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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-03-01

culture, while ours have slept as It were.
1 think they must have had very little in
tellect to start with If it has taken several
centuries to come up with ours-to equal
ours. I say equal ours, for theirs certainly
do not surpass ours.
Girls, let's convince them that we are
not as dull as thought to be.
'Blnker" please tell where in the Bible
you found that passage quoted In your
letter.
Zellie Phillips Oak Level, Va--Dear
Junior: II I come knocking for admittance
in your happy circle this bright morning
win YOU let me in? AS they all prefer SUB
tects. will take happiness for NINE Hap
piness Is the great aim OF every hVlns
soul and the chief object of our lives. II
we do not lead q useful, happy lie we
feel that we have lived in vain and that
our lives have been but an empty cream
devoid of all the pleasant memories or tho
past.
Nothing done to cheer the pathway or
another or to lift another's burden; no KIND
work for a fallen brother or bright smile
for the heart broken one, and SO wheh
closes that selfish wretched life. heaven
will have no beaming smile to shed on the
dying pillow
No Joy given, no Joy received, and may
the world truthfully say: Our life mas
been spent in vain" Our soul has passed
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Rack from the Grave

we cannot come. but We can otleh 49,
r-,- -,~.,rr.yss thfther Disease. Ike every
rhtue SIS. must have q bcginmn4- ~
ar1uir uaaladies tend 70 shorten me- anu
relder IL 4 species OF uarINrdoih W.
$500 r-e- NTaIerfa kidney complaint. chron-
= Indigestion rhrumatis. all nave suitii
r.s...irrires and may be stayed "a Ehe out
80 with Hostetter's Stomach b.tteIs; . -
alike 20 the prevention OF disorders 81 lne
stem ana 60 their removal. and is cary
-.-..- -r,n.-fre ana insure tranquil rest.
rrere Is ~ s7lrer and uleas1nter MS
sfen Tire Bftfers. The effects 81 over"
snl exhaustion. mental or pnN atcali -,
F.-.-.rt.-.,...s-f IN IN and the busy merchant.
AMI ~. tired clerk or operative. ara Aile
brain Weary student. author or ne" So -
man. derive from Il present rellet anu
ture energy.
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Correspondence solicited.

Clar,ce Stone Coatopa. Ala.-Dear Jun
Tor: / stood by quietly and watched with
feeling of pride the progress Of the moral
question" for / saw Il was coming on all
right. but since you--the boys-have gone
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Norma Lazcnby Good Hope, Ala ".
taks Tor ms subject school" EvcrybOo!
that could ought To 20 10 school / go q
school. ! ike 20 40 very much. l stucs
hard ana try TO learn. Learn all YOU cai
while young and IL viii be "A great help .u
YOU when YOU are grown. When you get o.d
and look back on your scnool days Il is /.
great thing 10 have an education Ever!
body ought TO appreciate tho privilege %.
going to school.
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Graham OHM. Aurora, Fla.-Dear Jun
Tor: VIII you permit little south t4or!o
boy TO enter your charming corher' nv
10, Iiusborourn county. about one mils
from this Gulf Of Mexico. There are 4
Great many people who follow fishing To-
a living here. TarpOns ara very nice ZOO
They ara caught by harpoons. some
th.n ara five feet long when grown. som
times there are thousands of fish caught Z"
tha passes by sclns.
We have nice times bathing, boating az
fsniug About nNe miles north OF nero "
Piaut mas started city called Belialr. J. .
has a nice hotel just finished. II mas o.
hundred and thirty rooms Il as Sallv.'
BeileView.
Correspondence solicited
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-26
M'KINLEY'S CUBAN POLICY.

If Representative Hit speaks by the
card, President Mckinley will yet prove
to be Cuba's best friend. Mr.. Hits
statement that the president hopes to
see the complete independence of Cuba
and is disposed TO do what he can with
in proper limits to bring that about is
a very encouraging statement.
President McKinley's Cuban policy
has so far been progressive one, and
that, too, without disturbing the rela-
tons between this country and Spain.
Very soon after President McKinley's
Inauguration Americans confined in
Spanish prisons in Cuba We're released,
some of them after months of illegal
confinement. The next step in this pro-
gressive policy was the message to con-
gress asking for an appropriation of at
least $4,000 to relieve distress among
American citizens in Cuba. This con-
templates intervention by the United
States direct, without any ''ifs'' or
lands" What the next step will be is
unknown, but, according TO those in
close touch with the president, he hopes
in time to bring about the complete in
dependence of Cuba, believing that it
will be best for this nation and best for
the people of the island.
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THE DEATH OF EARLE.

