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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-09
SUMMER SPORTS.

| The inventive genius of man seems to
be equal to any emergency. This has
been demonstrated at some Of the water
| ing places along the Atlantic coast in the
construction of what is called an ocean
toboggan slide. 1t was called into ex-
istence by the demands of the tempo
rary habitues of those resorts for some
thing more thrilling and exhilerating
than surf bathing and the monotonous
sing-song of the innumerable catch
penny devices for cheap amusement.
The Martha's Vineyard, Mass, Herald
gives this description of the construc-
ton and use of the ocean toboggan:
1t consists of an artificial slope rising
from the water to the height of thirty two
feet with chute lis feet long An ordi-
nary toboggan is used and they are started
one at time to avoid collision. On being
projected down the slide they will ricochet
across the water to q distance OF 100 feet,
skipping alons as a fiat stone does when
thrown by hand. Of course none but
swimmers can enjoy this exciting sport,
and it is said to be an amusing sight to
witness the facial expression of beginners,
while of course, the sensation must be
novel and peculiar.
OF course an ocean toboggan cannot
be constructed and operated on a prairie
five hundred miles from tide water, but
a roller coaster, the next thing to it, less
dangerous and equally as enjoyable, can
be constructed anywhere, and we have
wondered that every town of any size
in the country has not provided one for
the pleasure of its young people during
the summer season.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-09
Depends on the Architecture.

COurler-Jourl
A great editor has said: "When l am
away from home l am afraid every
morning to look at my paper This
sentiment, however, does not prevent the
great editors from going away, though
they run terrible chances and make mar
row escapes. Colonel Walton, of the
Stanford Interior-Journal, gives recent
testimony on this point. He says:
1--WE believe if we had stayed away
another week that the business manager.
who has filled our place for the last ten
days, would have changed the entire pol
icy of the paper. For years we have ad-
vocated with all the ardor of a genuine
admirer, the beauties and advantages of
the hustle, and yet this young man with
one fell swoop destroys the work of half
a lifetime. We want to have it distinct
" understood that we are for the hustle,
and more SO now than eyer. We saw a
couple of ladies without them the other
day, and the sight was far from attract
i've. Mrs. Cleveland may be able to do
without them, but some ladies are not
built that way"
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-09
A Boy Without Arms.

One of the rarest curiesities to be seen
on the streets of this town, writes cor
respondent from Middletown. Conn, is a
boy named Mylchreest. He is about II
years Of age. Hr was born without
arms. yet he plays ball and peddles pa
pers of the streets. He carries silver
and pennies in his boots, and makes
change as rapidly as any one, picking
out pennies and nickles with his toes.
He never makes any mistakes, and can
tell the size of coin by feeling it with
his toes. Young Mylchreest keeps his
feet clean. 1t is indeed funny sight to
see him sit at table with knife be-
tween the toes of one foot and fork
held by the toes of the other foot, as he
rapidly cuts up his food and places it in
his mouth. During the school vacation
this lad can be seen daily driving horse
attached to heavy wagon loaded with
sand or stone, which belong TO his father,
William Mylchreest, a builder. The lad
holds the reins between his toes and
handles the whip with ease in the same
manner. He can throw a stone with
considerable force and is very bright
and active. He is popular with all his
pIaymates and the public IN general.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-09
Patrick Egan.

Lincoln journal.
After some what extended ramble
over the states to the east of us, Hon.
Patrick Egan feels that the success of
the Republican national ticket is inevita-
BILE. He has had unusual opportunities
for studying the feelings of the Irish
American voters, and finds that large
numbers are coming over to the support
of Harrison. There are two seasons for
the wholesale conversion of the Cells
The principle of protection finds much
favor among them, partially, perhaps,
because no Irishman wished to aid by
his vote the people who crushed out the
industries of the Emerald Isle by adverse
legislation in the past. Again Mr.. Egan
says that the young voters of today are
disregarding their race traditions. They
are not willing to continue voting the
Democratic ticket simply because that
party opposed the Know Nothings long
before they were born. They are tired
of the bossism that has presumed to
mark out their paths in politics, and in
the future will reserve the right to think
and act for themselves. A little indie
pendent thinking lands the voter in the
Republican party, and enough changes
of this kind will occur 10 have quite an
influence IN the doubtful states.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-09
IRRIGATION IN MEADE COUNTY.

