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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
WICHITA AND THE HOG.
TO the Editor of the Eagle.

To the Editor of the Eagle.
As the EAGLE is to some extent the last
resort of the distressed citizen when the
evils of government bear too abruptly upon
either his comfort or his well-being, l ask
space to point out very grave injustice
now said to be impending against num-
Der of very worthy people. allude, Mr..
Editor, to the ordinance which, as | under
stand it, totally prohibits hogs within the
city limits. This law has been in exist
ance for some years and yet so far as can
discover, there has heretofore been no at
tempt made to enforce its sweeping pro-
visions. The question then naturally oc-
ours: Whence this Sudden desire for its
arbitrary enforcement, especially when
such proceedings must of necessity entail
loss upon a considerable number of people.
1t is not my purpose to condemn the
general idea that the hogs within the city
limits should be looked after in the inter
of the public health. For that matter so
should every stable, cow-yard, privy,
chicken-pen, and the multitude of other
things with which the public comes in
contact every day and every hour in the
day. What is needed in the care of hogs
as with other things that are liable to dis
UuTU Juo serenity VI luulfuudi CIoiLoios 40
proper regulation A hog may be kept
and often is-in such a manner that it is
much less in the direction of nuisance
than the average stable. Besides this the
extensive area of Wichita warrants the
belief that in the thinly built up outskirts
the presence of swine cannot he said to IN.
terfere with the rights and privileges OF
anyone There is more than one tax payer
in those portions of the city who secures
Coma considerable addition TO his otherwise
inadequate income by keeping few hogs,
and who will fail to recognize the impera-
tive necessity of his being compelled to
either knock in the head or turn loose
upon the streets such as he may now hap
pen to have in his possession. Where pens
are in bad condition the interests of the
public health certainly require interference
by the authorities, which could easily be
procured by complaint to the proper
Official This, Mr.. Editor, seems to ME the
proper policy, especially when we consider
that Wichita, as q city, has more interest
in the hog, as financial resource, than
any other city west of the Missouri river.
Wichita May IL, 1891. ii.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
Couldn,t Pick a Quarrel.

General Fournier was an apostle Of the
unique in duelIing. The mayor of Per
igueux was his bitter enemy, bat a. they
moved in wid51y different social circles the
general found some difficulty ia picking a
quarrel His opportunity came one day as
he was showing of before some ladies his
expert ness With the pistol. The mayor
passed, with a rose in MS mouth. IL was
a considerable distance from the general
balcony TO the mayor on the other side Of
the street, but the old fighter knew kis
skill Just notice, ladies." be said, how
/ viii pick the mayors rose" He raised
the pistol. The women shrieksd that be
should desist, but too late The hammer
fell, and the rose and the mayor dropp>d--
the latter, only from fright The general
expertaess defeated his purpose- The
sureness OF his aim terrified the mayor out
OF sending TIE desired chAIlenge.-Saa
francisco ArEon3gt~
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
A CLOSE CALL.

J. S. Elder, of Patterson, assistant ser
oeant-at-arms of the house of representa-
tives, was in town Monday and yesterday.
While here he related to a reporter an &C
count of hair breadth escape which his
two sons and a step-daughter had from
death one day last week.
1t seems one of his little boys, some II
or IA years of age, went out to cut stalks
accompanied by mere baby. BY some
means the team became unmanageable and
started to run, throwing the youngest boy
off in front of the stalk-cutter, the knives
of which in passing over him cut him ter
ribly in different portions of the body.
The team ran toward the house. when a
step-daughter of Mr.. Elder saw them and
attempted to stop them. The excited
horses ran against her, knocking her
down and dragged the stalk cutter over
her. She received severe cuts on the
lower limbs and body. One of the knives
cut deep cash in the back of the young
lady's neck and at the next revolution cut
her hair which was twisted up in a knot
at the back of her head, entirely off.
Mr.. Elder says it was wonder that all
three were not killed outright, but they
are in a fair way to recover.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
MISS COLES LECTURE,

Miss Jessie Adalina Coles lecture at Gar
field Opera house, on Monday evening, was
fairly well patronized, very well indeed, in
view of the fact that the Turner's were
holding their annual festival, the city
council and the school boards, respectively,
important meetings, and the Knights of
Pythias mass meeting, all on the same
evening But the attendance surely was
not as large as the lecture was deserving.
The audience was attentive and at times
demonstrative and enthusiastic. The
points made by Miss Cole against prohibit
ton and the many notorious failures as a
moral or as a reformatory step were all
taken down, but were crowded out by
other matters previously arranged for.
She denounced drunkenness in unmeasur-
ed terms, but for effective weapons for the
warfare against it, advocated education,
moral suasion and the growth Of a higher,
purer civilization. She handled the man
ner of the enforcement of the present pro-
hibitory law without gloves. Unquestion-
ably Miss Cole is talented lady of fine
conceptions and grand possibilities, and
no doubt will be heard by our people again
and under more favorable circumstances.
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How to Raise Mushrooms Easily.

