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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08
WEAVER THEN AND NOW.

In a debate with Colonel II. II. Trim
BILE at Bloomfield, Iowa, Sept. 6, 1868,
James B. Weaver, who was then pro-
fessed Republican, among other things
said:
Here we have the old fight over again.
The confederate Democracy, north and
south, In which the infamous copperhead
division of Iowa appears, are again con-
testing with Grant for the safety of the
Union. As at Donelsou, he proposes to
move on their works at once" and there
is no escape for this rank, traitorous horde
except in another surrender
If the situation in 1892 is different
from that of 1868 it is in that the element
the doughty old general then so strongly
denounced, instead of surrendering, are
even holder and more aggressive than
they were then. In 1868 they did not
have the temerity to put forward rep
resentative of the element referred to for
official preferment at the polls, but in
1892 they select the most conspicuous of
them. And not OILY SO, but one section
of the opposition goes further and takes
for its candidates for the highest and
must important and responsible positions
in the government from the ranks of
those, who by force of arms, strove for
four long years to disrupt and destroy
the government, and the uncompromising
champion of 1868 not only srrrenders,
but takes the lead of ''this rank,
traitorous horde"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08
SUNFLOWBR sILHouETTES.

| The Monitor Press of Wellington will
start off this week with the new material.
Its office was destroyed by the cyclone OF
May "a.
| Score another one for Kansas. T. A.
Squires, principal of Atchison's high
| school, was at one time preceptor for Mrs.
Grover Cleveland.
| Broom corn in Kansas commands from
| $50 to SIS ton, and as eastern buyers are
falling over each other to get 1t, the money
comes tumbling in. Kansas has the
brush.
Wichita is experimenting on the posi-
bility of running the town with both
Marsh Murdoch and Victor away.-Kan-
ings.
A Newton girl broke the record the
other day by preparing herself in two
hours for trip of six weeks. Nancy
Hanks wants to keep out OF Kansas If she
wants to save her record.
Atchisou men must be returning from
the summer resorts all out of joint. The
Globe says eighty-three persons were fined
in the police court of that city last month,
The First regiment, Kansas National
Guards, goes into camp at Fort Scott Oct.
8, and viii remain until the Sth. The COM
pany making the best record at this en-
campment will probably be detailed to
attend the worlds fair.
Topeka has a woman's bichloride of gold
club, the only one in the state. Criticism
is not in order. Topeka women have the
same rights in these matters as the Topeka
men. and under like circumstances they
are justified in exercising them.
The esteemed Tourist Of Arkansas City,
in its peregrinations has discovered a new
product to result from the contact of
eastern eXcursionists with Kansas and
Oklahoma, which it christens in advance
golden opinions"
General Grants old war horse died at
the Soldiers home Sunday. He was pre-
scented to the veterans of the home several
years ago by an officer at Fort Leaven-
worth. He followed many of the old
soldiers to the tomb during his stay at the
home. He was about 50 years of age.
In the program of the Republican rally
at Emporia the other day there was
"corn stalk PARADE In this parade
marched and rode hundreds of farmers
bearing corn stalks. The shortest of the
stalks was Is feet and the longest was over
II feet. That is another way to stand up
for Kansas.
Rose Field, an editorial writer in the
Kansas City Star, goes to New York to
work on the World. Mr.. Field is one of
the ablest newspaper men in the west. and
has large circle of friends. He will be
succeeded, it is said, by VIII A. White,
who has been writing the cover in Kan
sas" column of the Kansas City Journal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08
HOW A BEE FIGHTS.
Fierce Engagement Between . Bumbit
and . Humming Bird.


Fierce Engagement Between . Bubble
and . Hummins Bird.
An observer writes that he is satisfied
that there is just as much rivalry be-
tween humming birds and bees IN their
quest for honey as there is between
members of the human race in their
struggle for the good things of life, and
describes recent quarrel that he saw
in a Portland garden, where humming
bird with an angry dash expressed its
disapproval of the presence of big
bumblebee In the same tree. The
usually pugnacious bee incontinently
fed, but he did not leave the tree. He
dashed back and forth among the
branches and white blossoms, the hum
ming hid in Close pursuit. -
Were will you find another pair that
could dodge and dart equal to these?
They were like flashes of light, yet the
pursuer followed the track of the pur-
sued, turning when the bee turned In
short, the bird and the bee controlled
the movements of their bodies more
quickly and more accurately than he
could control the movements of his
eyes. The chase was all over in half
the time that it has taken to tell it, but
the excitement of pack of hounds after
a fox was no greater. The bee escaped,
the bird giving up the whole chase and
alighting on twig. 1t couldn't have
been chasing the bee for food, and there
is no possible explanation of its unpro-
volIed attack, except that 1t wished to
have all the honey itself.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08
The English Army.

