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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04
PATERNAL SCHEME.

John Wanamaker, as postmaster gen
eral, under Harrison, went almost DAFT
over his efforts to incorporate the tele-
graph system Of the country with that
of the postal service. 1t was clearly
enough shown that it was not only i'm
practical to reach all the poStOfflces OF
the country with wires, but that such an
attempt would certainly mean immense
deficits, as the cost of maintaining tele-
graph Offices at three points out OF every
four would be largely in excess Of pos
sible revenues. 1t seems that the as
sistant secretary of state has sent out
circulars to all the consul generals, am
bassadOrS. enc, 70 foreign countries, for
data bearing on the government owner
ship and control Of telegraph lines.
Even if the reports from densely pop
ulated countries like England and Ger
many should prove as favorable as
could be desired they would prove Of
little value as an argument TO be APP
piled 10 this country. To say nothing
Of tie enormous burthen that such con
structicn or purchase and service would
involve. there are phases of il which
should not he lost sight Of. OF course
: 1t IS a paternaliStic step leading To gov
eminent ownership of railways gov
eminent ownership of every possible
public service. As government mOnOp-
oily of that character would wipe out
private enterprises in the same time the
country would be left with its closed
telegraph Offices on Sundays and hOli-
days. If, as the advocates claim, the
service. would be cheaper, then enor-
nous deficits would be inevitable. Thai
such ownership would destroy the pm
waite capital already invested is conced-
ed. The advocates of governmental pa
ternity point 10 the postal service. But
government guarantees nothing for
losses in lis service. 1t VIII take charge
of your message or register your yalu-
able package, but if either is lost by
robbery or otherwise you must whistle.
The express company and the telegraph
company, both, mESt make good The
loss. Even if government should amend
or adept n new policy and agree to pay,
everybody OF experience knows the
chances of collecting claims against
government even with every detail,
circumstance and proof presented. As
fer the poltical-machine view of the
question. its cumbrousness, and the COZ
lUption and manipulation which would
grow ont Of il, argument is unneces-
saTy. All such moves mean political
socialism Of which the country and lis
business interests should beware. Tn
queStionably the general government
could run the telegraphs and railroads
and express companies of the country.
as also the newspapers. bur at what
cost 10 the people financially and poiit-
icaIy who can tell?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04
ANOTHER FALL DOWN.

One among the very numerous blum
derS made by the Pop legislature in the
line of onacimcnts the provisions OF
which worked their own defeat. is an
act cutting down the salaries of Ger
tain Judges and other state officers. The
outfit simply cut down the salaries IL
the appropriation bills without amend
Ing the law regulating fees and sal
aries. The writer asked one Pep judge
what he was going to DO in the prem
iseS. His reply WaS that be would
draw his old salary rs the law was not
worth the paper ii was printed on. And
sure enough. every official whose sal
airy Was 50 cot has drawn his regular
salary. OF course his VIII leave de
fieisasy for same future legislature 10
ihnVide Tor. TIE esmGittee having The
hin III charge knew better knew that
they weCe. not cutting. CT auybody's
pay. They were simply making 4
sl'and-Stand play 10 draw pa0iEc atten-
ton away from the charges of corrup-
tion and boodlery which were being
openly made.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04
A BIG COUNTRY.

1t the retroactive clause of the tariff
bill had been retained il would.
whether constitutional or not. have re
strained importers from making such
headlong rush 10 beat its schedules.
The result would have been S4o.OO1eoO
more in the treasury. As ii i. it being
decided that the bin went into effect
Friday midnight. or The frSt hour Of
Saturday. some eighteen homs before
il WAS really signed, the treasury net
tel 100000 additional in custom duties
and in stamps. The brewers and to-
bacco dealers Wed with the importers
IN helr authorization VI tie new law.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04
PLENTY OF REVENUE.

In anticipation of the passage of a
high tariff. importations of wool, sugar
and other staples were effected in such
quantities that the enemies of protec-
ton kept declaring that the imports
would be so affected for the year 10
come that bond sales would have 10 be
reSorted TO again. There is no need 10
worry over revenues. And the times
viii be of that character which will rem
der debt paying easy. Crackers who
say that revenue will be inadequate IN
der the new tariff law have little con-
ception of the capacity of the American
to absorb the wares Of all the world.
when times are prosperous and the de-
sireS of the most liberal buyers any
where to be found can be as nearly sat
isfied as they were in the good years be-
fore Cleveland'S second term began.
After long period of hard pinching
and poor trade, the country is just
ready TO spend freely the profits and
earnings of more generous days. The
feeling is general that n little indulg-
ence in the luxury of free buying is no
more than fair.
That means lively trade and large i'm
ports of the sort Of products most re-
lied upon to furnish plenty of revenue
under the new tariff law. Instead of
deficits there viii probably be a sur
plus Of no mean proportions this fiscal
year and in every year thereafter for an
indefinite period.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04
Ss>NfLsR
ga1l1l eagle
NJ M. MURDOCH, Editor.
THATKANSAS HOME.

