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The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20
NOT LIKE A CHRISTIAN ANTHEM.
Why Lucinda Objected to Mr.. Tompkins'
Poefical Comparison.

Why Lucinda Objected to Mr.. Tompkins
PoeticaI Comparison.
"Mistah TompSins has yo' bin to
the Christian anthem show at de Aht
museum store?"
"Yaas," Mr.. Johnsing, l has, an I
wish yo' hadn't axed me muffin bout it,
cause I'd wish to disremem Der de fac
dat was dere.'
''Why, what's de 'casion To- regret?
Didn't yo Joy de show?"
''Well, l did the fus' paht of de
ebenin, case l had Miss Lucinda wild
me-"
"Well, undah dose circumstances /
don't see as yo' could hep joyin'
yo'se'f." and Mr. Johnson heaved an
envious sigh.
"Yaas, sam, so I ought. so | ought:
but you see l done put my foot in il. -
Mr.. johnson looked at Mr.. Tompkins'
feet and expected no further explana-
ton. but Tompkins went on:
''Yo' see, Lucinda were dressed in a
amber culled gown, and when / done
seed dat butiful variety called de
Bronze Giant | seq. kin o sentimental
like there Sam wincedI: 'Cindy, dat
Christian anthem minds me oh you
some way But she done flew up de
chimbly right off, and says she; 1
doan tank you, Mistah Tompkins-
knowed l di6't hab on a bran new
gown jess from Worthesse's. but hope
I'se not 50 ragged as dat brown thing.
an she turn on her heel an marched
off. an den l noticed dat her gov Il
were a little frinQy- But didn' mean
muffin and Tompkins walked sadly
off, leaving his friend deep in thong ht-
-CEicaro Tribuua
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20
Wanted q Bonnet TO mitch

fricnd-ft Is costing you more &c
make over that old dress than II would
cost 70 buy a new one
Mrs. Managem Ia smart womAnl-l
am not trying TO saye money. Ian
trying 70 make it.
'W hat2''
You are not married yet. yon know.
When uy husband sccs ne In this dress
he'll think ft's new ops. and he'll
have regular ht abou; sTouan's ex~
trasaaauce. and declare that I "a drfx-
ing him % wreck and ruin. aud ongh,
70 be ashamed Of rnysslf"
Il thouldn .oBf.er."
'Yes Then will tell him that this
f. an oil dress made oser. and all these
trimmings ard farbeIoxs are % ceTes
up stains. and tears. and threadbars
places in the miserable old rag"
"Oh. that's IL
Yes And ,hen he'll feel 40 mean,
and cheap. ard disgusting. that he'll
give me City dollars for . new bcanst"
~. /. Weeklyl
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

A board of commissioners for the insane
has been organized a. Perry.
All through the strip it seems to be the
coucensus of opinion that now is the time
to subscrlbe.
1t now appears that Oklahoma people
will eat their Christmas dinuer with the
front door open.
fisk ponies will buy young Cheyenne
belle, how much will TWO mules buy'
asks au Oklahoma editor.
According to the latest information the
statehood bill for Oklahoma will be tack
ed on to the New Mexico bill
The vigilance committee should attend
10 that young man on the Guthrie paper
who IS iu the habit Of using Latin.
Mrs. Gambi!l CAV. birth TO the first
white chilli in Alva Dee. IL He has been
named Alva and will bs presented with 3
lot by the citizens.
Most Of the Democrats in Oklahoma
love to swat the editor of the Guthrie
Leader bstween the eyes Mort Bixler
laid the law down 10 HIM this week
The editor OF the Alva Star says this
paper has injured Alvs. We now know
what a citizen OF AlvA meant when he
told us the ether day tha= the brain OF the
rditor of the Star creaked when be walked
Guthrie Leader: Over in Chandler q
few days sincs lady rubbed phosphorus
on her buniou presumably to ease The
pain, and then retired to her downy coach.
Along in the night. her husband who was
, drinking man, by the way. thought he
.sw a frey eye looking a. him. lie
imagined be saw = frigbtfci winged
monster with one blszing eye, staring a;
aim, and after standiug il As lcaE ss be
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20
PENSION REFORM.

