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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-08
WHO PAID GROWERS BILLS.

It's but little use to show the average
Democrat the inconsistency of his party
platforms or leaders. The average
Democrat is blind to everything i'll his
partisan worship. But after all for the
entertainment of Independent men the
time is not entirely lost which is employ
ed in showing up some OF the more glar-
ing and ridiculous inconsistencies of
Democratic leaders and platforms.
The one leading cant OF the average
partisan Democrat, thing which they
have mouthed over and resolved about
for quarter of a century, is Jefferson
ian simplicity" and "Jacksonian econo-
N.Y." Nothing of the kind ever occur
ring in the history of America, any
where nearly equaled Grover Cleveland's
Inauguration. For ostentation and costly
show, for flunkeyism and tomfoolery
the ceremonies and pomp of Saturday
surpassed a British coronation, lacking
only its dignity. Only special cars of
the most gorgeous magnificence were
permitted to convey the president-elect
from the east and the vice president-elect
from the west. Rooms were refurnished
at great cost in the principle hotels for
every prominent man and woman con-
nected with the affair but who occupied
such rooms only day.
Who paid the bills? is the question
we desire to ask the average Demo-
crat. All this display from first to last,
including bands of music, balls, railway
transportation, wines etc. etc., cost hum
6redS and hundreds of thousands of dol
lars. Mr.. Cleveland and Stevenson nor
the cabinet didn't pay the bills. Their
combined wealth wouldn't have run the
thing an hour. The thousands who
went down to Washington to beg for
postoffices, consulships and the like did
not pay the bills. Half of these borrowed
money with which to make the trip.
Then who paid the bills of this 'sJeffer-
sonian simplicity Inauguration, this
mummery of a Lord Mayor of London's
show The EAGLE doesn't have to
answer the question. So far as the blind
partnership of the great body of the
Democratic party is concerned it would
be waste of time to tell. but every in
telligent man knows who paid the bills.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-08
FALLS OF MONTMORENCl.
They WIN BE Ruined to supply Electric
Power.

The beauty is likely soon to depart
from the far-famed falls of Montmo-
renci. SO familiar to all American tour
lists to Quebec The entire waterfall
and all the surrounding property have
just passed into the hands of the Que
bee Electric Light company, the price
paid being two hundred and thirty
thousand dollars, says the New York
Sun. Already the company has been
utilizing q portion of the water power
from the river above the cataract as
motive power for their dynamos, which.
situated in a.. factory near the foot of
the falls, furnish all the lights for the
illumination of the streets of Quebec.
Now they are likely to draw off SO
largely increased an amount of water
for the proposed extension Of their op-
none left, particularly in the dry sea-
son, to come over the precipice.
1t Is proposed to manufacture cleo
trical motive power for all the factories
and other industrial houses in Quebec,
as well as storage light for all the pas
senger cars on the Canadian Pacific rail-
way. New iron supply pipes, twelve
hundred feet long and six feet in di-
ameter, are being constructed to tap
the river above the falls, and some Of
the water SO conducted will be used
twice over, one OF the new factories be-
ing erected halfway up the cliff adj
joining the cataract a lake twenty
miles up the river will probably be
damned in order to insure supply Of
water in dry seasons In the purchase
of this property is included that of the
magnificent manor house overlooking
the falls which was the summer resi-
dence of Queen Victoria's father. the
late duke of Kent, when commander Of
the forces IN Canada in the commence
ment of the present century. Here it
was that the beautiful and accomplished
Nine de St. Laurent presided over the
household establishment and petit
soupers of his royal highness, whom the
Reconsideration beauty accompanied
to England, retiring to convent after
the dukes marriage to the mother Of
the queen.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-08
UNDER A TRIP HAMMER.

