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Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

Reasonable women are about as rare os peaches without fuzz.
 A girls Idea of a mans revenge Is to fall in love with the chaperon.
 The trouble in love is that the women insist on cutting 1t on the bias.
 A woman's real troubles never worry her half as much as the ones she gets up clubs about.
 There are some ideas which woman can never express properly except with her mouth full of hairpins.
 No girl has any idea how much she cares for man till she begins to have an idea how little he cares for her.
 When q man has curious little dents in his shirt bosom they were generally made by the round ends of halrpins.
 \ woman never cries so hard when her little child is lost that she hasn't strength left 10 spank 1t when it's found.
 A woman's opinions on politics are just about as pronounced and relia ble as her opinions on the women her huS- band knows that she doesn't.
 The average woman can do more with q hairpin than a man can with a box of tools and less. with q box of tools than man can with hairpin.
 A woman Is pretty sure to see that the whole family hears her when she tells her husband he ought to be ashamed to talk so to her before the children.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

Year after year comes news of lives and property destroyed by the rising of our rivers. These floods are as regular as spring itself, and yet houses and factories are built along the river banks as confidently as though freShets were rare cataclysms of nature. like earth quakes and eruptions of volcanoes. Men are proverbially incapable of profiting by the experiences of others, but to profit by their own Is not beyond their power, and 1t does seem that, when high-water mark has once been established, 1t ought to give a hint for at least a year.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

IT. KEGLEvIrCH. W h o m, Pr 1ncess Maria Dorothea, Is shortly to be mar ried. She Is over 40 years of age and is certainly old enough to know better.
 Princess Louise and Prince Philip of Saxe-Coburg were married at Brussels Feb. 1. 1875. Their married life was q stormy one from the first. For years she has figured in scandal after scan dal. and has kept her husband busy fighting duels on her account. She has long cut wide swath in the gay life of European capitals, but her last es- capade set the tongues of two conti- nents a-wagging. This was her elope ment with Lieut.. Mattachich KeGle- witch of Austria.
 It had been known for some time previous to the elopement that the lieu tenant was n favorite of the Princess Their conduct reached such n stage that Prince Philip challenged Lieut. Keglevitch to q duel. They met in the
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

The people of the United States arc wealthy and have faith In the govern ment. These two facts are shown in the report of the comptroller of the currency, which states that the lndi- vidual deposits in the national banKs now aggregate more than S2,00O,O00,- QUO, being the largest amount ever re- corded in the history of those instltI- tions. This statement does not take h. to account the deposits In state anl private banks, nor the inncnse sums known to be held by savings banks. When these are added the wealth of the United States Is seen to be truly enormous.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

The battletelds of Fredericksburg, the Wilderness, Charlottesville and Spottsylvania, in Virginia, are to be converted into national park, the Leg islature of Virginia having passed bill authorizing the formation of com pany for that purpose. It Is singular coincidence that Gov. Tyler signed the bill on Lincoln's blrthday-Feb. 12- and the company was organized to car " it into effect on Wash!ngton's birth day-Feb. 22. The head of the com pany Is Gen. Ioratio c. King of New York and the viee-president Is Col. W. II. Taylor. who WAS Lees adjutant gen- eral. The grounds are to be marked 50 as to show the position of each corps, division. brigade and regiment at every stage'of the battles fought upon them. while the spots where leading officers were killed will be designated by ap- propriate monuments The great bat tletields of the war are now nearly all of them parks, open to visitors, and some of them, like that at Gettysburg. are especially attractive.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

The best news in regard to Alaska is that an exploration of the territory Is now being made by three expedi- tions under the control of the United States Geological Survey. This is far more to the purpose than the scram- ble after gold. The region west of the Klondlke, the Panama River basin and the interior, reached by way of Cook Inlet. will be examined, and army sur veys also will be carried forward. The scientific discoveries made and official
 ly confirmed will divert much of the
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

