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"--g-r r- J- ' X lie BStfcfciijt gaily &agle: llxuvsclatj ormusfjrfotrjcr 2, 1890. -? ?t V. HCRDOCK, mitor. REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. CHIEF JUSTICE. Albert ELHorton Shawnee county GOVEllXOK. Lyman U. Humphrey Montgomery county lieutenant oovernok. A. J. Pelt Nemaha county SECIIETARY OV STATE. "William ntceu" Shawnee connty STATE TEEASUItEJl. S.O.Etorcr Republic county ATTORNEY GENERAL. I.B.Kell0Kt: Lyon county STATE SUPERINTENDENT. GeorceW.Winans Geary county STATE AUUITOIL CM. Hovey Thomas county Ton. Congress. JAMES It. HALLOWELU or Sedgwick County. For the State Legislature. SM District Oeorc L-- Douclas. 83d Dlstrict-K. W. Phillips Wth Dlbtrlct-J. E. Uenley. County Officers. Probate Judce-TV. T. Buckner, County Attorney W. S. Slon-le-Clerk Dlntrlct Court-Chnn. II. I.nUnsr. Superintendent Public Instruction ,D. S Pence. Commissioner Klrat District H. C. Smith. COL, HALLOWELL'S APPOINTMENTS. Hon. J. It. HnllowelL Republican candi date for congress, will address the voters of the Seventh district at the places and dates following: Sprlnefleld 2 p.m.. Oct. 1 ArkMcm .8p.ni.; ' 1 Meade- 2p.m.. i Grecnsharif 2 p.m.. A DodzoOlty 2 p.m.. 4 Cimarron 2 p.m., . Incalls 8 p. in, " 0 Harden Cltr .2 p.m., H Eminence....... Raranna .Tetmore.... Uurdette Stafford fit, John Kinsley '"."".',V.V.'"."r.8 1). m.',' " 8 .2 p.m., " ' 8 p.m., , 2 p. m, 8 p.m., .2 p.m.. Garneld 8 p. in., Anthony .2 p.m.. Harper v '". Kinsman ..2 p.m., Piatt 2 and 8 p.m. Mcl'berson 2 p. m., Canton.. 8 p.m., Lyons 2 p. in. Little Hirer Jp.m., sterling 2 p.m., Xlclcion 8 p.m., Ashland 8 p.m., Coldwatcr .2 p. in. Medicine LodRe 2 and 8 p. m., Newton 2 p.m., Burrton 8p.m.. Great Bend 2 p.m., nilnwood 8 p.m., Oendu bnrliicf 2 p.m.. Caldwell. 8 p.m., This country exported to foreign coun tries during August $50,000,000 and im ported 01,200,800 worth of goods. But just wait until our reciprocity scheme is put in operation, and then the order will bo changed. It is said that the business at the New Orleans postofliee has been reduced 2.1 per cont by the anti-lottery law. The express companies have not reported, but it is safe to say that they are not suf fering from th same cause. A Texas paper says: "There are no flies on Flanagan, tho Republican nomi nee for governor," to which the lntcr Ocean add&: "But how about the ileas on llojrg, the Democratic candidate?" That is dog on mean. The habi lutes of the hog aw not fleas. The Capital's campaign cry is "Whisky! AVhiskyl" The Capital bliould -remember that thin is :i prohibition state ind tha' there is no whisky in Kansas outbide of the const iiutional exceptions and that "for campaign purposes" is not ono of the exceptions. Ohio is not the only state where Uni "Vd States wnatorrihips aro rated high. Ihe San Francisco Chroniolesays it costs a United State, senator 800,000 to secure an election in California. As applied to these two states tho purification of poli tics would seem to be, indeed, an iri descent d rex m. The San Diogu Union confirms tho re ported destitute condition of tho widow (if (Jen. John C. Fremont at the time the announcement was made, but states that "Hmtrilmlions have been wnt in sufficient ,o afford prtcnf relief, and that thr pen sion since granted by congress will in buie against want in the future. Jerro Simpson, who is posing as tho laboring man's friend, was one of tho contractors for tho constmctijn of tho water works and sugar works cannal at Medicine Lodge. Ho hired men to work t the job for the extremely low wages of ninety cent; a day, but before tho job was completed, fearing that his margins would not be gieat enough, ho forced those diggers and shovelors down to eevonty-livo cents, their only alternate being that pay or nono at all. The total amount of 4 per cent bonds redeemed under tho circular of August 30 was $20.0JM.:M0. The interest on 4s und 5s prepaid to date amount to $9,400, 787, Advices from "Washington say that nearly half the interest duo on or before Suly 1, 1891, on 4 per cent bonds of 1907 and the currency Gs has Ikmmi prepaid under the circular of September 0 and the announcement of September l"j. This action of anticipating interest on iho governmont securities has occasioned some criticisms in certain quarters, but it was deemed necessary to do this in ordor to allay even serious approhensiou of a financial crisis. William Walter Phelps, minister to Germany, brings homo joyful news. Tho prospects for the admissinn of the Amer ican hog into Germany aro looking up. Hamburg, Borlin and Kouigsborg havo presonted jiotitious to tho cliancollor nsking for the hog. It