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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-23
KANSAS CoMM1ssIoNERsH1Ps.

Governor Black. the new chief exec
notified the legislature that he does not
desire the creation Of any more com
missions, nor extra boards. assigning as
a reason hard times and so forth. The
Chicago platform inveighed against
government by injunction. There is
also WAde protest against government
by Dench-made laws. Kansas is a vic
tim of all these innovations. The
source of government used TO he
thought TO reside in the people, render
ed effective 10y the execution of the laws
enacted ny their representatives
through executive and judicial officers.
Hut not SO now. The people elect the
legislature who create commissions and
boards which are named by the govern
or. VINO, in turn, take charge of and
run the various parts of the machinery.
The commissions and boards are re
sponsible 10 the governor. the governor
u the legislature. and the legislature to
the supreme court under certain contin-
cencies. All state institutions. educa-
tionai, charitable and penal. are run by
boards, and almost every other coneeiv-
able thing by commissions Even the
matter or executive pardOnS is now left
20 board or commission. and all the
larger cities of the state ere held up
AMI controlled by commissions appoint
ed by The governor. 4 few years ago
Kansas actually authorized the appoint
ment of a commission whose sole duty
was 10 help Iun the supreme court.
Thas commission having expired by
limitation, was succeeded by appellate
courts with less powers but five times
the expense. The tendency upon the
whole seems to be an overriding of the
commission business. For instance. we
have a state livestock commission.
Why not, in an effort to reward deserv-
ing patriotism. cut this livestock bust
ness UP iEto a cattle commission. =
horse commission and 4 hog commits
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-23
SHERMAN AND CUBA.

If Sherman the book-writer shall
prove Sherman the statesman, there is
little likelihood of President McKinley's
secretary of state running counter to
the convictions of the great majority Of
the American people. His views on the
subject Of foreign acquisitions are
quite interesting at this time. The clos
ing paragraph in his book Of "Recollec-
tiGns," published a year ago, was as
follows: II hope that our people will be
content with internal growth, and avoid
the complications of foreign acquisi-
lions. a republic should not hold de-
pendent provinces 81 possessions. Every
new acquisition will create new en-
harrassments. The Union already en-
braces enough discOrdant elements
without adding others. If my life is
prolonged I will do all / can TO add to
the strength and prosperity of the
United States, but nothing TO extend is
limits or to add new dangers by the &C
QUESTION CT foreign territory"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-23

sion. with, perhaps. sheep and jackass
commission? Statistics for the year
1S9i; show a wonderful increase in rev.
enueS derived by the state from butter
and eggs. Why not a COW commission
in the interest of creameries, and why
not a hen commission also in the inter-
est of fancy bred fowls, which interest
is now hayin;. such a boom in the way
of poultry expositions? There are num-
erous other possible commissions which
will readily suggest themselves TO the
practical Fop legislator. Government
by injunction is not in it with govern
ment by commissions. The Pops who
before election were urging the abolish
ment of these commissions were talk
ing through their hats for votes. They
are doing the voting themselves. and a
soft place on a soft commission is the
softest snap yet discovered in politics.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-23
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-23

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-23

There is already a faction in the Kansas
Populist organization. In due time John
Willis VIII come out of the brush armed
with oorn-kaife and place himself at the
head of the pie delinquents.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-23

II the city OF Guthrie, Oklahoma, sets in
10 fight. both Flynn ard the territorial leg
islature the two. Flynn and TIE legislature.
might form a combination which would
make Gathrie's hair curl Ike wet span
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-23

Just now the rest of the women in the
world are thankful that the publicity which
attaches to the czarina's Ife. does not ex-
tend further than the private affairs of
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-23

4 man came into Canton the other day
and saw Mckinley. He was Immediately
surrounded by squad OF newspaper men.
he said: y asked Mckinley for an ap-
pointment He refused me-" Five re-
porsers dropped dead.
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-23

Jerry Simpson more thsa any other man
Is responsible for the selection of Mr.. Hsr-
ris for senator. II Jerry could take the
time away from MS eso.ism. he could east
~ be the Popuilst boss of Kansas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-23

