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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1892-07-23

given away the peoples heritage until
now Il few railroad and nonresident
aliens, individual and corporate, possess
a larger area than that of all our farms
between the two seas. The last demo-
cratic administration reversed the inn
provident and unwise policy of the re-
publican party touching the public do
main, and reclaimed from corporations
and syndicates, alien and domestic, and
restored to the people nearly l00, 900 900
acresof valuable land to be sacredly held
as homesteads for our citizens, and we
pledge ourselves to continue this policy
until every acre Of land 50 unIawfully
held shall be reclaimed and restored to
the people.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09
The French Academy.

Although the French academy elects its
own members it never offers its favors; all
those who desire to belong TO the illustrious
society must ask for admission.
The membership is limited TO forty, and
when there is vacancy the candidate for
election must pay visit TO every academi-
clan in turn and ask for his vote-thirty-
nine visits.
This custom of paying 1.-The visits" has
been stumbling block in the way OF many
whose talents entitled them to place ia
the academy. As one Frenchman says,
1.-The academy's doors are too low, and
one has to stoop too much to be able to
enter without knocking ones head against
the wall"
Twenty votes, or more than the half OF
the academy, are necessary To an election.
The preliminary visits of solicitation
must De attended with more than one kind
of awkwartiness. One of the most famous
of modern French writers, who missed the
coveted honor, used to say, "Oh, yes,
members enough promised 10 vote for me-
but wasn't elected. "-Blackwood's Maya
zine
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09
An Odd Iuck Piece.

A gentleman who is well known in Tiff
fin, O., but who makes frequent visits 10
the capital, carries in his pocket pecu-
liar, old fashioned screw for luck, as he
says The screw has a head about the size
of an ordinary button, and it was found in
the old Presbyterian graveyard In George
town. The relic was shown to reporter
by its owner, who told when and how he
came by it. He said: While wandering
about the cemetery came across an open
grave, and as | was peering down into its
open depths / saw something bright lying
at my feet in the tangled grass. picked
it up and found the shining object TO be
the head of a screw or nail firmly imbed-
ded in piece Of decayed wood, evidently
the corner of an old coffin. Taking out my
knife | whitfield away the wood and found
it to be a screw about two inches long.
Il placed it in my pocket and have car
ried it ever since. The grave near where
it was found was one of the oldest in the
burial ground, and the screw, have since
been told, is at least 100 years old. It's
brightness led me to believe it was made
of gold. and it has since been tested and
pronounced to be I2-carat gold. WASH
inptOn Post
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09
How Toys Influence a Baby.

1t generally keeps a woman busy looking
after the baby's toys, because they are
scattered from the old trunks in the garnet
10 the refrigerator in the cellar. a man
pulls a shirt out of the bureau drawer in
the morning only TO have a tin bullfrog
fall on his feet. and when be pulls on the
first shoe he is pretty certain TO stub his
toe on big red agate. After awhile he
never puts on a shoe or hat without first
shaking il to make sure that II doesn'i
contain locomotive or papier naeae
cow. Some children have their ambition
and taste formed by their toyS- The baDy
boy with a locomotive often signs 20 be an
engineer after he knows what an engineer
Is The boy with a beautiful boat that he
sails In the bathtub has natural leaning
toward ne divine art Of piracy, while the
bov with the woolly poodle naturally
yearns to become the proprietor a a sheep
ranch or 70 branch cot as q dog farmer
~ 4. MunkittriCk IN Once a Week
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09
POINTS ON POPULATION.

