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Wichita eagle., 1889-05-24

from the f;.cJ tnar The skull measurements
showed that she belonged to one Of the low
est types of the human family, and expert
euced arch9ologists claim that IN some re
spectS this skull seems to be lower ia the
scale than the celebrated "Neanderthai'
specimen. The distance from the lower
portion of the nasal bone to the upper mar
gin Of the eye cavities is only four cent?
meters, and the distance between the eye
sockets is only two and three-fourths cent?
meters.
The forehead is very low, aud tho inner
portions OF the eyebrow ridges are quite
prominent. One OF the jaws contained soy
eral we'll preserved teeth The teeth Of the
babe were also preserved, but were very
small. Its skull was quite thick. One Of the
male skeletons shows the teeth very much
worn, in some instances clear down TO tho
jaw-bone The earth had been packed so
closely around the skeletons that 1t was
with considerable difficulty that it could be
penetrated.
There are several other mounds in that
vicinity which it is proposed TO open, and it
is expected that other remains Of mound
builders will be found. In the mounds
near Charles City, which were opened last
fall, remains of ancient pottery were found
with bones, bat nothing of this sort was
found at Floyd
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-24

Who owns the land IN tie rni.ef Statesr
Why, the c.t!zeas do, or shoag6- would -
the natural reply. But unfortunately ii 70
not altogether %, Gays the AGaes.csa Gu
zen. S1zaa Of TIE best lands Ia tbs coEa-
try are owned By alien landlords. Nearly
=, ,000,0O acres % iard are owned ~ Insz
who oVys allegiance % ciser goveyIce1a,
To be exact, there are y, "a 600 acgGs OF
Land Enler the direct coatr0l ard ruanaee-
meat Of thirty foreign Individuals or CON-
panies. There are z. 70 - ac-es of Land Ia
Iassac5psetts, 90 s1at The r5en bTfhg in
other Countries aad owing sllssyisace 20
othoS powers, osTa land szosga 4 Esaks
about ten States Ike Massacassct.s. rr0re
than tie who,e of New Eagsasd, nero lad
than some governments own % supYoTt =
King. Tae largest su1ggEt Of lard otsro9
by aHy ouo Tzag or csTpoTst3sa IL ozls1 ~
forclgn corporation called tie ISlz1d
Land Company. Tax ebo1t sllea land
holders Ia Irel2ad, thefe Is twiop ss rsofs
lard Owned ~ aliens n iss rri.st States
az taerc Is owned ~ Esg-lsAEaen 10 Ire
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Wichita eagle., 1889-05-24

or wnetoer Jne SILKS nave sGoJerranean
outlets as wei as iuiets are still matters
cf spuculatou Possibly the now generally
accepted theory that the whole Of Florida
rests upon a bed of ceral IS a foundation
may offer some explanation Of these facts.
AS matters now gland, these sinks pre-
sent the strange spectacle u ponds that
are not affected b- drouth or rain, and a.
ways maintaining The same level from year
10 year" Tho Orlando Record adds the
following information "OrlaaGo has vpon
her eastern outskirts one OF these sink
holes, covering an area OF an mere or two.
and containing pure and clear water, which
appears 70 remain at about the same hclght
ut all seasons Of the year, notwithstanding
the fact that Dumberiess other lakes and
ponds are continually being drained into IL.
The water is perfectly pure, and numbers
Of Dream aud b.ss abound IL IT, There IS
no visible or apparent outlet 10 this sink,
and il is said 20 be bottomless. This latter
statement we do not vouch for, however,
but propose equipping an expedition 20
fathom its depths. and viii let our readers
know the result
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-24
The Hemp-smoi.ers OF Africa.

A new and curious sect has recently
grown up in Africa, the Bcna-Riamba or
SONS Of Hemp" a society Of hemp mok-
ers who, calling themselves friends" are
bound together by ties of mutual hospitality.
Il has had some new light thrown upon i
in the account OF a journey up tho Kasai
by Charles SomervIlie Batenan: "Its ia
itiatory rites are profound and unfathom-
able mystery, and whether % describe Il IS
secret brotherhood, d religion or society
for the propagation Of liceutiousness, 1 am
uncertain. So far as the smoking Of lhiaTn "a
Chemp) is concerned there can be no reason
bic doubt but that the Na;chioko introduced
il primarily fer the purpose o. franc, since
persons under the influence Of that poison
GUS narcotic are Temporarily insane, AID
therefore az the mercy of the first cruel and
crafty trader that came across them" An
other authority. however, thinks that the
society grew out Of political revolution
among the Bashlenge people IN 1870. when
the Progressist parry broke doeva cd com
mercial barriers, and the custom of baang
or hemp smoking was intro3 iced from Zaa-
zioar q become zone Of tbe most banef4l
institutions IN Central Africa"
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-24

