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r-wsr- ?ip &&&, 4 Tic (tSlicHta gaittj gagTc: iday germing, ftiti 25, 1890. -- -r-f- -fff-- -xkr fv-& M. -VI. JiritDOCK, rMltor CALL FOR REPUBLICAN CONVBNIONS. COUNY otlce is hercbv rIv en that a dclepato conv ontlon of the Republicans of Sedgwick county Kinas.'will I50 held at Garflcld hal' in the city of W Ichita on Fatuniuv August l 1S9J, at tho hour of 10 o clock a jn for the nomination of candidates I or C lerk of the District court. t ountj attorney 1'robatc judge superintendent of public instruction and Sixteen delegates to the Itipublicau stato conven tion There will alo be held at the same place and iri jnediatelj -ifter the adjournment of tho Pepubll can tounty contention a convention to nominate a candidito for representative for the Flghtj fourth reoreentatit district, Hiid also a convonuon to nominate a candid i'e for rtj resontatiM of the J ichtj-ecoid district aid also to lomin Ue i can didateforcoinniissione-ot tho Firn commi'-'Ioner district. , ...,.i . The various to -nships and wards are entitled to the followinK rep-csontation wirarri rl-n IHr TOW.ir IKI First, w aril , Kechi Second -nurd Third ward ourth w rd 1 ifth T ird Mxth ward TOWNSIUI .Attica Afion Delano ne tagle Grant treelj iypsum t i-den riaiua North tiarden Plains south lrand Ither, , Ijincoln i "Morton m lliimelia 14 Mnnescah 17 Ohio W est I'ark 4 r ast Park 2 I'int 4 Kockford, North 2 Itockford south . I, Salem (jSlurman f I nloT 5 A ioia 1 allej Center orth 5 A alley Center, fcouth i Waco 3 ichita Illinois TTuwlplftmitps will be selected at the nrlmarios to 1r luld at the uual voting places in the tow nships on Thuidaj August' laO between the hours of 2 and 4 p rn , Primaries will beheld in the various wards of the ell of Wichita at the usual oting place on the tame da is in the tow nshlp- between the hours of t and "p in The delegate to the count convention from the nrious representative districts shall constitute the dt legates at the represeutatlve convention and 111 c v Ne in the commissioner s district, unless the ar rangement is changed lij order or the representative committee in the r itht third district llj ordt r of the Central committee I IlLNirr Chairman John Keilfv ec etarj REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION. A delegate convention of the Republicans of Kan fas w ill 1 held in the cit of 1 opeka, on VV edncv. dav.lhelddu of September 130 at the hoir of o clock p mn for the nomination of candidates for C hn f jutlee of tlie supreme court (overnor I .eutenant governor Seen tar of M-ate Auditor of state Treasurer of state Vttornev general Superintendent of public instruction Helps ites to thu convf n ion mentioned above Plnll 1 e elected by tonn conventions dulv t il!il bv the f eM ran omit km uiiiiuiii comuuwts unuer sucu t nl. nnil regulations as mav be bv them prescript d The basis oi lptKirtioiirnent of delegates tosnids-t ite convention will Iipoik dthgate at 'nrt.o for euih count of the -tnte aim one delegate lor everv w rtrs or fraction of SX) or more votes cat for Iu rne W are for elector at large in the lection of 3-tb under which nileutlegite the fcveral counties a follow tot NTIK8 in Allen Anderon Atchison 31arber Jurton 3'ourbon 3 row n Jtutler t base- Chautauqua hcrokee hiveiino l irk r iav t 'cud t olley oinanchcv. ov U raw ford J1e.atur l)Ickinon ilonlplutn J)ouL,ias Inwards 3 Ik lis 3 llsvvorth 3 innij 3 ord 3 rankliu (iHrtleld icarv tirant iove ralam ra tirci nvvood ireelv 3'amilton 3!arpT 31arVM 3 askell 31odgeman .lackson lcTiion .lew ell .tohnsoTi Jxearnev Kingman 3lowi 3-ibette Jji'ie I eivcnworth 1 lncoln rs COLVTIJS DFDFfJ T 0 linn fi ( I ogan 1 ' I von H Marion " 4 Marshall 7 10 MePhei sou ' ! Meiide ) Miami r 4 Mitchtll r 3Iont,omery b b Morris r i Morton 2 . Nemaha " G Neosho f 7 Ness 'J C Norton r 2 Osage 10 11 Osborne ' ') Ottawa . . 1 4 Pawnee . .. 8 Phillips .. .. , r 7 Pottawatomie ... 7 il Piatt . 4 2 Raw 11ns . 4 5 Reno . '1 1 lit public 7 4 Hiee ( Riley ( 1 Hooks 7 Hush . ' 2 KUhsell t i saline . 7 - soott 2 isedick K, 3 seward 2 i. Shaw upc .- 20 7 shunilan i 2 Sherman ! Z smith r r. StalTo A I G stnnton - - stevcus Z - Sumner 10 , 1 honvas . 7 Troco 2 7 'valuurec . "i f Wallace - Z , .' Vanhine.ton ' 1 ichita 2 llson r s V, oodson ... 4 J W vandotte . . lr 1 otal 1 J lit seen tarlcs of the several oo int conventions to instrui tel to forward to the undersigned secro t irv at lopeka Kansas a cer'itied topv of tlie eit f'titials of thiir i?evral delegates Immediately lion the adjournment of the eouutv convention Faid credentials to le lecolveil it Joii ki not later 11 nthc ivnimgof Septembtri 1 rom these ere initials the Republican state central committee i I piepare a ro-Ui of those entitled to jmrtkip ito 5i tlu prtltinliMr organization of the convention l!v order of tht committee HrNR BOOTH Chairman LION b. iiCT C IlINs -ecretarv FTti rrriBncN resubmission conev HON d legate (onvent Ion of the Republican Renb f i i iiistsof Kansas will be held in the cit of v thitu on lUM-duv tlie'iwi da ot "-optcmlwr, at the 1 our of HJ o clock for tho noni nation of i mdnlatesfor nit f lustke of the supremo court, i jvernor 1 fut nant goveiuor, vectitarv of sttc A witortif stHtt J rrasure ol st.M tt n v t,eiieJI s n nntt iitlent of Public instruction 1 hr liasii. of apimrtionment of dilugatpsto sald ft l ntoiivetttlou will le oni dt legate at large for ri h coviiiv of the trtte mid one d(lt.te foreve-v )vi trs or fraction of 3lW or mo-s vtKos ct to 3 inci Wa-i fort lector at laite in the tl(cUon i lvio, undr which rule delegates me apportioiied ti the sevt ral counties as follows tot miis ihk. ts rot vrirs. niEOTs Ai rn I inn h w i leron S Logan .... 