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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-18
AN OPEN Way.

1t is a grand thing for man to live up
to his opportunities. The same is true
of a state or a nation. The man who
makes the most Of his native qualities OF
mind or muscle is a blessing to the
world and an honor to himself. The
! state or country which can be brought
to the highest development of its re-
sources exhibits the best results IN
wealth and civilization. Science, ex-
perience and general observation may be
utilized in laying the ground work for
these results. 1t is no longer necessary
in the devt lopment of the newer states
to '.blaze tie way" by the slow process
of fifty years ago. Scientific farming
may be carried on as successfully in the
west as elsewhere. Fruit growing,
market gardening. stock raising, ETC.,
are not confined 10 the older states.
Irrigation really belongs to the west,
and, in time, will be the means of
retaining millions of acres of choice
lard, capable of supporting dense pop
ulation. The prospector of today, in
stead of gathering up his goods and
trudging through a tedious trip overland.
consults his map, sends for local papers,
studies the capabilities of the country
and its adaptability to his plans, takes
an explorers ticket, and looks the
ground over. and forms an intelligent
opinion. With him it is not mere ex.
pertinent. He knows what he wants,
and, as a rule. prosecutes the search till
he finds it. a community made up of
this class cannot fail to succeed.
The people of Kansas are largely of
this class. The drone and the do-noth-
ing class seldom move. Every good cit
izen of the west has something to do,
and is earnestly engaged in doing it. A
few adventurers, with abnormal devel-
ment of jaw, have found their way
Westward; but they will find very soon
that the people are done with them.
They have succeeded in pushing their
way into public notice and. in some
cases, into office, hut will learn ere long
that the west is inhospitable to the no.
madic politician.
Kansas has the resources, and she has
the people who in time will bring her 10
the front as veritable asylum for the
happy husbandman, the successful
the skilled artisan and the
MODEL citizen in every walk of life. A
hopeful sign is that there is a growing
inquiry for reliable data and advertising
matter. The languishing industries of
the east are unable to furnish employ
ment for men or money. Under these
there is always a fresh inn
petus TO western emigration, and if the
winter does not bring many
TO Kansas then all signs and
presidents fail.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-18
Schools and Libraries.

The connection between the public
library and the public school should
be extended and utilized to the great
est extent possible. During term time
pupils read books under the direction
of their teachers. upon history, reoy-
raphy, science and literature. This
use of the library should be encouraged
during vac. ton time. The pupil who
reads books that have place in litera-
ture during the leisure hours of the
long vaca ton derive. true enjoyment
from the pure well of English unde-
filed" and cuItivates refined taste that
renders il impossible for him to relish
cheap, fiashy, iow-grade books and
periodicals, with which the country is
flooded. Keep pupils in touch with
interesting books through the public
library and thus cultivate an a pprecia-
ton of literature that is pure and ele-
waiting. The public library can do no
better work than this in supplementing
the work of the public schools,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-18
In the National Senate.


From the Chicago Record.
1t is earnestly hoped that none OF the
contemporaries which custonlariiy de-
vote themselves with so much eagerness
and intelligence to events IN the world
of athletics will fail 10 make report CT
the contest that has been going on In the
national sena.e A synopsis OF tue
events of Wednesday night would be
extremely interesting if made as future
contests of the kind will doubtless lie
chlonicled For instance:
II p. m.-Senator Allen in fine form
and making a splendid showing. One or
two senators asleep.
IL m.-Aiien taking glass OF water.
bus exhibiting no fatigue. Mr. VOORHEES,
mapping Mr. German makes tine
squirt OF insomnia. though somewhat
pale. PETER seems to have gone lame.
p. m.-Ailen sucking lemon and
shifting weight 10 right ler,,; still IN great
form aud plenty of wind.
, a. m.-Telier, Pugh and Davis nap
ping. Cameron dis,anced and -eiITes
from contest. Palmer given Allen z
few slight tits. showing good FORM
. a. m.-Gorman rerires for a rub
down and a short sleep. His trainer
will call him at ).
4 a. m.-Teller appears to be weaken
ing. Report current thai he is over
trained.
a. MP to this hour no break In
the contest A. correspondent was
leaving the arena Allen was still ahead.
though blowing little. Hoar has had
two hours sleep and is bright as
cricket Cormar-s ruh-dowu did him
good Has been ailowek one cup OF
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-18
DUTCH PIcrUaas AT CHICAGO.

