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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-25
DE Mop OPP.
GROWERS SINGH.

1t is stated that, while talking with
senator the other day, President Cleve-
land said:
eve will yet succeed. The silver law
will be repealed without condition. do
not give up the fight. There is an end
to all things. and these obstructiOnists
will not prove an exception.
II said last night that we were going
to have hard times; that there would be
financial distress III the country. l oh
served that the primary cause of the dis
tress which we would experience was
due 10 our monetary system.
"We have too much silver in proper
ton TO the gold All our money is
practically convertible into gold. One
can take up gold certificates with silver
certificates and upon the other certiii-
Gates demand gold.
ut Is absurd to suppose that there will
be universal confidence In our power 10
maintain Il parity between two kinds OF
our money when we have 5000, 100000
of it in silver which may he turned
against less than 100000. 900 of gold.
not to mention the 81 ,000 00o. 900 in legal
tender bank notes and other money titan
gold coin, and yet continue buying
silver"
Mr.. Cleveland's manner Is such as to
make the senator whom he addressed
believe that he had secret information.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-25

peach consisted Of stone IN the center,
a skin on the outside and water be-
tween, and not good water at that
This definition brought down tie
house and restored good humor
Governor, or rather, Ex-Governor
Perkins of Zanzibar, who was out
of place in this convention, spoke with
great eloquence of the rapidly disappear
ing public lands and cited the opening of
the strip of Fee adjoining Liberia in
which 10000 people sought homes and
corner lots. The people. he said, were
land hungry; were starving since the
slave industries were shut down by this
administration and they had no place to
lay their head. He, for his part, was
opposed to monopolies of both land and
water. He saw before him paid attor-
neys of the soulless corporations who
were rapidly absorbing the land and
water as we'll as other finds. Blu; he
himself was for the man of small homes
as against the Blue Water Dam company
or the Niger Dam Water company or
the Congo Dam company. In fact, he
Numbered, l am in favor of the small
farmer and the poor man as opposed by
any dam company whatever. These
patriotic remarks were received standing
with yells Of Bully for Cox!' 1t was
finally eiermined that while irrigation
might be of advantage where for lack OF
water it was impossible, yet where there
was too much water already it was not
desirable and that the congress there as
sembled recommend the division Of
Africa into north and south so, they be-
ing homogeneous, the north no ram
and the south too much rain. they could
each do that which best suited his own
section without consulting the other.
The congress after resolving to meet
about the middle of November in
Atbciw, adjourned sine die. and thus
terminated the most important congress
the world ever knew.
Yours with respect, De Mop OPP.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-25
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A STRIKING CONTRA Asst.

Since the present administration in
augurated the scheme of dropping pen
sioners from tie rolls, Senator Brice has
been in receipt of letters from veterans
at the rate of about 100 daily. Mr.. Brice
has detailed one of his clerks to prepare
list Of the suspended and dropped. The
list now contains some 1900 names.
Each case is referred for Investigation to
an agent of Mr.. Brice's in the county
wherein the soldier resides. Pending
such investigation Mr.. Brice has secured
the restoration to The roll of about 80 per
cent of these veterans, and they are en-
abled to draw their pensions until their
cases are adjudicated. Fully 10 per cent
of the 1900 who were suspended have
been restored absolutely. Air. Brlce Is
entitled to commentator for the interest
he has thus taken in behalf of his
wronged yet helpless constituents. HIS
course in the matter is in glaring contrast
with the mum, do-nothing policy OF
Kansas senator's. whose sole ambition is
to Sit in the chairs assigned them, and
on occasions rear up and howl, though
they represent larger per cent of vet
Grams in proportion to the states popula-
ton than any other state, and who have
suffered at the hands of this administra-
ton as much as any in the land.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-25
SeRPENTlNE CUCUmsERS.
a singular Product of Some Maryland
Gardens.


