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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
CHEAP SACK OF CORN

Some time ago a hide dealer went into
partnership with lawyer OF Wichita 20
furnish him hogs which the lawyer was
to fatten on shares. After the business
was all settled up and the hogs sold.
there was a sack of corn that belonged
to the dealer in pelts. and one night 1t
was stolen and duly reported by the
lawyer TO the dealer in pelts. The dealer
in pelts made some inquiries and charged
a certain young man on the West Side
with having stolen the corn on certain
night. One day the young, man who was
charged with the theft called on the law
yer and during the conversation the law
yer told him that the dealer in pelts
charged him with having stolen the corn
on a certain night. The young man
thought the matter over and said he
could prove he played cards all that night
and wanted the lawyer to bring a DAM
age suit against the dealer in pelts and
agreed to give half that could be collected
as damages as an attorney fee The next
day the dealer in pelts heard about the
contemplated damage suit and went to
the young man and settled the matter
up for 500 The young man says Is was
the cheapest sack of corn he ever got.
He divided it with the lawyer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
wIGGINs Not A su1cIpE

II seems 10 b. settlcd that T. J. Virgins
OF Norman, Ok. formerly ~ Wichita did
not commit suicide. The letter 20 hls
wife was one only Of love and devotion.
u was written on Frtiay mornius. az the
church. and. as ne expresses 4, 10 give
MIN a sort OF relief" ell writes that he
Is sick and Wrctched. g" and had gone 20
the church ''to he quiet and think aod
lay plans for the future" Ia is he tells
her that he had given up his place in ths
bank He ends the letter. which is us-
signed and undated by saying. But an
stu here. and perhaps God viii give ma
strength 20 sec light In the darkness IL
does not say that he consemplates sui
eide and there is a possibility that the
strong clrcuun stRnttaI evidence pointing
20 suicide may be az fault and that Re
died from hear; failure on the sunday
before his death nc had had sinking speli
al home that very much alarmed hia
wife and IL may DC that. intensified ~
his trouble and the cold church he had
another attack that carried him OF before
he could get relief The Norman Tran
script Saws Of him: Mr. Virgins was
about 90 wears Of age, and was an Eng
lish gentleman % the best clas--cuiturszi.
refined and highly educated He was
a graduate Of oxford university. and a
member OF family noted in England for
their learning ard culture. Financial re-
verses In his native land caused Mr..
Virgins 90 come IN this country and he
located al Wichita where he loat con-
/ siderable money IN the boom. and came %
| Oklahoma AZ the opening. lie WIS noted
/ for bis ability as drsuEhtsman. espe-
/ cialIy. but In all lines 81 learning h ex-
/ eelled. Hts uprightness. integrity and
1 reliability were nroverhlai. ard he most
/ capahly filled his responsible position IN
/ the hank He was 81 a dfffifent and rr-
i firing disposition. bat a man most true
/ 10 his friends and devoted % his wife ard
/ child lie was a lover ~ the beautiful in
sentiment and reality. He had a beautiful
I home lovely wife and child and Nas
surrounded by warm and devoted friends.
/ and no man stood higher in the respect
/ and esteem Of hiss feiloUs'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
HAD TWO ON THE STRING.

A few Sundays ago the Eagle published
a list of heiresses that resided IN this city.
young man said the other day that
seeing the list in the paper reminded him
of trying to see what luck he would have
in catching some of them. He is good
looking well dressed and is just the kind
of a fellow to make hit with most any
any girl. His longsuit is he can make
most people believe that he is in earnest,
even though he is not. He never intended
to marry. but he selected two and began
paying them attentions. In four weeks
time he had both of the girls coming
his way. as the saying goes. In order to
put stop to a frivolity that was verging
on to seriousness he trumpet up some
trivial fuss. and now they don't speak as
they pass by. He says in about three
weeks he will square" himself. and at
least be on dancing terms with both of
his sweethearts. Both of the girls are
fine looking, educated and accomplished
He should have got married.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
THREE EXCLUSIVE POPS.