The African savage. King Obboah. does
not fear the Britons bearing gifts. But he
will fear the Britons on punitive cam
paign. A punitive campaign is England's
strong point.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-23

Wichita has been attempting 10 get a
railroad commissioner for years. She has
one at last, end the thing to Go now is TO
brush away her tears and open her mouth
for sugar-nsu.ns.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-23

Ex-Chief Justice Martin has come out
for war with England. Martin is under
the height which soldiers must be to be
admitted to the army and Is very brave
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-23

Most Kansans are expecting an open let
ter to Leedy from the dog-catcher Of
Egypt calling him liar.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-23

The atmosphere seems to have been
knocked out of the person of John Bried-
enthaL He Is fat on his back and as
quiet as Canton will be on March ..
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-23

John Briedenthal is still humping the
dasher IN and down in the churn while the
other fellows are eating the butter and
praising 1t. Poor Briedenthal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-23

King Obboah of Africa appears to have
tactics of Dom Paul and the anti-Italian
tactics Of King Menelik.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-23

Kansas could view with better grace the
sending of an ex-Confederate TO the SEN
ate. If her ancient enemy, Missouri, should
dispatch a G.. A. r. man.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-23

Leaysnworth was the first town on the
map of Kansas, and 10 the legislature she
appears to be the only one there now.
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-30
CHAPTER TX

braced myself for the shock Of this
avowal. I expected Miss Lawrence to
scream and fall in dead faint. I pre-
pared to receive her in my arms and to
face the mother with my astounding
explanation.
For two or three seconds the stiffness
of the room was as that Of death. Then
there was faint rustling Of skirts, and
I gazed upon the young woman beside
me.
Her face was slightly paler, and
there was an expression in the eyes that
was unfathomable.
Without word by either of us, she
gently rose to her feet, and, leaning
over, placed both arms round my neck,
with tenderness of compassion like
that of mother for dying son.
Dear Harold, she murmured, "you
need rest Go home and think no more
of this ~
Her words and manner were revela-
ton. They told the whole story.
She had heard my declaration, but
not for an instant did it cause doubt
in her mind. Had l not falsified with
my statement of the effect produced on
my brain by the shock Of the fall she
might have been disturbed. but she laid
it all to that was not clear in my
head. That had been proved by several
trifing incidents in our conversation,
the cap sheaf coming when I turned
upon her and squarely denied my own
identity.
IL will do so. You are right" ~ said,
grasping like a drowning man at the
straw which enabled me to terminate
the distressing interview. "You will
understand, Jeanette, if you do not
hear from or see me for some time"
eyes," she replied in the same gentle
voice, holding up her cheek for the
goodby kiss. "Will you not consult some
specialist"
Unnecessary. And minute later
I hardly know how it was-1 was out
side the house and walking homeward
IF this goes on, l shall begin to
doubt my own personality. She will
not be convinced until Harold and l
walk into her presence, side by side"
1t was all like horrible opium dream
"a mixture of delirious happiness and
hideops unreality, more vivid than real
ity itself. But as / walked briskly in
the cool night air my thoughts clarified
regretted the revelation had at
tempted to make, and yet had I failed
to make it my self scorn would have
been intolerable. 1t was the remem-
brance of my rally from the seductive
rovcl and my resolute meeting Of duty
which saved my honor, in my own esti-
nation.
''Thcre is but one course before me,
and that is plain one. l cannot
straighten out this frightful tanglc of
myself. She will not believe me, though
I make oath 1000 times. Only the pres
ence of Harold can convince her Of her
error. l will cable to him to return by
next steamer, giving him knowledge Of
the truth. Meanwhile at all costs I will
keep away from his bctrothed. I will
send her word that I am about to leave
town for few weeks and will not come
back until Harold arrives Oh the ground
and makes it all clear.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-30