A correspondent of the Newton Re
paper a description of part of the artesian
wells in that county and the use the
water is put to. From this account. part
of which is subjoined, it is seen that the
question of irrigation, as far as that sec
ton is concerned, is practically settled.
The correspondent says:
"a drive of about mile and a half
brought US to another well owned and
put in operation by Captain Werth. This
we'll is fifty-one feet to the water and
flows at the rate of 100, 200 gallons per
twenty-four hours. The pipe rises about
two feet from the ground, and the water
shoots straight up a short distance and
falls gracefully and evenly outside. max
ing the most perfect of fountains amid a
pool of water. Some ten or dozen rods
below or south of this we'll is an artesian
spring where the water boils
and bubbles up, bringing with
1t the whitest of white sand
and the bottom of which has not been
fathomed. This spring is about the size
OF a barrel. Returning again to Capt.
Worths S, one finds that he has six wells
OF this kind on his place. and, as he re-
marked, He has raised magnificent
crop of water" The next place visited
was that Of her Ben Cox, who has two of
these wells and irrigates with them large
fields of corn and q large grove of trees.
The water IS carried by means of SIM
pie furrow with cross burrows to guide
| II TO different parts of the fields. But
the crowning we'll OF all is the one own
ed by Mr.. James Bowers. 1t is 125 feet
deep and cost S115. 1t is estimated to
flow 10000 gallons every twenty-four
hours and is cased with two inch pipe.
Ihls well was put down in Sep
TENDER last, and the force of the
water seems to increase. He ir-
rigates with this well about forty acres
OF ground and fills large fish pond with
the surplus water. An arm is secured TO
the tube Of the same size, two inches.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-09
ABOUT CORN AGAIN.

To the Editor of the Eagle.
To an eastern man the peculiarities of
Kansas soil and climate for agricultural
pursuits are remarkable.
The rapidity with which the hot sun
and high winds dry out the soil renders
it absolutely necessary that there should
be good fall of rain very often if crops
are brought to their best. The strength
of the soil is abundant and lasting, a
fact which soon demonstrates itself to
any doubling mind. Another point
worthy Of notice is that from March to
the first or middle of July rains are as a
rule frequent and abundant, but after
that great liability to drouth. Hence,
crops not matured by the time the rain
ceases to be so frequent must of neces-
sity fail.
The point to be gained if farming is to
to be success in southern Kansas is to
so plant, cultivate and care for all crops
as to avoid these liabilities 70 failure.
There are two ways, in our opinion, to
improve upon the present mode OF corn
raising in particular. The first has quite
often been noticed in the EAGLE, but is
so important that it will bear repeating
till the farmers are convinced OF its
truthfulness, and that is to plant earlier
varieties of corn.
There are now in Michigan as has
been before stated in the columns OF the
EAGLE. a number of varieties Of Dent
corn that will mature in 100 days from
planting. If then the farmers who have
failed this year in maturing full crop
of corn of the native Kansas varieties
had followed the advice OF the EAGLE
last winter and planted Of these early
varieties they would now be har-
vesting a good crop of perfect corn.
We saw a great deal of corn planted
about the 10th to the 18th OF April last.
Counting 100 days from then would
bring ii to about the 10Th
of July. up to which date there was
plenty of rain this year. But about that
time it ceased and in less than two
weeks the late corn was ruined.
Some may contend that this early
corn is small and Yields less. 1t Is smaller
in stalk and perhaps in ear, but on act
ual trial by Smelling the same number of
pounds of ears of the late and early, the
early corn in some instances has yielded
more pounds of shelled corn than the
other, and in scarcely any case has 1t
yielded less. 1t needs no argement to
prove that it is the corn and not the cob
that is valuable as food for stock. The
fodder is much better if not so large, and
this point gained in the early varieties
should not be overlooked.
1t Is true that seed brought from the
north and planted year after year here
woilid acciiDfara ifsalf In q few wears
and become EIuch later, but the
expense OF getting such corn ev-
cry year from colder Climate
is nothing great and better be borne by
the farmers here than fail so often II a
crop.
But the intelligent farmer IN all coun-
tries has learned that too much import
ance cannot be attached TO the sayin8 OF
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-09
SAD AND DIscoURAaINa.

