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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08
WHO ARE TIE FIRF-RI-GS

Riot Is approaching very near revolu-
ton when the torch is applied. Respect
for the law is dead when the element of
fire is taken rs an ally of a cause.
1t has neither the excuse nor the palli-
alton of measure which proposes to
meet force with force. It is simply a
wanton frenzy TO destroy, not for settle.
ment. but for vengeance. Vengeance
settles nothing. 1t is beyond the laws Of
war.
The torch has been waved in Chicago.
Who is doing it:
The strikers say it IS the railroads, try
TO gain false sympathy by burning their
own property. That is not SO. The
railroads say it is the strikers. That Is
not so.
1t is the thugs of the city who arc do
ing il. The city authorities know this
but they are powerless. The police
know that 1t is the murderer and the
foot-pad ana the ignorant anarchis.ic
foreigner who is doing it a great CITY
is full of men who not only have no re
spect for the law, but no fear. Every
day this is evidenced by bold murder
in times when there is no especial ex-
element. There are a thousand men in
Chicago today TO whom murder is moth
ing, either in the light Of religious pre-
cept or legal penalties. When the op-
portunity comes to kill, they kill. There
are thousands of other men of criminal
tendencies who are held in check by
fear of the law.
1t is these men who are firing build
tngs and engaging in the thick of the
riot Debs knows this. lie has warned
his men to keep their hands off. But
in spite Of his orders the riots 20 on.
The thugs are helping it On. Respect
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08
KANSAS CITY DONE FnR-

The inflated gall-bladder that adorns
the conjunction of the Sni Hills with the
confluence of the Kaw and Missouri
/ streams,-by courtesy rivers-has exper-
| fenced a lively escapement of wind. Flat
isn't a word for it. Seldom have our
ears been assailed with such a cry over
any single case of belly-ache. The Cliff
Dweliers are trying to bond themselves
for new supply OF wind for their blad-
der. They are long on gall but short
on wind. 1t. turns out. however, that
the fellows who have got the wind don't
want any more of Kansas City gall in
the shape of bonds, especially in face of
! the fact that the property is now groan-
ing under all the taxes that the law will
permit, and the further fact that the
courts have just decided that Kansas
City must pay three millions of dollars
for the water works which she con-
fiscated from the old company.
Bonds! Gall! Wind! Well we should
smile. If the Cliff Dwellers
have any remaining equity in the prop
critics which still stand in their names,
respectively. they would do well to real
ize on it before a blanket foreclosure
swipes the entire bakery. 1t is big
thing for a country town in ''poor old
DIissoury" to play being a Chicago, but
not so funny when the fiddler's perqui-
site comes to be hquidated. A sugges-
ton to that people of wind and gall that
st. Louis was pattern big enough for
their bladder would have been the signal
for a howl from every hole that lines
the cliffs of the Sni Hills. Fridays Star
says that three thousand anXiously wait
ing men stood at the head of sewer
! begging for work where only fifty men
could possibly be accommodated.
Kansas City is but an ordinary exam
pie Of "overreached and burst" It was
not the dimensions of her bladder so
much, nor yet her abnormal gall alto
gether. but her unlimited way Of raising
the wind
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08
BETTER COUNT THE COST,

1t may, IN justice, be conceded that
most of the rioting and burning in
Chicago is being done by vicious mob
not connected with the striking railway
employees, but it must be remembered
that the strike makes these outrages pos
sible. But for the general walk-out and
the obstruction of the trains by strikers
the police would have no trouble in
handling the roughs who are committing
waste. Chicago, being the hot-bed of
anarchy, can always supply enough of
that element to do the burning and
commit murder if it serves their pur-
pose. All they want Is the backing of
some organized opposition to law for a
starter. 1t is an easy matter for them to
supplement any effort, however conserv-
ative or justifiable, by deeds of violence
and bloodshed. Here is where the re-
sponsibility attaches to the Debs move
ment. 1t is not only the loss sustained
by what he and his followers do, but
the fearful consequences which follow,
that Will be reckoned against their whole
sale embargo on western roads. Mr..
Debs should count the cost of his rash
ness, and that soon.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08
WIT AND WISDOM.

