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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-10
WICHITA WHEAT ANDDEEp wATEE
To the Editor OF the Eagle.
VELAsCo, Tex, Feb. 6, 1898.

To the Editor OF the Eagle.
NELAsCO, Tex, Feb, 6, 1898.
Deep water news on the Texas coast
should be Of primary interest to Kansas
generally and Wichita in particular,
since it is the solution of the economic
questionable proper adjustment of
freight rates, thereby giving to the peo-
pie a choice Of routes and consequent
commercial independence. | am glad
10 note that harbor matters are progress
ing nicely here. There are now IS feet
Of water over the bar. But very littl e
work has been done on the jetties here
for some time besides keeping a careful
watch over them. But the jetties are now
in first class condition to allow the work
to proceed to completion, which. Mr.. G..
W. Angle informs me, Will be done.
work to commence at once. This, he is
confident, will give them twenty feet of
water over tie bar. That is all that is
necessary TO accommodate the shipping
without recourse to Tightening. The
shipping that has already come to this
port in this, its first year OF commercial
existence, is q source of surprise and
qualification, and serves to show the
great necessity for Z first class harbor on
this coast.
In my Judgment it is matter of the
greatest importance to Kansas and her
acknowledged commercial and financial
metropolis-Wichita. With just freight
rates, already prosperous Kansas cannot
fail to enter onto an era of prosperity
never before equaled. They are now
loading tine icon steamship Oswin from
England at Central wharf, which makes
the twentieth large steamship, and thirty
four ocean-going sailing vessels that
have discharged and taken on cargoes ct
Nelasco up TO date.
Nelasco has certainly scored a grea,
point in the case OF the schooner
Charles L. Mitchell of Boston
q vessel loaded with wire and drawing
fourteen feet six inches Of water. con
signed 10 Galveston. Arrived of Gal
weston Sunday Jan. 5. Owing 10 shall
low water on the Galveston bar she Law
outside for several days when the cap
tain obtained permission 10 come to
Nelasco with his ship and cargo and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-10
ANNOYING.

''These here smart ducks makes me
tired" said the man on the second
chair after he had released his victim
and called "Nextv' to row of empty
chairs
''Why-wha' d he say?" asked fell
low butcher.
''Well, he gets into the chair, an
runs my hand over his head, m says:
Have that hair trimmed up little to-
day?
Then he looks at himself in the
glass, an runs his hand over his head,
an he says, says he: Well d know;
think it orta be%
"'Needs it purity bad I says to him,
gittin' ready.
"'Well, I'd know he says, sort o
weary-like n undecided; 4 guess I'll
try n get along with it another day.
had it cut yesterday. Puck.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-10
BlOODlESS BATTLES.
Ways and Manners of Italian War In tbs
Fifteenth Century.

Ways and Manners of Italian War In the
Fifteenth Century.
As rule the art OF war was then
G420) practiced with little too much
regard for rules; 1t was hide and seek
behind specific bulwarks rather than
warfare. As Voltairc says, the soldiers
Of the land were distributed between
such and such condottieri as IL they
were professional harvesters The cap
tain OF morcenarics upon one side tried
his best 20 outmaneuver the captain of
nlerccnaries on the other side. II he sue
ceeded in getting the enemy into a cor
ner from which they could not escape. ex-
cept 10y a desperate engagement absurd
10 think of, he sent OF bombastic tale
of victory 10 his employers, and asked
for an increase Of pay. And 20 make
sure that his success should furnish no
excuse FOR o cessation of hostilities and
the .gning OF treaties OF peace (which
means disnissai), no straightway shook
hands with the captive general aud set
him and his army at liberty. 50 that
III, campaign might be continued.
This was the Light in which the con-
d9t'eri viewed their responsibilities.
Nor was il difficult To live through =
career Of battles without a wound al
time when such coupsel as the follow
ing was esteemed sage enough 10 offer
% the stripping soldier: You must
know that TO secure yourself against
artillery you must be either out Of It's
reach or behind a wall or behind ram
part. And, moreover, see that the wall
be thick enough" etc Macmillan
MnraZine
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-10

