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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18
THE MYSTIC BROTHERHOOD.

The Order of the Mystic Brotherhood,
which was so suddenly organized, and
so nunerOusly Joined one evening in
this city, when Frank Dawes and Bill
Campbell were attempting to make a
prohibition example of Wichita, now
promises to cut quite a figure in the
election next fall. The society was
organized in lf-defense against a raid
which was inStigated against Wichita
at d meeting held in Topeka on the
4th of July, 1895. 1t was simply a
scheme Of crank persecution, to which
no other city in the state was subject
ed, its purpose being individual glory
Tor the fellows who in engineering the
onslaught persuaded Governor Morrill,
to summary remove as upright a
police commission as any city ever
had, together with their city marshal,
leaving Wichita in the hands of q
coterie whom everybody here knows
and who it is unnecessary to name, a
number of whom have left the state.
The people of the state at large sup
posed the o. NJ. b. to be made I'D of
buns and irresponsibles in general.
But the fact is it was constituted of all
classes of citizen taxpayers, including
church members not only, but some
prohibitiOnists.
This organization now becomes a DO
lucal factor OF Importance, especially
so when no one knows but that a few
thousand votes may throw the state
one way or the other. The Mystic
Brotherhood is against extreme prose-
cutions under the prohibitory law in
communities where the majority senti-
ment Is against the enactment. and it
also, we believe, demands that the con-
stltuuonal amendment, which was
rushed on to the people Of this state by
minority vote, through the machina-
tons of that supernal dema gogue and
party disorganizer, J. Peter st. John,
be resubmioted to the people. Both
the Pop convention at Abilene, and the
Democratic convention at Hutchinson.
ignored the question entirely, while the
Republican convention refused to say
yes or no, consigning the resolution Of
fered by a prominent member of the.
order, to the waste basket of the COM
mittee on platform.
This organization. which spread ont
over the state. now claims a member
ship Of $1,000. all under the one single
pledge TO vote for no man for any Do
Htical Office who is not in favor of re-
submission Ii indeed the order con-
tainS even One-half of the claim. or
1000, it becomes the most significant
outside or independent force in the
field, in the event of its membership
standing by its pledge A dispatch
from Topeka announces that Breiden-
thai, the chairman Of the Popocratic
central committee, is negotiating for
the support of the o. NJ. Il. However.
he says that the brotherhood will not
permit Itself To be used to defeat any
particular ticket The same dispatch
says that in Shawnee the Republicans
are endeayoring to capture the organi-
cation. which has eighteen lodges in
that county.
state meeting OF the brotherhood
is called for Wichita next month. when
1t is expected that something may be
settled touching the vote OF its mem
bership this fall.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18
McClure's Magazine for september

McClure's Magazine for September
will contain the first report ever pub
ished of Abraham Iincoln's famous
lost Speech" delivered at Blooming
ton, before the first Republican state
convention held in Illinois Il never
witnessed such a scene before or since, -
Gays Joseph Medin, editor of the Chi
cago Tribune, who was member Of
the convention and writes an intro
duction to the report of the speech de-
scrihing the occasion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18
ANOTHER NEW WOMEN.

Those who had the privilege OF meet
ing Miss Adelaide Spence. OF Auck-
land. New Zealand. when she was here
in America as a representative OF that
beautiful country during the worlds
fair, og who heard her scholarly lee
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18

Although they tried, none of the Eu-
ropean reporters was smart enough to
see Ii Hung Chang's coffin which he
carries with him. Some American re-
porter will not only see it but Will
steal it long enough To be buried in 1t
and describe the sensation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18

On the sound money Democra tic slate
Henry Waterson is down for president
Why not take Carlisle; Watterson has
fought Cleveland and his candidacy
would still leave Cleveland without q
place to vote.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18

Sherman also read his speech from
manuscript. So did Bryan. Are the
great men of this nation getting ON to
the fact that the people are becoming
diStruStful of them?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18

There is some mistake about free
dom leaping up in a trice and jerking
tyranny bald-headed, as Cuba shows
Liberty scratches ont Of prison but she
does it with sandpaper and is long
time about it
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18

The Topeka Mail charges I.eedy with
drinking red liquor. This from a pa
per which knows there is not a Repub-
lican official in Kansas who is not a
total abstainer is a strong campaign
argument
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18

Every man who feels. knows there is
an immense SociaEstic faint in this
country and he knows it will assert
itself. 1t can not die out so long as
the excessive rich are so prominent
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18

To a large part Of the people OF the
United States John Sherman's speech
on finance is Bible. 1t is accepted as
the bedrock truth. There are some
Populists who know this fact and they
actually weep when they think about
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18