The death Of Earle, United States
senator from South Carolina, removes
from public life and a brief term Of
service in Washington a man chiefly
notable for having defeated the Till
man forces in his state through ter
rife political fight. He was a jurist
and a man with a character above re-
proach, and had he lived would have
become a prominent figure in the SEN
ate. for he was able. As a consequence
of his death the Republicans practically
gain one vote which may prove of i'm
portance in the event Of an early vote
on the tariff bill One vote counts for
good deal where the balance is so close.
4 United States senator in South Caro-
lima is chosen, practically, by the peo-
pie. That is, he is designated by the
primary system. The fight which will
ensue will be between Ex-Governor
Evans, who will again lead the Tillman
forces, and Congressman McLaurin
and other aspirants opposed to the
Tillman party. Whoever is chosen he
VIII be a Democrat and a free silver
man. for South Carolina is for free sill
yer 16 to without question. AS soon
as the election occurs the United States
senate will stand as to party just where
If did
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WOMAN ON THE WHEEL.

There is no guessing what the age,
size or build which shall debar women
from the wheel. One point has been
conceded by the men and that is girls
and young women in costume are more
attractive than otherwise awheel. Full
skirts are Objectionable in that they
accentuate the form. II the form is per-
lection then even the full skirt fails
of being a disagreeable sight.
Miss Marguerite Lindley, of Brook
Ign, author of Health in the Home"
evidently believes as we'll in health out
of-doors, judging from the many in
structive hints which she gave to the
women Of the City Of Churches on
Tuesday last in a lecture concerning
the use and abuse of the bicycle. Don't
talk of Incorporate habits in men,"
said the lecturer, land then be intern
perate on your wheel. Don't talk
against horse racing and then race
yourself"
Miss Lindley told her listeners to
take drinking cup along when riding;
she has no faith in chewing gum as
a thirst quencher, her idea being that
1t stimulates the digestive fluids only
10 fool them. Physicians" she said.
may recommend chewing gum for in
digestion; but only when it is impossible
TO get patients to properly chew their
food, and Us a last resort they advise
them 10 chew gum 10 create the neces-
sary saliva
Miss Llndley does not share the prud-
ish notion that long dress is the most
modest: her objection 10 it is that p
shows the outlines Of the figure. on
the general subject OF apparel she fur
tner said:
Dor't wear stiff collars; they hinder |
free circulation. Don't wear wells; they
should never be worn, rs they have a |
bad effect upon the nervous system. |
Dou't think any old garment good /
enough FOR n wheel Every one is con-
sricuous when riding one OF two |
Things - always said Of n woman on a |
wheel: Isn't she pretIy?" or What 4 |
sight she is,-
Bicycle authorities viii not alfcseth |
er coincide with the notion Of the lect
nresa that bicycling develops only the |
legs, and that the upper part OF the
body must have other exercise to eoual- |
ize the effect" They viii tell her thai
the arms get tired sooner than 80
legs: and physicians VIII tell her that
the development Of the lungs is surely /
aided by proper use OF the wheel. In
short. it is practically impossible Ia de-
velop one part OF the body without all |
parts sharing in The benefit
But Or the wheel Miss Lindley's ideas
are 10 be commended as sound and sal.
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BANKERS AND WAR.

