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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-12
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BULL AND ALLIANCE LIES.

UP THE ROAD, Aug. 10, 1892.
To the Editor of the Eagle.
The ''spikers" and markers of the
grain markets are again abroad in the
land, hunting for short ears and nubbins
in order to spike the grain markets.
Matters are not leaning their way and
they are manifesting unusual industry
in exhuming the dry bones of bad crop
report, SO necessary in their business.
While the lap of the Kansas Flower
Girl" Is running over with every good
thing that earth and Providence gives
TO the deserving. and more than many
deserve, at the same time the wolves of
the market are climbing to the steeple-
tops of their imaginations and looking.
longingly for just little hot wind to
come Think of man hoping-pray-
ing, almost-for a little hot wind to
keep up his next two months salary and
the name of his party, for these two de-
pend on poor crops. AMEN.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-12
PRISON DISCIPLINE.
More Need Of Rigor and Iess OF Films,
Sentimentality.

More Need of Rigor and I.ess of Fiimsy
Sentimentaiity.
If we cannot help the honest orker,
at least we can stop petting and pam
pering the detected confidence man,
the thug OF the dives and the enterpris-
ing but unsuece ssful burglar, says a
writer in Lippincott's Magazine. The
Howard association appears to hit the
nail on the head in urging 1.-The neces-
sity of rendering the treatment of GRIM
inals less attractive" than that of the
law-abiding and industrious poor. lie
who lives by honest toll should not be
tempted to envy the sealawag who
preys on the community. When the
scalawag is caught, what We have to do
with him-if his offensSis not legally
matter for the noose-is to keep him
alive, safe and at work, to teach him
something useful if we can mot neces-
glasses), and to restrict as far as posi-
BILE his intercourse with his kind, es-
pecially separating him, while young,
from those who would be his instructors
in crime. 1t is not essential, nor evens
desirable, that he should enjoy his con-
fnement; it ought never to be forgotten
for moment that he is there for pun
ishment, that he is differentiated by his
own act from honest and decent people.
Short of inhumanity he can and ought
to be made to feel that the way of the
transgressor is hard; that honesty, or
what the law recognizes as such, is the
best policy. When tables are turned,
when the knave becomes distinctly an
unprivilegsd person, ne may find o.
casion to mend his ways.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-12
WIPES KNEW THEIR VALUE.
A Newsboy Who Would Only Accept Five
Cents for Saving Six Lives.

A Newsboy Who Would Only Accept Five
Cents for Saving Six Lives.
Human life is dull and in small de-
mand-spot cash, fye-siXths of a cent
each personal Belden Point, on City
island. These figures are the result of
the sad experience of Edward Gallagher,
of New York. Edward is a newsboy,
sometimes called 'Swipes the News
boy" as a compliment to his ability.
He is not the original s'Swipes." Ed
ward is sixteen years old, black-eyed,
brown-haired and small. What his
muscular development lacks in quantity
it more than makes up in quality. He
sold big armful of newspapers be-
tween this city and City island Monday
afternoon and then went rowing near
Belden Point. Four men and two wom-
en- who had sailed up from Greenpoint
in the small sloop Agnes went in bath
ing at half-past six o'clock, so ''Swipes''
says. Three of the men and the women
presently got into the skiff and padded
out into the sound, followed leisurely
by the fourth man, who swan. Two
hundred yards from the shore he grew
tired, tried to climb into the Skin over
the side instead of the stern and upset
it. ''Swipes" said he rowed fercely to
the rescue and saved them all.
'They made me weary" he confded
to New York Herald man. when 1
began taking them in all the men could
say was: We're all lostI' Soon's I got
'em ashore one says: Johnny, that was
great work yof done. I'm going to take
up election
''He passed the hat and raised thirty
cents out of all their clothes. When he
give it to me he says: You're only
boy, you know an I gave him back his
quarter an says: Yes, an / amt goin'
to overcharge you. The hull gang of
yer amt wort more'n f'pence.' Then I
skipped"
But viii not some society or some
kind individual give "Swipes" medal?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-12
Lynch Law Among Rats.

