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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-07
COAL STRIKE AND PRICES.

Without touching upon the frequent
scenes Of riot and disorder that have fol-
lowed as natural result upon the gen.
nral strike Of coal miners all over this
country, the present situation offers
Some very psrplexipg problems.
The miners in many states threatened
to 60 out on strike if wages were not
Increased. The operators refused. They
were wonderfully indifferent. The strik-
PRS went out. Several attempts at set
Element have been made. The miners
were as obdurats as ever and would not
yield an inch on the question of an ad-
vance in wages. And the operators were
more Indifferent TO a settlement than
sver.
Meanwhile coal begins to get scarce.
Every body knows what follows such a
condition. Prices of coal become high
er. They are on the upward grade
now,
The miners are still obdurate. The
operators are just as indifferent. For
beveral months before the strike began
the price of soft coal had been steadily
falling. And the operators are not eager
TO change condition which increases
the price of coal.
The consumer will pay the expenses of
the fight. 1t is too much to say that the
operators and the striking miners are in
conspiracy to rob the public. But the
present striking situation proves that
conspiracy of that kind is possible.
The higher the price of coal, the higher
the wages the operator is apt tn pay his
miners. When the product of the coal
mines is large and prices, as conse-
luence tend downward, the operator and
the miner could enter INTO a compact to
make the public pay larger profits to
the operator and higher wages TO he
miner, by suspending work.
If the time should ever come when the
people. the consumers, should be con-
WINGED that there was such a conspiracy
they would take hand in the fight that
would result disastrously to both the
miners and operators.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-07
TAFFY TO THE FARMERS

The New York Tribune looks to the
farmer TO save us from the perils which
BEEN to threaten the peace of the coun.
try. After enumerating the dangerous
Elements now at work, among which i:
names the anarchist of foreign birth. the
SOCIALIST, the Coxeyiie, the Populist and
the all round disturber of the peace. its
editor essays 10 quiet all fears bv assur.
ing hiS readers that the strong arm Of
the farmer stands between them AND
danger. he recites that this is the
power which has decided the fate of all
revolutionary measures, even to the ex-
tent of crushing armed rebellion.
Without seeking to draw comparisons.
odlous or otherwise, and without claim.
Ing for the husbandman more than =
normal degree of patriotism, we are
moved to say, the farmer knows iaffy on
stick when it is held out to him. II
the Tribune editor, or any other illustri-
Gus Citizen supposes that the farmer is
not fully aware that our present
Social and financial troubles are
not of his making he is most
woefully mistaken. Anarchy is not
bred IN the green fields, neither are
strikes engendered, or Coxey armies re-
cruited from the ranks OF farmers who
farm with Drawn and muscle and not
with their mouth. Agitation is not his
tort, and red-handed treason Is as for.
eign TO his nature as real work to the
ioud-mouthed demagogue who incites q
rioc
This comforting reinsurance 10 its
readers that they are safe in the hands
OF these stalwart guardians would have
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-07
THE TELEGRAPH WIRE.