Down in Miles River Neck. Talbo,
county, there is spot where ,ha
average Chinese would delight to dwell.
1t Is a place where Chinese cucmnbers
grow TO an enormous size. This vcgeta.
bic, however, assumes sometimes
shape which frightens the natives of
the neighborhood. The cucumbcr
grows long and slim, and at times
twists itself into coils resembling
snake. a man going from Easton tho
other day to Miles River Ferry. in pass
ing a little clearing in the woods. no.
ticed green-looiIing object in patch
of vegetables. and he got over tbs.
fence 10 make closer examination.
He almost tainted. Another citizen
came along soon afterward- The first
man had revived and was leaving the
patch at Nancy Hanks gait When
accosted DE said tn his friend: Been
bit by a snake; woods full o. en-
Citizen No. 2 persuaded the frightened
ma. 70 60 back, and, upon examination
the snake proved TO be Chinese GU
cumber about twenty-ssven inches
long. which In the course of growth
had twisted itself up in the fern OF "A
snake. The cucumber was perfectly
snakelike. The Chinese cucumber IL
not eaten to any extent in this country
except by Chinese and few foolish
COWS. The former, however, impors
them in dried condition from theirs
native land, as they do stale eggs aud
other odorous iuxurics. The Chinese
like to see cucumbers grow and they
often cultivate them in their yards IL
the cities over here. The snakelika
appearance of the vegetable does not
brighten the slant-eyed foreigner. as ha
would eat with a relish a green garter
snake il he didn't happen to have any,
thing else HANDY.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-25
IRRIGATlON'S THE THING.


Three years ago n Chicago dealer
bought tract of $500 acres of swamp
land IN Jasper county, Ind, at s.. 20 per
acre. At nominal cost he completed
system of bitches which thoroughly
drained the land and he is now offered
$25 90 per acre for the entire tract.
BY exactly the opposite method of
development this deal could be dupllcat-
ed in every county in western Kansas.
Lands of luexhaustable fertility can be
bought at very low figure, and by
providing water for irrigation could be
made even more productive than lands
in any locality which depends upon
natural rain fall for moisture.
For a speculative deal there is
nothing more feasible or profitable.
ana for actual use and
occupation no place offers greater
inducements. With new. rich soil, a
mild and healrhful climate, markets
already established-or may be at any
railway staticn-no natural obstruction
to placing the land under cultivation as
soon as the water supply is provided for,
what more could an industrious man
ask: II Is not supposed that an entire
quarter. or half of il could be irrigated
at once. but let provision be made for
say. five acres rs a beginning. Tba,
amount of land planted to fruit or
vegetables would yield supper; for the
family; an additional tract. could be
placed under water each year. Ten
acres of alfalfa would sell for more
money than tie entire grass or
the entire quarter section without water.
With twenty 70 forty acres under
water. the remainder OF the farm could
be used for grazing purposes quite as
profiiably as though it was all in actual
cultivation.
Ii is simply matter of time that a
vast area Of our now unoccupied lands
viii be improved iii this manner. aud
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-25
The CASE OF JUDGE FOSTER,

Judge c. G. Foster is in receipt OF a
letter from Circuit Judge Caldwell
advising against the formers proposed
resignation on account Of impaired
health. Judge Caldwell says:
You have worn yourself out in the
interest Of the republic, aud If your health
is not restored to enable YOU to work in
your old dray horse fashion, that is no
reason why You should resign. You
carried Il heavy load long time, and have
richly earned II respite. Do not resign
unless congress passes u special act under
which you can retire on your salary, and
let this be understood.
Congress passed such special acts in
the cases of Judges McCandless of Penn
sylvania, Hillyer of Nevada and Deadly
of Oregon, neither of whom had reached
the required age of 20 at the time their
disability occurred. 1t is further claimed
in behalf of Judge Foster that he has
served on the bench for seventeen years
when the salary was only So, 800, or
barely sufficient to pay his yearly ex-
penses.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-25
DEMOCRATIC REVOLT.

A leading Democratic paper Of Massa-
chusetts, the Holyoke Daily Free Press,
has changed to Republican,. Its pro-
prietors declare in explanation that too
many mills are closed down and that
there is too much stagnation of business
plainly traceable to Democratic theories,
threats and doctrines The Free Press
hoists the Republican ticket, and among
other things says: cit is with deepest
regret that the Free Press acknowledges
that 1t has lost saith in the Democratic
party, and that 1t firmly believes that
the present industrial stagnation,
financial stringency. and general dis
tress existing throughout the land are
the result of Democratic supremacy.
=
'The Democratic party has now had
absolute control OF the affairs of the
nation for seven months, and the result
The most sorTowfuI time the nation
ever saw. Il =
"The present industrial stagnation is
without any doubt the result of the free
trade plank that was inserted in the
Democratic national platform Of 1892 "
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THE ONLY INDICTMENT.
Why the Fair Maiden Shonid Have Ac-
cepted the Minister'S Suit.