Census Bulletin No. 1877, just issued,
gives the distribution of population by
color, sex, and general nativity, as re-
turned in the census Of 1890, for Della
ware, Maryland, District Of Columbia,
Virginia and West Virginia. The total
population of the four states and the
district, as whole, in 1890 was 3, o6O.O4
an increase in the decade last past OF
469, S52, or 1886 per cent. The increase
in males was IA 81 per cent, and IN fe-
males 1912 per cent, the total number
males being 1925,411, and OF females
1884 ,63S.
The largest per cent of increase IN
foreign born is shown IN Delaware, beng
80. In Virginia, also, there has been a
a very considerable increase in foreign
born, or % per cent. for the decade. Inc
foreign born in Maryland have increased
during the decade only 1888 per cent. :;
in West Virginia 3.3S per cent, and IN
the District of Columbia 1853 per cent.
During the decade from 1880 to 1S90
the percentage of increase in the num-
Der of native born persons has been less
ened, as compared with the preceding
decade, in all the states named, while
the percentage of increase in the num-
Der of foreign persons is greater IN all
those states except West Virginia. Viz
gina shows the smallest per cent. of in
crease in native born persons, being but
9.33.
Considering the increase in the white
and colored population during the past
decade, the largest percentages OF IN
crease are found in the District OF Col
umbia, or an increase in colored OF 70. %
per cent. as compared with an increase
of white of 31.09 per cent.
The tables in the bulletin show-and it
is something of a surpriSe-that the per-
centage of foreign born population in
cities in the states under consideration Is
small. The largest per CENT. is in Wheel
ing, w. Va, where the foreign born are
but IS. Sc per cent. With the exception
of Wilmington, Del, the percentage
of fore On born of the total population in
the cities Of those states, has decreased
since 1880. In the District of Columbia
the percentage which the number of
colored persons is Of the total population
has decreased from So Sc in 1880 to 81. Sc
/ in 1890 In the state of Virginia. cor
responding decrease is shown of from
Al. rs per cent. in 1880, to 1910 per cent.
in 1890 Petersburg, Va, shows the
largest per cent. of colored population,
having 10 per cent. of the total popu-
! lation.
As 10 ages. there has been an increase,
| for the five states as a whole, in persons
from to II years from 1880 to 1880 of
! 1851 per cent, the whole number Of
snch persons being 1 ,233, 281. For per-
son from IS to 90 years, inclusive, there
has also been an increase during the de-
cade of 1860 per cent.
| OF males of voting age. that is over p,
| has been an increase for the five states Of
! 1887 per cent.
Considering the five states as whole
% 10 per cent. of foreign born males q
years of age and over are aliens, and
61.3 per cent. are naturalized. OF the
total alien population in the states
named 1925 per cent. speak English
while 1910 per cent. speak some other
language.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09
TIE HAPPY LAND.

The happy land!
Studded with cheerful homesteads, fair to see,
With garden grace and household symmetry;
How grand the widebrow'd peasants lCrdly
mien.
The matron's smile serenel
o happy, happy landi
The happy land
Half hid in dewy grass, the mower blithe
Sings 10 the day star as he whets his scythe;
And to his babes, at eventide again,
Carols as blithe a strain
o happy, happy land!
The happy land!
Where in the golden sheen of autumn eyes,
The bright hard children play among the
sheaves
Or gather ripest apples all the day,
As ruddy checked as they.
happy, happy landl
o happy land!
The thin smoke curleth through the frosty air,
The light smiles from the windows; hearken
there
To the white grandsire's tale of heroes old
To flame eyed listeners told.
o happy, happy land!
happy, happy landl
The tender foliaged alders scarcely shade
Yon lettering lover and glad, blushing maid.
happy land! the Spring that quickens thee
Is Human Liberty!
Ohappy, happy landi
w. j. Linton.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09
Shipping in the Maritime Provinces

The shipping of the maritime provinces
has declined rapidly during the past eight
years, and there appears to be no immedi-
ate prospect of an improvement in the
situation. In 1854 Nova Scotia had 3,Ol9
vessels. aggregating 543,S3 tons, whereas
the present fleet numbers only 2,1'5 vessels,
of 462, 3Oi tons. In 1884 New Brunswick
had $50 vessels, of 301, TO- tons, while at
the present time she has only $50 vessels,
of 194, 400 tons. The Prince Edward Island
fleet has fallen off from 234 vessels, OF
39.2l3 tons. in 1854, to 1875 vessels. of 23,SJO
tons. Thus it appears that in eight years
the shipping of these provinces has declined
to the extent of 80, 100 tons from total OF
e90.S10 tons, or nearly "A per cent.-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09
THE PAY OF FARM LABOR.

