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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14
Trlamph Of Az, o..r x.,ur..

Serious Artist think yon knew tbs
model for this hg5Ire-poor Deggsr. deaf
and dumb
Light Hearted Friend-f cnow-us~d
20 at - corner q street DEAF and
dumb, b. Joys. yoB'vs made a "sp-ak-
ing likeness q kaml WondsEfal;-
Prrch.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14
whea. Prospects in Cowley.

Although the acreage Of wheat sown
in tins vicinity last fall Is below the
average. the recent rains and favorable
conditions generally have put the grow
ing plant IN such good shape that an
average Weld Is predicted 4 Dispatch
representative IDfeTvieSed a number Of
farmers living IN different directions
from Arkansas City. and Their reports
are mostly ia line eith the ab0Fe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14

If the Republican party had come up
to the standard of the EAGLE during the
past three years on the railroad, and
other questions there would have been no
Alliance marty in Kansas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14

The electrical mode Of executing Grim
inalS in New York is no sooner pro-
nounced a success and satisfactory than
fresh crusade is started against
it. Assemblyman Stein, who witnessed
the execution of Murderer McElvaine at
Sing Sing has introduced bill in the
New York legislature providing for a re-
turn TO the rope and gallows system of
execution. The bill Is said to be sup
ported by many newspapers of the state,
but this Is not probable, inasmuch as the
objectionable feature Of the original law,
that excluding newspaper representa-
tive from witnessing such executions
and prohibiting the publication of re
ports Of them in the papers, has been
removed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14

e The last speech with which Queen
Victoria opened parliament is the short
est she ever made. She has seen so
much of parlaments that she probably
had some reluctance in opening it at all.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14

There is a war on in the east against
the slow music at the theatres. The com.
ing actor, if he has to die will have to do
il without the help of the violinist. 1t
has always been believed that while slow
music did not kill little Eva" it helped
bar to dia
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14
GEL a Move on Him.

From The TOY Ilmts-
John VI. Price, of Atchison, viii he a candid
ate for the Republican nomination for govern
or. He viii have 10 get out and hustle with
the boys or Marsh Murdoch will capture that
plum. If Murdoch should b elected governor,
YOU would never hear the Republican paperS
Of the state growing because be did lot run
hi, own administrators
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14

The News declares that influenza and
riding in street cars are the chief dangers
nenacing Chicago civilization just now.
But the combined agencies are making
hnnn for the nudartakers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14

Kansas will next week storm St.
| Louis. Within the last year Alliance
delegations from this state have dropped
their cash in Cincinnati, indianapolis,
Washington and Chicago. If the ALI
ance is a Kansas party and has the inter-
asst of the state at heart, why don't it
have its conventions in Kansas and in
crease the circulation?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14

The project for a submarine cable 20
Hawaii will be looked upon as hazard
Gus enterprise if the cable is to be made
to transmit messages in the Hawaiian
1anouaoa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14
women.

The governor of Arizona doesn't wait
for the nation to reform things; he SIM
pIv goes ahead on his own hook. he
hardened seven muTderers in single
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14
The Ola Crowds oppostion.


While the Murdoch boom for governor APP
pears 10 be quite generally over the state az the
present time, yet il will be found before con-
vention time arrives that ne has great deal
of opposition 10 contend with. 1t viii take
hard work to secure the nomination. This is
not saying, however that he would not make a
good governor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14

There are 10000 women studying In
the various colleges of America; and yet
It is only twenty-five years since the first
college in the land was opened 70
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14
Dsmonstrs.sa a.s Ae.a.r

Ffaa sas Als.4 Ezas i-~
Marsh Mavls--s-- 5--na fs,r governor Ha- g
starr shsg ~sl t4Ae something fslTi-7- wHsi ~
hl1h 7sat.r Is sap A. editor - si.e Nirtita
EssIE- hs iias fally ,senaosi~1 rated ~ AhsllfF
l. u-slsE = xcxsd -sgygxnaE.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14
Very Ike

