The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-07-20

10, 3Sl; Lawrence, 1896; and Wichita,
and Fort Scott with popula.
ton Of about 5000 each. All these towns
arc growing rapidly, and in q few years
will be large cities. M
Kansas, City is mostly In Missouri, but Is
In every respect u Kansas town. 1t Is the
largest city between St Louis und San
francisco, It's population being Go,O00. No
city In tho country has grown so rapidly
At the close Of the war Il was a mere.
village, without d railroad. Now II Is one
OF the great railroad centres OF the Union.
You can't go anywhere In Europe without
first going to London; neither can you get
through Virginia without first going to
LyncbburE nor cnn you get into tho live,
great West OF the Republic without going
to Kansas City. Thecily, like I.ynchburg,
Is nestled upon and among the bluff,
which shut tue river in. Indeed, It Ii the
lust place should have thought Of had /
been looking for site for II city. Bit
SOMEHOW the barren, sterile, rocky por.
lions OF tho earth are tho places where
weal,II.clusteN and where the thought is
forged that moves the world.
Kansas Is controlled by the spirit Of the
universal Yankee nation. You may vol.
der why and how the Yankee got here.
That cannot tell you, but he Is there, and
he came TO stay. II seems rs Il the great
focus OF thought which made New England
blossom aS the rose, Is conferred here In
Kansas. The result will be Kausas bloom.
ing shortly after tue manner OF New Eng.
land. Tho people seem 10 have but one
object In view, and that Is to ge. on In the
world. They have buried all their isms,
and seem to be all OF one way Of thinking. 1t
appears to be kind OF u furnace us il
were, which sincl,s the manyinto one. We
like IL. II is all Republican. The fact Is
We Laven'tsmelt Democratic breath since
we left Missouri. Would that VIC had IL
few thousand OF these voters to help scrapc
the moss oil West Virginia's back.
gathered some facts to-day in regard 10
the rainfall OF Kansas which will give.
In this respect the State is divided into
three parts or belts. The eastern belt has
an average rainfall! OF thirty.threc inches,
the central belt IN average OF twenty-five
inches and the western belt IN average OF
twenty inches. The sntliciency oil the
rainfall depends largely upon the nature of
the soil. Eastern Kansas, with its black
loan surface soil,restins on clay iorma.
ton, requires 4 greater amount OF rain than
the central part OF the State, with its
deeper surface SOFIA dark sandy loan.
The latter takes in the rain more readily
Us it falls, and retains 1t much longer than
the former. All farmers know that where
the soil is well drained much less amount
OF rain il necessary than where there is no
drainage. The necessity therefore Of cult.
waiting country is readily seen to make 1t
productive. tbs very evident that there can
be no evaporation where there Is no water
in some form or other, and there can be no
humidity in the air when there is no cvap.
Grafton, and where there is no humidity
there will bc difficult rainfall, rs the slower
the evaporation and the more hurried the
air the greater will be the precipitation,
for the moisture in the air has greater af-
inity for the moist places OH the earth
than for the dry places. It is therefore
only matter oil time for droughts to be
entirely overcome, which will place the
Kansas farmer on equal footing with those
OF the central and Eastern States
In coming down here to Santa Fe we ran
across the lower end Of Colorado. Except
ing Texas, Colorado covers more out doors
than any other State in the Union. 1t has
nearly 10000 square miles OF area. At
the present rate OF growth, Colorado will in
1890 have upwards OF three.fourths OF a
million population. She is rich both in
agriculture and mineral advantages, and
the people are rushing upon her at rapid
rate.
A word or Two about New Mexico,
where l am now writing, and / will close
this letter. The territory is made up prin-
cipally OF mountains and villages. and con-
tains l5l POI square miles OF area. The
Atchison, Topeka 4 Santa Ie railroad
passes through some OF the finest scenery in
the Union, rs it cuts across the territory
from north to south.
Santa Fc is one Of the oldest towns in
the Union, and il looks as il It might be
one OF the oldest in Europe MS well. 1t
really looks TO your correspondent as
though it had been founded by Fatc's
fuiitives, OF which Virgil sings, in the far
awHy days before emigration had become
4 science and colonization Il business. The
stones in its harrow streets are worn
smooth by the trump Of professional gem
erntions. The houses, built Of sun.dried
brick, look as il made by the Children OF
Israel in ancient days before cruel
Pharaoh cut oil their ntions otstraw. This
was 4 town OF no little Importance when
Pennsylvania WIS 4 wilderness, and | was
about to say when Adam was Il baby. 1t
WAS once the capital and centre Of the
Pueblo kingdom, and is therefore rich in
historic interest. Bet must stop for this
time. G. W. a.
DIED.
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