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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-23
AsSENr-MINDEo SENATORS.

John Sherman Often enable to Call tho
Names of His Friends.
There ia many a man who has felt
himself sggrieved that Senator John
Sherman was unable to remember him
or to call him by name. It is faculty,
says the Washington Times, the lack of
which seriously handicaps man IN
public life. Perhaps the great Ohioan
might have been president bat for the
isckrof it. But the fact of his for
getting mans name is no evidence in
John Sherman's case of his wanting in
esteem for the forgotten one.
In a recent speech he paused con-
fusedly when he wanted 20 refer to
something that had been said by Mr.
-Mr.-my neighbor on my left-the
senator from Massachusetts," Senator
Aldrich, sitting just behind him, sug-
gested Hoar. Sherman and Eoar have
been associated ID public lie for an in
definite number of years They are
friends and what may be termed init
mate acquaintsnces. The Sherman
and the Roar families are related. Yet
the senator from Ohio YVES made to
come out Of the absorption IN his sub
ject in which he was invested to call
the name Of Senator Hocr
1t is related as s-fect Of wealthy
old resident of a western town that he
wandered all over the town in fit of
profound abstraction one morning.
Some one stopped him to say: Good
morning. Mr. Hayden
The old fellow looked up excitedlv
and exclaimed: That. it. That's i'll
I've been trying to think of that name
all morning, andI couldn't sign check
at the bank"
Forgetfulness of names is not an IN
usual popularity among men, but 1t is
fatal lack in man who seeks popu-
larity with the masses of the people.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-23

.1ngton, on which his compliments were
written Accompanying the package
was an autograph letter in French OF
.Mavro3eni Bey, envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary of Tur-
key. He. expressed his personal COM
pliments and his official announcement
of the decoration through the husband
to the VIE. The document of the sui
tan officially comforting the decoration
is signed by himself and bis minister
of foreign affairs In three lines that
resemble three snakes and trail over
an entire page larger than legal cap
the official statement is rendered and
must be read backward. The sultan
and his minister sign their names in
splashes of gold IN signatures that re-
Esemble paddles. Tho decoration reats
in a maroon velvet box On the cover of
which is fastened the gold star and
crescent of the Ottoman empire. 1t is
primarily star of wine-colored enamel
with heavy back of gold, the star
points lined with gold. On top of the
center of the star is wheel Of gold ON
which is inscribed the monogram of
Turkey, surrounded by green wreath.
The spaces between the star points are
filed in by enameled green and ruby
wreaths backed by design Of rays of
gold. The points of the rays are COW
cred with diamonds. Above the star is
a breastpin of gold enameled star and
crescent, sWmounted by large bow
- IL, II
This is birs. Henfotin's second recogni
ton by foreign sovereign, and an In.
timat5on has been conveyed her by
third foreign country that she will be
decorated by It.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-23

