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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-16

Another Wichita man abroad is George
Washington Gay, who lives in Washing
ton. He sends the following original an
swers to mythical correspondents:
Mary Jane-We can't advise you to try
and make Il living in the literary line.
Since the department stores have gone
into everything, prices are down Fancy
writing poetry at two cents a line and
furnish your own paper and ink. The
sweat-shops don't require you to furnish
your own needles and thread.
Emigrator-Yes. there are farms here
that they claim will produce 500 bushels
of corn to the acre. We never helped
measure it, and it is surprising that they
are so heavily mortgaged.
Klondike-You can't expect to get old
prices for mining stock now that the
cheap-john stores are handling every
thing You can't float mine on all wa
ter-must havea little cash to pay for en-
craving stock certificates and other in
cidentais. The so-called Iron Mine that
made the reputation of Leadville and the
Emma mine were fioated on printers ink.
It is a mistake that We all get our dues
in this world-the projectors of that
scheme are not in the penitentiary.
City Agriculturist-The proper time to
tap apple trees for cider is the 18th of
March. No, don't graft young shoots on
last years corn stalks-they won't grow.
You can materially increase the yield by
grating corn cobs on the end of each
ear. Care should betaken not TO graf,
PROVED cobs to s-rowed ears. as you
will havef our blank rows.
Aspirant-To make a living writing
poetry it will be necessary to aim at
quantity more than quality. as the prices
are only two cents line for long metre
with discount for short. An expeditions
way is to select words that rhyme easy,
such as hill, "rill," I'LL, mill "till,
etc. Place oneword at the right hand OF
each line and fill in to match.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-16
NEW WAY TO KICK.

During Christmas week when everyone
was doing an enormous business, Pro-
fessor Naylor went into Mr.. Ike Gold
smiths and asked him if he was salts
fed with the business he was doing. Mr..
Goldsmith said that he was well, then,
why are you always kicking?" asked the
professor. What do you mean?' said
MIR. Goldsmith. With that the professor
took Mr.. Goldsmith by the arm and go
ing to the show window wherein was
large family Bible that lay open and could
be plainly read from the sidewalk. 1t
was the lamentations Of jeremiah. Mr..
Goldsmith went to the window and turned
the leaves of the good book until he got
to the Psalms, where he left it. The
professor still twits Mr.. Goldsmith about
Kicking"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-16

paradise, and Their ivers and lakes
abound with trout A great blessing is
The almost total absence OF wind, except
occasionally warm Chinook wind from
the Pacific touches with its balmy breath
the snow and ice and they disappear like
magic. This is said TO be a remarkably
healthy country. Perhaps that accounts
for the absence of drug stores and doc
tors. We passed the cemetery last Sun
day. 1t consists OF half a dozen picket
enclosures, high on the mountain side.
and surrounded by stately pine trees that
keep silently igil over the lonely dead. I
have seen but few sunshinny days thus
far. As l write dense, dark clouds hang
over mountain and lake like pail and
the short winter day of this northern lat
itude soon merges into twilight. And
my heart goes back 10 Kansas-land OF
perpetual sunshine. with its endless prai-
ries flooded and bathed in sea of molten
gold.
MRS. LYDIA BEUMER MARTIN"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-16
THEY SNAPPED MONEY.

II. H. Hatfield. janitor OF the court of
appeals. once in 1857 had occasion 20 travel
from Columbus, Ohio. to Bloomington.
Illinois. At Springfield he met with a
young man from Bloomington whose
parents lived in Ohio. and whom he had
been visiting. The young fellow was q
merchant Of Bloomington. When he
called for a ticket and threw out his
money, the agent told him they oouldn t
take Illinois money. 1t was in the days
OF state banks. He was in trouble. II
the station agent had no use for Illinois
money no one else did either, and he was
puzzled TO know how to get a ticket. He
noticed Mr.. Hatfield buy ticket for
Bloomington. and after a little time he
walked up and said;
Could you swap ne. some Ohio money
for Illinois money. They won't have Illi-
uois money here. and I've got no other.
and must have ticket"
Mr.. Hatfield gave him fivcf or ten. and
when the two got TO Terre Haute, Ind.
near the Illinois line, where Illinois mon
ey was good. the matter was adjusted
again.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-16
1T PITTS HIM ON EDGE.

