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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02
THE QUESTION OF rARKHuRsr.

1t is not easy to give correct and
fair judgment of the unexpected turn
in the effort to purify the politics OF
New York City. The censure of DR..
Parkhurst is going to be heavy. His
enemies and those who have not been
his devoted friends will certainly
blame him for his show Of choleric
petulance. The LeXow committee
worked hard and to ali appearance
honestly. The work of Lawyer Golf
was conscientious and involved dam
gers. He spared no witness and was
so strong and firm in his investigation
OF corruption that his friends believed
his life in danger. which no doubt it
was Senator Lexow was just as
honest and tireless in his work. These
facts Parkhurst does not deny.
His case against Lexow and Golf is
that they blundered in accepting aid
from Byrnes. Byrnes was, in the eyes
Of Parkhurst, the chief corruptionist,
and the denouement which allows the
superintendent to retire in halo of
glory is NORWOOD to the fiery
preacher.
1t is large question as to whether
DR.. Parkhurst'S indignation is just or
not. If Byrnes is corrupt and has been
corrupt for thirty years, it was not
right in the Lexow committee to grant
him exemption by failure to cross
question him severely enough. But if
Byrnes' statement that he has known
of corruption in the police system and
has tried to combat 1T is taken for the
truth then Parkhurst has erred.
But whether Parkhurst in this, his
latest show of temper and choler, is
right or wrong, the opinion of the
public will be made in one mould 1t
will be generally believed that Park
hurst is prey to some very mean,
despicable emotions. AS Senator
Lexow charges, the public will believe
that he is jealous because all the honor
Of the investigation does not fall to
him.
The public will believe this because
it is plain that Parkhurst by his attack
has hurt and crippled the cause for
which he has made the greatest pre-
tensions. When the investigators get
into wrangle, great load is going to
be lifted off the minds of the corrupt
officials who were to be investigated
and punished. With Parkhurst and
the Lexow committee at swords point,
the thieying policemen and highway
men in public Office in New York City
will nestle in their security and con-
ifV
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02
IT WOULD BREAK THE GOVERNMENT

Edward Atkinson, the famous statis-
United States legal tender notes force
the government into liquidation by a
combined demand for gold. Such q
movement would burst the treasury
just as surely as continued run on q
bank closes its doors. The government
is solvent, but not to the extent of pay
ing its obligations all in gold on imme-
date demand. No bank in the world
could stand such run.
There is one way to get rid of the
legal tender if it must be got rid of,
which we doubt, and that is by the
issuance of low interest bonds for their
gradual retirement and cancellation.
These bonds might serve in turn as the
basis for new issues of bank notes.
In this way there would be no sudden
contraction of the currency. Besides
it is simple, safe and honest, and an
honorable way out of the difficulty
in which the treasury finds itself. prin-
cipally by over issues and reissues of
legal tender demand obligations.
Mr.. Atkinson probably was not SER
iouS in his advice He no doubt de-
sired to put men to thinking. In the
meantime. however, it is becoming
fearfully dangerous to tinker with the
currency question. People are alarmed
as to what might happen and panic
could easily be precipitated in which
there would be no money except gold
and silver at their market price per
ounce and pound The credit of the
paper currency once badly weakened
or destroyed and all commercial paper
becomes worthless
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02
A SOLDIERS DOOM.

From the St Louis Republic.
One day at the fort sudden cry was
raised that the maior's horse had gone
mad, but ii was not until the Wild
eyed and foam-f,ecked animal had been
shot as he rushed back and forth across
the parade ground that we learned be
had bitten Corporal Wallace on the
arm when he first gained his liberty.
Some said the horse had been bitten
BY a reptile or insect and was only
frenzied with pain Others dropped
their voices TO a whisper as they re-
called the suspicious actions of
strange dog which had been fired upon
and driven away a week or two before
The teeth of the horse had torn cloth
and flesh and drawn blood he had
not bitten like horse, but snapped
like dog.
Pooh, man. no danger. NO dangerT
the surgeon had said, as he dressed
the wound
Its only a scratch. and we won't
talk about IL" the corporal made an
swer TO all his comrades
We had nothing more to say except
among ourselves but from that has1'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02
INEosPITABLE CITY WAYS.