Secretary Rusk has made valuable
and exceedingly interesting contribution
TO the industrial statistics of the coun-
try in his published report on the wages
of farm labor in the United States. 1t
furnishes no comfort or encouragement
for the calamity howlers. His carefully
prepared tables show that in 1866,
monthly farm wages, exclusive of board,
were as follows: In eastern states, $333.
81; middle states, $29.S southern
states, Sl663; western states, $2784;
mountain states, S2T.23: Pacific states,
S44 60; the average being $2G.S7. The
lowest point reached in 1879, when the
average was Sl605. From that time,
! however, they have steadily increased
until at the present time they are: In
eastern states, S26. 4G; middle states, 1913
%; southern states, $14. So; western, $22.
81; mountain, $50. 16; Pacific, $50. l5
the average per month for the whole
year being $500. The report further
says that careful analysis shows that
in fifty years the compensation Of farm
labor has very nearly doubled.
Germane to the question of wages,
| though of course not part of the showing
compiled in the foregoing, is the matter
of expense of living. 1t costs the aver
American citizen, regardless of occupa-
Uion, fully twice as much to live now a:
| it did fifty years ago. Not that the
prices of necessaries are higher now-ir
most cases they are lower-but because
of the requirements of the present over
the past. What is considered plair
living now would have been deemed
first -class half century ago.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09

The fusion program fixed up in Kan
sas City, Mo, recently, by the bosses of
the Democracy and Peoples party OF
Kansas, has failed miserably so far.
Under that agreement the Democrats
were to have the congressman in the
First and Second districts. Neverthe-
less, the p. p. went ahead and nominated
candidate of their own, and now the
Democrats of the district have done like
wise. Keep in the middle of the road
appears to be the policy the masses of
the two parties have determined to
purse. This may not be political ex-
pediencv, but it is the only way in
which party organization can be main
tanned and party principles adhered 10
and defended.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09

n Mrs.. O5pbaut'z 'Ilfs Il Principal
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sKsaklnE befcrs IL crsaasg3 tie hsSrs3sr asc
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sr.syzstsc. II iaslzgzEt. word. Votes Aae
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09

OF the twenty delegates from Kansas
TO the Minneapolis convention only eight
can be said. by any stretch OF courtesy to
have a state reputation.-Iola Register.
The Register is disposed to be unduly
critical. The delegates. in the main, are
new men. not having had the oppor,uri-
~ TO appear in public. Bat if new men
aie never given opportunities-always
held back SO those Of Estate reputation
may represent The state, at home IS well
az abroad-the state Will ere long be
without Representative men" for any
position. There are exceptions 20 most
rules. but rotation in office IS one with
the fewest executions.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09

George Martin, editor of the Kansas
CITY Gazette, and one of the best posted
men in Kansas politics, after sizing up
The Midland hotel, Kansas City, seance,
and the expressions and occurrences III
the state since. gives this as his deliber-
ate opinion: There Will be no fusion.
The Peoples party followers claim to
have obliterated the Democratic party.
They claim the Democratic party in Kan
sas does not exist. They are right, and
the Democrats, if they want TO down
the Republican party, must go INTO the
Peoples party
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09
THE MllkMAio.

Oh, where are you going SO early, he saids
GOOD luck 20 with you. my Pretty maid;
To tell you my mind I'm half afraid.
BIT wish were your sweetheart
When the morning sun is shining low,
And the cocks in every farmyard crow.
I'll carry ysszr pail
Ger hill and dale.
And I'll so with yen a-niikfnc.
I'm going a-rniiking, sir. says she.
Through the dew and across the le4s
You ne'er would even yourselfto ma
Or take me for your sweetheart.
When the morning sun
Now give me your milking ste while
To carry it down to yonder STU.
I'm wishing every stepa milo
And myself your only sweetheart
When the morning sun
Oh, here's the stile in under the rec.
And there's the path in the grass for me,
And thank you kindly, sir, says she,
And wish yoa better sweetheart
When the morninssu
Now give me your milking pail. says he,
And while we're going across the lea,
Pray reckon your masters cows 70 ne
Although I'm not your sweetheart
When the morning sun
Two of them red and two of them white,
Two of them yellow and silky bright;
She toG him her masters COWS Alright,
Though he WAS not her sweetheart
When the morning sun
She sat and MIXED in the morning s,.n.
And when her milking was over and done
She found him waiting, all as one,
As if be were her sweetheart
When tie morning sun
He freely offered his heart and hand;
Now she has farm at her command,
And cows OF her own to Craze the land;
Success TO all true sweetheartsl
When the morning sun is shining low,
And the cocks in every farmyard crow,
I'll carry your pail
Ger hill and dale.
And I'll go with you E-nilking.
William Allingham in New York Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09
Pussy Overheard.

