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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-09
A Matter OF Spelling.
from Hartford CnlIrantl

It one of the curious facts that many
OF the brightest writers spell atrociously.
That in itself goes long way in the prac-
teal demonstration that illiteracy does not
connect itself with the art of spelling An
excellent article that recently passed
through editorship in this office contained
the words village" Chinese" prairie, -
parallel failure" Portuguese" and
"loose'' for 'lose' 1t was an admirable
paper of choice literary quality. and yet,
had ii been printed as It was written, the
proof-reader would have been open to sum-
mary discharge for obvious and hopeless
incompetency.
That humble minister would have been
declared too illiterate to read proof. Going
backward one step, the copy-reader that
let such manuscript pass without alteration
would also be open to discharge. Why?
For illiteracy. And yet the literary quality
of the illiterately written article was fine
and evident
People are very sensitive about their looks
and their spelling. Next in gravity to the
charge of being homely Is the charge OF
being unable to spell. That seems to carry
with it a sort of proof that bad spelling is
discreditable. And yet the people whom
the charge most hurts are those of whom
it is truest. To be able to write without
being able to spell is like being able to
run without being able to walk. Those
who do it are wonder to those who look
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-09
Yerkes Lens and New Stars,

The great Yerkes telescope has unmask-
ed hitherto unseen worlds. The great lens
has been focused into space, and TO the
great joy Of Director Hale and Prof. Bar
nard and their associates the lght-gather-
ing power of the glass has been proved
perfect. 1t far surpasses the th.rty-six
inch lens of the Lick Observatory, and
Prof. Burnham, who is acquainted with
all the great telescopes in this country and
abroad, has given ii as his opinion that the
Yerkes lens is the most powerful Of all.
The wonderfully constructed lens has
hght-gathering powers that pierce far into
the unknown. and even the hazy mists OF
the nebulae have been penetrated. Most OF
the objects connected with the nebula in
Lyra, the great cluster in Hercules, and
the dumb-bell nebula have yielded UP their
secrets in the past only through the agency
of the Photographic plates. Prof. Barnard
had seen these only family at Mount Ham,
Iton- AT Lake Geneva he has been able
to view them with unusual distinctness.
After Prof Barnard had swept the sky in
the region of the nebulae. he pointed the
instrument toward a region located TO the
astronomer in Pos. 312 degrees; Dist. 50
minutes. Prof. Burnham had frequently
pointed the Lick instrument at the same
SPOT with the expectation of finding some
thing new. To Burnham on Mount Hamil-
ton 1t was all space and nothing more. He
watched whole nights and discovered moth
ing. He swung the giant tube toward the
region, and the first discovery at the
Yerkes Observatory was registered on the
dial near the dome. The unknown wan
derer was found near Winneckes compan-
ion TO Vega. Although it might claim
some distant relationship to Vegas com
panion, it is too far away to be considered
as physically connected with the iuminary,
ard may have an orbit of its own. AS
Vegas has been one of the best-observed
bodies of the heavenly wanderers, the DIS
coverey speaks volumes for the new lens.
1t also disproves the theory of Prof. Lowell |
as to the unfavorable atmospheric condi- |
tons of the region in which the telescope |
is located. |
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-09
Daily ~ eagle
NJ. NJ. MURDOCH. Editor.
A NEW TYPE-THE OKLAHOMAN

