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The morning news., 1889-04-09
Ready-made Editorials.

The manufacturers of plate matter have
done away with scissors and paste pot in
some newspaper offices. and now they are
irving to eliminate the editorial writer.
They are offering for sale, at SO much a
foot. or column, ready made editorial opin-
ions, which have only to be put into the
form and printed, and the rural editor
finds himself responsible for opinions on
political, literary, artistic and social topics,
to some of which he may be able to sub
scribe. to others of which he may not, and
concerning yet others of which he may
know nothing.
There may be weekly newspapers which
will avail the nselves of the opportunity
thus offered. They are those whose edi-
torial columns are filled with matter taken
from their contemporaries, and whose local
pages are remarkable chiefly for what they
do not contain. 1t is not likely that any of
them are printed in Georgia or Florida.
All the weekly newspapers of Georgia and
Florida are not good, but nearly all of them
are. The average standard Of the we ekly
press in the states named is as high as that
of the weekly press in any other state. As
a general thing, the Georgia and Florida
editors are men of character and of much
more than average intelligence. They have
opinions to express, and they express them
tersely and well. They recognize that what
is called the country press must be essen
TALLY local in its makeup, and they devote
almost as much space to local matters as to
matters Of all other kinds combined.
A town may be correctly judged by its
newspapers. If they are full of news, we'll
edited and well printed, and if they are
literally patronizsd by advertisers, it is
safe to assume that the town Is well
governed and prosperous one. and that its
people are energetic and thrifty. The
weekly press, ,as a whole, is power in mould
ing public opinion, because it finds its way
into almost every home.
No, the plate matter manufacturers won't
find many buyers for their ready made
editorials among the weekly newspapers of
Georgia and Florida. 1t is doubtful if they
find many anywhere else.
The morning news., 1889-04-09
HoRsFoRD's ACID PHOSPHATE.
The Best onl

known, furnishing sustenanco to both brain
aud body.
The morning news., 1889-04-09

The young element of the Republican
party in Kansas is demanding recognition
in that state. When Gov, Humphrey was
elected he made promise to remember the
young men in his appointments, but he
didn't keep it, The young men were cut
Off with few honorary appointments, and
consequently they became indignant. 0ns
of them. J. r. Burton, who 10 called the
orator of the Kansas House, has ausounced
his candidacy for United States Senator TO
succeed Mr.. Ingalls,. The crab-apple ssna-
tor will have TO make several of his chasrc-
teristic speeches when the Senate meets
again.
The morning news., 1889-04-09

Mr.. Cornelius Van Cott. tho newly ap-
pointed postmaster of New York, an
nounces that he will conduct the affairs of
that Office on purely business principles.
The probability is that Mr.. Van Cott was
jesting. If he conducts his Office on bust
ness principles, to the exclusion Of machine
politics, the friends who secured his ap-
pointment, as we'll as the great majority of
other republicans in New York, will turn
their backs on him. lie will have to do
what bis political friends expect of him. ~
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-28
ENGLISH CAPITAL.

One of the noticeable developments of
the past few months is the great influx
Of English capital for investment in
manufacturing and business operations
in this country. For many years En-
glish capitalists have invested in our
railroads and in too many instances have
they become large owners of land tracks
in the west. 1t is only recently, how
ever, that such capital has sought in
vestment in mercantile kand man
ufacturing enterprises this side
of the water The efforts which
have been made for the past year to buy
up all the breweries in the country and
put them under one syndicate of Eng
lish capitalists is a case in point, and
there are not wanting other instances.
Whether this shows that Americans, as
a class, are less enterprising than their
reputation has made them appear to be,
or whether it merely shows the aggres-
siveness of foreign capital is hard to de-
eide. Of one thing, however, we may
be reasonably sure. 1t is much better
for the country that English capitalists
should invest and produce them here
than to produce at home and sell to us.
The American gets the benefit of the in
dustry. There is no objection to foreign
capital wien it judiciously employs
itself to the development of this country,
and it is undoubtedly true that it is salts
fed with lower rate of profit than
American capital, and is thus, in a sense,
more beneficial to our workingmen.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-28

