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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24
LEGISLATION WONT PAY DEBTS.

1t is interesting to note the various
causes assigned for hard times in diff
ferent localities. In the great money
centers, silver was the bug-bear before
the repeal of the Sherman law. In
manufacturing districts, it is threatened
tariff legislation. If only this question
could be settled, even by moderate re-
duction, it is thought the starting of
mills and hum of machinery would
bring back the old order of things on an
hours notice. With the farmer, it is
the low price of wheat and other farm
products. In the mining region, it is
destroying the market for silver
and in the cotton states, the
unprecedented low price of cotton. All
of this shows the tendecy to regard the
matter from a single standpoint, and
that selfish one. 1t is so easy to rea-
son and calculate only within range of
our own eyesight, and so natural to
measure the welfare of others by our
own standard.
1t is quite evident that there are causes
greater than any of these-causes which
apply generally and everywhere. The
chief of these is, that people are in debt.
Primary to this, and leading to it, are
many too numerous to name. Some of
them date back for years, some
perhaps, the outgrowth of mis-
takes in legislation, and many
surely, the result of individual blunders,
1t may be said that the loss of con-
fidence is no small factor, for out of this
grows the universal locking of funds
which, otherwise, would be kept in
circulation. Each, however, are so
many blocks in the arch, the keystone of
which is that there is volume of in
debtedneSs which is abnormal and there
has been an all round call for adjust
ment. A full, candid recognition of this
fact in all quarters, and by ali classes,
would be, at least, one step toward re-
covery. No man or corporate institution
will make Roadway by waiting for this
or that legislation. The condition which
now confronts us calls for cash or its
lie NHO iS dbie ~ pay Ills
indebtedness, or in any way to procure
settlement. will have his time, if nothing
more. with which TO start anew. The
use of little common business sense is
worth more to the individual in his pri-
waite concerns than all the party politics
in existence. The last extremity of
having to supply bread day by day illus
trates this TO a nicely. Bread must be
had every day, and the question chow
shall get it?' addresses itself directly
and with such force that it half solves
the riddle. To wait on congress. or a
new administration would be absurd TO
starving man, yet it is equally so with
linn who has years supplies on hand,
or business projects which he hopes to
consummate. There Is no time to lose.
or efforts TO spare, even in prosperous
times. 1t is doubly so now. Whether
the cause of our trouble is the prospec;
for reduced tariffs. cheap wool. wheat
silver or diamonds, the fact remains that
no man, in any locality, engaged in any
pursuit can afford TO do the Micawber
act until the debts are paid.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24
YOUR OK AND MY BULL.

The Atchison Champion-and very
properly - skins the Law and Order
league of Hiawatha, as it does Rev.
DIR. Embree. for their action in seeking
a pardon for the Hiawatha whisky sell
ers on the ground that they were men OF
high standing, members Of the church,
etc., and that the liquor was sold to
prominent men of the community. The
Champion says had Click or Humphrey
pardoned anybody on such showing
the Law and Order league would have
denounced the act as base trucking to
the whisky power. If the law is too
rigid to be enforced against prominent
men or conspicuous members of the
church. then it is too rigid for enforce
ment against plain, homespun sinners.
The prohibition law never got such
black eye from any source as from these
high-toned moralists in their standing
by and shielding gentlemen of their
own cloth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24
THE MAN WHO FORGETS.

