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The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02
PtTH AND POINT.

Mrs. JImpsor has a perfect craze
for antique articles. hasn't she9'
Mercy, yes She left church this morn
ing because the text was from the New
Testament "-Inter-Oceau.
A recent advertisement in an En-
glish country paper reads thus: ''lor
Sale-A bull terrier dog two years old.
VIII eat anything; very fond of chill
dren. Apply at this office Boston
Saturday Evening Gazette.
by iove," said Lighter. as he
stepped off Of the scales, I've lost Eve
pounds "fou oughtn't 10 kick about
that remarked Brightside; suppose
you had been an Englishman. Life.
-Pun-Time. She 10 smart and
smiling clerk k)--"rve just run in for IA
minute" = and :. C.-"Haven't any
TO spare What we have are engaged
She--"I don't want the best; seconds
will do" :. and s C-"We have some.
but they are not ours. Truth.
in the Court Room. --'YoHr honor
and gentlemen Of the jury. ! acknowl-
edge the reference OF counsel Of thu
other side to my gray hair. Ny hair j.
gray, and Il viii continue 20 be gray as
long as live. The hair of that gentle
man is black. and will continue 20 be
black as long as he dyes"
Certainly Not t--Jack-"'rh~y say as
tho last moment Miss PurseY gave her
hand to and married the groom" Jess
oh, dear me, how terribly shock
ing." Jack-''Oh. I don't know; you
wouldn't have had her marry ths best
man, would you2r-Truth.
Most people are aware that IL Is the
custom of tarf gentlemen % settle
their accounts every Monday az latter
sails. IL vas on one Of these occasions
that hacker, by an oversight. paid bis
bookmaker a betting debt which he
had settled already. This put the
bookie In a mental g AZ 20 what would
be the best course for him 20 take.
'Shall / rob ray wife and family" No
argued with himself, and return tho
money; or shall keep il and go Rbou.
with a scared co1science7" Unable 20
decide the point himself. he sought The
advice of brother professional os
greater experience Paid you t-ics
over. did be?7 said the latter. Ask
him for It gsin.'
--"You don. call ou Miss Cut.iny
aur more. ! hear. Blobber No -
"Dld she reject youy'' Not exac:'y.
but when ! Erst began ealing there
was mat a. the door with the -ord
Welcome woven IN it. and motto on
the wal. that read, Il; rs Lore One
Auotber.' Later I noticed tbs. 'hs
G0or-Hat WAS changed for ore That
sad Wipe Your Feet. spd motto de-
ciaripv tina, Early % Bed AID EsriT %
Rise Make Yoz Healthy. Wssif fJ and
Wise. had - gen tie place a. the oths,
oae Esonniag. Eisg & CO. . Non .hiy.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02
The y,ndict,ve whsle.

Approaching a whale at all times is
like going into battle, notwithstanding
the abandon of the fishermen. Have
no fear that the right whale will swal-
low you; he could not do so even if he
were so disposed, as his gullet is only
large enough to admit a good-sized her
ring. The sperm whale could swallow
man if he desired to do SO, but he is
no more inclined to swallow a man,
particularly with his clothes on, than
YOU would be to swallow a small bird
with its feathers But he will crush you
in his ponderous jaws if he is fighting
bull, and eject you in detail He will
also chew up and spit out pieces of the
demolished boat, break up the wooden
utensils floating upon the water. and
fight every piece of wood until more
than seven baskets Of fragments may be
taken up; and having tired himself out
in this way, he will lay off, angrily
splashing the water with his fms. and
challenge some other boat. or perhaps,
in rare cases, attack the vesseL-Cen-
tury.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02
JONES' BABY CARRIAGE.
He Thought He Was the Victim Of
swindle.

An important event had happened in
came 10 this city 20 buy a baby car
riage. Nothing was too good for him,
and he finally selected a delicate erea-
ton OF wickerwork. with Russian
leather trimmings and pale blue silk
and lace. Jones lives in Jersey, half
miles ride from this city.
The carriage arrived next dag boxed
up with ss much care as though IL had
been a crate of china or a racing bi-
cycle. The wheels came in a separate
box
Mrs Jones had always declared that
her husband was stupid in doing work
about the house, but she made DO rem
onstrance against her husband putting
the baby carriage together.
He succeeded finally In unpackinv the
carriage and wheels though In doing
80 ne nearly SMASHED his thumb with
hammer. He screwed on the wheels,
and then setting the carriage mp ex-
arnined his work with critical eye
Certainly the vehicle had a peculiar
appearance. y seemed lopsided. har-
ing decided list 20 starhoard. That
Amt the one ! ordered. said Jones 20
the nurse giri. -ho came in Just then
and had fxeS pair Of wondering eyes
on the carriage. The on. they sold
me was straight. and Id ike 20 know
what they take ne for 20 send thing
Ike this lie gave the carriage
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02
Tha RahY'k Airing.

