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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-15
KANSAS Political GOSSIP.

to turn all the raScalS out and make a
clean sweep of it," said Dick Chase, the
populist leader, this morning. 'The first
thing will be to sweep out the state house
from top to bottom. The thorough clean
ing out of the railroad commissioners
office will give us more satisfaction than
anything else. We will chop off MitchelPs
head first, and just six minutes afterward
George T. Anthony will GO to the block.
Greene will come last, but we'll take his
scalp soon enough, and then, if have anv
influence, the doctor at the Winfield school
for imbecile children will come next. He
discharged an attendant last week because
he said he was going to vote for Lewelling
and then challenged his vote"
"Wbom are going to put in place of
them?"
''Weli. that's another question. There
will be plenty of candidates. Lewelling
hasn't said what he would do, but one
thing is sure: every state institution will
60 through general lhouse-cleaning"
Further inquiry developed the fact that
John G. Otis of Topeka, p B. Maxson of
Emporia and T. T. Bradshaw of Wichita
are the favorite candidates of the populists
for railroad commissioners. There was
talk few days ago that if Lewel!ing were
elected he was bound by promise to the
Democrats not to enforce the metropolitan
police law. Chase says that this not true,
and that one of Lewelling's first official
acts will be to appoint new police COM
missioners.
ATCHIsoN. Kan. Nov. 14-"The majori-
ty have right to rule" John j. Ingals
said to a reporter this morning, land
when the majority express an opinion, the
verdict should be accepted by every good
citizen promptly and cheerfuly. Just
now / am not making any autopsies or
postmortem statements"
1t is known that during the coming
winter Mr.. ingalls, will deliver fifty lee
lures in different parts of the country, and
that 1.-The Recent Election" will be one Of
the subjects
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-15
THE THIRD PARTY SENATORS.

"Handsome is that handsome does, "and
Hoods SarsapariIla does handsomely.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-15
ADLAPS PROGRAM.

BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, Nov 14-At politi-
cal demonsi ration this evening vice presi-
dent elect Stevenson said:
"While as Democrats we rejoice over
the great victory we have achieved, we
should not forget that we are all Ameri-
cans. We favor large measure of COM
mercial freedom. To the end that employ
Jment may be given to our own skilled
labor and that the United States may be a
successful competitor in the markets of
the world, we favor the free admission of
raw materials. 1t is part of our political
creed that the tariff is tax and that
the tax is paid by the consumer. We
earnestly favor reduction to
the minimum of the tariff taxes upou
the necessaries of life; we are unalterably
opposed to the passage of force bill, and
we favor the strictest economy in expendi-
lures of public money. The verdict of the
people has been pronounced against pro-
hibitory tariff. But let no apprehension
be felt that business will he imperiled;
the reduction of the tariff within safe
lines will conserve, not destroy, the busi-
ness interests of the country"
Mr.. Stevenson said tonight to reporter
of the Associated Press that he had not
given out for publication any interview
regarding special session of congress. Mr..
Cleveland, he said, was the proper person
to speak upon that matter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-15
DAKOTA RETURNS.

Is your blood poorf Take BEECHAM's
PILLS
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-12
HE is NO FIGHTER.
The Giraffe Would Never Win Honors
In - Prize Ring.