She leaned forardrd and looked up at me
right had Harold Westcott to suoh un'
approachable loveliness? Yet it was his,
and he had stolen away like coward,
leaving ME to meet the penalty of some
wrongdoing that would not bear the
light of day.
Would it not be righteous punishment
if should wrcst this gem, this diamond,
this prize from him? Had he not basely
deserted his post of duty? Would he
dare to return before the lapse Of year,
by which time he would be safe from
the punishment for his wrongdoing?
But when the truth should become
known in all it's fullness, how this wo.
man would recoil from mel She would
loathe me beyond the power of words to
express
But why bother with all this? Suff.
cient for the day is the good or the evil
thereof. was in her presence. She be.
lieved she was mine. was reveling in
bliss. Why, therefore, let any ghost in.
trude upon the feast?
"Have you decided where you viii
spend the summer" was my silly ques
tion.
"No place suits mother like Newport
/ suppose we shall 60 there as soon al
the warm weather comes, and of course
you will not be much behind us.
"Of course not"
1.-The season promises to be gay one
and we shall all enjoy ourselves almos
as much as we did before poor father
death.
And she sighed at the remembrance
of her grief.
When l turned my face away from
the one at my side, conscience made it.
self heard. despised myself for my
weakness. and yet when ] met the light
of those midnight eyes was helpless
content to drift along the witching tide,
with the ravishing music in my earl
and beguiling my senses.
My arm stole gently around the vii
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-30

THE BIBLE.-The Bible contains g.
566, ,4SO letters, S10,697 words, 81 ITS
verses, 1889 chapters and &c books
longest chapter is the 1iath Psalm
the shortest and middle chapter is the
117th Psalm; the middle verse is the
9Th of the 11Sth Psalm. The longest
name is in the 9Th chapter of Isaiah.
The word "and" occurs 46,627 times.
The 37th chapter of Isaiah and the
10th chapter of the second book of
Kings are alike. The longest verse is
the 9th of the 9Th chapter of Esther;
the shortest the 35th of the 11th chap
ter of John. The 21st verse of the
9TH chapter of Ezra is the only one of
the entire collection which contains
every letter in the alphabet. The
word "Lord," or it's equivalent, "Jeho-
vah," occurs 1858 times in the Old
Testament, or, to be more exact, the
word "Lord" occurs 1858 times and
the word "Jehovah" 5,S45 times. The
word "God" does not occur in the book
of Esther.-St. Louis Republic.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-30
Evans Throws Out a Feeler to See Wha
the People ThinL.

Evans Throws Out a Feeler to See What
the People Think.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
WASHINGTON, June 23.-John Gary
Evans is out in an interview in The
Post in which after taking strong stand
in favor of the dispensary system he
branches off to the subject of the
tariff, taking issue with the votes OF
Senator Tillman and McLaurin on the
matter of the cotton tariff.
The purpose of that interview is
very evident. Without naming any
body, he strikes particularly at McLau-
rim, who has been most active in sup
port of the tariff on Egyptian cotton,
and this means the ex-governor has
either made up his mind to make a
fight for the senate, or he is sending
this out as feeler.
The interview has created much talk
among Carolinians here, but it does
not seem to bother the junior senator
from that state to any great extent.
Every time Evans jumps on McLaurin
for his position, he criticizes his old
friend and onetime chief supporter,
Tillman. The belief here is that if
Evans counts on the support of Till
man in his desire to come to the senate,
he is counting without anything like
surety of getting such support. A
man who is very close to Tillman
assures me that the senior senator will
take no hand in that contest and that
he is very friendly to McLaurin, who
is regarded as one of the ablest and
most progressive of the young men
of the state.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-30

