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The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03
AN OCCULT CHURCH.

A church with a new faith has beer
founded in Boston, and its first min
| lister, bright woman of. thirty-fiv
| years, ordained and installed That
it is not exactly orthodox might bt
| guessed from the fact that it was in
| spired by a Boston cult "Procopeia'
is the name, and the creed "Love is the
| fulfillment of the law" The name is
! Greek, and means advancement or pro.
| gress, which is strictly Bostonese. II
is transcendental, very, holds to the
| occult and is against the gross ma
terialisms of our times 1t will be
known as the Church of the Higher
Life" and its membership are to be
angelic, as compared to the sensualis-
tic commonalty. Rev. Florence Pol
lock, Rev. Antoinette Blackwell and
Rev. MinOt J. Savage laid their holy
hands in ordination upon the fair sweet
paStoresS' head. Her name is Miss
Helen Van Anderson, and she neither
affects boomers or short hair Her
picture shows her to be beautiful
enough to be the marital mate of some
nice man. But, presumably, only in
the sense Of the virgin wife of the
Brother of the Sixth Degree would she
ever contemplate so commonplace a
step in gross fieShliness. She is a de-
lightful speaker and her themes are
Spiritualistic, the ideals and the mys-
teries of the occult OF the things OBJ
scure and beyond the line of the aver
age ken, Miss Helen will talk. living
the life of an aesthetic, that is if she
doesn't prove too nice, or know too
much to live at all on such a common
earth. But there is nothing about
Boston common. Even her Commons
are no longer uncommon. Reverend
Helen Van Anderson is not only fair
but mOdish, so exquisite of taste and
in her dress, feathers and plumage. as
TO be compelled 10 agree to adopt more
somber and less enamoring garbs.
Hereafter she is to appear in her pull
pit in a gown of sweet simplicity.
How she will inspire the finer sensi-
bilities and the ineffable sensations of
the sentimental souls of the truly
ethereal may well be imagined. No
hung-up mistletoe with its gross oscu-
lations for the impassioned lips Of this
fair Hebe of hirsute glory. this dark
eyed Peri Of the pulpit. Telepathically
she will fiutter into the sacred inner
and there as white-winged
dove of peace whisper of the aesthetic,
the ideal, and the beautiful Pre-
sumably a sign on the sanctuary door
of the Church of the Higher Life" will
bear the legend: ''No children in arms
admitted" The presence of a baby
would be entirely too suggestive, for
Helen's congregation will doubtless
prove not only largely feminine but so |
sensitive to suggestion, |
that from suggestion alone might arise !
conditions.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03
A PEACE ADVOCATE

Ex-Mayor Mathews of Boston. in an
address before the Exchange club of
that city, last week, expressed some
rather novel views of our pending
controversy with England. In sum
ming up the results Of war he as
sumes that England's difficulty would
be Russia's opportunity, that the break
ing out of hostilities in Europe would
be the signal for "the general Enro-
pean conflict" which has been pending
for a generation. He predicts that,
with her naval forces, divided. the con-
hict with the armies OF Europe and
America would result in the total de-
s'ruction Of the British empire. and
that ''the ascendency of the English
speaking races would be forever end
ed. The novel feature OF his conclu-
sion - that "rhe final result would be
the material defeat OF the United
States. and the political defeat Of
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03
WICHITA EAGLE PRESS.

was shot in the McNeil-Mar row as
Evlfd. - dead
The talk about Dooitn bsing IN Perry
Is regarded as a Joke by the deputy mar
shals at Guthrie.
Tho School Teachez-S association COM
rneodei the Oklahorna SchOoi Herzd IN
their resof1t1ous.
Logan Muihau. one OF The brightest boys
IN the territory. 500 of Zach Muihail. dLs-t
OF pneumonia Ia Guthrle. Sunday.
Il ~ generally aErecd that DIR. Furiorx
| would make a better Popuii-t candidafs
for congress than RALPH BeaumonL
Tho convention a. Oklahoma CITY next
week viii probably b. the biggest eonven-
ton of any kind ever beld IA Oklahoma
Th7 last tins 10 wIrby Wa IA wa>h-
iuEtcn hs had a hslf-hour's conversation
| with Cleveland 10 one Knows What r
I was about
| There II a rurnor. having origin IA Ok
ISho1ua CITY. That the saHta Fs'E now
management Will DaIiify the roAs's forznss
Contracts with ths lab0T Orz-aElzAsion-
a Guthrs pat-ns pror~1~1ry oouc.-a
pBbhshss a testimonial from a y-ourx xs-f.
l ~ 49, Naee+r1 tH-t saHAt-t WIFI tA4.L - y
90 be a portrait of Qaesl WflsslEEtrA
OF Holland.
Oklahoma has had more rtsr-s thss y-ar
than ever before. Tfs tine viii co~ss
WIEN TIE cO-upazsses VIII 20 fh-oGxA OK
hsh0naa 20 reach TsEzs. iasse-s1 % Eosaz
va. Ar<z1szz
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trek oosFt yesterday. Nra isabelle gsssz.
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The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