In the neighborhood of Barley the
other day, says the Leeds (Eng.) Post,
gentleman looking over wall saw =
dead hen in the field. Presently a rat
ran up, snuffed at the defunct fowl
with much satisfaction and went away
in some haste. The onlooker. who il a
student of natural history, knew what
that meant. and removed the hen from
thespot. Ina minute or two the rat came
back with half dozen friends. with the
evident intention of removing the car
cass for future use. Arriving az the
spot where the fowl had lain, the rat
raised loud squeak of advertisement al
its absence. In a trice the other ra:s
fell upon him so sa-agely that they left
him dead on the field rs warning not
TO play practical jokes with his friends.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-12
JERRY'S DENIAL.

Jerry Simpson wrote letter, under
date of August 4, to George Seaton OF
Newton, denying the statement that he
declared, on hearing of the shooting of
Frick, that he was glad of it, We give
Mr.. Simpson the benefit of the denial,
but his letter as it appears in the Newton
Republican verbatim. ct literatum, ct
punctuatim is most wicked, cruel muir
der Of her ajesty's, the queen 5, English,
One sentence from the letter Will suffice:
Il believed at that time that the labor
ing men at Homestead would be charged
with connection with the crime, and it
would be an injury 10 the canse-because
of my sympathy with the la5oring class
particularly those at Homestead led
me 10 make the remark that believed il
would be an injury 10 them-not that |
had any particular sympathy for Mr.
Frick. but this interview in the Kansas
City Journal was gottea up porposiy 10
inlure me Politically, i, only shows the
length the partlson press will go 10, they
have been makeing this kind of warfare
on me ever since / have came into Po-
li,icai notice and of course they will keep
1t up."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-12
A JEALOUS COW.
She Cores Her Master Because He Nursed
Pup.

She Cores Her Master Because He Nursed
Pup.
A few years ago, says writer in the
London Spectator. had quiet mich
COW, Rose, which was fond of Thomas,
the stableman, and also showed an aver
sion to dogs. One morning had just
begun to dress when / heard my puppy
barking in the cowshed. The next min
ute / heard roar of unmistakable
fear and anguish--a human roar. /
dashed downstairs, and at the same
moment arrived my son pitchfork in
hand
There lay Thomas on his face in dry
gutter by the side of the road to the
cow-house and the cow butting angrily
at him. We drove off the COW and poor
Thomas scuffied across the road, slipped
through wire fence, stood up and drew
breath.
'Well, Thomas said I, whats the
matter with Rose?"
"WeI, SIR" said Thomas, ST heard
the pup bark and united him, and / was
just coming out of the cow-house with
the pup in my arms when Rose came
round the corner. She knocked me
down and would have killed me-"
Thomas had, indeed, had narrow
escape, his trousers were ripped up from
end to end, and red marks all along his
legs showed where Roses horns had
grazed along them.
WELL" said /, you'd better not
milk her this morning, since she's in
such fury"
''Oh, III milk her right enough, sir.
by-and-by; just give her a little time to
settle down." said Thomas. ''It's only
jealousy of that ERE pup, sir. She
couldn't abide seeing me fondliug of
it,
In about twenty minutes Thomas
called me down to see the milk. The
cow had stood quiet enough to be
MIXED. But the milk was deeply
tinged with blood, and in half an hour
a copious red precipitate had settled to
the bottom of the pail. Till then had
doubted the jealousy theory. After
that I believed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-12

DEATH IN THE BATH.
vaPsrs of Monnt Budes Cure the Goat or
Kill the Bather.