1T costs more to be proud than 1t
does to be generous Horn.
There goes man that keeps his
word" He does?" Yes, no one else
will take it."-Atlauta Constitution.
Not Literary. - Bookson - Have
you read = Costly Freak?" Poorley-
NO; I've done it; got married. De
troit Free Press.
The New Parlor Maid-"Miss Allen
says she's not at home, sir" He
"Oh-er-really! Then tell her 1 didn't
call. boston Budget,
First Stranger-"Slow, isn't itp"
Second Stranger-''Yes, very. Let's go
home" First Stranger-''I can't. I'm
the host. Minneapolis Free Baptist.
-Frontrow-'Why do you refer to
Farcer as one of the EIizabethan drama
tists?" Stager-''Oh, he lives over in
New Jersey, you know. Harlem Life.
Furious Old Gentleman Ito new
Scotch. footman)-"Doy you take me for
a fool, sir?" FOotman-"Weel, sir, I'm
no lang here, and l dinna ken yeti
Tit-Bits.
do you take this man for better
or for worse?" asked the minister ~
can't tell until have had him a little
while" returned the bride. - Spare
Moments.
-"Ah," he unused in ecstacy, "there
is nothing more soothing to the human
mind than the sublime notes of melo-
dyn' How bout bank notes?" asked
sordid Observation-Disclosures Constitu-
ton.
The National Colors.-Teacher-
"What are our national colors?" Schol-
ar-"Red, white and blue" Teacher
Right; now give us an example,"
Scholar-'Pol1er chips. Detroit Free
Press.
But sdo you understand music
well enough to report this concert in a
way that viii interest persons that care
for such things?" Reporter-''WelI, I
think 1 can. I've read nothing but
fashion notes for a week. Inter
Ocean.
-Dick-''You told me yesterday that
you had proposed to Miss Coupon by
mail. Did you get any letter in reply?"
Harry-"Yes. got two letters" Dick
Then it is all settled?" Harry
Eyes. Yes, it is all settled. The letters
were n and o.'"-N. Y. World.
-'.Nurse-"Sure, maam, the twins
have been making a fuss all day,
ua'am." Mrs. Olive Branch-"What
sbout?" Nurse-'It's because they
can't have a birthday apiece, like the
L L ! L
they have been cheated. ~-Indianap
Journal.
Mrs. Henpeck-"On the 25th Of
next month we win celebrate our sill
yer wedding, Don't you think we
ought 10 XIII the fatted calf an d ask in
the neighbours Mr.. Henpeck-''kill
the calf, l don't see how the IN
fortunate animal is 20 blame for what
happened twenty-five years ago. Tit
Bits.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08
OKLAHOMA oUTLINE s.

At Manchester it takes one good round
silver dollar to buy bushei of peaches.
Mr.. Hurt and Miss Burns of kingfisher
were married the other day. Both man
and wife were hurt.
Tomorrow the supreme court will decide
the case between the Rock Island and
Enid and Pond Creek.
According to the Pond Creek Tribune
barb wire is cheaper there than it has ever
been known to be before.
1t is getting so hot and Editor Isenberg
of the Enid Wave sweats so much, that he
has to wear life preserver.
A variation on the Dalton style Of death
has been invented. They now say that a
man dies with his pants on.
The Guthrie News says there is really
war in Lanston. IL there is the town
should be ashamed Of itself.
Frank Greer says the people of Okla
homa are more liberal than the people Of
Kansas. He is about right.
Edmond has two saloons on one end OF
the scales. and four churches and four
school houses on the other end.
Larwell has taken charge of the Guthrie
potsodice and now can say First name,
please " eighteen times a second.
Judge McAtee is now pointed out as the
man ia Oklahoma who has the most direct
string on the Postmaster General
he latest story from Langston is that
the white citizens OF the town will with
draw and establish a town OF their own.
Why will people in Oklahoma persist in
digging FOR gold when it is so easy TO
start paper and become everlastingly
rich.
The Oklahoma City Press-Gazette and
the Oklahoman are now under one man
agement. How those Oklahoma papers
do double up.
The Rock Island trains still rush
through Euid at a speed which, during
this hot weather, answers the purposes OF
an electric fan.
July the Arst the federal jail in Guthrie
was leased by Uncle Sam who will here
after be AT home" 10 all law-breakers
every day in the week
The horrible discovery has been made,
and is now talked openly over the terri
tory, that the editor OF the kremlin
Cosmos wears plug hat
There IS man in Guthrie who IS going
TO be arrested. He Is the fellow who owns
a thermometer which shows the heat % be
10 degrees when II is in reality only about
81
The country may be torn up with
strikes, presidents aSsssslnstsi a1d
general uph=ayals shake the esTth. bg;
the contest cases in the Oklahoma courts
50 on forever
In tie quarrel between the United Ststes
ma-shsl and the sheriff Of co1aty over
the custody OF The BODY OF C. V. Bowman
o. PAwnes. the supreme court decided "a
favor OF The marshal
Judge Cuadlf u O county VII 20 iato
he race ior territorial delegate, n
populisl he would have better chance
Il Ralph Beaumont didH': have the noEI-
catica already II hi. pocket
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08
KANSAS NOT A UNIT.