Salisbury says that there is nothing
In common with sentiment and diplo-
macy. AS sentiment is based on the
whitSst of truth, diplomacy must mean
something else. 1t will be observed
that diplomacy and the money consider
alton always go together. Money and
deception are twin bed-fellows Hence
diplomacy is more of falsehood than Of
honor. His Lordship explains that
English sympathy for Greece springs
from classic associations, hence Eng
lands ruler would prefer TO side with
barbarity than with christianity.
To save himself the estimation of civil
ization his I,ordship goes on to say that
of course Europe could not afford to
allow christian communities to fall I'M
der the dominion Of the Sultan. That
depends. Mr.. Salisbury, depends on
what Lombard street says. Lombard
street is TO England what Wall street
is to The United States. Money and di-
plomacy go together. The enormous
debt OF Turkey IS principally 10 Eng
llsh capitalists 1t is the London and
Berlin and other European bankers who
demand that the integrity of Turkey
shall be maintained. Turkeys debt is
her salvation. and but for which she
would be wiped from the earth. and
The ArE.enians and Greeks would CON
stitute two christian nations. But for
her debt Greece would now be rubbed
off the map OF the world. Money is a
greater power than right or religion.
1t is pure matter of business 10 sus-
tain the integrity Of Turkey" a mat
ter Of principal and interest. 1t is also
a matter Of principle and interest which
will not permit the overthrow Of the
Greek government. The six powers are
held together by diplomacy and dipIo-
macy is nothing in the absence of mon.
ey interests Its for revenue and rev
enue only that the Armenians were al
lowed slaughtered and for revenue on
~ that both Turkey and Greece VIII he
maintained in their autonomy.
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ton and publication of an encyclope-
dia. As for Frank Swift he must be
more than 90 years of age. Frank land
ed in Lawrence on the 3rd day Of
March. 1855, coming there with horde
of Border Ruffians who did not suspect
him of being free state boy. He
dropped around TO John Speer's Trib-
une Office, of which Charley Carrot at
the time was foreman, and who put him
to work until Speer, who was out,
should return and endorse the engage
ment. When the war broke out he was
elected captain of one of the companies
in General Deizler's regiment. Powell
Clayton at that time was rather a con-
sentative Republican, and anti-Lane.
He may have enlisted in the First; we
do not remember. Frank 3. Swift, like
Ed. Harris, was an accomplished de-
voice of the '.art preservative," and
should, as he might have been, had he
been different in temperament, one of
the leading publishers Of Kansas.
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OLD PRINTERS.

Elsewhere we print a sketch of two
old-time Kansas printers. The reIni-
niscence is f;om the pen of Hon John
:. Gilmore. editor of the E.eaunia Ci.
3zen. vine is inore than 9c.,In,;r is care
fai taat any historical statement he
may Eiafc shsll be absolutely corrcct
Having Il vt,r reteutiye Iamory ani
being an omiGous reader. as well as a
close observer. Mr.. Gilmore is wont 10
pick up the average public writer on
attempted recitals of historical Incl
dents. That our esteemed contemporary
may know what it's like TO have small
discrepancies pointed out in his own
case, We will say that Ed Harris IS not
in Geo. W. Cranes establishment. in
Topeka. He owns the $4,000 worth OF
Kaw bottom all right. and was one of
the frs: settlers of Kansas, but he Is
now living in Akron, Ohio. where he
e amnloyed by Werner In the compila-
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Old Kansas Printers.

From the Wilson County Citizen.
Speaking Of old Kansas editors, why not
mention the old printers There Is one
s'ill working daily at his trade who was
a typo in Kansas printing ofnces before
the admission Of the state. He may have
worked at the case on the old Herald Of
Freedom He was an everyday printer In
Lawrence before the war and a very rapid
compositor. He enlisted under Lincoln
first call for troops. became captain Of .
Lawrence company in the First Kansas
infantry Gin which regiment Dan AcCook
and Powell Clayton were also captains) and
fought at Wilson Creek. where he was
wounded, while his second lieutenant,
Caleb S. Pratt-in whose honor Pratt coun-
" was named-was killed on the field.
Francis B. Swift is his name. Swift, who
must not be less than 80 years old. is now
a printer on the Girard Press, in which
ONCE he has been constantly employed
since September, 1883 We believe he is
the oldest typesetter in Kansas, either n
respect TO the date of beginning. years OF
labor in the territory and state of con-
tinuity Of service as practical manipula-
tor of the metal letters.
Edward P. Harris. now in George W.
Cranes establishment at Topeka, may be
beyond Swift as an early settler, and has
been steadily working as printer, superin-
tendent of printing and procf-reader in
Kansas for fully forty-cne years. He ''fit
sgin" the border ruffians at Hickory Point
in the original ruct.on. He also set type
on the Herald of Freedom In 1861. We
clearly remember that 1t was while acting
as foreman of the Emporia News in July.
1868 during the New York draft rot. that
he seduced country boy Of IA into trying
TO be printer and attempted his favorite
''strap-oil' joke. Marsh Murdoch was set
ting type in the same once and abetted
Harris In his design. Harris is still allied
10 the trade. but not printer in the sense
that Swift is. Harris cannot quit the print
ing Office. IT has a grip on him Ike unto
the morphine habit. He will doubtless
breathe his last amid the soul-riveting
odors Of print shop. He is at least s.
years old, owns about 81. 900 worth of Kaw
bottom land near Lecompton. but couldn't
abandon the type and ink and printing
presses II he possessed in fee simple that
great valley from Wyandotte to Fort Riley.
These are two Of the oldest printers-and
possibly there are others.
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Daily Il eagle
d. d. MURDOCH. Editor.
ABOUT THOSE SEAL SKINS:

