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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-14

These may be taken minimum figures for small
cruising yacht To the total must be- added tho cost
OF IN. cabin table This. however. is an Item on
which Il t. almost impossible TO give anything Ike
satisfactory estimate. on a yacht Il Is taken
for granted that will have largo ice-chest con-
stantly filed with all the Injuries OF the season IN
the matter o. meat and drink. The wine-iocker OF
a steam yacht H. supposed 20 be the most expensive
thing on board. In crowded port. such as New
port there are many visitors for the afternoon tea
and the dinner party are merely transferred from
FiNh-avc to the after-1cck Of an anchored yacht.
leaving out the wine-Orker and tho dinner
parties the OF tho cabin table FOR six persons
would be abou; $3.50 a month. This would bring tho
total fo.i i.p TO $50 month for tho bare expenses
But However prssib, Il might be 10 suppose steam
yach, without Il wne-lock,r. II Is utterly impossible
10 suppose II without dinner parties Only social
outcaSts could live n steam yacht and not give
dinner PARTIES. A. low estimate. an oO-foot yachts
dinner parties would cost $3.50 month. and at that
figure hardly any hiSh-priced wines could oe offered
70 the guests A tabuated statement OF the 40 mini
mum estimates would be IA follows:
Charter prize. per Sluo
Yachts running expenses w
table. ordinary flr'
Dinner parties -"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-14

used IN English schools the deal SAP. VIII
alphabet and figures on side and syllaoariun
on the other published by the Sunday School Cnioh
and known as "Freeman's Lesson Board.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-14
A HAPPY CHANCE.
rhe Lewiston journal.

From The Lewiston Journal
"Matrimony happened to Mr.. and Miss
-" is the way q Maine correspondent starts
his report Of a nuptial ceremony. Well. accidents
will happen
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-29
ROMANCE OF a BOARD BILL.

Publicity is given 10 the statement
that the reason the confirmation of Mr.
Patrick Maggie of oklahoma. is opposed
in the United tSates senate is because
Of an unpaid board bill due a haShery
in Washington, d. c., United States OF
America.
1t should not be understood by this
that that great body of dignity and
dudes, the United States senate, would.
for an instance. stop the smooth and
easy fabrication Of governmental ma
chinery by demurrinE at a half dozen
hard-boiled eggs. an antiqUated bis
cult and 4 Sprig Of wilted celery IN
paid for.
But this. IL seems. is the charge made
against Mr.. NaSle 10y his enemies and
around it they cluster intimations and
inuendos and suppositious accusations,
which. while not augmenting the
charge O fthe unpaid board bill in fact.
do, in fancy. throw an unenviable light
around the reputation and truth and
veracity and honor and worJhiness Of
the said Mr. Maggie.
United States NarShl Nix was re
moved from office. The drst definite
news of this removal. was the sudden
announcement that Mr. Patrick Maggie
of KinEtiSher. had been selected by
Attorney General Harmon 10 succeed
Marshal Nix. and that the name Of
Patrick Maggie had been sent To the
United States senate.
This was a shock - the administra-
tion men of oklahoma. The wires
burned between Guthrie and Washing
ton with imprecationS. prayers. and
finally with deadly charges against the
confirmation Of MIR. Maggie What those
charges are has been kept under the
strict surveillance Of the telegraph
companies. but word comes from M
Nagle'S home in Kingfisher that the
principal charge hangs around an IN
paid bill for beard. Nj Magic. Il APP
pears. csnfesses that the bill IS unpaid.
bur through no fault Of his. He had
been in Washington in the interest Of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-29

