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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
GOT ACQUAINTED WITH HARVEY
FLEMING.

IT was along in the eighties that Mr.. Vic
Cole of this city was coming west for
the first time, bound for Wichita. He
was seated in the smoking car reading
to pass the time away. Directly back of
him was big healthy young fellow. clean
shaved and fresh from college. The
young man was sitting pretty near on
his neck. with his feet on the back OF
the seat in front of him. Every now and
then the young mans feet would hit
Mr.. Cole on the shoulder. He moved
over a bit and said nothing. Again the
feet pressed against his shoulder and once
more did he move without entering a
protest. The operation was repeated and
Mr. Cole could stand it no longer. He
arose and said: Young man, I've
moved several times on account of your
feet Now I want to know If you own
this car If you do I'll try and find a
seat in another one The young man
thus addressed said: at beg your pardon.
1t was done thoughtlessly." With that
he stuck out his hand. It was Harvey
Wichita. He said: MY name is Flem-
ing"
"Cole is my name" said Mr.. Cole.
"Where are you bound for?'
Wichita
"W-H-E, That's where I'm going; I'll
| just come over and sit with you
Mr.. Cole located here and so did Flem-
| ing, taking a position on the Eagle.
Neither ever forgot their first meeting
and until Fleming left here used TO meet
| and remark about It. They have ever
since been good friends. though the first
meeting promised to be a stormy one.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
A nrrARREI. IN TIME.

They tell II on young lad in this city
that he agreed 10 take number OF Young
girls home from a party. The night was
a very dark and 5carey one. and on his
way up the street with his bevy ~ little
tots the young beau. about years. fell
purposely into a violent dispute with
them They could not molnfy him, try
as they would. and they understood why.
when opposite his own home. he deserted
them and let them 60 home alone
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23

There Is saying IN wichita thai 10
matter where yog 20 II the world yo7
zr,.l sl1ays meet some ooe VITO has lived
- Wichita This. however. ap2ilsa only
20 the United States Wichita ToGaS
LADY who recently Travelled n Europe,
avs SIZE dian't see a Wichita rsaE q
woman Or bear q wichita anywhere ca
The contlaeat-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
BIG ZEE IN SMALL corN.

The first fee one Wichita lawyer ever
received was in defending thirty China
men. then living In Wichita. who had
been arrested for playing fsn-tan Il
was a difficult case. as the lawyer couldn't
understand half what his clients said.
and the court was IN a worse TX than
himself Finally he cleared them and
charged them as fee 500 that Is ~
apiece. They all hled into his once and
paid that $40 In quarters. halves AMI
silver dollars.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
PEOPLE WON'T STAND 1T.

II any OF the musical people IN wichita
attempt to sing Angels Ever Bright and
Fair" there is at once revolt. The rea-
son for this is that az a musical contest
I'm Hutchinson come years ago the num-
Der which the contestants had to sing
was Angels Ever Bright and Fair. "
There were thirty or forty contestants
and everybody grew so tired OF the thing
that il is no longer tolerated here
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
Is CERrA1NtY NO JOKE.

People who are inclined TO treat Colo
radios theft OF the Arkansas river fTivo-
lousy. do not know what they are about
The absence OF water from the big chan
nei IS said 20 materially affect the drain
age o. the city and In this way may a.
feet the health Of the city There Is TO
doubt but what Colorado vii have 70
give I'D a great many OF her hungry irri-
eating bitches
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
QUESTION ABOUT THAT SONG.

Bruce Priddy's and Miss Guthrie latest
piece of music. THE Pretty Girl Of klon~
dixie" starts out to tell a story and doesn I
do II. That is the only thing in which IT
Is disappointing. girl loads up a bicy-
Gle with a little Of everything, including
vaseline and troches for her voice, and
lights out for KIondike- The song inti-
mates that she got there and that she
is now worth her weight in gold, hut fails
IN declare whether some man loves her
and saws that about her. or whether she
really has the nuggets
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
R1rNs oN A RACK-BoNE.

