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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06
FIFTY MILES OF FIRE WIRE.

Few people have any idea Of the extent
Of the alarm system in Wichita. There
are now fifty miles of wire in the town
which IS used exclusively for this purpose.
and moro is going in daily. On stormy
nights City Electrician Stewart and his
assistants have their hardest time. They
must be on the alert during the storm and
immediately after. The minute their test
ing machines shows that a wire Is tangled
or crossed they must get out and ax IL Up.
even Y Il is blowing a hurricane. No
alarm has ever been sent over the fifty
miles Of wire that was not received.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06
urGE-GEAREn BICYCLE

Several o re Expert bicycle riSs-s e
re CITY we-s tssting htEh-gszFsd bicycle
yss.e-Ezy vafch Ezs sent here foT sT-
h!Hltloz 81 - eastern firm fs Is Tezrot
. -. buff upon = s5-!oeh wheel To
K TIE h.rhes. gears5 bicTcis e~s- -'1ce1
4 this pAyt q re cogatrT. DG-inE on>
revolution O. tks ps1si th@ EHeei fsassss
ever thsrry-zlx f~s- ac3 sen lrchss -
ground The sscycle WIKI : = gear Ehlca
passes Cver eighteen feet ard ter tnehss.
TIA PEDAL moving o1cs- Al ordinary
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06
WARM QUESTIONS INDEED.

A few nights ago one of our best known
merchants came home dred out and sat
down 70 read and think little, when his
young hopeful started stream Of cues
tons firing them in 80 fast pater famili4s
got thoroughly exasperated and ordered
MIN TO let up. He. the boy. capituiated
bv asking the privilege Of putting just two
more questions. promising after that 10
qht for that evening. and these are what
they were:
which knows the most-the man who
knows that he doesn't know anything. or
the man who thinks he knows all there
Is 10 know; and. supposing the world
should come to an end while man was
I'D IN a balloon. where would he llgst7'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06
LOST ONE wH1sKER.

Henry Deidrck IS sad and will not be
conforted. His usual smiling features
nov depict only gloom. He Is short one
vhisker. lie undertook 70 grow fun
beard last fall IN spite % the protests %
his friends and was fatterlng himself
ne had a hfrsute adornment very chic.
But a few mornings ago he discovered
a spot on his chin which was barren
waste. and further investigation revealed
the rnournfui fact that one whisker had
dropped OFT.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06
PROPHET SWAN RIGHT.

Weather Prophet Swami. the old gentle
man who has 50 often published his pre-
dictions in the Eagle. struck # just right
n his prophecy for the present winter.
He said Il would be rather mild. with sew
eral snow storms and heavy rains. but 10
decided freeze. He says the spring viii be
early and wet. and that big rains will
come in August. Big rains in August
usually save the corn crop. a great many
people believe implicitly IN Mr.. SWANS
predictions
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06
PR00F OE SPRING.

Spring is here. The familiar signs Keep
off the Grass" have already appeared upon
the lawns about the government building
and at the court house. The city chicken
ordinance has gone into effect in order to
protect gardens The school boys have
commenced to play ball and fight for
championship honors. There is no oth1
proof necessary that winter is gone.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06
EMRRFEs WICHITA LEE.

Reverend Ernbrse me Methodist min
lister who Is in trouble in Topeka. charged
with the ruin OF a nulat;o girl, used n
1--we il Wichita preaching in she Methods;
Circuit, wig west cf town Emb-ee IS
remembered BY the old settlers as ve-y
bright youfg man inclined - dissipation
lie left here IL 1873 ard never returned
20 the city. having acquired marked 6.s-
Ike for the city Of wichita or account
OF its pronounced anti-prohsSitto1 views.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06
ALSO K1CKs ON oTTO vADIs.

Another antique Vadis man has been
discovered. Wichita seems to be full Of
them. Foster Toler is the latest. He
gagged on the banquet chapter. Another
objection he has to the author of the
famous book is that he is the only way-up
writer he ever knew to end a description
with "etc" II is fact that Sienciewisz
is the only high grade writer who cuts
a description short with 'etc."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06
CYCLISTS SHIN IT.

