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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23
The CHINESE WAL.
10 Was a Wonderfu! Engineering Feat
and Stupendous Work.

10 Was We-derfu! Engineering Feat
and a Stupendous WORK.
The scenery from the great wall ia
very fine. The wall Is here dividing
line between the high, rugged hills OF
China, which tower above us on the one
hand, and the great sandy plains Of
Mongolia on the other, with dim noun
tain SUBMITS beyond in the far dis
tance. Over these barren, rocky spurs
and activities, ascending to their very
SUBMITS, winding about IN irregular
curves and zigzags, its serried battle
ments clear~cut against the sky on the
topmost ridges, descending into dark
gullies TO appear again rising on the
other side, the endless line OF massive
stone and brick runs on and on until
lost to sight behind the farthest range.
And so, says the Century, it goes for
miles and miles, eastward to the Pechili
gulf, and westward, mostly in two
great, rambling lines, along the border
OF the Cobb desert and Kansn, until il
ends among the foothills of the Nan
Shan range. However we may regard
it, whether as a grand conception for
the defense of an empire, as an en-
gineering feat, or merely as result of
the persistent application of human la
Dor, it is u stupendous work. No
achievements Of the present time COM
pares with it IN magnitude.
But it has outlived it's usefulness.
The powerful Tartar and Mongol
hordes, whose sudden raids and inva-
sions it was built to resist, are no more
to be feared. The great Genghis and
Kublai could not lead their people to
CORY conquest now as they did centuries
ago. The Chinese civilization has en-
dured, while the once conquering Mon
gols, the people who in their brightest
days established an empire from the
Black sea to the China coast, and a
court at Picking of such luxury and
splendor as Marco Polo described, are
now doomed to pass away, leaving
nothing behind them but the traditions,
and records, and ruins of a brilliant
past. The wall stands as a sharp line
of division between the c-ibes of the
north and the Chinese. The latter,
though repeatedly subdued and forced
TO bear q foreign yoke, have shown an
irrepressibie vitality TO rise like
phenix, and TO reassert their supremacy
and the superiority of their civilization.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23

The Texas legislature seems to thinlr
that state has had as much of mob yio-
lence as it can stand and has made
move toward SURPRISING such lawless-
ness, and in a way that viii stop if if
any thing will. When a community
has to pay good round sum in dam
ages to the family of a victim of ven.
geance. such community will very
naturally conclude that it is better to let
the law take its course. In fixing a
penalty for failure of oficia. duty.
though, the bill now before the legisla-
ture stops short Of what it should EN-.
brace. 1t Is all right to remove a sheriff
II it can be shown that he is derelict in
the performance of his official duties.
but there is official dereliction on the
part of other court officers-attornevs
and jurors-precedent TO the sheriff 5
neglect, and which undoubtedly affords
precedent for, if it does not actually lead
to such negligence.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23
WAITING FoR JIM ALLISON.
The vlrEtnis h1o1ztzfa~~r stsli Retains
some OF xrIs Old Fz@AIS1s6 Rissy.

The V1rrtnia n1ozzEzf1e~F Sttii Retains
Some OF ms Ola-Fa~AIoos6 R1ssy.
Down in ths mountain regions OF
Virginia, said a commercial traveller 20
an Indianapolis Journal man. there
stlll exists a great deal of tfsa old-fash-
ioned piety which prevailed tn tho days
when It was customary 70 run q dagger
into an obnOuops peysous Rszzard aud
then pray for the reposs OF hls soul ]
was travelling on borssbsek. Of eSaTse,
through that region lsss summer, when
I cs-Ine across an old fellow hall Hidden
IN tbs under0ruSh by the Eid0 Of the
road. lie was sitting 30 quiet. and his
wsather~beaten clothes - vel matched
the prevailing tlnts Of the locality that
I shoud have probably Pssssd without
seeing htn II my horse hadn't slsisd-
When rs ssw that hs vsas discovered be
stood CD and looked q. ma Tar q mo-
rns1t or TIE without speaking "a ho
had 3 rife that locked 81 thaa iDstast
% be near seven feet long thrown
across lis arm fcit Il my cuty - b
sociabIs I sad:
''HuattDg7~
sfNo." raid ne, II h&4nt I'm a~wzittn'
Ter Jun Allison 10 cOzns tbs ~sy. az
II the Lord Il vi1iu' Tow 70 blow
the top Of Ms blamed head OF
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23
ALASKAN WIDOWS.
They Grisve Hard While IL Lasts. Bat 1t
Doesn't Last Long.

