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The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-03
HOW THEY RECEIVE.
Extraordinary Adventures at tho
Home Of John .. Rockefellar.
Mva Rassen Sage Intervlevsd-MrA Cor
neiius Vanderbilt Was Dressing and Mr.
Whitney Was " Not In AT George
Bend's Home.


D ONE who has
g v e T casually
noted the pro-
C e e d ings of
blaekm a Hers
and crsnks, SO
far rs their pro-
ce e ding 8 be-
come q matter
OF public con-
cern. can have
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-08
Daily II eagle
n NJ. MURDOCH, Editor.
KANSAS AS SURE AS FATE.

The real estate editor Of the chicago
rr;h,,ne is making desperate effort TO
convince himself and his readers tha'
here are no vacant offices or houses III
CHICAGO. He admits there are many
changes in tenants, cid leases Deihs
abandoned and new ones being contract
al Int in the grand shuttle which IS 10
Terminate May l, the offices are all 70 VIC
filed and every house occupied. Ia .ne
writer could convince the pubic 'na'
here are no vacancies now, his calcuia-
Ions and deductions would DO ihoie
plausible, but with people gong ous ~
every train and nobody coming H. ~
looks like the vacancies at that date Will
no what is known in mathematics as an
unknown quantity. He admits the
,rosnect of such a condition by pointins
IN similar state of affairs III
New York and ST. Louis, where he
cav, there has been a general
stampede from elegantly furnished quar-
,ers by the big and little firms in every
brarch of business. 1t all amounts TO
Ibis; the great city booms are busrteo'
inst as the boomiets in the mortgage
ridden villages and culture great cities
all over the country have come to grlef.
The difference, in favor of the smaiier
places, is that the aggregate lndeoteo-
ness is much smaller and the liquidatlng
process began five years ago, and Is now
well nigh over. Chicago and ot. LOUIS
are TODAY at the period of debt paying
Dccupied by Wichita five years ago, ana
there is no sort of well worded sophistry
that will bridge them over or carry 'hem
around their debts. They will pass
through the sweat; witnessing the same
decline in values, and experiencing the
same difficulty in payment, save that
they are required to put up thousands TO
our hundreds. No place is so big, no
people are SO ingenious or aggressive
as to avoid tie penalties of over trading,
and all this blowing and striking VIII be
taken for Just what it is worth-slmpiy
an effort to hoodwink the pubic ana
catch confiding investors.
Much as we have suffered from SINH
lar causes, Kansas now furnishes about
the opposite state of things. Our debts
are mostly paid, prices are down to bed
rock, millions of idle money in eastern
centers, which for the reasons above
cited cannot find profitable investment
there, will fad its way to the west, where
the income of broad acres is not in
iiuenced by fairs or fancy deals in specu-
lative values. Wichita property at
nresent prices, is infinitely cheaper than
the vacant sky scrapers in the great
cities. which consume a fortune each
wear in taxes. In the recuperating pro-
cess money will drop where it Is safe
and productive of the best returns. 1t
will be interesting to note the increasing
demand for western lands from now till
the market price reaches the intrinsic
rolua
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-08
he WAS GETTING FAT,