a fellow townsman with yearning for
the local postoffice. He ran out o
money. He sent word TO his friends
in whose interest he was working L.
know if they would honor a draft.
They affirmed. The draft, it seems.
was paid over. When il came back
in the regular run OF banking business
those friends. for some reason, slumped
on Mr. Magic and the draft was pro-
tested. SO the clearinghouse bill.
immortal and eternal apparently, and
which was TO play such an important
part in this romance. travelled, by the
courtesy of the pOstOfiice department.
to Kingfisher, where il was placed in
the hands of a local collector, who.
either inadvertently or controlled by
some evil spirit opposing the fortunes
Of Mr.. Nagle, slipped this same board
bill into a pigeon-hele, where it lay for
months sleeping.
The long, lank and stingy female of
the Washington boarding house had
forgotten it, and to the world, but not
TO the memory of that local collector.
that board bill was dead and buried
and was accommodating dust and obi
won. Meanwhile men and fortunes
were changing, and while the board
bill slept on, mOmentiOuS mutations
were working, and at last there was
a crash and Nix went down, and on the
tumultuOus pillows of perpetually NOV
ing time, the fortunes of Mr.. Patrick
Nagle arose. And the sun of his for
tunes shone bright, and he reached out
to grasp the most lucrative federal pO-
sitiOn in the entire west. There was a
rattle of dry paper, a scattering of
dust, crackle of defunct business and
out of it all sprang that unpaid board
bill. The friends of Nix who had de-
SPARED, awoke to a new stimulation
and began fight which may end in
fatal rupture of Oklahoma Democracy.
The confirmation in the senate is held
up pending an examination into the
charges against Mr.. Nagle, charges
that are centered about this little bit of
yellow, time-stained paper. The battle
RACES fiercely. Mr.. Nagle and his
friends confess that the board bill is
unpaid but declare they did not know
it. The enemies of Nagle and friends
OF Nix point Economically to that board
bill as an evidence Of the general de-
PRAYED character of Nagle and the
whole Democratic party of Oklahoma
is at skies and sevens.
This only goes to show that the great
est results in this world turn on the
minutest details and that the Demo
cratic ship of state in Oklahoma, which
has weathered many a tossing gale
and faced the twist of many a howl
ing cyclone, may at last come up
wrecked on So board bill
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-29
A WORTHY KANSAN.

Judge Miller, congressman from the
Second district of Kansas, has an
nounced TO his friends that he will not
be a candidate for reelection. A very
few weeks service convinced him that
the hOnOrs lacked much of being COM
mensurate with the onerOus duties.
The perplexing demands. and the i'm
possibility of securing the measures
which seems desirable in the eStima-
ton of himself and constituents, have
Emporia Republican thereupon sug-
gests Colonel O. Z. Learnard, of Law
renee, as u suitable successor 10 the
position. While suggestions from the
outside smack not little Of Topeka 5
bumptiOus methods, we find it hard
to refrain from seconding the motion
of our cOtempOrary. All that it would
be necessary for the Republican con-
vention of that district TO do would be
TO instruct Colonel Learnard on the
bimetallic question, or otherwise put a
strong silver plank in his platform.
Once they had touched the button and
nominated him he would do the rest
Colonel Learnard is pre-eminently fit
ted for the duties deYolving upon a
iaw-maker and a representative of the
people, by the training of experience
and by education. When it comes to
legislation, no man ever set as mem
Der of the Kansas legislature who was
safer or who had better conception of
the duties of the law-maker, or a more
clear idea of the ultimates and affects
of legal enactmentS. His sense of the
responsibilities devolving upon the
man of public life is of the dearest
character. Individually he is incOr-
ruptible. Money nor emoluments,
present rewards nor future promises
have ever swayed the judgments,
years has been continuously in the
public eye. even when not holding
places of public trust and responsible
ity What he might fail of securing
pA anu uDlSts HUN Npl-
gresS, in the beginning, he would gain
in the end by his quiet but none the
less impressive demeanor. Ever since
his brief experience on the bench of
the Neosho Valley. In the SOS, he has
been the worthy cotemporary OF Rob
inson, the TEACHERS. HaSkells, the
trusted and respected of all the bright
and solid men Of Lawrence, from the
days of Wilson Shannon, Jim Lane and
John Speer up to the present hour. and
if the Republicans Of the Second dis
trict would delight TO honor an old
timer who has been through the mill
and proved ever faithful 10 Kansas
and true 10 himself. before ii j. too
late. they could hardly do better than
10 confer the honor Of a nomination
and election Ia congress Of the man
who has grown white-headed in their
midst, Colonel q. Z. Learnard.
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Ths a,a Daily aeIe "wednesday zorng ga,ruary 20 1896

