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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19
JUDGMENT OF NEWSPAPER MEN

In the light of the development in the
exciting senatorial contest in Kansas
it is we'll enough to say something of
the reliability of newspaper reports.
Soon after the election the newspa-
pers accounts gave J. Ralph Burton 4
considerable. if not leading. strength
among all the candidates The public
looked on these reports as romantic and
diyerting, but would not accept them
seriously The politicians laughed at
the stories of Burton'S lead in the race
and let it go ut that, satisfied that his
boom was fieeting fancy of some ones
Imagination
When other candidates appeared.
they were at once given prodigiouS fig
ures by the politicians who still refused
10 grant Burton anything more than a
complimentary vote.
The leading newspapers of the state
have special writers at Topeka. 1t is
their business 10 ind the news. II Is
also theirduty TO surmise what the news
VIII be and who among many candi-
dates is the most likely 10 show UP
the largest vote. This surmiSe they
must base upon good judgment and
what they can hear.
The writers at Topeka are not biased
by an ardent feeling for any OF the
candidates. They do not induce them
selves to expect developments that are
unnatural They will not accept a
man statement OF his strength unless
they can find it confirmed in other quar-
| tiers
1t has so fallen out that the newspa-
Per fellows have from the first correct
~ sized Burton's boom while the other
| candidates and the politicians appear
TO have been pretty much 1t sea
In the drst aud succeeding ballots
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19
RELIGION AND EDUCATION.

in the public schools of France "a:
per cent. of the pupils are shortsight
ed, of Germany 81 per cent, and
of the United Kingdom 90 per cent
Lack of exercise seems the chief cause
"A small hospital of some twenty OF
more beds has just been opened in
Edinburgh to rsovide means of med,
zeal instruction and training in nurs-
ing for those who are TO become deacon
esses in connection with the church OF
Scotland.
According uto .aoFrench newspa.
per, there are in the French academy
three Protestants, Victor Cherbuliez,
Leon Say and NJ. de Freycinet; one
freethinker, Alexander Dumas; one
atheist, NJ. Challemel Lacour, while
nearly everyone of the rest is nom
inal Catholic.
Rev. Kevork Ardzrouni, who was
ordained an Armenian priest in Sep
TENDER, 1888, and whose influence in
the Armenian church in Constantine
pie has been thorough for many years,
died lately at the age of 1O7 years. His
last sermon was preached Easter, 1892,
when he was carried into the church in
a chair.
Since the death of DIR. Holmes there
are only four surviving members of the
class of 1929 of Harvard, namely. DIR.
Edward L. Cunningham, of Newport,
K. l.; Rev. Samuel May the class sec
retary), of Leicester; Rev. Samuel f.
Smith. of Newton, the author Of
America" and Charles S. Storrow, of
Boston.
The Presbyterian board of home
missions reports receipts from April
lst TO November Both of 1875, 049. an in
crease over the amount for the pre-
ceding year of s1o2.oi1- The gain is
SEQ. $50 in legacieS, SIS. s2s in the wom-
ems committee. 81. $50 miscellaneous.
There was falling off in the receipts
from churches of $3.50.
One of the best private schools in
Paris, the Ecole Monge. has just been
bought by the government for mil
lion dollars. The school was estab-
lished by private individuals in compe-
tition with the state lycees, and held
its own in scholarship in the public
examination, its mathema teal and
scientific training being especially
good It was in financial difficulties,
however, and must have closed had
not the state interviewed.
The great wealth. either of the
Mormon church or of the individuals
81 its head, has been again demon
strated By the recent investment of
$40. 600. 600 by the First Presidency"
in new corporation called the Utah
company. This new company is to
operate coal mines. e railroad, bath
Ing beach and pleasure resort at the
great Salt Lake, and build, equip and
operate telegraph and telephone lines
This is purely a church scheme, in
which gentiles have no part, and is,
like the Zion Cooperative Co. TO De
managed TO add 10 the wealth Of the
church.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19
The aqhta Daily EAGLE Saturday Honino january TO- 1895.

common cart n thee sisters go out
wild it fer de looks Real oil folks lack
her shouldn't 'xpec' no turnin' out, mo-
ways"
Waiter yer say? No turnin' out, n
no huss? Den I haint er gwine ter die,
yer sorry sarpints."
Whack, whack came Aunt Chany's
big walking stick upon the back of
first one and then the other of the as
tonished sisters, who fed the room in
terror.
Nor did she die either. but lived
twenty years longer, or until she was
a full one hundred, having the pleas
ure of attending the burial of the last
one OF the sisters before her own final
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19
HARD ON TEE PoULTRYMAN.
ON the New YORK Herald.

