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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05
GREAT AMERICAN EUMBUG.

One great grin must have spread ovel
the faces OF the EAGLES subscribers II
the Indian ierritory and Oklahoma
when they ran across the word lad
vancement." which can be found ii
various places in the presidents mes
sage, wien he is speaking of the noble
humbug, the American Indian.
If the Indians are advancing in any
marked decree the westerner would be
likely to detect it. 1t is true that the
I! five civilized tribes have a reputation
for being greatly civilized. The reputa-
ton is largely fictitious. A few of the
leaders are civilized enough 10 dupe the
rest of the tribe, and they do it. Tie
report of The Dawes commission says
that in one tribe the full bioods. the real
Indians. are left to stdrve and scrap
! and squeeze on the barren deserts while
the half hoods, more white than red.
! sobble Up all the rich lands and keep
them for their own uses.
Yesterday the EAGLE received letter
from A. j. Blackwell of David in the
Cherokee nation, Indian territory. Mr.
Blackwell is now in Claremore, |. L.
He IS under strong guard and Is in
chains. HIS crime, he says, is that he
sold real estate. The selling Of real
estate, according TO the enlightened
Cherokee code. is treason. The penalty
is death. IL the Cherokees have their
way with Mr.. Blackwell he will be
shot.
The men whom Mr.. Blackwell has
offended are half bloods. Nr. Black
well himself is squawman-that Is, lie
married Cherokee sqnaw. The ques-
ton in his case is: Have the Indians
who are half white a right to imprison,
without civilized process or instrument,
a man who has married into their tribe?
But Mr.. Blackwell can be left out of
the question altogether. 1t is not plain
what RIG ht lot of mixed bloods, not
Indians, have to pass such ridiculous
law as they have. The selling of Chero-
kee real estate may be misdemeanor,
hut the culprit should not be made TO
answer with his life for such a trivial
thing. If a Cherokee owns real estate
he owns it and has the Inherent right to
transfer it. If it belongs to the tribe, he
does not own it, and cannot give it
clear title.
But if he does own it, the right to
transfer it, goes with the ownership
The Cherokee must own his land. Mr..
Blackwell has been arrested for selling
his. There is no justice, sense or reason
then in shooting him down for simply !
using one of his privileges. If he does
not own his land, then he cannot be ar
rested, tried for treason and shot down |
FOR selling it, because be cannot sell |
what he does not own-that is he can |
not transfer it to valid title.
The Indians, even the vauuted civil |
zed five TRIES, know nothing about |
advancement" despite President Cleve-
ands assurance. They are savages and |,
nate civilization and the pure blooded
as the devil hates holy
water. When Indians are spoken Of,
he white half blood is meant The real
indian, the fuil-blood, is too indolent
md too ignorant to care what becomes
If him or his real estate or his tribe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

ored cartoons and jokes galore. and
Christmas tokens and Holiday decora-
lions liz proiusi0n.
Good cheer Is in the air and Will be
for month. II is only necessary to
throw yourself in the tide and be as
happy as the rest. And the thought oc-
ours that this Christmas should lie more
enjoyable than all previous ones. We
have had two years of adversely, with
two years of sour minds and bad pros
poets, and the whole country Is heartily
sick and tired of nothing but pessimism
and fault-findIng.
L is best to cheer up at this season and
try TO find the optimistic string in your
heart and give it two or three twangs.
Your purse and its contents will have
very little TO do with it. Money may
be a great luxury but it is not ali there
is in this world and certainly has not
the subtle power to induce happiness
that electrifes 4 kind word or makes
good cheer contagious.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