When Charles Boner1 was in Transyl-
vania he visited Mount Budos. q volcano
which is never in actual eruption, but
is all the time sending out sulphuretted
hydrogen gas. In particular there ara
two caves or clefts in the whitish-gray
rock, out of which this gas, mixed with
carbonic acid, is emitted with special
freedom. The principal one Of these
caves is about twenty PAGES in depth,
and, as win be seen from Mr. Boners
description, is much frequented as q
health resort
'"To enter the cave in safety care must
be taken not to draw the breath A
long respiration Is made before rushing
in, the nostrils are closed. and then with
hasty steps the farther extremity Is
reached.
"a priclSing feeling in the eyes Is
caused by the warm atmosphere. From
the feet upwards the whole body has
the agreeable sensation Of gentle heat
playing around every limb. But your
stock of breath is exhausted. and you
run back TO the open air.
''The day before ] was there a man
had committed suicide by entering a
step or two He dropped at once; and
when shepherd, who was tending his
foeks on the opposite hillside, and who
saw him enter, came across 20 look for
him, he was dead.
THE vapors of the cave are highly
valued as a cure for the govt. and for
diseases Of the eye At the end Of tho
cavern tasteless. slightly warm liquid.
clear as crystal, falls slowly, drop by
drop, froEa the rock--the result prob
ably, of TIE condensed yapors rising
from below.
"a loose dress In worn by those who
take this vspor bath They 60 in. re-
main as long as they can hold their
breath, then run out, breathe, and 20 in
again
1.-The second cave is not far away.
and is called the Murderer. In flying
past the opening, birds drop dead upon
the ground. Close 20 the entrance I
found jay that had just met its death.
thought OF the upas tree and It's VIC
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-12

Congressman Billy Breckenridge. the
silver-tongued Kentuckian, was chosen
by the board of managers of the worlds
fair at Chicago to deliver the opening
Grafton, but since the honorable Billy
voted against the fair appropriation bill
in congress the managers Of the fair are
said to be trying to vacate the selection
SO more friendly person may be chosen
to the post of honor If these reports
are true the change will be made
Breckenridge stands on thigh pints" on
matters personal, and an intimation
that he is not wanted by the fair man.
ayers will bring his resignation, and
may bring something more from the
testy Kentuckian.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-12

Oxford Mocking Bird: Jesse Colties is
an upland farmer, living three miles
southwest of Oxford, who came to Sum-
ner county twenty-one years ago from
Yankton, Oak. Mr. Colties states that
he has raised wheat for eighteen years
without failure, his nearest failure be-
ing twelve bushels per acre, while he has
raised twenty-eight bushels per acre. He
says that lie thinks his crops for eighteen
years viii average seventeen bushels per
acre. He has raised corn for twenty -one
years with but one failure, which was
''grasShopper year; has frequently
made sixty bushels per acre; thinks his
average for twenty-one years is above
thirty bushels. Never failed to cut but
one crop of oats. When asked as TO the
profit In raising oats he replied: ''Oh.
yes, it is profitable crop; oats are sure
thing here
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-12
STILL a MYSTERY.
Nobody Has Yet Explained tho Secret of
Ouija's Strange Power.

Nobody Has Yet Explained tho Secret of
Ouija's Strange Power.
Ouija still fourishes in Boston, ac-
cording to the Transcript, as draw
ing-room amusement. Now and then
it accomplishes something quite remark
able, as, for instance, the other night,
when a story-writer asked the question
Of Ouija-the story-writer not being at
the board, but sitting near by-"What
is to be the name of the hero Of my
next story?" No one but the asker of
the question knew what the name was,
but Ouija proceeded to spell out the first
four letters of very unusual name
and then stuck After awhile, with lit
tie faltering and wrong letter once,
the entire name was spelled out. It
must have been hit upon either by acci-
dent-whieh would be very remarkable
or else must have somehow got from
the mind of the only person who knew
the name to the fingers of the persons
who were at the board-which perhaps
would be still more remarkable. One
young lady was told by Ouiia that
friend had gift of lilies for her at the
Office. To test the matter she went to the
Office. and found him about TO send her
an Offering of lilies. Perhaps this was
simply clever guess IL is q singular
thing that Ouija is generally inclined to
bIackguardism and bad words, and has
been known TO swear violently In
households where no oath was ever
heard The spirituaIists explain it On
the ground that the board IS manipu-
lated By an Idle, impairment sort OF
shirts
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-12
THE ACTION OF DUST.
How 1t Is Forced Into Houses When tn
Weather Indicator Rises.