n1rrsery- books, which represented this
nountain-eop covered with green grass.
and Noah stepping out of the ark, in
the bright warm sunshine. before the
receding waves; and now we looked
Ground and saw this very spot covered
with perpetual soov. Nor did we see any
evidence wbatevsr'of former existing
crater. except perhaps the saow-hlied
depressions we have tust mentioned
There was nothing about this perpee-
ual snow-feld. and the freezing At
mosphere that was chilling Is 20 tbs
bono, TO remind Us that We were on the
top Of an extinct volcano that once
trernbled with the coRvulKions Of sub
terrarean heat.
1.-THE view from this towering height
was inmcasursbiE extensive snd al
most too grand All detail was Lost
all color, all outline; even the sur
rounding mountains seemed % be but
excrescent ridges of the plain Then.
too. we would catch occasional giimpses,
as the clouds shifted 20 aud fro. At
one time they opened up beneath "a
and revealed the Aras valley with It's
giittering ribbon Of silver a. sn s6ys-
nal depth below. Now and then We
could descry the black voicaDio peaks
o; AL Chez forty miles AWAY 70 the
northwest. and on tbe southwest tas
low mountains that obscured the town
of Bayazid- OF the Caucasus, the
mountains about Erzerur5 OF the west,
a-.d ala Van o-. Tie sOz.h ard aveu a.
the Caspian Sea. al O. which arc ssid
20 be IN Arzrat's horizon we could see
absolutely nothing"
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legislature that ever met IN Kansas.
When the war broke cut he went 70
Leavenworth and enlisted as private
in the Seventh Kansas cavalry. de
was made sergeant soon after. and in
August lse2, he was appointed com
misSary Of suhsistenoe by President
Lincoln ON tho Recommendation Of vica
President Hamlin, whom he had known
IN Maine He was ordered Go report 10
Gen Grant at Corinth, and took charge
OF the stores ct Forts Henry, Hsinan
and Donslson-
In January, 1874. he was sent to
Clarksviile, Tenn, where he made par
ehases of -four snd beef for Sherrnan's
army. On October 30. 1894. he was pro-
NOTED and mustered out Of the service
with The rank Of major By breves, for
raoritozious conduct. Maj Morrill, be-
gan his business career anew In = gen
eral store, and IN 1874 he esta blished =
bank, which he Is still operating. He
was clerk Of the district court for sew
ersl terms, and in 1874 vas elected 10.
the state senate where be served two
terms. In 1852 he was elected one OF
the four concressrnen a. large. After
the reapportionment he was three
tines elected 70 congress from the First
district, and in 1890 refused a renoui-
nation, deciding to retire from public
life
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ne puts his head forward as near the
witness as he can get it and begins the
battle. He never loses his temper and
never raises his voice. de always let's
the witness take his own course first,
and it is several minutes before he asks
a question in which he is really inter
ested. II the answer is unsatisfactory
he immediately drops the subject lets
the witness wander away for a little
while and finally brings him gently
back to the same question Again and
again he will do this, and the circles
continually narrow until the witness
cannot stir and must either answer the
question or fatty refuse it. The truth
usually comes out either way.
Mr.. Choate used TO be great after
dinner speaker, but lately has aban-
doned that diverting pastime. He was
afraid of acquiring the reputation of a
wit. One of his best speeches was at
one of the New England societys din
ners. he said he was tired of this
eternal chatter about the heroism of
the pilgrim fathers. It was high time
the pilgrim mothers had show. True
enough, the pilgrim fathers had to en-
dure much that was diSagreeable, but
their burden was nothing to that borne
by those unhappy mothers For they,
in addition to the snow-boupd wilder
ness, the bloodthirsty Injuns, the cruel
winter and the wasting fsver-they
had 70 stand the pilgrim fathers also,
compared with which eli other discom-
forts sank into insigniAcanee.
Mr.. Choate passes the summer IN a
beautiful house that was erected for
him in 1855, by Sanford White, IN the
village of Stockbridge. in the famous
Berkshire hills, in the western part
of Massachusetts, Stoclbridge is Eve
miles south of Lenox There are fewer
people and less excitement there than
in Lenox, and for that reason he select
ed that place IN preference 10 the lat
ter, so as to get away from people and
not continue the winter life all through
the summer. Besides, he considers
Stockbridge the prettiest village in
New England. he does not come 20
New York for three months AS he
modestly says: THE courts are closed
during the summer months. and / am
no longer Of any use IA our Office"
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Tue men themselves are peyord wash
| ing. They look dirty, and no woman
will ever vote for them after having
seen them When the woman suffrage
comes, they 90, and that's al there is
about it.
Now let us consider their probable
successors What sort of man is most
, successful with women? The handsome
man is evidently in the foremost rank.
, Of course / do not mean the really
handsome man, but the one whom
women, for the season, have decided to
call handsome. Such do not always
conform to any recognized type of
beauty Take DIR. Talmage, for in
stance who is such a good fellow and
so well liked by women. am told that
the ladies of his congregation are
unit as to his beauty, and yet it is pos
sible that artists might disagree on
this subject, If there were enough OF
them IN the discussion. / do not say
that it is likely, but it is just barely
possible.
We will grant. then, that the wom-
ems candidate, If chosen from the other
sex, must be blessed with personal
beauty, according to our definition of
it. He must also be identified with
something emotional don't care just
what it is, but by preference it should
be something calculated to make peo-
pie cry. Our present rulers make the
angels weep, no doubt, but a woman
who has walked two city blocks and
~ clx ,,-f
not shed tears; she takes the skirt to a
cleansing establishment which proba-
bly, pays twenty-five dollars a month
to the district foreman of the
street cleaning department as mat
ter of business. The emotions which
she experiences are not those
which she enjoys at the Saturday
matiRees, and she does not feel SO
kindly toward the district foreman,
aforesaid, as she does toward Dir. Cur
ley Bellows, whe takes the leading
part in the nelodrama. And just as
surely IS women get the ballot will
Mr.. Bellows and his Like turn down
Mrs Plug Ugly in the matter Of in
huence. say frankly that It Will be q
good thing. Mr.. Bellows is at least
physically clean, and he certainly
knows more than Mr.. Ugly, for he has
g. faint idea about his own business
There is popular delusion that a ward
heeler is at least good heller if he
isn't good for anything else. The fact
IS that they are failures aH along the
line. Almost any decent man could be
heeler if he would put his mind to
it. look to see Mr.. Bellows and his
kind occupying the graceful and orna-
mental positions under the new regime
when they take public Office. When
they are simply members of the or
ganization, they will exert influence
in the most charming manner.
They viii not, however, fill the high
Offices l believe that, as a rule, the
most exalted places will be6lled by old
men. Mr.. Bellows may be more ar
dently,9but he is not so generally, ad-
mired as a white-bearded Odd fraud
who is, after all, the true idol Of wonn-
an. Sometimes he is a fraud becanse
he looks as if he knew something when
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-23
GOOD ALL AROUND
Some Characteristics Of Joseph
Choete, Of New York
The Talented and Witty Lawyer Selected
TO Preside Over the Deliberations of
the Empire States Constitr-
tioral Convention.

