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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-09-01
THE FRATERNlTlES.

LAKE pUNMoRE LODGE, no. Il, l. o. OF o. F,
w. G. Foote, " g.: n. 4. Calhoun, J. g.;
II. 4. PecE, Secy.
Meetings every Friday evening at ! 80
O'Clock. Degree work every meeting. Hail
In Dyer's block.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-09-01


evening OF each month.
POTTER CHAPTER, no. -, r. A. NJ.
". II. Breacster, W. +. II. p.
Stated convocations the third Tuesday even
ing OF each month.
nIppLEBURY COUNCIL, NO. IA, r. AND S. NJ
". II. BreWSter. T. l. VI.
Stated assemblies the second Tuesday even
ing OF each month.
MT. CALVARY COMMANDERH, NO. /, X. T.
Sir ". II. Kingsley, Y. c.
Regular conclaves the fourth Wednesday OF
each month.
wM. P. Russell POST no. 50, g. A. K.
j. II. Sargent, Commander
Regular meetings the second and fourth
Wednesday evenings of each month.
CAMP A. S. TRACY, S. OF V.
Chas +. Rich, Captain.
Re yular meeting the second ana fourth FIJI
day evenings OF each month.
GREEN MOUNTAIN LODGE, NO. Sl4, X OF H.
". W. Cushmdn, Dictator.
Regular meetings the last Thursday evening
of each month
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-09-01
CONGREGATIONAL.

REV. A. w. DICKENs, PASTOR.
Sunday services, ~ 40 Il, "'' 'o - IL
JRDbath school, IL wv nl' -oo,, ~,
Thursday, conference meeting, %" p IL
Up. S. c. E., sundays, GOV - III
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-09-01
THE CHURCHES.

ST. STEP1EN7S
REV. THOMAS BELL, RECTOR.
aundevs-Service, 10 As a. M; 100 p. M
Suh~"S Snndav school 12:l5 p. m.
v-,do,s 1870 p. IN.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-09-01
BAPTIST.


REV. L. q. Lyons, PASTOR.
Sunday Services, ~ 40 a, M Vo - III
Sunday school, IL 'Oo H. -oo,, -,
Prayer-meeting, Thursday, ~ p H.
Y.P. S. c. E., sundays, 100 p. NJ
Seats tree.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-28
THE PRESIDENTS CONSPIRACY.

IF President Cleveland and the bankers
of New York had but The fantest idea of
how tired their talk about the interest Of
the western farmer and laborer made the
man of average intelligence they would
hold their tongues or ply their g.uZy
racket elsewhere. The repeal of the
purchasing clause of the Sherman act
will not help the farmer. 1t will help.
and only help, that class who. in connec-
ton with the president, devised the
scheme of plunging the country into
panic and of forcing an extra session of
congress Herewith. Their panic proved
so terrible that but for a resort to the
illegal subterfu2e of an issuance of
millions in clearinghouse certificates they
themselves would have gone down in
the ruin which caught hundreds of
thousands of others. Nobody has for
gotten that Cleveland, within month
after his Inauguration, complained that
the Democratic majority of congress
an extra session of congress for repeal
could not be safely convened, but that
he guessed an early financial squeeze
would bring the American people to
their senses. The disaster was success
fully engineered-that is admitted--but
weeks before there were any hopes of
the repeal measure being carried, the
country had recovered from tine effects
of the high-handed and outrageous con-
spiracy. Tie little furry and rise of
speculative stocks among the gamblers
in margins on Wall street, pointed to
with so much ostentaiion by Mr.. Cleve-
land, which followed his announcement
of few days previous that the repeal
would be accomplished, was all a by
play of dust throwing in the eyes of the
massesr The solemn blinking and prat
ing of their partner at the White House
caused a grin of delight that spread
from the battery up at Central Park.
But it was adding insult to robbery for
these money lords to appear in inter
views, and in letters congratu!ating ''the
farmer and the laboring men on the
sure death of one of the precious metals
as money. coupled with the hypocritical
declaration that such death would give
relief and prosperity to the producers of
the country.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-28
IRRIGATION IN KANSAS.

