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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

The truth of the matter is that the
people do not give up puzzle that can
be worked even if they do not get it the
first time. But they put it aside for
a while and tackle ii at intervals. The
free coinage Of silver problem will not
be solved This year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

Mr.. Mcclure, Republican nominee
for congress in the Seventh district,
Ohio, announces he is for the free
coinage of silver. This from Ohio is
probably enough TO inspire Bryan 10
another speech
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

]. Sterling Morton has broken out
with the announcement that the man
who favors is TO i silver is gold mono
metallist- 1t will be seen. in other ways
that the whole country IS gradually los
ing its mind
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

Cleveland announces that he cannot
help Cuba. Cleveland can not help
anybody. Cleveland is not vicious, or
corrupt. He is incompetent During
his first administration he was caught
IN Republican current of prosperity
which he could not STOP. The second
time be stopped il
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

In a few days the Kansas Pop win
awake u the realization that some free
silver RepsEbiicans are IN possession %
Pop nominations And then the Kan
sas Pop Will suspect something.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

This country may have 10 classes.
but IL is hard not - think SO when
the imagination pictures Mrs Bryan
and Mrs Sewan resting. Injurious. in
the Sewall palace while Mrs. Watson
Il washing dishes down in Georgia
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

One OF the worst free silver argufers
IN town dreamt the other night that be
was secretary OF the treasury and a
great mob stood on the outside and
yelled: do something" Since the
dream he has stopped talking finance.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

Tom Watson says: 1--WE love you,
Billy Bryan. but damn your company"
Air. Sewall Is a rich gentleman and
Will think this rude. Watson ought
TO be ashamed of himself-to insult an
old gentleman like this.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

From the California insane asylum
General A. &. Campbell writes to To-
peka saying he viii recover, and send
ing love 10 Jim Troutman and Tom An
derson His love remains in the post
office uncalled for
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

Leading physicians say that long and
profound study of finance leads to re-
thence. After study a man finds he
knows so little he Is afraid OF expos
ing his ignorance.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

Nothing can he done 81 this gov
eminent until the revenue sufficient 10
run the government is raised No mat
ter what men want and intend and
declare and claim some tariff measure
must be the first act Of 4 new admins
tratioa.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

Senator Ingells Is billed for Lyons,
Rice county, Kansas. today. where Il
IL proposed 10 open the campaign for
central Kansas. There will be parade
at II 80 and the speaking will be in the
city park Music by bands and glee
Clubs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

A man named Harmon IN Canton,
Ohio, threatens TO give the vote of that
town 10 Bryan. Mr.. Harmon is a
citizen who has maintained for years
that Mckinley didn't amount to moth
ing: now he will prove il.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

1t is plain TO be seen that Sewan is
that Sewall, in fact, hardly thinks Wat
son worthy TO clean out the big, fine
SeN-al stables.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

Mckinley is firing steadily into the
Democrats and the Democrats are
smarting little more lately. McKin-
ley Is changing the ammunition He
is using tariff.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

There may have been other causes
which sent the old Columbus Buggy
company tumbling, but the bicycle
kicked up a little Ike it had something
10 do with it
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

The stalls in which Arthur Sewalfs
fine horses live are better than the
rooms in Tom WatsOn's Georgia home.
Vote, We Populists, for Bryan and Sc
wall -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

Dick Bland will accompany Mr.. and
Mrs. Bryan on their trip east to meet
SewalL. Ii Will be noticed that no Simp-
sons, LewelIings or PETERS are invited
10 60 along
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

There will not be another Mckinley
bill next year. The Mckinley bill was
entitled an "act to reduce the revenue"
Something is now nodded to increase
them quick.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

Sentiment doesn't happen to be poll
tics. With his party demoralized in
the east the wapit is, it would be i'm
possible for Bryan to be elected on any
Dlatform-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

Poverty is not always without
friend. An Indianapolis hotel offers
the poor boiling gold Democrats com
mittee room for conference free Of
charge
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

