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The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
HE ORDERED THE IocE

One of the ooiored boys who contested
in the cake-walk on New Years night
shines shoes for a livelihood For many
months he has polished q certain hack
drivers shoes. When he got ready TO 90
over 10 the Auditorium he called 70 the
hackmaa, made 4 motion like one OF
Dick PIunkett's swell guys" and said:
Come here" 1t liked TO have paralyized
the driver when he told him TO drive
around TO the side entrance
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
THE Tilted GIRL TAINTED.

The case of young Shepherd and a
young lady IN this city who were en-
gagged to be married, sent out invitations
and then reconsidered, is said to have
been simply because they changed their
minds. Once in Wichita a ten-days
sensation was caused by a young man
in society. who was a scoundrel, engag-
ing himself to a young woman. He gave
her money TO buy her dresses. One day
she and number of her friends met the
young man on Main street near Finlay
Ross store. He had a young woman
with him and he introduced her to the
party as his wife, which indeed she was.
The young society girl who was engaged
to him, tainted in the arms Of her COM
panionS.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
AN AWFUL FINE SHOT.

Several years ago. when Benton Muir
dock, of the FL Dorado Republican, was
a young chap, he was on a buffalo hunt.
The party was camped on the Cowskin,
west of this city. Young Murdock had
not been very successful in killing buffalo
and was sitting in camp bewailing his
luck. when suddenly an unusually large
buffalo appeared by the stream a short
distance away, walking towards the
camp. Bent was given a Sharps rife
with cartridges and told to go and shoot
it He slipped quietly along under the
bank for a short distance. but was afraid
TO get very far from the camp. rested
his gun in a small bush awaiting the
nearer approach of his game. When
the animal got within hundred feet of
him it dropped to the ground-dead from
a shot received from a member of an
other hunting party.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
WHAT DOES 1T REPRESENT,

At play in the Crawford the other
night two men got into a dispute as to
the exact portrayal of the drop curtain.
The drop curtain is an old one, showing
a southern bay with mountain and boats
in the mirrory water. Three people are
visible. barlegged man doing something
with a net. woman dressed in red with
a voluptious form, and an old woman.
One man claimed it was the Bay OF
Naples, the other said il was a painting
of a coast town of Greece The scene
perhaps is situated only in the ina gina
ton Of the man who painted it.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
CAKE WALK FUED LIABLE.

The Wichita cake walk is liable TO lead
to feud, Walter Gray and his wife won
the cake. They came from Guthrie. An
Oklahoma City paper said that that town
deserved some of the glory as Mrs. Gray
was formerly an honored member of
Oklahoma City society. Thereupon an
Oklahoma City colored man comes out
and blasts Mrs. Gray by saying that she
did not move in the best colored society
circles of Oklahoma City. Mr. Gray, the
winner of the cake walk. is said to have
bought new razor with part of the prize
money and will soon visit Oklahoma City.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
THE LAST BUFFALO wALLow.


In William Matthewson's pasture lying
between his home and Chisholm creek
tenderfeet may yet see buffalo waIlows
Zen years ago everybody in Wichita
hne" buffalo wallow when he saw one,
nut so many eastern people make up the
population of the city now that COM
paratively few know what one is. A
ouHaio waliow is depression in the
ground and ]. r. Mead tells how one is
made In the spring a buffalo sheds his
1ur. Instead Of the individual hairs drop
ping away as in a horse, quite large
slabs OF the hair peel off. The buffalo,
10 aid this process and to satisfy an itch
ing sensation, seeks out dusty spot, lies
down in it and begins to roll and kick,
this action whirling him around and
around on the ground. When he is up and
away. another buffalo seeing the same
place repeats the operation. The ground
becomes dustier and dustier and the
wind blows the dust out and awav Ieav-
ing depression which stays there for
years The belief that buffalo wallow in
mud is erroneous. In all his experience
on the plains Mr.. J. r. Mead never saw
a buffalo wallow in mud and never saw
sand or mud in a buffaloes forehead as
so frequently has been stated by those
without practical experience. In the Can
adam north. in the Red River country
and Lake of the Woods country, where
there are millions of mosquitoes. buffalo
would lay down in the water TO get rio
of them There were no mosquitoes on
the great plains of Kansas in carly days.
says Mr.. Mead
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
SAID TO HAVE cLuBBEp HIM.