GETTING A LIVING.
How a Weu-to-Do Chicago Woman Added
to Her Income.

to Her Income.
There are In this world, writes Ed r.
Pritchard in the Arkansaw Traveller, a
great many ways of getting-I don't say
earning, you viii observe-a living. The
following incident was related to me the
other day by friend who vouched for 1t
being strictly true. 1t is as follows:
One day last summer q poorly-dressed
woman made her appearance at one of the
swellest boarding houses on Wabash av-
enue, and, telling q pitiful story of destitu-
ton and need, asked for the food scraps, the
daily leavings of the table. As the board
ing-house was one where the boarders. did
not tolerate warmed-over grub, and as the
lady who kept it was a kind person,
she told the woman TO come each day and
she would give her what she asked for.
The woman nlumbled her thanks and de-
parted. On the following day she made her
appearance and was given large basket
full of food; and so for months she contin-
ued to come daily and always went away
full-handed. But one day it so happened
that when the kind nd-hearted landlady was
filing her basket for her, the agent from
whom she rented the house happened to call
for the rent. He eyed the beC ar woman
keenly as she stood waiting for her basket
to be filed, but said nothing until she had
taken her departure. Then he turned to
the lady of the house and said:
"Do you know that womanr'
"No," replied the landlady. 'I do not
know her name. But she is very poor and
have been giving her the leavings Of my
table for long time. She seems to be very
glad to get even that"
"Weu," replied the agent, ''rIl tell you
something that, evidently, you don't know.
That poor beggar woman is your landlady."
"My lanoladv!' echoed the woman in as
tonishment. ''What do you neanl''
"Just what l say" coolly replied the
agent. 'She is your landlady; to put il
plainly, she owns this property, and l, as
her agent, turn over 10 her each month the
rent which you pay to me for this house.
She has two other pieces Of property be-
side. this, that I know Of, and she and her
husband are worth not less than forty thou
sand dollars"
"Her husband!" exclaimed the now horri-
fed clearinghouse keeper. II did no.
know she had a husband; she told me she
had none.n
'Quite likely" responded the agent, 'rbut
happen 20 know that she has a husband,
and big strapping fellow he is, too. He is
a section boss on the Alton road and is get
ting good wages. They, mean this WON
an and her husband, keep boarding house
themselves, and this grub that you have Sd
kindly been giving to her has gone long
ways toward feeding her own boarders,
VINO, being only section hands on the rail-
road, are not, perhaps, 50 hard to please as
are yours. But concluded the agent,
laughing, "haviuz seen ne here, / don't
think she VIII trouble you any more"
And he was right. Sae never showed Up
At that hoard IN . ho-,sa q rain
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-24

The attorney for the New York muir
derer who has been sentenced TO be ex-
ecuted by electricity next month, hopes
10 save the condemned mans life by
pleading the eighth amendment to the
constitution Of the United States, which
provides that no cruel and unusual
punishment shall be inflicted" the point
being that the electrical mode of execu-
ton IS unusual But it Will not avail.
The same was true of every other mode
Of punishment at one time, and if that
were valid argument al punishment
would be dispensed with.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-24

INDIANAPOLIS MAY FESTIVAL.

Having secured about everything in
sight that is worth having in the way of
political preferment Indianapolis is
going to take a day off, SO to speak,
next week and devote herself for the
hour to the opera What they denomi-
nate a May Musical Festival is an
nounced for Monday, Tuesday and We'd
nesday of next week, May q, 2S and 90.
The names of a number of the city's
most prominent people are mentioned in
connection with the event as officers
and directors, while on the program
several artists of worldwide reputa-
ton appear, among them Miss Emma
Juch, Sig. Jules Perotti, Her Emil
Fisher, Jas. H. Ricketson, Miss Margeret
Reid, Miss Adele Aus Der Ohe. A
grand chorus Of 600 voices and an Or
chestra of sixty pieces will assist. Among
the directors and a member of the music
committee we note the name of Jas II.
Stem, brother to w. P. Stem, of Wich-
ita. The name of Miss Margaret Reid
Kackley (known as Margaret Reid to the
profession) occupies conspicuous place
among the stars of the occasion. This
lady, though a native of Kentucky,
being a daughter of the late Judge
Kackley, of that state, is claimed as an
Indianapolis girl, having lived there
for several years, and although young
in years she has developed faculties that
promise to place her at the very zenith
of operatic attainments and fame.
The event mentioned is thus detailed
in part for the especial benefit of the
hosts of formerly y-of-Indianians, resident
among the Sunfowers. who naturally
feel an interest In the goings-on back at
the old home. We have no doubt the
occasion will be notable social event in
the history of the sedate old town and
withal exceedingly enjoyable to those
who appreciate that sort OF entertain
ment.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-24
sUNFLowER souPcoN.

