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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17
NO ROOM FOR PESSIMISM.

Since The rain clouds of last week ban
ished the gloomy forebodings from the
minds of the pe5simlsts, caused by toe
much bright, sun -shiney weather, the
situation does not appear half as threat
ening as it had been represented. In
the damage TO the wheat crop fortunate
circumstance. The great crop Of last
year encouraged many farmers to seed a
greater acreage in tine fall than ever be-
fore, and such yield per acre this year
would have had like effect again next
fall. And while it has been demonstra-
ted that wheat is a reliable and protita-
bic crop in this state, one year with an
other, this season has also demonstrated
that the only absolutely safe system of
agriculture in this or any other country
is in diversified cropping, and this will
be the result of the apparent fail ure of
the wheat crop this season-fortunately
the condition developed early
enough to enable the farmers
TO prepare for diversity of
crops and by the middle of June west
ern Kansas praries will be dotted all
over with wheat, corn, broom corn, al
falfa. millet, and in many localities they
are paying particular attention to potato
raising. As before stated, in this way
an occasional failure in wheat means a
beneficial change for Kansas agricul-
turlists.
Western Kansas farmers and business
men are reaping the benefits of this crop
failure talk in another way; they are
not being bounded by fakir travelling
men who, with every device known to
Yankee ingenuity and deceit, try to rob
them of their hard earned money.
Take the situation all together as it is
presented just now, therefore, and there
is no occasion for Encouragement. but
rather for confident expectation of a
season of full average success to the
agricultural community and consequent
~ TO all other interests.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17
An INTERESTING EXHIBIT AT THE
WORLDS FAIR.

One of the most attractive and inter
esting exhit4s at the worlds fair is that
| OF the keystone Watch Case company
of Philadelphia, which enjoys the
unique distinction of icing the largest
watch case manufacturing concern III
the world. The exhibit is centrally
located 10 section 0, block /. Of the
manufactures and liberal arts building,
on the main or Columbia aisle. The
booth is designed and finished on a scale
Of richness that admirably harmonizes
with the goods exhibited. \ pavilion
/ classically propor!ioned, quantity carved.
and finished in ivory and gold. forms an
| imposing backgrounds: while the show
cases. with their iavishly expensive fin
ish, are fitting repository for their
glittering contents. Every possible de-
scription Of watch case is numerously
illustrated, and in a variety of designs
that reveals the limitless ingenuity OF
the modern gold-worker.
The enormous factories Of this COM
pany occupy an entire block Of ground
in the Quaker City, give employment to
300 individuals, and have an output OF
about 2,O0G watch cases per day. The
entire resources OF the concern are con-
! fined to the manufacture of cases only,
Jus: as the entire resources OF the tlgin
and Naltham factories are limited to
the manufacture of movements only.
Not Il few of our readers may learn now
for the first time that the cases and
works of the watches in their pockets
i
no connection whatever with one an
other-case manufacturing and move
ment manufacturing being entirely dis
tinct industries. The Keystone cases
are made by machinery of the most COM
plicated character, much of which was
invented by and IS the exclusive prop
erty OF this company. hey are also the
sole proprietors OF many we'll known
patents, the now world-famed, thief
proof Non-pull-out bow being one of
The most valued. All their products,
the best known of which are the popular
James Boss Filled Cases, are handled by
our local jewelers..
Besides watch cases the exhibit has
many special features that are as III
structive as curious. One of these is
movement in a fOur-ounce Leader silver
case which continues to tick blandly
though weight of three hundred pounds
is resting on the case. Another interest
ing curio is silver case weighing five
pounds seven ounces, and complete in
every respect. 1t contains regular
American movement, which 1t 10th
winds and sets. There are also shown !
many old and curious watches of all |
kinds, shapes and sizes, made within the
past three hundred years, many of them
Of historic and all of mechanical inter- |
est. Those of our readers who may visit |
the vair and desire to gain thereat a |
proper realization of latterday manu- |
featuring progress in its more refined
inspect, should not fail to visit this hand |
some and elaborate exhibit of the Key |
stone Watch Case Co.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17
WRECKED WELL, NO.

