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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-21
PEOPLE DEMAND SILVER.

Gradually, but surely the public mind
is drifting toward the rehabilitation Of
silver. Like all national issues, this has
been one Of growth, but 1t has been nor
NAL and healthfuI. The masses have
been reading and thinking on their own
account. The stock arguments of mo-
nOpolists have been rene wed, party
edicts have gone forth, bolstered by tbU
prizes of patronage, and the old gags
and thrusts of the money kings have
been worked to their full capacity, but
all to no purpose. The questions which
meet public favor now must have better
backing than threadbare arguments, the
rewards of petty Office or the dictatlons
and assumptions of the autocra'ic few
who would rule as feudal lords Il they
could. The question has been reviewed
on Independent lines. Each voter has
views of his own, wrought by his own
effort, and based upon what he con-
ceives to be correct principles.
Such views have come to the surface
in number of state conventions in the
west and south. In both Of the old par
ties resolutions favoring b.metallism
have been adopted by an almost Unani-
nous vote. There is no double meaning
to this. 1t simply means that the people
have resolved ID reinstate silver as
money metal.
The fact that this sentiment is strong
est in the west in no wise reduces the
certainty of its being done. The day for
the east to furnish readv-made theories
to be accepted By the west Is past. The
majority Is drifting westward, and in
this silver discussion the western idea Is
spreading eastward. Party leaders east
realize il. and the word mas gone forth
that the safest course Is To make way
for the western juggernaut It VIII be,
in every sense, peoples measure. The
party leader or the business combine
which would stand against it viii suffer
inevitable defeat. Meme Tekel Upharsin
may be read on the outer walls of every
Belshazzar's palace. The feast Of the
gold barons IS over. Their kingdom Is
divided and parceled to the people.
/ The next congress viii do its duty,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-21
BIS BACKBONE IN PERIL.

Just now the country is waiting to see
what President Cleveland viii do with
the tariff bill. The general supposItion
is that he will sign it with long letter
OF explanation or simply let it become
law without his signature.
There is no general belief that he Will
veto it, except the belief which Is
founded on the general knowledge OF the
mans habit of not acting according to
schedule, and doing something which IS
the least expected
But unless he vetoes it the fat old man
of the White House is in a very close
corner.
He has stigmatized the bill in the most
singing terms. He has charged the
senators who are responsible for It with
party perfdy and dishonesty. He is now
! brought face TO face with the necessity
of swallowing his own words. To sign
the bill or 10 let it become a law with
out his signature amounts to common
Gation of the perfidy and dishonesty
which he has charged.
The backbone which runs up and
down the accommodations Of idipose tbs
sue of the Buffalo lawyer has received
some mighty trying and painful sprains.
but it is now being wrenched as it was
never wrenched before.
He has said to his friends and to the
country that the bill was mOnstrosity.
He now has the power to kill it.
He has by his independent acts in the
past educated ms followers TO believe
that he would stand out singly against
everything and every body when he be-
lieved he was right.
He has been put to the test now. If
he signs the bill or allows It TO become
law without his signature he is bound to
lose that reputation for sturdy indepen
dence which hasibeen his chief charm to
Democrats. If, when he wrote the let
ter to Wilson denouncing the bill, he
was inspired by conscientious motives,
he will be degrading his own conscience
by not acting according to its dictates
when he can act and do so with effect
His position is a troublesome one, and
it goes to prove forcibly that he is not
infallible, and that he made 4 mistake
when he attempted to interfere with the
bill when it was outside of his jurisdic
ton.
The constitution Of the country in
tends that the legislative branch shall
be unhampered in its deliberations and
its conclusions, so long as they are pend
ing. When they have finished, it pro-
vides for presidential action. This is an
old precedent and q wise one. But
Cleveland, in his dearly to the Demo-
rats way of working on his own hook.
interfered, and, as Il consequence, to-
day he is between las satanic majesty
and a large body of moisture.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-21

the horse for transportation and the pur-
pose of pleasure in exercise.
In many of the large cities they are
now used by the postman and the
mounted police, by messenger boys and
business men and women.
They are only one among many ma
chimes which enable man to get a max
imum result from his muscles aud his
mind.
Man today can transport himself to
his place of work more quickly than he
could formerly with the horse. Arrived
al his working place he can do with the
aid of machinery as much as four or five
men could do formerly.
These things will lead to new economic
conditions. Whether they viii be good
or bad, it IS too far in the future for any
man 10 say. The men who prophesy are
theorists, and there is no theory so
fiirlsy as the theory OF which pretends
to forecast economic results.
There is no hope, however. that the
increased ability of men to do, will re-
suit in good. The past shows that the
basic principle of our industrial progress
has been through inventions which have
increased the output of mans muscle
and mind, and it does not appear
reasonable that a revolution can come in
this principle.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-21
STATE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
pEpURI5CAN STATE PLATFORM.

