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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27
THE CENTER OF POPULATION.

The superintendent of the census has
prepared bulletin giving the center of
population of the United States, together
with the movement of the center during
each decade sine 1890. The exact lati-
tude center of the present census wear is
given at 80 degrees, b minutes and 90
seconds. at point in Southern Indiana.
little west OF South Greensburc, the
county seat Of Decatur county, and
twenty miles east of Columbus. The
bulletin saws:
The center of population has cling
closely 10 the parellel OF the thlrty-ninth
degree of latitude. The most northern
point reached was at the start IN 1890:
the most southern point was IN 1880, the
preceding decade having witnessed a
rapid development of population IN the
southwest. Arkansas. Alabama. Missis-
sipppi and Louisiana having been adj
mltted as states. and Florida annexed
aud organized as territory. The ex-
IRENE variation in latitude has been less
than 10 minutes, while one hundred
years OF record have accomplished the
movement Of longitude of nearly 90
degrees. The sudden acceieratian of
movement between 1850 ana 1850 was
due TO the transfer of a considerable body
Of popuiStion from the ATTAIN ic TO the
Pacific coast. twelve individuals in San
francesca exertIng As much pressure al
the then pivotal point. viz. the crossing
ot the eIghty-thlrl meridian and thiItv-
ninth parallel. as forty individuals at
Boston,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27
JERRY PUT THE LADY TO FLIGHT.
The Sockless Statesman Sets Forth HIS
Idea of Reciprocity.
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
us it true that you don't wear socks?
Won't you let me see, please" said a
pretty woman to Jerry Simpson. the
Kansas statesman, at the capitol today,
Glancing curiousiy az the latter's feet.
Madam" said Simpson gravely, 'tFm a
believer IN reciprocity. Do you wear
socks? If you'll show me yours III show
you mine.
The lady said, 80, N.Y. and fed
precipitately, but Jerry remained to
stu further the methods of legislation.
A little later in the day mutual friend
presented Theodore Roosevelt to the Kan
sas statesman.
I'm pleased to meet you" said Mr..
Roosevelt, politely. I've heard great
deal about Won"
And l." said Mr. Simpson, with equal
poiiteness. have heard a great deal
about you. I'd like 10 talk with you
about civil service reform.
I'm something of civil service re-
rmer myself" said Mr. Simpson. bland
". "but my objection 10 the present sys-
tenn is that it creates an offiee-holding
aristocracy. / don't think any man
ought to hold office any longer than
hllli VI AINES I1A3ii Tic
big head Still, on the other hand. he
continued, refiectively, Il don't believe
IN wholesale dismissals upon every
change of administration. There ought
10 be law regulating the matter, and
al the patronage taken away from the
president"
The conversation was interrupted at
this point by the appearance OF Henry
Cabot Lodge. of Massachusetts, who was
also presented TO the Kansas statesman.
Are you the author OF the-the--7
The ubiquitous force bill, said Mr..
Lodge. with easy good nature, refresh
ing Mr.. Simpsons memory upon the
subject.
That's IT. said Simpson. graveiy;
'ihe ubiquitous force bill. I'm agin il.
The little group of spectators laughed
heartily. They began TO respect the
'sockIess. or perhaps it should be said
they began 70 suspect him, for they ali
agreed that be had more practical sense
than he had been given credit with
The Kansas legislature is composed IN
the main Of Alliance members, practical
farmers, horny handed sons of toll They
are. Mr. simpson saws, the most lnteIi-
gent, the mos; moral and the most IN
oustrious BODY ever assembled At I0peks.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27

The Philadelphia Press asserts that
1.-The Republican policy on silver was
fixed by the act passed last July" and
asks, ''Why should Republican house
take this interesting question out of a
Democratic house on the eve of a presi-
dental election" The same may be
said of the tariff question. The reason
why both those questions should have
been readjusted by the present con-
gress is that the masses of the people,
without regard TO geographical divisions
on sectional lines, demanded it at the
polls last November. And for the further
reason that the Republican party does
not want to 90 out of business in 1892.
If these are not reasons enough, we give
II nm
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27