is tho best hog in the world, thoy say, and the- want it. Mr. Pholps is of tho uoliof that the young tovopugn of Germany is devoted to his lubjects, ovou to the extent of giving thorn the American hog. This is splen did. Let tho western farmers take heart. With . the hog on salo m Ger many they will never again hoar the scratching of tho wolf at thoir door. The report of the State Board of Agri culture for tho month of August says according to estimates received the corn product of Kansas this year will be about 50,000,000 bushels, but that much of the area of the crop considered not worth liarvcsting, mnch contains consid erable corn and will make valuable feed. As to wheat, the report states that as threshing progresses that crop is yielding in the most part better than was expect ed, and tho quality as excellent indicating a product of 28,000,000 bushels. This in dicates very short crops of these cereals, particularly as compared with last year's, tho' at present prices evon they will yield as groat cash returns as tho crops of 18S9. And prices for these will not bo lower for tho next twelve months. THE KANSAS LEADER. Preston B. Plumb United States sen ator from Kansas, in his final vote on the McKinley bill arose to the power and dignity of a leader. He evinced the courage of his convictions at a time and in a place -which left no doubt of either. "With upwards of a hundred senate amendments ho voted for the bill as it left that body, but when confronted with the forced compromise of a conference committee he voted "NO" with an em phasis that will go ringing across the prairies of this state until every hamlet of Kansas will be reverberating with the affirmative echo "well done." As the Eagle was the first Republican paper in the state to raiso its voice against this measure which is fraught with so many discouraging features for the western producer, being for months the only paper in Kansns which dared to openly protest against a policy that had been determined upon and settled by a party caucus of national character, our satisfaction over the subsequent course and iinal vote of Senator Plumb could only be expressed in the strongest lan guage. Kansas will welcome Plumb homo with open arms. THE WEST NEEDS THE TARIFF. The west has largely been developed with eastern capital. It takes both labor and money to open up a new country The monied men of the preat trade centers, through western agents, have louned the western settler the needed melius, taking mortgage security upon his land. Emporia Republican. In other words western industry must bo taxed in the interest of the manufac turing east so that tho east may get money to loan to the west. And that is the 3IcKinley bill all over. THE HIDE AND HORNS. Last May the Leavenworth Times, tho Topeka Capital, the Fort Scott Monitor, tho Emporia Republican, the Hutchin son News, the Newton Republican and dozens of other minor papers read the Eagle out of the Republican party be cause of the vigorous onslaught on tho tarilf schedule as proposed by tho Mc Kinley bill. What do thesa journals now propose to do with Mr. Plumb? Hasn't the hide in this instance gone with the tail and horns? Weren't they in reality trying to read tho people out of the party? Tho performance of these papers re minds us of tho effort of tho Wichita Republican club to read the party itself out of the party. WICHITA TEN YEARS HENCE. To the Editor of the Kacle. Visitors to Wichita this week should remember that where this beautiful, en terprising progressive city now stands there was twenty-live years ago only a wild prairie, uninhabited by civilized men, the homo of the Indian, the buffalo and the coyote. And so swiftly does time speed along, that twenty-five years ago, is to many of us as but yesterday. If in so short a time pluck, intelligence and industry, applied to natural advan tages with steadiness of purpose, have accomplished so much, what will the ac celerated geometrical progression of those forces make of Wichita in ten more years? He who properly considers these things cannot fail to realize that Wichita is destined to make a grf at city. (J. S. 31. THE FOLLY OF TRAINWRECKING. John Most, the anarchist, has been in terviewed by a New York Sun reporter on his opinion of train wrecking as a means of compelling railway companies to submit to tho denials of strikers. That astute represent ive of dynamite statesmanship thinks it hardly worth the while to wreck trains to win a strike, as the cause is not big enough. "What's the use of killing innocent people," says he, "when you can't gain anything by it? If, now there had been an extraor dinary person or party on board