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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-10-26
AN ILLUsTRIoUs DEMOCRAT

AN INDUSTRIOUS DEMOCRAT
Out for Harrison-George Ticknor Curtis
No Longer Democrat-The Tree Trade
Plank Drives Him From His Party In
His Eightieth Year-The Eminent Con-
stitutiouai Lawyer and Author Tells
Why He Canaot Accept the Chicago
Platform.
Every day adds to the number OF de-
scrtions from the free trade ranks. Many
who believed in protection were content
to remain in the democratic party so
long Us it's platform was susceptible of
even half plausible Interpretation in
favor of an adequate tariff. But they
have commenced a veritable stampede
into the republican camp since the flat
footed declaration for British free trade
and the reassertion of the tariff princi-
Piles of the ordinance of notification
and the confederate constitution were
Incorporated into the democratic plat
form of Chicago last June.
Among those who have felt obliged to
sever their connection with the free
| trade democracy is that illustrious con-
| stitutional lawyer and arthor. George
| TiclSnor Curtis, whose writings on the
| constitution and life of Daniel Webster
will stand as monuments to his memory
centuries after the fanatics who framed
the Chicago platform shall have been
forgotten. Mr.. Curtis is now near the
close of his eightieth year. His reasons
for abandoning the party which so long
had claimed his allegiance should be
pondered well by every patriotic demo-
crat. The following letter is from his
pen:
RIcHFIELD SPRINGS, MN, Sept TO- 1892.
To the Editor Of the American Economist;
SIR-In common with many other democrats,
| l cannot follow the leaders Of the party in de-
nouncing republican protection as fraud upon
the labor of the great majority of the American
people for the benefit of a few; nor can sub
scribe to the doctrine thai protective tariff is
unconstitutional. | have no pecuniary interest
| in manufactures, but | know what protection
has done and is doing for this country. II l,
| operates for the benefit OF the few, | am not one
! OF that few. l am one Of the many: one OF the
| great majority benefited by it, including those
who denounce it for the sake OF obtaining pc
litical power.
II the leaders'of political party assembled
in national convention for the purpose OF nomi
| mating candidates for the presidency and vice
presidency choose to stultify themselves by
classifying history, they cannot expect to be fol
lowed by others who have any habits of indie
| pendent thought and action. The learned pun
dts who were lately assembled at Chicago IL
national convention of the democratic party
adopted by a two.thrds vote and against thu
report of the committee on resolutions, the fol
lowing as a "planl" in the democratic platform
1--WE denounce republican protection as
fraud upon the labor OF the great majority o
the American people for the benefit OF Few
we aeclare ~ 10 oe q luhuaipeh . prthclpie .
49, S ~ 20, " sd, so ~, $3.50 oo 80
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16
The Art of Entertaining.

Nowhere does the capacity of hostess bet
ter appear than IN the cnolce of ner guests.
1t involves nice judgment of the charac-
tiers, pursuits and aims of her friends and
decides the fate of the evening. Granted
well chosen company, her cares are then
OF the Gghtest description, for it is one Of
the purest of pleasures this harmonious
mingling of minds. She has the satisfac-
ton of feeling that she has been instru-
mental in enlarging the sum of social
happiness, and that her home is fulfilling
one of the many beneficent purposes for
which homes exist.
But where the company is a large one
and the diversity of mind is necessarily
great tax is laid on her entertaining
genius of more serious kind 1t Is advis-
able to have q definite object in this case, a
carefully arranged programme. This IS
the secret of the usual success of dancing
parties and quite brilliant evenings may
be attained in the way OF private theatri-
Gals, tablesuy, charIdas, readings, etc.
Every circle will have its own favorite
amusement. 4 group OF people interested
in literature aud art become utterly oblivi-
Gus of the flight of time when some hostess
has done them the lasting service Of bring
ing them together And this IS no less true
OF those who derive their enjoyment from
music.
But pleasant as such specislistic even
ings are it is conceivably a most necessary
thing that wider symrsthiss be engendered
by a ninghng Of tastes.-Chamoers' Jour
nal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16
Women and Jury Duty.

