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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-10
s. A. u. Stocks and Bonds

Baltimore July 8, S. A. l.. common S19@9
preferred, li54@l5.
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-10
Jew Orleans. July 8. Cotton futures
Liverpool.

Liverpool. July g. p. m.-Cotton spot
American middlipg fair 6.35, good middling
6. ~. n,iddling 6.3d low middiing 6l2, good
ordinary 6.O ordinary 5.S4. The sales OF the
DIV were 5000 bales of which 500were for spec
ulation and export and included 5,4OO Ameri-
can receipts 1000 bales including 400 Amer
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-10
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18
HYDRoPATHY THE FRONT AGAIN.

A half century ago the hot and cold faddists
stood ready to all physical ailments with simple
water The Undergraduates threaten
again ignoring the curative properties claimed for
famed springs just plain water held be the
thing. The proof is be found in Japan. No doubt
water is good for drinking bathing and the like
nized everywhere except at Kansas City and in
other Missouri river also effective
ing down freight rates Kansas City The japanese
according the British Medical Journal attribute their
high of physical strength plain frugal
diet and the system Of gymnastics called jiujtsu which
includes knowledge Of anatomy and of the external and
internal of water Although during the period of
their ascendancy the Samurai kept
great physical superiority due in great
the internal and external water the belief
il used literally and ntellgeny is infallibe
against disease is generally held BY those
who in for pu-jitsu average gallon day is
drunk 1t is noteworthy that rheumatism is
known in Japan is probable that the absence of
from the diet combined with of plenty of water
accounts for this immunity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18
The SANTA EE STRIKE FAILS.

The striking machinists etc. of the Santa Fe were
notified call for their pay checks after being given
several days within which return to work Sixyodd
who had grievance any incentive to strike
from walking boss's pressure, walked to the
Office at Topeka and wages Them their
places having been taken by who wanted to do the
Many these strikers men of families quite
per OF whom own their homes in Topeka. The
railway corporation it's management will be
venienced But how about the wives and children of
these husbands and fathers who threw good positions
only because the railway would not consent
adopt rules formulated by syndicate of walking bosses
convened in Washington City? They promised sup
port their chosen idleness later that
support fall inevitably local labor union having
grievance great enough for strike on its
count and in its judgment, should take walk
ing delegate by the neck and neither and pitch
him into the street The result of the strike the Santa
Fe is thus up by the editor of the Jour
nal who declares that "the president of the Fe
railroad says that whatever concessions have been made
any the organizations men employed his road
in the past they members OF organiza
TONS will continued hereafter the will
employ whatever competent men needs without regard
ANIMATION Win lOdSe or
This decision has been brought about by present
strike of the machinsts which has foundation
ever, except desire the part of the officers
of organization living apart from the Fe terri
tory to dictate TO the company what should be
hired and upon what terms employment should be given
What the president of the Santa usually goes
and the road is powerful enough carry any
of the sort it undertakes"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18

estate she found herself is added that Mrs Wigs
is different from the original Mrs Bass that the living
woman could only have been suggestion to
alive genius. The CourierJournal concludes with the
following statement which cannot fail to interest the
many readers of Alice Hogan Rces books who have felt
confident that the author have kindly and attract
i've personality. well gifted mind:
Some of her friends know few points that Mrs
Rice herself mentions. They know that shortly
after her big royalties began to flow in, Mrs Bass
possession of nice bank account; they know
from the moment Mrs. Bass began to suffer from too
curious public Mrs Rice and her family offered to bear
all the trouble and OF entirely
but preerrng her cabbage patch, Mrs
Bass declined They that from the Mrs Rice
has sympathzed with Mrs. in her attitude toward
her and has lengths shield
and protect her,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18
MRS. RIGGS MRS. RICE AND MRS. BASS.

