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The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19
SOUTHERN KANSAS SUNSHINE.

Up this date this winter January 1Sth there
been no winter in Southwest Kansas Nor has there
been any winter in Oklahoma AS the Eagle has often
observed, the physical conditions of Oklahoma and
Southwest Kansas identical A Washington Okla
weather prediction fits hits Southwest Kansas
exactly oftener than do the forecasts for the
state of Kansas Three or four the cold and
northern and Kansas but did not touch dis
turb serene sunshine Southwest Kansas and Okla
homa One morning in December the Thermometer fell to
about Is 18 degrees above for hour two,
which was the thing the way of winter that
this immediate section has experienced far. Not
fake fallen rain Of consequence since
the first days November And there's where the rub
of an open winter in Winter drouths than
winter blasts bear down the wheat which with suf
moisture will stand any degree of cold for any
length of time Fortyeght winters spent in Kansas by
the writer warrants him assertion open dry
winters are not conducive big wheat yields while
upon the other hand, nasty winters of bzzards and
and sees and freezes almost certain to be fol
had has been very favorable to the
live stock ranchman the average citizen
Is onready for but is growing somewhat anxious
hear wind Shrek the clouds roll up and to
breast storm ladened with abundant moisture whether
snow sleet We have had enough of Italian
climate and South California sunshine for this year. and
It's only six weeks till March,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19
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SCHOOL, or PoI4ITIcs.

SCHOOL OF POLITICS.
The presidential election this year comes
on November Sth. That is the latest II
can come. The date varies all the way
from November > to November s. be-
cause it comes on the FIRST TUESDAY
AFTER THE FIRST MONDAY in No.
vember. As November comes in on Tues
day this year. the first Monday is on the
7th.
That Chicago alderman who is in prison
tying up bundles of brooms Is at last
serving the people honestly. This shows
that it is POSSIBLE TO MAKE an alder
man act properly.
~. Il
Bryan will demand at st. Louis that the
man nominated for president be not only
no maverick. but he must have the
Bryan brand. II the Nebraskan have his
way, Roosevelt will increase his majority
more than a million votes
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FASHION NOTE.
The umbrella sheath style Of skirt, worn
by the ladies. now outgrov.ing popularity.
can be used in the new style of gentle
mems pants. A man was seen on the
street lately wearing a pair OF trousers
apparently made of two OF these skirts
sewed together. being merely heightened
at the bottom to extend the picturesque
effect.
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He says he has written stories. poems.
galore. but he does not produce one with
his name affixed thereto. or a letter from
an editor who has accepted his work.
People cannot be fooled that way.
-lt-ll-iI-
Jobs comforter: Eve very bad head
ache"
''Oh. yes. I know what It is. 1 have
had it much worse than yours seems to
be-
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Two men not TO be envied: The editor.
and the police judge. And there are Some
who do not even envy the president.
Blessed be nothing.
-il-i-ll-
Mans inhuma nifty to man is not to be
compared TO woman's judgment OF wo-
men," said Dodson as he closed the hall
door.
W. ]. Bryan says he found one new idea
in Europe. VIII he sell il for gold or
silver?
d..l-i..D
Wauted-The address of the ladies' who
found the letters ". X. H., one or all
of them. in Malta Vita health food. SO
far as one Piker can find out nobody
drew these letters. II seems there is one
letter left out OF a word In each state.
making it practically impossible TO get
the entire word unless you move all over
the United States. which one does not
like to do. even 10 enjoy the famous
health food. One Piker says she is going
to take he- doll rags and go home, and
not play any more. with the Malta
people.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19
IS ELECTRICITY THE SOURCE OF LIFE,

In answering the question, viii living matter be
formed artfcally?' in The World Today. Albert P
Mathews says
There is good reason for believing that the chemical
as wen as the physical changes of protopasm pro-
unced by alterations IN electrical conditions
remarkable chemical protoplasm shown in its
syntheses and deeomposons in reality electrical
and resemble those produced in eectolss by
q current When for example electric charge is
removed from organic compound it decomposes and
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19
THE plKERS' LAMENT