From the New YORK Herald.
He had been gazing long and earn
estly at the rows OF turkeys hanging
from the hooks of stand in Washing
ton market, and the poultryman began
to eye him suspiciously. Yet he did
not look like thief, the mild look in
his eye deuosine anything but the
CLEAN OF acquisition Still, MS actions
were not calculated TO inspire conf
6ence.
Every now and then ne would walk
up 10 the rack and feel a gobbler's
oresst bone. then stand of and take q
side look a, the fowl. moving around
presently and gazing at it from the
other side. In this way ne would ad-
mire IL from all points OF view and
seemed to derive immense satisfaction
from the observation
The poultryman was fast becoming
nervous over these strange proceed
ings, and to put an end 20 his anxiety
es 10 the mans intentions ne sp-
preached him and asked:
Well, sir, what can do for YOU
The man started, and for moment
appeaEed. 70 be SissoaceSied. bit rseQE-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19
D1sCRIM1NAT1vE RATES UNIVERSAL.

l
Chicago is kicking because American
cattle are being shipped to Europe and
slaughtered and sold at retail for less
than at that MEGA for animal food.
This is not only true of beef, but of
nearly every important product and
proves the Republican doctrine that a
/ home market S the best market The
| fact hat Europe takes our surplus and
the fact that it is a surplus, and the
further fact that they are shrewd buy
ers and rarely buy beyond their neds
thus letting the surplus seek their mar
| ket rather than to go after il enables
I! them to buy from an impOrtuning sell
er enables them to get their supplies on
a glutted market which is always low
market
Again the long haul cuts figure and
give a proportionally much lower rate
For years our products shipped to New
York for export command much low
, er rate than when shipped to New
York for consumption. In our manu-
featured products that have to find an
export market the sales are made at
the lowest possible margin that will en-
able the manufacturers to run rather
than to stand idle, and SO the European
market is what S termed the dump mar
ket where stuff is sold that could not
be manufactured but for such an outlet
When his country is short the Ameri
can Spectator steps in and buys for
the future and bulls the prices up, but
such is not the case with the foreign
buyers and the result is they have
their needs supplied at the lowest pos
sible price.
Again the reailer in Europe contents
himself with q much smaller margin
than the dealers in this country which
goes a long ways towards enabling
them to sell meats hauled 1000 miles
for less than they are retailed at home.
And while this question of the selling
of American products cheaper abroad
than at home ought to be remedied, TO
large extent it is not an unmiXed evil.
England imports $55,000,000 annually
of products that are in direct compe-
titiOn with home grown crops and the
result is that she is driven out of the
business by the low prices and must
substitute other crops, and in many
cases give up farming, The condition
of the farmers of England was such
that almost last act Of Gladstone was
to recommend governmental control of
railroads because foreign products
were shipped across the tight little
island" in train loads for less rate
than home products could be shipped
from one station to another. American
enterprise has accomplished much, and
continued to develop business until
blighted by Democratic incOmpetency.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Formerly the Cheyenne Indians were the
most dudish of their race.
Several deer have been seen lately about
twenty miles west of Medford.
Paul Feuerbacher of Oklahoma City
has applied for patent on a car-coupler
The first orchard set out in Oklahoma
was planted by Major Alvord at For
Sill.
next Populist platform: 1--WE are out OF
politics.
If anyone wants to wreak vengeance or
Judge Pitzer they can step up right now
before he has cooled off.
The Seminoles We're originally Creeks
In an early day they intermarried with
the Spaniards and French.
When the Sac and Fox's were first dis
covered by white men they were located
near where Detroit now stands.
II is a cruel heartless move to cut Nor
man out of liquor and if the bill passes the
legislature Governor Renfrow should veto
it.
Perhaps Mr. Brown of Clifton in the Ok
lahoma legislature will introduce reso-
luton calling on Grover Cleveland to re-
sign.
That ''ola" in the word 'Indianola" does
something. cola means last and the
whole word is interpreted 1.-The Last OF
the Indians
A small stream near Medford bears the
CLASSIC name of Pole-Cat Now if that
name was tackled onto the Chicago river
it might mean something.
An Oklahoma City advertiser intimates
that Grover Cleveland is going to visit in
Oklahoma City. This is securing atten-
ton under false pretenses.
There is some little feeling over the
territory because Speaker Lobdell of the
Kansas legislature did not recognize Ok
lahoma in some of his appointments.
Now that the supreme court has passed
the bill allowing extra clerk-hire, the leg
islature will see what they can do with
Judge Scott. But the legislators are not
going to be rash.
Buffalo Jones shoots through Perry
once or twice every month. He is engag-
ed in the gigantic task of complying with
the contract in the Northand South rail-
road-ten miles of track must be laid be-
fore March l.
The fact that Jemima Higgins got a di-
vorce from her husband Bill Higgins at
oklahoma City the other day will not
shock the formerly of Kansas Oklahomans
when they learn that the original Bill
Higgins is still safe at Topeka.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

