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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11
IT IS IN THE AIR.

There is trouble ahead, deep as the sea
| and as wide, for the political bosses of
this country. There is state of affairs
and it is a serious one, and it seems I'M
adjustable from any party standpoint.
| 1t takes thousand bushels of corn to
pay the taxes on an average Kansas
farm. and all the wool Of a whole flock
of sheep, together with the hides and the
meat of their carcasses, to do the same
thing in Ohio. 1t takes ten thousand
bushels of corn, or the product of half-a-
dozen farms, to pay the salary of sin
gle public officer in Kansas, and the
united effort of a whole family for a
whole year to pay the interest on the
mortgage of the average farm in Illinois.
Capital alone is protected as found in
vested in the manufacture or with the
combine, while the laborer only sweats
to increase the accumulations of the pro-
tected trusts. The question of price
is no longer fixed by the cost
of production, but by the lowest
possible margin on which the producer
can exist. Bountifui crops are burthen
and mean depression rather than pros
perity. The demand for dividends on
values that were never invested are
mercilessly wrested from the commerce
of the country, the demand being en-
forced by Interstate commissions and
pooling associations, which find their
full warrant in the law. Relief must
come soon to all the states lying west of
the Alleghenies or both, all, old political
parties will disappear as flax in the
flame. The present trouble is a culmi-
nation of abuses, weaknesses and blum
ders which have been fostered in unwis-
dom and permitted by the political blind
ness of years. That partisanship is part
ly to blame, that corruption is partly to
blame there is little doubt, but that greed
with its uneven hands and unjust meth
DDS is at the bottom, there seems no
doubt. The only possible sudden relief
would be general war in Europe or dis
astrcus and continuous failure of
crops for the other side of the
earth. The paid instruments Of the
great commercial centers of the Atlantic
seaboard, the Punch and Judy puppets
of interest accommodating capital, tells us
of better times for the western bread
producer and the western meat producer
that never come.
We don't say that it is within the pow
er of party or scope of human wisdom to
name and apply remedy; nevertheless
"the powers that be- will none the less
surely be held to answer. And if the
picture is one of shadows it is not that
we love black, but because we can see
no brighter pigment in the political pot.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11

Illinois has four insane asylums, all
over crowded, and if the state under
takes to provide for all the patients, it
would be under the necessity of building
a new asylum every year, as 800 pa
tents are committed annually. AS it is
now, many counties are taking care Of
their insane. Many abuses have been
discovered and in some cases absolute
brutality, The question of the care of
the insane is of interest in Kansas, where
the two asylums now have applications
for hundreds of patients that can not be
accommodated.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11
KANSAS COAL INDUSTRY.