The flesh OF young giraffes. and OF
fat cows especially. is excellent there
Is the least musky flavor perhaps.
but IL is not unpleasant. The tongue
and marrow bones are great delicacies.
the later particularly furnishing the
the rarest and most delicious banquet
of the African hunter.
Few beasts OF the chase are more
poorly endowed with means OF defense;
but even the mild giraffe when
wounded and brought to stand. will.
If the hunter approaches from the
front chop at him with its fore feet
and n blow from such limb is an ex-
ceedingly dangerous one. have
questioned many hunters on this
point and can not ascertain that the
giraffe uses its legs in any other sys-
tenn OF defense.
At the present time the giraffe is
mainly sought after for the value OF its
hide. which, even so far up country
as Khamas Town (Palachewe). now
commands n value OF from &2 los to
"a los a skin, varying according to
age and sex. The hide OF tough,
thick skinned old bull. from an inch
to an inch and a quarter in thickness
is. OF course the most sought after.
When one OF these great creatures lies
prone upon the weldt il seems as II
enveloped in mantle OF brass. and
the fingers can make no impression
whatever upon the carcass. Not many
years since the hides of the rhinoceros
and hippopotamus furnished ox-whips
and riding whips-colonially known
as siamboks-all over South Africa.
But the rhinoceros is all but extermin-
ated south OF the Iambesi; the hippo
potamus becomes scarcer year by year,
and the hide OF the giraffe is conse
quently in greatly increased demand.
A few Years back there was dearth
OF siambok hide, says Chambers
Journal, the price OF whips rose inn
menscly, and giraffe skin sold read
lily for Co and more. Forthwith par
ties OF Dutch and native hunte s
hocled into the Kalahari and scores
upon scores OF giraffes were slaught-
cred. On coming out with their
loads tho hunters dis overed that they
had overstocked the market and that
prices had rapidly fallen again. Most
up-country natives, especially the
Bechuaras. use the hide OF the giraffe
for making the neat sandals they hab-
itually wear preferring it for its
strength and toughness to any other,
1t seems n pity that for the sake only
of whips and sandals, and TO furnish
the hunter with meat and an exciting
form of sport, this stately creature
should be exterminated from South
Central Africa as it bids fair TO soon
he
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-12

approaches the rat house as quietly as
possible as the inmates are constant
ly on the alert and il alarmed will
quickly run down their spiral stairway
and out into the leads.
Stepping to the top OF the house. the
hunter plunges the spear down
Through it as far as he can push them.
With IA pick he pulls the house TO
pieces and frequently finds two or
three muskrats, and sometimes more.
lmpaled by the spears
This destructive method is however,
not looked upon with favor.
The muskrat is somewhat similar
in appearance to his dry land cousin,
but is much larger
The brown muslsrat which is larger
than the black muskrat when full
grown measures twelve TO fourteen
inches from the tip OF his nose to the
root OF his tail, pnd his rat-like caudal
appendage sometimes attains length
of eight inches.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-12

tramp was struck 10y IA train the
other Iii Int on the Pennsylvania road, and
on his person was found "A bank book with
a ere lit OF S305.
A artisan purveyor to feminine fancy
announces the invention OF IA funeral
co set, p" tho special features OF which are
elastic wells TO admit of sobbing"
a pet dog which taxes the air on tho
streets dressed in dark cloth stockings or
CATERS reaching above the knees and hav-
ing leather so!es, is attracting attention
in Paris
1t is Il sign OF fair weather if the cluster
OF small mir bubbles formed Iy the sugar
collect and remain in the center of the
cup Ii they rush to the sidcs il will
surely rain before night.
The sapphire and emerald are credited
with properties wl.ich rendered them capa-
BILE OF influencing orhtaalmi, disorders,
and there is a superstitio.s belief that SER
penis arc blinded 10y looking at the latter
stone.
1t is said that woman in Toronto,
Ontario, after buTying her seventh hus.
band, erected "A monument TO the whole
lot 1t consisted Of marble hand, with
the index finger pointing 70 the sky, and
oH Auc busc, lnHOcdu VI utlitsoi ubtSs ttS'j
were the words seven up
A black bass Qarge mouthedl was re-
Gently caught near Waldo Fla, which
weighed twenty. seven pounds. This tops
the record by three and quarter pounds,
as bass weighing twenty three and three
quarters pounds was taken some years
ago from 2 Florida lake American
Angler.
The annual mortality of the entire hui
man race amounts roughly speaking, ac-
cording TO French medical journal, to
33, 900, 900 of persons This makes the
average deaths per day over $1,000. be-
ing Mt the rate of 3, 80 per hour, or sixty
two people every minute of the day and
night the year round
a Sydney firm recently published "Aus-
tralian Men OF Mark y A subscriber re-
fused to pay for his copy because he
wasn't in it, The firm sued him and the
chief justice has sided with the subscriber
and the firm wasn't in it The court held
that merely local celebrities should not be
called Australian men OF mark.
The old mansion house that has been
lately torn down at Beaver Falls, Pa,
was in its day tho finest elifce in Western
Pennsylvania and many wandering whites
was built by Isaac Wilson in l7s5, and
was occupied 10y him for many years as q
dwelling and at times as Il fortress, for
tho country was full OF hostile Indians in
those days
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-12
NEGROES ON SAFETY VALVES
A Eem'n, secucs OF the Mis'isiippi River
Before the War.