Kansas is so big that it can seldom be
estimated as a unit. Kansas may have
drouths and floods at one and the same
time. Siroccos may blast Kansas corn
fields and waters submerge her wheat
fields on the same day. One may live
but twenty -four hundred feet above sea
level on a Kansas prairie, yet find a
home on a Kansas prairie four thousand
feet above the oceans tides. Southeast
Kansas has been appropriately called
the Italy Of America, yet four hundred
miles west of the Missouri river in Kan
sas the shuddering billiards revel over
unimpeding sweeps, whose degrees Of
icy bitterness are out of sight below zero.
One ticking wire announces at some
central market that the chinch- bug has
''done for" Kansas wheat and that the
hot winds have blasted the tassle of her
maize fields beyond all hope OF restora-
ton, while the same poles will hold other
wires which are assuring boards of trade
and commercial exchanges that Kansas
wheat and corn and oats were
never more full of promise, and
both wires be telling the truth. Kansas
as unit is not only wide and long but
high and low, therefore big and diversi-
fed, noted for certainties and uncertain
ties as for her many extreme extremes.
So Kansas has Just harvested fine
wheat crop, that is certain sections and
localities in Kansas boast a wonderful
yield of extraordinary full, plump
wheat, while other sections had but
bare half crop. And Kansas Will have
the biggest corn yield per acre this year
Of all the wonderful Yields of her history.
This section of the state never had such
a uniformly and enormous stand Of
corn; stand which seems matured be-
yond the possibility of failure. This is
true of this particular section of the
Arkansas valley, while within the dis
lance of seventy-five or one hundred
miles there are parts of counties and
areas where the corn has been badly cut
by drouth. There will be no end to the
corn that thousands of Kansas farmers
will have for sale and to feed this fall
and winter and the great rain of yester-
day will fill the cobs to the very tips
with grains. South Kansas has rain and
corn galore.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08
Egyptian STYLES of Writing.

The Egyptians had four separate and
distinct styles or forms of writing-the
hierogylphie, the hieratic, the enchorial
and the Coptic. The hieroglyphic was
probably in use as early as the year
1000 Il. c.. and at first was made up en-
tirely of pictures. About the year 1000
T. G. the hieratic form or style was IN
troduced. In this the picture hero
glyphics were grea tly simplified, finally
developing into forms purely linear.
The enchOrisl form of writing was in
use among the Egyptians from about
the year 100 b. c. until about the year
200 a. D., and was still further sim
plication Of the earlier forms, which
finally developed into the alphabetic
form known as the Coptie--St. Louis
Republic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08

and fear for the law has fed. They
have joined in a carnival. They can
plumber, burn AID murder.
They can do this now. They could
not do it two weeks ago. They can
burn and plumber now because they
are protected by the condition of the
city. 1t is larIess.
1t is wrong to censure either the rail-
roads or the strikers for this specific
crime of the torch. But what OF the
man who created the condition which
licenses the carnival of crime? What of
Mr. Debs, who, against all the wiser
heads among the leaders Of the laborlng
men, Barrett, Arthur and Sargent, has
brought on this condition, and made
rioting, murder and plumber widespread:
Is there no penalty for him? The coun-
try will wait and see.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08
\ FRIGHTFCL EXAMPLE.

