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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-08-25

They were talking of golf, and she grew
enthusiastic. "Ah, she said, 81 infer that
You play oh, yes she replied, Il play
the game, but | must confess that don't
speak the language very Huently yet. Chi
cago Lyening Post
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-08-25
HnII,a Cntnrrh Cure


Is Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-23
A BIG INSURANCE.

The issuing of a policy of a million
dollars on the life Of aged Mrs. Jane
Stanford Of san Francisco by one New
York company has caused much com
ment. 1t is the largest life insurance
policy ever written by one company.
Mrs. Jane Stanford is the widow of
Leland Stanford. the railroad million
aire. She is - years old.
1t was with the intention of provid-
ing funds for the Leland Stanford Uni
yersitv that Mrs. Stanford had her life
insured. Under the terms of the policy
the company agrees to pay 100000
tc the university if Mrs. Stanford dies
within ten years. If she lives for more
than ten years, the company will pay
1900 coo on her death. OF course, the
premium on such an amount of insur-
ance is enormous. Mrs. Stanford will
have to pay the company $4,000 an
nually.
If the company invested $4,000 a
year for seven years at 6 per cent COM
pound interest, the total would amount
to more than 81 100000. II would be
readily seen that the company would
make a handsome profit if Mrs. Stan
ford lived more than the ten years, even
though they paid the S2,OO0,000 as slip
Ulated in the policy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-23
THE TWO FORCES.

If it should happen that the trouble
over Crete failed Of involving Europe
and the war should be confined 10
Greece and Turkey the relative strength
Of their respective armies and Dayies
become interesting factors. The peace
strength of Greece is an army of 22,O00
with reserves Of 10000, or a possible
force Of $1,000 men. The total
strength Of the Turkish army is IA, 800
men, besides a first reserve of $4,000
men and a second reserve OF 332, 000
men, aggregating an army Of $4,000.
The Grecian navy is formidable for so
small q country. She has five great
plate-armOred warships, supplied with
Krupp guns Of tremendous caliber, be-
sides other war vessels and seventeen
torpedo boats, together with q number
of cruisers and twelve gunbOats. The
Turkish navy is rotten and unSeawor-
thy for the most part. She has only
three plate-armored vessels of value or
destructive strength. but a number Of
beats armed with Krupp guns. The
Turkish navy is manned by six vice
admirals, eleven rear admiraIS. POS cap
tains. $50 commanders and $4,000 sail
ors and marines, or ten times as many
sailors and marines as the Greek navy.
when Greek meets Greek then comes
the tug of war;" but the MoSlems
fight like Turks" For a AIoSlem to die
in holy war" is to go straight 10
heaven Of harems. On the sea Greece
ran whip Turkey; on land and sea the
Issue is against Greece.
But a war cannot long continue be-
tween these two nations without involv-
Ing Macedonia, Seryia. Bulgaria, Rou-
mania and Others powers, which once
involved not only distracts Turkey but
draws into conflict all Europe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-23
A BANKRUPTCY LAW.

One of the reasons why hard times
have held the country for such an IN
usual length of time is, no doubt, trace
able 10 the fact of such a large number
of enterprising men having peen
swamped in the collapse and left under
sucb load of debt as TO hold them
Drostrate. Being unable TO discharge
;heir obligations or to settle by compro-
mise. they nave been left discouraged
and paralyZed. The panic being OF I'M
usual magnitude and far reaching, a
majority Of big debtors have been left
without a chance or hope. AS for their
creditors they would have been better
off today had these debtors been at once
discharged of their obligations. There
were men in congress who appreciated
the situation, and bankruptcy measures
were introduced. But none Of them
ever became a law, and debtors are left
stranded Tire present congress should
pass a general bankruptcy law, but
there is little prospect of such a meas
IRE IN the near IuiuIc. 1ildl Ia"
which would wipe out old standing and
homeless obligations of honest debtors,
affording them an opportunity to en-
ploy their energies in starting again,
would prove not only a blessing, but
wise from an economical view point
there seems little doubt. 1t would, in
being a good thing for the debtor class,
il. a reflex way prove for the best for
the creditor and therefore for the coun-
try at large. The TOrrey bill, which
has been hanging fire for five years or
more, seems the most satisfactory bank
rupt measure, but still a majority of
congress are unable 10 agree to its pass
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-23
Criticises Our Poet.
(From the Lawrence Journal3

