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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19
VERY MUCH EXAGGERATED.
Not Near so Many Boomers on tn, Boraer
as Is Reported.

All reports appearing iG st. Louis and
Kansas City papers to the effect that the
border is lined with Cherokee s,rip boom
ers are fakes. The correspondents of these
papers are probably wrongfully Informed
or have purpose in view. That the re-
ports have originally emenated from town
site schemers or people who want to get
claims easy there is no doubt. There are
a lot of sharp, shrewd hoggish fellows in
certain towns whose interests will be hes.
served by having it go abroad that thou
sands of boomers are on the border await
ing the opening of the country. This is
done for the purpose of keeping people
away from the strip at the opening, for
it is plain that the less there Is to
make the run for lands and town
lots the greater will be their chances
of getting what they want without max
ing much OF IA struggle. People who are
honest and sincere in their desire to get
home in the Cherokee strip should not al
low themselves to be deceived in these
reports There are not enough people on
the border at the present time to occupy
ten townships of the strip.
A reporter for the EAGLE was at Cald-
well yesterday and interviewed many SUBJ
stantial business men on tue subject and
all of them very candidly stated that the
number of Boomers In that vicinity was
comparatively small. Caldwell is one of
the best if not the best point OH the border
to enter the Cherokee strip for good lands
aud if the border is lined" at all with
boomers they would very naturally be
there. There are probably 100 outfits in
the vicinity and outside of the boomers
that live in the city there are not 500 along
the line for distance of dozen miles
each way. Nobody need be afraid of being
crowded out on account of the number
already on the border as the thousands
of boomers anxiously waiting on the line'
cry is purely imaginary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19
AFTEK CITY TIlKET OFFICES.

City ticket office men are liable to lose
their positions if the story that is told is
true. Is was stated to an EAGLE reporter
last night that u move has been inaugural
ed by the Rock Island railway looking
towards a discrimination of what are
known rs city ticket Offices in Kansas.
The Rock Island management, it is stated,
has converted the Santa Fe to the idea. but
the Missouri Pacific and Kansas Pacific
are still holding out, the former showing 4
decided disposition not TO go into the deal.
The effect OF the move, If carried. would
be disastrous to some roads entering this
city and would greatly enhance the passen-
est the business center. IL would also
give the brokers boom. The people of
Wichita are so well used to buying their
tickets in city offices that they would
patronize the broker to greater extent
than ever before. 1t may not be generally
known but it is fact nevertheless that
nine out of every ten worlds fair tickets
are bought at the city offices. Indeed it
is a rare thing for II station agent TO sell
ticket at all except TO way stations. Why
the Rock Island should be at the head of
the movement is hard to understand AS
their depot in this city at least is farther
away from the business center than the
depot for any other line Of road and of
course their chances for getting their share
of the passenger traffic will be correspond
ingly less
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

Between and O'Clock last night the
fire department was called out to the
corner of Topeka and Douglas avenues,
and responded with its characteristic
pyomptness. Those who were present re-
ported a remarkably rapid coupling feat
performed by the firemen who were ready
10 throw IA stream of water almost at the
exact moment they reached the spot. They
were not required to use the hose, how
ever, as the fire had been put out by
+. B. Wallace, James Howard and others
who were near. The fire caught in the
second flight of stairs IN DIR. Furley's
building. Directly under the stairway
bracket lamp is lighted every night for
the convenience OF those who might want
the doctors services, and on this occasion
the heat from the lamp caught the wood
work OF the stairway and had charred
about foot of it when noticed. The doc
tor, Mrs. Farley and the children were out
driving aud knew nothing about the dau-
ger their home was in ill they returned.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19
sENJOYING LIFE"
a Peep Into = Fashionable Chop Hosss,
at One O'Clock In the Morning..