found no difficulty in making the port
at low tide. The Velascons have made
the best of this, as it is a fight to the
finish between the two ports. Two cars
of this wire were consigned to Galveston
from Velasco. On these cars were fas-
tened streamers covering nearly one half
of the sides of the cars on which was
painted the following:
This wire was part Of cargo of the
schooner Charles L. Mitchell, from Bos-
ton to Galveston, which failed to get
over Galveston bar because of shallow
water, and was forced to go to Velasco,
the only deep water port in Texas, to
discharge cargo"
Similar Inscriptions have been pasted
on every spool of the wire, thus spread
ing the information to all parts of the
state. ! have no hesitaucy in saying
that this port at least will be ready to
handle Kansas produce by the time
Kansas produce seeks admission.
4 COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-10

answer Shall I answer 10 for your
As you and are strangers, let me say.
have had thousands of bovs under ny
care as a teacher, and that kEos5 who
succeed IN all the nobler walks OF life.
have watched these successful bows
IN the school room, in the store, in col
lege, on the farm-evervwhere.
One trait Of character Is possessed bv
all OF them in greater or less degree.
VIZ; they all have great powers Of con-
centration- Whatever they do, they DO
with all their might.
Is q lesson to be Learned they bring
all the powers of their mind 20 the
task until 1t Is mastered. They do not
allow their minds To wander of. now
upon this subject. and the7 upon that.
but with an iron will and unconauera-
bic determination, they give the task
to be performed, whether OF the head
or hand, undivided and close attention
till the work is done
This power OF concentration is the
secret of one scholars success over an
other in the same class. He,s YOU
study is of far greater Importance than
1'hdt or h0i7 mach you study.
have in my mind now several OF nv
old scholars who are eminent as law
yers, physicians. ministers Of the Cos
pei, civil engineers. builGcrs. merchants
and farmers. all of whom were noted
IN school for their undivided and close
attention to whatever was to be done,
either at their desks in preparing their
lessons, or in the classroom at recita-
ton.
remember one of these BOYS in par
ticular, although it is nearly thirty
years since he was a student in my
school, can see him now at his desk.
working at difficult problem in alge-
bra or arithmetic, or trying TO translate
q sentence in Latin or Greek.
1t mattered not what the study was,
he always entered upon it with the
same resolute determination to master
it in the least possible time. He seemed
to bring his whole body. as well as the
powers of his mind, to the accomplish
ment Of his task.
Now he would extend one leg and
then the other; now run his fingers
through his hair, his eyes meanwhile
intensely fixed upon his book. and he
saw nothing, heard nothing, until that
lesson was thoroughly prepared.
He Herer failed at reel tGtion. That boy
has been for several years one of the
most prominent judges in this country,
and one of the most eminent OF the
governors of New Jersey.
Boys, if you wish to make your mark
in the world, for all that is noble and
good, strive to gain the mastery over
both your mind and your body. Learn
to put your whole mind to the work in
hand, and, my word for it, you will sue
ceed.-Golden Days
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-10
The Feast at Darbars

The feast ot St Barbara, Ike that q
St. Martin, j. a soldier : fete IN Italy.
The heroic girl, 4 we may believe an old
story Of the tenth century, was an angel
Of beauty and virtue, born II fortress
where her father. Dioscoro, was the Gov
ernor and also aide-de-camp 10 the En-
peror, Macmillan st. Barbara first
saw the light in Italy in her father >
beautiful villa near Scandriglia, git
from the Emperor 50 his General Tica
with mineral waters, marvellous plants
statues, etc. where she passed the first
years OF her lie and where she became =
convert 10 the Christian religion Tue
beautiful girl was haunted 20 death, and
taken prisoner, her breasts we're cut o.,
and thus exposed 90 brutal soldiers, wEo
took possession Of her, fastening her 10 =
stake, covered her with qHickliEae, ard
burned her 70 death; and shis sac suffered
rather than renou1ce the religion she had
embraced This, a. Least, IS the legend,
and the artillery and the engineer reg
me0ts fste her as their patron, - whom
they show much respect and gratI- ade,
especia.ly'as they have a-h lie dAy tEes
and double R4I.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-10

How shall a young man read TO the
best ADVANTAGE he should select some
particular department % knowledge
which he feels interesting, and within
this department he should read careful
" and studiouslv. II he only once
makes this selection, and makes IL
rightly, other things win adjust them
selves. he will not need VERY definite
rules. nor will he need 70 concern him
self about strict Uniformity with what
rules he may have. The varied
and 6esultory reading IN which
ne may indulge viii adapt Itself in
various ways TO the main intellectual
interest Of his heart II Will spproyr3-
ate to its purpose the most stray in
formation. while again the vivid cen
trial FIRE Of his intellectual being viii
cast a light and meaning often around
the most desultory particular. l.
may not seem easy % MAKE such a
choice; but everyone more Or less IN
consciously makes L. The important
matter IA TO recognize i 70 vos4rsel yes.
and % build up your intellectual ecu
cation upon Il, because Is can u really
built D n 10 otAsr manner.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-10
TOLD or JANAUscHEK.
How the Actress Frightened . Waiter b.
Seafhsrr Hotel

