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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-30
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

1t is about time to ask once more:
"What has become of Sam Small ?"
The family of Judge Patterson, register
of the land office, have moved to Enid.
The motto of the Newkirk Democrat is:
''Sic Semper Tyrannis Aurora Borealis."
John McAtee still insists that some of
the jourymen in the Beall trial were fixed
Editor Mckay of the Pond Greek
Tribune wears green leaves in his hat to
avoid sunstroke,
The motion for new trial for Clyde
Mattox will come mp for argument before
the supreme court in October.
Colonel johnson of Oklahoma City has
withdrawn his name as a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for delegate
The man who killed Dalton will not live
to fame. The public has forgotten the
name of the man who killed Jesse James.
Frank Greer has withdrawn his support
from the duke and duchess of York be-
cause such fuss was made about their
baby.
Frank McMaster is writing history of
Oklahoma county. 1t is not known how
many blank pages he will devote to Judge
Scott.
The Perry Democrat has taken the floor
long enough to announce in loud voice
that there is not Kelley graduate in
that town.
p. A. Brooks. the missing county sur
veyor, has been found In Denison, Tex.
He is alive and we'll and has rendered his
resignation.
That forged Rock Island circular threat
euing the towns OF Enid and Pond Creek
was very crude. 1t must have been writ
ten by a Creek Indian.
Farmers are taking down their mo
shooting allowed" signs in the black-iac
region. The farms are over-run with
rabbits aud the farmers are willing to re-
ceiye and entertain hunters.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-30
THOMAS ALVA EDIS ON.

From the Chautauquan.
The effect of Edison's work upon the
commercial and social progress OF these
times has been very great, how great il
will ultimately be it is impossible to
say. Selecting the electric light as the
most commercially important of all his
inventions it may be of interest briefly
to examine its history.
The announcement of the discovery
of method of subdividing the electric
current so that number of lights
could be made to glow along one cir
cult from a common source of power
almost precipitated a panic. 1t would
unsettle values, make coal, oil and gas
fields valueless, ruin gas companies
and throw thousands of men out of en-
ployment and reduce an enormous in
vested capital to mere nominal value.
The new light was not perfect and
then came long delay in which the
then wizard" seemed to many minds
to be promising more than ever could
be fulfilled. Perhaps it was important
that there was this delay 1t brought
people 20 a right understanding of the
actual effect of the new light upon bus
mess and society. Even now the cleo
trio light is just entering upon its COM
mercial stage. Universal as it seems it
is really only beginning to occupy the
field it may yet fill 1t is only now
that we are enabled to see its effect
upon other industries
Gas making has for long time been
ono IF +ba uDnat % oil -.
dustries- As an industry it apparently
feared no competition, wished for no
improvements, and cared for nothing
but dividends The electric light has
now forced this sluggish business to
bestir itself to consider improvements,
and to find new markets.
As light, the electric is so superior
TO the gas lamp that one is hardly TO be
considered beside the other, SO one
fades and must fade before the other.
Gas as a fuel in a crowded tenement
lodging city is the ideal fuel and il is
not surprising that the demand for gas
increases so rapidly. II prevents the
teaming of coal into the streets, it
keeps a rough. dirty matter out Of our
homes, it saves labor and prevents
dust, keeps the atmosphere clear and
reduces the daily horror Of the city ash
cart We hardly notice these things as
yet, but they are destined to change
very greatly the character OF our homes,
our streets. and cities and even change
the shape of our houses. and complete
~ alter the aspect OF our streets. These
are but suggestions and hints of the
changes we are passing through to-day
under the influence of Edisop's ipreF,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-30
EVERYBODY TIRED.