From the State Journal.
The Newton Republican rejoices that
the silver coinage bill is defeated and
that the ''silver spectators are done up.
The last state Republican platform of
Kansas demanded free coinage, and
every platform in every congressman
district in the state did the same. Now
the question is, ia the Newton editor in
opposing the free coinage OF silver. ia
line with the Republican party of Kan
sas. We think not. One would think
that the smash of half the banks IN New
ton, the suffering among the farmers
around Newton and the rapid growth OF
the Alliance in Harvey county, would
teach the Newton authority something,
even if abstract reasoning can't reach
him. He should turn from the error oil
his ways, and instead ( abusing Senator
Plumb, a man who has studied financial
matters for years. and can give lessons
in finance TO many an other United
States senator, he ought 10 sit at the feet
of Plumb and take an elementary course
of instr uction IN finance.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27
The Washington correspondent of ii

The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia North American furnishes,
rs an example of Ingalls, br ghtest wit,
the following: ingalls, was castigating
Mr.. Hoar liz a polite. parliamentary
manner for that senator's alleged devo-
ton to Massachusetts, cant Senator
Dawes came into the chamber Just in
time to hear a few words, and. rising,
asked if the words were intended for him.
Il refer now" said Ingalls,, ''to the success.
sor of Charles Sumner. and not to the
successor of Daniel Webster" This deli
cately cruel way of holding the two SEN
ators from Massachusetts up to compare
son with Sumner and Webs, er brought q
grin to the face of every one in the
chamber, Senators Hoar and Dawes
alone excepted.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27

The announcement is made from the
east that Gen. Ben Butler is engaged in
preparing an autobiography that he will
have published ct IN early day In this
book the general will tell the story of his
rise from the trade of seating chairs to a
prominent place in the legal profession, a
generalship, and congressional and
gubernatorial honors. He will describe
the cutting Of the Dutch Gap canal, and
the military or unmilitary conduct in
louisiana, which caused jefferson Davis
To offer a reward for him dead or alive
But will the book give full account Of
the way the general got bottled up" at
Bermuda Hundreds: Butler started out
in 1854 with $4,000 troops to surprise
Richmond and Petersburg. Reaching
the turnpike road between the two cities,
he was hercely aSsailed by the Confeder-
ates and driven back to the cover of his
gunboats, at Bermuda. where his condi-
ton was so ridiculous and helpless that
Gen. Grant described ii as bottled up. 8"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27

Senator Blackburn, OF kentucky, IRE.
fers the Democratic party To Grover Cleve-
land.-Newton Republican.
Evidently you don't know the Rack
burns. Senator Joe's antipathv 20 Cleve-
land is of purely personal nature The
germ of this last eruption found its incu-
baton in the Louisville postoffice fight
that occurred during the Cleveland adj
ministralion. in which fight Grover stood
behind the woman who knocked Joseph
out. Incidentally the same motive, i. e.
personal pique or grievance, prompts
the antagonists that the famous silver
letter produced CO, with here and there
an exception. as in the case OF Silver
Dick Bland. perhaps. As for toe bour-
bon senator from Kentucky, opposition
from him WIS foregone conclusion: the
silver letter simply afforded the first
palpable excuse. But ali the same,
Cleveland will have the rank aud 1ile of
ms party back of him at The proper time.
and the Observation-Disclosures among tie
/ rest-will tail ia and bring Up the rear.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27
Winfield petitions the legislature nc

Winfield petitions the legislature not
to accept Wichita's magnificent offer of
college building and its hundred acres
for State Normal achool What is the
matter with Winfield? Hasn't she the
State Idiot school: Wichita proposes to
give the state the finest. unquestionably
the finest educational edifice ever built
in the state together with other property
the total value of which in ordinary
times would be worth from $50, 600 70
$500, 600, and to give this property for a
grade of school that is greatly over
crowded. What is the matter with
Winfield:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27
KANSAS GRAIN.

Commenting on the complaint OF the
Kansas City grain men against the rail-
roads, the Chicago Tribune says:
The mistake made by the men who put
forth this protest is in supposing that
they have an inallenabl1 right to handle
and make profit on all the grain and
live stock that is raised in Kansas,
though they have not even the states
right" claim to it, as they are doing bus
mess in the state of Missouri and pay
their taxes there. 1t is not for them to
say what is the natural outlet for Kan
sas grain, and dictate that SO much of it
as goes to Europe ought to be sent via
Mobile, New Orleans, and Savannah, In
stead of by the way of the northern
OOrtS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27
STREAM AND SOURCE.