The latest wrinkle is said to be the alb
sence of butter at swell lunches. A Wich-
ita man who was helping his wife enter
tain at such function the other even
ing, noticed the absence of the butter
and asked for some. His wife didn't ans
wer him. He ate the bread alone awhile
and then said:
Maria, you've forgotten the butter
She never heard him. He waited
while and then snorted:
IF it's all the same to you. would
like the guests to have butter-also my
SELF
His wife glared at him and didn't
answer.
When the meal was finished he got up
and said:
pretty fair meal-if had had butter"
When the guests were gone. his wife Is
said to have used club on him.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
IS TH1RsTrNG For ZANE

/ IT. =
The woman who wrote the poems "Da-
serted" and "Jnted" in the EAGLE. has
written another letter 20 the Eagle with
| her left hand. This ieft-hand letter cornes
apparently from one member OF family
who says they are greatly Interested IN
the identity OF Deserted and "Ju,ed %
FOUND out who it is TIE letter with
the customary shaky left-hand disguise
which never does conceal chirography.
proves that the author a. .'Desertef.' r.
not only insiucere bat s. thirstin~ for
fame. she also sends In this poen.
LITTLE cORNEIIAN PKG;
Aar l,s,Iesei,. tr,,red o-e- nv ,res.u-s,-
The fragments Of vss,sraay's YEAR
There feu fro- a hidden c,r-e-
4 prize t1af srourht miles a,s ,.a-,.
trenb.,r
Ana ms ras hes. ne ,sn-v ,s,,~
Tba. had meant 40 r,yeb IN ,te g..
gore bv
~ uttie Carneiisn r,,~f
For saw in .rs se,fs, n fs- b.,--.-~-
In the ups+ ~ So a-,l..- et,s-
The unta-nfshe4 iovs ~ Cfr1p.,s
Tbs, ,e,e- e~,,, .,-,, 49,.
Oh. ssee, ia mes Gun f-utia.
WIN a ts, t-,. A.. an a.. -
But tse near, f. ave lo,sl = Is-r,-~
For the -1eararrr ee-.v.- 49,,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09

one @ TIE Judges q the cake wax r.
telling h0w the 5u1Ees arrived a. their
cor-sasson as 70 rhs winners says eve
tex grace ard cAzrzcter O. -rsr--e--
into o0us.serztsoz. bai also G,.st One a.
the walkers. 14E. voBiS easily have
won ouE had hs dresssa far the oc1as.an-
II vzs q hard hing = decide. boss~er.
ard an Trough ND carer - q j2srs
% 4 cake wax They ooui6a't Sc. re %
ss-.c aEslr
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
DISTANCE FIRE EASIEST.

Wichita fremen say that it strikes peo-
pie curiously that IL takes almost as
long 10 get a fire started in fire engine
and have the water playing from the en-
gine on a building in the same block as
IL does to go several blocks. The reason
for this Is that the kindling in the fire.
box becomes packed and a fire cannot bs
started easily. When the fire IS at a
distance the fuel becomes Ioosened and
the rapid and long run creates a
draught. so that the fire burns quickly
II is for this reason that occasionally a
fire department viii let a fire get away
with them when II is right across the
street from the department.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
DIFFERENT KINDS OF CROWDS.

The crowds that last fan infested.
swarmed and lurked about the corner OF
Main street and Douglas avenue discuss
ing the silver issue from morning until
night are TO he seen no more. Then the
long haired. heslouched Pop stood there
talking worse than any old town gossip.
always winding up by saving that the
nation would so TO the damnation bow
vows. \ man can so and stand on that
same corner today and he won't hear the
word silver mentioned in twenty-four
hours. The corner is crowded just as
much but it is people pushing their way
to or for something. Now one hears:
John, how many bushels Of wheat did
YOU raiser" Have you sold yet?"
What are you going 10 CO with the
moncy?" There is look OF broad con-
tentment and Joy on their faces now.
where only one short year ago there was
gloom and dispondency written.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
THE MACINTOSH SCHEME.

About every young man in the town
has tried the macintosh scheme. Some
time in the history of Wichita a prophet
arose and insisted that anybody would
Keep warm in winter in Kansas if he
simply excluded the wind. With this
idea young man will invest in a mack
intosh and try it as a substitute for an
overcoat- Then he will freeze to death
for one winter The next winter he buys
an overcoat and laughs at the younger
man in his turn trying the macintosh
scheme
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09

Yesterday at the Carey hotel was de-
livered letter on which was type-writ
ten this:
In this state OF KanSas-Wichita town
Is jolly little drummer of tobacco re-
nown.
At the good Hotel Carey. think he will
dine.
Ard the tobacco he sells is Fruit OF the
Vine.'
His name is z. ]. Harding and this note
belongs to him,
So rush ii. Uncle Samuel, with your &C
customed vim.
Mr. Harding received the letter and
will frame it. It was mailed from Law
renee.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
a FOOLISH coon CUSTOM.

