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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-09
STRATEGY

The intrigues OF the court OF Louss XIV
! IN France were hardly more intricate and
exciting than those which permeaged the
old police commissions.
For years the members OF the commits
sion were suspicious OF one another. Sus-
pscious OF the policemen. suspicious 81 tue
cnief and fearful Of every movement
made. Each Commissioner had BIS own
men on The force and these ne assured %
smpGnify IN eVeryrting-
From the CINE OF tue first commission
TO the last there was a perpetual intrigue
among Two members 70 get the Third men,
Der dismissed by the governor. AT times
che situation would be complicated to a
degree THAI al three members would be
hEhting axainS, one another.
IN this case one member was hgtstins
another member. The rantankerous men,
Der had. OF course 70 CONVINCE the gov
ernor that the member was an undt man
and should De dismissed In order %
convince the governor. he knew &c should
have evidence.
In his opinion the books where were
recorded the ines were improperly kept.
and did not show TIE revenue they should.
He resolved 20 ges these books. take chem
10 Topeka and demonstrate % the gov
eronr then and there TIA, his fellow
member should De summary dismissed
Bot how could ne get che books TNaey
were kept IN a safe. He did not know
the combination lie called UPON some
OF his adherents and Instructed them 70
md the u.blnatlon. rob the safe OF TIRE
records and give tae books 10 him I'm
rnediateiy
This was all planned TIE man threat
ened was n quiet shrewd citizen. wha
kept himself informed But this was
keps away from him until the very last
late one afternoon he Was inrormsd %
the conspiracy. lie and a confederate
slipped into rhe police station and quickly
distracted the books. and retired
No; i've hours later this man ard his
confedsrates were hidden IN a r0oEn IN ne
police station. satnding On chairs. looking
over the transou.
The consplrstors slipped IN, the commits
sioner az their hesd. Down on their
knees. VITA the lights turned sown. these
men fumblcd az the combination They
made several trials without success bat
at last the weights dropped and the doors
/ came open.
The commissioner feverlshiy dove into
the open safe. and came out again.
banched and sweai-covered. The book
were not ghcre.
The other commissioner stepped out or
tt1e dark room and said;
Gentlemen. nave the books
There was a quie; scattering 81 the con-
spIrators and the incident closed.
Japau's commission on the penal cods
Intends 90 propose the ahOiiShnent % the
Death penahy. Iiart-kart viii then BE
left TO the criminals own sense of deli
cecy.
There Is no frost for Stanley IN Kan
sas. There would be no frost for ingalls,.
What - the matter with ingalls,. Any
way? How does IL come he isn't in the
. campaign?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-09
LOVE

A year ago tall country lad, red-faced
and sandy haired, came in to Wichita,
and clinging 10 his arm was a very beau
tiful young woman. 1t is true that her
shoes were little heavy, her dress of
mock finery and inclined to the dowdy
and there was patent lack Of taste in
the arrangement of draperies. Her hair
was not tastefuliy dressed. but it was
black. lustrous and a crown for beauti-
full face in which were set the two black
est eyes in the world.
The young man and the young woman
were on their honeymoon.
They wandered Up and down the main
streets. holding each others hands TO the
intense delight of the SINAI, boys and
the older bachelors OF u1e town.
They took one CT the street cars 20 a
suburb. sitting close and their arms
around each other. Coming in again to
the corner of Main and Douglas, she
climbed into his lap in the crowded car
ard put her arm around his neck and laid
her head upon the young husbands shout
der
Some OF the people in the crowd gagged
Others laughed coarsely and the motor
neer turned pale and didn't know Just
what to do. He was doubtful whether il
was his duty to put them off the car and
whether IL he did the law would sustain
him.
One woman on the car Indignantly arose
rang the bell ferociously and disembarked,
walking TO town rather than TO look on
this picture which is so often produced in
private. but 50 rarely seen in public
The motorneer called a citizen to the
platform and said:
what do you think about that coupler"
They're love sick"
'I know that. But what ought I 70
do?"
What do you think you ought to do?"
''Wel I'll tell you said the motor
neer. 81 don't know It's all right to be
love sick. but what puzzles mellow far
is person allowed to show 1t in public
Do YOU think that hugging there is
proper?"
well. it doesn't look quite proper. that's
a fact"
do you think ought to tell them to
ger off. Look at the passengers"
Il don't believe 1 would put 'em Off
They don't know any better"
well. I'll tell you" said the motorneer.
cit would take chief justice to run this
car"
The legal tangle in the mind of the mo-
torneer was relieved when. at the corner
of Main and Douglas. the young couple
left the car.
The notorneer said to the citizen: "TH
bet in a year that couple will get a
divorce. That's the way they start"
The young couple were in Wichita this
year fair week. No one remembered them
until they disembarked from the car in
the evening. Standing near was the mo-
torneer and same citizen. The young
man got off first Then he reached up
and lifted her down, kissing her as he
did so.
'I'll be DANCED said the motorneer,
eff they amt at il yet"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-09
TACTICS WORE coon ONES.