There are a good many people who. if
they hear a false note of music it makes
them nervous or, as it IS commonly
called, cit puts their teeth or edge" Now
the grating of a file on a piece of iron
will usually accomplish this with most
folks, but there is one young man in
town who works in iron says that moth
ing puts his nerves helter-skelter except
using a file against the grain, or the
wrong way. To the vast majority there
is no right way, the sound, any way you
may take it, being horrible.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-16
w1CHITA.s GREATEST POET.

I. j. j. Virgins of Norman, who COM
mitted suicide in the Episcopal church
there Friday. once lived in Wichita He
was the best poet Wichita ever had
He wrote under the name of Jarvis This
is the first time the Eagle has given up
the secret, although when he was writ
ing his gems this Office was deluged with
letters inquiring who he was. After
leaving Wichita he dropped poetry and
no one in Oklahoma knew that he could
write at all. He was a very superior
mind in every way. His wife, Miss Maud
Holland, lived in this city a number of
years with Mr.. and Mrs. Gorge SpaIton.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-16
WICHITA STARTS THE BALL

There is something radically wrong
when Wichita or Kansas is not a head
of the procession in one way or the other.
A legislative war was practically I'M
known in the United States up until Lew
cling was elected. Since then there have
been several, although there have never
been any to surpass it. The others were
tame affairs in comparison, but never
theiess Kansas started the fun and the
rest of the states followed suit. Ken
lucky last winter had a legislative dead
lock and the governor was on the point
OF ordering out the militia several times
Now Ohio is furnishing the amusement
for the country. On New Years night
Wichita had swell cake walk. Many of
the colored people here were very much
opposed to it on the grounds that it was
degrading. This last week W. X. VAN
derbilt of New York city, the leader of
society in this country. led cake walk
on last Saturday night several gentle
men prominent in social, political and Ma
sonic circles in Guthrie had a cake walk.
which was led by Major Woodson. So
thus it goes. Wichita starts the ball and
Guthrie and New York city initiate.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-16
STORY ON JUDGE ENOCH.

John Davis is responsible for the fol-
lowing story: The other day Tom Sulli-
van and Mr. Miller were given six hours
apiece in Justice Enoch's court in which
to argue a certain case. After sitting
there all day and listening attentively TO
the arguments. Justice Enoch, at the
close said: Gentlemen, 1 shall take this
case under advisement until Saturday.
when / shall render verdict in favor of
the plaintiff"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-16
HOW STORIES ARE EXAGGERATED

HOW STORIES AXE EhAGGERAIED.
The eyes are probably the most deceiv-
ing of all of the five senses. In proof of
this. see a fight on the street and if there
are a Gozen witnesses. each and every
one will give a different version of it.
You can take half a dozen men out and
have them look at a new moon and re-
quest them to tell you how large the
moon looks to them, and for answer you
will be told by one that it is thirty feet
in diameter and by another that it is
only three feet. If you will take a silk
tile and have a party look ar it and then
mark on the wall how high it is. in his
opinion, you will soon see that it is no
wonder that occasionally an apparent ex-
aggeration will creep into print with the
utmost care to keep them out.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-16
A BOOK OF SCRAPS.

Jack Davidson has for several months
been clipping little items out of the news
papers which he wished to retain. The
other morning he got up and determined
that he would put the clippings in a scrap
book. He called the hired girl and told
her to go over to Mr. Goldsmith's store
and get a scrap book. She came back in
a few minutes bringing the Life and
Battles of John L. Sullivan" 1t was a
scrap book sure enough.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-16
WAS WITH MAXIMILIAN.

A +. ReiChe. who was buried here
Monday. was an Austrian by birth, and a
personal friend ot Ferdinand Joseph Max
lmilian. the archdake cf Austria. who
was made emperor of Mexico. Mr.. Reiche
was with Macmillan when his position
at Queretaro was betrayed into the hands
=, .he Liberals by General Lopez in May
1857. It was in this conflict that Mr..
het1Le lost his srm
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-16
SOCIETY SLANG PARTIES

Society folk are always ting for
something new TO entertain themselves
with but seldom do they get anything
new. 1t is usually some old thing which
S pulled from out the dim past. busted
and revived and which the younger mcH-
bers of society think is new. L answers
the same purpose and Is eujoved until
something else is found to help while
sway the hours. One OF the latest things
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-16
TELEPHONE GIRL KNOWS.

