The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-03


Washington he found frosty welcome
and spent some time in solitary coniine-
ment with the members of the common
veal.
i He hove in sight over the crest Of
Potato hill night before last and has
been we'll received on account of the
strange and interesting sights he has
seen.
One lobe of his whiskers is gone, and
l ain told that it got caught in the door
of the senate chamber as the earl was
coming away.
He fears that no great monetary
change Will He made before fall and re-
grets that MS trip was not more inlme-
diately productive of good.
Pressonward Hamilton of Postum
Trot is looked for next week, but was
delayed a short time TO answer for eat
ing the contents Of al incubator at
Washington. lie had hoped to be met
up with by large reception on his re-
turn to Postum Trot, but now writes
with blue chalk ON a cattle car which
came yesterday that quiet little recep-
ton and dinner Will be best, take it all
around.
He says that the above reports about
him are untrue, however, but that he was
disabled by being stepped on at the door
of the capitol while he was peruSing q
page who stood near by.
Since writing my last letter fire has
broken out in my chateau, which stands
on the east side of the deer park, and
which can be seen for over a mile. The
building is erected in the Anglo-Saxon
style, running back as far as William
the Conqueror ON one side, while ON the
other it runs back to the henhouse.
Smoke was noticed at about dusk
coming from the ballroom, and before
the coachman could get the dishes done
up fire had been seen beneath the chan
eel, which connected with the building
on that side.
The chateau is IS miles from Ashe-
vile as the bird flies, and my well is
between 100 and 100 feet in depth, with
a pair of moss covered buckets on the
inside. These buckets are suspended
BY means Of chain, which is of course
10 feet or so in length. When one OF
these moss covered buckets meets the
other in the middle of the well, the
empty one going down knocks the con-
tents of the full one almost entirely
plumb out, and so the service is not en-
tirely satisfactory In case of fire.
The flames were now supposed TO be
slowly eating their way to the wine cell
lar, where l keep fagon of mountain
dew and a case Of colo TO Offset each
other Heavy volumes Of dark smoke
We're seen emerging from the facade Of
an escarpment which / had put on thu
house by 4 man who learned how 70 be
a carpenter year ago. He learned By
chOpping his way out Of Jail
BY this time one Of the moss covered
buckets had arrived at the top Of the
well, but the colored equerry who drew
it was so overheated that he had TO drink
the most Of it TO resuscitate himself
When l announced that the fire was
in tie wine cellar, a neighbOr Of mine
who stood watching the glorious sight
Jumped into the flames, and his body
has never been fully recovered
At this time one Of the ramparts fell.
and the whole scene was lighted up for
miles around began 70 think rapidly.
Still I was perfectly cool Every one
who saw me said that he had never seen
a cooler or more collected man ANY
one 10 look AZ NE would not have
dreamed that was thinking.
Suddenly remembering that the cha
teau was built BY an Ashsville builder.
whose address l viii supply st any
time, pushed the house over, and pat
the FIRE out with q pan q milk Then
I tipped II hack IN place. and bidding
good night cheerily 70 che and al re-
tired % nv slGm5erz
The bailding Is heavily insured. and
four men and team have ben ns-e =
couple q weeks adjusting the loss
The library vas completely Quilted,
and barely escaped myself
But II tine O. danger / care 10 more
for my life than for going 70 my din1e--
The izs-r2-oe money ooDss IN very
hardliy - ibis time, ard nearly 500
viii ie TIT into Immediate circulation
II J. quite \ zludfzll. IS one may say.
Five dollars q this amount Va allowed
10 IRE los - ;he ht-z-y.
An irSurznce aEJr-ster Is one who
sands between the insured and inle-