Exhibition or Faith. Skill and Perfect
Machinery ut the Krupp Gun Works.
1.-THE most wonderful exhibition of
confidence by one person in another
came before me d short while back on
my tour through Germany" said a tray
eler to q St. Louis Giobe-Denocrat re-
porter.
II have great deal of confidence in
some mems ability and a wonderful
trust in some mems nerve and steady
strength, but not enoy.-A TO stake my
life on either
THE exhibition tina. saw seemed
fooihardy. 1t was in the works of the
great krupp Arms company. One part
Of the machinery is for lattening bars
of steel into plates. For this special
machine is had. which has an immense
steel block or table on which to lay the
bars, and a great arm sledge, which
weighs several tons and comes down
with crushing velocity 1t is perfectly
regulated by machinery, however. and
the man at the throttle can stop it with
ease at any given distance from the
block, providing he has sufficient stead
mess of nerve.
THE day went through the manager
accompanied US and requested the man
at the check-valve to show Us how sure
and certain was the machinery. With
out reply the mechanic whistled TO a
lad working some thirty feet away.
The boy dropped what he was doing
and came running. Jump up" said
the first, and muttered something abou:
showing US the machine Without re-
ply the lad leaped to the steel table be-
meath the great iron blocks.
1--WE were Mortified. but the work was
too quickly done to permit objection.
The moment the lad settled down the
engineer grasped the lever and the
great sledge with lightning rapidity
flew up and down again toward the
block. 1t was ali done by the steady
fingers at the valve, and it stopped a
few inches above the lads head, who
snilingly climbed down and started
away.
'We raised purse to present the
twain with, which was at first refused.
The manager finally consented to order
them to take the money, which they did.
/ never expect to witness such another
exhibition of co nfi dence and pe-ye."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-08

following board OF managers for the Sol
diers' home at Dodge City: L.. Van Voor-
his of Lawrence, DR.. G. Bohrsr OF Chase
and Julius H. Stewart of Goodiand.
In Dickinson county Justices court a
bill Of s. was rendered for taking care of
dog. This would seem to be something of
Reflector On Abilene: but it was simply
an object lesson, so to speak--the dog was
educated.
The Fraternal Aid association is having
quite boom in Kansas just now. One
hundred and i've lew members were
taken into the Atchison council in one
night, recently. Other councils report
large accessions.
The charter of the Royal Sons of Amer
lea, Department of Kansas, has been filed
in the Office of the secretary of state at
Topeka. This is an order designed TO per-
petuate the fraternal and benevolent fea-
lures of tho g. A. Z.
The new NJ. E. church in Towanda is
completed and turned over to the trustees,
and dedication services will be held on
Sunday, March IL, at 10 O'Clock a. m, by
Presiding Elder Martindale. Quarterly
conference on Saturday, March II, 1898.
AS showing the widespread notoriety the
recent unpleasantness at Topeka ha:
given Kansas, Joe Roseuthal received a
draft for S49.60 from his sister in Germany
to help pay his expenses at Topeka. joe
says he will return the money, as his sister
needs it and he doesn't.
Mrs. Eugene Maud has sued the city Of
Newton for s., 600 damages for injuries re-
ceived through the breaking of the guard
rail on the West Broadway bridge, per-
uniting her horse, sleigh, child and her.
self to fall to the ice beneath, she receiving
bad fracture of a wrist.
Abilene doctors have been struggling
for some time past with an aggravated
case of catarrh and nasal trouble, the suf-
ferer being little son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hirsch. In an unguarded moment an
other physician examined the case, and
discovered pants button in the patient s
nose.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-08
LAST OF THE DRUiDS.
strange Welsh Character Who Held to
Druid Rites and Beliefs.

We regret TO announce the osath OF
the high priest of the sun, at the ripe
age Of nipety-two, Bays the Pail Mall
Budget To the eye OF faith he was
the last of the druids; the profaDe
knew him only as DR.. William Price, Of
Llantrissant, in Glamorganshi.e. and
characterized him as "a most eccentric
man" 1t must be admitted that they
were not altogether without excuse for
this opinion. lie attempted 10 initiate
the pontifcal raimeut OF his predeces-
sors in the priesthood, wearing whole
fox skin on his head, light green coat
with trousers 70 match, and a scarlet
waistcoat AS reproduction Of druidic
costume the profane rasy perhaps be
again excused for thinking this a little
uncoavincing. Even high priests Of
the sun are not without hurn2n veak-
nesses, and DR.. Price sigDaized this
truth at the age 81 eighty-one By mar
rying his housekeeper, i girl Of nine
teen. One must allow that this Etep Is
a touch Of prose ii such character,
but he redeemed j. shortly afterward
by attempting 20 burn the body OF Us
child on a funeral pyre which be erected
II q neighboring field The druid could
hardly talks account OF the constable
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-08
AROuT KANSAS

