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Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26
Cultivation OF Su;merS.

'ad3ling into little Sovs, says Capt. JOHN
Strahan, on the south side of the bay, Wa
landed beside clear ripping stream, and.
having ordered the whole Of the men 10
march in Indian file in front, we started by q
little rugged path into tho mountains, with
my interpreter Immediately behind NE and
the rajah just in front. Esery foot of the
journey, which was laborious in the extreme,
disclosed fresh scenes of verdurc and tropical
splendor Winding along the sides of deep
rayines, sometimes dragging ourselves mp the
creepers and underground. we ultimately at
tanned an altitude Of about 1000 feet above
the sea, and then entered the nutmeg coun-
try. Here we halted and rested The rajah
pulled some of tho nutmegs and explained
how far they were from being ripe.
Having rested sufficiently we again started
forward, and after scrambling along for
about an hour we gained a fine piece Of table
land, over which we travelled for about an
other half an hour, when we reached three
houses erected in the very heart of the fores.
These were used by the natives for drying the
nutInegs. The country was everywhere mag
nificent, and the aroma Of the spice laden air
delicious. Nutmeg and other equally valu-
able trees were everywhere growing in great
proflision. The fruit of the nutmeg Ia ar-
pearance resembles pear, and when ripe
opens and displays the nut covered with
beautiful red coating Of mace. The nuts arc
then picked from the treessput into baskets
and taken 10 the houses, where they are
husked and placed on shelves They are then
partially roasted over u slow fire until all tho
moisture is extracted After this they ars
cooled and carried down TO the village in nets
ready TO be bartered to the Bugis, Arabs,
and other traders who frequent the gulf In
their small proyys or junkos at tho proper sea-
son-Glasgow Mail
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

For once in life time venison is not
dear at Lisbon.
The first NJ. Z. church at Oklahoma City
will be dedicated shortly.
The Lisbon brass band, fourteen instru-
ments, exclusive of the cynbols.
The nativity question in Reno City has
resolved itself into what part of Kansas
are you from"
You can drink hop tea at Oklahoma City
at present without the fear of swallowing
a soldiers bayonet.
The Edmond Sun has discovered that
Oklahoma is a natural hog paradise. The
Sun is a frank paper.
Every foot of available land in this vi
cinity is being eagerly gobbled up, says
the Reno City Capital.
The editor of the Times is excited and
says he is as innocent of the charge against
him, as an unborn babe.
Only thirty soldiers are now at Fort
Reno. The others are all attending the
annual drill at Chilocco.
The new hotel building at Orlando is
about completed, aud it will be one Of the
best of its kind in the territory.
Oklahoma will be a cotton state. so all
the southern men here say, and will grow
59,000 bales next year.-Edmond Sun.
Hotel Caddo will be completed next
week, and Reno City can then care for er
visitors in the finest building in the Indian
territory.
There is decided weakness at Guthrie
for point lace on the women's part, and
breech-losding shot guns as regards the
mems choice.
The council at Reno City made the right
kind OF move the other night when they
voted to take 800 copies OF the Reno City
Eagle at regular rates.
Oklahoma has the best water of any Of
the recently settled states. Springs are TO
be found on nearly every quarter section,
asserts the Edmond sun.
Guthrie has been for some time enjoYinz
the luxury OF open saloons, but the deputy
collector of internal revenue swooped
down on them and brought twenty Of
tenders TO Wichita.
Since somebody suggested that they
have an equestrian excursion at the edi-
torial convention, Milt Reynolds has
shown signs Of backing out Never did
Ike horse. no how.
The Oklahoma City Journal says that
the object a Guthrie man loves best latter
his vile Is Gouble-posed dog Strange,
but we said the same thing OF the Arkan-
sas City man a week ago
Lisbon and kinsfisher are overrun with
dogs. There are more ours 10 the acre
than in any other town in Oklahoma
Nine-tenths Of them could be easily spared.
including also the barks OF the other tentn.
The toilette e. an Indian dance is deco
Iette, both as TO the coTssge and skirt Il
Is rather suspected tina. So Anthony Com
stock will have something 10 say about
Reno Citys popular amusement, before
long
TIE most important matter ID the bust
ness men ana capitalists of Okisaorna is 20
have some law whereby titles 20 PROPERTY
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26
a DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.

