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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-14

Newton kansan: "There are 1913, 00O,-
900 onces of silver bullion now in the
treasury. This cost the government a
little over SIT, 100000. If coined ii
would amount by reason of seignorage
to about $166, 900, thus increasing
the circulating medium $49, 900, 600,
after redeeming the silver certificates.
To coin this amount of bullion would
require about five years" That method
has quite good many advocates
throughout the country, but moments
study of it will show that 1t will not
answer the requirements of the coun-
try's business. 1t would add to the vol
ume of money about so, 900, 600 year,
which would not find its way, ali of it,
into active circulation, for obvious
reasons; whereas the present law adds
upwards of $4,000, 900 annually to the
currency, and still the cry is for more
money. For practical purposes the
silver bullion in the treasury will serve
better purpose in its present shape, as
the basis of a currency that will and
does circulate.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-14
KANSAS KEEPS AND KOINS.

The Oxford VI. T. church has new bell
purchased by the young lady members
and friends ofthe church
In the last three months the officers OF
Trego county paid OUT over 81, loo as boun.
ty on rabbit and coyote scaips.
The state Is building a magnificent Ii.
hrary building At the university ut Law
renee OF cottonwood and red sand stone
Parts OF Coffey and Lyon counties had \
cloud burst the other night, in which
about 10 inches OF water fell in three
hours.
The burning Of the Commercial hotel at
Sedgwick City. Sunday morning. eataiis a
loss OF about sic 600 upon the proprietor.
There was only s. 600 insurance GA baild.
iuE aud contents.
The Rev. {. Rowland Hin OF Hutchtn-
son has been appointed by the b shop of
Kansas as clerical commissioner of the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-14
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

| B. E. Blake of Beaver county has 200
acre watermelon patch.
Governor Renfrow has appointed Carter
Tracey probate judge of Beaver county,
vice Gates resigned.
Sheriff Fightmaster of Oklahoma coun-
ty claims to have located the female horse
thief and her companion in the Usage
country.
Society item in the Times-J Journal:
Found in NJ Couch's potato patch, one
red quilt. one black hat, one petticoat and
four empty beer bottles Look as though
left in haste.
C. w. Coombs, the farmer-rriuter of
the Leader force, brought to Guthrie II
sample of wheat averaging thirty-seven
and half bushels per acre. He has just
finished stacking fifty acres.
A big fight is in progress IN Norman
over the district clerkship. Hartzell,
Grlgsby and WaggOner are avOwed cdndi-
dates. The location of the county court
house is said to figure in the case.
Beaver Advocate: We don't claim to
know as much as the governor ought to,
but we believe him to be overstepping his
authority in appointing county COM
missioner over the plain right of the peo
pie to elect.
James Martin, wealthy farmer living
near Edmond. signed paper, supposing
he was TO be a local agent of an eastern
manufacturing company, but it turned
out to be an order for 100 tanning mills
valued at So, 500
Norman is divided into two independent
school districts. One is on the east side
of the Santa Fe track and the other is ON
the west The east side has voted Sl4, 900
to build a school house, and the west side
mas issued Il call for an election to vote
Sc, 600 for the same purpose.
FL Reno Eagle: The Rock Island track
is laid into Fort Worth, and on and after
the 18th inst. there will be double daily
passenger service over the road. On the
date mentioned, night train will be put
or, to run between Forth Worth and Chi
cago. 1t will be vestbuled train, with
through sleepers, and will make lightning
time. The timetable has not yet been
published, but it is understood that the
south bound train will pass ElReno about
II o'clock at night and the north bound
lahoma line OF the Rock Island will then
be indeed great thoroughfare.
Times-J ournal: On or about September
l, 1898, the McMaster Printing company
will begin the publication of new month
ly magazine especially devoted to Okla
homa and the Indian Territory, under the
name of The Oklahoma Magazine" Mr..
Frank McMaster will be its editor and the
corp of contributors will include some of
the ablest men and women in the two
territories. Ii will be an illustrated maya
zine, containing from month to month
scenes and views of different portions OF
Oklahoma and the Indian Territory with
articles descriptive of the country. towns
and cities. 1t is the purpose of the mana
gers to make the magazine equal in all re
spects to any magazine published, and 1t
will certainly have the warm support and
patronage of every friend of Oklahoma.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-14
MISAPPLIED ZEAL.

