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The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-20
TEE SOD HOUSE GOING.

| From the Washington Post.
''The sod-house of the Kansas and
Nebraska plains is following the buf-
falo and antelope into the land of
legends" said resident of Topeka
recently to group of acquaintances
at the Arlington. "A good many of
| the queer structures are still standing,
and i'll some instances are yet used ss
human habitation, but most of them
are utilized as sta bles for horses or
cattle, and are slowly crumbling away
original earth. When / first went
west years ago my father took up the
acres as far as his eye could reach in
what is now eastern Nebraska There
was Eot a tree in sight of the knoll he
had selected as the spot upon
which his residence should be
erected and the nearest place lum Der
could be secured was sixty miles away.
He put up a small tent in which to
cook and eat; the family slept IN the
wagons, and, with my brothers and
hired help, set about making house.
1.-The thick sod was cut from the
prairie in slabs about two feet wide by
three in length, and on the side of
knoll, where an excavation had been
made in it's side. these slabs were
placed one on top of the other until the
required height was reached. 1t was
arduous work, and remember what
lot of excitement there was when my
father and my brother Leon started off
early one morning to GO after the
ridge pole and rafters that were to sup
port the roof. They took only the
running gear of our small wagon, and
l cried like good fellow when they
started off, because l thought they had
broken up my pet vehicle.
"They were gone nearly week. ana
reached home in the middle of one
night, after their journey of one hun
dred and twenty miles. They had
brought long, round piece of timber,
like a slender telegraph pole, with
numerous other small pieces. and
mother nearly had a fit of de-
light when they proudly displayed a
door and two window-sashes, with
bundle of glass for the latter. There
was great rejoicing when the ridge
pole was put in place and the rafters
run down from il TO rest on the sod
walls and then came the laborious
task of putting on the sod roof so that
it would keep out the rain and snow.
AT last it was completed and we
moved in. The house had four rooms,
which was unusual for such structures,
and its two windows soon made it
known all over that section of the west
as the Shack with the Glass Eye
There never was more comforta BILE
building erected than sod house. |
They are not at all damp, as one would !
suppose, and are as warm as you could |
desire in winter. while in summer they |
are the most delightfully."- cool places !
Imaginable. But they are rapidly dis /
appearing now. and when you see one |
you are sure to find near il a modern |
cottage, with its windmill, just as you
do out at our place"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-20
1T IS A MISTAKE.
% the lditor of the Eagle.

TO the Editor of the Eagle.
WOODWARD, 0. T.. Feb. II, 1894.
In The editorial columns of your paper,
of this date, you make statement, CIV
ing as authority, an "Oklahoma ex-
change" which l desire to state is not
true. 1t states that of all the federal ap-
pointments in Oklahoma, including
governor, registers, receivers and post
masters, 'The lions share has gone to
ex-Confederates, but not plum nor a
crumb has been given to an ex.Uuion
soldier"
In the town of Woodward
there are six federal appoint
ments. Of this number, but one is an
ex-Confederate soldier, and the receiver
of the land Office, your .humble SER
want is an ex-Union soldier who served
from 1861 to 1865 and filled every grade
from private to that OF colonel.
What the facts may be in other towns
| will leave for others to state. l never
object to intelligent, honest statements
when they are backed up by facts and
founded on truth, but such statements
as these should find no place in a paper
as respectable as the EAGLE. Respect
fully, d. Fl. PATTON.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-20
BUGLEBY'S BUREAU DRAWEs.

From the View YORK sun
Perhaps" said Mr.. Buglebv, '1you
have such an article of furniture your
self: mean a bureau with drawer
that catches. We have, though / didn I
know it until the other night. ] retire
early, and an hour or two after | had
gone to bed | was awakened by a noise
in the room; it was Mrs Bugieby try
ing to shut the bureau drawer"
We'll, why don't you shut IL?
said
Because I can't, said Mrs Bugleby.
" catches somewhere
why. should think IL ought to be
easy enough to shut bureau drawer
said /.
We'll, Serene said Mrs Bugie by,
suppose you try it?'
i ought TO have known better. for
knew that Mrs. Bugieby is careful.
sensible woman, who could certainly
shut bureau drawer II any body could;
but got up and tried il.
Il thought at frst that should have
an easy triumph. for the drawer start
ed very smoothly. but half way in il
brought up against something Then
| went at IL elevated the back ]
depressed the back. I held the drawer
level, pressed ii gently and jammed It
hard and twisted and palled and
ranked and hauled. while Mrs Bagieby
looked on and said nothing. - last
got it into place, bat i was only after
an hours work To me il was most
irritating experience; but do ycu know
that ! fancied that Mrs Buyleby
almost enjoyea 10 and fear that there
must be added 70 her many solid quail
ties a hitherto unssspected touch Of
frivolousness.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-20
TYPICAL homes IN KANSAS.