which holds together until all ones
! neighbors are slandered. Flabbergast
( it, woman, vote if you want to. but do
! stop your idiotic talk and let me go to
sleep"
Dear me. John. do think you
might treat your wife respectfully.
| Mrs Carminster said there would oe
real, sure enough judges to wait upon
I us. and that our names would be regis
tered, so that everybody would know
we had been there. l wonder if there
will be banquet. If there isn't
might get hungry. Maybe. John, had
| better take a nice lunch along. You
can find out if it is to last all day, and
| if it IS you can dismiss the carriage and
| have it call for Us in the evening.
There is no use of its waiting there I'll
day
BLESS the woman. Why all you have
to do is TO take a bit of paper from a
man, put mark on II. and give it back
to him That's voting. What the
deuce are you talking about carriages,
tailor made suits and fine bonnets for?
Presently you will be wanting a set of
diamonds 70 wear when You give orders
to the girl and an evening dress from
Worth to receive the grocer boy when
he calls Anybody who votes from this
house will have to go to the polls afoot
in everyday clothes, and if Carminster
don't keep that cackling old wife of his
away from here I'll kick him. and Mr..
Spickle turned his face to the wall
Mrs. Carminster would rejoice if
she heard you, murrnured Mrs Spickle;
half disposed to cry. ''She said she
knew you would. We are to have our
rights, she declared, If we only vote,
and the men don't want US TO have
them"
Rights! 1 guess old Carminster
would take her around in gold chariot
if she could only be given her rights,
the meddling old hen, stirring up folly
in other peoples homes and neglecting
her own. What rights are you pining
for, anyway? Do you want TO take my
place at the Office and try 10 raise
money when there is none to be had
anywhere? Do you banker after cigar
or glass of whisky? Do you want me
to nurse and look after our babies? Do
you
shame on you. John Spicl1le, as if 1
would do anything that horrid man
did. And nice nurse you would make
of it with the darlings- Mrs. Carmin-
ster said we were to have our rights.
and that's what / mean. She didn't
tell me what they were, but they must
be very nice or she wouldn't be making
such fuss over them / wasn't going
TO show my ignorance by asking her
what they were. But 1 want 10 tell
you, John Spickle, that there dowdy
woman isn't going to have anything
that l don't get. You've more money
than her husband and she shan't put
on airs around me. That's the fact,
and it is awfully mean in you to keep
me from doing as want to. You'd be
willing to have your wife kept back all
her life, while Mrs. Carminster votes
and gets her rights, too"
Mrs. Spickle might have added more.
but Mr.. Spickle's snoring was so gsnu.
Inc that she desisted, and presently
cried herself to sleep"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05
THE MANHATTAN SHOE STORE
IS
GOING OUT Of BUSINESS
Selling Out Everything il the Store.

A large assortment OF Gents Fine Shoes in Patent
Leather, COrdovan and Calf Hand Made and GOODYEAR
Welt. Anything you want in narrow width in fine
shoes
Also large assortment Of Fine Shoes for ladies in
wide and narrow widths.
Also Fine Shoes III wide and narrow widths for
misses and children Boys shoes gents shoes ladies
shoes, misses shoes in wide and narrow widths
We Will sell good shoes cheaper than You ever
bought Many of shoes will cut prices one-half
and not more than cost for anything in the store as we
VIII go out OF the shoe business January L. 1895. So we
must sell hug-COunterS, Shelves, Show Cases
fine set OF Brass Rods for Furnishing Goods win
dow. Everything complete-Hat Stands, Shirt Holders
and sandS-a full set.
MANHATTAN SHOE STORE,
$40 EAST DOUGLAS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05
CHsER Up FoR csRIsrN,s

Much Of our happiness Is due to our
spiritual capaci'y for making ourselves
happy. Whether We are poor or r.cn.
careworn or careiree, We can. by a lit
tie self persuasion. brighten our own
DAYS.
Particularly Is This true OF the holiday
seaso n, CaristmastIde. BY ever so small
an effort We can make our DAYS shortcr
IN troubles and longer II enjoy ment
The stalls are full of good things to read
ana they are cheap, too. There are COL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

The earthquakes in Italy have made it
possible to say that it is an III ou,ka
that shakes nobody good. The destruc.
ton was so great in some of the provin-
ces that The government has ordered =
remission of the taxes. The taxes hav.
been so onerous that the peasants are
now rather glad that tie EARTHQUAKE
rgr1a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