If Governor Waite had the sagacity
OF an owl he would see that Iris ihcendi.
airy talk only brings reproach upon the
cause of silver. He must know that
Colorado cannot fight its battle single
handed, aad if he has read SO much as
the head lines of the daily papers he
knows that the white metal has many
friends outside of the mountain states,
and that on final settlement of the issue
there will be no votes to spare. de
should not forget that while the lines
are to be sharpely drawn in this
contest the voting both in and
out of congress will be done
by the forms of law. and with patriotic
motives. 1t is not the province of Gov
ernor Waite with his little mouth to
commit the advocates CT silver to a
revolutionary policy. The rank and file
of our people are loyal to the govern
ment at Washington, and will see that
all peaceable means are used for the adj
justment of this question. If, like
Sothern'S bird, he prefers going out and
fiocking by himself there is nobody to
hold him, but he is certainly not the
custodian CT the silver policy Of the
entire west.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-14

diocease of Kansas. in the place of the
Right Rev. T. K. Brooke, bishop of Okla
bona.
Leaf parties are Que OF the season.
amusements. As many kinds OF leaves
and AS fine specimens AS possible are col
lected and fastened together onto the table
cloth upon which a picnic luncheon IS
spread under the trees.
Mr.. Davis vouchsafes no explanation for
the unfulfiilment Of his s2-a-bushel-wheat
prophesy of last year. That is understood
te mean that lie can't; but he could re-
cant, and his rep as statistical prognos-
ticator might be saYed, in part, if he
Wood: C.?
Ed Raymond, road master of the Cotton
wood division of the Santa Fe, has been
promoted to the position OF general super
tendent of the road bed of that system be-
tween Kansas City and Chicago. with cor
responding raise in salary to $50 month
and expenses.
Lend your ears to Atchison for sensa-
ton. The Champion says as a general
rule when a man or woman advertlses
that be or she is too good for their neigh
borhood you had better purchase disinfec-
tants and get ready for scandal that will
shame the devil
Theodore Wright, the 16-vear-old son of
Charles E. Wright of Geuda Springs, was
killed last Wednesday by being thrown
from horse he had ridden to water. The
horse attempted to run but stumbled and
turned complete somersault. breaking
its neck and catching its rider in the fall.
Ted Vogel, o. S. Townsend and E. J.
Rawson Of Topeka made the Century
run" from Fort SEQ tt TO Lawrence, a dis
lance of 1l2 miles. in sixteen hours The
Century run" is 100 miles in sixteen
hours. The roads were in bad condition,
and the run is considered the best ever
made in the state.
There are two populist boys at the West
Point military academy from Kansas
Chauncey Humphrey of Wichita and
Charles Doster, son of Judge Doster of
Marion. Young Humphrey declares that
he secured his place mainly through his
own efforts; that he had little assistance
from any source. Who assisted Doster?
The observation of j. Simpson, Esq,
that the Peoples party in Kansas has no
daily paper, is taken by some as sort of
certificate of character to the Topeka
Press. There is mighty little in it; but
as the Baptist preacher remarked when he
saw only penny i'll the contribution box,
a little is prodigious percentage upon
nothing
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-14
ABOUT A STAND OFF.

Holy writ contains no truer text than
the wise mans proverb of evil COM
munications corrupt good manners. !"
This is illustrated by a weeks resume of
occurrences from the Fourth of July in
the two Kansas Citys at the Kawsmouth
as we find 1t in George Martins Gazette,
tO-wit:
In Kansas City. Kan, one negro kills
another; white man is found dead in bed.
slashed up with Il razor, and his wife is
arrested upon suspicion OF numbering him.
In Kansas City. Mo, man attempts to
XIII his wife, but fails, and kills himself;
one of the heirs to n big estate, himself
worth $3.50, 900, is found dead in his room,
from heart disease, but the account in one
of the morning papers said he twas suffer
ing from the effects of some days of con-
tiuued dissipation" in other words big
drunk; and 81, Co., 900 bank failure.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-14

