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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-20
CHICAGO BEFORE AND AFTER

CHICAGO, March II.
To the Editor 0. the Eagle.
Chicago, within the last year, has pre-
scented spectacle of ''before and after
taking" the worlds fair. The first was
a notable event of history, the latter is
deplorable state of human suffering.
This latter condition Is not universal,
but the suffering, starving poor abound
in an altogether abnormal proportion.
There is even large contingent who
have been well to do, out of funds, out
of employment, out of bread. They rep
resent the country trades-people, the
Spectator, the aCventurer and the re-
spectacle impecunious class from all
quarters. The attraction Of the fair
drew them hither with the delusiou that
a ready fortune swaited them. Their
little cash was soon invested in exorbi-
tant rents, temporary booths and useless
novelties which they expected visitors
TO purchase at q thousand per cen.
profit. The figures were well enough
but the reckoning was bad. Over supply
met with dearth of curiosity on the
part of We rural customer, and the
nucleus went up in smoke. Another
class staked their balance in a cash pay
ment on inflated real estate, trusting luck
and Providence TO supply the sucker who
would take up the deferred payments.
These agencies, having no interests TO
serve, failed 10 supply the purchaser,
and the said speculator is wrestling with
a so-called equity" and q real. tangi-
BILE, omnipresent mortgage. He IS here,
pushing sale, in all stages of despair,
from yet lingering hope to total aban-
donment. There is an anomalous con-
dition in one class of deals. 1t is the
99 year lease. a owns a lot which be
leases 20 B at fabulous rate. b " it'll
fortune 10 make. boFrows the money
from L to put no costly building, say
half million, at per cent interest, all
calculations being based on last years
rentals. Here the difficulty lies and
tgures-the proverbial truth tellers,
lie also. The business of the occupant
fails, and he takes his exit with the
Far and The Ferris wheel. The first in
staliment of interest comes due, likewise
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THAT CITY TICKET.

That is an exceptionally good ticket
placed in nomination last Saturday by
the Republicans in their respective wards
of this city. The nominees are strong
and solid business men, clean, incorrup-
tible and commanding the confidence
and esteem of everybody, for they are
all known to every voter. The anxiety
expressed by the EAGLE on the morning
of the primaries seems to have been
shared by the Republicans throughout
the city. The men who have to pay the
taxes turned out and named men of their
own stamp and standing as candidates.
If the men so unanimously nominated
FOR the city council and members of the
school board are elected, There will be no
more whispered scandals of blackmailed
teachers, subsidized contractors, blooded
favorites and the like, to humiliate de-
cent people and to render property hold
ers uneasy. There is no reason WHY
every man named Saturday should not
be elected, and they will be if the same
solid class of citizens who were so active
at the primaries will but turn out on
election day.
In the meantime do not forget that
there is but three days remaining in
which to register.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-20
NEGRO LOGIC.
From the Youths Companion.

FROM the outh 5 Companion.
1t was just before the war Squire
Johnson had been to Nashville, and on
his return home brought "Ole Nose"
the favorite slave on the plantati q
new hat Nose was very proud of it.
The next Sunday the squire was driv-
ing home from church with his family,
and the carriage overlook Nose and
his ''ole miss trudging along afoot It
was raining slightly, and the squire
noticed that Nose was bareheaded and
was carefully protecting his new hat
with his coat.
why don't you wear your new hat,
Mose?' inquired the squire. You'll
get that old head Of yours wet"
Oats so, Mass Johnson" replied
Nose, shut dat ole heads yours and de
hats mine"
The squire used to miss chicken
now and then, and at length the mys-
terious disappearance was laid at the
door of one Ezekiel, who was accused
of the theft by his master.
Zeke was darby OF exceptional wit.
He had picked up little arithmetic
and prided himself on his acuteness
When charged with the chicken TAX
ing he asked warily:
Now, Marse johnson, if / can show
you dat only TUX dem fowls for yoh
good, viii you let me go JUS dis time?''
The squire was curious to hear his
defense and told him he would do SO.
"Well, you say you paid nine hun
dred dollars for me, and l weighs JUS
bout hundred and fifty pounds. Dat
makes six dollars pound Now, if I
turn yoh chicken meat dat amt wuff
noah ten cents a pound into niger
meat dat's wuff six dollars yoh JUS dat
much better off. Don't You see?'
