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The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

HAD NO CAUSE TO WORRY

From the Detroit Free Press.
There was motherly-looking old
lady sitting in the midst of her bundles
at the depot the other day, when man
with grip sat down beside her and
began to read a newspaper. She eyed
him pretty sharply for few minutes
and then inquired:
ANY great news in the papers, to-
dav?"
Nothing very extraordinary" he
replied
''See anything from Howell?"
Not yet"
I'm from Howell, or purity near
there Bin down here visitin' my sis
ter Haven't bin here but two weeks,
but it seems hull year. Only got one
letter from Joseph, and about all he
said in that was that he took his pen in
hand to inform me that he was we'll
and hoped these few lines would find
me the same, which they did. I'm a
little worried. Don't find any item
there about house or barn burnin' up
GEAR Howell?"
"No, ma'am."
Joseph was breaking colt when
came away. Don't see anything about
A farmer gittin' his neck broke or bein'
kicked to death?"
Nothing of the sort, maam."
Anything about any one falling
down well or off haymow?'
No, ma am"
Joseph is awful reckless, but mebbe
he's got through all right Anything
about a mad dog biting anybody, or a
gun Dustin and BLOWN mans head
off while he was shootin' at a hawke"
Nothing whatever. l think you
will get home and find everything all
right"
Il hope so, but two weeks is long
time to be away. and I'm naturally
given to worry more or less l expect
the pigs had got out Of the pen two or
three times, and Tspose the colts have
broke out again and Joseph has left
the cellar door open every night, but If
It's no worse l shall be thankful
woman.
Here's an item bout farmer rnn-
aing away with the hired girl while
MS wife was absent" said the man as
ne turned the paper.
DO tell. Wall, that don't skeer me
any. didn't leave no hired girl there,
and Joseph is so awful homely that
aven the sheep dodge him Much
obleeged to you L expect to fnd
things little topsy-turvy. but guess
there amt no call TO WORRY.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27
HE WAS DISCOURAGED.

From the New York Journal.
A man who seemed thoroughly dowr
on his luck walked into the Lehigf
Valley station the other afternoon anG
locked around curiously.
After peering nto every corner of the
place, he strolled over to the ticke,
window and asked:
rs this here the Lehigh Valley de
pot?"
"Yes, SIR" answered the ticket
agent
''strike on the road. hear?"
"Yes.''
Suppose 1 can't get ticket down tt
Wilkesbarre can I?''
yes
But the trains amt going to run
are they?"
"Oh, yes, they are"
''Strike all along the line?"
''Sonthing of strike. yes"
Then how're you going to rur
trains?'
The agent raised his voice. Now,
see here" he said, 81 told you that yor
could get train to Wilkesbarre Dc
you want to go?'
The man counted out loose change
and laid it down on the window ledge.
"Guess l will" he said.
He was given a ticket and walked
over and sat down on bench. He ex.
amined his ticket carefully and shifted
around in his seat uneasily, says the
Buffalo Express. After ten minutes
he went to the window again. Say"
he said, that trains likely to run of
the track amt it?"
No" said the agent shortly.
STRIKERS probably will put rails
on the track, or somethin', won't
they?"
Il should say not"
''But l mean they may be some dan.
ger in ridin' down there to Wilkes
barre: will, won't they?"
Not bit"
''More'n likely somethin' will hap
pen, though, don't you think?"
mo, | don't think. There will be
no more danger than on an ordinary
occasion. and that is just none at
ALL
The man went over and sat down
again. He was evidently bothered,
for, after another ten-minute wait,
he walked over to the window again.
Sure l won't get hurt?" he asked,
apxiously.
Now, see here!" said the ticket
agent warmly. II want you to under
stand that there is not the remotest
danger Of your getting hurt. The trip
will be absolutely safe. You needn't
be nervous about it at all.
The man walked slowly toward the
door. Just my durn luck" he said.
as he passed out ''Here, I've gone
and put all my money in a ticket,
thinkin' the train might be run off the
track an me get hurt, SOS could get
case for damages, an there's no more
danger than if l was to stay here. I'm
dead Jonah. that's what am"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27
MANAGING A WIFE.