1t might be all right for Republican
board or Gold Democratic board to be
exclusive or plutocratic in their views as
they are thus accused by the Pops. But
what think you of a Pop board being
exclusive? However. such is the case.
Messrs. j. E. Howard, Deacon Wilson
and w. T. Sealock are all Populists, and
they comprise the board of county com
nnissioners These three exclusives have
inaugurated a new rule. Billy Mccarthy
is the custodian of the building. 1t now
becomes his duty when the board is in
session to stand at the door and not allow
anyone to enter while the board is attend
ing to business. If anyone presents HIM
self and wants to go before the board he
mus give Mr.. Mccarthy his card and
write on the back of it the business in
particular that he desires to see the board
about Some rantankerous Pop is liable
to come into town some day, and when
he has the idea driven into his head he
will just about smash the door in and tell
his friends, the men whom his vote helped
place there, how the war broke out"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23

One of the tryfng or6esis SA3oh actors
are often called gpoa % face r. what -
Technically kn0En - delayed sufrsnrs.
BY this is meant the failure q an Hctor
20 come upon tie stage ~hen "a eUe IL
given When thss sspFs1s y ssTplTss
upoa those ~so are already spea fhs
stage % "aol6 fhs sosze.~ p oFter 20
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sort q dialogue or rso5osogss fe- tss
purpose q oivsTflEz lie S1c,s zcs uzfl
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sailsrs % acaieTs tia ed frsoseas1y re-
sul.s lr psrio4 q embarrassment ~h5rh
though brief -.Ii leave an uzgssSszrst
impression OF he zp1ssros ;srDugSost he
entire play. sith0axh q nay - A. s1-
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tod a soos stoTY - ar Eagle reporter
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
asrrcK HIar. Mrssrs

When James. the actor. was here ne
spent a social afternoon al the box-ofiics
IN the Crawford Grand. ana during tbs
course % the conversation tod some good
stories. lie plays Richard the Third. Las,
season ne PLAYED fhis play a. Leavsn-
worth. and an amusing incident happened
that pretty nearly foarsd hin . vas
in the scene where Richard had offered
his sword 20 ks;hHrine and on beuosf
knes besouEht her 20 XII bin y she would
not pardon The wrongs ne had dons her
Anne. with sword n hard. raises her
eyes toward the gallery and exclaimed
what shall do Direct re heaven
In a boyish voice and Bo~ery accent
came the startling answer from the gal
lery: stick bin. rssssssF
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23

a great many people believe that they
cannot be PIT out % a house BY land
lord during certain winter months. bot
the impression ia erroneous After .
1--WE DAY notice and three DAY" DO
tloe have been served. tenant can be psf
on; ~ the house for uonpaymsnt ~ rent
on the oeldest day in the year. provided.
Of course. suit j. brought. and iudgrne5t
rendered against him. Even ~ = tenaHt
pays his rent he ran he eie~'ed after
thirty dsyr. on the other hand tenant
should give his landisfd e thirty dsy
,oti~c before he car move out. under
the Law. n the landlord wants 20 bring
suit. no can collect months rent after
Few people seem 60 kno0T tbs Thir .
Kansas Law.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
ABOUT QUO vADIS.

What the reading public in Wichita
would like to know about most is the
correct pronunciation Of the name OF the
author of the book Quo Vadis-" A
Polish writer in the Independent says that
the author himself pronounces the name
Sy-au-kee-vitch. with the accent on the
second and fourth syllables. The title of
the book means which way?" In the
hook the words occur only once Quo
Vadis. Domine-Which way. Lord? a
liberal Interpretation of the title might
he. What is the Destiny of the Chris
tan Religion"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
proprE WHO NEVER READ.