| The Oklahoma exodus did not affect
Sumner county very much. The asses
sors' returns show gain in population
of some hundreds. Some of our people
left for Oklahoma, but more came in
took their places.-Standard.
Arrangements have been perfected
for holding grand union camp meet
| ing Of the Free Methodist Wesleyan and
Holiness churches, at Garfield park,
near Topeka, June to II, inclusive.
Every effort is being put forth to
render this occasion the largest and
most successful gathering ever held in
Kansas.-Democrat.
The governor accepted the resigna-
| ton of Levi Churchill. as sheriff Of
Leavenworth, to take effect July I, 1899,
and appointed Fred w. Willard his
| successor.
Governor Humphrey has granted an
| unconditional pardon to James Sleet, Of
Wabaunsee county, who was convicted
June 16, 1887, of manslaughter in the
second degree and sentenced to five
years imprisonment. Sleets crime was
the shooting of man named Mccarthy,
who had attacked and struck him once
or twice with shovel.
The Topeka Democrat says that ''from
the present outlook it is quite apparent
that there will be no state fair held at
Topeka this year." That is too bad-for
Topeka.
There shall be no more Wyandotte for
ever. Even Sol Miller speaks of it now
as Kansas City.
Referee Lowell had made his report to
the district court, at Leavenworth, in
case of Ann . Shire VS.. U. II. Insley,
suit having been brought by the plaintiff
to compel the defendant to account for
her interest in the banking house of ms
ley, Shire & Co., the institution having
gone out of business some five years
ago. The report shows that over $34,-
600 was squandered in bucket shops by
the employees and their stealings were
the result of negligence on the part Of
Insley and James Gay, the latter repre-
senting Mrs. Shire IN the bank, and
while it does not hold them criminally,
it scores them without stint for the way
the business was conducted. Such adj
judication may be law. but it is power
ful poor consolation or relief to the de-
frauded widow.
The basement of the new court house
at Norton, has been completed and the
work of laying the walls viii commence
at once.
o. c. Ewart, of the First National
bank of Medicine Lodge, last week gave
500 to each Of the four churches of that
city. The donations were not solicited.
NJ. E. Reddy, the marble cutter of
Turkey Creek township, was down last
Friday, and reported that he had filed
order from his quarries from a number
of cities and towns, including Los An
geles, Cal He has great faith that
Barber county marble will, in time,
come forward as the most popular mar
BILE known.-Medicine Lodge Index.
August Crane, who lives near Huron,
had sixty acres of wheat, thirty acres of
flax and fifty rcres Of corn totally de-
stroyed by the hail of last Saturday.
These crops were as completely wiped
out as if a huge iron roller had suddenly
passed over and crushed them into the
ground d-Champion.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-24
KAW OR KANSAS.
Atchison Champion.

Atchison Champion.
The eKaw-or-Kansas river was high
ee on Saturday last than it has been for
a dozen years past. And by the way, has
anyone ever remarked the fact that you
can tell whether man belongs to the
"old crowd" or the new corners" by the
name he gives that river? If he calls it
the kaw, his residence dates back at
least quarter of century. If he
speaks of it as the Kansas, the chances
are that he hasn't lived in the state more
than twenty years. a quarter OF a cen
tury ago the stream had only one name,
VIZ, the Kaw. 1t was the Kaw Indians
and the Kaw river, always. in the old
days. Later the biographies and the
newspapers got to saying ''kaw, or Kan
sas," using both names. And still later
''Kaw was largely dropped, and river
and tribe were beth spoken Of only as
kansas"
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-24
a HARMFUL MISTAKE.