From the Buffalo Express.
William" said Mrs. Fussly, you
are getting disgustingly fat"
William said he supposed he was.
'How much do you weigh, William?'
asked Mrs. Fussly, after a silence OF
ten minutes.
1.-TWO hundred and forty" said Will
liam, sharply.
Mrs. Fussly sighed deeply. "You
used to be such a trim young man, ~
she said, after another ten-minute
stretch of silence.
'That's right" replied Mr.. Fussly,
complacently.
Then Mrs. Fussly went on darning
the stocking she had on her lap, and
MIR. Fussly plunged deeper into his
newspaper. Nothing was said by
either for half an hour Then Mrs.
fussly sat bolt upright and broke out:
civilian, you need more exercise
Mr.. Fussly threw his paper on the
floor and glared at his wife, 'Exer-
else be blowed!'' he said. Il get exer-
else enough. You women think unless
@ man works in sewer with pick and
shovel, or saws wood with a cross-cut
saw, or pounds down paving stones
with movable pile-driver, operated
by human muscles instead of by steam,
that he does no work and gets no exer-
else. Now, work at my desk just as
hard as 1 would if 1 were breaking
stone, and good deal harder. When
night comes / am as tired as I would
be if pitched hay all day. 1t isn't the
man who uses his muscles most who
does the hardest work. and l am not in
mood for turning fiip-faps OF doing
the giant swing on the horizontal bar
after get through
But" broke in Mrs Fussly. 81
know all that didn't mean that you
should go into training for circus
performer. I think that If you would
walk more it would do you good For
instance, if you would walk down to
business each day, instead of riding al
ways on the street cars, am sure you
would feel better"
Fudge" said Mr.. Fussly. testify, Il
don't believe that walking is any kind
Of exercise. 1 don't believe that if I
were to walk both ways every day OF
my life would lose an ounce in sixteen
years Walking isn't what it is cracked
up to be. Besides" he continued tri-
amphantly, 81 do exercise every day,
nearly"
What do YOU do?'' asked Mrs Fuss
". with great show OF interest.
why, play two or three games Of
billiards almost every afternoon. That's
pretty good exercise, tell YOU"
where does the exercise come in?"
asked Mrs Fussly. innoceutly
Mr. Fussly jumped to his feet and
ragged around the room. where does
the exercise come in?" he shouted.
'Why, in walking around the tabl-
Pshaw. you can't make a woman under
stand anything. anyhow" And. for
some reason or other, Mr.. Fussly con-
Guided that il. was time fa1 him to 90
- bed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-08
BACKWOODS PlETY.
From tie New York Herald.

| From tie New York Herald.
She was from the country, but she
didn't intend to take backwater on
anything on that account II she could
| help it. Piety was the subject of dis
cussion, and Sister Jane, who lived in
| town that made some pretensions to
being considered city, had been ex-
patiating on the immaculate rig hteous-
ness of Parson Jenkins
Sister Melinda bided her time until
! her innings came round End then took
the floor.
II don't mind allowin'," she said,
that Parson Jenkins is-a powerful re-
ligious man. but when it comes TO
downright wrestlin' with Satan. an
resistin' his wiles an temptations, why.
stands right up in meetin' an saws
that our Parson Goodfriend can't be
beat BY no man. He don't run a soup
kitchen Gus we don't have no use for
SIGH things down our way, an he don't
60 slummin' ops We amt got no slums,
but he's always ready for a tussls with
the adversary, no matter how many
snares an pitfalls he sets for his feet
you know, he keeps . maple grove
onto his little place, an he sets
powerful store by EN-. Well. II hadn't
been very good ssgarin' weather at the
time I'm speskin' Of II had been
frizzin' considerable night times, but
i. hadn't shawsd out any dsytimes. an
the sap hadn't had good chance TO
run But Parson Goodfriend vuz
alters a great hand for talsin' time by
the forelock. so he go. his holes bored
an his spouts druv IN an mis- buckets
set SC as ter nave everything ready 10
take advantage Of the righ, sort Of
weather when Il came along.
Well, he done that en- Wednesday
an them trees Of his never dripped
drop on Thursday, nor on Friday, nor
on Saturday; bat Or Sunday the sun
shone .out powerful warm an everv-
thing was a thawin'. An when he
went 20 look al his trees en- Monday
rnornin'-'cus. 81 course. he wouldn't
let himself think Of them e-en on
snncay-he found that bis sap troughs
al buckets WIZ just brimful Then
what do ron think he DONE"
n.y. sssfSpeS nc Gu NH~k sET
other ms1 would have done replied
Sister Jane He took the sap away 20
make maple sugar ou. Of 81"
Yea. that's shat PsrSon Jenkins
would a-6one, no doubt; sals Sister
Melinda triumphantly. an IL fuss
proves what rEa seIisn' these facts for
there amt no more piozs mar siysn'
ihan cur Par.on 6csdfrieas. No he
didn't shou, for Joy an tax. tta, SAP
away. but ne JUS: snpped down OF his
knees right then an there an be says
1t WIZ rsy ovTa cousin that heard
hSn-fIet thee oeni1d fne. Satan: ron
cant tempt nae with AR Lords dsy
sap An then he riz Ep an Sc en- psse9
ever .zss 6.sp q .as k:sS g. - tie
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-08
ground, an NEXT Sunday he preached
the most eonvincin' sermon ever heard
on the wiles of the evil one.1
ENGLISH PHEASANT SHOOTING.

