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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-18

throughout the country py barnes OF
local chip redeemers. To take one
town only, say Buffalo. Six poker
players have game on an evening to
be selected. Each man has two dollars
in the pot and it takes five dollars to
open. There being S12 in the game to
start with. it follows that Were four
only to stay in at the opening there
would be S32 TO win at the very lowest
Nor need it be pointed out to tyro in
the game that endless contingencies
might arise in which the pot would
much exceed that sum. However. let
It go, as they say on Coney island, at
&32.
Now under the terms of the com
pact as arranged, poker players all
over the union would have united in
these little games. The winner of each
does not, however, pocket his earnings.
The $32 in every case is reserved for a
grand fund made up by the hundred
odd games so played throughout the
country. That would make $4,000 in
all. The winning hundred would
meet in convention and arrange for
new set of winners. Twenty games Of
five players each would be organized.
Each man must put up So to jack pot
as before, with S. to open. The limit,
1t should be stated, is s. all the way,
through this series of game.
Wen, then, there would be $40 pot
in every instance and twenty of them
ut that. Three men on an average
stay in the game when the jack pot is
opened. That would give twenty SOS
pots or $500 more to add to the original
sum Of 3d. 200.
The twenty men who come out Of
this second ordeal as winners now form
another series Of FIVE games of four
leach Needless to say there
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-18

rings over the field as the man who
cuts +he last one.waves it triumphantly
above his head and bears it towards
the waiting wagons.
It has a place Of honor at the top OF
the load, and amid cheering and sing
ing the procession forms. First in line
is the one loaded wagon stuck all over
with flags. and behind it gather the
empty cane carts. They are not empty
long, however, for men, women and
children climb in pell neil and the pro
cession moves towards the sugar mill a
mile or two distant.
The three or four mules to each wag-
on are decked with gay rosettes and
flags fastened in the harness
Flags adorn the fronts Of all the carts,
and two or three large banners in each
are borne by the proud darby, Malay
or white man who is able TO secure the
distinction of coior-bearer.
The line looks quite imposing as It
moves. In the leaders cart are the men
who have been presented with the ban
ners which the ladies of the plantation
have made.
They are as gay as yards Of tricol-
ored flannel, ribbons, tinsel devices and
rosettes can make them. and proud in
- are the darl1ies 10 whom they are
presented. Besides the hundreds Of
United States flags provided by the
planter, there are some Of other ma
Mons, and the marvellous creations Of
patchwork with long streamers manu-
faotured by the negro women OF the
place.
Added to the roise Of singers and
shouters Is that of the mill whistles:
Tor as the mill gives its signal shrek
that the last load of cane is approach
Ing, other mills within hearing ioin in
with whistles Of congratulation The
plantation bell for that one day Is in
the hands of the people and clangs
loudly without intermission until
nightfau
At the sugar house speeches are in
dulged in; the tamest orator in exis-
tence is cheered 20 the echo upon such
occasions ToaSts are drunk in every
variety OF whisky but the best. The
whole population Of the quarters
turns out and climbs into the wagon.
.Ihen the procession files around the
planters home where all the family
are expected - present themselves on
the balcony, and receive their portion
of the cheers.
Addresses are made TO the planter,
who responds 20 the honor. for If there
Is anything dear 70 the heart q a
harky II Is speechmaliu-. II tie
planter has any male relatives present
they also come IN for their ful. share
Of negro orator..
The planter Is usually hoisted upon
the shoulders Of the joyous crowd.
sfter which. he dispenses money for
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-18