From The Detroit Free Press
A man who came into Detroit by way
of the Flint & Pere Marquette road the
other day wanted to know of q police
man where a certain street was, and
whereabout in that street certain
eating house could be found, and as he
fell to talking he unbosoned himself
His wife had skipped out and come TO
Detroit, and was working IN the
kitchen of the eating house referred to,
and he had come TO see her. tie Was
plain. everyday man, whose home was
in Michigan village, and he was tax
ing the matter very calmly. when the
officer expressed some surprise at this
he replied:
"Oh. there amt any particular hurry
about it. you know. It's over three
months since she skipped, and
thought ! wouldn't rash things I'm
boarding with widder at three dol
lars week, wash;n' included. and I've
rented my house for ten dollars
month.
How did she come to leave your
was asked.
Wall she's nv third. you see. I'd
sared most OF the clothes OF the other
two and she wanted en- dion
think it looked just right and she heS
OFF the handle Got up in the night
and erawled out OF window onto
shed to get away. Waited at the depot
all one day 10 have me follow and coax
ler eaek bG. DIDN'T do Il
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

groan. After bit fellow -passenye,
had his curiosity aroused and brusquely
queried:
''Toothache?"
Yes"
"ls she holler?"
II expect So"
''Gives sort Of wiggle and then
Jumps on you now and then. don,
she?'
Yes. Great snakesl How suf.
fer?'
I've been there and know all bout
it, If she's-holler and has the Jumps
it amt no use foolin' around. What
you want 20 do is to go To dentist"
''Um. Jerusha, but how il achesr
''Go right to the dentist and have il
yanked out. Man with a toothache al.
ways feels little scared about having
it yanked, but that's all imagination.
you know
I'D rather be shot" groaned the
sufferer.
"Oh. pshawi Go TO some dentist who
gives laughing gas. He'll give you gas
and take that tooth out without your
knowing il. pledge you my word IL
won't hurt any more than pairing on
finger nall"
I'm. What a liari G'vay from
me-
WHY, man. pledge you my word
that you II never"
Don't talk 10 me- know all about
it, have been a dentist myself for the
past fifteen years.
''oh, you have9' grovled the other
as he backed away. "Well. that's diff
ferent II will not only seem 10 you
as if your blamed old head was being
pulled off your shoulders, but your law
will ache for two weeks after, zIsi I'm
burned glad OF it, too
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

When hard times touch bottom, bus
mess adjusts itself to prevailing condi-
tions and circumstances and sets about
renewing activity. 1t would seem that
we have reached that point. There are
some who think the worst effects of the
1898 depression are not passed, but there
are is evident improvement in many
lines, though its progress is slow, and
probably will be for time. The great
est activity will be assented and for
season be maintained in real estate The
general suspension of operation in the
Industrial centers, with uncertain pros
poets for prompt resumption, though
certainty of a cut IN wages whenever
operations shall be resumed, is driving
thousands of idle operatives into the
rural districts, and many will 60 to
work on farms either for wages or on
their own account where holdings can be
secured. Not little of the idle capital
of the country will seek-is seeking
employment in the same channel and
from the same cause.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

scornful of father and mother ana gen.
orally unendura BILE. 1t is time for
exercise of the choicest wisdom within
our reach. These children are full OF
life and hope; they are successful in
school, leaders among their mates, and
SO far instinct with confidence in them
selves that il is not strange that they
find themselves cribbed, cabined and
confined by the restrictions of home.
They do not realize that their parents
have been through just such series oi
triumphs and successes as they them
selves are enjoying tand if the truth
were known, were probably as disa-
greeab bly, conscious of it as their chill
dren now are of their own small clev-
ernesses) and they regard the heads o:
the family with something which sa-
vors not remotely of contempt. II is
easier for a mother to bear this thar
for father, ard yet the mother usu.
ally comes in for the greater share OF
the disdain. Some one has written
that if we could realize how our moth
ers love US there would be a new force
in the world. These children are very
far from realizing it. They can not
realize it until they are fathers and
mothers themselves.
NO chance, no fame.
No wealth OF love can ever compensate
For dead mother" ="
But these unseeing ones, wrapped in
the dense. Opaque brightness of youth,
have little perception of these deepest
truths.
but how shall we manage them"
asks perplexed mother. How can
we make them listen to US. take our
advice, treat us with proper respect in
the presence of others, do the drudgery
which falls 10 their share in the house
hold work thoroughly and well, believe
that when we forbid pleasure il is Cor
their best good-from that sharp and
waspish word No pluck the sting?"
In the first place do not find fault toe
much. Pass some things over Do az
much as you can of the neglected work.
II the child has, as is likely, real nobil-
ity a. bottom. this course will touch
his heart We all hated drudgery al
his age. Talk with him alone as much
as you can. 1t is hard to make any
impression on a child when he is sur
rounded by others Show an interest
in his pursuits. even If you feel none.
Don't be cross 70 him when he litters
up the reception-room and when ne
persistently. day after day, keeps MS
own room looking as much ike ken
mel as he can Good Jane Bidd calls
'scolding and crossness" the curse 0l
clean women and ten times worse than
the dustiest dust Many boy and
girl, at this critical age. have been
turned permanently against their f,
homes b. the fault-fnding and cap
tiousness of over-clean mothers.
But the great general rule TO adapt |
the directions in tho 'Faerie Queen
is BE patient, and again be patient |
but be not too patient A littls |
wholesome spirit in parents is good |
thing now and then for these bump
tious" children One must, in short !
apply 10 the dominion of the home |
what Tennyson has written Of a great !
er kingdom. or republic, ia which '';hs |
sense Of nsost shaIl hold > |
fretfai realm in awe The great gif; |
% common sense Is never more needed /
th2-I during the age OF disrespecL
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27
Th aaha ay Eagle gussday gnornue, EebrnraY 27, 1894