From the Lawrence JournaL)
Mrs. Lease has ''pome." very pretty
one by the way, in the Wichita Eagle OF
yesterday. In it occurs the following:
But 10! the great stone of falsehood
From the tomb is rolled away,
And radiant Truth unframed,
Comes forth in the Light of day.
We take it that Mrs. Lease thinks ev-
cry one Will understand that It was the
Tops who rolled the stone away from the
tomb and permitted Truth 10 issue forth
into the light of day. We do not appre-
bend that any enc will care TO take ISSUE
with the lady on this matter, although it
mus. be admitted by her that Truth was
not wholly unframed. There can be no
doubt but that great violence has been
done to Truth by these fellows who have
been rolling the stones away and letting
her out. At the same time, their motives
can not be questioned; they intended 10 let
the light shed by Truth in upon the fell
lows who got more money than they did,
and in this they are not only doing the
state a service but they have been prov
ing that they were not worth nearly so
much, even when taken at their own price
as some other Pops on whom they have
turned the light of Truth. The poem is
incomplete, in that it does not tell US any
thing of the fate of the stone rollers,
does not mention that they were crushed
by the rock that they themselves started
from its mocrings, but that omission may
be overlooked; Mrs. Lease is not prophet
ess, does not even pretend TO be, and OF
course she cannot tell just what effect the
stone rolling viii have upon her beloved
people In fact. it is probable that she
doesn't care much. If reports are 10 be
believed, Mrs. Lease is fixed" not in
the common, Populistic acceptation OF the
term, but she has accumulated a suffi-
cient amount of this worlds goods so
that she can lounge in regal spiendor up
on a Turkish divan, clad in purple robes
and an engaging smile, and have no great
er care than to wonder whether or not
Mr.. Lease will let the griddle cakes burn
or her egg get overdone. Her only work
for a long time has been to release Truth
from the tomb, and some one having
done that for her. she can now rest in
peace, secure in the knowledge that "her
people Will take care OF her and send
in their contributions regularly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-23
GOLD GOING AGAIN

Large Withdrawals of gold from the
United States for foreign countries are
again threatened. it is said. These
Withdrawals, added 10 the millions
wrich are annually carried to Europe by
travellers, tourists and pleasure seekers.
and the millions which must go to pay
for the enormous imports being made
TO get ahead Of the Dingley bill. will
10 doubt, run the gold surplus in the
treasury down rapidly, and maybe be
low the $10o,O00O00 mark. WHY tins
should create misrepresentation we can
not say. There is no call for surplus
money. and little use for ii. in this coun-
try. Everything is stagnant. and vast
volumes of money lie congeSted in the
vaults of the great banks. The bank
reports, in fact, show SURPRISES of
money in almost every town and city
III the country. The papers say that
there is no alarm in Wall street. al
though 1t is known that Austria and
Japan are drawing heavily on the Bank
CT England for gold. and that naturally
the Bank Of England. as heretofore.
VIII seek 70 recuperate from the United
States. Were silver an International
standard, these Gibbs and flows If gold
would not be felt so severely. of course
silver is still used as standard money
by some countries. Japan. which is
about TO so 10 gold standard. like the
other gold countries, must now have
gold, and much of it viii come directly
and indirectly from America. Who. to
maintain its gold standard must hold a
S1o0, 000, 900 reserve.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-23
did Kapsans.
CFrom the Atchison Globe)