A wealthy old Frenchman who years
ago came to Kansas and bought large
and valuable tract of land in Franklin
county for the purpose OF testing the
profitableness of silk culture and man
ufacture in America, subsequently
and Just before his death wiiled Tie en-
tire estate to the Grand Lodge Of Odd
Fellows Of the state for an Orphans
Home. For some reason, the public
could never understand, the gift WAS
ufarreled over and finally declined
Much talk has been INDUCED in for
years pro and con over the matter. The
name of the Frenchman who made the
munificent Request is DeBOisslere. l..
{. Slime, the president of the Home as
ISOLATION. is out now denOuncinS rhe
Grand Lodge officers as pirates IN c0llu-
sion with Il specula ting syndicate 10 rob
the order of the noble endowment Of the
old Frenchman. He says he is not
guessing when ne charges conspiracy
between the Grand Lodge, Troutman
and Stone To throw the whole estate in
10 the hands Of a receiyerShip which
would in the end give them control Of
tie property, and but for one honorable
lawyer chosen or employed who refus-
ed to be Il parry 10 ii, the scheme would
have gone through Slime declares that
he viii protect the property. The trus-
tees Of the estate have approved Shines
,.aforf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04

and it is estimated that last week over
S5,O0O.000 worth of beer stamps were
sold by internal revenue agents, and an
immence amount of cigarette stamps.
But only those affixed before Saturday
Will suffice TO pay the higher tax OF
seven and a half cents a barrel on beer
and of 81 per thousand on cigarettes.
1t is now so clear that the retroactive
clause of the revenue bill would have
been constitutional that the country
generally viii share the regret of Chair
man Dingley that the senate struck it
out, thereby depriving The treasury of
S4O.OOO.OOO.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04

with the conflict within. cried at every
step:
loves met
But little they knew of silence and the
world Of it, the face behind the masque OF
deed and language, unseen and speeches.
still
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04

the yield of politics alone in Oklahoma is
running sixty bushels to the precinct.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04

About this time Andree IS blowing on his
fingers and remarking that after the Equa-
tor was discovered the Columbus tribe
should have retired.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04

\ private dispatch from Havana bears the
information that it is now a certainty that
the Cuban war viii end sometime before
the year 1917.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04

The eclipse of the sun didn't amount 10
anything in comparison with Klondyke's
eclipse of Cuba.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04

The college professors are demanding thar
Professor Andrews be taken back. An
Crews believed in the free coinage of Sc
Yer and was bounced from his college. The
act was nefarious.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04

If Andree IS ever found it will take about
four years to thaw him back to conscious
ness.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04

Starvation and cold are not the only
means Of death afforded by Alaska. a
man can just as easily boat on that lake
Of pure petroleum and smoke a corn cob
pipe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04
Among the Magazines.

The August NcClure's is issued as a
special Midsummer Fiction Number. and
without ignoring serious interests, il justi-
LES Its Gtle IN an eminent and most enter
tang degree. 4 coplete novelette, by Rud-
yard k;plng. dealing with school life in
England and army life in India. and Oh
viously written straight and hot from tie
authors own personal experience. would
alone, especially with its admirable Illus
tratons, make the number Distinguished
But there are four or five shorter stories
stories by Conan Doyle, Robert Barr, John
kendrick Bangs and others, each more or
less novel an enucing in incident and in
terest, and most Of them also at,ractively
illustrated.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04

There : reason 10 believe TIA; some pecu-
lar conformation OF the atmosphere has
recently focused the entire light OF the sun
OF one building situated on Douglas ave
nue. n Wichita. Kansas. United States OF
-AmeT:Sa-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04

Public sympathy for the striking coal
miners 5 becoming strong. Although they
have had provocat.on the miners do not
resot 10 violence. If they maintain this
attitude the strike viii succeed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04

Miss Leila Bugg Of Wichita presented
the Pope with a copy OF her writings. The
dispatch came al the way from Rome and
the name changed merely TO Mrs. Lily
Bougg. The cable is improving rapidly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04

\ miner writing from Klondyke says that
it somebody should find a nine OF warm
biscuits across the mountain, every Eel
low with gold mine would desert It and
Try 10 file on the bakery claim.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04

ouanah Parker's death brings 20 mind
that We have Travelled but u very Little
way from the tine when the American IT.
dian now a doci!s beef eater. was wont 10
fit up rs harem with ra.ds or white set
Elements
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04