Meade Republican: AS our friend Muir
dock was candidate before this conVen-
lion for the high Office of executive, whose
duty it would have been to enforce the
law, execute its provisions, he would nave
appeared in a poor role using forcible re-
sfstance'' to defeat it. He is too true to
The state. too strong an admlrer OF order
and lover OF peace to even countenance
such rehellious acts.
That is all very nice talk which, if 1t
don't lack sincerity, is totally void OF
reason. or of any conclusion based upon
known fact. Your friend Murdoch
was not before the state convention as
candidate. You never heard word
from your friend Murdoch nor saw a
line from his pen which ever intimated
that he was or ever would be candl-
date for governor.
1t is not such a pleasant thing to be
misquoted and misrepresented. How
ever, the editor of the EAGLE has his
opinions touching what are wholesome
laws and what are not, and no state con-
vention nor no legislature can, by simple
resolution or by enactment, change such
views. AS for the editor of the Meade
opinion of our status as a
party man, we can only say if he can
find public man in Kansas or an editor
in Kansas who has stood closer to the
party, nationally, state and
locally for the term of thirty years, or
find that we have ever bolted, gone off
on side issues, ever Johnsonized, Greeley
lied or mugwumped, we may then ad-
NIT some of his charges-eyen admit
that we fail to understand ''the spirit of
X anSaS
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-09

and caring for his seed, and even very
late corn, as well as other grains. can
be made earlier by carefully selecting
soon as it is we'll in milk, the
earliest and most perfectly developed
ears in the crop and hanging them in a
dry place for seed the next spring. In
this way the Improvements will be sur
prising to any man who has never tried
it. The other way of hurrying forward
a corn crop mentioned, is by better cul-
tivation. If the cultivator Is put in
early and kept at work, so as to go over
every part of the crop once every week
until the caring is well set, it will over
come In a great measure the lack of rain.
OF course if long intervals are allowed
between the times the soil is
loosened up, the roots will
De more apt to seek the
surface and then when the cultivation
IS put in it breaks then and damage is
done. Deep cultivation is not necessary
nor best after the corn is well up and
covers the ground, but if the soil is kept
loose and well pulverized it absorbs
much more moisture from the atmos-
phere and the crops will receive more or
less benefit in dry weather.
While we are'not disposed to criticise.
it seems quite evident that the farmers
cover too much ground and do not put
the work on each individual acre that is
necessary to help the crop to overcome
the obstacles it has to meet in drouth.
weeds or insects. Half the number of
acres with the ground well prepared,
planted early and carefully tended. all
else being equal, will produce the same
number of bushuls of corn. one year
with another. S. B. NJ.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-09
KANSAS KOLLARY.

Richfield has started down a drill in
search of an artesian flow of water.
The town of Mcfarland. in Wabaun-
see, was badly done up by tornado.
A mother and daughter were badly
burned by gasoline at Atchison Monday.
Ed. G. Lee vacates the tripod Of the
Richfield Leader Democrat and Is sue
ceeied By o. g. Robertson, who viii
continue the publication OF the paper.
The tar levy in Bourbon county for al
county and state purposes, as laid by the
county commissioners. IS sl.52 on the
800, fraction of cent less than for
1887.
DESPITE the adverse etce:sras il is con-
fidentIy asserted that Kansas farmers
viii receive more money this year for
their produce than any year since this
became state.
The rate Of taxation in Marion this
year viii probably he 80 as against
nearly eight last year The valuation Ii
also lower. as a rula--Tiuaes-
And they are talking about more
bonds.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-09