From advance sheets of the report of
Hon. Frank II. Betton, commissioner of
the bureau of labor and industrial sta
tistics, the following summary is made
concerning capital and labor employed
and product of the coal fields of the state.
The largest fields are in what is known
as the Crawford-Cherokee district, COM
prising these with Barbour and neigh
boring counties. although Leavenworth
bids to become formidable rival. The
chief coal companies of the first named
district are the Kansas & Texas and
Cherokee & Pittsburg, and the mines of
these companies with those operated by
the Keith & Perry coal company, it is
estimated produce about 50 per cent of
the coal mined in that district. While
the estimated total product in bushels Of
lump coal mined in this district
amounted to 16, 552, $50, during the year
ending June 80, 1889.
The average number of miners and
mine employees employed in the Chero-
kee-Crawford district during the year
was 1872; the mines hoisted an average
of 1S5 days each, and $S67. 146 was paid
in wages, upon the product of lump coal,
employing total capital of 81 .237 800
In the Usage district, the next most
extensive coal section of the state, the
largest coal company is the Usage Car
bon company, while the district has a
total capital employed of 1874, 1875; aver
age number of days mines were in oper-
alton. 237 each: average number of en-
ployes during the year Las, producing
10, 100,00 bushels of lump coal, and re-
ceiving in wages 1914, $50. The Leaven-
worth district had two shafts, employ
ing capital Of $3.50, 600, hosting an
average of 21s days each, average num-
Der of employees during the year 525.
producing 5.065. 500 bushels of lump coal,
and receiving 1919, in wages. To
this should be added the penitentiary
shaft, which employed S46 hands and
mined :, OPS. 400 bushels OF lump coal.
Since June 80. another shaft has been
opened in Leavenworth, which does not
figure in the report OF the commissioner
In the three principal coal districts
there was a total of capital of 8 e3z. loo,
employing an average of 4.363 hands re-
ceiving in wages 81 ,92i, Psi, and mining
%, 6S1 ,2,5 bushels of coal exclusive of
nut and slack. In the remainder OF the
state it is estimated that there was a
capital Of S17., SiJ, employing an aver
age of 700 hands and producing :, Isl. 600
bushels of lump coal Some 8, CO.. 900
capital Is shown to be invested III the
state in the mining Of coal, and during
the year ending June 30, 1859, about
Il 600, 900 bushels was produced The
industry employed an average OF over
5000 men and paid over g 100000 II
wages. The tables in the report OF the
commissioner are made parf Of the
mining chapter, which viii De found 70
be one of the most interesting Of the
forthcoming repogl
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11

Senator Moody, of this state, short
time since, as regent of the State uni
versity, aired himself on the journey of
AivaT Nunez CabeZa de Noca, steering
that Spaniard through Kansas three
hundred years ago or more. A CORES
pendent of the EAGLE will tomorrow
morning lay the senator out. The paper
is from j. p. Jones, of HenneSsey, l. T.,
and we bespeak for it careful reading
10y all lovers of the misty, plusty past,
especially as it touches the history Of
the present.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11

rant Fitzgerald swore to Marshal Mitts
that he would not consider himself under
arrest. The two had some few words and
Fitzgerald drew his gun, 45-esiiber
Colts revolver, which he cooked and
placed to Captain Mills abdomen, saying.
that if the marshal attempted to take him
he would fire. Lowering his gun and
pointing it at the feet of Captain Mills,
discharged it several times TO show the
marshal that his gun was loaded. The re-
port of the revolver attracted large
crowd to the scene, but they soon scattered
after seeing the situation. Fitzgerald
walked out of the door and made his
escape. He is wanted by the Muskogee
court on a charge OF ASSEMBLING one Nun
ford in this city last summer.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
The Slipper Preferable.

The Slipper Preferable.
From the Chicago Herald.
Boxing the ears as a means Of punish,
ing children is a dangerous practice.
There are many recorded cases in which
the drum of the ear has been ruptured
bv this method Of punishment, and "a
short time ago a death was caused by 1t
in England; the ear drum was ruptured,
ear disease set in and extended 10 the
brain. causing death. After all, the slip
per, properly applied, is the best means
of castigation. and no ear disease can re-
suit from its use.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11

the EAGLES position that our people de-
sired another vote on the question, for
| what Wichita favored we favored. We
did not say sscould'' not argue but
'would" not argue.
Much might be said in favor of pro-
hibition, but there is little prohibition,
| in fact, in Kansas; while upon the other
| hand we have yet to find the man who
can show any good in whisky. The
only question to be argued is: Under
which system is the liquor traffic most
efectually and satisfactorily controlled?
Touching the building of cities our Ian
guage before the cotton exchange
was provoked by a remark
of Judge PETER. and these
were our words: "Kansas may indeed
never relegate prohibition, as Judge
PETER says, but I say to the people of
Dallas that no great center of population
or commercial metropolis, in all the his
tory of civilization, was ever built up in
the absence of liquors and of those
things which pander to human passions
and appetites: and that Kansas therefore
could never build up metropolis of her
own under prohibitory laws, with Mis-
souri,, Texas, Nebraska and Colorado, and
probably the Indian territory, surround
ing her upon every side with their license
laws and conservative notions"
AS an illustration of our idea we said
that the unseemly and uncalled for
threat sent to the gentlemen who pro-
posed a banquet for Judge Brewer
at his home in Leavenworth might
cost Kansas many people. The truth is
mankind in the aggregate are conserva-
tive, dreading extreme inovations and
fanatacisms. We now laugh at or de-
plore the fanatacism of early New
England. 1t was hard matter to get
immigration into Utah on account of
religious fanatacism. The greatest draw
back Washington territory has had to
encounter has been her female suffrage
Dakota with her extreme, unreasonable
prohibitory law will catch only such
population as will add to her turmoil
and not to her prosperity.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11