From the Kansas City Times.
The Wichita EAGLE. in a weighty and
conclusive editorial on the base ball sit
uation, observes that last year the final
contest for the championship of America
fell TO Chicago and ST. Louis, represent
ing the league and the association. the
two principal organizations. The pres
ent status of the game indicates that this
seasons roundup will be the same as last
years as TO the championship" We are
afraid that Colonel Murdoch has been
devoting his time to the Kansas rebellion
to the exclusion of matters of national
moment. The paper that will give TO
Adrian Constantine Arson the credit OF
winning the league pennant last year
and predict that Chicago and St. Louis
will contest for the worlds champion
ship this year, displays an ignorance of
the burning issues of the day that words
can not adequately condemn. And in
Wichita paper, and that paper the
EAGLE, too. In this connection the fol-
lowing editorial assertion OF the Chicago
Herald is commended 10 Colonel Muir
dock: Far off in the hay September
air the head of old Anse can be seen
floating IN the SOUP
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26
GOVERNOR MARTINS CONDITION.

1t is reported that Governor John A.
Martin is still unable 70 eat or sleep and
that his condition Is alarming His own
paper says nothing. so far as We have
noticed, and we hope his physical condition
IS not as critical as the reports would have
it.-Wjchita EAGLE
The Champion has reported Governor
Martins condition in its local columns
almost daily. He has, for the past eight
weeks. been a very sick man, az times in
q critical condition. He Is Still very
sick man, but for the past week there has
been a change ID his condition for the
better He now sleeps little and IS able
10 retain nourishment- His physicians
now regard him as convalescIng. OF
course. his recovery, from the nature OF
his illness. viii be very slow. but should
be continue 20 improve during the pres
ent week as much as he did last week.
the probability is that. IN q few weeks,
ne will be able 70 be about the house,
and Ia shape 10 gain strength more rap
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26
"proyiaeutial"

The wives Of the early settlers Of our coun-
TRY were naturally women Of unusual resola-
ton and bravery, and the lives they were
compelled 20 lead, isolated from neighbors
and surrounded by savagss and wild beasts,
tended still further 10 develop such traits
The following illustration OF their spirit Is
taken from "Reminiscences OF Saratoga"
The Barhydts lived Gu tne edge of Bear
Swamp" es il was called, a few rods east Of
the present race course Mrs BaThydt wzs a
woman Of pI1ck-of much the same s.ag that
Revolutionary danes were made Of
One afternoon, while her husband was alb
sent, a large bear came in through ths orsn
door Of the log house, and IelszreIy walked
up to where a neizhbors babe was sleer&ng
IN q cradle
Jus. then Mr.. Barhydt turned and saw the
intruder In her erclteDeot see forgot tbs
oad Qoesn A2nss uzusket that hung loaded
over the fireplace, and seized Instead large
case knife with which she had tzse b.,sn cut
ting Up por., and With which, after 8 de-
perase struggle, soe succeeoed IL ciJstckiny
Ske bear
Sos took no great credit 20 bsraszf for vksi
she bsd done. but was wont 70 rs<z.ATk tai
TIE affair Wa really ''quite rrcrhtesatial
since fce animal furntsaed Los family with
fresh nea. fer several weeks, a luxurT they
bad not sasssf for long tins pxevioaz5y-
Yo1fais DnpaEscu
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26
WHAT DOES THE SOLDERING
MEAN?

the two towns down at the mouth of
the Kaw, whose smell Of beer upon the
one sideand dessicating plants upon the
other are only divided by the imaginary
line that runs between Dold's and Ar
mours hog pens, have resorted to the Il
tickle you, you tickle me- policy of late.
We don't know what it is but there ap-
pears to be something up between them
other than the old time stink OF the stock
yards. The tickle comes principally
from the Missouri end of the combina-
ton and we entertain fears for our inno-
cent red-headed brother but so recently
loosed from the healthy restraints of an
interior Kansas life, 4 fear that he has
been done up. They have got him
already into the belief that he lives in
the biggest town in the state, when the
town is really in Missouri, and he, in
fact. don't live in it at all. We never did
have much use for Missouri, the mere
mention Of the name exciting our mag
ination with undue Dantean touches,
and if our George is rendered a fit sub
ject for the asylum at Osawatomie we
fear we shall do some thing unbecoming
one of the $4,000 OF course the state
blind asylum is located at Wyandotte,
but we have heard no rumofs that the
asylum had become contagious or that
George had caught 1t, still he seems to
see indistinctly and no one can tell
what may happen in that vicinity at
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26
THE TWO COLONIES.