It appears tina! there is to be trouble
with the corn crop IN Kansas this year
after ali. 1t is going to be so prodigous
that there win not be enough pigs in the
whole state 10 properly utilize lt.-k. 6.
News. Ii VIII not he wasted. lf we
haven't pigs enough at home, Kansas
| City and other Missouri cities are handy.
Twenty or thirty of tine best men Of
Sheridan township have organized a law
and order league for the suppression OF
an organized band OF horse thieves
known 10 exist III that township. Tho
band has been making forays on the
Usage Indians and various localities of
the territory. bringing stolen ponies -
Sheridan and holding them there until
sold.-Wintield Courier.
A distressing accident occurred at the
home of SIR and ]lrs. r. Sheddy, ten
miles northwest OF town, last SUNDAY af-
ternoJn, which resulted n the 4, ath #
one Of their children. The little one.
aged three years, was playing with some
matches, and IN some way set fire 10 It's
clothes The fire was sIuothered almost
instantly, in fact before the little one
had hardly been burned. but it inhaled
some of the blaze Death relieved the
little sufferer few hours after The acct
dent.-Kiowa Journal.
On the lst Of june. Henry Barnhart. n
farmer of north Gray county, mysteri-
ously disappeared His stock was found
several days later in a starving condition.
An investigation followed. the result of
which was the arrest Of Henry KoDp.
who was last seen with the missing man
and who Is now in prison at Dodge
charged with the murder. At least fifty
of Barnhart's neighburs instituted search
for the body. but It was never found. and
his property was placed IN the hands Of
others 20 be taken ca$9 Of. Within n
week O letter has been received at
ingalls,, which states that Barnhart IL
alive and well al Rockyale. Cob. and
that he left home because his life was
threatened. The letter is not credited By
those who have seen IL. but circun-
stances more strange have frequently &C.
CURED. A little more than year ago
Garden City had one If these mysterious
disappearances. No trace Of the missing,
man was found anywhere until he wrote
home To bis wife that he was on his way
home and would soon BE with his family
again. He put in an appearance shortly
after, and Barnhart may do the same
thing. e. Sentinel
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and this can be turned to throw the
water in any direction. An attempt to
fill pail by holding it near the mouth
of the spout caused it to be violently
thrown to the ground and the unlucky
holder, "that was me" to get tolerably
good wetting. The water Of these wells
is nearly as soft as rain water, cold as
one could ask for, clear as crystal and
pure and sweet. There is no salt; there
is no alkali; there is no gypsum: nothing
but clear, cold water. The cost of these
wells, as can be seen by the cost of Mr..
Bowers, is small Most of them were
bored with two-inch augur set in an
inch pipe, following it up with the tub
ing"
The subject of irrigation is attracting
considerable attention throughout south
ern Kansas just now, and since it is an
important matter from every point of
view, it is well to discuss it SO that what
ever of good there is in it may be pre-
sented so as to be put to practical test.
The running streams as a supply for irri-
eating purposes are failure and further
experimenting with that source of supply
will be but waste of time and money.
Nor is it expected that artesian wells can
be secured at any and every point de-
sired. But it is a fact that has been
demonstrated that an abundant supply
of water can be had from drive wells at
almost any point. These are not only
practicable but comparatively inexpen-
sive, and with wind mill to work the
pump (or mills and pumps as may be re-
CURED every farm may be placed under
successful irrigation and at less expense
than by means of bitches if there were
sufficient water accessible to supply
them.
Irrigation on small scale is now car
ried on by many farmers of the country
by means of wind mills and driven or
bored wells, and we believe that in
comparative short time most of the
thrifty farmers of the country will have
this matter SO arranged that they will no
longer be dependent upon the cratic
elements fhe wind never fails us) to
secure abundant crops.
One Sedgwick county farmer informs
us that he has practically tested the
matter of irrigating from we'll by the
use of an ordinary hand pump this sea-
sou. Of course his operations in this
direction have been necessarily on a
small scale, but it has demonstrated to
him what may be done. and that before
another season he will be prepared to
harness the wind to water his crops.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-09

