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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07

After all the talk and fuss that has
been made over the matter of opening
the worlds fair grounds on Sunday it
seems probable that the question viii be
settled by a different method from any
yet suggested, and without the interven-
lion of courts or commissioners. Ac.
cording TO the published reports of at
tendance upon the grounds the number
of Sunday visitors has never reached
half what it was on week dave. And
now comes the statement that quite a
number Of the exhibits and buildings OF
foreign countries are closed and covered
on sunday, and that the number Is in
creasing every Sunday. If this shall be-
come general there viii be little to In
duee Sunday visits to the grounds, and
when tbs shall come TO pass the question
Of opening the gates wi! 10 longer be a
''shatable oae: 1t Will be settled.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07
SAVINGS BANKS IN THE HOME.
Mr.. and Mrs. Porter and Their Experience
with IIoarding Up Their Money.

Mr.. and Mrs. Porter and Their Experience
with Hoafding Up Their Money.
Mrs Porter is not strong woman;
she has nerves and also has tendency
20 scmi-fainting spells. when she be-
comes helpless and often thinks she In
going TO die MIR Porter works all
night nd often seven nights week !.
so his better half is often lonely in
their north side Hat. They expect com
pany this Summer. and are preparing
% entertain people As well as man on
a salary can do Il. So Mrs Porter -
saving money. or rather she was doing
u. All unknown - her husband. 20
whom bis salary seems inadequate to
meet the demands ~ the season
One night lately Mrs Porter retired
after a busy day and a. She had thor
oughly tired herself could not sleep AZ
once. and was scizcd with severe pains.
She was almost fainiiug. and became
convinced that she would die How 10
disturbed her go think ~ dying alone.
but more than that was the thought Of
her little hoard, hidden IN corner
where no one would think Of looking
for ~ sh saw his homecoming IN
that darkest bour before the dawn. his
sorrow al her death: the sending IF the
news 10 his friends: and finally the
husiiing a bout 70 borrow money enough
to bury her properly. while all the tirne
there syas more than one hundred dol
lars in that corner beneath the CARPET
SO she suffered. and then the pain
grew less and she slept. 10 be awakened
later By her hus bands entrance.
She told him Of tire suffering which
had moi vet ps ssed. and then he brought
reEnedies and she grew better and
brighter Finally she told the story %
how she had saved and her fear thai
she would die and he would have 90
rnonev Before she would sleep again
sbe bsde hirn turn down the carpet and
"a tie out her little hoard
Then with peculiar smile her hus-
band walked night pver Der hiding
place into a closet. took down a d.
eareed vest drew from i,s ps,ckst a roll
which developed into over As,T dollars.
Then both laughed, a.d she felt better
and siept we'll
There IS a bank book In Porter.
pocket ngsT and :, shows nearly sxo
hundred dollars on deposit. Tie !. no,
Is much afraid ~ the tank bursting a.
be Il - ire hiding place proving lns>-
eure--Chlez go Trfbzu-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07
OKLAHOMA AND The STRIP.