A sad story and one calculated to
arouse the patriotic anger of any true
American citizen, is told by the Winfield
Courier, The Courier says:
"This morning there came slowly and
laboriously up the STAIRS into our office
an old man. The snow of eightysix
winters had frosted his hair and the
weight of time supplemented the prva-
tions of war in destroying frame that
had once been as iron. This man was
Harrison Herrod, during the war u
private in company "H'' Fifty-seventh
Indiana volunteers. With trembling
hands he unfolded a paper and handed
it to US. Ii proved TO he a notice sus-
pending his pension of S12 per month,
giving no reason whatever. Together
with this paper was his discharge, yell
low with age, reciting that he was
''honorably discharged from the service
of the United States 1T Camp Andrew
jackson, Tennessee on March 4. 1862, by
reason of wound received in the left
hand. This wound is still carried in the
shape OF a withered. useless Land"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20
HONOLULC LOST.

No wonder, Grover Cleveland, Esq,
president Of the United States, fumbled
and hesitated so when the senate called
for a showdown. His especial message
to congress, taken together with the ac-
companying papers, simply constitute
the proof of just what the Republican
press had all along charged. He admits
that ne hauled down the American flag
and that he ATTEMPTED TO reinslate a
monarchy in its stead. He says Mr..
Blount merely removed" the stars and
stripes. 9Ir. Cleveland thus directly as
sents to all that has been charged by the
Republican press. as also the failure Of
his attempt to wipe cut the republican
government instituted by the Americans,
English and Germans who could no
longer brook the high handed doings of
a licentious old native in her attempts to
play the role of an absolute dictator.
Mr. Cleveland virtually comedies that
he is at the end of his string; that he and
his dough-faced secretary of state having
failed, he will not send tie Harrison
treaty back to the senate, nor submit a
new one. In the mean time a depend
ency Of Great Britain is taking the nee
essary steps to ann x Hawaii. II, after
all that has passed, the United States
should interpose objections they would
probably be compelled to confront both
Canada and Great Britain.
According to an agreement entered
into with The Davis protege Cleveland
has done England good turn, while
Gresham has been afforded the long
wished-for opportunity to slap President
Harrison and his Republican administra-
ton in the face. Both have lad their
will and the most important Pacific sta
ton has been lost to the United States. as
a Democratic senate will hardly dare to
disregard the expressed wish of their
egotistIcal and self-suificient old boss,
who supports 'my commissioner, and
who, when not roosting up about Buzz
yards Bay, issues his mandates from the
White House.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20
WAR OUTGROWN,
AnE1o-Saxons Are Learning TO Disseminat e
Their Ideas in Peace.


The great and fatal argument against
war is that it does rot pay. There was
time when the force of this plea was
not generally recognized. The me-
| diaval spirit, with its chivalry and love
of glory, survived long after the bodies
of the old barons had turned to dust
and their swords to rust Passions were
fierce, traditions strong, popular rights
in embryonic feebleness. The hope OF
conquest, the quarrels OF dynasties, re-
1igious differences, all tended to OBJ
scure the dawn of the coming era-the
era of common sense, which balances
the good and the bad of any given
course and adopts the more expedient
Did not Louis Napoleon. when emperor
of the French, once boastfully proclaim
that the French nation was the ONLY
one that would go to war for an idea?
Perhaps he was right. Alas. many
thousand lives many millions in money.
mutilated territory, and national
pride most bitterly humbled eloquent
ly attest that the naitrailleuse and the
chassepot may not be sa fely trusted To
disseminate ideas however noble and
however useful TO mankind. But the
Anglo-Saxon race prefers TO expires.
its preferences and 70 make converts
in other ways II is now in the as
cending period. Its infuence upon the
world IS vast and growing. The
United States is the leading nation
of a hemisphere, and bids fair in
brief period to be the first of the
civilized world IN population and gen
eral prosperity. We have all the ter
ritory that wc require. SO that wars of
conquest hold out 10 temptation Oar
government is 50 fee that rsvolut.on
would border on the ridiculous 30
far as we may now foresee there "a 10
reason To spprebeud such aggression
from ether nations as 10 make armed
resistance imperative. The people of
these states have proved their ability
on tn many battle. fields 20 n AXE their
prudence suspicious On the sane
principle tina; q tried dasliist rxv re-
fuse 20 aghr becau be has shown his
TneitIe. sword N hand. nations ssth
honorable recorss Of brave deeds may
le slow 70 wrafh.-F. K CouLegI, -
Ear2ers Magazine
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20
"BlESS THE LITTLE WOMAN. -
The Kind OF Wife Who Arouses En-
thusiasm.