And are you going to take her back
home now?"
Cant say. It's accordin' to how she
talks. Want to go down with me?'
They found the woman acting as
second cook in the eating house. When
she came in she began to cry and en-
brace her Thomas. but he held her of
and asked:
Emily. didn't I buy you a pair OF
shoes. corset, some stockings, two
handkerchiefs and hairbrush, all in
one week?'
Yes she answered, keeping hold OF
MS hands.
Didn't pay twenty dollars for par
Tor furniture and have all the ceilings
whitewashed?"
'.Yes''
''And you skipped ont I've rented
she house to the Thompsons.
What
"And I'm boarding with the widder
GlaZier"
You are?"
''She beats you all to pieces doin' up
shirts didn't come down to ask you
f you wanted To-
But I'm going right back home
she interrupted.
Il just thought I'd drop down to
ask"
I'm going. I'll be ready in ten
minutes"
''Iou know, Emily, you got cantanlz-
erous because L"
I'm going-hold on-Tll get my
things" she exclaimed, and she hast
ened away.
'Lemme tell you sunthin'," said the
husband as they sat waiting. "Wimnfin
is Gurus critters They've got to be
handled sartin way. II you sot your
foot down, keep it thar If your
wife runs away don't foller. just wait
till she writes about three times If
you don't conker her she'll conker you.
Allus be cool and calm, and kinder
have things fixed so you kin board with
a widder in case your partner takes
skip. Emily will go home and will be
as humble as cross-eyed cat in cold
weather, and if she ever kicks over the
traces agin all I'll have to do is to point
towards Detroit to subdue her. Much
obleeged to you and good-by.n
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27
Tbs AGe or Disa RESPECT.

Fs9us ,bs Ch.ea=5 Se~s-
The time from ter 90 fifteen years OF
age. writes Upson CLARK in q paper on
the ABOVE subject IS of ali the pericas
Of life the mos: lacking N reverence
The problem Of how 20 live with this
young person, often three or four strong
n single family, is an absorbing
problem N the minds Of parents
Even n weli-uaauayed household
il must have been remarked By every
observer tina: the boy or girl Of frosz
ten 10 fifteen, especially il he or she Be
bright and ambitious. is likely 20 be-
come brmptiOuS toy lnaT hare
eornpcrted himself Up 20 the age Of tex
or twelve with zEsOissty and proprie,y.
but ne often szges d tgrz aDous That
tine and becomes impairment heess-
JESS G. aavsee- sEs esea O. eoL4e14.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

In view of of the fact that PENNSYLVANIA
generally gives about $1,000 Republican
majority, we fail 10 see just why the he
publicans are so jubilsnt.-Dem. Ex.
The usual $4,000 majority would not.
perhaps, be cause for special iubilaiion
on the part of Republicans, but if more
than double the usual majority-an un-
precepted figures caused for gratitica-
tion nothing in that direction would be.
Suppose the usual majority had been re-
duced by even one-fourth. would Demo-
Gratis have discovered no significance in
It?
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

