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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21
R,ames british shipowners.

a British master mariner or twenty
years standing writes to the New
York Herald: The Crathie is an Eng
lish tramp. and il Is a notorious fact
that this class OF vessels are al the
present day sadly, almost criminaliy'
I,ndermanned: dangerous not only to
themselves. but To every other vessel
that sails the seas in company with
them.
The mate Of the Crathie is reported
to have been in charge, and had prob
ably just come on deck 10 stand MS
watch from a. N. 10 p m NOW, IL
is fact that many OF the sraFest
marine disasters have taken place be-
tween a m and p. m, because the
men on duty az this time have probably
had no more than three hours sleep
during the whole twenty-foUr- hours
Let yoUr representative interview
any OF the captains OF the Liverpool
liners. and they will tel him that the-F
great dread in the Channel Is the IN
dermanned tramp. They viii also tel
him that in order to get out OF the way
OF these collisions il IS not an infre-
ouent thing for them 10 have 70 turn
their vessel right round 10 avoid dis
aster Mr.. Aoifat. the owner OF the
Crathie. states that her stern ana fore
castle were twisted right round. this
points 10 the fact that neither vessel
had slowed down. and that the great
speed al which the E!he was proceed
ing wrenched her opponents stern In
the manner indicated
A most rigid and searching iavssu-
cation should be held 10 inquire llto
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

the Auburn penitentiary. There's a re-
futation Of the old adage that too many
Cooks spoil the BROTH
Enid Wave: The Hon. NJ. Francois
Felix Faure, the new president of France,
is the very picture Of Captain Hassier
and is probably related to the captain
outside Of the large amount OF Pennsyl-
vania Dutch blood that courses in his
veins.
Statehood has become only an echo.
The Republicans after all will make Ok
lahoma a state, and they viii do the
right thing. There was a good deal OF
doubt about the Democratic congress.
There will be none about a Republican
congress.
Enid Wave: In visiting some of the
clerks rooms Of the legislature at Guthrie
we found the boys and girls hard at
work playing whist. No wonder they
complain of their wages being low; it is
fully worth S. to play whist all day, and
they only get s. and 81.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

fear. because everything had suddenly
seemd to come to an end
Can it be that music is a specs of
delightful hypnosis. after all? That
composers hypnotic their hearers as
Syengali mesmerizes Trilby: Has
Wagner so hypnotiZed his admirers
that when they hear Verdi or Mass
enet they also feel that everything
has suddenly come to an nd? Innum-
cradle experiments suggest themselves.
What effect might follow the playing
of after the Ball. before a listener
hypnotiZed by a Beethoven sonata,
or the rendering Of a Bach fugue be-
fore one under the spell Of Dreaming
Of Love-"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21
Currkus VT.

Curr.n's ruling passion wss his JOKE,
and IL wes strong. = not in death. a; least
in his les; ill8ess- one morning has phys
icisn observed that Re seemed g '-ooEs 2
with mere difficulty
That IS rstlc- surprising. answered
Currzn. for have been praoticinS al
night"
While thgs lying II, CUrran w.s visited
by a friend, Father OIeaTy, Tho also
loved his Joke
I wish. OLe2ry. said Currsn 20 him
abruptly. that you had ,se keys OF hesv-
en-
why, Currzni"
'-BecsGss Jon could let ne IN. - said the
fzcetioBs coG1=sior.
III would be much better fer your Cur
rsn. - said the good hunored FFsest. ihs'
] had the keys Il TIE o;bcr Placs. teoauss
cO1.d t1@8 - yc1 oEt -tSraHn h>s-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21
Caught a big Horn"

The only Rocky Mountain sheep
known to be in captivity, says the San
Francisco Chronicle, arrived yesterday
from Modoc county. and is temporarily
CHARTERED N a stable until the park
commissioners can find a suitable Ia BIZ
tation for the new curiosity in Golden
Gate park. The horned beauty, whose
future occupation in life will be TO
create speculation among visitors TO
the park as TO whether he is a Fiji Is
land goat or the only living specimen OF
an otherwise extinct breed of deer. is
most interesting little animal. The
only disappointing quality which he
possesses is total lack of that tinidity
which all Rocky mountain sheep are
reputed to possess:
The new addition 70 the park COM
missioners' collection Of curious quad
rupeds looks as if he might possess
enough vigor and vitality TO lead keen
sportman a rapid chase up a perpen-
dicular cliff were he SO inclined. But
ne does not seem to have inherited a
suspicious disposition. He is more do
Gle and less wicked than q Telegraph
Hill goat. Probably that fact will
make him more valuable as park spe-
cimen He has a weakness for having
his head scratched, and he will doubt
less be thus able TIL furnish amusement
to many visitors of the park when he
enters upon the duties of his new occu-
patton.
The new arrival, barring his thick,
curling horns, bears a strong resem-
blance to the dear which now roam
about the deer glen in the park. His
His head and tapering limbs could not
very well be more akin TO those of a
deer. He has the same tawny color,
which is only relieved by strip Of
white down his back. and he has the
funniest little tail that any sheep ever
possessed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21
HOW THEY SCOLD.


