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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-17
THE SUGAR BOUNTY AND GEOLOGI-
CAL SURVEY.

The state board of agriculture at its
session in Topeka last week adopted the
following resolutions, which action will
no doubt be endorsed by all connected
with the landed and agricultural interests
Of the state:
Whereas, The state Of Kansas is pay
ing a considerable bounty for the pro-
duction of sugar in this state, to the end
that our people may be induced to en-
gage in its manufacture, and
Whereas, The burden of this bounty
is borne by all the people Of this state,
therefore
Resolved, That it is the Judgment of
the Kansas state board of agriculture
that the people are entitled to have a COM
plete and detailed statement of the man
ufacture OF all such sugar claiming q
bounty, and that we call upon our state
legislature to SO amend the sugar bounty
law that no bounty shall be paid by the
people on any sugar where such report
Is not fully and completely made to the
state by the sugar inspector and published
for the benefit of the people whose money
pays the bounty.
A GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
Whereas, 1t has appeared to this
meeting of the state board of agriculture
that geological survey not only system
atizes and increases our knowledge of
the rock strata and minerals below the
earth's surface, but that, if conducted in
the most effective manner, il will give
accurate information IN regard to the
depth of the soils and sllb-soils, and their
capacity to support vegetation and with
stand drouth, therefore,
Resolved, That the executive COM
mittee be instructed to petition both
branches of the Legislature in favor of
bill for a geological survey of the state,
and to make ample provisions for the
rigorous prosecution of the same at as
early date as practicable, and that
committee of three be appointed to urge
the passage of the bill through the legis-
lature.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-17
LITERARY lNTELlIGEN

1t is said that 10000 copies of Robert
Elsmere" have been sold IN this country. A
single dealer is reported as having sold 5000
copies.
GENERAL LEW WALLACE Is said to have re-
ceived $4,000 in royalties from his "Ben
Hur." His Far COD" has also netted him
handsomely.
II. RIDER HAGGARD received $3.50 for tho
manuscript of king Solomon's Mines, =
while the publishers have made over SO, 900
from the work
CARDINAL GIBBONS has managed 10 find
time in the last two years for writing re-
hgious treatise of about so pages. TIC
title is, Our Christian Heritage
Mr.. JoHS RCsKIN has written an epilogue
for the new edition Of .'Modern Painters
which viii soon be published Forty-fve
years have elapsed since the first volume Of
the book was published.
The author Of Listen to the Mocking
BIrd'' is stIll alive and runs a music store in
Philadelphia That one lucky hit is said 70
have been worth over 500 600 10 him. HIS
name is Septimus Winner.
BEN HUR" is the most popular book at
the Boston Public Library, says the Boston
Herald, with Little Lord Faunteroy' and
Stevens "Around the World on Bicycle"
following in order Of popularity.
IT is proposed to form in London com
pany TO be called the Authors Book Hawk
ing Union. The object Of this company IS
TO hire respectable and trustworthy boys
to peddle books about the streets for the Ill
rect profit Of the authors.
SAYS the London Publishers Circular:
For the first edition Of Sir MorcIl Mackcn-
zie's book, 1.-The Fatal Illness OF Frederick,
the Noble" twenty eight tons Of paper were
used, the printers used four hundred weight
Of printing Ink, and tho binders three and
one half miles OF cloth.
RAD morocco is, says 81. Louis Librarian,
the only leather we have found that resisis
the action Of the dry atmosphere where gas
IS kept burning constantly, and We have al
our valuable books rebound with half red
morocco when the covers come Of. This
keeps the Ids and backs together twelve or
fifteen years.
QUEEN VICTORIA. IT IS said, was 50
pleased, on It's appearance, with "Alice n
Wonderland" that she wrote 70 the author,
who is a mathematical tutor at Christ Col
lege, Oxford, and asked hin 70 be su=e 20
seed her the very next book he produced
AS il loyal duty bound be id 80, 81 course.
Imagine her Ma1esty's surprise when she
received a learned work Oh algebra
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-17
116 TO 100 MAIN STREET.

snrewd Yankee merchants, VINO BUY the
altar direct from Bulgaria aud mix al in.
ferior oil with il.
The effort to Introduce Carolina rice into
Southern India has proved a failure. The
natives viii not give the improved variety
the care it requires, nor have they the
methods Of preparing the rice for market
winch arc practiced in America. The va
riety known as Raiafatsky. much resern-
bling Carolina rice, IS grown extensively IN
Madagascar with but httic irrigation
AT Halle, Germany, the skeleton-liks
fbrcus covering OF 4 species Of tropical Gu.
cumber is low being converted INTO a sub
stitute for sponge, and is already being cx-
ported IN immense quantities to England
and other countries. The curious substance
* known "a loofah. II Is not only valuable
as an adjunct to the bath, but il Is found
useful for making inside soies for shoes,
and is beng applied 10 the under side Of
Saddles
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-17
GOV. MARTIN AND THE ATCHISON
BUTCHERS.