Commenting upon the sale of $48.00C
of Oklahoma territorial bonds at a pre-
MUM of $500 by the treasurer of The
| territory, which is the highest price a
which Oklahoma bonds have ever beer
sold, and which transaction bespeak;
the prosperity and substantial credit oil
the new territory, the Kansas City Stal
| takes occasion TO speak Of Oklahoma and
the strip in the following complimentary
manner:
''In contemplating the wealth and
substance which have already been
gathered together iii Oklahoma, it is not
easy to realize that the development OF
It's fruitful farms and the creation Of its
flourishing towns and cities have all been
the work of only four years.
The spring Of 1889 witnessed thron,;
OF home seekers camped upon the bor-
ders of the newly organized territory.
When the order for opening came the
season was already pretty we'll advanced,
and the first summer crops were neccS-
sariiy meager, When the autumn ard
winter came they brought with them
more or less distress 10 many Of the new
settlers who had unwisely taken up
claims without the means to develop
them. Numerous failures and disap-
pojntments were the result Of this short
sighted policy. Not few OF the people
who crowded into Oklahoma with high
hopes were compelled to abandon their
land and take the back track for home.
These experiences are incidental, of
course, to the settlement of all new
countries, and Oklahoma has not proved
an exception to the rule, But, in the
face of many discouragements and
hindrances, the work of building up a
new commonwealth has gone on with
surprising rapIdlty. Railroads lave
penetrated the territory in every direc-
ton and these arteries of commerce have
eEterprisIng towns and trading posts.
The raw claims of four years ago have
blossemed into productive farms and
comfortable homesteads. Poverty is
giving place to riches and the soil is
responding generously to the touch of IN
dustry. The foundation of fiourlshing
state has been laid, and its prosperity is
already clearly prefigured. The open
Ing Of the Cherokee strip will enlarge
the territory and add greatly to its re-
sources. Inc accession OF Otnef au-
jacent lands now held by Indian tribes
Is only question of time. A very few
years at the furtherest will witness in
the southwest the establishment of a
grand, young state of which Oklahoma
with It's small beginnings will be re-
membered as the nucleus
This illustration OF state building in
the southwest, is without parallel in
many respects in the history of the
country, is interesting and instructive to
the community at large, and possesses
an especial charm for Wichita because
of the commercial advantages which
this city is destined to reap from the con-
version of this fresh and new domain TO
the purposes of agriculture. The pride
that Wichita feels in the progress of
Oklahoma is not altogether selfish, but
the Peerless Princess and the whole
state of Kansas cannot look upon the
prosperity of the territory which they
helped to create without a lively sense
of satisfaction not wholly unmiXed with
the consideration Of reward.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07

Senator Sherman says he wants the
silver purchase clause in the law bear
ing his name repealed. He also wants
the parity between gold and silver main
tanned. Perhaps the senator has a
scheme by which this may be done, but
the circumstance that he repudiates the
action OF congress, the authorship OF
which is credited to him. makes the
suspicious public all the more in
credulous Of him in anything he may
do. sherman stands too close to Cleve-
land on the money question to suit the
great mass of American citizens.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07
GUNS OF THE VESUviUS.
The Pneumatic Cruiser" and Her For
midabie Engines of War.


midabie Engines of War.
The most recent applications of the
blowpipe principle are the three air
guns of the Uniled States torpedo
cruiser" COR. as as she is also called, the
pneumatic cruiser .'Vesuvius" This
vessel of war is PSI feet and Q inches
long, SO feet and inches wide, draws
feet of water. and has a displacement
of 125 tons: she is of 3,794 horsepower.
and she darts over the waves at a speed
of - miles per hour. She is too beau
tiful and fast a craft 10 he called
"blowpipe gunboat;" but that Is exact
Is what she is. because of the blow
guns which stick up through the deck
at the bow Most of these guns lie at an
angle slanting back and downward 10
where the air-conpressers lie TO the
heel
Into somewhat bottle-shaped steel
TASKS. air has been forced until it is
compressed under a strain of two thou
sand pounds to the square inch.
by engines especially Constructed
for that purpose. The shells, or
bombs. or darts fired from the
guns are made partly of iron, of brass,
and of copper. They are ten feet long,
fifteen inches wide. and while some are
of uniform width, others give MP half
their length to thin spindle or tail
having metal fans at the end. and look
ing somewhat like a huge. clumsy ar
row, These darts are kept in three
barrel-lil1e ''revoIvers." and as there
are five darts in each. the Vesuvius can
throw fifteen projectiles in rapid sue
cession.
When q gun is to be loaded. aboat
twenty feet of its lower end drops
down by means of hinge. and from
the revolver directly in front Of it one
of the bombs is pushed back into the
lowered end. which is then pulled up
again in line with the rest of the tube.
When all is ready, lever in the con.
ming tower is moved. enough air is adj
mitted from one of the reservoirs, and
away goes the dart flying through the
air to a distance of a mile and a half.
The operation, which seems So simple,
does not look very formida bic as
method of warfare; but that dart
whirled away by the blow-pipe is in
reality the most deadly weapon known
TO war, afioat or ashore. for in the head
of the missile is stored five hundred
pounds of guncotton, than which no
more terrible explosive IS known that
can be so used. The name guncotton
sounds innocent enough. and the mate
rial IS nothing more than the cotton
waste, with which you have often seen
engineers cleaning their engines
soaked in nitric and sulphuric acids.
and washed clean again. A pound Of
this viii burn quickly, but when il is
stuck or -detonated. it explodcs with
a force sufficient to blow up a good
sized house. II upon an anvil i laid a
piece Of paper with one or more letters
cut out. and pound of guncotton Is
exploded ON it, the letters or figures cut
in the paper VIII be stamped into the
metal one-quarter Of an inch deep.
just think az such force. and thea
imagine five hundred pounds % gun
cotton exploding on ship or fort.
q Davidson IN - Nicholas
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07