From the Art Interchange for October.
1t is the charm OF an original STYLE
that -sins us to the Dutch school, for
style they have always had. 1t is IS
much their style as the sentiment of
their work we admire in 1sraeis and
ArtZ. in Mauve and Maris.
While they love TO render their domes-
tic scenes, their cabin interiors and bits
of familiar landscape, TO portray their
peaceful cattle grazing or standing in
pools, and their old men and quaint
white coifed women and children, their
fishing boats at sea under full sail and at
rest On the sands, their fiocks and their
herds, their dykes and their dunes, they
always render them wholly in their own
way.
To the Dutch there is nothing so per-
manently interesting as themselves, and
rendered SO truihfully, SO fascinalingly,
they became of interest 10 the world.
They are never decorative, nor artificial,
nor sensational. They have little SYM
pathy with Paris ways. Neither their
land nor their life possesses any such
aspects. There is too much feeling and
sObriety in their work for that.
They possess charm of color, but their
color schemes are always in the minor
key, and while a vague, indetinable OBJ
security, filled with an evanescent sad
ness, haunts their art, it never oyertake5
them OF makes for their undoiug.
They possess Imagination by which
they generaliZe and trausfuse the com
monplaces of their daily lie INTO things
of beauty. They are sensitive TO the
pathos and poetry Of life in its simpler
aspects. These are the qualities that
play all through their work aud by vir-
tue of which they have achieved great
arf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-18

The United States senate boasts Of be-
ing the most dignIfied deliberative body
in the world. SO dignified and regard
full Of the opinions and rights O. of its
individual members that a majority will
not decide any question the body may
have under consideration SO long as
objection is made, but tamely submit to
the most brulatizing tyranny of a
minority however small. a contest is
no longer a measure of genius or mental
proves, but one of physical endurance,
Of brute force, little more crediable
than prize ring or athletic ability. The
original fault in the premises is with the
administration in making peremptory
demand for unconditional repeal and re-
fusing to offer substitute Or any plan or
subsequent action, but the responsibility
for whatever NAV be done rests with the
administration and the majority that
sustaIns it, and having done their duty
by their convictions of right the minority
can with safety TO themselves and salts
faction to their constituents, yield the
settlement to the majority.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-18

In answer to inquiries from county
treasurers and others concerning credits
due 10 counties on account of double
and erroneous assessments, how to pro-
cure the same, and if it necessary to
employ some one familiar with the
records in the treasurer's or the auditors
office to do so, etc., State Treasurer Bid
die says:
at is not necessary to employ any one.
unless it be to check up county books;
but this no doubt can be satisfactorily
done by county clerks themselves. in
nearly every instance. Then ali that is
necessary here Is for the county COM
missioners and county clerks to certify
to the auditor the amount of unsolicited
taxes from legal causes. (See sections
69o1 and 1021, of the general statutes of
1881 The auditor will then certify 10
the state treasurer the amount due said
county, when due credit will be made
upon his books, and the county Is at no
expense whatever, except postage"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-18

Hon. b. p. Waggener of Atchison.
who is recognized as one of the fore
most Democrats of Kansas, saws in a
letter to a friend in Topeka: 1.-The
Democratic party in Kansas has had too
much fusion. What we need is l.,ore
common sense, common decency, and
common honesty. The party in 1894
should drop all fa6s and isms, and the
watchword and platform should be:
Kansas, progress and prosperity
Not that we wish for the success of
the Democratic party - though that
would be infinitely preferable to the ban
of Popullstlc socialism-yet, for the sake
of common decency, it is hoped that Mr..
Waggeners suggestions will he adopted
10y his party.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-18
PARASOl ANTS.
The Efforts of the Government at Trinidad
for Their determination.