The tenderness with which recent years
of legislation has treated woman has
placed her in an enviable position before
the law The old English notion that hus-
band and wife are one and that one is the
husband does not prevail in this state. A
woman today may hold such public Offices
as school trustee and notary public and
may be admitted to practice law and medi-
cine. 1t is no longer necessary for hus
band TO Join in wife's deed of real estate,
and when acknowledging a conveyance of
real property she is no longer taken behind
door out of her husbands sight and hear
ing, and solemnly asked by magistrate
whether she has signed the document with.
out any fear or compulsion of her said hus-
band. She is permitted TO dispose of her
property by will or deed just as if she were
single.
While all these privileges have been &C
ceded to her, she is shielded from the disa-
greeable duties of civil life The law will
not allow her to sit as a juror, hence she
does not have to follow an engine to fires
for five years to obtain a fireman's certih-
cate exempting her from jury duty, nor is
she forced to invent excuses and tell gaudy
fabricstions to judges to avoid what is con-
sidered an undesirable part Of citizenship.
New York Times
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16
One Eyed Deer.

One Of the good stories told about out
door life in "Wild Sports in the South"
is that of fire hunt. which took place
on a very dark night. Two men, with
Jake the boy, started out armed with
guns, and bearing also a frying pan
wherein blazed fire of pitch-pine knots
The deer, startled by this light, were
expected to stand staring at it, allowing
their eyes to be used as mark for bullets.
Suddenly felt Stocktons hand on my
shoulder. compelling me to stop, and
then the crack of his rife told me he had
fired at deer had not seen.
THAT deer shone up bright" said he
in self satisfied tone. as he proceeded
to load his gun.
Aren't you going to secure your game
before loading" asked l.
We started in the direction Of our
prize, when, to our Joy and astonlsh
ment, another blue light appeared IN the
same direction. Stockton fired again
and ont went the light.
Il shot the doe first" he said, load
ing mis- rifle, land evidently the buck
wouldn't leave her"
Again we started, but had hardly taken
a dozen steps when 10! another light. ap-
peared.
ats very strange" said Stockton, as
he raised his gun to his shoulder "but
I've seen only one eye each time.
Perhaps they've all been standing
sideways to you" 1 replied.
"Side or 'front.'" he answered, IN
black that fellows eye for him%
Crack went the rifle, down went the
There was nothing to be found. But
soon the eye reappeared.
Here" said Stockton something is
the matter with my rifle, and I've been
shooting all the time at the same deer
Give me yours"
He seized my piece aud when the eye,
which had temporarily disappeared,
again came glaring out he took deliber-
ate aim and fired.
There" said he triumphantly "he
won't show that eye of ms agalni I've
put the ball square into it.
But he was mistaken While he was
reloading the eye again flashed out
Stockton was half ashamed and wholly
amazed.
Take the rife" said he briefly, land
let him have 1t. III hold the light
AS was bringing the gun to my shout
der | observed that Jake. the hoy. was
sQuirmiug about In most unaccounta
Sle manner. Suddenly ne broke into .
wild yell of laughter
What Is all this tonfoolery about
said Stockton angrily, grasping him oy
the shoulder Tell me this instant. or
FL send you homer
''Ra. ia. naF shrieked the boy
Amelia lighthouse. Five miles away
Oh, my! on. my, Did ever
Jackson said Stockton, after q Pc
riod Of dead silence we are pair OF
donkevs. We've been shooting at the re-
volviug hight on Amelia lighthouse, five
miles away Youth's Companion
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16
Flow Pin. Lime, Ar. C,eansed.

As the oil flows through the underground
conduits the paraffine in the fluid is sepa-
rated, and this residuum incrusts the sides
of the pipes and proves serious hindrance
to the free passage of the current of oil
The device that is used to remedy this
evil is knife about two feet in length.
with a sharp edge that is constructed ex-
actly like thread of screw. Indeed the
knife itself resembles huge headless
screw more than anything else; it is always
slightly smaller in diameter than the pipe
it passes through. When the thickness of
the crust Of paraffine renders a cleansing
necessary this instrument is inserted in the
first link of the huge iron chain far off in
the oil fields II receives its motive power
from the stream of petroleum. which it ac-
companies all the way TO Philadelphia, re
volv;ng rapidly as it hurries along, and
scraping the channels clean from every par
ticle of paraifine.
1t turns and twists and cleanses in this
manner throughout its whole long jour
ney, finally dropping from the pipes in the
midst of the vast stream of petroleum
that empties continuously into the receiv-
ing tanks at Philadelphia It's edges, TO
be sure, are duller than when it set out
upon its expedition, but otherwise its con-
dition is perfect 1t is Immediately ship
ped back to the fields. when it is sharpened
again and laid away until future paraffne
accumulations require once more its valua-
bic services. Record
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16
A Woman of ,zohammed,s Time,