The following communication has been
received: In East Sundays Eagle | no
ticed an item headed Murphy Behind
Time" and how the recruits. while in
camp. laughed al the tactics Mr.. Murphy
used while drilling them here before they
were mustered in. and that his tactics
had died with the Mexican war. Now
let me say. heard Mr.. Murphy say him
self he made no pretension to military
training: that he knew nothing OF tao
tics whatever, but I know the tactics he
used in what little drilling ne did do was
learned from his father. VINO learned them
where fighting tactics were ESSENTIAL. not
camp and dress parade tactics-the tactics
OF 81 and 60. His father / knew well:
marched With him. fought with him and
was imprisoned with him. and a better
soldier was not il the Forty-third Ohio.
and his son. IL need be. would surely
prove himself a CHIP OF the cd block.
Murphy. in patriotism. was right up 70
the times. He showed himself a son Of
a so,dier-a soldier mat did not have time
20 loaf around a camp three months and
laugh at patriots and patriots tactics.
Murphy was right 90 time.
Respectfully. o. L. D. SOLDIER.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-09
CHAs. DAVIS LOTTERY TICKET.

0fiAS. JAWS LIZ lER1 III AZ L.
In 1SSS there was branch office of the
Louisiana Lottery where Nick Steffen's
plact is now on North Main street. 1t
was run by a Mr.. Baker.
Chas. Davis and Frank Burt were at
that time heavy purchasers of tickets.
sometimes having as many a. fOrty-five
or fifty OF quarters. tenths. etc. There
was = good friend OF Mr.. Davis named
Smedlin who also bought tickets. as many
of the best people Of town did. He was
a close friend Of Bakers. too. One day in
some business transaction with Mr.. Da-
Wis Mr. Smedlin got a glimpse of the num-
Der Of one OF his lottery tickets. He iot-
ted the figures down on his Gun.
The report OF monthly drawings were
buletined IN Bakers window. The num-
bers came by telegraph on the second or
each month An hour or so before the
next report came Smedlin made a dummy
o. false bulletin and stuck ii up in Bak-
er's window. giving ths lucky numbers
and list OF capital prizes. OF course he
put Davis number IN. IS 90
Davis came along in a minute and ran
over the list OF numbers. No. q. 20 drew
s5o.Glo. He asked II it was right and both
Baker and Smedlin said i; was. Charley
went across to the Western Union 70 ge;
wire confirmation. but in some way they
hadn't kept the numbers. he was as
sured that he had drawn the lucky num-
Der He went 20 the hank at once. hal
Grant woodnan open the safe and put
that ticket away.
He then went out and 20; the boys. and
they didn't Go a thing II the way OF Il
celebration. Mr.. Davis had money %
burn No. $50 didn't draw anything
and the next day Charley Davis carried
d gun for the joker.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-09
DISCIPLINE