Re-afirming the Republican national pat
form OF 1892. -. -
ism of our party is in Itself a guaranty 70 ne
nation that the interests OF ltS DEFENDER :,
their widows and orphans, VIII DE literary
cared for and we denOunce Inelf tTueI anu
de-. berate betrayal by the present DEMOCRATIC
administration. -, 1,-.,rrfo,-
doctrinc of protection. and believe tL;tJ IitfIH
laws shout protect the products OF the Iarih'
a. well a. of the factory.
Third: The American people favor bl-
nefallism and The I:epu1lican party demands
tie 7I-e Of both gold and silver as stahdi4fl
money with sucn restrictions ana under
such provisions. 10 be determined oE ieSIsld-
lion as will secure the maintenance OF the
parity Of v9iUes Of the tWo metals, anu liz ~
ILe purchasing and debt paying power OF the
dollar whether of gold. silver or paper, sh3ii
he al an times equal. The interests OF the
producers of the country. ITS FARMERS anu It's
work ir.lr men. demand that the mines De oleh-
al totIecoipage of the silver OF the mines
81 Inc United states and that congress should
euacta .aw leyying a TAX on lnpoflatIonS OF
f,Teig-7 silver sufficient 10 fully protect The
products OF orr own mines.
Fourfh. we favor national ard state legis-
latfOn for the encOur agernent Of irrigation.
Fifth. We acuounce the present state az
isrration for Us violation OF the laws hnC
contempt Of the courts. the corruption anu
1nccmDetencv OF lis officials. lis gross ms
announcement Of the state institutions, ana ana
Tor tie djscredit Il has brought upon the
Good name. of the state. And We pledge lue
Republican party and the nominees OF tnio
,onve1;rioD 10 a faithful and economical us
charge of all official duties ana 10 a StIic1
. observance and an honest enforcement oi the
laws and to obedience 20 the mandates o. the
courts. 60, :;
rles VIC invite the support or all patriotic
citizens.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-21
INDIAN SEAL HUNTERS,

From the Seattle Telegraph.
Nearly all of the crack seal hunters
of the Makah Indians are commonly
known as Neah Bay Indians.
The Indians go out upon the chase
without guns and ammunition, relying
on their prowess as spea-Smen for their
success in catching the game. The
schooners Will carry the regulation
sealing flag, something new in the line
of bunting. at the mast head. The
flag is square yellow and black. cut
diagonal. and fioated beneath the Stars
and Stripes. II i to be not less than
four feet square. and Is made compul-
sorry under the new regulations of the
modus vivendi The Indians viii sign
for the voyage before the United States
Indian agent at Neah Bay. They go
contendedlv. knowing that anything
he does for them is for the best. One
third of the catch of the trip goes TO
the schooner and two-thirds To the
hunters, and each canoe will give 50
many skins TO pay for the provisions
they use.
The Indian seal spears are curious
implement OF the chase. They can not
be better described to those who have
ever seen the salmon spear than by
saying they look just like such a
weapon. only built much stronger and
heavier Long fir sticks without any
knots are trimmed down and rounded
/ by the Indians themselves, and forms
the arrow Of the spear. At the lighter
or feather end the Indians fasten q very
sattened ,and curiouslv cut single
like piece OF wood. which holds the
spear plumb IN lis swift passage
through the air. The spear end Of the
/ long arrow Is branched by firmly bind
/ ing two-light bat hard wood sticks 20
. the longer stick at an angle that leaves
{ the two ends about seven or eight
I inches apart. One OF these prougS Is
cut about ten inches or foot shorter
than the ether. and when ready 70 be
thrown forth they are armed with the
sharp steel spearhesd- If in throw
ing the longer one misses tire
mark. the next may prove better and
find a resting place in the flesh OF the
! seal The steel spears are made
/ Of a common fle ground down and into
shane bv the Indians themselves The
+ barb i made by fling ont piece after
the file has been ground down - the
/ sharpness Of knife blade II gets rs
{ proper position by inclining the process
. Of fling 50 that ii extends toward me
( sharp point
Fastened 70 the dull end Of the steel
. spear are a couple Of pieces Of elk horn
divided int, halves and 50 boune % the
STEEL that q socket = left between ths
two. into which the end q the spear
. prong Is stuck when L ) 70 be thrown
The steel spear = attached n the long
wooden handle bv string Of elk SIN.
egys about one and one-hsif yards Ion z
and carefully wrapped in small silh
thread As soon - a seal = struck b.
one OF the sDearsmen the long arrow
comes cut Of the socket and the steel
barb holds firmly lise = hook N . sssl
.-a@n's mouth Thc e-k Anew. Eos
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-21
OKLAHOMA OCTLINEs.