It is well to send the ba bies out for
an airing every day. if they are con-
fded to competent hands. But often
baby's tender littleabody is Jared and
wearied by being ratified over rough
road. bounced into and over cutters,
and thumped over crossings at head
long speed, until it receives more harm
than good from its outing. Almost
everyone knows what difference there
is in drivers; how one man will, how
ever easy the carriage, take you TO your
journeys end feeling that you are
black and blue from jolting about,
while another will avoid every loose
stone and moderate his speed at
the rough places Be sure that babies
suffer quite as much as their elders
from unskillful charioteers It is per-
fectly easy to guide child's cab over a
gutter without jar, but it is seldom
done by a servant, and often not by
mothers themselves. Not only are the
little ones jerked and bumped along in
this tiresome fashion, but they are kept
hours in their carriages without change
OF position, getting benumbed and cold
in consequence. This is quite wrong.
Young infants should take the air in
the arms of an attendant. Very serious
evils result from subiecting their ten
der bodies to jars--Hsll's Journal of
Health
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02
ghe auieha 1aily Eagle gueslau aorniue gay 2 1893.

braska and other governors have selected
some character of destructionists for
railway constructionists we may expect
to load Kansas wheat and corn at Gal
weston for Liverpool market, this year.
II is generally understood that Jerry
Simpsons European" trip is as a kind
OF advance agent to arrange for ship
ment.
While the Kansas constitution pro
vides
That the state shall never be a
party to any work of internal improve
ment, it is not supposed this will hinder
the work of men whose motto seems to
be 1.-THE CONSTITUTION BE DAMNED.
There is higher law than the consti-
tuition.
Nox Pop, etc. ZERO.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02
He Drew IL

Here. gun that saved ny life
once" said the big drummer al the Rus
sell house, as he displayed a six-shooter
with bore large enough TO shoot seed
potatoes. Then he told thrilling story
Of bloody border encounter which
sounded as though some fellow had
made It up himself
Il never had as close call as that
announced the quiet drummer, hut a
club saved my fortune down in that
country one time
Howe" asked the big knight Of the
grip; clubs don't go among those FIRE
eaters down there"
i was sitting in a big game OF
poker said the quiet onc. 4 had all
nv wealth IN a jack pot and held bob
tai! flush / drew another club and
was saved. ."-Detro3. Free Press
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02
HAND NEEDLES.
Who Fixed the Position of Their Eyes
and How They Are Made.

anu now Jncy Arc haue
Although the Yankee did not make
the needle, he caused it to turn somer-
sault. All the world since the first fig
leaf-sewers threaded the needle in one
fashion. 1t was the Yankee who dis
covered that it was threaded at the
wrong end. He declared the business
end of the needle to be- like that of the
bee, farthest from its head. Either
Elias Howe or the other man, who did
not win the lawsuit, was the first man
who, like the hero in Greek mythology,
held the "eye" in his hands and put it
where he would.
He drilled the needle and inserted the
thread at the other end, and set it in
arms of steel, multiplying its potency.
AS Americans gave the world the sew
ing-machine and new kind of needle,
so they manufacture this sort, and this
only.
England still supplies the world with
hand needles. In the little town of
Redditch twenty thousand people make
over a hundred millions of needles
year. From the ugly pig iron to the
fairy-like needle are manifold processes,
but probably the drilling of the eyes is
the most interesting of all. The ex-
perts can easily perforate a hair and
thread it with its own end. The
steel wire is cut into the length of
bristle, and the needles are born as
twins, heads together, feet furthest
apart.
Tempering. annealing and polishing
are all worth seeing in the process. So
easily and cheaply can English needles
be made and exported. that our Ameri-
can needles stand on the free list
Waverly Magazine.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02
4 PATRlARCHAL ALLIGATOR.
The Pet Of . Southern Family for Over
Hundred Years.