4 story came from Topeka yesterday
Wnich shows how difficult it is for a man
70 gEde from civil to military lie and &c
50 gracefully.
In eva lie there are no grades. no seclu-
SON OF exclusion. no feeling OF superior
RANK.
In military life there IS an emphatic df-
ference There are disputants as TO wheth-
er me association with a subordinate IN
military life IS destructive OF discipline.
But for phe most part military men are
serious IN their belief that familiarity IS
q dangerous element in SO vast machine
as an army In this belief they. OF course.
have the support OF AL the great military
men OF history
The local story IS respecting Adiutani
Major Brown Of Nngmsn.
Brown is a good fellow In politics he
IS mixer. He would just as soon have
a discussion with Mark Hanna as with a
corner politician. If there is n CONVEX
sat!on or n discussion anywhere Brown
will hunt It Up and take part. If there
is hen on" he will be on the Inside II
persistence and cheek will get HIM ;here.
Down south somewhere during the re-
cent trouble with Spain Brown. who was
With the Twenty-frst regiment. became
immensely popular with the boys. He was
always around mixing. and making him
self numerous. He wasn't exactly precise
in his dress and this was sufficient proof
10 the volunteer that Brown wasn't
stuck up.
Ono day General Sanger arrived on the
e~rra SANGER l. military hone and SreW
He gave some sort of banquet 10 the Of
ficers Of higher rank. Brown was invited,
and appeared looking rather rusty; many
OF The military men. as neat as pins. look
ing on his rumpled clothes with horror.
However that dldn't affect Browns ap-
petite in the least. The chances are he
never noticed 1t. He enjoyed the victuaIs
and didn't care much who knew it.
At the end of the banquet General San
ger said in a fierce military voice:
L would like to meet the colonies on the
piazza q. once"
A few moments later the colonies were
gathered on the piazza. and sandwiched
between two was Brown.
The colonel looked the group over and
then said:
II though II made myself understood.
l desire to meet the colonies. All Others
may retire"
Brown was the "others" and he knew II.
So did Sanger. But Brown arose. coolly
pulled down his vest. saiuted magnifcently
and said:
Good. evening. gentlemen"
And then he fed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-09
RENCH HAS A VACATION


Over on the east side of town Is family
containing two eligible daughters. There
is nothing especially strange about this.
but until the recent cool spell the Sunday
evening callers and the two interesting
hostesses spent long end Of the evening
and night on a commodious rustic bench
in the front yard This was a regular af-
fair, and the neighbors the next Monday
morning always noticed that the papa of
the girls was out bright and early with a
tool chest, nails and pieces OF timber. re-
pairing and bolstering up that rustic lawn
seat The strain was too great and in its
decrep;t old age the poor. overworked
furniture would give out and need an arti-
san tonic each Monday following a pro-
longed seance on Sunday night. Now they
hold their sessions in the back parlor and
the woodwork is getting q rluch-needed
rest.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-09
us ZIG YIELD

:. T. Giles, one Of SedSwick countys
successful farmers and tockDe1. this sea-
sen Tapped over any ordinary record Tor
the producing OF alfalfa He harvested
FIVE separate crops % this hay Four :
the best he has ever done before. and no;
many growers % this produc: exceed
three he says that this Is N some Ee-
spscts one ot the most remarkable e-ops-
L never runs out the SOL in fact seems
ID set better with age Il REQUIRES no TO
tatfon % fields. and Is as healthy and a.
prolific twenty years n The same field as
the first. n fact. more 50 L Is a very
palata6Ie and nutritious food fcv al kinGs
% stock and grows ST a wonderful rate
these Eve crops being evidence % its
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-09
REVENGE

