Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-05-30
DISQUALIFICATION.

Hearing sweet music in the little shoe
shop on Emporia avenue, opposite the
Goodyear honse. reporter stepped in there
yesterday and there behcld wonderful in
vention, in the way of arnu.ical instrument
1t is box a foot wide by eighteen niche.
long. On the top is roller with small
brass cog-whcel at either end. The music is
cut on piece Of paper which Is SC: under
the roller and at one end is "A small lever
which the operator works up and down.
The clock work on the inside of the dmin-
utive organ is so arranged rs t. wors, the
roller which pulls the musical sheet through,
the cogs fitting into the notches in the paper
like the working Of the wheels of watch
The inventor ran dozen sheets through it
for the reporters cdiication, and sweeter
nor more perfect music he never heard.
The inventors name Is Jonas Tramblie,
shoemaker 6S years old, and has worked at
this invention about two years before he got
it perfected. 1t is called roller organ and
is very simple device 1t is made of three
different kinds Of wood. The inventor
took it apart and put together again in
about one minute. This instrument the in
ventor says can be made to play with keys
and the hand like an organ or piano. 1t is
a wonderful little music box and is well
worthy of inspection, and the old gentle
man takes great pride in it The old gentle
man is a native of France, and can neither
read or write. When he was twenty wears
OF age he made Il violin complete. He has
invented several machines which he had
patented. He said he felt the great disad-
vantage Of illiteracy, but said if he bud been
a smart scholar he might have been smart
rascal and might have been hanged before
now.
Robert Little, of Viola township, who is
one of the most successful farmers in the
western part of this county, was in the city
yesterday and in conversation with rcpor-
ter of this paper said that he had raised
wheat in this county for seven years, and
that during that time he has averaged about |
two thousand five hundred bushels each wear |
IN his farm. Mr.. Little considers this year |
his first failure in wheat. The wheat is al |
ready injured By rust, and considering that |
The crop Is so backward. from this time on |
he season must be very favorable TO make |
any wheat that will lie fit for the market. !
10 show the contrast of this wear with pre-
Sious years in the production of wheat in
his valley, Mr.. Little said: In the wear
1881 | sowed twenty-five acres of ground to
nillet and harvested seventy-fve tons of
good millet- In the fall sowed the same
ground 10 wheat and the following summer
# 1882. harvested thjrty-three bushels per
Icre Of choice wheat. Being a little behind
land of my work that fall did not pillow
he ground, but the wheat shattered oct
nd seeded the ground. and in the summer
4 1888 harvested from that same twenty
i've acres Of ground six hundred bushels Of
'olunteer wheat Of fair quality. Yes ordi-
larily this valley is great Cor wheat. but las.
winter was toe cold; the wheat was too
'adly frozen and Is a failure. You can't
aise fall wheat AT the north pole.
There was complaint made against this
'aper FOR Its crop reports in the two weeks
'asi- Time. however. demonstrated that
sc were correct. Sine the wheat has headed
'ut some people have found ont now that
Shaj we said at tina; time i correct There
, nothing to be gained for the farmers or
ny one else by over estimating crops, as
he prices for next year VIII depend upon
he amount raised. There Is enough TO be
aid Of this valley and tell the truth.
The most touching sigh: tbs: it hss been
NJ privilege 10 see in a long time and one ;
,hieh for the hriefes; Instant broke u all |
?, was witnessed in the suburbs. yes;e-
lorn. \ stree; car driver. who had side
-sckei to wat the down train, had gone out
long the margins Of the walk sni gathered ,
handful OF simple wild flowers with which J
e WAS decking the head gear of his lead ]
iule. The look of quie; resignation which
er spread the oountenanoe Of the COR
sous-ieservins mule and the air OF su- {
rene Qualification and content Of the
river weakened the beholder as We fear r
50 j; did The other mule Each lyric idyls v
Appen only in the northern precincts Of !.
e city where corner lots are rapidly si- !,
.ncing in price.