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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-24

for more than than two hours at a time dur
ing the entire expedition. / felt something
cold, Shiny, ah! horrible" Here Mrs Shell
don shuddered and closed her eyes as though
the recollection of that experience gave her
an awful sense of her nearness to horrible
death.
az realized that in some way a python
had got through the guard and got upon my
palanquin. had strength enough to give
q signal, the one which summoned my
guard to my assistance. In an instant the
men were there, and then 1 heard horrible
sound of cutting and slashing and shouting
and chattering, as though they were them
selves in terror. In five minutes all was
quiet, and in that time these men had liter
ally cut that python into inch pieces.
There is nothing they dread SO much, moth
ing which they wish SO completely to de-
strov."
experiences with other wild beasts and ser
pents, and asked Mrs. Sheldon if she had
any. She said she only saw three or four
poisonous reptiles, and was not afraid of
them. They had slight adventure with
three lions and they saw some elephants,
but as she had not taken the expedition as
a mere hunting expedition and did not look
for wild beasts they seldom encountered
them. In the night time they used to hear
the cries of the beasts
APorter Devoured by Hyenas.
An expression of sadness came to Mrs.
Sheldon's face Just then, and she said: II
do not like to think about the beasts, for
we did have one horrible adventure. One
of nv most faithful body servants, .
splendid fellow, wandered from the camp
one night and very foolishly. The first We
knew that he was away was when we heard
the most appalling shrieks, and then we
knew that the poor fellow had fallen prey
to the hyenas or jackals. His shrieks ring
in my ears now. They gradually grew
fainter and fainter, although the other men
were hurrYing with torches lighted to his
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-24

ous, modest, gentle, but perfect naturals
meaning by that that they were without the
slightest suggestion Of the mannerisms or
developments which accompany civiliza-
tion.
why" said Mrs. Sheldon, speaking
with great dignity and modesty of manner
herself, Gin many of these villages the
their manner was such, their perfect un-
consciousness so great, that it was impos-
sible to take ofense, for they had none
among themselves. I made some inquiries
and found that their code of morals was
perfect, and that licentiousness as We
know it does not exist. To be sure some of
them practice polygamy, but the husbands
and their wives live according to their code
in perfectly pure state of domestic hap
piness. One of the most impressive lessons
think I received in that country was that
of the purity of morals of these uncontami-
mated people, and wonder if it is true that
those whom I call the naturals are after all
the only virtuous people, taking them
right through and through, that are to be
found
characteristics of the Women.
L asked Mrs. Sheldon to describe some of
the costumes of the people whom she met
"WelI," she said, sT was particularly in
terested in the women and children, and I
probably got more of their confidence than
any male traveller could ever obtain. These
women and children are naturally Just as
domestic, just as devoted as the best of the
Europeans, and I must say just as fond of
jewelry. 1t was interesting to see the
mothers put little bells upon the ankles of
their babies so as to encourage them to walk.
And was delighted and amused often to
witness the harmless vanity with which they
decorated themselves with bracelets, anklets,
armlets and girdles of beads" They were
very curious and inquisitive, asking Mrs.
Sheldon much about her dresses, her cos
tunes and her ornaments and were ex-
traordinarily initiative, some of them try
at once to make for themselves out of the
cloth with which she presented them gar
ments of similar construction. Some of
them with little education would make
excellent dressmakers.
Here it would be interesting to let Mrs.
Sheldon herself describe IN accident which
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-24
A GUEST OF SULTANS,
Mrs. French-Sheldon Tells of
Her Reception in the
Dark Continent.
HONORS THICK AND FAST.
As the Bebe-Bwana She Was Almost
Worshiped by the Blacks.
HER ESCAPE FROM A BIG PYTHON.
A Porter Eaten Alive by Hyenas Within
Hearing Of Her Camp.
WONDERFUL PHosPHOREsCENT LIGHTS
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DIsPArcH.]