the train, it might bo more reasonable and worthy of consideration. But I don't think it commonable to kill innocent people for nothing." As villainous as is such philosophy, even if it could bo recommended to tho three confessed scoundrels who have been wrecking trains on tho New York Central railroad, as hotter than injuring anyone for revenge, no matter wnether connected in any way with inflicting their supposed woes or not. These murderous train wreckers must feel how low in criminality thoy have fallen, when even John Most docs not commend their actions. WHY NOT BE REASONABLE. All this howl indulged in by party organs to the effect that "Demagogues aro going to repeal tho prohibition law and ilood Kansas with whisky." is pure rot. Prohibition is a part of tho funda mental law of the state of Kansas and no power save that of the people, them selves, can take it out of the constitu tion. Upon the other hand, if tho peo ple should desire to take it out all tlue blubbering threats and entreaties amount to nothing. The Resubmissionists have never desired to submerge or otherwise ilood tho state with whisky, or with beer, or with anything else. They have simp ly, and in a quiet way, said that they were convinced that the prohibitory law in a large number of localities in the state wa. a failure, which fact proved tliat the majority sentiment of such lo calities did not, therefore, properly sup port or endorse prohibition, under wh ch state of things such communities would be bettor off, morally and financially, with a restrictive license law, to which end they, the Resubmissionists. ask that tho matter be submitted to a vote of the people of the whole state, at large, for the sole purpose of more defi nitely and satisfactorily settling the question whether prohibition should be the rule for the entire state without re gard to the wishes of its individual com munities, or whether, upon the other hand, each community should, by a vote of its own people, prohibit or license as the seutment of such community war ranted. Now, neither the demogogues as the Capital calls them, nor the politicians, nor the legislature itself, can "flood the state with whiskey" and all such double leaded hog wash but disgusts intelligent men. It is a question for the people themselves and when they shall have de manded, either one way or the other, these "demogogues," as well as politi cians and their party organs had better stand from under. Several days ago, when there were less than a quorum of Republicans pres ent and the Democrats took advantage of the situation to block tho proceedings of the house by quitting the chamber thus leaving the body without a quorum, a resolution was introduced to fine all absent without being excused by the house. The resolution was referred to tho committee on rules, of which Mr. McKinley is chairman, with the under standing that it should be reported to tho house for action at a certain time. The time came but Chairman McKinley did not, and consequently the resolution was not reported and not acted on. And now some of the disappointed ones are accusing the chairman of the committee of lacking the necessary backbone for a leader and saying lota of hard things about him. But the country fails to ap preciate the onslaught A man who can engineer through both houses such a measure as tho tariff bill just passed is conclusive evidence of leadership. Speaking of the fruit crop in Kansas the Leavenworth Sun tells of a farmer of that county who has gathered and mark eted already from his orchard, this sea son, 12,000 to 15,000 barrels of apples for which he has realized $2 to 3 a barrel. Some of the fruit was shipped direct to New York. There is no portion of the country where fruit culture can be more certainly or profitably prosecuted than in Kansas. If there were any doubts as to the quality a visit to tho horticultural exhibits at the southwest Kansas fair now on in this city, will dispel it. IF THEWORLD SHOULD END. If an authorative bulletin were to bo issued this moment from the court of heaven that in just seven days tho world would be destroyed, what passion do you think, would survive during that final week? Would it be hate, or envy, or ambition, or the greed of gain? Oh no, of all the passions that animate tho human breast the only one to endure would be love. There would bo a frenzied rush to grasp love's final oppor tunity. Mothers would gather their children about them and there would bo no impatience, no cruel putting aside of bothering little arms, no withholding of caresses because they disarranged the well arranged hair and laces. There would bo no turning tho boys out into the