XneE GrleFe ASrd ~ fAll@ IL 11sLs. LuE 1t
Doesn't Last Long.
sour widows always 20 into the
deepest mourning" said an American
who Is living at Sitha, Alaska, accord
ing to the St Louis Globe-Democra.-
The native women think great deal
Of their better halves. And X appear
anees 60 for anything they think a
great deal more OF them efter they are
dead than they ever did while the dear
fellows were IN the fesh- At the death
Of husband q widow S grief Is almost
pitiable. She shows the tenderest de-
yOtion TO the dear departed, and has
the sympathy, assistance ard affection
Of al her neighbo-s- a. tie funeral
the widow = s sight 20 behold So Sc
we're is her grief and 50 much afraid Is
she that her nesEhbors viii think that
she l.ss not shown saf5cis1s amount
Of sorrow thai she paints The upper Dor-
ton Ct her face a deep black. Tbs
particular badge q mourning SIZE wears
for sezeral days and Sometimes weeks
after the fE1erzL. Sa1 tEea again she
Is vary apt - MARI some Other fellow
within a vyeeE or uEouta q the 6ea-h
Of her frs. lord and master. Then she
throws aside Al eyileIccs q grief Bat
while shes gTievirg SIC grseves bard -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23

tom is TO have the crows nest In the
foretop or tribe above, the White Star
ships have il at an altitude of twenty
FIVE feet above the main deck on tho
foremast reached by an iron ladder
from the forward hurricane deck. Ia
such ship a. the Majestic or Tsutonic
the height Of the main deck at the fore
rigging is about forty feet above the
level of the sea, which would make the
height OF the wave that carried away
the crows nest IN this instance about
seventy feet. This IS a pretty big roller
for the north Atlantic, but in other
parts of the ocean such waves are often
encountered in a storm Surprising the
ship to have been IN the trough Of tho
sea at the time this wsN0 swept her
the mean height Cf the wave might be
calculated as not greater than forty
feet but it was certainly body OF
water nearly seventy feet high from
where the ship hoated
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23
pssi.feetisR sssms.

In TIE dSintectiou Of rooms every.
thing which has been 81 The room der.
ing It's occupancy By ease Of iEfeo.
tio1s disease shogld remain during shs
disiaiecton; al pictures upholstered
furniture. organs. ard similar articles,
which are likely 20 BE- injured By
faunizatioo should be removed befors
the patient Is pat iato ne room An
o-vzn would o0btisss 0s utterly
ruined b. tas funigatlon. as vszld
also an ordinary gilt pieturs-frAns. -
The sulphur fumes vould attack ths
mental reeds. aua ggoad - Likely -
take az RE gilding from tAs ps<tars-
t-anea Such articles may b@ dlsiB-
tscfeei by ctber means. Hs for example.
~ wlping with a eye PER cent ssl7-
tioa % carbo.ic zcid Or ors-tsTa
tbousAnd solution 81 corrosive sSbli-
raste. Corrosive nublirazte viii el~
ecIor metal articles WITH whsch Il Is
brought - con tart it eAn - uSeA only
for VOL furnfture or var1'ssse SUI.
fAceA -Gooa HezstA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23

There Is refreshing artlessnexs about
the negro preacher who Is told OF in
the New York Observer. He became
touched with the higher ertticiKm''
idea, and elaborated n now theory OF
the exodus. 70 wit: That the Bed sea
was frozen over, and so Afforded the
Is-aeltes a safe passage. bat when
Pharaoh with his heavy iron ehariots
attempted 10 cross he broke through
and was drowned A brother arose and
asked an explanation on that pint
Sad he's Use been studytn' geography,
and dc geography say dat arm dc place
whar de tropics am. and De TROPICS AKA
too hot 70 freeziu'I do pint 10 b
'splaiDesi in bout breakin' though de
Ice" The preacher Strengthened him
self up, and saids "Bruddsr, I'se gisd
you azed dat question. Cor II gives me
'casion 20 'splain II. You see, dSs war
a great while ago, beto' dey had any
Biographies, and bef1 deere war any
tropics"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23

