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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-11
cLEvELAND,s SILVER PICTURES.

Where are the fellows who whooped
it up Cleveland and free coinage? Thou
sands of them are selling wheat at a
lower figure than ever was realized in
the history of the country; thousands of
them are tramping about the mountains
of the mining states. ragged and hungry;
thousands of them throughout the New
England states are looking up from the
pleading faces of wives and the pinched
faces of children in the direction Of
heaven to the smokeless stacks and
chimneys of silent factories, while some
thing like hundred thousand more in
the lair of Tammany's tiger, Mr.. Cieve-
lands own balliwick, are organizing
bread riots. In all of Mr. ClevelanGs
friendly silver utterances, made to soothe
the ears of the south and west, he never
for moment intended to give the peo-
pies money any show. The banker S
scads, the yellow boys Of Wall street. is
the single standard. the only money he
knows. Mr.. Cleyeland's silver pictures
were very attractive, ever beautiful. but
they all contain apples of gold and with
out which they were of no value to the
powers that demanded his nomination
at Chicago.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-11
ABOUT KANS AS,

The supply of school teachers in Sheri-
dan county is said to be short Of the de-
maud for the next school year.
G. w. Jones, the talented colored attor-
ney of Graham county, is happy, having
court recently.
The Times prints the statement that
there are not less than $1,000 bushels of
wheat alone stored in the corporate limits
of Cawker City.
Congressman Harris is not in attend
ance at the special session of Congress,
because OF an attack of nervous prostra-
ton, the result of overwork.
Frank Moss, whose farm lies between
Lawrence and Richlaud, threshed sixteen
acres of wheat which yielded $40 bushels,
an average of forty bushels to the acre.
After paying out 1900 in bounties on
rasbit scalps for the season so far the com
missioners of Cheyenne concluded to give
bunny chance, and cut off the bounty.
The Journal says there is colored girl
in Topeka just the tint of dried lemon.
She put lotion on her face which WAS ad-
vertised to give her a lily-like complexion.
The commissioners for Shawnee county
fixed the tax levy for the next year tor
that county ut five mills, for ali purposes,
a reduction of one mill from last year s
levy.
Ex-Governor Crawford has bought so
acres of lead and zinc land near Baxter
Springs He will sink several shafts there
at an early day. Governor Crawford thinks
Baxter Springs Will Que day BE- second
Joplin.
4 little TOWNSHIP has beer laid out near
Bethel college at Newton. which is 20 be
called Hebron. There is quite demand
for the lots among the Mennoui;es. who
will m Ike this their religious aud educa-
tional Mecca in this country
According to the Fort Scn,t Nonit or
the First National bank officials
say the bank will be open for husi-
ness next Monday morning, and thst
they will be in condition TO go OF
without fear OF repetition OF their la:e
trouble.
Erstwhile Abilene had three great bever.
aCes-water, buLsermiiA and beer, The
Reflector says the city administration cut
off he beer supply. and now tie water u
going. The cows will have 10 hump
themselves to supply the buttermiik de-
mand.
Carl Fredericton. living six miles east
of South Haven, was ia town Thursday,
getting big lot OF wheat gronad up tof
hog feed Mr.. FCedriekson L 4 successful
hog raiser, aud he new has bis nozs on an
exclusive wheat die: and be says they are
doing fuilY as we'll as on corn. lie feeds
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-11

