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Wichita eagle., 1889-07-09

ing but Irvine being used to bind them.
and the prices are high, selling from 10
TO IS cents american money! apiece.
THE following goods could be sold
with profit if introduced: Mechanical
tools Of all descriptions. and many of our
agricultural impliments; American tim
ber and articles manufactured from
American timber. because the American
timber is superior to the German ON ac-
count of its growing in drier atmos-
phere. and therefore much tougher and
not SO brittle.
"A piano factory at Weimar. whose
proprietor was number Of years IN tho
United States and worked there at his
trade, realizes the value OF American
wood and uses no other in the construc-
ton Of his pianos, and this is one reason
that his goods give good satisfaction,
eXen when exported to such dry coun-
tries as South America and Australia.
The same factory exports to the United
States. Mexico and Canada. In this fac
tory found none but American tools.
for the proprietor informed me that his
workmen could not accomplish the
same amount of work with German
tools.
Aiic ptilshb btthtii DtSfitis 10 IsallL"
the superiority Of American hardware.
agricultural implements, mechanical
tools, machinery, and many classes Of
American useful and ornamental fancy
goods, and freely acknowledges their
perfect finish and durability. Their
and their practical character
are some of the qualities which com
mend them, and place them in favorable
contrast 20 the production Of other
lands.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-09
DEVELOPMENT OF POSTAL FA-
CILITIES

The wonderful advance made in our
facilities for communication through the
postal arrangements of the United
States is a matter of no little wonder.
and short review of the growth Of this
department may be of considerable in
terest TO all. In Scribner's Statistical
Atlas" will be found detailed history of
this wonderful growth, and from that
source the following facts are CLEANED:
The first provision made IN this coun-
try for the public transmission of mails
was by the colonies individually. As
early as 1886 Massachusetts established a
mail service within her limits and Vir-
ginia made similar provision in 1867.
Other colonies followed, and in 1872
there was regular monthly mall be-
tween New York and Boston.
In 1892, under royal patent. a colonial
postotfice system was established. 1t
was necessarily of very imperfect and
limited character, owing to the scattered
condition of the population. Under this
system, say Bancroft, letters could be
forwarded eight times a yerr from Phil
adelphia to Virginia. In 1710, under
general act of parliament for establish
ing postal system throughout the Do
minion of Great Britain, postal service
was inaugurated, extending along the
coast from Maine TO Philadelphia and
thence southwark into Virginia and the
Carolinas. The mail service, especially
in the south, was extremely scanty and |
poer. In 1853 Benjamin Franklin was
appointed deputy postmaster general for |
America, and held this Office until 1874 |
Upan the outbreak Of hostilities with |
Great Britain, in 1.15, the colonies were |
thrown upon their own resources for the /
maintenance OF communication. In /
that year the continental congress ap- /
pointed Franklin postmaster-general,i
and provided for line Of mail transpor- !
tation from Falmouth, Me-, to Savannah. |
Ga, with certain cross lines. No stats |
tics relating to the postoffice under the |
continental congress have been preserv- /
ed, and the earliest authentic inforna- |
ton regarding this branch of the govern
ment besrs date 1870. The service had |
been organized as a department of the /
United States government on September /
2eed of the year preceding.
The department during tie first
year of its existence comprising seven
u-aIs Rostaflces and ea1led O. lssssl
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-09
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Guthrie had its first 'soiree' on the
night of the Fourth.
The police of Guthrie received their new
uniforms the other day.
Every Oklahoma paper: 1--WE are the
largest and best paper in Oklahoma.
The first baptism in Oklahoma took
place in the Canadian river near Oklahoma
City at 3 O'Clock Sunday.
Guthrie papers are at present undergo
ing a severe attack of Citizen" Con
slant Reader" and ''Veritas"
At Oklahoma city a coon and white
man had a slight variance which resulted
in the white man getting thumped with a
billet of wood, which is sort of billet
doux
Doe East, the policeman, who had his
chest crushed ia the disaster of the Fourth
at Oklahoma City, is one of the victims
who is nor improving much. lie still suf-
fers greatly.
Marshal Thornton arrested one Elmer
Clanton about thirteen miles southwest of
Oklahoma City, on the complaint of as
sault with intent to kill one ketchem. He
was brought be fore United States Com
missioner Sommer and bound over 70
Wichita.
The Oklahoma Chief, at Oklahoma City.
SSNS III f4tuibI1 VI a ti1 i4t q CedutlIul
plot Of ground comprising ten acres. ad ia
cent to the river, will be dedicated to the
city for park To be known as Payne's
park. in honor of the late David l. Payne,
the leader of the Oklahoma movement.
Guthrie Capital: Captain Theo. Pierce,
mayor Of Crescent City, came in last night
The city authorities OK that town are put
ting in bridges and culverts and otherwise
the new road from Guthrie 70
Kingfisher, running through Crescent
City. This route Is about seven miles
shorter than the present route.
Arkansas City Dispatch: Prof Thos s.
Murray came up from Guthrie yesterday
evening. lie reports everything lovely in
the queen city" of the Cimarron. Large
fine brick buildings are takiog the place
Of the board shanties; the principal streets
are being graded 10 receive the ties for the
electric railway; electric Light will soon |
llumine the most beautifully located city /
u the west
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-09
CONVENTION OF SCHOOL OFFICERS
To the Editor of the Eagle.