One of the earliest, if not the first duty
a man owes to himself, his family, socie.
| ty and the state is to provide home
where he can enjoy the comforts of fam.
| lily and social life, and which he can
hold as a free citizen of the common.
wealth. This is sometimes difficult to
do, and oftimes unforeseen difficulties ant
insurmountabie obstacles prevent the at
tainment of this great object, however
much the individual may desire and strive
for 1t. But these are the exceptions to the
rule of possibilities in that direction and
serve only to make more conspicuous the
good fortune and happy lot of the man
who can call his home his own, however
humble it may be.
The home in the country, on the farm,
s capable of being made attractive be-
yond the residence in the city, even by
the expenditure of thousands of dollars.
The site on the hill, the natural growth
in the yard, the broad view unobstructed
by hard rows of brick and mortar, the
sweet, fresh air, and the pure water
from the well or spring, are all advac-
tages which nature provides for the fam
lily in the country home.
Such embellishments not only gladden.
the hearts of the possessor and occupants
of the home, but where neighbor vies
neighbor in beautifying his premises
and surroundings, the landscape view IS
enhanced. to the delight of the COM
munity and the qualification of the ap-
preciative passer-by, and all feel the
inspiration of the scene and it uplifts into
higher aspirations and purer motives.
And where is the country that invites
the homeseeker to make the endeayor to
thus situate and surround himself, equal
to Kansas?
Here are the natural conditions which
only need to be supplemented by the de-
sire and the determination to be pos
sessed of such a home. The benefcent
Creator spread out this undulating prai-
RE land apparently to tempt the genius
and enterprise of those whose good for
turn it should be to occupy If. Just now
the price of the land places it within the
reach of all who may will to possess it,
and other conditions make the present
time auspicious above any likely to come
hereafter in which to secure and quickly
improve and make home. such as the
desire may picture and the Judgment
pan
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-20

TOO Il APPY To SPEAK.

FROM the Detroit Free Press,
In street car the other day was /,
young man and seven women. The
young man was in that condition known
as befuddled, and as the car rolled
along he began to converse with him
self, starting out with:
ut was a wild night. The wind
moaned and the rain-drops had sob
bing sound. 1 was lonely and could
not rest.
He spoke so loudly that all in the cal
could hear him. Three of the women
at once became interested, but the 9th
er four simply glanced at him and
turned away again.
AT eight o'clock l rang the door.
bell, continued the young man, land
was instantly admitted and shown into
the parlor and told that Miss Sweet.
brier would be down in a moment.
The dear girl was evidently expecting
me-
The three women were doubly inter.
ested at this juncture, while the other
four pricked up their ears and prepared
to pay attention, and wondered if they
had not lost good thing.
"She came down-my darling Clara.
She never looked more beautiful. She
greeted me warmly-aye! lovingly-and
/ retained her hand as / led her to the
sofa on which we had sat and passed SC
many loving hours"
The entire seven women were now SC
deeply interested that none of them
saw runaway horse go by, and two OF
them hitched closer to the young man.
0"After awhile" he said in musine
voice, and his eyes on his toes, 81 put
my arm around her slender waist and
she laid her golden head upon nv
shoulder, with the sweet confidence OF
child. 1t was moment of supreme
happiness"
The two women who had hitched be.
fore now hitched again, and the five
others followed suit, and all of them
wanted to kill the newsboy who opened
the door and shouted his wares
Il saw the light of love in her eyes. ]
dared to press my lips to her maiden
cheek. l knew that she was mine
mine forever. Ah. That hour OF
happiness-will ever forget it?"
; The conductor looked in to see seven
women craning their necks, and their
eyes betraying the greatest anxiety.
They were now so close to the young
man that no one could hitch nearer.
''She waited for me to speak" he
went on, opening and closing his eyes
as if sleepy, "but was too happy. !
didn't want to break the spell. Be
sides, how can l support wife on eight
dollars per week? Besides, l don't
want to get married. The dear girl i.
still waiting
What. Didn't You ask her to be
your wife?" demanded one of the fe-
males, as she rose up with crimson
face.
Nm. Too happy. Told her I'd call
smother night Eight dollars week
only buys my soda-water and cigari
and how'm goin' to sup?''-
Seven feminine hands motioned tc
the conductor to stop, and one after
another seven women dropped off the
car and went their ways with angry
looks and compressed lips, while the
young man nodded and nodded anG
mutted.
What happiness. She waited f.,
me to speak, but ! was too happy.
She's waiting vet Let ar wait-rm
goin' to shleepi ~
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-20

