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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

I hava never told the secret OF tNas
the first time. You must know that
life at 4 frontier post Is very dull 81
the best This was rather duller
post than any I have ever been in
Shortly after my bed arrived the snow
dropped on W heavy, and our
only amusement was poker. We
got up a nice. quiet little gams
one Saturday night Ave of uA and
started in mildly on a dollar limiA
Perhaps you know how those gamss
grow. All of us had money. for We
hadn't been able to spend any. have
written a book on poker, you know.
and i do play . pretty stiR CANA Ny
room was the scene of the action. and
I sat with my back TO the folding bed
At midnight We decided 70 forget The
limit and play table stakes
Luck was dead against ma I lost
everything had and then the othes
players agreed TO take my o U's that
might have an opportunity 70 do
something. But still luck was againat
me- At three o'clock had ono thou
sand dollars in paper out and knew
that IL didn't get some of 10 back
should have To throw up my commis
sion and get out I was losing ny
nerve, and a young lieutenant next r.
me was forcing his luck Ny paper
WAS thicker around the board than
passes in Philadelphia thsster. The
lieutenant who was in luck started
one hundred dollar jack pot and suG-
gested, just to make IL lively. that We
should have . sweetener OF ten
dollarA Say. that pot was
corker. We were all stark eraxy
at that stage OF the game. ready
to gamble for our lives None Of us
could afford 70 play for such stakes.
but that didn't matter. The deal kept
going around. and no one could open
the pot. which increased fifty dollars .
clip This may seem an cxaggerstion.
but az I remember the event il 10 mott
that pot was swee tened for an hour
1T became big pile of o U'a We
had drinks on every deal Those we're
gay days i was getting despsrsts.
Ny money was gone. Ny credit was
nearly exhausted knew that nsves
could make good unless l opened that
Jackpot An inspiration came 70 NE
My trusty folding bedI That IL stood
behind me. warranted 70 open anything
from beer TO champagne ! reached
back. grabbed IL firmly and stsslthily
pulled il down II was low trick.
bat as said, my honor was ~ stalks.
Zach man was silent On the game.
He watched csrds and not his asigh.
Dor"
The three men ~ the table we're
breathing hard and listening. Thsy
had forgotten their drinks
As said. pulled that bed dovu
without attracting attention. and s..
tached to 10 the string that was on
every ! o. e. When IL came my tuys I
loosened my hold On the bed II es~
back The 20, was wide OPEN sad (
was saved That BOD. But the
three men had Deserted rheiy drinss
and went upstairs 70 write . oomplasas
TO Chandos Fuitca--S. v. Sun
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05
SAVED BY A FOLDING BED.

Utilizing Its Powers ~ = Motor ~ Crisis
In . Game Of Poker.
''Some people without experience
have been talking about the danger
that turks in folding bed" said Lieut.
Oscar King. at the Lotos club. one
evening. well, i know something
about them, and always salute a fold
ing bed. One of them saved me my
commission"
Three men around the table had full
glasses in front of them and they
couldn't get away. They moved I'M
easily.
"Yes, gentleman" said Lieut. King,
"a folding bed saved my commission,
and don't like to hear them abused.
1t was while was stationed on the
Platte, some years ago. and some OF
the comforts of home were missing. My
quarters were small and my cot bed
was uncomfortable / am . rather fat
man, as you see, and after q few nights
of trou bled sleep on the cot sent east
for the strongest folding bed that was
made A circus in . country town
wasn't marker on the esnsa ton that
machine caused when IL arrived Fold
ing beds were q novelty In the west
This one weighed nearly . ton when
the balance weights were adjusted
and it closed up against the wall
with shock that ratified the
thin partitions II was eomiorta BILE
and useful in many ways I found IL
more valuable than a valet By simple
scheme I taught that folding bed 10 pull
off my boots and draw corkA"
The three men at the table had
emptied their glasses and were again
moving uneasily.
with mo this time, gentlemen"
said the Lieutenant Waiter. four j.
and S. s in long glssssa Now, - ] wa
telling You" continued Lieut. King.
this bronco Of mine could buck harder
and kick higher than
Folding beds was the text, said one
man
And how ron saved your commits
sion" said another. The third MAT
was silent
Dear me- aaid Lieut. King. how
did happen TO wander OF to broucosi
Well, perhaps my folding bed did suS
gest ny bronco. One saved my com
mission and the other saved my life.
Both were valuable 70 ne then Well
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05
waIRLwIND RnDlvIvus.