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE pIsPArcH.]
NEW YORK, April 22-The impression
which those who meet Mrs. French-Sheldon
for the first time receive is one of surprise,
and that is particularly true when presenta-
tion takes place in her private parlors,
where she is able to throw aside restraint
and dignity. If the impression were put
into spoken words people would say to her:
what, are you actually Mrs French
Sheldon, the identical woman who organized
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1892-08-08

aeu laifen" po0ten. tptrb nun in ibren
Reiie7 @rlebnilen ben eriten Stang etnnebz
men uno audi Die Wiener peroen It1 NIT
8ergniigen Der Iiebsn @Glte% erinnern, beren
@ablipru6 Iautet: v@tn itarfer Sort REM
beutlden 2teO, Dem Oeutl6en @ort!"
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1892-08-08

gtpas in gang StpreuBen, ODER tpobl
aud i'm gan3en preuBii6en Staate ein3ig
in let1er Dirt 9altebenDeS blrfte oaS &ir6z
iptel 9ubenin9ten i'm &reiIe @olbap bieten.
Sn tbm itnb nGmli6 brei g|tattonalitGten
Dertreten, uno Der @eiitlihe bat oaber ben
@ottesoienit in bret Spra6en, in Oeuti6er,
Ittbauilder uno poluiiGer, ab5ubalten.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-15
DOWN WITH THE SYSTEM

At last congress has concluded to
make an investigation of the Pinkerton
Detective agency and the usurpations
and outrages that have been perpetrated
by it under the guise Of lawful authority.
This unauthorized piece of enginery Of
oppression has been denounced and in
Weighed against by conventions and vari-
Gus organizations throughout the coun-
try oft and repeated for months and
years past, and congress has been urged
to pass the necessary act TO repress the
growing evil, but until now nothing has
been done.
Such an organization as the Pinkerton
Detective agency is opposed to every
principle Of republican government, and
to lie peculiar sympathy which has
bound together as a nation the people of
the United States. There is no dis
tinction of classes in this republican
country. Its underlying and governing
principle Is that one man is rs good as
another, and with the working Of this
principle it has reached the prosperous
development, as great nation, which it
has attained.
As a republic we have ample means
for preserving law and order. In any
civil crisis the milltiB can be called upon
and the militia, representing the state
and made up of all classes, can be re-
lied upon never to become the instru-
ment of class persecution. This and
the ordinary police force are all the
means necessary for tie maintenance of
public peace. and no other can De intro
duced without the destruction of ind
vidual liberty.
Among all the monarchies of the Old
World which make no great profession
as TO the maintenance of civil liberty
there is none which tolerates within its
body corporate an organization ike the
Pinkerton force, which can be turned bv
the purse of any cooperation or capitalist
against the liberty of a single member
of the state or al association. Il has
remained for the United States, the
standard bearer of liberty. TO counter
ance such an atrocious outrage against
the spirit OF modern progress, and it has
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-15
ALIEN LAND OWNERS.

The action of the state of Texas In
passing its law restricting the right of
aliens to hold land, according to an in
teresting article by E. a. Bradford in
Harper's Magazine for March, had
abundant justification in the precedent
action of the national house of represen-
tatives, which, by vote of 210 to 6,
made law that no foreigner should
thereafter own real estate within the
territories of the United States Texas
example has since been followed by sew
eral states. Arkansas, California, Con-
necticut, Indiana, New Hampshire and
Tennessee now require aliens to become
residents if they wish to own real estate,
while Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky and
South Carolina require aliens to declare
intention of citizenship before they can
acquire title to real estate. The follow
ing partial list of the holdings of foreign
landlords seems to show ground of
reason for such legislation:
A Scotch syndicate in Florida, 500. 900
acres; NJ. Ellerhausen. Halifax 100000; B.
A. Evans. London. 7CO, 600; Anglo-Ameri-
can syndicate. $50, 900; German syndicate,
1000, 900; Phillips. Marshall & Co,
London, 100, 900; Marquis Tweedal, 1,75O,-
coo; English syndicate in Mississippi, L.
500, 200; Sir Edward Reid, 1000 900; English
syndicate No 3, Texas, 5000. 900; Holland
company, New Mexico, 100000
AS to the Texas law it is but fair to
state that its practical operation caused
radical change of sentiment in that
state. The enforcement of the law
forced large sums of foreign capital out
of the state, the effects OF which upon
the commercial and Industrial interest
of the state became so serious that
popular demand for an extra session of
the state legislature to modofy the law
was made, and SO strong that the gov
ernOr could not resist it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-15
WOMEN IN THE CHURCH.

