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Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05
THE SILK CONVENTION.

The Silk Growers convention will meet
at the board of trade rooms in Wichita,
April 10, at 2 p. m. Hon. Phillip Walker
from the department of agriculture will
address the meeting. Wichita's new
mayor, Hon. Geo. w. Clement, will de-
liver an address. Miss NJ. NJ. Davidson,
of Junction City, will have a valuable
article for the convention. Mrs. Lora
R. Priddy, of Wichita, will contribute
an interesting essay and others are ex-
pected to assist the meeting. A silk ex-
hibit with new appliances has been Or
dered from Washington. These features
in addition to the Importance OF the SILK
industry and its development to this
state, cannot fail to make the occasion
one of special interest to all and should
enlist the hearty cooperation and en-
couragement of every enterprlslng
citizen.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05
PUNS AND POSERS.

SHIPS are frequently on speaking terms
and they lie to.
THE average composltor does not mince
his words when he tackles piece of pi.
A BosToN teacher told her class to write a
composition On the results of laziness. One
boy handed in a blank sheet Of paper.
1.-TWO knots an hour isn't such bad time
for clergyman, smilingly said the minister
to himself just after he had united the sec
ond couple.
The man who fell off the fence into the
brambles was much nettled by the occur
renee. We hope thistle be appreciated"
says a punster.
PROFESSOR" said a graduate, trying TO
be pathetic at parting, - am indebted TO
YOU for all know" Pray do not mention
such a trifle," was the not very fattering
reply.
A scHooLMAsTER, describing a money
lender says 80 he serves you in the pres
ent tense, he lends you in the conditional
mood, keeps you in the subjunctIve and
ruins you in the future"
A LITTLE daughter-"Can God do any
thingF" YES, certainly" ''Can He do
every thingi Are you sure, mammal"
Why, yes, Ethel. to be sure" "Wei,
"UxcLr GEORGE" SAID Sue, may have
q piece Of this mahogany veneeri" Uncle
George was In the furniture trade. "Cer-
tainlv, ny dear" replied Uncle George;
you may keep it as Sue-veneer OF your
visit"
THIS Is the toast which the modest IEsh-
man drank 20 the EnglishnAa: Here's 10
you as good as you are, and here's 70 me as
bad as am; but as good as you are, and as
bad as an, Tn as good as you are as bad
As an"
A YGyKEE was boasr.ng &c Clyde cap
tain sbo1. the large rivers q America BE
said ths: they had far larger rivers Il
America than II Scotland The captain
said "Wheesh- man, wneesh;- th1 Lord
ALMIGHTY made yours. bat we made cor
ain
SoxE Won sn-hSting editor expressed the
opinion recently thai women are never IS
successful as Dsn n their calm gs. where
upon Pueblo paper. with true Western
c.liantry, came TO tie rescue of the fair
sex with bod denial Of the assertion, and
instsnced one lady Il tie neighborhood
whose voice could be heard . 1ziis-
M" demonstrated Bobby. when Twas
at graadua's she let me have frGi.-:art
twica' Well. ste ought ros 20 hare 6ore
50, Boboy,n said his mother. y think once
Is quite enough for iit,se boys Tie oder
you grew, Bobby. tie rlore wisdom you WI
gain B5tby YVES slle7ced, bu. Only fer
Eonez,: Wei, Hla,- he sad, grandma
Is good deal o.9es ta@a yca are"
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05
a CURIOUS FAMILY.
In Fit of Anger . SON Rem aims Ia .
Room FOR fourteen Year,

In . Fit of Anger . Son Remains Ia .
Room FOR Fourteen Years
There Is no more peculiar family than The
G!enps, two sisters aud q brother, who I've
in UrbaEa, o According TO the Vsa Vert
fO1 News. al are unmarried, and John. tbs
brother. is a study. There were once three
boys. The father was odd BE would never
20 In debt Once be went 70 buy the boys
a coat each. but his money gave cut, and he
only got two. he tod John the circon-
stances. and SAID tsa. lie would 9nt HIN
one next TINE. John got mad, sad be need
never bur him one, and that he would never
wear one a. loGg as bis father lived Going
20 his room, John remained fourteen years
without . coat, and no ons ever saw him
out OF that room HIS meals were sert 70
him and he SAL there and read and thought
When the father died Joha came out, put
On coat and went 20 TIE funeral Tbs
Glenns are Soo,ch-Irish Tie coa,~of arms
ornaments the stiver. china ard front door
The Old man had money and bought iaryeiy
Of lad, and tbs estate 10 one Of the most
valuable IN Cna-pz3gn County Aftsr the
father dsed. tie Children. roceof w5orn ever
married, although al have been csrcfc3ly
educated, decided 70 have The whole house
fresooed For tea rontns n Artist WORKED
a. t5s house, ard the walls snt o-.1tngs are
covered with grotesqzs fgzres, ssrpents
AID xzsnsan-
Joaa got mad once .bo1; teessc soorsssonr.
and sau; szz sesf Ia has room for fosr pears,
coming oct 70 assezd ne f3eeral Of the
brother who had provoked hin Mary. the
younges, sister, has Charge Of i1s ncaooes
now John 10 slI;y Eve ysays c.t, sad
e.escoei white by lis ooafzecseut
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05
THE NEW EXPLOSIVE BELLITE.