1t is not quite clear what the German
papers are driving at in their hints and
threats against Switzerland, though q
PLAUSIBLE explanation is found in the
fact that the little republic entertains a
kindly feeling for its sister republic and
implacable enemy of the German en-
pire, France. Monarchies are naturally
suspicious of popular governments and
any movements they may make calcu-
lated TO strengthen them in 1.-THE estima-
ton of mankind is regarded with extreme
jealousy. In this case, however, the
Swiss owe Germany nothing and it is
not likely that she will suffer compact
to which she was made helpless party
nearly half a century ago, to stand in
the way of the betterment Of the condi-
ton Of her people, even if the desired
ends and peaceful steps necessary TO OBJ
tain them should fail 10 meet the appro-
baton OF her monarchial neighbors.
The republic of France is no less menac-
ing 10 the growth, if not the existence,
of the German empire, than was the
French empire, and everything and
everybody that sympathizes with repub-
lican principles, even so weak commu-
nifty, comparatively, as little Switzer-
land, at once incurs the enmity of roy
atty.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-28
: HOUSE
INNES & Ross

wages, but II MAKES the average country gIrl
open her eyes at the degree Of perfection ro-
CURED / know dressmakers who receive go
per week, and others who do not earu five.
1t is that way all through. Cloak makers
and tailors who do the best work get but tlo
per week Fur sewers make from 80 20 $40
ct this most unhealthy business
There are now over 10000 unfortunate
girls in the streets of New York, for the most
part driven there by the life Of unremittinz
toll, privation and misery they led while try
ing to earn an honest living.
Board and lodging cannot DO had in n do
cent place less than s. per week, washing
and car fare takes 81, and out Of the pitiful
earnings of unsdllful or partially sknlful
labor, where arc the clothes, the medicine,
che hundred other really necessary expenses TO
come FRONT Dear girls, If you have homes, no
matter how poor, do not try 10 widen your
opportunities by coming 70 the cities, but
try 10 widen your minds and make the nost
OF your opportunities where you are.
HELEN PUEsKLI,
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-28
OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN EUNG.

Judge Lynch is likely to hold a session
of his court at Wichita, to dispose of the
brutal miscreant, Robert Maloney, who
outraged an 11-year-old girl. Crimes of
this nature can be punished by Judge
Lynch in far more satisfactory manner
than by any other judicial tribunal. The
only point Judge Lynch needs to be certain
about is that the right man is in his hands.
When this is certain, the moro speedily
such degraded brutes are hustled out of the
world, the better it is for everybody.
Such miscreants contaminate the earth by
their presence as long as they are above
ground.-Atchison Champion.
He saved his worthless life by persuad-
ing the officers into affording him a
chance to plead guilty to the awful
charge. He only begged for chance at
the open door of the penitentiary to
which he was consigned for twenty-one
years. He, however, seemed to fail of
approaching the enormity of his crime,
declaring that he wished he had killed
the officer so that he could have gone up
for a crime which amounted to some
thing. Instead of having his worthless
neck broken he now goes to Leavenworth
to be fed and clothed and cared for at
the expense of the taxpayers.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-28
Where Work Is pleasant.

Neglected Wife-Why don't you go to
worki
Husband "a ne'er do welD-I amt got no
tools.
Neglected Wife-Deacon Smith offered you
s. to fix his fence, and you have saw, and
plane, and a hammer and nails " hat
more do you wantl
HusbaDd-The saw amt no good, and l
amt got 10 file to sharpen it. Ole Smith kin
fix bis fence hissef
Same Husband ten years later)-Histi
Say, wife, I've escaped from the Peniten-
tiary. Gin me some other clothes. 50 l lin
light out agin-
Wife-My, myl How did you get cult
Husband-I dug forty feet underground
with a two tined fork, then cut my way
through two feet of stone wall and ten inches
of boiler iron with q saw made out Of g tin
dinner plate-Eew York Weekly.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-28
midas Sacred River.
,ondence Philadelphia Press.

Correspondence Philadelphia Press.
The water is the color and thickness OF
pea soup and the silt or mud is so rich
that these vast plains use no other fer
tilizer. The crops are harvested by pull
ing the stalks out of the ground. No
cows or horses are allowed to pasture in
the fields, and their droppings are mixed
with straw and mud and then dried and
then used as fuel. In this Ganges valley
nature it always giving but never get
ting. Every atom of natural fertilizer,
save this Gauges silt, is taken from the
soil Still the land is as rich as guano
and it produces from two to four crops
every year. About Calcutta the alIuvial
deposit is 400 feet deep, and an expert
ment was recently made to get TO the
end of it. A well was sunk, but at the
depth of 4S1 feet the augur broke. At
this point the end of this rich soil had
not been reached.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-28
THE AMERICAN STATES.

