The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-11-29
WILL MAKE IDOLS
ANOTHER USE FOUND FOR THE CLAY
AT THE PROSPECT WILL.

AT THE PROSPECT WILL.
Well Is Visited by Hundreds on Thanksgiv-
ing Day and o. c. Daisy Gives a New
Theory for Using the Ciay-He Declares
there are Millions i'm it. and the Com
pany will Give Fifty Per Cent of Their
Profits to the Missionary Cause-His
Plan and Mode of Operstion-work is
Resumed.
The men employed at the prospect
well observed Thanksgiving ait their
usual work but they were thankful all
the same ami glad TO turn the great au-
ger loose on another investigating tour.
It was announced by Contractor AUG
tin on the previous day that the drill
ing would be resumed by o'clock
Wednesday evening and continued
throughout the day, but a small piece
Of casting having failed 10 arrive the
drifl was not set in operation, but the
men found plenty Of work In overhaul
ing the machinery and Iche night shift
found plenty to do until IL O'Clock, when
the fire in the engine was banked and
ell left with instruct ctions to report in
the morning.
During the afternoon yesterday the
remaining castings arrived and were
placed in operation, and at 4 o'clock the
wire was pulled and the great wheels
began operation.
There were without doubt 5e0 visitors
at the well yesterday which included
an classes, the old and young, male and
female, councilmen and private cftf-
zens, merchants and peanut. vendors.
ministers and sporting men, white and
cofored, men who knew everything
about mining and persons who declar-
ed they knew no more about the bust
mes of drilling than a horse jockey does
about theology. They were all anxious
to examine fhe clay which has attract
ed new interest since they had read the
Interview Of Mr., Godfrey.
Without doubt 100 kids received a
lecture, If nothing nore, from their
mothers because they had soiie-1 their
clothing with the dark blue sticky clay
lying ait the east side Of the shaft. Pad
dies were in demand at first but they
We're soon laid aside and kids and men
as well began mixing Che soft clay in |
their hands
Q. c. Daisy was present to tell what |
he knew about clay and mining, and |
finally drlifted into discourse of how |
he had seen heather Chinese make their |
idols out OF this very kind of clay in /
San Franci co. He went on to tell |
about a party of capitalists he had en-
gagged for the purpose of making idols
for worship in India and Africa. He |
said that the company had secured let
Hers OF patent from Lord Salisbury and
Queen Victoria for furnishing craven
images out of certain kind Of clay,
but that the chemists had been unable
ITO find pure Halloyvite Klai. until one
of the men who had been at the well
the day before discovered the clay on
his boots. The clay was taken TO
drug store and soaked In alcohol over
night and when examined by a micro
scope IN the morning was found to be
Just the article they had been looking
6or for three years, and that the COM
pany had already spent thousands Of |
dollars in their search
When tnfs men found the clay they
telegraphed for a special train for the
east, and had instructed him TO secure
clay leases on all t1ne land he could Sc
cure, and that he had twenty men out
now getting leases on land for the sole
purpose OF manufacturing idols for the
hAashe1s
He safd he was soITy TO have to go
into the busfness and before he would
embark sn the business he had secured
written contract with the company that
go per cent Of the profits should be Civ
en- 20 fthe missionary society for the
purpose OF converting the world Ito
Christianity.
$50 you see. gentlenfen, There should
be no opposition TO the company for
while we Will undermine the county
for tihe purpose OF making idols. you
see after we have made a sale we will
put a. missionary on the track of the
Idol untH he has not only destroyed the
sdoi but has got the heathen to embrace
religion
During itlle recital of his story Mr..
Daisy newer cracked a smile and stran-
gers were considerably puzzled whether
Tthe man was a crank Of minister of the
goepel. While of telling of his regrets
in adopting the business a large sized
Tear stood in each eve. He gave tine
slarnes OF every real estate agent In the
city who was his authorized agents TO
make etthe leascs
Today Will probably see the drill !
the clay and all will be anx-
'ous TO learn of the next strata But
WHISTLER the clay is used for brick |
earjhenware or healthen idols. can only
be decided in the future. The itnerest
In THE well grows each day.