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Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04
Odds and Ends.

A ride out west through Kansas or
the Union Pacific railroad, over 3OU
miles west IN Kansas, Will convince one
from observation and conversation with
reliable old settlers, that the prospects
for wheat crop in Kansas were never
brighter at this season OF the year. Cat
tie seem TO have wintered nicely.-Ex.
The statistical report of the depart
ment of agriculture for March gives the
result of the investigation through It's
correspondents and agents and the mer-
chant millers and the record of CONNER
clal inspection of the average weight OF
wheat by states. The general average is
81 12 pounds. the lowest average OF six
years. In the spring wheat region the
range is from 90 l-2 in Dakota to 90
pounds in Nebraska. 1t makes the crop
equivalent to 39l .000,00 bushels of 50
pounds each, less by 25,000,000 bushels
than the quantity i'll measured bushels.
The commissioners of Trego county
had just finished the most handsome and
substantial court house in the west at
We keeny, the county seat, on Thursday
last. As the sweepers We're finishing
their work farmers and farmers wives
entered. There were also a number of
lawyers and real estate men and judge
present, but not to hold a criminal court.
The judge and lawyers were on this oc-
casion part of the audience, and the
court house was opened by a farmers
institute meeting being held, the opening
paper being by a farmers wife on poul-
try raising.
Hon. George F. Lord. of Elgin, one of
the NEST successful Illinois dairymen,
keeps 100 COWS on 800 acres of land and
has not raised pound of hay for years.
Corn is sowed in drills three and half
feet apart, and when cut is cured in
stacks, standing on the ground till win
ter sets in, when it is hauled to the barn.
He secures a yield Of about seven tons of
cured fodder per acre, which is as much
as the best hay, he thinks,
John Boyd, who is prominent breeder
of Jerseys, said at a dairy convention at
Mount Carroll, H.: lone hundred
quarts Of Jersey cream will make just
the same number of pounds of butter as
one hundred quarts of cream from Hol-
stein milk, provided it is raised under
same conditions. According to Mr..
BOYD, then, the cream of the little chan
mel islanders is no richer than the cream
from Holstens or any other breed, but
their virtue lies III the fact that they give
five or six times as much cream as all
other breeds.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04
GOULD AND THE SANTA FE.

A special to the Chicago Tribune, un-
der date of March 80, says: a new theory
relative to the future of Atchison was
current here today, and it had its origin
from such high sources as to warrant the
attachment Of some importance to It.
Considerable friction, it seems, has arisen
between A. w. Nlckerson. the leading
Atchison director, and Kidder, Peabody
& Co., the bankers who have had the
placing of the Atchison loans. Now Mr..
Nickerson, it is said, has joined his forces
with Jay Gould and Huntington and the
new syndicate are purchasing the stock
by the ream, and are likely to continue
to do SO for the next week. Meanwhile
they are freely loaning this purchased
stock for the purpose of impresslng the
street with the idea that long stock IS
coming out plentifully. and thus inducing
bears to put out long lines of stock. The
climax is to come at the end of the week,
when the syndicate, calling in their
stock, will cause the bears to dance a
lively Jig in their efforts to secure the
stock they have oversold. Thus when
the books close a week from Tuesday, if
the scheme works, Gould & Co. will
have sufficient stock to enable them to
dictate the character of the next board Of
directors. For this reason it is supposed
that Jay Gonld has very materially re-
duced his interest in Missouri Pacific,
and will build up the Atchison system
even at the expense of his o. favorite.
But should Gould control Atchison its
future still remains uncertain Funds
may be raised to carry it through year
or two of poor earnings or recourse be
had to receivership to cap off undesira-
BILE branches and compel bondholders to
scale their interest.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04
SENATOR PLUMB AND TIE OKLA
HOMA MATTER,

