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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16
PRINCE, PRIEST. PREACHER

''The Puritan Preacher" was the theme
of the Rev. DR.. Lorimers sermon at Ire
mont Temple, Boston, on Sunday morn
| ing. His discourse was a tribute to the
Rev. Charles H. Sturgeon. He said in
substance:
England today is wrapped in threefold
mourning. 1t has lost prince. priest
and preacher. The prince was youth
ful and the priest venerable in years, but
the preacher was Just in the prime of
| vigorous manhood. History will think
sympathetically of the Duke Of Clarence;
it will credit the fame of Cardinal Man
ming, while it will commemorate the
name of the Puritan as one who not only
spoke with words that girded the earth
but whose words were given to the
masses of the people. We have love
for the prince, veneration for the cardi-
nal, but we have both love and venera-
ton for the Puritan preacher.
Great preachers are rarer than great
poets, great artists, or philosophers.
Among them, shining with a light and
sklendCr pre-eminently his own, stands
Charles Fl. Sturgeon, the Puritan, and
the greatest Puritan of our time. Glad
stone has called him 1.-The last of the
Puritans." If he used it in the literal
meaning of the word l cannot agree
with him. The lessons and teachings of
the Puritans Will live in their potency
long after the fame of Surgeons name
has ceased to be written. Spurgeon was
eminently evangelic and practiced apply
ing evangelical religion to the needs of
the poor. He likewise realized the need
3f an education to his religion, but an ed
bcation that should reach the poor.
He was a preacher of the times, and
you will find he was true, loyal son of
the ninteenth century, whose religio
thought he. did SO much to mould. He
was truly veracious man; that is due to
his Puritan ancestry. can say of him
as Carlyle did of Irving: He was the
brotherlist soul [ ever came in contact
with" He was right down in his heart
for the truth always.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16
A NEW POINT IN LAW.

Some months ago E. II. Landes, ex-
treasurer of Stafford county, was de-
clared to be short in his accounts with
the county in the sum of SIS, 100 and
last week proceedings were begun
against him before the circuit court at
St. john on an information filed by the
county attorney charging Landes with
the crime of ENLIGHTENMENT. The case
was called for trial Tuesday of last week,
with the following result, as given by
the News of that place:
1.-The fight was opened by the defend
ants attorneys moving to squash the
information. This motion was over
ruled, and the trial proceeded.
after the motion to squash was dis
posed of, the next question raised was
in regard to the punishment of the crime
IN the event of conviction. This ques-
ton, as to whether under our statute,
grand larceny should be tried as felony
or as misdemeanor, was presented by
the attorneys for defense.
"Embezzlement is tried as larceny,
and the punishment prescribed by the
statute is, for grand larceny, 'confne-
ment at hard labor, not exceeding five
years. No place of punishment is
named by this statute. There is
well known statutory provision that,
where mot otherwise provided, the
criminal must be punished bv confne
ment in the county Jail When the
legislature formed this statute for the
punishment of grand larceny, it was un
doubtedly intended that the penitentiarv
should be the place of confinement, but
as the court says, 1--WE are not to be
bound by what the lawmakers intended,
but by what they did" The supreme
court has never passed upon this question,
and it was probably never raised in the
state until the attorneys for the defense
brought it before Judge Bailey in this
trial. After lengthy arguments from
both sides, the court ruled that, accord
ing to his Interpretation of the law,
grand larceny must be punished by con-
finement in the county jail-as nisde-
meauor and not as a felony. Criminals
have suffered and died in the peniten-
tiary III this state for the crime of grand
larceny, and vet this seemingly lax law
has never before been questioned.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16
BIsodler wsr. is the Tatar~