Why the Fair Maiden Shouid Have Ac-
cepted the Minister'S Suit.
He was minister OF TIE Gospel in
small town. and it is not necessary to
say that the remuneration was not of
tropical luxuriance.
He was a bachelor, however, and he
received slippers and other articles OF
bric-abrac during the year from adj
miring members of his congregation in
sufficient quantities to enable him to
hypothecate them for enough to be OF
some assistance.
That he had not married was due
largely to the fact that most of the
young women OF his acquaintance had
to eat and wear clothes and live under
a roof of some kind. and they did not
see how he could make such provisions
for their comfort.
True, he had tried once or twice.
proba bly, three times, but the passion
was not overpowering and his con-
dition was such, to his own knowledge,
that nothing less than the overpower-
ing could make him persevere in his eff
forts to win the object of his choice.
There were many, many times when
the skies are gray and heavy above
him, and even the consultations of re-
ligion were powerless to bring a ray of
sunlight to his heart
But though bent by his burden. he
was not broken and youth was his and
faith
The time came at last, however, when
the overpowering presented itself, and
the minister's heart went out irresist-
IDLY to fair, gentle, sweet girl, loving
and trusting.
At least, she was that to somebody.
1t might be to the minister. He did
not know. But he hoped so with a
hope that lifted him into a tenderer at
mosphere than he had ever known.
He forgot his poverty. his weakness,
himself, and by day and by night his
thoughts followed this girl
She could not but know that he loved
her. yet she gaze him no encourage
ment.
She was kind to him, for it was not
in her heart to treat him harshly. for
he was so innocent. so devoted. so good.
One evening, when he could endure
the suspense no longer, he asked the
fatal question.
Il am sorry, very sorry" she said,
''but it can not be-
He gulped down the lump III his
throat. He had feared this.
He had heard it before from others.
but it had never panied him SO.
Nothing" she went on kindly, see
ing that he did not or could not speak,
nothing would be an inducement for
me to become minister's wife,
His lip trembled and he brushed the
tears from his eyes and with one effort
he spoke.
"Ah, dear" he murmured as he rub
bed his hand over his shiny coat sleeve
then you should have me; for Heaven
knows. that is the only inducement |
can offer you. Detroit Free Press
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-25
INTERROGATION AND DAM NON
SENSE
STANLEY CITY, Congo. Africa.

STANLEY CITY, Congo. Africa,
Oct. II, 1898.
Dear Colonel Murdoch.
We had an anti-irrigation congress at
Stanley City last week. 1t was we'll at
tended, delegates from Nubia, the island
of Madagascar. Liberia, Dahomey. and
in fact from evrey quarter of Africa,
were present. 1t was promoted by our
board of trade. and proved to be a very
popular gathering. 1t appears that the
nations Of the Sahara and other arid
and semi-arid regions have been moving
in favor OF African international irriga-
ton and this was an effort of the coun-
tries of ample rainfall 10 Illustrate the
movement. Major Paul of the inter-
African geodotic survey made an expert
report, from which the congress
diSsented. He laid down the doctrine
and made the broad statement that there
was no water, IN any given large area.
in excess OF that furnished by rains, and
further explained that it the rainfall of
any such large area was not To exceed
FIVE inches, aud that to irrigate that
area required ar average of twenty-five
inches. then not more than one-fifth
of such area could be irrigated.
This proved 10 be n very unpopular
statement, and an ex-misSionary from
Boston. a man who had survived many
opportunities to furnish the piece de
resistance to the feasts of the Anshro-
popagii, characterized the major as a
chump, and upon the major asking the
meaning of that African phrase defined
it to De man who did not know what
chump was, which you perceive
verged upon personalities, and was not
reas9uring to the expert. Africa. how
ever. is practical If not scientific. and
they We'll know when ;hey dig well
that they produces water that was never
rained. for how could il rain down In
the bowels of terra firma. One dele
gate from Zaluland was. opposed to
irrigation. and said that an irrigated
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-25