Please put point on my pencil. said
the cub reporter to the city editor, who
was welding jack-knife.
81 wish I could" said the editor Its
writings are mighty dull 80 far tonight !"
(-)...Gl
If Japan is really trying to work Russia
increasing her demands as Russia shows
inclination to yield. then Japan is getting
ready for a trouncing. Colombia's effort
to work Uncle Sam and the result should
be an international lesson
...O-O..:
And to think that the stockmen at
Portland. Oregon. should think it joke
to give Jerry Simpson pair Of socks!
0..l-l..D
Everybody. without exception. grewls
about high taxes. If taxation were abol-
ished and bonus given every citizen,
each one would roar because his bonus
wasn'4 big enough.
..:'-(. -"
An eye-opener-A baby at a. m.
(D-(.)-fD
Another reform society has been organ
fzed in New York to purify others. 1t
has large membership.
..s.-..l.-
II wish they would furnish these fe,-
lows in the navy long enough pants to
cover their shins." declared Captain
Burgess
-{o).. .fo)-
Saith Farmer Grouchy: When we hear
of person being shot at a charivari, we
cannot help thinking that one green-horn
has received a valuable lesson. Next to
Iynchings and white cappings. the char
vari is the farthest from civilization
i.)o-o(..}
What chance is there tn SrlpDress the
card of thanks habit when such people as
the Clevelands mourn in public?
- :..O-O..:
There are several old soldiers in Wichita
not vet sixtytwo years old. Now. if
that pension bill passes giving all veterans
of that age $l2 month, will those under
that age look forward anxiously to the
date when they may draw a pension?
Here is proposition that may shed light
on the problem: The man or the dollar
which?
The influence of hobbies on the human
race is perceptible in the case of two
United States senator's. Dietrich. of Ne
braska, is accused of grating with cir
cumstantial evidence quite convincing.
while Reed Smoot. whose honesty has
not been impeached. and who has but
one wife. is bounded right and left be-
cause he doesn't believe in a doctrine
to his Prosecutors. Dietrich
believes all right, SO his. action does not
disturb the fanatics.
EeS (-)....G9
Married people should not air the faults
of eaohs ether. Your listener will often
think the speaker somewhat to blame for
these same faults. Each home should be
a. court and counsel of itself: not even
a Wichita policeman should be called on
for sympathy.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19
KANSAS CURRENTS

The latest sympathy game" in Kansas
is being played by the ''convict's daugh-
ter"
Augusta finds that according to compu-
tations Of biologists. there is gas under
meath the town. Well enough, and 1t is
hoped that Augusta will leave It alone
The Kiowa News-Review LAYS al the
charges OF Baiiey's being "boss-ridden''
to his having got married.
Ed Howe declares that the Kansas City
Journal in claiming that Bailey has lost
Nemaha county. and the Leayenworth
Times in claiming that Curtis has lost
Shawnee. are prejudiced. and then makes
this "unprejudiced' statement: AT least
1t is known that Bailey didn't lose Ne
maha county,
The Anthony High School Basket Bali
team. that hasn't been defeated once. Is
beginning to feel ''chesty." according to
ihe Republican. Their record, however.
Is still bereft Of one death or even a 70.
spectacle number OF broken collar bones
Harper county people are undecided
about organizing a county fair as.ocia-
ton Why not submit il to the nearest
literary
Arkansas City has color blind painter
A southern kansas paper ssvareiy re-
marks that 1t suspected the same long
since.
Hutchinson's city council is ..p.vi,r,.
again. The legislature seems TO have 10
Gated the wrong Stste Institution in Reno
county.
\ Winfield husband. old enough IN he
the grandfather Of his wife. bes. h.-
sever!y Friday for getting drunk. There
was nothing childish about him. AZ any
rate.
The convention FOR the T7a.rty-<ishth
senatorial district has been called 10 rnest
at Garden City March 8
The Syracuse News has inauEursssH a
form OF spelling wm- r Hearst-s .ar,e
which viii be adopted By every newspaper
in the country rext winter exceps. po~-
sisiy. the Democratic Candidates oun
paper the New ferk American ard Jour.
nal The new way r. Hurst.
Two mail sacks wero found r.sea near
Lakin las; week This truly Is the are
Of research
Hslsts2i has RAISED e sIs for an aadi.e-
rum. and the plan os laying OCT two or
three additions TO the town IL beIrs s>-f-
ousiy considered
Sordlca changed her dates In Eansa.
WITHOUT giving single reason That's
Independence greater than even thz. of
whtch the szfi-rnsehine pap~rx chsrxe tEs
boes~z-
II 10 about time for Major Je9sx 20 rise
up in hss Erzfs- The Tepesa pso~r.
hzsrEt mentioned hin FOR tkr>s car<.
Kaasas is sss s>t,lns this winter siI sa.st
fs .eos-.n< 70 ir- fof Instance, shere are
cold wares
The AsSaasss City Traveller IS seIslax
'se~ 20 fnd svt ~ ycs sre q rnrss-1aa.~ +
The Ioiitiessrs are s5ssf1x the szris proa-
'e-s n shz~ne~ c~aHsy b s:rsw ross.
TE< nsw machine CO shs boss -baeterr =
Is feared - ora suet a light sonn1zssen
Ihss e vElf rack Itself s>pn h~sorx fs 1
rsEit bearings are scrz smooth
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