"Wcll, If the storm breaks on my head. !
must takf It,"
world. What, then, will he do? He can't
content himself for year in Europe. If
be undertakes to do 80, he will send for
her to join him.
Heavens, what will she think when
bis letter arrives? Of course he will soon
write to her. She will believe that it is
her brain that is topsy turvy. When she
does awake to the fact that I am not
what l seemed to her, she will be ready
to die of modification, but, !" exclaim-
ed, rousing up, ''away with all this
speculationl The house is afre, and I
must get out
The electric bell tinkled, and card
was handed to me. It was u. G. Ship
pen, M. D."
"Show him up. What the dickens
does he wantp" l asked myself.
He was pleasing, middle aged gen.
tleman, smooth shaven, with q genial
face, and from behind his gold specta-
cles pair of pleasant blue eyes beamed
upon me.
"How do you do, Harold?"
took the warm hand in my own and
returned the honest pressure. I had
never seen the physician before, though
it was apparent that he was an old ao-
quaintance Of Harold.
miss Lawrence and her mother ask
ed me to drop in Oh you. I called there
this evening just after you left. They
said your head troubled you since that
fearful fall in the park the other day.
If 1 understand it, your memory is at
fault?"
Bless the heart Of the good Jeanettel
This was her doing.
II have read of queer freaks Of the
memory due to some violent jar.
Several remarkable instances are re-
corded. knew of case in Cincinnati
where man stepped through hatch
way. He seemed to have fully recovered,
when it was found that he had lost his
memory for names He could not re-
member those of his wife or children,
nor, indeed, his own"
"Did he regain his memory"
"That is one Of the most extraordi-
nary features Of the case. There was no
change in his affliction for nearly a
year. Then one day the precise accident
was repeated. He fell through the same
hatchway, he was struck senseless, and,
when be recovered, his memory was nor
NAL and never afterward caused him
trouble"
"Similia similibus curantur. will
take another ride on vicious horse
Better to use that Jack, who, am sorry
to say, did not break his neck; be
thrown, and, presto. shall be all right
again.
Hardly that" smiled the doctor.
"My prescription is rest and change OF
thought. Take run for week or two
out of town, and, my word for it, you
will find your brain in as good working
order as ever.
"Your advice is good, and shall be
followed
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-30
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BY HUGO ST. FINISTERE, M. D.

| expectations, even though the right was
not mine. What is SO ravishing as the
taste of forbidden fruit?
1t required only the gentlest of efforts
to draw her upon the sofa beside me.
"And are you sure, Harold, that you
love me as much ss evsr? do you.
"Can you doubt me, dearest?"
"There are so many young women
more attractive and better than I that
sometimes feared, just tiny bit, that
they might steal you away from me"
Aren't you ashamed Of such foolish
sancies? And how many better, nobler
and handsomer men than I you have
met abroad!
"No, sir!" she exclaimed, compressing
her pretty lips and speaking with an
emphasis that made my blood tingle.
"There is none so handsome, so worthy,
90 NOBLE, as my own Harold, and you
know it.
broke into laughter at the comical
earnestness of the little divinity. I was
playing with fire, but twas delightful.
She nestled close to my side, and
drew her still closer. Then, pricked by
conscience, l sat back, and she straight
ened up.
But tell me about your experiences
abroad"
"Tell you about them. she repeated,
with another laugh. why, Iwrote you
by every steamer and omitted nothing. "
But" l stammered, Il mean since
your last letter. You know it has been
80 long since heard anything from
you"
"Not so very long either. I sent my
last from Lcndon three days before we
sailed from Liverpool You received 1t.
did you not?"
wrinklcd my brow with thought.
"Let me see. You know. I told you
my memory plays ME strange pranks at
present. What was your letter about9"
1T told of our visit to the Tower OF
London and"-
"Oh, yes, recall it now. But, you
little rogue, you said nothing about
coming home for long, long time"
"Of course not. That was my PLOT,
which I have explained.
but suppose had grown impatient
to see you and had sailed for Europe
without letting you know anything
about it? What theu?"
II never thought of that. Wouldn't
it have been awful?" And she sighed
and almost shuddered at the picture
had called up.
And yet that was precisely what had
taken place.
At this juncture occurred one Of those
awkward pauses which sometimes stop
the flow of conversation when all par
ties were overrunning with words only
q few minutes before
She looked at me, and met her
glance. Neither spoke. thought there
was peculiar, unfathomable expression
in her countenance and asked myself:
HAS shadowy doubt fitted across
her consciousness? I hope so, and yet
do not hope So This is wicked, but it is
too sweet for me to yield just yet
Looking at this adorable creature,
pauR of bitter jealousy stung me. What