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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-13
Outlines of Oklahoma.

The validity OF the school text book law
VIII be tested IN the courts.
Both experts are now busy with the
Grant county books trying to find errors OF
both sides.
Captain Glvens OF Oklahoma City IS build
ing up a reputation as the cleanest goaIer
IN Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma City TIres-Journal say.
that cotton VIII suffer but Little from err
crusted ground.
BIZ Grimes has come back home bu, ne
hasn't the drop-forge5. Barnes-clinehet
smile OF his face.
-Four murder cases are OF the present
docke: which IS being heard by Judge TaTs-
ney az Cloud Chief
Professor Boyd VII conduct fhe terri
torsal Normal institute which begins al Ed
rnoDt next Monday.
VIII w,tvor;h. the clerk OF the las; house
VII move from Alva 70 Guthrie and buy
in on a PopuIIst paper.
Barnes Is COW sure % the sovsr,orship.
but Re isn't any surer tina. he was just
after the So. Louis convezt.on-
The Fl Reno Globe defends Callahan for
being absent from Washington S1sa tie
free homes bin passed the senate.
Through blunter the last legislature re-
moved Tire law competing CONES % pay
county Clerks fees n criminal cases
Dennis flynn Isn't ogrri ye.. There = tns.
as much steam n his hs-d-shskizx "a ever
ard unrM IA; fables. Flynn VIII I've
TIE senate refuses 70 confirm 5atxe Clay
ton tus; a present The se-s;s i probably
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-13
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Flemish porter who was over eight feet
high and OF great strength, and he was an
extremely good-natured man. Whenever
he met any one who was abnormally tall
he used TO patronize them in friendly sort
of way; and on one occasion, when he met
in an inn two soldiers who were over SIX
feet in height, he SAID, Come under my
arms, my little fellows" and taking them
I'D he walked down the room with them
under his arms as il they had been children.
much TO their disgust. King James l.
likewise had a giantic porter, eight feet
six inches il height, but he was not per-
feet, being round-shouldered, knock-kneed.
and lame in one FOOT. OF a similar height
was Charles Munster. yeoman OF the Han
overian Guard, who died in 16.6-and seven
years before there was being exhibited in
London Dutchman eight feet nine inches
high, anent whom. in Pepys' diary, We
find the following entry on August, Is. 1863:
went to Char.ng Cross 10 see the grea,
Dutchman. did walk under his arm with
my hat on, and could not reach his chin
with the tips of my fingers
Cajanus, Swedish giant. who was nine
feet high, was on exhibition in London in
1742, and several old hand-bills still exist
which set forth the measurements of this
freak Of nature. Thirty years la ter We have
Charles Byrne, who was eight feet four
inches in height In his stockinged feet He,
however, died young, at the age of p, from
hard drinking Cotter O'Bryne another
Irish giant, followed few years later Ho
was born at Kinsale in 17el. and at the age
of 10 was eight feet high. This by the time
he was % had Increased to nine feet four
inches, and then he changed his name TO
O'Br.an, in order TO make people think
that he was descended from King Brian
Boru. and went on exhibition. AT this bus.
Eess he OF course soon realized a very COM
Portable fortune, and retired-dying at Gift
ton, on September s, 1904 His will especial
ly provided that his body should be thrown
into the sea in order 10 prevent the sur
geons from cutting it up. There may still
be one or two people alive who remember
big Sam" the Regents porter-he was
nearly nine feet high. and in the beginning
OF this century was a familiar figure II Lon |
con. Giants seem TO have been al dis |
count after that time. az least in London, |
Until within the memory OF most of the r!s- |
ing generation. Captain Bates, an eight |
foot inhabstant Of Nova Scotia, was the I
first TO break the depression: then came I
Miss Annie Swan OF Kentucky, who finally |
married him, and was likewise eight feet |
in height. Chang. the Chinese giant. who |
only died about five years ago, excited the |
curiosity of the British public next. Herr |
who was certainly the tail |
est of recent giants. then drew the money /
Of the public into the pockets OF his pro- |
prietors, until he died at an early age and 4
now All Hassan, who. II is said. may rival /
him, although he has more than a foot TO \
grow, is the giant OF the country.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-13
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-13
here and save time