Joseph Choate, recently selected To
presiC:e over the Deliberations Of the
New York C constitutional convention,
is one of the most interesting members
of the New York bar. Among general
barristers he holds the ranking posi-
ton He is good in all departments OF
practice, good before the courts in cold
dissections OF the law, good at exam
nation and good before jury. En-
tirely wanting in enthusiasm, he still
produces startling effects, principally
by the skillful use OF certain quality
OF intellectual sarcasm which he pos
sesses in marked degree.
Sometimes, when in a desperately
wicked hunor, he tell this story at
Senator Evarts' expense: he was try
ing case involving immense financial
transactions and felt unwilling tc
leave his clients fate TO his own I'm,
aided Judgment. So he brought Afr.
Evarts into court with him. The sen.
ator never spoke aloud at all, but his
whispered suggestions were invalua-
BILE. When the case was over one Of
the young men attached to their Office
asked jurynan what he thought OF
Mr.. Evarts.
who's hep" asked the juror.
"Great heavensI' cried the young
man, don't you know William N.
Evarts?'
'Dunno's do" hopelessly responded
the juror.
The clerk gave gasp Of amazement.
There he is he said, talking to Mr..
Beach"
''Oh, him? Fim with the long nose?
Don't think mach O. him. The only
thing he said was L object and hanged
If couldn't have said that much"
Mr.. Choate is famous as a cross-ex-
aJniner. Ills manner is invariably
quiet. He rises and advances to the
railing as near the witnesses as posi-
BILE. His splendid physique always
makes an impression. He has a great
frame, large, intelligent face. He
has brown nair and light-brown eyes;
his forehead is broad. but not very
high; he wears little side whiskers.
When he gets to the railing he spreads
out his ample form over it and large
part of the, adjacent territory. Then
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no more about It till the bell rings for
the next ft. Some of Us know better.
The constitutional convention in New
York gave Us very valuable tip. Be-
fore this BODY, the case Of Woman with
q capital W was presented in the same
old way to which we have become &C.
customed. But the chorus, this time,
Is different. Not a woman can be
found who is satisfied with what was
said before the convention in favor OF
the cause. No two agree as to what
was the matter with it; and that's the
hopeful. sign. So long as the little
band of suffragists were at peace with
one another, they were justly held to
be freaks, and not truly representative
of the Sex. But now they shout: ''0h,
will you look at that argument 1t is
bhort-waisted behind and It's skirt
hangs below its dress" That's bust
ness. Woman has now certainly taken
this question up, and we shall have no
peace in our lives until we yield, and
very little afterward.
1t behooves us, then. to consider
whether we shall lose or gain By the
change. and how much. In the small
towns there will, probably, be no no
ticeable difference. The rural districts,
ss to their local affairs, are already
governed by women. It is true that
the men meet once year and eject to-
bacco juice upon the floor Of the town
hall. They imagine that they are ex-
ercising political powers, but in reality
they are mending n few roads and
patching up the roof Of the school
house. There is no government, strict
by speaking, in the country except in
the churches, which are controlled by
women. II Is rare TO find a town meet
ing which breeds bitterness of spirit,
sor scandal, or the various forms of eff
fective oppression, and without these
there can be no politics.
It is in the cities that we may look
for change, and in those communities
which are sufficiently under city inhu-
Ieuce to have their bosses. The govern
1nents of large cities are now entirely
personal. We have q certain number
of kings whose individual characteris-
istics are exactly reflected in their
reigns. The reigning monarchs of
New York, for instance, have not
rbathed, in many generations, with that
regularity which is supposed to char
acteriseta good dog.
These are cold facts and perfectly
well known. Now, am no enthusiast
in the matter of women's Judgment of
character. 1 have always been favor
ite with the sex, myself, but 1 have
known other good men who were
scantily appreciated And yet I de-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-23