street for the reason that in their nlav at home they wero prone to make ha-oc with the tidies on tho chair backs and the bric-a-brac on the shelves. There would be no lack of knowledge as to where the girls were at evening, or at train time, when tho de pot swarms with idle loungers. Indif ferent husbands and nagging, bickering wives would forego their coldness and their quarrels, to vie with ono another to redeem the past during the brief time allotted them. Friends would be more faithful, lovers more true, associates more thoughtful of each other's comfort, as the swift hours sped away. But we need no bulletin from heaven to acquaint us of the briefness of love's opportunity. The span of our days is already set, and I wonder if tho thought brought home to us may quicken us to improve the chance to brighten up our homes with the full and constant shining of the love that i3 in our hearts, although dimmed and cor roded by the sordid environments of life. OLDER KANSAS JOURNALISTS. From tho Atchison Champion. In its recent article on Kansas journal ists, The Champion, with two exceptions, simply mentioned the names of tho recognized leaders of the younger gener ation of Kansjis journalists. Butts and Howe and Vandegrift and Harger. It is now in order to mention tho older journalists of Kansas, tho men whom Kansas owes its existence and glory as a state and who, tako them all in all. aro among the bravest, ablest and noblest hearted men of their class in the union. There is Marsh Murdockof the Wichita Eagle, peculiar in some things, but a man of decided ability, and tho one man, who. more than any other, really made the splendid city where his excellent journal is published. There is J. K. Hudson of the Topeka Capital, a very brainy, warm-hearted man, a rustler from way back, and who, single handed and alone, haj built up ono of the foremost newspapers in the west. Thero is Father Eskridge of the Em poria Republican, an old fashioned journalist of recognized power, a man who has succeeded in doing two things giving his people a good newspaper and at the same time built up a hand some private fortune. Thero is D. R. Anthony of the Leaven worth Times, full of mental vigor, a man who has convictions and the courage of them, and who may always be relied on to wage a good warfare in any cause ho espouses. Thero is George W. Martin of the Kan sas City, Kan. , Gazette, an ideal news paper man, a prince of good fellows, and a power in tho newspaper world. there is Webb ilderof the Hiawatha World, who, in tho point of literary attainments and scholarly accomplish ments, has no superior anywhere. There is blunt old Sol Miller of tho Chief, in many respects a modol news paper man, a journalist, who knows how to furnish a paper which always inter ests, and which is never dull nor prosy. Thero is H. Clay Park of the Atchison Patriot, whose heart is as tender as a woman's, and in whoso hand the "pen is misrhtier tlum the sword." There is Jake Stotler of the Welling ton Press, one of the pioneer journalists of Kansas, an excellent writer, and a practical newspaper man of varied at tainments of a high order. There is Col. Learned of the Lawrence Journal, and Gen. Rice, late of the Fort Scott Monitor, both journalists who have done and are doing a meritorious work. The Champion gladly avails itself of tho opportunity to simply speak the truth of thee worthy men. In doing so it does not necessarily endorse all that they say in their respective journals, it merely, as an act of justice, gives them this kindly mention, because, all their personal idiosyncrasies aside, they de serve it. It in the heat of political" dis cussion the Champion at times cuts and slashes in resenting what is said of it and its course by these, its honored con temporaries, and if, now and then, it may say not the kindest things of them, they will understand that back of it all is a profound respect for them, and the kindliest fraternal feeling, and, chiefly, because, as Kansans. we are all laboring in a common field for the welfare of that magnificent commonwealth whose citizens we are. Well, Hardly. Atchison county, so the Champion is informed by parties who know, can pro duce a number of citizens who have this your made all the way from 500to$."00 on their apple crop. This does not look as if Kansas was rushing headlong to the "Domnition bow-wows, n does it? SUNFLOWER SHTMMEB. Senator Plumb didn't explain his vote. It wasn't necessary. J. Leeford Brady is to give the Kansas City News a brush of his personality. Plumb knows the wishes of his consti tuency and he "no's" the McKinley bill. Part of the silence strewn around in Kansas this fall is