In time of war. nations which are nations which are at peace as HeGtrals. Under the law of nations, neutralS are under obligation to keep out of the war themselves. and not to render improper assistance to either side. What are known as neutrality acts impose pen alties of fine or Imprisonment upon citizens of any neutral country who en- lists in foreign service. or it out vpS- sels ofwar. or organize military eXpe- ditiOns against q friendly state. Eng land has stringent neutrality laws, and SD far as the United States Government Is concerned k also bound by what are called the Three Rules of the Treaty of Washington. under which the claims for damages for the losses inflicted hy the Alabama and other privateers dur ing the civil war were submitted to International arbitration. The first of these rules Imposes an obligation to use due diligence in preventing the arming. equipment and departure from an Eng fish port of any vessel designed to cruise or carry on war against the Init ed States. Under the second rule. Eng land stands pledged not to permit or suffer either belligerent to make use of her ports or waters ''as the base of naval operations against the other. or for the purpose of the renewal or aug mentation of military supplies or arms or the recruitment of men, Under the third rule. due diligence is enjoined for the prevention of any violation of these neutral obligations. These rules do not forbid q neutral nation to sell arms. other military supplies and coal to a belligerent in time of war. But the vessels of either nation could seize on the high seas all such stores intended for the country with which it was at war.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

Mark Twain, following the noble ex- ample of Sir Walter Scott, has devoted all his gains for several years to the payment of what his creditors were dis posed to regard as dead claims" The plause-as if this kind of honesty were a rare virtue. Perhaps 1t Is rate; but then, more's the pity. Creditors should forgive as they hope to be forgiven; but no debtor should let himself off easily, unless he is willing to take the risk of moral bankruptcy.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

It 5 reported that when a freight tram was derailed on the Burlington road. one car, loaded with eggs, rolled completely over, and landed in a ditch without breaking a single egg. This reads like wild and woolly" story. but it may well call attention to the eX- eggs are now handled and packed for transportation.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

Agriculture has been called 'reck- less gambling on the weathcf.' Ger tainly this characterization k deserved when men unSkilled in the first prin- ciples of tilling the soil betake them selves to unfamiliar climates and eX- periments. Yet. as all wealth is the fruit of the soil and all industry k hIs- ed upon the results of the labor of hus- bandmen. the element of chaGce may be considered as q small factor in the problem. The man who conducts the business of farming with the same ell ergy and skill as the successful mer- chant or professional man will reap the same measure of reward. The time has passed Gf it ever eNiStcd1 when fortunes were made by unskillctl own- CTS of small farms in Florida or Cali fornia. To-day such holding means in general the raising of only one class of products. and that peculiarly liable to perish by atmospheric changes In the middle Wetsern States farming is recognized as well-regulate4l business. carried on under known conditions Of production and recognition of perma- nent market demands. Diversified az riculture in the temperate climate has passed entirely out of the experimental. speculative stage and become d perma- nently productive industry.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

latter part of last
 December. r 1 & { ol s were first used, and after Il Il arnless yolley { h U conbatants had recourse to s " ord s. T h Q r r in ce to day carries Il small scar on his right arm which he re-
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

The Lake City IS. e. coroner's jury found that Postmaster Baker came to his death at the hands of parties un- known to the jury. That jury ought to take q day off and get better acquaint ed with the leading citizens of the town,
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

A London letter says that Rudyard Kipling soundly spanks his son when ever the boy tells bad story The youngster escapes pretty lightly; sup pose he were spanked every time his father tells such story
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

Queen Victoria, for n lieutenant of the A Il s trian uussars, and her new lover are being much talk ed about. This ec- centric daughter of
 Belgium's dissipated monarch, King Leo pold. has two grown
 children, Il c 0 f
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

travel 10 the Elondlke to our own soil. As matter of fact, We know little definitely about the resources of Alas ka. The labors of the Geological Sur- vey will be of great value to the peo- Dle
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

Mistress-Do you call this sponge cake? Why, it's as hard as it can be. New Cook-Yes. mum; that's the way a sponge Is before it's wet. Soak it in your tea, mum.-Boston Traveller.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

Col. Hawkins-Uncle Nose, hear you and your wife had a little dispute again last night. Which came out ahead this time? Uncle Nose dubious ly feeling q lump on the back of his head)-I's powerful glad to say dat I kim out ahead, boss; but she mighty nigh overlook me.-Harper' Bazar.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

That big territorial partition In China is vastly different from what Is known as the Great Divide in this country.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15
Sale of Chinese Children.

