davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-14

The Manhattan, Kan, Independent
says: eff one can raise his fuel on his
farm more cheaply than he can buy it,
it is but common sense to do it." This
is evidently an attempt to be philoso-
phical over the burning of corn for fuel.
1t may we'll be doubted if anyone, under
any circumstances, would ever think of
planting corn to raise fuel. 1t is not an
encouraging condition of affairs in which
corn is cheaper than coal. Kansas evil
IDENTIFY needs more mills and manufac-
tories, more cattle and hogs, and more
people to aid in converting all this
surplus into finished products, as Mr.
Hewitt remarked in his speech before
the immigration convention yesterday,
that it may be sent out to the world
without being subjected to SO heavy a
freight tariff as at present to get it to
market
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-14
PREPARING FOR THE CENSUS.
Population Of Southern States Estimated
too High, Northern too Low.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
| The eleventh census of the United
States will be taken next summer.
Estimates of population made in advance
| OF the actual count are necessarily i'm
perfect, but they are often found not to
vary much from the figures afterward
| officially obtained.
A few DAYS ago the Tradesman, of
Chattanooga, published figures compiled
,, by the governors of the twelve southern
| these figures it appears that the present
19,4S9, $50, against IA, 63S, 1856 in 1880.
In the twelve states mentioned below
the customary decenniai enumeration
Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts,, Michigan,
Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey,
Oregon, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin.
Thereby the present rate Of increase was
ascertained.
In the four new states of South Da-
kota, Washington. Montana and North
Dakota, the vote lately cast for con-
gressmen indicates pretty closely the
present population.
Thus from twenty-eight of the forty
two states which now compose the
Union approxinates figures are at hand.
Concerning the other states, there is on
tile In the offices of the respective secre-
taries of state information showing In
round numbers the probable size OF the
present population.
The aggregate population of the coun-
try in 1880 was 80, 49, 1888. The present
aggregate, as stated, is set down at 64,-
ISL, 800, an increase of nearly 80 per
cent, which has been pretty evenly dis
tributed between the different sections
OF the country except New England.
The basis of representation for con-
gressmen rose steadily from $4,000 in
1880 to 10000 III 1920, 7O,6S0 in 1910,
$50. 533 in 1870. and 152. 800 in 1888. 1t
will be 175, 900 this year. With the adj
dirions caused by the admissions of SEN
ators and representatives from the four
new states the presidential electors will
probably number 400 in the election of
1892 against 401 1888 and 1884.
The states to gain electors will be:
Alabama 2, Arkansas 2, California /,
Colorado l. Georgia 2, Indiana l, Iowa
1, Kansas 2, Kentucky 1, Louisiana 1,
Maryland /, Minnesota 3, Mississippi /,
Missouri 4, Nebraska 3, New Jersey l,
New York 1, North Carolina 2, Ohio 2,
Pennsylvania 1, Texas 2 and Wisconsin
1. The four new states will probably
have fourteen electoral votes, distributed
as follows: South Dakota 4, Washing
ton 4, Montana 3, and North Dakota 3.
According to the electoral vote of 1888,
with Montana added as Democratic, the
Democratic electoral vote will be in
creased from 16S tn 1f;0
According to the electoral vote of 1888,
with South Dakota, Washington and
North Dakota added as Republican, the
Republican vote would be Increased
from 219 to 246.
The net gain to the Republicans seems
likely, therefore, to be seven. This al
lows for the loss of one electoral vote in
Maine, the only state in the union to
lose. By the census of 1870 it had seven
electoral votes. In 1880 it had six. This
year its quota will be five.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-14
Pins and Needles.