1t is not very difficult 20 raise mush-
rooms by hand If one will take little
pains intelligently. They are grown in
enormous quantities in France in caves,
largely for export, being picked while yet
they are only buttons and at their most
delicious stage Collect 2 quantity OF
fresh horse droppings as free from straw a.
possible, and lay them in an open shed IN
a ridge shaped heap. While the pile is
heating it should be turned from time
TO time, and when the heat has mostly
subsidized it should be packed in very
solid bed, over the surface OF which pieces
of spawn, which may be bought al the
seedman's, may be put into holes three
inches deep. Two or three weeks later
cover the heap with an inch OF loan,
patted gently with the spade, and the
mushrooms may be expected in about six
weeks. Earth dug from about the roots
of growing mushrooms viii always
furnish spawn for planting.-W ashington
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
An Ordinary life.

Birth. growth, maturity. decay, death
such is the normal history of man The
three periods of life should sustain a GER
tain proportion to each other, twenty years
of growth, sixty years of maturity, twenty
years of decay. This is what might be
counted upon as the ordinary course OF
human life but for the fact that we labor
under a load of ancestral transgressions of
physical and moral law, supplemented and
intensified by our own personal delinqaen-
cies and follies.
How pleasant is the picture, Twenty
years of happy childhood and youth, sixty
years of intellectual progress and achieve
ment, with domestic and social joys, and
then twenty years of slow, almost uncon-
scious decay, characterized by serenity of
mind, pleasing memories and joyous antic-
ipations of grander life beyond the grave.
Sadly different is human existence as we
see it. We look with wonder upon Glad
stone, past eighty, still vigorous in body
and mind, still strong and wise To Head the
great Liberal party of England We &C
cept threescore and ten as lfe's natural
limit, and expect only labor and SORROW If
this limit is passed
We are doomed, we think, by our inner
itance; and to some extent this Is true
But we should remember the law OF re-
cuperation. The torn flesh heals; the
broken bone reunites. Diseases tend to-
ward recovery. The weary toiler rises
from sleep strong for new labors. The
wise physician bases his hopes upon this
law.
And this tendency of nature to heal her
self may be greatly assisted by careful and
intelligent living so that it is always pos
sible that the man of unfortunate ancestry
may secure for himself good old age aud
start his posterity upon an ascending
plane.-Youth's Companion
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
MARRIED..

A few friends gathered at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Beandett, 1863 North Mead
avenue. to witness the marriage Of their
only daughter, Miss Clara NJ. Beapdett, to
Mr.. 7. NJ. Hanson. of Fort Worth, TeXp
by their pastor, Rev. j. 5. REYNOLDS.
After the congratulations the company
was invited to an elegant supper.
Mr. and Mrs. Hanson will go TO their
new home in Fort Worth IL few days
Miss Beandett viii be sadly missed IN her
home and by her many friends IN this
CITY. for by her happy disposition she made
many and warm friends. Her place Will
be vacant also in the young peoples So
cietv OF the Emporia avenue Baptist
church, of which she WAS member Tie
prayers and best wishes of her fellow
workers will follow her 10 her new home
and through life.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
ASHLAND WILKES.
His Wonderful Colts Reaching for National
Fame

