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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-31

viii be an instructive object lesson, just
rs Uncle Sans brick battleshipin the har-
Dor gives them an even better idea of mod
err naval construction and armament, or
Is they may study TO still better advant~
age the newest type Of steamships by going
aboard the wHaleback Columbus along
with four or five other passengers for =
pleasant trip On Lake Michigan.
If one likes boats-aud who does uot3-
this is the place to see them. Besides the
acres Of models and pictures OF larger
crafts there are innumerable smaller ships
and boats-Gshing boats. cutters, yawls,
launches, canoes, ice-boats. dingies, pilot
boats They have been gathered from all
lands. Side by side are the HIDE boats 81
the Indians and the trim electric or oil
pleasure or fishing canoes Of modern build.
There are boats Of steel. Of iron, Of wood.
Of skins, of barks, Of burned out trunks Of
trees, Of rubber All their appliances of
oars, paddles, eng Dez, screws, propeller,
sails, rigging and anchoTing are shown,
too One may probably spend two or
three days here looking At nothing but
boats. He may see not only what man Is
doing today bat may study bis efforts a.
boat and snip building through ali time.
There one dense group OF visitors Is look
ing At an accurate model of the santa
Maria. ore CT the immortal CoIum bus'
!ittIe feet. and near by another group =
adzirtng the beautiful iues of the swift
Cam panis" Between them stands the
staunch craft with which Grace Daring
saved 20 May lives and Won Tor herself
irpeEishable reuown-
We have had q hurried glimpse a. trazs-
gsortatiou By water and transportation f.r
rail But many methods % land transpor-
ta1ou remain 10 be seso- II would never
d 10 forges stress cars and Yei..eles tor i.ss
On common roaE+s fer the mere tSssizlat III z
steamships and loc1-1af.ras Even more
81. p94ies4t 20 Izasn than BIS railways CT 30
hlrs are his carriazes ard vaGncs o.
these hevs SIRE literally srFes azd aerez.
There s. rgfkln2 IN f5e l'ae Il TeaIelss for
uss - ulau with draEZ6t animals tAas &
rot hssogxu ERE.
II y > pleasure - note thai both r. Szs--
sgn and EvoFkrsAzlsAsp ths Aacsr5eza
zeTs - wagons AID Carriages e.lssl =
lead fka ward y lere efssfr ast5ez.s fsi-
ioyv t=sasen tgs1ks the AEzey1<z4E4 t,s1.7
s.r5kes est foT pew s9aptasscaz Ths il
rzr7s eszLsg3y noticeable u tee 1e5zss-~.1t.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-31
Z ANSAS CUCKOOS,-

From the Chicago Evening Journal.
1t is evident from their action in
erasing the name of their predecessors
from place of honor il the state build
ing that the Populist worlds fair COM
missioners belongt to the family cucuiid8
and to the genus cuculus canOruS of that
family. This bird of historical and
superstitious notoriety is renowned for
its predatory habits. at is notorious,
says high authority, 'for its parasit-
ism. having the habit common to many
birds Of the family of depositing its eggs
in the nests of other birds, chiefly
smaller than itself. and causing its
young to be reared by the foster parents
"a condition generally entaiing the
death of their own progeny" The
American or tree cuckoos do not belong
TO this parasitic class, but build their
own nests and hatch out their own eggs
as every self-respecting bird should.
The Kansas Populist commissioners do
not belong TO the American genus. They
have developed all the traits that have
made the traditional cuckoo infamous.
They are of that cuckoo tribe which
Shakespeare tells us ''bnilds not for him
self.
The story of the Kansas cuckoos is
briefly told. In the session of the Kan
sas legislature two years AGO bill ap-
propriating $1,000 for the representa-
ton of the state at the Worlds Column
ban exposition was passed by the Re
publican senate. 1t went to the house,
Ill which the Populists had a demagogic
majority, and was there incOntinently
strangled. Philosophical citizens Of
Kansas, under authority from a Repub-
lican governor, took up the matter and
raised the fund for stale representation
by private subscription. Naturally a Re
publican commission was appointed to
administer the citizens fund. This ii did,
and when the Kansas building was
completed the commissioners names
were inscribed on panel in its corridor
But along came "a cuckoo election III
Kansas resulting III the selection Of a
Populist cuckoo named Lewelling as
governor. One of his first cuckoo acts
was to appoint lot OF his fellow
cuckoos as state commissioners al the
worlds fair 10 play the cuckoo act OF
occupying the nest which others had
planned and built. In the course OF IA
ture the commissioners could not permit
tie rames Of the real builders of the
nest they were 10 occupy 20 remain upon
Its portals. And 50 they were erased
ana when their own are inscribed upon
the panel erected and paid for by the
Republicans Of Kansas the story Of the
Kansas cuckoos will be complete.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-31