Now after many years, when the no.
bility of the redman has become pleas
ant and harmless fiction, and the story
of Pocahontas is regarded as nothing
more than one of Captain john Smiths
off-hand lies, and the sentiments of
Hiawatha merely the vaporous images
in the mind Of a poet who had an over
dose of spring; in short when the In
dian, once the Zero of song and story,
has sunk to the low estate OF kind of
tramp supported by government sup
plies, wandering about aimlessly, and
occasionally making welsh with fat
beef, and eating it raw; at this time, in
this new era of corn beef aud civiiiza-
ton. here, now. with his feet on the fin
de steele, old Chief Whirlwind appears
to make one long last gusgiins war
whoop, crack settler behind the ear
with meat axe and then die.
This is apparently old Whirlwind's
game. The dispatches announce that
he has stirred up war in the Cheyenne
country, and few settlers and a great
many more Indians have been killed.
1t can be said. safely, that Whirlwind
has taken his last stand. For years he
has been wandering around the Chey-
enne country mourning the degeneracy
of his race, and dropping scalding tears
on the prairie. Since the country was
settled up he has become we'll known to
the nearest town, Arapahoe. Often
Whirlwind has visited this place clad in
a clout. silver headed cane, and glass
eve. This glass eve is nothing more
than common marble such as boys play
with. The effect on child when Whirl-
wind rolls this optic on the little thing is
said to resemble something between the
nightmare and the justly famous dance
of Mr.. st. Vitus. 1t is sinister in the
extreme, and is not relieved by the ad-
dition of the silver headed cane, which
was presented to old Whirlwind in
Washington some years ago.
WhirlwInd has been the soul of meek
ness for years. In his gentle, meek way
he has often stroiled into the back of
store and walked off with six or seven
sacks of sugar. In his innocent, child
like manner, he has frequently walked
away with sacks of flour which he
picked up in a moment of abstraction.
When he has been overtaken and repri-
manded he has lamented his own lack
of courage, and cried over the ADVERSE
ties of his race, and also returned the
next day and attempted to appropriate
the -four again.
But the worm has turned at last.
Whirlwind has dumped paint shop on
his features and is out for blood. The
white man has crushed him and his too
long, and now he wants vengeance with
a big V. We are prepared to hear that
he has been cornered by the troops, that
his lead is exhausted, and with only one
charge of powder remaining, he slips his
glass eye into his old musket and lays
his last man low.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05
KANSAS clrY,s REDEMPTION.

The "poor old Missouri Democrats
| didn't seem to be in it at Kansas City
day before yesterday. The high Re.
form, the Independent and the Demo
cratic coadjuvancy went down in heap
before the straight Republican ticket.
That offensive and defensive coalition OF
buns and mugwump moralists, OF
saloonists and Christian Endeavor-Dsm
ocrats, gotten up by the bosses for an
endorsement of both Cleveland and the
Lord Almighty, didn't pan. The aver
age Cliff Dwelier having nothing else
to do in these piping times of idleness
sailed out in search of a Sni Hills polling
place and he evidently found it. The
Missouri @. o. P. man seems not to have
been satisfied with Strengthening the OPP
position in detail by pluralities. but he
showed the entire combina alton of high
scented hyprocracy and money grubbing
delinquency under an overwhelmingly
telling majority. The niggers and
heelers had needed the calls of the
Times and Star but there were not
enough of them by thousands 1t was
dangerous to attempt To register under
the Democratic recorder, and one
reporter from the Journal was knocked
down and dragged out for presuruing TO
enter a public office presided over by
a favorite of the gang, but twelve or
fifteen thousand Republicans managed
to get their names ON the books and
lists now show. The only ones more
surprised than the defeated combine
were the victors themselves.
But what came of it at last ?r
Quoth little Peter Kin.
why that cannot tell" said he
But twas famous victory
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05
COMES DOWN IN A HURRY.