There are a hundred men in Kansas
talking irrigation today where there was
one month ago. The convention held
at Salina a month ago had slim atten-
dance and attracted but little notice.
but it has horne good harvest. Every
man who attended that convention
came away enthusiastic over the posi-
bihtY of successful irrigation for West
ern Kansas. A few acres of land with a
water supply is better than large farm
and an uncertain crop. Drouth occurs
everywhere. Illinois has long claimed
10 be the champion agricultural state of
the union. Last summer the central
portion of that state had drouth and
for 100 days no rain fell causing the
streams and wells TO 60 dry. Every
state has her drouths that makes crops
uncertain. With an inexhaustible sup
ply Of underflow water the Arkansas
valley has a mine of wealth unequaled
b. any other large BODY OF
land in the country. And when
This water is utilized it will make it the
most productive and most certain body OF
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-28
ONLY TWO PARTIES THERE.

Ex- Governor Charles Robinson. in a
letter to the Topeka. Press, in complain
ing of the price of wheat and the fail
ure Of all parties to enforce some law
against the fellows he alleges are en-
gagged in keeping the price down, makes
the following very handsome and some
what orthodox remarks:
81 am now so near the brink of the
great river that l can view the other
shore, and from all | can learn there are
but two parties there. one under the
lead of a man called Dives, engaged in
devisin9 schemes for irrigation and
hunting water, and the other led by one
Lazarus, who seems to be the bosom
companion of the Abrahams. The place
across the river seems to be set apart for
evening up things generally, so all who
had an excess OF good things here nave
all evil things there; in short, while Lag
arus and his party are comforted, Dives
and his companions are tormented. IL
this view is correct, it is not worth while
to be over solicitous about the success of
The Republican, Democratic, Populist or
Prohibition parties. but, if possible, so
conduct as to be admitted to the party
across the river that shall revel in green
pastures and beside cool waters"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-28
OKL AHOMA OUTLINES.

Granville Harrison o. Guthrie has sued
the Santa Fe fer s.. 900 damages for mash
'0g his foot while boarding one Of the com
nSvy's trains at Red Rock,
The Times Journal aud the board OF
health of Oklahoma City are wagins war
upon two local butchers whom it is al
legged are communicating the water sup
ply.
Major Cobb (coiored), who killed 4 col
ored man named Johnston At a festival in
kingfisber last March, was tried this term
and sentenced TO four years in the peDiteu-
tiary.
On Thursday last William n. Mann.
owning a claim three and a half miles
north of kingfisher. was crushed to deaf
by the falling Of grauary which be was
engaged III removing.
A bill has been introduced in congress
providing for the sale at public auction Of
all Indian lands that may hereafter be
opened to settlement aud i homestead IL
TO be limited to ishty acres
Punca City now has her streets lighted
by street lamp on each corner from the
railroad TO the public square. We are
getting quite metropolitan in Poncs the
Democrat says. We will soon have electric
lights.
4 Guthrie paper made the assertion that
the physicians OF that city possessed 20
stomach pumps, which caused disciples OF
-I>culap.gs TO remark that they are rigat
up to The times as far rs Instruments re
Iating 10 their profession are conceeaed
Wa;onga Republican,: One Of the sad
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-28
aOKE,S POOR wHITEwAsR.

Referring to the report of the Demo
cratic special committee appointed by
the house to investigate the charges of
notorious outrages and the general mis-
management and frauds in opening the
Cherokee strip the Lawrence Journal,
with bit of sarcasm but more of sad
truth, remarks that the wells were not
poisoned, because there were no wells,
and the brutal soldiery did not Kill so
many people as they might have put out
of the way, and the frauds committed
through registration and otherwise did
not exclude all the deserving settlers,
but the laundering administration ought
not to expect all this. There was an
abundance Of wrong and inhumanity at
the opening of the strip, but of course
the Democracy can not be expected to
investigate itself, especially when the
case against it is soplain as to be beyond
the help of whitewash
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-28
EARTH WORMS.
Their Agency in Making the Soil Produc-
tive.

