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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-15
A Postal Abuss and Remadv.

Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith has again
called the attention congress the deficit Of millions
for the posoce service Of the country and points
the way to remedy it Is in shutting fake publications off
second class or newspaper matter forcing these fakes
pay third class rates Chairman Loud Of the house COM
ttee on postonces has been urging results of this
abuse upon congress for years but all no purpose The
pressure must come from the business OF the
upon their congressman respectively, anything is done
According to the report Of the postmaster general there
was deficit Of nearly i've and half millions in the postal
revenues during the fiscal year closed on June 80 While
this shows marked improvement over previous years, 1t
proves that conditions are st far from satisfactory There
is no good reason why the postoce department should not
be self-sustaining, at least.
The remedy for these recurring annual deficits
the correction Of fragrant abuses which prevail in
ton with second class matter Year after year the post
master general calls attention to these abuses and asks for
their correction Only year or two ago it was estimated
that the government was losing eight millions Of dollars
year transportation Of matter which right
fully entitled to the second class rate Of postage Last
year the postmaster general estimates such matter was
carried at loss ranging from twelve to twenty millions
stop were put to this abuse by congress-f matter
not to admission to the mails under the second
class rate Of postage were eliminated not only would the
postal revenues be sufficient to meet the expenditures but
there would comfortable surplus left which might be
applied to a reduction Of letter postage
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-15
lark Hanna ns q statss man.

Senator Hanna Of Ohio who announces that his career
politician is ended that his official career win also
terminate at the expiration Of his senatorial term seems
be s'oueh in The role Of the statesman As po-
clan as legislator he IS all for business The com
aeral measure Of national consideration which now the
interests hin IS the merchant marine Of he United
States and the proposed subsidy measure His speech in
United States senate an extract Of wash @p9earsd IN
yesterday mornings dispatches makes strong showing
one o. the strange things touching the advocacy of this
bill opposition of the Atlantic coast Democratic ra-
per Some of these sheets are vicious In tbe1 ATTACKS
charging the policy to be but scheme and steal
whs.ne- this opposition only political for party pur
poses not certain that the Atlantic coast would be
the great gamer Of the measure should it become law
lesst FAR more directly than interior ana the est
But Hanna whether right as statesman in his advO-
oacy Of the steamship subsidy bin or not seems very level
headed other measures He Is against cutting down
the beer says he IS not responsible for the sux
eesaon Of reduction the tax on beer and does not
approve of IT, although he admits that there is an exraor
binary pressure from the brewers and their friends upon
lie thinks The beer tax IS one of the least OPP
preys and most easily collected OF ali taxes He is also
opposed to taking the stamp tax of bank checks CON
tracts ana other commercial paper although he favos Its
removal from Droussoy notes mortgages aad al o-her
evidences Of Indebtedness People who are compelled to
borrow money ought not to pay tax upon their necessity
2lr Hanna says but people who are able to make contracs
lease ana sell real estate ana write bank checks ouea to
lee able to contribute TO the expense of the government
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-15
9aiiy 9sa0le
M.M. MURDOCH. Editor
That Eool Wichita Editor.

II is wonderful with what urbanity the great American
people permit themselves robbed by their representa-
lives in the congress in the legislature in the city council
bv boards Of supervisors commissioners and what not
and all under the guse Of superior craftsmanship or Of
economical wisdom Appropriations to be made for
the Improvement Of the Missouri river Many thousands
Of dollars are to be expended ostenstby to deepen the
channel Of that degenerate flow Of sIth which stream
aborignaly eandered as navgabe water but in reality
expended to strengthen the political cnch Of the congress
men who are navigating the steal There not loose
man to be found outside the insane asyums and
Missouri VINO does not know that the only difference be-
tween the Missouri river and rat hole recepaces for
wasted money lies in the fact wet and the other
dry The destiny Of that tawny tide Of sand and dampness
is to supply the irrigation bitches future with water
already auured which fate overlook the pelucent Ar
kansaw And by the way, that prophecy reminds US Of the
fact that formerly appropriations annually made for
the Improvement Of the navgable channel Of wcha's
main sewer After the thing had gone on untnerruptedy
for years from which expenditure the people Of this state
received nothing it all going into the pockets Of pet eastern
oafrs the editor Of the Eagle wrote to the then congress
man Of this district advising the leak be plugged
calling his attention to an opinion expressed by Gen
era Grant to the effect that the only to make the
Arkansas river navigabe was to oopperne its bed The
letter was duly laid before the committee on appropriations
whose chairman disposed Of it in these words: "We here
is the report of United States engineer who the
Arkansas river to be navgable stream and are we to
take the estimate OF an expert or the guess Of that fool
Wichita editor?"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-15
Personal.