3 At hi-on 1 von 9 1 crlHt Marlon . 7 3arton I Mar4HlL t 7 3 turlou 1 i ePheio 7 3 roun N Hlttwle 2 Jlutki Mlama t l is 4 Mitchtll . S olnutami'ui . o loiititonier S I roke Uorrfc. 5 t h venut . i Morion 2 t! 2 mnliv . 7 v 6 Neosho t d 7 Ness 8 C t rt i Norton 5 tuanche 2 Osage K) t ow v 11 Osborne . , ft rawltnl Ottawa , 5 3V itur 4 I'khbw . S 3)1 slnfon S Phillips A 3.nipliHii PottAwotomie. 7 31 iglas I ltt i I- Ivvards Rawlins 4 3 ik cs Keno 8 3 lis ? IteiHjMk .... 7 3 I It-worth 4 Rtce f 3 rd t Riley . f. 1 ntv Hooks . . J lrmklln 7 Rush 3 v t eui 2 KiisKiat ... tan 4 . sHiie J ira it 2 seott 8 C. ve 2 t-eHKwtck Mi drilw.in i , -ewiwd tr. I ra 2 shawnee 3d dretnw ood 7 t siy, jj ret It v 2 1 sbenniMi t 31an ilton .' ' sxDhti j 3UriHr j fctalorti X 1 Hrvev r Manton . 2 Risuili I Steven ,i Jiw'genian . sUmner . . . 10 . 11 ks in 6 ' 1 homas S .fttferson " Tro 8 Jew 1 II 7 I AV.umimt-rt5 i 6 .ic iioii b WaUaet S 3trtrne 2 I " H5himton 9 K ncroan j. "Mcehlta 2 Ki wa 2 "Wllt-ou 6 3Abettc S ooHon 4 t-.n 2 Wvaiulotle IS 3 uvenvvorth " 3 -uoln 4 Total rol f e chairman of each Republican Ttenbmlssioa t c irty ( entml Cooimitte will forward credentials t ) t hi imder-uriied st. reurv at 1 opeka. Kansas s rodent ials moH be received before September fc s" Hv order of committee, LhtCIlLK sTFKNK, A L. AI.LFN Secreutr Cbairnuin, Farmer Tillman, w ho is a candidate for gov ernor of South Carolina is an ?ncmy of the 1 olleges. w Inch lie calls hide factories I A collector of curiosities at Bombav Iamed bhanlej has among his collection ti C lunese god markinl "Heathen Idol," tintl next to it a gold niece marked Christian Idol. ' It is reported that First Assistant Post master General ClarkMjn ha purchased the Omaha Republican. It is also stated that the attitude of that pajwr on tlie prohibition question will be rev erased. If the latter statement is true it w ill be a fortunate change for Nebraska ndnm Jf.g that the Republicans influence in the tate is a iiotout factor in shaping its poliy. Tor tho Lagle A BIT OF THE WAR. Two irmie-, met In the morning gray nd prepared for battle at break of day The air as hushed and the w Ind w as Etill, And the sun as It rose from behind the hill, W a3 -v ieu ed bv the w itf al ej es of men AS ho inifcht nevei behold that slorj aain. Then, suddenly snapped was the macic spell And the allev wab changed to a raging hell And the canon i oared and the muskets ran, nd men like wolves at each other sprang And the brook that ran through that little glen Ran red that da w lth the blood of men The battle raged till the shadows grew long And the weak had gone down by the foice of the strong Then the sun went out in the lurid west And the tiled armies la down to rc-t And the moon arose in its ller tide 1 he li ing and dead sknt side bj ide AI BFI T BlGELOW PAINE. I ort scott Kan Tuly 11 SURPLUS CORN AND WHEAT. The Evgle has two 01 tin ee limes in twenty 3 ears undertook to adwse the fanners of touthw ebt Kansas as to the w isdom of holding then surplus corn and wheat foi bettei puces Twice at least -n e hit it and to the great piofit of m mv i.irmcis List w eeL a e ventui ed the assertion that while corn Ind moie than doubbd in price the chances weie that it w ould jro still highei Theie is an immense surplus of old com yet held of last ear's magnificent corn crop Especially is this true of Sedgwick and adjoining counties Iu addition the wheat crop of thisjeaiis practically all m the h mds of the pro ducer It is a difficult mattei to pie diet as to wheat, foi it is a product of eery country on the globe Still w e think w heat will go up materially in price As foi com we aie almost persuaded to add ten cents a bushel to our last week s prediction and stj that com will sell foi fifty cents 01 more There i. moie mone m the bedgw lck countj corn held ovei fiom List car now than theie was m the entne ciop had it been sold undei last yeai s prices. Besides, eery bushel laised this ear w ill bring three times the price icahzed the 3 ear previous, so that one bushed this ycai w ill realize as much as tlnee raised and sold last yeai Hli, bushel of com not led to hogs 01 cattle ought to be held bj oui fanners seemb .1 s-xfc conclusion while wheat a ill undoubtedly go highei St Louis has secured a lecount of its population It is hoped lint it will not turnout like tint othei Missouri town's recount deelop a less numbei than the liibt count gae it Eh Perkins sas that prohibition does piolubit in Iowa This stitement ib not gien iiy additional weight because Eh his unditiken to iaise funds to erect a monument to the memoiy of Allllll lb. As betw een the o p deileis and the bun buineib Topek 1 is soieh toimented If up ma) apply the tet "The Loid loeth w liom He chasteneth to Topeka m this connection it would seem to be m sieci 1 di me