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Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1891-08-07

A gathering of the old-timers OF
Grant county, and their families and
friends, is to take place on the 2lst
inst, in the shady grove of old cotton
wood trees lear Heather's store at the
ella crossing. The Silver City brass
band will be there and discourse sweet
music. Agrand barbecue will comfort
the inner man and woman and a gen.
eral good time will be had by all who
attend. The committee in whose
charge the arrangements are consists
of Messrs. Fleming, Roberts. and Lee,
whose names ensur the completest
arrangements and the %jolliest of times,
Sentinel.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1891-08-07

Last Saturday night there was a
great row among the Cinnamon. 1t
seems that three of them were set
Ting up a business deal when the row
started. One picked up a knife, the
second picked up the offending China
man by the cue and whirled him
around, while the first one tried to jah
him on every lap. Luckily the cue
was pretty well creased and slipped,
tho offending Chinaman landed out
side the back door and struck a run
ming and never stopped until he was
In the midst of a crowd of white men
in the nearest saloon. There was an
hundred dollars lying on the table at
opening Of the discussion and it mys-
t%eriously disappeared during the ex-
element. H%ighbinders are expected
to arrive and kill Off the whole Chi
nese outfit.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1891-08-07

The other day: a mar was in town
selling opals. He appeared to be a
quiet, honest sort of a peddler, but in
reality he was Doc Davis, the most
notorious three card monte and sure
thing man that ever travelled on the
Union Pacific road. He claims that
he is now living the life of a an honest
man,
Jas. Coylo has purchased a house in
the Volcano camp of Frank Proctor
and is moving it over to the Bachelor
gulch. He will usei it as a residence
while working the Pachloky mine,
from which he intends to take an
abundance of ore in the next few
months.
Mart Ingham, who has been attend
ing to the hostlering here for some
time, left this week for Washington.
Mart and his brother own a steamboat
on the upper Columbia river, and his
brother is sick so Mart had to quit
railroading and go to steamboating.
To the public.-Caddo Mills, Texas,
June 5, 1591.-From my own personal
knowledge, 1 can Recommend Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarr.
hoea Remedy for cramps in the stom-
ach, also for diarrhoea and iux. 1t is
the best medicine l have ever seer
used and the best selling, as it always
gives satisfaction. A. X. Sheriff.. %
and so cent bottles for sale at Eagle
drug store.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-13
PUNCrURING A BUBBLE.