The Wellington Standard takes the
farmers of Sumner county to task for
their failure, many of them, to make
accurate returns to the assessors of the
acreage put to crops, notably that of
wheat, this year. The Standard very
aptly says:
eve think our friends have worked
the county a rank injustice and have
not helped themselves particle. Grain
gamblers do not depend upon assessors
rolls for their statistics. They have their
own paid inspectors, who at different
seasons pass over the entire country,
rendering at critical times daily exhaust
i've telegraph reports. Then again. their
gambling makes a good market for the
farmer as often as it makes a poor one,
as was evidenced last fall when one dol
lar q bushel was paid on our streets for
wheat, as direct result of board of trade
manIpulationS.
The evil result of Withholding the
acreage Of our crops comes about in this
wise. These statistics are incorporated
into state reports and fall into the
hands Of all eastern investors, who are
largely biased by them in the placing of
their money for investment. Sumner
county this year, we are satisfied, after
thorough investigation of the rolls and
sundry and divers talks with farmers
and practical men who know whereof
they speak, will have a wheat harvest
of 125, 900 acres. She will be credited,
owing to the antipathy against giving
statistics noted above, with but about
80, 600 or 5000 acres.
Had the total acreage Of wheat been
reported Sumner county would have
lead all the other counties in the state by
1900 acres, or three-fourthS as much as
she raised according to the returns( last
year"
With the exception of the statement
that the gambling in grain makes good
market for the farmer, which we do not
believe, the Standards points are well
taken and should be carefully studied
and understood not only by the farmers
of Sumner county, but of the state at
large. The statistical data returned by
the assessors is, if rightly understood
and fully and accurately made the most
valuable to a county and state of any that
can be given to the public, and those
who withhold such in formation stand in
their own light and in the way of the
states and county's best interests.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-24

We congratulate Wichita and Marsh
Murdock-or, more properly speaking,
we congratulate Marsh Murdock and
Wichita upon the recent appointment of
Captain II. l.. Walker, of that city, to
To the Office of United States marshal As
this is the best political appointment in
the state, Marsh aud Wichita should be
well pleased-heartily satisfied SO to speak.
Usage City Free Press.
Such expansive hypocracy is very
firing. but it will no doubt flourish long
after the truth shall have been forgotten.
II our friend Dick does not claim Wich-
ita as his home why should so many
people urge that claim for him? While
he was the register of the United States
land Office he lived here but his family
removed to Topeka when he was remov-
ed from his position. We were proud
of Dick as an itenerant official. and he
has a delightful family. If Topeka does
not desire to own him we will welcome
him back to Wichita any day. Yet his
coming back here would not make him
4 Wichita appointment
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-24
COUNTY AGAINST COUNTY,

State Journal
Application for a writ OF mandamus
was made to the supreme court today bv
the county commissioners of Hodgeman
county, who seek 10 compel the board
of county commissioners of Garfield
county TO make levy upon townships
Il, - and %. in the latter county, for
the purpose of paying interest and pro-
viding a sinking fund for the payment OF
$4,000 funding bonds Of Hodgeman
county, issued for the purpose OF raising
funds with which to build court house
and other public Improvements. The
three townships named were part Of
Hodgeman county prior 90 1887, when
they We're made part of Garfield coun-
ty. The bonds upon which interest is
beiug paid by Hodgeman county were
issued legally before the townships
named were detached. Under a recent
decision of the supreme court, the town.
ships are liable for their portion Of the
interest and principal and may be taxed
for the pay yment of the same.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-24
FLORIDA SINKS"
Small Ponds That Bavc No Visible or Ap-
parent OatIet<


On tie sgbjec. Of 4'5lzks" t5s Tsyz.es
Herald says: "AraonE tGe csr.oIs natural
phenomena Of Ff3rid2- particularly tie Ez-st-
dc section, are snail poz.sa. knswa II cal
toguizl phrase az 'si2ks-' They arc usGzs :
o. irregular, rpz.6 CO Oral saape, aoe arc
f5und scattered throughout tes plse forests.
Generally speaking they have reither yis-
be Supply c. o-..s., and - their isxel
sca~cely ever -z-.es frc-n c-e sessoz % al
othsr. TAcy ara nst supplied - rains, since
they a-e generally fc1aa II perfectly Ga,
sec.lo1s, where there . o.. Etiie drainage.
Their waters are perfec.-y sweet aad ss1-
orally cold, indsc4tsng Al1sez sfss.zEs "a the
source of sEpgsy. So=e ot ;ss-- are very
deep. o-e 81 pz-t2c1-a-, Il Lem CozEfy.
harIng prove9 Superior q TIE LED Ete os al
tns sozussing l5res In .se pes Ea5og1zg cguE-
try. They are GSaal1y q erTstzl cio4rsess
and coa.zsn szzzlI numbers o fsh. WaSshar
.Ae eTzco-s..a8 ..s bA- zlScs &c szpElT,
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-24
nrnIn Neatly CAPTURED.

