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Wichita eagle., 1890-01-24
WEATHER LORE.
L. Joe Gazette.


1t is a mistake to suppose that there is
anything unusual in the present and past
mild northern winters. Statistics show
that the meteorological conditions of the
country appear in regular cycle. Just
now we are enjoying mild winters.
These will continue for stated number
of years, as they have in the past, and
will be succeeded by unusually cold
temperature during the winter months.
The winter of 1880 made itself more
memorable than it otherwise would
have been by the sufferings it entailed
on the American army. Mr.. Jefferson
noted it as the severest on record. But
the winter of 1887 he regarded as still
more intense, the mercury falling to
seventeen degrees at Charleston, S. c.,
December "a, to eighteen degrees below
zero at Cincinnati on January s, and
very nearly to zero in Eastern Virginia
on January 81. Historical and scientific
memoirs show that the period between
1895 and 1900 was universally cold in
America. From this period till that of
1868, while marked thermal depres-
sions occurred in the north and west,
there was no intense and universal re-
frigeration extending to the southern
states. But in this epoch-zero tempera-
lures were reported as far south as the
Carollnas, Georgia and Mississippi. The
French ''cold PERIOD from 1879 to 1881
also had memorial parallel in America
from 1880 to 1882.
Wichita eagle., 1890-01-24
THE UNITED STATES SENATE.

This law making body has been slowly
losing prestige with the people. The
| election of such men as Senator Payne,
of Ohio, followed by Brice taking his
place, is surely undermining that one
time highly respectable body. The idea
is quite prevalent among the masses
| that to become United States senator
| from some of the states requires barrel
of money, or the support of powerful
| corporations. 1t is also common re-
! mark that the senate is rapidly becom-
ing body of millionaires, sent there by
corporations tor the purpose of prevent
ing legislation in the interests of the
people. The Republican press has uni
versally branded Brice, of Ohio, as a cor
poration tool and as having gained his
position through the use of money,
and now it IS being charged
that the senators from Montana are
railroad employees and have gained
their success by the support of the
Northern Pacific. With such charges
persistently made, daily, through the
press, the United States senate cannot
long retain its high standing among the
people, and some important matter, de-
feated by that body, may bring crisis
that will shake the foundation upon
which it stands. When open charges of
bribery and corruption can be repeated
ly and persistently made against SEN
ators, without being successfully denied
Ioe h. no
fulness of that body becomes a serious
question. But people can become so ac-
customed to earthquakes and tornadoes
that they will give but little attention
to them, unless they visit their own door
yards, and so it is in politics. This
change in the makeup of the United
States senate has been so gradual
that people think but little of a man
buying his way into that
body. History, however, tells us that
such was the beginning of the downfall
of all preceding republics, and if we
desire to preserve our institutions we
cannot too quickly eliminate from our
elections of United States senators the
power Of corporations and the barrels of
money.
These are questions that are above
party politics, and every patriot, regard
less of his party affiliations, should give
serious thought in the direction of rem
edying these evils. Some have advocat-
ed the election of senators by popular
vote of the people, others have favored
the senate, and if causes for
these charges of corruption and bribery
continue, the time is not far away when
a remedy will be demanded by the peo-
Die,
Wichita eagle., 1890-01-24
Death ON the Stage.

Death on the stage is no rare occurrence
Bettertou broke down after performing
Melantius in The Maids Tragedy" and
never rallied after the fall Of the curtain;
Peg Wellington totteret 70 the stage door
crying, 80 Godl o Godp' after speaking
Rosalinds epilogue and never returned again;
Foote was seized with paralysis on tho stage,
and Miss Maria Ldnley died at Bath while
singing II Know that Ny Redeemer Liveth;
and as to Edmund Kean, who does not know
that mis- strength failed him after the great
speech, "Othello's occupations gone" and,
sinking on his sons shoulder, be whispered,
81 am dying Speak 70 them for meis
Strangely enough, two celebrated French
actors have recently been stricken with
paralysis while on the stage. One was ths
delightful comedian, Milher, who can nc
longer JOIN the TRAIN do Plaidr" at the
Palais Royal, being afflicted with paralyzl,
in the throat; the other, n. Christian,
great Partisan fayorite, who, while waiting
at :he prompt entrance 10 appear In a revus
called Paris Exposition sHddeuly fell &c
the ground paralyzed London Telegraph.
Wichita eagle., 1890-01-24
He'd Scoop a Little.