''Of course the squire saw, and he
used often to repeat the story and
laugh at the darky's ingenuity.
The war came on and Zeke was one
day detailed off the plantation to helm
throw up some earthworks The enemy
observed the defensive preparations
and began to shell the place. The first
missiles went wide of the mark. but
after few rounds the range was found
more accurately and the shells began
to burst bly, close to Ezekiel.
He stood his ground as long as he
could, but at last dropped his shovel
and ran for his life The officer in
charge of the operations met him a
little distance down the road and, halt
ing him, ordered him to explain his
fight. Zeke was trembling with fright,
but found breath to say:
"Dey's shooting over dare, and Mars
Johnson he's poh man. He paid nine
hundred dollars for me in Memphis
and he can't afford to have me killed"
And with that he took to the woods
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OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Base ball has become epidemic in Chan
der.
L. c. Guss is now editor of the Guthrie
News.
Norman will celebrate Oklahoma day
next April.
Perry celebrated St. Patrick's day with
a big parade.
Stormy Jim was rounded up in Perry
the other night.
At Alva homesteaders are coming in at
the rate of 200 a day.
Oklahoma City has three tickets in the
field in the local campaign.
Last Sunday Perry heard the music of a
church bell for the first time.
There will be room for 500 homestead
ers IN the Kickapoo country.
The change of venue is used more in Ok
lahoma than anywhere else on earth.
The mail at the Kildare postofice has
doubled since the first day of the year.
Frank Greer compares an esteemed con-
temporary to a bull pup in slop barrel.
That story about a dugout caving in
near Enid has strong flavor of fish about
it.
The Kildare Journal is one of The few
papers in Oklahoma that prints all its own
matter
The Guthrie school board rejected all
the bids for school houses, because they
are too high.
An Oklahoma City man is out against
dancing. He says that as alcohol is the
spirit of whiskey, SO sex is the spirit of
dancing.
The serious charge is made against
Judge Bierer that be looks like Brutus,
the gentleman who struck j. Caesar with
a stab-knife.
Dennis Flynn, if the signs do not fail,
will go back to congress from Okla homa
with majority so big that he will have
TO pay excess charges on it.
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the annual dues for ground rent. The
ambitious B defaults, leaving G to fore
close his mortgage on structure on AS
lot Here the dea, takes a backward
turn. Instead of having good 6 per
cent loan c is forced to assume the
ground rentals for the iEconsiderate per-
iod of so years, pay the taxes, collect
such rents as he can, or forfeit his in
vestment. a rich legacy indeed to leave
his heirs.
1t is fair to say that these things are
not chargeable to Chicago. 1t is the
reckless greed which is without habita-
ton, yet omnipresent-not confined to
western cities nor prescribed by limita-
tons. Chicago. with her irresistible
energy, will live through it, but the loss
to individuals will never be computed.
The one commodity, which costs moth
ing, is encountered everywhere: that Is
talk. The man of business talks hope
fully, the specuIator talks confidently
and the gambler in wind talks bullishly.
There is an undercurrent of insincerity,
however, which is lily concealed by the
superficial drift of talk. Times are
hard, money locked up, and Micawber
stalks his weary rounds, vainly waiting
for what he will never see. The ''spring
trade" and the building season" will
materialize some time, but not this year
nor next. Its the penalty of over-trad-
ing and debt-making. The only reward
in prospect is that which comes from ex-
pericnce. This may have little valne as
collateral, or circulating Medium,
but wise man may make it available.
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he got every vote cast. Now il Douglass
can carry the convention as easily as he
did his home county he Will be In the
swim. George. If nominated, will make n
gallant fight in the coming campaign,
and when elected will make No. con-
gresham, and one in whom his constitu-
ents can have confidence, and need have
no fear of any foolish breaks.-Logan
County Republican.
The Republicans of Sedgwick county de-
cided the contest between Hallow ell and
Douglass for congressmaE-al-large In Ia
yor of the latter He will go TO the state
convention backed by a strong delegation
from Sedgwick county which Will urge his
nomination. The Republicans OF the
state cannot afford TO defeat him. One OF
the main issues of the coming campaign
will be the actious of the last house or
representatives, and as Douglass was the
speaker and the acknowledged leader OF
that house it is right and proper that he
should receive the nomination. IL Doug
lass receives the nomination his election Is
assured Grant County Republican.
