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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19


If the hens don't soon return from their
vacation. the cold storage men can cele-
brate next week in the true spirit of the
day.
C)-C3-(3
That expression. "subordination of
perjury. should be revised. In fact, II
should be born again.
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TRYING TO START SOMETHING.
St Louis Post-Dispatch: = tramp
bought a pair of shoes. valued at $50.
from a shoe clerk and gave the shoe
clerA $.
The shoe clerk, not having the required
change, went TO the bank and received
change.
The shoe clerk gave the tramp $50 and
the shoes.
The bank clerk came to the shoe clerk
and demanded s.. stating that the bill was
counterfeit. The shoe clerk paid him $.
How much did the shoe clerk lose?
.-(&)-(&)..
Good men in any line of work are very
hard to get now. This is no joke. It's
a truth.
To-. o.
TALKED FOUR HOURS"
When we read this headline in yes
terd2y morning Eagle We CoulU not
help but breathe a soft prayer of thank
fitness that We aren't a congressman.
)(-)o(-)(
San Domingo should get a canal route
or a half dug ditch, if it would be recog-
nized.
900:
Watch your barnyard fowls. If the do
nestle birds are moving about and feed
ing freely. game birds are doing the
same. The hours for feeding Of domestic
fowls and wild birds are the same-early
morning and late afternoon.
1000:
DR.. Burton shows up Stratocles
"Such another mishap but worse. had
Stratoeles. the physician. that blear-eyed
old man. mucco pIenus $50 Prodromus
describes HIM; he was a severe wo-
mans hater all his life. foeda ct contu-
meliosa semper in feminas profatus, a bit
ter prosecutor of the whole sex, humans
aspides ct viperas appe!lebat. he fore
swore them all still, and Knocked them
wheresoever he came. in such vile terms.
ut matrem ct sorores odisses. that If
thou had heard him. thou wouldst have
loathed thine own mother and sisters
for lis words sake. Yet this old dOting
fool was taken at last with that celestial
and divine look of Myrilla, the daughter
of Articles the gardner, that Sinking
wench. that he shaved off his bushy
beard. painted his face. curled his hair.
wore a laurel crown TO cover his bald
pate, and fer her love besides was ready
10 run mad.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19
SOME GOOD IN voLTAlRE.

In new Life of Voltaire, by G. S. Tallentyre the
author says great nde and saris who helped rio
Europe of horrd torures HE found the good land COW
cred with abuses church and state and every social
order abuses political PERSONAL of the rights of the V
ing the respect owed to the deadand he up
rooted them With laugh and blasphemy on his lips bur
with eyes and are and the nervous treless hands
trembling with eagerness the most dauntless, passion
ate logged little worker in all history hewed and
the monsrous tyrannes of centuries and flung
them dead from the fair and beautiful soil they /
usurped At last after sixty years of superhuman eo
he had cleared the place and made it ready the pIa
ing of the tree of liberty"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19
A WELL KNOWN KANSAS FARMER DEAD.

Colonel A L. Forsha of Hutchinson, Kansas died at
Excelsior Springs Tuesday. where ne was taken
week ago suffering with heart trouble His sons Samuel
w Forsha of Hutchinson Fred A Forsha, the cattle
commission man of Kansas City, and Mrs. Fred Forsha
were with him the time of his death Arrangements
were made to take the body to Hutchinson.
Colonel Forsha's ranch in Reno county, Kansas, con-
ssts of 1920 Colonel Forsha ore of the best
known scientific farmers and ranchers in Kansas. He
came to Kansas the 70s and bought land which later
became very valuable On his ranch is complete -four
mill in which many of the grain products OF the ranch
are ground Colonel Forsha had laboratory built TO
study the soil and the best methods of using It, The
Forsha ranch was of the best equipped in the west
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19
A cANucks ESTIMATE OF THE EAGLE.