favoi A shaip advance m sugai wasieported at London the fiist of the week. The piesent imjetus, it is believed, may be the beginning of a vei linpoitant move ment It is. moie than a vcai since such a stiong statistic.il condition h is existed in Euiope. The lejnitation of being one of the smallest lawyeis in the state of Nebiaska is tnjoved by Mis Iia L Likes ol Haves Citv She is but 20 years of age. If she likes j)olitic s as w ell as she does tho law he should lemove to AVvommg whcie lu 1 talents could h ive full swing 1 his h is been an oil ' v ear for the na tional game Ihe leagues ind associa tions hue been financial faihue Ts it possible lint the b ise b ill ciaro is wan mgJ Atanyiate unless something is done to icvivo public inteiest 111 the game, capital w ill gi e it .1 black c e next veai. " hen w ill the Ivans is j ipt is quit spell nig B unev Kellev s 11 tine ith an "lev Kansas Citv bt ir Piobably when Barnev qua-. sjellmg it that w iv himself Bv the wav his u ime am t 'Barnev.' Howevei, we do so iclish t ntic isms on spelling from the land of the I uiieses We have seen a t;ood deal in the Repub lican newsjwqRis iel mve to the candidacy of the jnesent president for reelection Who will kindlv call attention to a lust class Republic in paper indorsing such candid ic ' h "We can name one the Empom Re publican It thinks he has made a good piesident and should 01 at least is m- titled to be endoised The English jness does not speak of Fiemont .is the general 01 as the liath- fmdei, but as the man who aided in seeming to the United States the teiri- toi of Calitorma, together with all its wealth But the choice of teinis does not obs ure the identity of person m the least: all Americans know instantly who ib meant Kansas Citv s second count showed 1200 fewer jeoj)le than the first while the enumerators of Minneajolis aie to be prOHjcutod for stuffing the returns .is ought some othei towns that we wot of m Kansas It w ould have been bettei on tho w hole if all these tow iis had fol low ed the example of Wichita and taken an honest count The farmers ot Knnsus want rates to the Missouri nver, andthev want them badh KnusR Chief And that s w hero v 011 aie off, as the E CiLE demonstrated to the railw av com missioners satisfy turn a veaiorinoie ago What tlie Kansas farmers want are rates but without anv reference to the Missoun liver, rates from tlie initial shipping points to the terminal markets Missouri riv er be darned Having lead the official correspondence inclusive of tlw thm excuses that Eng land has to otfer lor appropriating our sea and stealing our seals, vv e are more tor war than ever. As an indemnity, after our victory, w e w ould ugget all tlie seas, gulfs, islands and country be longing to tlie Bntish lying between the fittieth parallel and the northern line of the United States on the American con tinent, w Inch includes, the codfish and mackerel fisheries on the east ami tlie seal fisheries in the west. Go in, Jim. ami stir "em up lively now. Tlie old national debt is about wiped out and our surplus productions are numerous and burtliensonie. After all there is no exact standard for w heat, the arithmetic to the contraiy not withstanding List j ear a bushel only weighed about fiftj two pounds, while this ear it tipped the beam at sixty two Sahna Republican After all, it depends upon w hether you sell by w eight or measurement, if 3 our gram is light, you want to sell by the latter, if heavj , by the former. "Will somebodj w ho pretends to know all about it, please tell us whj "Wall street is opposed to sih er Kansas Chief "Will somebody who pretends to know all about it tell us w hy Sol 3Iillei, if he ow ned i0 per cent of all the potatoes m the United States and had a cornei on the balance, in a tune of famine, Aould object to a fiat w Inch would put a half dozen bushels of a new supply of tubers into eveiy man s kitchen Congressman Henderson of low a, lias w ritten a masrazine article in w Inch he gives his reasons w h the United Stateb senate should be abolished He thinks it too aristocratic and w ealthy. But the people are content w ith the American house of loids so long as it acts as a re stiaint upon the houses leckless legisla tion Besides the Iowa patriot maj be called on to occupy a seat in that august assemblage some daj "Iis "U E Lease recenth issued a challenge to discusb publicly w ith any Republican m Harper county the propo sitiou that the Republican party has been f athless to its promises as set out in its platfoi ms from 1800 to 186S Minei va D Walker, editoi of the ILupei Graphic, accepts the challenge, pro ided the dis cussion be w ritten and published in her papei Nervx littlo 'Nerva ou have the facts all on youi side and you ought to w m In Buda Pebth a tew days ago thie was a female not A mob of over 000 women put to flight a detachment of po lice who weie eudeaonng to keep spec tator from ciow ding an exhibition of the trosseau of a princess Tiuly Gilbeit spoke w ith w isdom when he declaied th it "a policeman s lot is not a happy one ' Butwehae not much lespect foi the good -judgment of officials w ho imagine that the can contiol aieginient of w omen bent upon getting a sight of royalty s gow ns The gold jnoduetion of Dutch Guiana seems to beappieci