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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29
RETRIBUTIoN OF N1NErY.FoUR

This year of grace 1894 has certainly
been fruitful in retributive justice.
What with the crankismS and fanati-
cismS and unprecedented personal
deviltries, it has marked the rise and
fall of more human depravity, both in
public and private life, than any year
of the century. The peculiar feature
OF all its doings is that so many shams
have been detected-so many individ-
ual wolves in the fold have exposed
their identity, and that vengeance and
retribution has come with crushing
weight, regardless of the standing or
prestige or numbers of evil doors. A
trusted public servant is detected, tried
and convicted of the groSSest immoral
ity, and kicked into richly deserved
obscurity. The professional bruiser
faces the penitentiary for mauling his
victim to death. Coxey and his cohorts
tread on the grass and languished in
the government bastile. The great
Debs' strike doubles back on itself by
throwing thousands of his dupes out
Of employment, and locking up their
leader in prison. Tammany, the boast
ed invincible dictator of New York
politics-the very flower and chivalry
of an organized national banditti. up
to this fatal year, has bid defiance to
the courts, but the day seems to have
dawned with the advent of "a, and
proud Lucifer is humbly begging for
quarter.
Within two years past we have wit
messed the birth and death of a So
called political party. Conceived in
the brains of few hungry Office
seekers, and heralded by the dema-
gogue who had everything to gain and
nothing to lose, the thing came to a
head with the celebrity of a toad-stool,
but only to read its death warrant in
the election returns of "a.
But the browning fiasco-the unac-
countable and ignominious defeat of
the year has been in the humiliating
failure of the Democratic party to full
fill the accumulated pledges and
promises of thirty years. Even worse
than this: the party falls down and
founders inextricably in the mire on
its first attempt TO carry out one of
these pledges. The end of long ses-
sion of congress found the party
baffled, Inundated and defeated. The
seal of disapproval was put upon their
perfidious action on Nov. 6, their boast
ed lease of power being duly and le-
gally cancelled by the votes of the peo-
pie. All this occurred in 1894
What year of retribution it has
been. The list might be extended.
taking in the executive policy in the
Hawaiian matter, the foolish offer 10
serve as mediator between China and
japan. and the fatal policy of increas-
ing the public debt something over
Sloo,ooo,0o0 annually. Failure has
been the order of the year, but the
blunders and crimes have carried with
in themselves the elements of defeat
and retribution. Taken as whole,
the year has not been without its
lessons. Who will profit by them !:
Will il be the moral leper. the blatant.
brainless crank. the perjurer and the
rogue in Office, the demagogue in poll
tics or the usurper of power: We
shall see
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29
THE EAGLES PUSH.

Medfor6 Patriot: While al Wichita
Tuesday we called. as do all editors visit
ing the city. at the Office OF the EAGLE
meeting with hearty welcome by Colonel
Murdoch who, though busy, took time TO
show Us the new typeSetting machines.
There are four OF these Intelligent" evil
dences OF genius in the composing room.
As they only cost about 500 each. we
are thinking OF getting two. as one would
be lonesome. for the Patriot once. L
would enable Us 20 devote more time 10
Me1ford and Grant county. II would
take several colunIne of the Patriot TO
give anything Ike an intelligent iescrtp-
ton OF one OF them TO our readers Like
the frishmar, who wrote his brother that
all he had 10 dc was 10 carry brick and
mortar 10 the top OF a FIVE story building,
and a man there did all the work. 50 Is II
with the machine A man operates key
board similar to a typewriter and the
machine does the rest. The impressions
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29
IN the government fac