From the American Trotter.
In the June number, 1883, Of Wallace
Monthly, some gentleman under the nom
de plume of "Bill Hawkeye," in giving a
description of his visit to the different
stock farms around Lexington, KY, and
it seems being great admirer OF the get
of Almont, and not having very good
opinion at that time OF the Wilkes boom,
says in substance: ''The only two Wilkes
l saw that would have were Onward. by
George Wilkes, and a yearliug colt called
Ashland Wilkes, by Red Wilkes" That
Mr.. Hawkeye was pretty fair judge OF
horse-fiesh in both selections has been
fully demonstrated, as both have proven
themselves to be great horses. Ashland
taken to Missouri and kept there until four
years old; bred to a class of inferior mares
he produced at years of age, President
Wilkes, o:o71I. and Carol Wilkes, 2 years
old at that time, 2:52116. the only two OF his
get that had been worked for speed. IN
1856, Mr. Toler, of Wichita. Kan, contem-
plating starting farm and having seen
Ashland perform, liking MS resolute game
way of going, bought the horse, paying
s., Geo for him, and gathering together a
little band Of gilt-edge mares, commenced
the breeding business in the spring of 1887.
One of the first foals of the following year
to drop on the farm was Myron McHenry,
2-yesr-old record 2:3113. also Geo. Dickson,
owned in Denver, who showed mile as a
2-year-old in 2:3S over the Overland
track. Lena r., as a 3..year-old, bred
by AIr. Dreamer, of Blackburn,
No. drove Grattan to his mark of 2:30 over
the HigginsvilIe, Mo-. half mile track, and
number of his get in the hands of other
gentlemen, Gee Grimes, of Terre Haute.
Al Helac, Denver, Colo, and c. w. Will
liams, of independence, Iowa, who has in
Bert Oliver very promising 2-year-old
which he thinks will go very fast, together
with the speed shown by the home colts,
would seem to indicate that Bill Hawkeye
has prophesied well and that the day is
not far distant when the get of Ashland
Wilkes will be sought after by breeders
and they will stand second to none in the
Wilkes family.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
INVESTED IN WICHITA.

As was reported and as is generally
known, the several eastern traffic agents
of the Rock Island road. stopped over IN
Wichita for eight hours on last Saturday,
from , p. m. TO 9 p. m. visiting all the
places of interest and taking in q general
way the superior advantages OF the city,
as conceded by nearly all of them. A
number of these gentlemen announced
their determination to make future IN
vestments here, but one OF the number
didn't ike to take chances on waiting. Mr.
d. W. Mccormick received telegram
from one of the party yesterday instruct
ing him 70 close in on certain property
designated and to draw on him as soon as
he should reach home. That didn't happen
10 any other town in the state, it is safe to
Ventura.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
A Sporting ,fan win a Record,

Mr. w. II Grenteil, who coached ths
Oxford eight in their boat race, Is fine
all round sportsman Of warned experience.
He was in the Harrow eleven, bowling
with remarkable success. has ro1ed Ia the
EIGHT" for Oxford, has swara the Niagara
rapids, explored the Rocky mountains.
besn war correspondent Ia the Soudaa.
and strokef a. eight across ne CsanneL
he lives at TAplow Court, and Is master Of
an excellent pack Of harrierz- Mr.. Graa-
FELL holds The amateur punting Champion
saip.-London Tit-B.ts.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
MUSIC.

Wichita's progressiveness is proverbial;
not only in material lines, but leads its
sister cities in matters of mnsic and art as
well. Each Friday afternoon. in the
Fletcher block, an invited audience enjoys
an hours recreation by listening to the
rendition of classical and modern music
by amateurs who have attained more than
ordinary proficiency in skillful and artistic
Interpretation. These concerts or musical
recitals are given by the pupils OF A. W..
Sickner, and demonstrate the result of
pains-taking instruction. The program
for the 18th inst is as follows:
Piano-Wedding March. 49,. .Mendle-
ssohn- Murray Pauline Wallenstein
Piano-The Merry Mill Franz Hitz
Clara Dickson.
Musical Sketches-Bach from the Ger
mani Elise Polka. Annie Croskey
Organ-(a) Good Night, Good Night
Beloved-Ciro Pinsuti: (b) Bridal
March from Lohengrin-R. Wag-
Rosa Harrison
Piano-Abschied Won Walde-Mendle-
ssohn-Spindler.. Gertrude Calhoune
Curiosities of Music-Music of Savage
Nations-L. c. Elson. Lulu Andrews
Trio-March. ................ Edward Hoist
Flora Caswell, Nina Hall, Joe katz.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

The question Of pitch ms always been =
source Of dispute among musicians. sogns
advocating "a high, Others a iow pitch. By
pitch is meant ths acutene4s ~ musical
sounds, and this Is dependent On the nam
Der Of vibrations ia n second. The grrsfer
the number the higher the pitch. and yscs
versa. While IL - important N have q
uniform standard Of pitch. musicians have
never been able g obtain IL. from the fzcs
that no general eonocrtsd movement kas
been made ia thai direction There are.
therefore. several pitches. the highest Ct
which Is tue American. the English com
ing next, thea the German and Lastly ths
French.
The e tuning fork. At American pitch,
gives 5s5 vibrations % the seo0ud. the Ea-
giish pitch Is 80, the German 20 and tbs
French 5e2- E~ea the lass DaE1sd Il much
higher than the pitch 20 which the ei4ssf-
cal composers were Accustomed. - Ia
pitch Of Iopo. the pitch o. Hasssa. Handel.
Bach and Mozart vas bu, 40 vibrations
y-er second, and some % ti.eir vocal works
can scarcely b. rendered b tks singers %
tie present d8T On accDGnt q The differ
suoe In pitch. The tendency - preseat u
toward losssr pstrh. and u fss rnanufAes-
urrrs of pianos. q organs and u hand fn-
strumsEts act i8 coaasrt she end c4a -
secursd.-sL LOzls GlShe- Democrat
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
LAWN TENNIS.