1t grows harder every year to get re-
cruits for the British army, chiefly be
cause army life has not improved with
the advance of the nation Wages have
risen until the average is three or four
times that Of a privste's pay, and so a
little intrigue has 10 be used An order
has been issued requiring al boys who
apply for the place of telegraph mes
senger TO agree TO join The army at the
expiration Of their term in the messen-
ger service. An English paper calls at
tention TO the immense importation Of
boys in the ranks of the army, and the
increasing difficulty of obtaining re-
cruits owing 70 the srnaIlness of the
pay, the poor chances OF promotion for
those without influential friends, and
the chilling manner in which the sol
diers are treated where they ought 70
be welcome
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08

things. It affords excellent sport
about this time Of the year in the Long
Island sound, says the New York Press
Its tender mouth is its chief draw back
for sporting reasons. as IL is exception
ally difficult to bring to the sshore or
boat. They are best caught ON tho
young flood, and shedder crab and
shrimp are the bats best liked in
northern waters THE best tackle"
says Clarke, SIS an eight-foot rod with
multiplying reel and DRAG Carlisle
hooks and fifteen thread lines with one
ounce sinkers complete - outfit"
Another fish which rejoices IN . num-
Der of names is the gamy sHped bass
1t is known on the southe coast of
the United States, from Now Jersey
southwark, as crock fish" In New
England it Is known as the squidhound
or greenhead. II ranges along the en-
tire Atlantic coast, from the ST. Law
renee to the Gulf of Mexico, and enters
every river it finds. 1t is a permanent
resident and viii hibernate If it fancies
its surroundings. 1t is carnivorous and
predictions.
The methods of fishing for striped
bass vary with its size. The big ones
are taken along the New England COAST
from Gay Head to Montsuk Point with
menhsden bait. This is, - - way.
the top notch Of striped bass rishin.s.
and requires excellent tools. Get rod
weighing ten to sixteen ounces of ash
and lancewood, natural or split bamboo
eight or nine feet long. The real
should be multiplier, capable of hold
ing six hundred feet of twelve to fifteen
thread' line. The best hook is the
knobbed sprout or knobbed O'Shaugh-
messy, GO or TO. The hook is fixed TO
the line by three half bitches. The bait
is cut from the posterior part Of the
manhaden and doubled round the shank
of the hook, feshy side out, with . half
hitch or two of the line around its
upper part to bold 1t in place. Bits Of
nnenhaden are then chopped upi and
thrown into the water to ''chum' the
fish by the oily ''sliciz" it occasions on
the surface of the water, .a~r.,,,..
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08
MILLIONS OF MICE.
They Yarnish n Feast 81 Nonths for Dogs.
Cats aad Owls


During > fine moist summer. when
grass and flowers were abundant, miro
Increased % an abundant extent Ia Ia
Plata. - that everywhere IN the fields
IL was disicuit n avoid trrzaiug on
them. while dozens could ie shaken osat
Of every hollow thistle stalk lying on
The ground The mat homogeneous Ari-
mails sw&rTned 20 the feast which they
provided
Dogs lived almost entirely on thsm.
Is I'D the eonaestic fowls. assuming the
habits II rapacsos1s birds The cats all
left tho horrses To hive IN the fields.
Tyraut bir4s ard eUeIencs seemed 20
prey on nothing else
Foxes. szsssSris and opo~suras Jared
suroptoously and even the common
arruadiilo turned rzossae- with gr-at
snccezN -torils and khort-eA-ssi owls
gathered - the feast. 30 tina, City az
The latter birds eoald often 10 se~n =.
once. ard they Fot fat and bred Ia N.
middle 81 TIE ~iDter. quite out II their
proper seasoE, IA eoI,seque1ce.
The following winter wa a tine ~
arosghf- The yrzss and heritage lad al
aeeu consumed or 1as burnt up. add
fbe azsce. having TO kbelt<T. soon fsil .
prey % their numerous easmses sad
were slrDc1. wholly eIterniz2.ed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08
INDIAN ETIQUETTE.
Curious Tale of an Invitation to the
MaharaJah Gwsiior.

