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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-25

races each day Of the fair. the aggregate
of the purses being 81. 355.
The county clerks are greatly worked up
over the question of issuing liquor licenses.
The new law makes fee of SIS for issu-
| ing them. The clerks want licenses issued
quarterly. as it makes them a bigf fee, some
fuur TO five hundred year in a county
ike Oklahoma The GaZatte says so far
Cleveland. Logan, Canadian, Pottawato-
ME and Oklahoma have decided for quar-
terly payments
At Cheyenne, O. T., in the extreme
western part of the territory, on Tuesday
last, Sheriff w. y. Johnson shot aud IN
stanrly killed Charles Wilson, saloon
keeper. The sheriff had taken possession
of horse said TO be stolen. but Wilson
put in claim for it and tried TO take it
from the officer In the quarrel Wilson
became very abusive and finally went down
into his pocket after his gun. but the
sheriff WAS too quick for him and killed
him
Ell Reno Herald: One year ago today the
iauds OF the Cheyenne and ArapaDoe II
dians, adjoining Oklahoma on the west,
EN- bTaciEg 6 coo. 900 acres OF gently ro4ling
lands, was an extravagant waste, covered
with luXuriant growth OF rich Te9eta-
ton. It was the haunt OF the deer, coyote
ana wild turkey the home OF the indian
who Wandered up and down the banks OF
the streams hunting, fishing and dancing.
At II o'clock noon on the ~. day OF
April, 1892. this land was declared opened
for settlement by President Harri-
sons proclamation There were thou
sands of homeseekers waiting along
the west line OF Oklahoma, the
south line of the west half OF the Cherokee
strip. south of the South Canadian, Wash
ita and North Fork Red rivers. At
given signal the start was made aud one
of the widest stampedes and madest
races ever witnessed was under headway.
People on foot and Oh horseback, IL carts.
buggleS and covered wagons, were mixed
IN an unintelligab.e mass, which gradual
ly scattered and slowly settled like wound
ed birds over the land. Ere nlghtiai! SIX
new counties were populated and SIX
county seats had sprung into existence,
while the population of Canadian and
hIpgfSher counties was doubled by the
settlements made on tire territory added
to them on the west at that time. ThOus-
ands OF acres OF this laud today are nnder
cultivation, thriving towns are dotted
over 1t and still there is plenty OF fine
farming land waiting to be converted into
homes in this vHst area that was opened
one year ago today to white settlement.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-25
ON SOME TITLE DEEDS.

Man, who builds houses, palaces and cities,
Man. who has empire over al the ocean.
Master Of music. color, and OF verse, IS
Not worth happy.
Say that the coin Is struck upon his birthday.
Sooner or later death viii tap his shoulder;
Then where is he who schemed so very deeply.
There IS the aha'p'ny.
THIS 70 myself, while YEARLY perusing
Ngusty old deeds in chambers in tire temple,
Deeds that the title bore upon their pages
To an old mansion
Few Just remembered most OF them forgotten:
Yet are their names here signed upon the
parchment
Just as they wrote them
Hearts full Of hope Of many an attorney
Must have leaped high when spinning oat these
lengthy
Deeds in the days when the longer the deed The
Longer The bill was.
Here is a marriage settlement; how joyful
Was the Fair bride who signed her maiden
name there;
Husband, and wife, ana children all are buried,
LcHg, long ago now
Yet I can touch where lay her gentle fingers.
And can wonder II her life was HAPPY.
neither her husband treated her with kind
-. ness,
Or like husband
Close "this indenture;' must cease to ponder
Over the dead paSt--lawyers are not poats;
Work must be finished exc can depart hence
Home 70 my dinner
ST. James Gazette
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-25
OUT OF SIGHT.
Realistic Art In Theory aud Practice for
tie Young Hind.