? rom tae LaWTecce a0ETi3aL
4 clairvoyanr whose speciality was
finding stolen property. was robbed IN
New York of s. 900 and some silverware
She at once called III the police 10 find II
for her. This IS very ike the Democratic
party. 1t can tell the Republican party
Just how everything should be done. but
when IT comes 10 doing things Itself IT
falls down as badly as the clairvoyant.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14
No Escape From the Tyrant Man,

FROM the Sew YORK Commercial Advertiser.
If Belva Lockwood were compelled
BY unfortunate circumstances 10 bring
libel suit she would at once be con
fronted By the difficulty Of securing a
jury that would be entirely satisfactory.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14
MOULDED IN WAX.

The French are Famous for their success in making
Corsets in the most perfect shape, and mould This IS
attained by first making wax form of perfect formed
and then cutting patterns and plates of brass to
fit this mmaginary perfect bust
The Arcade will put ON sale Monday 10 dozen cor
SETS cut by this French model and they are guar
anted by the manufacturer to be the duplicate of
made in France which sells regularly for 81 90
but the Arcade is leading with low prices and 81 90 viii
buy one this week.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14

David Bennett Hills boom has come
to a dead stop, and in all probability II
Hill will turn off the power and look, he
will find that his trolley has slipped of.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14

Ward McAllester recently wrote bril-
liant screed on how to live on $lo1,OOo a
wear. Mr.. McAllester is really making
himself disagreeable in his social stlngi-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14
They are Identical,

From the Barton County Banner.
NJ. VI. Murdoch of the Wichita EAGLE, is re-
ceiving quite a boom as candidate for gov
ernor. We are not personally acquainted
with the old man, but if he is anywhere near
as good as his paper, he'd make Kansas good
governor
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14
The Crest OF the Wave

From the SaIIna JuuruAi,
Opponents of Murdoch say his boom has sub
sided. Not so; booms, like other thinge go in
waves. The tide is on the rise, and on the
crest of the last wave shall ride safely into the
governors chair, Marshal NJ. Murdoch, Of
Sedgwick county
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14

1t is said that Mr.. Hill locks himself up
eight hours a day to devote intense
thought to a study entitled: 1.-The Prod
able Dangers Of Previousness.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14

Gerflenzn-Y0u dent mean - Say
yog call this fAyorless stua extzu sop.
water
Waiter-Tessir
zen take l. cut and lss
the ox Dip his tail n y tsD o. thrss
n7ore tsulrz -Llondon Tit-Bitz
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14
11S East Douglas Avenue,
INCORPORATED

couldn't stand % see him suffer. ! hired
one Of the men to hold chlOroforrn 10 his
nose till his struggles were over. TEXAS
Cor. St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14
Oklahoma's Good Will,

From the Edmond Sun.
Ii some Oklahoma people had as much to do
with Kansas politics as some Kansas people
have 20 do with Oklahoma's world fair ex-
hibit, Marsh Murdoch would be governor Of
that state this fall
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14


The seven fires that resulted in losses
each transcending $500, 600 in valve were
hese:
Nashville Tenn. several large stores. S3t2, go
Columbia, Mo. State University. 3J0,U00
New York City. Van Tassel's grain ele-
New York City, Union square fire. 49,. J3o.OOO
houses NATURALIZATION. $4,000
other. .,.......3 $4,000
Chester s. c.. cotton factory 10000
And not only have the January fires
been more Obstructive than usual, but
the insurance feature of them has been
more pronounced and more striking than
ever. The entire S12, 564, 900 worth that
went up in smoke is said to have been
fully covered by insurance, so that the
insurance companies received little, if
any, assistance from the owners of the
property in bearing the loss.
This is as hard on the companies as it
is lucky for the owners, and the expecta
ton is general that it will lead to con-
siderable contraction, if not to an entire
cessation, of operation on the part of
some of the insurers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14
More Truth than Poetry.