Yesterday mornings dispatches told of
eight killed and many wounded and the
destruction by fire OF a million or two
dollars worth of cars and their contents.
During the great strike of 1877 in Pitts
burg during single night 100 men were
killed and $1,000, GOO worth of property
destroyed by FIRE. So far as the loss OF
property is concerned. that which is de-
stroyed Is but the merest trifla compared
10 the loss entailed by the strikers and
those whom their acts have thrown out
out of employment.
The ambition of Debs will cost his or
ganization and their sympathizers more
than can be overcome in a generation.
even if they should get concess: ons. In
nearly every instance the railroad men
admit that they have no grievance. and
that they Were satisfied with the wages
they were getting. bow, then. do they
expect 10 arbitrate: Pullman might
settle the trouble but the roads have no
voice IN the matter vet they are the
great sufferers, and through them the
public Is made 10 endure uncalled for
loss and inconvenience. At its incep-
ton majority of the people considered
themselves mere spectators, but it has
now reached point where all who
claim 20 be Americans must face the is
sue, and settle the question whether one
man or one organization shall at will
destroy the business and ruin the values
Of all the commercial and manufactur-
ing interests and compel millions Of men
TO take an enforced vacation ar a time
when it is q hand-to-mouth struggle 20
live even with employment The strik-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08
TIE DARBY MAS 4 HUSTLER

Prom the DETROIT Pre- Press
On Brush street car the other even
ing was young colored man and his
girl, and they not only held each 9TH
er's hand a. they rode, but the young
man slipped his arm about her waist
and didn't seem 70 care = copper for
the winks and smiles Of the other pas
senEers After a time a white man
got up and passed out on the platform
and beckoned the young man 70 come
out The latter hesitated % leave a
good thing. even for minute, but in
ally did 50 aad ssas asked.
Young man 90 you love thai girl?-
ayes, sab, does he promptly re-
piled
And she loves your
"She DO. sab
How long have ron known herr
- Boat al hour"
-.Isn't that falling il love pretty rap
idlve-
YES. sah- bat 6a.s DE- way dos
Doan tsSe ma. obcr tea inmates 20 fa-i
IN lore wid anybody- We kAInt Lxe
xk3tz ta-xx 'h0a. d-s
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08
"How long does it take you TO fall out

'How long does it take you 10 fall out
again?"
The young man looked into the car
and saw that another colored man who
had been standing by the front door
had taken his seat. Not only that, but
he was holding the girls hand in his
and their heads were humping together
in the most iaffectionate manner. He
took this in at glance.
'How long, sab? How long? Why,
jest bout ten seconds, sab, an de ten
seconds hev expired"
And he dropped off the car and went
off in the darkness whistling a tune
without a quaver OF sadness in it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08
Hard for the Sefxhbor..

During the present financial crisis IL
is probable that great dead Of charity
has been as badly INSTRUCTED as was
that OF a charitably disposed young
woman in Providenee. who is roted for
her novel ways Of helping the needy
II have such a pity for these poor
street musicians" she said one cay. II
pay one old Italian forty cents a week
regularly. he plays IN the yard e~sry
Thursday afternoon But that must
be hard. To be always on hsnd-aad
the noise must be tedious aid a
somewhat nervous friend. '-Oh, ro."
was the compliment reply; 'the maid
has 70 attend 70 thai; and as for The
music, don't hear IL, foT Thursday IA
nv afternoon at the club"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08

You can not tie up this whole country
any more than you can lift yourself over
a fence by your boo;-straps. You can
not tie up the country without shutting
down the telegraph. Tie Iabo- organi-
cations can no: exist or move in concert
without the telegraph.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08

The amelioration of the condition
of mankind and the increase Of human
happiness ought to be the leading OBJ
iects of every political institution and
the aim of every individual, according
to the measure of his power in the Po-
.ition he occupies.-A Hamilton.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08
Che aQlieta Daily Eagle Sunday zlurnq, Gully 1884