From the Chicago tribune.
People from smaller cities and coun-
try towns who move to Chicago often
have to learn by dear experience how
to be inhospitab In small town
nearly all residents for a distance of
a quarter of a mile on either side are
| more or less your neighbors, while in
the city you probably don't know the
name of the man who occupies the
fat across the hall from you, much less
his business.
81 got a new application of the maxim
that every mans house is his castle
when came to Chicago" said young
lawyer from one of the fourishing
county seats of Illinois who decided to
tempt fortune in wider field. lone of
the first things noticed was that every
man carried key to his house and
locked and unlocked the front door
every time he went out or in, even in
the daytime. Now if a man should do
such thing in the town where l came
from it would certainly occasion talk,
and it might be darkly limited that he
had something in his house which he
had the best of reasons for locking
away from curious eyes. OF course
doors were locked at night, but even
this, particularly in the summer time
when fresh air was in demand, was a
rule to which there were many eXcep-
tions.
''When located here / rented fat
on the North side, near the park.
When tried to be friendly with my fell
low-sufferers in the building theyrather
stared at me and seemed to think was
fresh. So 1 became reserved. They
locked their front doors when they went
downtown in the morning and I'M
bolted them when they came back at
night, although there were two or
three women beside husky servant
girl at home all the time-a force
amply sufficient, as thought, to scare
hold him if necessary until a policeman
could be called. / bolted my door with
the rest for awhile, but my wife lost
one of our two keys one day and L was
obliged to ring when came home.
FINALLY got tired of this, and as 1
could never think to have a new key
made told my wife l thought it was
all nonsense to lock the doors in the
day time, and as she thought so too we
left them unlocked for three days.
When 1 got home in the evening of
the third day she told me before
] had got fairly inside the door that
the house had been entered about
ten o'clock that morning and an
armful Of things carried off including
my best trousers and a smoking jacket.
My wife and the domestic were in the
back part of the house at the time.
The thief had evidently heard one of
them coming while still at work max
ing his selections, for they found
clothing scattered from the front door,
which was standing open, down to the
next landing. We were in the third
fiat and how this thief had the audaci-
ty to suppose that he could steal a
whole basketful of clothing at ten in
the morning and get away down two
flights of stairs l don't understand.
Lawyers are supposed to be pretty
cheeky, but this man discouraged me.
I got a new key at once, had a new
Yale lock and a bolt put on the door
the next day, and took out permit to
carry a revolver"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02
A RestfuI Occupstion.

Friend-Don't you often get tired
writing jokes?
Paragrapher-Awfully.
What do you do for rest7"
write puns Puck.
1t wouidn't Bear Repeating.
Caller-Is Mr.. Grumpy in?
New FootInar-No, sir. He says he's
out
And did he say nothing else
''Oh, yes, sir. But there's no need
of any bad language between you and
me. sir. Boston Budget
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02
A Hear.Ie.s Horne.

Two-year-old Helen IA little Wyo-
ming girl) was much pleased when her
brother brought home an Indian pony.
The following day neighbor boz, be-
coming TOO familiar with the pony re-
ceived kick which sen. him rolling in
the grass. while the pony ran away and
neighed loudly.
Poor boy" said Helen from her
place On the porch pony kicked hira
aud den laughed a. hin
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02
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Currency plans have not stopped for
the holidays, and SO many have been
offered that it is dangerous to make
suggestions for fear of being accused
of plagiarism.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

Mr.. Astor assumes good deal when
he expresses the opinion that he is
hated in America. This country don't
rare anything about him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

The Santa Fe has concluded to rape
no more judges or other honorable
gentlemen by holding them up and
making them take passes or suffer the
CONSEQUENCES
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

Answer TO correspondent: No. the
laws of Kansas do not provide for the
damages against a railroad for failure
TO supply statesmen with annual
passes.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

Kansas is not living up to her reputa-
ton in allowing her unfortunate
neighbor Nebraska to have her suffer
ers relieved and Kansas take no hand
ia the matter
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

The public were of the opinion that
the Lexow committee did fairly well,
but DR.. Parkhurst seems to think they
made great fall down.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

DR.. Parkhurst is not satisfied, be-
cause some Of his personal animosities
were not made the feature of the in
yeStigatiOn.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

1t is now announced that Steven
son. the novelist. died from the ex-
cessive use of tobacco. This refutes
the story that he died from smoking
cigarettes.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

Yesterday was a holiday but today is
the time to commence to do your part
towards pushing Wichita to the front
and your own interests as well.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

The Democrats not only succeed in
destroying American industries but
are causing our farm products to be
shut out from all the best foreign
r,arkafS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

Hundreds of dollars are sent out of
Wichita every day for cabbages, po-
tatoes and other vegetables that ought
TO be raised in this country.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

Secretary Morton has nearly COM
pleted the work of destroying all the
good that Secretary Rusk did in the
way of getting American products in,
troduced into Europe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