The state board of railway assessors
are excusing themselves for their two
months hardness in completing the
work, upon the insinuation that the
railroads interferred with the progress
Of the work that ii could net be COM
pleted earlier. This comes in odd CON
trast with the action OF the roads in
furnishing the board with special train
service when 1t was running over the
state for the supposed purpose of obtain
ing the necessary data for making up
The assessment rates. But the board
needed an excuse for their dereiction,
and what could afford a aore plausible
preteXt, or one that would be so &C
ceptible to Its party than charge it up 10
she railroads:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07
RAILROAD ASSESSMENT.

IRON the Troy Chief.
\ lot of papers that have no sort Of in
teres; in the matter. unless it has been
specially made To their interest. are COM
planning because the state board Of rail-
road assessors increased the valuation of
railroad property III the state about Sl0,-
GOO, 000. Three years ago. the railroad
companies were satisfied with the assess
ment, which was S57 ,000. geo, and only
asked that il be not raised. But the
assessors. in a Is of magnanimiry, re-
duced it TO $50. 000,000 They did this
on the fiimsy preleXt that real estate.
which had been doomed. had depreciat-
ed. and the valuation had been largely
decreased. while the railroad asses ment
had remained the same. They avoided
stating the fact that the boom had not
affected railroad valuation one way or
the other. and that therefore there " as
no necessity for changing 1t. But they
went still farther IN their NO, * q. justice
10 the railroads. Doniphan c9un.y had
gone 10 the United States court for ii
decision as 10 its right TO assess certain
property, and had assessed the u .ssour.
river bridge according 10 the decision Of
the court. The board of railroad assess
orS. in the interest OF railroad com
pany. reversed the decision o: the court.
and deprived the county OF 4 large
amount Of assessed valuation. Citizens
Of tie county very properly kicked
against this, and IN their kick included
the rairoad assessment. made at a time
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07

The penchant for going abroad in
summer is rantamount TO croze with
some people. 1t Is announced that
European-bound steamers leaving our
ports Just now are oyeFcrowded with
Americans who have more money than
good judgment. Not the fear Of plague,
on the one hand, nor the inducement af-
forded in the wonders and Delights of
the Chicago exposition, on the other.
can stay the mad rush for foreign
shores. For the benefit OF that class it
would be good thing if congress were
10 demonetize gold.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07
a Coed Deal ovardone

From Tie Troy Chie.
And now comes a demand from
Western Kansas for an extra session OF
tie legislature, FOX the purpose OF max
ing an appropriation Tor seed wheat fo-
the people of the west. Isn't this thing
a good deal overdoae: With such a
wheat crop Is they had last year, they
should have Saved enough for an emer-
gengy. II the country cannot raise
enough. three years out Cf four for
seed, r. 9T not abandon IL, aud b done
with Il. THIS whine for aid has beea iu-
duiged ia So much. aId has been 20
much encouraged for political effect,
that II has Uecome chronic with a GER
tain class of people-tor we are conf
dent ii'ai large proportion Of the peo-
pie have no part IL i.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07
A PROBLEM IN POLITICAL ECONOMY.