Slender tho streams that now
Out Of the clefts Of the rock.
But they widen into the river below.
Where the shepherd waters his dock:
And behind and above them all
The rivuiets and the river,
The springs that are had 10 shs heart Of tho
hills
Feed them In secret forever
Slender the streams Of good
That flow from the lives o. men,
But united they swell to gracious aood
That hlesseth again and again;
And. Ike the fountains thai feed
The rivulets ana the river
The wells OF Gods grace are the source a
all good.
And he Is the secret giver.
Harriet MeEwen Kfmaail in Coayregatsona,sst
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27
After Gray's Elegy.

From the Newton Republican.
We all remember that stanza in Gray s
Elegy which tells about the gem of
purest ray serene which is down where
McGinty went, and about the flower
which bushes where no one can see 1T.
We remember also that the poem con-
SUMS a good deal of space which might
be devo ed to advertising matter In tell
ing how some of us would be Millions or
better men than Cromwell was if we
only had a chance. These fine ideas,
which Gray spent seven years in elabor-
ating, have been put into one musical
stanza by Newton poet who under
stands fully the kind of brevity this busy
age admlres:
There's lots of jewels finds room
AT depths too great 10 sound
An any mount OF posles bloom
When one peekln ROUND
There's u of OF men wed cOwhide boots
Pulled over blue jeans pants,
Who'd oughter gone TO congress but
They didn't
get
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27

Leavenworth City has given up and
laid down and from u W on proposes to
tax her joints the same as they do in
Kansas City and Atchison. We are
sorry. to hear this for we would that
Leavenworth followed the noble ex-
ample of Wichita in conscientiously en-
forcing law in which if there is neither
remedy or revenue still affords chance
for quite number to make respectable
piles at the expense of a seeming virtue.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27

Senator Plumbs amendment to the
legislative appropriation bill provides
for the transfer of clerks from the census
bureau without examination to the
eligible civil service list for department
service. By this arrangement $500 Re
publican clerks would be made eligible
for government appointment during
their natural lives. Plumb never had
any sympathy with the idea OF civil
service reform, and he dosen't care much
who knows it-Kansas City Star.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27

Every now and then an old vet of the
late war declines to receive a pension
from the government, secured through
the kind offices of some friend, perhaps,
but such occurrences are not very nu-
merous. The last one is just reported
from Ohio. The reason assigned by the
ex-soldier was that he is able to take
care of himself
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27
ghe ahta daily Ease griay gonimg Eebruarg ~, 1891

They go to bed early, they get up early,
and they are out at 8 o'clock in the morn
ing.
That's what they need here" and
Mr.. Simpson cast sly glance in the di-
rection of the house.
Mr.. Simpson will remain in Washing
ton until the close of the session. He is
an object of universal interest to the gal
leries. he is more inquired after and
talked about than any other member on
the flo u of the house.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27
Surgical Instruments.

a thing the general public does not
know is that there are few, II any. pat
ents on surgical instrumental When
physician gets 4p some nsw device to
meet the Hsaas q ths progression Of
surgery and nss-iicins be doe. not sss q
patent on il. bat any one Is free 20 make
It. and the profession gets the b~Esfst Of
that fsct.--Glncinnat Enquirer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27

The curious are now on the qul we
to ascertain if Governor Hill received
Governor Bulkley's letter. 1t is hoped
the Connecticut executive had the fore
thought to register the communication
so that its destiny would be definitely
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27

There is believed to be little doubt that
Governor Hill will accept the reinforce
ment proffered by Governor Bulkley.
When Hill becomes a sure-enough can
didate for president he will need all the
reinforcements he can get, without re-
gard TO sort or source.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27

The English girls are getting tired of
the men marrying American girls so
recklessly. They can't be any more
tired of it that are the American girls
who have tried the experiment, Judging
from their declarations, as far as a ma
iority of them have been heard from.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27
A Question of Good Faith.