Cleveland and Carlisle have the op-
good. 10y doing in 1895 just as differ
emily from what they did in 1894 as
possible
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

Irrigation will not only prove profit
able TO those who engage in it, but
every effort in that direction will in
crease the rainfall.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

The world has been turning over
new leaves for centuries. and man
hasn't reached the end of the first
chapter in the. book of eternity yet.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

1t is charged that Senator Vest has
made a million dollars in the senate
With time even old PETER may be able
TO get on to the ropes.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

The Eagle is trying to keep up with
the prospects for the great Southwest
and if everyone else will do the same
the realization will come mighty soon.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

Good crops always follow cold Win
ter in Kansas. The freezing of the
ground is an important factor in put
ting ground in good condition.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

Perhaps it was Lexow'S attack on
Anthony Constock, the SAINT Whlch
soured ParkhurSt.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

The party of misrule will soon step
down and out forever, and another
disastrous page in the history of Kan
saS will be closed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

Short orders and quick delivery is
the essential thing in supplying trade.
There is a vast trade that Wichita can
reach better than any other town.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

A Pennsylvania woman took her pet
canary to prison with her and stimuli
taneously 1,S00 newspaper paragraph
ers sad something about iail-birds.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

1t is the opinion of George Martin
of Kansas City, Kan, that the Repub-
licans haven't any margin to act the
fool ON.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

John Burns has injured himself and
his cause by his American trip. He
could come to this country ana become
very popular Populist.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

Pennoyer would be all right II he
would hang pair of storm doors on
the outside of his temper.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

Mrs. Grannis, the decolette reform
er, says that one New York woman
captured four husbands by her pretty
neck. She won by neck.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

The question of irrigation is the most
important one before the people of
Kansas, and it will be thoroughly in
vaSfio3fp1
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

The home market will soon be all
that will be left this country, and the
Democrats don't think that worth at
fen1iOn.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

All that is necessary now is to get
the sponges, towels and referee ready,
and the Oklahoma legislature can con-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

1t now develops that the prime cause
of the low price Of wheat Is the visible
supply.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

There is room for a million dollars
to be probably invested In the 3opplng
trade of Wichita.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

While Lexow and Parkhurst ara
settling their differences, Anthony
ComStock will be busy scraping the
hot mud off his good name.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

A man who is as used to playing
Ieap-frog as Parkhurst should know
enough not to howl if his shin gets
barked q little.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

Possibly the reason that French duel
lists cannot shoot straight is that they
have each other hypnotiZed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

Carlisle is still casting gold on the
water, and receiving nothing in re-
turn but large hot gobs of public in
dignation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

DR.. Parkhurst presented a roast to
the Lexow committee as New Years
Off
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

Business opportunities are better
right here than at any other place In
the country.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

The wholesale trade of Wichita is
capable of being doubled in 1895.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

Wichita ought to be the great entire
not for agricultural implements for the
southwest.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

Cigars are a great comfort. What
did you swear off for anyway?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

The waeas weeril often destroys
the grain n . whole storehocse, ihs
mischief being done before i l. dis
covered
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

The coming legislature will have a
good deal of undoing to do.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02

supply.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-01-10
THE POET OF THE VALLEY.

John b. Lonas, the Tennyson of Ma
varre, whose sonnets on the Vaughn
Wheel and the "Johnstown Flood"
have given him a place by the side Of
the greatest poets of the day, is in the
city today. Like all great writers, Mr..
Lonas travels great deal, that he may
acquire a broad knowledge Of the var
ious parts of the country. He has not
been doing much literary work lately as
his health is rather poor, but he expects
TO soon launch upon the public a story
that will make him even more famous
than he is at present.-Massillon indie
pendent
Mr.. Lonas' first poem appeared in the
News DEMOCRAT. In fact the NEwsDEMo-
Graf was the first paper in the United
States to publish Mr.. Lonas' poems, and
TO give them voice and flavor in the
Nimishillen valley.
OF course the Independent knows that
but it is too cramped in its literary dia-
pbragm to give the patron of
Mr.. Lonas' diaperetic minstrelsy any
credit. In fact, as We are
credibly informed, the editor of the
Independent refused to print one of the
best of Mr.. Lonas' poems, that after
wards appeared in the NEws-DEMocRAT,
and upon which he won much local
fame.
II has ever been thus with all great
poets. Robert Burns never had any
recognition until he secured a local pub
Usher for his now immortal Highland
Mary; and when you read Lord Byron's
reply to the English Lords and Scotch
Reviewers, you will know how Byron
was ignored by the recognized English
essayists, critics and poets of his day.
Shakespeare was for years little better
than a strolling minstrel and discredit.
ed actor, without reputation or visible
means Of support.
Mr.. Lonas is not only the Tennyson Of
Navarro; he sings the diarrhetic dia.
pason of the whole Nimishellen valley.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-01-10
WILL CONGRESSMAN soRG STAND
FOR GOVERNOR