Wichitas bank clearings for last week according to
Bradstreets showed bigger tgan any city
in the United States Two weeks ago but two
cities showed bigger per cent gain Last week her
clearings 222,795 above the million mark or Ga
cent gain the week of wear
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

Kansas boy, teaching country school at Ridgway
Usage county has fellowship in the Boston Unver
sity which entities him years special study abroad
and all expenses paid. Clifford G. Allen of Okla
homa drew the only other scholarship OF equal import
Allen will spend his year in Paris
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

There is somewhat Of apprehension that the Wos
Gis are given to Misrepresentation. The bosses of
that crowd have been assevertng that Governor Bailey
only had two counties dead in the state In
the mean time the county central committees of not
few counties in calling have unanimously
and unequvocay endorsed both Roosevelt and Bailey
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

Bill Hearst it is asserted will put S. into his
preliminary canvass barrel of that dimension opened
In national convention of hungry Democrats
thing is liable to happen Money is menacng American
manhood
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES

At Clinton, Oklahoma. the answer to
the question. "Who is Bristow?" is: The
fellow that runs the Elk BAR
Chicago capitalists visited Granite last
week to investigate the granite beds
| Seth Gentry died at his home near Ca
margo a week ago Saturday, from inju-
ries received by being thrown from
horse. He had been resident of Dewey
county for ten years.
Sly Ooeriander replies to a question OF
his opinion on the court house deal at
| Alva: Il wonder how they sell hay at
Aiva. It's clear out of sight down here.
Some discerning ones will call this non-
comnlittal.
Philip Herald. mayor OF Cleo, is work
! ing up Roosevelt club.
| Clyde Noble. OF Cherokee. left his
little girl in the barber shop while
he went into the meat market
a minute afterward she came running to
him. her dress in flames and while the
father burned his hand severely In putting
the Are out. the pain could not be borne
more cheerfuily.
Mrs. Edith Stanton, of Enid, received
fourth prize, SO, in n cooking contest
of the Postum Cereal company. She had
1o, 500 competitors.
According TO the Enid Wave Colonel
John Gillespie and bride were charivaried
three times at 4 cost OF s gold piece.
an oyster supper and sack Of nickeis.
Merle Thomas. f3 years old, wss thrown
from his bicycle az Enid Thursday. frse-
turing his leg in two places. he should
take care or he will get a football record
without having the pleasure of single
game.
Weatherford's new Christian church was
dedicated Sunday by three services L. L.
Carpenter, Of Wabash. Ind. was the
conductor.
Emory Dudley, normal student at the
Southwestern College from Day county.
was kicked IN the head while trying to
remount horse. and fears were ex-
pressed for his life at last reports
As yet. flying machines haven't be-
come so common a. Lone Wolf that q
balloon ascension is not in order. One
viii be pulled OF there today
Bull pen IL the game with the little
fellows in Lexington's schools We don't
remember what Il Is. b., we viii bet IL
beats finch" aud the like all hollow.
The Standard DrTig company is a Arm
OF iIyd.o's. and although il handles oil. /
il denies being in the national trust
Tfos- Riley. discharged after three
oesre' service IN the army. fzs chosen
Harrisoa Kiows counsy. oklahoma fcs
his residence. The fact that hts friend.
Geo a cogsilzll. lived there. had a little
soz1ethins TO do with his choice I; IL So
nastred-
The ,,4spie Of plzinriew. w1oJ~zrd
eennty stzi D<ef tedsy on the site % tie
school hsose that uss t<rss-d : week
axc friday. 10 d<eife on vog.aS bonds
for = nev buz11sns
coasexu3nU the ru-ncr~d -asrrtage %
I'd Lee TIE oonxcse Times says: We
kugw mow hDw authentic the report ss
SIT v1oh ~ ussi This n .scxs eject
Uaisy essrex11x the casa
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