From the Atchison Champion.
1t is an equal surprise and qualification
in public point of view to find the New
York Tribune jumping with both feet on
one of the gigantic abuses of the day.
The surprise to those who have been en-
gagged in the obnoxious practices must
be of the stunning variety. But all
classes will be equally surprised to IND
the Tribune terselv and forcibly remark
ing that capitalists" of the kind that
object to competing lines are really
"capitalizers, and that 1.-The day has
gone bv for constructing railroads az
cost and capitaliZing them on the basis
of their earnings-in other words, SELL
ing them for several hundred per cent.
advance to the billiards who IN the end
are to furnish the capital"
With the exception that the capitallza-
ton is by no means confined to earnings,
this is telling statement IN the tewest
words possible of one of the greatest cor
porate abuses of the day. The special
application of the Tribune's remarks Is
to the rand transit system of New York
CITY. But having recognized the force
of the principle that ''lt can be done
cheaper, thank you," there, the Tribune
will not, of course, fail to perceive the
broader and more important application
with regard to the railway transporta-
ton system of the whole country. Its
words tersely describe what has been
done in erecting a railway capitalization
of over $40 ,OOO, 900, 900 on property which
did not cost S5,OOO,OO0 600 in the first
instance. The statement sufficiently
ventilates the claim that the railways
should be permitted TO form illegal com
binations in order that they may force
earnings out of the people on fictitious
capital.
It is interesting to perceive that the
Tribune has received new light on this
corporate abuse. Let us hope it viii
continue to puncture the big bladder Of
stock initiation with equally pointed
words
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-13
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Strangers are getting thick IN OkIaho-
ma. That means immigration.
A car load of watermelons leave Guthrie
for outside markets every day.
The Indian now has his beer. Every
thing conspires to paralyze the red man.
Mark the prediction that in year there
will be building boom all over Okla
homa.
The Hennessey Clipper is of the opinion
that Oklahoma will not amount 10 much
before it is a state.
The Pottawatomie Indians are mostly
United States citizens having become so
in Kansas years ago.
The Ell Reno Eagle does not share in the
nrevaiIing opinion that the Cheyenne and
Arapahoe allotting agents are dllly-dAlIy-
ing
The way the Oklahoma 1ines-JournaI
puts it: The finest cotton weather IN the
world in the finest cotton country IN the
world.
II is really too bad that the idle land in
the Cherokee strip isn't yielding twenty
FIVE bushels of wheat 10 the acre tEis
summer.
DR.. Munger Of Oklahoma City, was
made a mem Der of the national council at
the G. A R reunion a. Detrol, Tor the
Territory.
Somebody set fire TO q shock beside the
Guthrie jail early Tuesday morning with
an idea TO let the prisoners escape. Ii
didn't work.
Guthrie News: First wheat and then
a corn crop on the same ground, Is the ms
tory of Oklahoma farming. NOW, let
Kansas crop liar beat this.
The Oklahoma farmer Is going 70 get q
splendid price for his wheSt II IS pre-
dicted that he viii get over q = Tor Us
wheat at the farm inside of SIX months.
Frank Greer always smiles when Gath-
RE is complimentei. But he reserves 3
broader smile Still for the occasion when
somebody mentions him for CONGRESSMAN
from Oklahoma
Complaint comes from the Sac and En1
country that arrests are made on sElyoloI'
charges. Il is not going TO be good FOR the
man whom Marshal Grimes nnds tx
anxious for fees.
The board Of education of the ChoctsS
nation has let the contract for two New
academies at cost Of go. zoe each 10
gether with repairs Of two other AcSde-
mics. 1T a cost o. So 90.
Ben Clover Is hcbnobbiDg about IN Ok
lahomA He promises 70 do al ne Can fcl
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-13
IT WON'T WORK.

It is an old saying that "there are
tricks in all trades but ours" One Of
the slickest tricks we have seen at
tempted to be played upon the agri-
cultural community for some time is
that mentioned in the dispatch from
Minneapolis yesterday morning. The
statement is that the "Hold-your-wheat'
circular sent out by the Alliance was
really gotten up and promulgated by the
milling interest at Minneapolis and that
they simply used stranger to personate
the Alliance in working up the scheme,
their object being to prejudice the
farmers against the proposition to hold
their wheat by making the expose(9 they
have. To bear out this idea and as a
sort of collateral. it was given out that
the millers and speculatoIs were in favor
of the holding proposition, which of
course was too absurd a statement to be
believed by any intelligent person any
where But the scheme will not work.
The farmers were 40 doubt looking for
Just such trick to be played on them
and viii pay no attention to it. To sup
pose they would be influenced by it is
TO presume upon their intelligence and
to discount their sources Of information
and disposition to keep posted, in both Of
which respects the agricultural commun-
ity is well up with the times.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-13
THE STATE SCHOOL FOR TIE DEAF
ANDDUMB