Nearly one-half the 4S7 doctors Of medi
cine of Boston university are women.
In tete-a-tete a woman speaks in a loud
tone TO the man she is Indifferent to, in a low
tone to the man she begins to love, and keeps
silent with the one she loves.
A young woman of Crescent City, Cal. ,
picked up large pebble on the beach some
month or two since, and sent it to lapidary
in San Francisco He pronounced it a true
emerald, worth 81 800.
Three racing slziffs, all in a bunch, with
oarsInen pulling for dear life, make a neat
silver bronze paper weight
A candle end. half used stick of sealing
wax, two burnt matches and q mouse are the
details of unique bronze paper weight.
A card receiver Stimulates a shallow wicker
basket in white silver bronze. On the rim is
a cute, saucy little wren IN natural colors.
Bright with changeful metallic hues is a
tray for an INK set made of olive wood ssmu
lating a turbot. The colors are laid under
the polish.
For elderly ladies the close fitting baby
bonnet type is coming into vogue In other
words, sort of second child hood.
TINS is what they say New York worneh
drink when they come in out of the cold
Half glass of boiling water, two Jumps Of
sugar, a glass of claret and very small
amount of cocoa
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-14
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Guthrie's Republican club has COZ citi-
zens on its list of members.
The next teachers convention will be
held at Edmond on March %.
The only fighting going on in Oklahoma
at present is over the bed clothes.
Oklahoma has Jim Lane, but he is only
a deputy to an United States officer.
Sad to relate. there are more people who
have the la grippe than corner lots in Ok
lahOma.
lecture in Oklahoma about the production
of It's ice.
Frank Brady, Of Fl Reno, was murdered
pear that place Thursday evening III trou-
bic over a claim
A great part of the whiion elbow" in
Oklahoma is in the present boreal severity
forced upon their hands.
Frisco is contemplating a calaboo=e TO
accommodate the Class who will not 60 70
church, home or any where else.
Oklahoma shall have one court at least
Let the representatives Of Indian nations
put that IN they pipes and smoke II
The Oklahoma winds ara sort ot See
saw" now they're up aud now they re
down, says the kIngfsher New World
Justice Neal, of Guthrie. has decided Ia
q lot contest in that city. that a certificate
20 lot Was sufficient evidence OF tile.
It IS said the people Of Washington city
tell an Oklahoma delegate by his uEeasi-
less IN trying 20 wax on a level sidewalk
The surplus stakes for plating brought
into Oklahoma last spring, are az gressnt
coming IL handy 70 add 20 the blaze - the
fireplace.
The farmers IN Oklahoma are doing a
large amount Of fencing. and il IL an i'm
prcyemelE that means thcy are going %
stay there.
Now that the Oklahoma papers are
through bidding adIea 20 tie old year, lS.
them get & grip on the new o3s AID
s9aeeze oas a.. The juice" that - IL i.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-14
window Strips.

Very frequently window sashes are lcoss
enough Ia admit quantities Of cold air int
what would otherwise be a warm room tt
remedy this, cut strips OF felt, WOODEN cloth
OF flannel about an inch and half In width
Fsssen the lengths together by tapping this
end Of one strip an inch over the end Of an
other that it may Ire fat, and sewing the two
pieces together. Use very slender, -rnan tack,
TO fsssen the list on the window frames. d.
not tack the strips 70 the window sash, but
place toe strips 80 that half their width vail
he over 90 the SSH, while tee other half L
tackled on the edge Of the window frame
In tbs way the CRACKS viii be covered, and
the window can IL ofssDed and closed without
difficulty. Should tee cod air come in be-
tween the upper and lover sash, strip Of
list cut the lens.h Of the width Of the sash cen
be tackled scrox on the top edge Of the lover
SASH % that tie isst VIII extesd over on the
edge Of tire upper sssal, snd cover toe crack,
while it viii not ins>lfeze VITA tie moving
Of the window sssees a roon protected
from the cod by means Ct these weather
strips n always appreciated during the WIN
ter months, and WITH the coming Ct Sprfug
The small taoxs can readily be removed, Erd
the srr5Fs taken 81 ssd packed away for TIE
next sas.son -koasreaa Star.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-14
Hox She Cared Fro-r.ln<.

A great rsAar ssrDeet tsssrxe~s u . res-
voas texnperaxsxsnS faIl into iae haDst q
sowing when tse~ read. write Or talk ssr.-
osrssy. This eazsas ,1o E9ssls p~rpezdscui.r
hnes 70 plow n between tns eyes, and agss
tire face tex years.
L ra hz.fs, Atzes. rposz1b}s n correct
ozsoe formed, - u = Goas snconscsozsiy by =
great many yourg p~epe- Evsn rs Glsep
tasir brews VIII ne d-s~n tozstnsT IA tAis
rsalscso~. EsIe tre-a. tAat = TIE 1s1er AID
abet.on of az.
4 brsgnt, sz1dboos yosanG woman Etaii u
Der sariy tweEF.-s foo1d h>r~ss tie vscsszn
GO tx scowi. -afen Esa ALREADY Easds two
ane bar lEsses ia Eer ~13ss brow. SIS ~
herye.f 20 worx % ere ;sse habit By ss..szaZ
her rai-rsr b--<O~s As- lacs ~Eeri sas rad
wrote o. sszs<se>i BOT sSis esssFnrt~5 her
asxsa.4on fro<a hs~ ~crk. - finally Elssrzd
rsboen road t.gn,ly &crDzx her brow, tT3sg
II IN . knSs az tse hssc< Ct ksr bad, and sc
night $40 sssysz IN fhs tad
After sr~reai neS1sxs t2e li.s1s hair Eres
disappeared freaa Der rressy sg-ss.aad. AL
sss Is gate cured Of iss dAagarnz ka5l:-
ssS Yssks<S4szz.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-14
THE MEAT AND BREAD STATE