Hoch, OF the Marion Record, thinks that it
takes more brains to run a paper Ike the
Wichita EAGLE than i. does TO be good gov
ernor. The idea contains more truth than
DOetrV
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
That's What It VIII Be.

From the Louisville Times
There is no longer any appropriateness
in denominating it a wigwam. Let the
structure to be erected in Chicago for
the Democratic convention be christened
the Tigers Den, or the Cave of Adullam.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14

From the Jetmore Sunhower,
Murdock's gubernatorial boom is still on,
and the sandy man from Wichita will be
strictly in it to a finish.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14
MlfIil! agle
NJ. NJ. MURDOCH, Editor

Nine. Patti will come to Kansas City.
A local paper announces her as con
tralto.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14

The latest from Hill is that he cussed
a blue streak" But the call Tor the
early convention still stands uneftaced.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14
JANUARY FIRES.

January has somewhat unenviable
reputation among the months for the
destruction of property by fire that it
witnesses, and January of 1892 has been
especially true in that respect to the re-
ceived January character.
Here, according to the New York
Commercial Bulletin. are the respective
losses by fire during the month in ques-
ton for the last three years:
January, 1890. 9,179.OO
January logl .s.s....s.....'....s'''. II-D',sS s,
January, lcS~ ,..-....,...-...ss''..'s 1-oots'oo
From which it will be seen that the
loss in January of the present yeer IS
greater by 81 1894, 900 than it was in jan
uary, 1891, and Sd, $3.50, 600 greater than
it was in January, 1890.
The number of fires during the month
was 255, divided according to destruct-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14
From the Mulvane Graphic.
From the Dighton Journa

Let's see, Who's the other candidate for
governor of Kansas besides Marsh MurdOck2
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14

Cold Springs i the name OF new town
started in the Iowa country, twenty-five
miles east OF GutbEls.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Marsh Murdoch will certainly get the nomi-
nation for governor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-14
Stacked Hay Before the Fellow Was
Born,

From the Caldwell News.
The Peoples Voice objects to Marsh Muir
dock because he doesn' have hayseed in his
hair. This is a serious mistake on the part Of
Murdoch and the sooner he runs his head into
a hay stack, or goes to feeding steers the better
for his chances
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-08
Nsrvsa WnndnsGes

That witty Frenchman, Merry, was
careless In his use Of money, and was
also inclined to be lazy. With char
actcristic originality he once at
tempted to utilize one failing az a
restraint upon the other. His heroic
scheme was not entirely successful,
but he accepted his experience phil
osophically, and enjoyed telling tho
story. 1t happened that he had 1000
francs in 4Ofranc pieces.
"NoW," said he. III am economic
cal | can pass comfortable winter.
But am not economical; however,
have an idea. I think can he care
full about using this money"
He unlocked a large closet in his
room and had the things taken out.
Then he went to a dealer In tirewuOd,
and ordered two loads Of the largest,
heaviest blocks.
He had the blocks piled In the
closet. Then he took his 40-franG
pieces and dropped them In the cracks
Of the WOOdpile. "Thcy are safe now"
he said with a smile Of satisfaction
as he locked the door.
Whenever he wanted piece OF
money he had to pull out six or more
Of the great blocks of wood, and all
went well for a time. One day he
was absorbed in writing, when u beg
gar, who for some reason had been
allowed to come to his door, entered
and enlisted Mery's sympathies-
With his usual generosity, Merry
turned to the drawer where he kept
his money 1t was empty. Then he
unlocked the closet.
To be true to his resolution to force
himself to spend that money caro-
fully, he should have attacked tho
woOdpile himself: but his dislike for
hard work betrayed him into mis-
take.
There are some gold-pieces in that
wood-pile," he said. Get one for
get some for me, for | shall be want
ing some pretty soon" Then he
went back into the next room TO
write
For a long time Merry heard the
man throwing the wood about.
Finally he went to the door, thinking
he must have found good many
gold-pieces by that time. He was
right. as he found out afterward.
The rascal was flushed and breath
less with his exertions. When he
saw Merry he said: Il have only one
gold-piecc," and made his escape Inn
mediately. Merry glanced at the
closet. The blocks were all In place.
THE idiot replied the wood,' he
said, and went back to his writing.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-08
Defica the Ere EienI.