The Montreal Commercial Gazette run by Johnny Bull
who parts his in the middle SENS run up
stray Eagle containing some editorial observa
tons touching annexing the land of the
Canuc The Gazette in an editorial headed "A Goose
Posing Eagle" goes remark and quote as
follows:
a copy of the Wichita Daily Eagle has been brought
TO notice containing splendid sample OF the dense
ignorance that prevails largely among neighbors
in the outside their limits; an
ignorance fostered by the narrowness of
the ordinary school education.
an article why Not Now to Canada" the Eagle
he Goose would be more appropriate name) the editor
commences:
.JohPny Bull is good deal of bully himself but his
provincial protege upon British North America boasts
more than his share Of cheek and gall
After some personalities which exhibit plainly the low
taste Of the writer aud disgrace journalism the
Eagle goes on TO say:
As the Eagle has maintained for years the plain duty
and unQuesoned advantage is for the United
demand Of Great Britain reirQuishmer such sover-
eighty she may claim Canada and then formally
ali the country lying between the lakes the
north pole from to ocean II have TO whip the
CanuCk subrisson all the better
For pure childish rot Mr. Murdoch. editor Of Wichita
Eagle ought get the leather medal BOBBY prize
What pity that the advice Of such an eminent states
man he appears to he houd pas unnocod for Years
he has 70 sorrovfulv admit How is thar this pro-
eressive dacQuisitve neope the force Of
the Wichita Eages weary ans? Surely it is rehec
ton that he American ratOn has followed sIr
Murdocks wise e4on for CT course, if the severn
inert al Wash'ngton-tacked by Mr.. Murdock q the
Wichita Eage-were simply ask rather demand
that Great Britain would kindly hard Ca ada the
it would be lone at once-iu fact Westminster
would at crce reply she IS yours
OF course with that wonderful foresight which dstin-
cuisine The Eagle SIR. Murdock that the Canucks
might possibly cljeot cut then that would only give the
desired oppo.unity for uekrg them II fact fer
ing the Canucks the United States have treated the
Indians and he islanders and Philippines PROBABLY
Mr. Murdoch would approve of the that the
svtlized American used so successfuy. OF
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19
CARRIE NATION AS AN ACTRESS.

Mrs Nation has at last landed on the stage having
smashed saloons the way from Medicine Lodge to New
York snached cigars from the lips of nnumerable men,
making grand stand play of uny old woman gener-
ally for what notorety possible money there might be
in it finally finding that she was falling a sensation,
proclaimed that she had divine revelation directing her
to 90 on the STAGE which afford her the opporu-
nifty Of meeting the wiwcked and degenerate she puts
it. Hthe devils very own" David, her husband having
secured divorce and also shufed off his mortal COIL
left his aspiring adorable herself loose on
plate glass fronts range the country at will She
made her first appearance in Troy New York the last
part week which two lasts do not necessarily
constitute her back number. Ten Nights in Bar Room
revamped making night in joint or the
like in which saloon with Carrie armed with
Ratchet deck in a heroic pose. She makes her first
appearance according the Troy papers, with the sweep
of cyclone first demolishing crude picture of nude
woman and then going for looking glass and some bot
ties filed with mock whisky In the mean time "Mr.
setemupn disappears the bar but not before
she has given him vicious bat the head and another
on disappearing At this point the say the
hoodlums the galleries go wild The original scene of
the nude woman episode occurred in Wichita, will be
remembered Having smashed the bar fixtures and got
the the the and heroine turns her
attention slot machine (which she demoshes in less
time than it takes to tell it. and Simon SHADES saloon
is wreck the the of the saloon gives
up ghost policeman in the bar tender with
Carrie sitting in the front Of the patrol wagon willie
Hammond the victim of the saloon reforms and goes
thirsty the balance of his days and the of Cedar
vale is redeemed The Troy papers say that Mrs Nation
when she gets well up in her role is going to appear
the stage of New York theater and further that she
going salary society the founding
Of a home for the wives of drunkards.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19
HARD TO DEFINE MONOPOLY,

The recent decision of the United States circuit
at St Paul will be discouragng those who looking
for more stringent regulation of the trusts.
The decision rendered in case brought against
the Continental Tobacco Company by dealer who sued
damages because refusal of the company
to sell him its products at price which would permit him
sell them profit the refusal being based upon his
failure to buy exclusively from that company
Both the district and circuit courts that the action
of the company amounted than exercise Of
its lawful rights which indispensable to the exist
of competition the conduct of trade"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19