As considerable has been said in the
Plumbs attitude on the Oklahoma mat
ter and especially adversely of his
speech on the Springer bill, when the
Indian appropriation DILL was up for con-
sideration, in the senate, the following
extract from private letter which,
while it shows fixed antagonism to the
Springer bill, yet shows that his efforts
and their results were all in favor of the
real homeseehers in that fair land.
and that to his efforts probably
more than to any single member
of congress is due the very satisfactory
outcome of the whole matter. The set
tier will owe the pri vilege of obtaining a
home without money and without price.
instead of having to pay S1.25 per acre
as provided in the Springer bill, TO him.
The letter is a very readable one and
withal characteristic of the man, and is
as follows:
You know that | never endorsed the
Springer bill. although | should have
voted for II, if it had come up for final
passage; but when | saw that it could not
pass, and when also saw that great deal
better legislation would certainly pass.
then | hit it. But | want TO say now
that took so much satisfaction in hit
ting that fraud, that political. specula-
tive. V ocritical measure, that if it
had i NJ iiately relegated me to private
life jhIlk l should have still been glad
of 1t. You are entirely safe in saying
that if had not been IN favor of the
measure as it did pass. 1t never would
have passed the senate. The committee
on appropriations of the house held back
the Indian appropriation oil until the
last minute.
As passed, practically every Hne of the
Indian appropriation bin relating to the
Indian Territory was drawn by me. l
struck out the incongruous, the uncer-
tain, the ambiguous. the Obstructive pro-
visions of the house bill in regard to set
tiers, providing simply and plainly for
settlement under the homestead laws.
We provided for limited townsite entry
and no reservations III behalf of town
site speculations. We provided for Civ
ing the lands TO settlers in the place of
selling them as the Springer bin did. We
provided for negotiating with the In
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04
THE ATCHlSON'S SITUATION.

A special from Boston to the Post
Dispatch says: "The situation of the
Atchison appears to be about this: The
company, for some reason, sought the
renewal of notes for 100000 held by the
about April 1. The bank was averse to
renewing them, and they were other
wise provided for. New York specula-
tors became aware of the circumstance,
and circulated report that receiver
ship was impending. New York owner
ship of the stock is growing. Messrs.
Irving A. Evans & Co.. say tonight
Atchison is the feature of the market and
is likely to continue so. Like
the Union Pacific, before its pres
ent management, the demand from
its stockholders is positive IN favor of
a change in its directory. Though their
honesty and ability is not questioned, re-
suits are not satisfactory. The trouble
for the time is caused by injudicious ex-
pansion and low rates; its difficulty is to
meet fixed charges, which in January
the company failed to earn by nearly
100000. February is not much better
and March shows little Improvement.
Confidence must be restored in order to
obtain capital to carry the road through
its trying time. and this can be done only
by the directors having the confidence of
the public, which the present directors
have not. The quickest solution of the
problem would be consolidation with the
Gould system, which may come sooner
than is expected. ReceIvership cannot
be allowed, as it would mean ruin to all.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04

The resolution offered in the senate
last week by Senator Evarts constituting
the powers of the senate as regards the
election of its president pro tempore and
the continuance of his term of office
seems to nave proven satisfactory So
luton of a vexed and much discussed
question. Acting upon the ii NJ en-
bodied In and established by The resolu-
ton, the senate Tuesday, without dis
sent, reelected Senator Ingalls, to the
position named, to serve during the
Fifty-first congress in the abseuce of the
vice president. The resolution is as fol-
lows:
That it is competent for the senate to
elect president pro tempore, who shall
hold the office during the pleasure of the
senate, and until another is elected, and
shall execute the duties thereof whenever
the vice president is absent.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04
Lime as a reseryatiye.

The London Garden states that lime is
a good preserver of timber. Ships and
barges used for the conveyance OF lime
last longer than others. IN one IN
stance small coasting schooner, loaded
with lime. was cast ashore and sunk.
Being raised and set atioat afterwards.
she remained sound for thirty years. A
wooden platform, used TOR many years
to mix lime on, was neglected and
grown over with grass. Sixty years af-
terward, on clearing the ground, the
wood was found sound and well pre-
served. We have used lime wash for
many V ears for board fence. which re-
manned clean and sound after other
fences had become covered with moss
and partly decayed. A house was
shingled with cut shingles, not regarded
as durable kind; thirteen years after
wards, when examined, all were found
hard and sound The lime should be
fresh and sharp. and made into wash
quite liquid, SO as TO partly enter the
pores of the wood. Thus treated for
shingles, 1t is about as good as petroleum.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04