The Efforts OF the Government at Trinidad
for Their determination.
The government of Trinidad has
passed an ordinance for the extermina-
ton of ''parasol ants so far as its pow
beara BILE. In fact, from the nature of
things wherever this ant IS found
growing civilization must wage war &c
the death with it For the creature
strips trees of their leaves. which IL
neatly trims the size of threepenny
bit, and carries to the nest An army
of Ecodoma cephalotes at work is one
OF the strangest sights in tropical
America The column may be followed
for mile, three and four inches in
width, serted mass of ants each car
rying aloft upright as flag its green
disk They will strip tree OF which
they fancy the leaves in twenty-four
hours But Nature has limited their
ravages in the way Darwin and Wallace
teach US 20 expect Many species OF
tree are quite protected against them by
peculiarities which we can not detect
Many Others are so far protected that
the ants will not attack them II they
have a choice. But the enterprising
foreigner brings his useful fruits and
plants from every quarter OF the world.
and esta blishes them In the domain Of
the 4EcodoIns- Then there IS Joy IN
mixed. With unprotected food IN
abundance, the ants multiply as they
never could before So the Trinidad
authorities have made law that the
warien of any district may authorize
a landowner who suffers or IS iikely
TO suffer" from their -avages To enter
anv neighbor's ground and destroy TIE
nests-x he can. DC il understood Ana
any one oostrEetinc sueh proceedings
when duly authorized hv the warden
becomes liable 10 sne Of ten pounds
or imprisonment for three months with
or without hard labor. London Stand
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-18

With ticket composed of as good
material as our population furnishes,
both in personal character, and quaIifica-
lion for the respective places fer which
they have been named, the Republicans
uf Sedgwick county should not permit a
single ism or a single personal idea or
on the Republican county ticket. Let
us be Republicans this fall. The state
must be redeemed from PopuIst
anarchy and msrule. To this end evry
man must get in line, and remain there.
This falls results will give great impetus
TO suit a movement for good government.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-18

1t is announced that Congressman
Baker of the Sixth district viii not he n
candidate for denomination and cleo
ton next year. on account OF poor
health, and with the announcement
comes the declaration that Secretary Of
State Osborn will stand for the success
sion. Osborn certainly has the neces-
sary qualifications, with his party, for
Kansas would present before the coun-
try with convicted hbeler representing
her in congress. Ii would be even
worse than the Seventh districts
humiliation, and that Is saying good
deal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-18

Look out for the Australian ballot
law, and learn how to vote. A law
which makes it possible for an election
board to count ballot out because the
voter may place an too high up or too
low down on his ticket is humbug.
We see it stated that leading business
man IN Topeka bet he could make out
his ticket properly. He did so. but lost
The bet because he had not folded his
ballot before he came out OF The booth.
y man attends 10 his registration. he has
always been interested in voting, he ap.
pears at the polling place, but if he is
little awkward il the use of pencil, or
if he has not committed TO memory the
law, he will never know whether he
voted or MOI. Such law is fraud and
an outrage. SO you want to look out.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-18

The decisions of Judge Earle OF Nc
Pherson and Judge Johnson of Topeka
of the cases at issue between certain
militia companies and the governor,
which We're simply refusals bv the
judges to take cognizance of the matter
at issue, has provoked some criticism of
such nOn-action on the ground that 1t
leaves the management and control of
the states military arm in the hands of
The governor exclusively. This is a
misfortune to the state, but it is con-
dition for which the courts are in no
way responsible. the constitution of the
state providing for it in specific terms by
making the governor the commander
in-chief Of the armed forces of the state
at all times. In his opinion on the Nc
Pherson case Judge Earle clearly sum-
marises the points at issue in this
paragraph excepted therefrom:
eff the courts were permitted to take
hold of such questions, as the one IN
voIved in this action and adjudicate the
merits of the case, then in many cases it
would be the means to divest the gov
ernor of his discretion, his reason and
Judgment in the management of the
militia; in short. some judge in all cases
would be commander-in-ch every
time that the militia was called into
service, with the governor as high pri-
vate. The mere statement of the prop
osition would seem to be sufficient. The
governor in his dealings with the militia
his Judgment and his discretion are abb
solutely conclusive and any attempt on
the part of the Judiciary to control Or
limit his judgment, Or in any way to
direct him III the management of the
militia, or in the performance of any
other executive duty that is discretion
airy npon his part would be clear usur-
patton on the part of the judiciary
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-18
THE BIBLE.