From the Kansas City Gazette.
Governor Martin in his message is
very savage On the dressed beef indus
try, and bills have been introduced in
the legislature with view to crush or
annoy this business. If the man who
raises the animal is being oppressed or
skinned out of what is legitimately his,
then there is some reason in regulating
OF restricting. But If this fight is simply
in the interest of the local butchers, then
1t is humbug. So far as it affects the
local butcher it is simply an improved
mode of doing business, and the local
butcher will have to accept and fall IN
with it as hundreds of other trades peo-
pie have done. When the patent out
side newspaper was first introduced. en-
aiding one man to print them all, and
do it SO cheaYly that they multi
piled as thick as cross roads, news
paper men didn't go believing around
the legislature to have it stopped. They
simply had to fall in, and while great
auxiliary publishing houses grew rich
and powerful out of business that didn't
before exist, the legitimate newspaper
publishers diet became thinner and thin
ner every day. So 1t is with hundred
other lines of business. Patents, and a
variety of other reasons, have affected
every line of trade. What became Of the
Topeka investigation of the dressed beef
business? We watched carefully, but
could only see in print minority report
from the committee appointed by the
council of that city to investigate the
Kansas City, Kansas stock yards, which
denounced the inspection of cattle here,
leaving the inference thats the majority
report was favorable. The last mention
of the subject in the Topeka papers
stated that Mr.. Gordon, of the Copeland,
and several other hotel proprietors, made
objection to the passage of the ordinance
excluding Kansas City, Kansas, meat,
because the local butchers had raised
the price, giving an inferior grade of
meat, and they were unable to supply
their tables from the limited quantity
of certain parts of the animal kept by
them. Since then we have heard
nothing more of it. The dressed beef
innovation opens the butcher business
to any man who can handle a saw, just
as the latest printing idea has the news
paper business. We sympathise with
the butcher, but we have got to stand it,
all the same.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-17
GOOD GIFTS.

THE late Michael Jordan gives $50, 900 to
the Presbyterian church of Plain Grove
Pa, Presbytery of Butler
THE late Miss Julia E. Bull, of Woodbury.
Conn, bequeathed 5000 to the First Ec
clesiastical Society of that place.
THE Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, has
received an additional gift of $1,000 from
Mrs Bloomfield Moore, for the endowment
of the library.
DR.. LELAND MILLER, of Sheffield, Mass,
has given $4,000 to Williams College to es
tablish chair IN American history, htera-
ture and eloquence.
THE late Mr. Samuel Greenshields, of
Montreal, left over S114,5O0 in requests and
legacies, among them s., 900 each to the Nc
Gill College and the Montreal General Hos
pital.
THERE is now in course of construction for
Grace Church, Evansville, Ind, a beautiful
lecture-room, which viii cost about SIS, 900,
the gift of Mrs Caroline S. Mackey-a me-
mortal of her parents.
Mrs. CLARA A. HELEN, a wealthy New
York lady, has presented to the city drink
ing-fountain dedicated to the newsboys OF
New York 1t will be placed in the border
of the City Hall Park
MEssRs. GEORGE AND HENRY KEssLER,
members of Kensington Methodist Church,
Philadelphia, have given 5000 to the Meth
odist Hospital in Philadelphia to endow a
bed in memory of their mother.
Mrs. MARY E. RYLE has presented to the
trustees of the free library at Paterson, n.
j., the residence formerly occupied by her
father. 1t is to be known as the Danforth
Library building. The property is worth
about $4,000
SITE and S170, 900 have been offered by
the legatees of the late Sir Joseph Whit
worth to the authorities of Owens College,
Manchester, Eng, for the erection of hos
pital, together with 5000 year toward its
maintenance.
HESTER ANN CHAsE-REDoUT, of Annapo-
lis, who died recently, bequeathed her mag
nificent ancestral home (Which was built
in no by Judge Chase, one of the sgners
of the declaration of independence to es-
tablish home for destitute, aged and IL
firm women.
Mr.. JAMES 4. WEBE has presented the
Presbyterian church of Madison, n. j., with
new church building as a memorial to
his son, who died last year just after COM
pleting his course at Princeton. The build
ing cost $4,000. 1t has library of several
thousand volumes.
THE will of Esther Maskell Newkirk, Of
Philadelphia, contains bequest of $500 to
the Presbyterian Hospital, to endow free
bed and 81 900 to the Presbyterian board Of
relief for disabled ministers. Except few
private requests, the residue Of her estate,
which is estimated altogether at s39,749, is
bequeathed TO the board of home missions.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-17
ghe Daily gayle Ehursdau orius january