How the Actress Frightened . Waiter ~
sesthsre Hotel
Those Of rs who wrestls trerp bituRiy
with the Slavic syiiAbles Of Nine jan
ausehelSs name. Whenever We pro
nouncs Il, VII appreciate this story.
which the New York Dramatic News
vOuches for as absolutely trus. Twas
in weird one-night-Stand hotel, On tho
southern circuit. madame, seated a. the
head Of tho table allotted % the
"show follzA." bad given her order
for dinner 20 lnnruid waiter,
and watched him slowly shoulder
his tray aud ssanter ldtch-nwsrd with
q eoies (cy Bl<f4s air Of cure. -
the ditty goes: The never came back -
After long waiting. msdADe's patience
gave out. and. Eeiziog the apron OF the
Hrst waiter VINO strolled past her table.
she poured forth loud food of CUES
tons as 20 the whereabouts u as recTe-
ant eofarado. ia broken aid utserly IN
inteIligibie Engl.&h. The eject Vas
star,liay. \ third walter. tuE, dawn
inv uugn the scene with the Grst-o!d-
mans dinner. dropped his trSy With a
Wild crash ard made a break for -
adjoining Office. Yelling % The pryprie-
tor. MAR smith! For GAYS sakssi
Com. hvzh quick! Jane shocks eons
a..Aclsted JIM
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-10

The petticoated and corseted busy
bodys who are leading the Populst legis-
lature Of Kansas around by the nose
ought TO read the account of that mis-
guided and ambitious mother in Michi-
gan, who, the other dav, while out
preaching mixture Of gospel and poll
tics, learned that her home had burned.
in which her children We're consumed.
But it would require more appalling
calamity than the mere burning up of
her children to call off the female whose
head once gets to buzzinS with political
ambitions.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-10
A YOUNG HERO.
The Thoughtful Deed OF Swiss Lad
During q Great Fire.

The Thoughtful Deed OF a Swiss Lad
During Great Fire.
A few years ago the traveller through
Switzerland might have seen a charm
ing little village. now, alas, no longer
in existence. A fire broke out one day,
and in a few hours the quaint little
frame houses We're entirely destroyed
The poor peasants ran around wringiug
their hands and weeping over their
lost homes and the bones Of the burned
cattle.
One poor man was in greater trouble
than his neighbors even. True, his
home and cows were gone, but so also
was his son, bright boy of six or seven
years. He wept and refused to hear
any words of comfort. He spent the
night wandering sorrowfully among
the ruins. while his acquaintances had
taken refuge in the peighboring vii
lagos.
Just as daylight came, however, he
heard a well-known sound, and look
ing up he saw his favorite cow leading
the herd. and coming directly after
them was his bright-eyed little boy.
ooh, my son. my son!' he cried, are
you really alive -
"Why, yes, father When I saw the
fire ran to get our COWS away to the
pasture lands"
You are hero, my boy p the father
exclaimed.
. But the boy said: ooh, mol A hero
is one who does some wonderful deed
led the COWS away because they were
in danger, and I knew it was The right
thing TO do"
"Ah"' cried the father, ''he who
does the right thing at the right time is
a hero The Mid-Con tinent
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-10
TOM AND THE WISHING CAP.

Bring me yon wishing cap. III put isun
AID wish myself that which I'd like to BE-
Pray let me thick! Shall be VIII or John,
Or pretty little SaIiie or Marisl
Or shall be great big monstrous whsle
The monarch of the ocean eeps Or stsyt
Would / not Ike TO have greet long tai
And as monkey romp the iivelong dag!
Or shan be q winged thingi A bird
1t seems TO me. has just no end of fun;
TIT is. he does till IN the forests heard
The coming OF the sportsman with his gun.
How ali viii miss me when I've changed about =,
How through the streets my father dear will
roam
In search OF ne; and how the boys will shout:
Iii! have you heard how Tommy gons from
hoInef"
Dear ne never thought How I'll miss them !
Why, that's about as fearful as can be.
Dear Wishing Cap, II you don't rnind-aheml-
think, upon the whole, II stay plain Me-
-Harper's Young People.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-10
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