In the fifth century of the Hegira the
Sheikha Shuhda, designated Fakhrunnissa
c'the glory of women"), lectured publicly
at the usjid-i-Jama OF Bagdad to large
audiences on literature, rhetoric and poetry.
She occupies in the annals of Islam posi-
ton of equality with the most distin-
guished ulemas. What would have be-
fallen this lazy had sne fiOurished among
the fellow relIgionisJs of ST. Cyril can be
judged by the fate OF Hypatia. Possibly
she would not have been torn to pieces,
but she would to certainty have been
burned as witch. Dzat-ul- Hemma, cor
rupted into Dzemma, the lion heart" the
heroine of many battles, fought side by
side with the bravest knights.
1t is a calulnny, therefore, to say that
the Islamic system has lowered the status
of women. The teacher who, in an age
when no country no system, no commu-
nifty gave any right TO woman, maiden or
married, mother or wife-who in coun-
try where the birth of a daughter was con-
sidered calamity, secured TO the sex
rights which are only unwillingly and
under pressure being conceded to them by
the civilized nations of the Nineteenth CEN
tury-deserves the gratitude of humanity
If Mohammed had done nothing more his
claim to he Il benefactOr of mankind would
have been indisputable. Even under the
laws as they stand at present in the pages
of the legisus, the legal position OF Moslem
females may be said to compare favorably
with that of European women.-Ameer Ali
in Nineteenth Century
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16
People and Their Opinions

An incumbent of West End chapel used
to relate that on paying an Introductory
visit to a lady of his congregation he found
her enthusiastic in her praise Of the ser
mons of his predecessor. who had lately
been promoted to a deanery. Fully sym
pathizing with the encomiums lavished on
the translated preacher he remarked, How
you must have delighted in his societyr'
81 am thankful to say" replied the lady.
"that did not know him"
This unwillingness to be brought into
contact with her public instructor was a
true instinct. 1t often happens that, v nile
a mans speeches or writings are eighty,
his appearance in society is contemplate,
and as people are largely influenced by per-
sonalities, the most brilliant arguments
and lucid rhetoric of such a one are robbed
of half their effect if his audience is ac-
quainted with him in his weaker moments
London Saturday Review.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16
The hired g1rl IS human. That is ono

The hired girl is human. That Is ont
point that often seems to be forgotten by
those who complain about her. If it were
always remembered possibly the servant
girl question would settle itself. Bridget
and Gretchen never are wholly insensible
They have their woman's pride, their fenli-
nine instincts and contradictions. and
where they are not taken into account
trouble is bound to follow.
1t is to be noted that our great-great-
grandmothers had precious little worry
with their help. Hannah was in the
habit Of living in the same family till she
got married, and about as often as not she
married one of her mistress boys. In any
event she was Il help" and not servant"
She resented the latter appellation and
bore herself Independently and worthily
before the eyes of men, Her education
was defective, of course, but so was that
of her mistress, and the two read the Bible
together with the same uncertainty as to
the big words and the long names of the
mighty men Of Old When they died and
went TO heaven we are taught that they
were not there separated by any line of
caste or favor
But it's different nowadays, to be sure.
It is impossible for the hired girl to be
taken into the family as one of the family.
Yet her lot might well be softened and
Frightened by little human sympathy
and friendly interest. Ii she is good girl
it will make her better, and if she is bad it
will tend TO restrain her from becoming
worse. And she is not likely to leave g
place where she seems to be appreciated
Chicago News.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16
Professional or Married Life

