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The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04
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TIE STATES FINANCES.

Treasurer Biddle's January statement
Of the states financial condition makes
the following showing: The amount of
cash increased from S6iS. .621.13 on Jan.
nary TO 81 ,079. AL 90 Febru..ry /. This
was owing to the returns of the county
treasurers, which are always received in
January. The general revenue fund
balance is $722, ,S191l, of which 1866.
ss3. Al was received during the month
The sum was received from the follow
ing resources: State taxes, $3.50, 131. ii;
earnings Of state penitentiary. $40 .469. - !;
fees of secretary of state, S14as5. rent of
reformatory farm, S625; earnings of To-
peka insane asylum. S1s.75. The dis
bursements of the general revenue fund
amounted to Sl95,6'3 10, against $ll2,
931.2i of the preceding month.
The bonds on hand February
amounted to S6,s.3, se06S. The amount
of bonds purchased during January was
sS1. .565, and those paid off amounted to
S.. .57a6l
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

The Presbyterians will build a church
in Chandler.
Perry will vote on the waterworks prop.
ositiou Feb. 81.
A Citizens ticket will be nominated in
Guthrie March 6.
The asphalt beds of the Chickasaw ma
tion cover los acres.
the Enid real estate agent sold four
claims one day last week.
The Rock Island railroad pays $4,6
taxes to Canadian county.
United States Marshal Nix is down with
severe attack of the grip.
Howling Wolf. who escaped from the
Ell Reno Jail, has only one eye.
It's small strip town that hasn't its
representative in Washington.
Statehood doesn't come very fast. II
can't be accused of being a sooner.
A Perry undertaker's sign reads: You
kick the bucket. and we do the rest"
The Chandler News would like to SEE
every claim decided before statehood
comes.
The new chief clerk of the Perry land
Office is a man named Coen. and he is from
Georgia.
The Guthrie Leader thinks that the In
dians need fine.tooth combs along with
statehood.
There is a curious cemetery four miles
south of Ponca City. 1t belongs to ths
Ponca Indians.
Mayor Moore of Enid has returned from
Washingto and is busy explaining the
letters he wrote.
The horrible story comes from El Reno
that young man down there supports a
valet de chambre.
r. w. McAdams thinks that results on
the statehood matter will be deferred to
the end of the session.
Some of the Democrats have been giving
the single statehood idea cracks that are
inclined to make it double up.
Arkansas Tom has been removed to
Guthrie to prevent rumored raid of the
Dalton gang on the Saltwater Jail.
An Ell Reno editor asked to be- shown
through Sam Smalps establishment at
Oklahoma City the other day and was re-
fused.
Miss Mayme Norris mas been dismissed
from the Oklahoma City land Office be-
cause, she says, she told the truth to an
inspector.
If the Rock Island trains keep bulging
through their town, the citizens will likely
take the old fashioned style of revenge of
soaping the track.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04
The sure Road 70 Defeat.


The day has come to name state and
congressional tickets without ..ihe ad-
vice and consent" OF score Of fellows
who for the past two or three decades
have bottomed hotel lobby chairs At To-
peka and made platforms and nominated
tickets weeks in advance Of the date Of
party conventions IL Viii nos De at all
surprising If conventions this year dem
onstrate that the sure road to defeat was
10 have your name on "a slate arranged
by self appointed political managers.
When two or three. Or. half a dozen.
men in each county can determine who
shall and who shall not be nomins ted
for Judge, congressman, legislative or
state Office, it iE no wonder tnaf the
feeling Of unrest and dissatisfaction Le-
comes general and disastrous.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04
IssfuI IitfIs Ornamsnfa

pretty little bunch Of hanging pin.
balls is made of apple-green sursh silk.
suspended and tied with white baby
ribbon. There are eight ballA Cur
eight circular pieces from the silk. each
piece ~ measure ten inches in diam,
eter. Turn under the edge and face
each one around with the white ribbon
Then place a bunch of wool wsdding.
sprinkled with orris in the center anG
tie the silk tightly around IL with tho
ribbon and tack a pretty rosettc bow
of the ribbon at the side suspenss
each one from ends of the ribbon. cut
In different lengths and fasten th~r.
all at the top under full bow OF the
ribbon This Is pretty as well "a
useful ornament 70 be hung on Ne
mirror over the dressing table. and the
round balls are very convenien. for
holding the many little stick pins tina.
are used 50 generally. Detroit Ere.
PreSa
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