In the bayou flowing through the
large sugar plantation of Gabriel Non.
taigne, lying seven or eight miles south
of Thibodeaux, La, there was recently
killed an alligator known to be some
thing over one hundred and twenty
years old. In 1878 Mr.. Montaigne's
father. immigrating to this country
from France, T/urchased this tract OF
land from its original Spanish owner,
and IN an attempt to clear the bayou
of the ferocious and aggressive alllga-
tors, which filed it to the number OF
thousands, succeeded in killing many
of them, and among them the
mother of several young ones,
three of which he killed also, but
the fourth got away. leaving FIVE or
six inches of his tail behind him. This
one was afterward seen from time to
time. and always recognized by the
missing portion of his anatomy. He
grew to be something of petwith sue
ceeding generations, but they thought
it safest to keep him at distance. de-
spite his friendly advances. 1t has
been a favorite task with the younger
Mon ntaignes to go out after each meal
with It'd bits for old Shorty. as he was
called because of his deformity.
There was much grief therefore
day or two ago when visitor from the
east, returning from q days shooting
along the bayou's banks, came across
an enormous gator stretched across his
path. and. firing on it, buried the con-
tents of his gun in its head. Most of the
shot was Intellectual because of the
scaly armor of the reptile, but several
penetrated the eyes, the vulnerable
points, sought the brain, and killed the
animal. The visitor, who had been
some yards in advance OF his host, was
just congratulating himself on his
prowess in Staying SO ferocious-looking
a creature, when Mr.. Montaigne, COM
ing up, showed by his CONSERVATION
that the victory had been at the cost of
a loss to the entire family. The assas-
sin of old Shorty was conscience
stricken. The dead alligator was
buried on the banks of the bayou amid
the lamentations of the younger mem
bers of the Montaigne family. This
age of one hundred and twenty years
is not unparalleled with these animals,
many being said to attain the age of
two hundred, though this is difficult of
proving, except in cases where the
creature is marked in some such way
as old Shorty was as-Philadelphia Times.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02
The chief interest," o. the rear !

The chief interest o: the year past
in the Siam Presbyterian iInission. saws
Rev. Chalmers Martin, lies n the sctiT-
itv ef the press and the wide circula-
ton given 70 the Scriptures sby the
American Bible society. Type in the
Lao. characters WAS cast IN 1879. and
will soon be in use. The Sisrno Laos
edition OF Matthew IS In use n :he IN
teriE- The operations of the Bible so
ciety in Siam are under the care OF Rev.
J. B. Darlington. formerly missionary
Of the Presbyterian board More than
zen thousand portions OF the Scripfr-es
were sold during the pas. rear.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02
Has Cleveland Reformed2

From the Leavenworth Times.
The Kansas City Star assures us that
"no genuine and deserving veteran will
ever be treated with anything but the
hIghes consideration by the president
and ali his advisers" We are glad to
hear it. But 1t has not alv ays been so.
To say nothing of the living, there are
genuine veterans occupying positions in
the cemeteries of the country who are
deserving of consideration, and to
whose memory it is the custom of patri-
otic men TO pay tribute once year. Tie
time was when Mr.. Cleveland so far for
got the consideration due to these men
as to 60 fishing on the day fixed for hon
oring them. If he has reformed it IS
well. But, that he has reformed, is not
certain,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02

The insurance companies doing busi-
ness in Missouri baving combined and
advanced the rates % per cent because
of an act passed by the state Legislature
and approved by the governor abrogat-
ing the so per cent clause of the old law
under which insurance risks were writ
ten to the so per cent limit of the value
of the property, the new law requiring
the payment of the full value Of the
property insured, now let the governor
counter of them by directing his attor-
ney general to institute suit against
them under the anti-combine law. He
ought to be able to make out a good,
strong case.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02
Bursting Bubbles.

From the Kansas City Gazette.
Attorney General Ives, who owns the
mine in which Railroad Commissioner
Mitchell is alleged to have invested great
gobs of money, alleged to have been re-
ceived by him for his decision in the
crossing fight between the Union Term
inal and the Missouri Pacific, says
Mitchell only invested 81, 900, which
he did long before the crossing fight,
and that Mitchell has less money now
than he had when he went into office.
Mr. West, the affidavit maker in this
case, we suspect, will prove another
meteor like Burgard and McAleney.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02

Sam Jones is in Paducha, Ky. We
see from Mr.. Jones sermon that Pa
ducha is inhabited mostly by liars,
thieves, drunkards, saloon keepers,
hypocrites and stingy old church dew
lis, who are all going to hell in whirl
basket. The staid old town near "the
mouth of the Smithland" must have
taken a new lease OF life recently.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02

If it be true that President Cleveland
and Secretary Gresham have determ-
ined to destroy reciprocity as established
by treaties during the late Republican
administration, as seems 10 be their de-
liberate purpose, the people of the coun-
try will require them to give some good
reasons for their action, and failing to
do this they viii justly be regarded as
enemies of the agricultural and manu-
facturing interests of the United States.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02
No Tick here.