The PoIGiists OF Kansas ask the aid OF
their political sympaglizers Ia Nebraska,
the two Dako;aS, Oklahoma aud Texas
IL provide means for budding great
railroad from Bismarck TO the Gulf Of
Mexico. Il requires money 10 build
railroads. Tie Popuiists IL tile states
named have 10 money. They can OBJ
tain money only by borrowing H. Their
plan lnvokes state aid by osinS the
public credit for negotiating loans. X
would be Instructive To see "a Popul,st
politician. IN the character Of agent for
4 Populst stale administration. APP
preach & capitalist ana ask for loan &
money oa the credit Of individuals, or
iaad owners, or Of the government IL
states where Pop0li>t legislation pre-
walls. With record Of reputation,
ihey could not borrow 2 cent.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-31

The failure TO christianize the Chinese
who have come to tins country will no
doubt cause many church people 10
view with feelings of apprehension the
proposed immigration OF large numbers
of Nohammedans from India. The
Christian church has ever regarded all
other forms of religion as idolatrv and
the believers therein as heather, anu the
coming of representatives from such
countries TO this was want to be regard
ed by some as in some measure a Divine
arrangement for facilitating the mis-
slonary work in such foreign lands.
through the conversion of those who
come here and then return to their ma
tive lands: but the experience had with
Chinese along that line has about dfssi
pated that idea. The announcement
that the followers of the prophet who are
10 come here viii have as part of their
mission the propagation of their religion.
would seem TO put new phase anon
the work of the church here and imnel
i: to give more attention To the home
held as a matter of defense, whether
the efforts abroad are curtajled or not.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-31
Errors in the Session Laws.

From the Topeka Press.
Since the issuance Of the session laws
several mistakes have been found, but
in nearly every instance 1t has been
found to be the fault of the enrolling
clerks.
By the session laws just issued the
stenographers Of the chief justice and
associates receive ''$I2. 600" wear as
their salary, where it should be 81 200.
There is double appropriation for the
deaf aud dumb institute at Olathe.
j. w. Dix. as member of the peni-
Tertiary investigating committee, gets
$500. WHARF, it should be 50.
But the most serious mistake IS the APP
preparation for the erection of building
at the girls industrial school at BeioIt.
The law reads Beginning June 80, le9A,
where it was meant to read Ending
June 30. 1884," This mistake may delay
the erection of the building year,
All the other mistakes can De rectitied,
as the law fixes the salaries of the stem
osraphers and Dir. DIX has drawn his 8
and the auditor has bis receipt, but The
outcome of the Beloit appropriation Is
not to be con lectured
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-31
= =
WALTEs WELxAx.
WORTH YOUR WHILE TO READ.