The Iron Trade Review.
A company is being formed in Eng
land for the purpose of acquiring and
working patents of Bellite, which ex-
plosive was invented and patented in
Great Britain by Carl Lamm, ESQ. Trials
have been made in this country. and the
only medal at the International exhibit
ton of 1888, at Copenhagen, was
awarded 10 Bellite as "a safe and power
full explosive" Some of the chief merits
claimed are: That it is ode of the most
powerful explosives known. 1t presents
no danger whatever in manufacture, and
can only be made to explode by the aid
of a decorating cap, and is therefore
absolutely safe. There are no noxious
gases given off on explosion, and it
can be used in shells. 1t can be
manufactured and used in tropical eli
mates. 1t requires no thawing in the
coolest weather. Mr.. c. Napier Hake,
F. l. c. date chief assistant to Dr. Dupre,
of the explosive department, Home Of
fice), in reporting upon recent public
tests, states: "A careful consideration of
the experiments leads me to the conclu-
sion that Bellite possesses properties
which ought TO give it an advanced po-
sition among modern explosives. For
mining and Industrial purposes the ac-
knowledged safety of Bellite and its
great power, are said to be vouched for
By some of the best known mining en-
gineers in that country. VI. Chalon. of
Paris, auteor of the standard work, A
Treatise on Modern Explosives, declares
Bellte to be safe, powerful. fiameless and
economical. and the explosive Of the
futile. The production of such high ex-
plosiyes as dynamite and similar nitro
glycerine compounds is said TO be not
only more costly than Bellite, but also
more dangerous. Included in the pur-
chase, the company acquires the benefit
of contract Tor taking over, as going
concern, the Rotebro explosive factory
With the extensions which il is pur-
posed TO effect at the Rotebro factory,
an output of about 1900 pounds per
week can be made. Numerous enquiries
are being received for belhte, not only
from England, but from other countries.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05
KANSAS INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS.

Labor Commissioner Betton of the
Kansas Labor bureau has issued his
fourth annual report which is very inter-
esting, filled as it is with valuable IN
formation touching the subjects of which
it treats 1t contains vegetables for the
various trades; manufacturing statistics
showing capital employed, etc.; manual
training, child labor and education; re-
ports from building and loan associa-
tons; full report of all railroads and
street railways in Kansas, showing
wages, number employed, casualties,
etc. While agriculture is credited with
being the chief industry in Kansas, sta
tistics are given in this report to show
that our manufacturing establishments
are increasing rapidly. The report says:
in our first report, from the returns
received, we estimated the capital in
vested in this class of industries Gnclud-
ing Touring mills) at $4,000, 900; in our
second report at $22 100000: in our
third report at 500, 900, 800, and the re-
turns actually received this year show
an aggregate of capital of S34, OS5, 53o. or
81, 5S5, $50 greater than the estimate of
last year, which was based upon the as
sumption that the reports received rep
resented about so per cent of the whole.
Accepting this 80 per cent basis as a
guide for this year, it places our private
manufacturing capital at, in round num-
bers, S37, $780, 900, against $19,000,000 in
1885, gain of nearly 100 per cent"
The is apparently not far in the future
when Kansas will rank in manufactures
almost as high as she now does in agri-
culture.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05

1t seems like it is getting to be worth
an editors life for him to criticise the
acts and methods of officials or prom
inent public men in any way. The pub
lie cannot fail to note, and with a degree
of satisfaction, that tie champions of
popular rights and personal freedom, the
press, are not swerved one jot from their
line of duty. The governor of West
Virginia, by his attempt to bulldoze the
editor of leading paper of that state, as
mentioned in yesterdays dispatches.
placed himself in the same category with
the Halstead matter. The mills of the
gods grind slow but they grind exceed
ing fine.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05
WHO NAY OBTAIN LANDS7
TOLEDO, Ohio, April l, 1889.
To the Editoroy the Eagse