A London lawyer. now pToInineu. IL
his profession IL his yauth was mid
si5iP=asn- IN this capacity Ne was lsf,
IN. charge % the ship, as shs ls- os a
Spanish port, al MS supe-iors being On
shore some q the sailors begred %
20 ashore. and be let them. or IRE
promise That they v01Id bring hi-n
back some oranges. One q them dis
appeared. and the r8jdsaip1as1 Esfe-ed
consequently for u M0re tk@s twenty
years aftcrTvard the ex-nidsAlpz-zA3
was looking n shop window ~ tie
Strand, when be seemed - know re
face q q weather-beAten man. who
was doing the Hazn> tang. SsdeeliT
he remembered. and PIT his hand On
the others shoulder. r nn-a. be
szsi3. you have ben lorg tine ss-sr
tho~e oTHuges- The ssIlcT recognized
HIN. iu turR. .-resv uElfe and toc< -
L :. h-eIs
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domain of jack pots that has never
been explored. Consider, too, the end
less variety of which the scheme is
susceptible. The original e OF each
player may be made $40, sum which
would seem bagatelle TO legions OF
players since the final pot would there
by equal $40, 900 and the cost of being
competitor in the final game would,not
exceed 500. As all Americans know,
many man has dropped" 5000 in
one game of poker.
1T is glorious, glorious" exclaimed
Bernhard Gilman, whose genius as
cartoonist does not prompt him TO de-
spise the delights of poker. when
such a scheme as that is put in opera
ton, as it surely VIII be, we may ex-
pect such wave Of popular enthusiasm
for poker as viii cause it to become the
game of games. The idea is SO simple,
yet so grand, that one wonders it has
never occurred to anybody before But
that is the way with all truly great in
gentions. Their simplicity is their main
characteristic"
rs poker still worthy Of being styled
our national game?" the eminent car
toonist was asked.
Undoubtedly The fact tbatits great
simplicity does not involve any intrica-
cy in play, and the Quiet proceedings
OF its devotees, have not caused it to
figure very much as d factor in public
discussion. Yet how much we owe 10
the game after all! Without poker
there would have been no Bret Harte.
1t was poker that inspired those i'm
mortal lines beginning:
Which they had small game
And All Sin took . hand
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-18

= doctor related the following p g
friend after visiting a widowed neigh
my hand on 2 cushion and said: " ID
ow. this Is the incest. sottest place
ever had my hand on n II my life.
Looking beucvols-tly a. me, and 81 The
same tiIne flushing up a little said, Il
melting aud winning tones; 'Doctc-.
give ne your hand. and III put i or q
much softer place IN moment Z
rapture. 7 consented. and taking M
hand. she gently, very gently Tl1.
and quietly, laid II on ny head. and
burst into q laugh that's ringing ID NJ
sEs nj
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-18
THE FINAL BOUT.

Then we have the poker story. Our
congressman and actors owe their
greatest fame to the narrative power
with which they relate poker expe-
riences. Yes" concluded the artist,
refectively, Il think this new idea
will make history. 1t will cause al
most poker craze. Then, too, admis-
sien could be charged to see these
games The public would flock to wit
ness such play, especially for jack
pot of thousands of dollars. The gate
receipts would pay expenses"
1t is among actors that the tcurna-
ment to come arouses most interest.
You can bet your life," declared
that famous theatrical manager,
Charles -Frohman. when the. matter
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-18
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL,

The desite to please God is n con-
tinual prayer.-John Wesley.
Slowly modern education Is rccog-
nizing that its subject is not learning,
but the learner.-Mary +. LANG.
The man who has begun TO live
more seriously within, begins to live
more simply without.-BishOp Brooks.
South Carolina names its normal
and industrial college after. Robert c.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-18
WILL WEAR CHECKS
OF Fresh Fan Fabrics and a Flying
Trip to Town.
Checks, Plaids and Golfing-The Outing
Season to Last Until November I This
Year-Crepon Waists and
Driving Gowns.
COPYRIGHT. lsI.l

On the wing, merely--no one at this;
season confeSses being in New York
save for fitting, curious pause before.
fresh flights 10 further fields. But how:
pleasant it all Isl
On Broadway and Fifth avenue q
diminished throng of democratic prom
enaders. Scarcely one woman in ten is
smartly dressed enough to win the
s've city welcome look OF envy. And of.
faces some are pale with the summer
heat, which is scarcely past, and some
inlaid or enaIneIed IN garish paints
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-18