The influenza, that at first was re-
garded in this country more IN the light
of joke than otherwise, has become an
alarmingly serious matter in some local.
ties, while it is spreading, or rather
spontaneously appearing in every quar-
ter of this country, as well as in the
balance of the world. Its fearfully fatal
effects in some localities threatens to
create panic. Next to its fatality the
most notable feature of the malady is
that it is no respector of person, station
in life, latitude or locality. Royalty in a
northern climate becomes as easy prey
to it as peasantry in the tropics. The
surest preventive is to avoid excuses of
every kind,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11

With the death of their infant king
Alfonso. which seems imminent, the
Spaniards will have convenient excuse
to try the Ito theml experiment of set
ting up republic. To be sure the death
of the king would only be to yacate the
title, the active duties of ruler being
performed by regency. and the affairs
of government would go on without in
terruption; still the pretext for dispensing
with the title and the person bearing it
As such.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11

Men about town in New York have
introduced new way of dressing oysters
before eating them. Instead of using
salt, pepper, or catsup, the raw oyster is
covered with sugar, and with the aid of
a little lemon juice it is ready to eat.
The new style was introduced by a
Chinaman, and was quickly taken up by
lovers of the bivalves.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11

Governor-elect Mckinney, of Virginia,
never swears, never smokes, never
chews and has never touched drop of
intoxicating liquor. Such conduct as
tins ought to make him teacher of the
Bible class in John Wanamaker's Sunday
rchnOl
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11

Judge Thurman, of Ohio, says that
neither of his terms in the United States
senate cost him cent for election ex-
penses. Brice will be ready for SINH
lar declaration. perhaps, after the lapse
of twenty years.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11

From the dreadful collapse of theater
in China recently in which large num-
Der of human beings were crushed to
death, it would seem that China has
fully established her right to stand in the
same line with the Christian nations, in
architecture at least.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11

It seems that there was good reason
tor suspecting the two women who have
been held at Oswego, this state, of being
The notorious Bender women, as alleged.
The statements that come from Aichi-
gan show that their career has been al
most an exact counterpart of the Ben
ders, so that no very great wrong has
been done them by holding them in
1ureSS
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11

1.-The only protection Nebraska pro-
ducers want says that staunch Repub-
lican organ, the Omaha Bee. sis protec-
lion from greedy corporations which alb
sorb the profits of crops in carrying them
to market" The ways and means COM
mittee at Washington appear to be get
ting a good deal of the same sort OF in
formation and advice from various other
rOlIrrpS
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11
Yes, It's Morally Certain.