It would seem a little strange that there
should be a man intelligent enough 10
raise cattle and hogs fer the market
within sixty miles of Wichita that doesn't
know that there is a packing house in
this city. and that hogs and cattle are
bought and sold here by the hundreds
4 plant big enough TO consume $4,000
worth Of hogs every week in city with
daily papers ought TO be known TO every
shipper within so miles, and the fact
that IL isn't is proof enough that the
newspapers never will be able to reach
all the people all the time. This state
ment should not and probably will not
discourage missionary work. hut the fact
that George DoId gets letters from people
as near as Hutchinson. Caldwell and Har-
per who have been told by neighbor
that he buys hogs and want veriica;ion
In writing might he considered as proof
that there are almost iusurmountable OBJ
stacIcs in the way OF evangelizing the
world.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23

hue provided with wings constituting
pastry. But when in this an aperture
was made. these bipedal vertebrates COM
menced to MARBLE beautiful and melodious
strains What delicious morsel TO place
in an anterior position of the sovereign
The monarch was occupying his enumer-
ating edifice computing his wealth Inc
queen was in the drawing room consum-
ing bread and a sweet yiscid fluid Tne
servant was in the garden suspend1ng
the wearing apparel upon line Wheh
along came one of the aforesaid Verte-
brates and removed the olfactory organ
from her physiognomy.
This which follows is very smooth. 1t
is from a miss:
Chant melodious sounds concerning
money, a purse filled with cereals and a
multitude of midnight colored tribes of
the air that are manufactured into
tart; when the tart was divided, the DEN
liens of the air commenced to chant.
Was not this a delicacy to place before
a monarch? The monarch was domiciled
in the mercantile apartment, estimating
his treasures; the regina was in the leVee
dining on a prepared mixture OF cereals
and the produce of an apiary, and a VIZ
gin was in the horticultural department
airing the royal apparels; then there ap-
peared an animal in sombre plumage.
which mutilated the protruding appendix
Of her face.
Here comes the work of boy, VINO
went at the problem with both fists with
the following result:
Marble a vocal selection concerning nj
thy lucre; also pouch containing grain
known as rye. Two dozen feathered fowls
commonly known as blackbirds, were
placed between two layers Of pastry,
baked and called a ne. The dish was
placed before the male ruler Of mon
archy. The monarch was in the banking
room counting out his lucre and the spouse
of this noble monarch was occupying
the reception room, satisfying her gas
tronomic appetite with a composition
known as wheat transformed into bread
and the sweetnss of the blooming flowers
gathered by the busy bee. The female
domestic was occupied in the occupation
of suspending garments worn by his ma
! jesty and his mistress, when suddenly
| from the heavens descended feathered
biped and proceeded to decapitate the
| proboscis of the charming girl.
! Last is the work of young gentleman
who insists on calling the blackbird a
! color animal as follows:
Sing a ballad of half a shilling, a poke
| full of grain, score and four color
winged animals, stewed in a pie. When
/ the pie was uncovered, the color animals
| began to sing. Wasn't that delicate
! dish to appear before a monarch? The
monarch was in the state house, going
over his money. His consort was in the
visiting room, partaking of bread and
honey. The virgin was in the back yard
putting out garments. Then there came
! a color animal and nipped off the most
prominent part of her face.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
FWAT's THE MATTHUR WITH ORE
LAND7

few nights ago the Salvation Army
drew up in front OF business house
after their street parade. and began sing
ing. accompanied with the cornet, bass
drum and cymbals. Several gave their
experiences. similar to those that can be
heard any evening. It soon came time TO
solicit for help. The leader stepped ont
and addressed the large crowd. making
a special talk about the liberality Of the
American people. For five minutes there
was nothing that he could think OF that
he did not say OF A laudatory nature.
Closing he said: There is no people or
nation that gives as freely as do the
Americans" There was a little woman
standing IN the circle that had emigrated
from the Emerald Isle to this country.
The speech OF the leader was too much for
her and she said: "Fwat's the matther
with Ooireland7'' II took the leader sew
eral minutes TO inform her that his fine
talk about the Americans was only ale.
gorical
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
noe KNOWS HIS BUsINEss.