Their Agency in Making the Soil Produc-
tive.
The worms know we'll that rapid
heaving of the soil which betokens the
approach of a mole to their innocent
burrows. and the moment they feel it
rush wildly to the surface. prepared
rather to face the worst that lark or
black bird may bring upon them than
TO await the onslaught of their most
ruthless and bloodthirsty enemy. II
you dig a pointed stick into the ground
and shake the earth little by moving
it from side TO side you will find citi-
zens of worms hurry up to the surface
at once, under the mistaken impress
sion that the petty earthquake is some
moles doing. For the senses of earth
worms are extremely keen and their
perception of danger most acute and
vivid.
a person unaccustomed to the ways
of worms might wonder that enough
of them can be found in the compara-
lively small tract of land which earth
mole tabcos Or occupies as his own ~
satisfy the needs of SO voracious crea
worm population of England is some
thing incredibly high, to be numbered,
no doubt. By millions of millions.
Every field on our downs is far more
thickly populated underground than
London is on the surface; every rnea-
dow is as dense with teening thou
sands of worms as Lancashire is with
WI n
soil swarms with life.
Vinegar kills worms, and where
barrel Of vinegar has been accidentally
spilled upon the ground the surface IS
sometimes positively covered before
long By a thick layer of wriggling
creatures which have come up TO die,
as is the wont OF their species. The
abundance and ubiquity of the game
explains the mum bers and frequency OF
the hunters Every mole eats daily
many pounds of WORMS, and yet every
field supports a whole viliageful Of
them.
1t is the entire drama of nature on a
small scale underground-remor
self-centre3. unfeeiing as ever. Worms
exist. and exist in thousa nds, because
there are myriads and Dyri2ds of dead
leaves for them 10 live upon. Almost
every dead leaf that falls rom tree or
shrub or weed or herb except IN aa-
tumn when the supply al al once i'm
mensely outruns the demandl, they
carry underground and bury or devour
with ceaseless industry. In doing 80
they create and keep up the layer Of
vegeta Bile mold on the surface OF the
earth which alone makes plant Life,
and especially cultivation, possible
Cultivated areas are. therefore. those
where WORMS are most abundant 80
far as they themselves are concerned
however. the worms eat only Tor their
oSn appetite sake ard never suspect
they are the friends OF lordly m21.
whose fields and crofts they thus az
consciously tertilize. -C0rahIIl MaSa-
zine
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-28
IRRIG ALTON BY WINDMILL.

| To the Editor of the Eagle.
| 1t seems like the temperance of an
old friend to see tho above subject inter-
esting the people, and having had several
years experience on Kansas plains, I
will give two examples coming under
my own observation and showing what
can and what cannot be done:
Ten years ago friend of mine in
Stafford county conceived the idea OF
filling depression of about five acres
with water and stocking it with fish.
OF course he anticipated growth of
fine trees, and green lawn around the
the borders, and hoped 10 turn the aban-
doned buffalo wallow into a repreduc-
ton of one of his beautiful northern
lakes. He purchased one of the largest
windmills, adapted also 10 grinding. and
when it was throwing a fine stream of
water he plowed a furrow down to his
embryo lake, and started to Hutchinson
on business trip next day, leaving
word to keep the mill open so as to fill
the lake by his return. was there the
day that he returned, and started
down the raging canal only to fad that
less than half way to the pond it had
utterly disappeared in the sandy land
and not drop had reached its destna-
ton. That ended his scheme. But
among many successful efforts on
small scale | might name that on my
fathers ranch IN western Kansas. Hav-
ing windmill lifting water from a 60
foot well, it seemed hopeless to try to do
mach, but he paled in small garden
which was heavily iertiized so as to re-
tain the moisture. Every day large
flat tank of water stands in the sun I'M
til thoroughly warmed, and just at night
is turned into the irrigation bitches of
the small garden. Sometimes it is used
to irrlgate the grove, rapidly growing up
around the garden, and shielding it
from sun and wind.
Any one who has seen a careful test
made Of the productive power of skill
fully kept half-acre knows what it can
produce. Besides the heaithfulness of a
liberal supply of vegetables there is the
pleasure of seeing this one green spot,
at time when nature. in an
unkind mood has changed all the fields
into parched and sandy wastes.
As the life of many man is made
more noble and his burdens easier to
bear because of the innocent prattle Of
a child or the kind help of loved one,
SO many a struggling farmers wife, in
her loneliness and work, would cheer up
at the sound of water ripping under
trees full of birds and into garden
crowded with iuxuriant vegetation, like
the old-time garden of her eastern child
hood home.
Put up the mill, let the sun warm the
water in big tank, fence III the garden.
and then eat greens" and he happy.
Yours. II. J. BARBER.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-28