The wife Of s'scab," whose husband
was in danger, shot and killed a union
man in Chicago. The ''scab," despised
and abused as he is, seems to be enough
of man to get the love of a woman.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08

At last the dynasty OF the country cor
respondent Is about 10 collapse. The Pond
Creek Tribune issues an edict that one
family shall net be mentioned more than
twenty times in one communication
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08

Debs is himself ''scab." He was a
member of the Brotherhood of Firemen
and because he could not displace Sar-
gent at the head Of that organization he
seeded and formed another organiza-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08

ers are just as foolish in following the
leadership Of Debs in the uncalled for
strike as were those poor misguided be-
ings who followed Coxey to Washing
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08

/. is probably well that Bill Dalton
died when he did. Il would be hard on
his nerves now to have 10 wait for a
train TO rob ard then discover after
SIX days that it was tied M.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08

The strike is running away with Debs.
He cannot stop it because he will have
TO face the charge of being bought Off
so he must keep it going no matter what
the cost
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08

If anarchy comes, Altgeld needn't
flatter himself that he will be spared.
His sixteen-story palace in marble and
bronze in Chicago will be one of the first
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08

This railroad strike NAV vet prevent
the New York publishers from camping
on Mr.. ingalls, front yard and attempt
ing 10 get him 10 come TO New York 70
edit their papers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08

ANY gentleman who attempts 70 ex-
cite the public by mystenously disap-
pearing at this time viii meet the gem
eral assumption that he is tied up in
California
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08

Waite Gar, a Bosto, artist who E-es
IL Paris, has received the high honor
Of the purchase by the French govern
nent Of his picture In the salon ot he
Champs Elysees, this year, la Cigar
-eras-" Also the Vienna academy haa
awarded him frst-clsss gold medal
Cor his painting. The Pardon" saowa
e. last years salon.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08

Debs is not bucking the government.
But he creates a condition which induc-
es the people to buck the government.
Is such 2 man safe?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08

We did not meet any men on the
street yesterday crying because the for
eigners are going back to Europe by the
thousands every week.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08

If Debs should call this strike off the
strikers would say he was bought. Can
he call it off.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08

Probably this is retributive justice on
the railroads for the timetable puzzles
they have inflicted on the people.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08

Corn in the Arkansas valley is reach
ing skyward at record breaking speed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08

Let US again observe in compliment to
the south that there are no threats and
uprising in that part OF the country
against the government Just at present.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08

Just at present the postage stamp is
put on letters to make them attractive.
They were formerly uS~d to insure the
delivery Of the letter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08

The Cliff dwellers are living on faith
and all they want Is for capitalists to
have faith enough in them to buy their
second mortgage.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08
Barnes & NeWCOmb
Popular Music Dealers.
407 I. D0lIU.AS.

Hr. J. l. Sheldon does our tuning.
lie has tuned 10 Wichita for twenty -four
years. He services are sought ~ the
best musicians in the state. lie dividcs
lis time about equally between Topeka
and Wichita. Hls reputation a. ar sx-
pert in -cisntiflc tuning. tone and action
regulating j. uBexcelled- Leave orders
for hin with Is. As. Sheldon - uoy
IN the city.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08

Wichita's cattle market has at last
forged ahead of Chicago's. Friday six
COWS were received in Wichita and only
two in Chicago.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08

If any of dwellings fire was left I'M
quenched, yesterdays precipitation put
il under control.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08

Everybody in Chicago appears to have
walked out except Prendergast.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08

You can now approach that giant fire.
cracker that didn't go off on the Fourth
with reasonable safety.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08

Uncle Sam has been known to use the
birch-rod like stepfather.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08

The strikers are pounding wheat down
as effectually as ever the "wind sellers"
did.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08

The tariff bill still hovers over US. As
soon as the strike is ended the country
will resume buInesS at the same old
stand-still.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08

One thing the railroads cannot tie up
and that is the set and specific purpose
of the French government to hit Santo
with a guillotine.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-08

The government has accepted our
cents and given US little piece of paper.
That was guarantee that it would
carry our letter. But it isn't doing it.