The Methodist church, which is the
pioneer in modern methods of church
work, was the first 10 tackle the question
| of woman's sphere and prerogatives in
church work, but it is not alone in that
field any longer. The staid and conserve
tive Baptist church is now confronted
with it. The Southern Baptist conven-
ton in session in Atlanta the past week
dealt with the subject Of women speak
ing in public. Here is what took place,
as recorded in the proceedings:
Dr. S. NJ. Brown of Kansas City did
not believe in women working separately
from the men. He thought they should
work together in the churches. as this
separate work, in his opinion, would
have tendency to weaken the churches.
In the midst of his speech the doctor
stirred up hornets nest by touching Oh
the question of women speaking il pub
lie.
I'm my state," said he, ''the sisters go
into the pulpit, read the Scripture and
expound them to mixed congregations.
us that general thing?" called out
one of the preachers on the platform.
there was a murmuring of voices IN
which such explanations as II don't be-
lieve il, sit can't be SO in a southern
pulpit" was heard on all sides.
Mr. Brown continued his remarks, re-
ferring to the fact that there We're 5000
women in Kansas City making their own
living, when the men who should have
them for wives were spending their
money at the base ball park on Sunday
or at the theaters. He was fearful that
the women working separately would
have very bad effect in the future. He
did not know what it would bring to
pass. DR.. S. H Ford, of st. Louis. who
said he had been attending the Southern
Baptist convention for more than forty
years, referred to the women of Missouri,
and said it was not a general thing for
them to appear in the pulpits. The case
mentioned by DR.. Brown was only one
Of the extremes showing how far some
people could go. In the state Of Mis-
souri, there was not more than one wo-
man who appeared in the pulpits in this
way, certainly not more than two. lie
said there need be no fear of the south
ern women doing anything that was in
the least improper.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-15

A few weeks ago there died, at Ro me,
Ricci Consorte, the well known master
of ceremonies of the capitol. Formerly
he was the officer wko preceded the
pope's carriage in the streets to open the
way and keep order. An anecdote con-
meets his name with the memorable goth
of September, 1870. About 10 o'clock
on the morning Of that day he was seen,
III his usual livery, running hastily into
the vatican through the bronze doors,
where were stationed the papal guard,
crying loudly, Cease firing! His holi-
ness the pope has given orders 10 yieid!'
Soon after the white flag foated from
the cupola of st. Peters. the roll of can
non ceased at the Porta Pa and the
temporal power fell forever.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-15
THE OKLAHOMA RESERVATION,

SOUTH HAVEN, Kan, May Is, 1892
To the Editor OF the Eagle
Please give through the columns of the
EAGLE, as full description of military
reservation likely to open in Oklahoma as
possible Respectfully,
A READER.
The reservation you refer to is east
and contiguous to Oklahoma City. 1t is
a fine body of land and much coveted;
there is, in fact, no better III the terri
tory. 1t was until recently occupied by
the military. The bill providing for
opening it to settlement passed the house
on the eth. 1t viii now go 10 the senate
where it is thought it will receive
prompt and favorable treatment. If il
is opened it will be by July at the
closest
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-15

General Miles freak in the matter Of
testing the bicycle as vehicle for the
prompt Transmission of army orders is
too impracticable for serious considera-
ton. If there were TO railroads and tel
egraph lines and the country Were pro-
vlded with q complete system of turn
pike roads, the wheel would lie the very
thing, but the only place or section
where it might be used for the purpose
named is in the wild and unsettled poE-
tons Of the west, in connection with the
Indian service. and it would be imprac-
broken nature of the country and abb
sence of improved highways or even
open roads. The scheme won't work.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-15
KANSAS STATE FAIR RATES.

