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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24
Che ahita Daily Eaee SUNDAY 1orug eeember "a 1898.

traitor and supplicanr captive in petit
coats. Strange incentives and ghoulish
fancles haunt the dreams of our present
executive, when he cody hazards the
bread and the lives of millions in
obedience to the demands of a party
platform. There is mystery in secular
pursuits. The mental process which
prompts the Spectator to risk the
ninety-nine certainties of fortune well
in hand for TIE chance Of suddenly ac
curing a greater one is not even
imaginable. The man who closes his
eyes to his judgment and opens his ears
to the story of an expert swindler, while
he rifles his pockets, is the enigma-the
walking embodiment of unaccountable
fools. Why does the "great criminal
lawyer" get down to plead the cause of
worthless criminal for contingent
fee? Why does the jailor increase his
vigils after the prisoner has flown? How
does the well dressed loafer support a
style Of two thousand year, OF literally,
how do some people live! What of the
her children to thanlless charity,
or TO reforming an incorrigible
public in the political arena or the lecture
field? What is the mental status of the
belle ofsociety who barters her brightest
hopes for bogus foreign title and an
educated whiskei::" Who can weigh
the soul stirring emotions which lie be-
meath and behind a church fair? vet who
has the magnifying optic to see the good
that follows? How we are to enter the
pearly gates by routes which lead in OPP
posite directions is known to the Infinite
mind only, but the greater mystery is
that these conditions are made by men.
Our Bible chronology divides and meas
ures the centuries, yet its origin is vague
as the authorship of Beautiful Snow"
We have authentic history of ancient
Carthage, yet no title monger has been
able to locate the town site. Whether
the lost Atlantis is a myth or reality,
its latitude and longitude are lost IN
mystery.
We are told that protective duties re-
duce the cost of living and that they do
not reduce the cost of living; that tariff
is tax and that 1t is not tax. In
finance we learn that promise to pay
has inherent, intrinsic value, and that
bullion only has such value. The one
thing certain is that there is delusion
somewhere, and that somewhere, inter
mediate or beyond all isms and theories,
lies the shining, beautiful truth, which
is none the less potent by being clothed |
In mystery.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24
TIE WHY OF WOMEN.

In an article on woman, the ballot and
other day, set out an estimate of woman
kind in contradistinction to mankind.
The Leavenworth Times pronounces the
sentiments ''slush" and rubbish" Be
tween the cOmpositor and the proof
reader our editorial was badly married;
nevertheless it was reflex of convic-
tons such as no woman suffraglst, male
or female, can disturb. If, in the estima-
ton of equal suffragists, the sentiments
are open to the criticism of want Of
masculinity. none can charge brutality.
1t is said that women admire the brute
that is in the man. We doubt it. While
undoubtedly she is compelled TO endure
that in him, brutality in the man is never
theless as shocking to her as masculinty
in women. And"the woman who washes
dishes and scrubs the faces of her chill
dren and the kitchen floor" alluded
to by the Times, is no excep-
ton, otherwise the 'Song of the
Shirt" and Gene Wares "Washer
w oman would never nave lOuuu the
universal echo in the human heart
which they have.
All men are more or less of the brute
brutal, and the more the brute he is the
more difficult is it for him to distinguish
that in woman which makes her more
than the mere female and even more
than the mother. We reaflirm that
pschy cologically woman has ever been
superior TO her human conditions, or
otherwise man has fallen infinitely be-
meath his own. There is no satisfactory
solution other than that had man been
in this respect woman's equal this world
wouldn't have been good enough for the
race, while upon the other hand had
woman been as brutal as man this world
would have been too good for them; so
the matter was constituted as it is by an
all wise Creator who probably little
dreamed that a time would come when
the abnormal OF both sexes would get
together in an attempt to make their
spheres, natures and endowments alike,
equal and interchangeable.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24
WESTERN KANSAS CROPS.

