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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14
DODGING THE ROAD.
One Evil Resulting Prom the utdth 81
our American Highways

One Evil Resulting Prom the width Of
our American Highway
What the use OF fixing up the roadF'
said a ''pathmaster'' in the country.
who had been reproached because ho
did not cause the proper amount 81
work To be done on the highway.
when the track gets SO bad that We
can't travel on il, yre can dodge cut and
start another track The roadways
wide enough"
The results OF this practice were seen
on nearly ali the highways there's bout.
The space, many rods wide, which Law
between the road fences, was cut by a
series Of deep ruts. each one represent
ing a track In which vehicles had gone
IN order 20 dodge what had once been
supposed 20 be The established road
wav.
The original provision Of very wide
roadway. which had been intended ia
the interest O. good roads, had led - q
result quite different from that which
was intended Instead Of one good
broad roadway, lined on either side
with lawn, there was no true roadway
a. all
So long as general level, grassy sur-
face enabled wagon traveller q, lodge
the road when il was in bad c0uGit,uu.
they dodged 81, and as "A result the
track IS never IN good condition.
II the roadway had been one-quatter
"a wide necessity might have CON
strained the people 20 take better care
Of T. A roadway only sufficiently
wide TO allow two wagons % meet aHd
pass, but well kept f. certainly worth
more than a road which is au eighth ~
a mile wide, but scarcely psssabis any
where
"Dodgiuq the road" In one waY Or
another, has long been a discredita bile
habit Of the American people. but now
they are fortunately realizing that it IL
a most Improbable thing 70 DO --
Youths Companion
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14
WIT AND WISDOM.

The old age we are taught to rever-
ence never dyes its Standardization
Globe.
An argument results from the COL
lision of two trains of thought
ington Star.
We suppose the fight Of time is not
induced by the spur of the moment
Binghamton Leader.
If you will speak a kind word about
friend he will never forget it unless
you lend him more money than he can
repay. News
-"Papa's going to give me watch
my next birthday" cried Andrew, joy
fully. when is it?" asked Tommy.
"a year from last week" was the re-
ply. EskS
u beg thousand pardpns for COM
ing so late" My dear sir, replied the
lady, "no pardons are needed. You
can never come too late. christian
Register.
-'My!" said the visitor, as ne lifted
Wallie up in the air. you are solid"
Eyes" said Wallie proudly. There
isn't anything plated about me- "--Har-
per's Bazaar.
Turf Muggs-W'y didn't you hold
up dat long-haired musician just now
'fraid he was football player? Baryl
Howes-Naw. l fought ne wuz poet.
Indianapolis Journal.
Actor ION the stage)-Is there any
place in the whole wide world that
can go? Uncle Timothy-Yes, By lingo.
I'm needin' 4 man 10 feed cattle the
worst kind, young Teller.
Mr.. Stokes-What meter do you call
this poen2 Ny. Rondo-Ah. that's q
little thing of my own I call it Gas
Meter, because it goes along with such
an easy. rapid movement
White Bangs IS a most interest
ing taIker; he IS never At loss for =
subject" Gray-''H'ml Does he keep
q dog or IS he possessed OF chronic all
ment?" Boston Transcript
An understanding. -Jack-Are you
and your girls father coming 70 al XII
derstanding2 Toni don't know about
him. I was going from one last night,
size No 14-Det-oit Free Press
-Rupert-I should think TIRE ro0se
would get Group with such long ex-
posed neck. mamma Mamma-Ba; she
doesn't, does she! Rupert-No, she
doesn't. and I think ! know Why.
Mamma-Whyl RupeVt-Beeause she's
( % fail Of goose grease"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14
I OF inc EdsIe-
THE OUTCAST.
2body's wife tonight am l;