MEDICINE LODGE. Kan, May II, '93.
To the Editor OF the Eagle.
At last the long expected rain came,
gently falling on the thirsty wheat fields
all of last night. To say that all reioiced
would be putting it mildly; not only we
farmers, but the merchant; yes. all eX-
perienced the revivifying effects of the
glorious rain. This has been a trying
spiiug-one that viii be long remember
ed-we have had no rain since the 18th
of last February, nearly three months
ago. With such pTotracted drouth and
the strong winds that have prevailed
much of the time, the surprise is that
any vegetation could live and grow.
Our wheat has been somewhat wrecked.
but we viii harvest wheat in Barber
county yet in 1898, though we do not
count on much over bali = crop.
But. oh. my, how the cane and corn
viii grow now,
If there is class of people on the face
Of the earth above another who rejoice
or have the blues TO extremes they are
found in Kansas. Last night when the
rain began 10 fall We took Oft our hats
and yelled. and yelled. Not but hat we
could stand failure of crops ia '93, but il
would hart our pride. Hill q Kansas
mans pride and you wreck him forever
Every stale in The Union. and the
halance of the earth. would point the
finger Ct us and cry ''irouthy, bleeding
Kansas"
Bat. boys. let's put our shoulder TO
the wheel and raise u World Fair ceoI
OF corn this year so that Kansas will b,
I. known Is Ile corn state this year. Las
year we raised enough wheat 10 feed the
world. Let Us feed them on corn FED
beef ana pork the next. We can do It
Let's push her. Ell BENEDNT.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17
Tor the Eagle.
THE MISTLErOF-OKLA HOMA'
EMBLEM.
BY MAJOR MaCNANARA.

Back in the gloom Of the pagan past.
In the prehistoric age of man,
Before Philosophys' wondrons germ,
It's marvellous growth began
When Thor. Norway's stormy god.
Clave mountains, lying low
The might Of mythic monsters. then,
They knew the mistle;oe.
When the ancient Druias worshiped God
Ia tie twilight CT the misty past
When Britain sons We're flu ,ai slAv
And chains We're around them Cast;
These gallo Druids bent the knee,
And proud heads bowed they low.
When trained around their trees of OAK,
They found the mistletoe,
When mighty Baldur. whom gods believed
Celestial power could not wound or Stay,
Because a target for the Aesir gods
And came, unscath'd from ont the fray,
The god. Loki, seized on branch.
And Baldur brave laid low;
lie field him dead, his reign was DER.
Slain by the mistletoe.
y sacred plant when he world was young
mystic plant to assuage and heal;
N6'er cut, except with golden knife.
When at IT'S shrine the Druids kneel.
i plant of God in the Druids mind
Healer IF pain and woe
An Oklahoma emblem now,
This quaint, old mistletoe,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17
AN ARCH BIOLOGICAL FIND

From the Arkansas City Traveller.
Z. S. Beavers, a well kown farmer
living near Arkansas City, IN Cowley
county. has made an interesting archfe-
illogical find on his farm. He was en-
gagged in digging a cellar, and in doing
so he was obliged to penetrate an an
cient mound which was located on the
spot where he decided to dig the pro-
posed cellar. On excavating into the
mound Mr.. Beaver found that it con-
tanned caves or recesses, which We're
about a foot and half wide at the top,
but which assumed wider proportions
as they went down until they reached
the bottom where they were about seven
feet wide. The caves Were about
seven feet III depth. In them We're
found human bones, pieces of pottery,
ashes and charcoal and one of them was
found to contain large flint implements.
These implements were deposited in a
small cavity in the bottom of the largest
cave. These fiints are similar to some
found in an Indian grave at Oak Mills
several years ago, and they were In all
probability used for cutting purposes.
The bones in this mound did not show
any marks OF fire, although they were
badly decomposed and only small por-
tions could be preserved. No complete
skulls were found, but Mr.. Beavers
found an upper jaw containing five well
preserved teeth. A great many frag
ments of pottery and arrow points have
been picked up on the surface OF the
mound.
The mound was located on a high
ridge on the east side OF the Walnut
river, and about 200 feet above the river
bed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17
A Great Hit.-..lyas Dobson

