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The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-07

manuscripts five hundred years
old. and had attained it's highest de.
gree OF perfection when every Euro
pesn tongue that we know OF was in
the dark womb Of barbarity." A
stately speech it is, . tribe stiited at
times. The Welsh always having been
q literary people, imaginative rather
than practical, their speech has natur-
ally been more or less controlled
by literary standards, and has retained
its poetic form and flavor. 1t presents
some curiously opposite traits That
it is essentially the most iaw-breaking
OF tongues must be named an impolite
fiction for which apology is owing. No
tongue is beautiful in the mouths Of
all its speakers; the 'sweet bastard
Latin" may be vulgarised into .
frightful hiss, and in our southwest i
have heard Spanish, which sounded
like the cracking of thorns under a
pot Cymric well spoken is not unlike
the Greek; in fact the first time l
listened to an address in it I was
strongly reminded of the latter
language, SO rythmical was it, so
velvety smooth. then again SO full Of
resonant, plymouth words Yet
it has at least one poetical compost.
ton that is known as ''the shibboleth
of sobriety," because no man who is
drunk can possibly repeat it. In music
itself discord may be piled on discord,
until both ear and soul are rent asun-
der; and it is the unlimited capacity Of
the Welsh language for producing mu-
steal combinations of sounds that also
gives it its extraordinary power of ca
cophony. A synthetic and highly in.
fected tongue, ricn in compounds
which have the sudden, direct, and
telling quality of the Greek COM
pounds, it is capable at the same time
of great conciseness and of an almost
indefinite expansion and elaborateness
OF phrase. In its numberless infected
forms it shows, of course, lack of full
development, but much of its fuidity
and beauty is owing to these infec-
tions, which enable the writer Of
Welsh poetry to perform capers in
versifcation quite beyond the reach Of
the versifiers of any other nationality.
Not the least remarkable thing about
this remarkable language is the love
lavished upon it by those to whom it
belongs. The sound of his mother
tongue is truly dear to every one. es.
pecially when he is away from his
country and hearing unknown accents.
But this sentiment is apt to be a mere
instructive one, expressed in some su-
perfcial way, as, How good to hear
the old home words again" 1t is some
thing entirely different from the appre-
ciative, critical admiration which the
Welshman bestows upon his dear Gym
raeg. The language is cult with him;
he not only loves, he reverences and
adores it-not just because it is his
own, but for itself. He thinks it the
most beautiful thing in the world, he
rolls out its mellifuous and resound-
ing words, and asks: Ibid you ever
hear anything SO glorious?" Perhaps
it is not too much to say that he would
die for it
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-07
LANGUAGE OF WALES.
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune
The Weishman VIII tell you that his
beloved accents were spoken in Eden;
tina. Adam was a Welshman; that Eve
never would have understood the devil
had he addressed her in Welsh: nav,
one has soberly written II in book
that Jupiter and Saturn and Apollo
were Welshmen. Perhaps they were.
Perhaps Juno and Venus and Minerva
were Welshwomen. / myself am near
Il certain that the god of love must
have been Welsh-tongued- II 50. these
gods and godesses could not have de-
sired a more dignifed, richly express
sive, high-sounding language in which
10 converse, ousrrel- sing, make love, o.
illuminate, than the pure Cymric af-
fdrds II has been well called the
most extraordinary monument OF an
tiquity extant- Both in its structure
and aAinities il evidences a most re-
mote origin, and is undoubtedly one o:
the oldest living languages in Europe;
while its literature carries Us further
backward than any modern tongue ex-
cept the Gaelic Its unique system OF
ersifcation-which viii be more fully
sr-aLsn of furt.AS .on-~-u1f.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-07
THE u. s. TREASURY LOOTED.