To the Editor Of the Eagle.
The call for a county convention of
school officers to be held next Saturday
is new departure in this county but a
step in the right direction. There are
several questions relating to school in
terests upon which many of the school
officers and patrons would like to be in
formed and in no better way can this
information be gained than through dis
cussions at meetings of this kind The
needs of our school have increased even
more rapidly than the growth in num-
bers, and those most interested have
been given little time or opportunity for
their investigation. 1t is 10 be hoped
that the school officers in the county
will make special efforts to attend this
convention as it will be of inestimable
value in presenting more clearly the
duties they owe as guardians of the edu-
cational interests Of the country.
A SCHOOL OFFICER.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-09

Everybody is satisfied that the Mad
den-Johnstown incident was myth, in
asmuch as no such person as the one
mentioned in that connection is known
by anybody m this state, but it has had
the effect of giving Kansas no
toriety none the less undesira-
BILE, not to say injurious, for be-
ing a pure manufacture. 1t will serve a
long time as a point for envious out
siders, who never fail of an opportunity
to ring the changes on it. Here is the
latest from a Missouri paper, but its
source divests it of surprise or hurt:
''Sam Jones proved to be regular Kan
sas orator the other day in Summit,
Miss. He said that his grandmother
never read the bible and went straight
to hell. Several left the church, but the
reverend gentleman said they were all
going to HE'LL
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-09

miles of post routes. The revenue
was S37, 935, and the expenditures $780,
140. of which $22, 0S1 was paid for trans
portation of mails and IS, 1913 for salaries
of postmasters. The postal revenue was,
on an average, barely cent for each
man, woman and child of the popula-
ton. In 1890 the postal service had de-
veloped until at that time the number of
postotfices DAD reached A., $50: mail was
carried over 343, SSS miles of post-routes:
the receipts were S33, SIS, 479: and the
expenditures $50, 542 ,S04, of which S22,-
255, 1884 was for transmission of mails
and $7,701 Ala for salaries of postmast-
ers. The receipts per capita of the pop
ulation had increased to 66.4 per cent.
the census of 1890 will show still greater
DEVELOPMENT.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-09
THE SUN SPOT THEORY.

The numerous and unusually severe
storms and atmospheric disturbances
that have occurred during this year may
have their Experimentation as many
people are of such things-traced to an
extraordinary spot which is now appar-
ent on the suns surface, and visible to a
good eye with the aid of smoked glass.
This spot is said to be fully three times
the diameter of the earth and of rather
irregular outline.
The theory, believed by some, that
such spots as these now present have a
direct relation to atmospheric disturb
ances on our earth, will meet with close
attention this year among such
believers, who do not COM
prehend the best authorities
in astronomy or meteorology, however.
These sun spots while never absent, seem
to change their conditions with some
regularity, reaching their maximum in
about eleven years, at which times, says
the weather wise individuals referred to
above, we will surely experience I'M
wonted atmospheric disturbances, also
earthquakes and magnetic disturbances.
However much or little truth there
may be in this, certain it is that the
epochs of unusual storms and the ex-
istence of increased magnitude Of the
suns spots have at least been co-incident
Observers interested in such phenom-
ena will be on the qui vive this season
and their observations may lead to some
thing of value to the scientific world.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-09

