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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-10
Ghe aaleita aaiIu Eagle gridas oruo, nouenrb TO- 1893

The national council OF the Seminoles
before adjourpmen last week passed an
act providing as a penaIy for disturbing
the peace, which is made misdemeanor.
twenty-five iashes on the naked back, or a
fine of S25
1t is said that Ex-Governor Seay is first
and foremost in all that has for a purpose
| the upbVildiag Of Kingfsher. The gov
ernor has shown his great faith in OKLA
homa by the way in which he has invested
large sums Of money.
| There is a proposition pending to bridge
| the chasn. 80 to speak, between the two
Eaids by building an electric railway.
! That would bring them TO within about
| ten minutes CT each other, whereas they
are full half al hour apart.
There was nothing peculiar or out of place
IN the selection, By the popuIlsts of Enid,
as their candidate for mayor. of m.n
named Bray. But the enterpr:sing town
did not want that kind of stock and
elected one Moore acceptable.
/ As evidence OF the spoopy relations that
! exist between Perry and Guthrie. witness
! this, from the Perry Times: ''Gu hrie has
! waterworks system that cost $50 600. II
we remember rightly, according TO the
papers published there, last summer
| found no water in the standpipe. Ii was
all in the stock"
| The election held at Santa Fe, the county
seat OF X county, Tuesday. on changing
| the name CT the town, resulted in the ad-
option OF the name Newkirk. The Santa
Fe railroad will now remove lis depot and
sicings from Kirk, TWO miles north. 10
.Newkirk soon as it can be done. ALPS
wei! that ends well.
At Yunkon on last Monday consdera-
cradle excitement was occasioned by
mysterious death in - Bohemian family.
A woman took sick. and the husband
of the family locked his house and went to
making cofiu. The woman died aud the
neighbors suspect she was poisoned. The
coroner failed TO look after the case and it
looks as though it hid gone by default
E! Reno Eagle; The St. Louis. Oklaho-
MA and Albuquerque railway line Is now
being surveyed by j. ". Nancy, of this
city. between Perry aud Eud. Commits
soner Mclean is a prime mover in this
proposed line, and is now in the field seeur-
ing the right of way. They have obtained
right OF way from. FL Reno to point
about five miles ives; of Perry aud expect
ed to cross the Santa Fe tracks on Mon
day.
Commissioners for counties x, L. NJ, n
and o were announced from the COVER
nor's office last week, as follows:
k-Greenleaf w. Bachelor, Raxter
Brown, E. r. Richey.
II-Dr r c. Maher J. n Winfrey
Robert NJ Harrison.
M-George w. Crowell, Charles W.
Dicks j. f. Fritzlen.
N-Robert Ray, +. L. O'Bryan, VIM. +.
Judkins.
Civilian Lay, William N. Williams,
Robert l.. Collins
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-10
ANCIENT CORRESPONDENCE.
Certain Important Indications of Early
Civilization of Palestine.

| Cefta1n important Indications OF Early
Civilization of Palestine.
We have become possessed of certain
very important indications as to the
! early civilization OF Palestine by means
| of clay ia Diets. Not that the knowledge
! so attained is altogether new or that
/ it conflicts with that which has been
deduced from yet earlier Egyptian rec
ords. 1t Is well known to scholars that
! Thothmes Ill, when he defeated the
league of Hittites and Phoenicians at
Megiddo in 1900 B. c. Ia century before
| Amenophis Ill acceded) reaped a spoil
which indicates the advanced civiliza-
ton of Syria, including not only the
! precious metals and chariots painted
and plated, but also objects of art hav-
ing high esthetic value, and that he
found corn, wine and oil abundant in
that country, and many hundreds of
walled towns, in which there were al
ready temples of the gods.
Such evidence has, however, been
sighted by those who regard the early
| Hebrews as savages. and who think
that, though placed ia the very center
of the ancient civilized world, between
the Egyptians and the Assyrians, thew
were, nevertheless. unacquainted with
any arts and uninfiuenced by surround
ing culture. The new discoveries in
sist on quite another understanding of
their ancient history.
is surely lesson of humility that
the modern student should learn from
such discoveries. Voltaire was sno
doubt writer of great originality and
acumen. though. from our present
standpoint, wonderfully ignorant OF
antiquity. he finds it bArd to believe
that Honer's poems could have been
written down 500 L. c.. and asserts that
papyrus had not been invented IN
Egypt in the time of Moses, though we
now possess in the rnaxims of Ptah
hotep manuscript as old as the pyra-
mids.
We find, on the contrary. that not
only in Egypt or in Mesop6tamia was
the art of writing known in the time
of Moses, but that the inhabitants OF
Palestine also could pen brick epistle
which, in the space Of few inches.
contained as much information Is can
now be condensed into a sheet OF note
paper Such letters were neither heavy
nor bulky and could be carried in the
turban or in the folds Of the shirt
bosom just as easily as paper letters
are now SO carried. with the additional
advantage that they were imperish-
able. as is witnessed By the fact that
they are Row being read thirty four
hundred years after they wers written
-Edin burgh Review.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-10
IT'S LESSONS.