How true it is that men make states
is now markedly illustrated by Oklaho-
ma. Northern blood and southern blood
met in Oklahoma. The soutnerner
brought his cotton and the northerneT
his corn and wheat TO this common
of the neighborhoods in southern Okla
homa early reflected the origin Of their
inhabitan1s; all the northern towns and
neighborlfods displayed northern traits.
Gradually. these two elements have
merged The cotton field began TO creep
north to Guthrie, then passed Guthrie to
Perry, and now it is almost 10 the
Kansas state line. Northern methods
of farming and practices of economy
have crept down past Oklahoma City to
the southernmost limits of the territory.
The Oklahoma character has been form
ed. Out OF the chrysallis, it is neither
northern nor southern. The Oklahoman
has become as distinct a type as the
Kansan or the Texan. Yet he is neither
Kansan nor Texan.
First, last and all the time, he Is for
Oklahoma, is the Oklahoma man. He
has all the depth of state pride Of a south
erner and all the declamatory boastful-
ness of a northerner. with resulting
sincerity Of assertion which is unim-
peachable Arkansas may have raised
some wonderful crops this year. We do
not know The nation does not know.
1t does not seem to he in the Southerner
to tell the world of his ability. But we
know. and the whole nation knows, that
Oklahoma has raised the most wonder
ful crop of wheat in the history of the
world; that its corn was par excellence, |
and it is now picking a cotton crop I'M
equalled, area considered, by any cot |
1On-growing country on the glooe. The /
northern instinct in Oklahoma could not |
let this fact remain pleasantly IN its |
own bosom. 1t had TO promulgate the |
fact II was forced by species of in
berent pressure, TO announce it aggreS-
sively to the world. And the southern
er not given to Boosting, milder and
more decorous in speech, with no eStab-
llshed discount on his evidence, has add
ed the fast, true color TO the northern
declarations which have forced them TO
be accepted all over the Union not as
the eXtravagant and Enthusiastically
boom literature of Over-zealous enthus-
lasts, but as the truth and the whole |.
truth.
The advantage to Oklahoma will be
tremendous growth through immigra-
ton. 1t is inevitable. Still, outside of
material advantage, Oklahoma's most
admirable Office in the history of the ma
ton, has been its function of comming-
ling the people of two sections, and
from them establishing a new and adj
mirable type.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-09

commissioner, and Jerry Simpson, who
has no admiration for Lewelling, has
just been crushed by Mckay. This is
the condition Of one portion of the state,
but it is typical of the complications in
every part of the state, and it can mean
but one thing-the dissipation of Popu-
list strength. 1t certainly does not
mean the complete dissolution of Pop
ulism, for we are all convinced by this
time that so long as offices last Popu-
ism will be with us.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-09
Southern Kansas Business Men.

Men more than women hold the establish
ment responsible for the inciviIty OF en-
| ployes.
Duff & Repp. furniture. at Arkansas
City, are advertising dining chairs of ali
prices.
W. H. Pottle of Arkansas City is dis
playing his new stock of cloaks recently
| purchased in New York
| There ought to be only one way out OF
| store for a discourteous empioye-the
front door. good and open.
| Sickafoose. grocer at Winfield. displays
the words stay Away" and then ex-
I plains: IF you are looking Cor poor gro-
| ceres"
| II you think you can increase your sales
| one thousand per cent by just one big ad-
yertsement inserted in one issue. you
might also try your hand at building Rome
! in day.
The wise merchant wraps his goods Ia
tasteful paper. A large part of the ex-
rensive candy trade is due 10 the beauti-
| ful bon-bon boxes which candy merchants
provide.
J. Z. Lynn & Co. dry goods. Of Winfield.
say: "Our series OF ads in the pas; have
aiw avs been the cause OF a great rush to
our store 10 claim the honest bargains We
have advertised"
There are some customers 20 whom a
merchant must be Independent, but they
are very few and far between. The aver
age customer feels that he S doing you
& favor 10 buy OF you.
While this lire from the advertisement;
Q: The Gem Laundry al Wellington q
sian5y. no one can say Il Is not an eye |
catcher. Il Is follows: ''Whoop-pee- |
Hot prices On laundry"
The Newman Dry Goods company OF Ar
kansas City have a good fashion Of telling
briefly some quality OF the goods they have
to sell. For instance they say CT bread
spread: IT'S finished al both ends and a.
ready for use"
). B. Lynn & Co. dry goods. o: Win
fed. say: If you need insp .rs-ioa ss 70
WAIST 10 buy for your fan cossaHe. or
dress goods 3sparia eat ar3:ds w united
sugs estions snd displays yarlsDts 10 sE.t
ladies u al walks OF lie "
II TIE graveyard Of commerce there
are thousands and thousands q cozcsEas
which die3 from ms cause: The pro
pr.st0r advertised for a week cuce. ana
trade Tot picking Up psrceptis.y. as al;
advertising forever
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enemy was Of Us quad Y yoa Eve IL
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-09
PRESENT POLITICS IN KANSAS