Nobody's wife tonight am I;
Cast out on the streetside to die;
And whose fault is it, pray you say?
Not mine, for would choose another way.
Nobody's wife tonight am I.
All; the years how swiftly they fly
To some; but Oh for me
Long years they shall ever De.
Through the weary years. past and gone,
look back to my girlhood's happy home.
Plenty of lovers had then,
Not one but would spurn me now from him,
But he, who brought me to this life,
And b. whom should be called wife,
And whose l am in the sight of heaven,
VIII have to answer greater sin.
Nobody's wife tonight am I.
As the cold wind whistles and hurries by.
And the pure white flakes OF snow come down
On me, who has neither friends or home.
Once was as pure as those flakes of snow.
And here am, and what am now?
Only poor outcast, sunk in an infamy 81
deep.
1t can only end in an endless sleep.
Nobody's wife tonight at all.
Many many times Ia We rose only to fall
Back to darker, deeper sin again;
For no one would lend me helping hand.
The g:lded saloon. all ablaze with light,
With its wine, music and singing
Makes me shudder tonight
For ali, too well do | know
The temptations and sins that from that
place flow!
Nobody's wife tonight ami.
And all look on me with a scornful eye,
Forgetting, so it seems to me,
The Bible text about the least OF these,
SO ye have done it unto Me-"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14
THE IRIDESCBNT DREAM,
From the Leavenworth Times.

From the Leavenworth Times.
The Peoples party came into power as
reformers. They were, among other
things, to purify politics. They were
shocked when Mir. ingalls, said: "'The
publication OF politics is an iridescent
dream" To them that was an evidence
of Ingalls, urfitness for public office, and
they defeated him.
Now they are in power in the state,
how are they succeeding in purifying
politics?
They have attempted to overthrow con-
stitutional government and to override
the will Of the majority
They have failed 10 cut off any of the
superfluous offices, but are reaching out
greediIy alter all of them, and preparing
to create many more.
The members of their rump house
have shown themselves grossly partisan
in deciding contests.
Members Of the senate have shown
equal contempt for the law and for the
rights of others.
Their governor has appointed b1ibe-
giver and a fugitive from justice to the
position of adjutant general.
The executive council has elected a
bribe-taker as member of the board Of
railroad commissioners.
And they have accepted a straw bond
from their state treasurer, who has che
handling OF millions of the states
money.
Verify, the Populists ought to recall
John J. ingalls, and install him as prophet
OF the new dispensation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14
STILL BRIGHT AND BOOMING.

Many bright and useful publications
come round to US annually and the
sight Of them is as refreshing, and well
come as the faces on New Years Day.
Friends faces are kept in remembrance;
good books for reference, inasmuch as
they lead and teach us what is to be
done in many painful straits. One
such publication, always foremost, Is be-
fore us, brimful Of sound advice and the
racieSt bits of fun, original and copy
righted, from the pens of such noted
humorists as Bill Nye, Opie P. Reed, Dan
bnry-News-Man and others. 1t is a
free gift of th5 season at the drug
gists' counter, and will be sought for
as Tie highly popular st. Jacobs Oil
Fan lily Almanac and Book of Health
and Humor, 1898. The work differs
somewhat from its former editions, but
is none the less attractive and in many
OF its features is the superior Of former
numbers. One special feature is the
"Offer of One Hundred Dollars" open
to all contestants, the details of which a
perusal of the book will more fully give.
The almanac is sent forth by The
Charles A. Vogeler company, Baltimore,
Nd, proprietors of some of the best
known and most reliable medicinal
preparations. a copy will be mailed 10
any address on receipt of a 2-cent stamp
by the above firm.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14

Kansas City Gazette: Neither of the
two great political parties viii control
he United States senate after Marc- 1.
lhe Democrats having fortv-three mem
hers. or two less than a majority. the
Republicans thirty-nine and the Popu-
lists five. Even should Montana's dead
locked legislature finally select \
straiShtout Democrat-which is not
probahIe-Jhe party would then lack one
Of majority. The next house will have
about thirty less Democratic members
than the present body, while the senate
will have four and possibly five more
Democrats than it has now Ia both
branches, however, but especially in the
senate, several of the Democratic mem
bers are imbued more or less with Pop
ulist ideas" True enough as to the last
sentence; but As an offset to it. all the
Populst members are imbued with rad
ical Democratic Ideas, especially on the
money and tariff questions.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14

The Leavenworth Times threatens to
lay up Marsh Murdock's woman suffrage
record for future use against him. Why
not use it while it is fresh? II Will spoil
under the blaze of advancing civiliza-
ton before you will ever get chance &c
use it against him as an ofice-seeker. As
for the rest of the Times article the
editor OF the EAGLE never denied. BY
letter or otherwise, anything that he
actually said. The Times knows that
what's written is written and any at.
tempt at denial would be foolish in face
Of the printed words.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14