The demand for the repeal of the sill
yer purchase clause of the Sherman law
seems to be well-nigh universal, but the
motives that prompt this demand are far
from unanimous. The gold advocates
want that done and nothing substituted
so that the currency expansion may be
stopped and the value of money en-
HANGED. The silver advocates want the
clause repealed as the first necessary
step towards free coinage, and great
many others demand IL without beng
able to give an intelligent reason why
simply because it is popular. One thing
is certain and that is, the country must
have system-some system-that will
supply a steady increase TO the volume
of Its currency commensurate with the
increase of population and the expansion
of business. Whatever will do this to
the best advantage is what the country
wants.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-14

enough and ii viii crop out occasional
ly, but if your wit is forced it degener-
ates into mere affectaiion, and affecta-
ton il fatal.
IL you are busy woman and can not
find time to study all the subjects that
come up you must at least read enough
TO get little of the technical jargon
of everything, just enough 20 know
how to ask an intelligent question and
draw out what somebody else knows
about il. Your main object should
ing without being obstrusive:
to keep yourself in the bacls-
ground while you manage the general
conversation. II il wonderfully in!
teresting accomplishment. You learn
to note the Sigh test change in facial
expression. The culver of an eyeli1 or
the movement of lip tells you n story.
You see pleasure, anger. interest, dis
like. where another detects no thought.
Your own mind acts more quickly as
you appreciate the unspoISen thoughts
of others. IL takes years to bring IL Tn
perfection. and there is always some
thing To be learned. while YOU have
the pleasure Of feeling that your ac-
quirement is not wholly selfish, for il
gives You the power TO understand tho
reserved and put the shy ones at ease.
Every woman should do her best IN
become what we call clever tallSer,
whether She aims 90 be- a social queen
or not. 1t Is eminently womans ac-
complishment, for there Is not a man
IN the world unsclfish enough 10 prac-
ticc it successfully. - PhilsdelpAia
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-14
THE TALE OF a TRUNK.
One Journey >uf5ced To Turn Thing Of
beauty Into WRECK.

Beauty Into q WRECK.
When left the shop last year was
a thing Of beauty. and in consequence
considered myself a joy forever NY
complexion was faultleSs, beautiful
undertone veal color. and my buckles
were polished like "a patent-lcather
boot. My straps were smooth and their
holes symmetrical and as round a. tho
letter o. and my lock operated inevita.
big in obedience TO the turn o. the key.
remember when ! Icft my mistress
house. filed Ia repletion. ard my glrth
supported and sustained by u Justly
strap of leather As reposed at the
rear Of the carriage which bore me
away could not but pride myself
upon my beauty and perfect health.
But nay tranquility received rude
shock when. upon arriving ri the rail
road station. the hackman yankcd mo
from my perch. letting me drop on nv
end upon the pavement with a truly
dull siclsening thud- save the break.
ing Of one Of my hinges, however, and
the demolition Of the leather on the end
which received the blow. sustained M
detriment from this downfall ! was
then seized b. one 81 the railroad en-
ployes and dragged across the depot.
relinquishing two Of my casters in trans
il, and given in charge Of the bagg.ge-
master ~ him ! was checked aud
chgckcd onto trnck for conveyance 70
the car. II remember Alright ! drop
ped off only twice on the way. but
had become used % falls by this time.
and my additional COMMISSIONS
hardly regarded. Arrived ~
the car, ~as seized -
two men and away / few through the
air When landed nv lock was
broken. uly remaining hinge shattered
and. the tongue 81 the buckle 10 tbs
strap which eneirclsd me giving way,
ms lid came of and mv contents were
exposed 10 the vulgar gaze and rBn-
ming over upon the hoor Of tie car
The clothing and things were forced
into we again and ny cover forced on.
and what with the strap and few
nails and few yards % clothes Inc
managed 20 hold myself together dur
ing the i0urneF ! will not weary ~
detailing my various trials suffice i
10 sag that what with knocks and falls
and divers other misfOrtuncs BE-
came what goa see me. What is thsa
sou say You see no trunk Only q
hAndle2 Well, tEst = oil there is ls9s
of ne. T-Boston Transcript
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-14
A PLANT FROM BARBER.