The Railroad Register has been removed
from Neodesha to Topeka, where it will be
published in the future.
The annual state convention OF the Re.
publican leagues of the state will be held
in Topeka next Thursday night
Douiphan county is again free from
bonded debt, having recently paid off AMI
Cancelled the last of such obligations.
The junction City Republican says that
more farms are being sold in Geary county
this spring than in several years before.
Last Thursday night fire destroyed an
entire block of buildings on the west side
OF the railroad track az Usage City, the
work, it is thought, Of an InceDdiary.
Henry Pruden, OF Beef and Ale" fame,
lives in New York City. He was one OF
the early pioneers in Cowley county and
| owned a farm mile east OF Gsuca
/ Springs.
Atchison reports the meanest man he
| walks to the Union depot aud then steals
/ ride TO Thirteenth street, thereby beating
| the street cars out of fare and the shoe
cobblers out of a job.
| 'Sov~rnnr L-eweiiing has annninted thf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-08
VOLCANIC DUST.
A Londoner who Collects and Sells tho
Product of Burning Mountains.

In all the large centers of the world
there are a few dealers who make
business OF collecting meteorological
specimens and other material illustrat-
ing natural history. A man in London
has recently been making something of
a speciality of the collection of volcanic
dusts. He sent a trustworthy agent
awhile ago to the great Andes of the
equator, and now he is advertising dust
from q number of famous volcanoes
He sells the material in bottles at
about thirty-five cents a bottle. Each
sample contains one grain or more.
Among these collections is volcanic
dust from Cotopaxi which fell at Quito
on June 20, 1877, after journey
through the air of thirty-four miles
Then he has dust from Cotopaxi which
was elected to height Of forty thou
sand feet above the level of the sea IN
1880 and fell on Chim5orazo after a
| Journey of sixty-four miles. The finest
/ particles of this dust weigh less than
one observation-disclosures part of
grain. Then there Is dust from
the terminal slope of Cotopaxi such
as is daily elected by the volcano
at the height of nineteen thousand FIVE
| hundred feet above the sea. There are
many specimens of lapelh from Am
bato, mostly pumice. The town of Am
bato is built upon deposit OF this ma
| terial. Fine volcanic dust has been Sc
| cured from Machachi, where 1T exists
as a continuous stratum ten inches
thick, the product of some unrecorded
eruption Of great intensity. 1t consists
| largely of feldspar and hornblend, and
Mr.. Whimper says it is 'alnost as soft
| 10 the touch as cotton wool" Fine
/ pumice dust from the same volcano
forms beds many feet in thickness
/ These volcanic dusts form many inter
esting and instructive objects Of the
/ microscope The same dealer has fine
! and coarse dusts from Mount Atns and
| tn. typical lavas from Cotopaxi and
/ Chimborazo. He also sells pieces OF
punice from Krskatoa which we're
/ washed ashore, thousands Of miles
away, OF the coast of Madagascar, and
/ volcanic dust from St Lucia which fell
/ Oh a ship off Barbados
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-08

The comparative s.eH6ines. and p-us-
perity Of the Argentine Republic hiss
hitherto distinguished I. from The othsr
squabbling oonuunitisA, called, for
van. of peter name, South American
republics. Bat now the spirit Of unrest
bas begun 70 NANTES, itself here also.
Tronble has broken out n the proytncs
o, Corrlentes, and the insurysction -
spreading The soldiers have b<suons
unTnanaZeahls. ard IL Ia prohesls thNs
The ro1bls will involve ths whois
army Every Indication paints 70 tho
opposition Of the prc~sSen. n he oo,rzs
q . fs~ rsoa,is Meanwhile tAe szs%-
erans-a. party, il 80 likely. WIN Try Tn
defend th~uaseives, al we have oooe
more the plc<are Of . rsvusEe-s South
American r~Yubl.e, Of courso--to 'sr-
mol II 10 The Cd s.ory: Prsstsnt sHs
oEBclalz elected with ~ilt eossCssssro:
q breathing Tine follows, cs>n r-~oln-
tim. murder q the elected gozcrraS<n,,
and 40 OF, sndiezzly. s7r.a ADRIAN
pr~si1eats ss~rn 70 % Ike nins2.HA, pSt
up Only 20 be knocked down
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-08