From the Boston Herald.
There is no more aggravating person
in the world than the one who is eter-
nally forgetting things, II find it SC
hard to remember names. walls q
pretty woman. and her sympathizers
arise in scores.
Now, why on earth shonld it be hard
to remember names? Why should it be
hard to remember any common occur
renee? People remember what they
want to-that is, when they concen-
trate their minds upon thing II Is not
apt to elude them. The trouble Is thai
thev win not do this. 1t requires Q
certain amount OF exertion- that Is true
But IS the gain nothing? Unless =
woman Is i'll in body or mind there l.
no reason why she should not remcrn-
Der anything she wishes 10. The mine
is capable of great concentration anG
a good memory depends upon It II
one has tendency 70 forgetfu!ness she
should ST once determine upon - ste
matte mental discipline.
Begin by forcing the mind a. night
70 call the events of the day. logical
and IN their order Give up making
notes OF matters requiring attention
md compel The mind 70 recall ihts'
things Cultivate ha Dat OF close 90
---vation Of everv little detail 81 sur
rounding Learn 20 listen carefully =
names. dates. events as they oceTr anc
especially cultivate the habit Of men
tai review II IS wonderful hoeT so~sE
what was at first az .rksoue task be
coEaes. a pleasure.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24
OUR AFRICAN LETTER.
STANLEY CITY, Jan. 4.

STANLEY CITY, Jan. A.
Ny Dear Colonel Murdoch.
You would not suppose that | am an
highly educated man, but such is the
fact. Nor would you suppose that a
scientific discovery would be made in
the wilds Of Africa, but nevertheless it
is true, and by your humble servant. 1t
is not so much discovery as it is COM
plete refutation of an accepted fact.
You and l well know, my dear colonel,
as well as all highly educated persons,
that for ages it has been an axiom that
mathematics is applied logic and that
any man of sound mind could under
stand "a mathematical proposition.
1t may not be your pleasure to know
Selim Beg. the educated AbysSinian, the
learned Beggar, as he Is called. He
speaks several living and dead languages,
and is as fluent il English as cockney;
he is good at commercial figures, under
stands banks, discounts and political
economy. The other day, as we were
discoursing on scientific themes, l casu-
ally remarked:
'1f at any point of hyperbola a line
be drawn tangent to the curve, the part
of the tangent intercepted by the asymp-
toles will be bisected at the point of tan
gency."
His jaw dropped, and he gasped-ac-
tually gasped, Colonel-the single inter
lection:
"Hey?"
| repeated, eff at any point, etc."
when he promptly replied: THE sheol
you say"
You will notice he dropped into Anglo.
Hebrew macaronics, and L continued as
follows:
eff a tangent line be drawn to the
hyperbola, and limited by the asymp-
toles, 1t will be equal to the conjugate
of the diameter which passes through
the point of contact" at the same time
l gave him an encouraging smile, feel
ing certain that he would catch on, so to
speak, for never doubted the axiom
and was well satisfied the learned beg
gar had sound mind.
His only reply was, "Oringoff; what
chergivenus. After further conversa-
ton 1 became satisfied that he
understood not at all, so drop
ped him, very much unsettled as
to the axiom; as opportunity presented
itself mentioned the foregoing propo-
sitions to other bright and sound minds
with similar results, from which l am
justified in saying | have refuted
scientific fact many centuries old. At
least | KNOW that the sound African
mind does not comprehend ali mathe-
NAUTICAL propositions aud even the SIM
plest which l selected for the purpose,
the mind unframed in that direction
could not grasp or understand. OF
course your readers will have no trouble
in understanding these simple PROPOSE
tons and from their intelligence | conf
IDENTIFY rest my reputation and claims
to a fcientific discovery. | know you
will congratulate me. With great re-
spect, your most obedient servant,
DE-MOP. OPP.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24
Written for the Eagle.
CHRONOLOGICAL GUMPTION.

Jewels which placed upon the forcanger Of Time
" i'll sparkle forever"
PATRIOTISM when founded on justice,
morality and principle, supported by vir-
tue and courage, has never been conquered
save through treachery.
QUESTIONING in compapyis not the Ian
guage of gentlemen. Information is
asked, doubts may be raised, but repeated
questions are ill-bred. because they lead to
debate. Argument is for platform, not
for parlor,
REFoRMATIoNs begin in polite society.
among statesmen. churchmen and mer-
chants; revolutions begin in shops, fields,
ale houses and on the streets, one ends in
the correction of abuse. the other in a
transfer OF political power, sometimes in a
change of form Of government.
ISLANDER is like counterfeit coin; he
who passes it is as guilty as the counter
feter.
TONGUES which are faster than brains,
oft get their owners in distress. Judg-
ment and wisdom communicates wits its
tongue as Il servant. Nimble tongues,
like forward children, causes bushes to
overmantle the check.
UNDERSTANDING is the most important
part of everything. He who understands
is the master of all who do not. He who
demonstrates ability in one thing Is pre-
sumed to have power in other things. He
is possessed of letter of credit, and, if
nonored his credit is established. ZoK.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24