ibly declining, which is attributed by the government to the fact that two 01 tlnee American compa nies have stopped opeiations and gone in to liquid ition On the other hand it is said the decline has been caused b ap u ti il suspension of w 01k on account of the liimoisof Amencan or English syndi cates being about to send out and buj up pliceis, winch led to the most extrava gant ide is t f w h it value should be placed on the piopeitv The jnperb of Wyoming declaie that everything indicates a gieat mining boom 111 that state tins yeai Befoie the se ison closes s iv s the Cheyenne Com monweilth more than 2,000 mineis and piospcctois w ill be in tho mountains driving foi juecioiis metals The con1 v iction h is settled itself m the minds of practical mineis th it a broad belt of counti stietehes acioss the state that is nchm gold mil silvei Itisapaitof the belt that Ins pioduccd so euoiniously 111 Coloiado and m w Inch the nch mines 1101 th and west aie located The coiiesixHidencc betw een the rep resentativ es of the English and United States governments concerning the Belli ing sea contioversy, a comprehen siv e sv nojsib of w Inch correspondence w is given in vesterdav s dispatches shows that England has simj) been pi iv ing a giab game accomp uued by hei ch 11 icteiistic bluff It would seem tint she should have learned by expo nciice eie this that tint soit of schem ing won t woik with oui Uncle Sim It would hive been moie dignified if the old bluffei had acknowledged hei erroi and not attempted to hide behind a pi ov nice as she did The state is sovereign agun Topeka De nocr it otsafast if you please The senate h us not concuried 111 the house substi tute for the Wilson bill jxissed bv the sm ite and it is not absolutolv certain that it will Fiom the piomptness and un imnntv w ith w I11H1 the senate 1 eject ed Mi Vests amendment to include dieted beef 111 the j)rovisions of the Wil son bill when that measuie was before the senate it is doubtful that that bod will iccept the house substitute, which includes eveivllnng Vnd the action of the house m p lssing it-, substitute w ould seem to indicate that it meant that as its ultimatum The mattei is not quite settled vet. The state has re-endorscd iirohibition at ench election since it was endoised tnd it w ill do so icam at the coming election Leav enw orth 1 inu Howevei tiue the last part of the state ment might pi ove 111 Xovembei, every bodv know s that the fiist jvut of it is misleading The most signal jirotest ev er made bv anv state on anv question was made bv Kansas in electing George W Ghek over the apostle of prohibition elet ting at the came time every other Re publican candidate on the state ticket It is no use to saj that it was St. John's uniKijuilai it , 01 prejudice aramst a thud teim Men as a rule do not permit their lack of ersonal admiration or a mmoi consideration to restrain them from voting asranist a vital conv ictioii. A few davs back we took occasion to speak of shrewdness exhibited by the Georgians in accepting the popular demand for a farmer governor in their state, but it seems that the North Carolinians liave exhibited even a greater degree of tact and skill, as the follow mc chppms indicates ' Tlie Democrate of the Fifth distnet of North Carolina have nominated Mr. A U. A. Williams, a farmer of Granville countv. for congre-s He had the back ing of the Farmers Alliance and was nominated by a tw o-thirds vote on tlie first ballot. The district is now repre sented bv a Republican, but the Demo crats are couhdent of carrying the dis trict m November This statement prompts a Carolina paper to exclaim. Even thus out of this nettle, daneer. we jiluck thia llower, "safety All of which is so much aelduioml proof of w hat w e hav e often seated, 1. e. that the Alliance, in tlie south at least, is simply a cat's paw m the lianda of the baboon Democracy, and that Uiey are ustaer it deperatelv to rake the ome!.il ch-satnuis out of the "political firj The Interoceamc rail w ay of Mexico is gradually approaching Vera Cruz. The section betw een Perote and Jalapa is al leady completed Jalapa 13 just seventy miles from Ven Cruz, and between the tw o points the competition w ith the mule power branch of the 3Ieican railway w ill be sharp The rivalry betw een the Mexican and the Interoceamc w ill bo intensified as soon as these seventy miles are constructed Taking the cue from Governoi D B Hill, some of the disappointed one m New York City, since a rough estimate of the city s population )laces it at only a little more than a million and a half, are how ling for a re count The gover nor and his echoes allege that there has been practiced intentional fraud upon the city in its enumeration for tne pur pose of cutting down ifc congressional lepresentation Xew York is Demo ciatic, and if there were no other cities demanding a re count there might be a show of plaubibleness in New York s al legation, but the facts are that nearly e eiy citj 111 the land is or has been mak ing demand foi a re-count, Republican as well as Demociatic, consequently Gotham s plea falls flat There is noth ing leal in it Senator Hale finds much to object to in the McKmlej bill and criticises that measuie as seveiely as Secretary Blame does But what avail