fThe following poem by Eugene Ware Iron.
GUILD WIS written at the suggestion OF one ci
the EAGLES sta6. In some parts OF western
Kansas, all the music the pioneers have Is the
sad melody of the telegraph wire
West from the boiling Missouri, turbid with
pulveriZed granite.
West DER the orchards and farms asleep IN
the hammock OF autumn.
West DER the upland uprising, russell with
wheatland close shaver.
West Ger the yeiiowish shales and scattering
prairie dog cities.
Why in the moonlight, o wire. so sadly. so
constantly moaning?
Brightly in Argentine's smelters murmuroCs
cTucibles bubble;
Proudly uprears in Topeka the bronze Of the
dome and the tholus:
Gaily Pueblo appears with rolling mills
browning the mesa.
Come, o my brother. come back; our mother
is griey:ng and dying"
Come o my lover, come back, and i, II you
come, will forgive you."
Come, o my daughter. come back; walt ana
must live till see You"
Come, . my husband, come back; the past,
If you come, is forgotten"
Moan on. o wire. you are bearing burdens OF
hearts that are breaking;
Kindly the Zephyrs of Kansas absorb your
aeolian sorrow.
LISTENING, listening long. tho prairie dog goes
TO his burrow,
Telling the owl and the snake the WOES of the
gods and their sadness.
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position of the device is so hard that .
watchmaker's file did not scratch it
The shank was quite flexible. yet very
boring in fire-killed beech tree The
process was to bring the anger ct right
angles to the tree, while the insect
walked around the auger as central
pivot When the pod became filed
with chips the auger was withdrawn
and the chips were removed by one
foot, and the anger was again inserted
without mistake the head is provided
with eyes which can see back and be-
meath the abdomen. q most singular
provision by which the insect can sec
to insert the au2er in the hole. This
process continued until the legs of the
insect were sprawled out, still moving
round and turning the auger until .
bored. Then the insect Strengthened
out on its legs. withdrawing the auger
which was brought into the said
groove. Six eggs, each over one-eighth
of an inch long and less in diameter
than the hole, were deposited therein.
each egg being directed to its place by
two flexible appendages attached TO
the abdomen. Then, in an instant, the
insect was gone. But while upbraided
myself that the insect was not cap
tured, it returned with a load of mud
aud plastered it over the hole. At this
time the insect was caught and in
spected.
Goodrich gives no illustration, or
description of this borer. The more
complete treatises on entomology, how
ever, show and describe this insect
but have been unable to learn that
any of the more distinguished natural
lists ever saw the insect in the opera
ton of boring. The one mentioned
was the only one seen in period of
seven years in fields where dead trees
exhibited the multitudes of work done
by this borer; it is therefore presuma-
BILE that the work is done mostly at
night. The grub, or worm, while sub
sisting in the woods is provided with .
resisting headplate aud disc-cutter
diagonally in front of it. The hardest
wood is cut with the disc by its having
given to it partial rotary motion, and
the process of cutting drives the chips
in between the headplate and disc, by
which the sap is pressed out and passes
into the conveniently located mouth
of the grub. At the appointed time
the grub knows its way out, and be-
comes. if female, q giant bores
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-07

A Polish land owner has been playing
off posthumous joke on his heirs. lie
died IN 1856, and left behind him an
envelope inscribed TO be opened after
my death. 1t was opened eagerly, as
the will was nowhere else to be found.
1t contained another envelope $40 be
opened six months after my DEATH Ar
the end of six months another was found
TO be opened year after nv death. I"
And so it went on until few DAYS ago.
when the will was reached and read.
The excitement among the expectant
survivors was intense; for such care
fully guarded document must be of ex-
cep'ional value. But the will was found
10 be most disappointing. And the aues-
ton now is whether the deceased Pole
was trying to put off the heirs or only
trying TO put the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-07
HE DID NOT HAVE TO PAY
From the Chicago Hers ID.
Speaking OF bridges.

From the Chicago Hers ID.
Speaking OF bridges.
One time there was a one-legged man
who lived in kittanning, Pa, and who
had a fairly comfortable situated mar
ried sister living across the river in
Williamsburg. He had lived along the
rivers of Pennsylvania all his life, and
had worked at the modest but honor.
able occupation of shoemaker, but who
had in every instance had some tie on
the farther side of the river which drew
him over the bridge evenings and Sun.
days and holidays.
OF course in Pennsylvania all the
bridges are toll bridges, AID even
foot passengers are required to con-
tribute at least two cents every time
they cross.
This shoemaker had observed that
large number of men in the humber
walks of life wore one leg instead of
two, as was the case in other states
Indeed, he was quite consoled with his
loss by the reflection that peg-legsed
men were quite the fashion
One evening he started across the
bridge as usual, and when he came to
the toll-taker's lodge in the center ne
stumped over the roadway. dropped his
little fee and went on.
Funny thing" he unused 81 never
paid my toll yet but I had to walk
across the roadway to the toll-taker
NY path seems TO be always on the
wrong side of the bridge. I should
think now and then : toll-.aker's Office
should be on my side of the bridge"
But he went on, visited his sister
and started back. On the return trip
he met another peg-legged man going
over TO kittanning and the two walked
to&ther. When they came-un 70 the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-07

TuE oIANC HORkR.