There is some truth in the statement
that what France needs Just now is not
real Napoleon like him who sleeps un-
der the dome Of the Invalides, or a
would-be Napoleon like him who has
been characterized as the hero of the
music halls and the boulevards. but who
has run away TO save himself from a
suppostious government coup meant to
land him safely out of harms way but
a tirSt-claSs tinancier-a man with the
faculty not of making war and leading
large armies to victory, but Of mastering
and adjusting her finances. II would
almost seem as if the French govern
ment and people Were unable TO get over
the discovery they made some eighteen
years ago when they paid off the Ger
man war claims. The discovery has
made them somewhat reckless. while
they need to be. just now. exceedingly
cautious. They will see the necessity
for this in short time if the present
trend of affairs is not changed.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04
MISSION AT WEST Pc Mt AND
ANNAPOLIS.

A competitive examination will be
held at Newton on Tuesday the Both day
Of April, commencing at 10 O'Clock, for
the purpose of selecting a cadet from
the Seventh congressional district for the
military school at West Point and the
naval school at Annapolis. Parties
desiring to compete must be between the
ages of fifteen and twenty for the naval
school and between the ages of seven
teen and twenty-five for the military
school. This examination will be held
by Hon. S. I. Banner, superintendent
of public instruction OF Harvey county,
Alvin Chatterton superintendent of
public instruction of Mcpherson county
and d. S. Pence superintendent of public
instruction of Sedgwick county. All
parties desiring to enter the class should
address Hon. S. T. Banner, the clair
man of the committee, at Newton, Kan.
giving their place of residence, age and
the cadetship for which they wish to
compete, 5. K. PETERS.
VI. C. Seventh Congressional District
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04

The Democrats in New jersey assem-
bly, got their majority together last week,
after a Neutrality-suspicious. session, and
PISSED their redistricting bill, which is
designed to keep the legislature forever
Democratic. They may succeed with
such methods for awhile, but change
will come ere long that will enable the
people of the state to unload such incu-
bus. The act mentioned is the strongest
evidence that could be produced that
such change is now rapidly taking place
in popular sentiment.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04

We see it stated that the Southern Pa
cific Railroad company will increase
their capital stock from one hundred to
one hundred and fifty millions of dol
lars for the purpose of extending their
lines and improving their whole system.
In view of the reported complications
and embarrassments of some other prom
inent railroad corporations of the coun-
try the statement sounds little extrav-
aPant.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04

Chicago is as cratic in its local poll
tics as the winds of April. A change
from 10000 majority for Roche, Repub-
lican, for mayor two years ago, to 5000
for the Democratic candidate Tuesday,
is about as sweeping change as could
be imagined. What makes it look so
queer is that Roche was chosen as the
citizens candidate two years ago to beat
the candidate of the bum element. Chi
cago's politics is an unknown quantity,
and that is the most that can be said for
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04
For the EAGLE
A TWILIGHT SONG.
Guitar: Very soft.)

Hong to go and be with thee.
Be with tEee
Under the shade of the greenwood tree,
Greenwood tree,
Close by the fountain sioe,
Close by the mountain side,
Under the shade O. the greenwood tree.
There we loved in the long ago,
The long ago;
The: primrose and violets grew,
Niolets grew:
Where the world upon US smiled,
Where we were by love beguiled.
Loved we there and loved so true.
was young, and You was fair,
fou was fair;
How / loved to tarry there,
larry there;
Looking IN your eyes so sweet.
Resting in your love complete.
/ was young. and you was fair.
lingman April 8. JOHN W. BEEBE.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04

A Maine paper of last week tells
about snow. sleighing and rivers block
AIDED with thick ice, but winds up with
saying that an early spring may be
looked for. Dakota this week reports
FIVE inches of snow and fine prospects
for seeding for spring wheat. In sunny
southern Kansas with the temperature
at the midsummer notch, the farmers
are busy planting corn and other sum-
mer crODS
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04
Anert the discussion that has

AhSEt euS diSSisSiOn tflaU mas come OF
the rejection of the nomination of Editor
Halstead to he minister to Germany il
has leaked out that the nomination of
Whitelaw Reid to be minister to France
was confirmed in the senate, after a
three hours executive session. The de-
bate, 1t is said, was a stormy one, and
the final vote quite close. No Repubh-
cans voted against It, but several
lodged" 1t is asserted that the nomi-
nation was only put through by the
votes of three Democratic senators-Gib-
son, of Louisiana, Payne, of Ohio. and
German, of Maryland Evidently the
senate felt that the country cannot well
spare the immediate services of its lead
ing editors
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04
Eut He Never iyld.