Weather Indicator Rises
When the air around US becomes con-
densed-shrinlsi into a smaller volume
it becomes heavier, puts greater pres
sure on the surface of the mercury and
makes it ascend in the tube; then the
mercury is said to rise. When the air
expands-swells into a larger volume
it becomes lighter, the pressure on the
mercury sinks in the tube and the bar
ometer is said to fall Therefore, every
change of height of the quicksilver
which we observe is assign and measure
of change in the volume of air around
u.s. Further, adds the Popular Science
Monthly, this change in volume tells no
less upon the air inside our cases and
cupboards. When the barometer falls
the air around it expands into larger
volume, and the air inside the cupboard
also expands and forces itself out at
every minute crevice. When the bar
ometer rises again the air inside the
cupboard, as well as outside, condenses
and shrinks, and air is forced back into
the cupboard TO equalize the pressure,
and, along with the air, in goes the dust
The smaller the crevice the stronger the
jet of air, the farther goes the dirt.
Witness the dirt tracks SO often seen IN
imperfectly framed engravings and
photographs. Remember, ladies and
gentlemen, whenever you see the bar
ometer rising, that an additionalcharge
of dust is entering your cupboards and
d,-avvers
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-12

Kansas hot winds have been used to
blow the grain market hot and cold in
Chicago. Wind of any kind has great
influence with the Chicago speculator.-
Springfield Democrat.
If that were the only effect such re-
ports could have it would matter but
little, nor as to who starts them, nor
where from. But when they are sent
out from Kansas by irresponsible persons
whose only care is the amount of cash
they are to receive for such news
without thought or care for the injury
they do the state they become not only
despicable but exasperating and the
senders, by whatever medium, deserve
the severest denunciation, if not worst
treatment, that can be heaped upon
him
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-12
Inventor. Of the Photograph.

A French dealer in Notes and
Queries" has discovered that Feneion,
in 1890, foreshadowed the photograph,
and that d less known author,
Tiphaigne, in 1850. in his old book
called ''Giphautie, " described the photo
graph process very closely. lie said;
The rays OF light reflected from Oh
iects made q picture On all polished
surtaces--the retina Of the eye. glass,
etc. Now we have sought 20 ax this
fugitive image, we have invented sub
stance very delicate. viscous and qulc.z
10 dry and harden By means Of this
picture is made IN an instant. we then
back this Up with a piece Of cloth and
present It 70 tia objects VIC wish 70
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-12
The Monetary Conference.

From the New oFk Herald.
Four Of the five delegates who will
represent this country at the lnterna-
tional monetary conference have been
definitely decided upon, and the I'M
official acceptances of the appointments
by those persons have been received By
the president. The fifth representative
will be prominent Democrat from the
west, who has been closely allied with
the silver question, probably a United
States senator. Those who have acknowl +
edged their willingness 10 accept the
commissions as delegates are ~. IL
Cannon of New York, president O. tue
Chase National bank; Senator }. 4.
Jones of Nevada, General Francis \
Walker Of Boston and Senator William
B. Alison OF Iowa. The time and place
of the conference have not yei besE ds-
cided upoa- A strong effort : now
being made to have il held IN London
some time in September.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-12

That Mexican border line egg story
that is going the rounds is rank fake.
OF course it Is possible to erect a hennery
across the line so as to feed the hens in
Mexico and have them lay their eggs in
the States, but the absurdity of the thin g
lies in the cheap Mexican grain with
which the chickens are feed. Mexico,
that is the portion of the country along
our border. has no grain except what is
imported from this country, and the
hauling of it 500 to 1000 miles by rail is
not calculated to make it cheaper than
in the country where the grain is pro-
duced. The story is ingenious enough in
Its construction but it lacks the essential
element OF plausibility.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-12
When the court at Memphis. after !.

When the court at Memphis, after a
trial lasting month, about year ago.
passed the sentence of death upon H.
Clay King for the murder of his brother
attorney, Poston, the EAGLE expressed
the belief that King would never hang;
that all the influences that could be
mustered would be brought to bear to
save his neck. The belief has been veri-
fed. The death sentence has been COM
COMMITTED to life imprisonment. As a
soldier OF the south he was reputed the
most courageous and efficient; as law
yer he has been esteemed one of the
ablest in the state; but morally he was
of a vindictive, cruel nature. He is
an old man now, and although not
changed in disposition by the commits
sion of his last great crime nor the con-
viction and penalty assessed therefor, yet
solitary confinement for the few remain
ing years of his life will prove greater
punishment to him than the death pen
atty, and since the law is fully vindica-
ted, perhaps it is as well, inasmuch as
his family will be thus spared the shame
OF fathers death on the gallows.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-12