Winthrop, Massachusetts leading citi-
zen.
The mission Of the English Church
society in Ceylon has 2.797 singhalese
and Tamil communicates, and S,O05 ad-
hereuts.
The Woman's Missionary society,
OF the Methodist church. has 2,O5s aux
illaries. with 39,fsl members, and LIS
young peoples and juvenile societies,
with .. 900 members. total Of 6s-2g7.
BY the will Of the late J. c. VIII
medring, Of San Francisco, provision Is
made for founding a school Of indus
trial arts in connection with the state
university OF California, % cost $780,
COO
Young Munney-Ah' fair one, ~
mine, 7 viii give up wealth, fame, pO-
sition, yea. even family, fo- you
Miss Pretty Shopgirl-Well. Henry,
II you still Insist suppose must say
yes; but ! won't be hard upon you,
dear; you need give mp only the last
Boston Courier.
All tests iisvc shown che superiority %
DR.. Prices Baking Powder 70 isaveuiug
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groes and whites participate; the ladies
Of the plantation show their interest
by making banners and the negro
women fashion strange patterned flags
to be carried in the procession Of cane
wagons when the great Gay arrives
On one of these bright. sunny winter
Bays which are so common ia the south,
one NAV see the hands" working
brisklv in the almost bare fields at the
last acre of standing sugar cane
The wide, fat knives glitter in and
out of the rustling green tops There
Is a CLEAN of bright metal down the
stalks, a quick stroke near the ground
and the pliers lift the clean, blush
colored stalks in heaps ready for the
leaders to toss IN great armfuls to the
men in the carts.
Sugar cane is very heavy, and 1t re-
uuires a great deal Of muscle, and won
derful precision of movement, for the
leaders to throw big arInfuls Of cane
into the hands of the men who are
waiting 20 receive it in the big cane
carts. The cracking of cane stalks
and the soft, rushing sound Of falling
tops serve asan accompaniment TO the
chanting Of negro songs, such as: 4
am reelin' an a rocllin'. An ships
Bolong," sung in tune to the swaying
motions Of the body as the cutter or
loader bends aad rises with a rhythmic
movement at his work.
At last only little cane IS left. The
cutters lag while making a great show.
of haste, each man and woman trying
to deceive the other.
The overseer is looking on, but kindly,
and the cane must be cut.
The ''hands" ere eager and excited. ,
One by one the stalks fall, and shout
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-18

The Island % 1szsA,;an. ~hich
sas purchased ~ he Dutch for zboas
tsenig'- f0uE dollar Wa szrrcnG~r-l
- The EnEissh u lssS A; thSs tlaas
Se1 YORK city lad Bot "a people.
foost q t4ea sl-sAxisz ;se Da:ch
lA1gGaze- Latll To- rerointie1 SEE
fors va- rot - lATys sy~a a. isos-
:on. Fhsiz1-l PIMA ~hleA s-as started
later thaz the ofhrT trasi'sF -sfs~a.
grew tssser saa s~e@Ene tar Sr-zsess
q al tie es.s-. IA tae sr.ss -.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-18
A Cnse of urs.

Mr.. Oldbeau-My hair is certainly
turning gray.
Miss Travers (antably)-Oh. no, NJ.
0ldbeau. On the contrary, since I've
known you I'm quite sure it's been
turning black.-Chicago Record,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-18
Another Brute

Wife-I'd just like to know where
these contemplate joizers get their
ideas Of mothers-in-law.
Husband-Um-I don't know. Per-
haps they used to be divoTce-court re-
porters.-N. I Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-18

A single trial of DR. Prices Baking Pow
der VIII show that In real merit it sur
passes all others. For economic and
bygleuic reasons alike, inferior powders
should be avoided.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-18

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-18
FUN IN THE CANE
Their Rolling Season" Which Cor
responds to Northern Harvest.
Scenes in the Sugar Fields-Ins Professions,
with Flags and Banners Flying, They
Celebrate the Cutting of the
Last Stalk Of Cane.
COPYRIGHT, 1891

HE close OF the
so-called ''roll-
ing season" in
the so ern
sugar regions is
made an occa-
sion of great feS
tivitv'by customs
which,, though
slowly dying
out, are'stin OBJ
served upon the
cutting OF the
last stalk of
cane. Both ne
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-18

All tests H.svc shown thr superiority o.
DR.. Prices Baking Powder 10 isAveuiug
strength and purity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-18
a Sailors Grip With His Toes.