| From the Losdon Truth.
Why does anybody go 10 the expense
: and bother Of Matching out birds and
keeping them on the premises--whethes
by means Of coops or housekeeping
mixtures they are ready for
shooting, when they can be bought
ready-made for the purpose7 One en-
terprising trades,san was adver Using
the other day:
Two thousand full-wing young eoel
pheasants for shooting. Also two thou
sand las. seasons phessants; price low
this season
Cock pheaka Is for shooting" means
take It. birds properly bred and fat
tened. and educated up TO the business.
And a great eonvenisnce 10 must be "a
those who have 20 entsrtain royal and
noble sportsmen, 20 be able 20 lag in
the raw material for big bags at a few
days notice
What I want 20 know is, why The
shooting Of beasts cannot be brought
up 70 date. as the shooting Of birds ha1
been? Why does net the Geological
society undertake 10 send out lion.
tiger. aud big game generally. pro-
srIy fsttened up. and not too fresh ~
be ''battued'' in the parks Of the aris-
tocracy and plutocrscy7 Why should
II be necessary % travsi AL the way 70
South Africa. and undergo ell sorts es
fatigue and inconvenisnces-ro.si
sven personal dauger-in the pursuit
Of sporty'
~ the German imperial hunts 4. /.
now the practice 70 keep q carefsI
record of the names Of the spcr.aEosn
aud % the game killed by each o.
them gses. may get possession o.
the an,lsrS 81 q stag. the horns o! :.
buck, q The tus<s Of wild boar. II hs
wants 20 carry any such usernsntoes of
the sport; but the BODY % an animal
csnnot be obtained unless ia fEl.
market value = paid 20 che treasury o.
the court hunting Office Ersa the en-.
p-ror IL sabjec. n THE ra3s. and The
whole Of the game 1vhich = killed a
sold en- bloc 20 dealers. zadsT the sa-
p-rsnseasens. az the chief forester IA
whose district IA. han. has taken
place
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-08

Silver Dick Bland poses as the special
champion of the white metal, and yet
in his seignorage bill he provides for the
issuing of silver certificates to represent
the full amount Of such coinage when it
shall be completed. If the seignorage
of silver is to be represented in the cir
culation by certificates, while the coin
lies idle in the treasury, what is the use
of having it coined? 1t would be as
good in bullion as a basis of paper cir
culation as is the balance of the great
mass of silver bullion that is covered by
treasury notes.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-08
MUSCLES AND MORALS.

Saw what YOU will about the advance
of civilization and its modifying effects
upon human nature, and the claim that
animal propensities are overcome by and
disappear as intelligence develops, but
the disposition 10 scrap continues to
manifest itself on occasions, and proba-
bly, will until our natures undergo the
millenial transition. Nor caste, nor call
ing, nor profession furnish an exception
10 the rule. A case in point: 4 couple
of attorneys were discussing the Cor.
bett- Mitchell mill in a court room in
Chicago few days ago and became so
animated that the lie passed, which was
quickly followed by fistic bout. Dur
lug the progress of the rounds the judge
is seid TO have watched the battle with
"dignified establishment" After it was
over and his honor had recovered his
wonted equipoise he assessed fines
against the combattants of $50 and
$50 respectively, apparently apportion-
ing The gate money according to the re-
spective merits of the fighters. Later,
however, the judge RENTED the fines.
indicating thereby that the incident was
not without compensation to the court,
though the dignity of the court inn
PEELED him to express the opinion
that the conduct of the LAWYERS
was without warrant IN the
code of professional ethics. Other
instances are of record where dis
ciples of Blackstone, under the impulse
of personal affront, have proceeded to
recover damages through muscular
process, the presence of the court not
withstanding.
And The learned profession of the law
is not alone among tie sciences in this
respect. Every now and then a member
of the ministerial association finds it
necessary to use an argument of greater
force than the word of mouth tc con-
vince a transgreSSor of the error of his
way. When such lessons are impaired
not many persons are found to censure
or criticise them.
Still, such things as these can hardly
de set up as proof of moral degeneracy
as ia insisted by the chronic pessimist,
for, while not exemplary from the
standpoint of the religionist, it is in
fnitely more creditable than resort to
billingsgate or the barbaric code duello
The idea of outstanding mans muscles
may sound paradoxical TO some, bur il
does not necessarily mean muscular
christianity III the common acceptatior
of the term, and yet if the innovation
started along this line by the Kansas
University shall be adopted by the other
educational institutions of the country
we may hopefully look for an improve
ment in both moral and physical devel
opment that cannot but be gratifying t.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-08