I4t He -NtfcE Dstts
There are no words than these more sad:
~ could have done Tiff had had
The man who chants this SAD refrain
Has always failed % catch tie traia.
lie could havo bought tbs corner lot
For fifty doLars-.lke as not
Which. some two weeks ago or more,
You paid eleven thousand Tor.
The carriage team you bought IA town
Piauklng eleven hundred G0w1-
he could have got" along last fail
For just four hundred, rig ard all
"a II be had had when jones yegt IL
The Congressman he'd nov have bcea-
II he d had soar schooling. say
Supreme Judge hex DC to-day.
Z" II Re had had your start aad health.
Millions would scarcely count his wealth.
III be had read theology.
A second Beecher he would be,
Z" II he had turned his thoughts 20 rhvme,
The ages with his muse would chime,
eli he had had what crowns 20 winI
I; he had Rad he could have been
" II he bad had how high lis thronei
I" II he had had he now would own-
Stale, Gzt, Improbable, sal
"EIh had h.d-f hal had"
-Eo5eSs ;. Bzrd<tfs.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04
-hole than at any time in the last four

whole than at any time in the last four
years.
The acreage of oats is largely increased
and the condition reported excellent.
The corn acreage viii be larger than in
any previous year. A great deal of
ground was plowed last fail, and is now
in good order for spring work. Feed is
abundant and stock is healthy. Grass
has started well. Apple. pear and cherry
trees promise well. The newer counties
in the west will plant largely of Kaffir
corn, sorghum, millet, maize, broom
corn, sweet potatoes etc. Kansas is In
frst-class condition. All indications
point TO a prosperous year.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04

Now it is New Mexico's turn to ring in
q mining boom. But in this case the
prospector will have more than the usual
miners chances to contend with, VIZ:
the Indians The genuine prospector
don't stand in much awe of death as a
general thing, but the tenderfoot will
think pretty big think before he takes
chances of losing his valuable scalp.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04

Sam Jones thinks he has done much
for the post mortem condition of some of
the natives of the Bay City, Michigan,
but still believes that many of them
would readily exchange the wrong side
of the river Styx to relinquishing the
pleasures of that wicked city.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04
The Jersey as Family Cow.

jersey Bulletin
Except by those who have had expert
ence in the rich milk-giving qualities OF
the Jersay as a family COW, and her
gentle, easy gong habits and docIle and
atfeCtionate disposition, that seems al
most inseparably associated with the
race, but little idea can be formed of the
real luxury and solid comfort to be de-
rived from this source of necessary sup
ply 10 the family needs. Every family
requires milk and cream; and in cities
and towns in almost every section of the
country the universal cry goes up con-
demning the quality of these articles Us
furnished by the average dairyman.
Hence, those whose surroundings and
circumstances are favorable adopt the
more satisfactory plan Of obtaining the
supply from their own family COW.
There is no animal so well and so thor
oughly adapted for this purpose as the
Jersey. She is prominently consti-
tuted and, it might be said. specially
bred for it. In her native island all the
cows are in manner family cows, and
by the daily customs under which she
grows up, her associations with the
members of the family. especially with
the women, are nsost intimate.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04

Our Cloak and Shawl
iisnot
admired and bought
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04
His Courtesy was Rewarded.