A cat fell overheard from the fishing
schooner Laura Belle Puss swan back
and forth along the vessels side for some
time trying 10 find crack 70 stick her
claws in for foothold. She was finally
rescued by one of the crew, who. after los
ing her overheard once more, finally landed
her on deck Puss gave a vigorous shake
and made a bee line for the stove to dry
herself-Eastern Argus
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09
The Object of the system.

The customer who had brought some
damaged goods back to exchange them,
and had patiently accompanied the cash
girl for fifteen minutes from one official to
another in pursuance OF the regular rou-
tine, leaned against the counter TO rest
himself
Your plan of making exchanges" he
said, SIS really discouraging.
Yes" cordially replied the young wom-
an at the desk, filing out blank neceSsi-
tating trip to another official two floors
above, that's what it's for. Chicago
Tribunp
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09

The western part of the state is revel-
ing in anticipations of luxury, the result
of the immense cereal crops now so
richly promised. Trego, which Is one OF
the least populous of Kansas counties,
has $4,000 acres of wheat this year, an
increase of 5000 over the area of last
season. One farmer alone has 500 acres,
and if no disaster befails his crop he will
be wearing diamonds before he is year
ol6nr
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09
The Question OF Money.


From the Kansas City GaAtte.
The increase of circulation depends
not on the mere quantity of money, but
On the progressive prosperity of the
country and the confluence of the people
in the administration in control OF ma
tional affairs, and these conditions are
only furnished and maintained by
the Republican party. The only year OF
the last twelve in which there has been
a decrease in the aggregate circulation
was the first year of Dir. Cleveland
administration. During the last half OF
the seven years prior to Mr.. Cleveland's
Inauguration, the increase of actual CIR
culation. outside the treasury, averaged
Sc. 270, 900 each year. During the three
years of President Harrison's admins
tration the actual increase OF circulation
in the last half of each year has averaged
$40, 600, 900, This demonstration Is COM
plete and overwhelming.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09
REPUBLIC CONGRESSIONAL CON-
VENTION.

delegate convention Of the Republicans ths ms %
ltg y = i berebv called TO meet in the CITY,
OF kingman on Wednesday, June - lsg@, az
10 a M for the purpose Of nominating al
lddate for congress in the Seyent ~ animate
siopaI district Of Kansas, ana also W holi A'''
The basis OF representation in said convex,
zion shall be one delegate ct large Tor ea So.
aaoI in the district and one delegate lot
oi 80 votes and the major fraction Thereof,
caSt for Hon. J. r. Halloweil for congress , n
1890 provided county 70 have less 5h ore ANY,
delegates, under which rule aeleg sSilo ar f
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09
The hest things in the healing art have

The best things in the healing art have
been done by those who never had
diploma-the first C9sarian section,
lithotomy, the use of cinchona, OF ether
as an anasthetic, the treatment of the
air passages by inhalation, the water
cure and medicated baths, electricity as
a healing agent, and magnetism, taith
cure, mind cure, etc. Pasteur has no
diploma, but has done more good than
all the II. D. s in France.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09
Emporia Republican: The PEG

Emporia Republican: The Peoples
party of Sedgwick county talks about
inviting the Democrats to join them IN
making war on "the common enemy.
From their point of view both the ola
parties are equally corrupt, and all the
pure principles and good men and re-
formers are contained in the Peoples
party. Therefore the only common
grievance that the Democratic and
Peoples parties can have against the
Republicans is that they hold the offices.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09
Who He Really Was.