Probably no other State institution Is
calculated to interest one more than the
School of the Deaf, located at Olathe. 1t
was started first as small class, IN Bald
win, DaugIas county, but by legislative
act was permanently located at Oiathe
some twenty-three years ago. From a
small beginning, it has grown to be one
of our largest and noblest State instltu-
tons, fully up to the times in the parhc-
ular methods adopted to reach. children
shut off from the ordinary avenues OF IN
struction-hearing and alive to the re-
quirments of that class of our fellow cltl-
zens. Surprising as it may seem, there
are regular attendance at this school
some two hundred and twenty-five boys
and girls. young men and young women,
all from our own State of Kansas. More
than this, we are informed by Superln-
tendent Walker that the census returns
show large number still who are not,
but ought to be going to school.
The course of instruction comprises an
| ordinary common school education, the
mastery of some mechanical trade, such
as carpentry, cabinet-making, shoemak-
ing, and printing; and, in the case OF
| girls, sewing, Homework, fancy needle
work and drawing and painting, as their
| tastes may run. Ordinarily 1t takes ten
years for a deaf and dumb person to
complete the course, preferably from .
to IS years of age. At the close OF the
last term, in June, there was gradual
ing class of seven young ladies and gen
tlemen who have been fitted to enter
upon life's duties. During the summer
one of this class has received an invita-
ton to become teacher in the Missouri
state institution for the deaf and dumb.
1t is the aim of the institution to take
deaf children, or those too deaf to be
educated in our common schools, ana
place them on an equal footing with
their hearing brothers and sisters.
The class of semi-mutes. or those who
have become deaf after once using artlcu-
lat speech, are given special drill IN
articulation, and in many cases the
speech is retained in a sufficient degree
to be of use in business and social con-
verse.
1t is the special desire of the superin-
tendent to have the institution brought
to the notice of all persons having deaf
chill dren, and to that end persons would
be aiding the cause of humanity by
taking pains to report such children and
urge their attendance at this school,
which is the only one Of the kind In the
state, and is entirely free-tuition, board
books and ALTO the children of citizens
of Kansas. The superintendent, Mr.. ).
IT Walker offers to furnish all needed
information, if addressed to Olathe. The
next term of school opens the 9th OF
September, when there will be enrolled
some 24O pupils, about thirty OF whom
are entering school for the first time.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-13
ow MUCH A KNOT IS.
Method of Finding the UnIt of Measure
ment for Speed at Sea.

Method of Finding the UnIt of Measure
ment for Speed at Sea.
How much is a knott This question n
asked, we believe, In every sea passage by
some passenger or other, aud never meets
with "a clear reply. Sailors themselves do
not describe it distinctly. and books Of RET
erence differ as to its dimensions.
A knot is One-sixtieth Of mean degree
of the earth's meridian. This definition
requires explanation and also numerical
computation The earth's meridian 10 com.
monty described as any circle whose center
is the center Of the earth and whose cir
conference passes through the poles. This
is not exact, because the meridian Is not
true circle
Evidently. 10 would be true circle II the
earth were true sphere. bat the earth IL
not true sphcre-it ia spberoid, It's d.
ameter measured on the axis being less
than its diameter at the equator. Hence
the circumference Of a section Of the earth
by plane passing through its center and
the poles, which circumference is a NERD.
ian. is not true circle, but an oval
Bearing this in mind, IL will be easy %
understand the meaning OF a mean degrees
Of the earth's meridian.
III ~ at Nf-a LN SCI fAA AAAAAA kAA
center % a perfect circle IL is evident that
the circular measure OF each degree meas
ured on the circumference Of the circle viii
be the same. But II they be set on from
the center Of al oval the measurements on
the circumference Of the oval viii not all
be the same That this is the case any one
may demonstrate for himself by drawing
an oval and its minor axis. and then, from
the center q the oval. with radius equal &c
its semiminor axis. iuscribiug circle IN
the oval II, now, degrees, or rather, fol
convenience. equimultiples Of degree. ~
set OF from the common center the geom,
efry Of the figure will show ~ once tbs
variation - tue circular measurements on
the circumference q the oval
Now. mean degree Of tins earth's nerd
fan is the acreage length Il these 53G IN
eousl measurements. and u u obtained -
dividing tie .eEgth Of tie meridian by 81.
Astronomers have measured the earth q
meridian and found il 70 he lSl -. ~ ELg
lish feer.
Dividing this b. go we Est ~. oc'9 y ies'
nsthe length u q mean degree q TIE ne
indian one sixtieth 81 tAis, tbsn, a .
knot and thus by division a klot Il found
70 &c 6 .O76sls fest. or 2.o45.C yards. CT !
mile 81 9 yards
Il viii now BE- con vcnicnt % uetics that.
knot being & g16. SIS feet. sDd nile b~iEs
5 80 feet. tie proportion q koot % .
mile ~ vsTy nearly - t.c7c Is 70 sd. Or.
dividing By Z, a. SO y - 10. which q
very nearly IS = - %. - t1Ei ioT orb
nary yurposes knots cay y eoHTertsd lutS
miles b. taxing Thirteen knots - equal a
hftsen r-lles. aad we Tsrsa-~CEAzassrs'
TrsrrrEI
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-13
KANSAS RAILWAYS AND BUSINESS