The stentorian voice of the ballot has
been heard again. 1t has spoken fol
liberty-for the inaIienable rights OF
every citizen. The people, By theiI
votes have rebuked the methods OF a
proud dictator In New York they have
decreed tina. charlatan and pretendeI
has no place in court of Justice. LII
Ohio they have welded and amalgamat-
ed The floating elements into solid
phalanx for protection TO American in
dustries. Iowa repudiates the isEls and
| fallacies OF loud mouthed reformers by
majority not expected by the most
sansuine Republican. Kansas, so lately
deIuged by ID flood tide Of Pop
| ulstic filth and calamity slush,
| has swept back the current and
once more announced her fealty to good
government. Colorado rebukes the tyr
amy which forced congress to abolish
the market and use of her greatest
natural product. From all quarters the
returns show that the majorities were
based upon an intelligent conception of
the real needs and rights of the people,
and that all sbams and bogus reforms
have had their day. 1t is a grand tribute
TO the intelligence of free people, 1t
demonstrates their capacity for self
government. 1t reasserts their devotion
to Republican principles. 1t has sifted
and weighed the several issues affecting
local interests and cast the whole into
the grand leaven of justice OF
years are the educators of the peo-
pie. Issues, national and local,
arc discussed, thus noldipg the
public mind. They are at once a
leveling force and a healthy restraining
influence. They prepare the voter to
choose between truth and error, and to
detect the aluring counterfeits Of the
day. OF these we have had surfeit
these latter DAYS. The party in power,
IN the plentitude of promises, has made
conditions which It is unable to meet.
The lesson of last Tuesday will prove a
wholesome check upon its revolutionary
methods. Tariff reform, wild cat banks
and the removal of all restraint upon the
ballot will hardly slide through as cut
and dried legislation. H. is for rulers
and leaders to propose and the people to
DISPOSE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-10

not have been more impoverished by a
war than she has become through the
creation of a costly military and naval
establishment. What makes this mill
tary expenditure all the more unwise is
the consideration that the peace of
Italy was never seriously threatened
until the Italian government entered
into the triple alliance with Germany
and Austria. By making this alliance,
which has proved to be burdensome, the
Italians have created a dangerous enemy
III France. in whom they formerly had a
powerful friend. To the ruinous mill
tary policy of Italy is due more than to
all other causes the extensive migration
OF a people who seek in strange lands to
escape the misery that confronts them
at home.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-10
sROuT THE TERRITORY.

There wasn't room enough In Bond
Greek for two papers. aud now the Pioneer
is gone leaving only an Echo
Cotton and corn continue TO roll into
Normaa's market ia Increasing volume,
and the merchants report a good ;raie-
A prairie fire north and west OF e Reno
DESTROYED large quantity of hay for some
unfortunate farmer night before last.
Arrangements are bei0g made in Ei
Reno for a reception TO be rendered Gen.
Miles aad Col. Cody upon their arrival il
;hai city on the l3in list, from Chicago
Cards are cut for the marriage Of Mrs
Iasz Re Qua OF Guthrie and =. l. Adams
OF Oxford. Kan, The wedding VIII take
place At tas brides mothers residence IL
Oxford
Deputy District Clerk Hegisr repairs
i56 civil. - Ueited states aud !. terri
toE.al Cases now on tie bar docket Of the
L. : district coart a. e Rene. Court
coByeues on the 29th inst
The motion for new trial for John
Dosset;, convicted OF murder in tie First
degree. was oyerrusesi a. Guthrie ara
yesterday be Was sentenced to be hanged
TIE case will be taken 10 sle sunreras
ccurs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-10