Reports from all parts Of western
Kansas represent the wheat crop in ex-
ceptionably fine condition and the acre
age equal to the largest ever sown. The
farmers are also giving especial attention
to alfalfa, the acreage to which is being
increased nearly double each season.
Having learned by experience what
crops are surest as well as most profit
able the farmers of that section have
started upon the highway of success and
prosperity. Wheat is as sure crop In
western Kansas az it is anywhere, while
the expense of producing it is as small
and the yield as large-conditions that
settle the question of profit to the pro-
Queer, the status of the market being
favorable.
AS for alfalfa, the practical tests, both
as to its adaptability to climate and soil,
its certainty and Yields, have established
it as one Of the staple crops. 1t Is freer
from damage, the effects Of adverse
weather conditions, than any other crop,
once it gets firm hold IN good set
ting. Alfalfa is surer crop than even
the native grasses, which makes it the
stock raiser's desideratum. Horses
thrive on it, cattle fatten upon it and
hogs develop more rapidly with it as
their food than on any other single
article. For forage there is nothing that
equals it in quality or yield per acre.
These qualities render alfalfa the most
profitable crop that has so far developed
for western Kansas. 1t is success I'M
der normal conditions on uplands and
bottom lands, and as irrigation is eX-
tended, as it will be, the crop will be en-
HANGED IN value on account Of Increased
yield and improved quality.
With bread and meat thus insured and
a surplus TO fill the eXchequer the citl-
zens of western Kansas will become the
most Independent of all the rest. and ere
long will be able to snap their fingers IN
the face of the fatos that periodically
distress those of every other quarter and
country.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

II il not so much the value OF the gift
that causes it 10 be appreciated By the
recipient as the motive that inspires the
giver. \ penny's worth, conveying the
hearty good will of the donor, is more
valuable to the appTeciative person who
receives ii IN the same spiri. than gift
Of great intrinsic value made grudgingly
or from some sinister motive. \ gift
may be an instrument Of torture or 9
vehicle Of delight, along The lines above
indicated. IL the true spirit OF the
event the beautiful custom Is meant 70
commemorate shall be the prompting,
then viii the gifts Of the morrow, made
because 81 the morrow, make II indeed
& happy Christmas TO those who receive
as well as 70 those who give.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

In one of his public speeches recently,
David Overmyer declared that "prohi-
bition has been of more detrIment to the
prosperity of the state than has Pop
ulsm, and the Democrats are quoting
the statement at the Pops to prove TO
them that David is the man they should
support for governor next year. The
compliment is in the comparison, but
the Pops being something of prohibi-
tionisis themselves they will probably
fail TO appreciate it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

The parslyzing effects Of Democratic
rule upon the industrial and commercial
interests Of tie county has been well
nigh universal, the railroads suffering ia
fun proportion 20 every other. Daring
the year sixty-thTee reads have psssesi
INTO tie hands CT receivers, z number
greater by two thar al the roads tia,
we're operated By offiners 81 TIE law 8;
the beginning OF iiss year, bringing fhe
total ruEsber cow 90 managed up 10 10
The total mileage of these lines h ., rs
total funded det,s s-s5577. sl3, co. Cagsi 3,
stock 500. 20, 600. exclusive 81 bonds
total boeGs and eap.sai stock. 81 -.
5f2 ols9 Thee lines represent y ~
cent Of tie rs!Iway mileage 81 tie
United States ard e 3 per cent Of slse
entire Appareni investments "a repes-
sense3 BY the beads and stock.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24
Debts of IS omen