A Great Hit.-''Was DobSon an
en,erprising edi:or-ever make any
scoops Yes. His paper was the
first TO announce its assignment. -
Judge.
"A Fair Wager-'.Wh What were -Caesar's
last Words Well history SAYS 'Et
tn Brute but III bet dollar they
consisted OF series OF wcll-dcfned
Ovches. Truth.
a poor woman was describing 70 an
acquaintance how kind her spouse had
been To her during her illness HE
was very good 10 me: he was-mere
like friend than husband -
I'm more and more disgusted with
men; they can't keep ANYTHING. -
Well. suppose vou try giving one a
seat in q street car. and SEE Il you don (
change .ouT mind '-inter-Dcean-
A resident 81 the viriHi & os RrTn
Mawr j. modestly advertising his prop
er,v for sale under the description e
an exceedingly handsome gentleman .
eountrv place ~ Philasielphia Record
"A similarity Engo- IS hat
did vuE ,AiBk of tire sermon" lingo
Il. reminds nae % the poker game
was I'D into last night Mrs BiEgo-
IN =. hat respect Bineo il had no
limit -jndre
Laura ---l 'hink Should Ike tn
n.agY.e 3 count Louise - da -
Aud think should axe - usarrg q
t,erulan count Well 7 am raIhss
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coaaf - F1oaniug kiug 4 60. >
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17

In the year "a the Behring exDlor-
ers discovered gigantic specie, -
rytins or northern Nea co.'s Ibrse
enormous mana,ees were similar "a
general habits - those Of the ~Orih
American coast and ~eTe from twenty
20 thirty feet IN length and from ten -
twenty feet in gir,h They ~ere very
stupid, harmless beasts. and lived by
browsing on seasveeds ano otss~ marine
growths near the land ~ sailors
we're not sioys IN finding eat TIA; "a
co.'s steak beat seal meat eAil hajloN.
Prom 1854 ansii l7ss they were the prin-
cipal food 81 the sailors and explorers
on oar western coast This being tas
case II is not al al surprising TIA, the
northern Sea cox. never . Tery DuussT-
ous species, ssoala heroine extinct n
The short spzce ~ fourteen year he
lat Of TIE giant ussDatses ssA Killed
September. 1865. frsy nnGatas .eS~ shAa
fourteen yesrs after 'he discovery a
the frat one ST. Loals EeDa ba<c
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17
The ddiehita nailu addueaau 7loime au II, 1885

is safe to say that the average period OF
redemption in all foreclosure cases will
not much exceed one year.
Many ether states have had for years
such redemption law upon their stat
uies Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, 1iassa-
chusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire,
New Mexico, North Dakota, South I)a-
kota, Washington and Wisconsin each
have one year redemption law. In
Wisconsin the debtor has one year and a
junior creditor fifteen months to redeem.
In Minnesota the debtor has one year
from the confirmation of the sale equiv
alent perhaps 10 fifteen months) to
redeem. In Tennessee the redemption
period Is two years and IN Rhode Island
III many cases three years.
If the people of all these states have
been ruined by these laws they have
studiously concealed the fact from the
public.
1t is suggested that, under the new
law, if the mortgage should wait two
years after his debt was due before
cemmeIcing foreclosure, four years
interest and taxes might thus accumul
ate before he got possession Of the
property. That is true; and if he were
to wait five years before beginning suit
there might be seven years of interest
and taxes; and so on. But no mortgage
would wait two years before beginning
suit if the security was doubtful, If the
security is ample and he chooses to wait
he will lose nothing by delay. If it is
doubtful and he loses by such delay his
loss would be due to his own negligence
and not to the law
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17
or tne town II is the same WITH the

