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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25

In the death Of Justice Lamar another
conspicuous figure IS removed from the
American arena. 1t has long been the
pleasure of his admiring friends to point
10 him as typical, thoroughly repre-
sentative southern gentleman. He was
one Of the very Oldest, in point OF years
and continuous public service, among
the southern representatives. His death
coming at this moment will create some
thing of furore in political circles. L.
has been generally understood that JUS
tice Lamar would resign his seat upon
the supreme court bench as soon as the
new administration shall have been in
stalled, on account Of advanced age
and generally enfeebled condition. 1t
VIII now be perfectly competent for
President Harrison to fill the vacancy,
though he may decline TO do SO in defer
euce 70 the proprieties Of the situation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25

The chivalrous Confederate bricadier.
Senator Butler Of South Carolina. Is very
quick to defend the dignity and honor n
of the senate against the alleged
threats in regard TO the urgent demands
for the speedy opening Of the strip TO
settlement, hut IS utterly obivious to
The Condiuons-the sensibilities and nee
essities, of the thousand of people who
have been invited TO the borders of the
lands to be opened by the action of the
government, and who have there pa
tientlv waited, and suffered by reason
Of the measured leisure of the dignihed
and lOrdly senators in arriving alta con-
clusion that ought to have been reached
months ago. In view of the vaultin-
dignity Of the house OF lords Senator
Platt's intimation, that if this congress
does not provide for the opening Of the
strip, forbearance will cease to be a
virtue ami the LONG waiting thronC will
go upon and occupy the lands, may
have been injudicious, bur more innrob-
ahle things have happened many time
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25
Stand Up For Kansas.

From the Kansas City Gazette.
The Philadelphia North American. in
common with many eastern papers,
roasts Kansas because of Lewelliug and
the legislative tangle, and the Atchison
Champion very justly roasts the North
American. We all concede that Kansas
occasionally makes spectacle OF her
self, and that the present is the most
ridiculous, but nothing has occurred
since Kansas assumed government
eQualling what seems to be annual, or at
farthest biennial with Pennsylvania and
other eastern states. The militia bill Of
the state of Pennsylvania for the year
1892 was close on to a 81 200, 900 for
duty in the field, while the state OF New
York paid nearly as much, 1t is about
fifteen wears since Pennsylvania paid
SIC, 600, 600 for troops and destruction Of
properly. Kansas Is a very safe and rea-
aonable state compared with the people
living in many of the down east settle
meQLS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25

Cartooning, political and otherwise.
has become quite a fad with many of
the metropolitan journals of the country.
Some Of them contain very striking object
lessons too. One of the cleverest we have
seen of late was given in last Saturdays
Philadelphia Record. Ii represented an
immense web spanning the intervening
space between the bonanza mines aud
the United States senate. In the center
ot the web is represented a great black
taraniula, labeled "67-cent dollar across
the face of the goddess of liberty. From
the doors of The senate a number OF flies
are shown coming across the web toward
the spider. a If accepting its invitation
to come into its net To the right of the
bonanza mine Is represented gold
bug" so labeled, in the act of crawling
into the mouth of a mine. As an anti
silver lesson the cartoon Is quite ingen-
ions
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25
For the Eagle.
FIFTY SEVEN'5 MORE THAN sixty
THREE.


School teachers in the past have said
That two and two make four,
But this erroneous doctrine
Shall here be taught no more.
In the fertile wales Of Kansas,
Where men are doubly free,
Wen prove that ffty-seyen
Is more than sixty-three.
We set up for alteration
The brUtalitjes Of tra;h
That mathematics taught Us
IN the halcyon days Of youth.
But now we are free thinkers
And consistent still is he
Who says that ffty-seven
Is more than sixty-three.
If we but look around us,
Wherever we may range
Wen find that mother nature
In the synonym Of change,
Then why should Enumeration
Not newly fashion'd be.
And chang'd TIL ffty-seven
Is more than sixty-three?
All. who can disillusion
4 mind to error we'd;
That instiHctively viii turn to
! he feast that fancy spread!
In regions where romancists
Are blind and cannot see
That fifty-seven always
Is less than siXty-thIee.
We can abolish paUpers:-
We know how il can be done:
We also can discover
On the COwskin a black swan.
But when this rara avis
We exhibit, you and me
VIII say that fifty-seven
Is moro than siXty-three.
Our books on mathematics
Are false from end to end;
They sadly need revision,
Their rules we muat amend.
We have Professor Dunsmore
Who says lust wait a Wee"
And III make fifty-seven
Count more than siXty-three.
Jan. q, 1888. One OF THE MACS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25
ANEoooTE OF JAY GOULD.
He Was = Newspaper Correspondents as
Well as Surveyor.