Mrs Lease made a better speech in
New York than Bryan did. Mrs. Lease,
next to John J. ingalls,, can make a
better speech than any man or wo-
man west of the Mississippi
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18

The people of the west have always
imagined that Cleveland's unpopular
~ was because Of bond issues 10 the
amount of S262, 100000. Still Cleve-
land is not blamed at all for this by
eastern orators.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18

Bryan agrees with the gold standard
organs Of the east by confessing that
his speech of acceptance was disap-
pointing to the people. There is an
honesty about this which will paralyze
the eastern press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18

The silver men are running the DEM
ocratic campaign this year. German
was the one gold Democrat who want
ed to make up with them but they dis
trusted him and he had to retire.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18

Foraker says that he would rather
follow the leadership of John Sherman
than Mary Lease, the leadership of a
Republican always before Tillman.
Mr.. Foraker is right. He holds posi-
ton under the Republican party and it
is expected of him that he do just as
he saws
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18

to the man who speaks plainly and
honestly, and turn deaf ear to the
man who talks grandiloquently but in
sinoorplY
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18

Two years ago Morrill, announced
himself for free coinage, with the addi-
ton. Il do not see how the ratio can
be anything else hut 16 to L." Will
Major Morrill, take the stump this
rearI
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18

Bryan win make another speech in
New York City. Later in the CAM
paign Bryan will wake up to the fact
that silver seed will find New York
City mighty poor soil
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18

We observe with surprise and Won
der that several defeated aspirants for
nominations, according TO their organs,
"came out Of the fight stronger than
eyeri'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18

1t is the concensus of opinion that
his mortgage decision, his free silver
views and the fact he does not wear
q necktie defeated Chief Justice Mar
tin. 1t was chiefly injustice, in fact.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18

Last year congress refused to select
a Kansas man for chaplain. And now
dear old Kansas, determined that con-
gress shall hear a Kansas prayer,
threatens to elect Jerre Botkin.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18

"You can not cruelty mankind on a
cross of gold" said one man feeGngly.
81 should say not" said a bystander.
81 should think that just plain pine
would be bad enough"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18

William Jennings Bryan and Mrs.
Bryan wanted to go to New England
but Jones, campaign manager, said no.
Jones says straightout that Bryan is
talking too much.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18

Kansas editors should try to under
stand that the plain statement that
Jim Jones will defeat John Smith
easily" will not this year, help Jim
Jones do it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18

In Chicago the police have notified
people they must not discuss the fin
ancial question on the street. This is
proof that the free coinage Of silver
discussion blocks business.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18

1t would not be bad idea to let
Oscar Wilde out and let come OF the
English nobility who were implicated
with Wilde, but shielded, in
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18

The average Kansas Populist has
read John Sherman's speech and he is
delighted to miss in it a single word
denunciatory of Growers bond issues.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18

The big fight in the campaign will
be in Indiana Both sides in that state
refuse to fight without money and they
will both have money this fall
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18

DR.. Jameson is now in prison, taking
things easily and smoking and eating
the best Jameson was guilty in the
eyes of the law. Caste saves him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18

Populist Leedy pays his railroad fare
when he travels. This is discour2glng
news to his friends. So did Chief
Justice Martin.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18
4ailu II eagle
M. M. MURDOCH. Editor

Mckinley refuses to come to Topeka
this fall 1t is not his larnyX he is
afraid of; it is his digestion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18

Speeches read from manuscript mean
Just one thing-orators are trying 10
restore the confidence Of the people in
them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-18

lust at present Jim Troutman of To-
peka is Initiating man who TOOK a
stick and punched up well enough.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-16
1t Was In His Bill.

That reminds me of story they tell
about Rudyard Kipling - indeed,
won't be sure that it isn't he who tells
it. He staid at hotel once upon time,
in Montreal. I think it was. and when
he came to go away he asked for tho
landlord. The landlord appeared.
II wanted to see you," said Mr.. Kip
ling, because you are wonderful man.
have never known your equal. l have
sojourned in hotels all around the world.
I have never seen one like this"
The landlord swelled with pride. He
intimated that the thing was really
nothing when you knew how to do it.
He was in seventh heaven Of delight.
Mr.. Kipling waited till he neared earth
again. Then he resumed:
II want TO tell you that Of all the no.
tells under the shining sun I have never
seen one that for unmitigated, all round,
uncomfortable discomfort could not even
be named in the same day with yours. I"
And when Mr.. Kipling's bill was
made out. one item in it read, ITO i'm
pudence. So" But what's s., when one
has spoken ones mind?-Washingto
Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-16
New York Police.