manufactured IN the government fac
tories.
The choicest varieties of tobacco are
raised along the banks of such Cuban
rivers as overflow every year.
According TO internal revenue re-
turns, the number of cigarettes made
in this country in is9o-9l was asst
100, 44O.
In 1892 New York was the best to-
bacco revenue state, paying S5.374. 762
into the national treasury On this score
The tobacco supplied by the French
government factories to the consumers
is said to be the worst in the civilized
world.
Oil of bergamot and altar of roses,
together with orris root and rosewood,
are all used to flavor Stuff and chew
ing tobacco.
The medicinal use of tobacco Is al
most wholly for external application.
the nausea it causes preventing its IN
ternal employment.
Every man who smokes or chews
helps TO support the government. In
1892 the government revenues from to-
bacco were sSl. 0oo.o77
The people of Great Britain consume
less tobacco per head than those of any
other civilized country, only % ounces
TO the inhabitant.
Since 1865 the government ha. col
lected IN revenue on tobacco the stu
pendous sum OF $500 5l2. 367. The best
year was 1892, s47. 391 $50.
The Mohammedsn world was once
divided on the subject of smoking.
Some theologians declared smoking TO
be worse than murder.
The valley of the Connecticut river
produces tobacco leaf so ane and
silky that il is often exported 70 Cuba
and other countries to use az q wrap
per.
Stanley found tobacco perfectly &c
climeted among African tribes that
had never seen white man The use
of the weed is universal Ia The dark
continent
Tobacco has the power Of relaxing
the muscular system 20 q marked de-
gree. ard advantage has been taken Of
this property, both in medicine and
surgery.
The adulteration Of tobacco by the
use OF other leaves can always be de-
tected by the microscope. a.. In struc-
ture, the tobacco leaf varies materially
from al others
The hooksh. or oriental STATE pipe,
il deemed Of such Importance. that in
the courts Of princes q special function
airy has no other duty than 10 keep IL
in order.
Tobacco stems were long consid>Yed
almost q waste pro3ue;, bu: viii soon
be utilized IL ways other than for
fumigstinz green houses and 20 make
sheep-wash-
The dried leaf has little Of the srcna
OF the MANUFACTURED tobacco This 10
developed By . kind Of fsrmentstion 20
which ~ - subjected in the warehouses
Of the manufacturer
tobacco readily ad;ssts f,seif 20 cir
cuustanees. several states producing
leaf of such cissnc; character that .
GOOD Judge ear often. By an inspection,
state where the Leaf was raised.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29
THAT pRuDE coMsrock.

| Right wofully is the country panied
to hear that that white-washed, ala
baster angel of crystalline prudery,
Anthony Comstock, has got his feet
! in the mud and is fioundering around
in scandal like a cross-eyed porcupine
in platter of thin strip.
For years Anthony Comstock has
been providing around picking up op-
portunities to have his moral sense
shocked. He has walked miles to see
naked statue in order that the hot
flush Of righteous indignation might
mantle in his cheeks. He has snooped
| into the book-stalls and waded through
meet girl with a paucity Of clothes
| on, and throw his hands up to his eyes
and utter a piercing shrek and have
| the bookseller arrested.
At first Anthony Comstock was
rather entertaining because he was
something of a novelty. 1t was di-
version to know that New York at
least had one citizen who could be
made to blush. So when Anthony
paraded around through the art gal
leries of Gotham with a flush on his
cheeks that singed the circumambient
air and scorched the mean tempera-
ture the country thought it was funny
and laughed.
But Anthony did not wish to be re-
garded as joke. He was not salts
fed with merely infiaming his features
with indignant blood. He called at
several of the galleries and entered
upon a campaign of destruction. Many
a Venus de Milo was grabbed by the
hind leg and smashed around street
lamp post. Many an airy Mercury was
seized by the hair or the fig leaf and
jumped upon.
Then the country voted Comstock
a variegated, double-geared crank.
But Anthony went right along fiaunt-
ing his sense Of decency in the eyes of
the public. 1t made no difference
whether a work was classic or not. If
it offended the eyes of Anthony Com
stock it had to go. Centuries of accom-
plished men and women might have
voted a statue. wonderful in concep-
ton, brilliant in execution, but when
Anthony Comstock in the nineteenth
century hove in sight with his hair
trigger blushing apparatus in good
working order, Art, and Love Of Ma
ture, and Good Sense had to take a
back-seat in order that Anthony might
come forward and be shocked.
Now Anthony is in trouble. The
Lexow committee is after him and
green goods man has appeared before
the investigating body and confessed
he bribed Anthony to the extent of
$1,000. Anthony denies this of course.
But the country will believe it.
1t is all right for man to be good,
but when he goes around with pitch
fork and coerces everybody into an
acknowledgement that he is good, he |
will get little public sympathy when
he is got caught in the tolls and shown |
to be a fraud.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29
FIRST IN THE FIELD.