The only demonstration made at the
opening of the present session of con-
gress was by the American Protective
Association. But then the American
Protective Association is decidedly rich
in demonstrations.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

Max ORell says that the Frenchman.
while making no preieutluns to virtue.
Is just as moral as the Anglo Saxon
Notwithstanding that and accepting il
for the truth, immortality is rcore ac-
ceptable concealed. Shakespeare fit a
phrase TO the meaning when he en- Joined
a character TO assume virtue if he
had il not,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

General Weaver is out of a Job and I'M
less he can get the appointment of gen.
tleman of the bed-chamber to Queen
Ravanola of Madagascar he is going TO
have a hard winter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

There is war in progress between
China and Japan. but the newspaper
correspondents on the field do not an.
pear to be awars Of the fact
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

Il John j. ingalls, is really concerned
about his chances for the United States
senate he should shut off the Kansas
City papers. They are not debating The
conduct Of Kansas men and politicians
this vrar
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

The death of Phillip Gilbert Hamerton
the English essayist, was hardly men.
toned in the newspapers, but it is fac,
That no man has helped the young men
and women of today more than Hamer-
ton with his brilliant but practical
essays
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

Cleveland is in favor of selling public
lands 10 the highest bidder. But then it
s quite likely that President Cleveland
doesn't care whether he is popular in
Oklahoma or not.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

It has cost tie government one half
captivity for eight years. And yet the
Indians claim that tie government and
the White maa do not treat them fairly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

On the first day OF congress, it is said.
Breckenridge, when lie passed up the
aisle, was given IN ovation. However,
the people Will never get another oppor-
tun'ty TO get at the men who partlci.
mated
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

One of the greatest dreams of Presi-
ient Cleveland is that the CHEYENNE and
Arapahoe Indians are troubled with lad
rancement." That is all bosh. An In
alan doesn't know what advancement is.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

The poet says that he can SIN her
roice, detect the tremor of her heart 8"
1t remains 10 be seen whether any one
Fan detect in Cieveland's message the
ache of his big toe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

General Booth, properly speaking, is
not general But he deserves the title
more than Coxey does. And besides
Booth keeps off the grass.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

The majority of the present congress
men better take a good look at the halls
Of congress. Like the song of the
harem, they will never go there any
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

1t is suggested that Ii Hung Chang
might do better if he would follow
Queen Victoria's example and eat Kan
sas apples.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

The owners of the Ericsson can have
Dne consolation at least. 1t doesn't
break down half as often as the Demo-
cratic administration.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

The football season is over and if it
we're not for the war in China, the
world would now be wrapped in uni
versal peace
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

One Boston writer announces that we
are on the verge OF 4 tremendous poetic
impulse. No wonder immigration to
this country is falling off
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

The gold reserve will be preserved by
the issue of goli-bearing bonds as long
as Cleveland If president. Cleveland
says so himself.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

1t is not known who formulated Cleve-
lands new currency system. l. was
hardly Carlisle. IL must have been the
young man Eckels.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

Now if the postmaster general will ex-
clude the presidents message from the
mails the most of the people may
read il.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

Now, DIR. Parkhurst of New York is
being called "boss." AS Lord Bacon
observed, she who surpasses or subdues
mankind" gets into peck of trouble.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

China and Japan have had a good
many battles, but what the public would
like to see would be a good old-fash-
ioned scrap" between them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

Oh. can't PETER give us rest? No
sooner had the senate been called to
order than he bodied up and wanted
somebody investigated.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

In his message the president overlooks
he honorable Bill Cook. But the hon
orable Bill Cook is still on deck and will
not be ignored.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

Governor Waite says he had both the
gamblers and tie clergy against him
and he blames the clergy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

a deaf and dumb couple have just
been divorced in Chicago. Woman's
tongue doesn't appear TO lie at the bot
tom of it all, after all.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

The good old schools are passing away
rapidly. The musicians have lost
Rubensteic and the readers Holmes and
damerton in the last two months.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

No synopsis of the presidents message
would do the EAGLES readers. The
EAGLE published it IN full.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