II the town gets too gay he viii take up
his grip and Ed Little and move his once
down 20 LswTsncA
Dr. Nicely. who now OWLS 'he Leavsn-
worth Standard. announces ,hss ne will i'm
prove u. he should do 80 snd Jet the gen
e,al public comment on what BE has done
after he has done II.
II Is stlll quite wiid In some parts % Ksn-
sas. Says the Garden City Herald: Rat
tiesnakes and gray wolves are getting IN
Their work on The young cattle and colts
n Hamilton county"
TIE Frisco branch between ArkansaS city
and Anthony. which is sporadic srsir
which runs when IL wants % sai stops
when the people don't vssi IL 70. has deeif-
Ell 20 carry mail June :
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land IN the state OF Kansas who are aaS-
.ous for CO Leland 20 get Into axh; They
have 50 much confidence that ne vii come
out or top. that they Ike 20 see hin scrap.
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week found IN an eiEh;y foo; dry vel sso
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-13
DominIs began, the end Of which is

Dominis began, the end OF which Il
in the minds Of even the youngest read
ers Of the newspapers. "Nor would
| you consider it gallant on my part,
said the courteous Foster, Ito discuss
| the personal traits of the late queen. .
Certainly not.
| Hawaii is no longer Hawaiian. Cap
| tain Cook found 100000 natives on the
island. There are now, according to
the census of last year, 30,957; that is,
only u per cent of the population of
the island. kamehameha III. divided
the lands of the islands among the ma
tives in fee simple, and in 1898 Mr..
Blount reported that only IA per cent
Of the area of the islands was still in
native possession. The relentless, inev-
liable advance of stronger civilizations
is rapidly overgrowing and exterminat-
ing the gentle, thriftless, native popula-
ton, and the institutions Of the island
are now almost entirely American.
Honolulu. with its Polynesian-Mon
goIian-Caucasian population, is essen
tally an American city. Il doubt"
saws Mr.. Foster, whether in any coun-
try there is a more thorough and eff
cient free school system In scarcely
anv other city Of the world can there
be found a community more fully I'M
bued with the spirit of enterprise, edu-
cation and intellectual culture" And
the constitution under which the pres
ent government was organized explic-
itly declares its intention to exist only
until the islands can be annexed to the
United States.
The reason Of Mr.. Foster why Ha-
wall should become American in fact,
as it already is in spirit, is that if it
does not become American it will
speedily become the property Of some
other nation, and this, from a military
and economic point Of view, the United
States can by no means afford. The
Chinese and japanese already consu-
tute 40 per cent Of the population, and
the Japanese have doubled their popu-
lation in the last six years. Captain
Mahan, the highest living authority,
perhaps, upon sea power, says that too
much stress cannot be laid upon the
immense disadvantage to us of any
maritime enemy having coaling sta
ton well within $500 miles of every
point of our coast line from Puget
Sound 10 Mexico. Shut out from the
Sandwich Islands as a coal base, an
enemy is thrown back for supplies OF
fuel to distances of $500 or 1000 miles,
an impeachment to sustained maritime
operations we'll nigh prohibitive. The
circumstance renders it doubly impera-
i've upon us to secure it if we right
eously can This view has been held
by Tyler, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce,
Johnson, Grant, Harrison and Webster,
Calhoun, Buchanan. Clayton, Seward.
Fish. Freylinghuysen and Blaine. and
ex-Secretary Foster adds these words:
at is, in my opinion, the plain duty of
the United States to annex"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-13
A Banner Bargain

A Banner Bargain
1000 yards more Of 4o-inch Irish and
Marabout Lawns, worth ~ I-2 cents, our
FIRE sale price cents.
1000 yards of fine printed Challies, good
designs and popular hot weather fabric,
our FIRE sale price 8 cents yard.
$500 yards of extra fine French Percale,
yard wide book fold, worth IS cents, our
FIRE sale price will be cents.
1900 yards of Duchess Cordinettes, 81
inches wide, fine IS cent fabric, FIRE sale
price will be 8 IL cents.
1000 yards of Cream Domet Flannel, soft
as Eiderdown, worth IS cents, FIRE sale
price 5 cents yard.
1000 yards of the best 46-inch bleached
Pillow Muslin, FIRE sale price only II cents.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-13

Lesl;e's Weekly has Kansas story run
ning which has 70 90 with a deserted town
like Saratoga. Pratt county. II fact sara
;oga Is the town caricatured. L is written
BY a woman who lives = a city. She speaks
OF the city council OF towr Ike Saratoga
meeting 70 consiier the matter OF repay
ing street. The story IS called "A NUM-
opal E.xnarinsat" and Is q sarikl
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-13

Minister Angel announces that the ad-
ministration wants him to go to Turkey at
orce. He has our permission.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-13