ptman e. Upshaw now run the daily
Oklahoman of Oklahoma City.
tom King" before she was married
name.
Up TO date no one has appeared against
J. Il. Corrigan of Perry, for the position of
AdUnis OF Oklahoma.
There is a rumor abroad, according TO
the Woodward News, that the Taloga
Tomahawk has been buried.
A Cleveland county farmer announces
that he will have bale of cotton ready for
shipment inside of ten days.
stormy Jack" came into Woodward
last Saturday, sold his wheat and at once
invested it rye, TO the terror of all the citi-
Zens.
Lord" Brook of Perry, who has become
entaugled with Mrs. Parker says that he
feels sure that a trial viii prove his inno-
cence.
The Oklahoma City electric light plant
was sold to more liberal company and
one with larger capital, according to the
TimesJouTnal
a Guthrie man has evolved a machine
which Is run by the sun. Ii tbs machine
will hold out it is safe betting that the
Oklahoma sun will. Il
The old newspaper fight at Perry 8
broken out anew. The Times accuses the
Democrat of suppressing the facts in
sensational divorce suit.
General Miles command had a big sham
battle near Chicago Saturday Sixty
thousand rounds of blank cartridges were
sent there last week from Fort Sill.
Last week the Normal at Alvs discussed
the proposition: The stronger the Sensa-
ton, the weaker the perception" Only a
few people were alive after the conclusion
of the debate.
Frank McNaster has mad an offer to go
into the mining regions of South Africa
to represent big newspaper syndicate
The syndicate desires him to write up the
mining interests.
Oklahoma is the young mans domain.
In al interview away up in Maine the
other day man said that he would advise
no man under s. years of age, if he had
always lived in New Ingland. TO move to
the territory.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-21

The central committee gives notice that the
primaries viii be held on the 23d day of Au-
gust as follows: In the county precincts
from the hours of 4 too o'clock D. m. at the
usual voting places. In the wards of the city
from the hours of TO o'clock y. IN. al
places 10 he hereafter designated by the COM
Initteemen of the ward.
The qualification of voters at said primaries
shah be determined by the following rule:
That all persons who have regularly affiil-
lated vii D the Republican party in the past.
or all persons who voted the Republican ticket
at the last county election and in addition
thereto announce their intention 10 do so in
the future. and all Republican minors who
can vote AT the next election shall be qualified
voters at the Republican primaries and the
Judge of the primaries shall determine the
voters right upon this basis: That the voter
must be q resident of the ward or precinct"
II a person offering To vote Is challenged ar
unqualified 10 vote by on" of the judges O.
any oiCctor. II shall be tie duty of the jUGget
10 satisfy themselves as 10 his right 10 vote aS
such Republican primary election within tie
rule heretofore adopted. 1t shall be the turtle r
duty of the judges 10 write upon the poll list
he number, together with the residence. Civ
ing street and house number o. such person.
offering 90 vote. and shall also ludor~e the
number on said ballot to correspond with the
poll list number. together with the word
"chall"nEe0.' The poll list containing a com
plete list OF the persons voting, together with
the ballots cast. shall ue returned 10 the
County Republican Central Committee.
Done by order of tb0 Republican coGutv cen
tral committee. !. Il. MCCALL Chairman.
A NJ. STJEDEVANT, Secretary
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-21
rELeIo- ASD sDrcATIosAl-