From tie Atchison Champion
The Kansas City Gazette said, in a
brief paragraph published few days
ago, that Kansas was more American
than Pennsylvania or Massachusetts,"
We thought we would look up the cen
sus figures on this subject and we find
that the Gazette is correct. OF the total
population of Kansas, only little more
than one-tenth are of foreign birth, while
in Massachusetts, one-fourth are foreign
born, and in Pennsylvania one-seventh.
OF the inhabitants of New York, nearly
one-fourth are of foreign birth; Of New
Jersey. one-fifth: of Connecticut, nearly
one-fourth; and OF Rhode Island, nearly
one-third. The western states, as a rule,
have smaller proportion OF foreign born
inhabitants than have the eastern states
The exceptions are Wisconsin aud Min
nesota. in the west. having each very
large foreign population, and Name, IN
the east, where the proportion OF foreign
born persons is even less than II Kansas.
Even among the Green mountains OF the
Yankee state of Vermont one eighth Of
the population are of foreign birth. New
England is not now Yankee. The peo-
pie gathered IN the states OF the MLssis-
sippi valley are more largely native
Americans than are those OF the eastern
states.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-28
SECRET POLITICAL SOCIETIES.

The connection of the Clan-na-Gael
with the murder of DIR. Cronin is sub
stantially proven, and the coroner's jury
on that case, whatever other mistakes ii
may have made, was just right when it
said ''secret societies whose objects are
such as the evidence shows those Of the
Gamma Gael or United Brotherhood to
be are not in harmony with, and are in
furious to, American institutions. The
American theory Of liberty does not con-
template the organization Of this sort for
such purposes. 1t is not the design OF
the people of this country to offer homes
to the oppressed or dissatitied of other
nations with the understanding that
they shall be used as vantage ground
from which to formulate the peculiar
agencies of political agitation and con-
quest which prevail In Europe. Freedom
of opinion and Of speech has its hmita-
tons under our constitution; and Ger
tainly we do not recognize the right Of
any man or set Of men to plan and in
stigate crime under cover of an al
legged devotion to some good and popu-
lar cause. The people Of this country
sympathize with Ireland in her efforts to
obtain home rule and to free herself
from the insufferable acts of landlord
ism, but they do not uphold societies
like the Clan-na-Gael, that assume power
over the lives of members and by
Vaccinations which would do credit to
the societies of the reign Of terror at
tempt to ''relieve Ireland"
The Clan-na-Gael has not hitherto been
regarded, in this country at least, as par
ticularly Objectionable for the reason,
perhaps, that its principles and purposes
have not been understood, it being re-
garded rather in the line Of religious
than a political organization. But if the
developments that have been brought
out in regard to it are to be accepted as
true, it is no better than the societies of
socialists, anarchists, and other oath
bound secret organizations. They all
belong to the same category and are in
violation of all good citizenship.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-28