(Fron the Atchlson Globe)
There are a number OF old settlers in
Atchison county who have been here since
1855 but few who have lived on the same
farm all Of that time, and in the same
house. G. w Thomas, who lives seven
miles northeast of town, located on the
farm where he now lives in April. 1883,
as a boy, his father bringing the family
here from Clay county, Mo- The log cabin
which the father built, and in which he
died the following December, is still a
part of the home, and is in a good state
Of preservation. g. W. Thomas was in
St Louis at the time his father died, and
he recalls that it took him ten days to
make the journey to Atchison. He trav,
eieG By rail 70 ST. Charles. Mo, and then
by stage 10 81. Joe. the river being frozen
over. Mr.. Thomas has probably enjoyed
a more varied experience than fails 10
the lot of most men. For fifteen years,
before and during the war, he was en-
gagged In steam-boaung, making points
North Of 81. Louis in summer, and south
IN winter He has had two experiences
with sinking steamers. He was on the
David Tatum that sank fourteen r.les be-
low Lesverwoith, in October. 1856. and Oh
he II. d. Bacon, that sank at Cairo. Ill
He was employed On the DIT. Franklin
No. , that b uraed al ST LOUIS. ard or
the Bulletin, 10. ., destroyed by fire below
Memphis. by which fifteen lives were LOST.
) steamboat fire in those days. with The
boats loaded With cotton, was not a pleas
ant experience. Il was the practice, 70
save lie. 10 command q passenger u
Jump into he water. and then throw out
a bale OF cotton TO him, watch he GRASP
Cd, and which kept him siloat Until The
boats could reach him. When the Buiie-
tin. No. ., burned, " ?. Thomas recalls
that he compelled a woman TO jump into
the water. and threw he- a bale. which
was al once grabbed by a big. rough
looking man. NJ. Thomas objected. a1s
IL the dispute between Tire two men the
woman was lost sigh. OF, and drowned.
There stEl runs across Mr.. Thomas farm
a plainly defined Indian trail, watch his
father called the P0ftsv atomic Indian
tran. and which leads d;-ect from Wichita
10 ST. joe AS boy Mr.. Thomas once
thought % see for himself Z the trsH led
20 -. Joe. as claimed. ard he and his
brother walked X, ana found * a d!rs-t
route 10 that ci,y. Mr. Thomas disn'i e1-
rerience any great excitement over sia
very during the wa on one cccsSlo1.
u lille o. the read near his farm. re met
three runaway slaves. Elo inquired o.
h-m the way 20 A1ch-son- He TOD them
hat the water II Independence vas Up
too high for ne stream 20 % fordet. bat
r-oi7te5 ont the way. Later, on tAe read
be met a number % men heavily armed.
IN pursuit. Ma said thai reward % t'sf
was Up for The capture % ire runsways
~ Thomas has learned since that Fls-
nsElei Wheeler. living u that ssctton. an
10 is nov deal CT, tree 10zu ard
cespe5 the EuusWsys 10 cross tas stream,
and ther. ~ putting ;hs.r p2-sus-s 0z
Hreng track. hespe1 ;hern % esczP4
Mr. Thomas father vas q el1s= fr.=-5
o. David Z A.ch-saz s1d CoIo1sl Dsassl-
shaL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-23
6sS>MllxsS
9ai1u eagle
NJ. NJ MURDOCH, Editor.
IT WILL REACH THEM.

Grosvenors civil service reform bill
has produced a wild dutter among the
Democratic papers. Thousands of Dem
ocratic clerks were installed in the de-
partments and other federal offices
throughout the country under the
Cleveland regime. Now these securely
protected gentlemen snap their fingers
at the heads of Republican officials over
them and ask, what are you going 10
do about it," The law says they can
not be removed except for cause. Inc
is civil service rule. which contemplates
putting only capable men on duty, ana
that sucn caDacity and extra ntneSS
must be demonstrated by civil service
examination. But these men are IN,
and not one in ten ever passed such an
examination. Growers civil service or
der simply covered their cases after
they were securely ensconced. But now
comes Congressman GrOsvenor of Ohio
with a bill which provides that all these
clerks shall pass a civil service eXamin-
alton in failing in which they must step
down and out. The Democrats call it
a vacancy creating bill, as though the
men VINO would take their places would
not be subject TO the same ordeal They
say that Grosvenor is not honest, that
his bill is an insiDcere one, and not civil
service per Sc. We suppose Growers
order was civil service, per Sc, and per
cute as we'll. This Democratic talk Of
the Grosyenor bill being blow at the
whole morale Of civil service reform IS
the purest .buncOmbe. Tie preSumable
reason why Cleveland did not issue his
order before these clerks got in was be-
cause they never could have passed the
examination. That would be a more
charitable view of his action than the
enc that he issued the order simply 10
beat the Republican party out of the
offices. Any how, Grosvenor'S bill viii
become the law without doubt, and it
will create no end of vacancies unless
these clerks are superior to Growers aV
erage appOintees.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-23
Along the Kansas Nile.