The members of the recently organized
"Star" tennis club held meeting ut their
club rooms last evening, when the follow
ing officers were elected: President, Roy
Hassig: vice president: Frank Jennings;
secretary. w. II. II. Troupe; treasurer,
Ted Southwen. The club members will
wear badge in the shape of star, from
which hangs a pendant of a racquet and
ball An excellent court has been laid
out in the third block south on Main
street. Complimentary to their friends
the club will give a lawn fete on the even
ing of May -, at the court. The member
ship is made up OF the following young
men: Rey Hassig. VIII Troupe, Ted
Southweu. Frank Jennings, Earnest Hal
lowell. Charles Galloway, Charles knorr,
Ed Bedine, Amos Stith, and Kenneth
Fsvcett. The honorary members are the
Misses Lille Hassig, Jennie Jennings,
Lena Crib, Jean and Birdie Love, Kate
English and Mamie Southwell.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
z. P. GRANDLODGE.
Arrangements All Completed for the Coming
FestivitIes-Ten Thousand People
Expected.

The K. p. drill corps was out on the
street last night going through the
maneuvers of their drill preparatory to en-
tering the competitive drill for some OF
the prizes to be awarded next week. The
legion drill team do some fine work and
any of the visitors who expect to take the
prizes away will have to hustle close to
the mark
The arrangements for the coming Grand
Lodge are about all completed, and an
elegant time is looked forward to by the
members Of the order in this city. OF
course much hard work remains to be
done in receiving and providing quarters
for the thousands who will be in attend
ance on the session, but it is all outlined
and the proper committees are appointed
to look after the various matters that Will
require attention.
The knights wish to impress upon
the citizens the Importance OF
having the city properly decorated,
SO that strangers will be favorabiy I'M
pressedwith the wideawake spirit not only
of the order but of all citizens as well.
Anyone wishing to be posted in the man
ner of decorating and the material can
find out all they wish to know by address
ing the general committee of arrangements
of which Mr.. Chas. Flecheimer issecretary.
There will be bands present from all parts
of the state to contest for the prizes offer
ed by the local order.
This promises to be one of the greatest
events this city will enjoy the present sea-
son and the knights of the city feel that 1t
is incumbent upon ali patriotic citizens to
help make the visit Of the many strangers
a pleasant one.
One fare for round trip has been Sc
cured Oh all the railroads in the state and
the Indian Territory, so it is expected that
not less than 10000 people will visit
Wichita during next week.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
PERSONALS.
Jim Hamilton is in the city

Jim Hamilton is in the city.
n. A. Lowe, of Topeka, is registered at
the Carey.
w. F. Allison, of Yates Center, is in the
city today.
ID. Newall, of Manhattan, is in the
city today.
CO. De Turk, of Wellington, is in the
city today.
Frank Kent and wife, of Mcpherson, are
in the city.
VIII Nye Holden. Mo-, is in town today
on business.
G. NJ. TURNKEY, of Belle PLANE, is in
town today.
C.P. Elliott, of Newton, is stopping in
town today.
H. C. Stone, of Kansas City, was in town
last evening.
w. NJ Phelps, of Boston, is stopping at
the Metropole.
/. w. Ross, of Belle PLANE, is stopping
at the Manhattan.
Edgar Henderson, af Kingman, was in
the city yesterday.
J. w. Hamilton, of Nashville, is stop
ping at the Carey.
Frank d. Orr, of Mt. Sterling, H., was
in town yesterday.
Z. T. Cooley, of Ossawotomie, is regis
tered at the Manhattan.
d. o. Mcpherson, of Cedar Rapids. Ia,
is in the city on business.
A. A. Phillips, representing Merrill &
Co., druggists, of Cincinnati, is in the city.
DR., J. W. Feltz, of Ashland, is in the
CITY, attending the meeting of the associa-
ton.
DR. r. B. Granger, business manager of
the New York Medical Journal, is in the
city.
DR.. A. B. Peters, Mankato, is in attend
ance upon the meeting of the association
this week.
Geo. X. Stephenson, of Indianapolis, is
representing Leslie & Co, surgican instru-
ments, before the medical association.
Prof. A. H. Newton and wife are visiting
their mother, Mrs. NJ A. Taylor. and coJs-
ins. the Johnston children, on f. Douglas
avenue.
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THEY LOVED.