About the time thai Daniel Drew began hi,
Wall stree, career hs'~as up Ia the country
one time 70 visit son5o II lends, and two farm
ers called upon him 20 decide case. Ons
bad sold the other ave bErshalE Of wheat, ard
proposed % Measure is in . bali buzhsl and
sweep the top u the measure with n stiek
The other objcctad, and Uncls Daniel Wal
asked % decide.
We'll, legally speaking. b0shel Is Only q
bushel" he answered
And can tie Ese&s1re he swept or
II Think IL car. .
What WITH
WED, IL / was sailing whsa: should prob,
ably use hxn the hHad q Cor barrel"
" hich edge Of Jtf'
~Geuticrnea, that ~ q point cannot so~
decide on, sigbsS tee old uAn. IL / uAs
selling q q widow or preacher sn certain
that should E~ee2 fEs Measure with tie
straight edge, bit 4 uas sailing 70 q mar
who p4xsarss ~ cswz a ;Seros-d and Eis par
ia bis DeigbDors coyE, In afraid / saoaH
ess tee etTcalsr ssde, and scooy a Lite q
bot '-Weu Street. Ness
Wichita eagle., 1890-01-24

o'clock a. m. at the Willard hotel, Oma-
| ha, Nebraska, at which hour, time and
place arrangements will be made for the
| directors, as an organization, to meet the
Passenger association and present the
| claims OF the bureau, and local organi-
| tons are requested to send, with the di-
rectors, one or more able men to give
advice and assist in the presentation of
the bureaus claims.
The undertaking before US is worthy
the consideration of every honest man
who claims Kansas as home. The re-
suit for which we hope carries the con-
| tinuance of its own blessing, gathers
| wealth, and builds prosperous towns and
tablishes agriculture on firm and sound
basis.
Other states are awakening to the i'm
Pc rtance of the immigration movement,
and If success crowns our efforts ''we
must work. still work, forever work.
1t is the wish of the executive commit
tee to meet representatives of every
county in Kansas at Omaha, Nebraska,
on February, II, A. d. 1890, at nine (9)
o'clock a. M, and hold a conference be-
There are at this time eighty-six
counties in the bureau, which we hope
will be increased to the total of one
hundred and six within the next ten
days. Thus it will be seen that this del
egatlon of able, earnest and determined
men, representing as they will each
county of the great state of Kansas, in
her wisdom and power in this matter
where the common welfare of the state
and counties is at stake, will at such
a meeting consumate compact at once
unifying their power and interests, and
at the same time showing to the railroad
association their unqualified determina-
ton in purpose and answering loyalty
to public good at the expense and neglect
of private business, when great occa-
sions like the one before them now de-
mands it, which facts and the motives
of this state movement ably defined to
the railroads. We have every assurance
that we will meet with the generosity
and cooperation so characteristic of ali
the great corporations when the ad-
vancement and improvement of their
own interests are so evident.
Every director or delegate attending
this meeting at Omaha should bring with
them receipt from their local railroad
agent at starting point for their fare,
which, upon presentation at the meeting
in Omaha will entitle them to the re-
duced rate obtained by the bureau for
that meeting, and the secretary requests
all delegates to the meeting to report
their names to him as soon as they de-
termine upon going.
To conclude this address, the commit
tee state that if the people of Kansas give
it the encouragement and hearty sup
port to which it is entitled, before the
annual meeting of the bureau in A. D.
1891 at least two hundred and fifty thou
sand csc, 00W people and two hundred
and fifty million $3.50, 900, 00O dollars of
private capital will be added to Kansas.
E. 3. BUCK, President,
Winfield, Kansas.
Address all communications to
HALE COwLEY, Secretary,
Wichita, Kansas.
Wichita eagle., 1890-01-24
has the opportunity of adopting code and
enactiug laws for our government


The Oklahoma immigration society, a
negro outfit, with headquarters at Topeka,
is in receipt of letter from Reeds, y. c.,
stating that large number of negroes
are coming through In wagons. to take
up claims in Oklahoma. The Topeka sec
rotary says that there are already 1900
negroes In Oklahoma, and by next spring
there will be 50,000 His figures are much
too high. although there are a great num-
Der OF negroes in Oklahoma.
Whatever may be done by congress dur
ing its present session in respect to the af-
fairs of NO Mans Land" can not help but
result in its advancement. Legislation has
been slow in this unorganized territory,
yet every step so far has bettered and i'm
proved the situation. The frs. settlers
who came here, opened farms and built
their sod cabins, are here yet. Others who
were compelled to go away to seek en-
ployment will return as soon as congress
provides land laws, while thousands who
have never been here will come with the
rush at the opening of this territory. NO
Mans Land will not be an unsettled
country when it is thrown upon the mar
ket, for there is quite a number of settlers
here. Towns. villages, postoffices have
been established, protection is given to
property, and the federal courts have jur-
isdlction and take cognizance of criminal
actions. There are thousands of good
claims yet to DE had, and squatter title
has always been recognized as the best
known,
Wichita eagle., 1890-01-24
1t is perhaps not surprising that Secre-