''H1s reply" says S. D. Lee, indicated
that he would eyacuate the fort on the
18th, provided he did not IN the mean
time receive contradictory Instructions
from his government or additional sup
plies. but he declined to agree not TO
open his guns upon the confederate
troops in the event of any hostile dem
onstrations on their part against
his flag
This statement, It appears, was re-
garded By Gen. BeauregarCis aides. on
reading 1t over, as unsatisfactory, y
and they accordingly not sed him that
the bombardment would begin in enc
hour. And so the civil war was opened
" Sup
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14

The selection of Judge Gresham for
his secretary of state by PreSident-elect
Cleveland is interpreted by some to be
Cleveland's Quid 70 President Harrison's
pro QUO in the appointment of Demo-
crat to the supreme bench. Neither in
cident is without precedent, as hereto
fore shown in these columns, though
both are Of the unexpected that is said
to always happen. Nevertheless, as the
martyred Garfield exclaimed when ling
ering in the balances between life aud
death: God rejsns, and the govern
meut at Washington stlI lives.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14
GOOD ST. VALENTINE.

st. Valentine was an Italian priest
who suffered martyrdom at Rome in 270,
or at Terni in 306 Historians differ as
to the date. Legend amplifies, by dwell
ling on the virtues of his life and the
manner of his death, and tells how he
was brought before the Emperor Claud
ius II, who asked why he did not cult
vate his friendship by honoring his gods.
AS Valentine pleaded the cause OF the
one true God earnestly, Calphurnius,
the priest, cried out that he was seducing
the emperor, whereupon he was sent TO
Asterius to be judged. To him Valen-
tine spoke Of Christ, the light Of the
world, and Asterius said: eff He be the
light of the world, He will restore the
light to my daughter who has been blind
for two years. Tie maiden was brought,
and after Valentine prayed and laid
hands on her she received her sight
Then Asterius asked that he and his
household might be baptized, whereat
the Emperor being enraged, caused all
to be imprisoned, and Valentine to be
beaten with clubs. He was beheaded a
year later at Rome on February II, 270.
History, having little to tell concern
ing the man, makes amends by dwelling
at length on the ceremonies observed on
this day. They trace the origin of these
to the Roman Lupercalia, celebrated in
February, at which one practice was to
put the names of women in box to be
drawn by the men, each being bound to
serve and honor the woman whose name
he had drawn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14

In opposing the opening of the worlds
fair on Sunday few days ago, Senator
Quay essayed to bring holy writ to his
support, and in doing SO caused quill
cal smile over the faces on the Demo-
cratic side of the chamber. "Read that;
its the eighth commandment" said the
senator, handing the open Bible to the
loud clerk, who presently Numbered:
''Thou shalt not steal"' Mr.. Quay has
tened back. "No, no, no; not that,
said he; Its the other one-about Sun
day opening" The clerk couldn't find
anything about Sunday opening, so Mr..
Quay, Selling the book, at length found
the fourth commandment, and the clerk
read: Remember the Sabbath day and
keep it holy"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14

Wichita may have cut something of a
dash in securing the nomination of Lew
cling as the fusion candidate for governor,
but Wichita don't seem to be cutting
much of figure in the administration of
the aforesaid Lewelling as governor-elect.
The EAGLE says: Wichita would be just
as influential, just Us well off had Mis-
souri, river man, rather than an Iowa man,
been supported by her pops, dems. resubs
and mugwumps KANSAS City Gazette.
The EAGLE kicks. The only part of
the foregoing that the Gazette man
wrote was the three words ''The EAGLE
says" The one word EAGLE" either at
the beginning or end of the paragraph
would have been sufficient, without
quotation marks. Do like the EAGLE
does, George, /. e. give credit for all OF
none.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14
WHERE IS LEWELLING?