Geo. l.. Douglass is closer TO the hearts
of the Republican masses than any other
man in the state today, being justly re-
garded as representing the Republican
position in the legislative war" which Is
sure to cut quite a figure IN the coming
Campaign. In addition to his popularity
N tnlS regard. MT. OougiasS IS SO0u con-
gressionai timber. He is honest and capa-
BILE and well trained in public affairs, is
good reasoner and ready debarer. The
Herald predicts that be will be nominated
and elected, ana will do much to redeem
Kansas from the fallen position she now
occupies in our national council.-Dighton
Herald.
George L. Douglass the legislative hero
of 1913, will receive the undivided support
of Srdgwick county in the state coaven-
ton for the office of congressma -at-lsrge,
having defeated Hailowell, his opponent at
home, in the local primaries. Every
patriotic Kansan's heart should warm
toward George L. Douglass, who led his
brave followers up the state house stairs,
facing Winchesters in the hands of
eowardly Anarchists, and battered down
doors that were closed against the repre-
sentatives of the people. During all those
stirring times Douglass did his duty
grandly, and now that he is called to go
up higher to represent the great common
wealth he assisted to preserve, hs should
receive the hearty support of the party
that stands for the sovereignty of the peo-
pies will. We earnestly hope that Rocks
county Will instruct her delegation to vote
first, last and all the time for George L.
Douglass. Record.
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"Dapper Is what call q regular
dummy" Great Cesar, lie talks a.!
the time,'' II know, bat look at thu
new suits he. displays Inter Ocean.
Mrs Houser (enviousi-'I won.
der why II was called Paradise HoH-
ser temFhaticl -"Because there was
only one woman IN is, o: course
Buffalo Courier
Jsck-'H / happen 20 meet kiA,
Terry III speak e coed vssd for you
Tom-''Do: speak % roe as besuttui
md brainy, but unuttersbly bad. ~.
Y. Herald
OF what benestsrs brothsrs7 Whsn
they are little they are torment. and
nhsn they grow old snough 70 be Of
zsc % their skaters, other girls borrow
shen--Aehlson Globe.
Monkeys have a peculiar dread Of
snakes . u certainly natural that
they should The frat woman on earth
~As led 70 make . uooizsy 81 hsrssli
By a snake -E. O. Picsyuns-
The fss Is hated 81 rnazkisd
worse than ssy other tnsees-sr1 d
you know whyT' Haven't the sIisht
est idea" Because il rnzxss tassn
scratch for . living
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-20
LET UP ON ISEASES."

Every once in while it becomes nee
essary, in this progressive age, TO put on
the air brakes and take a look back over
the track to see how the right-of-way
appears. 1t will not do for the bump
stious engineer, cuddled up in his own
self-esteem, and eager 20 forge on and
find new fields and convince the world
of his advancement, to pay too much
attention to the front end OF the train.
If he will survey things occasionally
from the rear platform, he may find
that he has run over and mangled sew
eral worthy and ancient customs that
the world can lily spare.
It has lately become the custom to
whitewash humanity with the plea Of
disease" What were sins fifty years
ago are now diseases"
The assassin is diseased. The burglar
is diseased. The thief is diseased. They
do not mean to be vicious, but their
minds are diseased.
Lechery Is not disease. Neither is
seduction nor adultery. Colonel Brock
inridge, who is just now watching his
reputation disintegrate, has found
champion in the Rev. John P Paxton
of the Presbyterian church who married
Breckenridge secretly 20 his last wife,
Breckenridge is an old and intimate
friend of Paxton, who says:
Colonel Breckenridge was so consti-
tuted that he could never see a woman
who was fair without devoting himself
to her. If he ruined this young woman,
then it was from his constitutional weak
ness. Such gallantry as his is disease,
just as kleptomania and drunken ness
are diseases. In his opinion the best of
men have their weak points, and it was
not always the men with the longest
and sanctimonious faces that were
exempt"
1t was disease, then, that through
Paris ruined Troy and Helen. 1t was
disease that tore up ancient Rome about
once every ten years. Joseph's purity,
then, was not respect for NIr. Potiphar,
but simply an absence of disease.
