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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-21
he soldier saw that he you'll have to

the soldier saw that he you'll have to
draw his sword he exclaimed:
Well, sire. since I canaot induce you TO
release me from this painful orier I will
pray God 10 work a miracle for me and
to change my sword :nto wood"
He said this with "a air 1t the deerest
ptety and then manifested tn, atnos. Joy
as ne drew his sword and saw tna, i, was.
ia trEth. wood and no. steel. HIS prayer
had been heard. Frederick was SO
mazed by this clever way OF getting out OF
the trap that he had laid for him thai he
pardoned him for his offense and present.
ed him with purse OF gold
On one occasion Frederick the Great was
visiting the extreme outposts Of his army
While making his rounds he perceived a
soldier slip past the Ere the sentinel was
guarding. His majesty brought him to a
halt and asked him where he was going.
We'll, TO tell the truth" said the soldier
with an air Of despair. your majesty he's
been so unlucky in Your enterprises mat
/ was going 10 desert"
Right" said the emperor But wait a
week longer before you 90 IT, If fortune
isn't any better to me in that time I'll
desert with you-"-Phiiatelphia Press.
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HIGH LICENSED BOSTON.

The Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale,
the famous Boston clergyman, and ed
itor Of the Boston Commonwealth,
says that under the present high Ii
cense system Of 81 300 each is working
better temperance and more morality
than under the former prohibitory law.
or the law which fixed an unlimited
number of licenses at $125. The rev.
erend does not deny, however, that as
the saloons are Theoretically closed on
Sunday there are unlicensed dives
which deal out liquors on a petty scale.
in obscure holes and corners Of the
Sums. but with much fear and tremb-
hing, and DIR. Hale's newspaper claims
that the liquor trade of the Hub lis
better controlled today than it is, or
ever has been, in any other large city
in the country
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Physical and Mental Criminals.

Professor Caesar Lombroso, in the Sep
TENDER Forum, says: I arrived in Paris
in 1861, a boy, with my head full Of philol-
ofy and comparative physiology. I soon
saw that the most serious lack in this
science was that of anatomical and an
thropological knowledge. They were
studying insanity in general without
studying individual lunatics. I insisted
that We should study lunatics as We would
a special variety of the human race. not
ing the skin, the form, the skull. and par
ticularly the functions, .sensibiity, etc.
My colleagues laughed at me and called
me the Doctor Of the steelyard." Little
by little the idea prevailed, and now they
seem almost to have forgotten who 1t
was that introduced the new somatic
school. / had a strong desire to study the
morally insane who have since been shown
to be the born criminal. 1t was a prin-
c:ple of mine TO deny everything which
did not see, and as there were none of
these in our clinic 1 was inclined to deny
their existence. Nevertheless, to make
sure of the facts. / commenced to occupy
myself with criminals, to frequent prisons.
and carefully TO gather skulls and brains
Of prisoners. One evening there died in
one of the prisons of the city a celebrated
brigand, robber. and incendiary who had
often escaped by means of his great agil
ity. Upon the death of this man, who
was a true type of the born criminal and
morally insane, I examined his skull II
presented an enormous median occ.pital
fossa in place OF the occipital mediaE
spine which occurs in the interioe OF the
skull. This is a characteristic wanting
in the superior apes ard existing in all
other vertebrates. I made the autopsy
in the yard of the prison in the early hours
of the morning. The day was very foggy,
in the winter OF 1854. The weather and
the place did not permit me to make a
thorough autopsy, but recolloct how, al
that moment, the whole idea of my future
work rose before me like a picture. I
instantly perceived that the criminal must
be survival of the primitive man and
the carnivorous animals The idea,
though yet embryonic. was perfected a
few days later when / was called as an
expert by the tribunal of Bergamo in the
case OF a sort OF Jack the Ripper.-one
Verzenti. This young peasant. with cross
eyes and enormous jaws, was possessed
with desire TO d;seGnbowel, chew and eat
morseis. Of women. young and old. who
happened to cross his path. He after
wards confded TO me in secret the great
erotic pleasure which he experienced n
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BE FOUND IT At LAST.