Flare that the women viii do better
than we have done. l have considered
our rulers as TO their cleanliness, their
department and their personal appear
nnce; and / believe that there are
enough OF ladies, rich and poor, in New.
York city, to defeat the gang on these
issues alone. No good housekeeper
viii visit city hall and afterwards vote
for the men who have had it in charge.
As to the present kings, you may say
that they viii change their habits; that
they will be clean If they End that it
pays. l would reply that that viii
transcend even their ingenuity. They
may use little more benzine on their
expensive clothes, but it viii not avail.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-23
The ORIGIN of ..ExoeIsior. =

The origin Of the word excelsior. =
as applied TO wood shavings TO stuff
furniture, must have puzzled many
people In 1850 the representative of a
factory II Maine. where this material
was first made. showed samples Of it "a
Manning, Glover s. Co, dealers in bed
ding and upholstery supplies in Bos-
ton. \ member of the firm. becoming
impressed with the possible vaiue Of
the article. asked what II was called
1t had no name heevsuing previous.
Mr.. Glover. having attended concert
where he had heard Longtellov's
poem. Excelsior, recited far the first
time. exclaimed I'VE viii call il ex.
ceisior,7 and by that name IL has beer
known ever since Excelsior was first
made Of poplar and during the wal
sold as high as one hundred and t-en-
e dollars a ton Now ali KINDS % soft
wood are CT; I'D into this material.
which i selling a. nfteen dollars ton-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-23
ON AHRRAr SUMMIT.
Nothing Bur Snow Covers the Peak whsrs
tho AYR Was Moored.

Nothing Bur Snow Covers the Peak whsrs
the AK Wss Noored.
Mount AraTat has two tops, few
hundred yards apart, slopins on the
eastern and western extremities, into
rather prominent sbutments, and sep
srated by snow valley. or depression,
from 30 to Too feet in depth" Thus,
in Century. writes AessEs- Allen and
Sachtlebon, the two young Americans
who msde q bicycle tour round the
world
The eastern top. ON which we were
standing, was quite extensive, and
30 to 10 feet lower than its western
neighbor. Both tops are hummooks on
the huge dome of AraEat, like the
humps on the back of camel, on Meth
er one of which there is vestige of
anything but snow.
There remains just as little trace of
the crosses left by Parrot and Chodzlco
rs of the ark itself. We remembered
the pictures We had seen in our
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-23
The Retort Courfnnn..

A lady who has attained considera be
is much given 10 Dragging and was
going far beyond any previous effort.
The neighbor seemed TO be taking it all
in seriously, but You can never tell
much about a woman. Finally Mrs.
Swell said: 20. Mrs. Cool, you have
such a pretty little home, You ought
to be very proud Of your home. Why,
/ can remember when l didn't have
much better than this myself Mrs
Cool responded: Yes; / think it was
when you worked in my sunt's kitchen =
The call was pereeptibly shortened
indianapolis Sentinel
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~u Va. III, o.. p.e.rr.

The Britl=h war Office - considering
9 proposition that ali soldiers should be
Instructed u the elements Of anatomy
and phrsiolo-y IN orsier that they
might be ssie Iu.r,edlstsly 10 sop The
fosv q blood from . leading artc-y.
The p-opo-er q itae ssh~Eae also Ofe-s
the unpleasant suggestion that every
soldier should have ths Leading arteries
mapped eSt On his boey b. dotted lines
tAe<ooeo II I-6lz Ink
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-23

OF The !. Sc. ess. 80 % the sarsh's tn
sabi,ast< ths emperor % cbfns bod .
sway 0res >esssS9.eos. sAs Queen o.
Engis1i rzles or protests 30. GO. 90.
the ear Of H2ss4a e dictator 20 Us =.
90. ee4. FraEes. IN the yevxbitc. do
psn1@ssss. and spheres Of ic5neEee.
las so.sss.so1 sah5se:.s the emperor os
Germany. ss.sos go. tee salsan %
TTksy, ~ Sc so The emperor of i,
pas. - % &C. saA tas king a Spain.
= 60 .oSo-t-S,hirs. II ihs p,ovols.soz
CT tAe g.sbs sne<S tks goyerzsosns CT
Svs -useva
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-23
BOTTLE FOR POISON.