In the eight counties of Butler, Cowley,
Harvey, Harper, Kingman, Sumner,
Reno, and Sedgwick as the center, there
are 8, 119, 495 bearing fruit trees of ap-
pies, pears, peaches, plums and cherries
-2.115.912 of these are peach trees.
The railways have been asked to make a
rate on the product of this orchard to
points on the Missouri river north OF
Kansas City into the states of Nebraska,
Iowa. Dakota and Minnesota, but as yet
nothing has been accomplished.
The Trans-Missouri Railway Freight
association at one meeting defeated the
efforts of the Kansas railways to
secure a rate to move this crop.
At the second application the
association granted rate IN
the state of Kansas, but as Kansas
is more than supplied with peaches, such
a rate is more of farce than one OF
business.
If the railways are unable to market
the surplus fruit of Kansas outside OF the
state, it is time that our people should
know it. If according TO the rules of
the association one railway east OF the
river has it in their power to dictate to
the railways west of the river, then it is
time the Kansas railways withdrew
from the association and proceed to take
care of the products that are raised
along its own lines, and from which
they can derive a revenue.
If the association has it in their power
to prevent the marketing of Kansas
fruit in other states, it is not unreason-
able to suppose that they are liable to
exercise that same power to cut Kansas
off from enjoying the fruits of the south.
No doubt the Kansas railways, as
well as the producer of Kansas,
have been handicapped by the
rulings of this association, through
the influence Of some eastern lines and
have suffered in consequence.
1t is admitted that if the producer OF
crop or the manufacturer Of an article
can get no returns for his labor the rail-
ways cannot expect any earnings. 1t
must be humiliating to the Kansas rail
WAYS to think that they are unable to
protect the business on their own lines,
and pose before the people as SIMPSONS,
shorn of their power We sincerely
pity them and deplore the condition of
the railways.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-13

Judge Reagan. the eminent member of
the Texas railroad commission, serves
notice upon the Texas lines that the
Texas commissioners do not propose 10
cripple the Texas lines by compelling
them to charge ruinouSly low rates of
freight, but that the commissioners do
propose TO have rates established that
will enable Texas merchants TO do bust
ness in competition with merchants situ-
ated outside the state. This IS exactly
the position the Kansas commission
should take, and we believe they will do
SO if asked. Although Kansas towns are
intermediate between New Orleans and
Nebraska. the freight rates on sugars TO
towns in Nebraska are 20 10 50 cents per
hundred weight less than TO Kansas
points The attention of the Kansas
board OF railroad commissioners is re
spectfully called TO this discrimination
against Kansas interests.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-13

Over $3.50, 100000 of capital is en-
ployed in the lumber industry of the
United States, and more than 100000
people. With this vast amount of capt.
tai and army of laborers, aided and
encouraged, by an import duty on
foreign lumber, in the destruction of our
forests. the wonder is that there is any
timber left in this country. And if the
policy that has prevailed in this regard
up to the present time is continued few
years longer, there will not be. The
governments policy on this lumber
question presents one of the most glar-
ing incongruities imaginable. 1t places
a bounty on tree culture and then offers
premium for the destruction Of the
forests, III tariff on lumber.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-13
THE MCKINLEY LAW ABROAD.

Investigations that have been made in
Germany in regard to the effects in that
country of our new tariff law reveals a
rather mixed condition of affairs in their
manufacturing districts; some are par
allied while others declare they are not
much effected The significant state
ment is made, however, that number
of German manufacturers are already
investigating this country with a view
to moving their establishments here SO
as to be on an equal footing with our
own manufacturers. Viewed from one
standpoint that would be a good thing
for this country. 1t would enlarge the
home demand for the products of this
country, while the increased competi-
ton in the home manufactures will have
the effect to reduce prices to consumers
in this country. But from the stand
point of the home manufacturer 1t
would have the effect to defeat the very
purpose for which the prohibitive tariff
was levied, by bringing the foreign
competitor over here and placing him
on complete equality with him for the
home trade as well as the foreign. Upon
the whole, and upon the principle of the
greatest good to the greatest number, the
operation of the Mckinley law is GER
tainly a good thing for this country in
the cases cited, at least; though we APP
prehend that it will be hard matter to
make our home manufacturers see 1t.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-13