A Canadian snowstorm Causes Trouble
Between Citizens and Corporation.
In Ottawa a snowstorm comes with
out heralding, says writer in the Bos
ton Transcript. You look out of the
window and see light fakes falling.
and that is all, till the next days pa
per announces that trains are from one
to sixteen hours late. A visit to the
post Office discovers the fact that the
mail is tied up for the day; cannot get
In or tout. Heavy snowfalls mean a
problem for the new electrics. Electric
sweepers. with prodigious brushes
slanting on before, go coursing down
the main street in feecy cloud Of
their own making, startling the stead
lest horses and hating an audience Of
gazing pedestrians all along the line.
But car tracks are thus cleared at the
expense Of convenience to shopseepers-
Sleighs tilt along dangerously toward
the tracks, and all near street ep-
proach to stores is impossible. A
pitched battle in consequence rose
one day between tradesmen and car
company: ragged far and long, assisted
Ug siud0 OOyS- SuOW AciSc's SAo'S4tu
back on the track was removed al
rapidly by the giant sweeper. aided by
lesser electric power roaring back and
forth through the battlefield. Com
promise followed, and then peaceful
industry; gangs OF men taking the dis
puted snow away. Sidewalk plows
quickly clear the way for foot passen-
gers after a storm. One is startled BY
meeting a horse advancing snartly
along the crowded sidewalk. scatter
ing corners in all haste into street and
doorways, Juggling past with plow and
husbandman with a throng Of people
in the furrow in odd professional effect
The wide white path is made as smooth
as concrete, stretching away unsullied
In the less busy districts, down straight,
sree-bordered avenues. past tai, snow
heaped stone ga.eposts and sAntasticai,
ly sncwed-up fences and houses The
pretty picture stays day By day prac-
tically unal,ered. for nature IN Canada
has no midwinter business II the way
% altering her handiwc-k
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05
REPUBLICAN CALL
For the State Convention to be Held at
topeka June g.

The formal call for the Republican state
convention has been issued. signed by the Of
Gcers of the state central comEcittee. as fol
lows:
A delegate convention ofthe Republicans OF
Kansas will convene in the city OF Topeka,
Wednesday. the 9th day of June, 1894. at IL
O'clock, M for the nomination of candidates
for associate Justice of the supreme court,
governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of
state auditor OF state, treasurer of state, at
strncfion, said convention viii also nomin-
ATE a candidate for ongressman-at-arge.
Delegates to this convention shall be elected
by county conventions duly called by the sew
rral county Republican committees under
such rules and regulations as may be by them
prescribed. The basis of appointment OF dele
gates to said state convention viii be one
snd one delegate for every 200 votes, or frac-
lion of 100 or more votes. cast for w. G. Ed
wards for secretary of state in the election OF
ISq2. no county to have less than two dele
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05
Watery Meadows

Much Of the land classed "a
meadow" in the Adirondack region
Is a curious swampy soil, covered with
vegetation that rises 30 as to hide the
underlying cold, dark water. One may
walk for miles upon such meadow, the
feet sinking into 1t as into q water
soaked sponge, and deer frequently
feed upon the grasses of tho meadows
and seemingly enjoy in midsummer
.he perpetual cool footbath of theiI
saSture.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