The patent medicine advertisement,
when it comes to the symptoms, inva-
r1ablv refers to a kind of ''tired feeling"
that is supposed to be felt all over by
everybody. These must be halcyon days
for the patent medicine man whose
potion is warranted TO cure the "tlred
feeling" About every body's got it, and
got it bad. Ii the patrons are anywhere
near as numerous as the patients then
these patent pills must be IN the swim.
The people are tired to death, tired OF
reading about the Democratic congress;
tired of its everlasting tariff talk and of
its sugar steals and whisky sch mes.
Everybody is bored 10 death over the
amending details of fool strikes, railway
fights and industrial army rights.
Everybody is weary of beng
told every day what everybody knows,
that Cleveland is failure, that the Dem
Ocratic party hasn't redeemed a single
pledge Of its platform, and that times
never were so hard. Where is the sane
man who is not fatigued beyond endur-
ance with that weary worry, the cur
rency question, and who is not exhaust
ed over that Frustrated proposition, the
parity of silver and gold; and with the
utter tedium of that woeful woman
question, and its fiat female suffrage
tangent, supported by the Pop party,
and who is not bored to death and COM
pIetely worn out? The monotony Of
the calls to arms of the militia to put
down the mObs, and the blood spilled,
has become but yawn and a disgusting
inf1icUon, which IN ceasing TO paralyZe
any one, pals on everybody. Fatiga-
ton has become universal and exhaus-
ton chronic, and the whole country
would probably collapse but that it is too
faint to fall down. And there is the labor
question, and all the unending demagogy
to which it has given rise, as if in spite
of the law of supply and demand, which
is as old as human industry, could be
abrogated or nUllified by the cheap talk
of walking bosses or the amending clap
trap of tramps and demagogues, who by
bowling propose to get something out
of nothing, or to force the employer TO
pay the emplOye more than he can
squeeze out of the business.
A majority of the people of this coun-
try voted for free trade and cheap
prices, which meant, as they knew, low
wages and lots Of resultant rest, then
why, having gained these things, refuse
US the much needed rest.
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MEDICAL AND SURGICAL INSTITUTE
AND EYE AND EAR INTIMACY.

Don't pay any attention 10 me. h
added. Il shall soon be better now YOU
have come. Please explain TO him that
If had known it was the fashion OF IL
lustrious Frenchmen TO arrive TIVE
hours before dinner. l would have
asked the others TO be here by $50
Go at him quick and sharp. in the Ian
guage of his country. Pitch into him
hot in the way of compliments,
Tell him | admire his country anC
honor him. and though | shan't be able
his works. And now I'll be mum
What d blessing it is you've come al
last
A short conversation with the illus
triOus Goaty" disclosed the fact that he
had, in some way, mistaken the dinner
hour for five. and the amusing error lee
to an unrestrained and animated even
ing.
The conversation was entirely il
French, and the host sat beaming at
his guests. throughout the dinner, and
only spoke in answer to the sympathiz
ing request of one gentleman that he
should be included in the conversat ton
by continuing it in English.
NO, no, sir, not word OF English
so long as the illustriOus MoosOo Goaty
honOrs me with his company" he cried
Il shall be silent, but shan't be dull.
/ shall sit here thinking how / have
brought about me some of the bright
est spirits of the age. Not a word o,
English if you please
And so the talk was continued and
ended. To his absolute bewilderment
and satisfaction.
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A PLEASING INCIDENT.

From the Chicago Herald.
Up in the front was a printed sign
which said no newsboys would be al
lowed to come on the car TO sell papers.
If they wanted to do business with a
citizen they must waylay him before he
takes his seat
Now, it happens that man is not al
ways ready to buy his paper until he is
settled, and knows he is on the right
car, and that he has small change, and
that all the chances for a comfortable
progress home have been seized. So he
doesn't like to stop out at the gutter
and buy his paper. And, obedient to
that demand, the newsboys have been
taking one little liberty after another
until they come right into the cars and
sell without let or hindrance.
This was an open car and the man
and woman were in q terrible hurry,
for they knew the car would go before
they were ready. 1t didn't do anything
of the kind. 1t waited till they were
seated, till the man had signalied a
newsboy and till the little fellow was
standing there on the rail. 1t started
Just as he had completed sale. Then
it was discovered he was such an ex-
ceedingly small boy that he couldn't
get down with any degree of safety.
No one wanted to get on or off at the
next crossing. and the little fellow was
being carried far ont of the reach Of
trade winds. He wanted to get down
and he dared not. The passengers
laughed at him. He glowered and tried
to risk the descent. But the pace was
too swift. He knew he would fall. The
man who had bought the paper pushed
him little Just TO scare him. The wo-
man laughed at her husbands wit. The
comfortable passengers enjoyed almost
nickel's worth Of comedy-that was
mighty near a tragedy 70 him
No one expected anything human
from the conductor. So he surprised
them He swung down on the foot
rail, advanced TO the troubled little
figure, stopped down and passed his
arm about the baby waist, lifted the
lad and stepped from the ear. He de-
posted his thankful burden safely on
the ground whirled and caught the
last rail Of the car and called out:
'Hsrrison-Polk street depot" just ss
If nothing had happened
And all the passengers were sorry
they had laughed
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STATE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
REPUBLICAN STATE PLATFORM.