Grover Cleveland in lis message men
lions the great strike, but he did not
even mention Mr.. Debs' name once.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

Some one appears to have rudely
shattered Governor dwellings diplo-
matte arrangements with Denmark.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

1t is the opinion of the Topeka Capt.
tai that TO a Nihilist's notion a popular
ear is equivalent TO a good Indian.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

Cas- * JoCHzs =. TX u ezc1cr 80 Z, -;
CT yos tell e. q t-- power q tsre prs.s
Cara ist2cyl1g for aocse-F worss--'' NJ D
Is-g- E,ss- ! promises Chl4r.ze ! Fozscz {
- -Dcsro.s Pre- Pr=Sa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

And Kolb thinks that it was rebel.
Iioni
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

WY CO y0a r. * jenkins hss pollsi-z-
&s5irailc1s Why WAY. beca1se Be-
-isss - have zen sap lin O ikc asck zzd
CAL = n Cd H0-se- ~ ELazu's Horn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

HT-"Wiu YOU De nv wife some tine this
year. S1e-''I VIII. But / can't answer
for any time later than that Detroit
free Press
THERE'S one thing certain. Ms Zip
~ : erlef ! really genuine Mercy ye>-
acr nus band was 50 much company for her
new Pet parrot Inter Ocean
LTCT single DO you thinkit : wicked
- smoke. GszrEi Fanny married No.
dear. IN sure Il isn't Lucy--'Whv are
Ien sslrssR Fznny-''Bec2use ny hUs-
band doesn't smoke, and Il i was wicked
I'm sure he would Do l. --Half-Eoiday.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05
Novelties for Christmas Presents,

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an'.- az re Al T5nzs Dire tore TIE
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ifs must % fanrT
ca tfs ~ u7ik ard -srtF zior
80 .. me silver Ivory NOs. Gs3is si. Push
- sna'sss '~fs y skss sfrsF ss.S~ ssys
.4of .Aese 10 have sugs t~sDfs
riezsed 80 - %
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-05

60 rAs1 D2UsLas AVE-
The evening world., 1894-04-05

but / amt your grandfather; / tell
you l amt anything to any OF you"
The old mans voice was still cold
and harsh, but there was a trace of
softencd light on his face. though he
continued to trown and glover. .
We may, not be anything to You"
the boy said, but you are something
to us. In spite of all you can say and
do you are my fathers father and my
grandfather and we can like you ever
II YOU don't want us to. But we don't
father wouldn't have it after you have
said what you have. G~ood-by:"
George Andrews turned and walked
out of the house with the dignity of a
man. His grandfather, surprised at his
abrupt departure, stood looking after
him as he trudged down the street
through the rain. Two or three times
the old man was on the point of call
Ing him back, but, shutting his lips tight
together, remained silent.
When the boy had turned a corner
and disappeared from view. the old man
closed the door and returned TO his seat
before the fire. A long while he sat
there in his favorite thoughtful atti-
tudc, while his mind drifted back from
one event to another until ne reached
the time when his son had been II boy
so much like the lad VINO n Just LETT
poor Rafe!' he murmured: Sick
and in want and they III Woula
lei I'M ~ NiAo'Hf 'N
unfeeling. and she has the least, reason
Of ANYBODY in the world for thinking
so. Poor woman! Poor Raie and poor
cbiIdrenI wish / could aid them. But
I can't without breaking my word and
showing them my weakness.
II must be nrm win Inem ana do
nlmost wish | could recall my words,
That is II fine, manly hoy and he said
they liked me- Yes, | wish | could aiG
them, but | must be firm, They would
laugh at me IL | were not
The old man relapsed into silence, but
somehow the snug. warm room had lost
its air OF comfort, and the IRE. though
Il burned brightly In the CRATE, was no
longer CHEEKY. An hour or more passed
and then he arose and paced the floor
restlessly for several minutes, After
baIt and his face lighted up n some
ming Very like a smile came to his lips.
"I have, it,"' he said. speaking to him:
self. at is the very thing and III 90 H..
-Strh. lrhNs IN hlaA la0N hrQadanNd- ana
The evening world., 1894-04-05

