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Wichita eagle., 1889-09-14

The Burton Graphic OF this week
gives the details in part of the arrange
ments now making there for a gen
eral business reciprocity between the
Santa Fe and Frisco railroads
at that place The Graphic says the
water tank and pump have been complet-
Ell and the large force of men are at
work on the transfer sheds, engine house
and union depot, which has until recent
ly, been a thing Of doubt. but has now
been decided upon and the men are at
work on the platform. which VIII be six
teen feet wide and extend 500 feet on the
Santa Fe and goo feet on the Frisco
tracks. Heretofore Burton has not been
much adyantaged by the junction Of
these roads there beyond the conven-
ience of having the two routes for freight
shipments and routes of travel. The
new arrangement Will necessarily emnlov
4 number Of people there whose residence
cannot tail 10 augment local interests III
no small degree.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-14

Col. D. R. Anthony alleges that Topeka
''is not a city, but only an aggregation of
boarding houses, built up aud sustained
by the rest of the state If that isn't re-
beillon, what is?-Emporia Republican.
Its rebellion, the overt act. and Il An
thony was not bullet-proof we would
favor shooting him. How would hang
ing work? Topeka has reputation you
you know for string people up to tele-
graph poles along the principal business
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-14
Kansas Heads The Roster.
GiC-s- Dezl g---2t

The state q Kansas today Is probably
attracting more attention that any other
state Yves; Of the Mississippi, on account
Of the abundance and quality q her farm
products. To-Day Kansas can show to
the eastern farmers wealth of cereals
as has never been seen before. Here
lies an empire which, Il l. said. produces
more than al the &ew England states
put together. More wealth than al tss
mines IN the whole world. 10 estl-
mated IsrC,iuct o. tbs mines beng Si7j.-
Gsl.0si; Kansas farm prodgcts VIII be
more than SZeG tssi, 90.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-14

Stanley, the explorer, has made an
other dive into the wilderness OF central
Africa. He may bob up or the sea coast
IN October bUt 1t Is doubtful. Stanley is
4 slick sinner and is playing the ex-
pectant world for all his alleged exploits
are worth. About the time he reappears
1t will be found necessary, doubtless. Tor
him 10 again TO hasten TO the rescue Of
Emin Pasha who by that time VIII be in
leopariY aoain
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-14

The Democrat papers are Growing over
Judge Sam Peters interview. Better
wait till we have elected our speaker and
appointed the committee on privileges
and elections before Growing too much.
Sam says he didn't observe any crooked
ness. Neither did we. They don't turn
headlight reflector on political crooked
ness in Louisiana. Democratic rascal
ity" indeed. There is no other kind
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-14

Kansas City, after levying license
tax on her saleswomen and lady clerks,
is now proposing mill levy on all prop
erty as "a developing resource fund. "
In the language OF the deceased grim
chieftain, ''Great God" Poor old Mis-
souri,. what next?
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-14

1t Is announced that Editor Grady of
the Atlanta Constitution has signitied
his Willingness to serve an admiriug con
stltuency in congress. If he had con-
ferred with Editor Watterson Of the
Louisville Courier-Journal beforehand
ne probably would not have so sicnified.
\ brief experience in that line gave the
latter gentleman notorlety that VIII last
as long as his name, though of sort he
10 doubt would gladly obliterate.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-14

Now that Congressman Peters has
spoken. Republican journals are squawk-
ing very little about Democratic rascality
in the Third Louisiana district.-K. c.
Times,
There is faint suspicion that, being
experts, those chaps set up the game on
our Sam, who seemed to be paying more
attention to good fellowship than to
watching ballot boxes
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-14

Troy Chief: We have been asked the
object of the deep water convention
shortly to be held at Topeka, and why SO
many delegates have been appointed.
We presume, of course, that the object
is to make water, and if it is to be very
deep, the more delegates the better.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-14

The Capital speaks of a charter having
been taken out by Bishop Ninde, Ber-
nard Kelly and others for Methodist
university the superstructure or build
ings to cost $50,000, which that paper
says is to be the largest denominational
institution in the west. The editor of
the Capital would do well to DO little
travelling in his own state.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-14

The killed and injured by the Ant
werp dynamite disaster number 435, ac-
cording to latest reports-casualties
equalmg those Of great battle, to say
nothing of the loss OF property and the
inconvenience and suffering to the thou
sands who were rendered homeless and
left without means of support for time.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-14
Tre wise Course.