From the Emporia Republican.
My Santa Fe pass says Speaker Ell
der, is numbered, 4, 434." What does
Mr.. Elder suppose that pass was given
him for--from personal affection or for
an implied consideration. If for con-
sideration, is he carrying out his part of
the contract? In introducing the anti
railroad legislation is he not cheating
the railroad company cut of the value of
his pass? If he doesn't propose to stand
by the railroads, is it honest for him to
use their passes: These are questions
which naturally suggest themselves.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27

The re-entry into politics, and possibly
public life, of Sir Charles Dixie ought to
relieve the stress of public criticism I'M
der which Mr.. Parnen has rested for
some months. Or will it have the effect
of intensifying the latter, by the associ-
alton of coincidence of careers?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27

The new secretary of the treasury
reached Washington, the dispa ches say,
day before yesterday, from New York.
OF course. There is where Window
came to Washington from and there is
where he was found when death over
4ool- him
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27

The woman suffragists are angered at
old man Elder and are roasting him with
out mercy.-Salina Republican
II the old man finds it out be may do
do it again the first time ne has an OPP
portunitv. That's his style,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27

The EAGLE suspects that scheme has
been Matched whereby everyone of the
outgoing members of congress from Kan
sas is to be taken care of. If 1t should
be so arranged the Republican party Of
the state, already staggering under its
numerous loads, will 60 down.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27
He Declined, With Thanks.

From the Atchison GIooe.
Mrs. Lease. the Wichita CAD, is in
Washington. She travels with a run
ning-nnate, and Yesterday it was sag-
gested that they call on Senator ingalls,.
He declined the honor, saying: ''Wom-
en- and Indians are the only class of
people who would scalp-a cold corpse.
Please allow me to look after my own
affairs. / hope the lady to whom VOC
refer will have a pleasant visit while ia
the CITY,"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
hats Enough, Don't You Think?

That's Enough, Don't You Think
From the Lawrence journal
There seems to be this difference be-
tween Blaine and Harrison as Republic
can candidates for the presidency: In
Blaine's case there ara no Republicans
against him, while in Harrison's there
are no Republicans for him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27

There Were 1000 labor strikes in this
country, big and little, last year, but
this year is liable TO beat it, in the aggre-
gate of effects, if threats made for ma
terialization the first of May, shall be put
into effect.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27

Lady 70 clerkr-i selected sozns ssis
bere yesterday 81 II o elo'ck aad ordered
Il sent 70 ny aszsse.
CisTk-Yex. aznzzDs- HaEsat yo1 -
cesTed II YETI
fAassy--Of coarse. ~hss ! vsss now 4
The change Puck
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27
N|1l!}lsl!sZEagle
NJ. NJ. MURDOCH. Fdi.o-.

Which is the better plan of converse
ton, the masculine style OF each man
talking about himself, or the feminine
way'of both women talking about some
other woman:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27
Ja.r stop Ds-s....-.

Why cent y5u marry. Ar. Bach
ea1Ts7
Wei. I've been trving fer veAss %
End girl
Have vou got any money
Enough, gusss~
Then yoa Just nola still ~ igs ard
she giri wa EpG yoa-~--ws~hIagscn
S.As.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27
What Is It?


The following prominent gentlemen
from Wichita were visiting Senator
Bentley yesterday upon the senate floor:
Judge j. N. Balderson, Judge A. r.
Museller, DR.. E. II. Creditor, Col. James
L. DYER, Col Emmett Callahan. Gen.
Murray Myers, Rev n. E. II rmon, Col.
w. d. Mccormick and Rev. r. I. Savin.
These gentlemen are interested in pend
ing legislation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27

All the rows around the outside will
now contain five pieces to the row; you
still have four picks left to be disposed
of. The trick is to place the remaining
four picks in the four outside rows, and
still have only five in each row. The
picks may be transposed to suit the
player, but no more piles or rows are to
be made
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27
A Pertinent amendment.