Enid Eagle: The editor OF the Eagle
while in Wichita this week visited the
Ea gle Office in that city and witnessed
the workings of the new typesetring ma
chimes. The Wichita Eagle has Just put
in four OF the new Linotype machines at
cost OF over $1,000. and they have
already dispensed with the services of
over two-thirds OF their typesetters. This
machine is uuquestionably the greatest
invention OF the age. as il does finer and
better work than any man can do and
does about four times as much. The
wichita Eagle is today the foremost
paper in the southwest and from an Ok
Iahorna standpoint il is par-exceiience.
II gives more news OF interest 20 the ter
ritory than any paper that comes IN here
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

nice 10 MIN. put it was mousse. He was
insulted, his dignity as postum
hunter was wounded, and he just
wouldn't give in. Only when we all
gathered around and my uncle made
the most elaborate and courteous
apology in the presence of the entire
family did he come out. And even
then he wasn't himself for days"
The North Caroiinian sighed again,
looked disconsolately ont of the
window. picked up his papers, and pro
tended to go TO work
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29
Personal AND ImpERsoNAL,


Though the German emperor en-
ploys Berlin tailors, he believes in Civ
ing provincials employment, also. In
every good-sized town there is court
tailor, who occasionally has the honor
of supplying the emperor with uni
form.
Jean de Reszlse. the famous singer,
who has just arrived in New York, won
the cars prize of ten thousand roubles
for the best stud farm in Poland. He
is an enthusiastic breeder OF race
horses. and has forty-five, mostly from
English stock, in his stable near War
saw.
The daughter of retired sea cap
tain of Wiscasset donned the diving
suit of Diver Gordon, of Portland, and
went down to the bottom of the Sleeps
cot river. at the Maine Central bridge,
III forty-five foot of water. This is sup
posed TO be the only case where a wom-
an ever went down in diving suit.
Mime. Eleanora Duse is coming to
the United States, and it is announced
that her health is going to be tirst-rate.
1t is not generally known that the
Italian actress has an only daughter
being educated in Dresden, and whom
she has never allowed to go to the
theater or to assist at any theatrical
representation.
John Askham, the Northampton.
shire poet, died recently at Yelling
boro, his native place, at the age of
sixty-nine. He was the author of many
poems and sonnets, his first volume
having been published in 1868. For the
greater part of his life he was a work.
ing shoemaker and thus gained for him.
self the name Of THE Shoemaker
Poet"
-Margherita of Italy had a narrow
escape from a tragic death last summer.
She was crossing a glacier under the
Matterhorn, and was fastened by .
rope in the usual way with the guides
and her other attendants. One of the
latter. Baron Peccoz, who Led the line,
suddenly fell dead of heart disease,
and the whole party were dragged by
the weight of his body to the edge of
the precipice. The queen behaved with
iCihoi Cout dSC k'lCoChCC VI
mind, when she might well have been
excused for womanish agitation.
George w. Rea, who died recently
at Blackfoot, Ida, aged eighty-five
years, was once the greatest hunter
and trapper that ever lived in Penn
sylvania. Forty years ago game got
too scarce for him in the Pennsylvania
woods, and he went to the Rocky
mountains, where long ago he got to
be one of the famous hunters on the
wide and wild ranges of the great west.
He turned his hand to Indian hunting
as well. His courage, bravery and
skill in woodcraft attracted the atten.
ton of Col Miner Roberts, chief en-
gineer of the northern Pacific railway,
when the first survey for that road
was made through the trackless re-
gions of the northwest, and Rea was
made the guide for the engineering
party. When he wanted to go and
stock up the camps with game, Capt.
Ball, who had charge of the soldiers
guarding the workmen against the In
dams, provided him with military es-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

are made upon paper Ynache. similar TO
stereotyping. and the lead, which is melt
ed. is cast in matrix, line at time.
A machine does the work of four compost
tors with ease. The speed depends en-
tirely upon the activity of the operator.
as il matters not to the machine The
Eagle is a sample OF Kansas nerve, not
little of which is required to make such an
outlay at the present time. But the motto
of the Murdocks is TO have the best. be-
lieving that no service is too good for
their patrons
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