Hon. J. W. Ady was one of the guests
of honor at the banquet given by the
citizens of Leavenworth, celebrating
| United States senate, for which posi-
ton Judge Ady had been a candidate
! himself. In response to the toast, "A
Call to Duty" Judge Ady delivered the
most statesman-like and comprehen-
sive speech of the evening. The New
ton Republican publishes the response
in full, from which we extract the fol-
lowing words touching the crisis now
confronting the American people:
But there are other questions in
which the people of Kansas are pro-
foundly interested. We are facing a
crisis in our financial affairs: it is an
impending and awful crisis. The con-
gress to which you will go is confront
lion of bonds due in fifty years, interest
and principal payable in gold.
Every man knows that if the sill
yer dollar, which is by law and by the
contract a legal tender for treasury
notes, was actually rendered to the
aliens and traitors who are lootng our
treasury of gold to ship to Europe, not
dollar of bonds would be needed or
thought of.
1--WE have just passed through cam
paign in which the Republican party in
every northwestern state in some man
ner pledged itself to bi-metallism
either by international agreement, by
the coinage of American silver, or
otherwise. The hour of the trial of
our faith is at hand, for here is cold
blooded proposition to chain the Ameri-
can public, like Prometheus to the
rock. to the gold standard for fifty
years TO come.
1.-The dispatches say that Britain is
we'll pleased with this singular propo-
Sition of our executive. OF course she
is. They also asure us that she will
take all the gold bonds that we Will is
sue OF course she will. These bonds
us and our posterity in financial slavery
TO the Albion lords for fifty years TO
come. With a half billion Of bonds,
payable, principal and interest in
gold in the hands of the inveterate enc
my of silver as center piece in our
financial system, what hope is there for
bi-metalliSm on any terms?
''Of course there is the alleged men,
ace TO the public credit If we pay our
debts with the money in which the
contract says they may be paid, but
there is also the menace of long-suf-
ferins people TO the life OF that party
that dares without right or reason to
mortgage the souls OF our people and of
their children to the gold monopoly of
England. and there is the pledge of
the Republican platform TO deliver the
people from that bondage"
Turning 10 Senator Baker. the speak
er said: ''Sir. this is the paramount
question of the hour; what shall be
done: 1t is yours To answer and ours
10 follow. Ii you decide this Ques-
ton in the interest of and according TO
the desires OF the great. loyal. trusting
constituency that has crowned you.
then the fiattering address of the cour-
tier To the eastern despot viii be Your
well merited and sure reward. Your
fame viii be brighter than the sun. and
you more Necessary to Your people than
the harvest
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-07
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

After those two resolutions Mr.. Poston
ought to go to sleep again Immediately.
Ex-County Clerk Percy Smith will start
a bank in Alva the hrst Of next month.
If it is possible for two towns to glare at
each other Ell Reno and Saltwater are in
the act Of doing il.
AS the capital is glued down to Guthrie
1t is natural that somebody would try to
move something else.
Oliver p. Jewell who was to have been
hanged day after tomorrow at Woodward
has been granted Q new trial.
You can bet that If Blackwell builds that
railroad he will have a special car pulled
by two engines and a snow plow.
Perhaps Pitzer wants to move the Asri-
cultural college TO El Reno for the benefit
Of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians.
II this thing keeps on Oklahoma will
have to take its Italian climate In every
night and set ii behind the base-burner.
Two of the Aiva papers are fighting a To-
cal bank. That is a queer thing for q pa
Per in the west to do, but IL will do no
harm.
An Oklahoma paper contains the follow
ing advertisement: For rent-A nicely fur
nished room for a young man already
heated.
The Alva Republican notes the return OF
a citizen Of that town from Topeka where
he had been to help elect a United States
senator.
with pride that the Texas Oklahomans do
not go home TO help elect United States
senator.
Do the newspaper boys Of Oklahoma ap-
preciate that F. T. Berkey is making the
blackwell Record one of the best dailies
in the southwest?
1t is noted by the Blackwell Record that
the accident would have never happened
to the Elbe II IL had a copy Of the Marin
law Of Oklahoma on board.
Blackwell Record: Half the congrega-
ton got up and left church at Ponca City
last Sunday night, when the minister an
nounced the hymn OF Simply to Thy
Cross Cling"
An Edmond man read that suggestion in
the Eagle last week that if you will sing
gently while milking the COW will give
a third more milk. The Edmond man tried
it. The COW died.
When Pitzer introduced his bill to re-
move the Agricultural college from Still
water. Bob Lowrey pulled that old siouch
hat down over his eyes, went into retire
ment and thought in fourteen different
colors.
Enid Wave; A bIushing swain entered
the office of Justice Parks this morning.
Upon his arm was timidly hanging maid.
The judge looked wise and. not thinking
of striking pun right away with no med
itation, said to the young man: Judging
from appearances you have duty for me-
The fellow like his name, seemed to think
that the judge recognized him, and re-
piled in the most blustry tones he dared
assume: NO sir. We run off all the way
from Pond Creek and you needn't think
you're going - get her. We want to be
married" Ar. Parks didn't see the point
but went ahead as if nothing had happen
ed. until their names fell upon his listen
ing ear, William E. Green and Ida NJ
Duty" As the reason of the groom's wrath
dawned upon the judges mind he hastily
assumed the old time wise countenance
thought "alIs well that ends WELL" wink
ed the other eye. and expostulated: "My
young and dutiful friend. l see you always
will be green, but ii is all right since I
do m duty by you" and he Joined them.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-07
A Ga1Ena Way of Washing F1.un.,..