TOLEDO, Ohio, April 1, 1889
To the Editor o. the EAgie.
Dear Sir-Is lit possible that the Spring
er Oklahoma bill fayors cattiemens / see
by some paper that it does The three
years undeniable residence with six proofs
TO make and two hundred dollars TO pay
may be the barrier. As it is. q poor man
must stay and starve IL crops should fail
from chinch bugs or hot winds, and the
cattle man would buy him out or contest
and prove up by his cowboys
Is there any possible show for a person
to come there from the east and take a
claim without having 10 shoot down all
the frontier toughs that have assembled
around the border like cormorants around
carcass, Is the laws OF the United
States sufficient TO protect any one there
or do they look with suspicion on the
authority of the laws Can these COM
bines or living phslanx's of human wood
be traceabie TO any cattle counAnS'. en-
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05

ployes or associates? These are important
TO a settler to know. Everybody seems to
think there won't be land enough for the
tenth part of those that come.
Respectfully, JERRY CAREY.
In answer to the foregoing would say
that the Springer bill has nothing what
ever to do with the Oklahoma lands to
be opened to settlement on the 22d of
this month by proclamation of the presi-
dent. The lands in question will be
occupied under the terms of the Indian
appropriation bill as amended and passed
the last days of the Fiftieth congress.
The terms Of the law and of the presi-
dents proclamation are very explicit as
to the time and manner Of taking claims
in the territory named and bounded, and
if our querist will carefully read the act
and proclamation he cannot fail to under
stand them. A court has been estab-
lished and officers appointed for the
especial purpose of protecting settlers In
their rights and the preservation OF
peace. The government gives the land
to settlers, they paying simply the land
Office fees, bnt it does not undertake to
furnish settlers with the means of living
until they can produce their subsistence
off the land. Syndicates nor cattle men
have any privileges as such, but any
person who does not at the time hold a
claim or homestead from the government
may take single claim by complying
with the terms of the law, whether a
'baron" or cowboy"
The act of congress was framed with
the special view of affording bones to
the homeless as far as the lands to be
opened will provide them. The rule to
be observed by the officers of the gov
eminent in recording the claims of set
tiers, as we understand it. will be ''frst
come, first served" that is to say, the
person who can show the first occupancy
of a quarter-section after - o'clock,
noon, April %, 1889, will be given title
to said land when he shall have COM
piled with the further requirements of
law as to residence, etc.
As far as personal protection from acts
of violence is concerned, the law
promises as much there as anywhere;
but of course conditions there will be
somewhat different from Old settled
communities, and the settler will have
to take some chances.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05

Cottonwood Falls initiates Oskaloosa
by electing a woman mayor and council.
Oskaloosa got pretty well advertised by
playing that prank last year and the
Falls proposes to try the scheme herself.
1t may not be out of place, in this con-
nection, to state that the first town in the
state to try the experiment of choosing a
woman mayor, Argonia. was satisfied with
single trial. 1t might have been that
her honor got all the honor @ she de-
sired out of the single term, but it is a
fact that she was not succeeded by a
woman,
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05

Down II EAssacsgsst.s. BOT far frea
sAszusore, or TIE hns Ct tns Cape Cod sssp
canal b The TuypsT farm The re1o~rkssss
tazn z sbost tie farm n tia; VIA pzr-
chased. Or secured, Or preerp;ce In ,s2t By
tie f0sscer Of The TuYpes hns, Tnonas
Tzpper. VITO settled on TIC isDd whes the
place sNs az Indian village kaoxn "a
saxazs, and tt.as his VIII, sslii 10 exss.eec.,
n2s ksp, TIE farm IN The Tayper f.a.ly.
w4lsozt break for sig gersra.scas T1ers
isr'i mach pup sssas TIE Tspper fazi,y.
-: taey've -. isss .: re2lsrec.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05

The biggest deal in southern mining
stocks that has ever occurred, aggregat-
ing values of $500, 900 or $4,000. 900, is
reported. 1t is given out that Messrs.
John Inman eX-Mayors Hewitt and
Cooper, of New York, who wererecently
at Birmingham, Ala, prospecting, have
obtained control of a majority of the
stock of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad company, embracing the Pratt
coal and iron mines and other extensive
mining interests there, and at the an
nual meeting of stockholders on April /,
there was a change of directors, though
the names of the new board have not
been public. 1t Is only a question of
time when its industrial interests will
bring the south into line in the matter
of protection. 1t is more interested in
the practical effects of that principle
now, perhaps, than any other portion of
the country. if it could only bring itself
up to the point of recognizing and ad-
uniting it,
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05