SflsEWtcS Panfsl<-aifa-
The wise farmer will feed the most of
his immense crop Of corn 10 hogs and
Cattle. and after having fitted his stock
for the market, ship 10 Wichita. thus
patronizing home industry and enter
prise,
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-14

The Shawnee Democrats became SO
enthusiastic at their convention the other
day that they yelled and threw up their
hats. They kept it up all night and the
next morning threw up their boots
Emporia Republican.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-14

The kindly Offices of Cardinal Manning
as peacemaker between the dock COM
panies and the strikers in London seem
to have had about the same effect as an
interference in a family row has, that is
to concentrate the fight from both sides
of the contest upon himself. The end to
the trouble doesn't appear to be any
nearer than when it first begun.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-14

AS bit of cOquettery the st. Lonis
Globe Democrat suggested. day or two
ago, that Leavenworth could get the
Worlds Far for 1892 by asking for it.
If the suggestion doesn't serve as a red
flag Haunted in the face of the Sni Hill
taurus, it will probably have the desired
effect. The Globe displays fine acumen
in the incident in any event,
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-14

al regret to part with Tanner" said the
president ''However, l know an excel
lent man in Indiana to fiji the place. |
have very much regretted all along that
Tanner was not an Indiana man. "-Em-
poria Republican.
What's the matter with making
good rebel Of you? On with the rebel
lion, we have another recruit.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-14
Where Thev Came From.

Spinach and the peach came originally
radish are natives of Great Britain: FL
berts and ounces originally came from
Greece; sage and peas, from the south
Europe, melons from Asia, sweet mar ia
ram from Peru, the turnip from Rome,
nasturtium from Peru. beans from
Egypt, ginger from East and West In
dies, and damsons from Damascus. The
Sunflower is indigenous to Kansas.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-14

Sol Miller has turned his attention to
anatomy, but our old friend is respect
fully notified that we have no desire TO
figure as one of his subjects.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-14

Vests beef combine investigation
seems to be a farce, and pretty broad
one at that.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-14

Humphrey did big thing appointing
that man F'irman to represent Kansas at
the Paris exposition.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-14

Fort Scott is planning for trades dis
play and carnival during fair week at
that place.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-14
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
Give the Boys q Chance.

GIES lLIe bOy5 q NuaIICe,
VIII White In Lawrence Journal
Victor Murdock. son of Colonel VI. VI.
Murdock, of the Wichita EAGLE is doing
some first-rate work for his father
paper. Victor is something of q scholar
and uses excellent English. He has
studied unaided, Greek and Latin as far
as they are pursued in the ordinary col
lege course, and he IS also we'll UP in
current English and EnrOpean literature
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-10-10
.-.nt and snccfacIcs.

A recent writer ON opihalm;c sur
gerry calls attention to the fact that
many cases OF ''squint' in children,
which, If left to themselves, become
so pronounced that only a surgical
operation can be of service to them,
would be easily cured by the use of
proper spectaeles if seen by a compe-
tent specialist in the earlier stages of
the affection. The present generation,
he saws. has witnessed many improve
ments in the operation for squint. The
objects to be aimed at by operations
have become we'll understood. But it
is stated that board schools and others
educational establishments are still
busily engaged in manufacturing fresh
cases, though, thanks TO improved
spectacles, there are now fewer squints
requiring operation than formerly.
Age is hardly bar TO the wearing of
spectacles, quite young children soon
becoming accustomed TO their use. IL
is possible that enthusiastic specialists
may sometimes carry their principles
too far. The sight of so many boys
and girls in streets and schools aud
offices with ''spectacles on nose" is not
encouraging. Still, If many of the
youthful patients are merely under
going a temporary treatment for
squint, there is less reason for regret
Undoubtedly it is better for a child to
wear spectacles for a few years, and
thus be cured, than to have to run the
risk of tendon section in later life.
London Hospital
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-10-10
Sharp Trading.