Mckinley is taking care OF the writers.
He has rewarded John Hay, Albion w.
Teurgee and 10 Bristow, editor of the OF
tawa Republican.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-13

Get ready to hold your breath IL Turkey
takes it into her head to ignore the Powers
offer of mediation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-13

ingalls, is Simmer than ever. "Oh Man,
ma" exclaimed little Atchison boy who
had never seen him before. Look at him.
He's punctured"'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-13

Stephen Crane said the firing Of musketry
sounded like the tearing of cloth. Maybe
II was tie Greeks tearing their shirts to
get away.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-13

Stephen Crane who watched the battle az
Velestino was surprised 10 see no blood.
The same surprise awaits a man who is
to see his first prize-fght. The poets are
the only fellows who ever see rivers OF
blood.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-13

Just as matter OF experiment we would
like to see the Turkish army turned out
in Cuba with instructions TO find the insur-
gents.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-13

The faker IS getting in his work in Greece
In Epirus Greek women jumped from pre-
cipices to save themselves from dishono-
and death from the Turks. No one but
painters. poets and takers see these things.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-13

The Powers are the policemen OF Europe
We wanted 10 see the Turks and the Greeks
fight 1t out TO finish. We wanted 10 see
Mr.. Rail- and his gang al Athens who
were so anxious for war kicked al over the
Fourth ward by the Turks. Blu, the Pow
ers broke up the fight
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-13

Al Arkansas City mar sa.t Re had just
been acvn 20 the opera house 70 Hear Rev.
Carpenter preach TIE tobaccolaursass ser
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-13

With tremendous respect for suffering
public no one has brought forth the re-
mark that Greece got it where Turkey
didn't get the AK.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-13

People who are on the field in the Eas,
unconseiously come 10 sympathize with the
Turks and hate The Greeks. The Turks
are plain. common people while the Greeks
are probably extensively Chautauquan and
literary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-13

Jerry Simpson advocated the government
improving Pearl harbor in Hawaii. The
reason Jerry did THIS was because he want
ed TO say something and having reached
MS feet he inadvertently took The aff-ma-
tive s,ie
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-13

goods the Salvage Fire
pie o few of hundred Of
Echo
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-13

During the crash of shell and the sputter
of grape at Veiestino. every moment the
soldiers could look back and see Stephen
Crane sitting on rock with his pen vomit-
ing fire.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-13

If Prince Constantine would issue fewer
for home and let some good plain general
have hold OF his troops the war wouldn't
be ending with Greece on the roof.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-13
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-13

When San Francisco person gets broke
away from home, ne at once telegraphs
back to the Fairs that he has important
secrets in the will case. and expects the
Fairs 10 send him money TO return.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-13
This is the Place

This is the Place
sodozen Corsets in white and drab, French
model, 7sc quality. FIRE sale price 2S cents.
Mems Baibriggan Vests 25 cents.
Mems Apply all linen Collars, 8 for Is
cents, same as you buy FOX IS and 30 cents.
Mems fine fast black and tan hose, fine
gauge, full seamless, IRE sale price II cents.
Special on Ladies'
Fine Silk Skirts.
Next Saturday so Of them at $4.95 each.
Fire sale prices on Damasks. Towels,
Napkins. Turkey Reds, Crashes and Quilts.
The biggest bargains in Dress Goods ever
known in the history OF the store. All
kinds---Blacks, Colors and Fancies.
The advocate., 1897-10-20
Maintaining Fertility Of Land.

In the early days the plow turned a
sod rich in humus (decayed vegetatiOn)
and the stored fertility of countless
ages was there to be drawn upon. 1t is
true, some of the elements of plant fer,
tility (needed most, perhaps, by the
crop then put I'M might have been lack
ing; and some other element not needed
in so great measure might have been
present in great abundance. NeVerthe-
less, it may be stated that in those days
commercial plant foods" as we now
understand them were not needed. Good
crops were the rule, and the soil did not
manifest worn" conditions when con-
tinuously cropped with the same crop
for many years. That this common
practice was exhaustive upon the land
none will gainsay. There are few Of our
readers who have not seen and become
convinced that the day is rapidly ap-
preaching, if not, indeed, already at
hand, when something more radical and
more practical must be undertaken and
practiced, or the boasted fertility of our
farms, like those of worn-out New Eng
land, Virginia and Maryland, will be a
thing of the past.
1t should be plain that the thing to
be done is to in some way replace in the
soil, in available form, those plant food
properties which the crop or crops have
taken from it. 1t has come to be recog-
nized largely through the aid of our
State experiment stations) that the aver
age exhausted soil needs replenishing
with ammonia, phosphoric acid, nitro
gen and potash. These elements prop
erly mixed and formed into composite
fertilizer is what is known as CONNER
Cial plant foods" or fertilizers. Their
The advocate., 1897-10-20