Cleanliness - = sirsae. no aoo5s, bss
ike other sirtuss il mas be carried 90
a vicious exeesS- 80 IL hApp~sed xSsa
an Old fisherman "a Ssr.ie. Dsvoa- vho
made it one % the chief ends 81 ais lie
20 Keep hi. boat insras~uls.>. On css
occasion q gentleman had hired bin %
take himself ssd go.ay lad y oss for
an afternoons fishing The hoss eoci4
not b~ brought near snoush 90 The
shore for then 60 step Sat 90 the cd
sailor removed ms .to-, and t.ocktaz.
and taking the youny lady II BE sszas.
~as about 20 dep,sit her on bard
~h~n he caught sirhs % soss- nsd o,
her pr-ssT pair - boosa- fnss>nt5y hs
s.oopp>e xsa sfppet beth ser ssss ap
- the ankles Ia the ga. psSdltsx thea
bzc< ard t0--~nrd 10 r~raove The rnad
In SPITE 81 she pros~sss ~ shs ossner
Hs< orlr r--nsy< as h~ sssl!y pet hsr
on so4rt v1s Bless yer. szs~.. aals
~s.er went give yer - soS0~~
vosfbs Cc1pseton.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

demanding state made Of Oklahoma
entire and the Indian Territory entire.
A great many of these men have
changed front-among them the Off
Gals of the territory.
Governor Renfrow who has just re-
turned from Washington, brings no
hope of single statehood back with him
no hope even of a state with the
Usage tribe included. He says in an
interview:
Nothing whatever will be done in
the matter of giving statehood to Ok
lahoma this session Of congress. How
ever, the Indian question will be con-
sidered in all its phases and that some
thing will be done with the five ma
tons. Either the Berry or Jones bill
will be fayorably acted upon and the
Indian treaties abrogated, but Okla
homa's statehood dream will not be
realized.
I'm regard to the making of one
state composed of Oklahoma and the
Usage country, would gladly indorse
such a scheme, but it is not feasible
Congress sole idea now is to legisiate
in some manner for the five tribes, and
it would be as easy for us to get the
entire five nations as the Usage country
alone. The Osages desire to stick to
Oklahoma, and they being enlightened,
industrious people their wishes should
be consulted, but congress will ignore
appeals and wind up with either COM
mission or territorial form Of govern
ment for the five Indian tribes. Our
only hope for getting a good sized
state is to advocate the admission OF
Oklahoma with the four-fifths of the
Chickasaw country, leading to the east
line. This cuts out the Indians and
places them in the Indian country
proper and leaves a large, fertile sec.
ton Of country, which is populated
almost exclusively by white people. I
believe this white population is esti-
mated to be over 10000"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

fNspoleonl, born Angus IS. iTso
Height. four pieds, ten pouces, Yen
iiynes tome metre. ffty-nine cent s~v-
venty-thrce milfn. }. OF good constitu-
ton excellent health. mild fsournist 4 Ia
position. Has gnished the fourth form
straightforward 0bonnetel and obisy-
Ing treconbsissanti. His corduet hs.
been most satisfactory. Has Away.
been distinguished for biz application
% ma,bema.ies, is fairly acquainted
with history and geography. n weak
IN ali accomplishments - 5rswisg.
dancing. and the Ike This boy would
make an excellent ssi)or. deserves
promotion 70 th. school IN Psris-- On.
fortunately FOR the YresPees 81 . place
IA the ma y. IS. dc hcralso. ~ho vas .
powerful friend. diesi very soon AFTER
~.se--ProG s.esos. In CsssusJ.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

In Asgus; B1Onsparte ssd Bosr-
rienne shared the IRA prize N r-&sAe-
nsshics. and so-on sfs<r-sr1, IN the
sane gear C7ssi. a royal Inspector. NJ
de gerzfio. arrived .; Brienne &c t>s,
.hs progress Of the kings wsrcA lie
took great fLney 10 Tie little Brona-
parte. and declaring mat. .hough 81
scqu.in;ee With his family. be fo1ne Q
spark IN hin which aus; no. BE sxssn-
raishei- WRITE AZ enphstsc recon
fD>sdsttoa 90 The lad. coached IN fhs
following ts,E.. N q SoSxunxSo
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

WHITE MEN FIRST.