We are not yet so degenerate from
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-18

You can obtain PsskoIa Of any good
druggist, and a free pamphlet will be
mailed by the Pre-digested Food Co., 80
Reade Street, New York.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-18

" HUI V--F LlslN q ; ILll-A 3 e---lo
And All Sin took 2 hand.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-01
An orninou. silence.

We have been waiting patiently for re-
ports OF great meetings in favor of Pro-
lessor wilson's tarifflill. Ifhe has been
lifting the burdens off the poor mans
back and making the toiler's sing for
JOY, the poor man and the toiler will
naturally assemble and meet together
and show their gratitude to Professor
Wilson and demand in speaking.trumpet
tones that the bill be passed. We hear
OF doubtless misguided workingmen pro.
testing against the passage, but where
are the voices that should be raised in
its favori It must be sad disappoint.
meut to the professor. He must have
expected that waiting millions would
rise up and call hin blessed for free coal,
free iron. free wsoi, free salt, and free
lumber. They don't rise except to re,
mark that they don't approve these
freedoms. Where are the choruses ofre,
joicing manufacturers celebrating the
great foreign trade that the professor is
going to open for them? Where are the
farmers with Eaunt knees bowed by Nc
Kinley's atrocious elimination? Why
are they not seen dancing saraband Of
praise in honor OF Professor Wilson
their benefactor1
Why are they silent still and silent all
the men and, women to alleviate whose
burdens Professor Wilson has construct
cd hia celebrated deficiency bill?-[NeW
York San (Dem.)
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-01

The Hon. Tom Johnson OF Ohio, rat
tied away at the tariff bill with his usual
speed and frankness recently and he said
things that were strictly true and very
unpIeasan. for the managers of the VII.
son bill. Here il a passage, for example,
that il Tom Tohnsonisn paraphras Of
the democratic tariff platform:
1--WE of the democratic party went be.
fore the country in 1892 asserting that
the existing tariff was Wrongin principle
and unjust in operation, declaring the
policy Of projections fraud and robbery.
charging it with creating trusts, sitting
commerce, throttling industry. causing
enforced idleness, lssseniug wages, inn
poverishing labor and creating a few
Inoustrous fortunes, and pledging our
selves to abolish it II the American PEG.
pie gave US authority.
They did give us authority; and-then
-our haste to repeal oppressive taxes
subsidized, and instead of flying at the
throat Of protected baryns and robber
trusts. the great democratic party be
gan, az 1t were, to wag It's tail and look
for crumbs"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-01

THE banks, or most of them, are COM
PEELED to decline to receive money on
deposit on interest bearing certificates
for shorter time than one year, and
then only because there is an i'll defined
belief that there will be a change In d
nancial, industrial and agricultural
conditions within that time. With
plenty of idle cash on hand-most of it
deposited. With approved reseryeagehts
in the cities to guard against the risks of
keeping it in vault-the country banks
cannot afford to pay interest. And there
is as much dissatisfaction expressed by
those borrowing surplus Of cash be-
cause OF this necessary change of policy
as by those who want to borrow and
cannot, because of the distrustful feeling
in securities offered. II only those hay-
ing the money to loan could find safe
investments in the paper OF those who
want to borrow, the banks would be
relieved Of vast amount OF criticism
which is piled upon them because they
feel compelled to be conservative and
cautious. The banks are not to blame
they are suffering more from hard times
than any institution Of equal capital in
the country, unless it be manufacturers
who are in suspense awaiting congress
sional action upon the tariff.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-01
SCORES HIS PARTY.