The east should stir up the west
again. The west is full OF line look
ing men and has scores of handsome
Bryans who are aching to become IA
mons
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

If there is anyone in Kansas who
thinks Bryan viii be elected, he should
hunt out some really sincere friend
and get him to dissuade him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

1t is to be hoped that the Populists
and the Democrats of Kansas will get
together They do not agree on prin-
ciples, but the poor fellows want office
Had
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

Now J. Sterling Morton Of Nebraska
gets off something about Judas Iscariot
The one throbbing desire of Nebraska
statesmen is to inform the world that
Nebraska has read the Bible.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

This is to be a campaign of educa-
ton. If you are voter you get the
education. The politicians will incl
dentally slip into the offices.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

The gold Democrats will organize a
fourth national party. They Will not
lie allowed to use the word Democratic
They might be named Grovercranc.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

Bryan has no more show of being
president of the United States than
u pig has of growing ostrich feathers.
BRYAN is beaten clean up today.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04
Daily Easle
NJ. NJ. MURDOCH, Editor.

When Bryan reaches New York he
will feel as much out Of place as a
lovers serenade at high noon.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

That rumor that Queen Victoria was
going to rtire was about as wobbiy as
the story that Hoke Smith was going
tn resign
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

True fusion is an abnormality. Flu
sions are born not made. The Sia-
mcse twins constituted fusion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

The Democrats of this district want
To dynamite Jerry Simpson, but IL
seems such a waste of good dynamite.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04
WAVwmmA3s&0

New Fall Goods now arriving by the carload.
The Slaughter Sale all over this establishment Will
continue few days longer to make room for the
mountains OF Fall Goods soon going to show.
1913 and I27 Main St.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-04

to resign.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-11-19
A Remarkable Boy.

Victor Bedingfeld, the twelve-ycar.
old son of the editor of the lila tbush
Press and Kings County Gazette,
seems destined to reap the rewards
promised in the beatitude which says
something about the long suffering,
says the New York Tribune. He has
probably suffered more pain and ex-
perienced more hard luck than any
other Flatbush youngster alive at the
present day. The father as well as the
subject Of this story was seen the
other morning by reporter.
Victor is a bright boy, and reads q
good deal,'' said the father. 'sHe was
not born on Friday. and am not sure
that any Of the accidents with which
he has met happened on the 18th day
of the mouth. When the lad was about
six years old we lieved in York street,
Brooklyn. One day Victor while play
ing with another boy, was asked to
walk down a plank which had been
placed on the stairs. Well, he was not
10 be dared, and started to perform the
feat He fell. and was picked up UNI
conscious. Our physician said he
would have to undergo an operation,
s1S several Of the blood vessels In his
head mad burst We took him to the
Brooklyn hospital, where the physi-
clans said an operation would kill him.
They. however, bandaged the head
tightly and forced the blood into the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-11-19

in the literary world decidedly fat,
whether tall of stature or the reverse.
George Sand was fat and small, and
likewise Nine: De Stael. Fashions vo-
taries will doubtless continue to strive
after the slenderness which seems so
desirable. For those willing to sacri-
flee the promptings of appetite for the
desired aim an authority recomm ends
that they should regulate their days as
follows: A tumblerful of hot water
must be taken on waking in the morn
ing. Rise early and have tepid bath,
with vigorous rubbing afterward with
a flesh brush. Avoid drinking at meals
and have only three meals day. Take
one small cup of tea at breakfast, some
dry toast, boiled fish or small cut
let and a baked apple or little fresh
fruit. At dinner, which should be at
midday, take white fish or meat, dry
toast or stale bread, vegetables and
fruit, either fresh or stewed. For sup
per, toast, salad, fruit and six ounces
of wine or water. Hot water with lem
on juice in it is good for supper. g.
And She Only shivered.
Park policeman to the Kneippist,
Wading in the dew:
.tMornin' madam! Is it's it
Cool enough for you %
Chicago Tribune.
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on each Of these farms. They sleep at
night in a long, one STORY frame build
81 ing, with iron bars at the windows.
IN one end OF the building is the kitch-
en-. The rest OF the structure is
divided by a narrow hall, with lattice
work walls. In this hall guard with
loaded rife is stationed. He can
keep his eyes on all the convicts,
whether sleeping or eating, and his
presence keeps the men quiet and or
derly. At night the men sleep on
hunks arranged around the wall Of one
of the rooms. The other room I is
used as dining DOM, and is furnish
ed with plain tables and benches.
These convict farms are scientific
ally cultivated and are regarded by
Texas capitalists as good investments.
The work is not interrupted by holt
days, camp meetings or Sunday school
picnics, and rain is the only thing that
will stop the ploughs and hoes.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-11-19
FAT WOMEN.

