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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-24
THE FALKNER COMPROMISE.

The Falkner compromise for the silver
repeal bill, as often mentioned of late,
provides for the coinage of the bullion
now in the treasury, which. at its coinage
value, would amount to STA, 00e, 900, 10
be coined at the rate OF IS, 000. 600 a
month, and authorizes the purchase at
the market price of 1 100000 ounces of
silver per month, which is not to be
coined until after the bullion now in the
treasury Is coined. After all the bullion
now III the treasury is coined, then
100000 of the new purchase is to be
coined monthly until the aggregate sill
yer coinage including subsidiary coin
shall reach $500, 100000 We have now
S419, 332 GEO standard silver dollars and
81, goo. 900 fractional silver coin. which
makes our total silver coins amount to
1896, 3d., OO9. Add TO this the S144. 000.-
goo, which the coinage of the present
bullion would yield. aud we have 500
100000. This, If the Falkuer compro-
mise were adopted. would require the
purchase of about 100 900, 600 ounces of
silver to make the aggregate of $780,
100000 coined silver. 1t also provides
for the retirement of ell silver certificates
and treasury notes issued in payment OF
bullion and silver dollars, and also retires
all bank notes under SO for the purpose
of forcing the silver into circulation as
we'll as the 80 and So gold pieces.
The coinage feature OF the measure.
including The purchase clause ought to
so good way toward satisfying the
silver advocates. but that apparently
plausible proposition is more than
oounteracted by the provision for re-
stricting the issue of proper currency to
bills not less than SO in denomination.
The purpose OF the proposed restriction
Is 10 force the coins into circulation. but
the people would have TO be educated TO
the change before il would become
popular, or even bs acceptable.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-24
A Now Eyplosfye.

Chemists and others interested In the
discovery and use of new explosives are
now busy studying the component
parts and character of an acid recently
discovered by chemist. and to which
he has given the name of hydrazoic
acid. This, it is claimed, is destined
TO make new era in the history of
explosives. The new acid has been
christened hydrazoic acid from its com
position. which is three parts Of nitro
gen and one part of hydrogen. It
seems strange that in all the years
that chemistry has been studied this
acid has escaped discovery till now.
1t is described as resembling water.
tuning strongly in contact with the
air and causing painful wounds when
applied 70 the skin. The acid does not
seem to be itself explosive, but the
salts il forms with most Of the metals
are described as being extremely SO.
II was discovered accidentally, 1t
seems. during the course of an obscure
organic investigation. and the strange
ness of its properties led 70 an investi-
CATION, and the discovery of the exact
nature Of its characteristics Few speci-
mems exist in this country, and the
acid has not been studied 20 any great
extent
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-24
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AN EPOCH MARKER.

Considering the manner in which the
people were Ho(ax)ked, the so-called
opening of the strip will go into history
as the best laid scheme of the times. The
thousands who, at great cost and risk Of
their lives, attempted to get into the
new county, even by the inhuman
methods prescribed by the authorities,
only to fad everything worth having
held down by sooners, will mark it as an
epoch in their personal history. "Befo'
de wa will lose much of its signifi-
canoe by the later epoch marker-"be-
fore the opening" 1t is fortunate for
Grover-hokey that national election is
not among the early probabilities. Time
smoothes down the asperities and palli-
ates the cruelties of overt acts, but we
doubt if either of these functionaries
ever attain the age to poll a dozen votes
in Oklahoma. "Git plenty while
you're gitten" should be the policy OF
this little coterie of the peoples trusted
servants.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-24
AN IMPORTANT MATTER.