Well as Surveyor.
The papers of late have been we'll
filed with all sorts of talk, some true
and some false, about Jay Gould ap5
family. Old John Gould, of Roxbury,
jays father, is spoken Of as very poor
which, according to the Detroit Free
Press, is not true. He was sturdy,
well-read, intelligent farmer, in good
circumstances. At the time of the
anti-rent war in the county he stood up
boldly for the laws until better ones
could be made. When ordered by the
Big Thunder not 70 have the dinner
horn blown to call the men 10 meals he
went right on as usual One day the
horn was blown and in less than an
hour body Of disguised men appeared
to call him to account, Big Thunder In
command. He told him his family
would do as they pleased, and he was
threatened. Jay stood by and said:
Il know who you are, Big Thunder;
you are Dan Squires, and you dare not
kill my father" Here IL the keynote
TO the whole career Of jay Gould-an
independent audacity that never failed
him. When mapping the county and
making up his history If Delaware
county he was q correspondent for the
Franklin Visitor, and its prospectus was
published in the history in full His
letters 20 the Visitor were always spicy
and interesting and were kept Up nntil
he built the tannery in WAYNE county.
lie then advised me 20 ask his sister
Betty 20 write for the paper. and I
found her one Of the best correspond
ents ever had. She became AIrs. Dr..
Palen. Of q we'll known medical firm q
Philadelphia, and has her home il Cam
Ge1, y. J.. opposite that city.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25
TIE EVIL OF GAMBLING.

No less a person than Chauncey N.
/ Depew saws: "a considerable proper
ton of failures in business and 80 per
cent of the defalcations and thefts and
ruin of youths among people who are
employed in places of trust are due to
gambling"
Apropos, Kansas City is just now
aroused to the discovery that gambling
joints are run right alongside Of her
public schools. The boss gambler of the
city 10 Just now under accusation of
running policy shops in the neighbor-
hood of the High school, This same
''boss" is a prominent Democratic politi-
clan, and was specially influential in the
last campaign which witnessed the de-
feat of Warner for governor. Ill-gotten
gains were turned into the Golfers of the
mossback party. The Kansas City Star
has "sensed" out the evil, and the public
are thoroughly aroused to the fact that
they have been duped and fooled long
enough.
The guarantee companies say the large
per cent of defaulters is due to private
gambling and the insane desire to accu-
mulate property rapidly and without
labor. And what IS the worst feature of
the craze, perhaps, is the fact that it per-
meateS the whole social fabric: nearly
everybody, including the women and
children, are on the qui vive for a
''chance" to make If the spell isn't
soon broken and the craze dispelled
there is danger that we will become a
great aggregation of gamblers
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25

The Cherokee ssrip bill passed by the
house last week IS now heforethe senate,
but from the passages that took place in
that body Monday when the measure
was reported from the house its passage
Is not rs certain as could be wished for
Ii has been anticipated all along that
there would be some opposition in the
senate to the bin as it passed the house,
but it was not expected that it would
develop IN tee radical form that was
manifested 1t is sill hoped that the
friends Of the measure viii lie able to
thwart the schemes of the opponents
and press The bill to successful pas
sage before the close Of the session in
such form as 20 admit of the early open
Of the lands 70 settlement.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25