He found he had liver. just by accident.
one day.
And life grew blank and lonely, and he
was heard to say
That marriage was a failure and life an
empty dream:
That hopes and high ambitions were Tar
from what they seem.
While endless strife and struggle 10 gain
a distant goal
Was like reaching after moonbeanls that
would ever further roll
A foolish. fond delusiou- These words he
was heard TO say
When the doctor introduced him to his
liver one bright day!
He found he had a liver. and the sun re-
fused 20 shine.
And. drinkiess and cigarless, be was
forced 20 peak and pine:
Tho earth vas overloaded and the sky
10 more vas blue.
Though all else round about him seemed
OF that ceruiesn hue:
And there was 10 fun IN l!vine-even e1-
ist.nce seemed a bore
Why old foolish poets ssns Of y n old and
modern lore?
Did not youths Illusions vanish. Just as
summer roses fade?
This was after The acquaintance with his
liver had been made.
He had always known MS liver ~as ioca.-
- somewhere near
He had read q lot about !: during many
college year
Blu, an intimate relationship quite cif-
.ers-t became
After that unhappy meeting be Fever was
the same;
He forsook his wife and Children. and LETT
his happy hone-
Ara started CT a pilgrimage. about The
word 20 roam.
Ard he got him 10 monkey, an3 co-1sc
a cowi OF gray.
Just because re found his live accident
ally ore day!
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BIMETALLIC FRANCE

France has bimetalliSm and France
is prosperous, the most prosperous ma
ton ON the globe today. The gold and
silver reserves Of France have reached
n sum in excess of $500 900, or six
times the gold reserve attempted to be
maintained by the United States. OF
this enormous specie reserve $3.50, OO0,-
900 Is in silver. This is the largest
reserve in the world and was never
paralleied in the history of finance.
France has 4 bimetallic currency and
maintains the parity Of gold and silver
by redeeming the notes Of the Bank Of
France in silver whenever gold is de-
manded for export.
1t is true that since 1878 the minis Of
France have not been open to the free
tender five-franc pieces have been kept
in circulation and their debt-paying
quality has not been impaired, nor
have they ever been spoken Of as fifty
cent dollars. If a French newspaper
should denounce the five-franc piece
as dishonest the editor would be arrest
ed Immediately and punished for his
crime by long term of imprisonment.
1t is scarcely necessary to say that in
France a minister of finance would be
considered an imbecile If he should
propose To issue bonds TO buy gold
when he had SSO,OOO, 900 of full legal
tender silver on hand.
And if it should become necessary for
France to issue bonds at any time they
would be first offered to her own peo-
pie, and not given away TO a syndica re
at IS per cent less than they We're
worth in open market
There are hard times in every single
gold standard country, prosperity in
France. The condition of the working
classes in England. and especially in
London, is constantly growing worse.
and in Germany there is the continued
threat of socialism because of the hard
times enforced by the scarcity of
money. The condition OF the laboring
man. Of the farmer and manufacturer
in the United States is rapidly ap-
preaching that Of the laboring man in
England and in Germany. France
alone with her bimetallism is pros
Porous, and France would have full
free coinage but for the fact that she
is hemmed in by gold standard pow
erS. Her bimetallism is supported in
spite OF England and Germany.
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NO USE To 6lCE

Inc Republicans of Kansas will NOT
De permitted to record their conv;c.
IONS as 10 silver, their conclusions
touching the effectiveness of the Pro
hibitory law as temperance measure
'helr choice for president or anything
else. Our bosses after looking the
situation over concluded that they
couldn't afford TO trust the partv in
convention. The people need educa.
uon and will have TO be given a few
object lessons on Prohibition. and a
number OF pointers on silver. hefora
they can be trusted TO come together
An accidental Wet platform and one of
silver, they claim, would prove slipnerv
and somebody might slide of into the
support of some other ticket.
We do not know OF any way whereby
Il Republican state convention might
he called without laying the move
ment open To the charge of irrayulari1v
ana its members 10 approbium. i
state convention Of Republicans was
once called TO meet at Topeka 10 CON
slider the question Of 4 better tenn
pefance measure than Prohibition had
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SILVER CRAZE DYING OUT

