The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-23

Dr. Talmage, the famous preacher OF the
Brooklyn tabernacle, was in the city Tor
few hours yesterday and stopped at Jerry
Simpsons favorite hotel, the OccidsntaL
Dr. Talmage was en- route from Little
Rock, where he preached Sunday night. to
California, where he has dates ahead for
a good deal Of the summer.
While ia the city the famous preacher
put in most of his time out among the
shaded strests aud admired them very
much. When a reporter for the EAGLE &C
costed him he was leaning over fence on
Water street, not far from the depot, talk-
lug with a colored man who was making
rustic chairs. de was pricing the chairs
and sscertaining the cost of making them.
The coiored man WAS entirely Ignorant or
the fact that lie was conversing with the
most celebrated preacher In America, and
lie swere at the chickens with the same
vehemence and regularity as he always
does when they bother the vine beds be-
meath his window.
When the reporter accosted DR.. Talmage
the coIored mau's eyes bulged out fully
half an inch and said: rs you dat dar
preacher man dat talks so pow'ful In de
tabernacle of de Law'd?"
Il am," said DIR. Talmage, with an ap-
precIative smile.
The colo7ed man then dropped his hat,
shcok hands with the reverend gentleman
and with a yell brought out his old
woman and three children.
This gentleman is the pow'ful DIR.
Talmage dat has all his preachin' printed
! in the papers," said he.
This brought another appreciative smile
and d half Way embarrassed thank you"
! from the doctor, as he commenced to
| shake hands with the family.
a Tor 2 il hnv Ea
| ladv's chickens, aud she went through the
| entire pedigree OF henhood with him from
| the noble Shanghai down to the common
| bantam. She told him how many hens
she had set during the entire spring, how
many eggs she put under each hen, how
many chickens in each brood and how
| many the polecats had got away with.
| When the old lady got through with the
doctor the EAGLE representative had not
much time to interview him as the time
| had nearly arrived that was to take him
westward,
EYES," he said, you have beautiful
city and a beautiful state. l love Kansas
aud have high regard for the people who
made it. Your city Is, l am sure, a charm
| ing place to live in. During my brief
stay here / have been around some of your
streets and / was captiyated with tue beau
| tiful shade trees that line them. What an
| immense difference there Is between the
poor people here aud in thelarge cities. l
| can't see how anybody could be discomfort
ed in such lovely city"
Did You notice any of our churches?"
Yes, indeed. was particularly struck
| with their number aud their cosy sitIa-
| tious. Four OF them were poiated
out to me from one corner, and
| am told that there are SIX
| within radius of three squares. This.
however, did not surprise me, for have
| long since known that Kansas Donors the
| God VINO endowed it SO literally with all
the adornments of nature. In Kansas it
hardly requires argument on the part OF
man 10 prove the existence of Goo. His
| hand is seen everywhere along the valleys.
| in the green fields of the open praIries and
| in the peerless blue sky that bends above
Us. l have travelled n great deal In other
countries and, while have seen many
| pieces of rich scenery, | have never seen IT
! so general and so vast As have seen 1t IN
| Kansas. | would like TO spend more Of
| my time in your state that | may become
better acquainted with it ana the great
people who are making it the wonder and
| admiration of every one who sees 1t. 1t Is
| the child of freedom and to my mind II
represents the best type of American prog
| ress to be found on the continent"
DIR. Taimage very nearly missed his
train so absorbed was he upon the theme
he was talking upon.
| The reverend gentleman is tall, well
built and active. He has light step, q
| light heart and is n fascinating converse
| tionalist. He does not wear Lord Dun
dreary whiskers any more aud hence has a
priesLly Appearance His hair is turning
! " nite but that Is the only evidence OF the
| advance of are there is about Llm.