Thrifty country people sometimes
drive bargain, after a fashion of
their own An old lady who had been
away on avisit, wanted her trunk car
ried from the railroad station to her
house, two miles distant, and called
upon one of her neighbors to ask if he
could go and get it. He 'reckoned
he could" whereupon the old lady
asked, ''How much will it be wuthl"
"Well, | dunno" was the careful
reply, "what are you willin to pay2"
"Oh, I'm willin' to pay what's
right"
About how much do you reckon
it's wuth2"
well, what do you say2'
Il skasly know; I'd ruther you'd
say what you'd give.
No; prefer having you say what
you think you'd ought to lave.
II RELY don't know exaody what to
say"
After ten minutes or more OF this
non committal conversation. the man
grows desperate.
well, would a quarter be too
much2" he asks.
mo; [ don't know as il would
though | callated on gettin' it doue
for bout twenty cents. "
"Well, s'posin' we call it twenty
cents, then2'
"Oh, I'm willin' to pay the other
five if you feel it's wuth it. | want
to pay all a things wuth. :"
They finally agree on twenty cents,
the old lady saying that she'll make
the other five up 10 him sometime. -
Youths Companion.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-10-10

During the campaign of 1864 Mr.. D.
R. Locke Petroleum V Nasby) was
temporary resident of this city and
made an Arrangement with The In
dianapolis Journal to publish his let
ters, for which he paid The Journal 50
each, that being about the price of the
composition. The Journal loaned the
type to Messrs. Asher & Adams, a To-
cal publishing house of that day, and
they published the letters in yellow
covered pamphlet for the author AT
that time Nasty" had not acquired a
national reputation, as might be in
ferred from his paying The Journal 81
each for publishing his letters. They
had already been printed in an Ohio
paper, but he wanted to give them
wider circulation and more permanent
form, and adopted this method Of do
ing it. The yellow covered pamphlet
issued in this city was his first attempt
at book making.-Indianapolis Jour
nal
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-10-10
Origin of the Name Tacoma.

1t may be added that the name Ia
coma was never known till Theodore
Winthrop's remarkable book, "The
Canoe and the Saddle" appeared in
November, 1862, says The Portland
Oregonian. In 1852 Winthrop went
to Panama for William L. Aspinwall,
and visited California and Oregon the
next year In August, 1858, he was
at Puget sound, and resolved to return
to the east across the plains. His
book, written in somewhat sopho-
morical style, but remarkable for its
poetic, imaginative and descriptive
passages, gives an account of his voy-
age with Indians in canoe through
Puget sound and his horseback ride
over the Cascade mountain from Mes
qually to the Dalles, with Indian
guides. In this book the great noun
tain gets the name Tacoma. Win
throp processes to have obtained the
name from his Indian guides, and he
gives his Imagination play in super
natural legend of the mountain. 1t is
probable that the name Tacoma" was
a result of his effort to reproduce or
initiate word given him by his
guides, who were Yakima Indians,
and that the word was common one
used by these Indians as term for all
snow white mountain peaks The
name of the city of Tacoma was taken
by its founders from Winthrops book.
Winthrop was killed at Big Bethel,
Va, early in the war of the Rebellion,
and ''The Canoe and Saddle" with
other books he had written, and which
evidently had lain some time in his
desk, was published Immediately after
his death.-Seattle Journal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-10-10

1t is astonishing that out of the
large number of girls that learn short
hand and typcwriting how few there
are who make successo OF IL The
colleges have been crowded with
shorthand and typewriter students for
the last four or five years, and yet
even now expert operators are not by
any means drug in the market. One
would think, considering the large
number of girls that have studied
shorthand and typewriting, that it
would be AN easy matter to secure
good operators, but although incom-
petent operators are plentiful can as
sure you that there are very few "ex-
perts" hunting positions. Any one
who doubts this can try the expert
ment of trying to secure the services
of a first class typewriter in hurry,
and ne will meet with disappoint-
ments that will convince him of the
truth of my emarks.-Interview in
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-10-10
A SINGULAR CITY.


