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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10
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NJ. VI. MURDOCH. Editor.
WHY A CORNERSTONE

Why should there be a peace commits
sion to settle terms which will settle
themselves? When the French ambas-
sador called upon President Mckinley
in the interest of Spain and peace, why
would not the entire situation have
been covered by an answer to the eff
feet that when Spain surrendered, IN
conditionally, she would be notified of
the terms. Before Christmas there
would be Aothing left for Spain 10 talk
about. BY that time the United States
would be in possession of all SPANS
West India possessions; all Of her
islands in the Orient, with a big feet
threatening her Mediterranean coast.
The United States is not going to as
sumo the Cuban debt or anybody elses
debt. Cuba cannot be free and at the
same time be left saddled with Spanish
obligations 200 years old and mountain
high. 1t has always been SPANS way
to haggle and to "manana." Her best
mold is to demur and defer. This pre-
tense Of asking for explanations, diplo-
matte specifications, and notifications,
is all rot. Spain is either whipped or
she is not. If she is whipped, what
pretense has she for demanding any
thing? If she is not whipped, the only
sensible thing, and the cheapest way,
is to go on with the war until she ac
knOwledges that she Is whipped. This |
peace commission business is much |
more likely to rebound to the interest |
of Europe than to this country, TO say |
nothing of the interests Of the peoples /
of the West indies or Of the Philip |
pines. It is the unexpected which hap
pens, and if Spain can cajole US into
a diplomatic discussion, an outside ar
bitrator is liable to be called in to de-
eide differences. That outside influence
would be monarchial, and against the
United States. In short, troops should
go forward and battles be fought and
colonies captured until Spain cries:
Enough Lay down your terms and
we viii comply, whatever the demand"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10
sANTIAGo's RoUND-RoBIN.

A government by the people, as in
augurated, and subsequently interpret
ed and developed in the United States,
must prove an interesting study to all
close students of history. The mightiest
republic of all the past was that Of
Rome, but that was not a government
by the people. The republic which
dominated western Asia, north Africa
and practically all of Europe just pre-
viOus to the beginning of the Christian
era, was ruled, not by the voice of the
people, but by the will of successful
generals, and in the combined interests
OF property. The greatest republic of
the Christian era is the one which is
just closing a war in the interest Of hui
manity, in the interest Of a people not
of our own blood, but for the behoof
and welfare of people to whom we
owe not anything. This war, though
brief and disinterested, has not only
demonstrated the fact that the United
States Of America is the greatest of re-
publics Of all time, not excepting that
Of ancient Rome; that it is probably the
most powerful government in the world
today. In war, as in peace, neither
crowns, senates or tribunes, presidents
or generals rule, but the people. The
chief executive in the White House, the
lawmaker in tie capitol, the victorious
commander on the sea and the generals
leading the army in the field, all alike
appeal directly to the people. Hence
the round-robin incident; hence Sur
geon General Munson's roast, and Cen
eral Skaters explanation, and Secre-
tary Longs defense of Sampson. all ap-
pearlng in the Eagles dispatches of
yesterday morning. These officers each.
no doubt, discharged his routine duties
faithfully, but each recognizes the value
OF an explanation made directly to the
people. Roosevelt, as the colonel of a
regiment of men recruited from the
plains and mountains of the west. told
his story in a way that insured a hear
ing from the people, and so too did Ed
ward L. Munson, told them without
fear of either superior officers or heads
of departments, knowing that in the
end the people will render final judy
ment and place rewards where most
deserved.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10
JERRY SIMPSONS KIND

The people Of Kansas are with the
president in this war. The Pop admin
istration Of this state is not The pao-
pie Of Kansas have no sympathy with
the Hanna" howl so much INDUCED in
by their Pop representatives in con-
gress. The people OF Kansas cannot
be made TO believe that the president
has in any way fell down. either for
lack Of wisdom or want OF patriotism.
In spite Of Jerry Simpsons criticisms
and sneers, the people Of the Seventh
district believe that President McKin-
ley has proved superior to his advisers.
saw further into the complications Of
this conflict than did congress. and that
ne viii finish the war with honor 10
himself and the nation. The majority
OF the people Of the Seventh district to-
day. even that majority when elected
Jerry Simpson. would very much regret
" . majority Of congress believed as
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10
DEATH IN CUBA.

