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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-05

MISTAKE OF A LIFETIME.

From the Chicago Record
Inmates of the city hospital are re-
joicing over little incident that took
place the other day. For some time
past they have been annoyed by
prowling, homeless cat, that made IN
endurable noises during the night.
The cat was a large one. and its be-
draggled appearance plainly indicated
that it had no definite and fixed place
of abode. 1t was the custom of the
cat TO swagger along the sidewalk
in front of the hospital about six
o'clock in the evening and pick a row
with Whiskers. a rat terrier, that is
usually in the front yard about that
time in the evening. There is a very
high fence in front of the hospital and
no actual combat ever took place be-
tween the rat terrier and the cat. be-
cause the dog could not get over the
fence and the cat did not want to-
Yesterday evening the cat appeared
on time. but instead of the little rat
terrier DIR. Marks big, good-natured
greyhound lay asleep in The sun. The
cat looked around for the dog. but
could not find him, and apparently de-
cided that il could insult Reilly, the
big greyhound. with the same impu-
nifty that IL had been accustomed 20
quarrel with Whiskers. The cats tail
grew big, and soon some of the most
spiteful vawls and sputterings that
ever disgraced the feline family Were
heard. The greyhound lifted his head,
and saw the cat, but with an arr
OF supreme contempt he resumed his
nap.
Again the cat annoyed the dog by
the same means. and strutted about in
a manner that indicated that It wanted
TO say il could whip any dog that ever
lived, especially when there was
fence between them. The greyhound
could stand It no longer, and went -
the fence. The ca seemed little
taken back by the general makeup Of
the adversa-v. hu1 the fence wa still
there, and i pu. on bold front Just
when i wa> making the mos zEZres-
sive movements the grey hound cleared
the fence in 4 bound and for Al instau,
looked AZ the cat The cat seemed -
b~ astonished that any dog could jump
- high a fence and started % nm Is
establishment turned - aT1azsInent
when ii saw The speed with which the
greyhound was pursuing it aud tried
To reach friendly tree The race Eas
sao.. but exciting. Reilly WAS not
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-05
TEE WOMAN wRo EATS.

From the New York Word
Somebody. who displays enough good
sense 70 start a millennium, says that
the coming woman viii be a success
just ID proportion a. she learns 70 eat.
For generations past women have lived
on bread and butter-bakers' bread At
that-and Tea AID warTn-up potatoes
Sometimes they were warmed up IN
milk. soluetjmes IN fat or butter. 5ut
they were warrned-oTer potatoes all the
same
Now this j. a dish tha; is well enough
IN - way, but i il not slsrmingly
prolific 10 the production q brain ma
terial- The coming woman il going 20
eat al the good things q life. she
VIII eat the best she can get on all
OCCASION and a. much Of i as com
mon sense a3d an intelligent under
stand ing % ne needs of her system viii
eictst@- ENIt teapot and brad ard
batter. and q their place W VIII have
good soup w-ll-co-5z.d meats = one
cares trr tae-u- plenty - milk. egg,
batter aud far amount - fhs sweet
thing o.! l5te- F- t'l= e0niHT woman
j. L. r. an gut-sf-datr sreature- and
ear r1n~uEae F8re sserissT5rse MATER
n reasonable quantities 20 excellent
adFznt1ge Perhaps she VII maze
her own confectionery. II she doe
- mach the better. to- 1As VIA. Dc
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-05
COUNTY REPUBLICAN TICKET.
REPUBLICAN STATE PLATFORM.

