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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-28
Wy PRAIRIE HOME.

| love the mountains with their snowy peaks
| piercing the assure sky,
And l love the little placid lakes that in their
basins lie,
Each beetling crag; each towering cliff and
pine-clad cone.
Has wild and rugged beauty, all its own.
The oceans beach with the tides ebb and flow
has strange charm for me;
love to sit upon the shining sands and watch
the restless sea
And dream of other shores that its briny
waters lave,
Of stately castles and ruins ivy-green, Ger
which the palm trees wave.
The snowdrifts and the jingling bells. The
frost work Cd the pane,
The sweet scent from the sugar groves and
April's sun and rain,
The hills the wales and scented woods. the
pools and rushing streams
OF my childhood's home come back like pleas
ant dreams.
But there is a spot on earth that is fairer to
me
Than mountains rushing streams, scented
WOODS or restless sea;
1t is my prairie home where breezy, fertile
plains
Are green and golden with their waving
grains.
Here the springtime is poem, with its flowers
and budding trees,
And the summer heat is tempered by a never
failing breeze.
The autumn days are perfect, lingering till
the year is done,
And the breath of spring has tou ched our
cheeks e'er the winter has begun.
The ripening fruit hangs heavy on the bend
ing orchard trees.
And the hives beneath are swarming with
honey laden bees;
The fragrance of the prairie flowers and of the
new-mown hay
Fills all the air with sweetness this balmy
summer day.
Vineyards clothe the sunny slopes, and from
each fruitful vine
Hang the purple clusters rich with imprisoned
wine.
Here dwells Peace and Plenty where the skies
are always sunny
This fair new land of promise overfows with
milk ahd honey"
While the echo of the bison's tramp still lin
gered in the air
From the prairie sprung like magic a city
passing fair.
In the valley where our Nile and the Little
river meet
You will find this magic city once the Indians
retreat.
Tis like city in the forest, the trees reach out
their arms and meet
All down the narrowing vista Of each broad
and level street.
Stately mansions rise in beauty from the flow
er-decked velvet lawns,
And the fountains play TO music of the wild
birds merry songs.
A sunset on the prairie Oh, what glorious
sight
When the western sky and drifting clouds are
ablaze with golden light.
Each leaf shines like an emerald and the sill
very church spires CLEAN
AS the sun sinks like golden ball into a sea
of billowy green.
The grandeur of the mountains, the vastness
OF the sea,
The hills, the wales, the dancing rills are beau
tiful to me,
But love the balmy hreezes of my prairie
home the best;
Fair Wichita, the prairie's pride-Queen City
of the west.
--MRs. J. VI. KNAPP.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-28
A SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS.

A case has recently come to the ears of
the police which clearly shows the result
of bad management of children by parents.
1t shows that these particular children,
for such they are, have been taught very
badly or that they have been turned loose
to run at their own will and in either case
but little could be expected of them
The case in question is that three little
girls, aged about Is or Is years, ran away
from home about week ago and, with
money earned by all sorts of immoral
practices, set up little house keeping
affair of their own on Hydraulic avenue.
They have been providing about the streets
at night in all sorts of company and have
often been seen going to their little den
late at night, each accompanied by some
drunken brute of man, with whom they
would remain until some time the next
day, when they started out in search of
some one else.
1t is natural to suppose that the parents
of these girls knew of their actions and
did not care because it had been going on
for some time and not even a search was
made for them and night before last Of
ficers Sutton and Reynolds were detailed
Early that same evening two of the girls
We're seen in a tough neighborhood and at
that time two young bloods of the city
were scrapping for choice of the girls, but
the appearance of an outsider scared the
boys and they ran away leaving the girls
to look out for themselves. The girls.
however, were equal to the occasion and
gave the outsider such a tougue flashing
that he was glad to retreat but not before
warning them that the police would be on
their track before morning. Sure enough
the officers detailed for the job went to
the ouse on Hydraulic avenue and found
no one at home. They entered and fixed
window by the only bed in the
house so it could be raised from the Out
side, and went away for their game to
enter the trap. About midnight they re-
turned and after. ascertaining for sure that
the girls were there the quietly opened the
window and thrust lighted match into
the room. By the aid of this dim light
the forms of the three girls and a young
man were seen all in the same bed The
whole crowd were taken to the police sta
ton, where they arranged for their APP
pearance in court yesterday morning
1nSUeau OF making case OF IL, the 1u-
name society took hold of it and Officer
Lew Aspey was sent with the girls to sell
off their furniture, which consisted only
of few broken pieces, and each girl was
turned over tc her parents. The young
man is to be dealt with according TO the
law. The names of the parties are with
held in hope of their doing better now that
they have been made to realize what they
were doing, but in case they are found at
such work again they will be sent away to
some reform school.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-28
A Big IcicIa Fails.