The exceptionally horrid weather that
prevailed at the national capitol last
Saturday causes a good many to view
. the new weatherologist of the govern
ment with critics eyes. If he allows the
elements to get away from him on the
one day of all others when fair and
pleasant weather is desired, for the es-
pecial convenience and comfort of his
chief, it is suspected that he will have
no regard for the wishes of the common
people at any other time. But, no great
things are to be expected from man
who parts his name in the middle like j.
Sterling Morton.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-08
The Golden Rose of Virtue

The golden rose Of virtue" presented
BY his holiness the pope each year 20 q
female member OF some Of the ruling
families Of Europe will be received this
year, it is said, By Archduchess Mar
garct Of Austria, daughter Of Archdnke
Charles Louis and niece CT the emperor
The Young princess was born in 1870
and IS abbess of the convent on the
Hradsclini. near Prague, 30 which only
members OF noble families ere sdInitteel
The a-chduchess Is exceedingly clever
and Is popular IN Vienna Last year
the golden rose was given 20 the
queen OF Portugal The jewel Is valued
az ff.- thousand dollars and IS always
made in Rome by Il famous goldsmith
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-08

The impression at the national capital
seems to be that there will be no extra
session of congress. Grover is evidently
determined to try his hand alone at run
ming the government the balance of tie
wear. Well, he and Secretary Carlisle
will no doubt have the opportunity CT
showing to the country and the world
what they know about national finances.
Having favored the banks when he was
president before, Cleveland probably
relies upon those institutions to return
the favor. Clews says they have plenty
of gold if they will only let it out.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-08

During the late campaign in Missouri
Governor Stone assured his admiring
constituency, everywhere he spoke, that
if elected the latch string TO the door of
the executive mansion would always be
found hanging on the outside. Some
burglars took him at his word two OF
three nights ago, pulled the latch string
at the back door, walked in, helped
themselvesto jewelry and other valuables
and deliberately left by the front door
of the mansion. Such familiarity on
the part of his constituents will cause
the governor 10 be a little less generous
and general in extending calls in future.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-08
Oueer Currency.

In Dikoa, in Ademouah, In Logone
and elsewhere small cotton strips are
the regular currency. In Bsgirari These
strips are SO small that from seventy to
one hundred and City Of them would
have to be pieced together to make n
shirt. In Dsrfoor the gray, coarse shirt
ing circulates AS money, and In Tout,
in upper Egypt, this material In dyed
dark or blue and then cut into pieces OF
three yards length
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-08

The Democratic party is in full con-
troll of the government again, the first
lime in thirty-two years. To be sure a
majority of the supreme court are Re-
publicans, but that tribunal has no con-
troll over the executive and legislative
departments, either of which may bring
destruction upon the government and
country if ii so minded. 1t is not proba-
bic, however, that either will do any
thing with such deliberate intention. II
the party in power should undertake to
do all it promised to do in the way OF
reform @ there would be occasion for
serious apprehension Of results. but the
country has learned to know that that
party keeps its promises in the breach.
The laws enacted and the policy of gov
eminent inaueurated and established by
the Republican party Will remain in
force TO further bless the country.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-08

The anti-options bill passed both
houses of congress but was killed by the
refusal of the house to suspend the rules
and agree by a two-thirds vote to the
amendments put on the bill by the SEN
ate, the opponents of the measure ma
neuvering so as to prevent Mr. Hatch
making effective his majority in favor
of the measure and forcing him at the
last moment to cry suspension OF the
rules. The pure food bill, the running
mate OF the anti-options bill, was passed
bv the senate but was never able to get a
consideration in the house.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-08
INDIANS AT THE FAIR.
Gathering Of Red Men from Which I'm
portant Results Are Expected