about this. The item is seventeen days
subsequent. else that tree is lightning, tt
bear two crops in that many days.
The first deposit of $500 side in the
100 yard race between Kittleman and
Bethune has been posted in the hands oil
Ed Ormsby of this city. The race viii
be for $4,000 side and Will come off al
Mitchell, Kan. January 26.-kansas City
News.
The fine farm residence of j. ". Rice
five miles northeast of Anthony. was de
stroyed by fire Saturday morning and
nearly the entire contents lost. Very
little furniture and clothing was saved.
The insurance was light, and hence the
loss sustained is a severe one.-Journal
The state agricultural report gives the
cotton product of Chautauqua county foI
1885 as 1890 pounds, for 1886, SO. 10t
pounds, while none is reported for Bar
Der or other western counties where a
considerable quantity of the staple was
produced last year in experimenting.
An item is going the rounds to the eff
feet that cattle are dying DO the score in
this vicinity. If the departure of an
old COW occasionally to the happy hunt
ing grounds constitutes scores, then the
report is correct. Our stock is healthy
and entirely free from disease.-Harpel
Republican.
The breezy city editor Of the Anthony
Republican explains, and at the same
time corrects the wrong impression
made upon the readers of that paper by
the bad spell it exhibited the day before,
after this fashion: The compositor
again run against our hieroglyphics
yesterday, throwing the word Boreas
higgledypiggledly together, making it
spell an original male hog
The next railroad bill of grave i'm
portance will be submitted to the con-
sideration of Kansas law makers is one
to limit passenger fare to two cents a
mile. The Leavenworth Sun remarks
with a tone of seriousness that lit will
certainly become law, as the Grand
Army boys have sworn that they must
get even with the railroads for refusing
to givea one cent mile rate to the re-
union at Topeka last October" Verify
the railroads seem to be in a hard way
all around just now.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-17
TOUGH TO TAKE.

Miss ADDIE HERSDoS, OF Erin, Tenn,
dreamed recently of digging up $500 IN
gold, and the next day she went TO the
place visited in the dream and she did il in
fact
A MAINE historian says that in old times
the fine ladies Of Eastport, then very gay,
flourishing town, used to acquire beautiful
compilations by sleeping with their heads
out of the windows in foggy weather.
MONTREAL man is astonished. He
writes 70 the papers that his wife, while
pouring out the milk the other morning,
poured oat { small miBn0w, which jumped
about in lively manner, as If in his native
element.
4 xASfn Nation, New, tipped couple Of
barrels Of whisky into natural spring
which flowed On Lis premises and invited
al the rancnmen for miles around 70 come
and sec il The next day ne sold the spring
for $4,000 in gold dust and fed the country.
FARMER OF Blaire, Lawrence County,
Ky, killed a valuable COW that had been
seized with fits. On examining the head Of
the dead animal d small 1--we snake was
found hanging between the nosirils, with
it's head in one and its tai IA TIE other nasal
passage.
ALDERgAE-ELECT DCEYREE. CT Fail River,
Mass, stood over forty-two pounds Of
dynamite the other day, while a man IN
bomb proof worked away az an electric
battery. and wondered why the charge
wouldn't 90 Of After awhile the E3aa
crswled carefully Up. discovered Mr..
Durfree, and explained the situation The
aIdermaz's boot hee! was placed exactly on
the electric wire, and was pressing into the
earth. thus preventing the passage Of tbs
current Re left the spo. without ce-e-
mony. but his teeth chatter now every tine
be thinks Of the incident
4 CITIZEN Of Joplin No is astonishing
the natives Ct ma State by bis Pc
cuiiar gifts L Is said that when be
AXIS over TIE ground q few hours
be becomes thoroughly exhausted AID
SO Limp aud heIpsess tEat he has 20 be
assisted home But re has 10 Keep wzlx-
ing, for when he stands firmly O. cpe spot
OF ground for few seconds he becomes az
II rooted. and has 70 hare che foot assisted
loose, when the ether eau be moved, and
then. By trezdguy Up and down for q
minute, the eIetrsc c1rrent becomes brokso.
Ia The course OF which, however. The
peculiar sparkling Incssszi- for instance. -
brushing b1sck cats hair backward j.
developed he asce-talas TIE locatloz q
water beneath the earth nv using peach
tree swrtca. and azos " here minerals ere cy
similar MEANS
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-17
FROM DISTANT LANDS.