Editor Henry Watterson of the Louis
vile Courier Journal, himself Confed-
crate soldier, has this to say of the char
acter Of Abraham Lincoln: ''To the
conduct of public affairs Lincoln brought
all the qualities Of great mans head
ard heart. One can not read the public
records of that period without feeling a
new respect for the president; new
admiration for his singleness of purpose:
for his unselfish patriotism; for his lucid
ity of thought and evenness of temper;
for the ciearness with which he stated
his position, and for the earnestness and
eloquence with which he appealed to the
hearts and consciences OF his country
men for their support" This equals the
panegyric pronounced by that other
prominent ex-Confederate, Colonel Crisp
of Missouri. There is this difference be-
tween the eulogists, however: the latter
thinks Jeff Davis a fraud, while the
former thinks him a demi-god.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26
A STRIKE WITHOUT PARALLEL.

In making his charge to the grand
jury in London the other day, the re-
corder pointed out, with pardonaDle
pride, that although hundred thou
sand men had been on strike for nearly
month, not a single charge Of violence
had been brought before the conrt. He
thought that the fact was probably I'M
precedented in the history of the world.
This statement is all the more remark
able when we remember that a great
many non-union men were put to work
in place of the strikers, and the charac-
ter and low grade of education of the
latter, many of whom could neither read
nor write. Their forbearance and order
illness were not, therefore, due to any
superior intelligence on their part. Prob
ably their only chance of success was i'll
their retaining the sympathy of the pub
lie and such men as Cardinal Manning
and the lord mayor of London, and that
would have been forfeited by acts of law
lessness. But while the leaders were able
to realize this, the men themselves GER
tainly did not do so. They obeyed orders
implicitly, however, and their discipline,
with the respect for the law so common
among all classes of Englishmen, did the
work.
The most intelligent order of working
men in the world is probably the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers, and Chief
Arthur is one of the ablest leaders at the
head of such an organization. But he
never handled the skilled engineers
under him in any protracted strike as
well as John Burns did the ignorant
dock laborers of London. We do not be-
Eeve the Brotherhood has ever gone
through long strike without single
case of violence being reported.
But Burns skill is likely TO be tested
still more thoroughly. He is going to
Australia. it is said, and he will proba-
bly, take charge of a strike there. If he
succeeds as well as he did in London he
will have shown himself the greatest of
all labor leaders. but it is not likely he
can repeat his success.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26

In defining his position on the ques-
ton of pensions, appropos of the recent
change in the management of that bu-
reau, Secretary Noble says: u was
a soldier myself, and l want to see
every old soldier get pension who
deserves one under the law: | want him
to get the amount allowed him by the
law. and IN the exact order of time pre-
scribed by the law" This is all that can
reasonably be asked: and the great ma
iority OF the veterans do not demand any
more. And as they understand it the
deposed commissioner was proceeding
20 do that very thing. which makes his
removal all the more inexplicable.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26
SOME INFORMATION.

P. II. Albright, mayor of the city Of
Winfield, the county seat of Cowley, has
issued a neat little ten page folder which
contains short statements of representa-
tive farmers from every township in
that great and rich county touching
the crops OF this year, inclusive Of field.
orchard, vineyard and garden. A Won
derful strong showing is thus made.
Among others B. A. Clover, president Of
the state Farmers Alliance, makes the
following statement which he takes the
risk of eastern monopolists getting
hold of and using to crowd down the
price Of the products that he raises. He
says:
mot much wheat grown but of fine
yield and of best quality. Will have ali
immense yield of oats: corn will go from
fifty to seventy-five pusheis per acre and
being matured is past all danger. Very
large acreage. Big crop Of all kinds of
small fruit and Of the finest quality.
Vegetables immense in quantity as well
as in size and quality. Too much rain
for harvesting and oats injured some
what. Corn somewhat weedy on &C
count of rains.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26

The fifty workingmen who went to
Europe under the patronage of what is
known as the "Scripps league" arrived
home on the City of Rome last Thursday,
having traversed the principal manufac-
turing centers of the continent, England
and Scotland, and having visited the
Paris exposition. The visit has undoubt-
eddy been of benefit to them, and the
next thing ought TO be return visit of
European workingmen to this country.
They might learn even more than the
Americans did while over there.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26