Curious Tale of an Invitation to the
MaharaJah Gwsiior.
A curious incident was brought 20 no.
tice in connection with the recent mar
riage of the heir-apparent of the Jedi
pore state. It appears that, according
to the custom in vogue among native
chiefs, kharita of invitation TO the
royal wedding was ordered to be sent
to the maharsjah of Gwalior. The of
fetal WHO wrote the kharita did not
know the mode of addressing the ruling
chief of Scindia, and, therefore, re-
ferred To old records of the state, in
which the name of the late grandfather
Of the present chief was mentioned
The official copied it word for word and
sent it of to Gwalior by daroga- On
The kharita being presented to the
maharajah Of Gwalior he refused to
open it, saying he could not open
kharits addressed to his grandfather.
who died before the mu:iny, and asked
the man to take il TO bis samad three
miles out of Gwalior. None of the rep
resentatives of the Gwalior state, the
Bombay Gazette says, attended the
wedding on this account
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08
AN UPHILL ROAD. !
The Zigzag Ascent to the Capital Of Ven
ezuela,


There are few more interesting engi-
neering achievements than the little
narrow gauge railroad running to Car
acas, the capital of Venezuela, from its
seaport, La Guayra. The distance be-
tween the two cities, as the crow flies
supposing for the moment that he could
fly through mountains lis only six
miles, but the railway connecting them
is twenty-three miles in length, and
consequently twists and turns on itself.
The road runs in zigzag fashion up the
mountain to an altitude of about five
thousand feet above its starting point
and then descends about fifteen hun
valley of Caracas.
Twenty-Five thousand rails were used
in laying the track, and of these over
eighteen thousand are bent. 1t is jest
ingly said that the engineer almost died
of broken heart because he could in
vent no excuse for bending the remain
ing four thousand. He did his best,
however, and Pearson's Weekly thinks
no one who has to ride over the line and
finds himself shaken at every one OF the
three hundred and forty-six sharp
twists which the track makes will find
it in his heart to condemn the poor man
for not making perfect job. Two pas
senger trains pass over the road daily,
leaving La Guayra at half past eight in
the morning and at half past three in
the afternoon, making the journey in
two hours and half This is speed,
exclusive of stops, of not quite ten miles
an hour
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08
The Chautauoua Salute.

The browning beauty of Chautau-
qua girl is her pocket handkerchief. She
has dozens of handkerchiefs, and they
are all just too sweet for anything. She
has embroidered them herself, and they
match her dresses and often bear some
beautiful little legend which starts
you talking upon what soon becomes
a very absorbing conversation. Tho
'Chantauqua salute" she viii tell you,
sis the waving of pocket handlser-
chief. When we come together our
leader silently lifts his handkerchief.
and everyone in the big auditorium
waves a handkerchief at the same
time. The effect is ever so impressive;
it is our national salute, and we take
great pride in having pretty pocket
handkerchiefs ready for il. This one OF
mine is marked 'Mizpah,' which means
'the Lord watch between me and thee
while we are abse Mt one from another"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08

Mr.. Brown, late of Texas, WHO was
hoisted on his own petard, so to speak.
in Chicago, Tuesday, illustrates afresh
the terrible consequences of starting
wrong. If Brown had remained in Kan
sas where he had his birth. with the en-
ersy and business sagacity he evidently
possessed hewould not only have become
weather. man than he was, but would
have avoided the consequences that his
mistaken chiyalry, the effect of his con-
sociatlons down there, brought upon
him. Ii is a mighty bad thing to offend
against the law, but it is worse 10 resist
the co.IseTyators thereof.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08

The Lawrence Record thinks that if
Jim Legate's assertion, that Il, 200 votes
cast for Robinson two years ago were
counted for Humphrey, is not challeng-
ed by the Republican party it viii lose
the Republican ticket $1,000 votes in
November. The Record is OFF, away off.
If Legate can establish his assertion by
proof-and it is susceptible of proof if it
is true-the party to which he has allied
himself would be doubly benefited: it
would not only be strengthened at the
polls in November, but it would have
the satisfaction of ousting Humphrey
and seating Willis. Legate knows this
and the Populite managers know it. The
burthen of proof is on them. Mere as
sertions don't establish anything, else
Willis would have been governor long
ago. He made the claim shortly after
the election that he was cheated out of
the Office,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08