A large gray wolf was killed near Ed
mond the other day.
The second term of the normal at Ed
mond begins next Monday.
The g. A r. of Oklahoma City will
| give a grand ball on the 22d inst.
The bill passed by the senate for the
opening of the strip is practically the
| Dawes senate bill.
The territorial apportionment Of school
money for Kingisher county is $500,
county fund 5000.
Mr.. J. NJ. Hale has purchased the de-
| funct Optic at Chandler and viii soon IS
sue new Democratic paper.
! The W. c. T. L. of Muscogee will en-
deavor to secure means to establish indus
| trial home schools 10 the territory.
1t is said that the proposition to divide
the east third of the strip into 50 acre
tracts is a scheme of Guthrie to hold the
capital.
Columbus is building a new school
house 4Sx56 feet two stories high. The
plans are said to be the finest in Kingfisher
county.
The Pawnee Indian allotments will be
completed before March Is, or in time for
the surplus Iands-250, 900 acres to come in
with the strip.
A petition is being signed by the bar at
Oklahoma City praying the legislature to
adopt the civil and criminal code Of the
state of Kansas for Oklahoma.
A sample of Oklahoma maple sugar and
syrup, manufactured by Mr.. B. S. Bsebee,
near Red Rock Springs, in the Cheyenne
country, will be sent to the worlds fair.
A delegation of Chandler business men
is trying at Guthrie to get the legislature
to pass bill giving them the power to
vote bonds for the construction of sys-
tenn of waterWorks for their town.
The Guthrie board of trade has ap-
pointed committee to 90 TO st. Louis
and cooperate with the board of trade of
the latter city in arranging for the extern
sion of the Frisco road from Sapulpa
west
1t is said that every claim but two be-
tween lightning creek and Cow creek, in
Oklahoma county, distance of eight
miles, has changed hands. A settlement
of industrious German people has spread
over most of the country.
Wherever barley has been tried in this
country, says the Times-J ournal, it has
proved an excellent crop. Mr. O'Brieu,
five miles north of Yukon, raised So
bushels on an acre of ground last year
Barley brings almost as good price as
wheat and produces much larger crops.
County Commissioner Wilson of King
fisher county is making a list of owner
ship To lands subject to taxation, and
strange as it may seem. a large number of
those who have final receipts or patents,
as well as those who have warrantee deeds
from other parties, have failed to put their
evidences of title on record. Much of this
is the result Of negligence on the part OF
property owners, while many doubtless
are under the erroneous impression that
by Withholding their deeds from record
they will escape taxation. This is great
mistake, as the moment a property is
proven up it becomes just as much subject
20 taxation as though made matter of
record.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-10

The most outrageous piece of diabol-
ism in the history OF st. Joseph, saws the
Gazette, was the decapitation OF the
corpse Of a wretched old scissors grinder
on Sunday morning at the Northwestern
Medical college by students, who then
carried the bloody head through the
streets and finally placed it on the steps
OF a brothel, whence it was kicked to the
gutter. There was something pariicu-
larry ferocious and beastly in this act
1t IS worse, is possible, than the fiend-
ishness of the Paris, Tex, mob in burn
ing the negro rapist few days ago. In
the latter case the diabolical act of the
victim is setup as a Justification of the
mobs fury; but in the St. Joe case there
were no extenuating circumstances. L
seems to have been inspired by the prince
of the power of darkness.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-10
NOT WITHOUT PRECEDENT5.

Mr.. J. S. Clarkson's article criticising
President Harrison for his appointment
of Judge jackson, while Astounding in
facts Of current history, yet contains
some extravagances and at least one pal
pable error. Mr.. CT arkson says the ap-
pointment is the first instance since the
foundation of the republic of a president
selecting for the supreme court a man of
the opposite political party. There is at
least one other instance where the same
thing was done within the range Of Mr..
Clarkson's personal recollection; that of
Justice Field who was promoted in 1868
by President Lincoln. There are other
instances of persons Of opposing politics
closer to the chief executive in his ad-
ministration than that, notably by Presi-
dent Pierce in 1858, in making William
L. Marcy his secretary of state, and
President Hayes. in 1877, making David
NJ. Key, an ex-Confederate general, his
postmaster general.
President Harrison may have been
prompted by personal pique over his
own defeat" in making the appointment,
but very few people will believe it, with
the precedents cited before them. On
the other hand there are some, no doubt
who will be critical enough to lmpute
the same promptings to Mr.. Harrison's
critic in this instance.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-10