ing agreement and partnership be
tween US, whether by definite Pan-An-
glian liberation or by some other ar
rangement giving practically the same
| result"
With the Anglican race united and i'm
PEELED by common purpose, what
then: Apart from Russia they are
invincible. To quarrel and fight with
her. The Review argues, would be an
untold curse TO all mankind; 10 agree
with her would be an untold blessing.
Again We ask, what then: The Re
view answers: ''What not divide the
primacy Of the world amicably be-
tween us: Why not come 10 a full.
frank and friendly understanding and
agreement with Russia on all out
standing questions between us. and
consistently maintain this attitude
henceforward as a cardinal point in
our foreign policy? So long
as Russia as an Asiatic or semi-Asiatic
power confines her expansion 10 the
mainland of Asia, while. OF course. re-
specting India, so long it is no bust
ness Of our to lift a finger or fire a
shot 10 stop her"
In the face of united Anglican and
Slav power, Germany. France and
Italy would count but little. while Tur-
key and Austria would probably dis
appear from the map. But the first
step in the program is a union Of the
Anglican peoples. And how is this TO
be accomplished? What motive would
impel the United States to enter into
any working agreement with Great
Britain, with Il view to another work
ing agreement with Russia. in order
to divide the primacy of the world be-
tween the respective parties? What
would be the share of the United States
in this primacy? Besides. what inter
est have the United States in relegat-
ing France and Germany to the posi-
ton of second and third rate powers
by entering into a league of such over
Shadowing and overwhelming force?
checking the expansion Of Russia on
the mainland OF Asia or ON the Bos-
phoruS? The constant increase Of the
Slav power, its steady march in the
direction of the rising sun, may alarm
Great Britain, and threaten her pos
sessions in the east; but it can create
no fear on this side of the Atlantic. A
union Of the Anglican race and a com
pact with the Slav race Ito divide the
hegemony of all the other races and
of the world between them" may. in
deed, occur in the future. Stranger
things have happened. But in the
light Of recent events-namely the let
ter of Lord Salisbury and the message
of President Clveland-the union of
the Anglo-Saxon race with a view to
divide the primacy Of the world with
the Slav race would seem too remote
a possibility to enter into the domain
of practical calculation.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03
For the Eagle.
WHEN MOTHER CUT MY HAIR.
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oft recall the days OF youth,
And many a rustic scene
The days OF innocence and truth.
With mischief IN between:
And though Love srOvern'd as q rule.
And every day was fair.
had some uEiy fights a. school
When mother cut my hair.
Chorus
Twas nO,cb'd and hagzFei. left and rAxht
And bo55ed of in the rear.
ATd that Is why used TO hzlt,
Wllsn mother cut my hair.
OF course the shears were always duH
And baffied mothers skill.
And then the snaEEled comb would pull
And ! could not hold s,in"'-
She couhfn't cut n straight az Al,
Bnt made some ecafiors rare
And .. the fEhts had ~ school
When mother cut my hair
Chorus
The girls would often eiRzIe our,
And fhaf wo1ld make nc biUSh.
They laughed a. me, bad ~ dozbf,
AID I'd tell them 80 hush.
But when the boys would act the FOO.
Their gibes 7 couiGn't bear
Ard -. the fights had a. school
When mother cut NY hair.
Chorus
They'd say she stouf have put \ c-c-r
Upon my Ecouri-lske pate
So st5e could Trim bsn@arh ne rfra
Ard DO ths cutting Sirs4EAs.
Then ia gsf frac<foIs - = uuis,
AID wads in then ard there
had some awful nEhfs A. schooi
When mother Gu. my hal-.
Chorus
A tz-5e- ran his oHp5~rs DER
Ny bead the very Cay:
They use rzfed Ike a. ratszEe-
T'hz- cuts the meaEoE hay:
AMI Eoz TIE sczlD fsefs nice zad ccoi,
But mary sczrs are there
Ner>ntoes % ny nzhis a. s-hool,
When mother c1i ny hzir.
Eio<US
-FOs- RrFDf<G
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