War itself aiil at times he Iess hideoas
DOW 10 these days 81 sruoksiess powder. fot
while the noise d the e. "a = ieaaensd tAs
fash il more blus aud fsr more vivid and
the tTlAing purple haze which oyerspreasis
the landscape when tbs FIRE Of musketst
becaznss intense beauties al ab}r
though i in 10 way iuterfsrss with =
Is ~ The guns they appear % haze
TIE smoke - cigar. ard. tazy add. ~
smell * fusse. 1en and horses are Gov
visible In battle. however ho. ths engage
meat, however great the t<rs. With
al the elsarnees ia winch they are depictsz4
81 panoramic views q rss,llsrsl battle
Woe betsGe, 10 fatars. gsasrais qsho rids
~hFts Aratss and armies whose unl!0~srlt
o. equipments gl4zgeni Their dnt.srias
sAFsos g5enaous AID greatly 20 tbe s5sc1aca
lar sfieet q cur asia days" k&s lsteiy h~ss
sad - tie lancera u tEs British army
AHhD3sh lanes peEGcs4E A4vs gone IL
FraEacs, yst tas military painter eza sill
hrd suh3sess- TIE carnags ~hsu ussn nzxI
Sight Will 10 doubs - awful s1zd The nsxf
var bloedssr than tie lzs:. bus TIE vrslirE
mares - destruction vii D. lOTslY - tks
aye -~~ IS Tsiss
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16

When we take the New Testament in
hand at any houT-but most 6ttingIy 10
the dewy freshness u the morning. ere
worldly cares have come IL 70 distract our
thoughts. or in the evening twilight. when
the labor O. the day is dons-and open IL It
the Gospels OF the Acts. the Episties OF The
Revelation. il does Tot seem ike anything
that we read anywhere else. u is NOS like
other books. Indeed we cannot think Il i
Is a human comp osssion. ~ mere ii'sra-
ture. CT history. or philosophy II Is more
Ike irinz personality. Not unfFequc1t-
j. ia ouf spiritual experience we are in
kind O. trance. with senses dad 70 cut
ward ob5ects, while wondrOgs Inspirations
drop dorm from a5ore
At times !t seems s. If w hard a vo3es.
= loving. geatle voice, AID jet thai spsaks
il a tons q authority; thHt Genes from AZ
Infinite distance. ard yet CONES 80 near
that y penetTa.es the very SOIL that -
ters into cur Sense q guilt With is fore
boelinzs. and yet whtEr3ra q pardon and
peace. untI the trembling hear yi1rafez
with a 5oT that IS ugt u this uorld What
: 8; ia the Bible that gives i fhss zzys,
tsrious Fyywezs Z. e Dot mere poafrY q
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16
Should Get Together.

From the kingsley Mercury.
If the people who are opposing Marsh Muir
dock. for governor, because of his views on
prohibition, will reflect for but one moment
they can readily see that, if their ideas should
prevail, it would be but short time until the
Republican party of Kansas would be but
"Reminiscences. When a man who has always
been straight Republican, loyal Kansan
and good citizen comes up for office. Repub-
licans cannot afford to split hairs" over his
views as to the most effective manner for con-
trolling the liquor traffic. If this question is
to be dragged into every campaign, as test
Of RepubIcanism, and if every man whose
ideas does not conform to those of the ultra
prohibitionist is to be crucified the minute he
shows his head-then good bye Republican
party in Kansas. Suppose that the people who
do not believe this so called prohibition law is
the best means for suppressing the liquor
traffic should revolt and oppose every pro-
hibtionist who aspired to office.and were as
arrogant in their demands as are many OF the
good people who favor the law, the result
would be the disruption of the party.
II Mr.. Murdoch is elected governor we have
no doubt that, so far as his power extends, he
will see to it that every law on our statute
books is religiously enforced. The Republicans
of Kansas should get together
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16
THE COST OF WAR.