But one of the men convicted in Chi
cago for the murder of DR.. Croain re-
mains alive, the others having died in
prison Daniel Coughlin having been
granted a new trial. and the story of one
Of the most sensational crimes of this
generation may again be rehearsed in
open court. Whatever may be the out
come, there can be little doubt that
Malta aed Carbonari methods in this
country have received a deathblow in
these proceedings.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25

Populist papers, in discussing the
senatorial contest at Topeka, refer to
Hon. A. \. Harris Of Fort Scott, whose
name has been prominently mentioned
in that connection. as chat rebel Demo
crat' with all the tlippancy and assur-
ance Of immaculates, and as though
their own congressman-at-large-elect Of
the same name were any less guilty Of
rebellion, or is more loyal to the govern
ment today. But, then, that aggrega-
ton OF political isms is not constrained
by anything akin to consistency.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25

State Treasurer Slower said Monday
that he would not pay out any money on
appropriations by this Legislature unless
the appropriation bill is concurred in bv
al four houses-the three legislative
houses and the supreme court. 1t Is
said that the love OF money is the root OF
all evil. The situation at Topeka men
toned may reverse the axiom, and the
want of cash bring the evil there TO an
end.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25

It is expected that the executive coun-
Gil viii name the state railway commits
sioners today. Granting the legality of
such action, it is hoped that the prepon-
deratinS interests of large section Of
the state, concentrated at this point,
viii give Wichita's claims to represen-
tation on the board sufficient weight to
secure one Of the three members.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25

Today the patrons extant of the good
Scottish poet, Bobbie Burns, will cele-
brate in their wanted felicitous manner
his natal anniversary. The charming
poet was no less prophet and phiios-
opher, and his writings have furnished
inspiration to Eobler thoughts and deeds
to many who have read and studied his
maxims. If wecould all study and profit
by the teachings of the inspired
Ayrshire poughman,
1t wad frae monte a blunder free US,
And foolish notion
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25
TOMS OF A ROMANTIC PAST.
Venice No Longer Living City, But
Merely Vast Museum.

Merely a Vast Museum.
Venetian life in the large old sense
has since come to an end, and the es-
sential present character of the most
melancholy of cities resides simply in
its being the most beautiful of tombs,
says Scribner's. Nowhere else has the
past been laid to rest with such tender
ness, such a sadness of resignation and
remembrance. Nowhere else is the
present so alien, SO discontinuous, so
like a crowd in u cemetery without
garlands for the graves. 1t has no
flowers in its hands, but rs n compensa-
ton, perhaps-and the thing is doubt
less more to the point-it has money
and little red books. The everlasting
shuttle, in the piazza, Of these irrespon-
sible visitors is contemporary Venetian
life. Everything else is only rever-
beration of that. The vast mausoleum
has turnstile at the door, and func-
tionary in a shabby uniform let's you
in, as per tariff, to see how dead it is.
From this consultation, this cold curl
osity, proceed all the industry, the
prosperity, the vitality OF the place.
The shopl1eepers and gondohers, the
beggars and the models, depend upon
it for living; they are the custodians
and the ushers of the great museum
they are even themselves to a certain
extent the objects on exhibition. 1t is
in the wide vestibule of the square that
the polyglot pilgrims gather most
densely; Piazza San Marco is like the
lobby of the opera in the intervals of
the performance. The present fortune
of Venice, the lamentable difference, is
most easily measured there, and that is
why. in the effort to resist our pessin-
ism, we must turn away both from the
purchasers and from the vendors of
ricor1i
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25

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shaking ia a1Fer 10 1r tTsgla'a fsce.
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l-sssa-lE s,z-fzs-4aa. eaz4 3 h~G / ss&A& q
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25

The state treasurer formerly received at
each semi-annuaI settlement with county
treasarers about $3.50, 600 in gold. The
Topeka Democrat says that since the
agitation of the silver question, how
ever, so much god has been withdrawn
from general circulation that the gold
receipts have been reduced to about
CO. 4nl
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25

Once upon time there was a snarhng
cur that made his bed in a manger, and
because be could not eat of the food pro-
vided for cattle he would not permit
them to eat Of it. It's pity that such
trait should manifest itself in human
beings, but It's none the less true that it
docs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25

state Printer Snow refused to recog-
ME the Republican house, but he does
their journal printing just the same.
lie says. cat my own expense" If Ny.
Snow shall succeed in holding on to his
position he viii unquesuonably make
effort 10 get pay from the state for all
the work he may do, Just the same.
NobCdy's smoother than Snow.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25
a STRAINED SITUATION.