In the poorer regions of China many old women make q living by buying ward selling them into life of slavery or vice.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

Picturesque language might justify the remark that the powers are tearing China In pieces joint from joint.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

The stranger who climbed an electrlc light pole in the business district the other night and explained to a police man that he was going up to heaven probaly was also light at the upper end.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

War clouds never take on their black est character till they are added to by the smoke of burning gunpowder.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

We want 1t understood right now that we never count ourselves among "the friends of the family who want to see the remains"
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

Perhaps it can be taken as an evi- dence of ant-Spanish feeling that many people are not smoking genuine uavana cigars.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

Boston women Insist on wearing high hats in the theaterS. Strangely enough the men who are "behind the women' are opposed to this scheme.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15
Heather Monuments.

Bishop Coleman. of Delaware. has publicly condemned the custom of erecting what he calls "heathen monu- ments" in Christian cemeteries. Among heather monuments he classes obelisks, wrecked ships, broken shafts and urns.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

The Ohio Legislature has refused to pass the Parker bill restricting mar riage The Legislature. because 1t was in favor of tie, refused 10 tie on this measure.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

An Ohio law forbds the marriage of insane persons. Those who are 'madly in love" will have to get married out side of the State.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

A Connecticut gardener claims to have perfected an odorless onion. That fellow should try to invent noiseless tirecracker now.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

A later naval notion Is an alrship carrying dynamite munitions. Its use only proposes to drop the torpedo as naval resource one way.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson says she sees no reason why woman may not smoke cigarettes. She can find women who will not refuse to back 'er.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

In view of the fact that cashiers are breaking banks so rapidly, 1t would be a good Idea to make the prisons stronger.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

Fatal prize fights continue to enable the undertaken to show his skill as boxer
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15
AN ERRATlC PRINCESS.

Louise, Daughter of Belgium's King,
 Who Elopcd with an Army Officer.
 Princess Louise of Belgium. who some time ago left her husband. Prince Philip of SaXe-Coburg. nephew of
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

Spring onions are very good for you, but dteadful for the man who sits next to you.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

The United States is so big that she caunot afford to act small or feel small.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

Every married woman has promised her husband to some old maid, as a joke.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-15

Some women are passing fair and some others are past.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-15
5PRESENTATIVE SALES.
SHIPPERS AND NOTES.

sykes Bros. Of New Murdoch. were in
with a car Of fair hogs. They went 10
Woods for his shipment. Mr.. Sykes says
that salable hogs around his ueighborhood
are getting scarce. and the quality is not
very good The short corn crop lessened
the number of hogs to feed. and those in
condition have been shipped out for mar
ket. The farmers there are putting in an
unusually heavy acreage of wheat, which
looks we'll.
powd q Turley Of Oatville We're in with
a car of hogs that were above the aver
aEe 10y considerable. They went at a good
price 10 Dold.
J. NJ Pirtle of FL Dorado sent in car
of hogs on the early market. They were
En- good condition. few being extra fair.
=. Oldfather of Maize was present with
& car of cood hogs. which caught the top
OF the market. He says a few stock grow
ers in that neishborhood have some mar
ketabie hogs. bur they are gfttinS scarce
15e has some SONS and stock hogs, but
none for market.
Stanley Bros. of Corwin. had in a car
Of hogs that went 20 the bold company.
This firm are in the merchandise bust
ness. and are large buyers and shipDers OF
stock. and this market gets their shin
lueuts. They have been shipping consid-
Crably Of late. but MIR. Stanley SAYS they
f.,e aoout through fOr the present. as shey
have bought up about all the desira bic
hogs to be found in that section. They had
u Eo0d Jet yesterday.
Steiner X lair OF Lyons had IN a car Of
hogs at the yards. This is the second
shipment OF this firm this week They
get into market every week. sometimes
iwo ana three times, and with fair stock.
usually.
Col. r. T. Bean returned yesterday
morning from a business trip in Okla
homa He reports marketable hogs from
many points very scarce. the bulk OF the
hogs being thin, light i'm weisht. and
coarse He was al AIedford. Blackwell.
Kildare. cry, and other shipping points.
auG was disappointed in the large number
IL thin hogs prevailing. Several shippers
f~Cm that secslcn send mp some fair hogs.
but the bulk OF what is left now is not
encouraging
TAe Droyers' Telegram Of Kansas City
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-15
"TWENTY-FIFTH0 ON THE WAY
Enthusiastically Cheered by Crowds
al Every station