are polished like diamonds, FauItless
stones of a deep color have always
been as valuable rs diamonds. The
reason of the scarcity Of emeralds is the
decrease in production in the Ural
mountains. Emeralds were first dis
covered on the right bank of the Toxic
woler near Katharineburg, in 1880, aud
in the first years the harvest was a rich
one. Now the decrease, both IN quantity
andquality hardly repaYs the labor. The
harvest of emeralds in Labaehtal, in the
Salzburger Alps, has also proved disap-
pointing, so that emeralds are now only
to be had from Australia and Muse,
near Santa Fe dc Bogota, in Colombia,
in any appreciable quantity. The lat
ter spot has been noted for its emeraidS
since the sixteenth century.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23
No Question About II.

From the Chicago Tribune.
If the Populists, who have been in the
wrong pretty generally from the outset,
had allowed case to be made up for
the supreme conrt the dispute would
have ended some time ago. They pre-
fsrred to adopt policy OF violence and
force, and their governor has behaved
as badly as any one of them. His last
performance was inexcusable. 1t is
probable that but for the firm resistance
of the sheriff and the colonel of the
militia regiment he would have tried to
expel with force of arms from the state
capitol lawfully elected members OF the
legislature, the right of nlne-tenths Of
whom to seats is not questioned even by
the Populists. The Republicans are
gazing strength every hour and the Popu-
lists are losing it. The only effect then
of these unhappy occurrences will be to
break up more rapidly the party of law
Iessness and vic ence. The next election
will show few Populist5 In Kansas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23
TIE KANSAS GOVERNOR GONE MAD

From the Kansas City Democrat Star.
The Lewelling manifesto issued yester-
day with the sanction of the governor said
in effect: All Republicans are thieves and
rascals; the members of the Douglass house
are traitors, and the supreme court Of Kan
sas is corrupt and equally traitorous. 1t is
doubtful if SO infammatcry a state paper
was ever issued from the governors Office
in any civilized state in the world. For a
governor to publicly threaten his constit-
uents with force should the courts decide
in their favor against his private opinion
is a step toward inceudiarism. What can
the governor of Kansas be thinking of to
place the biased opinion of two partisan
lawyers like Doster and Clemens before
the opinion of the members of the SUI
preme court, and to call all men who
stand by the law and the authorized
judiciary traitors and corporation hire
lings? Surely this is craftsmanship run
mad. Yet the party which elected Mr.
Lewelling to the Office he now fills claims
to be a non-partisan organization and indie
pendent of the trickery and shystering
demagogry that has disgraced AL old
parties Where is the fairness in deuounc-
ing at least half of the people Of Kansas
as traitors, and of calling the legally elect
ed representatives of the minority all sorts
of hard names? The people of Kansas,
irrespective of party, are lovers of fair
play. They cannot but see the Injustice
of Mr.. dwellings position, conceding
even that the members Of the Douglass
house and all their friends are mistaken.
The friends of good government in Kansas
in all parties cannot but hope that Mr..
Lswelling will come to his senses before
he infames the more hot-headed members
OF his party to do deeds that will bring
the name of Kansas into greater disrepute
than the governors hasty action of last
week has already brought it. 1t is high
time the governor of Kansas was pulling
himself together and taking bird 's-eye
view of himself and the situation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23
LOFTY ATLANTIC WAVES
Heavy Ocean wse~rr That swsPs Over
Steavs>F's Crows Nest

Heavy Ocean wss~rs That swsPs Over =
steamers Crows Nest
The New York daily papers al r.
corded Tho facts that the steamsh.2
Majestic. or her eaEteTn trip, caught =
sea that demolished her crow 's-Dest
lookout, snd that the Teatonjc, watch
caught the same gale coming west Had
oae sea wLleh coubed over The crow s
nest aid carried away her forEsr4 Fort
Efebcat a. Il went over Tie Ts4L Bat
none Of The daily PsPs-H took ths
trouble. 10 mention just Row The crow s
rest On these ship L situated. and con-
seqoeutly low high that SEA Wa
Inquiry - q Marine Journal repre-
sentative discovered tEat zst...- "a rlsn-
of.zar and many otaeT says tAe e1s~
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23