Mention was made in our local columns
yesterday of the jobbing business that
is beng done by one of Wichita's whole
sale manufacturing establishments de-
spite the determinations against this
point in the matter Of freight rates. 1t
is probably useless to enlarge upon tins
point at the present moment, in view of
the unsettled condition Of affairs in the
legislature, whence relief must come,
but there is in it the involvings of the
future growth and Development Of the
commercial and industrial interests not
only Of this city, but of all southern and
western Kansas. With the matter of
freight rates adjusted upon a fair and
equitable basis the possibilities
of Wichita as a commercial and
industrial center are practically without
limit. And with such development will
inevitably come corresponding growth
and prosperity to the entire country that
is accessible TO this point by reason of its
Incompatible railway connections and
shipping facilities But without the set
ment of this vexations and paralizlng
condition the energies Of the people will
continue to be robbed of their just re-
turns of prosperity in large measure,
and the growth and development of the
country, of its cities, towns and villages,
and of its agricultural interest no less
than the others, VIII be irremediably
hindered, with corresponding losses to
all.
1t is devOutly hoped that a way out
may be speedily devised and putinto &C
tive operation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25

"NIr. Cleveland might enjoy his life
better if he had a little tigerof his own, ="
observed the Washington News, which
moves the Chicago News-Record TO in
quire what he did with the one the con-
vention in that city last June gave him,
along with three lpsty cheers? That's
what we call holler mockery.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25
e1N Esss a ssrAk
Will ,agle
N MUKDoCK. Editor
VI. NJ. MURDOCH. Editor

Kansas always leads, but her example
is as regularly followed, and sometimes
exceeded. For instance, Long Island
City has two mayors and three sets Of
CITY officials.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25

The Scientific American states that
platinum can now be drawn into wire
strands so fine that twenty-seven twisted
together can be inserted into the hollow
of hair. This leaves a wider margin
to hair breadth escapes than has been
supposed to exist.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25
IN 6 Straight.
j the Tooeka Journal

From the Topeks Journal.
\ woman who is strict Methodist at
tended a festival in Newton recently.
After supper was over. dancing was pro-
posed, and when It began, the lady got
so mad that she threw on her cloak and
bolted out OF side door for home. She
made mjsstep, however. and fell into
the basement and was badly injured;
she Is In considerable doubt ss 70
whether Providence guides the footsteps
Of those who leave a ball room IN
righteous wrath, or those that stag aid
waltz
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25

An Italian savant has invented a
machine that VIII weigh thought. He
should now turn his attention to a
machine that will weigh the conse-
quences, There should be good market
for the invention at Topeka whether
there is any demand or not
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25
marx.
4 Poe &c View.

Eugene Ware. the Kansas poet, in
speaking OF the Topeka muddle said tia.
lie people OF Kansas are undergoing
Kind of Kelley cure for anarchy. and
that when 1t was over you might lay
quart bottle of Liue ribbon anarchy right
oefore Jerry Simpson and he would not
touch il.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25

Colonel Weber, The commissioner OF
immigration, says thai ''the immiGra-
ton question Is separate and distinct
from those OF quarantine and naturaliza-
ton, and that the former question is
lone Of mental and moral fitness" No
standard of fitness inferior 10 these
would be worthy of an enlightened peo-
pie.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25
What they've Got
Fro1n,the New YorA sun.