A personal reference in the paper the
other day brought TO mind memorable
case of revenge in Wichita.
Shortly after the boom a number of ac-
compl.shed artists came to Wichita. think
ing IL a rich field. which indeed it was.
People had money and one of the ways 10
spend money is in oil portraits
When a man gets just so much surplus
money he is seized with q craving TO have
himself done in oil. He atterward hangs
It in the par,or, where for years 4 gazes
down in g,azy and roseate and ever
rudy splendor on the furniture.
More oil portraits were hung IN Wichita
in the two years following the boom than
in al the previous history of the town.
One Of the prominent citizens of the town
at that time concluded 10 have his por
trait painted A young woman OF a great
deal Of talent was engaged to paint the
portrait. There we're number OF sittings.
1t developed that the artist was very
conscientious-that she was more genius
in art than in money matters.
The sitter had sallow complexion, with
out touch OF color IN It.
The artist faithfully reproduced this
complexion. OF course the portrait was
very good reproduction. But in oil paint
ings il is expected that a complexion will
be manufactured; that the whskers. no
matter how ragged. be neatly combed and
that the lips. no matter now pale, shall
be nicely tinted.
No such liberties with the human face
were taken by this artist. She painted her
subject as he was. So sure was she that
it would be satisfactory; so certain she
was that she had created a masterpiece
in portraiture, that, az her own expense,
she had it beautifully framed.
The citizen and his wife viewed the por-
trait. The artist was poor The little
room in which she showed the painting was
dingy. The two callers looked the paint
in over. The man recognized himself and
was willing to accept the portrait The
wife was on her ear forthwith. She said
the portrait was a libel.
Her husband first expostulated, but she
soon put him down and out. and he left
the room vowing he would never pay for
the portrait. The artist, out of pocket and
disconsolate, was filled with revenge. She
went TO work tearfully, passionately and
began to change the portrait. She squinted
the portraits eyes and gave him a leer.
and worked tirelessly throughout the night
TO change them so that the subject would
be a villain. All night she worked. The
next day the county fair opened.
With bloodshot eyes she took her work
of art to the fair the next day and hung
it in the hall and -abeled it THE Grim
inal.''
For six hours ii was a sensation. Every
body recognized it and roared. BY noon
the portrait was down and gone. 1t had
been purchased. squirt eyes and ALL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-09
PROBLEM N ADDITION.

Miss Agnes Conway, frs grade teacher
in Washington SChooi. had funny ex-
perience with one little toi II her primary
class last week which goes 20 Sho@ that
even small children have think works 81
their own and pdi,osophize With them
more than is given credit. The teacher was
trying 20 impress upon the little giri the
intricacies ot q p-o5leTn n addition and
10 make L applicable suggested this con-
dillon: II should give YOU y pieces OF
candy 70 eat and then one more how
many pieces woa.G yea have altogetherg'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-09
-ABERRATION-

He has no present knowledge OF his
temporary alteration and the story can
be told without offending MIN.
Everybody in Wichita remembers the
ferocity of the campaign of 1886. Both
sides were guilty of a violence of opinion
, which neither would confess today.
One man on the gold side "a man who
had accumulated some little money during
was very bitter on the gold standard side
Time and tine again ne would accuse a
silver man with the expression: You
would take the bread from my mouth.
You would starve me-"
Very frequently during his warmest ex-
slortations. some one. IN intimate friend
of the gold standard man would step
up and ask few words privately with
the silver man.
After a moments conversation the sill
yer man, before all ferocious and i'm
FASHIONED. would calmly walk away WIKI
out word.
This happened frequently. The silver
men who dropped the discussion so alb
ruptly were probably n good deal mysti-
fed by a calm, earnest appeal that the
discussion be ended there and then.
II seems that the gold standard man
had become monomaniacaI on the subject
And who can blame him? The silver
papers were telling the people they would
be enslaved If Mckinley were elected.
The gold standard papers were asserting
that anarchy would follow the success
Of Bryan.
The gold standard man really grew into
-
silver men were trying to take the bread
from his mouth.
AS this peculiar hallucination grew. ne
attached an unusual value 10 bread The
word and the thing lost its figurative
meaning in his mind and became actual
He began to buy at the bakers several
loaves of bread a day. His family at
first treated it as joke. They soon saw
their mistake.
He kept on buying bread. He brought
whole armsful OF IL home with him IN
his safe. which ne had in his residence.
he began to store the loaves.
In the compartment usually reserved for
large books, he piled the bread up as a
mason would bricks. Every night. after
he had ii filled, he would substitute a
few fresh loaves for the Oldest ones and
carefully lock the safe.
At times he would put a loaf under his
pillow. OF course the house was literally
sprinkled with bread before the election
came and this strange fancy and. 50 far
as ne is concerned, even che memory of
ii, passed.
The story is true. It is not intended
humorously. 1t has fits moral-that too
bitter partisanship in anything is danger
Gus to equanimity.
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-09