Henry VIII of England, was not an old
brute. He was merely developed imper-
fectly, mentally, and he couldn't help it.
Give us a rest on diseases. Let medi-
cine attend to its drugs, and the courts
will try to cure seducers and the ilk, in
the good old fashioned way.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-20
JAPANESE ART.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The sharpness and unique temper OF
Japanese swords are now universally
admitted as unrivaled, but a time has
come when these qualities command
very little practical value, and works
of merit are classed with curios OF an
tique ages, while the skill and secret of
tempering the blade has almost entire
" been lost. Still, the arts SO lavish
" spent on the other parts of the
sword, though subsidiary in the days
when the merit Of the blade was of
prime Importance, yet live In full vigof
as in ages when swords were almost
exclusive arms Of defense and attack.
These arts include several branches,
commencing with metal works and
ending with lacquer work and silk
braidS But of these arts the principal
part is occupied by metal works. and
the collectors of Yamato's arts mostly
seek this class of sword furnitures. In
metal works it would not be too much
to say that before the restoration and
the new era opened with the neiji en-
peror the sword furnitures were the
only field for the highest art Of metal
works What other field there may
have been, it was exceedingly limited,
while millions of sword wearers who
were not content with a couple OF
swords, and Were equally eager IN
possession OF quantity as they were IN
quality, almost unlimited field was az
forded for the artists while merits of
high orders found a liberal patronage
OF the wealthy class and OF Dalmios-
But along with the disappearance of SC
extensive and almost boundless field
II may naturally be concluded that
the arts which have decorated the
principal property Of Samural and
Daiuio have gone out Of existence, but
nowhere a greater mistake has been
made. for ''the ability Of the old artists
had been bequeathed in full measure
to their meiji Representatives" Only
the field of application has changed.
and the art remains in full vigor as IL
was in olden times
A Japenese sword consists OF three
principal parts, viz. nj, or blade,
tsukz. or hilt and saga or sheath
On the first the so-called artistic
decoration has no place, the sharp
ness. temper and strength being
Of the prime Importance. On the second
and the third, arts OF different patterns
and styles were layissed, and they no.
as separate pieces are sought after o.
collectors and eounoisseurs OF both
east and west The second the tsuka,
besides different styles Q; silk braids
covering the shank skin. or OF fancy
ina terials without the brsids and the
skin has three parts where metallic
art and skin are fully displayed They
are kashirz, or the topuost, un-unkA- or
the central, and frchi- or the lowest
decoration The third the saya- De-
sides laenuc- work of highest type. OF
soma other workmanship, has tse
GAIA Mlers Qstsslsa. SsEyc1- ASe
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ana sausages from Dresden plates, and
cups worth fifteen dollars apiece Mrs.
/ Harrison added to the pantry equip
ment of the White house a new set of
American china that compares favor
ably with the finest products of Europe
Or the far east.
Eight great sheets of silvered glass
contribute Importantly TO the decora-
ton of the famous east room They
are set in frames of white and gold,
matching the concentrations of what
Is proba bly, the largest parlor in the
world. What brilliant scenes have they
reflected, as from administration to adj
ministration throngs of gayly dressed
people have passed under the light Of
the three huge,chandeliers which illum-
mate the apartment Each of these
cost five thousand dollars and contain
six thousand prism-shaped pieces of
Bohemian glass When the thirty-six
gas lights and as many electric bulbs
are all blazing the effect is like that Of
q mass of rainbows
Over the fireplace in the green room
is mirror in a massive gold frame,
having shield of stars and stripes at
the top, and between the windows is
another of the same size and pattern
In the blue room is two more gold
framed looking glasses, one bearing the
Roman fasces of a device and the other
an eagle with a wreath on either side.
Two very fine glasses are set like
panels in the walls of the main cor
ridor of the White house, each OF
them ten feet high. They are so old
that nobody knows just when they
were put in Nearly all of the mirrors
prescribed were brought years ago
from abroad, being of French manu-
facture. Nowadays, those procured
for Uncle Sans use are of American
make.