1t is an ill wind that blows no good. \
recent violent storm i'll Atchison Killed
thousands of English sparrows.
Ed. Short, city marshal of Woodslale,
was over Thursday and Friday and re-
ported that another Woodsdale man had
been found dead lying in corn field.
This makes five in all killed and one
wounded. We did not interview Mr.
Short, bJN he was here for a coffin
Richfield Leader.
An agent of the X. G. &, n, sent out
by the company to inspect the corn crop
prospect, told us to-day that Marion
county would harvest the largest corn
crop in her history, and that there were
thousands of acres that would yield SIX
ty bushels per acre.-Times.
Ed Ramsey, the colored man who was
shot by young White in Topeka a few
DAYS ago while attempting 10 escape
when apprehended as the party who
committed a rape upon his cousin, has
been arrested on that charge, and the
local papers say there may be some i'm
portant developments in the case when
it comes up for trial.
Fort Scott is now talking about estab-
fishing a smeltor in that city The So
cial condition surely can't be so bad as to
require such extraordinary action as
that. From the statement of the local
papers we supposed they had already
smelt enough TO warrant the thorough
cleaning out of the angean stables, 50 to
speak, once for all.
According to Warden Smiths report
for July, the expenses OF the peniten-
tiarv fer that month were S13, 36f.S3, the
receipts $3.50. o. of which S,846. 10 goes
to the credit Of convict labor, 1921. % to
boarding United States civil prisoners,
81. $3.50. 30, cool sales. The state institu-
tons were supplied with q. 3j7 bushels;
81, ISL bushels were sold.
The Atchison Champion wants every
city in Kansas to place license Of 500
or 81 900 year on Kansas City, Kansas,
dressed beef. The dentists seem TO b.
the leading kickers. This bite prompts
the Gazette to rise in its place and de-
clare that "beefsteaks furnished from
this point will enable natural set Of
moiars to carry person through four
score years.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-09

The Republican county convention for the pur-
pose of nominating candidates for the following
hf11ce to be filled by election this fall to-wit
Probate Judge.
County Attorney.
Clerk OF the District Court.
Superintendent OF Public instruction and.
State Senator.
Will be held at the court house in the city of WITCH
ita on the 18th day of August d. 1888 at IL o'clock
g.. -
There will also!be held at the same place audimme
niately after the ad iournment Of the Republican
county convention. convention to nominate can-
didate for representative for the Eightyrst repre-
sentative district
There will also be held at the place and i'm
mediately after the adjournment Of the Republican
county Convention. a convention to nominate a can
didate representative for the Eighty rep
resentative district and for the purpose Of nomi-
mating candidate for the Office of county commits
Noner for the Second commissioner district.
There will also be held in the city OF Wichita, or
the West Side at O'Clock p. m. on the 24th day OF
August A. ID. 1855, a convention 10 nominate can
didate for representative for the Eightyhrd repre-
sentative district.
Said conventions are called by order of the Repub
ican county central committee and the townships
and wards will be entitled to the following number
of delegates and alternates in said convention to-
wit: one delegate at large for each township and
ward and delegate for each twenty I'VE
votes and major fraction thereof, cast for
Timothy McCarty in fail OF 1SS6. which ap-
portioDed among the several townships and wards
would entitle them 10 the following representation
which includes the delegate at large:
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-09
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
Kansas State Militia.
Atchison Champion.

Atchlson Champion.
1t is the habit of some Kansas newspa-
pers to sheer at our state militia. The
fact, however, is that there is not anoth-
er state in the union that has better or
ganiZed. better drilled, more available
and efficient body of troops than Kansas.
This was fully demonstrated in the
great Southwestern railroad strike of
two years ago, when the mere presence
of the Kansas militia at Parsons, and
other points in the state, averted riot
and bloodshed, and promptly restored
peace and order. Adjutant Campbell,
assisted by the officers OF our state mill
tia, are entitled to great credit for the
splendid condition of that important aux
iliary to our state constabulary force
the Kansas militia.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-09

The United States district court now
setting at Leavenworth has before it for
consideration the case of the United
States VS.. the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Railroad company, being suit to set
aside patents to large grants of lands
made by the government to that corpor-
alton, the terms of which grant, it is al
legged, have not been complied with. Some
of the ablest legal talent of the country is
engaged on both sides The outcome of
the suit will be watched with interest.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-09

Our respect for the pluck of Missouri
has been increased thousand fold by
the successor of Marmaduke who re-
fused to listen to the dictatlon of Eng
land through Secretary Bayard touching
the case Of Hugh NJ. Brooks, the MUIR
derer. If there is any wisdom in the
"eye for an!eye" doctrine, or if hanging is
proper punishment under any conceiv-
able circumstances, then the murderer of
Preller ought to have swung months ago.