From the Springfield Democrat
On and after July /. South Carolina is
to have a monopoly of its saloon bust
ness. When you work the "barkeep
up to the point of coming back at you,
then you drink with the entire common
wealth. But the stano-off is taken
away and mans nerves may shatter
him like Zante earthquake before he
can run his face for bracer.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02
The Union Pacific Bonds.

>l.
The first issue of Union Pacific rail
road bonds are about to mature and it is
necessary to make some provision TO
meet the condition which that fact in
wolves. Various plans will be presented
to congress during the coming session.
That which seems most feasible is fore
closure and sale. 1t would involve a
loss to the government, but as has Justly
been said by one of the advocates of the
plan, the government has already de-
prived compensating advantages by the
opening up of the vast territory through
which The system passes.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02

From tho Duncan. O. T. Banner.
The Wichita EAGLE asks: "Where is
the Alliance at" The Alliance in this
part of the moral vinyard are indus
triously at work planting cotton, corn
and garden sass. This applies to the
Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. As
to the Alliance elsewhere, Kansas for
instance, our information is that the
Alliance is very largely, and hopelessly
in the political swim with women's
right attachment as a sinker.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02
THAT NOR as ,UTa RAILWAY.

70 the Editor of the ESSe.
That the above railway viii he bui
no one acquainted with the delegate
appointed by Governor LewelllnE Wi
doubt. Tie Wichita delegate Is an a.
surance OF speedy construction. as TIA,
money is not to be pa d by Lim bat {,
ue paid by the states.
Ordidar.ly we would presume that q
railway OF this magnitude would requir
lime fer construction. bu: Il tie Ne,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02
Financially Em sArrassed.

"And are you really so badly broke,
nv friend?" he said AZ he rendered the
tramp a penny.
I'm as badly broke as the ten COM
mandments
well, tina, means a good deal IN
New York" and ne shelled ont quar-
ter-Texss siftings
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02

II is announced that the army has Sc
cured its flying machine. The military
balloon which is TO form part of the
war department exhibited at Chicago
has been purchased by General Greeley
of the French balloon maker Lechambre.
The balloon has q capacity of 1900
feet, and will cost 5000 francs. 1t is to
be made of goldbeaters' skin, and the
contract price Includes basket, ropes,
sand bags, drag and other accessories of
military balloons. This French make of
balloon may possess some points, the
result of later experiment and study,
not had in the plain duck canvas bag
that General Mcclellan used in his Pc
ninsular campaign against Richmond in
1852, but for practical utility it is doubt
full whether the new ones are worth a
penny more than those by the aid of
which Little Mack got onto all of John
sons and Lees movements.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02

The Labette County World, a Populist
paper, roasts the Populist state officers on
account of the junketing tour they made
of the railrogd assessment trip. 1t says:
s'Just how much could be learned Of
the value of the property of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railway IN Parsons by
stopping twenty minutes at the station,
is a question that learned minds may
differ on, yet that is just what was done
in the immense yards of the Santa Fe at
Argentine last week" 1t adds: General
Ives will be Joined by a very distinguish
ed company when another general cleo
ton comes around"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02

". S. Allen lets go the throttle of the
Newton Republican, which ne has
manipulated for two years past, lacking
a month, and is succeeded by John A.
Reynolds, the proprietor. Mr.. Allen did
good work and held the Republican well
up to the standard to which 1T was
gauged 10y Noble Prentis and Tom Nor
ton. Mr.. Reynolds will have to get
move on him if he keeps pace with the
measure set and held by his predecessors
named. He has the Republicans host
of friends best wishes for success.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02
4 Little Lower Than the Angels.

Esthetic Bostonian carving duck.
to Miss WIngate from Chicago)-Ah,
Miss Wingate. here is e beautiful pinion
have saved for you.
Miss Wingate from Chicagol -
Thanks, awfully: but I never take a
pinion s'long as there's trotter in
siSht-Judge.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02
She Saw the Point.

