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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES.
There Arc Three Recognized In
Polyglot Switzerland
Governments oniciais Have to BE Linz
guisss-A Curioos Controversy Arising
from Complicated Con-
ditlons.

As is known, Switzerland is poly
glot country. German is the language
of about two-thirSls of its people, those
who occupy the cantons from Bernie
eastward. In the other cantons French
is the language, with the exception Of
Tessin and part of the Griscns, where
Italian prevails. The three languages
are equally official, and all laws and
public documents are published IN each,
and either may be used IN the discus-
sions in the national assembly. Ia
fact Italian Is rarely heard IN that
body, the members from the Italian dis
tricts usually spc lkiEg in French. as
otherwise they would not be under
stood by cor, iderable number OF
their colleagues. All the members #
both the ho&scs ,re supposed % under.
stasd the two principal languages, SAYS
the Milws~ lsee Sentinel. and this
know ic (. = required on the part Of
most e.. tcose in the civil service, in
Guiding post Office and telegraph en-
ployes.
Occasionally inconvenlencc Is expert
enced from the difficulty % making an
absolutely perfect translation from one
language into another ia the ease OF
laws, and eases Irom time 20 tire occur
where the official translation of law
in one language differs from 'ts' version
in the other s. much as 10 give rise to
conflicting constructions. due 70 that
difference, by the courts where German
Is used and those where French Is en-
ployed.
II is said that the French language is
gradually encroaching upon the German
across the line which separates the two
clements of the population. Tho
French-SwiSs explain this By alleging
that it is due in part 10 the compar alive
ease with which French Is acquired,
and 10 It's greater elearness aud con-
venience, and in part to the fact tl,at
the vernacular Of the German-Sviss is
patois differing greatly in the differ
ent cantous while the official German is
a literary language and practically =
foreign tongue.
Recently vehement complaints have
appeared in the German Swiss papers
that the German language is not re-
ceiving fair treatment at the hands Of
their French confcderatea IL is al
legged that in the upper part Of the can
ton Of Valois German 10 slowly passing
out of use being superseded by French.
and that the people seem 10 be grow
ing ashamed of their mother tongue.
which was one of the most interesting
varieties of local dialect, and THAI
some OF the persons employed in tho
post and telegraph Offices neither un-
derstand nor speak German. Bitter
complaint is also made of the action
of the officials who had charge OF q
recent election in Geneva, when n cam
tonal law for the adoption Of minor.
ity representation was submitted To
the popular vote. A number Of votes
had inscribed on them ia" or ''pein.'
instead Of OUT or non" aud were re-
jected as invalid.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08
FINEST IN GREAT BRITAIN.
The Residence of the Marquis of Butte In
Scotland

Inc residence OF the Marquis OF Butte In
Scotland
The rebuilding Of Mount Stuart. Lord
Bute's palace, near Rothesay, Scotland,
makes 1t the most magnificent mansion
in Great Britain, says the St Louis Re
public The base of the building covcrs
fraction more than an acre, and is
built in the medieval Gothic style of
the thirteenth century. The walls,
turrets and balconies are built of the
beautiful variegated grantees and sand
stones from hirkcudbrie shire, the
floor and arches being of clouded Italian
marbles The main hall is constructed
entirely of alabaster. the supports be-
ing columns of oxidized brass aud
bronze. The gallery and grand STAIR
case are of marbles brought from Sicily
and Carrara. The drawing are
paneled with alternate strips of cherry,
walnut and ebony, all from America
The main dining-room, which was built
so as TO accommodate two hundred and
eighty guests, is finished after the
style of the drawing-rooms, with the e.
ception of relief figures and mosaics of
fish, game, animals, etc. The ceilings
and chimney pieces of all these rooms
are most artistic, and so also are the
windows, mantels and doors, tie work
of which is extremely elaborate. There
are three immense libraries and bill
liard-room, all with carved stone fire.
places Of antique design. In one wing
there are Turkish and swimming baths.
large Conservatives, aviaries. aqua
RUINS, etc. The whole palace is heated
throughout with steam and hot water
pipes and lighted both by gas and by
electricity. The pictures in the galleries
alone are worth five hundred thousand
dollars and the books in the libraries
as much more. The building, deco
rating and furnishing of the palace.
which is without doubt the finest pri-
vate residence GA the globe. entailed an
outlay OF one million pounds-nearly
five million dollars.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08
QUEEN VICTORIA is FRIVOLOUS
She VIII Save the Nation by Giving a
Drawing Room.