America" It's soil is very deep, and is
apparently inexhaustible in fertility
Like the valley of the Volga in Russia
and the plains of Sicily at the base Of
Mount Aetna, the Red river valley will
probably be devoted to the growth of
wheat for many centuries. Here hard
wheat reaches its highest perfection in
the grain known as "No. /" and here are
recorded the heaviest yields per acre
known in any part of America, except on
the plains of eastern Washington or the
Willamette valley of Oregon.-E. v.
Smalley, in New York Evening Post.
The advocate., 1897-10-20

feet apart, according as the soil is light
or heavy.
There is considerable difference in
the amount of seed sown per acre in
the various parts of the country; some
farmers SOW only about half bushel per
acre, while others prefer a bushel or
even more. The proper amount will nee
essarily vary somewhat, according to
the method Of seeding and the character
OF the soil. AS a rule, when grown for
seed, from one-half to three-fOurths Of
a bushel per acre will be ample. When
put in with grain drill or sown broad
cast, greater amount of seed will be
required; but in any case it will hardly
be necessary to use more than one bushel
per acre. OF course, less seed will be
required when the grain drill is used
than when the seed is sown broadcast,
and as rule better results will be OBJ
tanned, When planted for beans enough
seed should be used to give an average
of five or six plants per foot in the row.
If nothing better is at hand for plant
ing the seed, an ordinary grain drill,
with enough Of the holes stopped up to
give the desired distance for the rows,
may be used. For example, If the holes
are eight inches apart, number l may be
left open, numbers 2, and closed,
number 5 open, ETC., and the rows will be
thirty-tWo inches apart, or, If a less
distance is desired, number may be
left open and number 5 closed and the
rows will be twenty-four inches apart.
In very light soil the latter distance
would probably be best, but in heavier
soils the former would be preferable.
When the seed has been drilled in
rows close together or has been sown
broadcast, very little cultivation will be
necessary. 1t will sometimes be found
advisable, however, to cultivate the
drilled field soon after planting, as in
case the land is very foul, the weeds are
liable to get such start that they will
interfere with the growth of the young
soy plants. For this purpose use light
harrow. When grown for seed thor
ough cultivation should be given, at
least while the plants are young. AS a
rule, cultivation should be shallow and
frequent If the best results are to be
obtained. When the ground is inclined
to pack or bake, it should be stirred after
each rain, but care should be taken not
to work the field when the plants are
very wet from rain or dew. If the drills
have not been made too far apart, it will
be found that the plants will soon shade
the soil sufficiently to keep the weeds
in check and to keep the surface in good
so that much cultivation will
be unnecessary. In fact, on good soil
very fine crops have been obtained with
but single stirring of the soil after the
seed had been planted. AS rule, this
crop will require smaller amount of
cultivation than corn.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-04-21

The old commercial war horse, Moses
Levi, is out in our columns this week With
something to say to our readers with refer
ence to his we'll stocked store. Lewis stock
of spring goods are worth your while to in
spect, for he has everything that up-to-
date purchasing could buy. It would take
a man trained in the dry goods business to
give our readers an idea of the many differ
ent kinds of spring fabrics that can be
found in this, the largest store in the coun-
ty. Mr.. Levi not only has large stock Of
dry goods, but his entire stock is replete
with the newest styles and designs. There
never was a merchant more anxious than
he to give his patrons the best shoe for the
least money and the prettiest styles that
the market afforded was his delight.
We will not attempt to describe MIR. Lewis
store, but we will remind our readers that
Mr.. Levi, and his mode Of doing business
is not new to them. In fact, Clarendon
county has all through it evidences of this
merchants thrift and energy. There IS
hardly plantation where he has not had
business relations with its owner. he IS
thoroughly identified with everything in
the county He has shared in the sorrows
and Joys of the people and today he is
found ID the forefront in every public
meas ure that is to benefit the people OF
this county. We would ask that our read
ers give special consideration to the mer-
chants who advertise with Us for it shows
them to be public spirited, characteristic
that all people must admire Be sure and
take look at Lewis beautiful line OF
spring goods.