Neltner SnOp, nor
Lying between Assam and Burmah
is the remote little hill state of Mani
pur, lately visited by Indian officers,
one of whom, writing on the forests of
the state in Indian Forests, gives an ex-
traordinary account of Imphail, the
capital It is situated in what appears
a dense forest
Neither spires nor chimneys cut
the blue sky, nor is smoke observed to
ascend from the sylvan scene of the
capital. Nothing, in fact, bespeaks of
the busy home of 10000 to 10000
people, and yet hidden away among
these trees is the palace of the rajah,
and hard by are the houses of his fa-
vorites, each family having large
inclosure around the homestead. I'M
phail may thus be described as city
of villages, or rather suburban resi-
dences, around the palace Straight,
wide roads, lined with trees. frequently
intersecting each other at right angles,
afford the means of communication,
but neither shop, artisan nor wheeled
conveyance exists in the city; indus
try and skill occur only in the distant
rural homes"
The people of the capital are the
promoted favorites of the ruler, who
have had assigned to them plots of
ground near the palace, and live by
pressing upon the prosecuted agricul-
turists of the state
The capital of Manipur is a royal
residence dedicated to luxury and
amusement The streets are crowded
with smiling healthy faces, of which
few bear the marks of toll or labor.
There are no schools in the state, and
court favor and promotion are secured
by success in polo. Coinage is un-
known, and the men are not allowed
to trade; imports and exports, except
in certain articles that yield a royal
revenue, are practically prohibited
The women from the distant vii
lagos repair on a certain day to the cap
ital or to other recognized centers.
Each carries on her head neatly made
square basket, in which has been
placed the surplus stock of the home
stead, the labors of her industrial
skill or of her husbands agricultural
knowledge. On reaching the market
place the contents of these baskets are
exposed and bartered, when each re-
turns again to her family, carrying off
the proceeds.
On market days the long, straight
road from Bishenpur to Imphail is
crowded by groups of women hurry
ing to and fro Each wears an ele-
gantly striped dress III bright colors
made of silk and cotton. The stripes
run along the length. and top and bot
tom are neatly embroided. A long piece
of cloth is cleverly carried across the
breast and just under The armpits, in
stead of round the waist, and is firmly
tucked up, SO that the top embroider-
ed edge falls forward, adding an adj
ditional fold to the garment, while the
bottom edge reaches a little below the
knees. The legs asd arms are left ex-
posed. The women are the only trad
ers in the whole state. London Times.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-10-10
The Oueen's Closed Rooms.

When Queen Victoria dies the nu-
merous suites of rooms now closed in
the royal palace will probably be re
opened for occupancy. The queen
has strong penchant for closing
rooms once used by her friends. The
apartments in Claremont in which
the Princess Charlotte died more than
seventy years ago are vigorously
closed. Prince Albert's apartments at
Windsor, Osborne and Balmoral are
all kept precisely as they were when
he was alive The duchess of Kent's
rooms at Frogmore are also shut up
which renders that abode absolutely
useless, as they are the best in the
house. The queen has also kept John
Browns rooms at Windsor entirely
closed since the death of that domestic.
Exchange.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-10-10
PRESENT AND PROSPECTIVE.

Alone, alone sit and think
How friends have crossed the rivers brink
The narrow bounds which all must pass
Mown down and withered like the grass.
The years have sS-d, but hopes are left
High as the Oly.l Jus mountain clid.
Shall they be shatteredi Nay, not so:
Higher they rise as on 80.
The sun shines low at early morn,
As from the east its rays are borne,
And at meridian, more its glow
Revives al living things below.
And shall not the aspiring soul
Meet its desire with more control
Than first it drew its vital breathe
Shall il fall helpless in the shades OF deaths
Nature and God proclaim aloud
Though man puts on the funeral shroud-
Yet shall he live again" and love the more
The power creative. as unseen before
Like autumn leaves we droop and fall
From the shorn tree, and like pail
Falling o'cr earth, when faith anew is given,
Which centers in the blissful hope OF heaven
Be steadfast. friends, for life is very brief,
What now is joyous soon may turn to grief;
"Do unto others you'd wish them do to you''-
What fails you here viii be redeemed anew.
George w. Parsons in the Salem Gazette.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-10-10
RUSSIAN TAXATION.
The Heavy Burden Laid Upon the Peas
ants Is More Than They Can Bear.