Over the mantelpiece in the executive
clerks room at the White house is a
mirror, though not n very costly one,
which many a time has reflected the
image of Guiteau when the assassin
used to come day after day and ST,
there waiting for his expected diplo-
matte appointment often did he grin
into it casually while arranging his
uecktie and nursing a hendish pur
pose in his heart
In the presidents room at tho CAPT
toi two huge mirrors face each other
from opposite walls The reflections
interchanged between them produce
an effect as IL one were looking in !
in either direction down an endless |
corridor. In the marble-rooIn sdjoin. |
ing the same opticz! phenomenon ia
exhibited BY great looking glasses liz |
frames Of gold and enamel. In the /
closet Of the vice presidents room is q
small. gilt-framed mirror which wa.
bought in the time OF John Adams for 4
;wenty-six dollars The purchase wa. I
condemned in the senate as an out 4
rageous extravaganza 1t mas never /
been regilded because to DO 30 vvepIs
mar its historic value
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a FAMOUS CRYSTAL LAKE.

From the New York World
The mirrors OF the White house, II
they could reproduce the pictures
which they have reflected, would tell
wonderful stories Some of them are
very old They have framed the inn
ages of many presidents and have wit
messed historic scenes Gen. Arthur
had the glasses all through the man
sion carefully arranged SO as 10 take
advantage OF favorable lights His
full-length portrait IN oil now hangs in
the red room, directly opposite big
mirror, in which he seems to DC sur
veying himself, with one hand thrust
into the breast of his fur-trimmed
coat
The most interesting mirror az the
White house met with sad accident
recently. 1t IS twelve feet long and
two feet wide and framed in gold. Or
occasions of ceremony for many years
il has adorned the table IN the state
dining room, representing small lake
in the middle of the festive GARD, and
Is surrounded By beautiful flowers from
the government Conservatives II
composed of seven rectangular plates
of glass In the middle stands golden
bowl. which holds huge bouquet. and
at each end are two massive Candida
bra Around the frame are twenty
four graceful female figures OF gold
each bearing two vsreaths, and II thess
wreaths candles arc set The effect Is
quite gorgeous
This crystal lake was bought "A
France during the reign OF lovely Dolly
Madison Seven years ago Col VII
son. then. a. new, master OF Ceremonies
for Mr.. Cleveland, sent IL away % be
re-silvered- When IL was being pu; to-
gether again. colorea man carrying
one OF the glass sections, fell over
chair, smashing his precious burden
/. was replaced with a new piece The
largest fragment was set in an oak
frame by Col wilson, who has 1. hung
In his own house
At each end of the state dining room
Is . large. gold-franeG mirror. and
third Is hung over one OF the great
sidebozrds IA which the cot glass Is
KEEP. In the presidents private dining
room are Two enormous ssae boards %
mahogany. with huge locking glasses
II theta These contain treasures
worth nany thousands Of dollars IL
precious metal and costly glass zsS
ez-.aa- rn1a1;ng service % spoons
sud forks "a solid gold Mr.. and Ma
Cleveland Use these forks and spoons
syeEL t.y, satiagsyen bucs.seste zkss
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engravers lavished' their SKIN, the
principal part Of which is the kaojiri,
or Ike tip of the sheath, while the next
is called kurikata, or knob, to which
the sword string is attached Bnt in
saya, both kojiri and kurikata, are
often made of lacquer without any me-
tallic works This is mostly the case
with the latter, while the former Is
more frequently decorated with elabor-
ate metallic works of different styles
and materials. The last to be men
toned is the tsuba, or guards, on which
also exquisite workmanship are law
ished on different metals
They are OF cold, silver, copper, iron
and alloys characteristic of Yemato's
art, such as shakudo, or a black COM
pound of copper and gold with little
silver, shibuichi, or a grayish compound
of copper, silver, gold and iron. OF
shakudo there are at least two grades
One of them generally goes by the
name of shakudo and the other and
higher grade is called nugarasu, or wet
crow. The name is taken from the
brilliant black which only finds its
counterpart in the dense bright color
of the birds pluInage, beautifed by
the sparkling water of a pure spring
Besides ordinary brass there is a special
kind called kiskinchin, or kijinchin.
The color in this alloy is yellow, as the
name denotes, but it is OF a more sub
dued style, which makes it clearly dis
tinguishable from the vulgar yellow of
the ordinary brass. These metals
afford the materials of metal workers,
and different kinds of them are taste
fully mixed SO as to avoid monotony
and at the same time to give pleasing
varieties