or the town IL II the same with the
shooter as il is with the billiard, base
ball. racquet or tennis player; he must
be in good form to do his best
DIR. Carver is an old buffalo hunter,
and tells how, in the early days, when
buffalo shooting. he stayed in one lo-
cality until game got rather scarce.
Then he met some Indians who spoke
of big herd further up the river, and
said that in this herd was white buff
falo
Now" said the doctor ever since
began shooting and roping buffalo |
had heard about white buffalo, and was
pretty anxious TO see one. ! moved
camp and got up in the vicinity
of the big herd. | located them
and did one or two days shoot
ing without discovering the white
buffalo. had really not expect
ed 10 see one, as 7 did not believe
there was such thing ia existance.
One afternoon. however, ! came upon a
small herd feeding near the mouth of
the canyon. and 20 nv surprise and de-
light | saw right in the middle If the
bunch. feeding with the rest, the whits
buifalo himself.
Il Immediately determined IN have
this animal If was Obliged % kill a
horse To get him. and nearly did kill
Red Dips. one of the best horses ! ever
owned. for drove hard up this canyon.
dropping buffalo here and there. and,
after a hard ride when my horse was
nearly tagged out, ! was in despair. a.
the white buffalo remained right in the
middle of the herd. where il was inpos-
siblc for NE TO drop him However. a
lucky shS dropped cow in the center
and well IN advance OF the herd Then
the bunch split one-balf turning sharp
To the right. and the other half keeping
right on Among those turning 20 the
right was the white buffalo IS the
animal swung around got good look
az IS bat had been spelling my best horse
for and wearing myself out a. kill. and
what do you suppose u was2-a big
Is hiie Texas steer that had evidently
been brought up in some herd and
strayed away and joined this band 81
buffalo IL il needless 20 sav that
checked ny horse and rode slDsSly hack
u the camp without an effort 20 even
get revenge for the long ride or % spoil
the Indians pet white buffalo story by
killing the closest resefp i,!ance - one
that think ever existed ON the pl4inA.'
--IndiauspOiis Journal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17

under the recent treaty with that nation,
may or may not be, as they see fit, con-
tiguous to those of their husbands and
fathers. 1t is also decided, in view of
there having been filed $50 or more appli-
cations for allotments under the treaty,
which limits the number to seventy, that
the question of to whom allotments shall
be made must be determined by the nation
itself and instructions to that effect are
being proposed. The opinion further de-
cides that Chief Bushyhead may make
his selection of $50 acres of land tallowed
to be purchased by him under the recent
act Of congress- wherever he may see fit in
the Cherokee strip. except upon the Chi
locco Indian school lands, or other reserva-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17
National Prohibition.

From the Kansas tity Sur.
The Prohibition national campaign,
which it is said is now being arranged
for. will have 10 effect as aiding the
cause of prohibition. Surprising the con
test to be a close one, the Prohibition
vote might be large enough to insure the
election of the candidate who WIS most
opposed to prohibition; only that and
nothing more. The Prohibition party in
presidential campaign is like a little
boy with an ak, just strong enough to
chop Its own toes OFF. The sentiment in
favor OF prohibition is not dependent on
the existence of political party, but ON
the development of prohibition as a
practical method Of suppre,sing the evils
of driak-a quests ion which has no more
to do with politics than the question
whether carbolic acid or chloride Of lime
is the better disinfectant.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17
AWFUL SKIN DISEASE
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17
UNITED BRETHREN CONTROVERSY

Judge Taft of the United States Cir
cult court las just rendered very inn
portant decision at Toledo, O., in the
celebrated United Brethren church con-
troversy, his decision being il favor of
the conservatives or radicals. This is
the division Of the church which adj
heres to the old constitution and confess
sion of faith. Suit was brought by con-
servatfve trustees, all living i'll Indiana,
against the liberal trustees, all residing
in Ohio. The liberals demurred to the
conservative bill, and the case by con-
sent of parties was argued at Cincinnati
in full in January, before Judge Taft.
The decision of Judge TAFT is lengthy
document, entering into the merits of
the controversy ana deciding in favor of
the conservatives.
Only two state supreme courts have
heretofore made decisions in this con-
troversy-one on each side This is the
first decision of United States court in
the controversy, and is consequently re-
garded as very important.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17