The newspapers of late have made much Of the Incl
dent of Mrs. Wigs the heroine of cabbage patch
and the drenching with foul given by TO Wis
itor bent charity curiosity. which has been de
termined. 1t that many have been led think
that it the author and the heroine guilty of this
Xantppe act Mrs. Wigs real name is Bass She IS
the of the Cabbage Patch" who annoyed by
inopportune visitors. the eccentric old
who is the original of the Mrs Wigs prob
ably million readers brought into police
answer TO the charge of running visitors clothes and
temper by throwing dirty her il has been
TO infer that this odd person Mrs Mary Bass
by name has been left poverty be annoyed by curl
and impertnent callers while the OF Mrs
Wigs has been enjoying large profits from her
book and fourishing the she made of an unfor
tunate old woman's traits and homely philosophy
1t appears that nothing could unjust 70 Mrs
Alice Hogan Rice. the gifted young VINO made
"Mrs Wigs" famous The Louisville Courier Journal
vouches for facts bearing this question relations
of Mrs Rice and Mrs. BASS which ought be circulated
widely the story OF the troubles which the latter
has had with undesired visitors.
An editorial in Mr.. Watterson's paper declares en-
phatcay that the public needs be Informed that for
at least years before Mrs Wigs written tie
author of that book, and her family had been wont
70 help Mrs Bass in whatever troubles OF mind body
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18
AGRICULTURE GETS ONLY DROP.

The agricultural appropriation bill as finally passed
by involves total expenditure of $500 040
whereas the house bill carried only S57124O while
lett the the bill appropriated $oO72SO0 the
treasury OF the total be spent weather
$1SSOOO the bureau of animal industry
sl,3620 0O the experiment station $4,000 the
bureau plant industry $4,000 bureau of forestry
s425ooo the bureau of soils S2l5OOO and the bureau of
chemistry $4,000 The other branches of the depart
received the balance of the allotment one OF the
large from the bill was in the case Of the
bureau of chemistry
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18
A PLACE FOR THE OLD MAN.

When we become old we want TO get off the streets
We always sympathze with the old who have moth
ing to do; who wanted anywhere and who have
place to CO. When become old and useless we
want place of our to go to- place that is abso-
lutely own, and which manage please
We hope it will be little place where We potter
with fruits and flowers and vegetables, and chickens.
and keep busy. We don't to give people oppor-
tunity to show neglect idle time in which to
visions of the grim monster Old who oiter about
the streets, it always to u.s. make mistake
Atchison Globe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18

ROYAL FEMlNINlTf.
White hairs are the points of foam that
cover the sea after the tempest.-'Car-
men SYLVIA" Queen of Roumania.
l defy all the f1atterers TO make ty-
rant believe that he is loved, an idiot
that he is skillful. poltroon that he is
brave. an ignorant person that he is
learned, an old woman that she is young;
nothing persua0eS except. the truth
Queen Christina.
What is it to be resigned? II is to place
God between suffering and self.-Madame
Syetchine.
When the heart has strong ties the
question of beauty and of ugliness is only
an accessory. Affection replaces the one
and effaces the other.-Princess Olga
CantacuZene.
-(o}. .(o)-
It was pretty tough on w r. Hearst TO
classify him politically with Weaver, of
Iowa. Weaver is a good man but de-
cidedly Eighty and variable in his politics.
-..-..I--
AS the elephant is the recognized sym
Dol of the Republican party and the dom
key the usual power hitched to the Demo-
cratic wagon, ISM it d safe guess that
when Mr. Hearst said he would trust the
masses it sounded as if he said he would
trust them asses?
..lol. .iol..
Beware of the man who hates the dog.
Also of the dog that hates the man.
(.)0(C)
A man will fight for his dog nearly as
quick as for his wife. sometimes quicker.
o..O-O..c
Rheumatis is slowly giving ground to
spring fever.
(.DG)CO,
TOO MUCH OF IT.
A rooster sat upon the fence
And tapped his wings to crow.
His whistling aperture was stopped,
The valves they would not go.
Quoth he, as said he fiuttered down;
This comes of too much rain.
Another life laid waste because
OF water on the BRAIN M. NJ. L.
(..)c-O(..l
a good deal of money that should have
gone toward furnishing up the summer
wardrobe has gone to the coal man for
extra fuel this spring.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18