Yesterdays dispatches stated that the
queen Of England had summoned Mr..
Gladstone into her presence to receive
instructions from her in person as to the
formation of new ministry to admin
lister the English government. So much
for the form of monarchial reign, and so
much, too, for the growth and spread of
republican principles in the control of
government. This change of admins
tration was against the wishes of the So
called reigning dynasty, but the people
ordered it and the throne had to obey.
The universal wish now is that the grand
old man may be granted strength and
length of life to carry into effect the re-
forms he has promised for the general
betterment of his country and country
men.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-12

With another Calamityite in the
United States senate, what kind of fig
ure will Kansas cut at the national cap
ital? She will be the laughing stock of
both Democratic and Republican sides
of that great body. Yet the Democratic
nominees for the legislature from Sedg-
wick county are pledged to vote for a
Calamityite for the United States senate
to succeed Preston B. Plumb.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-12
Goa, of the Rnsniufian.

The cost Of the ATneTiean revolution
can, of course, only be estimated, since
no authentic data are av&ilzbls for an
exact statement According 10 the best
information obtainable. lis cost % the
American colonies was about siSJ. co.,
0Oo. and 10 England the expense Of The
war exceeded 500, oo0. 600. besides the
loss OF 81. 900 soldiers and the American
coIouies
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-12

Perhaps the most significant thing
connected" with the Alabama election
was the absence of anything upon which
TO hang the pretended negro supremacy
scare set UP by that party as against the
alleged force bill contained in the Re-
publican demand for a free vote and
fair count For once, whether volun-
tarily or not, the bulk of the negroes
voted the Democratic ticket.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-12

The farmers of Georgia have made
profitable and palatable contribution to
the summer comfort of the people of
northern and eastern towns and cities in
the shipment northward of over 500 car
loads of peaches. The growers have re-
ceived satisfactory prices. The average
return has been about $500 per carload.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-12

The following excerpt from the Omaha
Public Is commended to Democrats. and
also ex-Repubticans who have been led
into the new party under niisappre.
hension of the real intent and purpose
of the movement: "a vote for Harrison
is thrown away, for lie can not possibly
receive 2e3 electoral votes, and if the
election is thrown into the house the
tight is between Cleveland and Weaver. y
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-12

Az Omaha Pop. organ says, in speak
ing of Major McKinley's speech in that
city, that he simply lodged behind the
dead carcass of the Democratic party"
Vet the Pops. are relying upon the said
carcass to lift them out of the slough of
defeat. And, of course, Democrats ex-
tant will appreciate the compliment
maid tlpn,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-12
Cramned for ROOM.

From the Memphis Appeal-AvaIahche-
Governor Buchanan's withdrawal from
the gubernatoral race reminds us of an
old story. A very particular man who
had been to the seaside as asked If he
had bathed in the surf, and he replied:
No; another gentleman was using the
ocean" Governor Buchanan doubt esS
feels similar delicacy, for it is very APP
parent that Judge Turney IS using the
ocean this year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-12
BRoTHE9lY LOVE.

The Tsnsser Dexossaa ef Coa0rsd Haa
for a SICK ssster-
Nothing moves the heart Of the los-
ing sister Of u1denszstraslve brothers
so much a. the unexpected exhibition
OF bTotAerlv lere, says a writer IN the
HouseEzs~pcr. Many sister, WHOSE
brothers are al tina; she conld ass fer.
il ulaaisResz. courage ard purity, wosasd
be almost glad TO exchange places, for
q little while. with tire sister In the foa-
lowing account, whose b.p:As- ros Gag,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-12

Hon. Ed Greer of Winfield, spent yes
'terday in Wichita on business. He
brings the most cheering news from our
great sister county of Cowley. Calamity
is weakening down there, the Repub-
iicans have put splendid ticket in the
field, extra good men from top to bottom
and Cowley county will go Republican
by hundreds of majority.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-12

Stevenson's visit to Louisville was at
first thought 10 be simply friendly
passage between he and Henry Waiter
son, but his protracted stay and tour of
the state is causing a good deal of suspic-
ious gossip touching the claimed solidar-
ity of the state for the Democracy.