Lawrence journal: ''Ihe Chicago
fair gives abundant material fer abuse
of that city and its institutions. When
some jay goes in and loses his money on
some confidence game, he Immediately
goes out and tells what lot of robbers
CEicogo has. A man with sense and
Judgment is as safe in Chicago as else
where, while on the other hand a
"sucker' will lose his money there in as
short time as in any other place.
Neither the fair mana cement nor the
city is responsible for the fact that many
of the visitors are rank chumps." Ali of
which is true enough as far as it goes;
but the fact remains that extortionS are
practiced in the city and on the grounds,
and while it may be true that the city
and the fair managers are not response
hle therefor, that circumstance does not
afford bar to the protests entered by
the masses who are imposed upon and
who are not suckers nor patrons Of IA
kris and confidence men.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17

Speaking of shrewdness, the Abilene
Reflector asks what is the matter with
the worlds fair directory's decision on
Sunday opening? To hold that the gov
enment's dichum against Sunday open
ing applies to the buildings and not to
the grounds is a cutting of the Gordon
knot worthy of Alexander himself
Yet there is nothing unfair i'll the de-
cision. Jackson Park, like the other
parks in Chicago, was laid out as place
of resort for the masses who are hemmed
in and shut up during the week, and no
body ever thought of closing the gates
on Sunday until the Columbian exposi-
ton buildings were erected there, and it
does seem that the Sabbararian sticklers
ought to be satisfied with the closing of
The buildings and make no further pro-.
test against the opening OF the grounds.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17

The Topeka papers eXult over the re-
ported decrease of population in Wichita.
This is a curious sort of state pride.
Seifishness never yet built city or state,
Newton kausau.
The exultation would be deSplcable
enough. even for Topeka, if 1t were
founded on an actually, but since it is
purely imaginary and contrary TO the
facts, the smallness of spirit manifested
is beyond compare.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17
"a Very Bayloniau.

From The New York sua
Mayor Harrison spoke sGch Spanish To
the duke Of Neragua that the duke said
to him: You speak excellent Italian
Tor Swe9e;" anu such Partisan % n.
krantz as 20 bring from the latter the
remark: Pardon me, but only know
= few words OF Rul.:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17
Monkeying With a Boomerang.

Form the Lawrence World,
Miss Amanda Way wants the ladies to
procure hatchetS and chop down the
doors OF every saloon in Kansas. Saloon
in Kansas. That sounds funny. Let's
see. isn't there law on that subject
somewhere in the statute books! Ii
there Is, this beligerent little woman had
much better arm herself with that. A
law is loaded only at one end while a
haichet used for such purposes as she
proposes is a regular dyl amo.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17

President Cleveland in standing Oil
congressman and senators and other I'M
portuners for office, has not abandoned
his duty in that direction, but IS putting
in his time appointing his own friends
and the friends Of his friends
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17

The New York Recorder in a leading
editorial saws: kansas is the banner
state of the western group Of states, as
Massachusetts is of the eastern, IN point
of intelligence, thrift, industry, wealth
and all the elements of progressive
American civilization
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17
Why, PETER is a Pop.

From the Eg1porla Republican.
Some of the newspapers are complain
ing that they have not received a copy
of the Plumb memorial. The Wichita
EAGLE seems to be the only paper that
has been favored, and that copy. the
EAGLE states. bore evidence Of having
been mailed from the government p int
ing office What is the matter with Sen
atOr PETER:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17
Point in An Egg Shell.

From the Topeka Lance.
Topeka has resident who is waiting
to move his family into house which
will be vacated when the Cherokee strip
is opened up for settlem -nt That same
man keeps poultry; among the lot one
strong minded hen wanted to SIT, and
he wanted her TO wait until they moved.
The her conquered, however, and now
the chickens are almost large enough to
fry; all of which goes TO prove the hens
sapaciIV
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-17

Jerry Simpson in speech before the
boiIermakers' convention in Topeka last
week said: 81 have growed up among
Won fellows" This, the Lance thinks, Is
a clear case Of SANDER for the boiler
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