Whatever troubles may finally come
to the Republican party OF this coun-
try, over the silver question, the lead
ers Of which are making such heroic @
efforts to dodge, the Democratic party
IS certainly threatened with disrup-
ton. Nothing but the old race ques-
ton holds the south to the Bourbon
party today. But for the supposed
sympathy ever entertained by the
Democratic party for the southerner
in his efforts to politically and indus
trially dominate the African the south
would be practically unanimous for
any party favoring free silver. Ex-
Senator Buffers plan, published in our
yesterday mornings dispatches, is but
an indication Of the feeling in the
south. There are good features in his
proposed platform, features which are
acceptable to many north and south.
The propositions to do away with na-
tional banks and to retire the green
back, whereby the treasury is raided,
and to admit silver to free coinage.
will be Endorsed by many in the north
OF all parties, and his proposed repeal
OF tax on state banks is not only a
popular southern idea but one recon-
mended by the administration.
Every day furnishes proof Of fresh
trouble to the Democratic party over
the silver question. The Eagles dis
patches of yesterday morning further
tells of what is happening on the sill
yer question in Ohio and California.
Iowa, whose Democrats have Just by
a small majority declared against free
SILVER, gave Harrison a plurality of D.
9oo. Mississippi. whose Democrats
adopted ringing free-silver resolutions
ana nominated free-silver men for all
the offices, gave Cleveland q plurality
or $3.50. Illinois, another state in
which the Democrats have taken
strong ground in favor Of free silver
gave Cleveland plurality of o6. 9a3
Two other states in which the Democ-
racy rs outspoken in its demand for
restoration Of free coinage are Texas
and Missouri, in both of which Iarre,v
attended Democratic state conventions
were held last week. ct which the Dra.
Fahlng sentiment of the party WAS
voiced In unequivocal language. Tex
as gave Cleveland a plurality of l39.-
4oc' and Missouri one of 4I.4S0. This
ooeS not look as if the silver craze
was dying OUT in the Democratic
states.
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This Was Quick Work.

A comedian in a French theater once
made great hit out of a painful accident.
One day, while indulging in a bit OF horse
play on the stage, he hit his head violent
ly. entirely an accident, against one of
the pillars OF the scene on, the stage. On
hearing the thud everybody uttered a cry.
mo great harm DONE" Said the comedian.
Just hand me napkin. a glass OF water.
and a salt-cellar.' These were brought.
and he sat down, folded the napkin IN the
form of a bandage. dipped 1t in he glass.
and emptied the salt-cellar on the wet
part. Having thus prepared a compress
according to prescription. and when every
enc expected he would apply IL to his
forehead, he gravely rose and tied II round
the pillar. The effect OF his action was
such that everyone set him down as the
readiest and w1ttiest man IN his profes-
sion.-Harper's Round Table.
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M,K1NLEY REED AND KANSAS.

Governor Morrill, and the Kansas
Republican ring have of late been quite
industriously endeavoring to clinch
what was agreed upon by them over a
year ago, i. e., that the Kansas dele
CATION should stand for Major Nc
kinley in the convention of '96. So
popular is the little Ohio champion Of
protection in Kansas, that there has
been no protests against the arrange
mentS of the bosses and there prob
ably will be none. But, however that
may be, the prairies Of Kansas are full
Of admirers of Tom Reed OF Maine,
and that too without any reference TO
Governor Morriil's chances for second
place on the ticket or anybody else'S
chances in Kansas for a cabinet posi-
ton. Tom Reed is a burly stalwart,
and an awful fighter. When he enters
an arena and throws down his gaunt-
let it means a fight TO the finish so far
as he is concerned. Were he president
now, he would take delight in '.yank-
ing John Waller out of that French
prison by such an exhibition of vigor
Gus diplomacy as would startle all
Europe, supplemting the action by
holding alOft the Kansas negro as a
trophy for all the world to see. Had
he been president steam would have
been kept up in the American navy for
a year past to the safety-valve notch,
and all its vessels flying between Mad
agascar, Nicaragua, Hawaii and
China. Tom Reed is a robust Ameri-
can statesman of the Plymouth Rock
stamp, a Bunker Hill heredity, DOW
erful friend and dangerous enemy.
The Hon. Thomas B. Reed has kept
remarkably quiet during the past few
months. 1t is said that, assuming it
to be a settled fact that he would be
the next speaker Of the house of rep
resentativeS, he has been devoting
himself to arranging the committees
of the next house. This is a very diff
ficult and delicate task under any cir
cumStances. When it devolveS upon
man UP the eve of presidential cam
sbAN hC ID ioOhlHS lOI " a
possible presidential nomination, the
of the situation are
doubly accentuated. Mr.. Reed is not
q man who hesitates. AS a rule, he is
sure of himself, knows his ground and
acts boldly. Much will depend upon
his course during the next few months.
If he makes no mistakes and scores a
In the speakers chair at Wash
ington he will gain support as a presi-
dental candidate from all over the
He will overshadow Nc
kinley and all of the other gentlemen
who are now dreaming of securing the
nomination for president.
His only possible danger lies in the
power which he will WELD as the next
speaker of the national house. 1t is
a trying position, with more traps and
chances of far-reaching mistakes than
environ the position of president, and
being utterly fearless he may make
the blunder that shall knock out his
boom.
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Miracle of the Wooden sword.