One of the most encouraging induces
Tor the success of the Republican party
and the continued prosperity of the peo-
PIE Is found IN the excuse set up by the
Pop-ofts for the non-attendance of farm
ers at their rallies for public speaking,
aud that Is that they, the farmers, are
busy preparing the ground for the large
acreage they expect to put 10 wheat now
shortly. 1t means that the farmers have
had enough chaff, fed to them through
the ear 10y the ight-headed laborers of
the jaw, and intend to devote themselves
to producing solid grain. Good enough.
Ameni
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08
THE CANNON-eALl TREE.
something About Curious Tree and Its
Strange Fruit.

Something About Curious Tree and Its
Strange Fruit.
The cannon ball tree owes its peculi-
arity principally to the mode in which
the flowers are borne on long branches,
which grow from around the trunk,
commencing at its base and continuing
many feet upward They are arranged
in terminal racemes and fall soon
after expanding; the peduncle. how
ever, instead of falling and whitening,
hardens and enlarges. producing
racemes Of flowers in succession at its
extremity each season.
Years afterward the woody pedicels
may still be seen upon the Towering
branches. So nearly does the arrange
ment of the latter resemble creeping
plant growing upon tree that it is diff
fcult to convince people to the con-
trary, and that'they bear the flowers of
the tree itself, says the English Garden
er's Chronicle, which describes the
flowers as cup-shaped, red within and
yellowish-white without.
These flowers measure four inches
across. The large brown, ball-shaped
fruits, unlike the fragrant flowers, emit
a disgusting odor, rivaled only by the
flowers of ternanilie belerica. The
latter, when in flower, scents the at
mosphere of the garden in a way which
suggests TO the uninitiated that the
sanitary arrangements of the district
are in bad condition. The couroup-
tia forms large tree some fifty to sixty
feet in height and bears dense mass
of shining green leaves, becoming de-
ciduous once or sometimes twice during
the year. The leaves on these occa-
sions fall very rapidly and are replaced
again in few days by new set
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08

where free trade tariff will enable the
foreign manufacturer to pluck the silly
American goose.
He who is twice deceived by the same
person is once treated as he deserves.
Two years ago the advocates OF, tariff
for revenue only" deliberately deceived
US. We cannot be frightened this year
by the cry of Mckinley prices, and the
party who deceived us two years ago is
unworthy of receiving a single vote
from a truth-loving farmer, mechanic
or business man.
Yours for protection,
ONE OF THE MACS.
Glen Mary Farm, Delano township,
Sept. 5. 1892.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08

The old axiom of What is food for
one is poison for another" was illus
trated in the Alabama election Monday.
1t is stated in the dispatches that under
the operation of the Australian ballot
system the colored people refused to at
tend the polling and vote because, many
of them, they could not prepare their
own ballots and preferred not TO expose
their ignorance by asking the election
officers 10 assist them. Ii is admitted
that this worked TO the detriment of the
Republicans in the result of the election.
If that is true state of case the Repub-
licans viii have to accept it. But there
is some compensation in the thought
that IN some other states and sections
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08

Hope is dual word in its meaning.
signifying desire and expectation. We
may desire thing ever SO much, but for
reasons that tell US it is impossible to
attain to or possess it we do not expect
it; hence we cannot say that we hope
to realize it. Likewise we may be as,
sured that something will occur that we
do not desire, and yet We expect it. This
brief premise viii explain what Republi
cans mean when they hope to secure a
sweeping victory in November, locally,
in the state and nationally. And feeling
thus they are frank to admit now that if
they should fail of the full fruition of
their hopes they will be most sadly dis
appointed. But they do not intend that
failure shall result. This is the year for
Republicans to win, and they intend 10
make the victory sweeping.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08
An Unpopular door.