The number Of grossly extravagans
women who carry the A,<rden ~ their
debts a bout London society is enormous
Many Of them are rich. bpt that fact
does not p-evsEt them from outrunnin2
the constable We know instances Of
famous women ia The London world a,
this moment. say. Hearth and Home.
whose husbands are worth large for
tunes. women ~ho have dreszsfsksrz'
bills they cannot pay. which they simply
dare not show 20 the men whose liberal
allowances they have sgusndsred IN
reckless follirs One t.~susy tod us tie
other dag that she owed her dress
maker a.. 200. sai tba. she saw no more
way II paying Der than % paying TIA
national debt She DID not dare -
mention th- hsiI % her husband. rich
though he was. and so abe COMPROMISED
the Usasser By ordering NOR. go@ns
TIA: DE- dsdr { want. and allowing ih-
dresszna ssr ~ charge anything sfss
liked for them AEzd 20 The ssssyx fssL.
Ct debt rolls ou--S. /. World
--a-fsst---''I ssD sssTry T5z srssiss urssa
. r,cr.xzIt "a water eozorz / eAsul1 so
vou greater 5sAt2os IA olL Ttatsoa-s-I
sazst insist vsssn water esgor / erssss
q . lozr hne q s<eso,al~ss ard an
rsrn.tslssstsonssS nJ se.E ~ PttsAscTya
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

The action of the board of regents OF
the State Normal school at Emporia in
prohibiting the game Of football on the
grounds of the institution and forbiddiBg
the pupils 20 participate In the game
elsewhere, may have been slight
stretch of authority, but the stretch was
in the right direction. As at present
planned aud played the game educates
the participants 10 become rough and
tough, trends in which nature needs no
assistance. The game should be re-
nodded or abandoned intoto.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

We make too much of our cranks.
Other states are as we'll provided in that
respect but they wisely refrain from
pushing the m forward into prominence.
Let the crank revolve until he knows
not which way to turn, but let us who
run that mighty engine, the press,
tacitly acknowledge his right to attain
obscurity in his own way, without
molestation,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

For the Eagse.
CHRISTMAS DAY. 1893.
10y ONE OF rHg Macs.l


December. dark aud dreary.
To the Christian seems divine,
With snowy robes untsin;'d
And jewels crystalline,
The source of hope eternal
To cheer Us On lifc-s way !,
We love thee. dark December.
Thou bringest Christmas day.
Thou broUgh;'st the Redeemer,
Whose death for all suited
The lons-ezpcetesi Savior
The MesSianic Christ.
Rejo!ce. We sons OF Adam!
Deliverance is nigh.
Uark hear the angels coming
with tidiass OF great joy
The gloria in excelsis
Was the sweetest. hottest strain
That e'er reycrbera.sd
Ger Judas lonely plain
Its announcement to tie shepherds
Of what then and there occur'd
Was the most triumpl.,l anthem
That nature ever heard.
sAEItlt-s -ftstt az aNs1SSAas
Who o-acleS condemn
Behold the prophc; triumph
In far-osf Bethlehem:
The sceptre shall depart 10.
From juds, until He
Comes" nj the time predicted
In Jacobs prophecy.
The sneient rites were emblerns
OF ''lsrael's holy One
"Alt natures expectation"
Was Msry's sinless son;
Hope filfd the soul of Adam
When Jehovah kindly said
1.-THE offspring of the woman
Shall crash the serpent's head"
'Twere sweet IN alteration
To kneel down on that sod
Still hallow'd By tie footsteps
OF an incarnate God.
And there of self forgetful
Continually pray
That all would find thro' Jesus
An endless Christmas day.
Glen May Farm, Dee 1seS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

superintendent Messerve's experience
at the Indian school near Lawrence has
not been devoid of friction nor as pleas
urable, perhaps, as he could have
wished, but it is extremely doubtful if
tho change in caste, from Indian TO
Negro, and in latitude from Kansas to
Carolina, will prove more so.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

calamity the Journal does not know ofa
single Influential Republican paper in the
state that advocates putting prohibition,
woman suffrage and all the other isms
in the platform. Lee US dwell toge.hes
In the tent of righteousness with plat
form of sound Republican planks.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