Colorado is slowly but the
less surely awakening the
fact that the instituted at,
OF
and by, Wichita, originally, in
the United States supreme court
against the ditch mcnoposts Colorado whose patrons
redeemng lands the expense of longtime
of the valley Kansas, which
paid government said lands because of the con-
tiguity river finding we have case
Colorado people jeered the and the subse
quent proceedings while people Kansas outside
this valley inclined join Coloradoans
jeer The Kansas legislature showed hestancy back
ing up people this valley Topeka
Kansas newspapers the whole graft
joke. until the United States supreme
so many declared the people this valley
seemed to have case later when Senator Teller
told the ditch monopolists and their that there
contention than comprehended by the
Denver and Colorado lawyers did Colorado deem
that ybody any right of the
outside that state
On Monday Colorado, through her attorney general,
madea motion in the supreme court dis
miss the suit of Injunction The not only denied
the motion, by the Associated Press dis
patch in yesterday mornings Eagle but ordered that
commissioner proceed to collect evidence and data
several months both Sides and to further
evidence for the information the court
claims sides. The commissioner named lives
in New Mexico which territory has been robbed by Colo
in the way, the Rio Grande which had been
irrigation purposes for hundred years, hay
ing wholly absorbed by the ditch of
the San Louis valley in Colorado.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18

\ good way to keep bashful people
walters stand around and stare them
out OF countenance.
O:o:-:o:O
And now comes the tale of another Jes-
sic in Ell Dorado who borrowed much. She
did not repay. whereat was some frantic
efforts to explain to the wives.
.iiot-)olI
Sedgwick county has the banner hen. y
Wichita lady tried TO break an egg lately
bought from one of our grocery stores.
The egg seemed solid and on investigation
she found that it was a hard boiled egg.
The farmer who owns that hen will
probably take her to the Worlds Fair.
ANCIENT MODERN
TATTLE VERSION
Scion, who wrote ) A modern SCION
a., - remarked that it
'He laws ioi INC } wasn't much use
Athenians, aid Z TO be elected
nobody could be { senator be C u e
real happy while there was no
he lived, because : knowing how soon
all were liable to { one would get
MISFORTUNE at any 5 caught and lose
time. ) the Job.
O:o:-:o:O
1t Is said the cherry crop will be light
but not enough so TO raise the price of
cocktails.
O:o:-:o:O
Another nickel raise by the sugar trust
The anxious consumer need look for
no breaks in sugar until the fruit season
Is over and the preserve shelves full
i(oD-(o)
The time of year is at hand when ice
doesn't get cheaper. but coal does
o..O-O-.o
The farmers face Is furrowed and worn.
And his locks are thin and white,
But his hand is steady, his voice is clear
And his eye is blue and bright
As ne turns to look at his sweet old wife.
Who sits in her gown OF gray.
With the cobweb kerchef and creamy
frills
She wore on her wedding day.
Say Old Easy seems to have great
discipline of mind. why he can put
himself sound asleep whenever he wants
to-
Yes. l see him work il quite often on
himself at church about the time the
collection plate is passed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18

1t is great thing to be man, to be city council
man, for instance, and possess the backbone of an
angleworm, to be able wrggle around and back
down readily wheelman who requested by prop
erty yesterday keep off his lawn wanted to whip
the owner of the lawn for insulting him. Three half
grown colored boys in succession, drove two women
onto parking Lawn owners fence, of course But
the safest is for pedestrians to the Streets
and give the sidewalks those whom they are
built and maintained scorchers and imannered boys
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18
POINTER FOR PATENT MEDICINE MEN.

Some time it published far and wide that the
juice Of the lemon preventive typhoid
fever, and note article Medical Talk
for March, 1904 which is being widely copied in
papers, declaring that lettuce is preventive of smallpox
Whether these mentioned specifics for
named may be doubted proving eficacious in every
but it is certainly be preserved
often by very simple remedies
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18

IN YEARS
United
IN 1859 TEARS AGO Republican
n
shawnee county and T. D. Tha
o p-eve
mo ].
w
AY-The
C. A Smart W. andW
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18

When Russian admiral loses a ship the Car cries
and kisses him II of the bunch should happen to
capture ship he would probably be booted
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18

Rich Dick Garfield, the New York gambler who has
wealth and Whistler pictures. fame travels
about Europe under assumed because says
striped tall
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18

Mr. Ware says that when he first became pension
commissioner he didn't like the position the presi
dent assured him that the longer it the less he
would like it He has great respect for the pres
dents guessing abilities
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18

One of the most incisve epigrams ever perpetrated
that of Frederick Lands in speech before Ohio
Republican convention. Speaking of Judge Parker
said: His life is open alib obscury is spot
less"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18

The past few weeks has been mighty fine wheat
weather but the rheumatic contingent have got in their
legs, lons and other limbs the
ard of pedestrianisn.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18