An exceptionally useful toilet table
article IS thus made and ornanented:
stuff large cushion with surled hair.
cover with linen, and then with any
pale silk Sex narrow ribbon siiagorl-
ally across ore end and thrust shoe
hook and a glove buttonsr through Il.
Make four long pouches 81 the gathered
silk at the four sides of the cushion 20
hold cuff buttons, scarf pins, etc
PhllaGelnhia Irns.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-10

The car made himself very popular
during bis stay in Copenhagen by wan
dering about plainly dressed and in
democratic fashion, accompanied only
by the royal princesses. 1t was his Gus
tom 10 enter any shop or restaurant that
struck his fancy. and his large purchases
of jewelry and confectionery won the
hearts.of the shopkeepe-s. The cars
habit or sauuterlng about unattended
caused the police great concern. how
ever, and they redoubIed their efforts to
watch all suspicious characters. being in
constant fear that some Russian bomb
thrcwer would elude their vigilance.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-10

Do your own work and let politicians do
theirs without your assistance. While
come men are electiuneering around the
country for some cheap office, their neigh
hors are taking all their business from
them. When politics aud business stan;
Ia together, business comes out a corpse
Atchison Globe.
As general proposition the foregoing
may be true. but there are exceptions TO
ali rules, including this. and the election
gust past affords a conspicuous one. Suf-
fering from tile disastrous etfcts of nom
ism practically applied as sorely rs any
Others the business men were not only
JUSTIFIED IN making politics a part OF
their business but would have been de-
reject to their own interests and the
welfare OF the community not to have
done so.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-10
rOr tne Eagle.
WHITE FLOWERS.
By J. E. HOBBS.


Bring not to me white flowers
They fill my heart with pain;
And mind NE Of dear faces
never shall see again.
Not roses white. they laid them
In fragrance on his breast,
When meath baimy southern SKY
He was gently laid to rest.
Not roses white. they're blooming.
And with the tangled grasses wave
Where loving hands have placed them,
Above r,y mothers grave.
l care not for your snowy jessamine,
With its faint and dying breath;
Nor for the fair magnolia.
They smell 10 ule Of death.
Not violets white, or suowdrops.
have often seen them hid
Beside little hower-like faces
Beneath the coffin lid.
Not daisies. for their starry eyes
Bring back my childho Gods hours:
When careless of iife's hidden theras
played among the flowers.
Not iiiacs white, they re blooming
Round a memory-haunted spot;
lnwrought with many golden hours,
My heart does net forget.
Not hiacinths. white htactnths.
Oh. sad beyond all tears,
Are tbs memories that they bring
From the resurrected years.
Not lilies. fair aad stainless,
They view me with sanity eyes,
AS OF some split watching.
From the unforgettins skies.
Not orange blossoms ever,
In their Snowy cups see
The pailid face OF buried hope,
A Joy that was not for me.
Go, bring to NE lotus bloom
Let me eat it. and forget,
All life's bitter pain'and sadness,
Its sorrow and regret.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-10
The Advice of a Sage.

Senator Sherman advises young men
to keep cut of politics as profession.
Having been through 1t all, from the
lowest to the highest, Senator Sherman
is in the best possible position to give
advice. 1t is true that nine men out Of
ten who enter politics as profession be-
come deadbeats and Migrants. The ''suc-
cessfuF' tenth one is forever in trouble,
and not one in million lives to have his
ambitions gratified. Politics is the poor
est business in the world, and the young
man who embarks in II would do better
for himself and for the world to blow
his brains out instead
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-10
an Interesting Decision.

Members of beneficiary orders will he
interested In the decision Of the court i'm
the case of the Grand Lodge A o. L.
". OF Missouri IS. the Atlantic Dyna-
mite ca. j. Hamlin ct al This Is the
case wherein the Atlantic Dynamite Go.
claimed Hamlln's insurance because he
anu his wife nd assigned the certificate.
10 them 10 secure deot. Judge Kiei.,
decided that ander the law governing
beneficiary societies an assignment OF
their certificates was invalid. This was
said to hare been the first decision upon
ti.is point IN this country. IL has al
lracied wide spread attention.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-10
IMMIGRATION AND FOREIGN TRADE.