agricultural land in the world, which
Will be followed by its being the most
denseIy populated. The effort to put
this underfiow of water on top of he
ground should meet with the hearty CO.
operation of every man owning an acre
make their homes here. At the Wichita
convention, to held Nov %, it is expect
ed that all the latest pumps and pumping
devices will be exhibited, and a test
made. Every section Of land in the
state should nave small lake or pond.
no matter whether the water is ever used
for irrigating purposes. as it viii increase
the humidity and help precipitation and
overcome that which biight5 crops, even
in years when the rainfall has been great.
Pumping is only one feature; on roll
ing land reservoirs can be cheaply made
and can be supplied by rainfall and
springs. The water that goes to waste
has been estimated and it is known
fact that utilized the rainfall in western
Kansas is sufficient to water all that por-
ton that could be put under cultivation
for years. In years when the rainfall
has been timely Kansas has as:onishcd
the world. Last year she produced
more wheat than ever was before pro-
duced in single state in single year.
The effort now is 10 make crops more
certain. This can only be done by in-
creasing the humidity and assisting the
rainfall when necessary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-28
A Counterfeit v.

A counterfeit 50 silver certificate has
been put in circulation by showers of the
queer. It is of the letter Il series issue
OF 1886, with a portrait of General Grant.
1t Is said that the work on the bill is
dark and scratchy and the figures and
numbering are not uniform. The back
Is of dark bottle green also. instead Of
the yellowish sea green of the original.
The counteSfeiters have also made IL
curious error. In the old style silver
certificates with dark green backs, a
large brown seal was used. The new
style certificates have small pink seal
in connection with the green back. The
threads of the genuine note are initiated
by black lines. Some OF these notes are
in circulation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-28

dest things that any community ever wit
messed was the recent Death of Mrs. Clara
| Newman. wife Of Superintendent New
I man, and Mrs. Nora Foose, wife of Seymour
| Foose. at this place. Two young people
/ who had scarcely laid aside the bridal gar
ments, called from the arms of those with
whom they had inst started on the jour-
ney of life. But such is life, and such is
death.
/ Guthrie News: The Dalton gang who
have been very bold slnce they defeated
the officers in the ingalls, battle, capped
the climax few nights ago when they
appeared in a gang at Gushing and ali
attended an oyster supper given by the
ladies of the church there. They left their
arms outside. patronizad the tables liberal
~. and conducted themselves ike society
gentlemen throughout. 1t is needless to
remark. though, that they enjoyed them
selves more than did the balance of the
people i'll attendance.
The case of Baum VS.. Coyle s. Smith, at
Guthrie. the jury brought in IA verdict for
plaintiff. assessing damages in the sum Of
$500 This is case wherein The plaintiff
purchased some oats of the defendants,
horses, three OF them died and several
others were unfit for service for several
days. An examination of the grain discIos-
ed quantity of castor beans-a rank veg
etable poison-mixed with it. Mr.. Baum
brought suit for damages with the above
result. Tie case has been appealed.
Kingfisher Times: 1t transpires that
school districts which have voted a bopd
tax for building purposes in excess of 4
per cent of assessed value OF property will
be compelled to hold another election, as
the levy is Illegal. The territorial law
prescribes limit of per cent, but the
United States law limits the issue to per
cent. This cropped out through an effort
OF a district to sell It's bonds. Upon eX-
animation by attorneys, who are said to
have referred the matter to Judge Bur-
ford, the conclusion reached was that the
United States law would have to be COM
piled with.
John c. Crossman, living near the Sac
and Fox agency, heard commotion
among his chickens the other night, and
taking his gun went out to investigate.
He saw huge owl sitting on the barn
quietly disposing of one of his fowls. A
shot brought the midnight purloinsr to
the ground. Mr.. Crossman lay down his
gun and started to pick up the bird. when
1t suddenly attacked him furiousy, and
but for the timely arrival of his dog he
might have suffered serious injury, the
dog sustaining the loss of an eye in the !
encounter. Mr.. Crossmau finally dis |
patched the owl. which measured feet |
from tip to tip and weighed IL pounds.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-28
It's Constitutional.