which the Peerless Princess and
doughty old Uncle Sam cheer
fully agreed; so the boom doomed and
the bulls tossed the prices up ana
trampled down the bears.
We had balloon ride, every one of
US. 1t was breathiessly exciting, but
the gas is out and we have come down
without any parachutes. Ever so many
are crippled, but 10 honest man is killed
and all will be well bye and bye. 1t
was "thumbs down" all in a minute, and
now to US poor, dizzy creatures Simon
says "wiggle-waggle.'
Western people, like western weather.
are great extremists-they are either
rich or poor, Optimists Or pessimIsts,
very good or very bad; and they lnay DO
all of these things in twenty four hours.
Upon the Iintels of their doors, upon the
fiy-leaves OF their bank books-every-
where they need to have inscribed the
ancient motto: Remember, this, too,
shall pass away" The trouble is. some
are so thick-headed they cannot play
the game and have not got their thumbs
down to match Simon yet. They are
still ordering clothes they cannot pay
for, and buying preserves instead OF
syrup.
{. One may be forgiven for going in debt
Tor bread and meat, but not for ice
cream and music lessons, and those SO
foolish will have to "wiggle" long
time before they see prosperity. May God
bless the rational. honest man who pays
cash and keeps an account book.
Mrs. Grundy's realm is limited but the
dreadful Simon gets his renowned
thumb into all sorts of pies, and he has
meddied q great deal lately with politics.
1t has been up with protection and
down with it, up with silver and down
with it until we feel giddy with the
whirl, land we are as hght-headed as we
are heavy-hearted.
After much deliberation some of us
have concluded to be Wings. and we are
of the opinion that the Know Nothing
party should give some noted recruits.
Every one Is at sea-even Cleveland,
but he has been fishing while we were
laundering.
However, as he is catching much be-
sides fish, we can forgive him, and
amuse ourselves watching the states
men try to swim. Some are SAID to be
drowning while we look on aud laugh
among them the Illinois and Kansas
governors. But you know light things
always float SO we had best credit the
report and whisper ou- treason.
We hear that Secretary Carlisle has
turned diver in this squally political
sea, and it is rumored among the fishes
and mermaids that he is bringing up a
gigantic pearl. That it may be system
of universal currency, SO that clviliza-
ton may meet in one vast market place,
is ardently wished by more people than
Just MISS CITIZEN.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-11

planned OF IN Nay Is completely aoaued
and SO far as one can judge at this time the
oppressively hot weather is past. Nor Is
there any trouble whatever in getting to
or from the grounds at any hour except
that for some two hours IN the late after
noon the cars going into the city are
crowded. In the forenoon one may choose
his own time and go with comfort, and ex-
cept for the hours mentioned he may re-
turn in equal comfort And this leads NE
on to speak of the ''Adamized" roads Of
Illinois which are clevcrly burlesqued al
the National League exhibit.
'AdaInized," you know, means built on
Adams plan as contrastcd with Mac
adams. There is a story that a veteran
officer of the late war recently, after toll
ing into Chicago over the mud reads of
the adjacent region, remarked, "If ever
am in the service again and want to cover
a retreat, III have township supervisor
stay behind and work the roads. 1t beats
burning bridges and telling trees" The
ordinary method of the farmers is to pillow
the road up as deep as it can be done with
four. horses aud heavy breaking pillow
and then scrape it up from the sides to q
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-11
PUFF ADDERS.
The Great Abundance of Venomous Snakes
in South Africa.

The Great Abundance of Venomous Snakes
in South Africa.
South Africa is what psychologists
call rich in snakes" and especially puff
adders, which, on account of their size,
are among the most dangerous During
the warm months scarcely day passes
without puff-adder incident being re-
corded. And in consequence of the
towns spreading sparsely over wild dis
tricts with detached residences and ex-
tensiye gardens it is no uncommon oc-
currence to see puff adder meander-
ing down the ''street"
Happily, in the majority OF cases. the
people know how to avoid them or deal
with them, but, Notwithstanding pres
ence of mind and good coarage, fatal
tiles do occur. The reptile even gets
into houses sometimes, as do the cobras
of India.
A gentleman was walking across his
dining-room, when he felt something
against him. and looking down he found
a puff adder hanging on to his trousers
1t had struck at him. but most provi-
dentially the fangs had only caught the
garment. The astonished wearer, 70
shake off the reptile. performed, as he
| afterward declared, 1.-The most vigorous
hornpipe that ever was danced, until
ne got free of the snake, which was
then quickly dispatched
| Dogs become frequent victims through
| their keen sense of smell and their de-
termination to investigate One spien-
! did large dog and two fox terriers met
! with their death last summer near Fort
| Elizabeth through the bite OF pun adj
I ders.
Though there are other highly venom
Gus and equally abundant snakes at
| the cape, they are more of the active
| cobra kind; while the puff adders are
extremely sluggish and inactive rep
| tiles, which do not get ont OF the way
| but lie half hidden among the heroa &c
or among roots and stones, with which
they assirnilate in color By their hiss
they betray themselves when danger
4 threatens. and that is all Happily
these great serpents are not agg-essiF ~
and do not attack unless provoked -
/ Waveriy Magazine
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-11