The convention called to meet in
Salina on the 28th of this month has fol
its prime object the consideration of a
question of vital importance to a large
portion of the state, directly, and the
entire state Indirectly. If some practical
means can be devised by which the
arabic lands of the western part Of the
state can be brought under irrigation SO
that their cultivation may be relied upon
with reasonable degree of ASSURANCE
their productiveness with sufficient
supply of moisture is an established
fact-the wealth of the state, in products
of the soil and other personal and per-
manent Improvements. will be easily
doubled within decade. No argument
is needed to prove this proposition. The
only point necessary to be gained to
bring it into actuality is the needed
water supply. 1t is hoped, as it is be-
lieved, that the convention at Salina will
be able to solve this hitherto unsolved
problem.
If this great and important undertak-
ing is prosecuted to success no point in
the state or the west will receive greater
benefit therefrom than Wichita, the rec
ognized commercial metropolis of the
southwest. The interest thus involved
renders it next to imperative that the
city be ably represented in the conven-
ton. The city council, or board of
trade, or both should take action and
see that a competent delegation is chos-
en-, and one that will attend. The ex-
pense will be too trifling, compared with
the possible benefits, to stand in the way
for a moment. Whatever is done needs
TO be done without further delay.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-24
Two Forms of Death.

There are two forms Of physical
death constantly going on ia the
world: says the VegetarisG- molecular
death and sousafic death. The FIRST H.
expressed in Other words by saving
that the whole Of the boiF il constant
Is being worn on. and being renewed.
Every action that xe perform. every
breath we draw, and every thought We
think. Is each accompanied By tho
death Of a certain amount 81 muscular
or nervous tissue. 20 that molecular
death j. a necessary part 81 daily life.
somstic death f. the death ~ the On
tire individual. and - generally eon-
Ei6ered 20 take place al thc moment Of
cessation Of circulation and resps-z-
ton This Is not an absolute test,
However. as several szsli-<now1 csseA
prove. Col Townsend was a peculiar
ease OF man who could br the eject
Of his VIII oluatarily suspend .hsss
functions for a considerable time. sshu.
DE continuation Of the cireuistrsn 1,
ss7nstsz so diEeui. 20 determine
that even tbe eminent aaatousiEs We
saiias once opened al apparently dad
body and foand TIE heart stlIi beating.
A French author. Byahlsr. 10 is<z. eol-
lee.ed records % fsfty-foar persons who
cad been ~roEgt'sily supposed 10 hare
been dead
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-24
nunSon c Mcnamara.

now preserve his equilibrium and
walk about almost as well as any
other man.
The wood employcd-wood being
lighter and stronger for this purpose
than any other material discovered
is willow or bass wood. and after il
has been seasoned and carved into the
proper form il is covered with rawhide
and enamel To strengthen and finish IL.
With artificial arms and hands a
man may hold a fork, drive horse.
extend the arm at VIII and even write
a fair hand There is case of a man
who lost both hands and one loot.
who now walks perfectly well and is
able with his artificial hands 10 grasp
light articles. open doors and feed
himself
A man with two artificial legs rides
horseback and can mount and dis
mount readily, and another man has
even walked a nSle in sixteen
minutes and fifty seconds. TO beat the
wooden-leg record. Skating and bicy-
Gle riding are other accomplishments
and enjoyments from which some
men with artificial limbs are not de-
barred. II is Is curious IN note that,
according 10 the tables Of percentages.
farmers arc the greatest sufferers. II
per cent OF the eases Of leg amputa-
tions being found in their number.
while workers at the bench number
- per cent. laborers 5 IL per cent
and railroad men bat per cent
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-24
ABOUT KANSAS

The enrolment at the Topeka school
the first day was, 1856
New corn of excellent quality brings 80
cents a bushel at Fort Scott.
Mr.. John Seaton has purchased the
Price opera house Mt Atchison. and will
refurnish it and otherwise add to its at
Effectiveness.
1t is the boast of Morris county that
statistics do not show crop failure in its
history. Irrigation is not needed, and
| rainmakers not wanted.
The colored people generally throughout
the state observed emancipation day yes.
terday. In many places the event was
celebrated by public demonstrations.
| The Peabody school board closed the
schools on account of poor water and dry
| weather, their idea being that IAN ounce
OF preventive is worth pound OF cure"
Congressman Curtis has introduced a
bill to pay 600 each to the widows and
$ coo each to the children of E. G. Hull and
j. K. Hagau, the Kansas clerks who were
killed iii the Ford theater disaster.
A Topeka coal merchant has an original
method OF inducing people to patronize
him. He gives watermelon with each
ton of coal and thus combines the Iuxur-
les of summer with the necessities Of
winter.
Kansas City Star: The Police News in
illustrating the Frisco train robbery
makes q picture Of "Rufe" Cone OF Wich-
tia with side whiskers. The News doubt
less got the cuts of the two Wichita cele-
breties. 'Rufe'' and Mary Ellen. mixed.
The Kansas City Star announces in a
sort of mysterious way that there are
three men on the Topeka Capital now who
are dead sure of a job this winter; they
are all close kin to the editor. The re is
N doubt a point to the statement, but it
is too fine for our ken.
There were 5,6o3. 5ss acres planted to corn
in..Kansas last year and the product was
13S. 65S. 6al bushels. This year the acreage
was 6, 227. O67 and the total product will be
about $50. 600 900 bushels. Despite the dry
weather, Kansas raised more corn this
year than she has raised in five years.
Attorney General Little announces that
the paper trust has released its clutches
on Kansas. He says the attempt Of the
trust to knock out the Salina paper mill,
an independent concern. has been given
up and so far rs he can learn nothing is
being done. This will bs good news for
Saiina and Fort Scott.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-24