One day I saw boy throw an apple
across Ann street at another, but it miss.
ed the boy and broke q window. A 20.
liceman came rushing across and seized
a lad standing in q doorway and the
wrong boy altogether. As he was drag
ging him away the victim appealed to
me and stepped forward and said.
"Ofiicer, the boy who threw the apple
ran toward Broadway. This boy
Come along with mel" interrupted
the peeler.
what for"'
"For obstructing IN officer while
making an arrest!''
Invent with him to the station house,
and it was exactly 40 minutes before ]
could convince the captain that was
innocent Of any intent to obstruct and
secure my liberty. You can think what
you will Of New York policeman, but
don't try arguments or explanations
New York Cor. Detroit Free Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-16
The Lion,s Roar.

DR.. Livingstone noted the odd resem-
blance Of the lions roar to that of the
ostrich. Mr.. Millais says that though
the roar Of the latter is not SO loud. it
has exactly the same tone as that of the
lion. But the ostrich always roars his
best, the lion very seldom. This is part
ly because a good" roar needs q great
physical effort. The whole interior and
muscles of mouth, throat, stomach and
abdomen are, for the moment, converted
into an organ of terrific sound, and the
sound does make the earth tremble-or
appear to do SO. But the attitude is not
that usually drawn. Unless he roars ly-
ing down, when he puts his head up.
like a dog barking, the lion "emits his
first moan in any position, then draws
in his neck and lowers his head with
extended paws, right down to his fore
paws, as if about to be violently sick
while at the same time the back is arch
ed, and the whole animal bears an ap-
pearance Of concentrated strain"
This is Captain Millais' phonetic rem
dering of the sound, taken when listen
ing to three lions roaring their best
Moan - roar - Roar -roar-roar-
neutrality-suspicious. (dy.
ing away" Why lions roar, when il
ought to pay better to keep silent. is not
yet explained. General hamilton was
convinced that tigers hunting in COM
pany roar to confuse and brighten the
deer. Possibly the lion roars, when
prowling around camp, in the hope Of
causing some Of the draft animals to
break loose; at other times it appears to
be form Of conversation with others at
distance. Spectator.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-16
WOES OF A RESTAURANT KEEPER.
His Napkins and Even His Casters Carried
or By Customers.

or By Customers.
It was during the second half Of the
rush for dinner IN a restaurant near
Washington market. where several thou
sands persons are fed daily. when a great
clamor arose for napkins, and walters
rushed about gathering up what few
could be found OF the tables and distrib.
uting these. and others were dispatch.
ed to the laundry for more. Henry, the
hsad waiter, went around meantime
.rying to pacify the people. who were
angry and declaring that it was shame
that the house couldn't give q man
napkin to wipe his mouth with. Soma
customers fell back upon the time hon.
cred custom of the neighborhood and
used the corners Of the tablecloths in
lieu of the missing napkins.
1T 8 curious and an annoying mat.
ter how we run out of napkins every
little while. said Henry. lyon might
suppose that because they are laundered
SO frequently they disappear in the reg.
ular way by wearing ont, but that is
not true. You will seldom see napkins
in q restaurant which show the effect of
wear. They go because they are stolen.
This is true not only of such popular
restaurants as this. but also of every res.
taurant in this city. Who takes them
do not know All we know is that thew
disappear regularly. and our SUPPOSE
tion is that some are carried of BY PEG.
pie who deliberately intend to steal
them and others by persons who put
them into their pockets by mistake.
know one such person as this. It was
woman of undoubted honesty. but it
was joke among the members of her
own family that she never dined at
hotel or restaurant without carrying off
q napkin which she had unconsciously
stuffed into her pocket We got IS dozen
big dinner napkins few weeks ago.
Within three weeks they had all disap.
peared but five dozen, and now there
isn't one in the house.
Tableware goes in the same way
sometimes. A little while ago we got
eight dozen of these salt and pepper cast
ers Here Henry pointed to some neat
little cut glass casters with silver plated
tops. 1--WE put them ON the tables dur
ing the time the wagon boys were com.
ing in here for breakfast last fall, Just
before they would start out to sell their
days buyings on the streets. Hully
geer they would say. That's pretty
nice thing. guess I'll swipe it just for
luck-see?' And when they left every
day we would miss few casters. Five
dozen Of them were lost within q few
weeks. New York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-16
A Miracle in Texas.
INVESTIGATED BY THE TEXAS
CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE AND
vOUCHED FOR BY DR.C
H. STANSBURY.
H. STANSBURY.
IRON The Texos Cnristion Adrocofe.1