Great Britain. and the end of English
civilization as a controlling factor il
the progress of the world" Further
he says, Great Britain and the United
States are the only two countries il
the world that could go to war with
the practical certainty that both would
| be defeated"
II is easy TO speculate as to the ont
come of war with England That
| it would precipitate the contest be-
tween Russia and England. there is
| little doubt War with two formida bic
powers at the same time would en-
| courage weaker enemies, like the Beers
in South Africa. TO push their demands.
While the scores were being evened
up, the other principal powers Of Eu-
rope would, doubtless. reach for covet-
ed prizes. all Of which would lead to
bloOdshed, and, necessarily, a change
in the map of Europe, but just how it is
TO result in destroying English civ
iliZation" is not clear We have the
English language. and English liter
ature in this country. A war with
England would mean either success or
defeat TO our armies. In either event
the language, literature and our in
ternational trade relations would be
continued. The conclusion that the
English-speaking race would be wiped
out Of the civilized world is rather
forced. 1t would seem as if Mr.
Mathews sees the calamities of such a
war through magnifying lens, or,
what is more probable, he would raise
the ry which might intimidate our
authorities, to the end that peace may
be purchased at any price. He gives
color to this by deprecating the fact
that such bloody, worldwide con-
fiict, should be brought on by the
United States. He would place the re-
Sponsibility all with this government
1t Is hardly fair 10 regard this as a
novel view of the question The bet
ter construction is either cowardice or
sympathy with England. He has no
grounds whatever for holding this
government responsible. The contest
is between England and Venezuela,
with a contingent prospect of our
rights being invaded. England is in
every sense the aggressor. Let her
settle the dispute with Venezuela, and
there is no quarrel with the United
States. If this speaker had been fair
in logic, and loyal to the Monroe doc
trine, as understood by the masses of
the people, he would have placed the
responsibility where it belongs.
There are too many of these peace
apostles on the New England border
1t is puerile to raise the croy for peace
when We have peace. 1t is England
that threatens war. and England has
her sympathizers in these self-same
patriots with nOncombattant leanings.
1t is anglo-mania REDUCED to practice
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03
THEFT BY INCORPORATION.

England is acquiring Africa by the
same no less unique than inexpensive
process by which she stole India. to-
wit. by corporate theft. An English
corporation known as The East India
company" was the instrument in the
former case, and the South African
company. under British patronage and
authority, is slowly but surely destroy
ing the native tribes Of Africa and ap-
propriating their territories. To the
Hudson Bay company does Great Brit
ain owe much of her prestige on this
continent IT is because of like or
sanizauons that she is now seeking TO
appropriate the rich gold fields south of
the OrinOco in Venezuela. The army
which DIR. Jameson commands. and
with which he seeks To Subiucate me
little Dutch republic in South Africa,
Is not made up % English troops. but is
an army under the pay Of British
carnoration- This eornoration IS. how
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03
SWANS PREDICTIONS FOR 1895