Re-affirming tia Republican national plat
form of 1872 ., ra+-;o+
ism, of our party Is i'll itself guaranty 70 tne
nation fiat the interests OF IT'S defenders,
fIeir widows and orphans. VIII be llberaily
cared for and we denounce their crueI anu :.
deliberate betrayal by the present Democratic
administration.
second: We adhere 10 the hepupilcaatg,
doctrine of protection, and believe that tariif
laws should protect the products OF the larh'
as well as of the factory. :.
Third: The American people favor d.
metaIIism and the Republican party demands
the use of both gold and silver as standard
nnoneI: with such restrictions and under
such provisions, 10 be determined Dy le?lsia-
ton rs will secure the maintenance OF ihe
narity of ys ines of the two metals, ana that
The purchasing and debt paying power OF the
dollar, whether OF gold, SILVER or paper, sntii
he af all times equal. The interests OF the
producers of the country, its farmers ana ltS
working men, demand that the mines DE Open
ed 10 the coinage of the silver OF the mine,
of The United States and that congress should
enact n law leyying tax on lmportatlonS or
f,reipn silver sufficient to fully protect Tie
products of our OVID mines.
Fourth: We favor national ard state legls-
iatjon for the encouI agemeht OF irrigation
Fifth: We ,ienounce the present state adj
ministration for It's violation of tho laws and
ronternpt of the courts, the corruption ana
incompetency of its officials, It's gross mis-
MANAGEMENT of the state Institutions, ana
for the discredit it has brought upon the
good name of the state. Ana we pledge me
Republican party and tie nominees of this
convention 10 faithful and economical DIS
charge of all official duties and TO strict
observance and an honest enforcement OF The
laws and to obedience TO the mandates OF The
courts.
pies we invite the support of all patriotic
citizens.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-05
TEA GROWING IN JAPAN.
rom Harper's Magazine.

FROM Harper : A3SiZlne
In the twelfth century Kyoto was the
center of life in Japan, and the district
of Uji, between that city and Nara, has
always kept its reputation for produc-
ing the finest tea. The most valuable
leaves are those on the young spring
shoots Most of the shrubs grow in
the open air without any protection,
evergreen bushes from two to three
feet high, and among them the women
and children were at work. As they
squatted by the plants filling their
baskets very little OF them was WISH
bic, but their big grass hats shone in
the sun, looking like crop of gigan-
tic mushrooms. The japanese ''kasa"
is made of various light materi-
als-straw, split bamboo, rushes, or
shavings of deal; it is used, like an
umbrella tied to the head, as protec-
ton against sun and rain; in the even
ing or on cloudy days it is laid aside,
and the laborers wear only their cotton
kerchief, spread out like hood, or tied
in band round their brows. Though
it can not be called the vast hat the
Graces made" it is, nevertheless, very
effective in the landscape, and the
variations of its outline in different
positions indicate happily the action
of its wearer. The plants which pro-
duce the most expensive teas, costing
from six to eight dollars pound, are
carefully protected by mats stretched
On framework of bamboo, SO that
the tender leaves may neither be
scorched by the sun or torn by
the heavy rains, and there are
acres of them so inclosed. 1t was
curious thing TO look down from little
hilltop on sea of mating which filed
the whole valley from one pine-clad
hill to another, its surface only broken
by the ends of the supporting poles and
by the matched roofs of the drying
houses which stuck up here and there
like little islands. Underneath the
mats women were picking, and in
every way-side cottage those who
were not in the fields were busily
sorting and cleaning the leaves. There
are no large factories or fring-houses;
each family makes its own brand of
tea, labelling it with some fanciful or
poetic name.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-05
BRAVERY HALF TIE BATTLE.

Prom Golden Days
There was once wise old goat. One
day he took refuge from storm BY
running into the first cave he saw. lt
proved an excellent shelter, but it be-
longed to lion; and soon the goat
heard the lion coming home.
Aha remarked William Goat to
himself, this is place where wit is of
more use than sharp horns.' And when
the lion came in, he calmly found the
goat stroking his beard.
''How very lucky" exclaimed old VIII.
liam, just as the lion was about to
spring upon him.
Lucky" said Leo, stopping half.
way ''for me. you mean?"
Not at ALL answered William; ~
mean for myself. 1t is my business to
hunt lions"
Il never heard of such thing" an
swered the lion, laughing scornfully.
very likely not, )" replied the goat.
But then I'm not an ordinary goat
am the lion-hunting kind. We are rare,
but there are a few of us still left I
made a VOW that would kill ten lions
this week, but they are scarce, and 50
far have slain only five. You will be
the sixth"
So saying ne lowered his head and
charged the lion with pretended feroc-
ity. Not expecting the attack, the lion
turned and ran out
No sooner was William the goat sure
that the lion was at distance than he
started off, too, but in another direc-
ton. Meanwhile Leo met jackal, and
told him about the story the goat had
made up.
what nonsense said the jaclal.
bursting into roar of laughter. why,
] know old William Goat well. He is
no fiercer than any other goat. Come
with me and We'll quickly make an end
of him" So they turned back toward
the cave. and soon finding the goats
tracks, they made after him at top
speed.
William Goat luckily caught sight of
them before they saw him.
Now" said he to himself, 81 must
make believe harder than ever. or all
is lost"
Thereupon he turned around and ran
toward his pursuers at full speed As
soon as he was near enough TO be plain
ly heard. he cried out in as angry a
tone as he could put on:
''Why, Jackal. how is this? ! told
you l needed five lions. and here you
bring me only this little oner'
At this Leo was again overcome by
fright, and he once more took to his
paws toward the deepest part of the
jungle. The jackal called after him in
vain, and, being really a coward, did
not dare to face old William Goat alone.
SoWilliam arrived safe at home. TO
the great JOY of Nanny and the little
kids.
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A FAMOUS wARsHIP.