The ceaseless interchange of rockets
in Kansas politics at times becomes a
little wearying. So popular is the bone
of politics in Kansas that it not al
ways discreet 10 notify the combatantS
of the dryness of the bone. The aver
average Kansas politician, is forever
weighing events in relation to their
probable effect in the next campaign.
For instance when, Immediately after
the last election, at which Kansas gave
her electoral vote TO Bryan, torrent
of abuse was sent down upon Kansas
from the east, nearly every Populist pol
itician in the state at once concluded
that state pride would be so offended
that the Populists would he accorded
an unlimited tenure of office They be-
lieved sincerely that Kansas was for
ever tied to PopullSm. Yet now the con-
ditionS which brought the abuse of the
east down upon us has passed away
and today we have the casts compli-
ments instead. What of state anger
arose then has subsided now and that
in less than year. In January last
the Populist legislature met 1t was cor
rupt The Republican politicians were
in great glee. This vicious legislature
meant apparently that Populism was
doomed forever. The people were dis
susted. This alone would be sufficient
campaign evidence 10 win a verdict for
the Republicans from the people Since
then seven months have passed and it
is a rare occurrence TO hear the legisla-
lure mentioned at all, and the fan cam
paign has begun. All the time the Pop
uliSts have been brewing red fire by
sarcastic reference to a prosperity
which did not come and over the woes
of the coal miners in the east, whose I'M
fortunate condition was charged direct
ly 10 the Republican party. Then wheat
began 10 bulge. and for the last five or
six weeks the Republicans have had the
Populists at their mercy. No doubt in
a few weeks the PopulistS will get their /
breath and be able 10 make some sort |
of defense. They are helpless now. |
Still, the price of wheat may not be the |
issue year from now, in j state cam |
paign.
Most all these ante-campaign issues /
which are born too soon To be of use in /
the actual fight Play but a minor part
in the ultimate results Of politics. II is
D singular and perhaps lamentable fact
that the politicians shape politics. The
true condition of Kansas politics is
found IN the attitude of the politicians.
and the evidence at hand indicates that
the Republican party of the state is I'M
dergoins an invigorating process.
Though the rocks and shoals have been
many and descriptions between leaders
in the party have been imminent. no dis
aster has taken place Internal rows
are absent. In the Populist party. on
the other hand, the coInplexity of anfas-
onisms and unharmonious conditions IS
beyond human UNDERSTANDING. Rreid-
enthal has been forced out and LeweIl-
ing is victorious; Yet Lewellins is stand
ing on thin ground, as il is known that
his relations with Leedy are not the
most cordial; Mckay. power in south
ern Kansas. is offended AT Leedr for
the retention of Lewelung as railroad
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-09

and dissent were things she neither COM
pretended nor tolerated. She went towards
the park. and at the top Of the street COM
manded her guard Of honor TO await her
return; not because she yearned to breathe
a while in the fresh morning air the pri-
vacy Of incognito, for she was unac-
Quainted with shyness as she was with
fear; but she said she wanted to see Jacky
Molloy's puppy. and Jacky was an invalid
living in cottage close to the park ave-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-09
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-09

{: This is the third time since Spring you
have lost your time because you don't feel
well enough to work II you will buy
some Ripans Tabules and take one a,
night, or one after each meal for day
or two. you'll be all right, and stay so.
too, if you take one when you notice that
you begin to feel bad. | don't use q
dozen year, but l always keep them IN
the house
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-09

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-09

Andree might have known before he
started that our own Dyche has a copyright
on the discovery Of the North Pole
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-09

Paderewski has cut off his hair, out his
price Of admission is still long and flowing
and bushy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-09

To relieve the monotony the attorneys
for Luetguert ought to do something for
the defense.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-09

Next Monday school begins and none
will know it quicker than the family dog.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-09

The truth of our school system may be
this: Take him says the parent to the
school-marm. BE a mother to HIM"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-09

Perhaps Debs wonders how New Orleans
can quarantine the trains down there with
out offending the United States mail.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-09

The government Physicians az Washing
ton sink into their leather cushioned chairs
and deny thai it Is yellow fever. This
sovernmen, keeps Up q lot OF ornamental
ineompe'ents in Washington. They ought
20 be rooted out.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-09


location is
healhunes grounds
all
the Rev. Clergy and 10 their
-
sapplyt
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-09

Yellow fever takes only about forty
eight hours to do its work. An epidemic
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-09

The London court OF officials are in high
feather again. They have an American
woman under arrest How the blessed
English DO hate us
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-09

II this quarantine business should spread
over the nation high wall could be placed
around Oklahoma and Kansas and they
could I've witaou; communication with the
outside world FOR hundred years.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-09

This peril which haunts mems minds Is
comparative. Many fellow at Klond.ke
when he hearts OF it Will thank his stars
he is OF; of the yellow fever belt.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-09

The young German soldier who BACKED
Emperor Williams eye and then commit
ted suicide. made a mistake. Dan Stu
art would have stood by him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-09