Two toughs named Pannet and Kelly
got into a mutual disagreement yesterday
afternoon over a drink OF whisky. They
regarded each other SO highly that they
embraced and each tried to present the
other with black eye. Pannet succeeded
in giving Kelly one and then By way of a
little remembrance he chewed most OF the
cutical off one of keily's middle fingers.
The services of physician was necessary
to collect Kelly's countenauce and bring
it into intimate relations with itself.
Several stitches had TO be taken round one
eve and when finished it resembled one
half OF a last years base ball. Mr.. P. was
arrested and gave bond for his appearance
before Judge Museller today.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
AFTERMATH.
think have read the riddle sright:

think have read the riddle aright:
This Is the desolatA end.
Anincident told amid laughter bright,
The last hand clasp of "a friend"
Oh, never his eye or his tone spoke praise
But speech would hurry after,
To thrust a sting in the honeyed phrase
Or hide the look with laughter.
The cir Of the room is close! Let me
breathe!
How my heart beats, duh and showl
Tho smile is checked that my paIhd lips
wreathe-
Dear God. is il always so?
Thus ever glimpse OF the suns swift ray
That hides in the clouds and rsin:
But never one long, sweet comforting day
After joyless nights Of pain.
Was it the wine in my heart aud brain
That SO stirred a pulse long still2
The sweeter wine of a voice, did drain?
Or -? Let it be as it will
1t has all gone under the clouds again,
The CLINT of the sun on me;
While all that remain are the drops of rain
Through which can ha.dly see.
Cora Stuart Wheele. in Once a Week.
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THE COURTS.
DISTRICT COURT.


State VS.. Segar: jury returned verdict
of not guilty.
William Sunderland VS.. Minnie Fl.
Bridges ct al; judgment in rem for plain
tiff for SGS6.S1.
Trustees of Phillips academy vs.. John
S p. Gordon; judgment in rem for plain
tiff VS.. j. 5. 2. and Rebecca Gordon for
s.. 1870.
Edwin Taylor VS.. T. j. Harris ct al.
judgment for plaintiff and receiver order
ed to pay " VI. Amidon SSl5 and balance
to the court.
COMMON PLEAS.
Citizens bank VS., Rufus Cone, on trial
by jury.
Bank of Topeka VS.. J. F. Laws ct al.
Judgment for plaintiff for s991.
II. G.. Toler VS.. J.. F. Sherwood ct a.;
judgment for plaintiff for 81, leo.sl.
PROBATE.
Copy of letters OF guardianship in estate
of Carroll minors certified
Hearing of demand OF c. V. Jewell VS.
estate of Thomas Jewell, deceased.
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For the Eagle.
IF.

II were Just giant,
Big enough to see
Every part Of earth at once,
How happy would be.
I'd search this big Columbus ranch.
Like the good bookshelf and new
the latter holds the heart moro firm.
Than the older one can do.
But there the allegory ends,
Tho the interest eer abates,
I'd place my finger ON the pulse
OF these United States.
I'd count we gods" million strokes,
think ii beats a minute.
From the mad unrest I'd say that all
aye, infants TOO we're "in it,"
And Ouakers lost their sweet content,
Since mammon sets their copies,
No longer are they violets,
Midst bed of peoples.
The rushing spirits caught the maid,
Modestyl that's old"
They work, and trap, and hunt. and fish.
TO catch the biggest gold"
I'd cast an eye on capital.
I'd watch it work with labor;
I'd know just how the matter stands.
Twixt wealth and his poor neighbor.
Should find wealth all-powerful,
Needless TO mention the rest
You'd smile II said the shark could be
BY the minnow fish oppressed.
or course II the minnows by millions.
Combined to plead their cause,
And gain the sympathy OF the whale,
The shark might possibly pause,
While the whale OF the universe builders.
The shark his lawyer will call,
And it's only matter of moment when,
He'll swallow them shark and all.
"This accounts for the quick, hot pulse
might conclude as | saw
Poor unfortunates crushed beneath,
Wealth's enormous claw,
fancy I'd sit like the switchmen while
The warning constantly hurled
Rush on rush on. like madmen, or
Be crushed by the wheels Of the world.
RETu