Prom -. Nicholas.
Standing before the bulletin-boards
Of any of the newspapers of the coun-
try, on a morning in the early days OF
last February. we should have found
ourselves IN group OF people eagerly
discussing the news. We should have
heard EXPLANATIONS of surprise, sor-
row. and regret arising on every side:
What, the old Kesrsarge wrecked"
"Nhat pity to lose the famous old
ship Too bad that she should be
lost.~-while the older men IN the
crowds, turning to the younger, were
recalling incidents Of those stirring
times when the Ala bama, built in
England for the confederate states,
was for nearly two years the terror OF
the seas
During the height Of the civil war,
from the Sunday. August -. 1859, when
she was put in commission under the
command II Capt Raphael Semnes.
near the Azores. 10 that sunday. Jane
-. 1874, when she Was SINK of the
coast of France the Alabama ruaulsd
al VIII over the North Atlantic, South
Atlantic and Indian oceans From
Newfoundland 20 Singapore her name
was known and spoken with fear APP
pearing and disappearing, she captured
and looted prizes pursued and &C.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-05
THE TRUE HORSEMAN.

From the Atlantic Journal.
In dealing with horses there are two
things to be done: first to control and
restrain them: secondly, to stimulate
and encourage them to perform the
greatest efforts of which they are cap
able. For a dozen men that can do
the first, you will find only one who
can do the second. But that one has
an extraordinary power; at word
from him, and a touch on the reins,
the horse will freely strike pace to
which another man cannot urge him
by voice or whip or spur. 1t would be
hard to say what is the secret of this
power, but 1 doubt if it is ever found in
any man not possessed both of q
strong will and of a feeling for dumb
animals. The magnetism" that peo-
pie talk about is, suspect, simply the
fortunate combination of these two
qualities.
Sometimes it crops out in unex-
pected places. ! was once riding on
the back seat of an open carriage
drawn by two lazy horses. On the
front seat, beside the driver, sat
Methodist Minister'S solemn-faced
person, with long and, except that
his upper lip was shaven,
full beard. He was dressed in
black clothes, and altogether
looked the very antipodes of a horsy
man. The team was plodding slowly
along, with heads and tails down,
when, at his request, the reins We're
handed over to the parson. AS soon as
he had taken them, and had uttered
one quiet word of command, the nags
seemed to be electrified; up went their
heads and tails; ten years slipped off
their backs, and away they started at
an elastic twelve-miles-an-hour gait.
These horses not only obeyed the min
lister, but they took pleasure in obey
ing him. Alas! great driver was
thrown away in that man.
A trainer or driver may, it is true,
succeed fairly well with horse in spite
of certain defects in his temperament
or character. With ordinary horses,
pluck in riding or driving can usually
be made to take the place of nerve.
Whyte Melville analysed these two
qualities very justly. Pluck, he said.
is that kind of courage or determine
ton which enables man to do what
he is afraid to do: whereas nerve is thu
absence of fear: the one being chiefly a
moral, the other perhaps chiefly a
physical quality.
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more certain that IL is made OF proper
material.
Women have been starving them
selves TO death in a systematic, sympa-
thetic and aristocratic fashion for a
good many years, and Il is quite time
that they put a stop 10 IT. The apostle
of heslthful development is telling
them that it is out Of the question 10
keep good fire in the physical furnace
without proper material. There are
many people who are Under the doc
tors care, and who swallow no end Of
nauseous drugs and drink all sorts Of
vile-tasting and smelling waters, when
the most that they need is plenty of
good food TO eat and a.! Of the out-of-
door exercise that they can bear. Such
q couse of treatment would bring them
mp 10 the standard in short time. but
il would diminish the doctors fees,
and that is precisely what he does not
want
IL would be a good thing II some
medical man could develop as speci-
atty the faculty Of teaching people
filing them with drugs that nine
times ont of ten aggravste the dis
ease they seem striving 20 remove.
Then we might hope for strong.
healthy. well-developed girls and WON
en-. who are 1T for all the duties Of life.
II is no secret 20 many thoughtful per
sons that the diet Of women. especially
those Of limited means. is nowhere near
sufficient % keep them in good condi-
ton. II might be a benefit IL. instead
OF fresh-air funds and excursions
and few weeks ia the eoutry. there
could be restaurants provided where
women could for moderate sum get
meals that are sufficiently n0urishsng
- keep % their vitality and give them
some sort OF show for rising above the
level - which their burdens Of over
work and undertaking have drsgge@
them
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WHAT ABOUT ALIENS DUTYP