OSg-HALY the population of Hinne-
sofa and tho Daissssa Il, foreign born.
TIE deposits in American savings
banks amounted ii ISsl % sI.e54 .00o. 600.
TIE work of sinking artesisn wells
81 several q the Sioux agencies sslll
be commenced shortly.
TIE total recorded irnrnigra ton -
this country "a I8.0o4 &C. aIuos; as
many o. the whcle population q Spain
ACCORDING To the laws In many
states q widow IA ssay IL tie house
81 her deceased bus band for forty day.
without paying Fent
A CURIOUS caprice s. that q N.~
Tora woman wbe has made a ooiIec-
ton u penny t1ys and L4= secured
over SIX b1ndreel EaeA trophies
WEsr FlIz7fsf4 bas q two headed
woman who nsz tv-o VOTERS entirely
q Ferent 81 fen~. s1ae fAExs b.aA os
cae sl<ie and feror ofs tae cher.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-31
SALIENT SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

CLoUDs are on the average about i've
hundred yards in thickness
ONE square foot Of glass viii lose as
much heat as six square feet OF twelve
inch brick wall
WIEN showing the violet shade the
thickness OF the flm Of a soap bubble
is about ,240. 0o0th ot an inch
oSE heat unit equals - foot pounds.
anu the heat that must Re extracted
from one pound Of water 10 convert Il
into ice equals Iga. 624 foot pounds
The pure white lustre II the snow IS
due 20 the fact that all the elementary
colors Of light are blended together II
the radiance that Is thrown on froza
the surface u the thousand ana more
distinct and perfect CRYSTALS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-31
THE CONNECTICUT LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY or HARTFORD.

PAYS larger dividends as compared with pre-
miuus received, than any other company ia
the niicd States.
IL guarantees larger cash sure ltlor values
Tor life policies than any other company IN
tlc United States. whether premiums be !im-
tied or continuous.
II pays dividend annually, thus doing away
with all possibility OF forfeiture IN case OF
death 0r lapse.
\ few agents are wanted by the undersiCn-
ed, In Southern and Western Kansas.
Address. stating experience, X any and Civ
ing reference, WALTER II. GRAVES.
General Agent
81 Nor th Main 81. . Wichita, Kansas
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-31
Prospects Not So Bad.

From the Forl Scott Monitor.
Notwithstanding the dry spell in Sedg-
wick and Sumner counties and the wet
spell in this section of the state, the
crops are looking better than we expect
ed 10 see them, A heavy rain fell at
Wichita, DIulvane and Belle Plaine, on
Thursday night, which extended over all
the country to Fort Scott There was
none to do any good at Wellington. The
wheat is short in straw, but the heads
promise well in a majority of fields in
the Arkansas valley. The corn is doing
well over the entire section.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-31

Ministers often tlrueS observe cszTs-
oas phases Of huEaan n4ture among per
sons soliciting their services u sh@
perforalaue nee u q marriage ceremony
'-Nill voa take this womau Far your
vye35e3 wife," asked Rev Madison T.
Peters u a voa.l-ie bri'lesreoaa re-
gently
YES Ia take her. remarked she
rnan in Is half de- ee.ea .oae nus Pc
a4a-d. ws;a sa-rris5aG fransHess g
rather Is aerc her sIs1@- " ! Her
al
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-31

Some of the Democratic papers are
frantic for Cleveland TO call congress
together to repeal the Sherman law.
The trouble with Cleveland is he don't
know where his congress is at, and there
is big suspicion rampant also that they
don't know themselves, \ big lot of
them want the dollar of their daddies'
but whether the sherman law Is favor
able or unfavorable they haven't deter
mined, farther than thar Wall street
Shao't saw
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-31
Not 4 Sure Thing.

From tho Fort Scott Monitor.
The political situation in Kansas this
year is one that Republicans should
study and prepare to grasp and handle
intelligently next fail. The chances for
Republican success generally over the
state are encouraging, but success is not
going to BE the result of luck or accident.
II must be won by good, honest political
work. Aud now is the time to begin it.
The stalwart Democrats are not going to
be able to control the partE.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-31

TAe fook--See hesh. T9u dot. whs.
Toa mixiu' 500. inter Dat coffee tar
Is you done gof.e crzzv7
The Waitress Crazy7 20 4 gem
men n de dlniug.roozs dar sas4 hss
didn't svaut any vsi'a- dish xztah II.
hss'1, buf Z "a hrsny 'i.a a cup Of
black cores he'd gsb aae . guar;aA----
HaTpers B@zar.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-31
Lawyer and Soldier Presidents.