Gathering Of Red Men from Which I'm
portant Results Are Expected.
The Sioux Indians of the Pine Ridge
reservation have just adjourned n coun-
ell at which steps were taken to ar
range for an immense Indian enczmp-
ment at the worlds fair. The plan
will no doubt be successful and the en-
cam pment will continue from the be-
ginning till the end of the fair.
The council wac one of the most i'm
portant ever held among the Indians OF
North America The movement had
it's origin among the Metis, or French
Indians of the far north. and has for
its ultimate purpose q union of action
and labor among not only the Sioux
and their related tribes, but Of gil the
Indians of thu continent L. will be
proper to say in the beginning that
tho hostile Indians of tho coun-
try have a far moro wide-rcaching
means Of communication In America
than is generally suspected by The
whites. To the Indian the whites arc
natural enemies. and every day is MAX
ing the enmity not only more bitter.
but more dangerous In crude and
un formed way these Indians have de-
cidcd on a general. concerted move
ment of their race, which shall havo
FOR its purpose the restoration of tho
indiarto his first estate OF freedom
and independence That council will
be held. II will be held within the
present year. IL held or the plains IL
cannot but mean n genesAl uprising OF
Indians so wide THAI no military force
now at the disposal Of the government
could for a moment stand before IL. II
held as the leaders OF tho movement
now desire, il will be in or near Chi
cago, and will be powerful agent in
establishing a lasting peace with tho
red men.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-08

The English press is, IN the main, pro
fuse in fiattery of Mr.. Cleveland over
his inaugural address. This was ex-
pected. Still, the London Standard
could not forbear to briefly state a truth
that no doubt underlies the feeling OF
seeming satisfaction over there, as 1t
certainly is here, when it SAID ''the vast
prosperity of the states is such that even
with the worst rulers it would be diff
cult long 10 retard the progress OF the
nennleN
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-08

The Washington Posts remark that
Carter Harrison's great victory in cap
turing the primaries in the Chicago may
orally contest, which seems to be re-
garded as equivalent to an election, is
liable to lead Carter up to the ''Me and
Cleveland style of announcement, is
not much of compliment to the presi-
dent, and does an injustice to the would
be mayor, in his own estimation, which
makes him the central figure of an ad-
miriug world,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-08

The Naronic is still missing. The big
White Star freight steamship is now
fifteen days overdue. Her continued
absence is causing more than usual
worriment among the owners of the
vessel and the consignees and shippers
Of freight on board. She carries over
four thousand tons of valuable freight,
including several hundred head Of live
stock. y conservative estimate of the
value of the cargo places 1t az $3.50. 900.
The freighter herself is valued at $780,
OC0, so that if she goes TO the bottom il
means an immense monetary loss. There
are aboard about eighty persons, all
told, and the solicitude for these is the
greatest.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-08
A utstory.

Is9e-John Smith, small coal dealer
on ScavengeT alley, yesterday COM
promised with his creditors At 10 cents
on the dollar.
1ssS-Mr. John Smith, Tn, millicnsir1
coal man, left yesterday on a tour
around the world on h1s t2,o. 600 steam
zach. Dusxy Diamoud.-Dctroit Tfit-
me
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-08

a young Australian Traveller claims 70
aa~e discovered that the waltz Tvss tAe
creation OF neither German or q Swiss,
DO. % the oStr5ches a Africa nc as
serts that every morning q, sfar-S~
these arliabIe birds assemble n groups
and begin a regular and graceful move
ulent which is none otaer insa tns
ExltZ
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-08

Of the measures passed by the last
session of the Fifty-second congress an
unusually large number were IN Inc
shane of claims in favor Of southern
nien. The Democracy being now III fuil
control and the south in the saddle, that
section may be expected to stand ana
feed at the public crib to safety.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-08
Neither

Mrs. Graynes-James, do women ever
speculate in corn and such things?
Dir. Graynes tof the Chicago board OF
ADMINISTRATIONS, through agents
"IfIwas an operator, Janes-thst's
what you cali it, isn't it?-would he
one or the other Of those dreadful balls
or bears?''
NO. my dear. You'd be Pudding. :"
Chicago Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-08
Giving Them Their Rights.

ST notice in the paper" said Mrs
Barracks, pouring out Mr. Barracks
coffee, "tha. clergyman SAYS the
women Shout. be permitted TO whistle -
Yes. resortezi Mr.. Barracks, agree
ably. HE is right We sho-ld sareiy
rot deny TO women privilege sFe az
cord 20 tucpoats and locomotive
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-08
Mott SO Had

Little Dot--8amma. ] was playin'
with your four o'clock tea~set while you
was away. an when you bring IL out for
company, you'll be swfully Tnortihed
cause You'll think one OF the cups has =
hair In II; but 10 isn't hair.
Maulms-What is lt2
Little Dot--Irs only q crack-Goof
News