The subtreasury scheme and the choice
of candidates for the United States were
both submitted to a popular vote IN
Mississippi last week at a primary cleo
ton, the former to test the sense OF the
voters of the state on this proposition
for the information and guidance OF the
states representatives., already elected
and 70 be elected. IL both branches Of
congress. The result was the over
whelmiug defeat of both the subtreas-
urv scheme and the Alliance candidate
for the senate. And now the Alliance
speakers snd papers are denouncing
the Democrats, OF the Cotton state for
carrying everything with high hand
and overriding the rights Of the people.
The Republicans are viewing the situa-
ton with eomplacency, relying upon
he principle inculcated in the deciara-
ton that when certain classes IN the
community disagree another class en-
JOY the right
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-13
The Future Of the English Language.


As 20 the English cf the future, who
knows what the years may bring forth
The Language IS alive ard growing AID e1-
tending on all sides. 70 tie grief OF TIE
purist aud the pe4aut. woo prefer dead
language that they can dassect >, viii ssd
that has come 20 the ed % is usstulnsss
The existence az Brit5cisuas snd Of Amen
csnfsus and q AuStrziiauisEcs IS sign O.
healthy vitality. Neither usage" Sad
Professor Freeman, sitter contrasting Ger
tain Anericznssus and BFiflciras. can oe
said 70 be II. itself better CT worse than The
other. Each usage Is the better IN the iald
in which Il hiss grown ~ C Itself "
An unpreiEdioed critse- i such . ooe
could happily Be found, would probably d.
cover an equality q 5istnish On either SIDE
Of the ocean-uore preczs.0a sad F-elAIstFJ
on the cae side. ard more daring careless
ness On the orhe- To declare single
standard o. speech IS impossible -BraE6sr
Matthews in HarperA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-13

During q recent joint meeting of the
Texas board of railroad commissioners
and the officials Of the railroad COM
panies doing business in that state, one
official remarked that the adjustment Of
freight rates is wholly under the control
of the state commissioners. and that they
could compel the railroads 10 insert
such freight rates within the state as the
commissioners find to be equitable and
Just. This fact must certainly apply 10
Kansas as well as Texas, and our people
should at once call upon cur state COM
missioners for relief from the extortion-
ate freight charges that Kansas is groan-
ing under.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-13
This - Tough.

From the New York World DEM
Kellv's failure IN Washington was
complete. He was a guy IN the house
and a bore elsewhere. He accomplished
nothing for the people who sent him
there except to excite the inquiry a. TO
what the local situation could have been
that had induced them to forego their
opportunity of representation IN the
house for one full term. They have been
brought into prominence, therefore, as
being either very reckless at times or
siylv humorous. The standard texture
Of Kelly's asiuinity Is revealed IN his go
ing over to the Peoples party on the
force bill issue when sectioaalisn was
one Of the reasons for the detection Of so
MANY Kansas Republicans from their old
political affiliations. The Peoples party
in Kansas, as elsewhere. Is IN measure
grounded in q protest against the force
bill
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-13

The remains of William Cody, the
father of Buffalo Bill" were unearthed
near Leavenworth recently by men quar-
rying in an old burying ground. The
body was in metallic casket. Mr.. Cody
was shot and instantly killed while max
ing a speech against slavery ruffians in
1856. \ reward of $500 has long been
promised for the discovery of the burial
place of the elder Cody. popularity known
as "Buffalo Bill.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-13

If the farmers of Kansas want 10
purify politics, why don't they announce
that the nomination for governor viii be
rendered TO the man who raises the
biggest number of bushels of wheat to
the acre next year, regardless Of party?
This would set everybody 10 work with
a viii, wouldsrelegate the old politicians,
and obviate the corrupt practices and
aishonorable tactics of nominating con
Fentions.