Kansas is pre-eminently the bread and
meat state. In fruits and in dairy pro,
ducts, in woods, flax, and even in silk,
she has commanded more or less atten-
ton, while her soil and climate are won
derfully famous the world over; yet in
the production of bread and meat
in wheat and corn. in cattle and hogs
she stands unrivalled. Her capacity in
bread and meet would equal the demand
of an empire. Her illimitable stretches
of fields are burthened with their annual
crops OF golden grain. her gentle slopes
OF luxurious grasses are enlivened with
fattening herds, but for some reason
home-seekers from the other side of the
world and investors from the east. bv
the thousands, hurry away TO the in
clement and inhospitable territories of
the north, To the miasmatic and heated
soils of the south, and to the
sandy. devices deserts of the
Pacific coast, apparently all Informed
Of the superior advantages offered bv
the great central area of this continent
covered by the pivotal state Of Kansas.
There can be no demand for bread and
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-14
AS TO LAWYER LEGISLATORS.

The recent disclosures in connection
with insurance matters at Topeka was
taken as text by the Globe-Democrat
for discourse on lawyers, in which it
undertakes 10 prove that members of
that profession are, by reason thereof,
| disqualified for the responsible position
of legislators. There is much of truth
in the Globes article. There is no sort
of doubt every legislature contains men
who are there for no other purpose than
that of private speculation, and who ex-
pect, If caught, to clear themselves with
the impudent plea of professional priyil-
eyes" The effect Of such actions is to
smirch the profession and to create a
suspicion in the public mind of the
honesty and integrity Of every member
of it. Of couse this does not necessarily
follow In the legal profession any more
than in any other profession or vocation:
still this does not disprove the Globes
assertion. and in order to cure the evil
complained of the temptation should be
removed, and we know of no better way
to do this than to enact law revoking
the licenses of ali lawyers, members of
the legislature, during its sessions, or at
least preventing them from practicing
the profession absolutely at the state
capital during the sessions, and also
making it a felony for an attorney to
charge or accept fee for services as
such in connection with any matter of
legislation.
The fact is. in our judgement, lawyers
are disqualified, under our constitution
and laws, from serving as members of
the legislature; as much SO as the clerk
of the court or the court itself, because
they are in fact members of the court,
and no person may hold two offices at
once.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-14

There isn't as much loafing around in
short sleeves now as there was week
back-implying no insinuatiou of spinal
weakness on the part OF the Oklahomaite.
Congressman Perkins is mentioned as a
probable governor of Oklahoma territory.
The next thing we expect To hear IS that
Harrison has offered it to Jim Blaine OF
Maine.
The Guthrie Capital in a fervour OF
patriotism sings out that Providence still i
grasps the palm of Oklahoma" Aud, 1t
might have added, all the rest Of the fruit
trees in Oklahoma.
An editor of defunct Guthrie paper is
at present in the milk business in hat city
He has probably already advertised In the
face of his previous failure that his milk
is not as week as his paper was
If President Harrison holds the Okla
homa peoples opinion in any regard, and
in the absence OF any importuning rela-
tive, Milt Reynolds will be secretary of
the territory sure. Petitions are being
circulated in his behalf all over Oklahoma
and are being numerously signed.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-14

At the close of the past year the Uni
ted States treasury held $2SS, $50, SOC
standard silver dollars, against which il
had outstanding certificates for all but So
5S6, i27. The net gold in the treasury at
the same date, over and above outstand.
ing certificates, was $3.50, 1913, 052. The
net balances in the United States treas
ury at the close of the year was $50, 595,-
143, against sec, $3.50, 264 at the close of
the preceding year, and nearly $40, 000,-
at the end of 1887. These figures do not
in any case include unavailable assets.
chiefly fractional silver coin.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-14
DEPARTMENT ENCAMPMENT.