Mr.. Dana, editor of the New York Sun,
in I speech before college students on
young men preparing for journalism,
said:
''As to what books you should read
the most indispensable, useful and eff
fective is the Bible. lam considering iJ
not as religious book, but as a manual
of utility. No book is SO suggestive,
none which recOunts the greatest event
with solemnity, none from which you
can learn more directly that sublime
simplicity which never exaggerates,
none which you open with such conf
dence and lay down with such reverence
no book like the Bible"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-18
THAT UNCONVENTIONAL CALL.
II Nay he an Inconvcnient and an Unwel-
come Call IL lll-TimeSi.

come Call IL lil-Timed.
1t isn, good policy To surprise people
by calling q. unusual hours or on I'M
stated days.
Very few women are prepared for
visitors except az certain times. and /
don't care how friendly you may he.
this kind of visit. Is pretty sure n
create an amount of confusion which
makes you feel very awkward indeed.
had occasion 20 seek the advice OF a
young married woman the other MORN
ing regarding a charity in which we
are both interested, and called at the
absurd hour of eleven n. IN.
The servant who opened the door had
her head swathed in bandages and was
also enveloped in halo of dust.
She gazed at me with suspicion and
took nv card with look OF doubt.
But she evidently thought better Of
it, for she ushered me into the cool,
dark reception room. and. with nv
card in her hand, disappeared mp the
stairs with all the airy lightness of
foot for which the "ould Sodites" are
noted.
But her mistress wasn't there
could have told her that the mo-
ment I sat down.
For up through the register below
the nantal came tones that recog-
nized:
do you mean TO tell me. Norah. that
you used all that ammonia for that
small wash?''
''Yis. ma am"
'.Oh, dear. oh. dear Don't Won know
that so much will rot the clothes and
ruin them?"
well, ma'am, We told me to use it
Il told you to use little of it. not a
whole bottle. Haven't you any sense
at alp"
j coughed and ratified the chairs and
went to the window and looked out.
But the voices-more acrid now-fol-
lowed me still.
Haven't | any sinse, is il? 'Dade,
an | have. plinty of it, Shure. I've
lived in finer places than this. an |
niver had half the trouble I'm havin'
here. If We don't like the way do
IL certainly don't like the way you
do
Then We can get somebody else. I'll
go the day. An me sisther Katie Will
go, too"
Poor lady!
Two servants at one fell swoop!
To housekeeper it was terrible.
At this point heard another voice:
"A lady to see you. ma'am."
"a lady? Oh dear, Miss Pry. What
does she want. l wonder?''
This was Polly's opportunity.
Hammered on the register and shout
ed down:
''She wants to help you in your house
keeping
There was little historical gasp,
and as I dashed down TO meet her she
dashed up to meet me. We EN- braced
in the hall.
told her that I'd heard all of the
trouble, and I'd stay there until night
but what we'd get things Strengthened
out.
/ did.
Foolish Nora went. but sensible Katie
stayed, and / ran the gamut of two i'm
teliigence offices-was badgered, bull
lied and insuited. but got the right girl
at last. and before his highness came
home to dinner the domestic machinery
was running smoothly again.
And in nv excitement / forgot all
about the charity that had brought me
Journal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-18
LEISURE IN BALTIMORE.
One Of the characteristics of Society in
the Monumental City.

