mr..
Field claims the position is sustained by
arguments made over this matter in the
controversy in the senate, and says he is
bound to win. The fact that he has been
victor in former suits for the recovery
of money unfairly collected in the shape
of duties is encouragement to believe he
will succeed now"
Suppose Mr.. Field succeeds in his suit,
what will be the effect of the decisi n
declaring the law unconstitutional?
Won't it leave the government without
any legal means of collecting import du-
ties altogether? The enactment of the
new law repealed the old, so far as it
conhicted with it, and even if the new is
nullified by the court and the old rein
stated, the changes already wrought in
the tariff system and schedules would
unavoidably produce a chaotic state of
affairs, for a time at least, and all at the
expense of the people. That Mckinley
bill was a sorry pretext at legislation
from its inception, and it was a sorry
day for the country when it became a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10

1t is announced that on next Monday
seventy canvassers will begin the work
of soliciting contributions, on the part
of the New York department of the 6.
A. r., for the purpose of erecting a
suitable monument at the grave of Gen.
u. S. Grant, promised by the city Of
New York but never so much as begun.
This last move means that the monument
will be erected. The vets have a way of
accomplishing whatever they undertake.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10
THE NEW BRIDGE ACROSS THE POTO-
MAC AT WASHINGTON.

From Harper's Weekly.
In the proposed new Arlington suspen-
sion bridge at Washington, the clear
height above the water at mid-channel
is to be l05 feet; the river span TO be
/, 100 feet and the two shore spans 6J2
feet each. The approaches at each end
Will be on masonry, arched yI2ducts,
and embankments of earth. Suspension
cables of steel will pass over two granite
towers, each about 2l0 feet high, pierced
with arched openings for Toadways, and
be anchored into masses of masonry at
the outer end Of each approach. The
grades on the central span viii be three
feet per 100; on the shore span three and
five-tenths feet per hundred; and on
the approaches, four feet per 100.
The extreme width of the bridge
VIII be about fifty-four feet. with road
way for vehicles thlrty-four feet wide
in the clear. and two sidewalks for pedes-
trians. eight feet each in width. Lateral
vibration Is 10 be prevented BY system
of ties extending out from the sides Of
the towers, and vertical vibration by
means Of four trusses. The live load that
such bridge could sustain would Re
seventy pounds to the square foot. The
clear heighth OF los feet above water
level Will allow the largest four-masted
schOOners to reach Georgetown by lower
ing their top-masts. II i at rare inter
walls that vessel Of this class appears IN
TINS harbor, and the great majority Of
vessels that sail these waters can pass
under the bridge without Inconvenience.
The span of 100 feet practically leaves
the full width Of the river unobstructed
both to navigation and 10 the free flow Of
the Potomac
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10
A Practical Man.

say, Mr. Dentist" said raunt. rsv.
boned man from the haymaking district.
a. he entered down town dental estab-
Iishment, what air yonr char9ss Ter doe
TORN teethf"
Twenty five cents for administering
gas. from $50 up for filling. aud nfty
cents for extracting
Il don't care fer Al that rubbish I
don't care Ter y0ur administ rin'. Der your
nlhn', ner your eHrTactiH' WEat ] want
% know IL what it's g9in' 20 cost % hsT
this dod gasted throbbin' wlsdlm teyth
jerked. Buffalo Express
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10

Old age tells upon The brain. II no longer
fills The skull, and the vacant spaces ara
filed Siih water. It, Substance beoorB@5
more compact and tough; In some rare
cases u c0ndsnsss into irAtberiike sub
stance and the mar p reduced % y condi-
tion o. idiOcy. Bat Ia all CASES mentality
j. ies@ensd Men like Gl21sfasus seem -
~ exceptions, bns such ~ be are born Tor
a hundred ysars. Their Old are c0rles
later Youths Companion
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10

The courageous and strategic editor of
the Newton Republican declares that IA
sicklier thing has not been done since
Meade let Lee escape from Gettysburg,
than the action of the eight Republican
senators who voted for the Stewart
amendment to the pending silver bill.
The world can never know what it loses
10y not giving its real, sure enough
heroes and statesmen chance to demon
strate their proves and genius. If
but what's the use: the opportunity is
past. Oh, that pesky little If. "
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10

Again the threatened inundation of
lands along the Lower Mississippi by the
overflow of that river emphasizes the
necessity of substantial levee improve
ments. And this means more money TO
be drawn from the treasury.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-10
Tremendous seas rnus eo1.p.s.-s<y sE-sy.

Tremendous seas unas oOa-pssS-s<y sv57s
over her.
Many Of the passengers were almost be
side themselves with terror The doors
leading on deck were securely fastened
and none but those connected with the
ship were allowed outside. The passengers
would have been swept overheard by the
first sea that broke over them.
Throughout the day this frightfnl gallo
continued. As night came On Il gradually
died away, and at O'Clock the stars ap-
peared - Capt Charles W. Kenneiy in
Youth Is Companion.