That the average woman does moth.
ing but attend openings" and consider
the effect Of various com binations of
dress materials and bonnet adorn-
ments, while her poor. overworked
husband drudges in the Office or ware
house, is an altogether mistaken idea,
Notwithstanding the opinions fire.
quently expressed by numerous bril-
liant writers who would seem 10 take
delight In proving her useless orna-
ment TO society.
The stylish skirt of three founces Is
freaucntly made OF small pieces that
would never answer the same purpose
in another shape. and husbands could.
If they would. tell Of more than one
natty spring or fall suit worn
with jaunty Indifference which
would have been an impozsibility
but for the ingenuity Of the woman
who sits beside him chatting 50 pleas
antiy, the envy OF other more tactless
women who never suspect that each Of
the three tiny rufsies on her skirt cover
a 'piecing;" and the sleeves are a
standing joke between husband and
wife, for she had covered the seams
that meet in every direction with tbs
frills OF old lace which she has had
tucked away for the last two years.
knowing they would come handy. o.
course she must manage every way
rather than spend . cent on her own
costume But the best part of ths
does not appear TO the casual observer.
who only notes the well-dressed couple
and faacies they have q. least com
Portable allowance Of this world a
goods
There is golden thread woven
through al ihIs piecing and planning.
which lasts long after the var
ments are threadt,are. She h1s been
50 HAPPY "a sae seif-deniai. - gra:efal
for the gift which enables her
70 appear 50 well-irezse1 while
she IS. IN manner, helping
IN earn TIE tsDdsoszse su., FIR
the husband ~ whom ske Is 10
proud. She Is proving ner love sor him
in the most practical manner. and no
wonder her .zee L. wrsztasd With
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20

David Overmyer of Topeka, was
chosen TO present the cause of the
Democracy in the quadranguIar disputa-
tion that is being held at Salina, and it
is scarcely worth while TO saw
he sustained the high estimate in
which he has been held by his
partisan admirers. In fact they
so SO far as 10 assert that his Sali,a
speech Will serve to draw many Popu
lists over into the Democratic party.
that party having declared absolute di-
vorcement from the Populist; but from
the speakers plain and unmistakable
condemnation of the leading Populist
tenet, that of paternaiism, it is hard to
understand where the draw will attach.
In point of fact there is as little of COM
mon interest aud sympathy between
Democracy and Popuiism as there is
between Democracy and prohibition.
which is an absurd proposition.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20
The aalu Eaele dddesday aoruing neeber 1893.

could he determined to kill it. Slowly he
reached under the bed until he found his
booi-jtc an; after splitting on his bands
he whaled away. The next moment his
poor wife gave yell that nearly lifted
him out Of bed. but when he found ont the
true state of affairs he Was Immediately
relieved, even though his poor wife has
been obliged to walk on crutches ever
since.
Guthrie Capital: a seed man named
Hamilton, of Saltwater, has created As
great sensation rs Luther in his with
drawal from the r man church or Calico
declaring the world round. and bis r-volu-
tiouary act is liabIe to Lave as far-resch-
ing influence. On last Saturday he burn
ed all of this seasons unsold seeds. in
stead OF sending them back to the seed
house in the east and receiving credit for
them and then getting them back again
for next springs sales to his customers.
Perry Sentinel: Among the $1,000 peo-
pie who settled Perry last September was
Ed kessinger anu his grown daughter.
They located in tent in North Perry, aud
being unpretentious attracted little notice.
They lived will relative from tue pious
town of Oklahoma City. Tue only strik-
ingiy remarkable thug about the lat We
is that his name is Smith. Smith aud Ell
kessinger lived happily. Mrs Smith aud
Miss kesslnger We're not only relatives but
boon companions They saw the mag C
city bud and blossom. They saw Santa Fe
trains dash through the corporate limits AT
thirty miles an hour regardless Of the city
and they were happy in hope. Ed kes-
singer had been twice married, and in the
absence of proof we will say both wives
are deaf. Miss Kessinger j. the daughter
of wife No. l. Wife No. 2 was tarter.
kessnger's father is rich. Wife No. 2 had
immoral loDgings for some of the old
mans ducats. He WAS obdurate. Ed was
silly and susceptible. Wife No. conceiv.
ed blackmailing scheme and Ell assisted
in its execution The daughter of wife No.
was padded, like the fat man in the
show. and old man Kessinger, Eds father,
was accused Of seduction. Wife No. 2 and
Ed went before the grand jury at Pitts
field, ILL.,, and there had the old man in.
dicted. A compromise was effected and
the ruse was unveiled. Then followed
criminal prosecutions fer perjury. Ed
and his daughter skipped. They were fol
lowed by the old man aud the prodigal son
once again was taken to the bosom of his
frther and forgiven. Other parties-rela.
tives of wife No. 2-were implicated in the
fraud. The old man wants to send them
to the penitentiary, but not his son Ed OF
his daughter. When Ed aud his daughter
left Illinois they were followed by detec-
tives and finally located at Perry. The
tent where they lived was guarded pend
ing the arrival OF requisition papers. but
in the silent watches Of the night Ell
lodged the sentinels and escaped. His
daughter was appreheuded. She will be
taken back to Pittsield, Ill.
Moral-Elessed is the poor man, he is
never subj ct to biackmail.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20
smiles as they enjoy the results Of he's