bed COrbett by the legs and they both
rolled down the stairway together.
This ended the rumpus. Mr.. Murphy
IS suffering in the back where he was
kicked. Mr.. Corbett has a swollen
mouth.
From this we get the true character
of the pugilist. Let us consider it
from a high diplomatic standpoint
Mr.. COrbett had demonstrated that he
was the champion of the world. 1t was
generally understood that he could lick
anything walking around on two legs
on this terrestrial sphere. This should
command respect for him. just as Eng
land, with the greatest navy on earth,
does command respect If COrbettS
reputation is not 10 command respect,
what use could he have for il. If Eng
lands navy was not To command re-
spect what use would she have for it?
Murphy is not a fighter; in all prob
ability he is what is known as "a
peaceable man." 1t was his business
to open up at Corbett in regular Dip
lOmatic way. He should have inform
ed Mr.. COrbett that he was violating a
general rule and endangering the
safety of others and must desist. Mr..
Corbett would have refused. Then
Mr.. Murphy in a regular diplomatic
way would have announced 10 Mr..
Corbett that he would have to fight.
He would appoint a commission or two
to find whether he had sufficient cause
TO fight. All this while Mr.. COrbett
would be training. The place would
be appointed and Mr.. COrbett and Mr.
Murphy would meet and Mr.. Murphy
would have the everlasting daylightS
knocked out of him. This is what Mr.
Murphy should have done. 1t is the
diplomatic way of doing things, adopt
ed and upheld by the greatest nations
ON earth.
But instead of that, Mr.. Murphy ap-
pears TO have overlooked diplomacy en-
tirely, and upon discovering Mr.. Cor
bett in lie told him SO and jumped in
with the pitiable result that Corbett
came out Of it badly bruised up. If
Murphy had used diplomacy, as our
own government always uses ii, Cor
bett would have knocked the socks OF
him and the great art of diplomacy
would have been subserved.
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The Gushing News is calling on its sub
scfbers wildly 10 take out anal proof
papers now.
II is said that Agent Freeman Il taking
particular delight over the downfall OF
Marshal Nix.
The editor OF the Woodward News "a
vors war only on the condition that Eng
land buys cuba.
That town Kingisher puts up the slick
est politicians IN the terrltory-there %
no use dispuung il.
Ardmore Is said to be four times as
pretty as 10 was before 1t burned down.
Ardmore is a conner.
Dr. Brewer. a capitalist OF Utica, y. Y.
Is now a big stakeholder IN the Capital
National bank OF Guthrie.
Hoke Smith and Harmon had a row
over the appointment OF Magic. Hoks
was against the appointment.
The Guthrie Leader feels awfuuy bad
about the Nix matter. but the Leader
should remember that such things happen
in politics.
The Woodward News claims that
citizen is laid up with a 'carbuckle." AID
they haven't linotype machines at Wood
ward either.
IL "a announced that Raining Dew. a
Cheyenne princess. has committed suicide
Raining Dew, No Indian ever Travelled
under that name.
The portraits OF Bill DooIfn all being
in We have no hesitaHcy In saying that
the oklahoma City Republicans one was
by far the most atrocious published
Before tho Washington administration
gets through with Oklahoma a. will be
strongly in favor OF statehood IN order %
get her of the national admiulstration's
hands.
The people who rule In Washington. ac-
cording TO several men IN the territory.
seem 70 think that the fellows capable OF
holding ONCE in oklahoma OUTSIDE OF
Kingfsher, are not worth considering
Isenbers Of the Enid wave. has set up
Ia business against Or. KeeIy with this
cure: Let any victim Of the liquor habit
eat tomatoes, syrinkicd with salt con
Stunning as much as possible each day
This viii cure.
A. Pond Creek. SIR and Mrs. Ferguson
are quarreling over the custody Of their
child. The court has given Mrs. Ferxu-
son The child, the father % eco IL when
ever he wants t1. but both are under
bonds not % take the YOUNG one out Of the
territory
Il - charged against NIX that be would
send a deputy % one locality for a man
one rsy: another man 20 the same local
ity the next day. and another man 10 the
same locality the next day. al % make
arrests. and the Fun mileage of all three
trips was charged Up. That was what
made Harmon mad.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-29
ANOTHER VIEW OF DARDANELLEs