is this criticism hied at long range from his Maine home, w hen the measui e is before the body of winch he is a member for con sideration and action To be effective his objections should be urged 111 the piesence and for the benefit of the mem beis of that body who may be inclined to supjiort the measui e, and not befoie the public w ho have their mmdb made up, but who aie not 111 pobition to act just now beyond making verbal protest, which ib but a jiro foi ma pioceeding 1 he importance the Maine senator attach es to the measure is sufncient, it w ould seem, to impel him to resume his place 111 tho senate until it shall be disposed of, at least THE SUGAR OUTLOOK From the Medicine Indet Sorghum cane and sugai beets have not been hui t by the clrv w eathei , but on the contrary both plants hav e been growing 1 ichor ev eiy day The cane is green and fiesh, the eaihei -vaneties heading out mcelv Cane w ill be readv for the mill by the 10th of August, and probably a little eaiher Of the 2 500 acres planted here this season, at least 2,000 acieb will be h u v ested Sugar beets aie becoming nchei every day A sample laised b Allen Smith, south of tow n w is an llyed, this w eek, and show ed 12 jiei cent of sugar or su crose This was an aveiage specimen fiom a Luge jiatch The web worm ate the beet tojs dm ing thedrv weather, but the loots w eie not mjuied a particle and now, new tops aie gi owing It ib now the belief of Mi Hine and others mtei - ested, th.it the beetb should be planted earlier in this climate, and next season this w ill bo done Ihe sugai null at Medif ine Lodge w ill be the only one 111 Ivans is that w ill make a full season b 1 1111 thib j ear Something ib the mattei w ith every one of the oth ers, 01 theie h is not been planted a lull crop of cine The null here expects to run on cane alone for 100 days, av eragmg moie than 200 tons of field cane per day The management will not be satisfied w ith am thing less than 1,300,000 jxmnds of sorghum sugai Then the sugar beetb will be handled, and it ib expected that there w ill be 2 300 tons of thebC, 100 acres hav mg been pi mted All of the impiovements at the sugar mill have been tested Quantity md not quality w ill be w 01 ked foi this season The entire out put h ts alieady been engaged to a re finci v Supeiintendeiit Ilinman is working about twelve houis a day. getting 111 shape all tho det ills of shipments of fuel, sugar and sviup T he saving ovei last v e ir w ill be quite an item The lake did not diop an inch dunng the four week & div spell, and over 1,300 cubic feet of water went out at the w aste w iv eveiy minute lhat is a great lake of watei Our exch mgcs mention the fact that 200 acres of beets w ill be made into sugar bv the v inous sugai nulls of the state this season But thev ill fail to mention that the mill at Medicine Lodge will use 100 of the 200 acies rrom the FoitSrott News Judge Paikinson, who has been look ing ov ei the 1 ondition of the sugar w orks of this citv , as w ell as the grow ing soi glmm croji for a couple of days past, says that evervthmg is in tip top shaje and the piosjwcts aie that the plant w ill do a good business tins v eai and jiroduce the laigest amount of sugar over made here 1 he beet ciop w as not as large as w as at first contemplated, but it w ill be sudicient foi the experiment with the maclnneiy of the plant A MARVELOUS RAILROAD Tlie Denvei and Rio Grande railroad i3 justly and universally known as 'The scenic line of the w orld ' From the car windows of its trams can be seen the grandest spectacles of nature's wonders presented bv anv railroad m the w orld The Rio Grande is essentiallv the tour ist s hue. and ovei it the traveler secures equal comfort and speed, with the added pleasuie of l)eholdmg sighu and scenes unequalled for grandeur, beauty and sublimity anv where m the world trip from Denvt r to Ogdi n over the "scenic line is a liberal education, and one can thus acquire a more thorough knowledge of the marvelous railway engineering and the wonders of the Rocky mountains than bv any other means Nothing but a lack of know ledge of these facts can excuse any one making a transcontinent al journey for missing the wonderful cuerv of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad Should we attempt to give even the briefest list of the points of interest to be seen on this famous line, we would require several (olunuis to do so. Who is there that ha- not heard of the Royal Gorge, with its walls of granite, tower ing abov e the track in majestic grandeur to a height of nearly half a mile' Who has not lieard of the famous "Mar-hall Pass.' crossed at an altitude of over two miles above the cea' Who has not read of the wonder- of "The Black Canon," the great gorge of tlie Gunni-on Who has not lieard about the marvelous "Cas tie Gate " If any of our readers w ant to know more about the stupendous works of nature, w nte to i. K. Hooper, general passenger acent, Denver, Colora do, ami he wnl nd you, free of cost, elegantly illustrated" books giving a full description of the marvels, of the Scen ic Line But the lt thing to do is to journey over tfo line itself and bv , doing vou w ill hang such pictures on the ; walls of memory, that all the attempts j of the most celebrated artists