After the United States absorbs Can
ada, it will be in order TO annex the Brit
ish Isles to our bunch of islands.
We feel a great deal easier now. \
scientific man has declared that the
earth will exist for 100 million years yet.
-Ioi. .ol-
There came near being fight on West
Douglas avenue last night. 1t is said the
trouble started from the man operating
the steam roller insisting that his CO.
laborers call him a chauffeur.
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Pulitzer, before he starts that school
of Journalism, wants to get some printers
on the World. the paper we suppose h
will use as a model in his school. The
third column of the editorial page looks
like Tammany might have butted into il.
III. III
Danny" Mckeever, page on the Dem
ocratic side of the House, has invented
a new bit OF slang. Instead of saying
a man ''rubbered. young McKeever says
the man .'peninsulared."
Definition: a neck (of land) jutting out
to sea.
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The chamber of commerce, in New
York, at its banquet Tuesday night
auOpltO EUWdru II as one OF It's lOdSLS
C)....t-)
We visited Harry Woods, editor of the
Wellington News, not long ago.
How, Harry we asked. do you
manage to keep your office clear of Wis
itors?''
I read my stuff to EN- was his
righteous confession.
To think that Panama beats Oklahoma
to it.
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president. This is a mere social debt
Butte fed the executive and he cancels
the obligation at the ratio of six to one.
-. .toj-. -
Turkeys fit TO roast, roost high,
And chickens initiate EN-;
Forth goes the wife some birds to buy,
Whose owners do not date EN-.
Xxx
Wichita has a young woman who
changes sweethearts every two weeks in
order TO hear new jokes. She tells this
one:
DO you want Memmen's?" asked the
lady clerk of the man who was shopping
for his wife, and had asked Tor some
face powder.
No answered he II want women's."
Maybe you can see this one:
If Nearer. My God. to Thee. is the
Banner is the national anthem, what is
Bred in Old Kentucky"
Why, five cents loaf.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES

Ponca City has an election December
!, and on every hand is heard register
Shawnee's commercial club has had TO
seek rev quarters because of it's in
building not yet completed have been
! leased.
The Wichita mountain fellows cite the
Cripple Creek case when some one ridi-
cules the idea of gold in the Wichita
mountains.
The Frisco railroad has appointed a spe-
cial police officer at Blackwell. Coal
stealing has become epidemic with one
class.
The United Brethren church of Shawnee
is preparing to build a meeting place of
its own. The necessary funds are at
hand.
Crude oil is becoming popular at Grand
as fuel Wood has gotten so high that
tooth-picks are considered a luxury.
Alva's freight business for the last
year on the Santa Fe road shows an in
crease of $4,000 over the previous year.
Ava ranked eighth then
The prospect hole at Jet is now down
go feet. The Saline Oil and Mining COM
pany is behind the drill.
The school land lessees OF Woods coun-
ty have been called to meet at -Alva
Monday The object is TO form plans
to reduce the rent on school lands.
4 quarter section of decided land near
Grand sold last week for s25o1. The Pro
gress declares that this same land could
have been bought year ago for $3.50.
Enid is after that convention which
ri Reno is working up for the purpose OF
sending a non-partisan immediate state
hood lobby to Washington Would Emo
harbor one Of those ''non-partisan
things
O. II. Richards was elected president q
the Day County Farmers Institute last
wees. This is one OF the many insutn-
tons that Secretary Thobura is assist
ing IN organizing.
Isenberg. Of Enid. IS envious Of Hobart
/ peopie- re says Hobart : the oIlls
tovn IN oklahoma with enough sporting
.
Iarity. and has one about every Two
weeks.
The Guthrie Leaders stand for Cieve-
T land has fired the Ezid Wave and TIE lat
ter pastes" Grover with haif-ool1mH
I editorial
Delegate Mcclure can now make good
E with a great many Of his constituents i
7 - wiz send OF Oklahoma ; share C thai
( e5 worth Of seed
+ The proposition q stocking The ccl7-
~ u-ith Monaghan rhsaS2uts IS being
/ TAXED q q, Shawnee. Wichita sports
men found the plan vcrsed success
/ suisv and vii order more birds
/ TIE Shawnee Democrat describes =
f .,<norxer~ in q half column & reTT
.Iaxe~ wav. Bot Il = feared che coat
: 50 long .hst 70 ere Mi triy j o.
/ The cklahornaa declares that - Bird
/ Mcclure wants 3 lobby Which VII eseu
! c-cate 50 much IS an Impression ufzou
congress AZ he coming regular tern
/ he rrsznt as xeii se-e passes % Gs Al
Oklahoma reluctantly throws away be-
l straw h&E
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19
LABOR UNIONS
AND
SOCIALISM