ut One O'clock In the Morning.
II you feel any interest in the curI1
Gus phases of mankind take look in
one of our fashionable ehop-houscsi
about one o'clock in the morning. II.
it be Saturday night all the better.
That peculiar class Of men who riss
very late In the morning and go 10 bed
only when everything else il shut up.i
says the Pittsburgh Dispatch, are then
out in full force. II ism. because they
can't come on some other night. bnE
because on other nights there wouldn't
be so many OF their kind % admir-,
them. Most of these modern chop
house crowds arc young men Of from
twenty TO thirty years Of age. They
are mostly in evening dress and their
walk and Conversation have thestrsc-
al flavor. The greatest compliment
that can be paid one 81 these young
sters Is when he Is taken for q rounder,
. man about town. or something
equally devilish As the world goes.
they are rather ine-lookiaQ specimen
Of American manhood They have Stls
stofnachs get untouched b the inside
Gus demon OF late suppcrs they are n
the act Of codaliny. They are nsifhst
hcavy drinkers nor losd add boisterout
OF dcmeanor. Bgs they can get swz5
with rayebit, and fried ssoilops anil
Holsters and steaks and chops aDdy
other things Ike hired men q tiresls.
ing time. 4 few indulge ia expensive
wines. but mos, q them prefer 10
conventional toby Of ale from -
wood. About tpVo IA tar usGruing ties
viii have disappeared. Teen tas T~sis
ers vii 20 around and gather - Ia
canes end umbrellas that ssps beet.
lsft in the corners auTis- tsae evening".
These average from two 20 eozss
nightly. Men who leave canes aroma
Ia this war are not soeustoz1ea - esT-
rviun, cznez
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19


The outlook for the September opening
is very encouraging.
Applications are coming in daily. the
elegant fixtures of the International Loan
and Trust company have been purchased
and are being fitted up for bank and
wholesale house The rooms are being
finished and nicely papored and will be
ready by Sept. l.
Professor Charles Mackey, an old student
from Iowa City, Ia, made US a pleasant
call. MIR. K. ID. Robinson, Ell Dorado,
Kan, an old student of Professor Robins
at Jacksonville Ills, also favored Us with
a delightful visit.
A grand opening will be given. Watch
the daily papers for the date and program.
A short time ago Professor d. T. Ames,
editor of the Penman's Art Journal, New
York, offered two prizes for the best busi-
ness writing by students of any CONNER
cal college or peDmauship institute in the
United States. Two pupils of Professor
L. II. Robins took both prizes. First
prize, s., went to Mr. j. f. Driscoll of
Wichita. Second prize, Il handsome gold
badge, went to Mr.. l. w. Van Kirk of
Valley Center, Kan. Both specimens
were published in the August number
of the art Journal, aud are very fine sam
pies of everyday business writing.
Only few of those special scholarships
not yet taken. Come early if you want
one. Aug. % is the last day of grace.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19
FUNERAL NOTICE.

Died-At Osawatomie, Kan. Aug. 10.
1893, Madeline ID. Southland, aged A. years,
OF exhaustion.
Mrs. Southland was a sister of W. S.
Rogers. the well known photographer OF
this city, She was born on the 18Th day OF
January, 1S4S, at Wyscena, WIS. la 1872
she came to Kansas with her husband.
The family removed to Michigan in 1872
where Mr.. Soul hard died. She returned
to Kansas after the death of her husband
aud made her home with her mother at
Rock, Cowley county, where she has since
resided. until an incurable malady seized
her. She leaves two bright, Intelligent
daughters, to mourn the loss OF a devout.
faithful and accomplished mother. Her
mother and her two daughters, Mabel and
Stella Southland and Mr.. A. Z. Rogers are
in the city. the guests of W. s. Rogers.
and other members of the family are ex-
pected TO be- present. The funeral Will
take place tomorrow afternoon at o'clock
from the residence of Mr.. Rogers, 9.5
North Market street. The friends Of the
family are invited to be present.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19
THE FIRST LIGHTNING ROD.
II Was Not Invsntea by Benjamio FRANK
lin A. Mos, People Believe.

lin As Mos. People Believe
Almost everybody believes that
Franklin was the inventor Of the light
ming rod; and. in this one particular.
nearly everybody is mistaken. Tho
first lightning conductor was not in
vented by the genius who Is said III
have caught the lightning wild and
played with bolts of thunder" but hv
poor Bohemian monk who lived at
Scuttenberg, who erected his lightning
catcher on the palace OF the curator IL
Prcditz, Moravia, on June Is, is5s-
The name of this inventive monk was
Prohop Dilwisch. His apparatus was
composed of pole surnounted by an
iron rod supporting twelve carved
branches and terminating in as many
metallic boxes filled with iron ore and
inclosed with wooden box-like cover.
This was traversed by twenty-ssven
iron-pointed rods. the bases Of which
were connected with the ore boxes.
This entire system of wires was united
with the earth by large chain.
The enemies OF Dilwisch. jealous Of
his success, excited the peasants Of the
neighborhood against him. claiming
that his invention was the cause OF the
drv weather that was ruiaing their
crops. When che inventor laughed at
them and refused 10 remove IL thew
put him in prison and -aen destroyed
his work.
NJ. Nielsen used tripie-pointed rod
years before benjamin Franklin eyss
fhou1ht of a lightning rod
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19
PERSONALS.