How to Get Thin-Diet an Importnnt
.f Factor.
"a great many women, convinced that
flesh is inimical to beauty-is the
,."deathblow to grace as an arbitrary
critic puts itinjure health in the en-
deavor to reduce weight, says the New
York Tribune. They put themselves to
great trouble and inconvenience, swal-
low all sorts Of preventives and rene
dies in order to get thin and then stand
aghast at the spectacle of their
wrinkled, fabby faces and threats, the
result Of the falling away Of flesh I'M
der the elastic skin. AS matter Of
fact, a number OF the notable women
of the world, famous not only for their
beauty, but for the rarer charms of in
tellect and subtle fascination, women
who have helped to make history and
been a power in their day, were of dis
tinctly generous proportions. Cleopa-
ira, she whose Infinite variety OF
charm and temper could win stern
hearted warriors to forget their ambi-
tions, was small and stout. Marie An
toinette was of the plump order, though
tall and Of fine bearing, and, to come
down to the present day, view the
widowed Victoria, sovereign of the
united queendom;" the increasing pro-
portions of Queen Margherita of Italy
and the generous outlines of Queen
Isabella Of Spain. It is worthy of note
that most of the great Interpreters OF
song are stout, or bordering on that
condition, and there have been lights
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-11-19
The Tumble Weed.

Tumble-weeds spread themselves in
a wholesale fashion. Instead Of send
ing the separate seeds out into the
world with wings or hairs to carry
them, the whole plant breaks off near
the root, when these are rips, and goes
rolling along the ground before the
wind. The bare sun-scorched deserts
Of the West produce several tumble
weeds, and there are some in the
prairie region. It is natural that they
should be most abundant where there
are no hills nor trees to stop them in
their course. But we have one tumble
weed in the East-the old-witch grass,
so-called, maybe, because it rides the
wind like an old beldame. In Septem-
Der this grass spreads it's head, or pam
icle, with hair-Hke. purple branches, In
every sandy field. When the seeds
are rips the plants are blown across
the field, often piling up in masses
along fences and hedgerows. AS might
be expected, the hair-grass which has
SO effective a way Of spreading itself,
is found through out the United States
from ocean to ocean. How Plants
Spread" by Thomas III. Kearney, Jr..
in st. Nicholas. !-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-11-19
GLASS AND GLASS MAKING.

Flexible glass was known in Persia
in 1910
Strass invented the glass that bears
his name in 1850.
The revival Of glass making at Ven
ice occurred in 1888.
TheYart discovered the art Of cast
ing plate glass in 1866.
Window glass was manufactured at
Pittsburg, Pa, in 1908.
Experiments in glass making were
instituted in New York in 1872.
A flint glass mandatory was estab-
lished at Sandwich, Mass, in 1925.
In 1747 Connecticut granted to Thorn
as Darling the exclusive right to make
glass in the colony.
Plate glass windows for coaches were
made at the duke Of Buckingham,s
works, London, in 1873.
Flexible glass was reinvented in
France in 1920. but the art was again
lost with the death Of the inventor. #
Flint glass was rediscovered by the
English in 1915. In the same year coal
was substituted by Sir Robert Man
sell instead Of wood as fuel in glass
gmaktnk
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q BLOODHOUNDS GUARD TEXAS. CONNECTS. s