On the 18th inst joint petition from
the Kansas Worlds Columbian EXPOSE
ton corporation, Kansas State Fair as
ISOLATION, Southern Kansas Fair associa-
ton, Wichita Board of Trade and To-
peka Board of Trade will be presented
TO the TransmIssouri Passenger associa-
ton, which will meet in ST. Louis, ask
ing for a rate of l cent per mile each
way from all points in Kansas, with a
30 cent coupon admission ticket, to those
two fairs. In view of the fact that these
fairs this year, will partake of the nature
of a benefit for the worlds fair fund, it
is earnestly hoped that the petition will
receive favorable action. These fairs are
really state Institutions, and being the
only fair-donating any part of their re-
ceipts to the worlds fair fund, no prece
dent can possibly be established or an
tagonism aroused on the part of other
fairs. The railroads are deeply inter
ested in the success of Kansas as any
body Of citizens can possibly be, and as
they are cOnversant with the business of
the past and the vastness of the territory
it is but reasonable to think they will
grant the petition. There is a certain
patriotic pride which must be felt
by the railways as well as the commun-
tiles, and when that is appealed to, and
the more selfish reason of increased rev.
enue is considered, the rate is practically
assured, so far as the Kansas lines are
and we believe the other lines
party to the association, will allow them
to control their own territory.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-15

Atchison Champions The fall in the
price of hides and leather throughout
the world is doubtless due to the remark
able development of the cattle trade and
a consequent increased supply of beef in
all cattle grazing lands. This in turn
has been stimulated by the economical
processes of slaughtering cattle, dressing
beef and shipping it to centers of popu-
lation in refrigerator cars and steamers.
There is perhaps more beef consumed
today than ever before in the history of
the world and that, notwithstanding the
cry of hard times, people are better and
more cheaply fed thon ever before.
Those eat beef who never ate beef be-
fore, and those who ate before eat the
more This increased supply of beef has
increased the worlds stock of hides and
on the principle of supply and demand
the product of leather being greater,
than its consumption, the price of hides
and leather has gone down.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-15
INGALLS, REDIVlVUS,

From the Washington Post.
All the bright and beautiful and gra-
cIou5 things of life return to us with the
spring. The grass, the flowers, the green
leaves, and the birds, the young mans
sIiken surcingle. and the tan shoes of the
summer girl-all these are resurrected as
the sun grows fervent and the iris deep
ems on the FURNISHED dove. Spring I'M
locks the fettered earth and comes to US
with both hands full of gladness.
This time. however, spring has
brought Us a special blessing in the res
toratiOn TO active politics OF the Hon.
John j. ingalls,. Long had we mourDed
his eel pse by the Petferian whisker
sadly had we missed that radiant fancy,
that searching insight. that crisp and
acid speech, An orator who was never
tIresome, a politician who never strad-
died, a PARTISAN who never strained
MS fealty. ingalls, Was IN his dIsaV-
pearance from the national arena a loss
to every one who watched. enjoyed and
understood ii. He did no; prose or drone
to empty benches: heidi not depopuiate
the galleries as though he were plague;
be did not drive his brother senators 70
exile and mixed drinks IN the cloak
rooms. or make the pages old before
their time with WEAKNESS. he neither
rested his own mind nor permitted the
minds OF his hearers 10 repose willie he
was speaking. He charged the air with
Czone. he made even the door
keepers, grown cailous and ureverent
by long contact with official greatness.
admit that senator could be interesting
He hated humtuEs; his dearest privilege
II was TO flay. inpaIe and vivisect byp-
ocrite. and, next "a that, 10 bait ard land
a fool There were faults IN him. no
doubt, but they were big oaes-faUlis
that you could respecs and isoi despsss.
WhAieyer his defects. t.iey did not come
OF littlene=s OF duilness, CT moral COW
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-15

The Roslyn mine disaster, in Wash
ington, was one of the most disastrous
to human life that has occurred in this
country. Forty eight dead is equal to
the mortality list of battle of consid-
cradle magnitude. The occasional re-
currence of snch disasters is
accepted by some as proof that
they cannot be prevented, but
it is a false premise; it simply proves
that mine owners and operators are
more concerned about the profits to be
secured from the products of the mines
than for the safety of the men who
make the product available. There is
not mine in existence that cannot be
rendered safe from gas explosions and
other fatal catastrophes, but it would re-
quire money to do it. If the owners and
operators of mines could be made GRIM
inally liable for deaths that occur under
such circumstances they would soon
cease; but, until that is done, mine
horrors will continue to occur.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-15