HsSo - air-tighs cupboard. or use
for small articles large dry-goods box
with cover. After washing and rims
ing, hang the iannels on lines or bars
stretched across the top of the box. and
place in the bottom of the box a saucer
containing a handful of string coated
with sulphur, which can be obtained
here At any chemists or druggists,
and, presume, also In America Tho
string must then be set on FIRE and
the box closed. When thoroughly fu-
migated' the fiannels may be taken out
and hung in line. Two hours in the
box made my oldest and yellowist Ian
nels look like new, and the smell OF
sulphur disappears at once. This treat
ment is not necessary every week. and
the cook from whom / have il says 10
should not be done too often.-Baby-
hood.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-07
"wHsN HoLLER, ITS Law"

There is a spasmodic wave OF puri
tanical virtue sweeping over the cOun
try, and everywhere the effort seems
to contemplate the salvation of man
by 'law." The preachings and exam
pies of Christ are ignored, as being out
of date and the Holy Spirit as lacking
efficacy by many Of the churches. and
a long fanatical wall goes up for the re-
demption Of man of statutory enact
ment The cry is, give us all the law
we want and we will land everybody
safely in heaven. The only way to
save men from their sins and appetiteS
| is by the enforcement of law,(D Re-
pentance of sins, is humbug; the ava
kening of the spirit in the churches
but child's play; the precepts of Christ
and His divine instructions as to saw
ing grace and godly life. fit only for
children and heathen(o What this gen.
GRAFTON wants is 'law" and its strict
enforcement @ True the late great re-
vival in Wichita resulted in bringing
hundred upon hundreds into a new and
better life, but with strict claws" and
their proper enforcement it would be
just as easy TO save the whole city
in a single day @ Law" is the only
power that will cure the drunkard Of
his appetite O. chasten the animal pas
sons of man @ and Quench cut the
devil on this earth generally q If
you want a sinner to turn from his
crooked ways knock him over the head
with a policeman's club % Prayers
are Il mOckery, preaching is hypocrisy
and churches but organizations of rival
societies instituted for political and 9TH
er purposes q
How does such talk sound? Yet is it
not true that Just such an extreme
spaSm is on and is hourly growing
more intense III response to which leg
islatures are making themselves ride
ulOuS the enactment of all kinds OF
laws for the control of the people, in
Guiding the size of the bonnet which
woman shall wear at a theatre as in
Missouri and Illinois to what they shall
eat and drink and where and when
The Kansas legislature, today, is threat
ening to outdo the Blue laws of Con-
necticut in efforts to force Kansas peO-
pie to be morally better under penalty
of ''law" Many Of the church organi-
cations and preachers of the state seem
to be seconding this new scheme for
saving souls.
There is but one way to save man.
kind from itself and that way is the
one exemplified in the life of Him
who declared Il am the Way and the
Life" Whenever and wherever that
gospel is not inculcated and that doc
trine taught there will be no better life
no improvement or uplifting of hu-
manity. The work of penal law, the
inquiition Of human punishment never
saved any human being, and when
these are resorted by those who pro-
fess the spirit of Christ, the time for the
devil to contract for a new annex and
for an additional supply of fuel, is op-
perfume
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-07

uasVi- Drown jug rs oio Asa Cooo
used to play it on his old fddle."
$50 you're going back to 'Possum
Ridee?'
You bet hain't got so powerful
many years 70 live, an while do live.
want to enjoy life. Then l got SIX
children to raise, au' want 'em 10
have advantages amt in for lettin'
'em grow up like heathin'. Iwant EN-
to have society rsisiu' an they shall
have it il / have to bust hahn string
a-givin' il to EN-
That's right"
Bet yer pelt Wal, farwell. We
must be joggin' on toward the Ian o
promise, whar thar's society an society
do;n's"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-07
-----
WHATS IN A NAME?"
From the Atlantic Monthly.