There is said to be set of schemers
engaged in selling tracts of lands in
Mexico for colonist purposes, to which
lands they have no shadow of title, but
by reason of the low prices and alleged
advantages to settlers. such as climate,
soil and cheap living, they are finding
some suckers. They have no agents in
Kansas With greater advantages pos
sessed by this state in everything neces-
sary TO make desirable home, nobody
would think of going from Kansas TO
Mexico to reside. And people outside
the state who make the necessary in
ouiry in this matter will not be in
weighed out of the country. They will
come TO Kansas 10 secure homes; they
are now coming in companies.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

There seems TO be disposition on the
part of Democratic leaders all over the
country to hold the party conventions
early this year. They hope thereby TO
counteract the disastrous effects of the
party's doings in congress, which have
been enc continual series of blunders.
But it Is forlorn hope; the meme, meme.
ETC., is writ upon the wall and cannot
be wiped off by further resolves and
promises for the future. Mr.. tincoln's
observation about fooling the people is
especially pertinent here and now.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27
coming in companies.

The Popuulists are good deal ike the
man who was starving but refused a
piece of bread because it was not a whole
loaf. They declare against the Demo-
cratic idea of tariff reform, as embodied
in the Wilson bill, but supported it in the
house because of the income tax feature
that was tackled onto the bill because it
Is the only step towards free trade.
President Harrison expressed the objec-
ton held by the Republicans to the
Democratic tariff reform notion when
he declared that it is the direction raihe,
than the length of the step. toward free
trade, Here is one instance where the
Pops do not dissembie, which is more
than he claimed for their confederates.
the Democrats.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27
PreferrN Il the Cali.

Howard T.. who has lived all HE
short life in city, was taken recently
TO visit at real farm" The child
was in ecstacies Every animal on sho
place was a deligh. 20 him. hot his
fections especially cen.ered about q
Jersey calf
Il would like 70 buy IL, " be said 10
the owner.
Bat what would you give in e,-
changer" he was asked.
Ny baby sister. replied the child
with the utmost gravity; we have a
aeGg baby nearly every year az our
house. and we've never had calf
y \. Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

Some capitalists of the Rockefeller
type are talking of shortening the lake
route from Chicago east, by construct
ing a canal across the state of Michigan.
Fifty million dollars is said to be behind
the scheme. 1t would shorten the haul
and cheaper the rates of freights on
western products TO the east, somewhat.
but not enough to meet the competitive
demand for The opening Of natural out
lets from the west and southwest via the
Gulf
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

The guardians of the public health at
the Atlantic ports want to redouble their
precautions against the introduction of
foreign epidemic diseases next summer.
When the Wilson bill goes into effect
free rags and shoddy clothes from the
population centers of Europe will roll
into this country by the ship load, all
contaminated.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

The Northwest Miller, published at
Minneapolis, says that 80 per cent of the
mills of the west and northwest have
closed down. This cannot be on ac-
count of the price of wheat for that is
unprecedentedly low. 1t is explained,
probably, in the heavy falling off in the
export demand which issuppied mainly
bY the mill mentioned.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

In the good old Republican days about
e0.00O,O0 wage earners earned an aver
age Of So per day or total of $4,000,
900 per day. IL is estimated that this
has been cut down one half, making a
loss Of $4,000. 900 per day to the people
who labor. The merchant and manu-
facturer is selling just that much less
daily, and the clearing house reports in
3icate a good deal less.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

A forage plant called spurry is at
fracting some attention among eastern
farmers. From the description given it
is somewhat similar 10 alfalfa though
not superior in any particular and in
ferior in some. Alfalfa has stood the
test of experimentation in this state and
section and has demonstrated its special
adaptability to our soil and climate con-
ditions.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

The old question of (which is the
mother Of the chicken, the hen that lays
lhe egg or the one that matches it," is
giving the Populists deal of concern
Just now. For the life of them they
can't tell which of the two old parties
are responsible for the times. From the
amount of cackling and clucking these
Pops indulge in one would conclude
that they did the whole business-and
they have done a full share.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

Representative McCreary of Kentucky
is understood to he fast friend to Con-
gresham Breckinridge, but he draws
the line at being called the cock cuckoo
of the house, even if it is given because
of his championship of Cleveland's Ha-
waiian miscue
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27
EXCHANGE EPITOMES.
While Moses was no college man
And never played football,
In rushes he was known TO be
The first one of them all.
Time to stop.

From the Sterling ulietin ard Gazette.
Populism has given to Kansas the en-
ervating doctrine of socialism, the de-
structive heresy OF anarchy, the unfair
practice of nepoitsm, and widespread
distrust of the credit of our state. Il
thinks ii is time to stop.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27
Able L Leadership.