The busiest time in the telephone office
is when there is a fire. The alarm always
goes through central and central IS al
ways informed. More people are getting
onto this daily and central breads a fire
more than insurance companies.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-16
nECEMRER REAL EsTATE SALES.

The real estate sales for December and
up TO Friday night in this month amount
In both city property and farm lands to
more than one hundred and thirty-six
thousand dollars. This figure does not
include property held by the Wichita Ma
tional bank Of the State National bank
and transferred to meet obligations. Nor
does it Include tax sales or foreclosures
under mortgages. which latter item
would not add to the sum very materially
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-16
CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY.


Uncle Jimmie Potts is employed about
the court house. a few days ago some
thing had to be fixed in the rotary part of
the Jail. ''Uncle Jimmie" was sent over
to do the repairing. He was down on his
knees busy at work. There were two or
three women inside the rotary who go
there frequently to distribute literature to
the prisoners and to pray with them and
offer them consola ton. One of the la
dies came up to Uncle Jimmie and said
What are you doing here?' The lady
had mistaken him for a prisoner and he
did not take the trouble to tell her that
hew as not incarcerated for crime. He
answered her question by saying: I'm
digging post holes" She either did not
understand his answer or else her
thoughts were elsewhere, for she said:
Lord have mercy on your soul. Let me
pray for you" This was too much for
Uncle Jimmie, and he wept.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-16
GEORGE wAsu1NcToN GAY.

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bow
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-16

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-16

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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-03-05

NO hagas tal Beauchamp pues aunque ell
hidalgo fuese Montmorency el dipomatico un
Metternich, almorzaremos a las en- punto mien-
tras tanto haced 10 que Debray probad mi jerez
mis- bizcochos.
-Bueno, me qaedo, algo hemos de invertir la
mafana.
--Bien, 10 msmo que Debrsy Sin embargo, 70
creo que cuando ell minsterio esta trise Ia opose6n
debs estar alegre
II All no sabeis 10 que me amens "a Msfiana
one un discurso de Mr.. DaDglares la Camara de
dlputados, esta noche, de sn muier nua
tragedia DIS mn par de Francis Levese ell diablo al
glr, 70 Sc como hemos elegido este.
-Comprendo ten els necesdad de hacer provision
de algeria.
No hableis NAL de los discusses de Mr. DaE-
glars, dijo Debrsy veta per vos, hace Ia oposici6p
-Ah1 esta e nal asf, puess espero que le enveis
dlscurrr a Luxenburgo para reirme de mejor CANA.
Querido, dijo Alberto Beauchsmp ben Sc
eonoce que los de FL pana Sc han arregsdo
estais 10y un hunor I'M ufIibe. Acordaos de que
la ~Cionca Talise habla de cassmiento eLtre
la seno1ita hugeDia Dangars 20. No puedo, pues,
en- concieDcia, dejaros hablar NAL de Ia eocuencia
de~un honbre cue dehe,a decme dia: nor
-.-Vsmos, dijo Beaue hsnp; ,asaI,i.Lio Lu se
efeetuara HI Icy ba pedido hacerle ceIde, pcdIA
hacefie par, pelo lo haa caballero, ell conde de
Morcef espada ds III sado aTstocI atica pars
conseItr, diaLte dos Iobres millones, bsja
ssr "a Ell vizconde de Morctf no debe casarse sino
maIquesa.
- Dos nlones!... no deja de ser bonitc, repugo
Morcef.
KS oil Capital socis de teatro de baulevsrd 8
de uh camino de hiere de. Jafdfn de Las Plantaa en-
10 t. Zee.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-03-05
CAP1TULO XIV
Ell ALMUERZo