1t is now stated. upon what is claimed
to oe authentic information. that the
recent interview between Mrs. Lease
and George r. Peck in St. Louis. was
not casual occurrence and in no wise
political. but purely business, which
was nothing less than proposition from
the Santa Ee railroad 10 secure Mrs.
Lease In the legal department of lis ser
vice she 20 have charge of suits against
the company III Kansas for damage and
other forms OF contest. 1t is under
stood that an agreement was entered
INTO at the 81. Lous meeting, but was
broken by the receivership change in
the Santa Fe management which took
place shortly afterwards and before the
arrangements went into effect.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-20

After three or four disastrous fires pur-
cell has begun to think of fire depart
| ment.
A Cherokee Indian was given fifty lashes
on the back one day las. week for stealth z
! a horse.
Judge Scott of Oklahoma City fined the
I court stenographer So for beiug tartiy one
day last week
Henry Redman was found guilty Of
manslau9hter at Chandler Friday. He
murdered his wife.
! A pLilanthropist has come forward in
| Oklahoma county to announce that the
| peach crop is Guinjared.
Bill Grimes of Kingfsber has a cinch on
the territorial Republican central com
nittee. etc chairmanship.
Something may be rotten in Denmark,
but the air in the strip has cleared up a
good deal since Malone left.
Enid has caused more general liquid
Lsdes in the United States senate than any
other Oklahoma town past or present
4 large cave has been discovered on
the claim OF Samuel Walker ia the Chero-
kee strip, few miles south of Caldwell.
Henry Asp says that Oklahoma will be
ad mitted wit shout the five tribes bat that
provision will be made 80 admit them
later.
The Dalton gang has been captured
again This is all right. II doesn'f effect
the Dalton gang aud it plesses the deputy
Ilarshsis.
Hsveu't the Prsss-fiaz~tts and The Og-
lahomAn OF Oklahoma City got the finish
ing touches puG on that bloody eass1n ot
theirs yet:
Sam Small when he held The first big
revival 10 Oklahoma City seems 20 have
failed 70 touch gentleman by tee name
Of W. J. Donovan.
IL Is pretty hard 20 tell how the average
Perry prize-hght is going 10 come cut Ut
less you are pas.ed a. 20 the psrsossl re.
.aiions Of the referee and The two contest
ants.
The Ti.uss,Joufna Is authority FOR the
statement thai Governor kenfresS has Ap-
pointed a SUCCESSOR Tor Szyessa:eadsn:
Parker ba. Is afraid 70 aanoabcs who the
raaa Is
As between Roy Hoffman ard Sam
Srlsil, y - apparent 70 al oo.srssrs thz.
the seconSs OF Mr.. HefDsn sboaIa s4ke
him 20 h3s corner sns zee Il they cant re
store him, se.ore tie ngEt - carried zrt
further.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-20
OUR AFRICAN FRIEND AGAIN.
STANLEY CITY, Jan. 1, 1891

STANLEY CITY, Jan. 1, 1891
| Nv Dear Col. Murdock:
/ send you greeting and wish you a
happy and prosperous New Year. AT
the same time l wish to acknowledge
my obligations to your paper for infor-
nation in many matters otherwise quite
unintelligible, and also fear must call
upon you for further information.
AS understand it free trade has done
much for England and having prevailed
in that country for nearly three-quarters
of century, that country has become
so rich, that at this time when the rest
of the world is suffering from the panic,
| their factories stopped and the operators
starving, England Is prosperous, her
| factories in full operation and the labor
| ing class happy and conten,ed. That
being the condition of England it
constitutes an object lesson to
this country which my friend Cen
eral Cleveland Gf he is a generaD
and the Democratic congress consistent
ly endeavor TO profit by, and establish
free trade or something approximating
free trade in our beloved native land.
The effort is glorious and a proof of the
superiority of free institutions. As I
understand the Wilson bill, if that is the
name of 1T, is so framed as to be of equal
advantage to all sections of the country,
for instance, New England furnishes no
iron, ore OF coal, therefore, these articles
will likely be on the free list: Kansas and
the trans Missouri states produce wheat,
corn, hogs and cattle and they will be
amply protected. ALI the manufactured
articles made under letters patent in
America and Europe, and which have
ample protection under the patents, will
be free. The necessaries of life, whisky
and tobacco, will be heavily taxed.
What a pity Africa could not share in
the benefits of civilized and enlight-
ened government. How would it do for
the defeated statesmen to emigrate up
the Congo, instead of the historic Salt
river. Even the second best talent o.
America would be better than the native
African; for, of course, the Salt river
settlers know something; at least some
of them do, and, as a rule, we in Africa
know nothing, as my letters, and the de-
sire to be Informed amply show. 1t
would be an economy, TOO, for they
need not take their wives along; we
could supply them in that respect from
the Amazons of Dahomey. a good
idea: The craft of the politician and the
courage and beauty of the Amazon.
There are great many people who
ought to emigrate to Africa, and hope |
my letters will, in some degree, serve
the purpose.
l am, with great respect, your most |
obedient servant. DE MOP-oPP.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-20
Senator Martin is notified that it is Il