On New Years eve for some years the
youths of this city have taken a piece of
soap and marked on the big plate glass
windows Of every business house on Main
and Douglas avenue the year in great
big figures. On some OF the store win
school boy saying. They do not propose
that any one shall not be aware that the
New Year is at hand IL they are able 10
read. In some cases the boys do good
turn in thus marking on the windows
Some men are very careless about clean
ing their windows. but after they have
once been covered with these soap figures
it becomes absolutely necessary that they
should be cleaned
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
LOGAN MuLHALLs MONUMENT.

A number of the town boys as well as
some of the men. remember Logan Null
hall late son of Zach MulhaIl OF Okla
homa. for whom the town was named
Young Logan lived for q time with his
mother at the Carey hotel. when about
7 or 5 years old. He began 10 live with
his fathers COW boys when about years
old. and became Injured to all the hard
ships incident 10 their lives. Living
among the cattle. riding during the day,
lariating his horse and bunking down on
the prairie, rolling up in his blanket for
the night like the men. He was known
by the cattlemen throughout northern
Texas. Indian Territory and Oklahoma.
as we'll also by the Indians. in whose
camp he was always a welcome guest.
He could perform all the feats of the
widest cowboy on the plains in riding.
rounding and laSsoins cattle, shooting
with a revolver or Winchester. All these
feats he acquired between the age of
and IS He had a ranch OF some two
thousand acres with a fine herd OF cat-
tie, his own. At about the age Of Il he
went east and commenced a school life.
He came home for the holiday vacation
took sick with the diphtheria and died.
Near the town OF Mulhan can be seen a
mausoleum. In a short time a life size
equestrian statue Of marble represent
ing Logan Mulhan on his favorite horse
will be erected on granite pedestal in
front Of the tomb. II the statue VIII be
represented with l2riat and Winchester
memorium. the gift Of the cowboys Of
the southwest which Will be in plain view
OF the Santa Fe railroad.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
FOR A sPRArNrp ANKLE.

As soon as possible after the accident
put the foot into hot water. and let II re-
main there an hour or longer. keeping thu
temperature as high as possible BY add
ing hot water 10 it every ten or fifteen
minutes. When taken from the water
rub the ankle gently but firmly. with
opodeldoc. keep IL Is elevated as possi-
bic. and bandage II from the toe to the
ankle Repeat this treatment as often
during thed ay as possible. and do not
forget that IL Is greatly to your advan,-
age to keen the foot as ouie, as possible.
with proper care the ankle viii mend
very rapidly.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
LAWRENCE AvERY,s CATCH

Lawrence Avery fished from pond on
his place east of town a queer specimen
Of animation which he brought to the
Eagle office and which is strictly neither
fish. fowl nor animal. but has some char
acterstics of all three. 1t IS amphibious
and all the scientists in town became
interested. L is in fact. zoologicaIly
speaking. an Axalotl, and is related to
the salamanders. having gills. fins, legs,
the tail of an eel. and the head of a cat
fish. 1t belongs to the scnius serenon and
is found in the Lake of Mexico on the
shores Of which stands the City Of
Mexico.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
REMEDY roR HEADACHE.

As rule duh headache over ths
brows and accompanied by languor. chill
with a distaste FOR food. which sometimes
approaches nausea. can be removed COM
pletely in about ten minutes by two
grain dose % iodlde % potassium ec
water. so that the whole quantity may ~
slipped In a bout ten minutes.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
BIT EE DIDN'T no IT

The morning that Walter Gray. the
champion cake-walker OF the west, left
for his home some of the gentlemen who
witnessed the affair asked him what he
was going TO do when he got 10 his home
IN Guthrie. He said: 'well. Mr.. Jones.
I'm going 20 hire TO niggers two carry
that cake UP town and I'm going TO walk
in front so that every one can see what
/ won" He then showed them how he
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
POLITICIANS IN IT

Something has come over the spirit Of
the Wichita politicians. They are all get
ting it into their heads to run for some
thing big. W. E. Stanley and II. G. Toler
may both be candidates for governor. T
G. Fitch and o. H. Bentley for congress;
A. NJ. Denny and Jesse Haymaker for
state auditor. while George Locke ex-
state central committee.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
NO ONE COT a BICYCLE.