There is one paved block in Wichita
which is Stunned by all bicyclists. It is
the brick paved street just north Of the
Jail between Main and Market streets.
1t is literally covered with glass, caused
by the prisoners in the Jail tossing bottles
out on the brick TO see them break. AT
least this is supposed TO be the cause.
All wheelmen avoid the place as it means
a puncture every time.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06
rgrr.T,;G - AnvERn

one q ths ~zrs schsoi ts&eaers recently
tod her olAss ~ psEsss IA grammar. 70
ag-st the-n - recoEusE.aE an SavsTb. $50
alzavs REMEMBER ;hzs wien word eBSe1
J. y * vas A. ADVERT Asks5 20 eve
a. eran5ls. ozs Ettis HEg1lEt pvozaptiy
sgrrztsa ths zors ~Hy~ ard eafsaes3
- pos t,on - se-iarfaE - has r1xetT
followed rs lnEsrzcTsoa toE Ezrs1T tt-Gt
word sz1sa 81 .ly~
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06
VERY. VERY CUTE KID.

One of Wichfta's bright little boys re-
Gently ran into the house in great excite
ment and screamed out 10 his mother
Say. ma, did you ever know that our
next door neighbor just burned out his
MOUTH"
"Whv. how awful" responded his
mamma, "how In the world did that hap
pen?"
"Oh. he was just whistling a Hot Time
in the Old Town Tonight
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06
HO1rsE NI-MBER ONE.

At the bold Packing house they have
for fire protection one big reel cart such
az used to be used here before Wichita
had a paid department. The little house
is painted red and across the door in big
white letters is printed Hose House
No. l."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06
MRS. TOLER's NEW PLAY.

Miss Salhe Toler has just completed a
three-act comedy entitled An American
Millionaire" 1t was written by order.
Mr.. Cross Payton. the well known roper
toire actor-manager Of the east sent the
order. Mrs. Toler is one of the few wri-
tiers in Wichita who could make a reEu-
lar living at writing. if she desired.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06

this true N al birds This young lady
Is under the physicians care and quaran-
tined for scarlet fever. just before she
Vas stricken. she had as pets a couple
Of domestic pigeons and one lone bantam
chicken a Shor. time ago the lonely
bantam managed to work her way INTO
the pen where the pigeons ere eoahnasl.
and Just TO be sochsole. then and there
la1d an egg. Not satisfied with this, she
further improved upon the situation by
proceeding at once 10 set upon that lone
egg. She had nos progressed very Ar.
however. In the incueztiug performance.
before one Of the pigeons. with perhaps
the usual innate disappear Tnent OF an
old maid VINO has lost her chance.
pounced IN sheer jealousy upon the unos-
Tending bantam and run Der CT her own
egg. This accomplished. the little bird
spread herself out as best she could over
her Poached egg and in her turn also pro-
ceeded 70 set and set w7th grim de<er-
mination. Though the bantam az first
showed signs OF resenting the imposition
worked on her. ami showed firht. the band
OF pigeons sustained their kin and pro-
tected her and the bsnty had 70 give -
and Try again under more favorable con-
ditions, The pigeon set on, her time and
a few days ago the hatchery came OF
and a lively. pretty little bantam chick
now had for her mother satisfied mother
by proxy. AS the latter was not SUCCESS
ful in feeding and taking care % her
adopted offspring. Mamie's mother was
obliged 10 take Il away and give it back
70 the rlChtftii mother bird aud once
again peace reigns in that poultry yard.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06
THE sTAYAwAYs.

Howard Mofft and some more young men
have taken a VOW not 70 visit the new
park until It is entirely finished They
NAV call themselves the "Stayavays."
Their idea is 20 wait until the park r.
complete and then visit 50 that they may
get the full moneys worth OF the sur
prise and delight at the change.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06
DIAz INVITED TO WICHITA.