In the innocency of the unsuspecting
the question was asked several months
ago, "Who is Lewelling:" That ques-
ton was more or less satisfactorily an
swered in the November ides. Since his
Inauguration six weeks ago Mr.. LEVEL
ing seems to have been lost to the law
fully organized legislature. Hhe does
not heed such friendly talk as the fol-
lowing, which was made by Greenlee Of
Reno in the house Friday, we may safely
conclude that he is joined to his Idols.
Mr.. Greenlee said:
81 have waited here six weeks and no
response has been made to this call for
messages from the governor. | Lave
more than an ordinary interest IN this
gentleman who comes from Wichita.
We both belonged to the same pluto
cratic prohibition Republican party in
Iowa. We both came TO Kansas about
the same time, and we both engaged in
the same misunderstanding money at 2
per cent a month, more ii we could get
it. /, therefore, have personal interest
in this friend from Iowa who seems to
have leaped over my head and got into
the governors chair, and | shall at some
time in the near future offer a resolution
asking or his whereabouts"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14

Failing to suppress the consumption of
cigarettes by minors through laws pro-
hibiting the sale of the deadly little mis-
siles to that class of customers, the
Pennsylvania legislature has taken an
other tack on the breeze by passing an
other act making it misdemeanor for a
minor to be found smoking q cigarette.
This is Sumptuary legislation of the
rankest sort, but it VIII come nearer
curing the evil thin the former act a
long way. Stop the consumption and
there viii be no sales.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14

The statistics of homicide show the
startling fact that mob and lynch law Is
In the ascendency. There were 236
people killed by mobs during 1892, an
increase Of forty-one over the year pre-
,eiing. OF the number 23l were men.
Eve women; eighty were white ana I55
negroes. From this last statement it is
evident that such extra-legal proceedings
are not peculiar to any particular sec
ton or race; and it also shows that laxity
in the prompt and faithful enforcement
oi the law prevails al over. 1t presents
A serious problem.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14

The senate, which is dominated by the
Popullsts, still refuses to confirm the ap-
pointment of Artz as assistant attorney
general. If any friend of the guy knows
where he is he would do him 4 kindly
act to notify him of the tie-up SO that he
might withdraw the nomination, If he
persists in standing by Artz he may SO
down with him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14

According to the Topeka papers the
opinion prevails there that the Republi-
cans intend, within the present week to
force the issue and settle the question as
TO which is the legal house, If the ques-
ton cannot be got in the supreme court
through the passage OF an appropriation
bill, the Republicans are fully deter
mined TO cut the knot in some other
way, without further delay. 1t is GER
lainly time 20 do something.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14

The talk about the PopuIists shutting
ND the state institutions is gauzy. Those
state institutions will all be manned by
PopuIists drawing salaries, and when
the pinch comes to the pinch they will
sacrifice all pretended claims to prlncI'
pie and everything TO get their lp to the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14
Kansas Will be Redeemed.

From the +. c. Gazette.
Listenl Kansas, the brightest gem of
all the earth, may be obscured for time,
but only for time. She will be sought
and found and possessed and made pros
porous by the human family of the ages
and centuries to come. No midnight
grip can hold Kansas down.
All the world loves a lover. There's
valiant band Of young men in Kansas
who are in love with her. They are go
ing to recover her from the Williams who
have abducted her. The world will be
with them. Kansas will live again in
the bosom of her friends.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14

A movement is on foot in Minnesota
TO restrict suffrage to the citizens of the
United States, and an amendment to
the constitution with that end in view
has been proposed. At present immi-
grants who have been in the state four
months and have declared Their inten-
ton to become citizens can vote at any
oIecfiOy7
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14

Some Populist member of the senate
thought 10 turn a laugh on Senator
Lucien Baker by attaching placard to
his back bearing the sentence ''Get Right
with God. The placard had been placed
on the Populist's back, but realizing the
INDUCTION as applied to him to be q use
less admonition, he transferred it to
where he knew there was hope.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14
a HINT TO YH GOoDE SAINrE VAL.
ENTINE

Dear old saint orr fathers worshipped,
Whom we disregard of late,
You forget that times are changing,
Bows and arrows out of date.
Your poor emissary, Cupid,
Has TO travel on the wing:
Why not give him a bicycle,
Tricycle. or some such thing?
Why not get him revolver,
Rifle or gatling gun?
With these latte day improvements
There would be just twice the fun?
Is it that our hearts are smaller
That he misses oft the spot?
In these days the mighty dollar
Seem to be better shot.
Outing for February.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14