To the Editor of the Eagle.
Brother farmers, in my lonely hours ]
| concluded to address you on the past
once more, for your special good:
| Surely hundreds of you remember my
words, as published in the grand old Eagle
in the spring of 1894. warning you of the
drouth that we would have; and 1t was
twice published as 20 the season and
crops We would get in 1885. While 1 ad-
vised the editor and others that they was
doing wrong in advising farmers to plant
the early varieties OF corn. My advice
was to grow the large varieties by all
means. Had such been the rule our state
would have been able TO report at least
| 60 O0O,O0O bushels more corn; which at Is
| cents per bushel would be worth 5000. 900
to the farmers, while not one cent OF cost
would have incurred. 1 now ask why you
do these things? Not in corn alone do
you make such mistakes; but in oats.
wheat, potatoes, grass seeding, and in
planting trees as we'll. / can't see why
you DO al, these things to your own dis
advantage and your states discredit. You
certainly don't want 10 make these mis-
takes
But let me warn you TO not take the
position in the face of the most conclusive
evidence that il is all the way we can do
L say no. sir. Your mistakes are all OF
your own making, and the evidence
against your position lies in many of your
homes. and is accommodating each year
and has been doing so for the past thirty
three years in this state. This evidence
Is not of my making. but has been and
is making by those who are my bitterest
enemies. and men whom you are paying
and have paid, that ought to help you in
your hard struggles 10 knowledge. that
You would know what the coming season
would be. and what TO SOW and plant 10
make continuous success
Will ask II you can name any year that
all crops failed where farming might be
called SUGGEST will pay literally for
such knowledge If sustained with reliable |
proof.
Please do not say that Il is not for NOR |
tai man TO know what the seasons or |
what crop or crops viii be the successful |
ones
Be liberal and ask yourself. what do |
know about many things THAI others are \
cOTverssnt with. Men study 20 learn /
the professors. and labor TO learn trades.
Yes. think, think Did you ever think? 4
Have you ever made 2 record OF the /
weather day after day for Ten years. I /
have just closed ffty-etg1t years While
have experimental with wheat for TWEEN
ty-three years and other crops from nine
up 20 ssveDSesl. Zach year you fsl on 4
sorne crop. j say Us your own fault. and
have the PROOF 20 show for - Nothing
but = frost out OF due tine. a hail storm
or overflow viii dizzppoint- No. sir. yoa
can eScape the hot winds sure II you
wish I with many Others know and have
known how al these things come But |
.be party who should help you 70 such In
formation positively refuses is 70 you. and
Its noze other than oar GOVERNOR, past |
and Drese-st. ard tae rnsRbsrs OF the state
board OF agriculture Of Kansas. ysry
shame shousd mantle TIE cheek % eaca
party Yours. wishing saat AL may Sue
cesi JOSEPH g n SWAMI.
Whtcvz.sr. Rsa-. Jan. :. Isz<.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03
OKLAHOMA orrLrxEs.

Both the sansz Re zzi he Cisoct2x ara
ro1T aaFe<1ssrS fo- z55e-bS@1ses< rn~G-
Ire Chtckzsaz nation VII SD nfty
delegates % she okaso-ra CITY eonvsn-
Eoa
Frznk p Ea-i Was Efve> divorce f-a-z
Laura Eari on ne g-ousss of ab4aco--
met
sf1as De cOa. who Won ne Okizss-za
o-1tD-12l pr.z@. cane fsozn c0-l-T cosE-
y. Ezcs.s
Czpcai= $ipp % Se~zsrx has Ios- -
rs ight f0r 4 cizEz- he EDsz: f-sss n
lawyers fesa.
Ars- J4nes R0ez-sS. tAe ~se>. xss
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03
The adhita Daily Eaele griday orae ganuaru g. 1see

ever, authorized by Great Britain to
make conquests of such sections Of
that continent as it may desire, sub
ject 10 the approval of the home gov
ernment. Having utterly destroyed
one inoffensive little native kingdom,
this company is now bent upon destroy
ing the government of the Beers who
are not native Africans but easy going,
liberty-loving Dutch who are brave to
a fault
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

That great prohibition organ the To-
peka Capital printed on its first page
Wednesday morning a picture of an
old man and young boy drinking
champagne. AS the scene was laid at
a table and not behind prescription
case, it created great indignation.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

At the StOckmenS' convention in
Topeka next Monday a man will read
a paper entitled, Give the Mule a
Chance If the author has given him
a chance he will not be present 10 read
that Dauer
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

ming in Wichita. All the efforts of the
state has not for day succeeded In de-
priving any man from getting drunk in
Wichita on the worst kind OF jOant vhis-
ky. II is better 20 be truthful about mat
tiers Of this kind.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

]. B. johnson of Topeka. objects to
politicians being at the head of the
trough all the time. That is nice Ian
guage for man who has just been
paid $4,000 for TWO minutes work
selling the Santa Fe.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

The Rotterdamsche Courant saws
that the Transvaal excursion is an
other example of England's arrogance
1t strikes us that the Associated Press
Is advertising these foreign papers a
good deal lately.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