nate how wen dressed Americans are.
have seen a whole roomful of English.
men sit still when a woman came into
her own drawing-room. and then iools
compassionately at the Americans pres
en-. because they stood up They prob
ably thought they were following out
the rules of some book on etiquette.
and could not know that we were
simply more comfortable standing
when woman was standing than wa
would have been sitting down And il
will not do 10 say in reply that these
Englishmen OF whom / speak were not
of the better sort, and that ! should
no. judge by the middle class air
not writing Of the middle classes "Is
was the best butter" as the March
hare esaya-Richard Harding Davis. in
Harper's Magazine
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04
ENGLISH POLlTENESS.
II Is In Many Instances an CnknoW
nuant3fv

IL Is In Many Instances an CnknoWi
Quantity.
If the Scotchman, who certainly
seems reserved enough in our eyes. is
chilled by the Englishman's manner,
1t is evident how much more the Amer
lean must suffer before he learns that
there is something better to come, and
that the Englishman's manner is his
own misfortune and not his inten-
tional fault The English say to this,
when you know them well enough TO
complain, that we are too sensitive"
and that we are too quick TO take Of
fense. 1t never occurs to them that it
may be that they are too brusque. x
you say, on mounting a coach, Il am
afraid | am one too many, ! fear ] am
crowding you all, you can count upon
their all answering with perfect cheer
fulness, Yes. you are, but we didn't
know you were coming, and there is
no help for il, and it never occurs TO
them that that is not perhaps the best
way of putting it After bit you find
out that they do not mean TO be rude,
or you learn TO be rude yourself, and
then you get on famously. l have had
Americans come into my rooms in Lon
don with tears of Indignation in their
eyes, and tell Of the way they
had been, as they supposed,
snubbed and insulted and neglected
why" they would ask, did they
invite me to their house IL they mean.
70 treat me like that? I didn't ask
them 10. Ididn't force myself on them
I only wanted word now and then,
just TO make me feel was a human be-
ing. II they had only asked me, when
are you going awayY j. would have
been something; but TO leave me stand
ing around in corners, and TO go through
whole dinners without as nnch as
word, without introducing me 20 any
one or recognizing my existenoe-Why
did they ask me If they only meant 20
insult me when they got me there? Is
that English hospitality And the
next day ! would meet the people with
whom be had been staying, and they
would say: I'VE have had such nice
compatriot Of yours with e.. such q
well-inforDed young man: ] hope he
will stop with US for the shooting" As
that eiviliiy required, all they would
have given their neizhbors. or have ex-
pec,ed from their own people. Ems
thev did no. know that We are not used
10 being walked over roug8-snod. thz:
we affect interest even Il we do no.
feel il, and that we tell social fIbs II !.
Is going 10 make soEne ots else feel
more comfortable II j. IS II the Amer
ican had boxed with gioTes al. his life.
and then met usE who struck
with his bare fists; and Il naturally
hurts And t6e most pathetic part %
the whole thing Is shat they do 10.
know hox much better than their own
the breeding ot the American really -
u Is like the iine n st.c international
Episode. where the American woman
polnts out 10. her frSeae that their
Gnglish visitors not oniy dress badIy.
bot - haaly that tier ~. -. 4s2sS
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

The farmers in some of the counties
are beginning to manifest interest in the
subject of irrigation. which is the
natural thing for them to do, being the
immediate beneficiaries from the system
when it shall become an actuality. The
farmers of Saline county will meet at
Oakley, that county, on Feb. IA to dis
cuss the most practical method of get
ting water from under the ground to the
surface and the most economical
methods of distributing it.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04
M|l}llllelE59le
N. NJ MURDOCH, Editor.
TEr LAST FEEBLE KICK.
The Turn That Tumbles the Traffl
N. NJ. MURDOCH, Editor