The compromise between the Demo
cratic factions from Kansas in Wash
ington, mentioned in yesterdays dis
patches, simply means that Martin and
Crouch have pooled their personal issues
with the hope of controlling the federal
patronage of the state. If it is success
full Cleveland and his department. lieu
bigger chumps than they have been sup
posed, and that is saying good deal.
The compromise shows that Martin and
Crouch have both lost what little of a
cinch they had, and they realize it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-24

The distracting interests that have so
largely monopoiized public attention for
the past month Or mOre-the worlds
fair, the meeting of congress, tho local
fair and the opening of the strip-hav-
ing been added to the past, and general
business revival being well under way,
it behooves Republicans to begin the
work OF .rallying the party and aligning it
for the contest now out six weeks off. The
future welfare of the party and the state
are so completely involved in the con-
test that no true Republican can afford
not to take lively, immediate personal
interest in the outcome, and no one will
be absolyed from full share of respon-
sibility until his whole duty shall have
been performed. While success is
reasonably certain, all should work as
though success depended on the individ-
ual efforts of one man, and each that
one.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-24
The Ell Dorado Republican says women

The Ell Dorado Republican says women
only should have been permitted to go
on the strip. They were there il large
numbers, many of them claiming that
they We're more entitled to the lands and
lots than the men. What this govern
ment should do is to give women the
exclusive privilege of settling some ter
ritory and running it to suit their liking,
But alter all, that wouldn't satisfy
them: if they had exclusive control Of
the universe the strong minded portion
would kick up row because they
couldn't have more room and liberty of
action. There's no use to try to satisfy
that element of the sex; it can't be done.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-24

Having been the first to raise the ban
ner of human freedom and political
liberty it was all the more fitting that
Kansas should again take the lead in de-
tense of the religious liberty, one OF the
cardinal doctrines upon which the re-
public rests. Speaking to this point the
Kansas City Star remarks, fittingly:
The refusal of the secretary of state of
Kansas to grant charter to the Ameri-
can Protective Association means that the
right of every body to worship God in ac-
cordance with the dictates of his own con-
science is to be maintained in that state
With all of its vcissitudes Kansas has
thus far escaped the calamity Of religi-
Gus war, and there is no reason for invi5-
ing that sort Of disaster at this late day
in its history.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-24
What the A. o. U, w. is Doing.

FROM TIE Topeka PIesS-
E. E. Murphy Of Leavenworth, grand
master workman of tho A. D. L. w. of
Kansas, was in the city today in the in-
terest of the seed grain collection for
destitute western farmers, and in CON
versation with a Press reporter, said:
1--WE have had phenomenal success SO
far in collecting money for The purchase
of wheat and have secured about "a 900.
We will want another thousand 10 Gem
plete our work. We are, of course, lin
tied in our distribution to members of
our order, but there are great many OF
them in the twenty-five counties III
which seed wheat is wanted. Just how
many and what proportion OF those in
need of wheat belong 10 the order am
unable 10 say, but we will help out every
destitute brother. and shall purchase the
wheat immed ately. am here today to
see about the transportation of it, and
the railroads are doing great good in
shipping it free of cost. Our order in
Kansas has about $4,000 members, and
every member is ready TO help out those
in need. If we find we need $1,000
more, there would be no trouble in rails
ing it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-24
A Wide Difference.