And It almost gives me a pain m the pucn
to see some of the Algerians and Egyp-
tians, they are so long and lean and lsthy
AID leathery. We'll, IT'S a plain case, all
the lean folks died long ago up nerth aud
as to the fat ones in Africa death was GER
tainly mercy 10 them.
OF course this social event viii be q
fancy ball. for each race will wear its pc
culiar costume and as each Will dance In
turn to the music of its own band the oc-
casion VIII not lack variety. 1t is o mat
ter for coHgratulation that the health Of
all these lar foreign people continues good
And this brings up the old question,
asked after every worlds fair: Do not
these great gatherings soften race and M
tional prejudices and tend to make na-
lions more friendly. Everybody says yes,
on general principles but so far exper-
fence has been Just the other way II was
confidently predicted that the first worlds
fair, in London, would bring in the era Of
peace. The people went Lone to get ready
for war and in the next twelve years oc-
Cured the most dreadful wars OF modern
times. Ano what do all these strange
people think of our reliyion9 Nothing
ut all, apparently. 1 asked an English
gentlemen engaged in business this eues-
ton, ''Of all the Asiatics and Africans
you have taken to England or brought to
America 70 exhibit, how many adopted
Christianity" His answer was EN-.
phatic: No ~-N'" j. H. B1ApLR
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-11

part of the wheat uuground but thorough,
~ soaxs it.-New Era
Newton had another quite extensive fire
Tuesday. the Shuster livery barn and resi-
dence and the Lowry mill, together with
tie contents of ali the buildings, being
destroyed. The cause OF the fire is not
known. The property destroyed was par
TALLY insured.
The inquisitive ones think that they have
at last found out the real cause of Colonel
a. A Harris departure from Fort Scott il
the circumstance that several weeks ago
the opera house manager at Scott engaged
an Uncle Toms Cabin combination to play
that town in the fall.
Wellington has twenty-seven bicyclists.
all mounted. and yet the question OF good
roads" has not taken precedence In the
discussion of local affairs. This suggests
the idea that the cyclists think too much
of their wheels to ride them. Ii they rode
them they would be demanding better
reads.
The result of inquiries made by the
Champion show that the corr crop IN
Atchlson, Doniphan, Brown, Marshall
Nemeha, Republic, Jewell, Pottowattomie.
Jackson, jefferson, Douglas, Johnson,
Miami. Leavenworth and Wyandotte
counties is now a splendid promise and
unless some unforeseen accident occurs. the
corn belt Of Kansas will, this year, make
one OF the most marvellous records in its
history,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-11

A WORLDS FAIR DIVIDEND.

A 10 per cent dividend on the bonded
Indebtedness of the worlds fair corpora
ton has been ordered, and will be paid
on the 18th of August. This means re-
duclion of $3.50, 600 on the debenture
bonds upon which the banks. railroads
and private cilizens advanced money to
the amount of 81 800, 600.
This indebtedness, as also that due to
contractors, will easily enough be paid
ous of the current earnings of the far
The outlook for the city bonds and stock
subscriptions are not SO promising. but a
turn in the tide of affairs may take place
in the next three months enhancing the
financial prospects of tie Exposition.
The railroads are doing what they can
to encourage attendance from distance
by the organization OF cheap excursions,
and the approach of cooler weather will
doubtless have beneficial effect. Then
if congress succeeds IN putting better
face upon monetary conditions, without
unnecessary delay, and reviving ex-
pectations of relief throughout the coun-
try, there is no question that the volume
of travel Chicagoward will be very
largely increased. Thousands of people
who are now unable to afford the trip,
or have worried themselves into such a
frame of mind as to think they are, will
avail themselves of low fares and a fast
receding opportunity the moment the
scare is broken. September and October
ought to be banner months in the annals
OF the exposition.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-11