I'm verdad, dijo Alberto, ascmbrais con la
extension de yuestIos conocimiento lP.ro tomad I'M
cigarroi
u Ali querido conde, djo Luciano encendendo
nm babaro en- bujfa de aIdiendo en- IN cande-
lero dorado eeoet6Idose en- e diyan, h! querl
do col de- que ehz roy teIer nsds que hacer en-
yeIdad no ooLoe eis vnestrs felicidad.
-gY QUE halisis, nj querido pacifcador de reinoa,
repuso Morctf con ngera inorfs, sLo hlclesels
nsda? Conc secrttsrio particular de IN minlstlc,
lapzado la ytz en- Il muI do europec las lEtrl-
gas de Palis ttnieDdo reyes muoho nejoT aun rel
has que pIoleer, lslGcs que renLr, eiecclones que
drigr hacieIdo desde vuestro gabinete con vues
ira pluna vusstIo teegrsfo que Napolton hacia en
aus campoe de batala su ehpada tus Vletorlas,
rcteytndo ytfnticiIco NIL LbIas de ienta, un cabao,
one Chateau RenaUd os ha ttiecido euantrocien-
tos luitea sfe que fslta en- IN PsntaloD, te
pieIdc un aisn,o 10 Opera, Jockey Club ye tsatro
de Vaitdsdes, no hshis te do ter que dtrse-
ios2 Pnes bltD, 20 es disnaeie.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-03-05

aFort France da 2s ene connexon
de ineas de Colon Marses de Saint ooon co
sahda con
Maela Colon su regreso Ell &c
de la lnea HAvre Bordeaux. Haiti.
TRASBORDOSAdemas puertos lmitados en- este Mneo
trash ordo Santa Lucia
Cayenne; La Cabeo, Colon Puerto
arceona Oataluna
F rana Peru Cgna Seyl saendo de Fort de France
NOTAa falta exacitud
aos pa Barcelona exdn dede II de 81 de
0OND1UIONKS CONCESIONES
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-03-05

Ell apor H. viaie del da este pueo tonar
srga pas Eaa asbordO orreo drecto
de cada aguno de a
del e oazA Espana
Rico al dscto do igual puerto da e
sada
IN pocs /: de Mayo a 80 sets
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-05-19

cess of Attorney Boyle in the stock
yards case is worth millions to the
farmers OF Kansas, and will never be
reversed by any sensible judge. 1t
is the result of Populist administra-
ton. Years ago the people began
to ask for a uniform textbook law.
The Republicans promised it, but
didn't get it to them. 1t is now a
law given US by Populist admins
tration and a saving to hundreds Of
our people. We talk about Webb
McNall. He started in ridiculed,
but he is on top of the heap now.
We say he is corrupt. Where is the
evidence? We don't care how many
companies he has brought to the
rack. McNall and Boyle are two
able stumpers and have something to
show, and you can't deny it. l say
if we win this fall every Republican
has got to take off his coat.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-05-19

Secretary Of the treasury, Gage
has announced that it would be i'm.
possible to float a popular loan in
this country, alleging that the people
prefer the savings banks to govern.
,nent bonds. He regards the selling
Of the bonds in large blocks as the
feasible plan. At the same time
John W. Breidenthal, State Bank
Commissioner Of Kansas, has an.
nounced that a popular bond issue
would be heartily taken by the peo.
pie of this state. He thinks thai
100000 worth of bonds would
find ready sale there in an incred
IDLY short time and believes that the
effect abroad would be tremendously
to the credit of the United States.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-05-19
SIMPSON Is BREEZY.
Kansas Congressman Discusses the
Manner of Electing Senators,
Interestingly.

Washington, May 12.-After refus-
ing yesterday by vote Of AZ to 80 tt
consider the senate bill restricting
immigration, the house took up anC
devoted the session to the house
resolution TO submit to the states a
proposition to amend The cOnstitu-
tiOnsO as to provide for the election Of
senators by direct vote. The amend
ment az proposed in the resolution re.
ported to the house left it in the dis
erection Of the states to elect their
senators by direct vote or through
their legislators, but an amendment
by Mr.. Underwood, (Ala.,) making
selection by popular vote mandatory
was adopted and the resolution was
then passed.
Jerry Simpson of Kansas injected
considerable breeziness into the dis.
cussiOn. After arraigning the speaker
and the Republican members in scath.
ing terms, he remarked:
This same question has been
brought up during every session OF
congress since | Can remember. The
Republicans are advocating = because
They Know it will not pass, and there.
fore will not injure their standing
with the trusts Of Tue country.
LaughUer.l 1t is the first time |
have had an opportunity to say any
thing 10 praise of the senate, but
must say that it is a more representa-.
tive body than the house. la this
body the speaker is all aud represents
the people.
Zone has to catch the speakers
eye before he can obtain recognition.
AS suggested by someone, Many are
called, but few are chosen
This is not a representative body,
because there are many districts
whose members represent the in-
tereStS Of large corporate interests.
The senate is the Ouly deliberate
body. We witness here in the house
propositions coming up involving
appropriations Of hundreds of millions
Of dollars that are rushed through
without debate. So 10 my opinion
the first thing to do is to reform our
own body. believe all the places OF
trust and honor should be elected By
the people, The people may make
mistakes, but they Can rectity them.
The only safe rule is to throw the re-
sponsibility back on the people.
81 would like to see all-both ex-
ecutive and Observation-Disclosures OF
the government elected by the peo-
pie, and wish the Republicans were
sincere on this question. but from
their actions l am sure they are not.
But first Of all we should reform the
present state Of affairs here 10 the
house. II we proceed in the course
that we have followed in the past we
we will make this body an unpopular
body and the senate a ponnlar body"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-05-19