UP in Finland they have a telephone Inc
connecting four towns, 81 which the outside
ones are l13 miles apart
TIE EifeI tower, IN Paris. had. al last
{ accounts, reached height Of $50 feet, and
/ Is by Ear the highest erection ia the world.
ALI Hayti may be said 10 be ruled bv tho
eoconacaque. II is a jolptsd stick abou.
three feet long, Of heavy, unbreakAb,o
wood, and is carried by tic officers Of tho
Haytian army.
JEssY LiED's monument. 70 DC erected IA
London by her husband, has been com
pieted in Glasgow. IL Is IN the form os
beautiful cross, about ten feet high. cut
from Swedish granite
IL the case q the application of ar In
glish firm for permission 70 set up cotton-
cleaning machinery, Ii Hung Chang ha.
decided that foreigners have no right 70
start manufactures or Chinese soil
IN Russia las. year 50 900 dram slops
were done away with by lar. Bet a. Ra--
STA stu has LETT oae dram shop 70 about
every fifteen persons, the sublocta % tho
Gar WI nos suffer Ger lack % YUdks
SoHE 81 the brick houses erected In En-
gland Two hundred years $40 are &C
oenensed together that the walls have ~
ste is wanted for something modern.
FAsHgos ia France haa taken a senslfsi.
turn. Eezesforth srGssriAl erestx and saeh
sAlsFs are 70 BE bszshed froua scea IL
sSlted places Sc letter paper, etc, bot are
% BE eD bossed CT worez's dresses IA col
oTs eyer the heart
TnxEE was reos1;ly discovered n Central
Africa villsgs q house. bs4,t sloug
sireet I'D having gaoled roofs TIE Ia
a25atAass are Il superior intelAgesce, kseF
geo6 erdsr IN tbs village aid s.eep u bees
raised ao3ve The ground
IT IS sad thai sweety.sTe pamphlet. On
diseases Ct TIE ear have bosn ~ sEtz6sc n
Germany ezrsg tie l.ss fsrzizts., al
thai II tie Lew Enpsrer's aSscsss does
nos heal azscx1y, half tie ns:soa Will zzsx1rs
themselves AFFECTED Sa4h diseased cara
IL Italy taers s.s eixh. ansrscxn bory
Processes, sersn Hsrcknssssas, twesTs
CeEntesses and BsyzesA s. s.eEstezs
RsE.csr, o: I>os6g1. s1gsssts thzt Acssytcs
lad estsr xtsrt tl2eS 4rlz.o-rs<y % sss
own. fer fear e Aos4sg a. her sllg.kss ra1.
ss1slrsssez
Tvs przcts1s 81 oo1-z.e..erz.1Eg fss a..
nsys-zzsses 81 cs@:ss ~ So s1vertsserssns
ia tAs resspspers n grcwsas WY fash
AenaDls n Ezg.=@1 A szssos sg,ssrss /.
Liverpool paper tAs o.bsy DAP reminding
i1e weird q .es 2ssts CO sozr-z-ertk.-c,d
ehald E1o becazss 81 szg sl iasr:T-ssx y~s-y
sEo.
RaEE, ozes rszssr1zs e ia vor,4 -.
ss@1c waG1sxtzI E.z.srtzI rrezres. asxrsz,x
tas -; txxIty ye2rx VIA ia, tee
sgssy~szo 1lI9s Ct Esw ssrsa:a hare $50
ssz1s. ever E,1D E>=sss hare s<sr ssssY. or
ssa-arves. ahsgzs e. m. 90 have heea ss~-t
y F11frr arzsrrrTT-.zs1sk al ~ r.zz,sfz.sza
las increased fFez 80 90 e -. 30.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-17
KANSAS KOLLARY.

Sneezes are the only things that are
certain of being twins, and even this Is
no exception to the rule that there are
exceptions TO all rules.
1t is said that John y. Reynolds has
completed negotiations for paper IN
AtchIson and Will assume Its manage
ment about February 1jth.-Patriot.
There are more peanuts sold in To-
peka during the session of the legisla-
ture than any other time in the year
1I-worth Sun.-How about chestnuts:
Manhattan is shipping stoves to Birm-
ingham. in the great iron district of Ala
bama- The first thing We know Kansas
will be shipping coal TO Newcastle.-h.
{. Gazette.
The Wellington city council sat down
on the proposition 10 vote bonds TO en-
courage the salt industry there. The
industry continues TO pan out and de-
velop. nevertheless.
4 chemist in Leavenworth has on ex-
hibition photograph of pure milk. The
sun says 1t is the nearest 70 the genuine
article that it has come in contact with
there for long time.
]. H. Couch. of Ruella, has cured sew
eral horses of the blind staggers by sim
ply blisteriDg the top OF the head with q
poultice Of hops and washing the nos
trils with tncfure OF tobacco. Anthony
Journal.
Bluff City doesn't boast Of having the
greatest number of societies but 1t chal-
lenges any town in southern Kansas to
show three secret societies as large. well
posted and well housed az are 10 he
found there. says the Herald.
An apple tree in Cherokee county is
bearing its second crop this year.-K- c.
Gazette. Must BE- something wrong
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-17