Nobody seems 10 know anything
definite touching the rumor of last
week of a RusSO-TurkiSh alliance But
the definite movement To enlarge the
Russian navy is unqueStioned. Rus
STA has a better reason for charging
her war fleet than a mere desire TO out
do Great Britain in the construction OF
noval vessels. Her Black Sea squad
ron is locked up behind the Darda-
nelles by the public law Of Europe.
and, moreover, is not more than ade-
Quate TO defend her southern coast
From the English papers it is learned
what all the powers of Europe of
course know, that there are only two
ships of the Russian navy in the Med
iterranean, the armOred cruiser Rurik
and a small gunbOat: practically all
the rest of the Russia fleet has been
sent 10 the far East. CronStadt has
been entirely denuded of warShips, and
there are only sixteen naval officers at
that fOrtreSS-a number entirely made
quate for guard duty in its arSenalS
and dOckyardS. With her broken sea
board, each section of which is sep
arated from the other by an enormous
distance, Russia naturally requires a
prOpOrtiOnately larger number of ships
than does a country with a continuous
coast line. Her various squadrons
cannot be quickly strengthened by re-
endorsements sent from one station To
another, and she needs three vessels
where a nation like Germany, for in
stance, requires but one. There is no
reason, therefore, why proposal 10
increase the Russian fleet should be
regarded as a menace; and the denuda-
ton of CrOnstadt of nearly all war
vessels should suffice to prove that Rus
STA has no present expectation of war.
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tricts, and Offering 10 extend protector
ate over all the Christians in Turkey. re-
ceiving the moral support and plaUdits of
all Christendom. England insisted upon
the autonomy of the Turk and agreed 20
guard the religious freedom and welfare
Of the Christians in Turkey. and upon
her guarantee the interested powers sign
ed the treaty of Berlin.
History repeated itself in Armenia.
which, under British protection maintain
ed society in London. and when the
outbreak of fanaticism commenced. Eng
land in its manifestations of horror. called
upon the civilized world 10 assist in
crushing the Musselman, sent part of its
fleet to the Mediterranean and made
great blow and buster with an ultimatum.
which the sultan stuck into his boomers
and then wistfully looked over his guns al
the DardanelleS for the threatening
'Dyad' which never came. The sigma
tory powers. ever distrustful Of England's
pretended sympathy. send varships into
the Mediterranean and in good faith,
America did the same. and asked for the
protection of its missionaries and ces-
satiOn of Christian slaughter. while the
willy Muscovite made an alliance with the
wary Turk which enabled the latter 81
lently and doggedly 70 defy concerted
action. and the powers taking the cue
from Russia left Britain to redeem It's
pledges and prove its sincerity. but true
10 its history. seeing that the scheme 10
plunge Europe into a war over Turkish
territory had failed, England left ar
menia 10 It's fate. II England had sue
oeeded. and the fleets Of America. France
and Germany had entered the 2ied!terran-
mean, with Russia engaged by land and
sea, Austria neutral and Italy "A poss bile
ally of England. with her sixteen ships
protected by the forts OF Karfu and Malta
the narrow passage of the Dardanelles inn
passible and the outlet Of the Mediter-
ranean commanded by the guns at Glib
raltar. all grasp-ng England would have
asked concessions from China, extended
her claims in Siam; peremptory, supported
by force, ordered the liberation Of the
TransvaaI invaders; extended It's posts in
70 Venezuela; demanded arbitrarily the
recognition Of her lines in Alaska. and
again would have been mistress Of the
seas and Salisbury master Of the sltua-
ton. G. H.
IL Reno o. T Ian z
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ton described much after the same
manner. and with like strict regard To
truth
In dealing with the occult craze.
Norddu selects from among the master
sorcerers as a central figure NJ. Jose
phiDe Peladdn who. he informs rs.
has even arrogated 10 himself the
ASsyrian royal title of 'Sar.' under which
he Is generally known" He maintains
he is the descendant of the old Magi.
and the posSeSsOr Of all the mental
leGacies Of ZoroaSter. Pythagoras and
Arpheus. He is moreover, the direct
heir of the Knights Templars and Ros-
icrucians. both OF which orders he has
amalgamated and revived under new
form as the order of the Rosy Cross"
Limit of space forbids further quota
ton. nor is it necessary 10 the purpose
of this paper. which is simply 10 direct
the attention Of the general reader to
a much abused book which requires
careful study before either condemHing
or approving il.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-29
THE WISDOM oF THE EAST.