IMMIGRATION AND FOREIGN TRADE.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean,.
SEINE interesting facts have just been
given out by the general government
touching immigration and foreign trade.
They serve as side light upon an indus
trial and business situation of the
country.
The satisfies of immigration show a
marked falling off as compared with last
year in the number of foreigners seek
ing our shores During the nine months
ending September 30 the total was, in
1892. a476, S48, while this year 1t was
430, 517, a decrease of As, 331. Judging
from the figures for September alone
the English-speaking immigrants were
just about the same In number as the
German. including all those from
Austria Hungary in the latter list The
details on this head are: United King
dom, II, 2S7: Germany, 1921; Austria
Hungary, 3, $50. The Russian and Scan
dinavian are nearly the same in number,
the former 5. 457. the latter 4, 437, not in
GLIDING the Danes.
1t will be remembered that one of the
stock Of arguments of the Democrats
against the Mckinley bill was that IT
would cripple our foreign trade This
argument was used with tireless persist
ence in New York. The present COVER
nor of that state, Roswell VI. Flower,
whose personal office is almost within a
stones throw of the Bowery, dwelt at
great length upon this phase of the de-
bate, and that both in congress, of
which body he was member when the
bill was passed, and on the stump last
fall. As candidate for governor
he insisted that the repeal of that
act was necessary to the foreign
trade of the port OF New York. The
people agreed with him; at least they
entered their decree in favor of repeal.
Now we have toretaste of the effect of
that change of tariff policy.
The total imports of merchandise dur
ing the month of September, 1898. were
SAG. o03. $50, as against $61 466. 062 for
the corresponding month of 1892 The
exports tor the same month were: 1898,
$40, 014,4 1892, S62 ,03l, 400 1t viii be
observed that we bought less and sold
more. For the nine months Immediate
ly preceding and including September
the exports were S5S1 .040. III. and the
imports 1925, 331 ,972. a balance of trade
against Us of SIS, 29l ,S61. If this is the
result under mere apprehension of free
trade what may be expected from The
actual carrying out of the Democratic
policy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-10

Acting upon the suggestion taken
from good military doctrine, that when
You get The ememy's line broken. follow
up the advantage and make the rout
complete, the Abeline Reflector announ-
ces its readiness TO begin the campaign
of 1894, and 1T hopes 10 see it carried on
so staunchly and so successfully that
Kansas shall elect the Republican state,
congressional and county tickets trium-
phantlv. That is as good rs accomplish
ed now, but it wont hurt ANYTHING "a
fire a shot into the scattered forces oc
casionally and keep EN- scattered.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-10

As an explanation of Governor Stones
mistake in naming different date-rhe
23d-for Thanksgiving day in Missouri
than that fixed by the president, it is
said that the governor was ratified and
didn't know what he was doing. This
is an injustice to The governor. who is as
clear headed and self-possessed as any
one. 1t is evident that the accident ~
occurred on purpose. In exercising his
Official prerogaiive he broke from prece-
dent to emphasize his disapproval of
Cieveiand's methods of administration.
Who can blame him:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-10
THE NEW CHINESE BILL.

| From the New York sun.
An important new feature of the
| amended Chinese exclusion act is that
which defines the word merchant"
No one can question that it is better to
have precise description Of what is in
tended by this term than that it should
be left TO conjectural Interpretation out
side of the law-making power. A
merchant IS now declared to be, for the
purpose of this act, "a person engaged
in buying and selling merchandise at a
fixed place OF business. which business is
conducted IN his name, and who, during
the time he claims to be engaged as a
merchant, does not engage in the per-
Torrance OF any manual labor, except
such as is necessary in the conduct of
his business as such merchant" This
does not appear to be an unjust defini-
ton, or one unduly strained for the pur-
pose of excluding persons from the status
of merchants who are fairly entitled
to it. But, however that may be, the
words thus used in the amended act
are directly drawn from similar defini-
tons, either in preceding Chinese exclu-
sion acts, OF in existing treasury decis-
ions Interpreting those acts, and estab-
fishing rules for their execution.
The question of the justice or the ex-
pediency of the original Chinese exciu-
sion policy, adopted nearly dozen
years ago, Is not directly involved al the
present time. The real question now is
as to how that policy, SO long as it re-
mains embodied in the statutes, shall be
adequately carried into effect. The
Geary law was the result of an effort to
put down the smuggling of Cinnamon,
which had reached great proportions, in
utter defiance of the law of the land. 1t
had become evident that unless this sys-
tematic violation OF the statutes was to
go on. more effective repression of it
must be undertaken. As a preliminary,
to avoid the persecution Of such China
men as are lawfully here, SYSTEM of
protection became imperative, and out
Of that necessity grew the plan of regis
tratIOn.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-10