will seem w eak and trivial in tlie presence of na- j lures majestic works among the snow- I crowned peaks ot the Rocky mountains. I 41! the vRlit m ntlahoma am rever-1 berating witn the battle i-rv good mea. , SUNFLOWER SI Of course corn is still king in Kansas, but the air apparent is hot after the place Kansas papers should not make fun of Oklahoma It encourages Oklahoma pa pers to make fun of Kansas Farmer Funston is writing a letter to everv prominent man m his district This excepts George T Anthony, of course , H CIa Park, the editor of the Atchison Patnot, has been mentioned as the Demo cratic candidate for congress trom the First district It appears the strongest support the Fort Scott Monitor intends to give Eugene Ware is by not saying anj thing good of Farmer Funston Atchison is accused of paddinc the een sus It is refreshing to get something scandalous from Atchison that is not directed at the women The Fort Worth, Texas, Gazette is fight ing Senator Ingalls Let's see how many representativ es does Texas hav e in the next K msas legislature" Sol Miller h is w ritten up Henrv Stan lev s wedding, but we will probablj not know how manj subscribers he lost on ac count of it until next issue A lecturer in western Kansas remarked with all seriousness, as he wiped the great beads of perspiration from his brow, that a high temjierature developed imagination more than intellect The New YoikSunsajs There is said to be a case of Asiatic cholera in Kansas But the Asiatic cholera can do nothing 111 a piohibition state It can be kept out bv statute and if necessan, bv constitu tional amendment The Atchison Globe man in the midst of hot winds has succeeded in instigating a discussion among his readers as to w hv the Lord don't kill the devil Between advocating the propnetv of such an act on the part of the Almichtv andtrviugto abolish Jim Troutman the Globe man has Ins hands full ' There is to be a convention of negroes m Kansas out in Sahna soon, 'sajs Mr C II J Taj lor, ex minister to Libera, "at w Inch mj v oice will be heard There w ill be 213 delegate W T McGumn, a youncr law v er of Kansas Citv , Kan , is foremost in the move and the meeting will demand more recognition for the colored man b the v oters of Kansas The blacks hav e had nothing in Kansas since MeCaoe was auditor and thej want an office Several prominent negroes have been groomed, jiromment among them being John L Waller, of Law reuce, who alwavs hustles h ird for the party and then gets to be a guild at the penitentiarj or u waiter at the insane asv him Bill Eggleston's Ok luhoma colonization scheme by the wav, has dropped through It died when the president appointed Geoige W Steele, of Indi ma, governor of Oklahoma, instead of McC ibe of Kansas The people of the Second distnet would like to see Farmer Funston take the stump against George Anthonj Then there would be fun But we could not expect that rejiartee from Funston that was once displavedbv Alexander II Stephens It w is down in Georgia in the fifties Ben Hill, at th it time belonging to the Ameri can imtj, a man of line physique and giant like jiroportions, and the biamv but phvsicillj mil ix Whig Democrat were stumping a district together Stephens was just through his sjieech and seated when Ben Hill squared his huge body be fore the assemblj to answer his little op ponent, whom he started off to ndicule ith some pleasantries about the sie of his person ' Look at him, ladies and gen tlemcn," he cried snecrmglv, "look at him, win I could pm ins ears behind his held grease him and swallow him whole" And while the crowd was ready to burst into wild applause at this stilly , the high-pitched squeakv v oice of Alexan der Stephens came piping 111 "well, if jou did, Ben, vou d h ive a blamed sight more brims in jour bellj than jou've got in j oui head " And then the laugh was tinned A CANADIAN ON THE WAR. The lion Hugh J "McKimmon. of Toionto, a piomment Canadian lawyer. ieal estate owner and lailwav ofhcial, recently said to a reporter of the Detroit Tree Piess ' England is m a position today wheie she does not dare to declaie wai against any form id lble nation on earth much less the United St ites w Inch is more powerful than anv other two nations combined This countrv can climb all over Great Britain with muddy and hob nailed boots, and she will smile and pro fess to believe that it is intended as a loving c uess Whatevei tho govern ment of England in iv be, those w ho are 1 mining things political over there are a long w av from being fools Suppose, foi instance, that the worst comes to the w or-it m this Behring ea difficulty, and blows were -tiuck and war declared Tlu-, country, lighting light here at home with evervthmg m its favoi, would thrash the jacket otr her But that would not be the worst of it from an English standpoint After England was beautifullv whipKd and was loafing around the hospital feeling of her bruiser, she would discover suddenlv that Ire land w as gone from her forever. Canada a portion of the United States India a free government and Australia and New Zealand consolidated and running tilings to suit themselves Then England would limp back to her -olitarv little isle and attempt to climb back upon her throne I onlv to find the throne back in the wood shed of current events, and a free and glorious republic doing a rushing busi nese at the old stand O, no, England is not going to war with the United States over a few strav sals not this vear. ' EXCE.