Austin, Tex, correspondence Of the
New York World Perhaps in no other
state in the union are oDdhounds
used SO generally and so successfully
Il to capture escaped convicts as in Tex
az The system Of dealing with con-
#victs adopted by this commonwealth
makes the use Of dogs almost impera-
tive, and the conVicts we'll know the
almost Inevitable result Of an attempt
to escape.
a There are two penitentiaries in Texas
at Huntsville and the other at
Rusk. There are now more than 1000
zconvicts eithe:' at these institutions or
at some convict farm in the wilds Of
the state. It is at these convict farms
that loodhounds are used not only to
prevent the .convicts from running
away, but also, to capture them after
they have fed
Il Fully / 800 convicts are hired out
under Texas convict contract system,
& system that enables the two peni-
Etentiaries to be self-supporting and
occasionally return a profit to the state.
About 500 Of the conyicts are leased to
railroad companies, and are used to
Keep the roadbeds in repair. Twice
that number are worked on farms. IN
some instances the farmer hires gang
5ofl men, paying the state certain sum
monthly for their work More often
the state and the farmer enter into a
partnership. The farmer furnishes
the land and the implements, while
the state furnishes the labor. In any
event, the state guards and feeds the
men, and each convict camp is visited
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-11-19
Sand Serpehts.

This name was given by an imagin-
ativc traveller to the wonderful col
umns of Whirling sand that are SO fire.
quently seen on the great plains Of
Central Asia. &
Fancy what a terrible country to
journey through! For miles and miles
one unbroken stretch Of dreary sand,
nothing to break the monOtony, moth
ing to rest the eyes, unless one Of these
fantastic exhibitions, which, knowing
the discomfort and the danger, tray-
eler would rather not see, takes place.
The first signal is a puff OF wind, fol
lowed by various slight disturbances
in the loose soil roundabout; then it
blows harder, and, as if a legion Of
evil things had been called from the
center Of the earth. tiny columns Of
sand lift themselves, and grow larger
and larger and rise higher and higher,
like the misty giant Sinbad the Sailor
loosed from the great caldron he found
in the sea.
These columns have the form Of Ser
penis, and all the waving sinuous mo-
lions Of those terrible creatures. Some
times they will rise to a height Of fifty,
sixty, and, if we may believe the test
mcny of some writer's, even two hun
dred feet. They sweep over immense
stretches, sometimes singly. sometimes
in groups, gathering size and force aus
they go, and then, as the wind lowers,
diminish and dwindle into nothingness
But for the terror of being caught in
one Of these sandstorms and being
blown and beaten about and having
ones sight and hearing almost destry-
ed, the phenomenon would be almost
as grand as any in nature One could
fancy the evil spirits Of the world at
play, writing twisting, wrestling and
exercising their mighty strength on the
playground Of the desert.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-11-19

system. The marks Of the bandages8
are still on the child's forehead. His
head at that time was swollen until it
was twice its natural size. 5
Several years ago my wife gave all
the children creosote. Victor swal-.
lowed two spoonsfm Of the poison,
and was once more rescued from the
brink OF the grave. Ny wife admins
tered the fluid, thinking it was cough.
mixture. The dactor said the dose was
sufficient to kill two men. When he
recovered from this illness + bought
him a bicycle. This was smashed one.
day, and Victor was carried to the
Kings County hospital. a soda water.
wagon had run him down and had
almost severed his right leg from his
body. They We're going to amputate
his limb when I arrived at the hospital,
but would not permit it. To-day, as
you can see, he is able to walk as we'll
as anybody, Notwithstanding the fact
that he has undergone thirteen opera
tons. All! that is the only place, i
think. in which that number figures in
his life. The doctors wondered; at the
vitality Of the boy, and think some Of
the operations performed upon him
have been unpreceden When Vic
tor came out of the hospital he was
forced to use crutches. One day, while
walking in Flatbush avenue, he fell
and again split his head open. Once
more he was laid up. The latest acct
dent happened six weeks ago, when he
upset q kettle of boiling water. He is
now gradually recovering from this,
and the flesh on his foot, which was
burned nearly to the bone, is rapidly
healing"
Victor was born in the city Of Christ
Church. which is the south island Of
New Zealand. He has a pleasant face,
and, as his father says, he is bright.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-11-19
at frequent intervals by an inspector,
who reports the condition to the state