in Il scolding mood, much after the
order of a fussy old dame who, having
Numbered in the management of her
household, loses her temper at sight
of every passing shadow. They scOld
Cleveland: they belittle Carlisle; they
scourge Hill; they score Wilson, and
denounce the Republicans wholesale.
Somebody. somewhere is to blame for
their disappointment but in locating
it there is confusion worse COMPOUNDED.
There is not an organ in the country
that can solve the riddle. The mys-
FERROUS Individual who struck Billy
Patterson is as clear as MONDAY in
comparison with the mystic sprite
which has hoodooed the Democratic
party. Conscious of being done up.
they strike out, blind as an adder in
dog-days. but their venom pOllutes so
small decimal of space that no harm
is inflicted.
The Detroit Free Press, a staunch
supporter OF the Old-time vagiaries, not
to say their time-honored principles,
cold sweat over the status of govern
ment finances With righteous indig-
nation il says: Financial conditions
in this country are humiliating to the
average patriotic citizen. We have
ill-advised laws and an homogeneous
currency system, from which relief
might have been afforded but for a
stupid neglect of proper legislation
An ''incOngruOuS currency" whatever
that is, does seem to be an unruly
element in the hands of an incongruOus
party. The Press fails to note, how
ever, that it is the same currency which
served the Republicans SO well for
over thirty years, save as modified by
one single effort to reform it by the
party now at the helm. There is room
TO suspect that the incongruity grows
out of this measure, for we have bibli-
cal authority that new wine in old
bottles creates ferment not at all
wholesome for those who use it.
We may infer that this organ has not
quite given up the ship of state, for
it goes on to say: 1.-The treasury re-
serve will not be fatally impaired SO
long as existing laws under which he
acts remain in force. Congress may
be delinquent, but the president may
be relied upon SO long as his power
is equal to the demands of the recur-
ring financial exigency." In other
words, the law, SO long as in force
under Republican rule, is the sheet
anchor of this dismembered body Of
and the country as well-from utter
lawmakers which is to save the craft
humiliation.
The best advice that could be given
to these people would be, to hold on
TO the willows a few days longer, till
their days of rule expires by limita-
ton, after which the grand old party
the party that made our currency, the
party which saved US at Appomatox-
will furnish the Moses to lead them
out of their most puzzling dilema
elimination and recrimination only
adds to the petty domestic hatreds
engendered by this attempt TO keep
house without a safe counsellor. Let
the organs cease their chickering's, let
the erstwhile statesmen cork up their
wrath, and peace will reign in the
house when the onerouS duties of gov
eminent are surrendered to more COM
petent hands.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

the cause of this sad accident. and
should the evidence establish the fact
of the Crathie having been underman-
ned, there ought to be no question or
doubt of fixing the blame. The French
press have advanced the statement
that British seamen are brutal This
is not so. 1t is the British shipowner
that is becoming callous.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

Clyde Mattox has made such q hard
struggle for life that great many
people would be glad should he escape
hanging. 1t may not be right but 1t
is human nature Tor men TO hope that
q hard-fought battle viii be won.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

The oklahoma legislature has killed
all usury laws. The idea in Oklahoma
appears TO be that if that territory
can avoid all the things that Kansas
has committed, oklahoma viii be in
pretty good shape.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

The story Of the khedive of Egypt
and his fair slave, Ikbul Hanum. pub
lished in the foreign dispatches of the
Eagle yesterday morning, has more real
romance in it than any novel that has
been published in Il year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

The eastern gold-bug papers are
calling the western silver papers luna
ties, and 10y Il strange coincidence
that is just what the western silver
papers think OF the eastern gold-bu-
paperS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

Railroads within six miles of an Ok
lahoma town must build 10 that town.
Or in other words if the mountain
will not come 10 Mohammed. Moham-
med will get legislative derrick and
assist the mountain
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

The two young ladies who effect
blue, and Marie. of saccharine quail
tiles, have slipped back in the alley
in modification while the resuscitated
Ben Bolt and his rejuvenated Alice
Splurge up the avenue of POPULARITY.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

Just forty three years ago the south
was visited with a winter just like
this. And the Oldest inhabitant strad-
dies the stove and thanks heaven that
he will be dead before it strikes
again
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

Captain Marks of Kentucky, the
most noted gambler in the south, died
yesterday at 40 years of age. That
is a tender age and shows that poker
does tell on the constitution.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