ering himself somewhat he blushiEgly
stammered:
"why, you see, don't quite know
yet"
We'll, it's about time you did. -
gruffy replied the poultryman.
"Ye-yes-I suppose SO, but I don't
I want to get turkey. but / want to
be quite sure of my ground before /
proceed"
The poultryman looked at him still
more suspiciously.
II dare say you will think me lit
tie peculiar" continued the stranger,
but the fact is my wife is not very
well, and she has sent me to buy tur-
key for our dinner. Now. / never
bought turkey in my life. and don't
want to make any mistake in it. l
have full instructions from my wife,
but still it requires great care to carry
them OUT
s'Oh, if that's ALL" said the poultry
man. treasured, II will help you out. +"
"You will?" asked the man. eagerly.
with pleasure. What's the matter
with this one?' and he took down =
turkey and held it up to view.
docs the breast move in or ont I'M
der pressure?" asked the purchaser
doubtfully.
Try it for yourself"
SIT seems flexible said the man
gingerly. pressing his fingers upon the
part mentioned. You know my wife
is great judge of these things and she
told me all about it. Now, about the
color OF the legs They should be
purpley blue, with just a tinge of
gray"
We'll, there they are: you couldn't
get anything nearer the description
unless we painted them for you"
No, no: don't want 'em painted.
She said the color should be natural.
Now, about the flesh; 1 want to pinch
that and see that it is elastic
We'll. pinch" said the dealer.
The purchaser pinched and pinched
until there was not an inch of the bird
not fairly covered; then he gave sigh
of satisfaction.
That seems all right. But there's
one thing mOre-the wings You don't
mind my twisting them according TO
my wife's instructions? She calls that
the browning test of tenderness" and
he delicately turned them around as
he would the knob of a door. This
done, he opened the beak and looked
into the mouth devoting considerable
time to minute examination of the
tip of the tongue. Finally he an
nounced mis- satisfaction, paid for the
turkey and started of with it
He reached the door, then suddenly
turned.
Great Heavens, / forgot to exam
inc fiexibility of the spur, and without
being backed by that all other tests
are useless"
But the poultry man had vanished
into nearby saloon and at that mo-
ment was engaged in toning up his
nerves for the next customer
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

''My friend said the head waiter a.
the hotel, as re tapped significantly on
the shoulder OF a man who va. max
ing his exit from the dining room, II
have dropped on to your little game
This Is the ninth time you have eaten
dinner here without paying"
Sir" exclaimed the man. drawing
himself up with offended dignity AID
looking the presumPtuous Official stern
" IN the eyes. you are mistaken; its
the fifteenth N Y. Aercury-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

Little Boy-Why Go Jon call that
baby your baby7 It's your mothers,
isn't il?
Mrs spankers-So. she's nv own
Little Boy-Is :,7 / thought you was
its sister.
Mrs spankers fdeIigh;ed(-Did you,
really
Little Boy-Yes'n- ! didn't know
you was married: thought ron ~2s =
old us.G--Gooo NewA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

The Kansas City Times claims that
the Republicans are not in control in
Missouri Well, there you are getting
immigration under false pretenses. BY
the way does Bob IngerSoll get relig-
ion or not?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

Burton has been found to have a sub
stantial lead By careful inquiry now,
the newspaper writer's will be able to
discover whether, with a long adjourn
ment thrown in his path, Burton can
hold his force If they announce that
he can not or can, their Judgment will
in all likelihood be correct
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

Kansas has been cranky; New Eng
land once burned witches; but they are
both the centers of intellect in this ma
ten. on second thought this would
sound better if kansans hadn't sent
Sefer to the senate.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

II Topeka had the latent talent that
Wichita has the story that Ralph Bur
ton mas had the Legislature hypnotized
would have been singing over the wires
out of Topeka long before this
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

The anti-card law in the legislature
would have been passed sooner but
on account of several of the boys being
engaged in poker games a quorum
could not be secured.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

The Kansas farmers can very profit
ably devote a part Of their wheat land
to some other crop. 1t is very foolish
to continue in course that unprofit-
able
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

The crying need Of the times is n new
way of paying old debts. There will
bebut very few debts planted this year
still the overproduction is liable TO be
felt for a number of years.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

If it were the English plan instead
of the French, perhaps Cleveland
would see his way clear to act upon
the wishes of the people.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

The reason given by President Cast
mir-Perier for resigning, would call
for the resignation of the entire Demo
cratic administration.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

After the first ballot the Ingalls,
Doom. represented by one vote, took
flight and disappeared. Apparently
Mr. Ingalls, will not have 70 be subject
ed 10 the dishonor Of taking PETERS
arm
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

By adjourning until Monday, he eau
Gus thought that Mr.. Burton's boom
Dsa;ht be persuaded to adjourn sine
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