With the south solid for him. if Parker can carry New
York his friends claim there will be some chances for
campaign this fall after all
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18

There are Democrats, numerous in the state of
New York probably than elsewhere who sincerely
eve that the election of Parker Roosevelt is
not only possible but probable
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18

Topeka had better look for her reputation.
is loaded.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18

It's anomalous but it's fact that the Democrats the
country tearing each others eyes selec
candidate to defeat which they unani
mousy concede to be inevitable
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18

The New York Tribune says that both the oney and
Parker booms lack spontaneity and that both ma
chine-ns
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18

In the estimation of the Butnskes there only one
man in Kansas deserving mention a statesman Boss
Ross Stubs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18

In strenuousness is the of blood equal TO
the Yankee? Note the many resemblances between
Roosevelt and Wilhelm
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18

Kansas didn't have winter, but it has been colo
enough this spring to make up for it
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18

Two thousand eight hundred people turned to hear
Ed Howe's lecture az Topeka
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18

Evidently the Democratic slogan for 1904 is TO be
Down with Roosevelt"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18

Mountain View Item r. Fai-xi@% Pc
publican. We are Sor-T 10 ioss Mrs
Ilerle from or nesSnborhooa - Es
Nd more Ike her who attended 70 .asir
own business !, would - more ptes.saas
10 visit THEN We hope <ozIs EsEea
Nj. have = rest WHEN ale Is s1as-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18

The expected happened. The Saiina
Journal overlooked two members of the
graduating class.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18

The Journal tells u ssiina her that
has the head Il a ratti@Snske and .iso
it's quick. dartfrg rongre \ few sttses
like this and Saiirs wiz Eet az had
reputation as Topeka.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18

new church Is TO BE dedicated at
E. Dorado next month. probably the 18Th
says the Republican. The Republican
doesn't tell the color Of the congregation
bat probably thought the date made i'm
possible any alternative
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18

Anthony feels that what Il needs j.
more g. % and Sso men. Also. prob
ably. some SI5.es and - 90 men 10 SUP
ply tire dollar and naif
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-18

z Dorado Republican: Joan Carpsa~
ter. who heiped cig ,he ditch for the
walnut 20 run in sayy EnsH ear1ldzses
arc trick l0ok out fcf Big oaru crnp
According n his prophecy ~e ~ili Egss
have 20 bushels 70 ih- acre
The Washington times., 1904-09-24
ATCHISON ISSUES
NOW PROMINENT
Preferred Advanced 2 and
Common l Per Cent.
UNION PACIFIC ONLY STEADY
Steel Preferred One Of the Strong Fea
lures in Grading-Grangers and
Gould Stocks Strong.

NEW YORK, Sept. 24.-The two lead
ing stocks at the opening of the stock
market were Union Pacific and Steel
preferred, each with a volume Of 4OO0
shares, the former unchanged. the lat
ter at an advance ranging from \ to *.
All the fluctuations in the active list
were limited to u per cent Then a de-
cline occurred in Tennessee Coal and
Iron, and like advance was made by
AtchisOn. Erie first. Steel common.
Sugar. Rock Island, and Pacific Mail.
Among the specialties Colorado and
Southern Securities were conspicuously
strong.
Interest in the market this morning
conYerged upon new features, namely,
the Atchison stocks In which the pre-
ferred advanced nearly per cent and
The common ] per cent. The buying in
this quarter was apparently based upon
the popular credit given to yesterday
late reports that a large Union Pacific
interest had accumulated an influential
amount Of Atchison stock Union Pa
cine, however, ruled only steady at a
trihe under last nights close ST. Paul.
New York. Ontario & Western, Louis
vile & Nashville. the leading Gould
stocks and Colorado & Southern issues
--oN-eANNA- oNAb4Ab ANdAlEto. As n
rule. however, the changes in the rail-
road list were only moderate.
In the industrials United States Steel
preferred was strong. Strength was
shown by United States Leather pre-
ferred. Consolidated Gas and People
Gas In the local fractions Metropoli-
tan Street Railway and Metropolitan
Securities were weak. but Brooklyn
Rapid Transit showed firmness. Gov
eminent bonds unchanged, other bonds
strong
The market closed a little or on
proht-taking, but with net advances
generally.