Nefore the war.
ID. Grail OF Cincinnati talkin G
about old times on the Mississippi
river. said to a Detroit Free Press.
reporter:
Before the war used to run on
the Mississippi river and you may de-
pend times were red hot in those days
The stories that you hear about the
exciting occurrences that were daily
happening on the big passenger boats
in ante-bellum days are not
the least exaggerated. On the
contrary | have seen livlier times
there than have ever read
and heard about. Gambling! W-h-e-w W!
Well | should rather say so, and to
tell the truth | was right in IL myself.
| have sat in poker games day after
day and night after night where
bowie-knivcs and seven shooters were
TO be seen on every side. and where
negro slaves were the stakes. am
no SLOUGH OF card player, and have
fingered the pasteboards with the
cream of the profession, and yet when
| recall some OF those old times it
makes the shivers run up and down
my spinal column.
Passengers on the river boats in
the days referred TO lived high, | as
sure you and such thing as having
water on the table for drinking pur-
poses was unheard of. Wine and
whisky flowed freely, and it was a
mark Of great efTeminacy to be seen
drinking Adams ale. To give you
something OF an idea how they used 10
do in the Jos | will relate an incident
that | witnessed on the steamer Mon
arch in 90. A passenger walked up
TO the clerks desk one morning, threw
down $40 bill and said: Take what
| owe you out of this "
The clerll-and all such function
aries were important feeling fellows
aboard Mississippi river steamboat
-glared at the bill and then threw it
back with the remark. That's bad.
1T can't be, replied the passenger, i
just drew it out Of bank. One word
drew on another until finally the clerk
called the passenger liar. Quick as
II lash the passenger drew gun and
fired, shooting the clerk through the
head, killing him instantly. The
boats crew seized the passenger, tied
him TO q chair and threw him over
board. and. sir, do you know, not a
man playing poker in the cabin at the
time, left his chair through the entire
scene. Such trivial occurrence as
two human beings losing their lives
was not deemed OF sufficient interest
or Importance to warrant the gamblers
stopping their game.
Steamboat races? Well, | guess
so. Time and time again / have seen
hams and barrels Of pork thrown into
the furnaces during a steamboat race.
and while the passengers on both
boats were stand NJ on the brink OF
eternity, you might say. the boats
shivering and grooming under the
awful strain like coup Of suffering
animals, the gamblers would stand
calmly by and lay wagers as TO which
boat would win the race, or as to the
likelihood OF one or both OF then
blowing up"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-12
JUSTICE SHALL PREVAIL.
An instancs of Its Method OF Prevailing
in Easteru Lands.