The Spaniards are poorer than ever,
but they have lost none of their pride.
AS they did not acquire their territorial
possessions by purchase, they declare
that there Is not money enough in the
world to buy foot of their domain. So
Mr.. Secretary Blaine may as well aban-
don his benevolent idea of purchasing
Cuba with a view of stamping out yell
low fever, and for other purposes, mas
much as the principle of acquiring for
eign territory by purchase precludes the
idea of acquisition by any other means.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05
POPULAR SCIENCE.
AN IMPROVED AIR SHIP.
Another Windy Crank who Thinks Ho
Can Float on Air.

Another Windy Crank Who Thinks Ho
Can Float on Air.
A light and strong machine for navigat-
ing the air, designed 10 be readily con-
trolled by the aeronaut 70 give the best re-
suits in flight with the least expenditure Of
power, is illustrated herewith, and has
been patented by Mr. John p. Holmes, Of
Oak Valley, Kan. The horizontal frame
of the machine Is suspended by hanger
bars or rods from an aero-plane, which is a
rod frame covered on one face by silken
fabric. Toward its rear there il attached
10 the side bars Of the horizontal frame a
canvas forming rest or support on which
the aeronaut Will lie, facedownward, on his
breast and stomach, so that his hands nsy
conveniently reach two transverse cranked
shafts, by working one Of which be can
alter the incline or pitch of the aero-plane.
while with the other he can rotate pro
peller wheel journaled at The front OF the
machine. At the rear - rudder sal, On
the sides Of which lie sacks 70 receive the
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05

The Democrats seem to have been I'M
usually successful this week in local
elections throughout the country. But
it is easy enough to account for: the
brilliant success of the Republican party
in the presidential, congressional and
state elections last fall made the party
over confident and consequently more or
less Indifferent, while it had the opposite
effect upon the Democrats. Besides,
being knocked out didn't hurt them:
they have experienced reverSes SO often
and for so long time that they have
become used TO it. They fight better
under adversely than when flushed with
success. The next time will be ours.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05

If President Harrison has the interest
of this country at heart let him bounce
the present members of the interstate
railway commission. They are set of
chumps, or at best the plant tools of the
railroads. They never made decision
before first and formost consulting the
interest of the railroads. No interest, no
city, can hope a hearing until the ex-
piration of months after the case has
been presented.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05

legs Of the aeron21., ard allow hin 70
guide the machine By bis legs il Us Fight
The ropla1e is arranged TO De rocked up
and down, and locked a. any desired i'd
jzs:nent- for utlizns glnd currents aad
TIE propell:zg force Of the wfzd 70 tes beat
advantage.
Flz. 2 - fro1t view q tse propeller
wheel, which IL operated 81 q chzia belt
fro-a the cranxe6 staff II fro1t Of tie
aeroazzi The heo Of ths propeller Is sIet
70 a tubular sal. .c-rzA-e@ - bcxes
formed q; tie ED parts u kaseTe cara s1d
In ha1f bcxes bed % ;Ae opposite ssec bars
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05

Mr.. Welsh, the Democratic candidate
for mayor of Kansas City, Mo-, attri-
butes his defeat largely to efforts of the
voter who staid away from the polls. AS
there were something like fifteen thou
sand of him it seems to be aplausible rea-
son. When the philosophic gentleman
discovered that one bar'l wasn't fetching
'em he should have rolled out another.
1t is said he had several.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05

1.-TWO sure crops in Kansas says the
Kansas City News, care corn and babies. "
Yes. the latter is too sure to be altogether
satisfactory in some cases.-Emporia Re-
publican.
AS to the future that is not so certain.
Some features connected with Tues
days election make the latter PROPOSE
ton extremely doubtful.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05

The unusual success of the Democrats
in Tuesdays local elections extant is
taken by the more enthusiastic of that
following as a sort of necromantic cele-
bration of the one hundred and sixty
fourth natal anniversary of Thomas
jefferson. 1t is entirely optional with
the reader how much of that notion he
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05
Horseshoes Without Nails.