awhile, Mrs. Andrews sail:
Doctor. "" are very much Interested
In this society Of your, and "" wish TO
know more about It-whu its members
ant 50 on
Dr. brown eyed his questloner curiously
ana half susp.riuusly for a moment, then
breaking lu,p - laugh said,
My liar madam, can reveal no
secrets that am lodged to preserve.
Tho M mnorship uui workings ~ TINS
orEoni2itIon ar" as secret as It's pass,
words and Signs. can positively tell
- the mystery OF the wonderful secret
society remained a mystery an! So far
as Eafe Andrews ami his wife could see,
l. promised to continue 50. Nobody save
Dr. brown could tultEhten them, ana II
was perfectly apparent that he would
\ week or SO passed., AMI then one
3ry tn"urE Andrews, IN passing through
town, saw his grluifI,hrr walking down
tn street from m" opposite direction.
The old man ual his eyes fixed on the
tluF were g..t. close together.
\ few steps further ON George stopped
ar II -hu" window aat while h" was
looking iu his gT~lntllthnr came up.
At thu same wnmrut Er THROWN came
uIt of q store and the two old men met.
Neither Of t'rm 'uuh motto" Of the
boy. and neither uf them dreamed tina,
hr was ~o uea But George was an in
trrrStrl listener 10 their conversation
from the moment they shook hands.
"Wrll. how is Rafr'' he heard his
grandfather ask almost the first thing
he sail
"lir * almost well. sir" the doctor an
sWtrrl. III" couldn't possibly do better
than he Is doing"
"Gool," the old man cried, rubbing his
hands. "Guui indeed. Ana now how
are Mary and the children, doctor"
"rh,y're quite we'll the doctor re-
p.ioi with u henminE smile,
"Gaol again the old man cried.
you're sure she's well, are YOU, doc
tor2'
That's rilht, And they have plenty
of everything. have they"
Yes. they cannot want for anything
now, I'm sure
You don't happen to him OF any lit
tie thing that they might need now, do
you? 1t seems that there might be
something that they should have"
Andrews, IT seems that the u. b., A.
The evening world., 1894-04-05

keeps them we'll supplied with every
He, he, he the old man laughed.
81 So great l,1 JOKE. isntf IT, S Iocf bsst about tSir thaf
ever knew, and | never got as much en-
j'ymcnt out Of anything in my life. 1t's
''rhey certainly think So the doctor
said. They think the +. b. A. a most
wonderful organization"
apo they. thongh?' the old man cried
In eager, trembling tones; so they ap-
pr"Siate it like that. doctor?'
Indeed they do
"pat don't they know that am the
I am doing il all, do they?"
Certainly not, You enjoined secrecy
on me, you know"
Eyes, 1t is better that they don't knew:
They might not be pleased with Il II
they did. and then, as | told you that
rainy day that | came to your office and
enlisted you in this plan, must De
"""Girandfather," interrupted a voice,
I'VE are something TO you, after All. and
you'd like my father, don't YOU"
The old man started, looked down and
saw George. then Gasped and turned pale.
us thuUuh he had committed some grave
crime and had been detected in it,
" Eh 80 he finally calculated what
~" II means" said the doctor, laughing,
Z" that We have betrayed the secrets OF
the L b. A., and that society Is un-
And you were the society. grand:
father" George cried, and you sent all
tn" things"
The old man looked helplessly at the
doctor, and the latter, with a shake or
his head, said
" There is no escape. my old friend.
You had as well confess to your guilt
and go and make your peace with those
you have deceived. You will not hnd 1t
hard 10 do the latter"
" No. no." said the old man, ~ can-
not do that. | must be frm-and-I-
they may not forgive n forget"
They will. grandfather" George
cried. Come home with me. They
will be so pleased to have you come. for
we all love you"
1t is not necessary to say that he went
and that the past was blotted out by the
joy OF the present and that there was
no further need oftef R.B. A, Bociety,
which really mea{na uA~-R. Andrews
society namad tortN ~ = Wbers-Chtr