From the Toronto Nail.
1t appears, according to the estimates
of French and German statisticians,
there have persisted in the wars of the
last thirty years 2,500,00 men, while
there has been expended to carry them
on no less than the inconcivable sum of
S13, 900, 000, 900. Of this amount France
has paid nearly So, 500, 900, 900 as the cost
of the war with Prussia, while her loss
in men killed is placed at 155. 600. OF
these $4,000 were killed on the field of
battle, &c, 600, 900 died of sickness, acct
dents or suicide, and 10000 in German
prisons, while there died from other
causes enough to bring the number up to
the given aggregate. The sick and
wounded amounted to AZ, 421, the lives
of many thousands of whom were doubt
less shortened by their illness OF injuries.
According to DIR. Roth, a German au-
thority, the Germans lost during the war,
60, 900 men killed or rendered invalid,
and $500, 900, 900 in mony, this be-
ing the excess of expenditure or
of material losses over the $780,
100000 paid by France by way
Of indemnity. DR.. Engel, another Ger
man statistican, gives the following as
the approximate cost of the principal
wars of the last thirty years: Crimean
war. 100000, 000; Italian war of 1859,
$500. 600, 900; Prusso-Danish war of 1864,
$50, 900. 900: war of the rebellion-North,
So, 100, 900, 900, South, 81. 300, 900, 900;
Prusso-Austrian war of 1866, $3.50, 000,-
900; Russo-Turkish war, S125, 900, 600;
South African wars. $500, ITO, 900; At
rican wars, $12 $50, 600; Servo-Bulgarian,
SIG, 900, 000 All of these wars were
murderous in the extreme. The Grim
can war, in which few battles were
fought, cost $50, 600 lives, only $4,000
less than were killed or died of their
wounds, North and South, during the
war of the rebellion. The figures, it
must be remembered, are German, and
might not agree precisely with the
American estimates. The Mexican
and Chinese expeditions cost $780,
900, 900 and 60, 900 lives. There were
100000 killed and mortally wounded
during the Russia Turkey war, and 49,
900 each in the Italian war of 1859 and
the war between Prussia and Austria.
In the other war the loss of life was rel
atively less, which did not make either
the men or money easier to part with
in the more limited areas where they &C.
Cured, And this is but part of the ac-
counting, since it does not include the
millions expended during the last TWEEN
ty years IN maintaining the vast arma-
ments of the European powers, the losses
caused by stoppage of commerce and
manufactures, and The continual derange-
menG of industries by the abstraction
from useful employment of so many mil
lions of persons held for period of mill
tary service extending from three to five
V6arS,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16
Lovage for the Grip.


From the New York Times.
That's bad cold you've got" said a
benevolent looking old gentleman to
young fellow he had met casually.
Worst l ever had" answered the
young man.
Try pinch of this, urged the other,
fishing in his vest pocket for little box.
There was fine powder in it, and he
offered it inviting. 1T IS no 'kill-or-
cure thing. See how it goes"
The young man snuffed tiny pinch
up his nose. In five minutes he felt re-
lieved. That's wonderful" he sasd.
IF you've got monopoly of that it's
the same as a fortune to YOU
The old man smiled indulgently. "This
is one of the commonest of herbs, said
he. sit is so cheap that it can be
bought by the ton if you want that
much. 1t cured me of the grip, and ]
believe it is the best thing going"
''What do you call it,
German lovage. All the druggists
have it. For dime you can get a box
of it powdered, large enough to cure a
whole family of the grip. 1t is SO COM
mon that its value has been overlooked.
You try it and you tell all your friends.
German lovage is a sure cure for the
grip"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16

the Cherokee Indians regarding the out
let, there Is large organization of home
seekers on the border of those lands now
making preparations to envand and set
tie without the aid of congress. If inter-
fered with by United States troops, they
propose to get orders from the Oklahoma
Territory courts restraining the military
authorities from interfering with peac-
able settlers upon public domain. We
deplore the fact that delay is thought
necessary in the opening of these lands
but advise that all who want homes I'M
incumbered by contest should remain at
home and await the action of congress
as the lesser of two evils. These delays
are vexing but a flood of contests spread
over all the desirable property of the
territory after settlement and the strife
engendered thereby will be still more
rexatiouS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16

There is good cause for kicking when a
few arrogant politicians who happen to
be members of party committee under
take to suppress or pervert public opin-
ion IN oruer to promote selfish ends.
That is the only thing that can be done
for the vindication of the vital doctrine
of popular sovereignty In the ADJUST
ment of party affairs, and it should al
ways be done when such wrongs are
committed. The bosses need lessons of
that sort to keep them reminded of their
obligations to those whom they repre-
sent, They should not be permitted to
practice this most odious order of
tyranny which 1nterferes with the free
and honest expression of pubic senti-
mountaineering men and measures. The
people are supreme, in short, and any
thing that antagonizes their authority is
contrary to the spirit of po.itical integ
ity and decency. :
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16
Ed Howe's Philosophy.