To the Editor OF the Eagle.
kiowa and southern Barber are still
scorching with drouth. The powers
that be for some inexplicable cause in
turning the wheel jump cog when 1t
reaches this part OF the patch. | know
many of us and few old soldiers, too,
straYed from the pure paths of Republi
canism and went wild over Jerry Simp-
son, but we did not suppose 1t would call
down on cur heads ssch dire results.
and the worst of it is the innocent must
suffer with the guilty. We have not
had good rain since Jerry voted
against the anti-option bill, aud now we
are going in on another craze, we want
the government TO coin our silver free.
We think that people that voted solid
for J. g. Weaver and Jerry Simpson
should have their silver coined free.
We would not be in favor Of the govern
ment ginning cotton for the southern
planters free. and we object TO the gov
ernment building mills, and grinding
wheat free OF charge for the great agTi-
cultural states: but, then, from above
considerations we think our product
ought 10 be coined free, When Will
wonders cease \. j. O'NEIL-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-14
TRY TO BE A CLEVER TAlKER.
A womau's Hint to Women on the Art OF
Converting

teHfcE>tnS
There are few women who arc
born with the gift Of knowing how not
to talk. but there are a good many
who cultivate that knowledge, and
with good reason. for the woman who
is able to make other people interest
ing conversAt ionally has distinct So
cial status as a brilliant talker Men
are sure 10 like her. and the Mrs. Leo
Hunters of modern society like ~ feel
that they have some one at hand who
can make their lions roar should they
prove undesira5ly reserved II you
too, long 10 be \ social power ana
would win laurels as a bright CONVEX
sationalist, first impress yogr mind with
the idea that i is not low Of words
that you need. but ability 10 direct con
versation- Tou must pratice the art
Of starting thought. keeping
the talk general Or making the quest
Of honor the apparent leader. ron must
draw out the tinid. avoid dangerous
channels and make every man and
woman about You appear az MS or her
best, while yOur ogsn efforts are con
fined to an occasional sore thrown in
% I'll gap or change the current ~
the talk. when you are tryiBg -
make a COTE pauT a conversational sue
cess always avoid rafting IIveliness ca
yo'1r own part Don't imagine that 20
BE- q clever woman you must be wit
II you are naturally witty !; Is al well
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-14


Bellerophon Little strikes the rowels
of his spurs deeper and deeper into the
ianks of his pegasus with every bound
and mounts higher and higher above
The surroundings, including the chief
executive of the state and precedent in
official rulings. If circumstances de-
handed the calling of an extra session of
The Z Legislature never so imperativelv
that would be useless expense upon
The state so long as Little holds sway as
at present. ali that would be necessary
S simply an opinion from the attorney
general: that would prove quite suffic-
lent 10 meet any emergency. \ bill Of
particulars along this line Is unnecessary:
all who read the current news are
familiar with the situation and fully
appreciate the points.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-14

The Rawlins County Democrat says
the wheat yield in that county will turn
out better than anticipated, while the
prospects for large yield of corn, broom
corn, hay and potatoes is encouraging.
it wants all those fellows who are tell
ing that western Kansas is needing aid
other counties in the western part of the
state are heard from it Will be seen, no
doubt, that Rawlins is but fair ex-
ample of the whole.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-14

The Emporians emphatically deny
that Adlai Stevenson, yice-president of
the United States, is either autocratic or
aristocratic in his manners and habits.
in proof Of which denial they declare
that he actually decended from the
palace car, in which he is travelling
across the country, during its brief
stoppage at that place, elbowed his wav
through the crowd on the depot plat
form aud shook hands with a barefooted
BOY that he espied at the edge of the
crowd. That do settle il.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-14

Baroness-To tell the truth, Liez.
Muller. you are tAe FRS. ofEsrer have
ever danced with wAo did zoi belong
20 the nobility.
Lsezt- MaLer-I cant imagine why
XIV brother o9scers who beiorsg 20 he
nobility should shur yoa 1aas way md
refuse TO dance VITA yoa. bat perhaps
they are zoo proud aad 6os't care 30
Ganee ssitA @re-y tecly. Il does noa
maze arr as11exeaea - ras " 1oEn
ea1ce wiz
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-14
The New Party il Kansas.