Bishop Potter. Of New York. dep,ores
the decline of home cooking and ex-
presses sorrow for the coming Of what
he calls the timed" era.
Bishop Thompson, OF mississippi, said
the other day: Il suppose there is a
larger percentage Of OLD men in 1Iis Is
s'ppi than in any other state-at least
It seems so 10 me. and I have been IN
e good many. BY old, I mean from
eighty to ninety. They are not decrsplt
old men who hug the hreside. but are
quite lively old fellows. One Of them
whom I knew. a man Of eighty-nine, re
Gently got a little too lively. He went
out after dark without "a lantern. fell
into q ditch. and was broken uD Just as
If he were china forget how ra ny
bones were broken "How 10 YOU a.
count for this large proportion If Old
men IN Mississippi" the tishop was
asked well" he replied. "thee 81 no
chance to become rich n Il slss pri
Everybody knows 81 and does NOT worry
himself into an early grave trying to-"
Juan Valera the Spanish n-vsHst and
statesman has started magazine ~
Madrid under the THE "Gente Visfa
cold ToIks") II IS intsndei as q pro-
test AGAINST the sccentrcfties and self
advertisement cf the young school.
and viii uohold tie established stand.
ards q art and IF language AL the
editors and contributors vii be over
fftv-dve years cid
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-15

and eye forty cent cheaper than butter and filing
thousands families they to look
both sides Of dime before spending it. Nobody de-
ceved. All know they are buying. Here congress
steps in and out Of existence in order compel
people to buy creamery butter That controlled by
on scale butter making the farm has
almost gone out of date.
There is another interest involved that have not seen
referred The high price Of cattle is maintained because
the packers reached point that they all Of the
products advantage Of important Of these
taIlov and this largely used the manufacture
Of cleo II the packing houses prevented from using
in profitable found the price
this think you suit the cattle feeders Of
the country? trow not. glad to that con
gressnan-at-arge. Mr. Bailey, opposed the GrOut bill
most forcibly.
If law is enacted by congress which has been adopted
by the states requiring this article shall be
plainly stamped 50 that be sold for something
not it seems that it would all the
quremens Of justice But this does suit the butter
factories They club that they beat the life
out Of oleo and in the Grou bill they neither
right nor just"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-15
As for the Center OF Population.

the Star of Empire to to take its way west
ward? It the center Of population Of the United
States has westward it, indeed, it is not
going in the other city contemporary that
remarkable result Of the Of 1900 is that
arrests the westward of what is known the
center Of population" This point which had been moving
steadily westward each succeeding census estab-
shed by the census being southern part
Of Indiana, point little of Greensburg, the
county Of county and twenty miles east Of
Columbus Geographically it IS in latitude 80 degrees II
minutes Sc seconds longitude IS degrees 80 min
utes and SO seconds
the past years the population Of the states
lying wholly this meridian has increased almost
exactly the extent the states of it. the in
crease each case being 100000 Of a
325OOO The remaining 122oOO increase is fur
nished by the states Of Michigan Indiana Kentucky Ten
nessee and Alabama. And win require distribution Of
population by districts determine whether there
has any westward not in the center Of
population any rate the advance will be trfing
and the holds its with the contributing
to the national greatness.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-15

! The Missouri Pacific may extend ifs
/ line from Omaha TO Topeka.
The Kansas city grand opera season
/ has been a failure financially.
/ Yesterday was set apart by Governor
/ Stanley for the hearing Of applications
! for Dardons.
Dr. c. E. Mum. Of Topeka, has been
made state bacterIologist, by the state
/ Board Of Health.
There is talk # increasing the per
! diem Of the members of the legislature.
/ The Republicans better not.
In his report John Breidenthal at
/ tempts to show that state banks ia Kan
sas have prestige over national banks.
All the prisoners in the Topeka jaa
/ got hilariously and rambunctiousiy drunk
ehe other day. Some one sneaked liquor
to them.
Mike Dolphin. head Of the telegraphers
of the United states ard who Is pr0mi-
nent in the santa Fe fight, used 70 live
in Emporia-
The two silver Republicans Of Kansas
held an informal meeting al Topeka tho
other day before q fireplace and decided
not to dsband.
Albert strong has purchased and VIII
run the Emporia Republican. he comes
from Winterset, Iowa, where be con
Quoted a paper.
The Lanyon suelter. a. lola, wiz De-
enlarged to the point that one-third the
suelter output Of the United states VIII
be in that town.
Michael G. Mulha1 the statisucian
VINO was quoted 50 extensively in kan
sas campaigns In the past. died in Lon
don the other day
Everything IS as quiet" explained q
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-15
BRYAN Now After Mckinley.