Realistic Art In Theory aud Practice fo.
the Young Gind.
Harry is ten-year-old boy who indi-
Gates a disposition to become an artist
In this he is assiduously encouraged by
his father. The lad has a box of
paints brushes, pencils and plenty of
rough paper. Harry's father Is de-
voted to the theory of realism IN art
and literature, and occasionally lee
lures the little boy on the duty Of try
ing to represent things just IS he sees
them.
'If you are always accurate, faithful,
true to the fact If you try TO give in
miniature 4 representation OF what
your eyes really behold, you win be
always in the right way Do you un-
derstaud what I mean, Harry?" said
the father. recently.
Yes, papa think do"
Not long afterward Harry invited his
father to come and see his picture Of
mountain. It.ronsIstcd Of consider
able quantity Of sand and gravel
shoveled around and upon the projec-
:ions of rough bowlder in the back
yard
You have not quite caught my mean
ing, Harry, though Won are certainly
very conscientious, said the father
jocuIarly ITS magnificent. but it's
not art. You should not use the ma
tcrials Of your original il copying H.
That would be to make i model You
must try to draw a picture Of what
you see; draw It with pencil and paper,
and colors, too, il yon like. Don't draw
anything you don't see. ] dare say that
is the easiest way of telling you the
sound artistic rnic."
Soon Harry came back with his draw
ing pad.
Here's 4 picture OF pigeon, papa "
"Pigeonl ! don't see any pigeon
Why, there IS nothing but straight
up and down line, and two others meet
ing i at right angles
'Wel. papa, that's the corner Of The
fence. The pigeon went around the
corner jest when was going 10 begin.
You told me not toxjraw anything /
couldn't see YOUTHS Companion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-25
HYPNOTIZING THE COURT.

In the Boring sea case how pending at
Paris. Mr.. Carter, OF counsel for the
United States, is said 10 be achieving q
great professional triumph and strength
ening the American position at every
point. AS an illustration OF the con.
vincing force Of his argument a cable
gram 10 the World says:
An amusing feature OF proceedings was
the sleepiness of some Of the arbitrators.
Lord Hammer, ore Of the British arbi-
traitors, slept comfortably. Senator Nor
gan showed a similar tendency, but cor
rected himself with visible effort. Sir
John Thompson OF Canada also slept well.
With three of the arbitrators asleep at
this early stage Of the conference, where
will the court be SIX weeks from now?
Dr. Flint would find there a fine field
for the exercise of his powers as a
hypnotic rcstorer, though he might not
find the Job snap.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-25

| From the Ell Dorado Republican.
! A million ex-Union soldiers survive
the late war.
| 4 million widows and orphans survive
! the husbands and fathers who fell in
that service, or who have died since the
successful termination of that terrific
struggle.
But for the loyal and patriotic services
of these men the jefferson Davis confed-
eracy would today be as much an estab-
| lished and recognized government as
ours
The northwestern states would have
set up a separate and Independent gov
eminent, while the Pacific states would
today be floating a flag of their own.
The capital at Washington would have
been removed to New York, as matter
Of safety.
The Mississippi liver would be perpet-
ually blockaded, the four separate gov
ernments, now under one flag, would
have been perpetual menace to each
other, with vast armies to protect the
borders of each.
There would be no public debt, no ex-
Union soldiers, no widows and orphans
to pension.
With the principle Of secession, once
established, any state could, at any time,
withdraw from the central government
and set up for itself; so that instead of
nation Of sixty five millions Of people we
would today be a multiplicity Of small
considerations.
But then there would be no army of
pensioners.
Through the patriotic services of the
million eX-Union soldiers who survive,
and of their comrades who are dead, this
nation has been preserved in all its
strength and glory and is today the
richest and most powerful government
on the globe.
70 the millions of survivors of that
war this government owes a great debt
of honor, a debt that it can never pay.
No soldier of that war, no widow or
orphan of that war, should ever be per-
mltted by this government, to go hungry.
And no man with patriotic heart i'll
his breast will listen to such propositions
for a moment.
What if It does cost $3.50, 900, 600 or
5000, 600, 900 annually!
What are millions or billions COM
pared to the life of this nation:
These pensions are debts of gratitude,
debts OF honor, and every ex-union sol.
der who applies for pension, whether
he is disabled or not, should be given
one.
1t makes no difference. If he was
soldier and served his country, ami TO-
day calls on the government to help him,
there should be no splitting of hairs as to
the amount he should receive.
The money Wien paid is not lost or
destroyed, but is returned to the govern
ment again; and no man, be he ever so
rich, can detect the amount he contrib
utes to the payment of these pensions.
The ex-union soldier should be pro-
vided with all the actual necessaries of
life so long as he MAY live: and each in
citizen under the flag ought TO
daily thank God that they live III
country that is willing and able to make
these veterans comfortable and happy
III their declining years.
And the nation itself should establish
a day OF thanksgiving and prayer that
so many of these Old soldiers are yet
alive to enjoy the blessings of peace and
SO bounteously vouchsated to
this people.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-25
Th daaehita Daily EAGLE Tuesday sornine April IS lsaa
e MS partner came home. TT