-i.VQB SHOTS Wyoming s Wealth. From the Chwenne Oomiaoawnalth The claim made that the mineral wealth of Wvoming is suffirient to pay off the national debt is a modest one well as a safe estimate. There is gold and silver enough in our mountains to do it. to say nothing of our copper, un and iron. Chastise Him For What? F-ora the BoTaiKs Exprv Kansas couldn't do th country a ryt teer service than to tone down her John James a little, frighten him a bit. teach lum a littl more -ene and self control, ami then send him back to the place where lie more than anv other man in Kansas, can do his state honor An Exaggerated Bepo'-t. From th Mliioe satloU The knack of looking at the bright fde i ofthinwas never developed such j Guthrie' nret mavor ha been hamt perfection a in th cse of a southerner from He l not in politico H k ncwi who after a railroad Hcctdent.tlegrapbed I dent of an electric railway yHcw la A to hi friend s wife Your huaoaad j gtwta. a. Jt b generally apood that killed m railroad accident hd, both i hk eiectrkaty . a ( thine to z arm and both lee cm off M Hot later. ! P with than Oklahoma pUlk, this correction was ivceived- "Fin re- , "fI,,y l nsht7 - vanety port exaggerated, your husband killed, j .JZT rmco dffiift An Sye to the Main Cbanc v.-wa t tw net i Jowmm. The Topeka pap axe paUisbwg col umns of clippings to show what a great sucofe-ri Jim J Fotitin&n s meeCnur Trontmans week wa. Tor-ska regards, an r thing a i sacce that bongs, from 25,003 w SSO.- C00 into the city, ami from thai utaad- point Tojjtfka fe nehL Ami the CUT should pay Jim Troutman at least 19 ptir j cent of the earning. BLACK SATTINES ! A new invoice at 25, fast black, quaranteed. Celebrated English challies, 36 inches wide, now 124 cents. jSTew shades and beautiful patterns. Striped and checked linen zephyrs, handsome as silk at 25 cents a yard, worth 4,0. A new and beautiful assortment of embroidered flouncing. Bargains in ginghams. Lovely Scotch ginghams 15 cents a yard, worth 20. iNew outing cloths, new Gypsj- cloths, extra quality, for S up to 50 cents a yard. The finest line of Windsor ties ever shown in Wichita for ladies, gentlemen and children, at 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 cents, in satine, silks and grinadines. Only agents for the Onj-x Fast Black Hosiery, war ranted not to fade or crock. AT THE White House of Lines & Ross. KEITH & PERRY COAL COMPANY, (Successors to Economy Coal Co.) Miners : and : Dealers : in : all : Grades : of : Coal Main Ollleo 11G 2s Mai ket. Telephone 301. Not Plumb's Style From the Laurence Journal Theboldiers at the home m Leaven worth come to the re&cue of Governor Smith, and declare in mis-, convention that the lemarks of Senatoi Plumb are untitle and his charges without founda tion It is a v crv strange thing if Plumb has made a break of that kind w lthout know mg w hat he was talking about. lie is one ot the few Kansas statesmen w ho has never been troubled with the mouth disc ise, and it is scarcely possible ho has a "violent attack of it now. Gone Up. From the Troy Chlof Bourbon county has gone for Funston, against Eugene Ware. The thing that surprised us was that Eugene should allow himself to be flattered into lending himself to the enemies of Funston, to ac complish their spite Bourbon was a Funston countv, and it was thought Ware s popularity w ould take it aw ay from him. 1 hear a whoop, I hear a shoat, I see a scoop, I see a spout. The mighty throng w ith loud acclaim, Are bidding me ascend the same Hill's Damaging Speech. Gith in the Knqulrer He w as quietly draw ing from Clev e land m the ranks of the Republican party, until he made his Indianapolis speech The effect of that speech, if I am not mistaken w ill be to make Re publicans vv ish that Cleveland shall Ik tho next Demociatic nominee Men do not like to be called bv the wholesale thieves, conspirators, etc. I maj add that successful candidates for the American presidency are verv seldom -vituperative The president! il office is of such a character that he who reaches it by oxasperating speeches can hav o no general support after he gets to Washington, but he must at once throw himself upon the great bodv of tlu p plo for their confidence and svmpathv llill has overdone his job He has proved too much Ho has especially proved tint he is dead set for the presidein v . Cleveland has advanced his prcpft8 considerablv for tho presidential nomi nation by Hill's speech at Indianapolis. OKLAHOMA OUTLINES The drouth was drownded at Choctaw Citv Monday night There is more talk about cotton than corn in Oklahoma this summer 1 he Guthrie Democrat is piibliphmg biographical sketches of the Democrati candidates 1 he principle opposition to Milt Key nolds has developed iu th Democratic pa pers of Kansas The Republican county convention wan held at Oklahoma City, Wednesday One hundred and eight delegate were preut A colored minister at Oklahoma ity wa enjoined from occupying the pulpit b a brother who had a.pird to the position The Oklahoma watermelon 11 petting ripe and the candidate 