ita is that it has had and survived such
boom, and is now going ahead ana
doing Its work as an ordinary healthy
town. The commercial cyclone has LETT
it with thirty mine thousand lnhaDi-
tants, and with not few of the conven-
fences and attainments of large city.
Situated on the Arkansas river, on
meadow as level as floor, at the heart
of one of the best wheat sections or the
state, and with six railroads radiatlng
out of it to all points of the compass, IL
still believes that it is destined to be one
of the countrys great interior business
centers, a rival, if not OF Chicago, vet OF
Topeka and Kansas City, Is not willing
to discount one single baby from pop
ulation in the near future Of hundred
thousand. What it has actually accom-
plished is certainly a marvel. Broad
streets reach out in every direction to
join hands with the prairie, threaded
with lines of street cars, horse and
electric motor. 1t has not only great
business blocks five and SIX stories
high, supplied with elevators and
all modern commences, but miles On
miles Of substantial and elegant private
residences built in the latest styles OF
architecture and presenting every APP
pearance of luxury and comfort. Espe-
clally striking one, its trees, shrubbery,
green lawns, brilliant flowers, and lovely
gardens. Everything planted IN Its
ebony soil grows with profusest luxurl,
ance; and almost every street IS bordered
with trees already sufficiently large to
spring over it and arch and to carpet 1t
with grateful checkered shade. Build
ing has not by any means ceased. Two
hundred edifices have gone up this
present spring. Three colleges are being
completed. 1t has two packing houses
putting into beef and pork, -alas, that
such business as this should be an evil
dence of any places prosperity,-hye
thousand poor creatures day. 1t has
a watch factory ready to operate and
wire mattress factory just come
into operation, and not few other
business plants for its wcrkingmen.
Its people are full of faith and hope.
Every man, woman and child in it be-
lieves in its future as implicitly as IN the
kingdom of heaven, is eager to speak for
it, give to it and labor for it in every
possible way. The most promising thing
about it is its universal public spirit so
much richer than anything ever seen or
felt in the old communities Of the east, a
most valuable quality in making large
souled men and women. 1t ought to
prosper, if enterprise and united effort
can have 1t do SO; and no visitor can
mingle with its people for a week and
not Join with them in calling it ''the
wonder of the west"
JOHN C. KIMBALL.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-28
VOICE FROM Rem o CITY, OK.

To the Editor Of the Eagle.
l am satisfied the EAGLE will not con-
slider it taffy for me to say that it is the
acknowledged leader in Kansas and
Oklahoma in all public questions, not
only at home, but it occupies the same
commanding and dignified position,
which it has earned, throughout all the
states comprising the southwestern
country. Therefore, it is not remark
able that the EAGLE should be in the
front rank, the Globe-Democrat and
Kansas City Times to the contrary not
withstanding. 1t has been said that the
newspaper that most people prefer to
read is the one that keeps in the advance
of it's contemporaries, not only in adver-
Using but in disseminating the news of
Kansas and Oklahoma. The Oklahoma
ties are always on the lookout for what
will benefit the Indian Territory; and
the western reader always ON the look
out for the EAGLE. Merit always wins,
therefore the EAGLE takes the front
rank. Its devotion to the people of
Oklahoma and Kansas has given it
place in their hearts that never will be
tTduICdleu NIliS ouIA oy hpeiehy ID
evinced in all its leaders to the sguatters
of our new country A re-
markable gentleman once said he was
in favor of each state and territory
deciding the qualifications of its non
voters. So say l. Then let the woman
vote. Anything for human rights is con-
stitutional. Then it follows anything
against human rights is unconstitutional.
The man that wishes to enjoy more
liberty than he is willing to grant others,
everything being equal. Is somewhat
tinctured with barbarianism. There IS
no splitting Of hairs, no cunning, no
book learning, or decisions Of courts that
can successfully gainsay this PROPOSE
ton. We are here in Reno City, the
finest townsite in all this country, sur
rounded by the most beautiful country
and richest vallies that grass and flow
ers ever grew upon. We have some of
the most intelligent and handsomest
ladies that the sun ever shone upon
These ladies are of a high moral char
acter, and in all probability will cut some
figure in the territorial convention which
the Guthrleites talk so much about.
However, they with Others think their
action III this matter premature. Should
they continue with this miserable farce
of Indicating to the people of Oklahoma
that Guthrie is the only place suitable to
hold a territorial convention the three
largest cities. they being Oklahoma City,
Kingfsher and Reno City, will convince
them they are no more In our way than
a gnat on bulls horn. Yours, ETC.,
w. II. HILLMAN.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-28
our NEW YORK LETTER.
How They Have to Struggle to Earn an
Honest Living.
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
NEW YORK, - F.-From time imme-
mortal young people, youths and girls alike,
have longed to leave their country homes and
seek wider existence in cities, and, incident
ally, a better fortune. / have lived in coun-
try places, and have also lived III cities, and
my occupation has thrown me much among
the young girls and women who are telling
for an existence in largo cities, particularly
Philadelphia and New York, and hoping that
the result of my observations may be OF real
service to any young girl who feels s if home
does not offer wide enough scope, shall here
mention some of the things they must expect
and what they can earn at different avoca-
tons
Pay for services is not much more than
half as high in Philadelphia as in New York,
but the cost Of living is more than double
here Rent is high in New York and board
dear, which causes girls TO herd together In
small rooms and stint themselves Of whole
some food, and live for the most part upon
tea and bread, with sausages, cheese, pic or
cheap cakes, or, perhaps, little dishes Of
ready cooked food, which they can buy In
the ''delicatessen" stores. Hero a picked
pigs foot costs five cents, plate Of pork and
beans the same, and 50 on, but few or these
dishes are really wholesome and, with hard
work, poor ventilation and absence Of all
home comforts, soon break down the girl
reared in fresh country air, with homo cook
ing and, above all, with mother there. Tho
girls born here and reared TO the life Of work
ing women are better able 10 bear the hard
and constant strain Of such labor, and also
better able TO Withstand tho temptations Of
city life
Tho avocations open TO working girls sro
many, but 80 are the workers, and IL Is esti-
mated that there are over 1Oo, 900 Of them IN
New York alone. They are employed e.
clerks, stenographers, typewritors. sales
women, dreszrnakers, plain seaulstrceses,
nurses, servants, book binders, shoe binders,
operators On sewing machines and in largo
factories, box makers, fur sewsrs, taio-z,
cloak makers, rnilliners. cigar makers, and
multitude Of ether trades and occupations
less lucrative
Dress1na1ers, rillIners, clerks and IN fact
all those who do the labor which requires
more or less mental capacity. besides great
nrctaciency In their profession earn God
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-28