The idea current for the last twenty
years, says a London letter in the Phil
adelphia Times, that Queen Victoria
had made resolution never again TO
hold drawing-room in person-in fact,
to take a back seat and delegate all
ceremonial functions to the princess of
Wales-has received a tremendous
shock in the announcement of coming
events. Her majesty, in her old age.
is, to the surprise of the entire British
nation, developing quite a skittish ten
dency. She has had stage plays and
circuses at Windsor castle, and has now
astonished her dutiful subjects by the
announceme Mt that, provided her health
continues satisfactory, she intends com
ing out of her widowed retirement and
black frocks and will take an active
part in the court functions and gayeties
of the ensuing season. London, which
for years has hardly seen her, is 10 be
made bright and gay by her presence,
and the dingy walls of Buckingham
palace are to resound with melody and
all the pomp and splendor of re-
juvenated reign.
This order of things has been brought
about by representations made 10 the
queen as TO the general depression OF
trade, intensely aggravated by the re-
cent court mourning and general gloom
cast over the prosperity of the country.
The season is to be brighter and buster,
and her majesty has promised, by the
eyero;sa oF parSpDaI Influence and pw-
ample, to do anything in her power u
bring back the happy days Of the early
part of her reign. Among other
pageants already fixed is the opening
of the Imperial institute by the queen
in person early in May, 10 be followed
by two drawing-rooms and a grand re-
view of volunteers, when medals are 70
be presented to all officers of over TWEEN
ty years service
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08
TaE STATE SUPREME CoURr.

One of the mos; important duties that
viii deyolye upon the next legislature
has not been discussed, except TO take an
assumed fact for granted, and TO promise
places on the strength OF it. We refer to
the law creating the supreme court COM
mission. That law WAS enacted for 4
temporary emergency, and expires this
Sprlng. If tn commission : 10 be con-
tiuued, that law Will have 10 be re-
enacted. TIE duty of the Republican
majority IN the house : 10 defeat such
re-euactment. i, may be a little hard
on the regular supreme court. but tie
court should be willing - submit 20 a
considerable degree uf Inconvenience
and oyerwoTk anti this epidemic las
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08

evidence made plain that she is the
natural distributing point for the entire
southwest, all the Indian Territory and
northern Texas.
The opportunities that will be pre-
scented this year. TO place the attractions
and possibilities of our city before the
people should be seized upon by our
city government, and by our business
men and used to the best advantage, for
such a grand occasion will not come to
US again IN this generation. Wichita
should be In the front rank and not sur
passed by any other city of her size
in the country. She should lead all
cities in Kansas. G. W. CLEMENT.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08
Dangerous wrecks

The ocean mariner breads a derelict,
and Is grateful when oE government
gets fresh track Of one Of these danger
Gus old Migrants, and tells the marine
world about where she drifts There
IS one ship thus wandering around that
has become famous She Is the Amer
can steamer Wver 9. Sargent, sb@n-
doned March g. 1891. laden with tween
- thousand dollars worth q mahogany.
Sac was from Mexico bound for. New
York She has already drift~d- since
being abandoned OF Cape HztteraS,
over Evc thousand miles
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08
IMMIGRATION.