OF ZDla, In MEDIUM, as Is wen known,
has cost the owner millions of francs
already and requires an immense in
come to keep it up. The countrymen
of MEDIUM, by the way, get as much
from lola as possible. A pound Of
peas, for instance. can be purchased
for 30 sous, but lola pays often as high
as 3 francs
But all these large incomes are ex.
ceeded by that of Georges Ohnet- His
Forge Master has been "A gold mine
for him. Ia 1885 il was estimated that
the revenue from the novel and drama
bearing that name was more than 500,'
900 francs. Thus it may be seen that
the calling of the dramatic author in
Paris pays well, and that, in general
to speak with Ross!ni, they do not die
from hunger"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24
a Busy household

Busy-handed must have been thu
romen-folk Of century and hssf
ago. ~ is recorded that ono family IN
Newport, T. J.. made in the space IL
eighteen months four hundred and
.ighty-seven yards Of oioth-cardiug.
spinning. dyeing and we wing every
inch Of material used. and also accom-
plished the knitting ~ thirty-six pairs
~ stockings-nOt the thin. delicate
and often fitnsy hosiery seen nova
days. but such a. would bear much
heavy use and even re handed down
70 posterity" II il added that another
Newpor; family distinguished them
selves by making. ia She space 81 four
fears. nine hundred and eighty yards
II SooIen cloth. two corsriets, two
oedticks, and all the stockings needed
Tor The family.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24

Notwithstanding the cut, in the esti-
mate of the house committee on rivers
and harbors, to one-half the sum appro-
priated last year for that purpose, the
committee is not free from censure. In
view of the financial condition of the
government il would be little less than a
crime to appropriate any sum OF money
for that purpose, not to consider the
statement of the secretary of war that
there are ample funds left from former
appropriations to carry on work, where
necessary to prevent loss, for another
year. But this is the great log-rolllng
scheme, and of course a good round sum
will be squandered as usual.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24

are Instance. ana the middle distance
with the foreground. by means Of the
bridge across the river
The Frenchman stared, stammered
and confessed ne did not comprehend
What said the artist. YOU traye
md do not understand English
Yer lsetle."
'Do you speak Scotch?'
"Non' m sieur."
Nor Irish?"
Non"
"Welsh?'
Non, non, m sicur"
With an exact imitation - ths
Frenchman's contemptuous shrug. tbs
artist turned 10 their fellow travellers
mid the loud laughter of those who un
1erstDCd the is,l<c
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24
The aalieta aiu Saturday zorro, February 1884,

The postoffice department is having
the first-class Offices of the country sup
piled, each, with a machine for stamp
ing letters-that is for affixing tee stamp
of the office and cancelling the postage
stamps. The machine will stamp 500
letters a minute, doing the work of four
men in the same time. The. object in
using the machine, however, is to facii-
tate the closing of the mails rather than
to dispense with employees. The gov
eminent will pay the inventor and man.
ufacturer $500 year royalty for the use
of each machine, the invention being
covered by letters patent and he refus-
ing to part with the right.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24

John P. ST. John recently declared
that only 1000 barrels Of beer supplied
the demand in Kansas last year, which
statement puts Atchison by the ears.
The Champion--which is not a saloon
champion by any means-declares that
more than that quantity was taken by
Atchison. Perhaps the Saint didn't
mean to include Atchison, and Leaven-
worth, and Kansas City. and Topeka
and Wichita, and number Of other
cities and towns as part of the state.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24
Instead of adopting the simple, c