Some time ago a California concern in
troduced into this city a certain brand Of
chewing gum. In each package of chew
Ing gum one letter was enclosed. The let
ters were different and when a purchaser
had made a certain given word out of
the letters he had obtained with chewing
gum. he was to get n bicycle. Hundreds
of dollars worth of the chewing gum was
sold. Everybody in town almost had all
the letters in the desired word except
one. That letter was &c" No one ever
did get &c" That chewing gum is now
boycotted.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09

lemons open and remove the pulp and
juice Str1a through coarse seivs 20
remove the seeds and mix with Aaif =
cup OF graduated sugar. stand in a cool
place until IL has jeilied- Take tea
spoonful every half hour THIS is an old
German receipt. and is particularly good
for bronchial affections. as wen as ordi-
nary colds
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09

\ wichita woman says this is an act
ual fact II she goes away from home
on foot. her babies cry 20 20 along. II
she goes in a bugEy. they howl iUs; as
loudly 70 accompany her. But when she
mounts her bicycle the babies without a
sign OF protest wave her farewell she
says she believes the children Instructive
ly grasp thc fact that A bicycle IS IN
tended for one only ard calmly submit.
knowing II IS Impossible Ter them % 60
along.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
BICYCLE PATH Is SIRE

The cyclists of the city understand that
there is scheme not to build a cycling
path along the boulevard in the new
park. This is not true, as Mayor Ross is
the particular champion of wheel people
and is thinking seriously of putting in
the cycle path first and adding the boule-
ward as a secondary thing. This is cor
rect There is as much money invested
in wheels in Wichita as there is in
dou ble-seated family carriages.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
SURETY BONDS POPULAR

Most OF the pubic officers nowadays
get their bonds made BY surety compan-
les Politicians say that il is the best
way, as il relieves many an officer OF
irksome obligations II also relieves the
men who do not want to sign bonds but
are afraid % offending politicians. The
latest Wichita man 70 make bond was
County Commissioner Howard lie made
a bond Tor $500 with surety company's
agent az Newton.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
CoT-NcJ1, NEEDS RoJ-o1-Ers

The manufacturers OF bicycle bells
should come to Wichita and throw bou-
quests at the city council thereof. About
half the bicycle bells are broken while
the owners of the other half seem to
have forgotten that there are any such
things as street crossings. 1t IS a rarity
TO hear a bicycle bell any more.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
HEAD FROM TIE ROCKIES.

Mr.. Fred Baldwin. Photographic artist
received yesterday morning from the in
terror regions of the Rocky mountains
a magnificent mounted bucks head with
an immense spread OF antlers The ami
mountains. The valued present is from
Mr.. Henry Schaflnit the express and
passenger agent for the Tisdale Stage
company, running from Wolcott TO
Steamboat Springs. The head is superb
ly mounted and Will attract lovers of the
chase.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
CITY MADE A KICK

When Fire Chief Walden advised the
city 20 buy a chemical engine a great
howl went up. He was abused and ridi-
culed. People said he couldn't put out
a fire with a squirt-gun. Wichita has
the best fire department in the west to-
day. The most valuable piece Of ma
chinery in it is the same chemical en-
gine over which such a roar originally
went up.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09

Tae nexS Improvement wichita sA0g,d
have - a covered ambulance TIE pres
CT: patrol wagon has a sfrsIcher IN g..
and IS used fo- a. zn1GiaEce. Wen
some one IS h1rt. As - placs1 On this
stretczss and 5rzsa th.ogEa the streets
n sumner exposed 20 ths So and 81
winter . the uznervi1g olzs.s of cod
viHd A regular covered ambulance is
the rh.zg ard should - secured
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
GOT WEARY FOR ONCE

The other night there was a slight fire
az the Children's Home. The FIRE COM
panies made the run. but very few pe0-
pie on College Hi knew anything about
II. b the time the companies reached
Chisholm creek the man who rings the
alarm bell on the wagon grew tired and
quit, the first time on record.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09

of December for the company at this
place When il is learned that the entire
amount taken in amounted 20 only about
sl,0.O 1t can be seen that the company's
earnings are not all clear profit The
company makes money but not on such
offices as Wichita
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
WAS AN INGALLS, TOWN.