A writer in the London Times gives a
brief outline of the principle OF the sys-
tenn of shoeing horses adopted by the
use of the nailless shoes. The shoe IS
attached by single stee! band which
passes round the hoof, well above the
coronet, from one extremity of The heel
to the other, and is kept IN position
mainly by steel pillar lying fiat on the
front of the hoof, and connecting the toe
of the shoe with the center OF the band.
There also three small studs-situaied
at the toe and one at each
siie-which slightly indent on
the hoof and aid in keeping the
shoe in position. Among the disadvant-
ages claimed by the inventors are the
following facts: A man after mini
mum of instruction can, with the sad OF
a hammer, or even q stone. aifix tins
shoe in ABOUT three minutes, as against
the fifteen or twenty minutes al present
needed; this shoe allows OF full expan-
sion of the hoof; it permits the natural
growth of the frog. thus providing a
remedy against slipping or jarring; It Is
as durable and as light as, while u L
cheaper than the ordinary shoe The
extensive practical trials 70 which TINS
has been subject have given satisfactory
results.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05

For results of police commission rule
the esteemed reader is referred to the
election of all first-class cities IN the
state on Tuesday. Everyone Democratic
except Wichita, where no Republican
nomination was ventured.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05

All the banks of Kansas CITY were
completely drained yesterday Of 81 and
81 bills by o'clock in the afternoon.
The bank deposits of the saloonkeepers
for the next few DAYS would afford an
instructive study to persons interested in
the subject of popular government
Kansas City Star.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05

blades, 80 that they WIN DC nein edgewlse
TO the wind during their passage through
the air above the level Of the propeller
shaft, and will turn their blades fatwise 70
the wind during their passage around pc
low the level Of the shaft. this construction
and action Of the propeller assuring its mar
imum lifting and propelling power TO raise
and urge the air ship forward Scientific
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05

st. Louis lays the modest claim to be
ing the center of population. In aquatic
parlance the center of swirl is called a
dead eddy. Poor, old st. LOUIS Is IN the
tureen with the lid or.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05

The president now threatens to renom-
mate Halstead. He had better not.
Halstead's friends declare that they will
run him against Payne for the United
States senate as vindication.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05
Take Your Choice.
Emporia Republican.

Emporia Republican.
Experiments made for the French
minister of commerce indicate that
sugar is better preventative of meat
than salt. 1t is more expensive, but the
powdered sugar forms coating, retain
ing the juices of the meat without loss,
while the nutritive qualities of meats
are considerably lessened by salt. This
is matter of some importance to Kan
sas, for if sugar is the better preserver,
why, Kansas can furnish the sugaa; and
if, on the other hand, salt is the better,
why, then, Kansas can supply the salt.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05

Ex-Governor Tom Osborn is home
again from Washington. Tom hasn't
exhibited any commission but Harrison
is undeniably mashed on him and Tom
is a slick one,
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05

With the return OF the blue bird and
robin this spring the swallows will dis
appear-that is if the new metropolitan
police commissioners get Tin their work as
is anticipated.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
The Truth in q Cocoon.

Salna Republican.
Just why the state historical society
should appoint one member of the silk
commission is hard to see. The trouble
already has been that too much history
has been made and too little practical
results,
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05

Leavenworth is going to celebrate the
twenty-fourth anniversary OF Lees sur
render at Appamatox next Tuesday,
April 9, in grand coal exhibit and trade
narada
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05

But what came of II at last!"
Quoth little Topeka.
"why. that can't tell. said Frank T.,
"But twas famous victory
at was" said McLennan. he.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05

For a faint picture of what female
suffrage is leading to note the polling
scenes at Leavenworth, as portrayed by
our dispatches of yesterday.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05

1t is estimated that the fixtures and
stocks for hundreds of saloons are all
boxed and ready to ship to tie various
proposed town sites of Oklahoma.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05

The the brand the highest owing to ex
Wichita
Tally and do good. and them.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05

favored
Piles Fine Chaes beautiful patterns entirely and Stylish
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05


modest
made combination
Monday Beaded
Shawl
bought choose
low
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05

Goods Silks
Silks,
novelties which will
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-05
State Board of Charities.

Topeka Cap.-Com.
The trustees of the state charitable in
stitutions met in this city Tuesday for
the purpose of reorganization. The two
new members of the board appointed by
Governor Humphrey, General Harrison
Kelley, of Coffey county, and Hon. K.
F. Bond, of Sterling, entered upon the
discharge of their duties. The board
now consists of Hon. L. K. Kirk, OF
Garnett, Hon. Jacob Stotler, of Yelling
ton, Hon. T. F. Rhodes, Of Frankfort.
Hon. Harrison Kelley, of Burlington,
and Hon. r. F. Bond, of Sterling. The
new board organized by electing Hon. l..
X. Kirk president. Hon. T. F. Rhodes
secretary and Hon. Harrison Kelley
treasurer No other business was trans
acted and the board after visiting the re-
form school and insane asylum ad.
iourned.