| "A COHluI unlCdlIOH III yesterday IuOi "a
ing's EAGLE from Dir. Sebastian of tbs
Rock Island road indicates that that
gentleman realizes that an increase of
immigration to points along the line of
his road is very desirable. That all the
roads IN Kansas have not reached the
same conclusion long ago is something
past finding out Kansas has mileage
exceeded by only two states in the
union. Only a small per cent of the
mileage has been built in Kansas
since she had population of
one million, showing that the
projectors of the roads discounted
the future, and built their lines expect
! ing the tributary country TO develop
until they became paying investments.
Yet for years the roads have done prac-
! tically nothing looking towards the
development Of their property. The
same amount of capital under any other
control than that OF railroads would
have left nothing undone to make he
investment u paying one. Put 100000
more people in Kansas and every mile
of road within the state would be good
property, even il rates were very
materially reduced.
During the time that the Santa Fe and
Union Pacific roads had lands TO sell,
the state developed faster than at any
other time in her history. These roads
expended great deal of money in ad-
vertising he state; had their agents IN
every quarter where it was possible to
find purchaser They had on sale
land-exploring tickets, and succeeded in
getting people into the state, and in To-
eating them. Notwithstanding these
expended hundreds Of Thousands of dol
lars to dispose Of their lands
the investment would have been
good one if they had never
had an acre of their own land to sell.
1t brought people to the state, and it
takes people to make business for rail-
roads. This was done at time when
the problem as to whether Kansas
would prove a successful agricultural
state was unsolved. Now when it has
been demonstrated that farming in Kan
sas does pay; when it is known that
last year she produced one-seventh of
all the wheat grown in the United
States: when it is known that the yields |
Of corn and oats exceeded that of any
other state, when it is known I
she can produce anything from /
wheat to cotton, proftably, the same /
effort to locate people in the state would .
double the results.
Again. this year is the time to strike.
The worlds fair at Chicago will attract !
people from not only every state in the
Union but from every country in the
world, and will afford Kansas an oppor-
tunity of showing what has been done
and what can be done.
There are thousands of farmers in
Kansas that can make sworn statements
as to what they have accomplished that
will astonish the farmers on the high
priced lands of the middle states, and
not be believed by the average New
farmer. With the cooperation
of every road in the state and strong
in every county, and such
an exhibit at the worlds fair as Kansas
can make, Kansas can be made to de-
velop more in the year 1898 than she has
in the last five years.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08

When the PopulisIs shall have failed
TO secure the organization of the house
they viii proceed at once to execrate
Attorney General Ives therefor. Some
of them are already limiting pretty
broadly that he is responsible for the
contests assuming the shape they did:
that If he had stood up for his party as
he should the contest cases would have
terminated in their favor-enough Of
them at least TO give them majority.
1t is also limited that General Ives per
mitted affairs TO take the turn they did"
for the deliberate purpose of retaliating
upon his party for not standing up to
him and endorsing his administration
with denomination and election. The
real fun has not begun yet; but it's COM
tng.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08

Croker's Endorsement of Murphy, as
to character, would be a good and de-
sirable thing ordinarily if it were need.
ei, but coming as it does, unsolicited,
and at the time it does it looks like q
studied attempt to damn him with faint
praise. Croker, is is understood, stands
pretty close to Cleveland, while Cieve-
land is against Murphy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08

A correspondent OF the American
Investments" writing from Massachu-
setts upon the subject OF investments in
The west, SAYS: Speaking of Kansas,
don't you find that her fearful rates Of
taxation are keeping investors away
from her mortgages and lands? The
subject Is too narrowing to enlarge
upon" This IS probably stated from the
position of self-interest, but it touches
upon a point of vital interest to Kansas.
The demand for a radical revision of
our assessment and taxation laws Is i'm
perative, and the subject viii be pressed
upon the attention of the lie. stature at
the ensuing session.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08

Noting the prevalence of the deadly
epidemic in the state prison at Little
Rock, the Topeka Journal observes that
Arkansas is a good state not to 90 INTO
for d place of residence. The same may
be said of Kentucky and North Carolina
on the same account, though the "dead-
" epidemic" in the latter is Of differ
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
Aye, There's the Rub.
ON the Afchlaon ChamniOn.

The main trouble with Governor Lew
elling's reputed plan for a state mort
gage commission is the fact that it aims
to help people to borrow. The thing
most needed now is plan to help pay.
1t is not The mortgage the people wan;
it is the clear title they are after.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08
switched o.