Monday aloud noise aud slight shak-
ing of the earth caused no little wonder
ment among the residents near the hill
Investigation proved the cause to be an
ice slide A small and Innocent spring
issues from the side of ore of the noun
tains, its waters spreading and flowing
over a steep incline of rock. During the
winter months ice formed against this
wall of stone, increasing in size, until
one vast icicle, fully 20 feet in thickness
and / 900 feet in length, projecting into
the valley below.
From the warmth Of tie sun and its
own weight it released. its hold and
Numbered down the mountain side,
carrying everything before it, even trees
three feet in diameter. Those who have
visited the place say that the foot Of the
cliff presentsa mass of broken ice, trees,
limbs and earth fifty feet in height.
This is repetition of occasional occur
rsnces in previous years, but on grander
scale.-Seattle Wash Telegraph.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-28

"Tes. saws woman wb1 knows. "cfsg
tea, without sIgsr or creSus, - orc Of 3he
best Of agents for che detection o. suspected
poison. remember Etoppisg once. Ia ny
travels, AZ little country iuN. whose bEE IN
landlsdy offered me some teautIful iooklDg
wat8es, beside which sfe sag down . snfIl
pitcher % strap. There lFis talk a. & az
tinle-it was several years 'tgo-sbout iss
sduitsgztior x some sirupf and thas par
ticulsr pitcherful bad . speculisv oDiOr
which did Let IKE. - tskea n-r tat
cap . Tea " brought ~ me nrst, and
when L came ] took = tsAsEo0EtUl q lie
strip SEd puT il in
Instantly the Tea surned perfectly olsGk,
showing the psezeace q Y!nsrzi polssn-
don'; know tazt there wo..1sd have ben
enough 10 have dose u5s sertCEs EARN. bgt
as deaf care 70 lske Doi.C9. sTca born.so-
pzthicaliF. when T. Know It, I. Hts ny Naf-
seS thai day vita baftsr ADJ sagsr. Atfs
tAzn taAf. called the iAa1t ady's sttenfa o.
% the csrcumstaDee. which sesBlfed "a Dsn
ishing al e fhst strip sse lad in tas
house. fs-Uer Point q TisWs ia Se4 Tnrk
Tins
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-28

They had great times the other day In
the quaint little village OF Savoy. up in
the Berkshire hills Last spring Farmer
Deming covered an Immense Anowdrift
with henlock boughs aud sswdust, and
a few days age It Wa uncovered and
utilized In q monster maple sugar ''eat
The snow was as clean and white rs
when 1t fell, and generous quantities Of
the lucious bi-we mean maple sugar
were served TO every Que at the low price
Of twenty-five cents. Pun reigned su-
preme, aud every one who has ever been
present at . genuine New England sugar
''est" viii regret that he was not che Of
Farmer DeInings guests the othe- day.
New York Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-28
ADJUSTMENTS.

Katie Emmett in her great play, The
Waits of New York. Opinion Of the Lin
coin CNeb) Daily Journal:
In spite of the sweltering weather the
! initial production of The Waits Of New
York" at The Funke list night drew q
large audience, and none, ever appeared 70
enjoy an evenings entertainment more
thoroughly The character Of the piece is
indicated by its name. WlNfe Rufus. a
New York ilooJbiack, Is rhe central figure,
a creature OF remarkable wiz and sagRcity
who Is constantly foiling the villsinous
rich man, Herbert Singleton, and bis
Mafian tool Pietro Bans. IN their efforts
20 rob the weak and defGne the innocent
This interesting role is charmingly and
gracefully sustained BY Miss Katie En-
NETT. Her impersoDation of a bright
faced, ragged, witty, fearless and intelli-
gent boy. IS remarkably clever, natural
and sparkling. Hans S.hneiderkopf is a
thoroughly original aud exceedingly
amusing Dutch creation by George
w. Thompson, and he Dutch dia-
lect presents many ridiculous eccen-
tricities as. it rolls from his tongue
The Harlem bridge scene. wherein Willie,
with little Gertie clingjng to his neck,
hangs from the bridge to escape death
from two trains passing in opposite direc-
tions, caught the crowded gallery TO the
extent of an uproarous recall. The court
room scene is decidedly truthful and the
fire scene is just little frightful to the
timid. There are many startling situa-
tions, and the company makes the most OF
them.
At the Crawford Grand, two nights only.
Aug 81 and Sept. l. Box office open dur
ing the day and on Saturday night until
o'clock.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-28