IL Mr.. Powderly should retire from the
direction of the knights of Labor on ac-
count of lack of funds to pay his salary,
the event would be doubly unfortunate
for the organization. The general mas
ter workman would be greatly missed,
and the admission of bankruptcy would
be in itself a serious blow to the fortunes
of the Knights. It'll not unlikely that
the present report may prove to have no
better basislthan similar ones that have
from time to time preceded it.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26

Again Major Warner of Missouri has
given his final answer TO the question,
"Will you accept the pension commits
sionership2' Ii is short, blunt, emphatic
NO" The redoubtable major is one of
a thousand, to wrestle with an office so
long as he has and not become subdued.
But, seriously. it was the all but univer-
sal wish that he would accept the ap-
pointment. 1t would have done more
20 restore the entente cordiale between
the administration and the Grand Army
people than anything that could have
been done.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26

Those persons who remember the
phrase structural weakness" which was
applied to the cruiser Dolphin by ex-Sec-
rotary Whitney,of the navy department,
when he made his attack upon John
Roach, are now called upon 10 witness
the fact that the same "structurallv
weak Dolphin is coming home. after d
cruise around the world. visiting all the
important ports of the civilization. 4
vessel that is strong enough to make
such 4 trip is also strong enough to do
something for the virdication OF the
dead shipbuilder, and to point out the
needlessly cruel mistake, to call il by no
worse name, Secretary Whitney made in
his zeal to follow on after the outcries of
the New York Sun and other Democratic
sheets, which had personal feelings
against John Roach.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26

There are times when the eXigencies
of an occasion require the employment
of phrases not sanctioned by eloquence
of diction. In other words slang is
necessary to adequately cover the case.
The case in point is Colonel John T.
Crisps letter to the Ellsworth reunion of
the G. A. r. 1t was simply unutterable
in Its bitterness. If jack frost doesn't
come pretty soon and check this flow the
whole state is liable to be transformed
into a great big caramel.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26

Tbs s.o~y . tail q . w.a knosa iasY ~
hsr husband:
Tns coupe had moved fa.o new ko<r,,
aud s<s lad beez bors4 al day rib TIA tsss-
roao1e, notifying ies grocer. t. bssch-- ana
Ter frieuds tass ses ssd moved a-4 Ia order
Ing ozt sipfsaes aSt egaspss~a1 for ti.s rr~
sezse. Late as ssgsr. psTsersly exhausted.
stae teiic. Der zSses 20 s.y hsr rrzyssx Afs>r
= hrse< wysseie w4sa sc~ ssars. sss eso-st ~.ss
ta~ ~xcaAxA.scs: 81 ,xl1 o3F--Ais,st~ Co1-
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26

A Congo wa-Tioris outfit. which hzs tssz
received By tie smi:asczlan institution a.
" .zS1ngt0a from Lisut- TAzat. United
States Commercial agent IN tie coago state,
consists q bamboo srt@si, sig fees Iozg and
oae usse, spea- .ozr fse. Lsag. = knrfs sass
looks lrs . I<saIaz knife, AID a tS~ with
tAGooo srisgs and sro i-ca tipped E-Tor2
-Ssw ye~x Tr45zre
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26
Almost Tickled 70 Death.

Kansas City Journal
We desire TO call the attention Of some
Of our carping exchanges TO the fact that
the Kansas City ball club has just sue
ceeded in winning two consecutive games
of ball. 1t is true that the opposing club
was the Louisville ''Colonels,' but Just
now we feel tickled to death to win a
game from any club. It IS painful, how
ever, to note the fact that the chances
are that the Babies" will probably beat
us out. Very lusty Babies" they have
proven themselves to be during The last
month
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26

The Salina Republican makes mention
of seven-year-old girl out in Smith
county that has been doing regular farm
laborer's woodworking ground with a
double team, ETC., and commends it as a
worthy example. For our part we pity
the child, and if the circumstances of its
parents. by physical disability or other
wise, makeit is a matter OF stern necessi-
ty the family is entitled to commiseration.
Thecbances are, however, that it is the re-
suit of avarice or Incidence on the part
of constituencies father who cares less
for the intellectual development of his
child than the amount of labor it can
perform. 1t is to be devoutly hoped
that there is not another such case in the
state, whatever the circumstances.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26

The interstate reunion at Sebatha
urges Henry Booth, of Larned, for pen
sion commissioner, backed by $4,000
majority" That settles his chances for
the appointment. 1t IS said to be the
unexpected that happens, but then there
are exceptions to allrules, therefore -
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26

Now that Old Sol has got cleverly oyer
onto the south side of the divide we may
expect couple of months of seasonable
weather-"fair" weather we might say,
as that is the popular event just now
with the agri-, horti- and vinticu.Iurists,
stock folks, etc.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26
A Move for Smaller Juries.