The subject of THE Derivation of
the Ethics of Buddhism" was investi-
gated and carefully discussed at the
first meeting for the new year of the
Victoria Institute of London, England /:
its consideration being introduced i'm
brief paper, the author of which
called attention 10 the frequency with
which moral precepts, often similar TO
those in Holy Writ, We're quoted as
from Buddhist writings, this being
very often done TheOSophists and
others who sought 70 miIimise the
vale Of the Christian Scriptures. The
question thereupOn arose, were these
precepts TO be found in the earlier
Buddhist writings, and, if not original,
whence were they derived: \ careful
examination of the Buddhist writings,
and of the Old Testament, showed that
every valuable moral precept incuicat-
ed 10y Buddha or his followers was
freely taught by Moses and the PropE-
cts centuries before Buddha existed;
and this was scarcely to be wondered
AT, considering the light which had
been thrown of late On the extent 10
which nations in earlier days held in
accommodation. The Eethics of
Buddhism were evidently derived
from those nations with whom the in
habitantS Of India had commercial and
other relations, including the Jewish;
which was in its greatest prosperity
500 years before Buddha was said 10
have existed; and also later, when the
Captivity took place, and there was a
tendency towards the dispersal OF that
people. Attention was drawn 10 the
evidence given by Straba and other
ancient writer's to the great commercial
intercourse existing in the tenth cen
fury y. {. between India, Persia, Par
thia. Media. and the countries south Of
the Euxine. as well as the ancient traf-
fic by sea which recent research had
shown 10 have existed, and had been
referred 10 At Il recent meeting Of the
institute "a carried on from India
round Ceylon and up the Red sea, the
ships being mostly manned by those
intrepid mariners, the PhOenicianS- At
the close Of the evening it was an
nounced that one Of the institutes com
mitreeS. Mr. T. g. Pinches, Of the De
parJment 81 Oriental Antiquities, al the
British Musuem, had discovered and
decipLered some new and remarkable
inscriptions These were Of special il
tert-st % the Biblical student and would
shortly DE published for the !nf0rma-
ton of all the members Many appll-
cations from persons desiring % sup
port the institute a. members or assoc
iates having been received from places
in England, America, India and the
Colonies, the applicants were elected
and the meeting adjourned
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-29
PAUL KRUGER.
Il Reno. o. T. Jan. =.