If that Oklahoma bill making n rail-
road that runs within SIX miles of
Il town build 4 line TO the town passes.
the average oklahoma railroad will
look like the branch Of stunted pear
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

Lady Hanum's story from Egypt
shows that there is some foundation
after all, for the CircasSian beauties,
which the American public have been
educated 10 believe in, 10y the travel
ing circuS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

The Democratic vote in philadelphia
was largely helped out 10y the knowl-
edge that the present congress will
soon adjourn and !; Democrat will not
necessarily be public property for guy
ing DUrDoSa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

After almost wrecking the country,
Cleveland wants the credit of saving
it from the wreck. This is too much
like setting residences on fire in order
10 give the fire department exercise.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

The United States senators have
managed to settle the financial legisla-
ton matter Misunderstanding over their
first and most important rule-to do
nothing
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

The most outrageous claim yet made
is that by the town Of Abilene-that if
Burton had been elected there would
have been no champagne at the ban
pupt
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

The Chinese were wiped Off the face
of the earth st Yalu: wiped off the face
of the sea at Wei Hal Wei, and the
Japanese will probably seine the air
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

As a starter, the kings slave, Lady
Ikbul Hanum, has done very well.
If she keeps up her lick she may sit
next to Cleopatra in history.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

The Chicago Herald has been bought
from Banker Walsh. The hard times
are best if they can force all the news
papers in the hands Of bankers, out
of the hands of bankers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21
Nine. sarah in a sea of Satin.

Sarah Bernhardts bed is nearly f1f-
teen feet broad, and when the fascinat-
ing Sarah is indispOsed and receives
her intimate friends repOsing on a
couch, she looks like a red-plumaged
bird floating on q great sea Of white
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

The khedive of Egypt has married
his own slave despite all protests.
The new woman is coming TO the
front, even in Africa.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

Barney Kelley denounces the story
that he is going to Washington as Dick
Blues private secretary, as an in
famous outrage and outrageous in
fanny.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

Not with the intention of being SEN
sational, but just as an evidence of
good faith, Philadelphia went Republi-
can
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

A Mrs. Stryker of Great Bend, has
invented an automatic Parnassus-
climber, and Mrs. Lease should watch
out
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

After careful investigation and re-
search, Governor Moseley, Of the Choc-
taw nation says he is able 10 deny in
toto the report that he is dead.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

What have you eaten that has dis
agreed with you?" asked a doctor of
the dying vagabond. Nothing" the
wretch replied. Nothing has dis
agreed with you eh?" Nothing has"
answered the tramp. And that is
what is the matter with our national
treasury
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

The legislature Of two years ago has
not said so, but it no doubt regards
the present outfit as uSurpers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

We have followed England in many
of her craZes, but we never run so mad
after anything English, as England
is now running after American gold.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

Next year will be the last leap year
for eight years, and the new woman
should then eliminate and subSlde.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

The man who talks most about hyp-
notism being a humbug is the man
that always avoids hypnotists who
would like To prove its worth to him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

Anna Gould viii begin to count her
count as one-half, March 4.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

AS far as this session is concerned
statehood for oklahoma is going TO-
wards a precipice on a down-hill grade.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

Consistency should not be an essen
tial quality in financial discussions.
1t is cruel to expect it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

Lady Ikbul Hanum is worthy of
poem at any rate.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

Oklahoma intends to abolish all
usury laws. The average OklahoIhah
is not afraid Of even q money shark
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

You heard that the national treasury
was empty? Nothing in it,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

Grover is now called ''the loan fish
erman."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

ArSenate of lead is new insecticide,
serving the same purposes as Paris
green. with the advantage that it does
not injure the foliage, and shows white
on the trees, thus being readily seen.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

Judging of the value of an animal by
its weight will not enable to learn if
the animal affords profit. 1t is the
cost Of the animal that gives the value.
A small animal may give larger prof
it than one that is heavier because its
cost is proportionately much less.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

1t is now conceded that the frozen
meat trade between Australia and Eng
land does not fulfill the anticipations
of it's promoters, and the live cattle of
this country will hold the best place in
the affections of the consumers of beef
in Great Britain.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

The hogs that have not yet been
slaughtered will prove expensive dur
ing this cold weather. as it requires
too much corn to keep them supplied
with warmth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

Farmers meetings in winter have done
much to improve agriculture wherever
they are held. The members discuss
subjects of Importance in agriculture
and stock growing, and frequently ex-
cellent lectures are delivered by emf
nent scientists.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

The southern COW pea is better crop
for blowing under than rye, and is
nearly equal to clover in many respects
1t is, like corn, a summer crop, however,
and the seed cannot be planted until
the ground is well warmed. 1t seems
to thrive on any soil that will produce
corn.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