Several years ago the commission sent
by President Grant to make inquiry into
the condition of affairs in Hayti, made
report on their return, in which report
they recommended the acquisition of the
island by the United States government
in the interest of peace on the island and
the welfare of its inhabitants. Fred
erick Douglass was member of the said
commission and he urged the adoption
of the annexation idea by the govern
ment. The condition of affairs in the
black republic have not materially
changed since that time, certainly not
for the better, and it is altogether p1ob-
able that Mr.. Douglass, who is now the
accredited representative of this gov
eminent there, will feel constrained to
renew his former recommendation. 1t
would certainly be good thing for
Hayti though it is not the most desir-
able thing on our part.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-09
SANTA FE STOCK AND WICHITA.

kansas City Times
Business men who do not regularly read
the New York stock quotations will be
surprised to learn the fact that Atchison,
Topeka X Santa lie railroad stocks closed
on the New York stock exchange yesterday
at 3S15. Less than two years ago Atchison
stock sold at par. The owners of this
property, in their public statements re-
gardlng the matter, for year past, have
attributed the decline to short crops This
solution of the problem, in view of the
present excellent crop prospects through
out the southwestern territory, will not be
accepted as satisfactory, especially in view
of the fact that, Notwithstanding the pros
poets, the stock steadily climbs lower. 1t
is reported from Topeka, Kan, the west
ern headquarters of the Atchison COMPANY.
that its traffic department is at
present entirely reconstructing its freight
tariffs and passen ger rates so as to give
other cities in Kansas the same advantages
in rates as were accorded to Wichita by
the recent decision of the Kansas board of
railroad commissioners. II is interesting
TO observe in this connection that a fancied
grievance against Wichita harbored by
some of the officials of the Atchison cost
that corporation hundreds of thousands of
dollars in freight traffic to that place while
1t was building.
1t will no doubt be news TO the bust
ness men. to her producers and shippers.
that the Santa Fe officials have a griev-
ance against our city, imaginary or
otherwise. We never heard complaint
that the Santa Fe didn't receive her full
share of the business of Wichita and
that she was not only satisfied but proud
of the commercial metropolis of Kansas,
which has paid the Santa Fe more dol
lars-hundreds of thousands of more
dollars-than have been received by that
road from any other town or city in
Kansas.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-09
ITEMS FROM HARPER,

To TIE Editor OF the Eagle,
Harper has been made a city Of the
second class. An election of new officers
will be held August Il.
The county institute commences Mon
day morning with Prof. Cook as con-
ductor and Prof. Hendershott, of Sedan,
as instructor.
Judge Fisher has been very busy
during the last ten days, two famous
cases IN his court. One was case where
a twenty-five cent dog had been killed.
The other is q singular case; suit over
a communion set. The Christian church
was divided last winter over the organ
question and now they are law
ing over the communion service.
We regret that these brethren must go
TO law. The community would have
cheerfully contributed money to pur-
chase a communion service and thus
save the gossip which must grow out of
such q course.
The crops around Harper are the finest
we have ever seen. The oats are being
cut and will yield from 60 TO so bushels
per acre. The peaches are abundant aud
Of very fine quality. They are selling
at 30 cents bushel.
\. N. Dumay. of the Harper National
bank. moved this week TO Brunswick,
Mo-. his future home 3ue
b. j. Wrightsman was trading in
Wichita this week. 1t is understood
that he will have position in the Har-
per National bank.
Mrs. a. F. Garland and her daughter
Louie will leave in few days for an ex-
tensive visit in Iowa and Michigan.
The battle between the two papers. we
are glad TO announce, is over, and since
the smoke is over our people have rest
The EAGLE is welcome visitor to
Harper. Without fiattery, we want TO
say the EAGLE is one Of the best dailies
N the West, 4RA
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-09

From late dispatches from Berlin it
seems that the little Swiss republic is
about to rival the Bulgarian principalitv
as 4 bone of contention between the
great powers. The secret of the matter.
as for as the Swiss imbrogho is concern
ed, is that the young German emperor is
spelling far fight, and in the absence of
q better casus belh towards anv other
power that he cares or dares 10 tackle
his thoughts intuitively so to speak turn
TO the south, towards his country's i'm
placable enemy, the French. \ lick at
Switzerland would mean aslap at France
and as such would certainly be resented
by the latter. Periodical lood-letting
seems TO be necessary 10 the health of
Europe and it is about time for the oDer-
alton to be performed,
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-09
THE EXPRESS COMPANIES NEXT.
To ia Edir0r of the EAGLE