One OF the Characteristics of Society in
the Monumental City.
It is never an easy task for resident
Of city to point out its peculiar
charms Neither his praise nor his
censure is likely to be quite acceptab BILE.
Yet one who has become acquainted
with many cities, in different parts of
the world, cannot but perceive that the
Monumental City has it's distinct char
acteristics its attractive individuality.
1t used to be said that in Boston
stranger was asked: What do you
know?"-in New York, what are you
worth?'-and in Philadelphia. ''who
was your grandfather?' | have never
heard any such queries here. though
before long it may be asked of young
ladies' as well as of young men:
''Where did you go to college?" Mr..
George W. Cable, after spending for
the first time morning in Baltimore,
admired its Thoroughly southern ap-
pearance" When requested to explain
this observation, he said he had noticed
these peculiarities: The appearance of
comfort in the dwelling houses, the
contentment of the colored people and
the aspect OF leisure in the bearing of
gentlemen whom he met in the street
He had hit upon three characteristics:
Comfort, leisure and the ready almost
friendly service of the blacks. This
was truth, but not all the truth. Ger
tainly, when compared with the larger
American cities brooklyn excepted),
Baltimore has an air of quietness IA
vora BILE to enjoyment Neither fash
ions nor affairs have gained the ascend
ancy. When the Academy of Music
was built as place of refined enter
tainment to be owned and controlled
by cultivated people, the keynote of
the speaker (Mr. Wallis, the unequaled
orator of Baltimore) was leisure
To promote the enjoyment of leisure
was the purpose of Mr.. Pea body's gift.
The atmosphere of leisure has been
favorable to the development of insti-
buttons of learning. And so, along
with this freedom from all noise and
hustle and this atmosphere of repose,
we find socia bility, marked by frequent,
easy, friendly hospitality rather than
by balls and banqueta c. Gilman,
in St Nicholas
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-18
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

The old soldiers of Logan county will
have their first reunion on October Il
10 20
Alva is to have q new two story hotel
40xs0 feet aud containing thirty-fouI
rooms.
The Indian Arrow Of Tahiequah, after a
suspension OF seven weeks time, is again
on deck.
The Cengregationalists Of Alva are TAX
ing subscriptions preparatory to building
| a church.
The Lexington people think they will
never be able to enjoy life again until they
have railroad.
The Ponca Democrat is the latest to en-
TER the field of journalism at Pouca City.
Mr.. A. c. Smith is editor.
Two men who have been running a
threshing machine near Oneida have been
arrested for robbing u store in thst place.
Judge Scott of the Second district has
decided that the liquor law passed BY tho
last legislature Was void because it con-
tanned no enacting clause.
The Wood ard Jeffersonian says that
the first man who murmurs hard times in
Woodward will either be lynched or exiled
to Kansas, where he will have better
field for operation.
Ponca Democrat: Ponca City is the half
way city between Newton, Kansas. aud
Purcell. l. Z. The Santa Fe has its divi-
siOns at Newton and Purcell, and Ponca
will be the middle division.
Tecumseh Republicans: Mr.. G. A, War
ner of Econtuchka. brought TO this Office
last Monday sweet potato weighing nine
pounds, that he raised OH his farm i'll this
county Can anybody beat this
Woodward Jeffersonian: Our county
attorney, Mr.B. b. Smith, made visit
last week to the goat ranch about three
miles in the country. lie thinks it is the
grandest goat ranch he ever saw. This is
one of the best goat countries in the world.
The Wah-sha-she News is the atomic
name of a new venture in Oklahoma news
paperdom. 1t is published at Pawhusks,
Usage agency, and its name is the Cheyenne
Indian word for Usage, the English trans
lation of which Is people with shaver
heads.
Purcell Register: The cattle barons hate
W see IuclT grasp Ou luo AuuiaA SouAsAJ
slipping. That's why the local represent
atives had 50 much to say III opposition to
the statehood convention. Let 'em talk.
They are back numbers now and we of the
opposing and triumphant forces can afford
to be magnanimOus.
Aiva Chronicle: The men that adver-
tises hard times at Atva this winter are
ready to take it back; already the men who
have taken claims are returning with their
wives and babies, aud especially babies.
The chinks in loads of furniture aud i'm
Elements are filled by the little people. Iu
fact the man entering the strip is poor in
deed if he hasn't from six to q dozen
children.
Hennsssey Clipper: John W. McKeever
says that those who believe that the strip
has been settled should take trip across
it. He came across from Medicine Lodge,
Kansas, with a drove o: horses the first OF
the week, and thinking he could find some
one to stop with started without blanket
and no water. He was twelve hours with
out water and twenty-four hours without
to eat. He saw bnt one man on
the trip, and he was going north and as
bad off as John. He saw oDlp one build
Ing of any kind. He admits that the strip
i. nnan bnt not saffle6