While Mr. and Mrs. r. V. Hewlett were
in Mexico party of tourists called on
President Diaz. They were presented in
company and then introduced one by one.
longed silence that got to be embarrass-
ing. Finally an Atchison woman, one of
the four from Kansas in the party, spoke
up and invited Mr.. Diaz 10 visit Kansas
and the Transmississippi congress at
Wichita on his trip to America next year.
That broke the ice and the conversation
went on merrily.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06
WICHITA BOY A FAMOUS PORTER

v 10 7 OIk
Mr.. Felix Schaffer, the expert cloak
room porter at the Coates House in Kan
sas City, is Wichita boy, and ten years
ago was a student in the Wichita high
school. lie is said to be one of the most
successful porters in his line in the United
States. At the beginning of the theater
season Al. G.. Field and his minstrel
troupe marched into the cloak room, all
wearing brand new ulsters and silk hats,
each gentleman removing his wraps. the
porter placed them upon seperate shelves
Some of the troupe thought they had Mr.
Shatfer puzzled. One by one they filed
into the cloak room and without a ques-
ton, but with a smile and friendly word
the genteel porter gave each gentleman
his own garments.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06

SON He will probably be q poet. The
composition is entitled. "A Summer S
Drama"
ACT I.
Standing looking out of the library win
dow one evening in autumn, it suddenly
occurred TO me that there was being
played drama by the seasons, and gaz-
ing pensiveIy out on the twilight I
thought l saw before me a throne OF gold
studded with diamonds on which sat a
queen, who had once been beautiful, but
who had slowly faded until now she was
almost ready TO leave this world.
This was Queen Autumn, and at her side
seated on a throne not less grand was
King Winter, clothed in all the magnifi-
cence of his winter glory.
Slowly drawing his robe of ice around
him and adjusting his crown of snow
he arose to address the court, but it
was more than his strength could stand
and lettering he fell and expired at the
foot of the throne.
ACTII.
IT'S an evening in summer and I am
standing at window in the conservatory
and I seem TO see again the beautiful
room as l saw it in the autumn, but this
time the throne was surrounded by flowers
and on it was seated beautiful brunette
Her robe was covered with diamonds,
rubies and pearls. all the most perfect
gems made by natures hands.
She wore a crown made from the rain
bow. At her right hand sat in dignified
state an old man known as The Future
of Nations and az her feet sat q being so
beautiful as to be scarcely mortal. She
was a young girl of eighteen, but so
simple she might have been ten.
So the seasons act their drama over
and over again as they have in the past.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06
OUGHT TO Re STOPPED

The most poorly enforced ordinance in
the city is the one prohibiting throwing
glass Ia the streets. Punctures in bicycle
tires are becoming more frequent and
will become greater unless something is
done to stop the breaking OF bottles in
the roads and streets, a thing that ap-
pears to be done maIiciousIy in a good
many instances
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06
GfrcE 8 Notice.

Mss Name Ewses q - z4si PR
s,rsst j. tus, aew a. ire frost II ssFzaTs
and snlgge freaks - tEs a.lE.A5 w2Ffa-
z .s w~sl kassr taat fas pszrssisi sse
especially TIE material. Instincts n se-ns
Animals = 80. 1-<S=<. s2d ssSsz-4i.y l.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06
FRONT WHEEL TOO FAST.

Several cyclists 81 Wichita have tis-
covered that when yoE put = cycIanster
on the front and a cyclo0eter o. The hack
wheel. the front wheel cyclo1leter gains
right along OF the hack cycloneter They
say Il is because the front wheel q a
bicycle travels further than ire hack
wheel Il certainly does wo5b.s good
deal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06

PM Bryan ire lr5ssfrlogs izaito9 q
ne s>drw.ck elock had statistical spirit
On dursag ne Erana lodge zssk ard az
one Gay kspt scco1ai q he passengers
carried n ths sisvsteF. Re lost rs AZ
z-eFats fr1-ss. bit = averaged over one
pr ralaute al Day lsng-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06
VIII RE RANoTrET HALL,

The old gymnasium of the Y. NJ. c. A.
building win be turned into a banquet hall
by the Masons. They intend TO make
it the finest banquetting hall west of Chi
cago.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06
NINE TALL BUILDINGS.

There are in Wichita nine buildings
which are over three stories high. Each
one is occupied. This does not inciude
any Of the public buildings or schools and
universities.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06
GUESSED MIGHTY NEAR RIGHT.

