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The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22
age that parents can desire for

glass and asked the New YORKER tn
look at beautiful. brilliant he haS
just unwrapped.
IL looked at il and admired H. but
told him was To Judge of diamonds"
the New Yorker went on. "All stones
of the same size looked pretty much
alike to me. though | could see that
some seemed to be more brilliant than
others He laughed little and said
he found that comparatively few peo-
pie were judges, hut that great many
were reluctant to own IT, and either
believed or pretended TO believe that
they could tell genuine diamond from
the best possible imitation and n good
stone from bad one.
"'Such people. he said. buy dia>
monds whenever they can be made ~
believe that they are getting bzrgainss
but as a rule they pay more than they
need to. Strictly speaking, there is na
such thing as bargain in diA monds-
excepting in buying one from some-
body who is ignorant or careless of tho
true value of what he has. because Z
diamond has an intrinsic value as weib
defined as that Of gold
However he continued, I am ais
ways glad TO meet anybody who is or
the lookout for bargains, because Z
generally manage 20 sell him somes
thing at good price
Then he went On to tell me that hn
only carried the other stones as sort
of sideshow. encc in . great while ha
would sell pearl or q ruby, but nearly
all his business consisted of sales OK
diamonds and watches He kept on
chatting. even after had satisfied hiuu
that ] didn't intend TO buy anything,
and he kept some of his parcels opep
for a considera ole time while he was
slowly wrapping up the others n
thought ~ frst tina. he seemed TO be
careless about IL. but as 7 watched him
I noticed tina: he never looked auy-
where excepting either at his goods o.
straight in nv eye. and 7 could see
that his vigilance was never reiaxed
for an instant"
This description affords n very faif
notion Of the business these pcddlers
do, and there are more Of them going
around the world than most p~opie,
have any notion of Hartford Conn.
News
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22
cheap farms. Our lands, at present
prices, are better than chatteis, stocks,
bonds or mortgages, and quite as secure
as government bonds

The supreme court says the great lakes
are high seas. For years the sailors
have held them TO be such. 1t is
curious fact that the word of the captain
is law on all boats. This is not alone
true of the great vessels on the oceans
but /. equally true of the craft on the
most unpretentious bodies of water
The tyranny of the officers on the Miss.
issippi steamboats, has become renowned
in story. Even on the canals the word
OF the boss is supreme and his license in
governing and furnishing his men is
without limit. A man is mariner if
he ploughs the vastly deep. He is also
mariner if he splashes IN a frog pond.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22
POCKETS FULL OF GEMS.
Fortunes In Precious stones Carried BY
Peddlers.

Fortunes In Precious stones Carried BY
Peddlers.
Ono CT the most surprising lines OF
business that man can GO into-sur-
prising, that is until you have tune to
think about it. and then it isn't sur
prising at all-is the peddling of dia-
mond's Men go about the country
with from ten thousand dollars to
forty Thousand dollars worth of the
costly, tiny triflcs in their clothes,
hunting for customers in all sorts Of
places where they are likely to find
customers, and they make, at least
some of them make. a good living out
of it And one really curious thing
about it is that very few of them own
the goods they carry. They de not, in
any sort of security. excepting that Of
their own personal character. They
are known or believed to be thorough
ly honest and relia BILE, and the mer-
chants who really have money in
vested in the goods trust them fully
and freely. A New York man, who
travels almost continually. met one of
these peddlers in the resding-room Of a
hotel in Hartford, some time ago. and
told afterward how astonished he was
when the stranger approached him and
began showing his goods
He was a tall, good-looking young
fellow said the New Yorker. ''and
was dressed very quietly and tastefully.
l noticed that there wasn't a single
article of jewelry visible on his person,
not even a gold button or a watch
like jewelry was a key chain. and OBJ
served afterward that that was made
very strongly and appeared to be. as l
presume il was. made of the very finest
steel He sat down beside me and.
pulling at his chain, drew out Of his
pocket "A chamois leather bag or purse.
Out of this he took what looked like =
handful OF small packages, each
wrapped up in fine tissue paper. These
he unwsapped and showed me the con-
tentA In each one was a gem There
were diamonds rubics and emersids
and two or three pearls, but nearly all
Of them were diamonds and only three
or four were what | would call un-
usually large stones They were with
out settings. and as he unfelded the
papers he rubbed each stone gently and
deftly with small piece Of flannel
Naturally, he was talking while he
did ali this. and | soon GO; very much
interested" the speaker continued /
He began by asking II he could not
sell me diamond. and / told him ]
thought not. but said II hesitatingly,
because / wanted to hear what he had
to say.
81 have them here said the ped.
dler. all the way from fifty to three
thousand five hundred dollars. but
can sell you one that any gentleman
would be pleased to wear for two or
three hundred dollars Most persons.
even those who can afford IL. do not
care to wear very large ones. though !
nave some customers who won't look
at small stone
You have regular Customers them
asked the man from New York On.
yes: nv trade is mostly among actors
and hotel men. and know nearly al
the prominent ones east Of the Aissis-
sippi
And then he took out . powerful
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22
SATISFACTORY CONDITIONS.