Beggar Ito dude with young lady,
Please, mister, gimme a cent?
Dude taugrily) - Aw, go away, ]
haven't any cents.
Young lady smiles and dude doesn't
know why. Texas Siftings-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02
Pop 1afy.
From The Atchison


1t is amusing to note how careful the
Populis newspapers are to say nothing
that could possibly offend the Democrats.
They are as careful to speak we'll of
Democrats as they are prompt to abuse
Republicans. Can it be that Popuiist
editors expect slice of federal patron
age at the hands Of Mr.. Cleveland: 1t
looks little that way.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02
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MILLNER AND MILLER.

The Topeka Capital reads Sol Miller a
sound lecture on resubmission and prohi-
bition, winding up its lofty creed with a
mild suggestion that the law be enforced.
One of the fathers of the Republican
party got the whole country by the ears,
once upon time, by the declaration
that "ihere is higher law than the con-
stitution." The truth is, public senti-
ment is also higher, and when well crys.
talized heedS only its own mandates,
Whether this is another ''irrepressible
conflict between opposing and enduring
forces" Seward being dead, we can't say,
but the capital is off in calling Sol Miller
resubmlssionists.
Speaking of resubmission, or Millner,
Sol Miller and prohibition, we suppose
that to this day the Republican leaders
Of Kansas haven't realized that they
fooled away an opportunity which not
only lost the state to the party, but
which may lose them prohibition itself
in the final inevitable contest.
The Democratic party of Kansas is
against prohibition, the Peoples party
dare not avow, and the Republican party
is all to pieces over every attempt to dis
cuSs it,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02
Had None to Lose.

From the FansaS City Journal.
The Washington Post remarks that
The Kansas secretary of state has lost his
mind. The Post is quite a hatterer.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02
rhi,a,IeIphia'. Sew Name.

Charley Dingbats calls Philadelphia
tn. City Of Sisterly Love"
why SOP"
because so many girls there have
promised - be sisters to him "-Des
Moines ArEonaut.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02

Doc.or-Mr De SilEdood IS suffering
with brain fatigue or mental exha0s-
ton.
Ma Eeartless-Hh, has he been try
ing 90 hard 20 think2-Detroi. Free
Presa
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02
A GREAT, BIG-HBARTED CITY.

From the Guthrie Daily Leader.
Wichita Is an ideal western city. Its
foundations are broad and its destiny be-
youd question. 1t is guided in its work OF
development by men OF generous i'm
pulses and quick sympathies. No city in
the United States of population OF 80 coo
people has contributed as much for charity
during its existence as has that city, and
yet whenever help is needed Wichita is
always the first to respond. When the
food came to Johnstown, Pa; when the
farmers of the Ohio valley needed help:
when help was needed IN any part of our
country, Wichita was among the first to
proffer assistance. 1t is hard to break
away from old habits. That fact
was clearly demonstrated in the
recent action Of Wichita when
they heard of Oklabomas misfortune
Without waiting TO be asked their people
organized-that is the first thing they al
ways do at that pIace-and in few hours
raised over $500 for the Oklahoma cyclone
sufferers, and before this article reaches
the eye Of the reader the fund will reach
81 eco 1t VIII be forwarded as free-will
offering, as matter OF course. and If
more IS needed more VIII be given. 1t l.
Wichita's way Of doing business. and tLev
have become so accustomed to the hab.
hey can't help IT. Wichita is a great biz
hearted city aud will soon become a gyea
big commercial city, with a population at
MEN and women little in advance CT the
people who 20 to make up any city nov
apon tie map of our country.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02

Arrangements should be made to retain
sufficient gold in this country to keep the
whisky cure of DR.. Kelley running. -
Salina Republican.
There's no use worrying about that so
long as we can bi-chloride.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02
The scbeme Won't Work,

From the e. Dorado Republican.
The state organ of the Peoples party,
the Topeka Advocate, calls on the Popu-
lists to put up their very best men for
county clerks this fall. The pop scheme
Is to capture the county clerks in order
to count out Republican candidates for
the legislature next year.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02

There is one good thing about the
weather, erratic as it has been, and that
is. the ice dealers can't get hot about it.
They'll make the consumers sweat for 1t,
though, after awhile-when Hicks stock
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-02
A.a Neassrs of p~s<ns..

ChollT-Great Scott, old fellow. wha,
are yoa tryiuz 20 raise yoat@c for?
Fwe3dy-Ive got tiahd OF being
chuclsed under the ehla by rsothaE =
old ladies', bah Jove.-Ch.ess Iris2as.