John j. Ingalls has written letter to
Jacob Stotler of Fort Scott that it will be
impossible for him to be present ut the
coming union of the ex-prisoners OF war,
as was expected of him. He says he is
hard up and must keep at work in the
lecture field in order to keep the wolf
from the door-Topeka Capital.
Ii our statesman out Of a job" is really
troubled to keep the wolf from the
door," as the Capital says, then he is en-
entitled to the same sympathy as other
people out Of job.-Atchison Champion.
Sure. But the point that strikes the
average person as kind o queer is, how
a person out of job can keep right on
working, and per contra, if one keeps at
work how can he be said to be out OF a
inhr
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-08
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

| Norman has the cotton seed oil mill
fever,
The Guthrie Capital speaks of "suit in
| iniquity."
Tom King seems to have retired from
public life.
The signal station at Enid will begin
! operations next week.
The strip school lands will be leased for
term OF three years.
The Sac and Fox Indians are engaged in
their bread and mea: dance.
The Enid Salvation Army has had 80
conversions in the last two months.
T. p. Shull has a fine article in the Ok
| lahoma School Herald for January.
The FL Reno Herald is up to snuff. L.
issued a 10000 boom edition last week.
The county officers at kingfisher have
burned $50 worth of wood this winter
1t is about time for some one TO say of
the statehood question that 'pandemonium
reigns.'
Blackwell plum es itself a good deal on
the fact that the nearest town is fifteen
miles away.
No one has been frozen in the strip this
winter all reports to the contrary not
wthstanding.
One of the Indian graves near Ponca is
secured with two padlocks. The other
graves are open.
The laying OF the cornerstone of the
Pond Greek court house has been post
poned for two weeks.
The opinion is prevailing at FL Reno
that a dentist should stick to his teeth
and let asssying alone.
II Hoke Smith keeps on be will not have
a friend left in Georgia. They VIII all be
holding Office in Oklahoma.
There is ii pony among the Otoes that is
known to have been owned at some time
by every tribe in the territory.
The poet laureate Of Pond Creek has
had his long locks sawed on The whole
town has gone into mourning
The Ardmore Chieftaa defends in
truders.n Il saws that Columbus and
Dave Payne were both intrucerS
II there is no gold in the Wichita noun
tains almost every body would De satisfied
with good paying streak OF siirer
4 sign in an Oklahoma saloon reads:
Look not on the wine when II L red. aad
do not use tie town that way, either"
There is an old mine IN the Wichita
mountains which is supposed 10 have been
made by the indians or their predecessors
An old miner writes 10 the Mineo Min
streI and says thai be has prospected Ia the
Wichita mountains and there IS mineral
there.
Sam Small has not severed his connee-
lion with the Oklshcman a. reported
His name wa. left oas By mistake ole
morning.
pays to have babies IN the Usage tribe.
Aunt Jane Appleh~e. AZ Usage % years OF
age, had baby about week ago Iae
moment Is DIRE. is frss bzeasa J. ives
worsa SIS 90,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-08
The editor of the Atlanta j,

The editor of the Atlanta Journal, who
is the accredited head of the interior de-
partment of the government, is likewise
something of lecturer before school
societies. 1t is told of him that at re-
cent lecture on the Darwin theory, be-
fore one of the district schools, he OBJ
served that some of the class were not
giving proper attention, and reproved
them with, 'Boys, when l am endeavor-
ing to explain to you the peculiarities OF
the monkey, I~'wish you would look
straight at me-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-08

The Democrats now propose to make
short work in the senate of the tariff bill
passed by the house. The finance COM
mit,ee TO which the bill Vas referred
will not hear any verbal protests from
interested parties, which means that the
bill is to be railroaded through the SEN
ate without change and in The shortest
time possible. Since it is inevitable. the
sooner the better. Uncertainty and sus-
pense viii be removed and the country
be better prepared-by the operation
and effects Of the law upon commerce
and the industries-to pass upon it at
the polls at the congressional elections
next fall. If the bill is passed and put
into effect at once ii cannot be said by
its defenders during the fall campaign
that il las not had time 10 demonstrate
What il will do.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-08

Nothing daunted by the fate of Vail
liant who in few hours was to pay the
forfeit of his head for like offense, a
brother Anarchist placed bomb with a
lighted fuse attached, in the city hall in
Versailles, France, Saturday. The
bomb was discovered in time to prevent
its explosion, but the person who placed
it escaped without being detected.
Executing Anarchist bomb-throwers
may not deter others but it reduces the
number just so many. France will do
well to continue the bloody work as oc-
casions are presented.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-08

