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terms "witli their rivals for the great through trade of the 



West. 



Had it been possible, I should have prolonged my stay 

 amongst the people of Kansas, for their social system is 



iar. The State well deserves its name 



Paradise 



of Petticoats" — for, disregarding its early existence, when, as 

 " Bleeding Kansas," it passed through a baptism of blood, 

 and only studying the new life upon which it has since 

 entered, we find that if woman reigns supreme anywhere upon 

 earth,, it is here. All the advanced form of thought upon 

 education and woman's rights have been imported direct from 

 the ITew England States, and have quickly developed in this 



virgin soil to an extent hitherto unprecedented 



up like mushrooms wher 



dozen houses 



Schools 

 can bo 



found within a mile of each other, for the " progressive " 

 inhabitants are always looking ahead, and consequently pre- 



pare for the expected families 



Prom the sixth 



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report of the Superintendent of 



the Public Institutions, the following 

 gleaned : 



have been 



Number of Free Schools . 



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Teacliers 

 Scholars 



1865, 



721 



997 

 26,311 



Dollars. 



Teachers' "Salaries 87,898 



Assessed in districts for Schools 106,589 



1866. 



871 



1,086 



31,258 



Dollars. 



116,924 

 192,620 



■ Increase 

 in a year. 



150 



89 

 4,917 



Dollars. 



29,026 

 86,031 



Besides these free schools, there are 83 select schools, 

 with 113 teachers, and 3,228 scholars ; 3 academies and 9 



colleges, numbering 39 profc 



and teachers, and 948 



students, subscribed for and supported by members of sec- 

 tarian denominations, political or religious ; lastly, there are 

 three high schools, or State insitutions, vi^., the ■ State 

 Kormal School of Emporia, in Lyon County, for the special 



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