The Forum for August fully maintains
the nigh standard of that magazine, both as
regards the genera, excellence of its articles
and the care evidenced in their selection.
Senator Hoar, whose contributions are al
ways interesting and forceful, gives his
views upon the conditions of Sta tesman-
snip in England and in the United States.
He is of the opinion that, as compared with
their English prototypes, American states
men are placed at great disadvantage by
reason of the shortness of their terms OF
office. In America there is not a man
who is secure of an opportunity OF
official service extending more than six
years ahead, except a judge. There are
probably not ten men out OF the senate OF
the United States who have a reasonable
expectation OF a term even so long
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04

WASH, gtop Irving was not only our first
great literary mamie was ciso enc Of the
first important American historians. His
services TO American history find intelligen;
and enthusiastic recognition in valuable
article upon the same by Richard Burton
in the August number Of the New England
MagGzire-an article fully Illustrated by
PORTRAITS end PICTURES of the places upon
the Hudson associated with Irvings life.
The article will have equal value for stu
dents of our history and lovers OF our liter
allure. 1t is followed by poem ""At Sun
nyside," by Minna Irving, accompanied by
a fine view of the great writer's home
"Old Days and New in Mortified" by Ann
Maria Mitchell IS an ardcle which will nave
especially wide reading at ;nis time, when
tae Mortified conferences are drawing
so many hundreds of people TO the OLD
Town on the Connecticut, which. once 50
famous for its history in the time of the
Indian wars. is now chiefly famous as the
center of Mir. Moody's religious and educa-
t;CuaI ork
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04

Canada's police viii not le; Americans
so 70 Klondyke unless they are prov.s.oned.
What tyrrauy is this2 Doesn't the const-
tuition vouchsafe Us the right to starve 10
death without the consent OF any other ma
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04

The Fiction number of Scribner's maya
zine has had wonderful record for de-
cade. II has made the regulations of many
new writers and increased the esteem in
which the old ones are held. This issue sus-
tains the well-earned reputation. 1t con-
tains six complete short stories by Rue
yard kiplng, Kenneth Grahame, Frank
r. Stockton, Blanche Willis Howard, Molly
Elliot Seawell, and Jesse Lynch Williams.
and it appeals 10 many kind of taste, for
they are, respectively, a railroad story, a
story of childhood, a farcical tale, pathetic
story. a fighting story, and a new journal
ism story.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04

The August issue of Table Talk" out
side of its usual useful and entertaining de-
partments. such as The New BIZ Of Fare, -
'Housekeepers Inquiries Seasonaole
Menus and Receipts" and Fashion Notes
assumes quite the air of camping life. CIV
ing an article on Cooking in Camp" BY
Cornelia c. Bedford. and a sketch entitled
Memory of Camp Life on the Plains by
Mrs. Gr.nneIl. 1t also contains the story
OF Strange Plants and Fruits as Food"
by Ethel Ramsey, and other seasonable and
interesting matter. a sample copy will be
forwarded, free. TO any OF our readers who
send their names and address 10 Table
Talk Publishing company. Philadelphia,
Pc.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04

ARdree has no FIRE n bis balloon basket
lie lets his cooking stove down through 4
hoIe n the basket. No doubt he has had
his assistants let him down on rope so
time
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04

The bicycle skate IS now the FAD. They
are faster than the bicycle. II personal
transit keeps increasing IN speed when we
s;2yt down town IN the morning We may
meet ourselves coming back the evening be-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-17
AFTER NAVY YEARS
Hon. T.. J. Phelps visits the Scenes Of His
Earlier Years--The Rappahannock Fair

Hon. T.. j. Phelps visits the Scenes OF His
Earlier Years--The Rappahannock Fair
FREDERICKSBURG, VA, oct. 10
Special.-Hon. Z. J. Phelps, Of vermont
ex-Minister to England, arrived here TO-
day for a visit of several days. Years
ago, before he entered the legal pioISs-
sion. WREN quite q young man, MT. fnelps
taught school at Rappahannock Academy
I'm Caroline county. about fifteen miles
below this city. and during bis stay be
will visit the scenes again. THIS Is MS
CVortmon today unearthed in Trinity
church yard, while laying a sewer pipe
the remains of a Federal SoluleI. Inc
teeth. shoes and buttons We're well pre-
served. The remains were buried III the
Al n mleting of the Board Of Directors
Of the RappahannOck Valley Fair Society,
the premiums awarded at the recent Ialf
were ordered paid in full the treasurer
repOrt showing that a handsome balance
will remain in the treasury after AN
prizes and expenses are paid. a resolu-
ton was passed by the board tnanklhs
the officials Of Rockville, Nd, talr Tor
cOurtesies and hospitality extended Fresl
dent Smith of this society and several
directors who visited the Rockville ldlr
last month.
The Democratic nominees for the state
Senate and House of Delegates IN TINS
city and county. Or. G.. NJ. Wallace ana
Mr.. Alvin n Embrey. respectively, Will
have an easy victory I'm the election. Dr.
Wallace's only opponent Is colored man,
Alexander WigglcsWOrth by name, VINO
filed notice as an independent candidate,
so that his name will appear on the OIL
cial ballots. but he viii not poll 100 votes
in the entire district.
For the House Major J. Horace Lacy,
independent candidate. failed 10 file his
notice as required by law. az Spotsyl-
Vania Courthouse. and Ben Corbin, color
ed Independent candidate, failed TO file MS
notice also. The only other candidate Is
r. r. Mills, Socialist
The First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery
Association. of Boston. during their stay
in this city, held a meeting and adopted
resolutions earnestly endorsing inc pro-
iect 10 establish "a national battlefield park
I'm this vicinity and promised 70 aid the
movement In every way in their power.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-17
A LITTLE SUFFERER