To the Editor of the Eagle.
Dear S!r-You are certainly to be con-
graduated in the successful termination
of the fight which you made on the Mis-
souri, river pool Allow me to call your
attention to one more combination that
needs its back broken right badly-it is
is the express companies combination.
The law of our state expressly forbids
any combination of corporations or COM
panies, and yet these companies are vio-
lating law every hour, and our jobbers
are suffering from it every hour, both in
shipping in and out, do not presume
the companies will learn lesson or take
hint from the late railroad decision
and make a fair reduction all round
but wait until the screws are put to
them. Please stick the EAGLES bill or
talons in them. We must have better
express rates. BUSINESS MAN.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-09
UaBian's Praise Of ss.rIs.

Tie San FraHcisco chrouielo Is Quoted -
giving AZ interview with Haziza. tie sr-
champion scullsr q tbs worii. In Which 10 Is
fall Of praise q the young Australian, taarls,
who VIII E3est O'CoaBor for the Champion
silip u the world this autumn IN Enziand
Harlan declares th2: for form. pace snd
stamina ho has never seen hls equal. snd that
be far OgtclzsSes Gscn men a. Beach aud
Ksr1r. however good tSoso two may "a
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-09

1t seems strange that if st. Joseph and
Kansas City are making fortunes in SELL
Ing liquors in prohibition Kansas that the
citizens In those two towns are SO earnest
in their work to have the law repealed
Springfield, Mo-, Leader.
That is a poser that staggers everybody
when they come to think of the very
active interest manifested in the matter
by the towns named. Bah.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-09

The recent racket about freight rates Tor
Kansas towns we notice does not reduce
the clamor of railroada to get into kaws-
mouth.-K. G. Gazette.
Can't say as to that. but the racket
raised by some that stop there to get out
is attracting no little attention. The
days of breaking bulk there are num-
bered, George, and you would do well to
make YOUR calculations accordingly.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-09
AMERICAN TRADE ~ GERMANY.

Consul Weilep, Of Sonneberg, writing
Of the American trade in Germany says:
Brooms manufactured Of broom
corn imported from the United States
are sold everywhere, but they are far in
ferior To American made broorns, moth
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-09

T Dorsey, 238 n Main St
J Comfy, 228 \ Main St
Herman, 213 \ Main ST.
Peckham & Dresser, 33S \ Main ST.
Chas Lawrence, log Douglas Ave.
Keister & Wallace Douglas and Topeka Ave.
The Kansas News Co, los y Main ST
Geo Stedman. 21st ST and Topeka Ave.
G NJ Huff. 703 y Main ST
Geo McNeal, 212 \ Main ST
W Livingston, 100 East Oak street
Wagner & Carlton, Col East Oak street
Victor w Brown, 1903 w Douglas ave.
r a Spears, Candy Kitchen
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-09

Prof. Shows report for June shows
that less than half the rain fell last
month at Lawrence than fell last year
for the same month. 1t was the coolest
June with three exceptions In twenty
two wears
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-09
aailg eagle
MARSHALL NJ. MURDOCH, Editor.

The entire rainfall for the first six
months OF 1889, at Lawrence, Kansas, is
the greatest for the same months in
twenty-one years, measuring 20.12
inches
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-09

Belle PLANE News. Kansas and Der
people are making great commonx wealth
Of Oklahoma The foster care u Kansas
for the infant, accounts for is rapid
growth, and the peace aDd quietude u
society
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-09

1t is estimated that if, under more
careful tillage, all the cotton lands of
Mississippi were utilized, the full crop
of that state alone would equal the
largest crop ever produced in the whole
United States. Whether from more
rareful tillage or other causes the crop
of last year lacked but little of being
double that of 1860. Cotton is the great
southern staple ana will continue to be,
but if the south depended upon it for its
prosperity it would grow poorer year by
year, Notwithstanding the constant in
crease of the product. No crop that re-
quires thirteen months of the year to get
off of hand can be made uniformly prof
table. Similar conditions exist in
tobacco growing regions and with SINH
tar results, which readily account for
the lack of thrift in those parts as COM
pared TO the west where diversified
crops and stock are the order.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-09