would that the Nebraskan is not adding to his
dignity popularity being heard frequently touch
ing matter which the American people have by big
majority just settled the magazines and newspa-
rers do pay roundy such fuminations This de-
faed candidate presidency Of the United States
has written long article anayzing President Mckinley
annual message The analysis is not as long as the mes
sage which good feature but this is its only meritor
Gus characteristic The tone Of Mr. Bryan's article is in
tended sarcastic but people Of good Judgment will
question rushing into print thus early after
the United States has sgnied its approval Of Mckinley
and his policy by an overwhelming majority.
Among the declarations made by Mr.. Bryan in this
wonderful analysis statement that President Mczin
ley intends deny right Of trial by jury to the Fill
pnos He goes to Corporations believe we have
outgron the jury system He also takes occasion to
crcse that eorbous passage in the presidents message
in which he deports that the American merchant
marine thing past that flag is not seen
on the seas of the world Of this fact Mr. Bryan
also refers to many things which Mckinley say
in his message.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-15
The Ship Subsidy Bill

There is going to be fight the provisions the
ship subsidy bi probably very lively one con
American bottoms do little, comparatively OF the
carrying trade because the ships other
subsidized The Cleveland Leader says that
There is simple way to stop nearly all OF the hostile
criticism of the subsidy bill If it merely provided
certain Should be made to owners Of American
built vessels for ton mile of actual cargo carried the
freight to be the products of the United States the help
for American exporters and producers would be plain
direct The inducement cut down freight
possible, Inc order to get the largest possible bounty
would be strong and the rate would be especially low for
long because they would be productive than
short trips with much time spent in port There would be
obvious encouragement such law for those who
trying to build up American trade with the remote parts
world least developed and the possb
tiles seem greatest.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-15
That Grout oleomarcarfne Bill

The creamery combine. whose members universally use
The identical eoorHg matter Cor their product which shsy
seek by av 20 deprive The but.erue ana o=omarsarns
men, have sknfuy lobbiea their measure through tie
lower house of congress When majority Of the consumers
% he country shan have become coave1sant with the inside
ana out Of his fight Of preenee fog pure food er is going
to be can for show down. A. c. Chase writes 40 the
editor Of the Leavsnwora Daily Times touching The acHoa
of the house as follows.
I'm oieomarsarne we have saestats for hutsr taat
IS admittedly n7nnjuous 20 health pleasant 10 boa taste
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-15

CFron tho Detroit Free Press)
B-lEs-That me Fium doesn't know q
thing when she IS Ia a trance
G-Ess-Ge. yes. she does
Er'ees-V-he makes 500 tank se2
GrEzs-E=ca The oshsr deE treI
10 steal sv1y h the middle ~ one
without -av.1E
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-15

The president Of Nicaragua says VIII help Uncle Sam
in every possible way build the canal
the president wiz order standing army 217
men ard a dog and attack Us.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-15

That one lone robber who held up an Illinois Central
train sineleanded had the that Napoleon
He simply is unfortunate in his environment
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-15

A well known Shoe Manufacturer at Nyack, N. Y,
says he has never been drinking but by chance
he did take much a glass of beer it wouli
make his head swim and upset his stomach His stomach
always weak anyhow and every and then he would
suffer from distressing retchng in the moning-an at
tempt vomt His brother ohn who is in the BUSH
in Newark, frequently said to him Dick why don't
you try Ripans Tabules?" Finally Richard said well
buy some" and John did so-and now there is
happier in Nyack than Richard He takes one RIP
ANS after every meal, and they do him heap Of good
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-15

The world is pretty IN spots when street car
line in Paris center Of civilization refuses to
after $50 the evening because Of danger from the Grim
inal classes
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-15

The United states now finding route the Mica
raEua canal mountain, around Bul
Clayton treaty
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-15

Dick Croker has purchased q home In Great Britain
can it be that this naton going lose the assistance
Of this valuable statesman
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-15

rEr0u sha C-rieag2 Eec7r1
Y alr IS raa fro-, er srart~
Ww
f uk Gre few u1eutss SCI
70 tus les uyse
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-15

congressman from Missouri SAYS taat the breweries
add more bubbles.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-15

England doesn't know it but she win go ONT the same
door @ America that spain did Canada not remain
monarchy.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-10-16
Perez GaId0S.
Su persona.