1t is perhaps not surprising that Secre-
tary Window ''perceives no reason for
making Wichita, Kan, a port of de-
livery The fact is the entire adj
ministration has been affected with a
peculiar shortsightedness in its dealings
with matters affecting the interests of
this state. The administration knows
no more about Kansas and its needs in a
practical way than it does about Alaska.
never having put foot on Kansas soil
except the junior member of the cabinet,
and he in o hurried way-and being 10th
to accept the most reasonable represen-
tations of facts as true. There is no sec
ton of equal extent and Importance that
needs the convenience 10 its people and
its trade that would be afforded bv a
port of delivery equal to the southwest,
and there is no other point in this sec
ton where such convenience would prove
a convenience other than in name. But
it is no use TO kick, only it comes kind O.
natural,
Wichita eagle., 1890-01-24
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

They will bridge the Canadian at Frisco.
| The sooner had better be asking himself
what be is here for.
The town site bill very commercially
protects the purchasers of lots.
| Norman needs an elevator and Touring
mill and must have them by next fall.
A market house is one of the few things
| Guthrie has agtated and not obtained.
! Petitions are as plenty now in Okla
| homa as blackberries will be pextsummer.
! Mayor Godfrey, of Frisco, has received
| the appointment of United States Com
| missioner.
There is poet in Reno City whose hair
| is red but that much Can not be said of
/ his verses.
The Beaver City Tribune is the latest in
| the territorial journalistic field. 1t is d
| good paper.
| 1t is highly satisfactory to know that
! Oklahoma can not now have more THAI
! two months OF winter weather.
| The citizens OF Noble are soliciting sub
| scriptions and labor to construct a good
| road TO the Pottawotomie line.
| If Oklahoma pays attention to her fruit
| trees and their products she will CONT
| her wealth by thousands within short
| time.
The cabinet organ hasn't struck Okla
| homa yet. Musical talent IS 50 far re-
stricted within the scope OF a Jewsharp and
hair comb.
Spring broods of chickens make their sp-
peaTance all over Oklahoma IL IS little
announcements like this that tell the stuff
a state Is made OF.
E. Reno is the only town in the Terri
tory that has two railways grading into IL
the Rock Island aud the Choctaw-says
the e. Reno Herald
Mails are delayed il some parts OF Okla
homa, as some OF the streams are not ford
able. This is about the only thing disa-
greeable that has been preferred against
Oklahoma up TO date
Edmond has levied tar of 81 Per
month upon all unoccupied lots, and
failure 70 pay causes the lot TO revert 70
the city, which opens it for new filing
The registration fee Is s..
The Comauche. Democratic club of
G1thrle. as. RAISED the war cry TO OKLA
bona Democracy 70 get together. The
dress parade OF the Republicans al Okla
horna City the other day has sort Of eiectri-
fed the followers Of I. jefferson
The Citizens bank OF Winfield has trans
ferred all lis business to the First Natlons.
bank, Of the same city. and will move it,
effects 10 Saltwater and resume business.
The Citizens bank has several wealthy
men az its back. aid they have grs4: faith
and confidence Ia SiiIiwater's future.
4 petition sigsed by 80 citizens Of Ggth-
ne and Oklahoma territory was sent 10
congress respectfully requesting that hog
o-zo.e body 70 extend the Laws of Kansas
'ths prohibition Laws excey.ed) over Okla
Aazas laiI tas !fSssiAssSs Of Oklahoma
Wichita eagle., 1890-01-24

The Wichita EAGLE favors resubmission
and opposes the administration ard a pro-
tective tariff. Colonel Murdoch is not
Democrat, perhaps, but he is getting to be
very. very mild Republican-Emporia
Republican.
Don't you lose any sleep on Colonel
Murdock's account, governor. The
greatest wonder to you after awhile
and not so very long awhile, either
will be how he got so far ahead of you
and so close to the head of the process
sion. Ii you think the crowd amt with
him just wait until the first opportunity
for a show OF hands.
Wichita eagle., 1890-01-24
THE POINT.
From the st. Paul Globe.