Iore MS partner came home. Ths
next dag the drunk one sobercd M,
and the minute he came to his senses
he knew ne had let the thing out. He
went TO his partner and confessed.
That evening as the detective was
going home from the fields through
stretch of woods tho eaae
on him from behind and both of
them went at him with rails taken
from the fence. He got turned around
before they had struck him more than
once. but he was SO dazed he couldn't
get his pistol out Then those two
devils stood up and beat that poor fel-
low over the head like they were
striking for blacks NTH. They
knocked him to MS knees three times,
was grit from hair to heel, and the
third time he " ent down the pistol GOT
out, and as they started 20 run Re
emptied all seven shots into them.
every one taking effect, which was GER
tainly remarlla bic, considering his con-
dition. One of them was killed and
the other was wounded in both legs
They were all three quiet when the
rest of the hands came running no, bit
the detective came to il time to tell
them who he was and what had hap
pened. It was a fine thing for my
friend in some ways. though it ruined
his health, and small wonder People
got to thinking that Il man that showed
as much fight as he did must be &c
some account, and they gave him en-
ployment right and LETT. He told me
afterwards that those seven shots he
fired did him more good. gave him
more satisfaction than any he had ever
made before. He said that every time
he heard the cartridge 90 and one Of
those scoundrels scream it made good
taste IN his mouth. / could understand
that, too, for I've felt it myself, in nv
time "
What became of hlm?" asked one
OF the group.
''Well. he never really recovered
from the terrible hammerinp he got On
the head that time. He was never
quite as steady after it. and z wear or
SO ago his mind went Heimarined he
had hundreds of eases, of all sorts and
kinds, and that be was being Swallowed
all the time. I've kno:en him to getup
in the middle of The night and with his
revolver patrol the streets in search of
the men who were following him. as
he thought. lie used to give the news
paper men fake murders, too. ana he'd
get them worked up over the details,
and after they had hunted for hours
for particulars, they'd discover it all
came from my poor old friends troubled
brain. He had to give up his business
at last, and the minute the pressure
was taken off he took to drinking. lie
dieo few months ago, a raving mani
&C. That is only one incident. but it is
enough to show you what said that
the country detective has hard time,
take it all in all. "-Everard Jack Ap- /
pleton, in Detroit Free Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-25
AFRICAN JUSTICE.
There Trial by Ordeal Is the Prevaiiin z
Method.

hftnOG.
OF all Central African customs trial
by ordeal which is universal, is that
which IS most revolving to European
brought for the first time into contact
with savage life. When, according to
Popular Science Monthly, man is ac-
cused of any crime, as theft, arson, raur-
der, witchcraft, or the like. evidence is
brought against him in the way com
mon throughout the whole continent.
This. however. is never final. The ac-
cuSer's witnesses swear to ANYTHING re-
quired Of them without the slightest
compunction OF conscience, and as the
prosecutor must produce his Evidence
first, the defendants witnesses are
ready TO swear. and DO swear, the OPP
posite of all that has been said Trial
is invariably in open court. ard moth
ing said by the witnesses for the prose
cution can be concealed from those thst
are to follow There are no affidavitS
thus making contradiction ~ once
simple and safe. II rebutting evidence
We're allowed the most paitrv trial
would be interminaDle- For witness
10 be called a liar is, IN such a case. a
compliment, It proves that his evi-
dence told, and that he, ly Inference.
i very clever fellow. i the same
man were accused az bewitcainc he
would regard i as foul libel and de-
manG the poison bowl without an hours
DELAY
To remedy the defects q trial in
court- that bv ordeal Is adopted IN al
kinds 81 causes. both civil and criminal
As tbe ease proceeds before The cornell
The accused AZ Intervals demands The
naval ana this demand has friends. =
they believe isln. Iunoceut. Professionally
press The aecgssr reslsts tAe demand
a. unnecessary snoring that shea.3d
tAr e.siprst, even i caugh- rec. handed,
reg.4ver. i4e w * PLACED II a. al1t.ealt
position H,. aill is i4t esze aag.- 10
c-2lsu ~ coI1lp= usatIoU far ga iE as
aid lli4Y "a tarn X steees>fatly -a-&
Tor La3.r s.ee}1sn., r. ss=s- -ss another
mans reputation Tia. }alsef "a taa
absolute certainty 81 TIA. ov as4l
u..lver>ssi and tEe Begin ~ sEa ena E
reasoning IS tsn@c 81 81 Is gsGitg Be-,
ss~s Il ac sAzes nssf a4e. ,}seu5a
Stas.-,s }a-.lFserts 1s fa.Esrsl oss hs~ person
he Is NOT guilty: another Pnf :. ghcr~
or ne was bewItched- .
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-25