The I1lTn IQdb uUQDi0o tA0 AAe$AA~~s
The Santa Fe and Union Pacific man
agements have acted very wisely IN re-
fusing to have anything to do with the
petition for new hearing on the job
bing rate, awarded to Kansas, by the
railroad commissioners, and Afterwards
practically affirmed by the supreme
court of the state. The spectacle OF the
baby act by freight managers In the IN
terest of the Transmlssouri Traffic trust
is not particularly assuring to the people
of state who have done a hundred
times more for railway construction than
was ever done by the people OF MIS-
souri,. The dealers in the Kansas CEN
tiers, after waiting for years on the
promises of railway managemenss, re-
peated and broken a thousand times,
finally being brought to face financial
failure, appealed to legally constitu-
ted board of arbitration. After the
fullest hearing, both of shippers
and traffic managers, decision
was rendered. This was followed by
baby act, number one, upon the part of
the traffic managers, who begged for the
compromise out of which they are now
endeavoring to squirm through baby act
number two. The petition set up by
the railroad attorneys and also the sup
Elemental one by the Missouri river
dealers,-the two interests composing a
combine to force an entire state into
tributary relation with an imaginary
basing line,-are as specious Us they are
bumiliaiing, and for one we have little
fear of the new hearing being granted.
That the railroads really expect new
hearing we opine not, or if granted that
the former decision would ba reversed,
we do not believe. The whole scheme
is one of delay and postponement. They
seek to postpone, not only that they may
longer hold an undue advantage over the
interior jobbers of the state but in the
hope that the interior interests which
brought the suits and made the fights
might become so wearied and discour-
aged over repeated failures as to drop
the entire matter and resign themselves
10 fate. While corporations have no
souls they are longer lived than individ-
ual interests.
The combine of the Missouri river
dealers and railway freight tools are not
goint to get new hearing. nor any
further postponement. The present
board of commissioners is not the same
one that rendered the decision in the
first place, but it is board appointed by
an administration whose head, in can
sassing the state, promised over and
above all things that he would see that
The state, as state, should not be dis
crlminated against in the interest of the
The transmissouri river freight rate COM
bine and basing line subterfuge.
So, whether the decision for rehear-
ing, which is being heard as we write, is
made before this appears in print, OR
not, we have perfect confidence that the
petition will be denied and that Wich-
ita's jobbing interests will be placed Oh
an equitable footing with the whole
salers of other interior cities, such as
Kansas City, Omaha and Denver, in
which event it will take no prophet to
tell the prosperous future that awaits
this CITY,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04
No Pop Need apply.

from the kIowa Review
By virtue of The authority contained
in an act entitled IAN act to kick the
two old parties off the face of the earth. y
approved at the general election on Nov.
6. 1894. the Populis. party hereby agrees
to abolish ''soup houses hang, polite
ally, John Sherman, Grover Cleveland
and John g. Carlisle, sever alle9apce to
England and restore to the American
people republic such as contemplated
by the forefathers in the Declation Of
Independence No. /. All desiring to
Subscribe and attest this compact must
be possessed Of common horse sense, at
least, and capable of thinking and vot-
ing independently of ward heeler7
dictation and party lash coercion.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

What does this mean: A free trade
exchange expresses the wish that Chair
man Wilson may return to Washing
ton from his vacation with renewed
health, ready to battle with vigor in the
final tariff reform contest" Does it
mean that the senate is expected to send
the Wilson bill back to the house all
torn to pieces, or that il is to be followed
up by sweeping free trade measure
They are the butchers, and the tail goes
with the hide.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04
Nobody Believed Il.

From the Hutchinson News
Mrs. Lease is not as diplomatic as we
had supposed. or she would have let the
Lewelling crowd spring the scandal con-
cerning herself and General Weaver.
Nobody would have believed it and it
would have done her no harm, hut it
would rather have been sheer suicide for
her enemies to have published it. A
man would better be cast into the kaw
river with seven million stones about his
neck than to publicly assail the char
acter of virtuous woman in Kansas.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

The recent loaning of $5O. 900 TO a glass
company by an association of glass-work-
ers was striking example of real rcciproc-
ity; it enabled the works to keep their
doors open and the workmen continue at
work. That is big improvement on
blowing in workmen's cash on strike
Dem. Elk.
So it is, and it also shows the practical
operation of the principle of protection.
Just watch the wage account of those
same glass blowers when the Wilson bill
goes into effect, if it should in its present
form, and see how much they will save
from their earnings to be used for any
purpose,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

daily from all quarters for data relating
to our resources and the opportunities
for business The widespread demoral-
ization east will drive many wide awake
people to Kansas. and neither time nor
effort should be spared to secure our just
quota here By the zeal and industry
employed in this work we may deter
mine who are the real friends of
Wichita.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04
An In.~,,,e.n, y-.,,.