Tho principal talk among the politicians
in the last week was ingalls, blast on Cy
Leland. Some liked II and some didn't
Wichita has always been an ingalls,
town. The last Republican elected to
the Kansas legislature. Irwin. was in
structed for ingalls, for United States
senator
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
BUFFALO r MEAD KILLED

In the very early days ]. r. Mead,
after killing few buffalo, his first bison,
decided to keep count on the number he
killed. So for months and years after
that, he kept mental tab OH the number
he had tumblei over, with the regularity
of latter-day bicycle cyclometer. When
he had reached 1000 the novelty of the
thing had worn threadbare and at 1000
he stopped counting. He doesn't know
how many he did actually kill on the
plains, but far in excess of 1900.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
AN EARLY FERY ROAT-

The piece of ground known as the Is
land. just north of Douglas Avenue bridge
in 1872 was only about fifty fee< wide at
the widest place and a hundred feet long.
There was a ferry boat located there
which piled between the Island and the
east bank of the river. The river was
shallow enough during its low stage TO
wade from the west bank to the Island
where teams took the ferry and during
the high water the boat piled from bank
to bank until the bridge was completed,
which was cheap affair built on piles
like the present Second Street bridge.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
BANK ELECTION TUESDAY

The banks of the city will hold their
elections next Tuesday. This is in uni
formity to the rules OF all national
banks in the United States. So far "a
known there will not be any change in
the officers of the Wichita hanks.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09

great nAay people kick o. ;hs sI-
Parse ot sending Telegram. and say that
lis all clear proAt 20 tAe company. -
50 nearly al p-oat that KS 10 use 20
talk about Western Union pay day hsre
czzse this week ard Il tcok > thosssa ID
dollars II checks 70 meet taz expenses
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
FOR COLD on THE CHEST.

FOR COLD ON THE CHEST.
Make a mixture OF one part turpentins
and two parts OF oil. Rub tho hack and
chest thoroughly with it. cover with fan
mel and avoid exposure for q hours. or
more. II possible should the cola be sc-
companied With fever. send at once for =
physician. as there may be danger of
pneumonia
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
FEA-rRE oF PRosPERr-r-

Reese < son. who write irsurarcs. have
re; Al unusual feature C prosperity. 4
nan walked into the oe5ce ire o-hsr szy.
applied for : policy and pat G2 ais check
Cor ths insurance long before Re 20; his
contract THis Is probably the hrst tirae
ban
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09

IN OS,1-A EiINE-E FIUL rs
Only one interior photograph OF the
Crawford opera house has ever been TAX
en-. This was done by making mz;he-
raatioal computation Of the power % the
lenses To be used rs well as OF the dark
ness OF the place. When this problem
was settled the camera was placed in the
back part of the interior and an exposure
made OF over three hours- NeTeus Bald
win figured Il out.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09

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a =ost eEoeusr- rsaesey Fer q csse
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fss- SFzst fso ies,ees ass fss seer
r. r cssFt es tosg watsr PSI fsr s.
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The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
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Z = sad ihat GSseruc- Lefty l,tentea
- Et;-5 The e4ks--zEk bus ~ ire Case
=azn@a- ~ psarsczl adviser tod Ai-
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pe0Z1e 81 oVer TIE state 4za tAzt &c
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09

while the wife lay beside him awake.
watching one of the thieves do his work
in the room She determined not 70
arouse her husband for fear of fatal, re-
suits. as in the Rogers murder which oc-
CURED a short time before in Topeka,
who was shot in his room by burglar.
AS soon as this burglar left the room
she raised the alarm. Her husband TAX
ing advantage of the telephone il the
house. notified the police. who succeeded
in catching the culprits and lodged them
in prison inside of half an hour. They
were tried and convicted before Judge
Reed. two Of them for twenty-four years.
the other for twenty years. One Of them
is in the insane asylum, the other TWO
have been pardoned-by consent of the
parties robbed-they being unable to
withstand the pitifui letters written TO
them of the heart-broken mother. incon-
solable sister and the personal appeal Of
the sweetheart of one. Two weeks after
their release one of them was in the city
cooler, the other was in Kansas City,
being caught in bad company, but was
released without trial
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09
Gare affhr Hands

That the science OF cleaning the haais
Is a simple matter. after all. when their
requirements are understood. SAYS
Phoebe westcott Humphreys IN Good
Housekeeping.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09

There are only twenty-five OF the coun-
ty INDECENT and unfortunate kept at the
county poor farm southeast Of town.
very small number for so large a county
as Sedgwick. but trip 20 the place is in
teresting. There Is at the place now =
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-09

That the difference in the texture of tn
skin, ana the ability 10 cleanse q, will
amply repay the housewife for the sacrf-
fee OF her old gloves ard preiucicss.