endeavoring to have said organizations identified as
sociac AS proof of Of such conclusion
the proced1s OF the American Federation Of Labor now
the proceedings of the Federation Of Labor now
caed Press report says that the convention was squarey
confronted with proposition commit labor union mem
bers to socialism its Tuesdays session 1t would seem
that the delegates do kindly the proposal from
the fact that committee resolutions reported ad-
versey to no less resolutions introduced by the
socialists element some which called for public mu
ncipal ownership for collective ownership of farm and
other lands and collective control Of capt.
tai If at this writing the question has again
in the Boston convention it will undoubtedly come up
today or tomorrow Before adjournment Tuesday night
number of speeches avorng degrees Of socaistc doc
trines we're made substitute resolution offered by Dele
gate Max Hayes of Cleveland Ohio for the municipal and
collective ownership resolutions pretty generally sup
ported but no reached Hayes substitute is as
follows "Snce wages can be regarded as the full
equivalent for labors toll this convention recommends
that the workers use political and economical
along the lines of interests to for labor
TIE full product of its TOLL which aside from party poll
tics seems unobjectionable.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19
BY MY BoYHooD NAME.

dream of home that is no more,
The porch, familiar. spreads,
The window glints, wide swings the door
And roses nod their heads.
/ see my fathers sturdy frame
My mothers whitening tresses;
He calls me by my boyhod name,
My brow she still caresses.
Then tell not me their hands are SIN
Beneath yon mound of heather.
The hards that, joined for good u i'll
Chung yet in death together.
And tell rot me the old house lies
A wreck. to rise no more:
Above it still the swallow flies,
The rose still guards the door.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19

he would in the fight himsef--the blusterer gen.
orally stays at home.
Seriously pjitiful that people in the United
States should such utter trash offered them in news
papers? unfortunately there readers of the
Eagle who are ignorant to accept Mr.. Murdocks
rawlings But how a nation have chance OF be-
coming great noble when such ridiculous nonsense
is offered by men who pose as journalistic
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19

What an opportunity for the woman
with the sealskin.
Oxford is in need Of Dowie. The peo-
pie are anxious TO make u test OF rails
ing sugar beets there.
The Macksville Argus excuses its tardi-
ness by explaining that there was a
strike We understand the strike was at
the paper mills.
\ Barber county man went to Kansas
City to buy some sheep and was Aeeced.
Ii is mighty dangerous business; this
picking pansies on the banks OF Hell.
Winfield and Arka nsas City's Mistletoe
clubs are getting in some good prepara-
tory work before Christmas, judging from
the papers.
That delegation made home run FOR
Pollock when it passed those resolutions.
Wash shun Cab. chief of the Kaw In
dams. was at Arkansas City Tuesday.
The Traveller put = big head on the item
Wash was sober.
Was there more boodling in Kansas
during the last legislature than here
tofore. or is all this talk Just the result
OF the biennial election law
= New York paper says that as Senator
Burton doesn't give his age in the sen
ates autobiographicaI calumn. the pa
pers get even with him by putting him
down at 50 Evidently the papers don't
know that scientists have agreed that
man reaches his highest mental develop
ment at this age.
II there is any other fault 70 be found
with the last Legislature Il should be
brought to ligh, quick now. 50 that all
may be- ready FOR the barbecue OF the
thirty-frst.
saIina - figuring or q weather bureau.
River stations are o. Be established along
she Waw. Republic. Big Blue. smoky
Hin and Saline rivers. ACCORDING 70 the
governments present plans
Il is about time for some editor 70 dis
cover the Bender family
saiina plumbers have become 80 CAY
neEieizcd that they pay ten cents q line
70 get a reader in the paper g. In
form the common folks n that town
how they may keep their Tir-es from
EreeL4LE anu N4H% f1aE a E-~a-.NFt . tf4sar
The saIina Journal conpisias that
youth doesn't respect Old age. HoT about
its respect FOR that - Ann
r. anyone has seen Graft Gillette re-
turned 70 Make good - havsa't seen
The announcement = The local column q
bis bone paper
Arkansar city Is ~ a safe place 20
vlsv roke- other than Ter tsofh-sscils.
The other night three payers .urzpec
onto . fourth. th2 wsansF. ard almost
killed bin.
Wellington defsateS wIa1si5 - ; -ocTe
Il e - D NczSsy. % Lns srielEoa- EFsz
a utsle hoos foE sauce vas lacking
Taxes have sef aesa ce-ni7E - rlght -
Ns-ssrir@ LodEe ard LIE oTsc1als ha4e
- folrd ous IL reasen- On ere s.es
= ths saurt heBse. Hhs-e tse al =
lr.rstrss fhs-e hznFS s-Er ina, reEfs
fhzs- -gssp Awsy. ~ TsiSs-E
s-oeI n Ns6scs-s L.o1rs = , . tor. AZ
-o-xsrx 70 the Ez8~x- v5sresson. ;ne
Iraex s1rzps o=ts tEe es2s uzss VIII
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19

