The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-06

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dee TO the high grounds and also the
wrath to come, for, he said, the waters
OF the great.deep would arise at about
the middle Of the month and smite the
people of Oakland and slay them, and
float the pork barrels out Of their cellars,
and fill their cisterns with people who
sneered at the prophecy.
This prophet in this way did good
business. He attracted much notice,
and had all he could do as a prophet for
several weeks. Many Oakland people
were frightened, especially as Virgins,
the great inteLecCu4i Sahara Of the
prophet industry, also prophesied high
wave which would rise at least above
the bills at the Palace hotel in San Fran
cisco. With the aid Of these two gen
eral, middle weight prophets, was en-
abled to secure some good bargains in
corner lots and improved property in
Oakland at 10 per cent. Of the estimated
value. In other words, am putting my
iimitedpowersa as a prophetagainst those
of Professor Virgins, the painstaking
and gifted ass of Canada, and the bicycle
prophet Of the Pacific slope. l am will
ing to stand.or fail by the result.
As prophet j have never attracted
sttention in this country mostly because
I have been too busy with other things.
Also because there was SO little prophe-
sying to be done that 1 did not care to
take hold Of the industry; but l have
ever been ready TO purchase at a great
discount the desirable residences of those
who contemplated a general collapse of
aLse universe, or tidal wave which
would wipe ont the general government
md cover with q placid sea the mighty
republic which God has heretofore, for
some reason, smiled upon. Moreover I
can hardly believe that the Deity would
commission man 10 go out over Cali
5ornia on abicycle --------Ts1-People, when
g. few red messages and n standing no.
tice in The Examiner would do the
work In less time. Reasoning in this
manner with a sturdy logic worthy of
my rich and unctuous past, have Sc
cured some good trades in down town
property, and will await the coming
devastation with a calm and entirely I'M
ruiiied breast.
California at this season of the year is
miracle of beauty, as most every one
knows. Nature heightens the effect for
the tenderfoot by compelling him to cross
the Alpine heights of the Sierra Nevada
mountains and freeze to death in the cold
heart of q snow blockade. Thus, weather
beaten and sore, he reaches the rolling
green hills ard is greeted with the rich
odor Of violetS l submitted to the in
suits of tottering monopoly for a week,
In the heart of the winter, and, tired and
sick at soul, with Chilblains on my feet
and Iiniment on my other lineaments,
burst forth one bright morning into this
realm of eternal summer. The birds
sang in my frozen bosom. l shed the
gunnysack wraps from my tender feet
even rs butterfly or 4 tramp bursts his
hullin the spring time, and / laughed
two or three coarse. outdoor laughs,
which shook the balmy branches of the
tall pomegranate trees and twittered in
he.dense foliage of the magnolia.
The railroad was very kind to us at
first. That was when we were buying
our tickets. Later on it became more
harsh and repToached us at times. Con-
ductors woke Us up two or three times
In the night to gaze fondly on our tickets
and look as if they were sorry they ever
parted with them. On the Central Pa
ciic passengers are not permitted to give
their tickets To the porter on retiring.
You must wake up and converse with
the conductor at all hours of the night,
and hold n lantern for him while he
slowly spells out the-hard words on your
ticket ] did not like this. and several
times l murmured in a querulous tone
10 the conductor. But he did not mind
IT. He went on do4---e> the behests of his
employer, and in that way endeariug
himself to tine great adversary of souls.
/ said To an official Of che road: do
Won not think this is the worst managed
road in the United States-aiways ex-
cepting the Western North Carolina rail
road, which Is an Incorporated insult to
humanity
well. that depends. of course" he
said, Ion what standpoint from which
you view IL from.
''Well, il you were trying 20 divert
travel 10 the Southern Pacific. also the
rolling stock. the good viii, the culverts.
the dividends, the frogs. the snow sheds,
the aghg af way and the new laid train
iSgs, everything except the first, second
and third mortgages, which would naru-
rally revert 10 the government. would
you not think we were managing the
business With q steady hand ana . watch
full eye;'
l said I certainly would. then
wrang his hand softly and stole away. IS
lie also began to do the same thing.
Al Reno we had ; day ~ two in which
10 observe Che city from the ear plst-
form whilst waiting for the blockade TO
be raised. We coaid not go away from
Ihe train more t1zns5ss feet. for il might
-staIt al any rspmgur. Fnas Is one be2.-y