Senator Martin is notified that it is the
opinion of Howard Snufflegy Of Toowunk
that ali that is necessary for return to
good times, is to pass the Wilson bill,
restore Queen Lii, act on BANDS bill,
settle the Bering sea difficulty, admit
Oklahoma, fill the vacancy on the su-
preme bench, shut off the Hawaiian
inquiry. put duty on sugar, stop the
expectation of gold, raise the price of
wheat and appoint the Honorable How
ard Snuffleey to the postoffice at Too
wunk. We hope Senator Martin will
do it.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-20
ABBOUT SWEET WOMEN.

When 1t is found that women can vote
here and the earth still continue to turn
round on its axis. that they can even hold
Office and Marsh Murd0ck still fiHd sweet
ness in women, 1t will give mighty inn
pulse 10 the reform in other states
Ieavenworth Times.
We have yet to learn that sweet
women want to vote and hold Office.
The majority Of women do not desire
either the ballot nor the responsibility of
public life. The minority want both
Its the ma iorltv who are sweet.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-20
CASTE OF "TaE ROAD TO RUIN 4,

If the Populists insist on forming a
theatrical troupe for campaign pur-
poses, we gladly take time by the fore
lock by suggesting the following caste
in that popular melo-drama "The Road
to Ruin"
Scene-A barnyard. John Getaway
raising less corn with Dusty Doolittle
getting over the back fence.
Father Grubadub "a priesD. p. P. Elder.
Flimsy Planners ian escaped lunatic)....
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. r. S. Osborn.
Mrs. Getaway (old, fierce and ugly. ......
W. a. PeTer
John Getaway Cher husband). ......
...................... Mary E. Lease.
Hiram Letgo "a recluse) $50. Ben Glover.
Sissy" Salawag young and giddy). ......
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ..General Artz.
Peter Bearfight Cher sweetheart) .....,...
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Jerry Simpson.
Dusty Doolittle "a tramp. )................
...................L ID. LcwelliDg.
Chorus-John Davis, w. A. Harris.
Duncan Of Pumpkin, William Baker. w.
Dunsmore, Premiere Dansense, Ben Rich.
No extra charge for reserved seats.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-20
COVERS THE ENTIRE FIELD,

From the Ponca City Courier.
TIE Wichita EAGLE has been for years
the best all-round newspaper published
between Kansas City and Denver, but it
is only recently that it has undertaken the
ambitious task of furnishing all the news
published in the papers of the cities
named. 1t is now taking all the press re-
ports which come west and is daily setting
fifteen TO twenty columns of dispatches,
including large number of specials from
Oklahoma and western Kansas. 1t now
covers ;his field completely, and if no other
paper came into Oklahoma the people.
through the EAGLE, would get all the
news.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-20

4
mo. should say not. Go on away
now. don't care to have my neigh
bors see this
The boy stood out in front for awhile
and then went back to the office OI
the way he was oyertaken by two other
boys, who greeted him with yowls OF
derision.
''oh, ehee where did y get it at?''
they asked him
But he was too much worried to en-
ter into the fun of the thing. When
he reached the Office the manager was
there.
Here's a kid" said he, placing the
baby on the counter as he would have
dropped any other bundle. 3D. man
wouldn't sign for it,
The baby began to kick and then let
cut faint squal.
Pick it up" said the manager.
You'll have to take care of it until
the woman comes back. / don't want
it,"
The boy was sure he had gone to the
right number. He had not taken the
woman's name, however, and could
give no description of her except that
she wore dark dress and seemed to be
''all right" Through the long after.
noon he cared for the infant. Some
times he had to carry it up and down
the room or jump it on his knee. The
other boys assisted in various ways to
entertain the small and blinking
youngster. No woman came. That
evening the police were summoned and
they took the baby that no one would
sign for and put it in a foundlings
home, and from there it went to west
side woman who gave it good home.
But they never learned any thing more
about the yelled woman
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-20