Department Commander Henry Booth
has issued an order relative to the com.
ing department encampment, from
which the following paragraphs are Sc
lected:
The ninth annual encampment of this
department will be held in the opera
house in the city of Salina, Tuesday,
January IS, 1890, at 2 o'clock p. In. \
rate OF one fare for the round trip has
been granted by all railroads in the
state, and tickets will be for sale Janu-
airy y and %. good to return to Feb
ruary !, 1890.
The following named comrades are
hereby appointed committee on Gre
dentials; they viii meet at the post
room of Jonn A. Logan post, Salina,
Monday, January q, at 4 o'clock p. N.
Lawrence Wilson, assistant adlutant
general, chairman; Ben Pagan, post No.
%; George a. Sells, post No. s. c. n.
Rawlings, post No. 90; W. II. Day, post
No, 205.
Delegates on arrival at Salina will re-
port TO the committee on credentials and
receive their delegate badge and be
checked on the eneampment roll The
committee viii be located at John A.
Logan post room until assembling of the
encampment, and during its sessions
will be in the opera house.
All posts failing TO comply with the
rules and regulations in relation To their
reports, will be deprived of representa-
ton IN the department encampment, tsee
section 3, article :, chapter 3, rules and
regulations.) The department COM
mander calls special attention OF all posts
10 the necessity of forwarding all re-
ports for fourth quarter of 1889, that
they may all be in and the assistant adj
Jutant general be enabled to get his re-
ports 10 national headquarters, ana have
everything in readiness for the meeting
of the encampment on the 18th Of this
month.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-14

The taxing of everything the Ameri-
can farmer grows or makes, F" is, of course,
not palatable doctrine to the American
free traders and their British bosses, whose
real purpose is TO make the United States
nothing but an agricultural country and
give Great Britain the monopoly of the
manufacturers of the world; in other
words, to make Great Britain the great
workshop and the United States the de-
pendent purchaser and consumer of its
products, but it is the soupdest economic
policy OF this country, aud ali interest ed
in IFS prosperity, and it is the only safe
policy for us TO pursue.-Atchison Cham
pion.
Theoretically your premise may be all
right, but the condition that confronts the
farmer conyinces him that practically it
is all wrong, or at least largely so, or is
extremely unequal in its operation, or
something-he knows that there is some
thing radically wrong somewhere, and
he is terribly In earnest in his demands
that it be righted and he given relief.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-14

R. Hoe & Co., the famous printing
press builders, are constructing press
for the New York Herald which will
print, cut, fold, paste and deliver
ready to be mailed ninety thousand COM
plete papers per hour. That is to say at
the rate of 1900 minute, or at the in
credible rate of twenty-five per second.
This will be the fastest printing press in
the world. The EAGLE will try to worry
along, for the present at least, with its
0,000-an-hour machine, which is the
best in the west.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-14
Highly Complin entary.

From the Atchison Patriot.
'The Farmer in Politics" was the
theme of a great deal of discussion in
the farmers state convention yesterday.
1t was first the topic of Governor Click
paper, and he scored many good points.
The following statistics showing the
composition of the legislatures in three
countries were quoted: House of COM
mons, England, agriculturists. 1852; pro-
fessionals, 107. France, professional
men, 270: agrieulturists, -. United
States, professional men, 264: agri-
culturists, 81. 4 high compliment was
paid the farmer legislators of Kansas in
the statement that no charge of bribery
or corruption had ever been preferred
against farmer OF Kansas in the legis-
lature.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-14
THAT PENSION MEMORIAL.

The pension memorial, reported by
Col. S. E. Jocelyn and so unanimously
adopted by the Garfield post of this city,
and which was published in the EAGLE,
and which indeed was most eloquent
appeal for the patriot soldier, has reached
the pension committee at Washington.
Senator Ingalls, writes that it will be
submitted to the committee of pensions
for consideration.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-14
Diptheria Remedy.

From The Sclentlfic American.
The following remedy is said to be the
best known. at least it Is worth trying.
for physicians seem powerless to cope
with the disease successfully: At the
first indication of diphtheria in the throat
of child make the room close; then
take tin cup and pour into it a guam
tity of tar and turpentine, equal parts.
Then hold the cup over fire, SO as to
fill the room with fumes. The little pa
tient, on inhaling the fumes, will cough
up and spit out all the membraneous
matter and the diphtheria will pass off.
The fumes of the tar and turpentine
loosens the matter in the throat and
thus affords therelief that has baffied the
skill Of physicians.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-14

meat, by the great mineral and mining
regions of the west, to which she will
prove unequal, no foreign market which
she can not reach directly by the new
route through the gulf, while the mar
kets of the lakes are within her reach:
yet Kansas as state wants one million
more of people, million more bread
and meat producers before she VIII have
even reached the minimum OF her posi-
bilities as bread and meat producer, or
her proper standard in the markets and
commerce of the world.
Let us have a tide of immigration.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-14
The Condition That Coufronts Us.