TennesseeanS are elated to. ecstacy
over the wonderful improvement made
in the states financial condition since it
passed from under the control of the
political nondeScript, Buchanan. Speak
ing of the change the Memphis CONNER
cial says: Heretofore the state has
been compelled to borrow money to meet
its annual interest. This year it paid
the interest on its debt four days before
it was due without borrowing cent,
paid ali the expenses of the legislature
and the impeachment trial, paid the ex-
traordinary expenses of guarding con-
vict camps with military, and all this
with an unpaid debt of $3.50, 900 due from
the lessees of the convicts." Verify Old
Pete Turney, the present governor, and
whom the opposition tried to defeat by
ridicule, is conducting his admlnistra-
ton of strictly business principles, pay
ing no attention to the bowling calami-
tyites, but setting conspicuous
example for neighboring southern states,
especially the next one on the north.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-11
SIMON SAYS THUMBS DOWNING
GLE WAGGLE."

To the Editor Of the Eagle
History tells Us that the noble ladies eff
ancient Rome, when attending th glad
iatorial contests, would turn down their
thumbs to signify that the bloody strug-
gle must continue. 1t meant no mercy,
aud the victims of their pleasure must
drop their uplifted longing eyes and fight
TO the death.
In the uuwritten history of child-play
we learned of simon" the great he
that-must-be-obeyed. who says Thumbs
up; thumbs down; wiggle- waggle. I"
Surely he was some relation 20 those
autocratic ladies. but. like Mrs. Grundy
and Flora McFliusv. he belongs 10 every
generation. Miss Flora is a monotonous
creature. while Mas. Grundy and Simon
are as vacillating as dictatorial.
OF late Simon was in high spirits,
and ordered Thumbs up." 10
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-11

From their standpoint the Democrats
in congress seem to think that it is not
the province of Republicans to so mnch
as suggest any measures of relief for the
country, arrogating to themselves all
wisdom of what is needed and how to
provide it, If the questions before the
country and before congress for solution
were purely partisan, TO be settled along
party lines for the sole benefit of parties
the point might be sustained; but Re-
publicans are no less parties in interest
citizens-on account of their political con-
victions and are as much concerned in
the speedy and Just settlement of the dis
turbing issues as Democrats, and the
circumstance that the latter are in abso-
lutte control and viii be held responsible
for what is done, does not excuse them
for ignoring the minority in its efforts to
assist in bringing about the changes that
are desired by all. The Democracy's
strongest characteristic is its ever pre-
dominating dog-in-the-manger spirit.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-11
THE EOnNUriNE'S DIET.
The Only Living Thing That Eats tn
Foliage of the Hemloek.

The Only Living Thing That Eats the
Foliage of the Hemlock.
'You don't have to skirmish around
much to get feed to fatten one of these
hemlock porcupines on, says an old
Potter county woodman. "Just sprinkle
some salt over stick of cord-wood. or
a saw-log, for that matter, and he'll
eat the whole business. and enjoy il
like you would mince pie"
The usual diet of these animals,
though, is hemloclS browse. They
make themselves home in hollow
log, or under the roots Of some old tree,
but always in reach of a big hemiock.
The bcmloclS is their pasture, and they
make beaten paths going to and fro
between the tree and their home. Tho
porcupinc climbs the tree as readily as
n squirrel would, provided YOU don's
slip up and cut his tail off while he il
going up. Somehow or other he can't
climb tree without tail, nor will he
come down without IL.
II you catch one of these porcupines
climbing n tree and chop of his tail
close he will stop right where he is, and
will stay there until he starves To
death. unless he is taken away. Once
up a tree the porcupine goes out on tho
big limbs. and pulling the small
branches in with one paw, browses on
the pungent leaves. In going through
the woods you will find little piles Of
these fine leaves on the ground under
hemlock trees That means that a
porcupine is feeding in the tree, the
leaves on the ground being dropped
from his feast Sometimes a pcrcupinc
will remain in n henlock tree a week
at time. hugginr close 20 the truns
at night and feeding during the day
This curious little beast is the only
known living thing that eats the foli-
age of the hemlock-N. Y. Dispatch
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-11