For years people have asked ]. r. Mead
how much the largest buffalo he ever
saw on the plains weighed. Mr.. Mead
answered: About 2. 900 pounds" OF course
in those days there was no way to weigh
them How nearly right he guessed is
shown by the fact that the larger buffalo
at the stock yards which Mr.. Mead says
is as large as any he ever saw, weighs
1910 pounds.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06

Doc Wilson SAYS that almost invariably
nervous people who have the toothacho
cannot feel the pain The moment they see
the door OF dental parlor They start
70 the once and the fright or dread SO acts
on their nerves that the pain stops. Often
they so In. tell the dentist their expert
ence. and retire without having a tooth
examined
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06
A CH11DRENs, HOME BABY

All the children at the Children's Home
call the matron "Aunty" but one. He is
a little fellow, whose parents are I'M
known and who came there before he
could talk. He insists on calling her
Nam
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06
1T WILL. TAKE TINE

'Tt will take time TO finish our post
office building" said one citizen yester-
day.
What do you mean?"
why a clock in the tower"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06
WILL MAKE A POET.

Here Is another school composition WIT
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06

wheel geared 10 Isl would stand eleven
feet and I'VE inches In height and man
IN order to ride II would have to have
legs six feet long or wear . pair OF stills
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06

of erecting a windmill on one of the
vacant lots near the court house and
having their own water system for that
building. IL viii make three more jobs
and the Populist politicians out OF a job
are looking less hungry
NEW POSTOFFICE ORDER
The postofice department has ruled
that alternative addresses must not be
respected by postmasters. and that after
March l, all matters bearing such ad-
dresses shall be unavailable. For in
stance an address TO John Smith, fol-
lowed by a statement that II not called
for to give 10 any prominent farmer, is
in violation of the law. Such letter. IL
it can not be delivered 10 John Smith,
must be returned. After March l II can
not be mailed at all Postmasters are in
structed TO notify their patrons Of the
fact.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-06

MORE JOBS N SIGHT
TIE county commissioners are taking
The state herald., 1898-08-05
lowed to fire shot, as the sklrmish


line was In front.
"rhe Twenty-fourth followed our
regiment through and deployed on our
right. The Thirteenth deployed and
moved forward. The bullets We're zip
ping the grass around us, but, as we
We're moving forward, no one now
seemed to mind 1t, and the whole
brigade marched straight ahead in
quick time, rs though we We're on
drill. After few hundred yards the
brigade, with wild cheer, broke into
double time. Near the foot of the hill
we ran into some wire fences, which
we broke down In various ways. Some
officers had fence posts in their hands.
breaking the wires. Men used their
rifle butts; others rushed against the
posts and bore whole sections down.
The hill rose at an angle of nearly 40
degrees, but the men went up like an
telopes, pulling themselves up by
bushes. clnmbering over rocks, and the
whole brigade reached the top about
the same time. When we had nearly
gained the summit of the hill the
Spqniards jumped out of the trenches
and ran away, some of them gallant
ly and defiantly shaking their fists at
us and yelling: 'Espana.
"As soon ns we reached the top of
the hill we held up our flag to let our
troops in the rear know that we had
the position. We then opened fire on
the fleeing Spaniards. Our Gatling
gun, which had stood In the open be-
fore the charge, pouring rain of bull
lets on the block house, limbered up,
galloped up the end of the hill where
the slope was easier, went into action
ana began to grind out shots ut the
canarles.
As soon as the Spanlards had un-
covered the hill their batteries In the
rear opened upon us with shrapnel.
Our men drew their bayonets and Mt
once began with tin cups, meat cans
and hands to dig like gophcrs. In
spite OF the hard, rock ground we soon
had some protection from the deadly
missiles. Then 1t was that the com
mand came down the line TO hold that
position. AS II passed along men and
officers shouted: Wen hold IT,.
'The Spaniards took refuge behind
some strong intrenchmenis, about 500
yards away from MS. on their second
line, but we had them cut or from
San Juan river. We lay fiat on our
faces until dark. Then picks and
shovels came up. We rectified our
line and dug our intrenchments. We
had nothing 10 eat all day until after
dark and then only hardtack and wa
ter for our pack trains could not come
along the road during the day. Every
man was hungry. parched with heat,
drenched with water from the river.
tired out and weak from the nervous
strain of the day, hut we had San
Juan hill: we have 1t now and we are
going 10 keep it.'-Chlcago Record.
The state herald., 1898-08-05
MIX ms "A Curative Agent.