am not afraid of anyone who reads
this article becoming my rival. The
DRY is one thing. writes A. Hermann
in Lippincott's Magazine, practice an
other. and il would require weary
months for the qu;clses:-witted and
most oexterous-handed to attempt in
public the perforra nee of these tricks
and illusions. even when the methods
are infinitely explained. Even should
any of my readers, visiting my re-
ceptions, proclaim in public nv
methods, discovered by this article.
am prepared to confound them by
proving their mistake, for I perform
the same trick in dozen different
ways. Therefore the skeptical may
rest assured tina; the explanations hero
given are accurate.
/ mast first premise that palmiS.rv
is the absolute requirement OF every
magician Ky this term | mean tho
manual science illustrated in the ap-
pearance and disappearance of coins,
cards and small articles. and their re-
production again in the most unlikely
places, such as the ears. hats and
pockets of the spectators. No defined
rules that have ever been written will
make one q skillful palmiss. Natural
aptitude. quickness of eve and motion.
certain formations of the hand. and
con@i-lrst practice are the necessary
qualifications. l have taught many
amateurs this art. and several of my
students give creditable parlor enter
tainmeut- While il would be simply
impossible for anyone To become y
necromaneer without a knowledge OF
this science. the perfection of it il hut
the beginning of magic. Tone. tonch
and prilliancy are the qualifications Of
a good pianist. They are acquired
only when the labcrious practice &c
exercises and scales has been cxhaus;-
ed. So the magician is evolved from
the practice of palmistrv. With this
understood, the explanation OF sleight-
of-hand illusions will be best appre-
efat.aI
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-25
NEW USE FOR THE BICYCLE.
\ Boston Genius Makes IL Garry . TIrei
LxtfnguIsher.

Extfnguisher.
Boston has discovered a new line OH
usefulness for the bicycle. Some In
ventive genius, says Hardware. has
fitted a wheel with n small chemical
tank and fire ax, with which expert
ments are now going on az the house
of ladder company in South Boston,
One of the bicycle houses of tina. city
fitted up machine of this sort sonnet
time ago and sent IL 10 the world =
fair 10 be placed IN its exhibit. and tho
machine al South Boston is the second
one OF the sort ever tried. The captain
of the ladder company saws that tho
practical vslEe Of the experiment could
not he estimated at present The ma
chine is being tried By one OF his men.
who il a Waterman and for whom ia
was made
II is a ladies light roadster with
cushion tires, and with ia whole outfit
weighs about sixty pounds. The chem
zeal tank, fixed between the head %
the machine AID The seat, holds about
two gallons OF chemicals. which
amount as an eztinFuishcr ~ twelve
pals Of water. ID speaking Of the e1-
pertinent the captain says: ION tho
back bay or in the outskirts Of Tho
city, where there are good roads. The,
machine may be 81 use IN extinyuish-
ing slight fires caused by smoking
chinneys, blazing curtains and the.
Ike. but on the Tsavemsnts of the city
i would probably be Of little practical
use. One ia each engine house would
probably be all that the department.
would ever ne, and Is yet the expert.
meui has rot even been brought TO ths
attention Of the FIRE commission"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-25
Atsssns- MINDED.

Stories Of absert-rnincednees arc i-ss
vari0bly amusing; but one that l. 49,
ing told Of Prot Bii-sion-sande-~ori. ths
president % the British association. re-
guires q rather large grain of salt On
one occasion. 1, Is sai6. while al Or
f9rt, he asked q few friends 70 bach.
elo- dinner. ard 10 sheiy intense SIR.
prise on their arrival. prooesssd 10 Of
fer then their cvereoats. shake hands
with theFu. ard express q hope thaa
had enJoyesi themselves Then seeing
their astonishEnens. ne rerzerab~r..>
thai they we're arriving ard no, do
parting guests. and heart laugh pus
matter. 10 riSnA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-25