Face, Hands and Arms Covered With
Scrofulous Humors How a Cure
Was Effected.
"When five years old my little boy had
scroiula on his face, hands and arms. 1t
was worst on his chin, although the sores
on his cheeks and hands were very bad.
1t appeared in the form OF red pimple5
which would tester, break open and run
and then scab over. After disappearing
they would break out again. They caused
intense itching and the little sufferer had
to be watched continually TO keep him
from scratching the sores. We became
greatly alarmed at his condition. Ny
wife's mother had had scrofula and the
only medicine which had helpd her was
Hoods Sarsaparilla. We decided to give
il to our boy and VIC noted an improve
ment in his case very soon. After giving
him four bottles OF Hoods Sarsaparilla
the humor had all been driven out OF his
blood and it has never since returned"
WILLIAM BARTz, 416 South Williams St.,
South Bend, Indiana.
You can buy Hoods Sarsaparilla OF all
druggists. Be sure to get only Hoods.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-17

GET 4 CRICKET
And Put IL on the Earth-How to Care for
the Little Ffddlers.

the Little Eiddlers.
We are accustomed TO think Of the
Cricket on the hearth" as something
very old-fashioned. belonging 20 the days
Of grandmothers. powdered hair and open
fireplaces.
Lacking the hearth, the cricket does
not visit US.
At this time Of year the crickets. hid
den away under the edges of the side
walks and in the long grass that grows
up around the country fences, are play
ing the last tunes Of the year. AS soon
as the nights begin TO be genuinely frosty
they viii slip away into some-snug crack
and sleep until next spring-unless they
can find place indoors where there is
q comfortable hearth with plenty of con?
venient cracks for hiding places and
they they will remain lively all winter
and provide tho househoders with musi-
cal selections every evening.
We can't all have a CHEEKY cricket on
the hearth 10 bring luck to the home
where It stays. but any boy or girl can
have cricket or two or three Of them
In n box.
Go out some afternoon and catch few
fat crickets being careful not to injure
them. Prepare q home for them by
stripping the cover from a cigar box and
meshed wire gauze. In the bottom or
the box a small quantity of sand should
be placed and sprinkled over with a
handful Of grass. Two or three chips
under which the crickets may hide, Will
furnish the home complete.
Put the little fdders in and you will be
astonished 10 see how quickly they take
possession of their new abode. In
short time they will grow tame ana friend
~. even eating crumbs out OF your hand.
Enough food for them can be obtained
each day from the brushings Of the din
ing table. Alttle water should be
sprinkled occasionally on the grass TO
take the place Of their regular beverage
dew.
Every afternoon they viii tune up their
orchestra and play q great many CHEEKY
tunes and half convince You even I'm the
snowy days Of winter that summer has
come again. There is n great deal of
pleasure i'm watching the life doings OF
the crickets-how they eat, sleep, what
they find TO work az and other interest
ing things about their habits. one OF
the strangest things is the way I'm which
the cricket does his chrpng-by rasping
his wings together over his body. This
and other odd things can be seen by any
boy or girl who keeps a cricket menag-
erie.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-17
The phrisku Frog.

Now list oh, list TO the piteous tale
OF the Phrisky PhrOg and the Sylvan
Snayle:
or their lives and their loves. their joys
and their woes,
And all about them that any one knows.
The Phrog lived down in a grewsome bog,
The snayle in a hole in the end Of log;
And they loved each other so fond ano
true,
They didn't know what in the world 20 do.
For the snayle declared twas too cold
and damp,
For lady to livein a grewsome swamp;
While her lover replied that hole in
log,
Was no possible place for Phrisky Phrog
"come down, come down, my beautiful
With your helegant horns and your tremu-
come down to my bower in the blossom
And be happy with me" said the Phrisky
Phrog.
Come up. come up, to my home so sweet,
Where there's plenty to drink and the
same to eat:
Come up where the cabbages bloom IN the
vale,
And be happy with me-" said the Sylvan
Snayle.
But he wouldn't come, and she wouldn't
90.
And so they could never be married, you
know.
Though they loved each other so fond
and true,
They didn't know what in the world to do.