At wichita the Big Arkansas runs
when II does rum on sort of backbone
For instance. water falling about Law
renee avenue. within few blocks Of the
river. would. before the sewer was put
N run clear TO Chisholm creek. down
Chisholm creek and finally reach the BIG
river miles below town. A short distance
west Of the Big river water flows away
from It and into the slough. reaching the
river IN an around about way.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
WANT To RE cLArRvoYANrs.

out the trial. An Eagle reporter walked
quite enamored with the mysterious. They
are taking lessons in order TO become
clairvOyants. The husbands of these fair
women who, all of a sudden, have become
amuse themselves. If they thought for
moment that they really would become
clairvoyants or seers the pin money
would more than likely be cut OF.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
WHEN HORSES WON'T SHY.

A horse may have lived in city all
his life. and yet on cool days insist on
shying at the trolley cars. Horsemen,
however. say that such horse will not
shy at a car II ne Is travelling on the
right side Of the road. but II he is skittish
~ all. he Is liable 10 do so, II on the
left side.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
CAN'T REACH THEM.

Zepher Davis the bright young man who
was made agent of the Frisco at New
Albany, Kan, recently by Superintendent
Carl Gray, is small for his age, and he
is only II. 1t is a rule of the company
that all car doors must be sealed by the
agents. As Mr. Davis can't reach the
doors he takes a man along to boost him
I'D while he performs his duty of sealing
the car.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
nror-IL COME Rack. "

So many people in wichita have tried
it somewhere else IN the world and be-
came disguised that now. when crowd
goes down to the depot to see someone so
away. perhaps forever. the chorus rings
out as the train pulls away; "Oh. you'll
come back"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
IN sNEERs wIIL ca.

II Is related Of one music teacher tn
Wichita that she went 10 another music
teachers recital and sueered az through
Inc program. The second music teacher
Is soon To give another recital. and she
SAYS that II her sneering consPetisoF
comes to the hall she Win arise pahaicly
and request her 20 withdraw from tsa
hall
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
HOW LAWYERS WORK TOGETHER.

The lawyers of Wichita are in a sort
Of cooperative scheme, although few oil
them realize it. They cooperate on their
libraries Each state issues set of re-
ports 1t would be almost impossible for
che firm of lawyers to have a complete
list. of course. So one lawyer gets one
state set and another gets another state.
and so on. For instance, II Wichita
lawyer wants a Missouri report. he goes
straightway to Sankey Campbells; II
California, to Stanley & Vermilion's, and
so on. Considering the way lawyers bor-
row books, it is wonder that more
books are not lost.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
GETS EVERYTHING THAT'S NEW.

For going after the new things" in the
world. no one tn Wichita can equal Ger
aid Valk. IL there Is a new Kind q shot
gun. Gerald Is the first man 70 have one
He had one @ the first Photographs n
the city. He Is about the oldest amateur
photographer and this Teek he was sid
Ing around CT the first chalnlsss eseycie
70 be Used IN the city.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
WHERE TO EAT.

There IS ore pretty good rule 20 60 BY.
When you go into strange town and
you want something to eat and don't
know anything about any of the restsur-
ants Just step up to policeman and ask
him where tie gamblers eat That will
be the best place in the town ninety
nine times out OF a hundred.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
NOT MICH ON SCANDALS

Most of the other towns throughout
Kansas ridicule, abuse and heap ignominy
upon Wichita, but Notwithstanding all of
their slurs this city is freer from scandals
than any Of them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
SAVE THE RrFFAIO.

The city ought 10 by all means secure
the two buffalo now at the stock yards
for the park collection. They should also
secure a good. large family of prairie
dogs, some coyotes, antelopess, elks and
bears. What Is a park without a bear?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
pAcv AND FORTH TICKET.

The other day an Irishman appeared at
the window of the Santa Fe depot and
wanted round-trip ticket to Wellington.
He said to the agent:
.'Give me a back and forth ticket to
Wellington, If you please"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
POETRY ON CLYDE MATTox.

POETRY ON CLYDE MATTOX.
There were some young women IN
Wichita who were glad when Clyde Mat
tox was pardoned. At the time OF his
conviction the Eagle received four poems
from young women in defense of the
young man. A Wichita young lady has
today as a souvenir of his trial, the bullet
with which he is said 10 have killed the
man for whose murder ne was sent
up" Dave Leahy got possession Oh the
bullet and presented it to her.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
SHE KISSED HER HUSBAND.