A Transvaal doctor Is credited with
the discovery of II new curative treat
ment. He asserts that he can cure
persons of smallpox, fevers, diphtheria
and many other mnlndles by simply
wrapping them in milk sheets. The
patient is laid on n mattress covered
with blankets, and is packed In n
sheet just large enough to envelop the
body. The sheet has been saturated in
II pint and half of warm milk, and
Is applied to the body without wiring
ing. After lying still for an hour thus
swathed the patient Is spongcd with
warm water, or put into warm bath
for n few moments to remove the milk.
The treatment is based on the germ
absorbing power of milk, the idea Of it
is said to have been suggested by the
fact that milk absorbs poisonous germs
from bucket in which it has been
standing.
The state herald., 1898-08-05
AoUlNALDO's GOVERNMENT.
How 1t Was Formally Inausuratod a
Cavito.

How It Was Formally Inauguratod at
Cavite.
On the afternoon of June 10Th the
formation Of a provisional govern
ment was officially proclaimed in Old
Cavite. A large crowd of natives,
numbering between five and six thou
sand, We're gathered in the wide
streets of the village, and the principal
avenue was gay with triumphal
arches. Hastily extemporzed flags of
the country were literally displayed
from the windows and on the house
tops, and band of music enliyened
the eventful occasion. Delegates from
the eight provinces of I.llzon island
were present to represent the FillpInos
of those districts. Nearly thousand
insurgent soldiers were drawn IN in
long columns near the old church and
the presence of these added touch
of military lmpressivcness to the
scene. A stand had been erected from
which the different addresses were
made. and prominent leaders of the
movement We're on hand to add the
necessary Oratory Of the occasion.
A declaration of independence was
read and General Emilio Aguinaldo
was elected president of the new re-
public. Nearly all the official nd.
dresses were made In two languages.
Spanish and Tagala, and there wns n
generous sprlnkling of applause dur.
Ing their delivery. The general wns
not present at the time 1t was nor
considered wise to expose him to the
possibility of being assassinated. and
so he remained In his Headquarters nt
Cavite. Colonel Johnson, an American
army officer, who Is now in commnnd
or the ordnance OF the Insurgcnt
FORCES, was greeted with the grentest
enthusiasm. He was borne aIoft on
the shoulders of demonstratiyc nu-
tiVes, anu on account of his national
ity was taken to symbolic the CO.
operation of the United States In the
new movement for independence. Ma
rian Ito Trins was elected vice presi.
dent, and Balinero AguInaldo was pro.
claimed minister of finance. Daniel
Plrondo was made minister of war.
During the forenoon General Aguin-
aldo held n reception at Cavite to the
delegates OF the provinces and To
prominent officers of his army.
The state herald., 1898-08-05
Singing on nnnrL Trnnsnnris

Writing of the singing of soldiers on
the transports while on the way 10
Santiago, correspondent says:
Almost always the songs are the
wcll-known Moody and Snnkey
hymns, with perhaps "Thc Suwanee
River or an occasional college chorus
sandwiched between the religious
songs. These night songs have devcl-
oped the interesting fact that IL you
want several hundred or n thousand
men TO sing one song that song must
he either hymn, n Sunday school
song or "The Suwanee River" If one
or the popular songs of the day is
started on n troopship, perhaps n
score of men can sing the words and
Il hundred may Join In the chorus. Al
most every man In the fleet can sing
the first verse Of "America:" nearly
all can sing the first verse and chorus
OF THE Suwanee River" but when the
leading singer starts up Rock Of
Ages" Hold the Fort" Just MS I
Am Without one Plea or Jesus
Loves Even Me-" the chances are that
every man on the ship will lift up his
voice AID sing the song with vlgor,
fcrvor and the delight which comes 10
the ordinary man when he knows The
words ms well as the tune.
The singing Keeps up for an hour or
more. then taps" are sounded and the
men try TO sleep.
The state herald., 1898-08-05
CAUSE FOR ALARM,
How badness begins, !.
How to> prevent it.

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