George c. Chase. the ncwlv-eiected
president OF Bates college. was born ~
Maine in is34 Hc belongs 20 That
branch 81 the Chase family from which
sDriny one 81 the siguers ~ tho Ircia'
ration 81 Independence and also salmon
/. Chase.
In German universities recitat.ous
ere conducted in Latin and Greek trans
lations arc made of-haud into Latin
The German scholar IL a. inu"ceut 20
his mother tongue a. is the ing ish
student of his own. often he never ac-
quires an idiomatic ease iu express n@
himself "a j..
Mrs Julia Josephine Irv.rs. sh0
has been chosen acting president -
wellesley college. was graduated fr0u
Cornell university iu i---. and was f0r
several years teacher ia Sew York
city She sftersvard became q student
Of Le.psic uuigersl'r. and iu $50 Tsaf
appointed professor ~ IreeE "a Nei-cs-
ley.
The Cn.tarian church claims -
origin a. Niesuza in Venice iu 1880,
whence the sect Fprcad % Poland Ihr~
were called Soclnlans. and obtained %
f1otho.d In England IN Iff7 the foam
der. John BildIc. being pcrsecufe5 and
imprisoned The church has conrr-
cations now ia every large city ~ tAs
comfy J Adver-.ser.
The most elaborate piece - bronz~
work In tbis country AMI t-e best iD
the world. ss the pair - doors - D.
known "a The Astor memorial door,.
which Will - PLACED az The main ~
trance ~ Trinity church. Sew YORK
eitg. The doors are atrlt fgarsesn 'sst
Ga ne gtf. aad -Thsa c4-rp.etsd All -
place viii craf ahuut si.4 9.s
-D- s. 81 Roberts usn-.sHes arc
rourIetr record os addition. ora con-
f..-l.a " fath. ~ rec T~-et,sts-.aa
-r--e.. s-..-. rs- tI.as tts total is IS -at
instead of 81 So as rFss previously r.
ported Tse largest odd lions re-s. IN
P.uus-IFsrs fttffs Asv Fars fn-
90 no- - Eev Jersey $50.
pa 1. -1t Michigan s. hn1z--
the r-ss hFs~r5es the largest zcres.sar.
were Tbla1s. u.l.a efa. plttsbrrvt
$50 View fe-f r.ft. -agf-ass tf..
Ch.esg, te-f. hef-ass. iisa faaas.l-
rhla. oorih. afE
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cra1-e lady 81 a-rlrtsatsrL ~Ge 20
gan " -th eslT seven r1rtts. oa. taes=
sraa-s.-g increased. ana Ia t-i- Is ~
toa lcEse aas leeEst ts- tser-f sr~
P1p.s MIS- Badger work l4e.ss ---
l,l-e gsas---.F recognized 81 e paddle
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-21
REPUBLICAN, COUNTY CONVENTION.

The Republican county and district cohNeh-
lions Tor the purpose of nominating canqldaIes
for the following offices 10 re filled N the NO
vsTnber. 1884 election. viii be held August -.
The Offices 70 be filed are rs follows;
First Clerk of the district court
Ond-Pgobate Judge
Third-CouBty attorney.
Observation-Disclosures Of public lnstruc-
ton.
representative distsict.
Sixth-Three representatives from the sixty
seventh, Sixty-e!ghJh and SIAty-nlnLn DIS
iFicts respectively
The convention VIII he held at the auditor
ium in this city at II O'Clock "A. m, except the
convention for the purpose OF nominating can
didates for the district offices, which viii be
held as follows towit: To nominate candidate
for comm ssioncr and representative or the
SiXty-eighth district at O'Clock a. m; TO
nominate a candidatefDr representative OF the
SiXty-seventh district at 10 o'clock L. m; and
10 nominate a candidate for representative of
the SlXty-ninth district at ] p, III. in Sunfower
block.
SAID convention is called by order of the Re
publican county central committee, and the
apportionment shall toe a follows, tOwlt; One
deiegate-at-large for each voting precinct in
the county and one at large for each ward IN
the city, and one delegate for each twenty-five
votes and major fraction thereof, cast for
Chester l. Long In the fall Of 1882. which ap-
portionment among the several wards and
precincts will entitle them TO the following
FcpreSe ntation. tOWIt.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-21
The 0da Daily eagle tuesday ormino august Il, 1884