'nth a big nekl of them will have the cinch ' on the colored vote of this locality Guthrie had a pouring nun the other da and the Capital, by a sort of Krer loxic. thinks it will holp the Republican party of the county Ihe Topeka Journal pertly remarks that it would have been 114 in the Hhade at Guthrie, Oklahoma, on Sunda, if tiwy could hav e found aav shade All this time while the people have been betowin? their attention on th" corn od cotton, the canter beans have qtutely supped up with great "talk. Oklahoma City i goiag to hav dune with political excitement hv the middle of nxt month The city election bum bea fixed four days ater toe territorial Hot winds or no hot -Hinds, the fellow who got of oat UiiDots and Indiana.' mud, mire and bad read, do not regret the day tbey loaded up their wagons for Okla homa. A threshing machine I needed at the head of Deer Creek. There are a large number of farmers in thai locality who are ready to tarts tneir wheat. The - heat crop in tnat -vetkm t -very good. Ooe of the qnaliftcAikm of n owrl that he mast have feeen a resident of the territory prior to 24aj 2, IH'X. Xo mm who was not a reswteat of the territory at tJukl llnu wrill fvt. .ntllLaat t - .... .l first election la tbfe eaae yos have to he a oooer to ast to -rote. trat by sonv iaoaaeeivaMe mom no ratal hna UuUnt tfcera. The wheat and oat era i wai, good and cotton wili h tavdhmk. I Cera will b- a Mtth ahort. but patntr I yielded sjuod. Claim hoMr trom 1 one to thirty acre of eottoa looting -weU, and In the or bloom. The cwanenw w . - ji, , . aZlt-i - , .v- vjjr. but on the upland. The grmm cran will i- mttotx. Oi-iaWw- n tt - Ju.r..i. ham, who wan la theehr todar. rf it mm ha opinion that the taad odSee at Guthrxs 1 Absolutely will continue to hear and determine cases from this district w hero the time of trial has been hed and service ob'amed. Parties w ho have contests at Guthrie in-volviut- land m this district, where thu time is fixed and notices hored, must make special application to tho department to hive such contests transferal to thfc district if thev wish to have them tried at this olhce Nature gives an interesting account of an incident illustrative of animal instinct whicn recently took jilacu in Scotland. TheupplyofratfMa.Micfghborlnglake had been interfared with foren succcaeiTo nights On an examination being made each morning a number of .eels were dis covered In -the slaice, where the -water wm ten feet deep Tlurty altogether were found, all females. One of theee, thirty two inches long and about two pounds In weight, was examined Tho ovary, which was about twelve inches long in situ, and about thirty inches long whon unravelc'd, was calculated to contain 10,077,000 oggu in v anous stages of dov elapmcsit. Tbwre is little doubt that these ccia formed a part of a band migrating to thoiea (tbesmnllar specimens escaping and the larger being caught), and judging from tho condition of the ovary it woald appear tho thoy were impelled by the instinct of reproduction. IxioLlnfc for u Job nt (IS. A. farmer not lum than 65 eutered the oj&co of one of our cotton milla tho other day and axked the genial ngont fur a job nt bookkeeping lie said he'd farmed it from a boy up, and that he had decided to try somuthing easier tho rest if hla dayu. IIo paid, too, that lio lutdVnot bets educated In keeping books, but he vu confident he could do it Tho ogent who Udla of the incident says he heard thn old gcntlcmnn'n story and kindly told hixn that ha aw no vacancy than, but that he would rumemW him. Levviaton Journal A faccezful JornllC Mr. Itiderlingard belongs to an excel lent Norfolk family of Duiinh extraction, and w u, tall, h light, btinlKomc man, with full blue eyes, fair complexion end brown hair. From IS to 2U ho lived in South Africa, and probably knows more of tho country and its lonruagtsf than any other living Englishman. 1I ww a brieueu barrister before ho fluwoml into a vaccc fal novcUftt,an4 af though lie has published eleven long stanrn he i barely &i years of age, Exchange. An Accomplished Olrl. Mrs hmithSo'oQr daughter h&5Krado ated with honors Mrs .Tone- Yen, nhe understands paint ing, and utronoinv, and piano playing, and. IjOrdtkpcw' what all "Yoa.oaht,tixixrvTy proad." "Isappowij I expect he will bo very happy 4n-hermamcd life if the flndu a hus band who knows how to cook, eew on batr toiw and dresx children" TexaaSiftinc. lie I'robnblj- iliwln't Heard tho 7(m. McCaarck-Poor old MaJ. Jcnos died laat ni&t Ifo wan a Kod man Psrgara Deatlt There ho is walking on the etber sldoof tho street McCtanek By ZofrtiuiiU so' lie cow Id not have ree1 of bwdrif2iinTeKt4rdayeven Sd'm paper, or be would not bo prowling about tho strectth t w&r - Texaa Hlftias. Ethel Maznzna ssgs btby to deep CTCTy tUght-XKTW. Intcrcstod "vJiEitor And how doco th baby liko that? Ethel Oh, fiho cries, and cnes, and cneer Somernllo Journal. Qalto DUTerent "la that nkre letter aaked ono yons lawyer of another, -who -wxs ponnjr bus ily orvcr ixnae closely written she-tf. "Ob, no," reph&d the other confuted' ly "It u Jj.t a vrrtt of attar hmtaf--BomTvlIle Jarnal it aMrf-ay I bd4 Of fe r w Uf i t t tZwtki mm r"mi bck UMMMl el U. rm. WUtK JU!M MTW&EXCO. 30 and 35 cents, p?PRICEIs CREAM Baking w Is V v n i ;