They tell it that once in Wichita
woman got a divorce from her husband
and went to live in another house. She
had number of friends with her when
she said goodby to her old home and her
husband. whom she kissed When they
were all out of doors. the women asked
her why she had kissed her husband. and
she said she did 1t from force of habit.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
so,sE VIII co TO PARIS.

some OF ire people IN Wichita are
already making preparations % yisit the
paris worlds exposition n 800 e'n.s
farsfy. which speaks French. hsE al
ready written 20 Paris for three
months lease CT = Suburban house
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23

7, Is ssia thai tAs frztsru4l Insurance
zszo-sstIsas have become 80 nss1sTons
ard nuneroesly Joined n w.caltz that
sous -ea are actually eol2g wiiAe1i tie
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23

NO ONE DEFENDS THE CAR
No enc in Wichita likes Tom Reed. the
speaker OF the national house o. repTeSeS-
tatives- Two years ago Wichita was
great Reed town. During the Mckinley
campaign Reed came here and made =
speech The tone he adopted TO this
audience. one Of father TO bis children.
disguised the community and mention
of Reed on the street today will bring
protests against him on every side
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23

cannibaIs would overpower the mission
ary and eat him. or them. By uanipu-
lating the boat you can get them all
safely across, but it takes time and pa
thence.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
WAS HIS MOTHERS FAvoRrTE.

when the Carlisle family OF Kentucky
lived in Wichita they resided on North
Emporia avenue Mrs Carlisle. the wife
of John G.. spent a large portion Of her
time here. in order to be near Logan Car
Isle. who died last week in New YORK
city. He was her favorite boy. The
Carlisle boys had an once here on Doug
las avenue between Lawrence and Mar
H.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
PROTECTION OF BIRDS.

who was visiting in Wichita, announced
that he would move here to reside
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
...Gossip For Home People,.
NO ONE DEFENDS THE czAR.

necessaries of life In order to keep up
their dues.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-04-27
THE YUKON MOSQUITO.
Drives Moose and Caribou to the Snow
Line and Stings Bears Blind.

Drives Moose and Caribou to the Snow
Line and Stings Bears Blind.
Not only do the Yukon mosquitoes
attack men and overwhelm them, but
they drive the moose, deer and caribou
up the mountains to the snow line,
where these animals would prefer not
to be in berry time. They kill dogs,
and even the big brown bear, that is
often miscalled grizzly, has succumb-
ed to them. Bears come down to the
river from the hillside in the early fall
to get some Of the salmon that are often
thrown upon the banks when the "run"
is heavy.
If bruin runs foul of swarm of mos
quitoes and has not his wits about him
his day has come. The insects will
alight all over him. His fur protects
his body, but his eyes, ears and nose
will soon be swollen up and bleeding,
and unless he gets into a river or a
strong wind he will be- driven mad and
blind, to wander about hopelessly until
he starves to death.
Although the Alaska summer is short,
two broods of mosquitoes hatch out each
year, and are ready for business from
one to ten seconds after they leave the
water. It rains a good deal along the
Yukon, and rain is welcomed, for it
drives the mosquitoes to cover. They
hide under leaves and branches until
the shower is over; then they come out
boiling with rage at the time they have
been forced to spend in idleness, and the
miner has harder time than ever after
his respite. I~ e. .-s u. ..sssz :.
Mosquitoes and snowfakes are not
contemporaries in the States, but in
Alaskarit is different. Snow does not
bother them SO much as rain, and an
early snow may fall while they are still
on the wing. Fog does not choke them
either. They appear to like it. They
float about in it as in ambush and take
the unwary prospector by SURPRISE
Denver Times.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-04-27
THE RETIRED BURGLAR.
An impeachment Placed In Pursuer'a
Way That Helped Instead Of Hinderine.