The coroner's jury, after viewing the
remains and hearing the evidence, re-
turned the following verdict.
Prom the appearance Of the BODY
we were inclined 20 believe ina. the
deceased had been run over l,v . gravel
train; but from articles asd 1pernor-
anda discovered on has person we End
that he WIS contestant IN a football
match. "-Judge
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

Lottie Collins, the original Tarrara
dancer, told San Francisco audience
the other night that if they didn't like
her dancing they could leave. People
are getting tired of Lottie. They have
seen too much OF her. 1t would be equal
" true of any other woman who would
kick as high as Lottie does
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

Governor Lewelling is said to be en-
gagged in writing another poem, being
new version of the old one entitled.
.sWhen Betsy and 1 are Out" 1t is ex-
pected that Mrs. Lease will set the words
to music,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

The suggestion that Kansas will dou-
bic her present population by the begin
ming of the next century seems TO be
doubted by some who are inclined to be
skep.ical, but if .he rate of increase that
has been made since the first of this
year shall continue the prediction will
be realized. And the rate of increase
will mere that double before the close of
the wear.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

When congress had piled the axe to
the root Of prosperity they celebrated
the act by acting like mob OF hood
lums. When they come to be tried by
jury of the people they win plead
emotional insanity.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

Mathematical lie: An equilateral,
equiangular triangle has its sides and
angles all equal. each to the other; at
present the administration occupies the
apex, pistol in either hand, firing down
the sides at the Republicans, at one
angle of the base, and al the Democrats
at the other. while the two parties fire
at each other Who instituted mathe-
matics, ANYHOW:
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

St Gauden's naked young man was
intended to typify America. 1t was a
failure. Cleveland has been pretty hard
on the country, but we are not naked
yet. Most of us can scrape some rags
together.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

When pettifogging railroad attorneys
sympathy of the board of railroad COM
missioners they present spectacle out
of line with their high salaries.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

The Cliff Dwellers came out OF the
22nd inst, saw their shadows and found
that the fiat rate to Chicago had been
called off. and then went into their
holes for six weeks.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

--Stagger Whats this I hear
about yoE gstting job on . prohib..
ton newspaper JsGger-'Thsts
what I've got, and IT'S = snap. Too. /
have 20 60 srozns after hours ssd &c.
drinks 81 ali the Aaloens that A.. opea
uniawfu!ly- indianapolis Journal
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04
GRACEFUL AS TRUE.

From the Topeka Capital.
The Wichita EAGLE yesterday began
taking the full morning Associated Press
report. The Capita! and the EAGLE are
the only two Kansas dailies taking the
report. It is the same as the Omaha. Kan
sas City aud the Denver morning dailies
receive. The Wichita EAGLE occupies
southwest Kansas and Oklahoma, a field
it we'll fills. The Capital hopes that the
proud bird of the Peerless Princess" will
continue to scream for centuries to come
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

A twO-foot fall of snow all over this
country would furnish more work for
the needy, in clearing up sidewalks, than
all the legislation Democratic congress
will in whole sesson.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

Gladstone would not retire, did he
not know that there is no nan but who
can be spared. Even Kansas managed
to pull through after Dunkin of Pump
kin went into priva.e life.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

The obstructions that have prevented
the flow of the tide Of business from the
western states to the gulf will be torn
way some day, and then there will be
such q rush as Will astonish tue world.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04
WITHOUT A RIVAL.
ON the Enid %. IT, Eagle.

From the Enid %. IT, Eagle
The Wichita EADLE contains more news
of interest to Oklahoma than any paper
coming to this territory. 1t is besides the
best laborer in Oklahoma's behalf in the
country. With its new facilities for get
ting and handling the news of the world
1t will soon rival any of the ST. Louis
papers.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04
Original Responsibility.