The proprietor of the place had been ex-
tremely rude, and the tourists were indig-
nanC.
who is that man, anyhow" inquired
one Of them OF an employee
"Oh. he's the lord Of the manor, sir,
was the deferential reply.
Lord Of the i'll manner, J guess you
mean" said the huffy tourist, and marched
out.-Detroit Free Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09
Tho Fascination Of the Cornet.

There is curious fascination about the
cornet, and among the amateurs who per
form upon that instrument are men whom
YOU would never dream of as being addict
ed to cornet playing. The reading amateur
of our neighborhood, and very charming
player he is. too, is successful business
man in the city, who l have no doubt was
more pleased the first time be struck the
high note in THE Last Rose Of Summer"
than he ever was by a good season S trade.
Interview in New York sun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09

Senator ingalls, waited till the whole
convention was seated and then he
marched in gracefully and carelessly,
and received the greatest applause OF
the day. Ingalls, can attract more atten-
ton i'll a national convention than any
other man west of the Mississippi, should
the other man walk in on his hands.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09

One thing is now assured. Cleveland
will have a few delegates from the south
The chivalrous southern Democrats will
take no part i'll forcing distasteiul presl-
Dental candidate upon the stalwart De-
mocracy of New York-Topeka Democrat.
Perhaps. And the chivalrous will be
just as far from forcingea distasteful New
Yorker upon the Stalwart Democracy OF
the balance of the country. Cleveland
NAV not be in it; but it is dead sure that
Hill is not
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09

The secretaries o. the s6versl codnty conveu-
lfions are instructed TO forward 20 the under
Esigned secretary at Topeka. Kan, certified
/ copy of the credentials of their several dele
| The county conventions, said credentials to be
received at Topeka not later than the evening
Eof June q From these credentials tn, RepublI-
can state central committee VIII prepare
roster of those entitled TO participate in the
preliminary organization of the convention.
by order of the committee:
WI. BUCHAN, Chairman.
John Il. SMITH. Secretary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09

The adjournment Of the convention
from noon yesterday until II O'Clock
this morning changes the aspect OF the
situation there, somewhat. Mr., Blaine
NAV not receive the nomination, but it
is evident that his hackers do not intend
to let it go to Mr.. Harrison if they can
prevent it-and they hold the key TO the
situation as far as controlling the sittings
of and program of work for the conven-
tipn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09

DIR. McLallin, who has led the anti
fusion fight, is confident that Otis will
be renominated at Emporia, June Il,
and Ives defeated at Wichita the follow
ing day. There are quite number of
peoples party men who are willing to
wager that McLallin will realize his
guess on both.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09

The Democrats of the Second district
have nominated Moore a straight out
Democrat. This demonstrates that the
Democrats realize that Funston will be
elected anyhow and there is no sense in
losing party organization by fusing with
the Alliance.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09
ST. John WIN Not Run.

From the New York Voice
Nothing could induce me 10 accept a
nomination for any office This has been
known to nv intimate friends for years.
/ have misled no one about the matter,
and my decision is irrevocable." So said
ST. John to Voice representative few
DAYS ago. We do not think any one will
accuse the governor of having misied
any one The only thing they can re-
proach him for is for too strong an en-
phasis in declining to crafty their hopes.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09

Senator PETER is well meaning man.
no matter what may be said To the con-
trary. How many men. as poor at ora
tory and as undressing in every way
as he is, would be kind enough TO notify
his fellow senators when he was going
10 speak, as he always does:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09

Slate Treasurer Stevens of Missouri Is
actually canvassing the state for the
nomination to succeed himself. Mis-
souri, is claimed to be strong Cleveland
state, and Stevens no doubt heartily re-
grets the letter incident that occurred
some months ago, and which bars him
from making common cause with the
ex-president.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-09

In South America there Is a race q cats
70 which .meowinZ" = al uRiearDod a.
coraplishmenA We are IN favor q rec7-
proc3ty with that country. - that 'Te MAJ
exchange some Of cur nocturnal feline nj
sicians for south Americas noiseless Nous