The greatest snginesnng feat IN the
history q anthracite coal mining -
about 20 begin tits ne commencement
Of ThAk VIII De known - the Jsddo tun-
mel, which vii De driven fer the VBE-
pee of draining the flooded mines u
Jeddo and Hzrleagh- l. VIII be con
stEscted from Butter Valley, Pa. 20 the
bottom Ct Ebervade mammoth VEN. ;
distance Of fhree miles. through sciid
TOck. AID vii BE- eight feet square II zee
clea-
The scheme q tunusling taro1gh to-
mountains firs; occurred 70 John Marks.
who = 70 oe pr,5sdehs u tbe comp&sy.
IL ~ill Dpen al !nezaaaztlble supply =
coal and Asrnish suployuent 70 tE11-
sznzis e people fer many ysans 70 CONE
Il vii also srrvs the dozbls pzrpoee d
draining al TIE e5liisries N lie valley.
-Ssg York Ts.ezxG&
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-28
A CLOSE CALI.

There came near being an ugly collision
between two locomotives, in the yard of
the Missouri Pacific road on the West
Side, about o'clock yesterday evening.
The engines were drawing each special
train, and of course were off time There
is a curve in the track at that point and
some freight cars that were standing on
the siding cut off the view for some dis
lance. The trains were not running at a
high speed else the damage must have
been considerable. AS it was the only
damage done was the demolition of the
pilot on both engines
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-28
SUKPKIsED.

The friends and relatives OF Mrs. Will
lam Nessley gave her surprise PARTY at her
home on Mona avenue. Wednesday evening.
The occasion OF the celebration was the
9th anniversary of her birth. The house
was beautifully decorated with flowers.
music and games were prominent in the
evenings entertainment, and an elegant
supper was served; the guests being unani-
nous in their verdict OF its being success
throughout
Among those present were Mr. and Mrs.
J. Z. Nessley, j. w Dunbar. Morris,
Misses Edna Dunoar, Frances Cramplaiu,
Maud Tells, Ada and Ella Brittenfield,
Edna and Ida Hawkins. Mary Widdoes.
Cora Fuller and Mary MARYLAND, Messrs.
Albert Nessley. Frank and Dell Lane.
Charles Fuller, James May, Dave Meyers
and Will Nessley
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-28
HE WANTS A FLOATING HOTEL.
An Enthusiasts Vision of an Ideal Mid
summer Boarding House.

An Enthusiasts Vision of an Ideal Mid
summer Boarding House.
"Now that another summer is upon u.s."
said the perennial crank, '1st me urge
upon you newspaper men that you have an
opportunity to do great act Of philan-
thropy for many hundreds of New York
ers whose incomes will not allow them 70
spend the dog days out Of the heated city,
by persuading some capitalist to ut up
big steamer for a hotel There's money
in it.
Get big steamer, or, better still, build
one with plenty Of roomy staterooms, well
ventilated, with ample dining, smoking
and lounging saloons, and two or three
decks for promenade and chairs. Charge
the customary summer hotel rates, and let
the steamer have pier near the Battery.
Let her start from that pier every eve
ming at the close OF business and steam
slowly out OF the bay while her guests are
at dinner Then let her touch her pier
again in time for those who want to spend
the evening on shore. After these people
are landed on the pier let the steamer put
out from the shors and steam slowly about
in the cool evening air, while her passen-
gers amuse themselves in her saloons and
staterooms and on her decks just as people
do in hotels. just little before midnight
let the steamer steam up 10 her pier and
take on board those people who have been
at the theaters, etc, and then drop away
down the bay again for the night.
What refreshing and invigorating sleep
q man could get in that salty air Quiet
and order could be preserved on board just
as well as in a hotel. and in the morning
passengers could be landed fresh for bush
ness, while those who had no business in
the city could spend the whole day on board
if they liked.
"There need be little unpleasant bump
ing and noise of machinery, as only enough
steam would need to be kept up to insure
steerage way. No one would look for
speed. The expenses would be as small
as any other city hotels. and | am certain
that people would just tumble over each
other to get quarters on the ship. On those
rare occasions when the water was too
rough or the wind too boisterous the ship
need not leave her pier at all, as the atmos-
phere would be cool enough then down by
the Battery to render the night agreeable.
Think of the thousands of New Workers
who must stay in the reeking hot city all
summer. How they would jump at such a
boarding housed tell you there's money in
it for the first capitalist that takes IL up"
New York Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-28
The Brieh. Side OF sIisfortun..