Winfield Tribune TIE State Ministerial
alAa1oe * rs recent EDssclzg resolved =
favor % an esso<csnent % the proasbssory
Law n Lezve1~orth aid Kansas CRY ard
congratulated ehe p@0Ete @ re enforce
nent OF the isE u Wlchsra- Prezche-s
z-s usually t11elI CERT 1,~r s1d Why & Il
theE Eiu be deceived tAsrnselves ard at
tempt 70 deceive Others. = 3 mater zh:rh
sAoGlt be eIp,zsass- There has 70; b-eea
81 hour wass raers were aot sc8--s rszr-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

That French cult which worships the
devil by kneeling before a crucifix up
side down, might have some effect by
praying for Bob Ingersoll.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

Two Republicans, two Democrats
and one mugwump on the Venezuelan
commission is all right But two of
these are from New York. and New
York will stretch Il point TO avoid war.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

1t has just been discovered that the
song ben Bolt was a favorite with
Abraham Lincoln. Du Maurier and
other Englishmen will consider this
Very complimentary 10 Mr.. Lincoln.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

Mrs Lease is to spring her new lee
ture, Christ or Caesar" on Wichita
first Mrs. Leases first public speech
was sprung on Wichita. The town
said it was all right and the country
afterward approved Wichita's judg-
ment
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

Governor Morton Of New York. Is
now al avowed candidate for the presi-
dency. II Morton should act in the
White House as he did while vice pres
ident Ingalls, would run the country.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

Being elected as the result of an
abundance of mud thrown, Mr.. Mudd
is now on the throne of the Maryland
house Of representatives.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

As between Leavenworth and Wich-
ita-Morrill wouldn't raise our dander
if he tried TO deduce. that what's
sauce for the goose. should likewise be
sauce for the gander.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

There is grave fear that the country
will become so interested in war that
the Maher-FitzSimmons fight will come
upon the public suddenly when it oc-
ours.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

If war comes in the TransvaaI the
Americans there will fight with the
British against the Beers. That ought
to satisfy those chumps who talk about
the kinship- of Americans and BritopS
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

Brewer, White, COudert Alvey and
Gilman compose the Venezuelan COM
mission, and loi Kansas name leads
all the resti
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

1t must be said for Mr.. Coxey to re-
member that Cleveland did not appoint
a commission to find whether he was
on the grass OF not.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

The endless chain gold reserve folly
has weak link somewhere, and some
day it will break. But never so long
as Cleveland is president
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

Kaiser Wilhelm Won Deutschland has
chance TO fight now. Let him take
up for Transvaal and do something be-
side talk.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

The exhibits of the Ponca city schools
at the Teachers association conventiou
at Guthrie were the best there, according
70 the Leader.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

A large part of America that is in
sisting on England arbitrating would
be dreadfully disappointed if England
should agree to do it.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

For the next two years it is quite
likely that we will be at eighteen hun
dred and ninety skies and sevens with
England
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

A dispatch says the Armenians have
suffered untold agonies. If the dis
patches from Constantinople mean any
thing those agonies have been told.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

Olney, in speaking of this country
says: 'Tts fat is law" But its fiat is
not money, and that is what makes the
POPS tired
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

From his silence hourly growing
more intense it is apparent that J. X.
Burton has tried the ensilage scheme
on his senatorial boom.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

Little Holland has seen England
make away with a great deal of its
land, and the loss of the Transyaal
will not add much to her woe.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

The Beers of Africa are not quite so
interesting TO Wichita at this juncture
as the borers of FIFTEENTH street
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

The country has turned over a new
leaf, and although the leaf was not
very big. it was big enough to cover
up the PopuliSt party.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

Morrill, is a good deaf like a pharme-
cist who tries to run big drug store
without using labels. Some innocents
are sure to be poisoned
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

Watterson should note that Cleve-
land tried to change the route through
the slaughter-house to the open grave,
by setting up war terminal
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

A proposal carries responsibility with
1T and every old maid should look be-
fore she leap years
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

Everybody will agree that Tom Reed
Is at his best as the Leonidas Of a
minority.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

There is a suspicion that the next
time George Mold sets foot in Wichita
It will not be on the West Side.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-01-03

The fat obscurity of Foghorn Fun
ston shows indeed how irreparable the
wreck is when a great voice falls.