The South Carolina PRESBYTERIAN
Synod. by a vote of CD to 80, has dsclar-
ed in favor of Miss Sadie Means. the
telephone girl who was refused COM
munion in the PRESBYTERIAN Church in
Columbia because she worked az the
Telephone Exchange for three hours
every SUNDAY, When it is considered
that the telephone may vet play an i'm
portant part in the church service, as it
has already dcne in that of the hospital.
the decision which classes it with works
of necessity viii be widely recognized as
in consonance with the true spirit OF re-
ligion and of the age in which we live.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-10

1t has been Mrs. Leases idea for the
fast year and a half, she says, that the
Populis;s ought to stand aloof from
Democratic associations, and now, she
asserts they are doing it," There has
been good deal of standing aloof some
where, but we have an idea that this
case Is good deal like that of the
darkie who, when told that his wife was
going to quit him. leisurely strolled
around 10 where size was and quietly
notified iier that lie had done quit YOU
rust -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-10

A Denver dispatch says that "the
anior miners are standieg out for their
old wages, and refuse TO accept an offer
Of sees for eight hours work. There
are thousands Of men throughout the
country who would gladly except such
IN offer. Colorado has no cause to be-
wall her lot. If not altogether reseate,
it is better than that of MANY.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-10

The Globe-Democrat remarks that 1.-THE
extraordinary amount of idle money in
the country is a Democratic surplus:
That is to say, it represents the de-
preston of business that has come to
pass since we ceased to have Republican
rula :"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-10

In knocking out the Demo-Pop combi-
nation, singly and collectively, the Re
publican party in Kansas has demon
strated that it is the only true People
party, as il has been heretofore and Will
continue to be in the future.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-10

The Australian ballot, being an ex-
pertinent in Kansas, was regarded with
suspicion all around, but having proved
satisfactory in the main, it will be ad-
hered 10 for a time at least. Whatever
may he said against it, it cannot be de-
MED that with that system the voter is
free from constraint from whatever
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-10

The Democratic leaders are all busy
explaining the cause of their party 5
overwhelming defeat That isn't nee
essary; but it will be, little later, for
them to explain their explanations
that is, if the party recuperates suffi-
GENTLY to lob up again.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-10

The country won't starve, at any rate.
There is now in the elevators of the
principal cities visible supply Of wheat
amounting to 6,979, 600 bushels, against
59,402 600 bushels a year ago, "a, 644, 900
two years ego, and 19,7l5, 600 three years
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-10

If vox populi is indeed vox dei-it is
commonly accepted aXiom-ihen must
The divine condemnation of existing con-
ditions and tendencies have been wrought
to the extreme. The popular indignation
certainly was. from the expression given
through the ballot box.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-10

General James Longstreet is spending
some time with Colonel John w. Fair
fax, his former chief-of-staff, at the lat
ter's home on the Potomac. They are
going over together the manuscript of
General Longstreel's history of the war
preparatory 10 its publication.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-10

Up to the hour of this writing Cover
nor Lewelling las failed his adopted
state of a Thanksgiving proclamation.
He and his party may not feel overly
thankful, but a majority of the people
of a state which two years ago had
never heard of Lewelling are mighty
happv
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-10
EXCHANGE EPITOMES.
The Break o. Day,

Down in Ohio they ies' dropped in
Votes for Mckinley an naive tin.
Votes for protection an home-grow wool
An all VI the boxes are filed cAxck full,
Down in Ohio our signal light
l. brlghteniu' up the political night,
An the sua i rlsin over The hill,
An glldin' the stacks o the wakenin' mills