From The Newton kATisan-
Congressman Peters used some pretty
plain language (see report Of his address
To the committee on ways and mean5)
last Monday. 1t is morally certain that
If rositive relief is not granted the in
dustrious farmers Of Kansas that the Re
publican party will be taught a lesson
that viii not soon be forgotten. In COT
sequence of the promises made IN their
platform the Republicans carried this
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11

In face of the result of the election
last fall in Iowa the prohibition conven-
ton resolved that the people of that
state still favor the law. Why didn't
they settle the whole question by resolv-
ing that Democratic governor was not
elected in November on the prohibition
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11

The little king of Spain, after four
years of reign and SO many years of life,
is now sick unto death. The little fell
low, all unconscious of his ragaEty and
free from the faults of royalty, as a
baby, has the sympathy of whole
world of mothers and of right thinking
mon
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11

In complaining about low prices of
farm products, the fact should not be lost
sight of that farmer with a crib of corn
and 10 cent market beats farmer with
an empty crib and a fifty cent market by q
large majority. Republican.
Yes, but it affords mighty poor conso-
lation to the farmer with the crib of
corn when he knows that it is worth
more than he can get for it because of
eXtraneous circumstances over which he
has no control for the time being.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11

Kansas is immense on eggs, and Ed
ward Atkinson says that the annual pro-
duction of eggs in this country equals
in money value the country'S annual
total production of iron.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11

That was a fine endorsement that the
convention at kingtisher gave Captain
j. V. Admire for governor of Oklahoma.
Wherever Jake is best known, with that
people he is the strongest.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11

Massachusetts, has promise of retaining
the distinction of being the great school
marin state indefinitely. She still has
5000 more single unmarried women
than men, to say nothing of her excess
of $1,000 widows over widowers. 1t
would seem that with such state of case
as that it would soon become depopu-
lated. but somehow it appears to hold
its own in that respect as well as others.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11

To John j. ingalls,: Hang the hides
of the brigadiers on the fence, but don't
forget that the fence is mortgaged and
that the owner stands behind it bowling
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11

An English war feet gathers at Zanzi-
bar on Thursday and the people of Cali
fornia are notified on Friday. Such an
accomplishment is wonderful to con-
template.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11

Judge Peters told the ways and means
committee that there was rebellion in
Kansas, and he now finds that his re-
mark has precipitated one on his own
hands
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11

1t is rumored in Washington that In
gals will become an Interrogation point
on Monday, and there will be great
rush for the galleries.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11

$50 Thompson Is dead. Is bet VIVA. kirle5
himF
Consumption.
HYou don; say
Yes. consumption q ~hssky.--Teno
wlze's Ssur
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11

The Bank of France has in its vaults
$3.50, 1000, 900. This is probably one of the
French attractions for Boulanger.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11

Ingalls, and Plumb owe it to them
selves and to the prohibition party of
Kansas to squelch Prof. Wiley.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11

Resubmission is a dead duck.-Capital,
We Judge, however, that it still smells
pretty loud from the amount of talk go
ing on.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11

state by 50, 600 majority, and our people
now demand the fulfllment Of all
pledges.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-11

Diamonds are greatly out of fashion.
In Amsterdam alone there are 1000
diamond cutters out of employment.
DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-10-23
Stquoia National Park.

In regard to the bill which has passed
Congress creating National park, to
be known as ScquOia Park, the San
Francisco Call remarks: THE land to
be inclosed in the park will cover 50 600
acres. 1t embraces nearly the whole Of
the tract which is we'll known TO the
people of Tulare as the region of The
Big Trees; is situated some forty.ilyo
miles northeast Of Nisalia, at IN clcya-
ton of from 5000 to 1000 feet and
spreads almost without q break from
Kings river to Kahweah river. In Mari
posa, Calaveras and Hum boldt the giant
seQuoias occur in clumps in the midst
of forests of other growths In TuIaro
they are almost continuous the traveller
can journey all day on horseback with
out ever losing sight of them. They
are nearly, If not quite, The most gigan-
tic of the seQuoias; trees have been seen
which measured 100 feet and over in
circumference at the baso and ovor 500
ieot in height"
DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-10-23