Recent foreign Journals speak Of
most remarkable fire extinguishing
agent, the invention Of gentleman
of Lucerne, Switzerland. This chemi-
cal compound is stated to be nine
times more effective than ordinary
water, and among its other qualities
possesses the valuable faculty Of rem
dering individuals virtually tireproof.
A number of experiments have been
made to prove its efficiency, and the
Insurance News, Of Manchester, En-
gland. says concerning the tests that
the impunity with which the exhibit
ors approached masses of flame gave
them almost the appearances OF being
in their natural element. When the
hands are dipped in this solution,
burning materials may be manipllla-
ted with perfect safety. The first
experiment was supposed to repre-
sent the npsetting Of a paratlinc lamp,
the oil flowing in a stream over the
table cloth and Immediately blazing
up in a furious flame. BY simply
passing the hands wet with the sOlu-
ton over the burning cloth, this
flame was speedily extinguished, al
though the table itself had caught
fire, and the exhibitor appeared to be
IN no little danger.
In the next test mass OF pitch
was ignited in smpll pit and al
lowed to become thoroughly lighted,
the smoke and flames rising up in
volumes. The application OF two
buckets of the solution had an almost
magical effect, the flames dying down
at once, while not only the fire but
even the heat arising therefrom en-
tircly disappeared, the pitch becom-
ing at once quite cold. The final ex-
pertinent, which was considered tho
most efficient. as the fire was open
and uncontincd in every direction,
consisted in eXtinguishing the flames
in a wooden structure made of a mass
of slaves saturated with paratfine oil.
When ignited this combination gave
forth an enormous volume Of heat.
TO eXtingush this a small hand en-
CINE holding about thirty gallons OF
the agent was employed, and as a re-
suit Of a few strokes Of the pump tho
flames were wholly subdued.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-08
AROUND THE HOUSE.

For pianos at the scashore, where the
dampncss is apt to affect the instrument,
it is good idea to have a waddcd key
board cover to remain on the board when
the piano is either open or shut. 1t is
made the exact size of the keyboard,
and may be either of plush or silk.
CARE OF SEwAGE.-Spccial care Of the
sewage must be taken during warm
weather and some disinfcctant should be
poured down the cesspools and sinks as
often as once Il week. For outdoor
drains nothing is better than coppcras.
Five cents worth dissolved in boiling
water is powerful purifier and dcodor-
iZcr.
Potash, or common washing Soda dis
solved in boiling water, is one OF the
best articles to use in the kitchen sink.
1t is wise also to keep Il little chloride Of
lime standing about in places OF doubt
full atmospheric purity, but it should be
kept in some high place out of the reach
Of children.
Meat that has become slightly tainted
may be restored by cutting away the
dark parts and washing the surface with
a tcaspoonful of boraX dissolved in half
Il cup of water
A large piece of charcoal laid in the re-
frigcrator will help to keep the atmos-
phere sweet. 1t needs to be renewed
once week.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-08
THE WOMAN STAGE-DRIYER.