universal exhibition. is to be opened in the
capital at the end of next May.
| -
| lola regards Count Tolstoi as the great.
est modern genius.
| Eight hundred tons of Australian butter
were landed in London from one vessel a
IA few days ago.
Lady Henry Somerse: recently made q
nine days lecture trip. during which she
addressed over q. 600 persons on trmper-
| ance and WAS presented with twenty-seven
public addresses.
The Newport News is the wisest journal
on this contirenr. l. says that the man
| who doesn't read the advertisements in his
local newspaper is ignorant OF half that is
going on in the world.
-
Joshua Thomas OF Baltimore, who was a
metnbe of General Lees staff, has given
to the Maryland Confederate Home the
camp chair used by the g'neraL l. was
originally captured from the federal
troops.
Rev DR.. Joseph Parker of London is
credited with a rather clever remark The
three present-day euphemisms for rae
world" the 'flesh," aud the devil" he
said, are society" environment" aud
tendency"
-
Bismarck, although score and 10. has
been under systematic physical training
lately under the direction of his physician.
Under it be has reduced his weight eighty
pounds. His training was similar TO that
followed by Corbett, with certain modif-
cations.
Since bis retirement Mr.. Gladstone has
received many hundreds of tributes from
admirers all over the United Kingdom,
aud the gifts are still pouring in. He has
received several dozen wxlkiDg-canes aud
umbrellas. A number of admirers dubbed
together and sent him handsome arm
chair, and many more pretentious presents
have come to him The tributes have
been entirelys pontaneous, no suggestion Of
such n thing having been MAIDS in the
newspapers until their number became
notable.
The Mary Washington National Memo
rial association asks for So. 600 to complete
the payment on the monument erected to
the mother OF the father of his country.
the site of the monument is plat of
ground near her home at Fredericksburg,
Va, containing a peculiarly shaped ledge
of rock, which was her favorite place dur
ing the latter years of her life for bible
reading aud meditation. Il is the first
instance in history Of monument to a
woman erected by women. Persons in
clined to contribute may address the
treasurer Of the fund, <. Francis Riggs,
Riggs bank, Washington.
Now soon the blooming flowers
Their colors gay will fiout,
And, too. we'll find the furnaces
VIII Very soon be out.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL CON.
VENTtCN.

A delegate convention of the Republicans
of the Seventh congressional district of the
state of Kansas is hereby called to meet in the
city of Newton on Thursday, May 3rd, 1894 at
IL NJ. for the purpose of nominating q candi-
date for congress.
The basis of representation in said conyen-
ton shall be one delegate-atlarge for each
county in the district, and one delegate for
each 200 votes and major fraction thereof cast
for Chester /. Long for congress in 1892; pro.
Vided no county shall have less than two dele
gates, under which rule delegates are appor-
toned 20 the several counties as follows:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

Some curious marriage statistics Q.
England and Wales have recently been
made public. Taking a. psrsons
sbove IS years Of age, there are s.7is,
SS3 unmarried males, $.s5i.5ss r,sr-
ried males. and sssSes wssowers.
against 500. COS unmarried females,
1919. go married females. snd lisa $40
widows. En-l:sh scientists have ;hss-
rather pulling qres,ions - sns~rr
WhJ aoes TIC panecs es vsaovs -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05
TOUGH or JsRRY AND MoLLIE

There Is 4 section of the Kansas Aus
tralian ballot law that seems To have
been generally overlooked but which
will have TO be amended several inches
If women are to vote. The law requires
that 1.-The lower limbs of the voters as
high mp as the knees shall be visible from
the outside while the voter is in the booth
preparing the ticket, the lower pert o.
the booth having been left open for that
purpose" This will be rather rough on
Jerry and MIS-. Lease.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

1t is recommended that the county central
committees OF the several counties select the
time for holding the county conventions to
name delegates and alternates for the con-
gressional convention, and that the names of
all delegates and alternates be certified to the
secretary of this committee immediately
thereafter.
BY order OF Seventh district congressional
committee.
MORGAN CARAwAy. Chairman.
/. NJ. AXLINE. Secretary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

The secretaries of tie several county con-
ventions are requested TO forward to the I'M
dersigned chairman at Topeka, Kansas GER
tilted copy of the credentials of the several
delegates Immediately upon the adjournment
of the county conventions. said credentials to
De received at Topeka not later than the morn
ing of June 4th. The credentials should show
the Iostoffce address of each delegate. From
the credentials the Republican state ceptral
committee will prepare roster of those en-
titled to participate in the preliminary Or
ganiZation of the convention.
BY order of the committee.
FRANK l.. Brown, J. III. SIMPSON,
Secretary. Chairman.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