We hear threatenings of Indian out
breaks in several localities where they are
situated. Suffering among the Indians
ance from the government to which
they are entitled, is the most
prolific cause. If the Indians were
allotted lands in severalty and after re-
ceiving such aid from the government
in the way of implements and necessary
supplies to start farming, and then leave
them to take care of themselves, a great
kindness would be done them and these
annual scares ended.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-20

John Martin, the fusion senator from
Kansas, seems to be getting tight cinch
on the federal iudgeship. He votes with
the Cleveland contingent without vary
ing. TIE Pops who elected him don't
like it, but with a life position of S5. 600
a year he don't care what the Pops think
or say. He played them for gang Of
catspaw fools and won, and with Grover
as his friend they can whistle or howl as
suits them best.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-20

The Masonic grand lodge of Kansas
will hold its annual convocation in
Topeka this week, beginning at 10 o'clock
Wednesday moraing. If the usual pro-
gram of rotating the officers is adhered
to j. Ii. Mccall of this city viii succeed
to the chair of deputy Grand Master.
r. E. Torrington, also of Wichita, is the
present treasurer of the grand lodge.
The Grand Chapter, r. \. NJ. met yes
terday,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-20
LrEaART ho4Es.

LitielPs Living Age Jnstifies its li;le. l.
Is transcript OF the best cuiren. Britisl,
literature Of the time. and oue who reads
1t cannot fail 20 know ibe best that il
thought aud written. The current nun-
bers iully susiains IFS high reputation,
and contain several palers which tia,
cultured reader can III afford 70 lose.
Published weekly a. $500 per annum.
by Litteli q Co.. Boston
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-20

The auditor of the Interstate and Gulf
railway, known as the Pop enterprise, is
about to turn out bad lot it seems.
His name is E. E. Carpenter and he halls
from South Dakota. He is charged with
being one who once helped to work a
gigantic swindle on the government.
Carpenter denies and says that the courts
cleared him. Noah Allen, who is the at
torney for the Interstate and Gulf, may
get job sooner than he expected.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-20
OKLAHOMA ouTLryEs.

Thc territorial Republican certrsl cora-
nittee meets 10 Guthfss today.
Sam smsII accuses 6orerner Reafror o.
being in the blsuk-bsscx tussnssS
0ae 81 Marshal Ssx's deputies has
caEght something ~ ssst--.Es grip
Nlsiix.a vii hsas April iG xi.iixsn
wAz xinlsa while rscssying tss sssHace.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-20

There is just one $4,000 "greenback'
and three $1,000 ''greenbacks" cuistand
ing in the United States. But of $40, 0ot
gold certificates there are a.S33 outstand
ing, and of i0,0o0 currency certificates,
8,ssa The commonality OF the people,
though. are more interested in certifi.
Gates of smaller denomination, and still
more so IN how to get them.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-20

Politics is a strong feature Ia uar-
rers Weekly Nowadays. and all sides
are fairy -scprsseDted- It's cartoons arr.
directed manly at Boss-r1le IN Ssw
York and Mr.. Hits coar-s "a the seua,e
lis edItofIaIs support tie national ati asn
Isirasion and srTaign TIA. traders O,
1aminany Had. The issue for Febrslzf.
81 contained psg~ article on The
failuae of the Defls ~ Psrty" f-en
the standpoint II Bar. Csevslaui's al
mirefs. ~ii!s the number for February
l1sh wiiI pant a. open letter giving An
Art SnApfe:'s Nissr~ ~ tbs fs.ls,ak~s a
The Democracy. and Is.p-r by senator
Henry Csssoi Lodge, "a The ODposta-
niiy Of the Republican, Party" wtth edi-
torlai comWeaf
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-20

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volume ~itA an ianos stton which. l. =
hcpe5, viii prove very usafsii - sssloas
Students O! current problems. ~ tlss
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Income FAX. T8s Prsszrata Of tie Sa.
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s,ofss. there viii be publishes . lsvaef Is,
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