No One Ought to Make n Mistnke II Ihi,
Comes In Use.
Accidental poisoning cases arc likely
to decrease very materially II the i'm
genious poison bottle invented by a
Jamaica Plains man catches the public
fancy.
1t is Of blue glass, IN ordsr that the
contents may better resist being af
fected by light, and it rs nodded int
the shape of skull with the -cross
bones underneath. The word poison
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-23
Had Ne, Before.

Mr. McSwst had risen unusually
carly and as he opened his kitchen
door 20 see how a sunrise looked he en-.
countered the milkman.
"HelloF' he said Haven't ! ssen
you somewhere beforeY'
"Yes. cir" replied the milicman, fll'
ing the crock on the step from his can.
II initiated you night before last tnt7
the Royal Order OF the Mobiles Of the
Ancient Mystery. ImAtbe Majestic
Generslissimo. ysu know. Fine morn.
ing, isn't it2"-Chicago Tribune
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-23

Queer what strasgs tainys peopis
will 90 when excited SOW there was
Miss Prospect az the Regent FIRE. shs
lef: all her jewels On her dressing tzsis
and walked down. stairs with the empty
jewel e.ss tightly el4sp.d IN her arms .
That vas queer. Vas her loas very
greztT'
Il should raT :, vsz She had ihs
fines. collection % engagement rsngt
G. Suy y.si IA town. - Brooklya Life
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Is placed IN raised letters on the fore
head, and at the base of the skull 9
space has been left for the red label
that tells the nature OF the drug. The
hollow eye sockets, the jawbones and
the teeth would tell its purpose TO g
blind man; and ghastly as it may seem
TO those who are blessed with sight, Il
is better 70 be frightened than 20 die.
That, at least, is the philosophy Of the
inventor, and he is not druggist OF
doctor. oy the way. but a plain, every
day jobber IN boots and shoes
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-23
xhez Baby rax SICK, We gave her Ca3n.-
when she was Child, shs cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung TO C.srnria-
~hen she hsS. Children, she gavs them Caste-ia
THE SULTAN'S TRIBUTE.
Decoration Presented to . Chicago Woman
by rurksy's Ruler.

OoCcTatton Presented 20 SltcS$o W oAthn
by Turi1sy's Ruler.
The decoration of the sultan of Tur-
key for Mrs Charles Henrotin, OF Chi
cago, was delivered at the Office of Mr..
Henrotin, the consul general of Bel
GUM, in the Chicago Stock Exchange
building the other day. The decora-
ton is of the order Of Chefakat, the
second highest of Turkey, and Mrs.
Henrotin is the first resident of the
United States of either sex to receive
it The honor was conferred because
OF her services to Turkey as vice presi-
dent of the weman's branch of the
worlds congress auxiliary of the Co
lumbar exposition. ''Chefakat" means,
literally, ''The Order of the Good"
Inside the package was the card of N.
Norighian Enendi, first secretary of
the Imperial Ottoman legation at Wash
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Edmund n. MORRILL,
aonsnztsd fo- Governor BY tn. EspzbIIs
ana % kAnssA

zns % ksnssA
MAJ Edn1nA y. Morrill, q Fla
wstha. republican candidate for gov
-eYnor Ct Eanzzs, has been prominent
IL public sSzirs II Kansas fer rscre
than thirty years Re IL Gle q tie
few rich men IN the state. and has a.
wsys bee7 szece<sful n his business
ventures The republicans claim Tat
populist supremacy has injured TIA
e-eds; q the state IN the eastern money
cx1ters and fhs. the election CT 80 sao-
essstal business nan IS MAJ Morrill,
will have the eject a restoring tsai
Confidence.
L Ma-rsI uas- tsy-a II xaf-s. Feb
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A strategic nsth.r.

Mrs Yerger-Tommy, DO yeu want
seine nice peach jsR7
Tommy-Yes, ma.
II was going 20 give you sons 20 Pus
on your bread, but I've lost the key %
the pantry"
'.You don't need the key, ma. can
reach down through the transouz and
open "a. door from the inside"
That's what / wanted 20 know.
Just wait uatl yeur father CONES
home. Alex Sweet, IN TEXAS SjftiHg-