The value of corn now as measured by
the price at which hogs sold in this city
Saturday, is Ga cents per hundred. 10
howl calamity in the face OF corn worth
81 cents would seem a discouraglng
waste Of wind.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14

If the temperature of next summer
shall run to the other extreme from that
that has prevailed in the main since the
middle of last November, it is refreshing
10 know that the ice crop for the season
is ample to meet the emergency. The
harvest throughout the country is said
TO be the largest ever gathered.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14

As the price of hogs increases the dan
Ger of death from trichina decreases.
Fact is the hog is a very vulgar, not to
saw filthy, animal, unfit under present
conditions for place at the table Of any
but the gluttonous.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14
Wish They Hadn't.

From the Topeka Democrat
Wichita fusion Democrats are getting
awfully sick and now wish they hadn't
done it. Come, come Fitch, Smith,
Richardson, ct al, brace up--it was "a
war measure. you know; anything to
beat the Republican party, etc. Surely
you were not after the offices, too.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14

Last Thursday the state senate adopted
= resolution abolishing the bounty on
sugar produced i'll the state. The next
day the same body adopted another reso-
luton in favor Of state bounties in order
that Kansas may build up Kansas in
dustries in case protection is needed.
The legislative mind still seems to be
exacerbated over something one of the
chaplain's prayers p'r'aps.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14

The Abilene Reflector says those bal
lots stolen down at Kansas City, Kansas,
were in a Democratic precinct. And
upon that circumstance Banker PopulIte
Moore bases his contest against Mr.
Funston for his seat in congress. Odd
notions some people have.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14

A good sirloin, tenderloin or porter
house steak costs all the way from a
dollar to two dollars each. AS a whole
beef only sells from ten to twenty dol
lars, what does the butchers do with the
remainder of the animal, including the
hide and talIow, to say nothing OF the
tripe, feet, horns, etc? Does he take it
all as pay for the slaughtering of the
ppi,,,o2g
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14
sa,hlnr $500. Ia sa.e....

Passer-By 10 Tommy. who has 1ust
been fighting IL ouldn't your father
thrash Jon II be knew yOu had teen
Eghting7
1ny--WslL that dspendA n tie
other b0y licked me - would Thrash
r1e. Dut = licked the Other BIZ %
woald tast Ezy. Il wouldn't SIGHT II
were you, Tommy 7--Boston Cio5e-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14

.sTbe Dollars of Our Daddies" is here to
STAY in spite of Wall street and MI CIeVe'
land.-Atchison Champion.
Yes. there seems to be good deal OF
tba "sDite" work exhibited in the
pending money question.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14

Canada might take hint from Ha-
waits little bloodless revolution ana
have the stars and stripes and prosperity
floating over her dominions within thirty
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14
Why We Got Left.

From the Kansas City Gazette
The Missouri river towns and Wichita
and Hutchinson alike got left in the
shuttle for railroad commissioners. 1t
has been demonstrated that business
must not interfere with populist politics.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14
I.-a a.lnr nln..lf

Brizgs-Lsa's that zlster TOO big for
you
Gr.gzs-It vvazz.'t vixen I gat 81
have grown thin earFsa1 q, around
C1CfElsr az Fg.russhrx-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14

When little Reginald was taleeu 70 see
the animals IN Central pa-l.. le sags a
stork for the first time. and excl 1Esad
70 his nurse: ''0A. jalia. iast see the
goose on stiltss '-HzrPevs ToaEg Pso-
uIlA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14

y vTiAh were an ostrich. % azid Hicks.
snzrJv. a. be tried - eat ons % ia
ssife'n biscuits. and couldn't
wish ron WERE retained M.
Hicks I'D get fs~ feathers for ny
L. IT nth
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
An Idyl

Her valentine was much delayed
Because it was not sent prepaid
For when the precious thing was bought
His total cash on hand was 0.
-JudOe
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14
NJ n. NUIsDoCh- Editor

One of Colorado's lost Artz has been
revived in Kansas. and the attempt 10
utilize the discovery is causing the ad-
,oinistrat1on party lots Of bother.