From TIE Chicago Inter Ocean
Under this head we have a variety OF
mechanical insects which apply their
inherent skill with more certainty 1t
all times than their boastful superiorS,
the genus homo sapient Some of these
are provided with saws by which
channels are cut in the bark of trees,
and the eggs are deposited therein and
covered by plastic substance. Others
perforate by two-bladed device act
ing against itself not unlike . COM
pound drill, while others psreWate by
. puneh-like instrument by s1Elking il
into the tender bark Of shrubs by the
rapid motion of the insects; all the
grooves, holes or channels being the
recipients of eggs But no insect in
when at work moAe interest than the
giant borer. It is, when not 1t work,
about one and three-foueAs inches
long from the forehead 70 the tip OF
its scrcw-pointed gimles auser, the lat
ter projecting in rear of the abdomen
Its legs are nearly an inch and half
long. and the sternun Is very strong;
and from thence to the tip OF the alb
domen Is groove or channel Ia which
the gimlet anger lies when not IN use
This gimlet auger consists OF ginlet
pod. screw point and . shank which
Is hinged TO the sternum TO swing
ninety degrees The diameter os the
pod of the anger inspected was one
twelfth of an inch, and il, with its
screw point. WAS of the most exquisite
finish, and in mechanics perfect rs
cutting edges were 30 sharp. fne
and smooth that the edge OF razor
was eomcaraiiyely = ssy. The -cou-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-07
IF NOT DOODLE, WHAT?

Do you take sugar in your coffee: Dt
YOU use it in your cake? Do you know
what the United States senate did when
1t placed 40 per cent ad valorem or
all sugars and postponed the time fol
the imposition of that tax until January
!, 1882
Why doesn't the sugar schedule go IN
TO effect at the sams time that the rest
of the Wilson Senate tariff bill does?
Because the United States senate is
piaying into the hands of the sugar ring
both at the expense Of the public and
the government.
The ring is to be permitted to operate
for six months on what is practically a
free schedule and make the public pay
for the product as if it were taxed 40
per cent which the senate has declared
shall not be collected on importations
until January 1, 1895 while the rest of
the bill is to go into effect July Of this
year.
Henri Watterson says:
"Somebodv will make neat sum when
the new tariff goes into effect. The i'm
pOrJ6b1O0S Oh Tree SUGAR, tACluolvC VI bcSs
sugar, ara larger than We're ever known
before. In the four months ending March
81, the amount imported was "a, OOO,00
pounds in excess of the importations Tor
the corresponding period last year, and
they are still heavy. All this comes in
free, and most of it has been imported by
the sugar trust, the largest dealer In sugar
in this country. The profits when the tax
goes on will be something big. No won
der the sugar trust certificates are high
up in price on Wall street"
That is only part of the scheme. Be-
tween July 1894 and January l 1895
the immense quantity of untaxed sugar
which will be laid by, by the sugar
trust, will bring it in something like
fifty million dollars Will the United
States senators get part of it?
The government will not. The gov
eminent needs the money. There is
talk of making another Issue of bonds.
The government revenues are running
behind the receipts at the rats of nearly
two million dollars week.
Why doesn't the government get the
money which will go to the sugar ring
and the United States senator For
what reason can the senate vote to
delay the sugar schedule for six months
Bfter the rest of the bill goes into effect
when the government needs the money
which would accrue from the 40 per
cent? What does it mean when the
United States senate agrees TO a plan
whereby the sugar trust is allowed to
rob the people by importing sugar for
six months on a free trade basis and
selling that sugar next year to the con-
sumner with "40 per cent tax added.'
If it isn't Doodle, what is it:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-07
IN MEMORY OF A DOG.
From tho Century.