ardice or insincerity. He was not a
sneak and ne was not bore. He dwelt
not in the gutter; he sought his quarry
IN the opalescent empyrean, and struck
and slew it there.
And, now, with the springtime, with
the birds, the flowers, and the babbling
brooks, with flannel shirts and gingham
gowns, with planked shad and tennis,
and riverside philandering, the clouds
open in the woody west, and Ingalls,.
erect, strident, and glittering as ever,
leaps like a panther into the ring once
more. For one, we give him hearty
and fervent greeting. May this be his
last, and only temperance. May he
come, this time, to stay. We have miss
ed him. We have mourned him, as the
hart of poetry painted for those cooling
brooks. He was the lost chord that we
have found again.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-15
For the Eagle,
JUSTICE WHERE IT'S DUE.

o, how we swallow tradition,
1t wouldn't be right to reflect;
Yet newspapers show US daily
Men written I'D for effect.
Surprising the actual motives
OF our worshiped heroes were known.
Had Columbus never heard of gold,
When he started out alone?
Had Washington ne'er dreamed Of fame?
/ hate TO have a doubt
But to see man on pedestal
Who died, we'll, say of the govt,
To hear he died for his country,
When it was self and pastry cooking;
Suggests our ancient heroes might,
Perchance fear overlooking.
1 think could some politicians
Read their obituary;
They'd call up their 'hade's' friends,
And over the joke make merry.
They learn for the very first time,
Of their self denying lives,
Their epitaph wasn't written by
Their ever patient wives)
How Oft we read Of our deceased,
His noble deeds were legion
When we knew he never got beyond,
Paving the lower region.
l do not think it hurts the dead,
As bad to paint them true,
As to keep from living heroes praise
Which is their honest due.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-15

The English papers characterize the
agreement of the foreign secretary to
join with this country in the proposed
international bi-metallic conference rs a
bIunder. This ought to afford compen-
saIory consolation TO those who de-
nounced this governments agreement to
the Behring sea arbitration as a fall
down. Bet it is yet to be demonstrated
that either made a mistake. We have
an abiding faith that we have the right
on our side in both cases, and that the
right will prevail.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-15

According to 7. S. Vennor of Louis
vile, KY, as quoted in the st. Louis
Globe Democrat, the biggest and most
grinding monopoly in this country is
that which controls the tobacco market
of the United States. He says: 1.-THE
tobacco product of Kentucky, which is
larger than that of any other state, is
wholly in the hands of one man in New
York City. He is the agent of the Ital-
ian, German and French governments
for the purchase of tobacco for the stu
pendous armies of those nations, and he
dictates prices with an iron will. For
years this man has had his agents at
Louisville, Hopkinsville, Paducah and
GAINESVILLE, the centers of the greatest
tobacco raising region of the continent,
and they have named the prices of all
the tobacco carried to those markets.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-15

Il few,days ago negro, on the scaffold
and a moment before his ex-
ecution, in Arkansas, when asked
if he had anything to saw. re-
piled that negroes are not allowed TO talk
much IN that section. Since then another
negro was hung at Little Rock, and
when asked if he had anything to saw
after he had mounted the scaffold. said
that he was glad he was there; that he
was not born to die like an ordinary man
but was born TO be hung, and was glad
that his time had come. The latter went
ut ii in a different way from the other.
but what both said ayas about as strong
sn endorsement of the doctrine of fatal
isu as could well be given.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-15

The continued and almost ceaseless
rainfall of the past ten days has been
somewhat depressing, it must be allow
ed, but fortunately for the great state of
Kansas, few days of sunshine will
counteract ali the bad effects of the I'M
iavovabie weather, and bigger crops
than last years will be the result. Es-
pecially Is this SO in southern and south
western Kansas, where the surface of
the soil dries rapidly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-15
Legal Puzzle.

Prom tne Atchlson Patriot.
Atchison lawyers are wrestling with
another problem. i farmer, who = a.
q widower with several children. ard
another farmer whose wife Is living.
owned a piece Of land jointly They
gave a mortgage, signed by al the par
ties. They married man left tie state,
his wife secured divorce and married
again. The xidower died. lis daUgIi-
ter married and her husband deserted
her. Now that TIE note IS due. the
holder wishes 70 foreclnse the mort gage.
but IS undecided as 10 who shonlL b
made parties ~ the SUIT.