There never was time when the
promises OF the future were so .ievoafiy
yearned for a. the prsgeut with the
farmers Of the United States If time
could only jump couple Of cogs and
bring US around 10 March, i>s8, what 5
relief the depressed farmer weoid ex-
rseriance BIZ the everlasting hanisarnen;
OF the los prices f.. their PRODUCTS
especially wh a.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

It has been amply proved during the
past few days that if there IS person IN
the family whom you wish to keep in
the dark about a certain present tina;
that person will be at the door when the
clerk deIlvers Il
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24
GaInsd nts E.e ward

FROM tie Topesa Capital.
ur. 4. \. art. who has just been
appointed superintendent II tie deaf
aud dumb asylum At O.athe. was former
iy Republican postmaster al Manhattan.
" hen Cleveland was elected lie tried 70
&c; reappoiutment from him aud fail.
ing ia this te left both the old parties
because they were 80 swfuily corrupt,
doncber3ee, aad joined tie Pots
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

Mayor-elect Harrison of Topeka, the
Republican candidate, lacked but few
votes of receiving twice as many as both
the other candidates. Only about half
the male and one-third of the female
vote was cast. The election was held
under the new state law, with the
Australian ballot and booth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

There is another reason why Wheeler
is opposed to single statehood for Okla
homa and the Indian Territory. Ii the
Indian Territory should come in there
would be no more use for the committee
on territories and Wheeler would be a
chairman out of q Job
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24
4 Modern ALA.

tT17g rrH Atrtl5slsz ts9Sl5 -sfs-
Dick Walker United STATE rnzrshaI1
has a scheme on foot 20 buiid a ii.Gls
railway. a Thousand miles CT -. from
Salt Lake 10 i.Os Angeles. Il viii oren
gp large coal feds. Tie money i not
al svleeTitsd ye;, bat Dick can carry
the entire prolecs On BIS owa broad
shoulders Il TseCsssary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

The drying up Of the Missouri river :
worrying the Cliff Dweilers, not that they
have any personal Use for water, but
they want l. for a blait on the freight
rate question. l. has been growing
steadily worse since old 'procTas;inaied
precipitation wished hem
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

The Americans along the border are
very foolish to go TO war with Iexicans
and XIII and be killed over a few sheep,
while the chances amounting almost 70
a certainty are that sheep will shortly
become worth less than the fee1 they
consume.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

Eastern cities have discarded the
smoke-consumer as a measure OF clean
illness. They do not need them. Under
Democratic rule there is no manufacture
and no smoke
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

Ii you will pardon the interruption we
would like 70 haul you up in tie midst
of your Christmas festivities long enoagh
TO impress upon your mind the burning
fact that now is the time 20 subscribe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

Topeka talks about forty thousand
population and eleven thousand register
ed votes. She cast but little upwards
of four thousand at the election this past
raal-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

Oyer 100 marriage licenses have been
issued in Wichita during the last week.
There is some mistake. The expression
is "merry Christmas not Marry
Christmas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

All in all it has been hard year, but
then it has witnessed the downfall of the
Louisiana lottery and female suspend
erS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

If Cleveland would pay less attention
to restoring Queen Lii, there might be
some chance of his trying to get King
Corn back on his throne.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

Women have gained one important
right since last Christmas. II Is now no
longer possible to tell whether 4 woman
Is wearing Der hair In the very lates.
style or has merely forgot 70 comb it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24
EXCHANGE kPIIoMEs.

Patient Ia Loves Services,
Let her ecoru ne. Jet her az M.
let her eyes their light defy 0ie.
Ne 'er shall NY heart yieii 90 drzTsir
or my tongue cease - tell my care.
Much 10 love. AID much - pray
j. 10 heaven tie nesrret way.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

If you have no objections to feeling
real good, hunt up some needy family
and make a merry Christmas for them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

1t never occurs to the youngster for
some unaccountable reason to make his
mother a present of a pair of pliable and
easy house slippers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

Our governor can reflect this morning
that Santa Claus who covers the whole
world in night must be something of a
tramp himself.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