Indianapolis journal; 1.-The Column
bian souvenir coin has proved failure
Congress made a gift to the Exposition
managers Of 81, 800, 600 worth OF the
coins, and the managers expected to sell
them for a 81 apiece, realizing s.. 900, 900.
Instead of that only 1921, 900 worth have
been sold up TO date, and over 5000, 900
worth of the pretty pieces are left in
kegs in the safety vaults, The coin does
not seem TO have hit the popular fancy
to anything like the extent that its de-
signerS expected" The popular fancy
is all right, and would, if there had been
nothing in the way, have promptly taken
the entire lot. The enterprise carried
with it the idea of chance, to which the
government was party, and this rob-
bed it Of popular sympathy to the ex-
tent OF overcoming the curious desire for
the coin as a souvenir.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-25
DAYS -FOUR HOURS LONG
That Was Some Time Age, and the Earth
Travelled siueh Faster. =

To-day is longer than yesterday, to
morrow VIII be longer than to-day.
The difference is 80 snail that even ia
the course Of ages IL can hardly he said
to have been distinctly established by
observation. SAYS The Story 81 the
Heavens. We do not pretend e. say
how many centuries have elapsed since
the day was even one second shorter
than il is az present; but centuries are
hot the units which we may employ ia
tidal evolution. million years ago IL
is quite probable that thc divergence OK
the length Of the day from the present
value may have been very considerable
Let rs take q glance back into the pro
found depths OF time past and see shat
the tides nave 20 tell Us. II the present
order Of things has lasted the day must
have been shorter and shorter the far
thcr we look back into The aifn past,
The day is now twenty four hours; /.
was once six hours. How much farthe.-
can we go? Once the six hours j. past
we begin 81 approach e limit which must
al some point bound our prospect The
shorter the day the more l. tie earth
bulgcd ~ the 90 aafor; the more 'he
earth Is bulgeG az the equator
the greater H. the strain put upon the
materials 81 the earth by the coutrifg-
ga force OF ITS rotation If the earth
were 80 20 too fast II would De- uuabie
TO cohcre together. II would separate
into pieces just - q griudstone driven
too rapidly IS rent asunder with vio-
lcnee Here. therefore. vye discern in
the remote past barrier which stops
the present argument There Is GER
tain critical velocity which is the great
ct that the earth could bear without
risk 81 rupture, but the cssV-f amount
Of that velocity r. a question not ve-v
easy - answer j depends upoD the
nature Il the materials % -hr earth. +.
depends upon The temperature, IL Sie-
ponds upcn the effect q pressure. ard
on other details not accurately nosgn
% ~. An estitnafa - the critical ~
loci,v has however. been made and {,
has been shown that ibr shortest period
81 rotation which the earth could
have. without fviag int. pieces. ia
bout three or four h0-1rs TIE doe
trine q tidal evolution has TINS .5ess-
directed So % the conclusaou thst a.
some inconceivably rerra0te spocn. the
earth was spinning rpund It's axis in
. period sPproxsEna.InG - three OF 90
hDfrA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-25

Secretary of the state is the most ar
rant coward of the whole Pupulist lot
When arraigned on a charge of criminal
libel he declared that being a state Of
fetal he was not subject TO arrest, there
by indirectly acknowledging that if he
had known he was as amendable to the
law as others he would not have used
the slanderous allegations he did against
Cy Leland and Commissioner Mitchell
Being protected, as he supposed, from
prosecution the cussedness in his make
up was encouraged to assert itself. Such
acts are the very acme of meanness.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-25