The supreme court of Michigan has
decided that a married woman cannot
collect the money she earns unless she
can prove that she is her husbands
agent. The earnings of a wife belong to
her husband to do what he pleases with.
Another strong argument in the hands
of the woman sufragists for vesting
women with the elective franchise. II
they could only vote how they would
delight to turn out the autocrattc Judge
that rendered such barbarous de-
cision,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23

--Clara-"'Baron Spuchs must De q
brave man. They say he lives in a
castle that is haunted BIZ Tie ghosts %
murdered ancestors" Jack Ghosts!
That's nothing. I live in house that
IS haunted by bill collectors IS, 6. &
Co. s Monthly.
What was shat Dawson story you
told the other day. Hicks?" why,
pleased Mrs Dawson very much b
asking her Il she was herself or her
daughter. Couldn't tell EN- spart-"
We'll, it's strange, but worked the
same schsule On the daughter and she
didn't like 1t bit 4-HzrPer's Bazar
-Irishman Ito pbo:ogra pherl-''Can
vez make re nose little smaller IA
strzighter n use photo than i = OF re
faoc?" Photograpaer-''o, yes, sir b.
means Of retouehing can make your
nose almost auv shzp pc Irishm4a-
That's iliigant! Plat w1a yez charge
10 relouch ne gs.s E2sezRlcA-m e-Hn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23

The crushing financial reverse that has
overtaken Governor Mckinley, through
the failure of a personal friend he had
endorsed and not from any mismanage-
ment Of his own, has put the friendship
manifested for him by his political asso-
ciates and supporters to practical test,
and it is gratifying to.note that it will
prove equal to the extraordinary emerg-
ency. Like the honest man that he is,
Governor Mckinley surrendered the last
dollars worth of property he possessed
to meet the obligation he had assumed,
but number of wealthy men, members
of his party, have declared their inten-
ton to raise the sum of money necessary
to pay the debt and thus relieve the gov.
ernor of the necessity Of retiring from
public life Ill order to make support fol-
his family.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23

The senatorial dead-locks that have
occurred in several state legislatures
this winter constitute something Of an
argument in favor OF electing United
States senators by direct vote of the peo.
pie, and the advocates of such change
are already using it for all it is worth.
Inasmuch as such a change necessitates
change in the federal constitution, to
De ratified by three-fourths of the states
by their legislatures, it will be some time
before it is done if ever.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23

Fort Scott Monitor: "The people Of
Kansas need not fear that if the Wichita
boys were called upon to defend the cap
ital against an enemy of the state they
would forget the wrench to their Cat
ting gun. They were probably excited
the other day." Well, no. Fact is, the
Wichita boys lost neither their heads nor
the wrench to the Gatlin gun, but car
ried both them, as they would if called
again to defend the capital.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23

The fact that the Democrats In the leg
islalure have uniformly acted with the
legal house thereby declaring that the
Republicans are right in their position,
is taken, also, as an apology to the state
for action of the fusion element of the
party in conserving with the Populists in
the last state campaign and election.
Actions speak louder than words.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23
Democrats to Blame.

From the Philadelphia Press.
The result Of the Farmers Alliance
movement is to place Kansas in a most
unfavcrable attitude before the country.
The state has already received incal-
culable damage from which it viii need
years to recover. Property has decreased
in value, investments ceased and a sense
of insecurity prevails in all classes Of
business. The stats would probably
have been saved the disgrace OF this
winter if the Democrats had not encour-
aged the lawless, sgrarian spirit by ally
ing themselves with 1t IN order 70 gain
the presidency. To the encouragement
They gave it then Is due the greater Yio-
lence and reckiessness witnessed this
year, and if bloodshed results the Demo
crats must be held largely responsible.
Fer resisting this agrarlan spirit and fer
maintaining their rights even al the ex-
pense of force. the republicans deserve
the thanks and support Of al iaw-ab.diGs
people IL the country.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23

rom the KsnsAs ciy star.

rom me hSEsAs lily SS~.l-
The announcement that there will be
another senator elected out IN Kansas
puts tie Uncle Tom show with its two
"Topsys' and two Lawyer Markes7
and TWO @'Uncle Toms" n the cool aud
rastful shade; with two houses. two sen
aies, two United States senators two
rings and three governors. Doster,
Clemens and Dewe!ling, the Kansas AZ
sregatlon can so on the road as the
great and only :<uly mora show ansl
sustain the claim TO finish against ali
cCmsrS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23