From the Atchison Globe.
Tho best chaperone girl can have is
her mother.
As soon as a man gets married he
ceases to he an ideal man.
Let man look at another lady and
his wife will act the tiger.
Having fun is like buying catfish;
after you have cut the head off there IS
not much left
Every one cries at funeral, because
every one has grave of his own some
where in the world.
A wedding brings happiness to two;
a divorce brings happiness TO four; the
two divorced and the two they will after
ward marry.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16

The population of Africa, according
to the latest and most reliable estimates,
is given at 1863 000, 900, or fourteen inhab
itants to the square mile, while the pop
ulation of the three Americas is given at
121, ia, 600, or eight inhabitants to the
square mile. 1t must be remembered that
while explorers tell us of large districts
in Africa that are scantily peopled, there
are also vast regions densely populated
of which but few persons have ever
heard. 1t may, in fact, be said that only
the fringe of the Dark Continent has as
yet been reached, after a thousand years
of intermittent exploration.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16

Haskell county is claimed by the Santa
Fe Monitor, 10 have the largest area
sown to wheat and rye of any county in
the state. of equal population. The Mon
itor publishes the names Of over one hun
dred and fifty farmers and the
acreage each has in the two cereals. OF
the number one hundred and sixteen
have fifty acres and over, running up to
eight hundred acres, in wheat. The
Garden City Herald, speaking of wheat
in the extreme western part Of the state.
says the farmers are SO much encouraged
at their success with winter wheat that
they viii seed a considerable area for
spring wheat this month and next.
Every county in the western part Of the
state that has reported so far claims a
large increase III acreage and present
condition Of the crop good.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16
THE TYRANNY OF COMMITTEES

From the Globe Democrat
The meeting held in New York Thurs
day night to protest against Hills early
convention scheme was primarily in the
interest of Cleveland, of course; but it
had further and deeper meaning than
that of a mere contest between rival
leaders for personal advantage. 1t
gave expression to a general feeling
with regard 10 the duties and RESPONSE
bilities of political committees. Those
bodies are too much disposed every
where to assume arbitrary and dictator
ial authority They are not willing 10
perform their duly-appointed service,
and stop there, but are constantly doing
things that are unauthorized and i'm
proper The New York case is a striking
one in point of bold and insolent viola
tion of the rights of the people, but it is
not worse than many others :hat might
readily be cited. In Missouri. for in
stance, the tyranny of committees has
often practically taken away from the
voters all voice IN the management of
party affairs. and vested absolute power
IN a few inumidating and unscrupu-
lous persons. Whenever Filley has
wished to peTpetuate an act of character
istic political brigandage he has begun
by getting control Of a party committee,
He has always ignored the people. except
IN The way of telling Them that they must
obey the committee and indorse its pro-
ceedings, regardless of their own views
and feelings. The policy of regularity"
as advocated hy him and the rest of his
class simply means that the people have
10 rights that q party committee Is
bound to respect
This form of tyranny IS an insult TO the
INTEL yence of the voters and an outrage
upon the true theory of PARTY organiza-
tion and government. \ committee does
not possess imperial power. Its authority
Is limited TO certain matters Of q routine
and familiar nature. ann when it goes
beyond them Il Is usurping functions
that do not legltimatelv belong TO it
The anti-IiiN Democrats in New York
have o right 70 protest against the
calling Of a state convention three
months IN advance OF the customary
and appropriate time. Such departure
from the established rule Is man
lfestlv intended 70 serve an unfall and
mjSchieyous purpose. The people can
not make themselves definitely heard
under an arrangement that thus hasieus
action aud prevents consultation and dis
cUssion OF the part Of voters al large,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16
Mr.. MONEY LOANER, DON'T BE TOO
GREEDY