A farmer ia Central Illinois tried the
experiment Of using wheat instead OF
corn TO fa;ten hogs, with the result that
he realized $10f per bushel for his
wheat thus translated into pork. 1t has
been tried by North Dakota farmers
with the same satisfactory result. They
sold their hogs at a price which realized
them over 81 per bushel for the wheat
which had been condensed in a more
salable article. It is said that the quail
lily of the pork thus produced is superior
to that of the corn-fed animals. Noting
these circumstances the Kansas City
Gazette observes that ''If the farmers OF
Kansas Shall act upon this suggestion anu
instead Of turning their wheat into eleva-
tors turn it into hogs. they will have
found a way TO beat the supposed wheat
combine more effectually than any other
that can be contrived and the path thus
opened may lead to the production Of
new brand of American pork from the
wheat-fed hogs of Kansas, which will
become as celebrated as our hard wheat
in its ability to command the highest
prices"
The suggestion of the Gazette would
be good if crop conditions in Kansas
were reversed as to corn and wheat; but
with a short crop of wheat that Will
probably sell Il for dollar, part of it, and
an immense crop Of corn, such as IS
promised, and which will no doubt be
relatively low in price, it would seem a
shortsighted policy to feed wheat TO hogs
instead Of corn. However. we might
of coal, including the freight on it and
on the wheat if It Wore shinpad out
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07

The spectacle Of the government Of
the United States governing its purchase
of coin metal 10y the price fixed in a for
eiGn country, which foreign country has
practically repudiated It's own currency
coined out of that metal, is humiiia-
ting one 10 every true American citizen.
And yet the high official, who does that
very thing has posed before this country
heretofore as the friend of the tabooed
money-metai Verify these be strange
times that we have fallen upon.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07
The Weakness Of Nink1no

From the Topeka Capital.
After denounclng Lewelling and the
state house crowd IN his usual choice
vernacular. the editor of the Populist
uses the following quotation as the one
best suited to the present hour:
Give Us men: 4 time like this demands,
Men whom the lust OF Office cannot XII:
Men whom tho spoll> of office cannot buy;
Ncu who Gun stand before "A demaEngue
And damn his treacRerOus batteries without
wiuking."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07
A Goddess Of Liberty.

Ambitious Girl am not satisfied
TO be dependent on my father for every
cent need l wish to be independent.
Mother Should you 60 TO earning
your own living. you would have to be
the obedicnt servant OF any employer
you might have. always at his bech
and call, always ready to do the bid
ding of your superiors and having not
an hour you could call your own.
THAT would be horrid. ! want 10
be independent of pa, but III call no
man master. and I shall want my OWE
way in everything.
That's easy. Get married. N. Y.
Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07

So fast and rank has been the growth
of corn for the past two weeks that in
the chinch bug infested regions the bugs
have become Disguised and taken wings
and flown away. 1t is a fact that today
that there is no damage being done TO
the crop and the prospects for corn
never were better
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07

While Cleveland is out on the ocean
wave preparing his one-ideaed message
to Confess, Speaker Crisp is addressing
himself to the arduous task of making
up the house committees. The problem
of the job is what to DO with Bland. The
silver people will have to be placated
and Silver Dick is in position to give the
speaker trouble.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07

The Fort Scott Tribune observes, pro-
foundry, that "the phantasmagoria that
Is being pursued lacks versimilitude Of
outline" That is about as clear as nine
tenths of the finance discussion we have
had in Kansas in The past twenty yeais.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07

The fusion Democrats are in a great
stew considering the temperature OF the
weather. They are resorting to every
known device to whip Democrats in,
and meeting with little or no success,
they are now claiming great discord in
the Republican ranks.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07

The Tennessee legislature passed an
act requiring all insurance companies
doing business III that state to file their
charters with the states secretary. As
result a number Of companies have
withdrawn from the state. A lucky
thing for the insured. no doubt.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07
Bring In Another Horse

From the Lawrence World
Ii is stated that Mr.. Harrison will try
for a denomination as candidate for
president While he Is a very good man
and made an admirable chief executive
this country wants new deal. He has
had his chance.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07