Como en- este mundo todo llega,
fatal necesarisn>e~'.s llego al FIN
ell momento de que ell glorioso nom
bre del incompatible autor de los
<Episodios nacionales, traspusiera
Ia barrera de los Princes y de que
La nacion vecina cayera en- la cuen
ia de que en- ell mungo existe auien
sin ser frances, noruego russo, pue
de permitirse la libertad de ser rey
de Ia novela y ser digao del conoci'
miento y de la admiration universal
les.
Un distinguido escritor frances,
Mr. Boris de Tannemberg publica en-
xLe Temps un extenso art1culo en-
honor de don Benito, que -merece la
pena de ser conocido, siquiera no
sea en- tOda su magnitnd, en- esta tie
IRA donde Ell gran escritor no 'es tan
popular, en- ell sentido real de la pa
labra, como deberfa serlo:
<Hace ounce af1cs dice Ell lite
ratio frances-qne trab6 conocimien =
to con Gald6s en- Madrid. Vivfa en-
tonees en- la Castellana en- un piso
quinto inundado del iuminoso am
biente de Gas lila, sin rival en- trans
parencia.
Aun parere Cne me veo en- su
despachO, amueblado con delicado y
meticuloso gusto: en- las paredes y
dando una nota clara, algunos cua
dros: d:bujos pluma, los origina-
les de las ilustraciones de la gran
obra de los <Episodios, un retrato
de Dickens al aqua fuerte. En- los
toe o,v1f f,,I \
samente encuadernados, entire los
cuales Sc hallaba 10 collection COM
pleta de las obras de Balzac Por
todas parties <bibelots. porcelanas,
7 recuerdos.
Una mesa cnbierta de cuartills S
manuscritas y de pruebas mancha-
das pOr numerosas correcciones y
un ancho Divau, sobre ell cual me pa
rece yer a Galdos medic tendido,
con sus trazas De gigantic delgadfsi
mo, envueltas frioleramente las pier
mas en- una manta, y mascullando un
largo cigarro de extrafa forma.
Lo que desde luego llama la
atenclon en- Gald6s, es no Sc que de
indolente, de hematico, de oriental.
en- una palabra que revelan sus ade
names sobrios y la expression un tan
to fatigada de su rostro moreno Ell
bigote cae ambos lados de su boca
indolentemente, y ell conf unto de su
tisonomfa es singular y atractiva.
| TOda la vida de su ser Sc encuentra
en- los ojos IN tanto velaaos por los
parpados, pero dulces y penetran
| tes y dotados de una expression Que
a veces es de exquisite ternura
veces de ilon1a maliciosa Ell que
conozca la obra de Gald6., ppede re
| teerla en- su mirada.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-10-16
E| re|oj
de los ChinOS,

Aseguran muchos viajerOs illus
tres que los chinos jamas echan de
menos los relojes durante las horas
del dia: 81 tienen en- la casa donde
residan algdn cato. Este animal
domestico les sirve acknowledgements
como indicator seguro del tempo.
Para averiguar Ia hora cole Ell
chino un cato, le levanta los parpa
dos y le observa los ojos un momen
to- En- seguida ell chino dice la no
ra con asombrosa exactitud.
La explicaci6n que este tlene es
sencilla. Las pupilas de los ojos de
lbs gatos Sc cOntraen cOnstantemen'
te hasta mediodfa En- esta hora
aparecen como una linea perpendicu
larmente traves del ojo. Despues
de las doce empiezan dilatarse
ST los chinos han obtenldo, ne
diaute su practica de constante OBJ
servaci6u, ell medic de apreciar los
in6nitesimales aumentos y disminu'
clones sufridos por las pupilas de
los Ojos de los gates, es muy expli
cable que por elias aprecien el item
po del dia en- fracciones de horas y
hasta de minutes. Estos relojes
gatunos tienen un gran inconvenien
te; pues al observar los ojos del ga
to con la necesaria atencion, pudie'
ra ell felino sentir ell capIicho de aca
riciar la vista del observador.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-10-16
Hab|8 eli DR. zeoo Gambia