Mort Albaugh is chief engineer OF the
Chester Long boom for governor.
Slowly but surely Kansas is going crazy
on the question of creamery butter.
The Lyons papers are still quarreling
violently about the return of prosperity.
About 1850 pounds Of milk is received
daily at the Separator station at Lyons.
The Garden City Imprint runs a column
Of Live Stock Items which are new and
good.
Neodesha entertained several Kansas ed.
;tors the other day ard is getting il back
in advertising.
Senator Titus was given public recep-
ton in Anthony last Saturday upon his re
turn from Topeka.
Henry Weaver Of Greeley tried an IN
cubator the other day. He got 100 chick
ems from go eggs.
The dispatches said nothing OF Dick
Walkers s3,cc0 appointment, but Dick got
It, just the same.
The Garden City papers deny that
Bible was given away as prize al card
party there recently
\ farmer in Anthony is advertising for
a leather horse collar which he lost How
did he ever get home?
At Anthony one man who was running
for city treasurer got 10 votes AID his O2-
ponent received just one
kiowa also saw the airshlP the other
night. but saw 50 much OF 1t mat no one
believes they saw any Of II.
The young ladies Of Garden City are 60
ing 10 put on an amateur show IN the
interest OF the local cemetery.
I>eedy has the Topeka newspaper men
rszzle-dszzled. he mas made them believe
Re does Tot use railroad passes.
People IN covered wagons meet at Garden
City daily gong east and west Those
gong wet cuss the east and those COINS
east cuss the west.
\ Greeley county man SAYS Re would
Ike quarter section ot land on wheels
50 he could follow the rain clouds Up Win
i and catch the moisture.
4 Kansas man who saw TIE late Mrs.
Tilton AZ IRE time q the BeecEeE trouble
says taat she was the FrsttIe~t woman
he ever say. before or silcr.
:. ?. T.pp.n Of Garden Cs,y in frieas-
- scuf7e the Other Gay broke MS leg above
the knee lie has a family % super.
and tne accident Is unfortunate on t5as
count Alel A4-A Ad4Alai-s --4-<-- - 80
friendly scuties-
out n Greeley county tTo boys came
upon a deer They hs5 tleir guns arc
approached cautiously Bat a. ere tnnz
S.lr't move tney coo-I1de3 g nss ns5
deer ard bs-srne careless sat. Ike sho;.
the deer vas goue-
Lawrence Journal A Kansas preacher
ants s. for praying f0r gbe legislature
re did them 20 good. o course. h1f 10
CD ht 20 be pad on fhs ground that ~
Ga TIE best he could and thai 70 nnsn
On earth could have pers8zls1 the LoEs
% have uarey On she oE-nL
Lawrence Journal. TITS = - frst tin |
y ere history o sze STATE sac stat
: upe-i-ten5s.t sfryksr yesterday. thzi /
d=tsrnl1sd Effort las ben E1z1a 81 ~
psrt cf tAe saFssia-u-= 20 pass 4sWs ~ p
.rt4-ezss C iAe peopls ard zsa.-si ~ I
es-po-arsons.'' STRIKER zppesrs 20 -
eaaerfrI az. susceptible k-pe o. a. -1-sL
Ferf Vaa.ezr.st- - GgvsTHyr Lee I
fv ALL 10 Is pzlvzte szer-tasy ths ot1e- 4
say. I'D ! say. c5Ee asrs- we g
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-23