Re-affirming the Republican hatlohai Pi"'-
form of 1892, -.+ ,,otr;o+-
ISM of our party is in liseif a guaranty ~ te
t;o-, ut the interests OF its defenders
Heir widows and orphans, VII be lOeralIy
csred for and we denounce their cruel anu
deIiberate betrayal by the present Democratic
administration. r,..,,.,;,,,
50ctrine Of protection and believe that t5r -ll
laws should protect the products Oh the La la
a well ~ OF he factory. l.
Third: The American people FAVOR d.
rnetalIism and the Republican party ue hiiihu9
the use of both gold and silver as sSahaaItl
money with such restrictions and under
such provisions. To be determined Uy 3eeis4ao
ti0n as will secure the maintenance OF the
paritv of w iues of the two metals, anu ind'
Tie purchasing and debt paying power OF thG me
noilar whether of gold, silver or paper shal /
he at al times equal. The interests or lne
producers of the country, ITS farmers anu Us
Working 1ncn demand that the mines De OPEN
ed tOthC coinage OF the silver OF the mines
OF the United States, ana that congress 9loul,s
enact n aw levying "A tax on lmportatlohS OF
f,re;cn silver sufficient to fully protect Tie
products of our own mines.
EonrtL- we favor national ard state legls-
iatioH for the encCuTag nj OF irrigation
Fifth. We denOunce the present state az
,,inistratiOf. for is violation OF the laws ana
contempt of the courts. the corruption ana
tncon, DetPncv of its officials us gross ms
1pauagernent of the state institutions, ana
T,r tGr discrrdit ii has brought upon the
GOOD nnTue of the state. And We pledge the
Republican party and the nominees OF TINS
convention 10 a faithful and economical as
charge OF all official duties and TO a strlcC
observance and an honest enforcement OF the
Jaws and to obedience to The Mandates Oh Inc
courts. -.
sixth; To the maintenance of these princi-
ples we invite the support OF all patriotic
citizens.
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TWO HUSBANDS At DER GRAVE.

Trom tie Loloou TeiezaFa.
Since Lord Rose berry stepped into
Mr GladstOne's shoes stories ~ his col
!ege DAYS a, oxford and his maiden Fl
forts ia the political game have come
70 light and into print 10 FAR the new
prime minister S career has been filed
with more Il the practical Affairs Of
life than otherwise But one II chs an
eestors was the hero % = romance.
which. though not 20 be found IN The
PAGE Of Burke or D. brett. - youehed
for b. Chambers focz 81 Days
The noblelazn Wa Lord Dslmeuy. the
son of the second Ear II Kosebery-
who n the first half Of the IA: century
encountered il London a charming la
d. whom BE- p@rszsd.1 % marry him.
and = no accJunrs nieei MIN on taa~ on
the continent Tbs union. though j.
wa concealed from the relatives -
both bridegroom and bride. appears %
have falEiled che GENITAL conditions
% ulatriraony- and 20 have eguferree.
On KITTY Cannon aud her noble .oEd
both hz-mony and hsppiness-
Bat while still Ia tas h~sga. - ta-s-
welding bliss tie la1v vss s.rics.~a Or
q mortal Hines Whea zsssr-d ta2t
there MAS m chance q her recovery.
So asked Tor pen aad paPeT. AID ssrgts
the~s startling words 7 aEE tas vlts
a. TIE Rev NJ aougn- reet7r %
Thorpe, IL EsseL NJ sDzieen name
wa C. Cannoa. Ak ~ &ast request
= - - barred e ThoTp@ Lor4
DzL@e-T z-w2gk Egots4sss -. sa..xs
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ignorance OF TINS previous marriage.
and bitterly mourne3 his loss. lie de-
terIRined, however, IA carry out the
last wishes OF one he had loved 80 well,
and. having had the body embalmed.
contrived 10 convey il to England, as
Stunning the name Of Williams for the
purpose of his Journey.
At Colchester. where he landed. the
chest containing the remains was
! opened by ,se euStom-hOuSe officers,
| who suspected = case of smuggling.
The body was placed in the church.
and the young nobleman took his stand
beside it, so absorbed in grief that the
scene reminded an imaginative aud
sympathetic byStander of Romeo and
Juliet. Suspicion of foul play having
been aroused. Lord Dalmeny at length
explained the circumstances in which
he was placed. and the real
husband was sent for 10 identify
the remains. The meeting between
these two men is stated ~ have moved
sll who beheld il. of the two il is said
the second husband seemed most de-
sirOus To do honor 10 the deceased lie
had q splendid colin prepared for her
and attended the body Ia Thorpe.
where Mr.. Cough met him, and ths
burial service was performed with all
due sOlemnity.
kitty Cannon" SAYS the local mar
ratOr of the period, lis. believe. the
first woman in England that has had
two husbands To attend her 10 the
grave together Lord Dalmeny died
a few years later, in l5S5. in the thirty
first year of his age and unmarried.
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A roRrUX- IL R0BNAns.