From the st. Paul Globe.
1t is well to keep the point in mind.
The fact that man has wealth is not an
objection to his being elected senator or
given high place. Under the republi-
can system there is absolute political
equality, and the possession of property
does not disqualify man to hold Office.
Horatio Seymour and Samuel J. Tilden
were men of large wealth, and yet no
one deemed either less worthy to support
or less likely to administer public affairs
wisely and for the general good. Where
wealth is acquired in honorable business
methods its extent is not a matter of
public concern. Objection arises. how
ever, when one is selected for high and
responsible station simply because he is
rich, and still more vehement should be
the antagonism if money is used to ad-
vance the ambition of its possessor. But,
other things being equal, the popular
disposition is to prefer the man who has
not large possessions.
Wichita eagle., 1890-01-24

The Kansas Financier, in speaking of
the Kansas sugar industry, thinks that
IF the roasting process is a certainty of
success it is, indeed, a great invention,
but if 1t is true as charged referring to
the attempted fraud at Minneola alleged
against certain officers of the American
Sugar CO.., then the whole system of
sugar making in this state will be seri-
ously affected" What effect the failure
of the roasting process, if it be a failure.
can have on the diffusion process. which
has been demonstrated success beyond
question, we fail 10 see. As for the
Minneola incident. granting the charges
true as mentioned, that will have no
more effect upon the industry extant
than a failure or attempted fraud in any
other industry or commercial pursuit
would have upon the general business OF
the section where it might occur. The
sugar industry is a success, regardless of
the failure OF individual effort or side
issues IN that connection.
Wichita eagle., 1890-01-24

4ooordins % an Eagiizn t0rsrnal two r-sioof
braDcbe> II tns d<al sEadsssry fora dat5res
tradeF-she MAKING q sbo~s and ~ys< Tns
zso~s are made fran tks waste r,strrsaI a
cn4drcns o-zArnezzsl s-1~s ess1 bots, bet
tbs brunch b . s-r1<f5er ose tkzn thai of 81.
making, "a rnstsy dolls are 49, out sf.h
merely pzaz,~1 bs-oes, Wills al ~ ssssriy al
have prop<r eyes Delis sys= are q ;sr
sorts, Ersovn tecenteally g. Gamma and EAs
ursl TIE eorcn7on ars a-1pky ooSu<-d bob
low gis~ speers> q ztzss~ ez.zrnv&. hsscx AID
nlDs tssrx tke oz1iy enbors sssd Ths asezrA
eyes &ss q sznsissS oon,saeasn. bsss have tes
p1pa and iyis osxrsrsxy rsp~a,x<k<1 l.ozzsks-
srat8s 21s<&sts,s a.. sxsssssd. osseoszsy 70
Fraeck asisznsks<xl Tfse t&sck 49, sss esd
for aash exported % S~sta AxswsrA. sna
el1e So. for ts<~r esd a. hoxns, crzss4r-a
naturally prr<erssr>x ss<r DOH "a h.v, eys-
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Wichita eagle., 1890-01-24

The true Democratic note is sounded by
the Saturday Globe, which declares against
system of army, navy and seacoast de-
lenses as utterly inconsistent with .Teffer-
sonian Observation-Disclosures exchange.
How about that great exemplar of
modern Democracy, Samuel j. Tilden,
who pronounced emphatically in favor
of liberal appropriations for the ver5
purposes named? The note referred to
sounds all right, but we were not aware
that the great Democratic demIgod could
be thus ruthlessly declared wrong and
so severely rebuked. But it's no matter
now; he's dead, and to be dead is to be
forgot
Wichita eagle., 1890-01-24

Perhaps the amount named in the orig
inai bill $3.50. 600 introduced by Senator
Vest for the purpose of removing snags
from the Missouri river between St.
Joseph and its mouth was not too much
to do;thata work effectively, but the house
very wisely reserved about three-fourths
of the amount-making only S65. 200
available for snags-knowing as it did
that 8 larger sum would be Necessary to
create channel and supply it with suf-
ficient water for navigation purposes.
Evidently the house means to restore
navigation to the lower Missouri if it be
within the range OF Possibility to do so.
Wichita eagle., 1890-01-24