The Heavy Burden Laid Upon the Peas
ants Is More Than They Can Bear.
The burdens of the peasantry are
very heavy. In Russia the superior |
classes enjoy many exemptions from
taxations, and the public revenue is
taken mainly from the peasant classes.
The annual redemption money they
have to pay to the state for their land is
a most serious obligation, and between
one thing and another the burdens on
the land IN vast number of cases ex-
ceed It's net return very considerably.
Professor Thun states that in 1900
cases of letting holdings which had
occurred IN the province of Moscow at
the time he wrote the average rent re-
ceived was only 3 rubles, Sc kopecks
per ''soul, Qand share while the
average taxation was 10 rubles, SO ko-
pecks. Stepniak says that in thirty
seven provinces of European Russia
the class who were formerly state
peasants pay III taxes of every descrip-
ton no less than 92.7 rs per cent. of the
average net produce of their land, and
that the class who were formerly serfs
of private owners pay as much as
1o~. pOASS'Ae- Va litC iSe pIOd0tS Vi
theirs.
Land owning on these terms is man
ifestly a questionable privilege, and
the moujik pays his land taxes as the
Scotch crofter has sometimes to pay
his rent, not out of the produce of his
holding, but out of the wages of his
auxiliary labor, but the Scotch crof-
ter, under his system of individual
tenure, has one great resource which is
wanting to the other-he can always
cut the knot of his troubles by throw
ing up his holding, if he chooses, and
emigrating.
To the Russian peasant emigration
brings no relief. He is born a propri-
etor and cannot escape the obligation
of his position wherever be may go.
He may try to let his ground-and in
many cases he does-but, as we see,
he cannot often get enough rent to
meet the dues. He may leave his viii
lage, if he will, but his village liabili-
ties travel with him wherever he may
settle He cannot obtain work any
where in Russia without showing his
pass from his own commune; and
since, under the principle of joint IL
system, the members of the commune
who remain at home would have to
pay the emigrants arrears if he failed
to pay them himself, they are not
likely to renew the pass to de-
faulter.
The Russian peasants are thus near
ly as much adstricti gleba as they
ever were; they are now under the
power of the commune as completely
as they were before under the power
of their masters, and their difficulty
is still how they can possibly obtain
emancipation. Sometimes they will
defy the commune, forego the advan-
tage of a lawful pass, crowd the
ranks of that large body in Russia
who are known as the illegal men"
and sometimes, we are assured, by
Professor Thun, a whole village,
every man and every family, will
secretly disappear in body and seek
refuge from the tax collector by set
Ting in the steppes. National Re
view
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-10-10

There is one other thing that ought
to be made a penal offense, with a
minimum fine of at least 5000, with
Imprisonment of not less than six
months 1t is that of doubling the
statements of man who has been
a-fishing Fish have been caught
ever since hooks were invented. The
fish were made to be caught. They
rather expect it. 1t is no trick at all
to catch fish. And yet as Jones re-
turns from his vacation he is stopped
and asked:
Been awayG" Yes"
up northi" Yes"
Went fishing, SUPPOSED" "Of
course"
Catch anything" Certainly
''H'mi Caught some four Founders,
l presumed"
Yes; l caught one which weighed
seven pounds,
"H'ml Good-byl'
Jones not only caught one weigh
ing seven pounds, but a number
which weighed five and six pounds
apiece. but he dared not speak of it.
Even with what he did say he felt
that the other man believed him to be
liar. As he walked on he felt be-
Titled and degraded, and he made up
his mind to tell bold lie on the next
occasion and declare that he did not
even see a fish while he was gone.
Something should be done in this mat
ter, and it cannot be done too soon.
A man should be protected in telling
the truth as well as in life and limb. =
Detroit Free Press.