E. T. Bell, Chicago. is doing the city.
Leo Adler, Kansas City, is in the city.
T. S. Winslow. Chicago. is at the Carey.
j. w. Herlocker, Atchison, is in the
city.
A. p. Cartwright, Kalamazoo, is in the
rity.
O. III. Norton, kingfisher, is up on bnsi-
ness.
n. B. Sawyer. Haven, is visiting in the
city.
H. T. Dunn. Kansas City. is at the
Carey.
Ed Sullivan, Siox City, was in town last
night.
r. j. Danford, Joplin. visited in town
Friday.
T. l. Hunt. Kansas City, is stopping in
the city.
H. L. Russell, ST. Louis, was in the city
yesterday.
T. B. Garcelon, the Colwich banker, is
in the city.
w. II. Sampson. ST. Louis, is visitor
in the city.
j. A Lamb. St. Louis. was in the city
yesterday.
George w. Winans. Edmund. o. T., is
In the citn.
S. w Keiser, Saltwater, o. T., is at the
Manhattan.
W. w. Gregory, Galveston. is at the
Manhattan.
b. J. Forrest, Anness, is guest at the
Manhattan.
J. l.. Green, Ness City, is guest at the
Manhattan.
w. S. Elmer, lie Roy, N. Y, was in the
city yesterday.
L. II. kohler. Enterprise, arrived in the
city last night
Marck Friend, Hennessey, came up at 9
O'Clock last night.
o. II. Earring, Frankfort, Ind. arrived in
the city last night.
d. A. Ball, Louisiana, No., dined at the
Carey yesterday.
j. f. Cooper. Pittsburgh, was a visitor
In the City Friday.
G. w. Thompson, Pierc City, did bust
uess in town Friday.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19
WHO WILL HELP Us?
To the Editor OF the Eagle.


During the last year and a half the con-
gregatioa Of the Oak Street Presbyterian
church of this city have, by their own
efforts, aud ut .helr own expense. sup
ported missionary and his wife in Fero-
zepore, India. His name IS Nathaniel
Prem Das and his wise's name is Sandri
They give their whole time TO the mission
AIRY work; he as preacher ana Mrs Prem
Das Zenanah woman. The Oak Street
people have all they can do to raise the
money necessary for his support, which
they do gladly. but find il impossible to do
mere. Now. as you will see by the follow
ing extract from his letter, he IS in need
of something to help him hold tie atten-
tion OF the superstitious, simple. heathen
minds. while he tells them OF Gods love;
and l simply appeal to the many thousand
readers of the Wichita EAGLE TO help us
get this magic lantern for this missionary
think S25 Will buy rs good one rs is
needed, and 1 already have 81 of the
amount. Who will give us little lift?
Respectfully, JOHN II. FAzEL.
1857 Guy avenue.
The following is an extract from the
letter referred to:
MISSION COMPOUND,
"FERoZoPoEE. PANJAB, India,
April %, 1893.
"MY DEAR BRoTHER-In every village
we found some lower class people, called
Chubras. These people are hated very
much by the higher classes. If any Hindu
or Sikh touches a Chuhra he viii have to
battle and wash his clothes to purify him.
self. These people are very dirty and very
poor. Some of them are SO poor that they
cannot get sufficient food to ill their belly
even.
In my own village work l have found
many such men who work from dawn to
the evening and could not get sufficient to
support their families. Ia almost every
village we went To preach to them, and
they showed their easeruess to learn
more about Christ.
I'VE wrote many names who showed
some desire to be taught about Christ, but
sorry to say we have not sufficient teachers
VITO may do the work of teaching in every
village. Village schools are greatly need
ed, as these people are very ignorant and
cannot take anything very easily in their
mind; therefore. | think there is great
need of II magic lantern with Bible pic
lures for them.
VERY easily we could gather them if
we had magic iantern: and in this way
their eyes will be fixed to the picture and
their ears will hear the story of tbst pic
ture. \. PREM DAS-'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19
THE JOHN PINN NATTER,