A resident on North Topeka avenue has
Mexican coach dog which spends most
of his time on the blue gress lawn and
front porch. II a strange man comes
along about the premises he at once
shows his displeasure by barking and
growing. The postman's arrival always
seems to please him and he greets him
with grin and wagging of his tail. The
other morning the postman on his usual
rounds delivering mail, passed the home
of the dog. He lay on the porch watch
ing the carrier until he reached the
porch of the next house. Then he ran
across the two lots barking furiously.
spank up against the carrier. barking
and growing and keeping up his fussing
up until the postman passed nut OF sight
He no doubt thought that the postman
had forgotten TO leave the mail at his
home.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
A NURSES GREAT FEAT.

There is a nurse In one OF Wichita S
In some very delicate surgical operations
it is absolutely necessary that the pa
tent after the operation, be on his back
for four days and nights. OF course this
becomes terrible TO the patient. and I'M
less closely watched he will turn or tum-
bic. This nurses specially consists in
sitting by the bedside four days and
nights without sleep, watching the pa
tient every minute. After the ordeal 1t
takes her twenty-four hours to become
herself again.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
- rHKfR acHEtfE b.

The Kansas cify papers are EisfaE
srrav the.r pauers 81 n1fne - the towns
along the line - IRE s,eE fssf naa5i F7sfis
untu after congress rassss On ere a7pr9'
5rfatfsn Bills The scheme is 20 rssFs a
sboz4nK ~ large firoslsfiau ap ~ sol
rneat before tte ha-se coFasslttee 90 sp-
preparations - IRE ned ~ si5E fzs.
mail There g. 20 rcd = TagF EsysaE
anything fer their pagers. Pr iaff All
give them avay - eas t9wn tssg 80 IN
another Or cogfse IRE nsss2spsrs A.
rot Issinr sngfsiaz -aoszseioay 49, -
ragirx tie szvcgaa uut1 congress fsssss
ne svorasrsaflsa tsfi-thsr - fbeg are IN
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23

one OF the right entrances and excia1ns1f
'Ah. here comes the doctor now. How
fortunate" He waited a few minutes but
the doctor failed 20 appear The rector
therefore prepared 20 hold the scene"
We'll we'll. well, How slow hs Is walk
ing" says the rector looking down ths
street Did you ever see srch \ TnanT'
There be stops TO pat little gtri % the
head How kind-hearted ne Is u be sure.
Ia. IA, ha. Here he comes AZ last No.
he stops 70 look IN at the window OF =
dog-faneIer's shop. wonder But n
got no further. for at that moment. whils
he was looking toward the right en-
trance. the belated physician rushed IN
from the left entrance and slapped him
on the hack. rUeful expression cr~pt
over the rector's face. and. az he eau
tiously extended the glad hand" 10 ex-
claimed wonderingiy. Well. doctos. you
got around the corner mighty spry.-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
KNIGHTS COME HERE.

Wichita is becoming more popular each
day with the travelling men. many Of
whom travel hundreds of miles in order
to spend Sunday here And when they
all get around the hotel lobby they make
d pretty merry party. 1t is one continual
laugh, for each one has some new story,
and most of them are humorous. For
long time Wichita was tabooed by the
knights of the grip because of the Tiger
Bin reign Of terror. but that is now all
past, and they have turned back to their
first love 1t must not be thought that
hey are drinking men. That would be
wrong Ali they want is liberty for all.
That is the reason that Tiger Bill kept
them away.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
WROTE IT H1,MoRorsLY.