due to George R. Peck. The Kansas agricultural college has 459 pupils and most of them can tell a cow by its horns. A man named Lightfoot is a candidate for county treasurer in Sumner county. How are his Angers? The fight between the old man Rice and Bill is really said to be for blood, and there is bad blood in the family. Judge L. D. Bailey, of Garden City, is announced as ont for Robinson for govern or. The Kansas "herd book" is enjoying a boom. Very few Kansas papers this fall can put up the excuse for not running a standing party ticket that they need the typo to roast the opposition. It was a Kansas paper and Republican, but one of no standing in the party, that announced that the president of Indiana was coming to Kansas. The new editor of the Atchison Patriot is a Democrat who views things from a Republican standpoint. This is a very good sort of a Democrat. The prospect is glimmering in the far distance that in the political minuet the north and south will step back into their places and allow the east and west to dance awhile. Harrison Kelley and Senator Plumb both have their homes in the Fourth dis trict. The Emporia Republican, the Mc Kinley organ of Kansas, is a denizen of that district, too. President Harrison will greatly increase his popularity in Kansas if he sees that he has a chew of fine-cut and a consular ap pointment or two about his clothes, when he visits the state. Col. Learnard's paper, the Lawrence Journal-Tribune, has dropped the "Tri bune" part of its name. Nobody regrets it, probably, but the typos who made "phat" out of the small caps. Jerry Simpson has associated himself with Mrs. Lease. The manager of the opera house at Wellington where they spoke Monday charged them extra for the wear and tear on the stage floor. One of the features of the Alliance par ado at Hutchinson last week, says the Emporia Republican, was a large wagon crowded with children and carrying a banner lettered "Overproduction." John Reynolds, of Atchison, is sup posed to be tho only man in the state who ever made anything off the devil. When he left the legislature ho only had five dol lars in his pocket and in the last twelve months he claims to have sold 18,000 copies of "Twin Hells." The Atchison Champion wants to know what Iugalls would do should he losa his power of spesch. Tho Champion is un reasonable. What does it suppose the edi tor of the Leavenworth Times would do if the two bright eyes on either side of Dan Anthony's nose should become crossed. Kansas has made fun of Posey county, Ind., nnd old "Missoury" at times. It now looks like the bread cast upon the waters had come back as cold buckwheat cakes when it is chronicled from Fort Scott that a son apologizes and then turns in and licks his own father. The Atchison Champion assigns for a punishment of the man who slanders Kan sas that ho "bo banished to Australia and kicked to death by kangaroos." Luther Challis is one man who can successfully call up his early schooling in geography and natural history to assist him in his work. MAGAZINE NOIES. L. E. Chittenden's interesting reminis cenes of tho United States treasury dur ing the civil war will bo continued in the October number of Harper's Maga zine, in an article on the "2ew Moneys of Lincoln's Administration." This arti cle will include a brief history of postal and of fractional currency, an account of the evolution of the greenbacn, and many facts regarding the management of tiie nation s nuances during the aumims tration of Lincoln. Scribner's Magazine for October con tains articles of life and adventure in un usual places and circumstances, as on a cable ship, in the Maine lake region, and on board the "White Squadron" in port; others about interesting natural phenom ena, like Professor Shaler's second paper, and the description of destructive sand waves: articles of great practical value, like Mrs. Sylvanus Reed's paper on private schools for girls, and John W. Root's on western city architecture; good fiction and poetry, and many rich il.us trations. There are now nearly 200.000 "King's Daughters" in tho land, and Mrs. Mar garet Bottome, an energetic New York woman, is their president, as sho is also the founder of the order. With October 1, Mrs. Bottome takes up the editorial pen, and becomes ono of the editors of the Ladies' Home Journal, in which periodical she will hereafter writo and edit a department entirely devoted to the best interests of "The King's Daughters." Through this channel it isMrs. Bottome's intention that her "daughters" and her self shall come closer together in feeling and sympathy. The agricultural interest, to which so much attention was paid in