From the Topeka Journal
Jerry Simpson was discussing politics
yesterday with David Overmyer, and The
talk drifted into the financial question.
Jerry proposed scheme whereby there
would always be plenty OF money in CIR
culation.
But said Overmyer, "your scheme
would not be constitutional.
Il have learned since l have been in
Washington, replied Jerry, that the
constitution provides for great many
things. When | was a new man at the
capital of this nation. naturally wanted
20 see the sights. and was wandering
about the capitol building and happened
into cafe where liquid refreshments
were served 10 members of the legisla-
ture. and as | learned. free of cost.
was amazed that this government was
so freely dispensing SO many gooI
things 10 the representatives. IN congress.
and | asked fellow representative CON
corning II. Its constitutional. he SAID
How do YOU make that "a: / asked
him. Why, don't YOU know that the
constitution saws that the public we'll
fare must b. provided for: That's what
makes it Constitutional So You see,
Mr.. o7ermyer. that the constitution car
De adapted 10 almost any emergency.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-28
EDlSON'S LIKES AND DISLlkEs.
The Former Are for an Unattained EnA
the Latter for An Accomplished Task

The Former Are for an Unattained EnA
the Latter for An Accomplished Task
His genius comes near justifying that
definition of the word which makes il
an infinite capacity for taking pains
Are your discoveries often brilliano
intuitions? Do they come 20 You while
you are lying awake nights?'" asked
him.
81 never did thing worth doing by
accident" he replied. nor did any OF
my inventions come indirectly through
accident, except the monograph. No;
when have fully decided that a resul:
is worth getting go ahead on IL and
make trial after trial until il comes
have always kept strictly within tho
lines Of commercially useful inveu-
tons. ! have never had any time 10
put on electric wonders. valuab!c
simply as novelties 10 catch the popn-
lar fancy" And he named In dstinc-
ton some noted electricians who had
made their reputation through the Ply
rotechnies of the profession.
what makes you work." ! asked,
with real curiosity. What impels you
to this constant, tireless struggle? Ysu
have shown that you care comparative
~ nothing for the money that Il makes
and you have no particular enthusiasm
in the attending fame
81 like il, he answered. after mo-
ment OF puzzled expression. and they
he repeated his reply several times. as
if mine was a proposition that had noa
occurred TO him before. Il like IL
don't know any other reason. You
know some people like TO collect
stamps Anything have begun is al
ways on my mind and I am not ea2y
while away fnom IL until it is finished
And then hate IT, "
Hate it?" | asked. struck by his
emphatic tones
Yes" be affirmed. when 10 is all
done and 10 Il success ! can't bear tho
sight of il. / haven't used a telephone
in ten years and would 20 out Of my
way any day ~ miss an incandescen'
light "-Review of Reviews
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-28

Whatever may be SAID in support of
Senator Squlres' amendment to the ra.
peal bill. providing for bond issue 70
replenish the gold holdings of the treas
uiy, 1t viii be hard to defend the promo
sltion 10 leave The matter of interest
rate to the discretion of the secretary Of
The treasury, the act To only fix a maxi
mum OF per cent. The rate might as
well be fixed definitely at that figure. if
the bonds are to be issued, because the
holder of gold would decline to take tho
bonds al a less rate. If the SECRETARY of
the treasury is to be given discretion.
make 1t unrestricted. So much ON that
point. BY way of parenthesis it NAV he
added that the overwhelming sentiment
of The country Is against the issuino Of
bonds in any amount at any rate of in
terest, because it is not believed to no in
any degree necessary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-28
THE FAIR ATTEND

More Kansas people attended the
worlds fair according to the states
population than attended from any other
state, Illinois not excepted, is probably q
true statement. II one half OF the peo-
pie of Chicago Itself had visited the fair
for ten days, which is about the average
length of outside visits, the admissions
from that city alone would have aggre-
gated seven million, or one-third of the
entire admissions. Chicago visited the
fair pretty numerously every day, to tile
number of from ten 10 twenty thousand
on an average, but they don't count il
the columns of total admissions; they
were deadheads. Chicago was dead
headed largely at the expense of every
other section. Say that every visitor
averaged but five days, then less
than four million of all the millions Of
people of the United States viewed the
great wonder, for there We're some for
eigners. A larger per cent of Wichita's
paid their way into the fair
than that of Chicago itself, not counting
the school children Of that city who
were admitted for nominal price.