From the -. Louis GLOBE democrat
In tbs little town of Los Guilicos,
tucked away among the mountains in
Sonoma county, Cal, ) queer charae-
ter of the name of James Rippey, who
has kept a halfway house and been
postmaster for the express company AZ
Los Guilicos for thirty years. This
man was one day one OF the lucxiest
and wealthiest mer in the mines
In the early fftieS Rippey was knock.
ing about san Francisco doing odd
Jobs. There was a great demand for
carpenters in the towns about that
time, and, possessing considerable me-
chanical ingenuity, Rippey concluded
to try his hand al house building. He
got hold OF few carpenters tools and
started out, He had no trouble in SCI
curing work, and was soon earning ten
dollars day laying plank sidewalks.
He lived extremely close, and in few
months he managed 20 lay up severa
hundred dollars
One morning Bippey read in a news
paper Of the arrival at san Francisco
of an English ship with cargo 81
miners tools and general hardware.
which was 10 be sold at auction on the
wharves lie concluded TO speculate
little, and he attended the auction sale
for several DAYS The pickaxes,
shovels, washpans, etc, were quickly
bought up by the hardware dealers
and spectators at prices that disconr'
aged Rippey from making bid
Finally several hundred pounds al
hob-nails-a short nail with large
head-were put up The spectators
didn't seem 10 want them. and the bid.
ding was low. Rippey thought he saw
his opportunity, and the bid of three
hundred pounds OF the nails, paying
for them six hundred dollars
When he had paid for tho nails he
had about four hundred dollars left.
With this money he bought two mules,
camp outfit and some provisicns.
Packing the nails and the other stuff
on one Of the mules, be started for ths
mountains
The SieTn- were alive with prospec-
tors, and at the end Of the first week
out Eippey rode into camn known az
YOU nun 10 ia 4 4&frE COUNTY fkAUBFE
Joined the camp and offered 70 bob
Rail the miners boots with Imported
naiis. For each nail he got bit
Twelve and one-haH cents.
Money was easier 20 get a, Gold Run
than shoes. and. as the nails protected
the soles Of their boots from the
gravel, the miners readily fell IN with
Rippey's plan. For a month &c rad all
the vorl, he could DO. and a. the end
OF that time he found that b. had ac-
cumulated gold dust 90 the amount ~
about two thousand dollars. lie still
bal more than two hundred pounds oe
nails, and, satisfied with the scheme
that he had adopted, be moved his cob-
bling outfit % another camp. where
the same prosperity attended him.
II was eight months before Klppey's
supply - nails played out A. they
grew scarce he increased bis price nn-
I'll during the last month. the miners
a. Placer Greek were tared four blta
(6ftY eeutsl each for hobnAils. Ia
eight months EipPsy cleaned ID YEA
ty-ave thousand dollars
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trust TO messenger boy and ne was
too busy to go after it himself
The man loaned the servant and his
friend gave him these instructions:
Now, John, 1 want you to go up to
my house and walk right up the front
steps. The door will be open and you
go right upstairs Ny room is at the
head of the stairs. You go in and you
will find big package on my dresser.
That's tho package l want, and, II you
get back IN III hour, viii give You a
dollar"
The male servant listened attentive
structions. He hustled out, and in less
than an hour returned with the pack
age.
He was not in very good shape.
His face was bruised and his coat
was torn. One Of his eyes was black
ened and the skin was off the knuckles
OF his right hand.
Great Caesar. john exclaimed his
employer. What have you been
doing?"'
Been IN a fight" replied John,
grimly.
''What were you fighting about?"
Fellow up at that mans house"
with whom?''
"Why," said John, in the most mat
ter-of-fact way, The didn't want me TO
walk up the front steps. They had just
been painted"
We'll, why did you walk up them,
them"
John looked reproachfully at his en-
ployer.
Didn't you tell me to go up the
front steps for that package?" he asked.
"Yes, but
They hain't no but about it You
told me to go up them front steps, and
l went up 'em, paint or no paint.
had to fight the coachman, but / went
up"
He seems to have given you pretty
hard fight" ventured the employer.
HUH shifted John, contemptuous-
ly, lit wasn't a patch on the one
the housekeeper and chmbermaid
gimme