1 From tho Century.
J 1t is seldom given to dumb bru:es "a
win eternal remembrance. Many q
human hero might envy the fame OF
the dog Gelert. For generations his
story has stirred the hearts of plying
childhood, wherever the English Ian
guage is spoken, and his grave has
been visited more frequently and de-
voutly than the shrines of many holy
martyrs. Indeed, his grave has given
the name to the village within whose
bounds it lies-Bethgelert.
Prince Llewsllyn Of Wales, so the
story runs went out for hunt one
day. but. contrary to habit. Gelert, the
hound, did not accompany him. On
returning home the prince found Gelert
covered with gore and his child's cradle
vacant Grief for the child and anger
ct the dog, which. he supposed, had
murdered the little one. seized upon
him, and in An instant he plunged hi,
sword into the side of poor Gelert BIT
presently came the wall Of his baby
from another spot, sand at the same
time. lifting the coveriet of the cradis.
the prince discovered the body Of .
gsunt wolf. All was now clear. and
great was the despair OF the prince AZ
his impetuous act He had murdered
the dog which had saved the life Of his
infant A grave-B<thgeleyt IL was
called in Welsh-wss prepared for the
faithful hound. and yisitors to the lit
tie hamlet do their part 70 preserve the
ancient and well-wsrn foospsth that
leads to it.
One morning scaled . stone wall BY
means Of heavy iron clamps and slsts
steps, and took the little foot-path 70
Gelert's grave. The way led through
. soft meadow. By .the river bank, and
beside il grew hare bslls and foxgloEe
with their purple sand pink flowers.
while delicate farms and . sprinklinE
Of daisies were scattered about
Grsops Of the black COWS of this region
quietly browsed in the meadows,
and scarcely raised their noses as
passed Occasionally some angler was
sess ~ the rivsr-baak- patiently hold.
ing his line over the water. Far down
upon the green sward. nearly half
mile of. l came 20 . tiny i7ciosrre.
and within IL two old ksarled yew.
trees had so welded and Gsttensd their
branches together that 10 WAS inpeS
able TO distinguish between them.
after their arms quilted the nAla
trunk Of the tree Beneath these trees
stood two stone pocts. bus 50 worn bg
time and weather that the hard szr-
face Of the stone looked ~ smooth sEd
abrsded ~ wosn-eatea wood 30
words or epissph married the spot. hss
Tor I've hundred years sbetrsditisn TAFT
fais was the grave Of Geser. has b<~s
handed down from sire 20 soD-
A cluster Of cd suiIaiags. PCT
.r-sars ia their ruins had eoasiitst>d
az ancient Augustine monzstsry-
On- sise Of ts~ monastery vsiss = y
building Which - believed "a he .ke
OIL palace % Prlnee Lsswesiyn. .aA !
fancy. cropping ia way hsek into sh~ !
.wsligb; OF history. ai.s CAT ths pc
ts.e Of ,se rude life Il AhnA eariy
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EDITORIALS FROM OKLAHOMA.

Perry Democrat. II our Coxey home
guards refrain from organizing q brass
band, all will be well.
Guthrie Leader: The local waterworks
system, like the council, has frills on its
abdomen. 1t should be bsiled out.
Guthrie Capital: The politician is shak.
ing the cobwebs of, oiling up his mouth
and sparring for focus Oh the public ear.
Newkirk Democrat, A man should
never expect to become a big gun unless
some pretty good reports are now and then
heard of him.
Oklahoma City Gazstte. It wouldn't
be bad idea if the interior department
would adopt the keep off the grass
policy In dealing with the cattlemen in the
Kiowa and Wichita country.
Enid Wave: The assessed valuation of
the city the way it stands, without the
town lots, only amounts to $165 900. The
Wave company is charged up with the
one hundred and sixty-fifth part of the
amount.
Blackwell Eagle: 1t is not at all un-
usual to see train Of wagons pass
through town loaded with logs measuring
three to six feet through. They are taken
to tie saw-mill and converted into lumber
for building purposes. A large number of
buildings are being built out of native
lumEer.
Saltwater Gazette: Professor Magruder
says that one Of the most pressing needs
OF Oklahoma today is an oat that will
mature before the wheat harvest is on, as
usually there is n drought about the time
the oats are filling aud light oat is the re-
suit. Experiments will be begun this fall
with several varieties of winter oats OBJ
tanned from southern states.
Ponca City Courier: A bullet fred at
about l:30 Thursday night BY q cowboy in
restaurant, TO attract the attention of
the waiter, went through the building
and penetrated the photograph gallery
upstairs in the Les building. 1t lodged
in the farthest side Of the room, a couple
feet above Miss Rose Campbell, the pho.
toGrapher who was sleeping there.
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she GOT H.H BRIDAL Kiss.

FROM inc ~" tofs Eftaaa-
/ Many guests At a fashionable church
wedding a few days ago were surprised
when they saw the bridegroom stop
near the door and kias the bride ~
was so marked departure from the
old rule q ending the wedding -eremo
ny by kiss that IL caused . great deal
Of comment
Very few Of those who saw that i'm
terestisg featurs of -na. the bride re,
gzrded rs an important part Of the Ger,
emony know how il all came about
Hundreds of friends had watched tha
lovely girl as shs moved gracefully
toward the altar. After the ring which
told that she was bride had been
placed on her finger the young brid1
looked lovingly toward the brides
groom One could see she was ready 10
receive the bridal kiss
But the bridegroom had apparently
forgotten that part Of the ceremony
lie seemed interested only In getting
out Of the church. and abruptly offered
the young woman his arm With .
little pout of annoyance she placed hss
hand on hiz arm. and they started 10
ward the church entrance
The bride did Dot intend % leave
that church without having obtained =
bridal kisa. which 90 her seemed 90 be
Of a. much fnportanee in the ceremony
Is the words Of the minister.
when near the door she whispered
something 20 the bridegroom which he.
in his Efforts TO get hsyond the gaxs a
the throrg In the church, failed 70 an.
dersaand.
'sYou did not give ne my ktss.- The
bride repeated Ia . tone which caused
hsr words 90 be board by sou.s Of sAs
quests nsar tie door.
II bex your PARDON. bat forso. al
aboz. IT. whispered the brsSeyrosn.
and right .; the deor be rave sas srsds
the siss as had expected 20 r.c~ivs a
the Alta.
Thsn the bride. conpis.s ksppsnsss
hsviag bean rsssored BY this rosndsns
out OF the marriage esrenoay. wakes
yrseefnlly oss 20 the carriage and zss
driven avaJ with face wrestseS IL
NJ 1ss.>
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Kaleidoscope KANSAS.