Instead of adopting the simple, com
men senseruie of the Fifty-tirst con-
gress, known as the Reed rule, the
majority party in the present congress
continue 10 frilter away time in vain
and fruitless attempt TO secure quorum
10 transact the public business, al the.
public expense and the utter disgust OF
everybody. Every days proceedings IN
congress. both houses. increases tie con
viction upon the country of the inca
pacity OF the Democratic party to
govern. The regret is that even par
tial change cannot be made short OF a
year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24

Ex-president HarrisOns trip to the
Pacific coast was postponed from this to
next week, which change of program
caused considerable disappointment to
a good many persons, particularly meA.-
beers of the e. A R., who were attend
ing the state encampment and who ex-
pected their honored comrade to stop,
enroute, and spend an hour or two with
them in Newton.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24

How can traffic be restored until bust
ness revlves? How can business revive
while prices are below the cost of produc
ton? How can prices rise while gold is
increasing in value?-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
The Democratic party being imme-
diately responsible for all the advers g
conditions, how can they be remedied
until that party is knocked out of power?
1t is a problem easier asked than ans
wered,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24

Alfalfa is rapidly growing in favor
with farmers and by many is already
regarded as the best all round crop for
profit of any that has ever been tried in
this section. 1t is unsurpassed as food
for all kinds of live stock, and for honey
bees is claimed to be superior TO buck
wheat or any other crop.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24
Reports from many of the industrial

Reports from many Of the industria l
centers OF the east tell of the resump-
ton of active operations in mills and
factories. This revival of business is due
wholly TO increasing demands for the
manufactured products, and each re-
sumption is announced TO be,made, with
out exception, upon Z reduced scale of
wages for operatives, made necessary
by the tariff changes that VIII go into
effect within the next four months
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24

Come 10 think OF it. less majority
than was given Hon. Galusha Grow in
Pennsylvania the first of the week
would have been a greater surprise than
are the unprecedented figures of lS5, 900.
IN view OF the general commercial and
industrial situation. If the election had
been put off another week. the majority
would have gone above 200. coo.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24
Thinks 1t a Forlorn Hope.

From The JetmOre SunfoWer.
The Wchte EAGLE Of recent date
suggests that the Republican nominee
for governor be man who has the COM
bined qualifications, of age, experience.
integrity, ability, courage, wholesome
ness, cleanliness and manliness. We
predict that the EAGLE will be sadly dis
appointed when the nominating con-
ventiou has met and adjuornei: as no
man who has entered the golden gate
and donned the robe of white" has ever
been allowed to return to this terrestrial
hall" to dabble in politics.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24

Modern Democracy, interpreted by
the record the party has made and
stands by, means the substitution of the
soup house for the work shop. The
mission of the Wilson bill is TO perpet-
rate the present deplorable conditions
10 the many for the benefit of favored
importers and capitalists east.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24

The point raised by Representative
Cummings in congress, Thursday, in
regard to the arrest of General Sickles,
that they did not attempt to arrest the
old war horse ct Gettysburg. was not
well taken: they did undertake to do
that very thing, but made as sorry a
failure as the fiaScO in the house was.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24

The Popuiist congressman from Kan
sas. every one of whom voted for the
pending tariff measure when it was be-
fore the house. are raped over the
knucks by the Pop organ, the Kiowa
Review. with this cudgel: Speaking of
prosperity, just about as great guam.
tity will follow the passage of the Will
son bill as has followed repeal"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24

The Boston Globe concludes that all
the Republicans in congress care for
is 10 get the Democrats in hole. y
The Globes aim was all right. but it
wobbled and missed the spot. The aim
is 20 keep them in the hole they put
themselves in.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24

The Democrats in the present congress
have done little else than multiply
reasons why that party should be per-
manently retired. The country being
surfeited already they might as well
quit and 60 home.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24

If the Kansas cyclone must continue
10 do business-and it seems it must
Kansas will MOI object to its transactlng
in Louisiana or any where it listeth;
only the unfortunate locality has our
commiseration.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24
Good Times Come Again.