An Impediment Placed In Pursuer,s
Way That Helped Instead Of Hinderine.
I when / saw the gate at the top Of
the stairs, said the retired burglar,
of course knew there was young chill
dren in the house. It was put there to
keep 'em from falling down stairs. It
was low, I guess about two feet and a
half high, and it swung when closed
from the post at the top Of the stairs
across to a strip nailed to the wall op.
posite. s, z:se
/ noticed this gate when went up,
particular, because man in my bust
ness notices erything and because I
thought that this would be handy
thing to shut in case anybody should
get after me in the house; that shutting
that gate in front of 'em might stop 'em
long enough to let me get away comfort
able. It-wasn't more n year before
had chance to try it. i
There was long hall on the second
floor of this house, with this stairway
pretty near at the front end Of it.
went into q room way back at the 9th
er end, and while was looking around
there I upset something on the bureau
and woke up man in the bed. w..
Well, he says, what's the matter
|now?' And I didn't wait to hear any
more. didn't even turn the light on
him. didn't need to. You could tell
all you wanted to know about him by
his voice. He was resolute, ablebodied
citizen that could hear getting out of
bed. .... +. r::sg*> - %
II made break for the door and
sprinted along the hall, throwing my
light and catching sight Of that gate
again and smiling to myself as saw
it. Iswung it around shut after me as I
passed and went on down the stairs,
leaving the man up stairs coming along
the hall overhead with rush.
"'But it's all right I says to my
self; the gate'll stop him long enough
for me to get out easy But, by snakes,
it didn't stop him at all. On the con-
trary, it helped him. Just as I was
stepping down from the last step on to
the floor Of the hall below the man fell
on my back. He'd been coming along
the hall above SO fast that he couldn't
stop himself, and he fell over the gate,
turned summerset in the air on the
staircase and came down heap Eastern
I did and landed on me. Instead of
breaking his own back he pretty near
broke mine.
"We rolled over and over on the floor
in the hall, the man laughing tit to kill.
That's the sort of man he was. It was
the funniest thing he'd run up against
in a long time. ~
HE never once thought of stopping
me, not once, but he says, when he was
letting me out, If you should come
again, don't shut the gate. '''-New
York Sun. s-z * --rs-.-
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-04-27
Too Much Culture.

AUNT Penelope Wiggins," as every
body called her, was visited one sum.
mer by niece from the east. Vassar
college graduate. Aunt Penelope was
one Of the most hospitable souls alive,
but she was not greatly impressed by
the superior learning of her young rela-
tive, and one day she freed her mind
about her thus:
Talk to me about what college edu-
cation does for a grill What do you
suppose Matilda said to me the first day
she came? She said:
"I'm SO glad to meet you, aunty
You accent your name on the Aunty
Penultimate, don't you?''
Did you ever hear such nonsense? I
had to tell her my name wasn't Aunty
Penultimate, but Aunty Penelope, and
I thought she would die a-laughing!-
Youths Companion. -.y--r.>......
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-04-27
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COURAGE.
hey that never knew

II is not they that never knew
Weakness or fear who are the brave 4
Those are the proud, the knightly few
Whose Joy is still to serve and save
But they whom the weary night
Amid the darkness and the stress
Have struggled with disease and blight
With pitiful world WEAKNESS,
They who have yearned to stand among
The free and mighty Of the earth, =
Whose sad, aspiring souls are wrung
With starless hope and hollow mirth,
Who die with every day, yet live ri.
Through merciless, unbrightened years,
Whose sweetest right is to forgive
And smile diyinely through their tears.
They are the noble, they the strong,
They are the tried, the trusted ones,
And though their way is hard and long,
Straight to the plying God it runs.
-Harper's Weekly.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-04-27
The Cake Walk Is French.

The cake walk properly had it's origin
among the French negroes Of Louisiana
more than century ago. There is little
doubt that it is an offshoot of some of
the old French country dances. It rep
resents several Of them in form. From
New Orleans it spread over the entire
south and thence north. It was found
of convenience to the plantation ne
groes. They were not welded by license,
and it was seldom that the services of a
preacher were called in.
At a cake walk a man might legiti-
mately show his preference for wom-
an and thus publicly claim her for a
wife. In effect the cake walk was not
different from the old Scotch marriage,
which required only public acknowledge
ment from the contracting parties. So
this festival became in some sense a
wooing, an acceptance or rejection and
a ceremony. This explains it's popular
ity with the blacks outside of it's beau
ties, with the accompaniment of music,
which is competent at all times to com.
mand negro support.
Cake walking has improved, as do
most things that are constantly praotic.
ed. It has lost it's old significance in the
south. Negroes now get married, when
they marry at all, in the white folks
fashion. It has, moreover, become
pantomime dance. Properly performed,
it is beautiful one. The cake is not
much of 9 prize, though the negro has
9 sweet tooth. New Orleans Times
Democrat B. St Es
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-04-27
Making Sandwiches.