The day after the victory Of San
tiago the Eagle advocated the bringing
home or sending to the North Atlantic
coast Of all the men who had faced
that ordeal Of swamp, rain, mud, heat.
| jungle and Mauser bullets on half ra-
tions. and supplying their places with
! fresh men. 1t was the exposure and
deprivation which put practically the
entire army on the sick rolls. The Span
ish prisoners would have given no
trouble. A commissary with dozen
men could have taken clEtrge Of the
thousands of prisoners, who have but
one thought, and that home" There
was no fight left in them, nor danger
of them. Roosevelt did right to pro-
test, as did the Illinois colonel It has
not been the yellow fever, but malaria
and typhoid from exposure which have
sickened our boys. The season for yell
low fever is the late fall months. The
menace has been the malarial scourge
and the dysentery and typhoid, all arts
ing from exposure and the weakened
condition of the troops who had to go
through hell before the fight.
Senior Angel de Lara y Corego, the
chief physician of the Spanish army of
occupation. reported that in the year
1896 the number of cases of sickness
among the troops in the province of
Santiago was 47,177 and the deaths ag-
gregated 2,O31 In the two months of
August and September of that year
100, 900 of the 200, 900 Spanish soldiers on
the island were in the hospital and in
the twelve months 1850 died of dis
ease, while only 1853 were killed in bat
tie.
All the confidence which was ex-
pressed in the beginning Of the war in
the conquering ability of our superior
science, when arrayed against the dis
eases Of the tropics, has disappeared
The fact Of the matter is we nave not
risen to the occasion and it is doubtful
if we have displayed any more eff
fciency than the derided Spaniards
themselves. Every day brings some
Of this suspicion, some evil
dence Of the confusion and slackness
which must prevail in all the hygienic
methods of the camp. Only yesterday
we read that for two days it was i'm
possible to get a grain of quinine, and
that while the sick in the hospitals
were suffering terrible torment from |
the lack of ice two cargoes lay melting
at the wharf.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10

Jerry Simpson talks and votes. No pride
of country every swells the breasts of
such men as Simpson. His best hold is
to denounce, to bemean and to find
fault. As for him and his ilk. there is
nothing Of all this grand republic worth
preserving. Because a majority of the
people of Kansas permitted themselves
to be led by him and his like, Kansas
has not been trusted, and her boys, as
brave and patriotic as ever shouldered
a musket, have had no chance to win
fame for themselves or for their state.
There is a promise of stirring times in
this country for the next decade, and
Kansas should not only fall into line
with President Mckinley and the Re-
publican party, but command recogni-
ton by taking position well up in the
front ranks.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10
Fugeuie and Bismarck

'fMackensis" cables from London % the
Chicago Record: a Paris correspondent
teas me- thai Empress Eugene has LEFT
that city tor Plonhieres. Though she
has given Up reading the newspapers for
years, she could not resist seeing what
was said in them about Bismarck after
suggests, she also wanted % know what
Was said about herself also IA regard
70 the war % 1873. Though Eugene IS
better FOR the medical treatment which
she received In Paris. she is stas sadly
crippled Her yachting experiments have
rot aCraet with hAr''
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10
Chinese DO Everything Backward.

Men wear skirts
Women wear trousers
Men wear their hair long
Books are read backwards
Men carry on dressmaking.
Compass points 20 the south.
Launch their vessels sideways.
Women wear their hair short
Old women serve as bridesmaids.
Mount their horses from the OF side.
Hands OF clocks are irnmovable: the
dial revolves.
Regin their dinner with dessert; end
with soup and fish.
Dress n white az funerals and in
mourning at weddings
The spoken language Is not written. and
the written language IS not spoken
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10
sentry Dnty Before santiago

Fifteen minutes after being left alone
he murmurs, my, how the time creeps
along. wish were relieved" Whats
that!" is the voluntary exclamation.
Halt! Who is there?" he exclaims bring
ing his gun to the charge. with the bright
steel bayonet glisteniRg IN the moonlight.
For de Lawd'd sake, don't shoot! I'll
stop says the colonel's negro servant
as he energies from the shade Of the
trees.
Go back to your tent" sternly com
mands Smith. "You can't leave camp
after taps" and the darby, half scared
to death, walks rapidly back TO the
horses
sentry No. l, and the cry, taken up by
Nos. 2 and 8. ts repeated by 4, and then
grows fainter and fainter in the distance
as it passes around the camp.
Now one of the boys. who has missed
Ton-call and gone to Chattanooga, tries
to steal through the lines.
A dark form springs from the ground
and attempts to rush through the lines,
but the sharp click. click OF the sentinels
gun as he cocks II brings the offender TO
a halt. and Corporal Of the guard, No. A."
rings out upon the stu night air. and the
prisoner is taken to the guard house after
the corporal arrives upon the scene.
Just as No. grows weary and sleepy
once more alight comes bobbing along the
line and again the challenge. Halt, Who
goes there? and the reply. officer OF
the day" and the order, Advance, officer
OF the day. and be recognized" is given
by the sentry. After recognition the off,
Ger. stepping up closely, sea ming the
face of the recruit says, What are your
general orders?'
My general orders are 10 take charge
of this post and al 0vefnrisrt property
in view; TO walk my post in Military man
ner, keeping constantly OF the alert. OBJ
serving everything which takes place
within sight or hearing; to report every
breach -
There, that will do. I see you know
them. But how close do You allow me 20
come 70 you before challenging" queries
the officer.
Thirty feet" answers the guard
And before being recognized. -
Not within eight feet
wen. see that you do that in the fu-
tuTe then, and thus curtsy rapEsrus n1ing
the Gentry. the officer passes on his round
Al last the welcome relief appears and
after challenging and being recognized,
Smith. now thoroughly sired. passes on 70
the remaining posts wiki the relief Com
ing 10 the rear Of the camp the corporal. :
after passing along one post and falling
to De challenged. calls out, ''Whs-e are
voll7 Why don't YOU CHALLENGE Ard
3 new recruit. stepping cut from bshini
a tree. remarks: 4 saw you. ! knew ycu
couaiai: ind ras" II seems the COMMA nd I
ing officer had told him Tot 70 expose him /
se9 unnecessarily on sentry duty N the I
euea1y's country, and he adopted this /.
mode OF p-actictng he officers S4Ia3s.- I
Tines
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10
Eehoe. From Camp smith. noutana