From the Atc,tson Patriot.
Marsh Murdoch asks, "Why is Kansas
Cranky and proceeds to give very
good answer to his own question. y better
answer, however. is summed up in these
words: Because the Republican party
Of this state hasn't the moral courage TO
set down On the cranks."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27
That's Right; Don't Your
From tho Kansas City Gazette.
-

FfUtn CnO hkHsAs CITY GdZeltSs
Instead of lowering the ''age of con-
Sent" the Wichita EAGLE would IA Sc 1t
to % years. Ii thinks that if we PRO
tect the girls, protect innocent. trusting
maidenhood until the fullest years of
womanly power. and the dear boys will
need no protection from prostitutes un-
der the age OF ID.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27
Can You Do It?

Select sixteen toothpicks, and place
twelve of them this way:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-27
He Ought, But VIII He?

chance.
The sun., 1891-01-11

:9S:s 81. oss ssps .ss Il. neSfs
that they must return home Tor % rspsifs. na'""S''
THE MINE.
When work was nrst begun on tho deposlt it
ths wsSsE a the Sra a; high ide An sIpoIa
sSs .sIE: @ a6sS sES% t. shs ss
reSnd Z. Z sfsas GGsSa sRs aeposs ,p an'' had
r. i Suns ss 70 nas ia n05 hss is
day the owners do not know how deep It is, but
a:, e.Sf a.a sns R ss & Sssp nS SSS and
yss q pure and white as the snow. Huge
sassd ont and placed on Board ths shipss
AZ they worked down the miners found
thus defled were promptly dumped into the
nord along With the covering rock. The iron
core psSG ussS II 81 rSp % a1d
nS s ss N II d
NTH o4yos
.hese S un rsshno,e. nSES aa@ed
offes hrS g. ThonEsen Tho orlsinsied the cry;
anti AMI ssI a M nssss
turing Company. who first analyzed It. But
these Impurities arc readily separated from
the cryolite in the process OF manufacture, ae
they suffer no change under the chemical
The deposit, az q whole. may be readily po-
tured II tho reader ever looked at mountain
spring whore the water, boiling up through .
hole In the bottom. kent lifting the sand there
and holding 1t In Suspension so that the water
was ,discoiored at tho bottom hut pure and
ii;e was found il boiled np In liGuiid form from
q hole below. bringing with 1t iron and lead as
the water In the spring brings snnd. Then IL
soidifed. Because the iron and lead were Of
such is the cryollte deposit Of Ivigtut..
The mine is only hole in the ground elliptic
i les ia atailel With IGe water. Tho wall Of tho
hole on the water side 10 about vertical, while
on the south side II is vertical also. except that
wide pockets between huge pillars have been
dug In under the overlying granite to follow
the lead Of the cryolite. The overlyine rock on
water side e an inclined railway, where loaded
Just as Is done in coal mines. A pump shaft
on this side extends twenty eight, feet down
from tho bottom Of the mine. and all water
draius into that. The pumps and engines are
The sun., 1891-01-11

good. but not novel,. While We were there one
gang OF men was blasting MP the bottom Of
tue quarry and another was at work cut
tnS Ns T0wn d,i,,t terosce m B., a tie weSstern
nSsr.sI Ing was h by hand The blasts are dis.
placed on blocks OF wood and are broken
apart by hand. the cFyolite going into one pile
and the other ores into another. The refuse
In sum summer @ the men work at ths bottom Of
the hole. In winter they work on q novel
staging that ie readily made there. The water
Of the ford Is let into the mine. and when i
races for the next seasons work.
Al the end Of April, when the Fox. with .
complement OF men for the summer. is ex-
pected. the mine Is pumped out and the ice 10
broken up and hauled away: 1t ta kes twenty
days and nights to pump out the mine.
ON THE WHARF.
wide. 1t is simply. a dump heap OF refuse from
the mine, but It. has been foored over with
heavy plank and supplied at the water side
with substantial spiles and bodied anchors for
moorinR the ships. Three ships can load at
once. They are moored about thirty-fv feet
from the edge. with which they are connected
By heavy gang planks.
The name OF the Danish company work ng
the mine is the Kryolite Mining and Trading
Danish Government, The. most careful ac-
COUNT Is. therefore. kept OF e.ery ton mined.
From the mine the cars are run by hand to the
wharf. where small pieces OF iron ore bolted ON
must be built. The piles are OF various sizes.