Prom The VIEW N0rk Ledger.
Every president of the United States,
from George Washington down to Mr.
Cleveland. has been either lawyer or a
soldier. Nearly all have been both. Ex-
President Harrison was a lawyer-soldier
president, and General Garfield gave up
his practice for time to fight IN the
war. Perhaps you will find time to look
in your histories and find ont what ones
of the other presidents were soldiers
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-31
Wichisa's Eav.
: Kansas CITY star.


A Wichita newspaper described all Of
the costumes worn by the sweet girl
graduates IN that city tins year and gave
a list-of the presents which they received.
In Wichita wash dresses have gone
out for commencenIeEjs and have been
suxpi.nLed by SILKS and crepe de chine.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-31
XCHANGE EPITOMES.
Consolation of Ideas.

From the Lawrence Journal.
The ranchmen of Colorado credit the
Baptist convention with bringing on "A
big rain that extended almost all over
the state. No doubt some of the cow
boys were irreverent enough TO think
that had it been a Methodist gathering
there would have been nothing but ii
sprinkle
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-31

One of the beer gardens of Chicago
had out signs Sunday reading: "Will
remain closed until 5 p. m. as long as the
fair IS open on sundays and others
had not enough business to pay for their
bartenders and walters.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-31

Miss Fos3Ick a. the piano Shall 7
sing Some DaT?"
NJ. Dollev Engaged 70 her}-ycs
Iowa, soma car uaxr rs2r---Tsa11z2-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-31

The Emporia Republican suggests that
the Cleveland administration celebrated
Memorial Day in saving the people
$e,O00,000 or more by cutting down
pensions by so much.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-31
135 North Market Street.
A Full Corps Of
Trained Specialists with
Private Hospital ilVant-
AGES.
Twenty Years in
Practice, Eight Years in
\ iichita.
i $50 NERVOUS DFBIII1Y.

DISEASES t 6i:i;X9I,. I pfRIilllAs
OF MEN, t hh5 81 81 +, EA 9,s,.5 X
ndence, Dependency. llHpelinents Mari rage, Ne
KIDNEY And TRiXAItY bIsIA painfgl
ENLARGED Prostate Glands, Diabetes etc receive spec
-A--o cf urine made ln al without charge.
NAElCOC tIE-C Causing Vital Losses D,spons
painless and h'oodless treatment
SI.tf' TtNF-tured by EeCrrolysis, no stretch
PILES. FI>IJI-A, ttSSU RE HNDROCELE :
methods No detention om business necessary ;tQd
GENERAL ST BGEfN-ia III rs deFarfRleit the
try Dr. Pudy ( Jordan having been Professors a :
tle 1uhder> II - Francis onifI o. this city and
uL the leading medical VHtcSuTScS in lie state. lavn
South Kansas The Wichita Cry Pathological aud Med
Gessilily tfeatei. meHgiOD the following. turvaI
Up. Wry Nect Itcfofnities OF all kinds Cancers iu
Birth Marks. rheumatism Nervous Diseases; Private
Dance. etc.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-11-21

sealed. His relentless and pitiless
avenger had at last an opportunity to
make good the oath of blood he had
taken. and another grave was dug
that day in the immediate vicinity Of
Yellvilie.
The above Is one version of this
strange chapter Of death and revenge.
But there is yet another, less roman
tic, maybe, though not equally thrill
ing. 1t is said that Young McGoffin
spent several years and a great deal
Of money in his efforts to locate the
slayer of his father, and that finally
his supreme patience and perseverance
were rewarded by finding the muir
derer in the vicinity of Shreveport,
La, where vengeance was swiftly
meted out.
All the participants in this affair
are now dead and the deeds Of blood
associated with it have become page
in the annals Of the late Civil war
between the North and South.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-11-21
Edward Brown Hunt.

