The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-07

HOW WE SUFFER.
The Nan observation-disclosures
and His Victims

The Nan Who-wsnts-to-Know-Y
and His Victims.
never road of q railroad or steamboat
disaster withoutsecretly hoping that The
man who wants to -know-you-know Is
numbered in the victims. don't say any
thing against person storing his mind
with knowledge, but what l object TO is
the way that knowledge is sometimes
fred Of at a man who is lame and can't
make his escape.
For Instance, our train going east was
tagged ct midnight and held for an hour
because OF a wreck on the road Every
body IN the sleeping car awoke, and most
OF the people got up and dressed, although
IL would have been common sense to turn
over and go 20 sleep again. One Of the pas
sengers was large, portly man, who hssi
formerly driven hogs 70 market BY the
exercise OF economy, perseverance, virtue,
tenderness and dozen or so other attri-
butes be had climbed up until he owned a
slaughter house and bought the hogs
which others drove. This was not only a
good drive on him, but be was legally en-
titled 10 feel proud Of it. He had lust fin
lshed telling crowd of Passengers in a
loud voice that be was figuring to buy that
railroad and change the management
when n-who-wSnts-to-know- YOU
know suddenly interrupted him with:
Excuse me, my friend, but can ask YOU
question:"
Certainly, sir, was the courteous reply.
Il was talking with chap in the depot
at Buffalo. and We couldn't exactly agree
about Mohammed, the Arab. lie was, as
you know, originally called Hslabi, and
was born about the year $50 What we
differed about was his birthplace; as have
it, it was Mecca; as he had il, it was Syria.
What is your opinions"
The man who had climbed up the ladder
of life by virtue OF his own integrity turned
pale, looked helpleSsly around. and finally
sunk down a crushed and helpless victim,
and he didn't even look up when an old
farmer remarked to his wife:
GOOD 'nuff for him. II Teller hain't
studied algebra and geography what's the
use Of his putin on so much style"
Again, there was a party OF rs on the
promenade deck Of q Hudson river steamer.
The prominent one of the crowd was a pale
faced, weak eyed young man who had been
all over Europe and who had attended col
lege long enough 10 learn everything worth
knowing He talked very glibly Of the
Stone Age, the Drift Period and all that,
and as he came along TO the Palisades ne
observed that:
The true igneous rocks belong either 20
the trappean or volcanic divisions, while
the mass you see before you is composed,
TO a very large extent, Of stratiied meta
morphic rocks"
looked around 10 see il The man-who-
wants to know you know was present
He was He sat with his chair tipped back
and his feet on the rail. His suit was a
very loud check, and he had the general
bearing of man who trades in horses and
buys sheepskins of farmers. lie listened
with great interest, and when the young
man had finished he squared mis- chair
around and said:
Professor, you are right; you have hit
the bulls eye; you know it all. +"
"Aw" replied the young man.
I'm glad TO have met you, because those
things have bothered me, and because I
want to ask you a question
"Aw-proceed."
''You have heard OF Scipio, Of course"
"Aw!'
KILLED, you know, in the year Isl B. c. - Z
"Awi"
"Of course you have heard Of Basil. sur
named the Greatp Greek. you know. and
born in the year 800 in Cappadocia. Pretty |
good fellow. guess, but wouldn't bet on I
it."
"Aw! What is your question, sah;"
Il was getting TO it. Suppose you owned |
a hOrse~
"Awl'
NO matter about the color or sex. You
are awoke at night by his stamping IN the |
stable"
"Aw!"
you 90 out and find him very III. Now, /
sir. can you tell me how to inform myself !
whether he is suffering with 4 calCare0us B
carbonate Of soluble obliquity or IS attack
ed with a herbiyerous transition OF inter 7
stratified exhalationsr
The young man rose mp. looked around 7
him to take laEt farewell! Of earth, and /
then plunged over the rail into the river I.
The steamer was stopped and every effort /
made to rescue him, but be did not want 4
TO he rescued. lie wanted to sit down on .
the bottom Of the Hudson and have a good ,
long think with himseif.-N. Quad ia De ,
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