The spirit of Antony Galland the
translator, or one of the original Arabian
authors, as the case may be, has pos
sessed reporter of one of the Chicago
dailies, evidently. He announced that
one of the great railway lines entering
that city has voluntarily agreed to ele-
vate its track within the city. For the
time it is proving to be the most interest
ing of the Thousand and one tales"
that have been told of the city, TO its
citizens
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23

The Populists now say that they are
going to move the capitol away from
Topeka, in view of which decision they
win refuse TO make any further appro-
priations for the capitol building. Kan
apolis, one Of the newly proposed seats
of government is 100 miles north and
west of Wichita and is reached from
here by the Missouri Pacific road.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23

John Martin is scared over the turn
affairs have taken in Kansas and is hur-
ryiRg home to see what can be done to-
wards strengthening his claim to a seat
in the senate. 1t is the general opinion
that his claim will not amount to much
if the supreme court sustains the decis-
ion of Judge Hazeu to the effect that the
Pop house is not legal body.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23

The two fastest vessels that now walk
the waters like things of life, the City of
Paris and City of New York, plying be-
tween New York and Liverpool, now
and viii henceforth carry the American
colors. President Harrison with his
own hands run up the colors yesterday
at New York,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23

Kansas has become a disgrace to the
United States.-Albany (N. " Journal.
Kansas never viii be as disg7aceful to
the United States as New York state
with her rotten, thieving Tammany ring.
We may get into fights out in Kansas,
but we don't steal the people blind
Topeka Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23

Salinas offer of 81, 600, 900 for the To-
cation of the state capital, If it IS re-
moved, seems extravagant for town Of
its size, but it is not bit more so than is
the proposition to move the capital just
now
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23

Gamblers, bribe-takers, fugitives from
Justice and Topolobampo promoters have
been so far the principal recipients of
LeweIling's confidence ami official favors.
IT'S tough tits true, and tough it is that
1t is the tough truth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23

Judge S. c. Hastings, first chief JUS
tice Of the supreme court of California,
and founder of the Hastings law college,
a branch of the university, died at
San Francisco Saturday night aged IS
wears
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23

dwellings manifesto says that the
Republicans organized the militia of the
state with direct reference to the late
fasco. The majority Of the officers of
The militia company here in dwellings
own town are Democrats, and he knew it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23

The man whom Cleveland chose for
secretary of agriculture is Nebraska
and not a Kansas Democrat, and he is
more conspicuous from having fought
fusion than for anything else, all of
which shows that Fusionist Click had no
!
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23

Artz, Governor dwellings, adjutant
general, intimates that ne has very little
or nc use for the courts. and the records
Of the Colorado courts discloses the rea-
son Of his repugnance in unmistakable
language as also figures.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23

Chef Justice Horton silenced Caitiff
Clemens with words that bristled with
locks and prison bars, and Clemens not
daring to trust neither his unruly tongue
or communistic temper boiled inconti-
nently.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23
THE KANSAS CAR.

From the Kansas City journal.
''How big is this LewelIing, pas
Who raves at such O. rate:
Can lie defy the Kansas law,
And car it GER the staGe?n
"Oh, no, my child, dwellings talk
Is nothing more than rot;
1t scareS no one, but simply shows
How little sense he's got"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
dwellings Chances.

LewellingS Chances.
From the & c. star.
A Wichita baby weighs only che
pound and half including a pound of
hannels. 1t is the smallest thing in the
town unless it may be Mr.. dwellings
chance for succeeding himself as COVER
nor of Kansas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23

Across the wall of dwellings execu-
tive chamber the fiery finger of public
Indignation has written: "Mene, meme,
telel, upharsin," or in the vernacular;
TOO thin, too thin, failure, busted!"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23

1t is said that Kansas can do more
bleeding without the effusion Of blood
than any other state in the union.-Arkan-
sas City Traveller.
That may be SO, but jabs in that vein
are not calculated to staunch the flow.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-23
Wfll} ,allle
NJ. NJ. MURDOCH. Editor

Reciprocity must co." say the Demo
Gratis, And with it will go the big ex-
ports of flour, the high prices OF hog
products, etc.