Now Christ thee save, Paul Kruger.
Now Christ thee save from harm.
And may the God OF Joshua
Bear up thy strong right arm
Nav He who fought the battles
OF all thy hero sires.
When Orange William kindlei
The blaze OF FreedOm's fires.
May He whose stern war-angel
The English pirates srOte.
When CTOmwelIs bloody talOns
Were crooked az Holland s throat
May he who cast HIS aegis
O'er flooded dyke and dam.
When down mid roaring pillows.
Went Frances orifamule.
Nay He defend the children.
Nh0 kept the fathers cause.
Who raised The O-eau ramparta,
And babe the sp0ller pause.
No raur5ian surEes round them.
Laugh now the Zoe 20 srorn.
Bu- swelling theWs and EineWs
81 men % freedom sworn.
And breasts with Right ihrlee-p.ated
And hands that love the sword.
Ana hearts that count most holy
The drops Tor freedom poured:
Ard brains that guide in wisdom
The arms that strain % eulte.
And Mind. DER all victorious
Tina, leads The van u hgnt.
And DER them. and about them.
The rapture q a world
Tia balls me swapping fetferB
The tgr4rt downward h1r.eA
Yea o'erthern. ard about them,
The prayers % every slave.
TIE hopes % every champ
The blessings % the brave.
10, these shall be- me bB.Earks
SO re1-c1af ycaLeT scales.
TIL once again hls banner
Before TIRE D1,chrlar' g rails,
Then hri-g fhf newborn infant.
Ire bate BE- Elory sect
F-om Was f-l-for. AaFtlsnaIi
his shining BROS besGrert.
Al .1-d Nfm we-l. Pauf E~17sr.
Ana she'd BIN with trv Ife
Az fr- RE s1xe - hzElwe1
Ire t-oo1y sweat AID strife!
"A g-y shall lash the pulses
90 freeman a-1 - slave.
T. ser t1e Tl4-r Ef-ur-
TE-oCe1 or a fesE.3t's grave
T-s- CHRIS. t-re kFer Paul E-uEe-i
I1@1 Cs--s- t-ss sers from E--lt
A-t UzF trF ceat-.sgs E.rry
&--Fs many . 1ztr..-'s z-r1-
A. CE~lsf f-ee kaeT Fk-. Kruger
A. srr.-s tosa III gre sE-ea.
NJ "a reT su.rlt wz kerr
TIE 1e.-s @ Fa-al.-ef
30 h- Ettr~ Ftzr rrfe hrarr1
MO sli r1e aa--i-F tart,
T-ar - zho lives a-G i4ol-ss
Ard dies f1y pa -EsTisrit
-Fa--Y Pare. ~ ere Iias-1- F--G-
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AN OBSERVING MIND.
A Lao TsilisE Toward Ills Death Deserils
Its Ee~.ffrcsfon.

Iaf Hsfllsr Toward His Death Describes
ITS Recoti~ctfons
The other day q boy employed In a
factory fen four stories down the shaft
Of freight elevator. BY some inter
position q fate or Providence, says The
Chicago Record, he landed on his feet
after turning over a couple % times.
and crawled out 81 the bottom dor
with q silly and mortified look on hls
face.
The men who lad seen him fan
rushed 70 the bottom q the shaft. er.
Pecting % End him lying there, crushed
and hfelsss
Are you hur;7- they asked. taxing
hold Of him.
"E-n-Do, I'm al right
odd you light Oh your fses7-
i don't know. Leave me sl0na. TIA
all right~
IN a few minutes be Gained dozs,
nnd che q TIC men asked him.
What did you think - while you
were tJhng7~
"AL remember e ina, ths feather.
elesnin' place on che seoona eo-or va.
kaui down
Is that aii7-
Il could soe as went b. that there
WASH: anyone workin' IL tksre. Tha.,
every blamed thtEg ] can rsasuts-"
lie stuck 70 - AZ an swful raSroep,
when his psst life sh0uh have corn. -
hirn n a fash, he was takiag oty,~rya,
t4DaA - ne featner-cleaaIng place