Some Maine lumbermen who were an
noyed by a bear stealing their noiasses out
Of the camp store-room put sp Job on
bruin. They got an empty moiasses -keg.
flied the sides Of II full 81 sharp pointed
nails inclined toward the bottom, poured q
little r0lsses iato It, and set Tho whole ar
raugement cut into tho bushes near tie
pig-pen. The novel trap worked n!ceiy- Tho
next moruiag II was found some distance
from the camp. Tie bears head was in
side Re had stuck - IN ard couldn't draw
II ogt a rife ball ended his misery AID
Lis fhio-tire,
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-24
FOUND IN a MOUND.
Relics OF an Ancient Race Discovered &
Northeastern Iowa.

Northeastern Iowa.
a very interesting archaeological discov-
cry has just beer made near F.oyd. north Of
Waterloo, Ia, or the Cedar river. For soCe
time past Il has beea known TIA. several
ancient mounds were scattered along TIE
banks CT the river, bot, though il rad been
eIcayated, nothing had been found except
Eear Charles City. A few days ago WORK
was begun excavattng TIE mounds at Floyd.
Tie largest was circular In shape, thirty
feet in diameter and about two feet high
Il was situated II fed and had been
plowed ever !cr years. After eicgsng down
about four feet the bones OF FIVE persons
were discovered They were IN . ST.
ting posture aud faced toward TIE north
A complete Investigation showed tha. the
original excavation had been aoored With
layer OF graTel, rpca which toe remains hs1
been placed TIE earth was thea p7ckSd
closely around t1ez, another isyer os gravel
placed above taen and the mound PLACID
upon this OF TIE remains nearly al tEs
bones were il good state OF prese-yataoa,
even the bones ot ire fingers and toes be1cg
intact Tie bones were evidently OF s1rse
nales and cue female and ore babe. OSs
CT tie zen appears 20 hare bcen over SIX
feet high TIE skeleton q. tie wo=s11
ws. howevsF. Of greater iater=s;
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-24

The interference of the young empe-
ror of Germany with the strike among
the miners of his kingdom is new de-
parture for his class in these modern
days. when it was supposed emperors
ruled through their cabinets. And that
the settlement is favorable to the miners
as against the mine owners is in direc-
ton not expected by those who assume
that government is always in favor of
money owners or the wealthy class. But
still the young kaiser don't refer to ''mv
people," but he calls them my sub
iects."
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-24
An Independents Estimate.


Hurrah for Kelly. He did not make
very brilliant race, but he got there,
and that is enough. Democrats would
have greatly preferred to see Overmyer
or some other good Democrat elected, but
as they could not get him, they are as
well pleased with Harrison Kelly as they
could be with any Republican. He is
broad guaged and liberal, by no means n
fire eater and radical of the fire alarm
species, and is believed to entertain
liberal views on tariff reduction. Such
a ombination in Kansas congressman
is something to brag about.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-24

Mr.. Ex-Attorney General Bradford
must be a man of remarkable moral
courage. else he is immeasurably hypo-
critical away from home. On the eve
of his departure for Pennsylvania to
take part in the pending campaign fer
the adoption of q prohibitory amend
ment to the state constitution in Penn
sylvania he predicted the defeat of the
proposition by from 20 10 100, 600 popular
majority. Well. we will not help 10
swell the majority by further observa-
tions.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-24

The dispatches state that proctor
Knott is very sick horsen Sam Bry-
ant, his owner, is sicker-Salina Gazette.
What's the matter with the whole
state of Kentucky? Even the Demo-
cratic victory in ..Spokane's home state
doesn't commisserate the habitues of the
Ozark and Bloody" for the sense of
goneness they have experienced since
that fateful Derby Dav.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-24

The X. c. Star says that Bradford is
going back to Usage City to live. This
prompts the Emporia News to observe:
How much better it would please him
to beexiled 10y the president to Salt Lake
City" The observation, in view of the
place of residence (state) of the Hon. 5
B., can only provoke an exclamation
and a sigh,