The latest on Ohio Democratic politics
comes in Washington special. And it
is all about two Butler county states
men-Ex-Gov. Campbell and Congress-
man Paul Sorg. 1t is claimed, that ow-
ing to differences growing out of bust
ness, Gov. Campbell and Jas. Hughes
(Hughes is political force), have be-
come estranged, and Hughes now tavors
PaulSorg for Governor of Ohio, this year.
The Washington correspondent OF the
Plain Dealer says:
"An explanation of this new departure
comes from reliable source and it is to
the effect that Messrs. Hughes and Camp
bell have parted personally and politi-
cally owing to troubles which grew out of
business relations. That this alienation
of old friends will have an important
bearing on Ohio's politics cannot be
doubted. Hughes is a power in south
western Ohio and has a large acquaint-
ance throughout the state. His opposi-
ton to the ex-governor and advocacy Of
Sorg will go far toward advancing the
chances of the congressman and inter-
fering with the prospects Of the But
Ter county statesman. Congressman
Sorg is not talking these days. He is
not man of many words and is letting
things take their course, but his friends
are molding public sentiment, and it is
believed that under certain conditions
Sorg will be candidate. One Of these
conditions will be that Senator Brice will
take an active part in the campaign, or
at least a determined effort will be made
to carry the legislature. Senator Brice
has not announced whether he will seek
re. election
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-01-10

Hon. HoKE SMITH, Sec'y of the Inter
ior, has just made another important
pension decision, which stops number
of soldiers pensions. Strange that none
of the Republican organs are abusing
him therefor But let us tell you the
reason why. Those whose pensions have
been stopped are soldiers whose disabil.
ity was incurred in fighting under a
strange and new banner, called the Stars
and Bars, in the cause of the Southern
Confederacy. Hundreds ofthese soldiers,
who deserted the Southern cause near
the close of the war, and who afterwards
enlisted for ninety days to do guard
duty in the Union army, were pensioned
by the Harrison administration, under
the pauper law. Hoke Smith has stop
ped all these pensions, on the ground
that the disability was not incurred in
the right army, and that soldier whose
disability was incurred in fighting
against the Union, instead Of fighting
for the Union, is not entitled to PEN
sion, even if he is now pauper. Now,
why don't all the organs, big and little,
of the great party of alleged patriotism
and nigh moral ideas, roast Mr.. Hoke
Smith, on account of this important de-
cision2
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-01-10

from the square cOrsage there was a rain
of jet beads, which showed beautifully
over the chiffon stOnIacher and fell below
the waist line.
Among the handsomest fabrics made up
for evening wear arc che superb Lyons sat
ins. These are not exactly new, but by
popularity in their weave they may be
called new, as they all show n frosting OF
some lighter tint'or white over the surface
Of the ground color. Rose and maize are
also woven together In some mysterious
way that makes very beautiful tint, and
when this is produced I'm satin that will
almost stand alone one can imagine what
a noble effect 1t must give. The green's
have an ivory tint In their texture some
where which shows fitfully, and blues
have silvery white lights that remind one
OF the gleam of moonlight ON tho ocean.
Surely hand has never produced anything
more beautiful or stately. These satins
are not brocaded or figured, their smooth
surface being their chief beauty, and the
least possible amount OF trimming is
placed upon the skirts Whatever is put
upon the corsages is set In manner cal.
culated TO display TO the best advantage
rather than TO hide the fabric.
/ hardly know what we could do with.
out chinon. Tulle Is too frail, and silk
muslin too stiff, and crepe llsse too apt to
become stringy to make thoroughly salts.
flying garniture that shall still be suffi-
oiently light and nebulous while yet
strong. It Is here that chiffon makes its
value felt, as 1t is light and filmy and yet
strong.
Crepons have not lost their popularity
for all kinds of uses, and every new Inn
portation shows some new device In the
weave or crinkle, color or warp. Probably
the straight medium sized orinkle will al
ways be the first fayorite, as IL takes trim
ming better than those varieties with deep
or and more irregular effects.
Crepon makes a most useful fabric for
shildren, as 10 Is light and flexible and
does not tear easily and N the color IL
gopd Il win wnsh. All that is required Is
W dip 10 into good warm lather snd