There is a woman in Bellevue hospital
who, though sick Of remarkable diff
Guilty. is having a first rate time. She
doesn't suffer any pain at all. Her right
eye is paralyzed. also the right side Of her
mouth, the right side OF her tongue and
the entire right side Of everything, yet she
sleeps well, eats well and enjoys being an
object Of interest. Having only ope-balf
Of her senses, she very wisely devotes al
that remain TO her ia sensing only the
pleasant things Of existence She sees
things only out Of her smiling ere; doesn't
smell anything that she doesn't want 70
smell; only tastes Of what is good, care
fully putting obnoxious medicines ever on
the right side Of her mouth. where there
isn't any taste
IL must be quite charming 70 have this
power Of discrimination and separation
Think what 8 comfort blind spot ia ones
eye may be. and then fancy the Joy Of being
able TO shut of half Of ones whole being
so that il viii he deed 20 the dissgrseabis
things IN life.-Ssw York COMMERCIAL
Advertiser.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-28


was witness on Park row q a pleas
ant act By 3 street arab
Three ragged aswsbeys were trying 20
sell tbs earlier editions q he sfteruoon
papers. A man. carrying = large bunch a
fns looking bananas on his shoulder. passs'i
close b.. TIE motion % his body ioosensd
cue Of the biggest ard ripest. aat Il fell -
the sidewalk. ne zAa Kept 90. not notie-
ing OF esring for TIE loss.
TIE banana lay on the pavement for
About half a minute ans-en. Then tbs
izrgss, q ths tkrse rsEFsd uFekins spiec g..
and. With cry of seigkt. he san over ard
picked - up.
IL was natural 70 Euppuse tcat be would
proceed % e.: Il al klnself. o1s inztsad a
20 do.ng b. called his cen panions 20 his
side aud exhibited his end They Esd 70
greedliy.
Withsut Eny requ-st. however. from
them fer q sbsrs ~ tie Corrected fruit. "a
finder SiTi6ed the bsnana iafo tsrss pats
and gave ais fsiiDz n-gsDoys e1es Q part
Tia smallest pssos hs FssSvvsf fog hiuas.t
Il va oziY = snsi th4nR lri its>if. - ii
showsd Z thosghf. tsai fbe-s was sosss
thing nobis kts6sa uS1sr 10 rsgy.d gar.
--@Ht- ~ fs2. fTtfis ufehln
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-28
LIED s,nnainr-

Old Lady I'm electric carl-Dsar me
We're going 70 have 8 thunserstornn-
Bad Boy changing 70 strapl-I dos't SEQ
no signs Of il. mum.
Old Lady-No signs' Why. the light
ming Is beginning. See the flashes and
hear the thunder.
Bad Boy--Thzt sin't outside. mum
That's il the car. / guess sonething's
wrong with the eleetFse connections.
Old I2dy-Goodness nse. CSndnctsr
Conduotori Stop the car. ! want 70 gss on
dad Boy taking her seAtl-I guess the cd
lady can get into sone store before ATE gsis
Wet-(Sood seEA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-28
PERSONALS.

Grant Travis, of Anthony, is in the city.
Charles Pauline, of Salt Lake, is in the
city
tel ia y, N'As' was over H0" Eureka yes
Ed Wittle, of Topeka, is at the Occi-
dental
". NJ Knapp is here from Miamis-
Charles Doster was down from Marion
yesterday.
" B. Milton, of Aurora, H., was in the
city yesterday.
c. V. Floyd, of Cedar Rapids, Ia, is at
the Manhattan.
Clint Miller, Of Kansas City, was at the
Carey last night.
Hon. James Kelley, of Pratt, is in the
citI for few days.
r. f. White and wife, of Lampassas,
Tex, are in the city.
Judge L. w Leslie, of Kingman, spent
yesterday in the city.
". W. Haskell, of Kansas City, Kan, is
registered at the Carey.
l. r. Rush and wife. of BeIlvilIe, are in
thetcitY on a short visit
Charles A. Englehart, of st. Joe, regis
tered at the Manhattan.
Miss Anna Shoats, of Woodward, L T.,
was in tie city yesterday.
b o. Davidson was here from Hutchin-
son on business yesterday.
John r. Perry and wife, Fort Scott,
speFt yesterday in the city.
". L. Robbins, of St. Louis, registered
at the Occidental last night.
Dr.. w. J. Workman and wife, of Ash
land, are visiting friends in the city.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-28