Nashville Tenn. April l4-lf any doUb;
existed regarding the patriotism and war
ike feeling of the residents OF Illinois,
Indiana and Tennessee. along the line OF
the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad,
1t would have been swept away By the re-
cepdon given the Twenty-hfth infantry
as i passed along. In every town. on ev-
cry street crossing and on the depo;
platforms, men waved their arms in fran
tic token Of approval and in most in
stances seconded their gestures by yells.
In rhe larger towns where the train stop
ped for few minutes the crowd pack
ed so closely in upon the cars thai Il was
Impossible for the soldiers 20 leave the
train at all,
II was among those who answered the
first call in 1851" said the commanding
officer. Colonel Andrew s. Burt. today,
"and the scenes along the way are very
similar 10 those that greeted as as we
went to the front thir;y-seven years ago %
At one small station where the train
stopped for water the colonel was stand
ing upon the steps Of the car watching
the crowd. and as the soldiers and people
'
said 20 the men on the platform.
Are you going 20 follow Us. boys. II
war comes2''
I'VE are coming right after you" shout
ed several. and Colonel Burt climbed back
into the train with Their emark: Il guess
thosetellows are all right"
The men Of the Twenty-fif;h are full OF
fight. and Il was shown IN good style last
night as The train left Terre Haute. a
young fellow on the platform shouted in
a joke; 'Hurrah for Spain" and in
stantiy there was break Of several SOL
diers TO reach him. They were held hack
by the non-commissioned officers. who eX-
planned thar it was meant for Joke.
That don't matter" was The reply.
They don't nobody tell US 'hurrah for
Spain"
The regiment stopped about thirty min
ufes today at Nashville and then started
for Chat tanooEa. Eight companies VII
be camped tonight in Chickamauga Park
and two companies W1tho riders from the
war department. will continue ont heir
way to Key West.
Chattanooga, Tenn. April 1.-THE
Twenty fifth infantry arrived here this
afternoon. and. with the exception 81 two
companies which left for Key West in
the early part Of the evening, II IS quar-
tered in the cars until tomorrow morning.
when they Will go into camp a. Chlcka-
manga park The detachment whhch left
for Key West Will reach Key West some
time tomorrow night.
The nearer 20 Key West the regiment
gets the more fun Of fight do the soldiers
become. a restaurant man said to a
group az them: II don't sec what they
are sending you fellows to Cuba for; YOU
can't fight" whereupon he was promptly
knocked down and out
The war reception given The regiment
late yesterday afternoon was repeated AT
Nashville this morning. and AZ every
pface along the line. especially by che
colored people. Fully two thousand peo-
pie we're crowded into the depot az Chat
tanooga 70 welcome them and cheer after
cheer was given.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-15
SENATE TALKS OF WAR
CONTINUED From First Page)