From the Atlantic Monthly.
The young man knew her as soon as
she came into the car, although she
had her three children with her and
was otherwise changed. 1t is not so
easy, he reflected. to forget the girl
you have been engaged to for six con-
secutive months. OF course he got up
and offered his seat. She bestowed her
progeny in safe places and then looked
up at him with almost the same old
look in her blue eyes.
why, George, how do you do? l
haven't seen you since I've been mar
ried."
George could not for his life remem-
Der the married name of his old ac-
quaintance, but he did recall that in
the days of their engagement he use to
call her Molly.
II am awfully glad, Molly" he an
swered-he couldn't do anything else.
and perhaps. he reasoned, it didn't
make any difference so long as she had
her three children with her. Il am aw-
fully glad, Molly. Where are you iiv-
ing now and how is the family?"
''We are all well. George. l suppose
you notice 1 am growing old. But
am very happy with Henry and the
children. He is going to meet US at
South Evanston and ride up home to
Lake Forest"
The poor bachelor racked his brain
for the last name of the admirable
Henry. But he failed to find it. He
was in a shiver when. true to his wife's
promise, the dignifed man with side
whiskers got on the car at South
Evanston.
His wife met him with smile and
said, presenting the young man in the
seat opposite: This Henry. is George
Brown. an old friend of mine. You've
heard me speak of him often"
'How-de-do, Mr.. Brown" said tho
man with the whiskers, extending his
hand.
'How-de-do, SIR" answered the
shame faced bachelor. He couldn't
call him Henry, and he didn't know
his last name
Both Molly and her husband tried to
make il pleasant for Mr.. Brown, and
in the lively conversation which fol-
lowed he found himself calling his Old
friend by her pet name. He noticed
when he first used il that Molly's port
ly husband started in apparent sur
prise and he cursed his bad memory
for il. But he had to call her some
thing, and he found it matter OF
great embarrassment that he could
only nod in the direction Of Molly's
husband when he wanted to address
him.
You know didn't change my name
very much" said Molly.
And poor Brown, who couldn't re-
member either of her names, grinned
an idiotic grin and agreed with her.
The situation was growing unbear-
able Here was his old fame telling
him all about her family affairs and he
not able TO recall the name Of one OF
them Finally he took refuge in fight.
He was bound for Lake Forest, but he
got off at Evanston. AS he turned TO go
there was grim look Of desperation in
his eyes.
''Good-by. Molly he said. and then
turning TO the husband he blurted ont:
And you, too. Eenry, old man- Hope
III see you again soon
Then he escaped. Molly's husband
turned to his wife and said: That
fellow Brown is an extensively familiar
person"
And poor Brown is now taking
course in memory culture.
Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-07

President Cleveland is receiving a
great many Endorsements of his half
billion bond scheme, but in every in
stance the Endorsements come from
bankers. stock brokers or board of
trade option gamblers
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-07

1T seems cold,' said a policeman
yesterday, but il is not below Zero
I'll bet you il is below" said a by-
stander, and then the policeman remem-
bered the Cubbison law and placed >ae
man under arrest.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-07
OUT OF HER ELEMENT.
From the New York Tribune