Professional or Married Life for Women.
DR.. Arabella kenealy, a well known
London physician, is credited with the fol-
lowing: Women should not attempt to
carry on a profession after marriage. /
mean the women of the upper and middle
classes who go into the professions. 1t is
not necessary that they should be the
breadwinners that duty should devolve
upon the husband ana am confident that
the rising generation would be healthier
and stronger in every way if the mothers
would exert themselves less.
81 look anXiousiy at every baby that
comes under my notice in the hope that
shall find some improvement in the type,
some increase in stamina, compared with
the generation that mas preceded it, but
instead of this there IS only steady deteri-
Grafton observable. This deterioration is
particularly noticeable among the children
of very active mothers The cleverest and
most highly educated women, the women
who take the most active part IN public
affairs, have the most weakly and puny
children Another thing, women are going
into too active forms of exercise.
when young married woman tells ma
that she is captain of a cricket eleven or
football team, | can only say am perfectly
aghast Women must place before them
selves the alternative, to earn their living,
to exercise their faculties. and to crafty
their ambitions in professional career or
to become good wives and mothers, and il
they choose the domestic life they must
recognize that they must sacrifice their
personal happiness and ambition in the
future happiness and success OF their chill
drenn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16

There il always somebody who Is just
trife too late. It Is certainly Interesting II
not instructive % the other fellows. Yet
it IS an incident Of every minute in the
metropolis where life i daily and NO
mentary scramble.
You see II illustrated more or less hu-
morously every time yos take an elevated
train. every time a ferry boa, leaves IS SIP,
every time a iiu..tel express o. any other
train pals out 81 "a station ever time an
ocean steamer leaves heT p3er. There -
slwavs sou.tcsiy rushing Up ard down Al
the last moment franIics!!y waving hanG>
or yelling. just ~ tiGse % BE- sefr behind
Ask the scorLful but viEiltnt officials
Scarcely an elevated sE,lin leaves 3 plat
form but che or more persons, Gsaie Or Re
male. dash 10 tae stairs suG n PAS tEse
ticket window. aud at The RISK % lie a
limb attempt to boarsi IL AID hoTy Judi
crously angry and disappointed they iook'
Another train Is within sigat, doe IN on
or two minutes, hut that d0es1't alter tht
matter-ii sggrzvates / JOst a. yosIi
ierryboat leaves the sip there = alwaTz
somebody who runs the Ea1t!st q TIE
main gates, comes tearing down tae drive
way. with OF without a ticket afsd. S.tn q
Eila whoop. tries 70 leap the RAPIDLY yawn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16
A Japanese New Years Custom.

In America on New Years everybody
calls on everybody else and brings present
with them. Mr.. Norman tells us that the
japanese. who are eager to copy western
customs, have adopted the more attractive
part of the American programme and
omitted the other. A japanese gentleman
puts box outside his door with this in
scription: ITO Visitors-I am out. | wish
you happy New Year. \. B.-Please put
your presents in the box."-Tllustrated
London News.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16

The customs and regulations most com
monty observed or board buocaneer are
worth noting. Every pirate captain. doubt
less. had his own ~ Of rules. bat there
were certain traditional articles that seem
70 have been generally adopted The cap
tain had the state cabin. dou bic vote IN
elections. double share q booty. On
some vessels il "a the captain who de.
cided what directioa TO sab IN, bat this
and other matters d moment were oftene-
settled By a vote 81 the COR pany. the cap
tsin's vote eoln.ing for two The officers
had share and a half. o. a share and
quarter Of al plumber. and the sailors one
share each- Booty xzs divided with Scrn
puiO1s czre. and us4yooalEg w8s the penal
y q attempting 70 defraua the general
company Il oaly 20 ;tsE sn30s.nt Of a gold
piece Or dollar Every man had fall
vote n every z.5air O. importance
Arms Tgege slw-aFS 20 d clean aud e. for
seTvscc. ard arsegs5o1 ~ Tss "Trip or guar
tezs IN esttlr ~ EazlSaea vith dsz%A--
NkssorEl k.tsstes-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16

Wichita has the chloride of gold cure for
the successful treatment OF alcoholism.
the opium. morphine. tobacco habits and
newresthenia. All this can be successful
~ treated at the institute rooms of Drs.
Purdy and Jordan 1876 North Market
street. They having obtained the sole
right of the state for the chloride of gold
company. whose home Office is located at
St Joseph, Mo.
Over one hundred cures have been effect
ed at Marysville. Mo, the home of the
oriGiuators of the treatment, Drs. Camp
bell and kock. Five weeks ago an insti-
tute was opened at St. Joseph, Mo. Thirty
five cases have been effected and seventy
eight cases are under treatment. The fol-
lowing * copied from the Marysyille, Mo,
Daily Democrat:
DR.. :. Y. Campbell left this morning for
ST. Joseph, Mo-, and this evening will con
tinue his journey to Wichita, Kan, to be
present al and superintend the opening of
a. branch Office of the National Chloride Of
Gold Institute at that place DR. Cam1-
bell will be absent about a week The
state of Kansas has been contracted to
DrS. Purdy and Jordan of Wichita, who
! have made arrangements TO push business
vigorously and have ample means, and are
extensively and favorably known. We
commend TO them DR. Campbell AS one OF
our foremost and Oldest practi tioners. who
has had complete success with his cure for
alcoholism. q - 1t
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16
Cheap Excursion to Galveston