If Cleveland were to live long enough
to suffer separate pang for every case
of hopeless despair that he has promoted,
Methuselah would lose his laurels,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

Now is the time when the wife gives
the husband extravagant gifts and gen
erously allows him to begin the new year
by paying for them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

Governor Lewelling is so prejudiced
against the rock pile that he may yet
send out to Governor Waite and ask him
to have Pixies Peak removed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

The EAGLE wishes its readers every
where without regard to party predilec-
ton, nationality sect or sex a merry
Christmas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

Still the senate holds Mr.. Hornblower
eff. Il is doubtful if they would recog-
nize Gabriel.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

The Individual who said that a green
Christmas was unhealthful was born
before southern Kansas was discovered.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

Corbett intends to give Mitchell some
thing. but lie will wait until few
weeks after Christmas 10 do il.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

In Kansas when man gels mad he
starts a rev party; IN Oklahoma he
starts a new town.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

With Cleveland president the laborer
is IN the soup-under Harrison the soup
was in him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

At the last sitting of the United States
supreme court. every case brought up
from Judge Gresham-five in ali-was
reversed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

What Grover will find in his sock,
more than lock Of tie deposed LIS
wool, would lie hard TO tell.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

Tie Blackwell EecorI s.yz TIA: thas
sosa = raor3n- soa.s. bat y Is dong = 81
regular srrHs4 II sEs ess.sEzss ilzasA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

Peixoto is scared. We would suggest
that he wear suspenders on his heart 70
keep his courage un.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

Up in Chicago, when man wants
l 900 laborers he advertises for twenty
five
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

Itwould be we'll to prove the sanity
of the insanity experts IN the Prender-
CAST trial,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

When a gift is appreciated the giver
gets the most satisfaction out of 1t.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

This summer torridity might adjourn
for the holidays, as least.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

Ice report: Next seasons ice crop is
very backward, and hasn't commenced
10 sprout vet.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

Should Prendergast only 60 to the
for the murder of Mayor
Harrison Altgeld will pardon him out.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

Stock report: Industrial and railroad
stocks will pass their dividends this year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

"All wool and a yard wide" doesn't
mean a great deal now.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

Under Democratic rule the ship of state
seems to be revenue cutter.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-02-27
KNOCKED sENsELEss
a Wilmington Butcher RObspe a
of His Account book.

WILMINGTON, N. c., Feb. 27. -Abo ut
1890 yesterday morning c. Wilson, a
butcher, while on his way home from the
Front street market was knocked sense
less by some blunt instrument in the
hands of a highway robber.
He remained on the sidewalk uncon-
scious nearly an hour when he vas dis
covered and taken home. An examina-
tion sho wed he had received two serious
wounds on the head.
The robber took Mr.. Wilson's ac.
count book. but did not find any
money on his person, as it hal been care
fully hidden. The rother is supposed to
have tollo~ ed Wilson from the market
which closes at midnight Saturdays. for
the purpose OF securing his days receipts
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-02-27
ADI.AI'S TRIP.
Illinois Democrats Planning to
Make it a Triumphal EcxcursfOn.

BLOOMINGTON. Feb. 26.-Arrangements
were completed Saturday for Vice-Pres-
ident elect Stevenson's trip to the inau-
guration. He is to be the guest of the
Illinois Democratic club of this city.
which has chartered a train. composed
of four Pullman sleeping cars. a baggage
car, dining car. and VIce-President-
elect Stevenson's private car, and left
here this morning.
The Vice-Presidential party was com
posed of Mr.. and Mrs. Stevenson and
children, Louis G. and Misses Julia, Mary
and Letitia. The former two young
they are attending college. The Hon.
and Mrs. James S. Ewing. Mrs. M tthew
T. Scott and daughters, Misses Letitia
and Julia. Mr.. and Mrs. John Stevenson
Mr.. and Mrs. T. ]. Bum, Miss Blanche
Williams, Mr.. Stevenson's old law part
ner.