The tariff being under discussion in the
house, Mr.. Sibley (Dem.. Pa addressed
the committee and created much mirth
in the house and gallery. Mr.. Sibley
said he was not an ardent admirer OF the
Wilson bill. but he thought it probably
as good as could be concocted by one
college professor and fifteen lawyers
Laughter.] He said that when he stood
in the house on the 18th of August last,
and voted with the minority against the
repeal of the silver bill, the gentleman
whose name the present bill bore, pre-
dictsd the dawn Of new ga Of prospect
ty. But nothing followed the passage
of the repeal bill but paupers, poverty
and ruin. He made bad mistake in4his
diagnosis. He again predicts that the
sun of prosperity would rise on the cOun-
try when the pending tariff bill was
passed. If the gentleman from West Viz.
Einia would lift the lid and look down TO
the bottom Of hell it would look bright
to him. CLaughter.l He announced his
willingness to give his voice and vote for
a revenue bill, but the present bill was a
hybrid-a cross between the highest pro-
lection and the rankest free trade-and,
like all hybrids, possessed all the vices OF
both parents without the virtues of
either. The present bill would cause q
deficit Of SIS, ooo, 900 year. AZ want
to know what you are going to do to
make up that de6cit?" said Mr.. Sibley.
He criticised very severely the action OF
Secretary Carlisle in issuing bonds to
make good the existing deficit, and he
declared that the American people were
bondsmen until those bonds were all
paid. And he did not consider that loan
temporary one, but year after year, he
said. there would be steadily inceasing
national debt. He.saw no reason to ex.
pest the contrary until the tariff was ar.
ranged to provide the necessary revenue.
He read extensively from Jefferson and
managed to make the words ofthe father
of democracy fit his own views more or
less snugly. He said that the feast day
Of st. Andrew Jackson was celebrated
this month, and he has listened attentive.
ly for all oratorical euioEies on the crest
Andrew jackson and the immortal JET.
ferson, but all he heard was the voice Of
the Cuckoo" Great laughter and
applause. -.~.-~
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-01


- short time since the cow was sad
she scarce could raise her head begad
Her boots were sore, her tail was limp
her name and bangs had lost their crimp
and miles she trudged from grasS tG
drink, with scarcely strength enough tc
wink. The owner, too, looked blue ant
glum, and cussed the business some
But since the grass is tall-the COW car
raise her head and bawI; her hide is slick
no bones protrude, she prances like 4
Tucsan dude. Her tail erect, her eyes
are bright, she snorts and dares the
crowd to fight. Her owner, too digs
up the chink and asks the boys to take
n drink. God bless the rain, it makes a
man feel young again. He feels like toss
ing up his hat and bowling like demo-
crat.-EEx. - --'.-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-01
HAWAII.

The Cleveland policy, so-called, more
properly the Gresham policy to reflect
upon the Harrison administration, rela-
tive to affairs in Hawaii, has disgustsd
the great mass ct the American PEOPLE
irrespective OF party, and many leading
democratic papers have taken occasion
to criticise it most severely. The restora-
tion OF the deposed queen seems to have
been the only proposition while the adj
ministration would entertain, and Min
lister Willis was instructed to do 30 motif
Tying both the Queen and the president
of the provisional government. In re-
Spouse to this extraordinary demand'
President Dole addressed very sharp
letter to this government, and it is not
surprising that President Cleveland
termed it a remarkable letter" It re-
marked, in terms not to. be mistaken,
that the new government was abund-
antly able to take care of itself without
foreign interference. h
AZ an indication OF the feeling ia Ha-
waii on the part of the people Who rep
resent the great balk OF the commercial
and material interests, and who have
the prosperity and advancement of the
Islands at heart. the followin extract
from a private letter written by c. v
Sturdevant, book-kseper for q whole
sale house, to his friend H. w. Bishop o.
this city, is given herewith:
"Alll Passadsnians are well and happy,
and especially so at the turn Cleyeland's
policy has taken. A more urgent event
or q greater setback to Christian civil.
ration and liberty could not have taken
place than the restoration of the thor
oughly corrupt monarchy. It's wellths
matter was not forced, for it certainly
would have been resisted to the death
by hundreds of our best people.
The political excitement here wa'
something terrible the week before
Christmas, az we did not know at whai
moment the fight might begin; and thu
American minister refused to quiet 1t
which he could have done by word
There was great relief when the Sar
Francisco papers arrived, saying h.
minister Willis had no authority te
turn the American guns on us. Though
many otthe sailsrs said they would pos,
itively lay down their arms If ordered to
fire on the boys ashore" --. ...ae5.-s@
Mr.. SturdeVant 10 known to many o
cur people, he having spent q week her
as the guest of Mr.. Bishop, about TIVE
years ago. He is not, in any sense I
politician, and takes only such view o
affairs as would naturally occur to Z
wellinformed private citizen and bust
ness man. .... ...--.. ,.-.-- ..~