The conflict between the orient and
the occident, between the civilizations
of the Slav and the Saxon has gone on
for ages. 1t is as old as civilization it
history when the eastern question was
not to the fore in one or another aspect.
Russia, as great power, is not so old,
but as a government it is exceedingly
patient Generations are nothing TO
Peter the Greats successors. 1t is not
a government so much of craftiness as
of wisdom gathered from experience,
and advantages obtained from waiting
Russia would have had Constantinople
long since, and with it the Bosphorous,
and freedom in the Black sea and the
Dardanells But Russia bides her time.
Her fear has not been of the Frank or
of the Teuton, but Of the English, of a
combination offensive and defensive Of
all English speaking peoples, the fear
that Anglo-Saxon America might be
with England. So Russia has always
sought the good will of the United
States. She sold US Alaska and with it
really the Behring sea, and all its seals
end fishes. England has, through dip
lomatic fnesse, euchered us out Of the
sea, out of its seals and fishes. But
that was not the fault or wish OF Rus
sia. During Clevelands administration,
when England was draining America
of its gold, it transpires that Russia
proffered this country fifty or a hun
bred millions of gold, secretly. When
the time comes, with its opportunity
for Russia to strike for the final settle
ment of the Eastern Question. and her
own supremacy in Europe, she does
not want the United States TO side with
England only. because both are Eng
lish speaking.
This brings US back 10 Alaska, its
sea and seals. 1t having been settled
that Behring sea does not belong to
the United States, Canada rejects the
overtures Of this country for better
protection of the seal, simply because
the mother country objects. Lord Sal !
isbury has given the Dominion its cue
and it dare not diSobey, and so our gov
eminent has dispatched Mr.. Foster to
Great Britain TO intercede. England
will automatically sit down on him,
and then Mr.. Foster can go elsewhere,
or come back home. He should go to
Russia Russia has as much interest
in the Behring Sea as England has in
this formerly supposed CLOSED sea-"
She considered that sea her own up to
the time she sold the land TO the United
States. Once in the Orient Mr.. Foster |
might next strike Japan, who is anx-
ious for an alliance with this country. |
With the backing of Russia and Japan !
the United States might muster up |
enough Sunday school boy pluck to |
stand by her own. Those SeaSlpheries |
can be protected in spite of half breed |
Canada and her bloated mother, and |
they ought OF be. We not only want |
Alaska and her seals, which we paid |
for. but we want Canada and we would |
as lief fight England over the seal ques-
ton as over any other.
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ThOS. Shaw.

wiling 20 fight bear. a tiger. the i'm
Jams or a circular saw So~ Captain
Skeen asks divorce from bis wife on the
grounds OF extreme cruelty.
4. II. Limerick the leading spirit n that
wave Of culture that passes taroUSh the
country and hnds It's annual climax IN me
Winfield chautauqus. f. nothing more nor
less than a cuitivator % vatsfneions a.
South Haven. Sumner county.
After about II historical heroes rad beer
re-kiited az the Emporis college Gecisms-
10, contest. Mss Thomas sails9 n AID
osn;tref the prize without biootsse1. Bioot
ara thunder defamation has received a
rnercsiess reoske ia that classic town
An effort AL be made 10 make the board
Of railroad commissioners cara the money
that i pad them AL Of thsrn give a.
NOS; their entire tine 70 private business.
They should 5e fzgzst iaat public osice
is 10; a private snap 70 ire extent % aos
doing sny work
Topeka man - a barter chair = few
days szo took a svspe a. a e. tsAt vas
roczttinE OF rs o. II z. ross arr the
result was ina; hs lit The rszor sas ssTsfs-
one OF hss nzxsrs- BE shogf have ssse8
the barber % remove ire ~ and iaas
Wesisy q. Foraker zho Drove tfs T.
dams o.: 81 safe Creek. SINNER county. 7
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quarter q century arc. cane tato Wei /
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Along the Kansas Nile.