The medical students Of south Kansas and Oklahoma
who desire places in the pension bureau as medical
clerks will have opportunity February II and
take a civil service examination at Wichita
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

Down in old Missouri up-todate clergyman ia
preaching that criminals should be educated not pun
shed That preacher must be the chaplain of Mssours
supreme whose judges hold the same doctrine
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

Kansas City. Missouri, is pushed for revenues to
meet her current expenses and fixed charges that the
officials OF the city assessors Office been directed
to shadow women who wear jewelry unlisted for taxa
ton.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

The Rev. George o. Barnes the Kentucky evangelist
the end of all things is hand But he fears that
the feuddden counties of the state will not be
reformed in time
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

Here is the longsought Of preventing theater
fires. The Hartford Courant would have the owner of
every heater chained in the middle of his hall Then
he would have to take whatever came. Just So
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

Quay of Pennsylvania is being urged for Hanna's
place chairman Of the Republican national committee
Matthew knows much politics Mark Like and John
combined.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

The campaign is down n Missouri and it is
red hot along gubernatorial line. the issue being
boodlers VS. honesty.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

Chrome Yellow Hearst boasts his millions and Demo
Gratis awfully hungry but they win never nominal
Hearst as their candidate.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

Parker OF New York. for presi-
M dent, and Shively of Indiana, for
PROGRESSIVELY ,~.s;ao.. .u.;....oa .,u.,
''ene' carrying New York and Indiana
against Roosevelt, Senator German This
would give the "a doubtful electoral
votes sure within % of enough to elect
with doubtful states of California, TO- Colorado, 5;
Idaho 81 Montana s. Oregon 4; and Utah. total OF
2S additional doubtful states These doubtful
states going Democratic would give the Democratic
ticket 244 electoral votes six than would be
necessary election. Indiana is clannisn state
Hoosier Hooser is dear whether he be Democrat
or what not Shively is said be very popular
in Hoosierdo and Indiana while put down sefe for
Republican column might be safe with Shively,
unless the Republicans should also so Indiana
Fairbanks other Hooser vice president But
there is York with her 80 electoral There
certainty that Parker carry that state against
Roosevelt Wall street wealthy trusts the
trary. Roosevelt has tremendous hold the plain
people New York in the interior of the state where
Tammany influence is unfelt as the Republicans
are concerned.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

The Wos Giis have Bailey already ous.ed Ed Iioch
elected and in imagination filing all comfortable
and paying places the disposal CHEZ executive
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

The Pop state convention called Topeka April u
provides for zoo delegates The question 50 mani
Pops be found in the entire state.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

Steel employees wages cut. but Mr., Carnegie in
sists cn the letter Of his bond
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

The lone bachelor is in peril this leap year
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

Bull pen IL the game with the little
fellows in Lexington's schools We don't
remember what Il Is bat ws viii bet IL
beats finch" and the like all hollow.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

Tiaos Riley. discharged after three
oesrs' service IN the army. fas chosen
Harrison. Kio~a counsy. oklahoma fos
his residence The fact that hts friend.
Geo a Cogsilzll. lived there. had Little
soT7efhiny TO do with his choice I; n so
nastred
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

The Standard DTiig company II a arm
OF Eyd.o's. end although IL handles oil.
il denies being in the nsfsonsl trust
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

The ,s4szie Of pizinFiev. Wed = ard
eesnty sEtA Deef tedsy "a the site % tie
school hssse that uas burned : week
aSo friday. 10 decide on yos.ss bonds
for = nev buz11sns
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

Con<~xuinw t7e ru-ncr~d -1srrtzge %
Ed Lee tke oDenrcse Times says: We
kugw uow hDw authentic the report 10
SIT v1oh ~ ussl This n mos. eject
UaEy esrex1ux the casa
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

As yet, flying machines haven't be-
come so common at Lone Wolf that q
balloon ascension is not in order. One
VIII be pulled OF there today
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