Original Responsibility.
From the Hutchinson News,
There is considerable abuse of the for
eign element that has been making
trouble in the Pennsylvania mine dis
tricts. But why not reserve a little of
the censure for the mine operators who
imported these Hungarians, SIavs and
Italians because of their tractabiIity and
willingness TO work for low wages?
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

Everything has its use. One of the
benefits of the late panic is that the
proud and naughty bank president has
become just as common as the fellow
that;wears wamus
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

An Indiana minister has been enjoined
from publishing the titles of his sermons.
The members of the church said it was
too much like an advertisement. The
steeple of church is an advertisement.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

A preacher up in central Kansas told
his congregation the other day that un-
less they reformed very soon 'stheir hides
would be nailed to the gable end of hell. y
Evidently he imagined that he was talk
ing to an audience of brother Georgians.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

The grounding must have seen his
shadow earlys Friday morning, from
yesterdays weather demonstration.
However, weather sighs are n. g. in
Kansas.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04
A Merlted Compliment.

From the Einporia Gazette.
The Ell Dorado Republican suggests
Colonel Learnard of Lawrence for gov
ernor. As the colonel is not a candidate
this is doubtless only compliment, but
if the sold man" should 90 in that
direction there are so many Kansas
newspaper men who started at the Law
renee Journal office that the Learnard
boom would be dandy.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

Slavery is FAST disappearing. The
American citizen does not become dog
by mounting the witness stand. Judge
Garys action is an emancipation proc
lamation,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

Public opinion for mercy to Valiant
is increasing in France and he may not
be executed. France is good illustra-
ton of wheels in the head being a nation
al malady.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

Professor Garner declares that Ou-
rang -outangs do talk, and the males WOO
the females with soft blandishment of
speech. Garner is making monkey of
the beast
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

Do not forget that this is the week
when the United States senate intends
to wipe up the pure good soil of free
dom with one, Peckham, of New York.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

The most distinguished living Kansan
has disappeared. 1t is supposed that he
is among the Cliff Dwellers for the pur-
pose of studying their language and
habits. 81
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Mrs. Leases letters are now spoken OF
as her ''manvfestoes.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

Wall street and Fifth avenue have
more influence with the present admin
istration than all the balance of the
country
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

If Corbett goes into baseball, he will
learn that there is heap of difference in
ting soft. yielding atmosphere, and
big COB of corn-fed English Drawn.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

While the winter resort weather of
Wichita has been subject to bear move
ment for several days it shows a less
| decrease than any other city.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

Oklahoma in becoming state pro-
posed originally to take in the Indian
territory. 1t was not intended to in
clude Georgia.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

Most of the Oklahoma county seat con-
tests have quieted down somewhat, but
the atmosphere in the vicinity is still
badly curdled.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

Late measurements show Mt. Everast
to be much higher than at first supposed.
However, it lacks several miles of being
as high as some of our Kansas winds,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04
EXCHANGE EPITOMES.
That Object Lesson.

Hope from many heart has fled
The pressure few can stand
Give US this day our daily Bread"
Is heard throughout the land.
An ''object lesson" has been taught,
In this, our great free school.
Which illustrates the ruin wrought
By Democratic rule.
-EmnOria Republica
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04
ghs aau Eagle: sunday ornius Eebruarp T.

1t has now been two days since Mrs.
Lease drew her mouth on Governor Lew
elling.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

Admiral Benharn did not intend to in
terfere with the Brazilian ships any
more than to just blow the blazes out of
them,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

The newspapers are now marrying
Anna Gould off. 1t is terrible thing TO
be rich. The newspapers do not allow
you to even select your own mate.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

Honest toll is in light demand, while
the visable supply is the largest ever
known.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

The Apache Indians are again show
ing their profouad contempt for th9
abilities Of the hair-ressorer.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

The czar is attended by DIR. koskosi-
oski. The doctor was probably christ
ened by minister who suffered.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04

The promoters did land office busi-
ness for year or two, and now the re-
ceiyers are harvesting the crop.