smiles as they enjoy the results Of hsS
industry and economy.
And the husband As he removes
his coat and replaces IL with the ioose.
jacket he is wont 10 wear In the Office.
there is n tender smile playing about
his mouth, and an unusually careful
adjustment OF each fold of the gar
ment his wife has pulled and pattesl
into shape before be left home. as sh Q
told him how becoming the new
clothes really were, and how hand
some he looked in them. No wonder
he murmurs as he finally hangs up the
coat.
Bless the little woman! shes tho
best wife ia the world Hams HoruI
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20
Gloating with ehoulish slee over the

Gloating with ghoulish slee over the
sorry spectacle Of Cleveland dealing
with Hawaii, the London News says:
cleveland has thrown away what was
in his hands for nearly year, the key
of the Pacific and the sugar bowl cf the
Pacific slope, in order to wound his
predecessor in Office and spite the Re-
publican party" Cleveland's message
TO congress demonstrates what the News
says. Aud having thrown away the OPP
portunity as far as his own actions are
concerned he lays down before congress
and pleads for it TO save his administra-
ton If lfpossible. Congress may save the
honor Of the country, but Tie record
OF Cleveland and his advisers is made
aud cannot be erased.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20

E,is- IS bright little girl. with q
taste for company. though she Is oaiy
three years old Not long ago she ap-
preached her father.
Papa" she said. II wsu. Jon 70
give re a bali"
a ballY~ he inquired. rather puz-
xle1
Yes. papa, bst no: run ball;
want . party ball. and Sic had i, ,hs
NEXT afternoon. WHEN al her b.-se
friends were Invste1- - Detross Tree
Press
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20

Kansas supplies her own table: New
York, with her seaports. her commerce
and her vast wealth, does not supply her
own table. Kansas raises q surplus O.
food products; Pennsylvania, with her
inexlaustibie coal, iron and manufac-
tured goods, does not raise a surplus.
Kansas is. or might be, an asylum for
he surplus and unemployed population
If all New England New England.
with her vast accumulated wealth. is
not the asylum for anything in particu-
ar, unless it be- willful and bigo,ed
prejudice against the west.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20

Alter resisting the demands of It's
striking employees in the matter Of wage
for several weeks and until the com
pany's losses reached the immense total
of 100000, the Lehigh Valley railroad
finally scceded to the demands. practic
ally. SUI, the strikers are large loser,
IN The contest, their wage losses agcre
satirg more 'han The company's, and
more than what they conaended for viii
amount to during theremainder of their
lives
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20
Gentlemen, Behold Your Destiny.

Gentlemen, Behold Your Destiny.
From tie ropeka Press.
Are we men coming to it? That is to
say, will bifurcated Ok rts axe the place
of pantaloons and our occupation he ex-
changed for the pleasant pastime of
washing dishes and trundling baby car
riages? The following advertisement in
New York paper suggests the condi-
ton that will breed the nightmare in the
mind of the average Kansas male: "a
respectable young man wants situa
ton as under housewife, or 10 take care
of one child and assist in housework.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20

There seems to be complete revul-
sion OF sentiment in regard to prohibi-
ton in Iowa. Not only has it been drop
ped from politics, but it has become OBJ
solete in lis practical application under
the laws that are still unrepealed. The
city council of Ida Grove. that state, at
It's meeting a short time ago passed a
resolution that person vino should open
saloon in that place would not be
molested, provided he paid a monthly
fine
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20
In order to encourage and foster one O

In order to encourage and foster one Of
its leading industries France declines to
admit Spanish wines at the minimum
rate of import duty. And now Spain
threatens to retaliate and knock the re-
ciprocal trade relations between the two
countries into the middle of the last
century. whereat the trans-Pyrsnees
situation is growing taut.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20