A dozen representative southern papers tickled
death the fact that Republican administration in
recognizing the independence of Panama has recognized
III right Of secession There is difference between re-
belon and revolution Panamas secession proved
luton The rebellion of the southern states did not prove
be revolution.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19

Carrie Nation who declares she had divine revelation
directing her to become actress made
stage Troy New York Ratchet part has been writ
ten into Ten Nights in Bar Room" which part she
plays naturally ard with great aplomb Her claim d.
vine revelation is bogus
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19

Grover Cleveland is off for weeks duck hunt and
he Democratic party fear that fatal accident might
happen him which would leave it TO choose between
Hearst and German. The old party does seem have
than its of dscouragements But then Grover
will turn up all right in all good time
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19

The Lawrence Gazette accuses the Eagle OF supporting
for the federal judgshp against whom charges have
beer filed The esteemed is Informed that Eagle has
named its editors preference for that place much
less advocated the appointment either OF present
candidates
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19

Henry Clews the expert fnancier declares that be
Doesn't know the true Of the late decline in steel trust
tooks Henry might study the result OF sticking knife
nto an inflated bladder with profit
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19

Willis Gieed CT Topeka, the head promoter and presi-
State Temperance Unon broken into the
5udgship race Topeka has now three Candidates
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19

Jim Troutman charges that Pollock has been known TO
lay game of poker. When it comes nickeLante
the irrocent in that indgeship scramble are
aw in number
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19

Judge John Martin OF Topeka. Pop interim FOR
years il the United States senate has out for
Grover Cleveland ard stin the world goes round
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19
Y J
w THE PIKERS' LAMENT

Desire not greatly,
n.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19
KANSAS HISTORY REVEALS THAT


open
in
,andt
IN TWENTY YEARS AGO ToDAYThe systematic movement by the G.
A r. to
attention in Kansas
Of
aackL
the would have come o
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19

The Eagle was criticised lately
somewhat for asserting that there
is an element in the labor union or
CARNATIONS of the country which
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19

IL there is any other fault 20 be found
with the last Legislature IL should be
brought 70 light quick now. 50 that an
may be ready FOR the barbecue OF the
thi-ty-first.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19

= New York paper says that as Senator
Burton doesn't give his age in the sen
ates autobiographicaI calumn the pa
pers get even with him by putting him
down at -. Evidently the papers don't
know that scientists have agreed that
man reaches his highest mental develop
mcnt AT this age.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19

Was there more boodling in Kansas
during the last legislature than here
tofore. or is all this talk Just the result
OF the biennial election law
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19

\ Barber county man went to Kansas
City to buy some sheep and was Aeeced.
Ii is mighty dangerous business. this
picking pansies on the banks OF Hell.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19

1857 FoRTYsIx ToDAY:-The
thrown purchase
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19

Sai!na - figuring OF q weather bureau.
River stations are 10 b established along
she Waw. Republic. Big Blue. smoky
Hin and Saline rivers. according 70 the
governments present plans
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19

Winfield and Arka nsas City's Mistletoe
clubs are getting in some good prepara-
tory work before Christmas, judging from
the papers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19

The Macksville Argus excuses its tardi-
ness by explaining that there was a
strike. We understand the strike was at
the paper mills
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19
KANSAS CURRENTS

What an opportunity for the woman
with the sealskin.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19

Wash Shun Cab chief OF the Kaw In
dams. was at Arkansas City Tuesday.
The Traveller put big head on the item
Wash was sober.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-19

That delegation made home run FOR
Pollock when il passed those resolutions.