IRON The Tezos Csristian Adrocote.)
Our representative has made q careful In.
vestigation Of the II. Z. Spauldinz case at
Longview, which il here published for the
first time, and which will be read with
great interest by medical men everywhere
In reply to the CHrisfias Adrocafe's que
tons Mr. Spauiding said. About eight wear,
ago while running . locomotive contracted
sciatic rhenmstism in my left side from nv
hip down. II came on slow but sure and in
Few months / lost control entirely of tina,
member, II was just the same as if il was
par1iyzel, | was totally unable =, move ou,
of MY room for . year and half. six
months OF which time I was bed-ridden. I
trled every remedy suggested, and had resu
me. l was bundled up and sent 10 Hot
Springs where spent three months under
the treatment Of the most eminent special
lists, all Of which did me no good, and
cam, back from the springs in q worse
condition than when ] went. I came home
and laid Hat on my back and suffered
the most excruciating agonies, screaming in
pain every time anybody walked across the
rooH, IN, only case l obtained being from
the c't'tant uss of opiates. After three
months of this kind Of agony, during
which time my entire left leg persisted away
% the very bone. M attention was called t.
. new randy call,1 DIR. William Pink
fnis fo- Pale People, by Mr.. Allison who is
now train dispatcher at Texa4kana, AMI
Who Wa, relieved Of locomotor ataxia OF
twenty years duration. At his urgent cai
repeated solicitation / consented 10 give
them trial, after taking few do5es ]
began to improve. I continued taking the
pills anl KEEP. right on improving until ]
va, finally cured. Ny leg is just the sam,
vie now N the other one, and I am snrt
that Pink Pills not only cured me but saved
nv life.
The reporter next visited Dr. G. II. STAINS
bury, graiu1te Of one of the medica!
schools Of Kentucky, and man who enjoy.
the coniiencs Of everybody in L,nyyicw
He s,id: IL know that Mr. Sp1udiny had
terribly severe attack of sciatic rheumatism
of which l tried to cure him; used every.
thing known to nv profession in vain, anl
finally recommended him t, 81 10 Hn
Springs. lie cam. back from the spring,
worse than when he went and I thou yht il
van only n matter of time until his heart
gould be affected and he would die. aI,o
know that his cure is the direct result of III,
use of DR.. Williams Pink Pills.
"Thit Is rather an unusual statement for
regular physician to make, doctor"
81 know it is, but fact is a fact. and
there are hundreds OF people right here il,
Loagview who know what I. say is IN
truth. / also know Mr.. Allison and know
that he was relieved of u genuine and sever
case Of locomotor staxia Of twenty years
standing"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-16
Fond of Bathing.

In the mountains Of Japan, wherever
hot springs occurred, tho natives re-
sorted to them, either ON account Of
their supposed curative properties. OF
simply to kill time. This taste for bath.
ing seems almost to amount to vice,
and in one place known to the lecturer a
man would stay in the water for prac-
tically mouth at time, taking the
precaution to place heavy stone on his
Inees to keep him from floating CT
turning over in his sleep. The caretaker
Of tine same bath, an old man of 20,
stald in the water the whole winter
through. Chambers Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-16
HIDING HER DIAMONDS.
Take . Lesson From the Woman Who Put
Hers In Her Old Shoes.


Take Lesson From the Woman Whe Put
Hers In Her Old Shoes.
A group of Washington women had
been telling each other where they hid
their treasures from possible thieves
One used her pillowcase. second had
pocket on her stocking. another the
lining Of her picture hat. when third
said she always tucked things in her old
shoes.
''Then you want to take warning from
the experience Of q friend of mine. ~
said Mrs. Tarsney of Missouri. "She
had beautiful diamond rings. ornaments.
earrings and other articles. and when an
epidemic of burglaries came along she
took to hiding her diamonds in her old
est shoes. One night she was awakened
BY burglars down stairs. She thought if
they heard some one moving about they
would take fright and run away with
out attempting to come up where she
was. So she went to the head of the
stairs, but the burglars kept on and
didn't mind her in the least. She hur-
ried back into her room. caught up the
first articles that came handy and sent
them over the balusters. After they had
left her hand she was struck with horror
to discover her old shoes humping down
the stairs. attended by shower of her
diamonds. Luckily the shoes did the
work. The burglars didn't stop to inves-
tigate. and the woman, had strength
enough to gather up her jewels. all of
which she found except one earring. The
next day the maids had to sweep the
entire floor to discover that. But she
doesn't use her old shoes as diamond
safes since. "-Philadelphia Press.