ing the visitor. Miss Prescott Yho dla
not know of the relationship, Nad her
eyes .demurely cast dowa. shocked by
Margaret's indelicacy in thus openly
EN- bracing a young man.
When the greeting was over, MaIga-
ret turned to Mrs. Prescott with an ex-
planation.
This is my brother Henry" said she,
unexpectedly returned from Cali,or.
nia."
81 wish hadn't made fuss" thought
Miss Prescott Hes much better look
ing than Mr.. Cotton"
''1ndeed" said the landlady, moro
graciously, for she perceived that he was
well dressed. 81 think | can find a
room for your brother if he would like
to be near you"
''You forget" said Margaret, signif'
cantly, "that | am going away tonnes
row."
"Oh," said the landlady, coughing,
"there's no need of that" l have no
doubt we have been mistaken, and"
81 think it will be best" said Margar-
ct, decisively, and the landlady and her
daughter, considerably crestfallen, re-
tired, leaving brother and sister alone.
Congratulate me, Margaret" said he,
when the landlady had Withdrawn. 81
do not return ompty-handed. Two
months before leaving California |
stunt bled upon n monster nugget, which
with my claim l sold for twenty thou
sand dollars. have come back to en-
bark in my fathers old business on this
capital; and you, Margaret, shall look
after my household, until you have one
of your own. You must give up your
music scholars"
That will be easily done,' said Mar
garet, smiling, ''sincc all but one have
given me up"
Have you suffered from poverty"
asked the brother, anxiously.
''No, Henry, but l should, but for
your opportune return"
Margaret was soon installed as mis-
tress of a pretty little establishment.
But in less than year she found somo
one who needed her more than her
brother, and changed her name from
Miss to Mrs. Henry spared her the
moro readily, as there was young lady
who was already to take her place at the
head of the table. 1t was not Miss Pres
colt, however. That young lady is still
unmarried, the faithless Mr.. Cotton
having transferred his affections elso-
where. Yankee Blade.
DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-10-23
KEEPING IN LINE,
To-Day, as Never Before, Society Needs
IL Mans Most Faithful Work.

To-Day, as Never Before, Society Needs
Mans Most Faithful Work.
In marching, keeping in line is an
| elementary law; the man who gets out
of line, except under orders, is prompt
; ly reprimanded. The whole of mill
tary discipline lies for the moment in
keeping in line. Society is, for the
most part, under no absolute author
ity. There are certain things which
men can not do without invoking seri-
GUS consequences to themselves, but
there is no law which compels man
to be active efficient and capable. A
man may be the reverse of all these
things, and yet be as free from any ex-
tornal penalty as his neXt-door neigh
Dor who is doing his work in life with
the fidelity of hero. There is an un-
written law, however, which commands
every man to take care of that part Of
the great field which has been COM
mitted to him. Society has an immense
burden to bear and an immense work to
perform. Its strength is taxed to pro-
vide even inadeQuately for its helpless,
its manned and its deformed. 1t has
only begun to provide for these in a
large, Christian way. In future years
this burden will rest moro and moro
heavily on its shoulders; men
are becoming moro and moro
sensitive to the obligation which
weakness and suffering impose, moro
and more ready to take up those cares
which others are not able to bear, In
this age the spirit of n0blesSe obEJe COM
pels every strong man to do his full
share of work. 70 be out of line to-day
is to break the fundamental law of So
ciety; law which is unformulated, and
to which no external penalties are at
tached, but which has, therefore, all tho
greater weight. There may have been
time in some more primitive ago
whom man could be slothful, neglect
full and inefficient, and injure only him
self; but to-day, when the relations Of
men have become so intimate, SO COM
plicated and so manifold, one mans fail
ure means widespread arrangement and
loss. Every inefficient or idle man is
not only so much power thrown away,
but an additional burden imposed. To-
day, as never before, society needs tho
most faithful work of all men who havo
any capacity for work. Drones and slug
CARDS have no place in a social organ
ization which has such heavy burdens
laid upon it. TO do ones work with
strength and conscience is to-day the
first duty Of all men who mean to prove
themselves worthy of the great oppor-
tunity and the sublime duty which We
call life. Christian Union.