Wichita has struck a viriuous streak
and is making it hot for the tin horn gam
bIars that iufest that town. There is but
one Wichita.-El Dorado Republican.
And not only so, but she does things IN
the Wichita way; that IS, openly and
above board
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08
M|1llII ss9Ie
" N MURDOCH. Editnr
W. NJ. MURDOCH, Editor

The Kansas City Gazette says tooth
of a mastodon, in state Of good preser-
walton, nine inches long, three broad
and one thick, was found in Argentine
at a depth of twenty-three feet. Send
IL to Dyche
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08
same Cd Barnae!ss.
tie {. Dorado RseaE.-az

II some man who left Kansas ten or
fifteen years ago. would return 70 To-
peka and take l0oS at the new state
administration and the incoming lesls3a-
ture be would at once say that the Re
pubiiCans are sal. running things Il Is
the same Old crowd. after all. bit up-
der a different NJ RE. There y -Iisa
LeEa,e. Bali Webb. Frank D3stsr, ?. 3.
AaIsoa ard the osheT,. uow az .hs trout
running things who were az the head -
the procession. ten g. fifteen years aEo.
s. slalwar5 Republican Then taeg
were plain :. q. p. baTnacies. Now iEey
are purified Populisys sBatcaed - Drau1s
from tie burning.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08

T. P. Fulton, editor of the Olathe
Herald. serves notice on the Demo-
cratic editors that when they meet IN
Topeka on the 14th, he viii renew his
resolution against any sort of fusion.
He thinks fusion Is political suicide.
Evidently Mr.. Fulton isn't expecting
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08
The Method of Their Madness.
from the Newton kausaa.

From the Newton hauSa0.
The numerous contests filed by the
P0puists of Kansas against Republicans
holding certificates OF election TO the
legislature arose simply from q desire 10
increase the political discomfort that has
prevailed among tie people for several
wears. and not because Of q belief in
the commission of frauds.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08

The Topeka Journal wants TO know if
tine price of hogs is The result of recl-
procity and the Kansas City Gazette
promptly answers that it undoubtedly
is, with the system of meat inspection
established by Uncle Jerry Rusll to meet
the requirements Of European govern
ments, and the opening of the foreign
markets by the removal of restrictions
in consequence of inspection. Thismay,
md no doubt does, have something TO
to do with the price; but the common
understanding among the hog raiserS is
that it is more the result of the short
Rge in the crop than anything else.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08

Fort Scott Monitor: "No one has seen
an office trying to catch a Kansas Popu-
list, but there has been several railroad
passes badly disigured by POpullsts try
ing to catch an Office" The sequel with
most of them will be the last part of the
act Of "Ride and Tie'-ride to Topeka
and count the ties back. The passes viii
lapse before they realize that they are
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08

All but one of the Wichita policc COM
missiopers have resigned. The question
now arises, is he board. The fact that
he still clings to the Office after the rest
have deserted indicates that he is stick,
anyway.-Lawrence Journal.
He's less than that now: he's been
switched off
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08

We are to soon have a test of a Kansas
double-liability act as applied to stock
holders. The United States National
Bank, Of Atchison, has sued the United
States Investment company as stock
holder in the United States Building
company, of that city, for $4,000. The
latter is Insolvent and has an unsatisiied
Judgment of $4,000 against it. The
outcome Will be watched with interest.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08
DIGGING FOR DIAMONDS.
Hard and Precautions Life That Has q
Wonderful Fascination About IL.