The Independence water works have been
sold TO satisfy Judgment of s65, s24 So.
Kansas trots along at present rough
shod. Those who are not rough shod don I
trot.
There is a little hope that one of the
many mentioned candidates for the state
printer will get il.
A Catholic college is to be located at
Hays City The pope seemingly has his
optic on Kansas too.
1t is now limited that Mr. Peters wishes
to be entitled Judge" Society in Topeka
is whit tanner than at Washington
It will be welcome news TO the world at
large, aud Kansas especially, that another
iath has been nailed to Senator ingalls,
house.
A nilkman in Omaha puts alcohol in
the milk TO keep it from freezing. Such a
man is out OF his place in Nebraska He
should come to Kansas
According to the report of the Kansas
State Dairy association, out OF the 1I3
creameries in Kansas all were IN success
full operation except six only.
Cyrus Leland, Sr, of Troy, an old and
respected citizen. father OK the internal
revenue collector, is fatally Ill. He suf-
fered a paralytic stroke on Sunday.
A farmer marketed 21s dressed rabbits
AZ Atchison the other day. The only
thing that makes eating rabbits pardona-
bic Is the fact that they are game
William Hetherington. well known
banker OF Atchison. died Tuesday. he
settled IN I.eavenworth in 1859, was c.
years old, and left Soo0a. Mrs. Bailey
Waggener Is q daughter.
c. s Martin of Kansas, has been pro-
NOTED to the chief cierkship of the house
of representatives. IL IL noeisicuIty for
a hanSan 10 get promotion in Kansas
after he has once recognition.
Topfka has a citizen Ela -carxiss ics2r,
Wichita eagle., 1890-01-24
A MISTAKE

A little cloud, one summer day.
While roaming DER tie SKY 50 blua
Began TO scowi and pout, and say,
'Oh, dear! what is there can DOR
Now, jus; below II. midst the corn.
An old man stood. with hoe in hand
In tattered clothing, all forlorr-
He seemed 81 work upon the laad
''Ha hat" the cloudlet laughed. and said,
Nov, here's chance To have some fs1ni
III rain upon your hoary head.
My ancient friend, and make you runi''
But though the cloud rained hard and fast,
The farmer wouldn't bulge = BIT
Till in 4 pet the cloud AZ last
Cried out, i never saw such grt!-~
Because the farmer wouldn't scare.
IL sulked and frowped the hveloug day.
How could it know the fsSure there
Was just 10 keep the crows away
Buffalo Timex
Wichita eagle., 1890-01-24

Congress will not bother with the
Cuban question now. There are too
many other important affairs demand
ing immediate attention. If Spain does
not spurn revolution, and make a
change, as it is reported she is on the
verge of doing, Cuba will come out of
the shuttle all right and voluntarily
annex itself to the United States, dis
posing of the necessity of a heavy draw,
involved in a purchase, on the surplus
in the treasury.
Wichita eagle., 1890-01-24
Healthy Children Rare.

From the Boston Herald.
The common school teacher finds per
fectIy healthy children q rarity. Seldom
will 10 per cent OF her Gloss OF fifty be
found free from any physical defect
whatever and with true development tor
their age. OF these 1t must regretfuiiy
be admitted that the smallest number
are Americans. The best formed
school children ard the healtbiest are the
Germans and Bohemians, the next Of
Irish parentage. Nowhere, as in the
south and west Of Ireland, where the
children run free Of care the year round,
hatless, shoeiess, living on the coarsest,
plainest food and yet with some meas
ure of school restrictions, can such spec
linens Of perfect physical beauty IN form
and face be found. Glance over any
school room, with its many upturned
faces inquisitively questioning the
thought OF the observer, and but few
really fine featured children are 10 70
found after the age of 10 Is passed.
Wichita eagle., 1890-01-24

The New York Commercial Bulletin
states that Secretary WINDOWS silver
issues does not meet with the approval
of the senate finance committee. The
secretary, however, is trying to meet the
objections by changing the bill he pro-
poses to have introduced. If the score
tary desires to represent the Will of the
people who make presidents, instead of
representing Wall street, he will aban-
don that Rothchild idea of his.
Wichita eagle., 1890-01-24

The negre question is foremost at pres
emit and facts and figures are being
brought forward. In the past thirteen
months it is estimated that $500 negroes
have left North Carolina. Most of them
have gone to Mississippi, Arkansas and
Oklahoma. At present the big move
ment is to Louisiana. 1t is said there
are some portions of North Carolina
which are being rapidly depleted of pop
Ulation
Wichita eagle., 1890-01-24

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Wichita eagle., 1890-01-24
A CHR, ON Fer ShOuIdar.

If little Portugal keeps on getting
sassy she will compel John Bull to do
something desperate. Mobs of men
parade the streets of Lisbon denouncing
England. The steamship companies
have transferred their contracts for coal
to Belgium. Enghshmen who have been
employed by the Portuguese govern
ment. are given the alternative Of dis
missal or naturalization. British flags
have been bought and publicly burned
IN many towns. Things have warlike
aspect all over the country.