From the Gin IRON New West
A big acreage of wheat and plenty of
snow Is inspiring the Kansas farmer,
notwithstanding the dread of free trade
and the tax on incomes. He knows
that Democratic laws will cut down the
price of farm products, but lie expects
to raise big crop to cover deficiencies.
In no country does a farmer get a
better profit on his investment than in
Kansas, and particularly western Kan
srs Cheap land and little labor make
the profits considerable on Il crop of
wheat at forty cents bushel.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24

Corbelt and Mitchell last night gave a
repetition of the Jacksonville fight, but
I'D 10 date Mrs. Lease and Lewelling
have not fixed Tor any similar exhibit
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24

The head Of the National Farmers
alliance at Topeka, the other day de-
clared: "There never was a more de-
termined, obstinate, merciless autocrat on
q despots throne than he who now rules
with an iron hand at Washington"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24

Senator Martin of Kansas read Wash
ington's farewell address to empty
benches in the senate. OF course it is
rather embarrassing for speaker to in
terrupt himself with [Great applause
and Laughterl, but the Kansas man is
usually equal 10 any emergency.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24

Ex-Governor Osborne declares that
ex-senator Ingalls, will become an evan
gelist. Ingalls, made part of his reputa-
ton twisting the tail of the British lion
and there is no reason why he should
not treat the devil the same way.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24
IN. ..orz !. .3la Q, Prime. Hl.n.--s

The story j. told % Prince Pisrnar~b
that be wss oHcs pressed By certain
American Official 20 recon mend his s.on
for diplomatic place He = veFy
remarkable fellow s&ia the yroad
father. he speaks seven language '
Indeed. aid bismarck. yho aoes BOZ
hold very high opinion - Linguistic
requirements, what wonderful head
water he would make - Ssursss-1 Cur
uaL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24

From the Atchison Champion,
There was little breeze at the woman
suffrage convention in Washington
Tuesday, when Mrs. Cleveland declined
to receive the delegates at the White
House. Mrs Cleveland has the advant
age of most of the delegates in having a
stronger love for home than for public
affairs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24

The Coughlin trial in Chicago the first
time cost 100000. The present trial will
probably reach fully that amount. 1t
cost $40, 900 to convict Prendergast, the
murderer of Mayor Carter Harrison.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24

Wichita does not object to competi-
ton between the Santa Fe and the Mis-
souri, Pacific. but when it comes TO the
locomotives bucking each other off the
track, they Will please postpone the con
test until the Wichita citizens get off
the train.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24
The Common Failing.

From the Hutchinson News.
These Populists are all financiers.
Now there is Artz, who used to talk
finance by The hour, day or week, just
as his audiences would stand it, yet he
couldn't run the office of adjutant-gen-
eral year and keep his financial &C
counts straight.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24

1t is unprecedented In prize-ring par
ance for both combatants 10 be
knocked out, but that seems to be the
status of the Cleveland Hill mill.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24

Congressman Breckenridge in his
course toward Miss Pollard seems to
overlook the great truth that painting
your enemy black does not whitewash
yourself,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24

After ali, if cherry trees We're as hard
and hatchets as small as they are today,
the chances are that George Washing
ton didn't have enough energy left to
tell lie.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24
If the low price for wheat that has

If the low price for wheat that has
prevailed for many months continues
beyond the next harvest and seeding
time, the production of that cereal for
market will fall mainly to large planters,
as the margin of profit is 50 narrow that
only large operators can afford to han die
the crop. This change VIII necessitate
the adoption of a system of diversified
crops on the part of most farmers: but
such system would enure greatly TO the
benefit Of all, regardless of the course of
the wheat market. The average farmer
who relies upon single crop makes lit
tie substantial progress. A single fail
ure sets him further back than three
good crops will recover. In variety of
crops some one or more will hit every
season, so that the planter is not left
wholly without resource from his farm,
and can manage to keep out of debt.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24

General Weaver still expresses conf
lence in the ultimate success of the Peo-
Plies party. Ultimate is good. Thanks
for the forbearing consideration.