oficer-''Now, remember. De, TIE pass
word IS 'FlsA.'
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fisherman myself n Minssoiey. an tank
I sksA renem0ar."
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who sad.
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lesson vel
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10
Outlines Of Oklahoma.

| E. A Poe is jeweler at Chickasha,
Indian Territory. He isn't poet.
Judge Keaton will deliver speech TO
the Democrats OF Perry August ls-
Bill Tiighman mas been nominated by
the Democrats of Lincoln county for sher-
If.
A second cousin Of President Mckinley 5
lives in Lincoln county. He is not run
ming for office.
Those Rough Riders will all be drifting
home as soon as they can get away from
Montauk Point.
All the editors Of Oklahoma are prepar-
ing for an excursion 10 Omaha They Will
be there Oklahoma day.
Henry ". Scott has his portrait in this
weeks Leslie Weekly. Great Scott! He
will get 10 the front yet.
The Canadian Republican says the Dem
ocratic party is opposed 10 the free and
unlimited coinage of Islands.
An Oklahoma man who visited a circus
and watched a contortionist. finally said:
II did better than that myself in the
cyclone"
Jerre Johnson of Kildare says he isn't
big enough to ill the position Of congress
man from Oklahoma. But he Is, and ne
will fill 1t some day.
The great custom Of having bird dogs
stolen, which prevailed with alarming
contagion in Oklahoma in an early day,
has entirely ceased.
The newspapers OF Oklahoma have
worked the candidates up TO publishing
announcements. II is good thing and
should be pushed along.
1t is said to be a fact that the boys
at Fl. Reno are the finest body OF vol
unteers in the world, taking every man
for what he is physically.
II is hard for the average Populist tol
believe that a man who was born in Ken
lucky and educated in Texas, as keaton
was. can be anything but a rock-ribbed
Democrat.
II is said that Teddy Roosevelt cannot
prevent himself from being nominated for
governor of New York. There is liable
to be a little Rough Rider sentiment at
the Ell Reno convention too.
The Lexington News and Notes asks
people to condemn il they cannot COM |
mend 1t, saying: For it is written:
Some shall stand on Mt. Ebal 10 curse. !
and some on Mt. Gerizim to bless Pick
your hill and cut loose"
That Lincoln county man who went to
war and left his wife at home was blamed /
by the public. But now that his wife |
has slipped away and married another
man, the soldier has the profound sym
pathy of the whole people.
A dispatch from Oklahoma City says:
Today Chief of Police Cochran. whQ is /
captain OF the independent volunteer cav-i
airy troop of Oklahoma. received a letter
from the governor of South Carolina, Of
fering 10 take the Oklahoma troops TO fill
South Cardinals quota Of volunteers. The
offer was accepted. and the troop will go
TO SoSuth Carolina as soon as arrange
ments can be made. Chief OF Police
is lieutenant of this company.
The following is the vote on delegate
elections for the last three times:
In 1892 the vote stood:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10

A Pennsylvania has patented a re-
verslbls shirt bosom composed OF foar
fronts. placed back 70 hack n pairs oa6
hinged together a. the bottom. w3Ia
loops Tor attaching them 20 the shrrg.
thus forming shirt VIII four boSo-nS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10

The huil-hesded attempt to belittie
Sampson IN everything viii succeed IN
Bleaching Schley so high and dry that he
public viii forget him Sampson IS a
brave man and good mar. He was
simply unfortunate in not being present
when Cerveva's feet came out But he
hove up before the fight ended and ne
wanted TO edge into history nttie him
self, which Was perfectly natural
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10