The following from the Kansas City
Times is the latest chapter of the story of
the robbery of the United States Express
company in this city:
John Pinu, alias Davis, the negro who
j. said to have robbed the Wichita express
wagon robber, John kittrell, also colored,
is in the hold-over AZ police headquarters
in this city. As Stated in the Times yes
terday morning. piuu was arrested IN
Mem his "Wednesday. He had s., PSI. "a
gold headed cane, diamond stud, diamond
ring and several suits OF expensive cloth
ing. BY request of the officials of
the EXPRESS company he WAS brought
t. Kansas City, arriving here shortly
before uooa yesterday IN charge of Cap
tain q. 4. O'Haver Of tie Memphis police
force. Wba: will be done with Davis has
not vet been decided but il is proba ole
that he Will be released aud his money
and valuabIes. equal 10 about 81. 80, turn
Ell over 10 the express company. He
claims 10 have been given the money by
hittereil 10 keep for him. aud il Is doubt
iul il lie could be convicted either for
stealing or receiving stolen property.
The amount he secured from hItterell
was about g. loo. The loss to the COM
pany by the robbery is now expected to ua
less than s., 900, and this Will lie made
good by the ooudsnen of Express Mes
senuaT HancLer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19
FORMAL VISITS.
a Gard Exchange Would Certainly he .
LAbor-saving Institution.

- OoTu EXCuanSc Y" oufu nc
LAbor-saving Institution.
Is there any more tiresome or nm
satisfactory occupation than the maxi
ing of formal calls-or the paying Of
formal visits" as il has been the fashion
of late to call il? Tho woman who at
tempts to keep up her social duties in
large city finds nothing more irksone
than this. There is no satisfaction TO
be obtained from = ten or fifteen min
utes' conversation when the hostess
feels annoyed at being interrupted in
some more agreea BILE occupation, and
the guest iinwsrdlv signs because she
was not able 20 leave her card, thus OBJ
tanning more time to score off other
names from her long list. II the call
is made on day at home" the
caller is apt to have only passing
word with her hostess, and then
must give way TO new arrivals.
A cynical clubman suggests that
some philosophical leader in society
might confer benefit upon her suffer
ing sisters by instituting a card ex-
change that in time might rival the
stock exchange for the work accom-
pnshed. At certain hours and days Of
the week, he says, its mem bers might
assem- BILE for the exchanging OF cards
and calls, and in a short time perform
the iabors that otherwise might take
week to complete only a short time
ago / ordered thousand cards, and
now they are all gone but these. said
a pretty woman of society. opening an
example of the latest Paris fashion in
card-eaaes- 1T might almost have been
called portfolio. for i was about SIR
inches wide BIZ eight inches long. and
was made Of dark green leather. One
half vas formed Of the calling book,
with its lists II addresses and dates Of
calls made aad returned In The oppo
site half were three pockets side by
side, ouessraall, one medium. and one
large. The first contained the cards 81
monsieur. the secoaa those 81 madame.
and the third package OF cote paper
conveniently arranged 20 TIA: each
sheet formed its own envelope The
full length % tse case, back Of the
small poclxets, was a long pocket. %
he used as a receptacle FOR arr other
list OF notes: and . dainty gold pencil
completed this model csrsiczae. 4 nd
yet. Il wss hardly quite eosnplete-
Madame couid got easily carry Eaea .
bulky article DID she 90 On foof, ~
carriage becomes a necessity. nkewise
al attendant foofnan- and ,l.ea o1iy
csn tfe eoussBieEe<s 81 sueh caro-
ease se fully appreciated - Il
Tribune
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
CASH HENDERSON.
HIS PREDlCAMsNT.
This Young Man Was in . Peck OF Tronblo
Through No Fault of HIS Own.