Travellers who return from a visit to
France tell their stay-at-honze Amer
lean friends curious stories of the
peculiar and attractive ''odor Of Paris.
which is said 10 greet the DostTils OF
the tours. the rocnent the train de-
posi:s him IN the capital and which he
misses with reFTess uhea be Leaves
The Psrisians themselves. 1t spPears,
do not ike this odor. for al enterpris-
ing firm recently brought oas a new
scent called perfume Of the street,
and found j. unstable.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08

The attempt to kill Sam Small at Vim
cennes, Ind. Monday night was one of
the most cowardly acts of the assassin
ever perpetrated. Every man in this
country has the right to entertain such
views on any and every question as
pleases him and to express them pub
licly, having a care only that in their
public expression the peace of the COM
munity and the rights of his fellows are
not interferred with, and any attempt
from any quarter to interfere with or to
suppress such free expression is in the
line of anarchy. Sam Small is not the
EAGLES ideal of perfect man, but he
is entitled to all the privileges and pro-
lection that any and every other citizen
is, and the person who attempted his life
should receive the full penalty of the
Indiana law fixed for murder in the first
degree.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08
REPUBLICAN MEETINGS.

Chester 1. Long, Republican Candidate
for Congress in the Big Seventh.
Thursday. Sept. /. Hutchinson.
Saturday. Sept. 3, Jetmore
Monday, Sept. ). RayanDa and kmlnence.
Tuesday, Sept 8, Ingalls, and Cimarron.
"Wednesday, Sept, :, Ulysses.
Thursday. Sept. 3. Santa Re
FRIDAY Sept. Q, WoOdSdale and Hugoton.
Saturday. Sept. 10, Richfield.
Monday, Sept. l., johnson City.
Tuesday. Sept. l3, Syracuse and Coolidge.
"Wednesday, Sept. T. Hartiand and Lakin'
Thursday, Sept. -, Garden City.
Friday. Sept. 10, Dodge City.
Saturday, sept, il, kinsley.
Tuesday. Sept p, Sterling.
Wednesday. sept. y, Nickerson,
Thursday, sept -, Wichita.
Friday. Sept p, Lindsburg.
Saturday, Sept. -, burton.
Monday, Sept -, La arose.
Tuesday, Sept -, Horace and Tribune.
"Wednesday, Sept. 2S Leoti.
Thursday. Sept q. Scott City.
Friday, Sept. 30, tighton.
Saturday, oct. !, Ness City.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08
What He Needed.

The New York druggists make largo
percentage ON the money invested
They are very exorbitant Recently .
New York invalid was told by his doc
tor:
"Your condition Is much worse than
II was. You are getting weaker"
What am N do about it7"
"You must change your climate"
"I'll do IL. do II az once. for II hsvs
TO pay many more druggisis' bills the
climate wiz be the only thing Left FOE
me 10 change. Texas siftingz
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08
she sun" Cholera Mixture,

From the New York journal of Commerce
More than twenty years ago, when it
was found that prevention Of cholera
was easier than cure, a prescription
drawn up Sy eminent doctors was pub
lished in the Sun and took the name of
the Sun cholera medicine. Our contem-
porary never lent its name TO better
article. We have seen 1t IN constant
use for nearly two score years, and
found it TO be the test remedy for loose
ness of the bowels ever yet devised. No
one who has this b. him, and takes 1t in
time, will ever have the cholera We
commend il 20 all our friends Even
when no cholera Is anticipated 1T IS an
excellent remedy for ordinary summer
complaints, cellc. diaTThoea, dvsiEseTy.
etc. Take equal parts OF iiHcture OF
Cayenne pepper. iincture OF opium
tincGare OF rhubarb. essence OF Pepper
mint and spirits OF camphor. Nix well
Dose, fifteen 70 thirty drops in q little
cold water, according to the age and Tio-
iencs of symptoms. repeated every m
teen or twenty minutes until relief :
Obtained.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08
Kansas CITY Gazette: Kansas

Kansas City Gazette: Kansas is al
ways doing something extravaganza and
startling. We thought the climax
reached when such fellows as Jerry
Simpson, Otis, Clover, etc., could be
elected 10 congress. But the idea of
Jim Legate going over to the Peoples
party from motives of reform, purity
and honesty, satisfies us that the origi-
nality of Kansas in the sensational. alb
surd and grotesque, is inexhaus,ible.
Jim's snoat has been in carrion for
thirty years, and change of wind from
the west about the time he was speaking
Saturday afternoon drove the packing
house smell over TO Harlem. We pre-
fes the packing house smell.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08

The Burlington Nonpariel is in favor
of giving some people a dose of their
own medicine. 1t is urging farm hands
who work fourteen hours day to strike.
Wouldn't it be better for them TO adopt
the idea that PETER keeps harping on,
and assert their right TO permanent en-
ployment:' This would make the en-
ploye his own boss, practically, and he
could then work as many or as few
hours as he pleased.