+ u frequently claimed that T-rsonaI
Inaz1etlsrr1 Il man has a great iaaaersr4
oa tne tizac movements ~ = ssaies.
which he earTie1. r. confirmation II
thfs there u cited from the KIsctrissf
Aevie7y q eaAc where az esuploye N 4
watch factory, . man q strong per
sosai magnetism. had fer mary years
strange experience Nth hfs watch. As
soon - be had sTs1T1 q v.sfrh fsr sssuas
fs-aH = teXaa ~ r7Fn ia siae raas. freak
iaa vssr. IL Loaf ~ ra51se, ~; ~ f8snv
seo1Isfis cr mtaates IN daF a. = the
fase qsifh rzo~ ssstehas.. b1f one dAy
gAsssa - bosr sa8 the nszt Gag Lost
one Esen ti.e raoat expensive efsrssrsz.s.-
ets-~ k.ecarrs unreliable y ths u.zn aasn-
tloned sore T. y aHGther toox il an
Is aept f5f1e FeFg eel
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-25

French Canadians are said to be leav-
eng the vicinity Of Quebec for the United
States at the rate of 100 gay. These
smigrants are nearly all farmers or
habitants from the lower ST. Lawrence
regions, and III many instances they are
following friends and relatives who
have already found homes in the United
States. Many of these emigrants desert
their farms absolutely, leaving them
without intention OF returning. selling
them for what they can get, but leaving
Them anyway. This desertion is SER
,ous thing for the province, for it means
.ie return OF such sections OF the country
20 a state of nature, with little prospect
Of their being again occupied for = long
time. This exodus Is also large from
other portions of Canada. the estimate
being that the rate of emigration Is at
least 10000 per month
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-25

The Santa re managers at Topeka ap-
pear1to be getting all the skilled work
men they require to take the place Of
the former employees who struck two
weeks ago. Thus far, all right. But it
Is said the new men are from Home
stead, Pa, and are from among the
skilled mechanics that quit the employ
of the Carnegie Co., a year or more ago.
If this is true The change will probably
be only temporary malleshift. The
Homestead workmen are all union
men, and the chances are that as soon
as they get in their places they will find
grievances enough to walk out.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-25
sinh End. of Thourht.

The kiss Of passion is silent; the kiss
Of love is murmuroUs, and the everyday
kiss is explosive.
The devil IS the one perfect imper-
lection.
Half the world tries % make the idea!
real. and the other half tries 70 make
the reaI IDEAL
A good man cannot hide l..
Adversjty Is q grlEGstoue hat puts al
edge on Us
Virtue being its o7TA reward. some
peogIe don't care 20 earn T.
The richest men don a. ways know
how 70 be rich.
The earth is Elled with broleen s.
le-css-
Conservatism is ec2 tentueut hall Ia
blossom -! )e troit Free Press
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-25
Expensive PopuliSts.
m the FL Dorado Rebellion,

IiuiIl tine Il DeidnO NtEtlpiItlH,
G. c. Clements, who is sometimes
called an anarchist by his political oppo-
nents. wants fee of 81, 600 for his sery-
ices as assistant governor during The late
war in Kansas Assistant Governor
Doster has drawn from the public treas
ury $3.50 i'll compensation for his serv-
ices as dissentionist, but Clements is
higher priced. Doster was paid out of
the governor contingent fund Glenn
ents has not been paid yet for the ad-
ministration thinks that his charge Is
heavy. But he will get something.
Then the public may expect to hear OF
the bill of Assistant Governor Webb.
During the reign of ''corruptin the pub,
lie treasury was never bled half so freely
as it has been since reform began
What with standing armies, fiat legisla-
tors and assistant governors the dear
people are having an expensive time
nf If
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-25
THE STRIKE OF CAPITAL.

u IS strikes and strikes, and threatened strikes
all the time. some day capital viii, for self pro-
lection, strike also, then there viii be trouble
Wichita EAGLE.
Capital is striking, and has been strik-
ing for years. In the east millions of
dollars can DE found lying idle in the
banks Every town of three or four
thousand people has hank that paws no
interest and in which many thousand
dollars are deposited for safe keeping.
The government finds no difficulty in
borrowing money at p per cent. Why
all this Idle capital: Largely because Of
the strike. Capitalists viii not invest
their capital in manufacturing, in min
ing, in railroads. because they are not
willing TO place themselves at the mercy
OF laborers who imagine that they have
right to compel capitalists to come to
their terms. This country is not near
able to supply its own wants in the way
OF manufactured articles. There Is a
market here for thousands of millions
OF dollars worth more than we can pro-
duce. There is room for twice as many
manufactures as we already have.
Many of them would be built and there
would be many more jobs for workmen
II capital Were not on strike against
labor. -LeaveuwOrth Times,