Secretary Mohler says the corn product
for the state this year was 11S, ,624 500
bushels on a total area of 6, l72, 463 acres.
The average yield per acre for the state
on the entire area planted is 1872 bushels.
The area Sown to wheat as compared
with last year is reported at SO per cent.
Correspondents report wheat in the
ground generally throughout the state
in good condition and that the soil has
sufficient moisture for good growth.
Stock generally is reported in good con-
dition; feed for the most part Is plenti-
full. In a general way agricultural con-
ditions throughout the state are satis-
factory.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

The MISUNDERSTANDING Co., Buffalo,
n. Y, has just issued small atlas,
5x74 inches in size. entitled the 'Ade-
quate Travel-Atlas of the United States"
1t is one of the most convenient and
systematic books of the kind ever issued,
and will prove invaluable to the busy
business man. 1t embraces maps, i'll
three colors, of states and cities, indexes
with each map and statistics interwovea.
1t Is as small as consistent with the full
amount of information contained within
its pages, and is a volume which will
answer every question put by SO out OF
100 travellers. Especial attention has
been paid to accuracy in the minutest
details The publishers, The Matthews
Northrup Co., Lave been for years max
ing maps, varying in size from feet by
6 feet TO miniatures A. inches by 81
inches. The result OF their years ex
perience is that by the wise commission
of unimportant details little map may
be made quite as legible as a big one,
and tenfold more useful. Price of the
atlas is Sl2
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

Quite number of excuses are being
hatched up for not putting prohibition
into the next Republican state platform
by the fellows who for years have
hypecritcally loaded the party down
and into final defeat with that question.
For the life of US we can't see the neces-
sity for these excuses. As the EAGLE
has been saying for years, whatever may
be said for or against it. prohibition is
no proper test Of Republicanism. To
make it such is to defeat the Republican
party in all the strongest counties of the
state, Shawnee possibly excepted.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22
THE MODEST VICTOR,

from the Columbus Dispatch.
One of the noteworthy features of Nc
Kinley's conduct is that he is quite as
modest and self-possessed in victory as
in defeat. During the campaign, when
men in the vast audiences that he ad-
dressed shouted, "We're for you, Mac,
all the time," he replied in substance.
departing from the discussion, Il am
nothing; my opponent, Mr.. Neal, is
nothing. But the principle of protection
to American industries Is deserving of
your heartiest support and hope will
always receive it, So when asked in
New York yesterday if he were not jubi-
liant over his great victory in OHIO, Gov
ernor Mckinley replied: Il am not ex-
ultant, only pleased and gratified. The
battle was fought solely on the tariff is
sue. The vast majority rolled up in
Ohio shows conclusiveiy that the work
ingmen have learned something since
the vote of last year and now see the
folly of their course" There is in all
this none of the self-glorification too
common among politicians.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22
HE WAS HARMLESS.
A Flannel Night Robe and the Consterns
tion 1t Caused.