From tie Emporia Gazette.
The election of Judge W. P. Campbell
of Wichita, department commander of
the Grand Army of the Republic, and
Ed II. Madison of Dodge City, comman-
der of the Sons of Veterans of Kansas,
places those two grand patriotic orders
under able leadership for the coming
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27
For the Eagle.
henry wADsWoRTHL HLoNGFELI.oW.

Born Feb. q, 1867 Died March "A, 1897
Not sweeter are the tokens of affection
That crown thy tomb
Today with bloom.
Than is of thee our grateful recollection
An amaranth exhaling it perfume.
Dear poet-friend, thy earnest sympathy
Chord tenderest in all thy minstrelsy-
Awaketh response in every heart.
Still thou dost live
Therein, to give
Thy ministration to humanity,
Because an influence pure thou vert and art
M Z. NJ RICHARDSON.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27
Hasten the Jump.
the Emroria Republican.

frorn the I'm Isorla Re p15llcan,
II Artz gets into trouble with Kansas
Justice we suppose ne viii hide out TO
Missouri. Beginning with Colorado his
progress eastward has been slow bur
sure. II he continues III the reform
work he will sooner or later have 10
Jump into The Atlantic ocean.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

Northern Visitor-But what was the
cause Of this bloody feud, whose course
Tor twenty years has been marked with
homicide and arson3
Na.iye-NaI. the huil start az Il xas
Then Taylor Issrabee scalGsd one -
Hatfield 1cCoy's hogs -i'ueA
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

Even states prisons are no. exempt
from the compromising effects of the
general industrial stagnation. - In the
Missouri pen there are said to be 900 idle
convicts. the result of no market for
their products.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27
Two Kansas Preced ants

From. the Lawrence World
The governor of Texas may have
chance TO pardon himself out OF the
penitentiary for killing a deer contrary
to the stotoots." A police judge al
Hutchinson once fined himself for be-
ing in house of easy virtue and state
senator from Salina while acting as
Judge protein once fined himself for
gambling.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

Carl Schurz has been heard from to
he extent of admitting that Cleveland
IS failure. Cleveland IS too smart to
confirm the statement by giving Schurz
NcognitiOn.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

II ain, much ~ the pisnny." s.lS
the eo&lyard srnpioye. g. he adjusted
the weigh, Of a load o! coal. 'sbat I'gr
great a. running the scales ~--wssa
iDgtsn star
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

Bsnham, if he puts himself to too
much trouble in getting fresh water for
English boats, will get himself in hot
water with his own country.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

The more we study eastern colleges,
the more we are impressed that educa-
ton is a great and glorious thing, if
you can get it without incidentally
numbering some one.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

In the last twenty years the mar
riages in Russia have numbered IL
SO. 900. the divorces. f-.SiI. or sscu,
one 70 every 900 marriages.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27
HE KaEw All, hso--T IT

F71fea-
IN the cabin OF Windsor serrv-hoa,
sbe other afternoon was a ~sII-dr..s4S
man who carried his hand 20 his iaw
nov and then and uttered a ..is.s
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

Pr.scn.r-Teu dollars .o- stealing
pair Of .hoes7
JEdge-Ths.'s whs. /! sz.d
Why. .a6se, they a.da. EL@-Lsss-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

The Eta Pi society of Lawrence IS
progressing nicely, we are glad TO learn.
Pumpkins. we presume.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

Four weeks of such weather as we
have had ought to be enought to satisfy
the most dis-grunt-led ground hog In the
hole.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

President Diaz says Mexico financially
is all right. This is one of the ablest
things Diaz ever enunciated through
his SombrerO.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

This is proving hard winter on
cuckoo eggs, and mighty few OF them
will he hatched out next fall.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

A Pennsylvania Republican paper
makes the innocent inquiry: "Where
are the Democrats" Look under Grows
ma jOrity
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

Extract from new edition of Web
ster's dictionary: Populist- Laten-
populist, the peoplel political party
fObs
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

Cleveland is not sick, but his gigantic
temper indicates that he Is taking MS
medicine.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

Artz may not 60 to the penitentlary.
The thing to do is to exile him 10
Stevens county.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

Cleveland is loyal to beef. BisseH,
Smith and White stack up in great
shape on dress parade.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

It is difficult to tell who is responsible
for this glorious weather, but 1t Is
somebody's fine Italian hand.