What. in fact, have the Kansas Demo-
Gratis got out Of the fusion? They have
pulled a lot of Popuhst chestnu,s out Of
the fire, and they have weakened their
own organization. 1--WE want nothing
more TO do with your crowd" SAYS the
Hon. Jerry Simpson Dir. Simpson can
be assured that the dislike is mutual.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25

Old Rooster-Jvhat have you stopped
laying for?
Old Hen-It's too cold
Old RoceteT-Huh' Just like you fe-
males Quick as il gets cool enough for
us 20 crow without getting into per
spiration, you quit laying. News
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25

she-weli. dear. how did you ike ne
Fl the tzblcaux vivants2
He-I vas astoanded--
She iHattered Really
He-Taa. you should have been able
% keep your mouth shat for - l0Dgs--
Demorest's Magazine
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25
A tlE.r-.Is.. 81 FreslrhE

Nrs- McG5nn.s-Ol bT4v. OF saw SIX
pair az shtockzin's hznzin' CO Mrs Nor
phys line vistertlzv.
Mrs Beiuev-It must Re eross-oived
you're cl:tiG'. Hrs Mcginal& sac
nala-t got six pair n her whole roper
.-s-s~---z--~s---
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25
Trouble in the Northwest.
From the 81. Paul Globe.


Crinoline, they say, is coming into
style again. Ii the women can be per-
suaded to walk IN single file along the
walks Of ST. Paul the men MAY be able
to walk by them on the curbstone, bNt
the city vii. be compelled to put in side
tracks every hundred feet or so to enable
women to pass each other.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25

JOHNNY BaIlows-Its swt2l CT a boz
20 b born ar orphan
W1Ee FelIg7s-Y~s r. cant never
get d IsT-oT froTa sehoo. OF SccoGz' q
his mother bin sicx---JaTy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25
EXCHANGE SHOTS.


u am q man OF mark" he said,
As here goes for TO show
He grabbed a pen and bowed his head
Anu wrote his name down 50.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-25

It wad frae monte a blunder free US,
And foolish notion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-02-25

MADRID, Feb. PA frightful trag-
edy occurred to-day in Barcelona. An
Englishman named Samuel Pastor en-.
tered the office of Bolill Brothers in
that city, and, drawing pistol, fired
deliberately at Jose Bolill, a member OF
the firm. The bullet took deadly effect
and Jose Bofill had only time to after
an exclamation before falling lifeless on
the floor of the Office. The assassin
then turned his weapon against the
brother of Jose, who was trying to save
his murdered brother and partner The
assassin's aim was not SO true in this in
stance, and he only succeeded in III
ilicting severe, but probably not a
fatal wound. Then Pastor turned the
weapon and aimed at himself. By this
time the noise Of the shooting had at
tracted crowd, and people came rush
ing into the Office where the murder
Gus assailant was with his victims Be
fore Pastor had time to kill himself he
was seized and securely pinoned.
There was excitement and some ofthe
crowd threatened violence against the
Murderer, but the police succeeded in
lodging him safely in prison. Many
rumors are afloat as to the motive for
the assassination, but none Of the
stories have so far been verified
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-02-25
COMMUNICATED
Clean the Streets.

Clean the streets.
Several years ago Alexandria had a
citizen who frequently let himself be
heard from, and with no uncertain
sound, on matters pertaining to the
city,s welfare, viz Abuses Of the law.
Uncleanliness of the streets or nuisances
of all kinds, never escaped his watchful
eye, and he had only to call the atten-
ton of those in authority to such
things, as, for instance, the use of side
walks for warehouses, as some of the
streets, south of King are now used for
coal oil, fish barrels, empty boxes, mo-
lasses, syrups, ETC., to cause the re-
moval. and at once. We allude to the
late highly esteemed Geo. w. Rock,
(whosc commanding figure is missed by
alD. His love and pride of home kept
him ever on the alert. Long live his
memory in the hearts of all good resi-
dents. Would that he were alive now
to urge our Mayor, health officers and
police to have the city cleaned, as it
was never filthier. Soon we shall have
visiting US thousands of strangers. and
the unsightly empties, greasy package
and such stuff should be removed from
the streets. which no one should be al
lowed to occupy, longer, at least, than
business hours during the day time.
Y. x. Y.