~ and vas belzE dressed foT ssrsl.
taeTs VAS found "a hs cAest 49, sea-
nSde ~ q NsusgF bullet whcn bad
E-T1ck 1.ra walZa tlgatl--g f7r sac Gag
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10

1t seems strange to read in history of
the Hundred Years War" What a pud-
ding the newspapers missed by not being
invented.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10

We are all tired of war. Ring up the
curtain and bring Dreyfus and dear old
Patty du Clam from the dressing room.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10

Mismanagementa and brutality can make
resulting success mere incident-look at
Shafter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10

General Shafter has lost thirty pounds
since he went to Cuba. He shaved his
military moustache off for fear of yellow
fever germs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10

If England does get into war with
Russia this country will insist on the
rumor that the English ships are manned
with American gunners.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10

If we are to have an indemnity from
Spain we want it in gold. Even General
Weaver would object to the payment be-
ing made in money printed in Spain.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10

If ICHioAS MILITARY AcADZNT.
u LsFt gss- Prepares ~ }sad - Lsls
yers-tsH fsrsfastea are E1H lr ffzrssFS.
z4e. Frtrrst1E Egrfr, asf 1ss ~ra- y
feet Aserere Colonel HsJssEfla. Esst.
GreHar1 lake NJ
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10

Now that the war is over we should be
modest and remember that it must make
the people of Chill very weary-the way
we use that term American"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10

We all expect foolish things. We al
thought that before this war would be
ended Edison would pus out some kind
u an electrical trinket that would wipe
Spain out by the mere touching OF =
button We licked her with oId-fashioned
Chinese powder.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10

Hobson can never expect to recover the
coal barge he sank in the neck of San
tiago harbor, but the girls Of the country
seem to be intent on giving him any
number of smacks
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10

A st. Louis girl rushed up to Hobson.
and kissed him. So did Cervera II
within the regulations of the navy Hob
son can do so he should wear muzzle.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10

Hobson does not know stage fright.
There is something the matter with Hob
son. When Dewey arises before an aud
fence on his return home he will shake
ike jelly in 4 thunderstorm, and after
trying to say something viii sit down as
red as c beet
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10

We have discovered that Bismarck once
said: "A journalist IS d man who has
failed in his profession in life" We here
by take back those nice things we said
Of him the other day.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10

Lawrence World: Mr. Bowersock Is one
of the old fashioned men who believe that
a public speaker should say something.
He talks without oratorical fiourishes, but
every word counts. He learned to econo-
mize in his business dealings and he prom
Uses to be the most successful member of
congress Kanas ever had.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10

DoCroRs ASSISTANT Here letter
wants TO know if flashes OF light before the
are dangerous Has been informed that
they caused by disordered stomach.
MEDICAL DIRECTOR They may be- Caarh of the
frequently them and if that 8
what ais Constant Reader" a Ripans
Tabule will give prompt relief and a
of them according directions will re-
the difficulty Sometimes however
the trouble is caused by diseases OF the eye
or of the and kidneyx
When of this it IS of serious import
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10

At present when a man cannot woo
death in any other way ne becomes a
high diver. The country is becoming
flooded with high divers and sooner CT
later they so up, instead OF down.
Spain should understand that she was
licked principally by the New York arts
tocrscy. She can have no idea what
would have happened to her If the COM
mon people Of America had taken
hand.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10

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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17
would win me. Cultivate cheerfulness.
am glad to hear from Daisy Belle
and Will Retlaw again and hope they
will write often.-Aunt Jennie.
FROM DAISY L

Dear ANnt Jennie:-I have been
thinking l would write to the Social
Chat again, but have not done so, un
til now / have a leisure hour or two
and decided to write to you We have
so many real nice letters from the
members of the corner now but /
think we car make it much more en-
tertaining and interesting it more
would join and tell US Of their different
ways of doing things and exchange
ideas. We all en- ~ Aunt Jennie's let.
tiers so much.
/ see Mrs. Mossa wishes to know
where she can get a knitting machine9
I will give her an address of a firm
that she can buy one. I have used it
and know it to be all right. j. e.
Yearheart, Box B. Clearfield, Pa.
I will give the sisters a receipt /
found in my scrap book for removing
mildew from linen. Mix soft soap
with powdered starch, half as much
salt and the juice of one lemon. With
a painters brush apply this mixture to
the cloth on both sides and let it lie on
the grass day and night till the stains
disappear.
Would like to hear from Mrs. Pamela
@. Reade again soon. I for one, Mrs.
Reade, would like to learn the R.rt of
making light bread. For fear my let
ter will be so long Aunt Jennie will
scold me I'll stop now. Wishing sue
cess to Cnat I remain yours to count
on.-DaisY Belle.