A rather handsome rosy checked girl
slighted from she south bound Santa Re
passenger yesterday AfJeFn con. She looked
around as II much frightened st the noise
and hustle She looked around for some
time and, then broke into tears. Il was
found thar she was just over from Ger
many and looked for her father. She gave
her name as Mary Bloch and said her
fathers name was Christian Bloch. An
officer toek ter to hoisl IAter, friends
of her parents were fou bd who lotormsd
her that eer parents had. removed 10 Okla
homa short time ago. :>ne came on from
the old country TO surprise her parents AID
will take she morning trsin for the terri
tory.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-28
VERY HARMONIOUS

Gen. Murray Myers returned yesterday
from Topeka. He was a delegate to the
Republican league meeting at Topeka,
held in that city on Wednesday, He re
ports most enthusiastic meeting of repre-
sentative business men and Republicans.
1t was in fact an old time Republican
gathering, and it represented all parts of
Kansas. The big guns of the party were
present. Senator Plumb made one of his
sledge-hammer convincing speechet. A
committee comprising one from each con-
gressional district and two at large was
appointed by the convention to form ulate
an address to the people denying the
villainous stories set ahoat by PETER,
Simpson, Lease and company, derogatory
to the state of Kansas. From the COM
pleXion of the committee appointed the
address will be document of some force,
and will strike straight from the shoulder.
1t was noticed that many farmers were
present at the meeting, and that general
feeling OF confidence was prevalent.
LOTS OF GRAIN FOR THE ELEVATOR
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-28
MICHITA uNIYERSITY.

The Wichita University will open on
September Z, with full complement of
teachers. for the different departments
collegia,e, normal, academic. business,
music AID model. Street cars will make
regular trips between the university and
Douglas avenue. This institution has
been running three years and has done
good work They deserve the support and
patronage of Wichita people.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-28

Mr.. Worth Chambers Of Minnesota
township, accompanied tie delegates 20
Topeka TueSti4y as delegate from the
knights ~ ! -ciproeity lodge Of Clear
water Mr. ambers IS N old time Re
publican far 1er Of that locality. and
while memb of the Alliance = not
there for pOliti "a purposes he enphAt
iceIly states q Al his Republication re
mains uncaar sed de reports fne crops
in hls nstgAborhood. sood crops On his
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-28

Rev. J. d. Botkin left over the Santa Fe
last night for Mulvane, where he is to as
sist in a series of revival meetings that are
being held there now He informed re-
porter last evening that the meetings have
been quite successful so far.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-28

One OF the clerks at hotel IN this city
had quite a time with a crowd Of people
from the country last night. IL was ap-
parently their FIRST trip 10 any city and Of
course they were not onto the ropes 1t
took considerable time 20 get them TO
understand that they mist register and
then because they all. two boys and two
girls. could not occupy the same room
they were afraid TO retire. and at the last
each other
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-28
BOARD OF TRADE.

w H. Ransom left some very fee speci-
mems Of Maiden Blush, Red Mountain
Pearmine, White Winter Pearmine, Rome
Beauty. Kansas Pippiu and the Western
Greening apples.
C. b. Paddock. Of Paramount. exhibits
some vegetable oranges.
Mrs Frank Yike brought in the largest
white oeea ret shown.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-28

OnA Of the gardeners near the city in
formed IN EAGLE representative yesterday
how be secured the seed for his finest and
best Selling variety of tomatoes. He said
that year before lsst, before putting his
grouad In condition for corn planting. be
bought several piles Of manure and spread
it around for fertilization, and in due time
n large tomato plant appeared in among
the corn. He WAS careful in cultivating
and tended it so well that he gathered a
largo ousutity OF extra fine ones, of which
he saved the seed. He is now reaping his
rewagd, for this variety is the best seller
on tie market, because af its 20 >SP~RiDg
qualities in shipping.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-28

Walter N. Pond and wife, OF Chicago.
arrived last evening. Mr.. Pond is looking
over his lumber interests in this section
and says crop prospects never were better
or more fattering during his time and that
Kansas is sure on top this year.