A Populist organ, to bolster up the
weakening and wavering remnant OF
that following, produces what seems to
be comparative statement of the votes
cast by the Pop party in several states
last year and this year, showing uni.
form gain of from SO to 80 per cent in
their favor. The figures lie in every
instance, being the manipulations of an
upconscionable liar. No election has
been held this year in single one of the
states named.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-08

A number of Kansas papers are re-
publishing the old Blue laws of Con-
nec:icut, with running comments and
excuses. OF course Connechcut nor
any other state ever passed any such
laws. The Blue laws, as of course every
body knows, were written by an
EngIshman out of spite for treatment
he had received at the hands of the
bluebellies.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-08

Mr.. !. A. smith. q E-sn-as City. Kan
.as- wrtsss > l-tssg ssssrxsng has CgysF-
nrr T,evresgtag sszl FTsa G. - have ~
,-esxssI Z 2. ; IA meath regal ~ frargs ths
sslus4 nj : "a 4~rs 81 Kan e v.
ksnszs. The } .s4ff.ssl seriously isss -
10 a,sersso1 q Gf. sasi1h. ses as {
tbinks Ie~siilag AMI Cse.e To sesd u
= ke tr41~s. .ut h>caass d; ss-las. -.
g4sssbiess would not YaY ths: s..z pres
wh~n they eo9id Ses tsssr ns,s fos ous-
.xeih Ct Il.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-08
The Only Wonder.

From, the Lawrence Journal
When the old soldiers marched I'D for
their pensions at Topeka yesterday, sew
enteen of them found that they had been
dropped from the rolls. The only won
der Is. when we remember that tie
Hoke Smith snickersnee has been doing
active duty for year. that any names
are yet on the list.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-08

If such scenes and incidents as &C.
Cured in the court room in Lincoln,
Neb.. mentioned in yesterday mornings
dispatches, are repeated often and at
different points in the country, the
American Protective association will
find itself without mission pretty
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-08
Parson Talmage's threat to

PaISon IaImage threat 10 fesISH tfe
pastorate of the Brooklyn tabernacle
seems to have had the desired effect
upon the congregation. Last Sunday S
collections were the largest in the his
tory of the tabernacle. One Of the
elders stated that if the parshioners had
always responded as literally as they
did that day there would be no debt now
TO nav off.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-08

The unprecedentedly low prices for
wheat and corn cannot be accounted for
by a lack Of currency. The treasu
statement shows that nearly $7,0OO,OO
was added to the volume during JAN
uary, and that the total now outstand-
ing is nearly billion and a quarter.
Theorists will now have to contend over
the two other causes, market gambling
and over supply.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-08

The house Judiciary committee have
agreed to report fsvorably on the bill te
place Judge c. G. Foster on the retired
list. The bill will no doubt pass as soon
as it comes before the house for action,
Judge Fosters condition is said to be
very little improved since going to Gal.
weston
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-08

The Hawaiian affair must be getting
in critical shape that it could not be
laid aside few hours so that the presi-
dent and his cabinet might pay last
tribute of respect by attending the funer-
al, of George W. Childs. a citizen of
worldwide fame as patriot and phi
lanthropst.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-08

The Wilson bill cuts the life out of
the principal interests of the solid DEM
ocratic states. The Virginias catch it on
coal, and louisiana and New Jersey
get it in the neck.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-08

A saving of 81, 4l2, 500 to the taxpayers of
Kansas is the result or the first year OF
Populist control of tate affairs. No.
bad for starter. is it Pop organ.
Yes, it's awful, because there is not a
syllable of truth in ia horrible per-
version of the truth, stated with the de-
liberate purpose to deceive the unsus-
pactipC
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-08

The Democrats in the United States
senate will now stand up and make their
little speeches protesting against the
Wilson bill and its income tax attach
ment, but when Grover wakes them up
with snap of his finger they will all
vote me too"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-08
LITERARY NOTES.

Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd o.
bourne will begin publication in Nc
Clure's Magazine for February of their
new novel, 1.-The Ebb Tide 1t is a
tale of the south seas. Astounding in
dramatic situations and adventures,
and it has been very effectively illus
trated by Alfred Brennan.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-08

Since the Wyandotte off-colored states.
man. Taylor, has been totally eclipsed
by that other Kansas Democratic
effulgence. Moonlight, he seems TO have
assumed the role of the ground hog and
with it clawlei il.