the Cuban republic para mount to every
other consideration. Try as the senate
might to surround the question with in
volved propositions one bald fact remain
ed and that was that the Cuban republic
was the underlying fact of the whole
transaction. He said he looked upon Gu
ban nationality as the one desidera tum,
because nationality dealt with debt.
He then discussed the Spanish bond
question very extensively. finding in the
presidents message some suggestions as
to international obligations. which he con-
strued TO mean Spanish bonds. He re-
cited how Gomez had refused to accept
the offer OF the syndicate 10 purchase the
island of Cuba, or to allow the United
States to guarantee the payment OF any
indemnity TO Spain for the withdrawal Of
the Spanish flag from the island.
CASE OF TEXAS CITED.
Speaking OF the right to recognize the
Texas when it had only 500 men under
arms and when it had only 90 ool popula-
ton We recognized the government Of
Hawaii twenty-four hours after the flag
had been raised over the capitol building
at Honolulu. but III the case Of Cuba we
refuse TO recognize a republic which has
upwards OF a million OF people who have
pledged their lives. their fortunes and
their sacred honor to maintain it,"
Mr.. GRAY URGES ACTION.
Mr.. Gray (DemD. member of thu COM
mittee on foreign relations. said ne would
not place his support OF Cuba in this crisis
upon anything so inexpreszibIy low as 10
who may or may not own Spanish or
Cuban bonds Politics should end at the
shore line. We were here as Americans 20
support an American president While
he supported the committee resolutions.
he favored the resolution offered by Mr.
Frye. which Is also favored by four Other
members of the committee
The circumstances and close proximity
OF Cuba made it necessary 10 intervene 20
put an end TO the existing conditions in
that island.
we have waited until the situation has
become intcIerable." said Mr. GRAY. .'and
We can wait TO longer. believe the pres
i5ent did everything in his power To Sc
cure an honorable peace. but he has now
turned the question ove- 20 congress. and
We must take the mome,tous steps which
We arc Row about 20 take These are the
reasons which actGate Us in taking this
drastic step The nations az the world
VIII applaud our action. but = they should
not. God help them and the civilization
wh!ch they represent Outraged nature
can not longer stand that which we have
been called upon 10 endure. God would
hold Is to respectfully L Ne continued 10
hold our pace.
NJ. Gray maintained thar tbe recoz-
milton Of indeoende1ce vouyd AZ his t7,s
be improper. Nj. grey concluded wita
brilliant tribute 20 ire Amsr5can rnsa-
hood which voa,d raiy 70 the cry q
humanity and outraged wanaahoot- and.
= Necessary de - preserve tAe homer
and dignity % The United States
ATTEMPT 10 LIMIT DEBATE
Mr. Davis. chairman O. he foreign a.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-15

in yesterdays issue gives personal men
ton of Col H. G. Toler of this city being
at the Grand Avenue Horse Market, en-
PERTAINING the crowd with fresh stories.
a mention is also made of Mr.. Toler's
fancy horse-ralsing record.
Whitmer & Burchinel Of Conway
Springs were in with car Of hogs, with
a few cattle mixed in.
The Dold shipments yesterday were
Four cars of fully cured, dry salt meat
to Kansas City; one car of fresh pork
to Boston; a car of packing house prod
ucts to Alabama; one car Of hog hair and
bristles to st. Louis, and three cars Of
fertilizer to altimore. This hog bristle fea-
ture of this establishment is a very i'm
portant item of the business, though SEEM
ingly nonessential. Every hog is carefully
scraped and the bristles taken care of by
men assigned to that part. The hair is
taken to a lot in the rear of the build
ing east, and there passes through sew
eral stages of the curing process in charge
of an expert sent here by the contractor
at st. Louis. When large enough guam
tity IS prepared 1t Is sacked and loaded
into furniture cars and sent to the con-
tractor at st. Louis, where 1t finds ready
market from many lines of commerce and
manufacture. Brush and similar article
makers use vast quantities of these little
bristles, and thus does every part Of the
lowly porker find use and some one
who want it. The business done in the
fertilizer item is also of considerable i'm
portance and magnitude most of it going
to New England markets, where the soil
is about exhausted.
The railroads doing business yesterday
were: Missouri Pacific, 4; Santa Fee, l,
and Kansas Midland, l.
Very few "stil hogs" rrive now efpca
the weather has become settled, and Mr.
Forrest of the dessicating works is the
only party disappointed with this condi-
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