An Instance of Its Method OF Prevailing
in Eastern Lands.
There was once robber in Cairo
who fell from the second story OF a
house he was trying to enter and
broke his leg. said Charles Dudley
Warner at the Aldine club, on STORY
Tellers Night" He wont to the cadi
and complained. Tho mans window
was badly made and he wanted just
ice. The cadi said that was reason
able and he summoned the owner OF
the house. The owner OF the house
confessed that the house was poorly
built but claimed that the carpenter
was TO blame and not he. This struck
the cadi as sound logic, and he sent
for the carpenter. The charge IS
alas. too true. said the carpenter,
but the masonry was at fault and |
couldn't fit good window So the
cadi. impressed with the reasonable
ness of the argument sent for the
mason. The mason pleaded guilty,
but explained that pretty girl in q
blue gown had passed the building
while he was at work. and that his at
tention had been diverted IRON MS
duty. The cadi thereupOn demanded
that the girl be brought before him.
1T is true said she. that / IN
pretty. but it's no fault Of mine II
my gown attracted the mason, the
dyer should be punished not L."
quite Jrue' said the cadi send tor
the dyer" The dyer was brought to
the bar and pleaded guilty. That set
tied it. The cadi told the robber TO
take the guilty wretch to his house
and hang him from the door-sill. and
the populace rejoiced that justice had
been done. But pretty soon the crowd
returned to the cadrs house complain
ing that the dyer was too long to be
properly hanged from his door-sill.
.Oh. WELL" said the cadi, who by
that time was suffering with ennui.
',go find short dyer and hang him.
Justice shall prevail. "-.Argonaut
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-12

A UNIVERSITY, properly speaking is
a place of instruction for the use OF
young persons who know the meaning
and value OF learning. who have def
mite ideas and purposes connected with
its pursuit and who are either entirely
competent to regulate their own acts
or else incompetent for anything. In
such an institution. the idea OF a sys-
teri OF discipline to be applied to the
students, in regulation OF their ordi-
nary Affairs outside OF the lecture room,
is simply laughabie.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-12
Why To Wished 20 Avoid u.

There comes Fiikins. Let's go
around the block.
What's the matter? Had quarrel
with him?'
oh no; we're tho best OF friends. "
owe him money!"
Not cent"
"Tlin5 he wants 20 borrow|
no: he always has money"
Always has hard story 10 tell,
perhaps
Never knew him 20 tell one in all
the years i have known him"
We'll, why in the world don't you
want TO meet him?"
"He has a baby that is always say
ing bright things. Chicago Tribune.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-12
Instinct tn Birds.

All birds seem to have an instinc-
tive knowledge that II they once sur
render to the force OF the wind, and
allow themselves to drift like leaves,
there are unknown dangers for them
They VIII hardly ever do so unless to
escape pursuit and then only for a
few minutes when their pace is so
,velously rapid that in the case OF
land birds. few minutes is sufficient
to carry them out OF the district they
know into others from which they will
perhaps never be able to find their
way back to the fields wtich are their
native home.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-12
Cheapness Il n Cheapness Docs.

Il tell you. said n recently returned
traveller. who was clad much after the
fashion OF Mr. Richard Swiveller--'I
tell you Argentina's tho place to go!
Everything is dirt cheap there! Why,
you can get splendid fat turkey there
for twenty cents" "Whew" said one
of the interested by-standers; iii I'd
been in your place, | should have
stayed therew Would you now?"
remarked the traveller, cycling his
friend, meditatively; well, then.
since you'd have stayed. probably YOU
can tell me how j was to get the
twenty cents, in Argentinaw -Argo-
naut
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-12

A popular notion is that the where
abouts of a drowned person may be-
ascertaiued by floating "a leaf weighted
with quicksilver which is said at once
TO swim toward and stand over the
spot where the body lies. This is a
very widespread belief, and instances
OF its occurrence are, from time TO
time, recorded.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-12

THERE is more nonsense thought
and written on this subject OF the re-
qulrements and limitations OF college
discipline than there is on the place
of Latin and Greek in a modern lib
eral education; and that is saying a
great deal. The ideal university dis
cipline is no discipline at all. A uni.
versity has no more business to be
called on to deal with the private con .
duct OF its students than the vestry OF
a church has to say what marriages
shall be permitted between members
of the congregation. Ard it is be.
cause our great institutions OF learn
ing have boen SO long in working up
to the university ideal, and still stop so
far short OF it in many respects. that
the question arises at all
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-12