Hard and Precarion. Life That Has
Wonderful Fascination About It.
have Just had few days among tina
river diamond diFgers near Hebron. on
the Naal, writes q traveller in the jew
elers' Circular. The work here il car
Tied on by individual diggers, each naas
leasing his claim and working II him
self with the aid Of a few native labor
ers. They are q motley crowd thcss
diggers. and representative Of almost
every nationality. II is a bard and pro
carious existence. Diamonds are tsv
and far between, but when found. new
ertheless, they are generally Of first
class quality and realize high prices
The diggers arr mostly men 81 very
small means. Their tools and washing
gear are about all they have. and
they consequently live very poor
IL. Meal OF rough quality 10
often tho only food that passes
their lips from ore months end 20
another. This they usually get on
credit from some storekecper. who fur
uisbcs them with the bare ncoeSsaries
Of life on the off-chaDce Of their finds.
Most Of the diggerr, Of oourse, have
End some time or other. though there
are strange instances Of iD-luck follow
ing the quest Tor diamonds year after
year
J had a conversation with one old
man who had been a. this sort Of work
for nineteen years. and ] am afraid 70
say how long II Il since hs haa had e
turn Of LICK lie had lived nearly ell
this time on meal. and ;hcrs he was
toiling away a. aDoa: tas hardest work
man can undertake, yet SEEMED wiling
20 20 on - TIE end. This labor. how
ever. though heavy. has = wonderful
fascination Tor those who once take 20
T. 4 ver7 Ens stonc hsd been f4auJ =
Few days before ny arrival 70 Was
valued between seven HUNDRED aud
eight hundred pounds- Toward tbs
end = lazt month two brothers had q
ma~veiyus ran 81 luck. They found
stones r. the value q over four tbo-a~
sand pounds IA = very hhor. space a
time.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08
sssssrrtaz Ter yalne.

A Young man n Indiana rescued
young woman from drowning ard sss
rewarded With four quartz .. butter
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08

''fo7v d you feel uo-7- asked
Texas lawyer Of his client. eoa-
demned murderer. wao hAA .zei been
reprieved
AS playful a. a child. M boy"
LAWYER shaping him OF ne bs~si-
N. see yoa hare szzt s<lPpe1 t4e
rope -Alex = sweet
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08

4 Nrlfls-a Insstts~a.
VIVA; s'yls 5zt are yoa E1l7g % "sN~
this year
'L-st years - Brock, "a life
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08

Score another demonstration" TO
Hicks credit; also vote him thanks for
locating it away est, along the north
Atlantic seab0ard.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08
sIonSeyinG WITH her Majes:y's Tongue
r~o~o G~-zrt. T-~

The following announcement Of O Hun
carian firm may be called moukeyi1E
with the English language: "WiH send
YOU from Hungary or concerning an
other couutry-informotio and other
articles Of actuaiitvs-ia EoElish-
through post or wire. If this office was
favored by your Lordship with gratis
exemplar of your esteemed paper and il
the employed info-malions Of articles
would OF remain without honorary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08
Kansas Feeds the World.

From the Topeka Journal.
Kansas stands at the head Of al thu
states in the Union for wheat. TIE tolaj
product OF last year was 1883 600 We
lost over a, 600 majority OF Republicans.
but we have majority Of 4,00o. 900
bushels of wheat over Indiana. cur
strongest competitor. California Was
&C. 900 0O0 behind Us. while both the
Dakoias combined lacked 20,0O0. 600 Of
coming up To our Weld.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08

Professor l.. L. Dyche, writes ". II.
Smith, secretary of the Kansas board of
worlds fair, that Chicago people offer
TO erect building as large as the Kan.
sas building, and costing $4,000, for tile
accommodation of his natural history
exhibit, pay all the expenses Of making
exhibit and give Professor Dyche ONE
half Of the gross receipts, if lie will
secure the consent of the Kansas board
of managers and the regents of the
University 10 remove his museum from
the Kansas building. The authorities
named should direct Dyche to accept
the proposition. The exhibit will be
credited to Kansas, no difference where
it is placed. And if it Is removed from
The Kansas building there will be room
enough to make a crediJab,e display OF
products of the state that will be of
some benefit TO the state as an advertise
merit
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08

The people OF the late election seemed
to have condemned Republican policy,
but the effects Of Republican policy lave
not vet been interferred with. During
the ten months ending October 81, 1891,
our exports Of corn were valued at
$15,0J0,4i2. In the same period last
year our exports of corn were valued at
S31, 2SS. Ago. The increase was the result
of the uuceasinG efforts of President
Harrisons administration TO extend the
market for farm products, and whether
the Democrats may undertake 10 unde
what has been done 10y the Republicans,
it is certain that they will not touch
the reciprocity policy that has been put
in operation with most of the American
and some of the European countries.