From the New York Tribune
A rickety old wagon with a weather.
stained cover drew up in OFT OF a
little crossroads store near lue west
line of Missouri. The wagon was
drawn by pair of poor, bony mules,
and contained few articles of house
hold goods, six children and a woman.
The latter sat in front driving. while
the children were ranged along the
side of the wagon with their heads
polSed out under the cover.
"How'r'yre, mister?" the woman ac-
costed the storekeeper, who was
standing on the platform in front Of
/ his store.
Very we'll" he replied. How are
you?"
''First-rate. Never better, / reckon.
I'm gittin' back to ole Missoury, an
that's enough to make me feel good,
shore"
''Movingr the storekeeper queried
Yep"
Where from?"
''Oklyhomy."
Where top
"Missoury."
Think you like Missouri better than
Oklahomyg'
Bet yer hide. Wouldn't live in Ok
lahomy if they'd give me the whole
layout"
Don't like it eh7'
Marry"
TOO d-y for you9"
"Meanin' the weatherr'
Yes"
Reckon not didn't notice it IL il
vas"
''Isand poor?"
mo, guess not"
TOO much wind?"
Never noticed bout that"
Bad water?n
Dunno. Never made no difference
to NE bout the water"
Just didn't like the country in
general, ! SUPPOSE"
'Country's right enough, / guess l
hain't no kick TO make on the land,
nor the water. nor the climate, nor
nothin o. that sort"
Then why do you dislike to live
there so much?'
IT'S the society.
''Oh, Pretty rough. l reckonT
mo; it wasn't that / keered tor. It's
too tame"
Why, supposed il was pretty stir
ring out therc?'
''Nothin' goin' on in society eIcep.
now an then a shootin' sc-ape."
That's so? No churches or anything
of that lSind?"
oh. tnars churches enough, but
them amt enjoyment like l been used
to all rny life"
"Indeed?'
Marry. Now take il over thar on
'Possum Ridge, whar I was raised, an
thar you find shore 'rough society
doin's Why. blame my buttons.
stranger. they don't have no;hin' down
thar IN oklyhcmy- ! been thar two
years. now. an marry q society event
been 20 the whole time"
"In6eed9"
That's squar. mister. Now over
thar on 'Possum Ridge IFS different
Tnsr's society doin's monty nigh ever
night an body kin enjoy life
What kind OF society doipgs?"
Wal. heap o. kinds Tnarsappie-
pa-:n's. an wool-piekin'A and pump
kin-cuttin's. an'-say, you've been 20
them sort o. doin's, hsin't your
No; ! never hsd the pleasure
Wal. greA. isn'.-goshen- you don't
know whs. il is 20 live, an you've
nissed more fun than you could shake |
stick at
Il presume So"
Il know i. Then thar's tie hoe
downs Talxin' about fun. Thar's I
whar you Snd Il In grea. chunks an /
gob~- Ny skin mister, bS, feel Ike I
10 give forty dollars ;est fer = eharce /
70 SHAKE ny foo: 70 ine casne VI 'IEs !
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-07

The only glory Of the present admin
istration was the Worlds Fair and that
was planned under Republican pres
ident. Even Republican prosperity
extended a little time over into Cleve-
lands administration.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-07

Jerry Simpson after profound study
has come TO the conclusion that the
PopuliSt party is not what ii is cracked
UP to be; that the Republican party is
inimical TO good government, and that
the Democratic party is a great fraud.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-07

Idaho is having whole lot of troub-
lie in trying 10 elect a United States
senator, and the ambitions of the Ida
no statesmen revolt at the thought of
a dark-horse- In that case every one
must have been promised just what he
wants, an unusual thing in politics.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-07

A New York physician says that ev-
cry woman who wants TO retain her
beauty should manage to cry about
once a week How this will make the
SuffragiSts howl and wall.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-07
A Hopeless sEss

He-But you say yourself your step
father IS anxious 70 ge: you of his
hands
she-fhat's why In afraid he won't
listen to you-Life.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-07
Progressive Housework.

A family consisting of a mother and
two daughters has contrived plan by
which they rob what is known as do
ing ones own work" of much of its
terrors. They have arranged a system
of progressive meals. BY this arrange
ment one gets breakfast one day, dim
ner the next. and tea or lunch the
next. She does not have to wash the
dishes Of the meals she gets. but the
other two do. Thus, each day, each
one has one meal to prepare and two
meals to help clear away. The other
housework is divided up with corre-
spending fairness They say that it 10
a very simple and comparatively easy
way Of working.-N. Y. Post
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-07

There are twenty-one irrigation bills
before the Kansas legislature, and that
ought 10 be sufficient proof that the
state has no desire to come in out Of the
Wpr
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-07

The Louisiana territory of which
Kansas was part once belonged to
Bonaparte. We knew We could prove
that Napoleon was formerly OF Kansas
II We tried.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-07

at last the light appears to be break
Ing on the legislature that it was not
called for the benefit of Kansas City.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-07

The financial situation is switch
ing around TO the point where Carlisle
has nothing TO do with it and the coun-
try feels great deal safer.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-07

When the theatre hat is legislated
out of existence it is hoped that it will
be accompanied by the man who eN-
plains the show as il goes along.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-07

If you want TO feel what an Arctic
exploration is like just so out this morn
Ing and walk ten or twelve miles in
search of a place that is little bit cold
nr.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-07

weather many more gales like that
one yesterday.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-07

Corbett and Fitzsimmons do notmeet
gress adjourns within a month. Con
sequently pugilistic news is bound to
be scarce for a while.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-07

Having convinced himself that the
whole country is against it Cleveland
will so ahead and issue the bonds.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-07

Mexico is beginning TO realize that
an ultimatum is O. great deal harder to
fool with than a buzz-saw.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-07

The women are not caring about all
theatre hat legislation. The result
will be simply to call attention to the
hats the women wear.