at frequent intervals by an inspector,
who reports the condition to the state
prison board
These convict farms are usually To-
Gated in unsettled regions, in order
that the prisoners may be isolated
from honest labor and incentives to
run away. One guard is assigned to
every eight men, and, rifle in hand, re-
mains near them while they are at
work. Should one of his charges run
away no excuse is accepted from the
guard. He is at once discharged and
efforts are made to catch the runaway.
Bloodhounds for the Trail.
There is a pack Of bloodhounds at
each Of these convict farms These
dogs, trained from puppyhood to look
upon man as a natural enemy, are
never allowed to become familiar with
any man but their keeper, who is
known as the dog sergeant. When
the convccts are at work in the fields
the dogs are always under leash near
by il the care of their trainer. When
a convict attempts to escape four or
five dogs are released and put on the
trail, while the trainer and guards fol-
low them as closely as possible.
AS a rule, convicts attempt to
escape during the late summer, when
the corn is high enough to offer a hid.
ing place, or when working in a re-
Gently cleared field that is surrounded
by brush and underwood that will offer
security from the rifle of the guard
At such times when a convict can hide
himself Aby a short run, the temptation
to make dash for liberty is too
strong to resist, and the convict runs
away Within a few minutes the dogs
are on lis trail, and his capture is
usually matter only of a few hours
Negro convicts attempt to escape
much more frequently than white men,
but their attempts are rarely success
full.
When the hounds are released and
put on the trail they follow their quar-
ry rapidly, and the keeper is compell-
ed to keep well up with them. He
knows well that when the convict is
run to bay the dogs would make short
work of him unless he is there to call
them of. Negroes when attempting to
escape usually act in concert. and sew
eral start at once. They walk IN
streams, swim rivers and resort TO
other tricks to throw the dogs off the
scent; but these tactics rarely avail.
for the dogs are put on the trail too
soon after the escape to let the rum
away get far.
a Texas Convict Farm.
~ From so 10 100 conytots nre worked
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-11-19
A BriEht Iowa BOY

One Of our boys who does not own u
watch writes about how he tells the
time of day. He works ina Wlleat sele-
5vatOr in an Iowa town. a big window
almost fills one side of his little office.
Into the corner of the Window creeps
the early sunlight in the morning and
it shines in all day long and creeps out
of the other corner in the evening On
the floor where the edge of the shadow
from the sash falls just at noon our
boy has placed long chalk mark and
"a little further away there is another
mark for i O'clock, and so ON up to
six The forenoon is similarly divided
on the floor. Each day by simply look
ing at the edge Of the suns light he
can tell what tiniy 1t is Once in two
weeks he changes all these marks be-
cause the shadows change as the sun
gets higher in the spring or lower In
the fall. #
@ This clever deyice-any of you may
use it-suggests the way that the ma
8tives Of Liberia,- in Africa, who have
no clocks, tell the time. They take the
kernels from the nuts of the candle
tree and wash and string them on the
rib Of a palm leaf. The first or top
kernelSis then lighted. All Of the kerr
nels are Of the same size and sub
stance, and each will burn a certain
number Of minutes and then set fire
to the one next below The natives tie
pieces of black cloth at regular inter-
walls along the string to mark the di-
vision of time Among the natives Of
Singar, in the Malay archipe lago, an
other peculiar device is used. Two
bottles are placed neck and neck, and
sand is put in one Of them, which
pours itself into the other every half
hour, when the bottles are reversed
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