Linwood. the home Of Senator Harris
has been made city of the third class
Harris still remains fourth-class senator
| Newton will entertain the State Sunday
School convention this week. They hav,
been given the freedom OF the town, o.
course.
John J. InFall Is visiting Washin gton for
the first time since he left the senate. II
will be observed that he is making himself
heard as Of yore.
There IL something in a name after all
Adelaide Staatz Of Enterprise entered the
state normal school musical contest and
carried off the prize.
Judge Burnett OF the Cowley-Sumner Dis
t-ict viii not be a candidate for reelection.
When bis term expires he Will move TO
Missouri to permanently reside there.
A red hot baptism will be pulled of at
the swimming hole al the Grouse Creek
bridge near Dexter next Sunday. People
are coming for miles around 70 see Il.
Ben, Murdoch. in a sort OF wise way.
suggests the name of Cy Leland for gov
ernor. In the hands OF men entirely great
that's the way 10 start a successful boom.
They faced death in a thousand forms
but now the old soldiers 90 Goodlsnd have
concluded TO abandon their memorial day
exercises on account of the scarlet fever.
The other side OF a preachers wife
will be the subject of Rev. Wilson's ser
mon Sunday" says an Usage county ex-
change. II should have read The other
SIDE OF a preachers hfe."
W. A Rem set up strawberries 20 every
person connected with the newspaper bust
ness in Wellington. Monday. From nov
on hts ad vii 90 az the top OF the column
next 10 suicides and runaways.
During the year ten young nler went 20
the peaitentiary from Atchinson and three
graduated from the theological seminary.
The devil seems 20 be getting more than r.
share of the patronage OF Afchinson-
Il want TO state IN my humble opinion"
says a Sumner county man. writing from
California. 'tha, IL Is easier 70 make Ev-
lng in Kansas than anywhere else IN the
u ORD" That means The return Q. another
prodigal son.
There Is a Jack the pes7c- AZ Empor.s
.na.. According 70 VII whstes paper. IL
ve-y annoying TO The ladies' Way - the
Fan. @. all that Is fair and lovesy 6c-'f
hey pat on tnelr kettles sad lsy for I'm
sT;h boiling SsteTs
Nearly al the peopse Of Aicairsoa ~s.s
ASKING 20 Sugar Lake sunday. A win
>aule up s,d the nsh ds5nss bite. The |
"a gle hss repeatedly called s;;e1isca 70 she |
Iact ;as; saz1sy fishing u Eos casy = s.n. |
su, = also a fsH1-s.
TIE Democrs.z q Kansas are preparing
or ire qaz9->nnLzl refg-. cs C. ~ J. Tsy-
or fran ne PIE cogsrsr. TIE wicket
.n1zs t5=m are b0p.zg ia; ;hs frzs5
. hich hears hin .u xo f1-c-sA so-ne IL
lezsesy aga bridge
IeaoTxA = triumphant IN western Kaz-
as Heaven has shst % Eve. .zt- ;ss-s
rs year thai ne sz.sos lrr1xstscn rianf al |
-o.by Hss bees So fS- 81 and re 80 |
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onEsnse - sr.x-zp5 .or<vef-
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Rev. Cakes, q Methodist preacher IN
Sioux City. has been depulpitized because
he Rugged the pretty serving maid who
brought him water He says she frs,
threw her arms abou: him ana he couldn';
emulate Joseph, besides he doesn' believe
that Joseph would have been proof-;sss
had Mrs Poupher been a pretty servant
girl instead OF the boss wife.
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utary. She has done a timely service
to her sex in giving publicity to her
views. and their general acceptance
must result in gain to wonanhood not
merely in health, but in grace and
beauty.
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Dos Passos. the New York lawyer who
is organizing the two biilioa money trust
which is 10 loan per cent money 20 west
ern farmers. Is laughed ~. But he orsa-
n.zed the sugar ,rus; and thiriy-tSo multi
milEonaires are behind him TIE scheme
can be made 10 pros.ably go in state.
" hich haye good collection laws
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Rala who crowded gu; the cd Greek mir
.siers and who IA. going 10 do ID Tur-
key IN q week no~ sunks sni says TIA;
z5ou, oEe-ten,h Of The popaia.son CT Greece
nupst be SUPPORTED a, pubic expense