RICHES. moderate wealth. are not
burdensome, but are and may be pro-
ductive OF tho most benefcent results
both TO their possessor and his follows.
But unfortunately for the race, the
avarice that heaps up great riches UNI
Willingly piles up for itself inconven,-
ences. perRs and disasters which in
the ordainmont OF human affairs
seems to be the penalty OF greed.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-12
where There's a VIII There's Way,

Elderly Widow-Well, there be-
lieve I've made all the requests | wish
to make; still iiud ten thousand re-
naming.
Mutual Friend-Oh that's all right.
1t vii! take all of that to prove you
were OF sound mind when you made
your will -Pittsburg Bulletin.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-12

The poor house OF the co'I1ty is n
refuge for unfortunates OF whom
faany. If not most are in feeble
health To restore bodily and mental
vigor and to enable the inmates to go
forth and do battle in the world, and
to inspire them with desire to DO so
should be the chief purpose of the ad-
ministration. To this end wholesome
food and. when needful. good medl-
cines and pure stimulants should be
furnished. Public money is furnished
that they may be provided.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-12

IT would be tremendous step for
ward IL other bad habits which fetter
the race, such as lying stealing and
the like. could be unriveted by thera-
peutjc means. The discovery of the
bacillus of consumption, or any one 81
the other recent triumphs of medical
science, would te as nothing beside
the revelation OF cure by physical
means OF the familiar and dominant
vices OF humanity. Thus, if by Sc
clusion for brief term and the ad-
ministration OF certain drugs, the de-
sire to murder. to lie. TO steal and TO
violate tho seventh commandment
could be eradicated from the human
heart the millennium would be within
mailing distance.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-12

IT has taken centuries to educate
the European public up to n point
where they realize the necessity Of
public cleanliness in order to insure
the public health and Americans do
not seem to have learned the lesson
yet But Il an epidemic Of typhoid
fever, cholera diphtheria or other
contagious disease appears, then the
public suddenly wakens up to the ne
cessity of doing something Now If
the public were really persuaded from
day TO day OF the need of sanitary reg
nlations-in tho winter as well as in
the summer they would act accord
ingly. and not wait until hundreds. or
perhaps thousands. OF precious lives
have been sacrificed to public negli-
gence.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-12
Green-Tintcd pnner.

Some French authors have adopted
the practice of usipg tinted pa
per for manuscript finding it less
harmful TO the eyes than white paper.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-12

WHILE, OF course riches brin g
power feeling OF independence and
a number of other things which most
men covet still they bring certain
other things not so desirable. That
riches are perilous to the soul no one
who is at all familiar with the history
OF rich men as class doubts and
that they also involve danger to ply
steal life and limb and certain incon-
veniences prec,pitated by the crank
spirit and Impulse of the age. is COM
ing TO be as never before realized.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-12
MICH

HoNoR is unstable. and seldom the
,ame; for she feeds upon opinion and
IL as tickle as her food. She builds a
lofty structure on the sandy founda-
ton OF the esteem OF those who are, OF
all beings the most subjec to change.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-12
Too Tallkativc.

See here. Jones / heard that you
repeated what / told you the other
dayP"
WHO said ! didpn
Smith"
'Confound him. he always tells
everything he hears. Texas Siftings
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-12

HE vanity which throws out hints
and the garrulity which abhors silence
and the hippancy which spurns re.
straint are all poor and mean charac-
teristics which every right minded
man and woman will be on the watch
to control. Even the entire frankness
with which some people discuss their
own affairs forms no precedent for
discussing those of another. The
right to the former is unquestionable,
though its wisdom may often be
doubted; but the latter is neither
right nor kind.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-02-12

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