NO OF MS OWu
There is certain young man in Chi
cago whose natural propensity for be-
ing agreeable has sometimes placed
him in embarrassing positions He has
not quite recovered efrom his latest
shock.
an invitation to certain club recep-
ton. A young lady from the far south
side was to accompany him.
That evening when be called at her
fathers door the young lady was in
disposed. A female cousin happened
to be spending the evening at the
house. and being an old friend the
young man was ushered into the fam
lily siteing-room and introduced to the
cousin, whom he had never seen. Nat
urally enough he didn't catch her name
on presentation, and naturally enough.
too, he proposed that she go with him
to the reception.
Five minutes after the introduction
she withdrew to get ready. When she
came out prepared to keep ont OF the
cold she seemed only an animated bum
die of wraps.
1t was this animated bundle which .
few moment later retired 10 the club
dressing room set aside for ladies. She
came out mctamorphosed beyond all
hope of identification at the end of ten
minutes. Introductions to three or
four other ladies, had in the meantime
tended to still further bewilder tho
young men, and he stood with q cold,
clammy sweat on his thoughtful brow
What situation! The escort of
young lady whose name he couldn't
call and whose face he couldn't remem-
Der! And there were half hundred
of faces about the rooms.
Twice in the course of the evening
he thought he had found the young
lady. Each time he spoke guardedly
about her sick cousin" and each time
the young lady gave him a scarce look,
as if she doubted his sanity.
1t was not she.
The evening dragged on somehow.
He thought several times of running
away somewhere - anywhere - and
never being heard of more. Then
happy thought struck him. 1t gave
him new hope of life.
People began to go home after a
time. The crowd thinned and tho
young man watched hopefully.
Six women were eft-tve-four-
three
Twol
And one other young man!
Then the other young man took the
arm of the tall young woman who was
smiling SO graciously about her. leav-
ing a soberfaced, demure little woman
buttoning her left hand glove.
And then, with n great feeling of
thankfulness in his heart. the first
young man went forward and without
a word took the arm of Dead Ger
Record.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19
a MARROW ESCAPE.

When the fire department was called out
to the corner of Douglas and Topeka ave-
nues last evening the Salvation army was
praying On the corner OF Douglas and
Market and when the fire companies dash.
al down that way the driver Wis COMPEL
ed to avoid the corner in order to prevent
disaster to the army, and in doing SO came
very near driving the horses squarely
against one OF the iron poles that support
the wire OF the electric street car line. That
is the most dangerous corner in the city
for congregation OF people to BE- on when
the fire bells sounds. as company No. /
drives down through Market street in re-
Spouse to eight out OF every ten alarms
turned in
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19
THE WRONG VEHICLE

4 well-known character on Market
street, after hard days work, last even
ing, concluded that he would go home in
carriage, and in order 10 get one quick ly
he went TO the Duplex call system box in
his office, turned the key expecting 10 get
carriage, but before lie had turned
around his attention was attracted by a
connection on the street, and to his as
constituent a hose cart was there with
iiremen busy looking for the ERE. In turn
ing in the message for carriage he Turned
he key OF the call around 10 the place
designated for fire alarms, and thus the
firemeu were given more exercise than
they desired. That is all there WIS., TO the
fire reported at 10 North Market street.
y. ". Slaifer OF Attica was at the stock
yards Yesterday with a load Of cattle.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19
INSTITUTE NOTES.

| The large chapel room was crowded
again yesterday at the normal, which indi-
| Gated Il large attendance.
The skin WAS the topic in physiology.
This class would surprise an eastern teach
ceives mere attention in the Kansas
schools than in many of the eastern states.
Imagination WAS the subject in psychol.
ogy This class should have fair under
standing OF this subject from this normal
alone, even il they had never studied
mental science before. All subjects are
thoroughly discussed, aud every teacher
realizes the benefit of this study in con-
nection with his school work. Professor
Griffin WAS present in the class yesterday
and made Il few suggestions beneficial to
the teachers.
Heretofore in normal institutes general
complaint has been made that there was
too much theory aud not enough practice,
but such is not the case this year. Miss
Shultz has class of small children and
does actual teaching. Thus practice as
well as theory IN primary work Is before
the teachers.
1t should be remembered that this reci-
.fttiou III primary WOfh 10 very pcuciiCi'i,
and Conductor Scott insists that all teach
ers be present al this recitation.
County Superintendent ColviIle mads
few remarks To the teachers regarding the
examination at the close of the
normal. His remarks showed distinctly
his position in grading papers anu judy
ing from the applause when he finished
his remarks all felt that each would Re-
ceive "A fair and just grading.
Among the visitors were Miss Philoma
Smith of Bentley and Miss Ella Taft of
this CITY
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