A Flannel Night Robe and the Consterna.
tion 1t Caused.
He was going north on Woodland
avenue car He had bundle on his
knees and from the way he hitched
around and looked at the men on either
side of him it was evident that he
wanted to talk to some one. He final
ly selected the man on his right. who
was dapper little fellow with eye
glasses and a gold cane.
Ever bothered with the rheuma-
tics?" inquired the man with the bun
Ole
The dapper man never moved an eye
winker.
I'm having it considerabl bly, this
fall, "saia the other. Strikes me in
the right shoulder and | can't wash
the back of my neck more'n half the
time. You look as though you might
be subject to it..
Tn. dapper man looked straight
across the car and the only movement
betraying life was jerky motion of
one toe.
Bin a-buyin' flannel nightshirt,"
persisted the man with the bundle.
''Some advised me TO get indicated
flannel and some said the common red
flannel would do. Which sort do you
think is best?'
The dapper man was now flushed up
ana his eyes turned to the door, but he
gave no other sign.
Il paid dollar for this" continued
the bundle man as he united tho
string. ''and he warranted it not to
shrink. I'd like to ask your opinion
of the goods Have | paid too much?'
He unwrapped the paper and held
the shirt up TO view. II was red fan
mel nightshirt which appeared to be
nine feet long, and at first sigh: the
dapper little man turned whittier than
-four, got up and fell over his cane.
and got mp again, shot outdoors and
dropped off Everybody else laughed
heartily, and after looking around in
surprised way the old man began do
ing up the bundle and observed:
He needn't have been scarf Of me
Lands save him l never hurt nobody
N my life. Detroit Free Press
A Social Diiemma--T hear tha.
Tom De Lisle IS engaged to one Of the
Harding twins Yes. he Is ITO
which one?" He doesn't know. De
troit Free Press
Always keep the com
pany Of those who are better than
Yourself Son-'Rus suppose that
kind OF company ha. the same end IN
view. where am ] going 10 come OUT
N. y. Press
-''Moriarfy. i:'s home vou shonId be
going. ye're dhrunkn "Hedzc. cut
OF IN not. Sosr." "Ye're dhrahk- o.
saw '-oim liar, then, Pneiim
ReilIye" mo: ye're jist dhrunk-" +Ye
wouldn't say tha: If Oh was sober If
20 Was sober ye wouidn'; denv IL
lis yoar appetite csprieiors7 ssssd
the physician. who had bern called IN
to see Farmer Ned6ersrass That's
what Z IL doctor. Some DAYS ] eat
liver and bacon all right. an then again
Il seems a. If nothin' would do cus
ccsnes beef an cabbage. or sour-krSut
.nd saxxixex ---HAxner'a kAzAe.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

According to Hicks the clustering rain
we had Monday was due to the opposi-
tion of Jupiter. This is Indeed sur
prise. Thousands of unenlightened
people were cropping around under the
impression that the rain could be traced
directly to the humidity in the atmos-
Shere
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

Governor Mckinley discourages ex-
pensive Publications after election and
asks, in response to an invitation to at
tend one at Akron, whether it would not
be better to devote the money used for
such purposes to the feeding and cloth
ing of poor people who are suffering
from the hard times.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22
The Idiocy,

rom EsiaWrellte J
What idiocv it is to talk Of impeach-
ing the president when a majority of
congress endorses him iu appointing Van
Allen 10 foreign mission. \ body of
men that would do that would uphold
him if he prorogued congress aud de-
ciared himself dictator.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22
Birds OF 4 Feather.

From the Topeka Capital.
The law has just scored one on Herr
Altgeld in Illinois. William Shelies.
one OF the scoundrels he had pardoned
out of the penitentiary, tried to rob a
tram in Logan county and was arrested
He will probably be sentenced TO the
pen as a mere matter of form.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

As for the semi arid regions lying east
OF the Rockies. the thing to do is TO tap the
Missouri river for one-half of its waters
at some point in North Dakota and run
the MAIN ditch straight south for two
thousand miles. II would cost heap
of money but the products of such
ditch and latterals would feed the
world.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22
Railways in kansas.