From the Leavenworth Times.
The Atchison Champion and the
Wichita EAGLE are-weli. very liberal
on the silver question. The Arkans as
City Dispatch quotes from them articles
upon the silver question, comments
their position and suggests that they
ought TO JOIN hands with the Peoples
party. These papers have more liberal
views upon the money question than
most Republican papers. out they are a
long way from the Peoples party.
Think of Marsh Murdoch and Governor
Felt joining hands with Jerry Simpson
and Frank Doster, Leweliing, Artz anu
Clemens and working for the party of
fiat money and anarchy!
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-24
Simple Demagogy or Worse

From the q lobe-Democrat.
The passage of the repeal bill would
sound tic death kneIl of silver as a
money metal, says Senator Dubois OF
Idaho. This is fair sample of the trick
cry and lying of the silver barons. Du-
bois, who is said by the Congressional
Directory 10 have received public
school and collegiate education" and
who therefore must be able TO read,
ought to know that the repeal bill
merely stops further silver absorption,
but does not, in the slightest degree,
alter the status of the silver already in
circulation. All the hundreds of mill
ions of 90 cent dollars will still Continue
as 100 cent dollars, and be maintained
on perfect equality with gold.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-24

Ell Dorado Republican,: 'In answer
to the charge that the Murdoch rebel.
lion is largely responsible for the Peo-
pies party, we will say that Republican
pap-suckers and barnacles are response.
bic for the Murdock rebellion. They
got hold, held on for twenty-five years
and had 10 be choked off by main force.
1t is costly job, but may prove profit
able in the end" All of which is true
beyond cavil, and is SO generally under
stood that the kindly offices of neigh
bors i'll explanation is scarcely neces-
sary, however much appreciated.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-24

The Kansas City Times, the self-ap-
pointed sposner for the Democratic
party of this state, says: The good
sense of the Kansas Democracy has
never been more conspicuously and COM
mendably displayed than in the action
of their county conventions in refusing
an alliance with the Popullsts." Such "a
generous and unsolicited defense of the
party ought TO warm the Kansas DEM
ocracy, and especially the Sedgwick
county contingent. into fervid glow of
gratitude for their bold, yet disiuterest-
cd defender.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-24
N11LN S1nA
NbYAMA4Aa,
1913 and 1877 n. Main.
.AnniiviersaySa Sale
In Our
CARPET
DEPARTMENT
TINS Week.
Just One Year Old.

We want to CELEBRATE this
occasion in q proper man
.ner by offering for your in
'spectlon, one OF the choicest
carpet stocks in the West.
However, one OF the great
features OF this anniversary
sale VIII be low prices for
the finest qualities.
Post yourself on the
prices of carpets, all the
country over, and then
come to our great Anniver-
sary Sale, and We will make
You happy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-24
The Congress of Religions.

Two classes of people will be disap-
pointed N this great religious gathering
those who have thought that out of it
might be evolved some sort of universal
or cosmic religion, AMI those who have
expected that Christianity would con-
found all other religions. Neither of
these things will happen. Everybody
who has taken part III it will go home
with his faith unimpaired. The gain
from the parliament will not lie in the
fact that 1T has upset mems faiths, but
that it has impressed upon those who
have followed its discussions some of
the larger aspects of religion that under
lie all the great faiths of the world.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-24

The muscles Of q welI-develoPed
human jaw czn exer: a force OF sSi
pounds according to recent expert
uents- The blood in It's natural state
contains an amount OF pure water that
IS really astonishing 10 one who has
not given the subject attsntion-nesrig
estimates the surface % the lungs q.
$50 square feet. o- ten times that q ts1s
external body. There IS enough 6!
iron IN the blood Of IS men 70 make .
p.owshs-e Of - pounds weight
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-24
For the Eagle.
BY j. E. HoBBs.