tho last number of the New England Magazine, receives further attention in three nota ble articles in the present number, a gen eral article on "Agricultural Education," by Mr. Reeve, the author of tho interest ing arucie on "uo-operauon in vgricui turo" in the last number,a fully illustrated article on the Massachusetts Agricultural collejre. by President Goodell of the col lege, and a story entitled "John Toners i bcheme, winch is a mixture ot co-operative farming and disappointed love. The stories of the number altogether aro exceptionally good. Noticeable in this month's St. Nicholas is the article "Through a Detective Ca mera." written by Mr. Black, the well known amateur "and illustrated -with characteristic bits of child life: the street scenes as insects in amber; the hokey pokey ice cream man is a genro picture complete, and his Italian Daby is a his tory of a down-tr dden race in minia ture. Frederic Nilliera, the famous English war correspondent, tells of his narrow escape from asphyxia because of a "Copper Brazier" containing crude charcoal used in wanning an inn room at a Servian hotel. Mr. Yilliers' forcible and peculiar drawings fully illustrate his text. Several articles in the October Century have a general or special bearing on the fall elections in ihe direction of reform and a wholesome independence. Mr. Henry Cabot Lodge, the Republican con gressman, strongly advocates the exten sion of the merit system in his paper on "Why Patronage in office is Un-Amen-can"; and Judge Thompson, the Demo cratic member of the national civil service commission, in an "Open Letter' shows the reasonablene of the reform. The leading "Topic of the Time" shows by a review of the political history of the j country that there b always been J "Partisan Recognition of the Indepen dent voter," and that state "calls" and conventions, and national "calls" and platforms have all along appealed to good citizens to tako fresh and inde pendent action in every election. The editor, in separate editorials, sustains the present civil service commission, and the citizens' movement in New York city. CapL Charles King, who recently vis ited at. ram ana ..Minneapolis ior me Cosmopolitan 3Iagazine. has prepared for that monthlv an illustrated article entitled "Twin Cities of the Northwest" which will prove interesting reading, not only to the citizens of these two cities, but also to a great number of readers scattered all through the country who have watched with astonishment the marvelous growth of these towns. His article will appear in the October issue, which will also contain the second part of a story by Julien Gordon, the nom de plume of one of New York's famous society women, a story which has attracted wide attention throughout the east, the writer bidding fair to make a reputation far in advance of Amelie Rive3 or any of the American stars ap pearing upon the literary horizon within the past two or three years. The first article of a political nature that appears in the October Forum is "The Decadence of New England." by ex-Secretary George S. Boutwell, whose aim is to show by statistics that the pre dicted decline of the New England States is wholly imaginary; that her njanufac tures have increased, as well as the value of her farm products and the value of her railroads; and that the total wealth is greater than ever before; and these facts Mr. Boutwell attributes to the pro tective tariff. "Tho AVorking of the New Silver Act" is by Prof. F. W. Taussig, of Harvard, who explains the practical operations of the new law and expresses less fear of unhealthful infla tion than many other 6tudents of our financial system feel. The article is an explanation of the practical workings of financial legislation in general and of this new act in particular. Political in a more general sense is Edward Bellamy's "First Steps toward Nationalism," in which ho lays down tho Nationalist pro gram for immediate action. He would start at once with the governmental con trol of railroads, the telegraph, the coal mines, and the likp. and by degrees ex tend the sys em. So also is the article by Thomas Magee, a close student of the Chinese, on "China's Menace to tho World, "wherein he shows his reasons for fearing the very lapid control by China men of many of the great industries of the civilized world, by reason of their cheap living and their enduring quali ties as laborers. He explains in detail many great ventures already undertaken by them, and he shows how they out strip the world as farmers. The leading artical of the number is by Bishop Huntington of New York, on "Social Problems and the Church," wherein ho takes the churches