| Atchison Champion: The northern
dougbface Is very much the same kind oil
| bird he was before the war.
Lawrence World: 1t was said that the
commonwealers hated tho Santa Fe so
cordially that they would not even steal
| their trains.
Wellington Mail: After trying anti.
fat remedies without effect, Billy Bolton,
! who held the rag as the biggest editor in
Kansas, has started paper at Woodward,
o. I.
Leavenworth Times: The burning
question in the semi-arid regions of the
west is said to be: ''Shsll We irrigate or
emigrate" Unfortunately some OF the
people are unable to do either.
Winfield Courier: A tariff bill made in
"a basement" or by an investigating COM
mittee which holds secret sessions in the
cellar, with curtains pulled down, doesn't
amount to much when exposed to day
light.
Lawrence Journal: The opposition of
Congressman Breckinridge wants to
guard against intemperase attacks upon
him. A yellow dog sometimes gets licked
~ ~~N SA0o AS DSsS VIZ y AuPoGoy VI VIC
crowd.
Abilene Reflector: Even Colorado is
getting enough of the ''commonweal"
nonsense. Half the congregation in N.Y.
ron Reeds church walked out Sunday
when he expressed sympathy with the RI
citing miners.
Kansas City Gazette: A disease. which
for want of better name might be called
French-reign-o'-terror. 10 breaking out in
several spots in this country. Women
arming themselves with Winchesters is
one of the symptoms.
Emporis Republicans: DR.. William A.
Hammond has an article in the North
American Review maintaining that the
fees of physicians and surgeons should be
increased. His real object is probably to
make death more acceptable.
Topeka Journal: The Union Pacific by
conveying the commonwealers captured
at Ellis back to Colorado, whence they
came, conferred q great favor upon Kan
sas which might otherwise have had that
many more COxeyites to support
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period, wnen . prince could I'VE In 50
poor an abode The house Is so tiny
that it scarcely affords space for .
family of three, who devote one room
TO little bookstore and photograph
chop. This shop formed the literary
emporium of the village, and though
not more than a dozen feet square ans
tevea feet high, it was an attractive
spot Above it's low doorway. on q
level with the river bank, was picture
of Prince Llewellyn and his dog Gciert.
while an inscription stated tina. this
had been his palace
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lodge the shoemaker fished- up two
pennies and started across the dusty
roadway.
Where you eoing?" asked the other
peg-legged man, hating and looking
suriously ut his companion.
Going to pay toll"
"Why, you don't have to-"
'sWhat?"
"You don't have to One-legged men
don't have to pay toll in Pennsylva-
mia. The law always exempts them.
1t is only able-bodied men who pay
TOLL"
The shoemaker looked long and ear
nestly at the wise man; then concluded
he would try it. He walked past the
lodge, watched the keeper, saw grin
spread over that pig-iron face and then
burst out:
"And I have been paying toll on this
bridge for the past four years, four
times week! Jerusalem, what . fool
I've beenv'
YES" agreed his companion.
"And what is worse" he resumed
mournfully, sis that I have always
been on the wrong walk and have had
to cross over"
"Yes, you're in hard luck"
But that didn't console him. Nothing
did. He kicked himself all the way to
Kittanning with his peg leg. He took
daily trips TO his sisters home. He
found rooms in Williamsburg and board
In Acknowledgements the trip six times
. day. He went over and hack when
ever he had time. just to even things
up. But he never could, to tho day Of
his death, get back the money he had
needlessly played against Pennsylva-
mia toll bridge.
There's hard luck for you.