Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-30
THE .A,4sLrs.s sEcrrAr,on.

Yesterday wasa rather quiet day in the
city, though there was some stir-principal-
" wind and dust Jobbes Of real estate
were flying about with their usual alac4rity
and they report business frst rate. It Is as
tonishing to the uniaitiated to observe how
unerrinely practical vender of the virgin
soil, can pick out . man who wants to be
land owner. He can spot him with one b. 1t
of his eye and size him up so that he knows
Just what will suit him and in less time than
it takes to slip upon banana peel, be is
making out q deed.
News was dull and - hard to corner Is .
house for rent anywhere within mile of the
center of town. After securing the city up
and down and across and beyond without
speck of success, l landed right in front of
Kohn's store, where two ladies stood,
discoursing at the entrance, just
nicely out Of the wind. These were just
overlooking with news, which they rolled
out in my hearing for about fifteen minutes
with q speed that would put . quarter horse
to blush, but can't give it away. No, it
wouldn't do. Fifteen minutes listening con-
WINGED me that every reporter ought to
have q female attachment, and am going
TO have one if it takes all summer. The
inexhaustible crib of information one OF
thesoladies had would make q cycIopedis
hunt corner lot in the cemetery in the
first round. The doings of men and wo-
men; tho contents of jewelry. dry goods
and millinery stores were carved up, would,
to use classic phrase, make the boss re-
porter hunt his hole. As rapid and mex
hsustive observer woman surpasses in the
exact geometrical proportion that the cleo
trio light outshines birthstone match.
With one bat of her smallest eye woman
can see things to which man, with
all his boasted discernment. remains
forever blind, and though she may be slow
about getting up in the morning and build
ing fires, or Harvesting herself for street
trot, the focusing apparatus of her visionary
bureau is always in gear and orerates with
just as much precision and as little friction
Is her talking appendage. Put her in 9
mountain howitzer and shoot her through q
military store, and if you can gather up heI
fragments and paste them into shape, she
can tell you inside of fifteen minutes the
exact shade of every ribbond. and bird
feather; the various styles of head gear and
Just how much of your earnings it would
take to obtain warrenty deed of the kind
of hat that would suit her complexion and
the size of her fe.t. Just let her escort yor
up snd down the aisles Of Q church aud she
can give you pointers for fashion repor'
that will take the rapidest reporter two
weeks to write up. With one
corner of her of eye she car
see more in tho decimal fraction of . minuta
than poor, wsak blind man can discern il
in day even if he uses the ten hour system
For scope and accuracy, the amount of OBJ.
servation she can scoop in with one winl
would knock the stuffing out Of q government
survey; yet women amt satisfied. If there
is anything that will satisfy woman. if sh,
will let me know what it ia she shall have it
even though have to write the Ramble
recitation with stub pencil. l discovered
the fremen dragging their hose up the alley
between Main ard Water streets yesterday
afternoon and went in - see where thu
fire was, but there was no fre. The board
of health had discovered that the CUTIE
along that alley was in a very bad condition
and ordered the hose TO clean it out. A
crowd Of men went TO work on it with gar
den rakes and scoopet out lime different
sorts of cholers.seven Of yellow fever, five o
small pox and three Of seven year itca. L
was in n horrible state. bIt nov it is bette
and it is to be hoped that It will be kept -
all summer TIE alley its If WAS checked
up with old paper, rags and other filth, pilec
I'D against board fencc where mattel
nigh; De dropped In lighted and Sc. th'
town on fire. II will need to DO looked sfte
closely and there are other alleys and bac'
yards that need looking after just now.
| observe that John Exton has the wall
up and the roofs on toe coffee and spie:
mill and the double brick house for the pro
prietors of that concern and will soon hev'
everything ready for them.