Ger the hill white mist stealeth
Through the tender after glow,
And the splendor of the sunset
In the west now burneth low.
Soon the world is wrapped in shadow
And my thought, like it, is gray;
All my soul is held by sadness
AS the night enfolds the day.
All my sense is stepped in longing
For bliss that is not mine;
Over all my life's dull paleness
1t once shed-a light divine.
would forget. for | am weary
OF the longing and the pain,
Knowing that no ray of sunshine
Fer can cross my life again.
For when life is desolation
And all hope is overthrown,
And the beart must bear its sorrow
In the cold world all alone.
Words of woe are vainly spoken
For the ears that cannot hear,
Hands grope wildly in the darkness
For the hands that are not near;
Eyes are dark with pain and longing
For glance they do not meet;
Ears strain wildly for the sounding
OF voice with cadence sweet
That no more will break the silence
Falling on the nights unrest.
Or, when sunset light is gliding
Every vane and tower and crest,
With such weight Of helpless sorrow,
With such longing and regret,
1t is madness to remember
Worse than madness to forget.
Tichita, Kan.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-24

The season of disasters that has been
upon the country for several weeks has
been the longest and most terrible of
any within the memory of nam. 1t has
been almost ceaseless run of calam-
tiles, the fatal results reaching into the
hundreds. Indeed it has been equal to
war, both in the loss OF human lives and
the destruction of property. Surely
reigh shortly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-24

The bank statement of the New York
banks for last week is magnificent one.
1t shows a gam for the week of $1,000
600 in their reserves, and nearly as much
of an increase in their deposits. They
now have 81 200, 000 above their legal
reserve, while four weeks ago they were
that amount below; change of S34,
000, 900 in thirty DAYS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-24
EXCHANGE EPIToMEs.
The Accen,abIe sacriaee.

I stood where ROBBED priest did chant
Ia ulo1rnIul notes. "A solemn prayer.
= keFe SsFeii'd majestic ofsss.sl tones
Md fragrant Incense ilIsid the air,
Where ali respleuas1s affairs Sbo5e
IN Light than ga. tglly light .~.ssrs issT.
] .owly bows! ard tried Ia pray:
ny ssDsil refused it, duty mere
Where shall seek My tSo<ss ! cried:
An angel answerid nv despair:
ERECT temple il thy heart
And worship tbs Orator there.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-24
JUST THE POOR MANS LUCK.


Needs Artificial Limbs
"There are perhaps eight hundred
thousand men in this country who need
artificial legs or arms. and not moro
than one hundred thousand of these
are supplied" 1t was well known
maker of wooden legs who said this to
New York sun man. He was ward
ing off an appeal to his charity in
behalf of a locomotive fireman who had
slipped under his engine and been
badly crippled. THE fact is" he con-
tinued. "it is always the poor man who
loses a leg or an arm. now that the war
is over Excepting the crippled veter-
ans who are kept supplied with legs by
the government, nearly every man who
loses limb has 20 have help to get
new one.'
But while the number % pensioners
on account of the war continues 30 in
crease with each increase in years since
that time OF carnage. there Is little
likelihood that the number Of makers
of artificial legs win fall of much in
number. There are nearly two hun
bred OF them row. large and small.
many % WHOM. having worked IN ono
Of the larger factories. set up for them
selves and whittle cut timber toes
for unfortun2tes who cannot afford 20
buy one Of the improved legs.
The science of making wooden legs
and arms has in recent years almost
supplied the place Of the natural mem
bers thai have been lost There Is al
most no occupation now that il closed
to a man OF account % his crippled
condition. and bg the use o. a rubber
heel and toe Il Is made possible for a
man 70 walk almost without percepti-
be inpediment or limp IN his gztt- Ia
fact. man with both legs gore can
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-24

The chairman of the Populist county
committee in Riley county says. Hang
Grover Cleveland's picture on the wall
alongside of the other traitors of hui
mainly: Benedict Arnold, Aaron Burr
and John Sherman. And then he
growls because the Democrats have put
up straight county ticket.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-24

Tourist n Oklahoma )-You- fellow
townsrnan, 1udge Eegad. Is a self-Haade-
maj, IS he nots
alkali Ike Wa-ai, not wholly: pst
head or hin. the other dsy. uySel.
Puck