Conocida es la competencia ne
dca del DR.. Zeno Gambia.
sus conocimientos profundos le
han colocado, entire los primeros me
dicos puertorriquef1os sus ensef1an
zas en- la prensa, en- ell libro en- la
tribuna, le han hecho acreedor al
tulO de maestro:
Habla pues, un maestro:
sHago constar que habiendo usa
do las <Pildoras Reconstituyentes
del Lcdo D. Martinez, en- mi pract:
co medica, obtuve de elias excelen
tes resultados en- casos de depression
organica por Intermediates agudas,
anemias, cloro anemias, en- gene
raj en- casos de discracias y p6rdida
de las fuerzas
Ell uso de tales pfldoras, va Sc
guido de pronto alivio, sin dnda de
bldO a 10 asimilable de las Substan
c,as compOnentes de las mismas, y
no vacilo en- prescribirlas, cada vez
que nuevas energias es necesario CT
municar a organismos debilitados
empobl ecidoss.
DR. M ZENO GAMBIA
Ponce AgOstO de 1900:
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Al pdblico.

Terminada la installation de los
aparatos q. hemos montado en- nues
ira fabrica de hielo de esta ciudad,
para la fabrication de hielo transpa
rente manufactured con aqua des-
tilada q una tempera tura de 164 .
centlgrados y tiltrada suceslvam nte
Dor tres tiltros de coke, de carbon
yegetal y de arena, cuarzosa; nos
com placemos en- ofrocer al puolico
de esta culta Capital nuestro nuevo
produclo de <ca.idad inme mejorable y
de- condicioncs higi6nicas absolu,
taSS.
No obstante cstas importantes
mejoras ell precio de nuestro hielo
continuara siendo, como hasta la fe-
cha, el mas limitado de la plaza.
San Juan p r Ocbre T. de 1900.
J GOYCO & Ca
Marina cal!o del Concrete IS.
S 15-o
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nes sanitarias tan pesimas, que las
Intermediates consuntivas Sc ceban
en- ella, Obstaculizando una buena
marcha administrative en- los Ayun'
tamientos; sin tener la mayor1a le
galmente. constituido su estado So
cial, sin recibir con oportunidad los
recursos de la ciencia medica cuandO
Sc enferma, nj los consuelos de la
religion cuando padece; solo aptos,
solo recordados cuando Sc solicita
con animOsos agasajos su vOtO o
cuando ell implacable cobrador de
apremio en- nombre de la ley le des-
poja del pequef1o capital que ha
ahorrado
Y no tan solo para las classes ru'
rales quisieramos 'ver surgir estas
asociaciones. La clase Obrera de las
ciudades, hoy que el esp1ritu de aso-
ciaci6n les une y les hace fuertes,
deben procurar no tan solo la defen
sa de sus derechos sociales sino
tambien el mejoramiento y embelle
cimiento de su hogar.
HemOs acariciado el proyecto de
yer surgir las barriadas de obreros
que les proporcione casa propia, hi
gi6nica y agradable. Y estos mila
gros los hace la association. As1 fue
como Sc formaron los barrios de los
obreros en- Londres, quedando el in
quilino dueflo de la casa que habita
al espirar un termino dado de pagar
religiosamente el alquiler.
Y va que de casas hablamos es
natural que recordemos q los case
ros. Estos hacienda uso de un in
discutible derecho, Sc han asociado
para defender sus intereses, tanto
de las exaccionos ADMINISTRATORS
como de las exigencias del inquilina.
to. A su vez los inquilinos deben
agremiarse para moderar los pre-.
clos fabulOsOs de las casas de alqui-
ler, que 10 que no consigue la indivi-
dualidad aislada 10 cousigue ell gre
mio por la fuerza del numero
Y terminamos dando un saludO
a nuestrO partjcuiar amigo don Ra-
fael Janer y Soler, designado candi
dato por ell partido federal para re-
presentante en- las Camaras, pOrque
para nOsOtrOs no tan solo va inves
lido de la representation de un par
lido sino tambien de Ia representa-
ci6n de una clase. Vemcs en- 81 al
defensor del magisterio puertorri
queno que ira a abogar por nuestros
derechos conculcados y nuestros ser
vicios preteridos. Y cuando un macs
tro Sc levanta en- defensa de la ra-
zon y de la justicia tiene nuestra in
Conditional adhesion.
PABLO MORALES CABRERA