Sordica changed her dates In Kansa.
without sirf1g single rexxon. That.
iscsp>neeEce greater than e.en ths. q
s ~hich the szfi-rasehfne psp>rs chsrxe tEs
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

Hsiste2i has RAISED e. Cos for an a.di.e-
rum. and the plan os laying OCT two or
three additions 10 the town is h~irss s~-i-
ocsly considered
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

Emory Dudley, a normal student at the
Southwestern College from Day county.
was kicked in the head while trying 10
remount a horse. and fears were ex-
pressed for his life at last reports
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

II 10 about time for Major Je9tx 20 rise
W IN h1s Srsfs- The Tep~ss psprrs
hzsrns mentioned hin sor ttr~e ear~
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

weatherford's new Christian church was
dedicated Sunday by three services. l. l.
Carpenter, OF Wabash, Ind. was the
conductor.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

He says he has written stories. poems.
galore. but he does not produce Que with
his name affixed thereto, or letter from
an editor who has accepted his work.
People cannot be fooled that way.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

W. j. Bryan says he found one new idea
in Europe. VIII he sell it for gold or
silver?
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

The AsSaasss City Traveller IS .sIslax
Rev fs fnd set II yrs are q cnrss-1aa.~
The Ioiitiessrs are s5ssfax The seris prosl-
Fen n Shawnee crassy b. straw ross.
TEs nsw machine CO tie bcss-baeters ss
is feared n ora suck ssxhs rossnazssun
thar 4 ufIf rack Itself scpn h~sorx 10
hsTit bearings are scra ssnoexA
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

Mans inhuman nifty to man is not to be
compared TO womans judgment OF wo-
men," said Dodson as he closed the hall
door.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

Two mall sacks we're found r.eed near
Lakiu last week This truly il the are
Of research
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

Two men not to be envied: The editor
and the police judge. And there are Some
who do not even envy the president.
Blessed be nothing.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

Kansas 10 oct s>tflns thss winter sEl si.st
is .eos--.ns 20 ir- Fof Instance. snere are
cold wares
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

y Winfield husband. old enough 10 be
the grandfather Of his wife. bes. h.r
sever'y Friday for getting drunk. There
was nothing childish about him. at any
rate.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-19

The Syracuse News has inaugursseH a
form OF spelling Vm- r. Hearsts -arne.
which viii be adopted By every nexspsper
IN the country Text winter except pos
sisfy. the Democratic candiszte's own
paper. the New York American ara your.
nal The new way f. Hurst.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-03-11
T1LLMAN UNDERGOES OPERATION.
Stood A Successful Operation On His
Throat YeSterday-He Is Now
Without Fever.

Special to The Herald and News.
Charleston. March IO.-Senator
TillmanS throat was successfully
operated on today. He is now
without fever. and only needs COM
plcte rest.
Senator Tillman was regarded as
a very sick man Yesterday.
He has been confined to his resi-
dence in Washington for more than
week bv severe attack OF grip
accompanied BY severe sore
throat. re thought afew days
rest would enable him to proceed
to his home at Edgeheld for a
change OF air and surroundings.
Instead OF getting better he grew
steadily worse and his physicians
ordered him to bed.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-03-11

partment by the house OF represent
tatives will result from the publlca-
ton OF the report involving men,
bers OF congress in that connecticut
was indicated by every expression
possible short OF a vote i'll that body
today. With a whlrlwlnd OF pro-
test the report was taken up by IN.
diclant members. their personal
connection with it explained. and
cpitfets hurled at Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General BriStow.
THE Bristow report was con-
ceived in iniquity. born in SIN and
has travelled its course until it has
struck the public OF the United
States as great attack upon a body
OF men as free from wrong doing
corruption. crime and lrresrlarlty
as any equal number OF men on the
face OF the earth. This was the
parting shot OF Representative
Grosvenor OF Ohio in paving his
tribute to the report.
THAT document is tie produc.
ton OF liar and ScoundTs!.
shouted Representative Hill OF Con-
nccticut on making an explanation
~ his connection with certain leas-
cs. He added that he should vote
to investigate himself and also the
fourth assistant postmaster general.
There is nothing in any OF 1t
to innpugn any improper motive or
conduct upon any member OF the
house" was the expression OF
Chairman Overstreet OF the CON-
mittee. who conlbatted the idea OF
an investigation.