Prom the Chicago Tribune.
Kansas is threatened with another
rartv. The newspapers cut that way
refer TO it as the BLslhiggins- business
mems party. Without any intention Of
nae6dhng in the affairs Of Kansas the
suggestion Is offered that any party
established on business principals woali
go il long way toward Eeieeming the
Suufower state. whether Bill Higgins Is
in trent OF lt or not.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-14

Lawrence Journal: If the governor
OF Colorado declares war against the
government he ought to send for our
OWE AdJutant General Artz to command
for him. On principle Artz would per-
hapS object going TO Colorado under
any conditions, for the reason that the
indictments against him have not yet
seen quaShed, but perhaps under the con-
sions of the case and in order to secure a
valiant warrior, Governor Waite could
be induced to issue an amnesty procla-
matInn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-14

Whitelaw Reid, whom Mr.. ingalls, re-
Gently criticised in his own peculiar
style, states that the ex-senator was
thrust in the gutter by Mrs. Lease and
Mr. Petfer and ''has been lying there
over since, sprouting mud and bad lam
guage." This is rather Ingalsesque
from Mr.. Reid, as the Lawrence Gazette
putsit, but the chances are that it will
provoke an other eruption of mud from
the Kansas rhetorical Vesuvius.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-14

The legislature having closed up private
saloons and the supreme court having de-
cided that state GROCERIES are uuconstitu
tionai sSouth Carolina seems to have be-
come a prohibition state without knowing
it.-Topeka Capital.
And the new order of things is receiv-
ing the same consideration and popular
respect there as prevails in Kansas. But,
Kansas is a recognized leader among
states
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-14

New baled hay from western Kansas
is coming into market by the car load,
and is said to be very fine in quality.
Hay does not develope and mature in
first class form upon drouth parched
lands, such as the western part of the
state has been pictured by some design
ing persons, There may be some re-
stricted averas that have suffered-there
are such in all countries and every
season-but western Kansas as g whole
is all right. and is not asking aims.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-14

J. Simpson says the Kansas Democrats
are a'hungry legion. All the same they
are tbs host that he reckond on, and not
without assurance, flor his success here
tofore. And since that contingent takes
abuse and denuncistion as compliments,
the chances are that Simp will command
them to his support again.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-14
WALTER WELaAS.


Manacer-You wish 70 become a lion
tanner. What qualifications have you
for such position?
Applicant am 8 successful book
agent
Aanager-Consider yourself engaged.
N Y. Herald
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-14

1t was puzzled look which came to
the face of a calamityite when asked for
the latest discovery in the science of
starving by proxy. With a good half
crop of wheat and a prospect for two
crops of corn, he was at a iossfor word
till he happened to think of the starving
Jews in southern Russia.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-14

The EAGLE is not and has never been
a defender of the Sherman law in its en-
tirety, but it ventures the prediction that
it will not be six months before half the
people who are now matchmaking that
measure will be defending it as wise
piece of financial legislation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-14

Measured by the price named, Gov
ernor Waite places high estimate on
sour national liberties" Let US hope,
however, that he speaks in metaphor,
and no such quantities of blood will be
shed to secure them. but if it comes to
that, who is to furnish the blood?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-14

The Topeka Capital seems to have an
uncomfortable penchant for monkeying
with buzz-saws and fooling with loaded
guns. It's last piece of foolhardhess is
to call Bill Hackney a cheap humbug,
afflicted with mullygrubs. Now listen
for fresh explode!
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-14

The present situation in this country
affords grand opportunity for the ex-
ercise and display of craftsmanship
The question is have we got the states
men? We will see pretty soon.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-14
or Coarse xo,.

Lsfy-rhsse souvenir spoons loolH
like forks
Dease. 49, of 10zrre. rnazn: 20
wouldn't have souvenir spoons took Like
spoons, world Y1u7-S T. Weekly.
--'fs sir Robert Pzal.oa VERY tiay
man. mammal" impaired little Maud
earnestly. No Ey dear. TOT Yery.
Why do yoa ssk-~ ''secasse father
says he's % sis ca Tour right hand ~
dinner to-Ei~h. "-FssaY Folks.