Senator Pettigrew of South Da-
kota, recently introduced an amend.
ment to the post office appropriation
bill calling for the reduction of go
per cent. He took occasion to Sc
verely critise the recent report
OF Second Assistant Post Master
General challenger, in which the as,
sertion was made that the cost of
transporting the U. S. mails has
been reduced 40 per cent within the
past fifteen years; charged the Of
flcials as being under the control
not only of the railroads but that
their clerks were to a man subsidized
and that the alleged information sent
out in the report was absolutely false
and valueless. He also called at
tention to the fact that the govern
ment paid Is per cent more for the
same amount of matter than the ex-
press companies charged, exorbitant
as are their rates. challenger and
other officials were warmly defended
by Matt Quay.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-05-19
Farmer Smith Says Long Can't Win

While the denomination Of Chester
l. Long was by reclamation it does
not follow that he has tile united
support Of all Republicans. Farmer
Smith says: "Nr. Lonr may be eltc
ted, but doubt 1t. He is decidedly
the most unpopular nominee the
Seventh district has been compelled
90 swallow in many years. There is a
general feeling, although it is not
publicly expressed, that Mr.. Long
will be defeated bv Jerry Simpson.
l know of lots Of Republicans who
would not be sorry were such the re.
suit at the polls.
"There is some satisfaction for
Longs enemies in the fact that unless
he is elected this time he will be for
ever relegated to the rear as dead
timber" after pext November. Tbe
chances are 10 my opinion, that the
latter condition is very likely to
exist
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-05-19

The fact that the Western Union
controls and must transmit all tele.
graphic matter for our government
during the present war, as we'll as
the firing of the countless submarine
harbor defenses; that a majority Of
the stocks of this great company is
owned by the Countess Castellaina,
daughter Of the late Jay Gould and
wife OF a dude Of Spanish decent who
now lives in Paris and is an ayowed
hater of America, presents a study
for those of our citizens who have
always taken keen delight in char.
acterizing government ownership
and control of the Geographic sys.
TENS as "Populist vagary."
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-05-19
An Enterprising Druggist.

There are few men more wide awake
and enterprising than F. B. Snyder
whe spare no pains TO secure the best
Of everything 10 their line for their
many customers. They now have the
valuable agency for DR.. Kings New
Discovery for consumption, coughs
and colds. This Is The wonderful
remedy that is producing such Juror
all over the country by its many start
ing cures. 1t absolutely cures asthma,
bronchitis, hoarseness and all affec.
tions Of the throat, chest and lungs.
Call at above drug store and 1et a
trial bottle free or regular size for
so cents and 81. Guaranteed to cure
or price refunded. 3
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-05-19

There is said to be a serious divi.
sion in the presidents cabinet. The
secretary of the treasury and the
secretary of war have been at outs
for some time. Gage is acting for
the money bags" and consequently
tavors peace at any price, while AL
ger wants to carry out the wishes Of
the people.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-05-19

Lieutenant Clark, the chief mus.
tering officer for Kansas, says that
Kansas troops are the first to he
mustered into the government ser.
vice. He also says that our quota is
made up ofmen who will make splen-
did soldiers. The troops are al
ready for use except that they have
not been equipped. The govern
ment is very slow in transmitting
supplies. Although the Kansas bows
were ready for mastering early last
week there are not more than half
OF them who are now provided with
uniforms and guns.