1t is an easy matter to feed the stock
on coarse foods, to save expenses, but
the next point is how much will the
profit be. Coarse foods are well enough
in their place, but grain and inseed
meal should not be left out of the ration
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

AS soon as the snow clears away 1t
will be advisable to make preparation
for applying fertilizers to the strawber-
~ beds If the land is liable to be
washed by heavy rains it will be well
to delay the work until later, but it
should be done before the new shoots
begin to appear.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

1t has been suggested that all lands
that are allowed to grow up in weeds,
which send their seeds far and wide,
should be heavily taxed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

Many animals cease to thrive because
they require a food more succulent
than the continued diet of grain and
bay. A few carrots. a mess OF potatoes
or turnips, cooked, or even ensilaSe'
occasionally, will make quite a differ
ence in the appetite, and, consequently
do much to promote thrift. Medicine
is frequently given when a succulent
mess would accomplish all that may be
desired.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

Crude petroleum is an excellent lini-
ment for cuts, bruises. and sores on
animals. and a bottle of it should be
within reach in the stable.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-21

Shoveling snow when the ground is
covered a foot deep may not be pleas
ant work for a farmer but it is the
proper mode of giving the animals an
opportunity to get outside without be-
ing compelled to struggle through hea-
Wv drifts.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-13
THREE BOLD BAD ROBBERS
Enter a Grocery and Hold Up The
Proprietor.
He Objects to Throwing Up His Hands,
but They Take His Gold Watch
and Chain.

The three burglars who nearly killed
Frank j. Miller, the butler in Julius
L. Franklin's bouse. 1880 California street,
on Frld ay morning, are believed to have
committed daring robbery on Friday
night.
About half-past 10 o'clock three men
entered the grocery of j. Ii. Witte. corner
OF Bush and Franklin streets. There was
no ore in the store at tine time except
Witte. Thinking they had come in to
purchase some provisions, he smilingly
asked what he could do for them.
To his establishment one Of them pulled
out pistol and presented it ct Witte's
head. Throw up your hands, you -
-" said the robber in a menacin g
tone.
Witte, who is endowed with plenty of
pluck, grasped the extended revolver and
tried to force it from the robbers hands.
just then FL. E. Jackman. neighbor, en-
tered the store and White yelled TO him !:
Come and help me, Jackman."
Jackman made step forward to assist
White, when the other two men pulled
out their revolvers and Jackman fed,
shouting for The police.
AS Jackman disappeared the robbers
made grab for Whites watch chain.
They pulled his gold watch out of his
pocket with such violence that they broke
the chain. leaving piece dangling al the
buttonhoie. One of them then struck him
over he head with the butt end of his re-
volver and the three ran out of the store
to Polk street and turned northward.
Witte mourns the loss of his gold watch.
which he valued at $40. Besides the cut
in his scalp from the butt end of the rob-
ber's revolver, his right hand was LAGER
ated in The struggle Tor the possession of
the revolver that was presented at his
head.
The police were notified by White of the
robbery yesterday morning. He and
Jackman visited the City Prison and had
look at Il. j. Jones and Mike Mearley,
two suspected foolpads, who were arrested
by Policeman Farrell on Bush street
shortly after midnight. but they failed TO
identity them. Jones had long dirk
knife tucked in the waist of his trousers
when arrested and Mearley was armed
with heavy slungshot.
Wilte and Jackman had also look at
Mike Nolan, the Mission political tough,
arrested for engaging in prize-fgh., as
their description of one of the robbers
tailed exactly with that of Nolan, but
they sad he was not the man.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-13
MOHAMMED AND HIS KORAN
Present Condition of the Followers
of the Prophet.

The religion of Mohammed, with all its
beautiful aud repnlsive features, was care
fully treated al the hands of SGehadi A.
Shehadi at the Mercantile Library last
evening. The central figure around which
most of the speakers thought clustered
was, of course, the great prophet. His life
work was assiduouSly reviewed from be-
ginning to end.
Few people," declared Mr.. Shehadi,
shave any conception of the plumber of
adherents of this faith. The doctrines of
the Koran are now quite as extensively
taught as they were ten centuries ago.
Over 200, 600, 900 souls at this late day in
the Christian era turn their faces toward
Mecca every day when they offer up their
prayers.
There have been different theories as to
who Islam was" remarked the speaker
Some still hold that he was an impoStor
and that ne was not sincere. Another set
hold that Mohammed was a learned man.
one of extraordinary brain power-a man
who, possessed of personal magnetism,
was able to draw all men unto him. The
and that his works ere inspired.
THE Koran is the greatest book in the
Arabic language" said Shehadi: "for its
simplicity of thought. pure diction, high
moral PURPOSE and dramatic force il can
not be excelled When we learn that the
author was not scholarly man we cannot
help but think that the book is inspired
The influence of the religion has not