Ninety mine women in a hundred
making sandwiches for company ex-
pected in the evening, and wanting
them crustless, will cut the crust off
after slicing the bread. Take whole
loaf Of bread, cut the sides and top crust
of, leaving the bottom crust on. Then,
having squared off one end, spread on
your deviled ham, sardine paste or.
whatever and cut a thin slice back to
the bottom crust. Release the slice by
running your knife down just inside
the bottom crust Then neither the
bread nor your temper is crumpled.
New York Tribune
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-04-27
SMITHS CAKE.

1t Was Something of a Surprise When
Served at Dinner.
Madam, you don't know how to
make cakeP' exclaimed Mr.. Smith,
throwing lump of half cooked dough
across the room at the cat. You never
knew how to make cake. I'd rather eat
wet sawdust. You ought to have seen
the cake my mother made. That was
cake!''
"Your mother again-always your
motherl' retorted Mrs. Smith, "Pity
she didn't teach you something!''
"What do you mean, madam? I'll
warrant I'll make better cake myself
than you any day."
"Why don't you try? You'll find ev-
erything in the Kitchen
"Well, I CAM
''Well, why don't you? You are all
talkr'
Smith found himself cornered, and
felt very uncomfortable, as he had Ell
ther to surrender Internationally or to
make good his boast. He had never
made cake in his life, had no idea how
cakes were compounded, but thought he
knew what was in them.
"I'll make the cake," he said.
swell, come into the kitchen and
make it," proposed his wife.
"What, now?"
eyes, now. I'll get the things for
you"
Smith took off his coat, his collar and
necktie and rolled up his shirt sleeves.
They walked to the kitchen together,
and Smith said:
"What shall mix it imp
"Oh, you're doing it," Mrs. Smith
replied.
"Ah, this will d." he said, taking
up bowl. "Now bring me some WATER,
now some raisins and currants, sugar
and ginger and allspice. There, that
will do" He put them all into the
bowl and mixed them with a spoon.
"They don't seem to stick together, -
he said. "Looks more like a thick soup
than anything else. Fancy I've got too
much water" Smith drained off some
Of the water and was about to put the
cake into pan, when his wife said:
Didn't your mother use four?''
ooh, -yes-ah, yes-hour, of
COURSE Then he mixed in flour until
it was so stiff that he could hardly
knead it. "Now," said he, cpl take
this cake round to the bakers and have
it baked properly He started off, and
when be reached the bakers he said:
"Will you just throw this stuff away
and put in it's place one of your best
plum cakes?''
That night at supper Mrs. Smith had
her mother and sister with her. She
had told them of the cake, and they
were expecting great fun at Smiths ex-
pense. The cake did not come until sup
per time. Smith took it from the boy
and said:
"This is my cake-something like a
cake" He carried in the cake and
placed it on the table.
Here's a note in the paper" said
Mrs. Smith. CPL read it:
"DEAR SIR-I am sorry we are all out of
plum cake so I send you pound cake instead.
Yours obedently, S. BROWN, Baker"
New York Ledger.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-04-27
Borrowers of Tobacco.

There are some smokers who do not
buy tobacco or cigars more than once q
year: There is probably no other article
which is SO often borrowed and not re-
paid as tobacco. A wit in this city once
said in a newspaper paragraph, The
American people last year used so, 600. :
900 pounds of chewing tobacco, half Of
which they borrowed. There is almost
as much truth as fun in that assertion.
Chicago Chronicle.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-04-27
Not So Bad as That.

Johnny, Johnny, are you smoking
the nasty little things again? I thought
you had sworn off. = S=.s
Nom. / never swear. All said
was that I'd be doggoned if ever smok-
ed 'em again. - Chicago Tribune.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-04-27

Sandwich men in the streets Of Lon
don are required 70 walk near the curb
stone, but not on the pavement, and not
less than 80 yards must separate each
sandwich man from his nearest placard-
ed comrade. In case Of the sandwich
man not fulfilling these rules he may
be arrested and fined.