Prom the Usage STse Press
There is no use trying to disguise the
fact that there Is great dissatisfaction
among the people with all political par
ties. There hasn't been such an absence
of party sentiment In the United States
since the ERA of good feeling as there
is today. The Republican party Is in
power, but its continuance II power can
not be maintained by monkey work.
With corn at II cents per bushel and
other agricultural products IN proper
lion. the farmers are not In a mood 70 BE-
trified with. Political promises ara
threadbare, fat. stale aud unprotitable
There must be fruits meet for repeat
ance-or it VIII not count
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-14
QUEER AND CURIOUS.

A farm near Nacduf, Scotland. has b>sn
handed ,f1~n FROM father u son for 200
years
Fresno county, Cal. has bnrmit who hs.
lived there thirty years without seeins tho
county seat
A dance given for the purpose % raising
money witt which u buy bsarss Was 0as
Of the events in Oxford county. he
A. Potssto~n, Pa, there " FANNY oi Eve
women whose tastes are W dif'or.sst that tbsy
have ESTABLISHED a rule requiring each ems TO
DO her own cooking.
4 little Auburn n4el baby's patsrnAI
sreat~l,TandfatheT, BIS grsadfaths<. grand
mother and bis father we're AL born ~IstIia =
stous's throw u Each oshsr.
4 b.buloos individual II York, Pa, vent
70 sleep while soAking hts fset Ia nj wassr.
sIsd when he wa s~a<snsd b. tns zsorxzsr.e
by his ~ifs the Gre rad Eoos Qua AID tain sos
lad formed "a tins tot.
One Of WBkssb.rrs's polscs1oen ,iraex>.d
be was in Eght. SD MA psad refusing IN
sxpSo<is bs wzs soaSss 70 a~sand htznsesf
" bssa be s~o~s be -aE 90 nnrss,ssd thai 70
trtsd ms ptaoI, and foand, rs IN his dr.Ass.
tse weapon ~o.sd no< 20 CT
In Eu-esn-s oosnsy, Pa. rsoezkky, q uss-
s.er Il o esrtsia ee0ontaa1s<s raxeoss>-vtad
:sroagh 10 pr~~rssay Of = zzsl%sx q 1ss-
tsrszf- de1o<zsGAsaoz4, ssd al rss ua.xsEers a
tee oooy~t~d rusaaA<xs o<zrvA Changed
tasz- f@ath AID fosiorSsd tfse4r eli ~seyA<zs
A ressieai ot Hartr,>.fn<o, Tenn. p~s
s~ptsd tso<es Szszsod IL lssg 60 t,ss sa~fs-
y4sts sod Chattanooga raslr-zs1 10 o<fs<< day,
ADD r1se n a pa.@oe On tho ,srs pz>os u
psAsseocs-rS tEat we1ld bays ~ssg>4 hi1a
psss2ss az ore 81 tls eEssu&y ooarsssS Il tA4--
sy-tozr yasAs& ago.
a z1aa nazssi Rys. VITO lives Dsar Bel
sA'fa. O, h~s fancy tor naming IA d<axs-
ssrs AFTER tie sag r1y-rA Tsrvs u IA rs<s
are called Ai>-o~rs. oeso nd ht11epSL
h<-,usssy q s>sy dsaz=ss~ s.s scsssd 10 -
sorsnod, szd tAs tssosr. fe<zsesAsg ~
so<a-s xx.s61ssos e ~ ~,r1, tsecrrnsast
% hav, b-~ ekr.zrssd kqoosg>1>4 B.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-14
Doesn't Leave a Wad.

4 ex-confederate soldier sent 81 to
General Beauregard and told him to
send in return winning ticket in the
Louisiana lottery, saying that he had
been a faithful soldier of the lost cause
and that he came out of the army with
hardly clothes enough to cover his
nakedness. The general is said to have
replied: my dear conrade, send you
a ticket. l also offer you this advice:
If YOU stick to the Louisiana lottery as
faithfully as you did to the southern
confederacy, you'll not have clothes
enough to wad shot gun.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-14

The counties of Kansas that are rep
resented in the immigration convention
now being held in this city never sent
ADLER men to any gathering or men more
earnestly IN sympathy with the objects
to be accomplished. Add to this the
common incentive. the value of the OBJ
jects sought 10 the community as
whole, and failure to accomplish them
cannot be entertained for a moment.
This movement is going to prove
revelation 10 thousands OF people
throughout this broad land and to other
parts of the world by bringing to their
knowledge the existence of a country
and conditions here that Will impel them
TO come and see, and once here TO cast
their lot with us and become participants
in the great benefits now enjoyed and
the greater ones to come,