Before the women in the Colorado
legislature held a caucus they sent
page out for box of chewing gum.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

PETER usually uses the same phrases
in all his speeches. He should rotate
his crop of ideas-be has the wheels.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

President Pitzer of the Oklahoma
council has been stirred up by Il Popu-
list editor. All combustibleS should
at once be moved out OF the corporate
limits.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

The failure of the past crop added to
the general depression all over the
country is causing good many cars
to stand idle.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

Mrs. Havemeyer, wife of the sugar
king employs sixty servants in her
home Perhaps the Sugar trust is not
having such a hard time after all.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

1t is barely possible that irrigation
NAV get black eye this year, as Jul
bitter PIuvius may conclude to take
hand
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

There is dark hint in the belief of
the OPPOSITION that the Burton boom
cannot successfully survive the influ-
ences Of one Sunday.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

Governor Morrill, pronounces the con-
stitution of Kansas imperfect 1t
would be strange indeed if she could
endure SO much without some injury.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

1t is not yet safe to put money on
any of the senatorial candidates-and
this is not reflection on their person
al honesty either
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

The adjournment of the caucus from
Thursday until Monday will give the
representatives an opportunity to find
out the most ayailable1andidate.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

French statesmen make more war
than Irish statesmen, but there are
less heads broken on a parliamentary
ruling
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

Illinois and Chicago against the
world. Altseld has it in for the presi-
dent of the United States and Mayor
Hopkins for the railroad presidents.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

A private citizen is performing the
duties of governor for Tennessee. The
regularly elected candidate was count
ed out
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

Bill Cook begun his career by sell
ling whiskey 10 the Indians and gradu-
ally worked into the railroad business.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

The south proposes to raise more corn
and less cotton and the western farm
ers ought to realize that a condition
confronts them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

Gavels are still used in the French
parliament, but in several ways they
are not half so useful as a gatling gun
would be.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

What subtle power does the tailor's
art exercise on the political conscience
of Kansas?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

The Democratic party is a conspicu-
Gus example of arrested development
They haven't improved any since the
days Of Jackson.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

Bill Cook holds the deputy marshals
UP to scorn- This is better than hold
ing them up TO rob.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

Some of the senatorial bOoms, when
Matched. didn't justify the noise they
have been making in the incubator.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

A prolonged senatorial contest is
harvest for the Topeka hash houses
and is the only kind of a boom that
town ever has.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

Burton lacked just seven of being
nominated But seven is as good as
an Algebra.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

The Hood boom hasn't been saying
much, but it has thought great many
volumes quietly to itself
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

Seven or eight distinguished gentle
men will leave Topeka shortly believ
ing that Kansas has not been fully re-
deemed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19
-MSSANllx~
9ailY z eagle
NJ. NJ. MURDOCH, Editor.

There is an overproduction of card
board since the railroads have cut off
passes.
The herald., 1895-07-07
STEWARD
THEY ARE IN THE CLOAK ROOM.

25c shirt waists soc shirt waists 75c shirt waists the
waists have been reduced from 75c the soc waists have
been reduced from ST. the 75c waists have been reduced
from $125 and $15o. There life and blood in
the cloak
LADIES WRAPPERS-One-thrdo off the regular
price. That brings you the best wrappers you
for the money.
CLOAKS-s1o Cloaks for $3.50 all WOOL A little as
sortmen of real good things Never mind the loss We
renovating the Cloak Department. This fall you will see
the finest departments up to date in every particular
SILK WAISTS-Bought sell for S.. so; this lot IS.
AUGUST DELINEATORS and PATTERNS-Now
on sale. Fashion sheets free to all applicants.
SAILOR HATS-Almost impossible to keep them in
stock soc for Sailor high bell shape; the latest
style and all not that here before the 4h We
have captured the Sailor Hat trade of the town.
DUCK SUITS-Plenty yet. They melting away.
Buy while you get the assortment 81 to SIS; excel
lent values for So.
DUCK SUITINGS-Light and dark colors, with
good sprinkling of black and white to I5c yard
Ducks growing in popularity.
SEPARATE SKIRTS AND ALL-WOOL SUITS
Nice things in allwoo suits; $780, $1o $125o and
SIS Alwoo separate skirts, SIS and $3.50. Fine silk
Skirts with blouse waists $165o All made in the
latest styles and strictly this seasons goods.
THIS is THE TIME OF YEAR that we clean
house. Stocks that overloaded unoaded by good
reduction in prices. On each and every you will
find article that has been reduced Very often they
the choicest things have On the dress goods
ter is large line of alwoo suitngs that have been sell
ing from soc to CSC yard they marked 35c
close Awoo serges in blacks that worth 75c, go
soc to cose often is there good article in black
goods for the price. lot Of in awoo and
goods great reductions close. Odd lots in muslin
underwear, very much under value.