To the mind of the average citizen of
Oklahoma it must appear that there
are entirely too many schemes in the
several propositions of statehood A
little less than year ago the public
men of the territory were united in
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

Snow is very beautiful and all that,
but close observation will disclose the
fact that big drifts of sunshine banked
up against the front door are prefer
able
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

A Georgian is going to attempt to
propagate alligators in the Cherokee
Strip. This is meet and proper. The
biggest opening in the world outside
of the opening in The head of an ALI
eater was the Cherokee opening.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

China has called on Mr. Foster. Mr..
Harrison,s secretary of state. 10 come
over and help her out. After all, China
appears to have been watching Amer
lean politics pretty closely.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

The distributing point for western
Kansas, southeastern Kansas, Okla
homa, east and west the Indian Ter
ritory and Texas is Wichita. 1t has
the railroad facilities for reaching
this territory that no other town, city
or hamlet has.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

Fifty per cent of our trade with Cuba
has gone up the flume since reciprocity
was killed. But there is no greater re-
turn in any other channel. Why was
reciprocity destroyed anyway?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

Wichita is in direct touch with Chi
eago on two lines; with St Louis on
three lines; with Denver on three; with
Kansas City on three, and with Texas
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

If hypnOtism is given a standing in
the courts, the prisoner may hypnotic
his lawyer; the lawyer hypnotic the
jury and the jury hypnotic the judge
with the result of a general miX-up.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

Kansas hasn't been among the
worlds factors very long but it has
been long enough there to furnish the
first case Of conviction for hypnotism
IN aor,b
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

When Wichita man reflects that
trade during the last December has
not been surpassed In the history of
the city. he doesn't have the heart to
do any calamity bowling.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

Carnegie wants pay for those de-
fective armor plates. If he would use
his own cheek as a model for the
plates they would probably be able to
stand the tests.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

For the Pop powwow at st. Louis:
Whereas, that 10 get the offices we
must get the vote of the people, there
fore be it resolved that our platform
shall be anything.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

Anthony Comstock can't endure a
nude statue, but it is coming out that
the nude Indians in the Autograph on
q ten dollar silver certificate are not
distasteful TO him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

Let Us be charitable and pity the
poor settlers In the eastern part of the
United States who are just now ex-
posed to the relentless blizzard.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

After the present administration has
cleared up everything else, it ought to
set six months aside to tell the people
why it killed reciprocity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

During this freeze, if some philan-
thropic citizen will get n club and
swat a plumber every time he meets
one he will confer great blessing on
hmm y nifty
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

That grand good scheme, the sub
treasury warehouse-will the Pop pow
WOW at st. Louis indorse that?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

The Arkansas river is frozen up and
navigation TO Wichita will be inter.
rupted until somebody can get a
match and thaw the raging trickle
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

Unless the plumbers come down on
their charges, they will one day wind
up in place where the pipes do not
freeze in winter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

What a stink the manufacturers of
the Judge and Admiral cigarettes are
raisingi
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

New men are coming into Wichita
daily looking for locations. And every
man of business knows that Wichita
is the most prosperous city in legiti-
mate trade in the west today.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

The small boy now wraps lot of
snow into a ball and irrigates your
features ....--
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

Anthony Comstock was disguised
with DR.. Parkhurst for playing leap
frog and now Parkhurst's committee
has decided to take Comstock in hand.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

The success of Wichita has always
been through the good fortune of hay
Ing men who never miss an opportun-
lily to say a good word for the city.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

Carlisle's financial scheme is like the
Irishman'S bootS-we will have to
wear them a while before we can get
Them on.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

The price quoted for the last issue
Of bonds is not as high as that paid by
the New York syndicate, and of course
the bankers are blaming Carlisle.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

OF course it was known that the
New York policemen would steal, but
it was not known that they would
swire the stockings off of women's
feet