Prom the Kansas City Gazette
Mcpherson county has 135 miles or
railroad in all. There are hus twenty
two counties in Kansas which have more
Sedgwick county has 2ls miles, which
is more than any other county III the
state. Wyandotte, the smallest county
III the state, contains 19 ~ miles OF psaiIl
track and 1887 miles OF side track
This gives total mileage of l99. ., there
being about five counties IL the state
with greater mileage,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

An English explorer has just returned
from 4,000-mie canoe journey into the
interior of Alaska. He visited vast re-
gions never before seen by white men.
1t seems that after 400 years the conti-
nent discovered by Columbus has yet by
no means been explored. America isye t
not entirely discovered.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22
He Comes High.

Fros, the Topeka Journal.
The St. Louis papers say that the
Womans Exchange Of that city, who
brought Senator ingalls, to that city to
lecture Saturday night, probably lost
money on the venture, as the managers
had TO pay Mr. ingalls, $500 and the rent
of the hall was $500. The attendance
was about 700. This left the ladies on,
OF pocket for advertising and other ex-
penseS.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

Learn To laugh A good laugh is be.j
ter than medicine Learn how 20 tel N
q story. A well-.old story is as vel.
come as a sunbeam in a sick room
Learn TO keep your own troubles II
yourself The world II too busy 10
care for your ills and sorrows Learn
70 stop crosking. IL you cannot ses
any good In the world keep the bad ~
yourself Learn 70 hide Jour pains
and aches under pleasant smile Nj
one cares TO hear whether ron have .hs
esrzehe. headache or rheuma.isrn.i
Don't err. Tears do well enough IA
novels. bat they are out Of place ia real
life. Learn 20 meet your friends ~ith
smile. The gosd-humored man os
woman II always welcome. bn. ,ha
dyspeptic or hypoeaondrizc is NOD
wanted anywhere and ia a aaisaacs A.
weil-Family Doctor
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

This is ingalls, latest utterance 1t
was made al ST. Louis last Saturday
night: american politics has been the
scieEce of compromise and the chief
characteristic of politicians has been
pusillanimitv."
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

Nothing seems 10 please the average
Texan residing near the Mexican line
more than TO get up III the morning with
a club and break the neutrality laws.
He usually breaks Mexicans head at
the same time. The Texans love for
the Greaser is pyrotechnic.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

1t is gratifying to see the Choctaw In
dianS come out for statehood. When
the American Indian indorses any pro-
gressive move it is time to begin to peal
your eve for the millennium.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22
With thousands of unemnloved wor.

With thousands OF unemployed work
ingmen in every section of the country
it would seem that the labor federation
had been discreet in permitting the
Lehigh Valley road strike. They may
gain their point, but with so many lille
and hungry workingmen abroad it is
extremely doubtful.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

1t is openly limited in Washington that
Senator PETER has a magnificent offer
from New York bicycle house. They
want to employ him to blow up pneu-
matte tires.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

Prendergast, the assassin, declares that
he is not insane. His plea in cour: will
be insanity. Then he will bring in as
proof of his insanity the fact that he be-
lieveS himself sane.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

The Gould family is at last letting the
screen fall from before its domestic af-
fairs. When Jay Gould was alive he
managed to keephis home and its affairs
secret. And many people admired him
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

The iails in Chicago are so full that
the prisoners have 10 sleep standing up.
1t is rather hard for the average GRIM
inal to be upright.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

Secretary Carlisle in releasing the
Russian refugees against the wishes of
the czar has offered bold affront TO
President Cleveland Have foreign
potentates no rights in this country!
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

Some Democrats defend Cleveland;
some defend Gresham; some defend
Van Allen; but tpere is not one in all
the land that has one word to say for
poor old Altgeld of Illinois.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

No one can deny, and so far Blounts
charges are true, that Minister Steven
betrayed in Hawaii an objectionable, ne
farious partiality to Republican form
of government
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

Florida refuses to take the Corbett-
Mitchell fight under its wing. Indiana
will not have them. Neither will New
Jersey. There seems to be no place in
this country where 4 gentleman can
stand up and get knocked down.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

Following the epidemics of cranks and
crime the country seems to be getting
into an outbreak of incendiarsm, This
nation is good deal of a puzzle after
NIL
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

An old colored man at Topeka was
fined the other day for spanking his
daughter. The child WAS 30 years old
and had been married three times.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

Columbia, the new American vessel,
Is the fastest thing afioat. 1t was built
on the supposition that our enemy will
try to get away from us by retreating.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