Frederick the Great used somtimes to
visit his soldiers incogn:to that he might
better know how they conducted them
selves. On one Of these occasions he
came across soldier who had been drink
ing more than was good for him. He
talked with him and they became very
friendly. At last he said:
How do you get money TO spend on
drink" I get the same pay that you do.
but 1 don't feel able 10 buy liquor with II.
Tell me how you manage 10 get enough TO
have such a good time with"
You seem TO be a good-natured chap"
said the soldier. "and 1 don't see why I
shouldn't tell you Now. today / am 60
ing 10 entertain an Old friend. AS you
say. * isn't possible 10 do this OF the
pay wet get. So raise little mopey on
the outside
But how?' persisted the emperor.
Why. 1 pawn some things that / can
90 without for a few days. replied the
other. Then I I've pretty close for few
Gays and save enough 20 redeem them
with Today. when ] wanted 10 be nice
20 this old friend. / pawned the blade OF
my sword. We won't be reviewed for
some days, and / viii get Il back before
there Will be any chance 20 discover thai
l have parted with it
Frederick expressed his admiration 81
the clever economy Of the soldier and soon
after left him The following day tie
troops received an unexpected order 10
present themselves for a dress parade
The emperor discovering 'he solder o.
TIRE day before. made hin leave rhe ranks
wiki tho soldier who vas a, his right.
Then he commanded him 10 6is.st ire
o;Esf - his Uniform. and when re hal
c7ns this he said TO re .oiil=r when Re
wanted 10 catch:
Nov draw your sword and cot OF Tie
sea1 OF thss wretch
The soldier entrea ID Fretsrick rot 20
e-fcfce such . Scrm--d. ssyfng sast ks
y oals make his owe tie su1oee. able IL h
we're 20 XII = worthy nsaa 18th vh< Il ne
had sesysd for over n;seec years TIE
emperor remained r7asxsoie 20 AZ his 81
trsas.es anu protsxtAuo7A Finally whse
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EDITORIAL MENDACITY.

The Eagles good natured protest
against editorial Misrepresentation of
existing condition in Wichita proved
ineffective so far. at least, as one OF the
scribbling hacks is concerned. The
journalistic Prohibitionist alluded to
not only visited the city but interview
ed the editor of this paper, at which
time he expressed not only regret for
the very evident mistake the state ad-
ministratfon had made but unqualified
ly commended the course of the Eagle.
This bright and shining specimen of
manhood returning home proceeded in
his next issue to indOrSe the appoint
ment of a Democrat to the chairman
ship and dictatorship of the beard Of
police commissioners, but clinched his
position by asserting that sit is 4 well
known fact that the Eagle is not only
the organ of whisky but that it is sup
ported by whisky interests and kept
alive by money contributed by whisky
men,"
OF course so teXtureleSS a tissue Of
Misrepresentation cannot harm the
Eagle nor effect a single one Of its
readers, but the fact that the chances
that there are those who were thus
misled, remains. What puzzles us Is
how any man, especially one endeavor-
ing to make himself conspicuous by
standing for the truth and the right,
can afford to deceive his readers, in a
matter external to their own interests,
by such a bare-faced lie. However
indefensible the vice of drink, or lost
to the demands Of righteousness the
defender of the liquor traffic might be,
either would shine conspicuously for
rectitude compared TO the juggling
whelp Of hell and rotten decoy duck
of the devil, who ambushed in 4 pre-
tense of extra virtue, falls back upon
famation of character and simple in
ornate lying to the end of sustaining
his own hypocritical position by de-
ceiving his friends and patrons Any
cause, however good. any principle,
however pure and exalted. or how
ever urgent its needs of succor or de-
Tense, is simply unfortunate in being
championed by any such reasty skunk
as filters his fetfd putridity through
the columns of the fungus issue to
which we refer.
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Bought His Own Future.