Nothing can tie published in South
Carolina papers without Governor Till
mans permission. Tillman will save
trouble by selecting his undertaken a,
once
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

greatly exceed that OF the wIdowers?
And again, how can there be 4,9I6,o49
married females and only +.sSl. 54s
married males, unless some 100, 900 or
SO persons have been guilty Of bigamy9
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

No Kansas paper has vet had the
courage TO speak OF Coxey's ''anahasis. =
The swat P. T. Elder once gave dead
languages IN Kansas seems to have teen
fatal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

1t is not fair to blame Miss Pollard.
After she had seduced BrecS she offered
to marry him and repair the wrong she
had done him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

Ellison says the time is coming when
n.en will overcome the sleep habit. The
two months baby has almos. reached
that stage now.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

If we except South Carolina, Russia is
the only absolute monarchy of note left
ON the earth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

The Cheyenne Indians should have
known better. As it is they are now
dying off in large numbers al the earn
est request Of the settlers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

The frost also nipped the early water
melon crop in the south. This is too
much
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

Along the route Coxey's army is
treated to some magnificent scenic eff
fects in the way of Republican MAORI
ties
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

Tillman is troubled with his head. and
has gone to a physician about it. Why
not a jeweler?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

In his circumscription of journalistic
latitude. Tillman has exceeded execu-
tive prerogatives. Or in other words:
.sRnts y
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

OF course. Haven't you read the Demo-
papers? The vote Tuesday was a rebuke
to congress for not passing the Wilson
hill
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

The opinion is pretty general that il IS
better to be the captain OF a good base
tall cam than general OF Coxey army.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

DR.. Brown-Sequard. the elixir of life
man. is dead. He had to take his medi-
cine like the rest of us-but not his
elixir.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

Ii IS not thought THAI Cleveland can
pass his new bond scheme over the veto
Of the silver majority in CONGRESS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

You may have noticed that the more
breckenridge is cross examined the
crosser he gets.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

II is about settled that Miss Pollard is
about as tough as Breckenridge and
Breckenridge is about as tough as Miss
Pollard
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

Mr.. Hoch believes in letting the office
throw itself at the man, and he has al
ready given the office leave.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

The millennium ought to be in reach
Of a twenty-five cent telescope. Mis-
souri, has gore Republican.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

Il is still among tie nebulously in
definite possibilities that Texas will 60
Democratic in the fail elections.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

This country has enough woe without
he A. P. a. and the Catholics getting IN
scrap on all possible occasions.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

Catholics and A. Z. As, alike should
be held to account for that riot in Kan
sas city. Pistols will not purify the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

Mrs. Lease just at present is epidemic
in Indiana.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

Everybody is Disguised with the Pol
lard trial, but it can not be said that it is
TOO much of good thing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

Cleveland has been falling in public
estimation for some time, and he seems
TO have at last hit the bottom with a
ker-chug.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

One reason the Democrats are so help
less, is that they know the Australian
ballot system helped To do it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

Tao1sh ne Minstrel o: he so1ern sage
Oar ne-rinent eyoks-.
We oa,y lauxa a: re sok-s e' iss 1.s
Becaa.. o. .nr >se 50 ia .o.-s
-TY-<A
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

The president of Peru is sick. Here
ton
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

The country is echoing with Mckin-
ley's name, and it looks as though Nc
kinley would be able TO stand il.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

1t doesn't take microscope to see that
few more Catholic (. p A. riots will
result in restricted immigration.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

Now Spain is busy organizing awcrld's
fair, which, sadeI the name Of the Aadri,.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05
4 wAssAl. Of WIND AND wispou

soon viii TIE festive game OF bah
Begin each czy 81 four,
And through the land viii sound TIE ery:
Hey. mister. whats de sco-sy'a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-05

Now soon the blooming flowers
Their cOlors gay will fiOut,
And, too, we'll find the furnaces
VIII Very soon be out.