A peculiarly nervous little woman,
with dark auburn hairand flashing black
eyes, is often registered at the Grand
Hotel. She is Mrs. ii. J. Langdon of
Lassen County, the woman stagc-drivcr
of the Sicrras. But she is more than a
driIcr of stages; she is an owner Her
stage lines extend for several hundred
miles throughout the mountains, and she
owns scores of horses and vehicles, and
carries the United States mail, as well as
hundreds of passengers.
Her husband died few years ago and
she took hold and managed and ex-
tended the business aforesaid Mrs
Langdon has taken many mail contracts
from the Government, and is we'll known
at Washington, d. c., which city she
often has occasion to visit in connection
with her mail contract. Recently she
had some correspondence with Post
mastcr-Gcneral Wanamaker in regard to
his method of awarding contracts, in
which she expressed herself in manner
to attract the attention of the entire
country
Mrs. Langdon is reported to be as good
a Judge OF stock as any man III the stage
business. She knows also the oportunc
moment when to grease a wagon, oil
harness, and generally to keep in touch
with the stage business, 50 as to make it
successful.
Her stage lines extend over some of
the ruggcdcst routes in the Sicrras and
again across plains, like those about
SusanviIlc. Plumas county has several
of Mrs. Langdon's lines. She delivers
mails and passengers promptly, and by
reason of her skill in taking contracts
and her ability in executing them has be-
come noted for her pluck and enterprise
She holds to the belief that there is
nothing incompatible with woman en-
tering upon a career of this kind, and
nothing to prevent her succeeding at it,
even though experienced men might re-
gard it at first as an exceedingly diff
cult field.
She is said to be an excellent whip and
to be able to manipulate the lines of four
or more horses about as easily as the
famous Hank Monk used to do on thu
old Geiger grade. Mrs Langdon ha
other kinds of business to manage be
sides her stage lines, and take them a
together she leads very active life, but
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-08
WESTINGHOUSE CLOTHES.
A Letter to His Tailor Gives Some of
the Great Mans Measurements.

The gentleman who brought forward
the following communication had not
only the original letter in his possession,
but was also the owner of the ''neas-
ure, =" composed of stiff paper carefully
sewn together, and with the marks writ
ten on it in the Generals handwriting,
relates the Sartorial Art Journal. 1t was
sent to the tailor through Washingtons
| agents, presumably Cary & Company,
merchants. 1t is notable for the same
exactitude and precision as the more i'm
portant matters which the General had
connection with, and it is invaluable as
giving the absolute condition of his
physique in the year of its date:
VIRGINIA, Goth April, 1763.-Mr. Lawrence:
Be pleased to send me gcnteel suite of
cloaths made of supertine broad cloth, hand
somely chosen:-I should have inclosed my
measure, but, in o general way, they are so
badly taken here, that am convinced it would
be of little service; / would have you, there
fore, take measure of a gentleman who wears
wcll-made cloaths of the following size, to wit:
Six feet high, and proportionably made; if
anything, rather slender than thick for per-
son of that height, with pretty long arms and
thighs. You will take care to make tho
DreeChcs longer than those you sent me last,
and | would have you keep the measure of the
cloaths you now make by you, and if any alter
alton is required in my next, it shall be pointed
out Mr.. Cary will pay your bill. am, sir.
your very Obedient humble servant,
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Note-For your further government and
knowledge of my size, I have sent the en-
closed, and you must observe, vt from We coat
end to No. l and No. l, is yo size over ye
breast and hips, No. 2 over We belly, and No.
4 round We arm, and from yo brooches end.
TO No. q, is for waistband; b., thick of the
thigh; c., upper buttonhole; L., knee band;
g., for length of breeches..
Therefore, if you take measure of person
about six feet high of this bigness, think you
can't go amiss; you must take notice that the
enclosed is the exact size, without any allow
ance for seams, etc. GEORGE WASHINGTON.
To Mr.. Chas. Lawrence,
Taylor, in old Fish street, London.
AS Washington was 81 in 1868, his
height, as he states it, viz, six feet, is
at variance with the popular
belief that he was six feet two inches,
but it may be that some popularity,
either of his length of limb or of his body,
caused him to tell his tailor to measure
gentleman of only six feet assured that
by some slight difference on his part from
other men he may have exactly the cor
rected difference. He was so correct in
all his directions that this seems the only
of the discrepancy.