From the Topeka Capital
Some money loaners in Kansas are, in
anticipation Of demand soon for farm
lands and other property, foreclosing,
bidding the property in at q nominal
price, and holding the balance of the
loan as Judgment against the party.
Tor instance, man has borrowed g. 600
on farm said to have been worth at the
time Of the loan, according TO the loan
companys appraisers, IS, 900 or Sc. 900.
The company fcrecloSes and bids the
farm In tor $500, taking Judgment for
s.. 500 of the original loan. Thus the
party who has borrowed the money loses
hls land and finds back interest, costs of
foreclosure, etc, to exceed the amount
the loan company has paid for his farm.
In other words, the costs, etc. added To
the $500 makes q Judgment larger than
the original loan.
Now the fact and the common Justice
of the case Is that when loan coDlpapv
risks 50. 000 on its own Judgment on a
farm OF any other kind of property it is
nothing more nor less than robbery 10
take the property leaving the debt IN
satisfied. Ii don't matter. Mr. LAWYER.
what the provisions of the law are that
protect this kind Of legal plundering, it
should be changed. and the property
upon which 4 loan Is made should pav III
fun the debt. The next Republican leo
stature can protect the people by making
II impossible Tor 4 msus farm to BE-
taken representing double or thclbble
the value OF the loan made upon il and
the debt remain unpaid Ne amount Of
slick legal clubbing can make Tins Sys-
tenn anything less than downright rob
berry. and 1t should and must lee STOPPED
in Kansas,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16
That was a pretty slick trick the Hill

That was pretty slick trick the Hill
managers of the New York Democratic
state committee played in calling a mid
winter convention. OF course it was
done to give the state to Hill practically
without contest. The prestige of such
a send-of was to lie used to boost Hill in
the other states. But the anti-Hill crowd
don't propose to have it that way, and in
order to checkmate the move they are
resorting to the same trick. The Georgia
Democrats will hold their state conven-
ton March 2, and it is claimed that they
are Overwhelmingly for Cleveland. So
also in several of the western states early
conventions will be held, the avowed OBJ
ject being to forestall the Hill early
convention movement. As to these last
named states, however-Dakota, Mime
sofa, Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska and
Colorado-such move it without any
point Of significance, inasmuch as
neither of the states named viii cast its
electoral vote for any Democratic candi-
date,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16

An Iowa dispatch conveys the highly
important information that ian old man
from Keokuk county met an old lady
in Fairfield, fell in love with her, pro-
posed, was accepted, procured license
and was married to her. all inside of
thirty minutes" a certain amount of
expedition in love affairs is natural and
decorous; yet the modern tendency to
"break the record" as if love-match
were a steamboat race or sporting
event, is calculated to make the judi
cious grieve. tits to be hoped that the
Keokuk couple may escape in their expe-
rience the sharp point of the adage that
presages leisurely repentance for those
who dive into matrimony without look
ing well before they leap.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16

A Chicago sugar refining company is
turning out 800 barrels per day Of corn
oil. 1t is a yellow liquid much re-
sembling linseed oil in appearance, and
can be used in making paint, varnish or
soap. The oil of corn is contained in the
germinal part of the grain. In the pro-
cess of manufacture the germ is separa-
ted from the kernel and the oil obtained
by hydraulic pressure. The oil has here
tofore been waste or by-product, which
is lost in the ordinary method of making
starch and glucose. The proportion of
oil in whole corn is only about per
cent.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16

Henry Watterson, the greatest Dem.
ocratic editor south of Mason and Dix
On's line, speaking of Harrison, SAYS:
"Mr. Harrison viii be his own successor
upon the national Republican ticket and
if there are those who think that he will
prove a weak nominee or a candidate
who Is TO be beaten easily, they viii find
themselves mistaken" Watterson is a
strict construction Democrat, but is
withal fair and open opponent; he does
his fighting in manly way. not by in
uendos and indirecuon. And not only
so, but he can see farther into political
affairs with his one eye than most poll
ticians can with two.