There is one matter in this campaign
which appears to have been wholly over
looked. But it is important, and should
be brought out at once.
Judge Allen, a man who was put on
the supreme bench of this state by Pop
ulist votes, is there still. He is still a
Populist. He is supporting the Populist
ticket in the state this fall. He is not
running for reelection. He is not in the
campaign as a factor. But he should
not be passed by when the voter is hon.
estly considering about casting his vote
Judge Allen wrote letter, a private
letter. in which he said that Lewelling
and the present Populist administration
was corrupt. lie did not want them re-
nominated for the good of the party.
Did he say thing about the good of the
people? Did he say that Lewelling and
the other state officers should be bounced
because they were robbing the people !?
Did he not say that they should be
thrown overheard because they were
hurting the Populist cause? Is the Pop
iiSS S1uoS SiNdiCI tit vi TIE
people? Hasn't it been the claim of the
Populists from the time of the formation
of that party that it was for the people
against all parties?
If this is true, was it not Judge Aliens
duty to warn the people against LEVEL
ling and the state admin stration, and
not politician? Is he, as a high rep
resentative of the people, true to them
when he serves his party in preference
to the people?
The true course was that taken by
Ben Henderson. He knew the Populist
officials were corrupt He made an hon.
est effort to overthrow them inside of
his party. When he failed IN that he
came out and told the people that he
would hang his head in shame if Lew
cling was elected. Was that the manly
and the honest thing to do? Or was
Judge Aliens course of swallowing the
corruption and supporting the party and
letting the interests of the people so to
the dogs the proper thing?
VIII Judge Allen, high official, the
adjudicator of the peoples rights and
wrongs, vote for Leweliing after he
has said that that Popnlist is corrupt?
What business did he have as ''friend
of the people" and their servant to in
form friend of the fraud and dishon-
esty inside of the Populist party, and
then refuse to tell the people the same
fhiDoc
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A TALE OF TWO RINGS,
From the jewelers. Weekly.