Harry Kennedy, the ventriloquist. has b>ea
plurnizr himself upon q long Jump" made
I-y him from New York to Frisco and back.
He made the trip h oas day Ieas than .
month. and played two weeks in Frisco. But
George Riznod has the LIS: record al this
sor. ot theatrical travelling. lie cans from
Frisco direct 70 New York % play al O char
iiy matinee, snd;ai the elnss q lis perform
anoe went 4 ect 70 tho depot and wa At orsns
heaied back for 'Frisco. he did not tarTy
there either. but proceetsd 20 Australia lie
kept bis word for sweet eharity's sake, and 10
rleds trip that VII Dsyer bs forgot:4n--
The Stage.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-28
A Sensible Judge.

Atlanta Constitution
In the trial of a criminal case at Lex
ington, KY, Thursday last, Judge Nor
ton ruled that the fact of his having
formed an opinion should not disqualify
a man as juror. He said that one of
the highest qualifications for juror was
the fact that he had formed an opinion
from what he had read in the papers,
and that man who was not capable of
forming an opinion was not qualified to
sit in the jury box.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-28

The American navy is soon to be
strengthened by the addition of the
Baltimore and the Petrol, the former a
powerful ship of war, while the latter is
to be impressed in the coast service.
The ravages of tise and decay of our
old navy is slowly being repaired by the
addition of the new cruisers. But it
will take number of years. with all the
efforts now put forth, to place the navy
on a respectable footing.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-28

The wisdom of submitting grievances
on the part of labor organizations TO ar
bitration instead of reSorting to the
strike for a settlement WAS forcefully
demonstrated in the case of the Brother
hood of Engineers and Firemen and the
Union Pacific railroad. The question at
issue was decided on its merits and in
favor of the former, giving them all
they asked. The settlement ought to
bear much valuable fruit in the future
and to a common benefit.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-28
For the Eagle.

Outside of heaven beside the closed gate,
Some of Thy children Thy mercy await;
Still are they Thine though SO sadly astray,
Stumbling in darkness LIES pitiful way;
Souls now unburdened from flesh that was weak,
Knowledge and purity earnestly seek;
Saw that the angels may open the door,
Lei them grope thus in darkness no more.
Each heart its own bitterness knoweth full well,
Each is now suffering its own burning hell
Sin brings its own punishment with II II sure,
The promise is bright but sins that allure,
Turn quickly Thou knowest 10 D!tterest pain;
win not that suffering redeem them again!
The good thou hast best by creating them so,
ask Thee show mercy TO sinners bowed low.
For humanity's aid to whom could they turn!
The hand that should help is quickest to spurn;
So fallen despised and scoffed at be men,
Cans't Thou not, Father, have pity on them!
Say that the angels may open the door.
Let them stay out in the darkness no more
Clothe them afresh with souls that are white.
Let them live with Thee in sunshine and light
IN. w. 81.