The small number OF bank failures in
Kansas during the recent squeeze has
been generally remarked. The contrast
in the condition the banks in different
states is brought out more strikingly by
the statement sent out from Washing
ton, Tuesday, as between those in this
state and the great agricultural state of
Illinois. and in favor of Kansas. Accord
ing TO that statement the one hundred
and thirty-eight national banks in Kan
sas show an average reserve of 80 l. per
cent. Loans and discounts. ST.. ESQ.,
o1602: United States bonds 10 secure
circulation. 81, $50, 500; total resources.
:s3S. l94, 5S2. A; individual deposits, $40
500, s50.2S. The 1872 Illinois banks, ex-
elusive of Chicago, show an average re-
serve of IS. IA per cent
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-11

Some surprise is expressed at the
manifest willingness of the silver advo-
Gates to accept an Increased ratio to Is
or 90 to l in consideration of the adop-
ton of their policy of free coinage, but
there is little occasion for surprise at
such willingness when it is remembered
that at the present ratio silver is at
nearly 90 per cent. discount from the
gold standard, while at 20 to l it would
its advocates suppose-at once ap-
preciate up to only % per cent. discount.
The probability is that a ratio of 20 TO /
would come nearer bringing the other
nations TO an agreement upon COM
mon ratio than anything else congress
could do. France has been ani still is
maintaining a Is to l ratio, but that
does not seem to have any effect u pom
the other nations that are regarded as
stronger. Probably the experiment pro-
posed for our Uncle Sam would fetch
EN- TO time.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-11

Make it free coinage of silyer-only that
aud nothing more-and YOU send every
dollar of gold ont of circulation. II would
hardly increase the per capita circulation,
would it?-Lyans Republican
That would depend. If enough silver
Were put into the free-coined dollar to
make it worth little more, intrinsi-
cally, than the gold dollar. doesn't it
stand to reason that gold would come in
from every quarter, on a speculative
mission if for nothing else: And
wouldn't such policy as that provide a
market, at home, for the product of our
silver mines now closed for want OF a
market? There's millions in silver for
this country if it can only be worked
right.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-11

Speaker Crisp's announcement that
the Democratic congress would imme-
diateIy repeal the financial laws passed
by the Republican party and then pro-
coed to lift the country out of the slough
of despond might just as we'll have been
postponed TIL about Christmas. AS
writer in southwest Kansas puts it in a
letter received yesterday morning:
PLEASE send me the daily EAGLE for
three months. ] have a curiosity to see
what that fool congress proposes to do,
and how they do it"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-11

Cleveland says, in his message, re-
ferring to the unfortunate predicament
of the country, its currency and its in
dustries. that sit is not traceable to any
of the affections which frequently check
national growth That's true 1t has
been thirty years since the Democratic
party afflicted this country, and once in
thirty years is anything but frequent,
but for the good of the country it ought
to have been twice thirty.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-11
Canadas View of the Depression.

From the Toronto Globe.
1t is with no desire to exult over the
misfortunes of our neighbors that we
call attention to the soundness OF our
own financial institutions and the
steader condition of business here. Re-
cent events have tended to call atten-
ton to our resources, as well as to the
soundness of our commercial position,
and it will he strange if the shrewd capt.
talists of the United Sta.es and of Great
Britain do not begin to look toward this
country as a safe and profitable field for
investment.
Large sums of American money are
being.investea in the development of the
Nova Scotia coal mines, and the exhibit
of thu minerals of Ontario at the world S
fair was revelation to Americans. We
need hardly say that SO far as Canadian
capitalists are concerned. the events of
the past few months will tend to con-
vince them that it is better to invest
their money here than in more alluring
fields abroad.