Galveston now handles the seabound
commerce of Texas With big harbor
getting deeper every year. it expects to be-
come the shipping point for the great
southwest.
The time to look the ground over is be-
fore values are out of sight.
Santa Fe route has made round-trip
rate of one fare for persons wishing TO join
excursion to Galveston on Monday, Feb s,
through Oklahoma and Fort Worth.
Final limit of tickets, thirty days, with
transit limit two days in each direction.
Inquire of local agent A, I. aud S. F. R.
r. for further particulars. 81 lot
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16
OUTY'o PATH.

Out from the harbor Of youths bay
There leads the path of pleasure;
With eager steps we walk that way
To brim joys largest measure.
But when with morn's departing beam
Goes youths last precious minute,
We sigh. Twas but a feyered dream
There's nothing in it."
Then on our vision dawns afaF
The goal Of glory, cleaning
Like some great radiant solar star,
And sets us longing, dreaming.
Forgetting all things left behind,
We strain each nerve to wiz, it,
But when tits ours-alas! we find
There's nothing in it.
We turn our sad, reluctant gaze
Upon the path of duty;
Its barren, uninviting ways
Are void of bloom and beauty.
Yet in that road, though dark and cold,
1t seems as we begin 1t,
As we press on-lol we behold
There's heaven in it.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox in Ladies' Home Jour
nal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16
Madarascar,s Two Climates.

The island of Madagascar has two dis
tinct climates, two classes of natives and
two classes of fauna and fora. The island
is about the size of France. Along the
coast it is tropical and malarious and the
natives are darker than in the interior.
The interior is high table land and noun
famous There the climate is cooler and
the natives smaller and lighter in color
than on the coast. But in the interior they
are more intelligent and they rule the
island. Antananarivo, the capital, is stu
ated in the interior and has population
of 10000 Queen Ranavalona has her fine
palace there.-Interyiew in Chicago Her
oil
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16
REAL ESTATE.

Furnished by Apologize & Mallory
Abstracters)
The records in the register of deeds Office
show the following buyers of real estate:
w d Johnston lots PSI to 263 EN-
poria ave Ferrell's Sd add wd S 1900
Alexander Garrett seq of nwA and2
rods off swL sec % , wd $500. 1000
W A Shepherd lot 1lS Msgket st
Greiifenstein's Sd add wd. ....... 1000
Dwight Russell lots II aud 16 Wich-
ita st English's 9th add wd...... 1900
Susan A McMurdy lot 1886 and n1{
lot 353 Fifth ave Ferrell's I'd add
Wu.-.. ............... 4UO
Alexander Garrett sw1L of ne14 and
nw]4 of SCI sec % qcd ... 1000
Shepard Chapman Mortgage Co lots
IA 10 Is and % TO SO Vine ave aud
lots l0l to Ill Hiram ave Univer-
sity Place add qcd. ........... !
Cyrus Gale q q he q sec , % 2 wv 100
l. Taylor O d 11715 feet off west end
lots % to - and 1l7I5 feet off east
end lots Ct TO Go Meads ave Jones
End addition. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 100
Laundes Taylor O C d 11755 feet off
west end lots O. 10 ~ and l17lS feet
of east end lots Ga to 66 Mead ave
Jones 2nd add 50
Western Investment Co lots AZ to
~ Waco ave ROuse's add, also lots
l61 and y lot 1853 Lawrence ave
city....;::.......................... 1000
Howard L Yates 50x140 feet in lot
5 block o Ferreli's fourth add 80. 100
A l. Strong lots to II Lawrence
ave and to Market street, Crav-
EMS add. 800
l. A Munger lots 10 and A. Mabel
ave, Mossmsn's end add. ....,.. GIG
Mortgage releases, ST, 0l9 50.