Edward Brown Hunt. an old resi-
dent of Indiana. died August 26.
1893. ut his home at Island Farm
near Rising sun. Ohio county. in the
eighrieth year oi his are.
The deceased was the grandfather
of Ben L. Goodwin. of the Sedalia
National Bank of Sedalia.
The following regarding the de,
ceased l. from the indianapolis !SrD.
hnei:
''Mr. Hunt was appointed a cadet u
the IVES, Point military school in 1880,
when General jackson was president.
He was educated rs Il civil engineer
After he graduated he returned to his
native town, Lawrencebarg. Dear
born county, where he established
himself in the boot and shoe business.
He conducted this for several wears
very successfully.
In 1919 he retired from mercantile
pursuits and returned to mis- profession
and made the first survey of the In.
dianapolis Il Cincinnati railroad from
Lawrenceburg to indianapolis and it
was built i'm 1853 on the line located
by Mr.. Hunt.
He followed engineering several
years. after which he retired to farm
on the Ohio river opposite Laughery
island. on which he lived until his
death.
In politics he was an uncomprOmis.
ing democrat and held the office OF
county surveyor Of Ohio county sew
eral terms, always being elected on
the democratic ticket, while the county
was and is largely republican.
He reared a family Of eight chill
dren. three daughters and five sons.
He was warm friend of the late
Thomas A. Hendricks and Judge
Holman, member Of congress from
the Fifth district"
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-11-21

Mrs. Emma Rose was granted a
divorce from her husband Kit Rose,
in Kansas City last Wednesday. A
few minutes aflerward the couple re
appeared in Judge Gibson's court and
asked that the decree he set aside,
their differences having been amicably
settled. This was promptly done
Mrs. Rose is a sister of the famous
Younger brothers.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-11-21

and many thousands Of dollars wen
to the winds.
TO show how he bought, an mel
dent can be told
Charles d. Lesher was the mai
about town who was trader. Charlie
would sell anything from a lot in the
cemetery 10 brick block, as oppor
tunity offered.
Charlie had team Of beautiful
matched bay ponies which caught the
eye of Alexander Campbell.
He wanted to own them.
The price cut no figure. He would
have them.
Charlie knew his man and asked
$500.
Mr.. Campbell purchased the ami
mails.
They We're worth about $40, e;.ch.
In a lew months the hair OF the
ponies grew out and it developed that
one had white spots on it that had
been colored.
One day he met Le,her and asked
him what he used To color the pony,
not complaining of the deception that
had been practiced upon him.
Lesher told him.
Alexander Campbell was soft
picking" for number OF SPECTATORS
about Central Missouri and each We'd
with the other in getting Il chance at
the snap"
The climax finally came
On March ,. 1874. the farm. the
idol of Campbelr> heart, was sold
under deed of trust. and he was as
poor as he was al the time he va Il
soldier receiving sl5 per month.
He rented some land near George
town and raised and peddled garden
truck from door To- door in Sedalia.
Ii is told after he was Impoverished
that Mr.. Campbell was helped by one
of his mining partners who had been
more careful with his money. But
that story needs confirmation.
About 1850. Alexander Campbell
concluded to leave Pettis county.
He babe his family an atiectionate
farewell and came to Sedalia with all
his possessions in an Old black oil
cloth hag.
He was Ia seek new field,
form new associations and make an
effort to recuperate his fortunes.
He had bent hi> steps towards Il
mining country.
While he sat at the railway depot,
in the twilight of an autunnal even
ing, awaiting train to carry him u
the mountains of Colorado. he wept.
He said nothing.
He murmured not word oi com
plant. He blamed no one.
He left. The vicinity of Leadville
attracted him and there he went.
He sent for his family and they.
100. soon Jeff Pettis county. probably
forever.
Where is he to-day,
He with his family are in the state
Of Washington.
Alexander Campbell i good
citizen anywhere and a well meaning
man in every particular,
He harmed no one Intentionally.
Honest to Il fault, if such thing is
possible.
He j. Il marvellous character.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-11-21
! Am crazed With Toothaehe

and served you right for having neglected
to use SOZODONT. Had You done so
your mouth would have ben healthy and
your teeth sound. Get the ''snag" pulled
out and commence at once using SOZ.
ODONT, thereby preserving the balance
Of YOUR teeth.