Slavery in Guatemala has been abol-
ished. With the exception OF a few
dark places in Africa, slavery does not
pxist outside of the Presidents cabinet.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

If young Dom Pedro is seeking an easy
method of suicide he can lind Ii In
number of places nearer Spain than the
Brazilian throne.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

Quite probably the earthquake in
Teheran is result of the boisterous way
in which the Ohio voters put their foot
down OF Larry Neal.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

Senator Peffer in forming new party
may as well realize right now that any
attempt to keep Mrs. Lease off the cow
catcher will result in disaster.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22
EXCHANGE EPITOMES,
Oh Lord Yes.

And now the fond and loving wife
Is thinking day by day
OF Christmas gifts for her iiege lord
For which he'll have to pay.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

Queen Victoria, is going to have an
elevator put in Windsor castle. Old
England may yet put fire-escapes on the
tower of London.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

All fool things do not happen in this
country. An English court has just de-
cided that the term "woman" Is not
libellOIS.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

The pressure of good umes which has
followed the repeal OF the silver bill is
something awful, but the country VIII
try and bear up.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

After thinking about it Lilloukalani
NAV have refused 10 mount a throne
that probably has bomb upholstered IN
the seat.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

OF course it was hard TO see the
worlds fair 60. but then the country Is
granted respite from Mrs. Potter
Palmer.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

There is a novenen: on foot TO organize
4 home court of the eve natloaa-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

Kansas is suffering from viruient at
sack of "Ad astra per aspera.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

Everybody will regret to see that the
country is again drifting INTO savage
and merciless baking powder war.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

The complete control OF the Democrats
is apparent on every hand. American
interests are not in II.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

Again the anti-sooner sentiment IN
Oklahoma shows signs of working into
a state OF violent eruption.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22
NJ. NJ. MURDOCH Editor.

Probably the income tax Is in'enoeo
TO reach the train robbers.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

The twenty thousand Prohibition votes
cast in Iowa were intended 10 ueieal 'Hs
Republican party.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

Two more young Kentucky gentlemen
have succumbed to kte-shaped tempers.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-22

DO yoa believe in the supers.isfod
Of seeing the naoon over your shouls
de-T
Yes. over the ieft"-Detrsi. rrs>
Press
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-02-11
A NEW CITY HALL.

Ifthe financial arrangements can be
made, Salem needs new city ball very
much In connection with suitable quar-
ters for fire department.
The building should he centrally To-
Gated, between the railroad and the
river, and between North and South
Mil creek. An expensive building Is
not necessary for comfort or convent
ence. No local interest should be con =.
sidered In its location. The fire de-
partment will be all the better not too
near saloon or gambling place, or any
other incentive to idleness or inatten-
tion to duty.
A $4,000 building on a $1,000 lot will
be better than paying rent. A fire.
proof building that would last forty or
MY years ls what the city should build
when II builds at all. But that is out
'f reach without an amended charter.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-02-11

goodp. and not on these necessary ac-
eeseUfits, would fi8ce The industry et =
disadvantage undpf which its pfostfaa
ton wOuld Ne complete.
T. The customs administrative act
~ is9D has provided fof The first time
IN our history uniform, impartial aud
effective admlnisifat oi W the tain
lew, with an expert tribunal fof the de-
termination ~ disputed fstes aud class
incatiDts, such a. is necessary under
auy tefin law fIf the honest collection
~ The duties iinpt sed wv the law. We
strongly ufee the retention Of this Law
In substantially its present form, ~ a
law equally IN the Interest ~ the gOya
eminent, The manufacturer and the i'm.
porter.
8 That the WOOL manufactures stebd.
Ing fourth In importance among all
our industries, consuming annually n
volume ~ faw material almost equal
tO that consumed IN Great Britain, em-
ploying o quarter " nuiilUn persons,
tO whom Hre paid $50 oOn 600 IN wages,
and supplying eli bUi about 10 per ecu.
tun ~ The cloiiine of our people, is an
Industry which has vludicated lts
right 90 exist in the United states, and
has approved itself t. the friendly aud
conslderate treatment which we ask at
the hands Of Congress.