The Perkins amendment to the Dawes
bill passed by the senate provides for the
opening of the Cherokee strip under the
same conditions as were the Iowa ard
Sac and Fox Indian reservations. After
fourteen months continuous residence
and cultivation the settler is permitted
To commute his homestead filling by
paying Sl.JO per acre and the regulation
land Office fees. The eighty-acre clause
and also the $4,000 clause are not in.
cluded in the senate bill. The amend
ment also provides that settlers who
have lost the advantages Of the home
stead law in the arid regions of Kansas
and Colorado may also enter lands in the
strip, providing that otherwise the aD-
plicant is a qualified homesteader.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-10
THFY - 81 % =
rom he Hu5 Crimson News.

Prom he but crimson News.
4 prominent Reno county Pouulist.
who was ut Topeka at the time lhe revo-
luJlonsTy POpulIst house y as organized.
remarked that If The Republicans had
been guilty O. such an outraEa. against
law and justice their party would be for
ever damned in the ewes OF the people OF
Kansas. When asked why il did not
have the same effect on the Popusjst
party, he laughingiy replied, '-Oh. We
can 50 home and lie out OF K; And
that has been the policy OF the Popuiis,
leaders ever since the party was organ
lied. They have been warning their
followers against the Republican
speakers and papers, and st the same
time have been feeding them upon Tie
most unreasonable Of faisehoods. The5T
ability Ito lie out Of il, however, viii
fail them al the next election.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-10

There = wonderful graPeTiae ss
GailIzc. a torn % soathrrn Trance
Although the p.Sat y only le years
from ths cst.ing. f. has vislt-s ~ r-zrv ,
as 81 buB~heE u Ans fru4s IA q stagis
y~ar. Tlsers Is but one other vsns "a
cultivation thai a Known 70 ~rcel fhia
prolific sbrub. aaa tbzi = Us historical
Voc al Hsnpss1 C0zFt. Eaglzzad. wilma
vsa planted n 1868 In or year tAza
noted vine has borne 2 go s7Esca1sL ne
frsi' from ta.a sins Is ksps for ~ sI-
elusive ase - Queen FIctorfa aud hSr
hous@5osa. lie surp.us being Hz4sls izso
WIS tOr Toe zane paTpo~e
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-10

The ''proudest act of his life to Sena-
tor Joe Blackburn was that of announc-
ing the electoral vote of the state of
Illinois for Cleveland and Stevenson
before the joint session Of congress
Wednesday. This was n circumstance
that has not occurred for forty years,
and it IS not likely to occur again for a
longer period in the future. Well may
the Blue Grass Bourbon Democratfelici-
sate himself on the notable partisan incl
1eut
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-10
BnIr PIlmner.. ChslIea se.

Champion Bantam Weight Billy Plim-
mer, of England. has issued challenge
TO fight Feather Weight George Dixon
at III pounds for $500 TO $4,000 side
and the feather-weight championship
Of the world. Sol Smith. of San Fran
cisco, IS also DESTROYS Of fighting Dixon
His hacker, Zaclz Abraharns. has issued
. challenge and viii bet $500 on the
side to fight for the championship Of
the world at us pounds.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-10
BABIES On FIRE

Babies burning up, babies in
agony from itcl Ing and burning
eczemas and OF Ell torturing. dis
figuring, itehir :, burning, bleed
ING, scaly ard blotchy skin and
81 Up ii eases. None but moth,
erss realize how these little ones
suffer when their tender skins are
literally on fire. To know that a
single application of CUTIcURA
REMRDIES viii in the great msior-
lty of cases afford instant relief,
permit rest and sleep, and point
to a permanent and economical
because most speedy cure, and
not to use them is to fail in yous
duty. Think of the years of sufA
fering entailed by such neglect,l
years not only of physical bat Of
mental suffering by reason of
personal Disagreement Why
delay moment longer the use
OF these great skin cures, blood
purifiers, and humor remedies?
Cures made in infancy and child
hood are speedy, economical, and
almost invariably permanent.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-10

The assessors of real and personal
property will have no excuse for return
ing at least three hundred men of Kansas
for less than they are worth. There is
not one out Of ten of the men on BIddle's
bond who have been paying on any
where near what they swear they are
,rnrtI