to tasl for their sloth in bringing to tho solution of our mo6t pressing social problems the absolute justice and the complete frater nity of Christ's teachings and example. The articlo this month in tho series of autobiographical essays on "Formative Influences" is by Frederic Harrison, who is rated by many critics as the foremost living master of English prose. Ho tells us frankly tho influences that havo formed liis opinions as a positiveist, and explains his aim in life and of his liter ary work, giving much advice about methods of education and of literary pro duction. OKLAHOMA OUTLINES. El Reno is to have a wild cat hunt next Saturdaj'. People have quit talking about cattle kings and cowboys of late. Tuesday night the legislature looked "stove up" In more senses than one. The crop of candidates in Oklahoma never suffered for want of irrigation. There are 2,500 members of the G. A. R. en rolled in the Oklahoma department. Frank Greer and George Gardenhire are old friends, it seems, especially Frank. One of the legislators chews gum, and his wife is said to havo charge of the family pocket book. A man will lose nothing in the way of votes from the people who sails under the banner or 'Vhconotny. It will take 18,720 to pay the salaries of the members of the legislature for the oue hundred and twenty days. As it has got so far along the legislature might reserve the capital a little longer and bestow it as a Christmas gift. The Santa Fe and Rock Island both have representatives at Guthrie watching the legislature. That is no easy task. Some of these days somebody is going to dub Thompson of the Guthrie News tho "Robert Browning" of the territory. Oklahoma City is killing its dogs. This enables Guthrie to dog-pone Oklahoma City without being accused of jealousy. To sum it all ud the Alliance members are totting the bulk of the taffy, but it is made principally of brown sugar we think. The Oklahoma farmers prefer the Medi terranean variety of wheat. They proba bly hope that the name will induce water. The boycott of tho Daily Capital, by tho Guthrie Typographical Union, has been declared off, and once more everything is serene. About as near as any member has vot approached to poetry Is the transposition of that word "now" and "do," as, "We do now proceed." People who have only read the proceed ings may be surprised to learn that the most motions in the legislature are made with the arms. The council got very sleepy and dull Tuesday afternoon, but not too sleepy and dull as to forget to demand py for the ses sion on pay day. The first thing you see when you get off the train at Oklahoma City is a church. You wouldn't think that to hoar some of Oklahoma fellows swear. The president of the council was a rebel soldier when tiie speaker of the lious couldn't pull himself up to the top of hi cradle. Oklahoma is a country ot queer contrast. The delay of locating the capital is yery expensive lithe rival for the capital paid the expense, it would be different. .rva it i-, iuc upic ic we wa m, ut , to meet it, Kingfisher Journal: At least 40.000 burets of wheat will be sowed in OkU- boma this fall. The Rock Island h j fnrnished 12 GuO and the Santa Fe 1.W0 bushels. Unsafe to say that the other j lb.UX) will be furnished bv people haviag j raised it the present year. To form au estimate of what thw crop will te " the faraiera, we aUow an average of aitewi bushels to the acre and worth ?o ceots per bushel which will give the enorxaoos sum of f450,CCO for next years wheat crop. lo ceots pr EXCHANGE SHOTS. The Editor and the Metos. Frca tin O&Uaaou JearMl The average country editor remembers three watennalon nerKd3 of hia life. lie u-i to nick the b&it one frh from the ! vines and cut it with hht corn knife in J the shadow of a newlv mode shock of corn, scooping out the instdes with hat j hands. The next was when he was a prinler and a valued subscriber brought in a big one for a local. 1 1 was carved with a column rale on "the stone and de voured by th boys in a little more order! r manner. The last is when he enti it on a piate at hoee. with a nap- i kin under lvt chin, and all decorou and proper nd regular. But someway he never tlntls a lucaoa that tfute a good a the one he raid hwawilf and te in tbe shadow of the corn thock. ONE The White House Is leased to the Mo. I. It. Ji. for offices. We aro compelled io place ourlm mense stock in the other half. The other half i3 too small. We mnat reduco our stock, cut it down jnst one-half. A Reduction 2S'ow is rather startling. It errand reduction sale it must Jtto. Wo must give possession on October 10, this sale must close October .. Wo will offer Our : Entire : Stock : of : $75 AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. :"ew goods and old goods, everything in this immense store will bo marked down to sell, for twelve days only. Uuy your fall goods at low prices. Now is the time to aave money. Read about some of THE BARGAINS OFFERED Childrens extra heavy hose, ribbed, Ono lot of extra line corsets at 50 12 Sc, worth 30c. cents, regular price $1.00. Ladies brilliant hose, worth 0c, for (Jents cashmoro half hose at 22c. 33 cents. : Gents laundries! shirts at S8o, -worth Gents new neckwear at 15, 22, 23 $1.00; at $1.02, -worth. $1.25- $1.28, and 44c. "Worth double. worth $1.50. Gouts fancy half hose at 21 cents. Gents whtto ancrlno vesta at OCc, worth $1.00. Onyx black half hose at 23 cents. Gents camels hair at 46 and'63c Gents merino vests at 40 cents. All linen extra heavy crash at 6,Yc Crash at 2 cents per yard. . bleached and unbleached table Turkey red damask at 21, 20 and linen at 22, 27 unci 44c. Hotter goodd 30 cents. in aame jiryportiou. New Dress Goods Reduced. Now Trimmings New Shawls Reduced. New Cloaks Reduced. Great slaughter in jackets, prices cut jjrom $ro..10 to $3. SO each. Plush, jackets at $10.00 and $12.00, worth $15.00j newmarkets at leas than coat. EVERYTHING- REDUCED AT THE White House of limes & Ross. POST OFFICE CORNER. Special Dress Goods Sale For Fair M. Our 2.00 Broad cloths (no better quality made) fri inuhea wide this week $1.50. Our $1.50 Broad cloth very few stores keep :is good quality as this 54 inch wide this week only $1.00. Our $1.00 quality silk warp Henriettas this week only 83 cents. Our 75 cent all wool Henriettas this week 50 cents. 50 inch drpss iiannels strictly all wool this week 05 cents. Double width tricots only 17 cents. 22 pes 54 inch tricot aviII be placed on sale Monday morning at. 29 cents a yard. This is the greatest bargain ever sold over a counter. They will not last long at this price. Special attention is called to our uneqnaied assortment ot Ladies and childrens We have the largest line in the City, and cannot fail to please the mo3t fastidious buyer. Ladies will find it more pleasant to do their buying in tho morning, as theay avoid the rush in the afternoo. XX. Tho Contested Election Cmc. From the Clncinuatt OrnnwrrbO. There were eightjn conUvtod !?-tion caes. Nine Deinocrate Jm bet-n oust! ami two more 1it been rportl against. Seven RpuMk-am ami o in depondent (FwUheretone of Arkwniw) hnvp been exited, mini oo wcaner ex ist KTajton of Arkanma. killed). TJww are five Ltemocratic contest who yt retain tbir ceaU and tckM Imve been rendered in iveot of two of Uiem. Two more will b unseated and one ha not jet been decided upon. pitlton Inawr,,. . Mt ZVT J- .... - II, cZrm: " f for the iwople to b U to pf tkeir mortgaged indebiMne as rmvttllj a thr are Uii jr. Thai ooadUkm of things is brought about by tb tncrea? In pmtn of ) stock aod grain. In central Kanaas tl no wfewt rrop an . mrmmt UM.t wwJw. r" ." , -"' ws utuverMM aooreHenwoa uaw taw wotua B4 a very ierere ma hard year flaaociaUT, Oat iadieaUom bow are that it win to aaaier than tmj of tha Is.t three jean. Thw b-mg the eae, if th peopfo will taw jadganaat in their exr-rodkorea, and not rnah is to gpecnlationg of doubtful natont, in fact profit by the learona taught by dat ha few veers of dgprtoiu w will upon a period of prosperity that wff stftdy atl productive of wide and fcaaV tag dereJopown. Probaotr TaJcs. Trrm. as St . ffMiM- A rOTf,r undertaker Mt a hoij Ut Chicago, C O. P.. mkI w tbe dav srznev refuse to take it ttafam tha ex- peeM ootnpuuy cornea dowm am aW charge. Thm a gMutty Una to quar rel over, but raatlr ea the exam tram pajty Kliord t hold h Aifanem for ate momtlmzad tfeM M1 it ataacCfctttt rV lfreaaoa a dasaavaautBUMWuta-wnau i HALF OF- Reduced. iXXJLLl. The Buiu- Dutina to Urn TarUT MIL rim Um CUmw Trtltofte. It mar be poaailde lo frame a pbuarfblo excoae--thoajrh not one whicb wfH Uml examination for paying a bttty of 1,m)jm u, the Ujumaan awjpir pLat en, buti hat exnav) can U Ummd toe ttiM Rift of nearly twenty million to n few refiner? It would v interacting to know what infteor the trnat brought to bsar on the )oo to gat iU bottalr and on the iMioaie (o iocraee it. It win U intenwUng to e how the western mem bera who have b"eti laJfcuta; febowi fr najar to luetiij will deal with ta; tijfar (reoedub wh-n it cntmm Wfora them aipun. tU -r rzr , ytowa tm uOW- MtOww M 4MKf at Jk wtun ti M frf tw Or-M !' Jt at& !IH aami mm AaBaW AflMas 4AMr MAAtVj MMJWIU Of rrr CVat lUU. ttU. U nms. aute rwwsMsit cav Sale 000 p?pflice CREAM gAKlNg 3 " Twi. t.Ui. &baa. ttLU ( 4j t.i- ..- .--.& ;ta . -t.. .?- - fSer . &Lr JtiaJSL .