The case of the Georgia preacher who is
under arrest Tor making moonshne
whisky viii give the heresy hunters
another job Washington Post.
How do you know the church to
which the preacher belongs regards
such acts as hereSy? The discipline is
much more latitudinous in some locai-
ties and sections than some others.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07

The new South Carolina liquor law
seems 10 be an eye-opener, notwithstand
ing the fact that Its operation SO far is
practically prohibited. 1t is stated that
the legislature Will be convened in
special session shortly to repeal or
amend the law in several important par
fic,,Iarc
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07

Grover has more important business on
hand than going fishing this holiday
Abilene Reflector
He had the more important 10 demand
siis attention, It's true; but he laid it aside
and went fishing, just the same.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07

If Cleveland would only take in the
financial question, it Is safe to say he
would have no occasion 10 visit the
French lick springs of Indiana, to re-
duce bis WEIGHT
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07

The purely agricultural states are on
top. While prices are low the tillers of
die soil have the advantage of any other
class Of producers-they can produce
the necessaries Of life.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07

Every pot house politician in this
country is positive he could solve the
financial question. The mistake of not
electing wise men to congress Is very
common one.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07
EXCHANGE EPITOMES.
All! SuuHowar

All , sunfioyer weary Of time.
Who countest the STEPS of the sun:
Seeking after nat sweet golden prime.
Where the travellers journey IS done;
Where the youth pined away with desire.
And the pale virgin shrOuded in snow,
) rise from their graves and aspire
Where nay sunfiower wishes TO 20
WILLIAM BTAEp
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07

NJ. NJ. MURDOCH Editor.

1t is serious question at this time
whether the state board Of assessors will
get their report ready in time to legally
assess the railroads this year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07

The Fourth OF July will be celebrated
hereafter 10y the Greeks as independence
day. The king Of Greece abdicated the
throne on the Sd and the republic was
restored on the 4th
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07

Prof; w. 9. Tyler. now nearing
eighty-three years old. is tn retire from
active duty at the coming commence
ment at Amherst college. where he has
earned the title of the Amherst Soc
rates by serving for fifty years a.
professor OF Greek
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07

-Clergyman-''You say you are going
TO marry again. You surprise me. This
will make the fourth husband. viii 10
uot?' She Yes; and as you performed
the ceremonies each time. | called tn
see il couldn't make some arrange
ments with you bout gettinRa discount
on the marriage fee through taxing .
quantity Tit Bits.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07


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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07

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some al tie following .-r< Scfess..Sn es@ il bill
~. Dintcss s.t N!si"a. >cis-Di-trTtsI Defective
Meiisry, tiapies, vsr-I0D 10 ~seietv lack u rosi-
I.ielle 4stsii1it4eEcN I!a.aee.i meats Marriage
Acia!iei'9'- Dyspepsia. lost Aarisoot Pats "a
Tue isics .irlcocsle etr-cuvel safcf and privstC
- >e-ft fcf Question Blank No / "a Men
ktDNbH \ Nd URINARY DISEASES PSinIst
1itacct- milky a. eoue3Y urine 0ilret. Gravel
lHi;f.get, Prostate tslaAsi~. Diabetes etc receive
neclill tteniion CAe..t 4 and i.icgoseop lei. eX-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07
The Wichita Medical and Surgical Institute,
aNcoRPoRATEo)
Full Corps of trainee Spec
ialists with private Hospital
advantages. Twenty years III
practice.e eight years in Wichita

Consultation eiIice or by mali Tree. nc M
vlted Medicine seat by f express every " mere
e>Vr.iy Backed. free frG.l. or erS.l-3oH-
DURABLE DISEASES trIA RA STEED-- Ni,eFe
cehos exists * IS frankly stated.
pI>EASk~ or WSNEN-Titc SrTsu etfative
eficats OF EtEG TfiCfFY daily 4. flonstrGFe,l "a
Institute. enatia= - Ia cure where cid e'esis
tsh- lrresC fi'ie, d. placements Uctrsi is. IN
iiaiisaE oI Discharges. Iaaccvatseas BarreRas-ss.
u sfsi1E Down sad brs@--ia- >sll> assoIls speedily