The man began TO get alarmed. fs
DO you mean to say you fought
everybody in that house," he asked,
severely.
II dunno" replied John, gravely.
81 licked the coachman, and the house
keeper, and the cham bermaid, and the
cook. If there was any one else, l
didn't have no truck with them, but, !"
he added, triumphantly, Il got the
package and l done what was told,
and I'll 60 back and lick the rest of the
folks if YOU say sou
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most rare quality of perfect fidelity.
Would that men and women knew and
practiced this noble virtue in its native
simplicity. Who will claim perfect con-
stancy in his friendships? Where is the
scholar or the statesman without Just
enough diplomacy" TO smile. or give
quiet assent to unmerited criticism put
upon an absent friend? Who will not
ignore the homespun exterior and the
awkward manner of a really good man
to bow in gracious subservience TO a
boor Of fashion? Who would dare to
show his approval of true merit amid
the butterflies of society by SO much as a
simple, candid new? We might search
long in vain for this exponent of home
made virtue among the lords of creation
yet with our Jerry it was a born
quality. and he acted upon
it. Looking into the faces
Of his human associates, he selected has
friends, and toward them his fidelity was
a fixed quantity-.never waning, nCr
over demonstrative. What of the jeal-
ousies, the enmities and hollow preten-
sions of the human family if all adhered
to the simple rule of trust and constancy
so artlessly practiced by our feline fl lend:
What of the courts, of jailS and prisons
what of the misery incident to the I'M
holy desires and aspirations, if every
man was content to eat his daily ration,
and to retire to dreams void of the de-
ceits so common in the business ana
social world? It almost imposes the
query: Were 1T better to be faithful
cat, or deceitful, pompous man?
But Jerry is. permanently entombed.
II Is sad to record that he died at the
hands, or rather at the teeth and claws,
of an asSassin-a worthless, night prowl-
ing, stray dog. 1t was a sorrowful
ending of useful career, but like the
seeming untimely death of the good and
great of mankind, our mute friend, no
doubt, has a wider sphere in the great
hereafter-even the Nirvana of all good
cats. Here too is a parallel. On the
very night of his demise, the bloody
knife of an assassin drew the life blood
of gentle Carnot of France, 1.-THE King
Of shadows loves shining mark" but 1t
is cruel, unspeakably SO, that the MUIR
derer should delight in none but inno-
cent blood. Farewell Jerry: you have
fought no fight, but you have kept faith
with one whose delight it has been to
share with you the most juicy steak
one who Will cherish your virtues even
as you were faithful in friendship.
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from time to time: "Harder-rub hard
err" When the scrubbing was over
the emperor dressed himself. A Curl
Gus detail of his costume was the re-
ligious care with which he kept hung
round his neck the little leather en-
velope, shaped like heart, which con-
tanned the poison that was to iberate
him in case OF irretrievable reverses of
fortune This poison was prepared
after recipe that Cabanis had given
to Condorcet, and after the year 1908
the emperor never undertook a cam
paign without having his little packet
of pOison-
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DEBs BUCKS a BIG THING.

Debs has at last run the striking bust
ness up against the United States and he
viii be compelled to either back down
or whip the government. 1t has come
to square issue. Debs says he is run
ming only a boycott. A boycott is for
influencing people not to buy of some
storekeeper or to withhold patronage.
Its no boycott. He has asked the people
not to patronize the Pullman cars but
hls fight is against the railroads. Peo-
pie buy their Pullman tickets and take
their seats, whereby they become par
ties to contract, and Debs steps in and
annuls the contract by preventing the
railroads from carrying out their part of
1t. Instead Of boycotting the store he
locks 1t up and puts the key in his own
pocket. Debs Is forcing a fight between
the people and the government on one
side and The unions on the other. The
people have only a remote interest in
the Pullman car works, bu. very direct
one IN transportation and the mails as
Debs will find ont, and that very soon.