Senator Reagan, of Texas, was asked
by Republican constituent the other
day to take him over 10 the White
House and introduce him to the presi-
dent. The senator agreed, and was not
upset by the further information that
his friend was going to apply for the
place of United States marshal of Texas,
TO succeed the senator's brother. His
courtesy was rewarded when he heard
the president tell his cheeky constituent
that he should not disturb the present
incumbent during his term of office.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04

Father Eskridge says Kansas has 800
square miles of rock salt from 100 to 3oo
feet thick. 1t will take a pretty big
trust to spread itself over that amount
of surface. Fact is the statement does
not have to be taken cum grano sails
that Kansas is a saved state, though not
in pickle-except, perhaps. as to-oh'
well, it amt worth while to mention 1t.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04

The State Historical society has re-
ceived file of the Wichita EAGLE from
April y. 1872, (Vol. l, No. y to March
%, 1873. The donor is Hon. j. r.
Meade. The file OF the society is now
complete except for the period April 10.
1878, to April 8, 1S14.-State Journal.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04

Tt is announced in the east that Mary
F. Seymour has been appointed commits
sioner of the u. S. court of claims
throughout the United States for term
of five years. She has held the position
for the state of New York for two terms
of two years each. The last appoint
ment will be very gratifying intelligence
to the advocates of the full equality OF
the sexes extant.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04

Capt. Howard Patterson, of New York,
has been appointed admiral of the Hay
tan navy under General Legetime. he
has gone to Port au Prince, where ne
will take command of the armada at
once. 1t is said of Admiral Patterson
that he is one of the best seafarerS OF
this country
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
Well, What's the Difference

Atchison Champion.
The Ell Dorado Republican asserts that
Judge Chandler lis not a Republican.
and was not elected judge on the Repub-
lican ticket" We know he had never
been of the slightest service or value TO
the Republican party, but this charge of
the Republican we had never before
heard made.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04
this count

Each member of congress Will select
one young man from his district as a
candidate for the naval academy at An
napoIis. The one chosen must be between
Is and 20 years of age, of sound health
and with fair education. The appoint
ment must be made at once, as the exam
ination will be held on the 10th OF May.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04
Where They Live in Washington

The busy people on B street.
The sailors on c street
The profane people on D. street.
The teauisters on u street.
The cyclists on street.
The orthodox folk on L street.
The printers on VI street.
The debtors on 0 street.
The billiard players on Q street.
The Cinnamon On I street.
The flve-dollar people on V street.
The marrying people on " street.
The ten-dollar people on Y street.
The inQuisitive people on Y street.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04


afcdern CrRsus.
lie pressed his suit wita urgeat real,
Sac heard With downcsst eyes,
As II sic feared they ggt reveal
The love she IA Disguise.
~ last sBe spokc. in acceuss low.
This vaywsrd, y nsorse witch
There Just one tb.Hg "a Ike 70 know
Pray seIi ue. are 700 rlchf
HIS courage rose about nile
Aad Fiadness ullci bis soul,
"Rlchr answered he, "weII I should srnilss
lly father deals Ia coal"
--ls91erStlls yssrTsal
Inconpiet~Ress-
Deep IL TIE heart % svery tssdoT Joy
sgrroE lies.
SPEAK blihesY 20 ih@ sroIiiag face Of Gala
Loss replies.
Laugh cut the marry SQUADS 90 load and suays
CoacssI moan;
Long for a hest o. dear AID true. ssd lei
Thou at alons.
Chase sadness % WITH courage high ss6 strong
And pSteace meet
But dream not a ta.E bureeas6 lie 20 ea1
One JOY complete.
-EiissssA EzE>r B>la1a, a 81 Pau ffaa>p
5yt0.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04

Atchison Is doing better in the matter
OF building than for many years. Houses
are going I'D In all parts of rhe city
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04

White Goods plain and fancy satnes imported and domestic embracing
the demands of all purchasers.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04
Magnificent Showing on April FIRST.

The Kansas Farmer has received re-
ports from nearly every county in the
state showing the condition of crops and
stock on the first day Of the present
month. The acreage of wheat Is much
larger than IN any previous year since
1854 More spring whea, was sown this
spring than in any other year The con
dition Of wheat, both winter and spring,
Is said 10 be very good. better o. the
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04

We o in
Brocade
novelties Trimmings prices
ersOn.
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04

Not asionalba a
for a
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04

The the highest
verdict will
beyond doubt
Wichita
tally and do good see
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-04

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