Go ahead if you want to. You're q
queer one."
You are not angry?"
''Of course amt. But looky there, See
the old monster running for the boy with
that iron bar. Lord. he'll kill him, Go
Guickr'
Misty Dawn ran quickly back towards
TIE boy The old sailor was making for
him. also, with an iron spike.
II was a race between the two The
boy was busy with his knife and did not
observe either.
Misty Dawn reached him first and grasp
ed him by the arms and threw her skirt
about him.
The boy saw his danger and crept close to
her hiding his face in the folds of her dress.
The old man raised his spike and giared.
'Don't you dare said Misty Dawn gath
erins the boy 10 her.
Fair lady" sad the Captain. ct -
You shall not punish him. He shall go
with me-"
She placed him before her and pushed
him along, until Mrs. Sweeney, already
coming 10 the rescue; took him by the
arm and together they led him home.
Snoogles was dumfounded. He stood
stock still, then waved his spike and yelled
over and over again:
There will be reprisals. There Will be
reprisa.s''
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-23
VOX POPULL.

To our mind the late revolt against
Republicanism in some Of the big cities
Is attributable 10 the pernicious infiu-
ence Of boSSism, an ism found not only
In the Republican party. but in every
party, and everywhere spreading.
There is one way for men to perpetua1e
themselves IN Office. and only one sure
way, and that is by holding tie conf
oence OF the people through upright.
earnest work in their behalf and devo-
ton to their interests. The machine"
must sooner or later go 10 pieces. and
with il down goes the short reign Of the
boss. The man who works for himself
and who 10 secure his own ends over
rides or disregards the wishes of the
nacp!e VIII inevitably be forced 10 the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-23
1913 and I2z Main St.

ate employees whose ignorance, II not
worse, beat so many good bills. and l
think before we consent TO call that spe-
cial session we would better have some sort
OF an understanding that all but Duns-
more ard Gray and the two preachers be
fired, and new men hired who have sense
enough 10 keep track OF what the l~g;s-
lature does"
Atchison Globe: It develops that Charley
Gleed Of Topeka owns a controlling inter-
est In the Kansas City Journal The an
nouncement came about in a funny way.
When Mckibben. auditor OF the Santa Fe,
was killed, Harvey Fiemming. managing
editor OF the Journal. 1elegraphed Frank
Montgomery, representative OF the paper
at Topeka. for a guess at his probable sue
cessor. Montgomery answered that In Kan
sas mans successor was not named until
after the funeral. Fleming replied that
Montgomery would have ample time 10 at
tend the funeral. as he would Tot be want
cd any more on the paper. Montgomery
thereupon wrote that Fleming was not Big
enough to discharge him. and referred the
case 10 Charley Gleed. who not only re-
tanned Montgomery. but promoted him.
Gieed said he had TO objection 70 Fleming.
but wanted Montgomery. too. Montgomery
now writes the Kansas stuff IN the jour
nal and has a news man under him. lie
st,n lives at Topeka, and does particularly
clever work.
If the Kansas legislature meets IN special
session all good papers VIII carry on ;hesr
market pages the current price and fuc-
ruations OF votes. For instance:
Law Highest Lowest. Closing
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-23

wall. The confidence of the people is
sine qua non. The people have their
will in the end despite bosses, their ma
chimes or even great party organlZa-
tions. Truth and duty cannot long he
ignored or neglected. The people are
bigger than committees or conventions.
The late reverses in cities, where boss
rule most abounds, came of protests
against bossism, which ever seeks TO
ignore public sentiment and majority
will
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-23
THE FIN DE Steele SMITHY.

Under a spreading chestnut tree
The bike repair shop stands;
The owner, a wealthy man is he,
Who hires forty hands
His shop is worth a hundred farms
OF the choicest kind of lands.
Week in, week out, from morn till night
His people work away;
A score of wrecks are brought along,
To be mended every day,
And he'll soon be rich enough to sit
In the senate. so they say.
He goes. on Sunday, TO the Church.
The costl;est pew is his;
While others hear the preacher preach
He only thinks OF big
The organs tones 10 him are just
The careless scorcher's wh!z.
rejoic;ng-happy,
Onward through life he goes.
For every wheel that is repaired
Two more will break, he knows
His homely daughter IS in the swim,
And has dozen beaux.