The FL Dorado Republican suggests
that the supreme court delay action in
the appeal case IF crazy little Osborn, 50
That the people of Kansas may be saved
The disgrace of seeing their secretary of
state so TO the pen;ientiary. Ii this were
The first, or worst, disgrace put upon the
state 10y that party the point would be
worth considering, but the states cup of
humiliation has been full 10 running
over. these months. Its certainly time
10 begin TO make examples, as ma tier
Of record for future warning if for no
other reason.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-25

B. 600 600 bachelors in the United States
by which is meant there are 5000, 600
men over 80 years Of age who have
never been married. This somewhat
surprising showing has caused a variety
of suggestions and comments. The
most serious inquiry that has arisen out
OF this revelation of the census is the
question: "How many of these 5000, 600
bachelors are single from nee 7ssity
rather than choice:' Respectfully re-
ferred TO the Minneapolis Messenger.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-25

Judge McCue of the Oswego district
court, declares that the act of the last
legislature, establishing a county high
Latelte county, is constitutional. The
case came before the court in the form
of a petition of certain tax payers of the
county asking for restraining order re-
straining the clerk Of Labette county
from Spreading the taxes and all other
officers connected with the school from
the performance of their duties as pro-
vided in the law. The petition was
denied.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-25

Mr. Neal, the Democratic candidate
for governor of Ohio, is quoted as saying:
Il fear we are beaten in Ohio this fall.
Our own people are slipping away from
us, and all the talking we can do will
not bring them back. OR only hope is
to create a spirit of over confidence
among the Republicans. II we can do
this we may win; otherwise nothing can
save u.s." What Mr.. Neal saws of Ohio
is equally true in Kansas, though the
conditions are somewhat ditfere Mt.
There the election embraces state offices,
and national issues are somewhat involv-
ed, while here the offices are local, and
only state issues indirectly concerned.
Still the incentive to defeat the opposi-
ton is as strong; aye, the demand is as
imperative here As it can be anywhere,
while there is as little excuse for oppos-
ing the Republican candidates as is pos
sibe to conceive.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-25

Chauncey 81. Depew. in his address on
the occasion of the celebration of Man
haitian Day, said there was no one in
New \ ork who was not glad that Chica-
go succeeded in the struggle for the loca-
ton of the fair. New York was proud,
he said. and as happy as Chicago at this
magnificent demonstration of interstate
intelligence aud municipal pride in her
sister city. The world needed demon
stration of what the American people. in
a new country. could accomplish, and
they had had it. There was no rivalry
and could be none between the two cities.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-25

The Hartford Courant reads the good
people of the nutmeg state pointed
lesson in gratitude and moral obligation
bv contrasting the benefits received from
the policy of the Republican party in The
management of national affairs by the
people of that state with those of this
state. II concludes with this significant
paragraph:
The Kansas man has his faults. He is
independent. and his Independence has at
times cost him something, bur be will foot
the bill. He has bad his little financial
spree and his political drunk; but the
headache is his and he can stand il. LIT
him alone; he needs no outside commis-r-
alton. either because of his poverty or his
ignorance
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-25

Reckoning from the circumstance
that the Republican party lost jim
Legate last year and w. P. Hackney
This year, the Salina Republican con-
cludes that the Lord is now with the
party. That would vest the two named
with greater importance than they pos
sess, granting that Hackney has left me
party. which ia not certain.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-25

And now comes David Lubin, of Sac
ramento, Cal, with the novel PROPOSE
ton to have all farm products moved as
mail matter, at uniform rate for all
distances. Until the government shall
be put in absolute control of all trans
portaiion lines the proposition will not
be so much as debatable, and even then
it would be ruled out of order on the
p0int of want of merit.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-25

1t is said that a convention of An.
archisis was lately held in Chicago.
where it was decided 10 abandon the
bomb and resort TO fire, in accordance
with Emma Goldman's policy Of over
throwing capital by complete destruc-
tiou. The plan advanced and advised
is to cut and destroy the fire alarm
systems and simultaneously put the
torch to every part of all the larger
cities. The Chicago and New York
papers are discussing the matter. seem
ingly convinced OF the correctness of
the rumored threat. When it comes to
desperate measures men are not in it
with a perverted or misguided woman.