From the jewelers. Weekly.
When Estelle was mere child, her
mother occasionally showed TO her a
slender gold ring set with tiny dia-
mond. This ring her mother kept
locked in little brass casket, which
was in turn kept in locked bureau
drawer. Estelle noticed that the ring
was in places worn almost to thread,
and that sometimes, when her mother
fitted it on her finger, she wept before
returning it to the dark little casket.
Estelle knew that her mother was a
widow, but she was not quite sure
what a widow was, and she knew also
that she herself was the youngest of
many children-so many that at five
years of age, Estelle could never re-
member the exact number.
Often during her childhood Estelle,
having seen others wear beautiful
rings, had wondered why her mother
did not wear hers, and had even asked
for an explanation: Because. darling"
her mother had said. papa gave the
ring TO mamma, and she must not wear
it out" Estelle wondered who papa"
was oLN iN SAAOhAN NAt ~ AAtsi
mother wore the pretty little ring.
Afterward. Estelle's mother died. and
Estelle grew older and forgot about
the ring. She had not time to Guilt
vate the sentiments that belong to such
trifles, for she was very poor and
worked day after day IN kitchen.
But in time a young farmer, who
worked in the field even harder than
Estelle worked in the kitchen. grew
foud of her. Estelle surreptitiously
gave him sometimes the largest plate
OF dessert that was served, and he re-
warded sher with a meaning look
Then followed the old story. and Estelle
learned there was something in life
worth living for, and that IL was not
diamond, until one day the young
farmer placed on her finger ring ex-
actly like her mothers, except that il
was heavier and had never been worn
before. When her lover was Sgone
Estelle leaned on the kitchen table and
toyed with the ring. and then for the
first time she realized why her mother
cherished and guarded the ring that
she tkept n the casket
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OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Dennis Flynn is now talking to the peo-
pie out in the Woodward district.
The Democrats are counting on the
Cherokee strip being an uncertain fac
tor"
of Tom Maddox from the Jail there inves-
tigated.
About $500 in railroad tickets are sold
every month by the Rock Island at the
little town Of Union.
The editor of the Ingalls, Leader has
never taken his 'salutatory" from the
head of his paper. He has probably come
to stay.
Oklahoma is lucky. Chicago and Dali
las, Texas, are now accusing each other of
being the home of that man who sold his
wife for cow.
There are three old Chicago newspaper
men in Oklahoma, Otto Bekemeyer OF
Guthrie and JAG Humphries and George
Pursell of Perry.
Judge Burford says that $40. 600 of the D
county warrants are invalid and has auth
orized the issuance of $500 in bonds to
cover the Indebtedness.
An Iowa Indian, with a sarcastic turn,
has pinned up this sign on his farm not
far from Newkirk: Hunt all you please,
and when the bell rings. come to dinner"
A missionary. after a good deal of hard
work, persuaded two Commando Indians
to procure a license and get married in
civilized way at Ell Reno last week. This
is believed to be the first time this has oc-
cured in the Commando tribe.
The reporter on the Guthrie Capital has
gay light-hearted way of writing up
peoples domestic troubles. 1t is ten to
one that the young man is not married.
This is the way he deals with matrimon-
ial infelicity: Suit for divorce was filed
this afternoon in the district court by
Michael Calligan against his wife, Alice
NJ. Society has been moistening its
gossipy tongue for some time on many
probable sensational reasons for the pair
not getting along together, limiting at il
licit lovers, etc. This is all brushed away.
The husband in his petition simply de-
clarss that his wife for year past has re-
fused to sleep with him or tickle his con-
nubial heart by bearing him children that
should make him famous down the ages
of time, when the grubworms had held
many fashionable o'clock tea on his
now despised carcass and that she has told
him many times that she does not love |
him. Coupled with all this, the plaintiff |
states that the wife now walks the house
in perfect contempt of him; hence he wants |
to get loose from the golden chains that |
are prison now and the sweetness that |
turns to ashes on the lip.
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LONG REPUBLICAN MEETINGS.

Hutchinson, Wednesday. Oct. 3rd. 1:330 p. m.
Wellington, Thursday, Oct. 4th. Up. IN.
Smiths Grove, Barber County, Friday, Oct.
Anthony, Saturday. Oct. 9th 2p. m.
Mound Ridge. Monday, Oct. sth, p. m.
Kingmab, Tuesday, Oct. 9th, $50 p. N.
Pratt, Wednesday, Oct. 10th, p. m.
Canton, Thursday, Oct. 1lth, 200 p M
Mulvane, Friday, Oct. 18th =; m;
Garden City, Saturday, Oct: 18th p. m.
Spivey. Tuesday, Oct. 10th, l:S0p m.
Great Bend, Wednesday, Oct; 18th; p. m.
Colwich. Friday, Oct. 10Th, Up. m.
Turon, Monday, Oct. End, p. m.
st. John, Tuesday. Oct. 23rd, Up. m.
Oxford, Thursday, Oct. 18th, Up. NJ.
Geuda Springs, Friday, Oct. 26th 2p. m.
South Haven, Saturday, Oct; 9th. ZIP. II.
Cheney, Monday, Oct. 18th. p. m.
Valley Center. Tuesday, Oct. 30th2 p. m.
Newton. Wednesday, Oct; Slst, 2p: m
Harper. Friday, Nov. End, Up. m.
Medicine Lodge, Saturday. Nov. 3rd 2 p. m.
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hope has been that some one would arise
with sufficient force to overcome Cor
belts cunning. They have consequently
set about TO harass Corbett, and insist on
him meeting every plug-ugly that hap
pens along.
For while Corbett withstood this on
slaught. But finally he has given in and
thirsts for fight. He will get it. If one
man does not lick him another will be
found who viii. His downfall is GER
tain.
He should have maintained his origi-
nal resolution. He should have refused
to fight again. He should have Joined
the church and become one of the better
element OF society. But his bad temper
has got the best of him, and he will go
down in the same miserable way that
his predecessors have.