From the Globe Democrat.
The constitution of the new state Of
Washington contains provision by
which the legislature is authorized to
establish jury of less than twelve men
in the lower courts, and to provide that
nine or more jurors may render verdicts
in civil cases. This new departure will
be watched with general interest: aud if
it shall prove 10 work well, 1t will un-
doubtedly be copied by many Of the
other states.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26

The Emporia Republican timely OBJ
serves that "a judicious leyeLheaded
Kansas revolution might not be SO far
outof the way. but it mustn't rally
around such pimply statesmen as Jay
Rats Burton, if it wants to rise above
the ridiculous.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26

When a sensation becomes so stale
and profitless that the Associated press
fails to work it, it may be set down that
the blood is all out of the turnip. That
appears to be about the state OF the
Cronin case.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26
Dark DAYS for the Code.

From the Florida Tines-CEion-
The code duello, though gone out of
fashion in the south, is still lodging
around the sharp corners of Georgia and
Alabama with patch on the basement
of its pantaloons. alternately lodging
police officers and shooting off its pistols
IN the empty air.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26
Will Eclipse All Precedents.

hIUWd IftFHIu
The Sedgwick county fair will be held
at Wichita, October 1st to 9TH. The
public is well aware that any enterprise
undertaken by the citizens of Sedgwick
and Wichita will be carried out To the
letter, but this season extra efforts have
been made to make the display in all de-
'partments more attractive and elaborate,
and it will repay parties to remember
this and visit it il possible.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26

The Kansas City Gazette is laying it
self open for much trouble. Ia COM
mending the success Of Topeka's state
fair, that paper goes on recklessly to say:
Topeka is a good place in many WAYS
for the legislature. for representative,
deliberate and general gatherings. A
city is like a man, in this. that Jay
Gould cannot be an ingalls,, and Senator
Ingalls, cannot be Jay Gould. When it
comes to bank clearings, big industries
and huge manufactures of course To-
peka is out of the race; but for fun and
for law making she holds her own in
fine shape,
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26

If bankers can't pay who can? An
order has been issued by the street rail-
WAYS of Kansas city to collect no fare
from the visiting bankers. This, how
ever, is in Missouri, where the average
banker mortgages his safe and walks.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26
The Rebellion Alarming.

FrUln the KilIisas SIIy IIlIes.
The Wichita EAGLE, in explaining a
failure to credit properly the Times,
says: awe not only always stand ready
to credit the Times, but are always ready
to acknowledge its enterprise" The ex-
PLANTATION is not only entirely satsfac-
tory, but we may state also that our adj
vices are that the rebellion in Kansas is
assuming alarming proportions. Colonel
Murdoch may now consider the entente
cordiale resumed
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26
There, Vow.

LHWIenCe JOuFNNL
The Leavenworth Times, in that kind
and fatherly oversight of the Kansas
press, which, by reason of its self-aSsur-
ance, it takes to itself, has occasion to
repremand the Journal for speaking
otherwise than shghtingly OF Kansas
City. The acerbity of old age, Times, is
sometimes as disgusting as the honey
guiding" proclivlties of youth.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26
Wen, Tell Us, If You Know.


4 merchant in Abilene has advertised
for hundred old hens. and we have been
watching every issue of the Wichita
EAGLE since then expecting that Marsh
Murdock would ask him why he didn't
go TO Salina and buy out the Z. S. 4.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26

The Scientific American announces
that from observation it is led to the
conclusion that "beer-drinkilg in this
country produces the very lowest kind
of inebriety,,' and goes on to discuss its
effects upon the intellectual as well as
physical organism. In communities
where the habit is INDUCED in the des-
sertation of the American is timely and
valuable, but is devoid of special in
terest here, in the absence of such
practices,
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-26

The rebellion is spreading rapidly. 1t
has reached the rational capital and the
dispatches tell us that open hostilities are
liable 10 occur at any moment. Even
the meek submissionists at home Will
not fail to take an interest in that branch
of the state revolt. Fact is, about every
body has snuffed, the battle and the en-
gagement is going to last until the enc
my is routed, chronics, old-crowd and
barnacles, and put to everlasting fight.