It is lucky for the police officers OF
Arkansas City that they are not amena-
ble to the states chief of police. directly
if they were. they would surely lose
their places for the barbaric act OF
rounding up sixteen vagrants at one
haul, day or two ago. Evidently the
gates of that city do not stand insii-
ingly open to the genus vag, however
sympathetic and responsive its good peo-
pie may be to the condition Of the
worthy needy,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20

1t has developed that most Of the two
hundred and twenty persons who have
been listed in France as Anarchists are
either Germans or Italians, all of whom
will be banished from the country as
rapidly as proof of their anarchistic
sentiments is established. The French
government seems determined to rid the
country of that element, and for its
peace and safety it is hoped that it may
S11ccaed
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20

Colonel Evans of Chicago has left the
Salvation Army because it gives no pen
sions to superannuated members. Ii
General Booth should decide 10 pension
the soldiers he will do us great favor
by placing the veteran who blisters the
bass-drum under our window every
night, on the retired list at once.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20

The millions of artisans whom the
wildcat tariff tinkering has thrown out
of employment should take courage. for
the Wilson bill cuts down the tariff on
diamonds, champagne, silks, velvets and
furs, raises the duty On malt for tie
brewers and makes free the barley
raised by the farmer,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20

Ii is charged that there are certain or
ganizations behind Assassin Prendergast.
While this seems Incredible, still it is the
part of discretion to suspect as much. If
there is secret aid it is safe to wager that
it is on the part of foreigners. One thing
must be insisted upon by the courts of
this country, and that is that foreign
pests such as the Malta, the Clan-na- Gael
and the Anarchstic bunds shall be wiped
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20
Everything Depressed.

From the Fort Scott Monitor.
The present Democratic administra-
ton seems to have had depressing eff
feet upon nearly everything. Even the
Missouri river has gone down lower
than ever recorded before. River traffic
above St. Louis has been abandoned,
owing to the low stage of wafer. st.
Louis is threatened with water
famine, unless the water supply COM
pany 90 out nearer the channel with
their crib,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20
A Freight Car Scent

The amateur funnv uan was on q
train with his wife and she was ask
ing him great many questions
just see those freight cars, Henry.
she said There are dozens Of the n
and from all parts Of the country. I
should think they wosld get lest
They do, dear" he said pleasant '.
How do they ever End them
Oh. that's easy enough he replied
with superior air. they simply fol-
low their tracks -zps:rois Free Press
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20

Mitchell says that he has a chance
against CorDett: that he has fetched
them down before when they weighed
twice as much and We're SIX inches
taller than he. Cofbelt refuses TO say
what he will do with Mitchell. but he
will probably reduce tire value Of
Michells body from post-mortem
standpoint,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20

State Labor Commissioner Todd slip.
ped up behind Editor House at Florence
and hit him with a cane. Five seconds
later the friends of Mr.. Todd had to take
a S, oop shovel and a broom and sweep
up the pieces. This proves that Todd
made no mistake when he did not take
up prize fighting as profession.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20

There may be room for and business
enough to support another transcon-
tinental railroad, as the one proposed
from San Francisco, but there is no ex-
cuse for inviting or permitting foreign
capital to aid in its construction. Too
much of that is one of this country 5
greatest troubles today.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20

The frisky Kansas blizzard. according
to the dispatches. has been playing with
surface movables in Iowa, Michigan,
Indiana and Illinois. Like our own
Madam Lease, they will get away once
in while, much to the detriment of our
sun-embowered commonwealth.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20

The Americans on the Nictherov who
were TO fight for Brazil no sooner reach
ed that country than they went out on 4
strike. In consequence they are being
replaced by natives. The Americans
should trot back home. \ citizen of
this country should refuse to become c
HesSian
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20

There is disposition upon the part of
the newspaper boys to thump Wichita
for her supposed numerous candidates.
Who is running this state anyway?
Does Lewelling live in Iowa and Mistress
Colonel Lease in Ireland or both in
Wichita?
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20

The next time that man Todd contem-
plates attacking a Kansas editor he will
save himself the trouble and expense Of
hospital treatmen, by first getting himself
in training by running himself through
threshing maching two or three times
a day for month or two.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20

When they catch train robbers down
A Texas and the law gets ills clutches on
them il makes short work of their trial,
The Duval robbers were caught within
TWO days of the robbery and just week
later were sentenced by tie court to
long terms in the states prison.