The Job Of presidency is no; all II Is
cracked up 10 be. Mckinley IS so tired
by this time that his knees shake every
time he gets sight Of reception commit
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-09


Next Monday school begins and none
will know it quicker than the family dog.
To relieve the monotony the attorneys
for Luetguert ought to do something for
the defense.
Paderewski has cut off his hair, out his
price Of admission is still long and flowing
and bushy.
Andree might have known before he
started that our own Dyche has copyright
on the discovery Of the North Pole.
The truth of our school system may be
this: Take him" says the parent to the
school-marm . Be a mother to HIM"
Perhaps Deos wonders how New Orleans
can quarantine the trains down there with
out offending the United States mail.
Yellow fever takes only about forty
eight hours to do its work. An epidemic
OF il would fertilize religion in this coun-
try
The London court OF officials are in high
feather again. They have an American
woman under arrest. How the blessed
English do hate us
This peril which haunts mems minds "a
comparative. Many a fellow at Klond.ke
when he hearts OF it Will thank his stars
he is out OF the yellow fever belt
The young German soldier who BACKED
Emperor Williams eye and then commit
ted suicide. made a mistake. Dan Stu
art would have stood by him
The job OF presidency is not all IL is
cracked up TO be Mckinley IS so tired
by this time that his knees shake every
tine he gets sight Of a reception commit !
tee
a poet says; He Is q failure who would |
win through nothing but his honest worth; |
You must keep up a constant din. 20 let !
folks know you are on earth" This is no; |
poetry, but il IS three-ply truth
II this quarantine business should spread |
over The nation a high wall could be placed |
around Oklahoma and Kansas and they
could 1--we witAou; communication with the
outside world for hundred years.
The government Physicians az Washing
ton sink into their leather cushioned chairs
and deny that Il = Yellow feys- THE |
government keeps UP iot % ornamental
neompetents in Washington. They ought
70 be rooted out.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-09

a poet says; He Is failure who would
win through nothing but his honest worth;
You must keep up constant din. 10 let
folks know you are on earth" This Is not
poetry, but il IS ihree-ply truth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-22
Piano pEcoRATIoN.7
Nowadays No Instrument Ia Places
Against the Wall.

HOW4oaY0 REnOGo
Against the WALL.
The piano Is now usually considered
one of the most effective and artistic
pieces of furniture in the drawing
room; Let US hope the times have gone
forever when it ives placed firmly
against a wall with the inevitable shade
of wax flowers IN the center, thanked
by solid looking books on either side.
II may be placed across q corner or be
standing out into the room according
to the taste and pleasure of it's owner.
If placed cornerwise it will require no
drapery at the back, and a landscape
painted on the wall, but it must be re-
membered that piano, cutting off one
of the corners in this way. will detract
from the apparent size of the room
The plan most in vogue at the present
day is to place it out in the room with
a clear space right around it, and then
the question arises how to make the
decidedly ugly back of the piano show
to advantage under its changed condi-
tions. This may be brought about in
various ways. A piece of canvas may
be fastened on to the back and land
scape painted on it, or a study of flow
ers. This must be prettily draped with
silk, edged with handsome fringe, the
silk being arranged in graceful curves
at the top of the piano and down the
side, where it may be caught in with
a silk cord and tassel; the color of the
silk will naturally be decided by the
prevailing tones of the room. Some
people, however, do not care for paint
ings on piano backs, but prefer to have
them entirely covered with drapery.
This may be managed by mailing a
light strip of wood to each end and
in the center of the woodwork at the
top of the piano; this holds the weight
of the drapery, which is fastened to it
with tiny tin tacl1s. Oriental stu1fs
and elnbroiderbes look very handsome
utilized in this manner; and a still more
beautiful effect may be obtained by
sewing nWmberless tiny sequins on the
material, causing it to glitter and
sparkle in the fire or lamp light. Plush
and velvet are also often used as draPe
ries, and make most beautiful ones;
soft silk is equally satisfactory. Small
knick-knaeks and ornaments should
not find a resting place on the top of
the piano, neither should books be
placed on it, or anything that will jingle
when the instrument is in use. A small
silver lamp looks well in the center
and throws down a good Light on the
music, and photograph or view may
be placed on each side. A pretty cover
should be made for the top to save it
from unnecessary scratching. The
Keys must always be kept white and
polished and never allowed to become
yel1ow.-Chicago Tribune.