General Butler is reconstructing his
tory with great rapidity. His latest per-
Torrance is an effort to prove that it was
the Union navy that prevented the Sic
cess of the Dutch Gap canal. 1t has long
been believed that Lees troops had
something to do with that result. But
according to General Buffers war his
tory the real conflict that distracted the
country twenty odd years ago was be-
tween the Union army and United
States navy-not between the forces of
Federal government and those of the in
surgepts of Southsrn States. What a
pity Beauregard cannot be induced to
leave the lottery business long enough to
go up and bottle up the redoubtable hero
of Big Bethel and Dutch Gap again.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-09

Secretary WINDOWS experience in the
matter Of receiving and listening to the
importunate seekers after place can
not but be the experience of his brother
chiefs of departments, not excepting
the chief of all, the president, but it is
not likely that any of the others will fol-
low the example of the financial secre-
tary and cut off the hungry hord from
personal interviews except as he wills to
see them, at least not until the effect of
the new rule that has just been put into
force by Mr.. Window shall have been
ascertained. The ordeal to which dis
pensers of patronage are subjected must,
indeed, be severe and trying, but it is
part of the the inheritance, SO to speak,
and the attempt to shirk it will no doubt
raise-well, a vigorous kick if nothing
more.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-09

The furore raised last year among the
cotton planters of the south by the
manipulations of the jute trust so as to
advance the price of cotton bagging
about 25 per cent, and that caused earn
est inquiry 10 be made into the practical
bility of substituting cotton cloth
especially made for that purpose for jute
bagging, is still subject of absorbing
interest in that section. The New Or
leans cotton exchange has taken a de-
Cided step in favor of recognizing the
justice of the action taken at the Birm-
tngham meeting, and have submitted
proposition to the cotton exchanges of
the country calling for an expression as
to their willingness TO allow the differ
ence of eight pounds at market price in
favor of cotton wrapped in cotton. New
Orleans is the greatest American spot
market, and as it decides SO the others
will agree.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-09

They do say that Marsh Murdoch would
be put on resubmission ticket as a can
didate for governor. He would make a
great race. and withal good governor
Kansas City Times.
Kansas City, Missouri, would march
oyer Kansas City, Kansas. in solid
columns to vote against Marsh Murdoch
for governor though the platform upon
which he stood should be loaded to the
guards with whisky and floated in an
ocean of beer. Of course it would be
"great race as Kansas City's forty
thousand contingent would not only
lend to cut down our eighty-two thous-
and majority but render the race warm
"withal for the good governor"
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-09

For long time and until within a
comparatively short time since the
Chinese were considered the most in
genious and inventive people in the
world. They have, indeed, given the
world some Of its most important dis
coveries and inventions, but they all
ante-date the era of the American Van
iee. 1t is but very few years since
the first railway was built and put in
operation, and now the application of
electricity 10 industrial uses is Just find
Ing its way into their midst. The
Chinese papers mention that electric
lighting is becoming general in all their
large cities, and is gaining ground in the
smaller places. Pekin, Hong Kong,
Shanghai, Canton, and other large cities
have now a considerable number of
lights. AtVictoria. the capital of Hong
Kong, a public company has been
formed, and the machinery for central
station has just been ordered. Verify
the world takes its cue in every thing
progressive from America and TIE United
States.
Wichita eagle., 1889-07-09

1t is becoming more and more evident
every day that all the talk in the dis
patches about impending rate wars and
other alleged complications between the
railroads of the country is but shrewd
scheme on the part of the railroads to
get constant and unlimited advertising
at the expense of the Associated Press,
the telegraph and the newspapers. No
good ever comes Of it to the public In
the way Of cheaper rates, as is clearly
shown in the G. A. Rs. effort TO get a
satisfactory rate to their annual national
encampment. The EAGLE is getting
tired of the imposition and it is satisfied
the reading public is also. Such Incl
dents go to prove to the public that the
rates agreed upon by the rival lines are
higher than is just, else there would be
no room for cutting, and consequently
no ground for complaint thereat.