An amusing story is told OF a gentleman
living in London. AS the anecdote goes.
IT seems that he had a passion for the pur-
chase of secondhand furniture at auc-
tons. and that in making good bargains"
he had filled his house with antiquated
and almost useless articles. Upon one
occasion his wife took the responsibility.
without consulting her husband, to have a
portion of the least useful OF the pieces
removed 20 an auction-room TO be sold.
Great was her dismay when, on the even
ing OF the day OF the sale. the majority OF
the articles came back to the house. The
husband had stumbled into the auction
room, and, not knowing his own furniture,
had purchased it al better bargain than
a frst-Harper' Round Table.
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>w@pnsnnsl

John Butler. who was married 10 Fran
els Butler on the day OF the opening OF
original Oklahoma. has sued Francis for
divorce, charging adultery. Francis
comes back I'm an answer charging John
with adultery. and there you are.
James Whiteomb Riley says that a great
deal OF the poetry appearing IN the papers
with his name attached was rot written
by him. And some OF the poetry written
by Riley and appearing IN the papers
might better have never been signed By
him.
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The adha Daily Eagle dedmesaay ornmg august FL 1895

cholera, or corn either. This would
have been deemed compensatory. By
our state exchanges it would seem that
cholera has attacked hogs in almost
every part of the state where large
herds are kept. Hog cholera seldom
appears in Kansas. A prominent hog
raiser Of this county saved large herd
Of hogs attacked by the cholera, few
years ago, by turning them on to al
falfa But not every farmer has both
hogs and alfalfa.
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fgure-but not In blecmers-at the editor
ial meeting at FL Reno.
An FL Reno man fed his COW on saw
dust last week and the next morning
MIXED out ten pine-knot&
The Edmond Anti-Horseshief assoeia-
ton ratified the capture OF Wyatt with .
picnic at Edmond. September Il
Irwin Johnson = an Csslz Ao-n- C*ry boy
who has br.l, n little buggy al by him.
SELF which his Newfoundland dog draws.
Mrs. Minnie Brady and Miss savannah
Smith are IN jail IN Guthrie. charged with
perjury and forgery in al alleged pension
fraud.
Populism may not be dead IN Kansas.
but the Pcpulists are actually rejoicing
over the corn crop as much as the Re-
pubhcans.
Everyoody-Pops. Republicans and
Democrats-are satisfied with the ap-
Robert Ray
college. has also got the lecture fever
now raging among the educational peo-
pie OF Oklahoma.
the bloomered woman and the trousered
sQuaw from buck.
Populist Vincent tried to break up John
Twaznley's Cuban meeting a Guthrie. Sat
urday night. II is limited that he was
hired TO do it by the king of Spain.
If Zip Wyatt intends TO keep up rs
popularity he should wander again in his
mind and hold I'D few more dream
trains for the beniit OF an interested pub
lie.
The Guthrie Leader deserves erea,
praise for its Industrious and indefa;ig-
able custom OF congratulating deputy
marshais for everything and anything
they may do.
j. Atwater, a colored man at Oklahoma
City. has a trout line in a stream and
every time a fish takes hook the con-
nect3on is so made that it rings q tele-
phone bell at his house.
Special Agent Poe. of the land depart
ment. is going TO swoop down on Beaver
county TO investigate frauds reported "a
have been committed by cattlemen In
making final proof of some Land OIL the
CimarroR river.
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At the Atlanta Exposition 1oS inven-
tons by American women will be ex-
hibited. not including the invention of
the wife who falls over the chair on
which her husbands trousers are hung
OF night
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cKLAEcMA OrTLLsEs

wste-uassons AZ Arapahoe are actually
selling for SIX for a aickle-
The fair Of O. courty comes CT q. Arzf,-
azoe the second week u crtoo---
I, a aid hat he sz,-s re "a sszrilnx
is trains AGAINST q suspected rad ~ he
Christian brothers.
Nrx Marion Rock 9As Q coascsesccs
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Hovenden, the artist who met death
SO heroically last week in PHILADELPHIA.
should be honored by Kansans In adj
dition TO this act, because of his
famous painting of the martyrdom of
John Brown.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-21

1t is with sorrow that people see bak-
ing powder companies letting I'D in
their night Many people expected TO
see the war wax so strong that hi.
cycles would be given away with every
package Of powder next spring