A Democratic exchange in speaking of
the probability that an extra session of
congress will be called soon after the
inauguration Of the incoming admins
tration mentions in sort of warning
tone the historical fact that one Of the
very few extra sessions of congress was
called by General Harrison's grand
father. then president, but that he died
before the congress met under the call.
In that matter, however. as i'll every
other touching his official prerogatiyes.
it is safe to say President Harrison will
act upon the dictates Of Judgment and
the public interest, and not from mere
impulse or superstition.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-17

If the statement of the Montgomery
Advertiser is to be relied upon as cor
rect, and the same conditions exist in
the other southern states as are repre-
scented in Alabama. the race problem will
probably be solved more speedily and in
a different way than has been antici-
pated or thought of. Says the Adver-
tiser: IF the present rate of emigration
keeps up for few years longer, there
will be no more negroes TO speak Of in
Alabama's fertile black belt That pa
per is also of the opinion that education
fills the black man with an irresistible
desire to travel, which accounts. no
doubt, for tie rate of emigration it
speaks of.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-17
You Don't Quote Correctly.

Kansas tiIy Slaf.
1t is becoming more and more evident
as the DAYS go by, that Marsh Murdoch
has not been working for nothing all his
life The impression is beginning to
steal over the senses of good Kanssna that
Marsh may be discovered to be a million
aire with piles of bonds and stocks in his
safe, and that the high encomiums of the
New York Tribune are not deserved af
ter all For why in the world would a
poor Kansas editor face the wrathful
fates to defend the railroads and the
money lenders: The EAGLE says Gov
ernor Martins recommendation for an
improvement favorable TO the bor-
rover in the laws concerning mortgages
sounds like a socialistic roundup"
And just below this it says the railroads
pay their full share of taxes, and in this
respect are more honest than private
,.if
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-17
For the Eagle.
KANSAS PLUMB PUDDING. )"

Years ago A state, ont in the west
Had a place in the senate to fill,
Twas hoped 'twould do its best
Ger the state there ran thrill.
The solon's "fnger and thumb
Let many petitions go by;
Went to 'Empory,' picked up a Plumb"
And said, "A brave legislature am L.
Years rolled on, "Plumb's" time was out,
The body" was sound as DRUM"
It had no wish to look about;
Again it picked I'D the Plumb"
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-17
Virtue Hath Its Rewards,

hdHSdS lily OdZetlc
Bigamy is a cowardly offense: one
wife, boys, if judiciously handled is
enough, and sometimes too much. Fate
seems to hover over a man like a
hawk over chicken in the weeds, if he
does not take good care of the .'old
woman" that the Lord has given him.
The abandonment of wife is a heinous
crime, and, though the perpetrator goes
unwhipped of justice for time, he is a
miserable cuss any way, while the
choicest blessings of heaven seem to be
scattered in the path of the virtuous
man. 1t pays to be clean man.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-17

senator who offers the amendment says
that it is proposed because the clergy
and women of the w. C. T. U. demand
it, and surely the shepherds and mothers
OF the flock could not be guilty of so
subtle and threacherous thrust to the
heart of liberty, at the foot of her own
statue, in the very home of her counsels
and before the eyes of her people.
Who drew this amendment, and what
is the meaning of it? W. II. MCKEE.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-17

The Topeka Democrat says the newly
installed state officials are all very wroth
at the gross misrepresentation put upon
them. physiognomatically, by the So
called likeness of them published in a
local contemporary. If that be true,
and there is no reason to doubt it,
what must have been the feelings of
those who were similarly cartooned, only
incomparably worse, by the Times, OF
the CITY of Kansas.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-17

The death OF Mrs. Jay Gould calls
public attention TO the simple, unosten-
tatious home life of the Goulds-a
model, American, millionaire family so
far as social and home life is concerned
Whatever may be said Of Gould's bust
ness methods, however great injustice
his financial power and purposes makes
possible, there has never been even a
suspicion of vulgar displav upon the
part of either himself or any member Of
his family.-Emporia Republican.