Caution saves many life. many repu-
tation and many pocket book.
There are many stories Of the boom
and of the curious incidents with which
il was so thickly hung.
However, there is no better story than
this, and it has never been told in public
print.
Four men in Wichita were friends and
in many deals were partners.
One day in a remote suburb, one of the
four discovered "a snap 1t was a plat
of twenty acres The boom was at its
height and these four set out to get this
desirable tract of land One Of them dis
covered they could secure it for $4,000.
The owner was accosted without loss of
tine. and consented 10 the transfer of the
property for the amount named.
All four partners felt that the deal
should be closed at once, the fear being
tnat the owner would renig and ask a
higher price. While the preliminaries were
being settled, they thought II would be
good thing TO cinch the trade by putting
s.. 600 in the hands OF the owner.
He didn't want to accept the money.
and this made them more suspicious than
ever.
While the abstract was in preparation,
one Of the four Wichita men began 20 go
over the records to find out the history of
the land. He discovered that some one
mad sold il to Henry Jone: and that in
the next transfer Henry Jones had sold
it 10 somebody else
This man was cautious. Was the mans
name Jone or Jones? He wanted to know
Jone was not Jones. and the title was
not clear with that additional 50 in the
records.
He objected to accepting a transfer.
His three partners ridicnled him. They
said there was TO such name as Jone.
They told him 70 find it in any city direc-
tory in the world and they would listen
to his objections. He used the telegraph
service freely, and found there was a
Jone in New York.
Then his three friends stood by him.
The owner of the property said that he
would find this man Jone or Jones, and
get an affidavit from him to clear the
title. He did find him. JOne. for such il
proved to be, was in England. The owner
sent word to him.
Before the affidavit came back the boom
was burst, the four men were demanding
their money back The man had spent il
and finally persuaded them to take the
land for the 5000. And this they did,
selling it afterward for $1,000 and believ-
ing to this day that they saved themselves
$34. 900.
Nine years ago this month Charles Beal
says there was only few places in Wich-
tia where one could get drink of whisky.
One of the easy places was a little res
taurant on West Douglas where the liquor
was kept in a coffee pot which sat on a
not alcohol blaze but was protected by
a thick layer Of asbestos to prevent the
heating OF The liquor. This was a novel
and successful device for fooling the
police but the whisky was a race exter-
minator.
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dense growth anr rapidity. II is less sub
ject 10 attacks from all quarters than
most any other crop, the only setback it
ever gets biting from the common field
gopher eating away the roots. Mr.. Giles
has been growing this hay for about ten
years and is increasing his acreage.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-09

McHenry. I'm coming. and 7 can't hold
this horse" Geers turned TO McHenry
and said; Guess we had better let him
get through, that fool will run over US"
They got over. the boy went through and
won the race. The next heat ne had
the pole and there never was time when
either OF them could head him of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-09
MISTAKEN FOR LONG.

When Will Ayres was at Hutchinson
last week he was mistaken for Chester I.
Long by man who knew both men well,
but who was so sure that the clerk of the
appellate court was the candidate for
congress that he lost the cigars on the
proposition.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-09
YOU DON'T SEE NE

There are a good many funny things
which arise in language. One day during
the past summer Ed Fitzpatrick and a
German friend were walking up Main
street. Some acquaintance OF Fitzpat-
rick's passed them and said 10 him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-09
FOR HOME PEOPLE,

How are you. Ed?" "Out of sight" re-
piled Fitzpatrick.
The next day the same German was on
the other side of the street going down.
while Fitzpatrick was coming north. He
saw his German friend and hallooed:
How are YOU today?" The German re-
piled: "You don't see me-
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With her eyes wide open, and evidently
struggling hard with this abstruse propo-
sition she hesitatingly replied. 81 guess
! would have u. as / am afraid after l
had eaten that much the one more would
make me sick.
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And then he fed.

WICHITA's NOVEL SUPERSTITION.
There is a superstition in Wichita that
the issue of marriage license and granting
divorces are sympathetic processes. That
when there Is a run of marriage licenses.
as there mas been the fast two weeks. II
viii be followed by an unusual number
OF applications for divorce at the next
term OF court The attorneys say Jnis
has been the case here for six of seven
years