During the last term OF the federal
court, when Judge Williams was presid-
ing. the celebrated injunction case OF
McNau VS.. The Connecticut Mutual Life
Insurance came Up for e hearing Il took
the attorneys over TWO days 70 make their
pleas and arguments. Il was hard FOR an
outsider TO understand Just what was go
ing on. unless he had been there through
they are drinking men. That would be
into the room and saw Farmer Doolttie
sitting IN one OF the big easy chairs TAX
Ing notes. The following coiloquy took
place:
''IEeno. Farmer what have you got
today"
Not much
Have you got this case? I've been
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
ro1rNn his BOOK AT LAST.

In many lawyers Offices little book
is hung UP near the door and when
brother lawyer borrows book he writes
hts namet down in the book and what ne
has taken. One day Mr.. Vermilton discoV-
cred that one OF his books was gone He
found it written down In the little book
but he couldn't decpher the name OF the
man who had taken II. Months after
ward he received letter from promi-
nearEIDorado lawyer in the same scraggy
handwrite. He at once recognized the
scrawl and wrote over for his iong-4ost
book. And II was return in the next man.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
Thy THIS r1-NNY PI-zzIE

A puzzle over which = good many peo-
ple in Wichita are pUzzling may not be
new. but il is novel to many people,
Break three matches each in two. The
three parts with the heads on are mis-
s,onarjes: the other three are cannibsls.
These six are alI on one side OF river;
they have one boat which viii hold two.
All the missionaries can row and one Of
the csani5als can row. You are 20 trans
fer the whole six 10 the other side OF the
river in the boat. but YOU must never
have on either side Of the river more
cannibals than missionaries because the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23

Kansas city rimez- ~ X Nanf~fai't
f. az SLOW about replying 20 fhe caks
walk challenge II John Bro~n - a" 'i'iiN
- Cy Leland was ia reply 20 the roast
% John :. ingalls,
Hutchinson New. There are 80 n7arT
knives IN EedEsick eoanty. Wbat wifh-
ita needs Is bargain sale - political
cutlery.
Arkanras CITY Traveller. Yates Center
has purchssad r0ck crHsher - ne ps3d
IN rnacadanlizinR she sfTeefa Wiehfi&
has ansen rock saashrrs I9eEe1 ~ in
her city san every might
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
IT IS GONE FOREVER.

At none of the musical recitals in Wich-
tia is 1t possible any longer TO hear The
Polish Dance by Sharwenka- Commenc-
ing about 1854. and continuing for ten
years there never was a recital given that
did not contain as one Of the numbers
this Polish dance. 1t finally got so that
when this part of the program was
reached people would get up and begin 10
move out Then the musicians recon-
sidered and began to leave it out of the
evenings entertainment But II is not
until lately that it has entirely disap-
peared.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23

The only way TO protect the birds and
squirrels in the city park would be for
the city council to pass an ordinance max
ing 1t an offense subject 10 arrest and
fine for anyone seen in the park carrying
fire arms of any kind. and especially air
guns There are a hundred boys in the
city who can take their air guns and XIII
an English Sparrow perched on tree or
building every other shot One gentle
man tells US that ne has the ennnity OF
half the boys in his part of town because
of his threats. warnings and chasings
he gives them in the bird season TO pre-
vent them from killing birds around his
home.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23

here for half an hour and don't under
stand anything about it," said the Eagle
man.
II don't know anything about it either,
and I've been here all afternoon. L don't
believe any of those fellows know either, :"
said Farmer.
well. then, how are you going to write
1t up?'
',Oh, humorously."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
wH1srLEp FOR THE SPIRITS.

AT a trance medium performance IN
Wichita the other evening the spirits
would not come. although several m
ducements were offered Finally the me-
dunn announced that someone would
have to sing 1t developed that no one
could sing Finally one man agreed 10
try. and he started IN on the Ssar
spangied Banner. and fell down on the
fourth bar Things looked as u the
seance would be a failure. when the same
man announced that he thought he could
whistle It. So he did. And the spirits
came in great profusion a moment after