ever, form a connection with the han
die, which in turn is attached TO
the hunting canoe by means OF
long cord, which is made too strong 70
be broken by a seal houndering from
the end of il. If pains were not taken
TO have the barb free from the handle
the seal in its founderings would snap
it OFF instantly. All the hardwood
prongs Ofthe spears brought in recent
" by the Willapa have been bite
and Scared in dozens of places by luck
Sess and frantic seals in their struggles
to get away.
One popularity IN the construction OF
the seal spear Is the manner Of binding
the two hardwood prongs into the
longer stick. This is done by wrapping
very light strips of bark OF species OF
vegetation well known 10 the Indians,
but hard to acquire by the whites II
is very tough fiber, and the strips are
so thin that they scarcely increase the
visible size OF the sticks around which
they are bound. The white men fire.
quently pay the Indians big prices for
this bark, which is secured about Neah
4
red by the Indians in their crude way.
and with mixtures they make them
selves from the native extracts of the
forest. When properly fixed for
throwing the spear readily bal
ances in the hand, and Capt.
Irving says the hunters will throw it
with accuracy a distance of six or eight
fathoms. In the main less distances are
preferred by the hunters, who stand
up in the bows Of their light cedar ca
noes, while the oarSmen squat rigidly
in the stern and paddle along over the
swells as silently as if they were
tramping barefooted on the trail OF an
elk in the mountains.
The hunting canoes are no less an
object of interest than are the spears
or the spearsmen. They look as il
they would not live a moment in any
kind of a sea, but in the deXterous
hands of the natives they are perfectly
safe. The oaTsman has his eyes about
him as well as the hunter. While one
is looking for seal the other carefully
scans the sea for swellS, and he seldom
fails to be ready for one when it comes
upon his frail craft. lie takes the swell
in an oblique course, never meeting il
stem on, nor does he ever allow his boat
to be caught parallel with the swells in
the trough between them. Meeting
the swell obliquely, the canoe rises like
a gull over the crest and down on the
other side, and in this way will pass
over swells that would capsize an ordj
nary ships boat.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-21
PERSONAL AND MPkRsoNAL.

Andrew Carnegie viii return to
Pittsburgh in the fall to arrange for the
formal opening of the library which he
is to give to his fellow-citizens. From
all accounts. the institution promises
to be worthy its great purpose and fit
to do its donor honor. The buildings
capacity VIII be 23O 900 volumes.
-Guiddes Book "Caligula, a" which is
supposed to refer TO Emperor William,
has had wonderful sale in Germany.
Over one hundred and fifty thousand
copies have been sold already and
three printing establishments are kept
busy supplying the demand, The
work Is now in its twenty-fourth edi-
ton.
A portrait of the late duke of Clar-
ence. painted 10y Mr.. Alfred \. Poore,
the artist, IS to be presented to the
duke and duchess Of York as a we'd
ding gift from the officers of the Tenth
Hussars. The portrait represents the
late duke In the magnificent uniform
OF that regiment, and is admirably exc
cuted.
Mark Twain saws there are three
''infallible" WAYS OF pleasing an author:
/. To tell him Won have read one Of his
books. .. To tell him you have read
all of his books. 3. To ask him 10 let
you read the manuscript of his forth
coming book 30. l admits YOU TO his
respect. No. admits you to his ad-
miration. No. . carries you clear into
his heart
Lord Chief Justice Coleridge mad in
his possession an exceedingly interest
ing collection of letters % ColeridCe.
Wordsworth and Southey, which had
been addressed 70 his father. Sir John
T. Coleridge. The letters cover nearly
the whole Of the poets career, and be
gin with the appeal 20 buy his dis
charge from the army.
The Normal and Industrial insti-
tute for the coIored people ~ TuSkee-
gee. Ala, has Just closed its thirteenth
year. The institute becan with jus.
nothing. except an appropriation Of
s. Js3 from the state Tor tuition i
began IN q little church and shantv-
which 1t did not own. with one teacher
and 600 scholars Il now holds proper
: - The amount Of 500 600 free. in
Guiding lands, buildings. live stock,
apparatus. etc Il mas .9I Punils ard
4 teachers IN the various departments
IL has graduated leo students, who are
doing good work in the various depart
uen-s OF life A. teachers farmers. me
cnsnics. etc, and its influence = felt
among the colo-ed people al over tAe
! south