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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
GOSSIP FOR HOrlE PEOPLE -.
WORD NATIONAL" IS DROPPED.

WORD NATIONAL" IS DROPPED.
While Professor Edmund Stanley of the
Friends university was here he empha-
sized to friends that the new university
would be sectarian to the point only that
It would have a solicitous care of the
moral welfare Of its pupils and a keen
purpose to develop the spirituality of the
attendants along with their mental and
physical betterment, the idea Of the school
being primarily to make better men and
women, better citizens and Christians He
wished 10 have eliminated an idea which
might prevail that the school was 10 be
run solely for the education Of members
Of the Friends society. And il may be new
to some that the Friends have no relig-
ious forms which distinguish them
markedly from the other protestant
branches Of religion. The chapel services
will be much the same as those of any
other educational institution The curri-
culum will be the regular college curri-
culum with a preparatory course Pro-
fessor Stanley, who is now the head of
the institution, is a splendid type Of Amer
merican citizen. He is broad of shoulder
and mind. stalwart in muscle and brain
~AC - -iSelA me Sl8-IOOL marx IN stature
with strong, soldierly bearing, a gray
moustache and gray hair, with spectacIes.
giving him the scholarly touch which his
physique alone would not suggest He
was born in Indiana and has always taken
a marked interest in public affairs. He
does not think that a man can become
too good to take a part in the direction
CT his country's destinies through the
ordinary political channels.
He explained that the old Garfield was
properly named the Friends University"
not the Friends National University"
The word National" was dropped because
the church nationally mad not authorized
its use. He pointed out that the Qua
kers had been among the foremost in col
lege work in the United tates. John Hop
kins was a member Of the Friends
church. So was the founder of Bryn
Mawr. Other Friends institutions in the
United States are located at Philadelphia,
Richmond, Ind; Wilmington. Ohio; Os-
kaioosa. Iowa, and the Guilford college in
North Carolina
The school in Wichita will open Septem-
Der A. Necessarily a great amount Of
work must be done before that date and
Mr. Stanley is very busy man.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
OUR BEAUTIFUL PARK.

City Engineer Jackson compliments
the Eagle with an accurately drawn blue
map Of the citys new park Each return
ing delegation of citizeu-inspector are
unstinted in their praise of not only the
beauty of the place, of its many artistic
features, but astonished that with such
a small outlay of money so much could
have been accomplished. Not counting
the Griswold addition and the bridge
which must yet be constructed, Wichita
has already the most attractive park of
any city in the west. OF course nature
had left little to do so far as trees and
running streams are concerned. The Big
river runs hard by, skirting the south
side of Griswold, and the Little river
winds in and out and around the entire
length of the grounds. The underbrush
having all been removed, shade and grass
and water. the first requisites for all
public grounds, abound. The drives are
splendid, the picnic and other embowered
retreats delightful, and the racing track
complete. The flower plots, circles and
squares are tastefully arranged and very
attractive. The boulevard drive. which
winds in and about including the track
is some three miles long and skirts the
Little river for almost the entire distance.
Engineer Jackson's plan makes it posi-
BILE, as Mayor Ross demonstrated the 9TH
er evening for team TO start in at the
west end of the Oak street bridge and
transverse the entire drive, leaving the
park at Ninth street without doubling
back There is a mall to be added soon
The Little river offers very fair boating
now, but with piiing- construction or 9TH
er slightly raised dam the park viii af-
ford the finest piece OF boating water TO
be found in the state for at least as far
north as the Thirteenth street or the
Twenty-frst street bridge. distant from
the Big river two or three miles OF
course it is only a question Of time when
the public spirit Of the county commits
sioners will concede the Griswold plat.
after which the park can be entered al
four different points from the east side.
the residents of West Wichita reaching
the grounds by the way Of the Second
street bridge and through Griswoid park,
or by a new bridge across the Big river
Everybody is now anxious TO see the en-
terprise completed. the dam. the add
uonal bridge. GriswOld annex and all.
This done and within I'VE years the resort
viii be famous in this section % the state.
If Mayor Ross had accomplished nothing
else during his administration. the en-
terprise ne has shown and the success
he has attained in giving the city this
splendid and accessible park viii result
IN the recalling Of mis- wisdom. foresight
and energy with pleasure by the people.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
CURLY KIRK on sPANIARDs.

Cocoanut Hiil. via Guantanamo July l.
VIA Kingston, July !, via Key West. July
> via Newton. July 4.-This is The frs.
letter 7 nave written since I went down
% Oklahoma and joined the Rough Rl6ers
A. Guthrie where enlisted / cut cane
OUT Of piece Of blackjack as souvenir
Of Oklahoma A. san Antonio. where
learned 10 ride a horse / got b-.ck ogt
OF the Alamo % remember Texas by, at
Mobile where we stopped for awhile. /
bought a b-g sea shell To remember Ala
bama BY. az Tampa GOT a bamboo cane
ID remember Florida by.
50 last week proudly pressed ny aris-
t0crauc foo; OF the bioz3e sands ~ ta.s
blasted country WIKI I've souvenirs aud
thIrst that dried the juice out from
around ~ knee caps
/ stepped our il FROM q the company.
and. striking a position ike Coian bus OF
ne postage stamp. sad IN a .old. con-
msodlng voice: cuba IS ;o3k
I was mistaken I vas awfuIly -n.s,z-
ken There WASH; a S7anlzr5 IN > ga
Il vas natural for ne seeing nothing 6ui
sand and mountains and sea. 20 grab
those souvenirs . mr. breast AID say &,
but I've taken IL back
Cuba Is not took see Is q long way
from beng Token a. this hosr
There was a b.g Fzrg q soldiers here
ssepp.-g rgh 81 TIE sand and tsetlaE
that CuEa was took. 5ast zs ! do Tasv
q ! know 6i=srent noE We had i dem
o-str&ged 20 Us. That zat ] sle7E a-ee-
a cocoanay tree ! Ess geztly reclining
Oh the ane sand with nay ansiy chisel@3
.eagurss tu-rsd upward II ths silver L-ht
.. ne :regiezI moon. dreaming - ag=.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
COMRADES AND FLIES

strange and homogeneous attachments
sometimes grow up among animals of
widely differing types, and often the pic
ture Is a very pretty and interesting one.
In the east part of town is a finely bred
Jersey COW which is followed around all
day by bantam rooster, who spends
all MS time catching the manifold collec-
tlon OF flies on the beast. When the COW
lies down in the shade the bantam SUI
plnely takes his place on the mansard
roof of the animal, and compIacently
catches bugs, always with one eye cooked
on the switching tail which he has become
expert enough to dodge adroitly The two
are inseparable companions, and the COW
bellows Historically when by some chance
her little friend is missing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10

scraped" or his "brooms set back" All
this means that he gets a lunch and
shave. His lunch is generally a piece of
punk" some polo" and smear of the
BLACK or bread and bologna sausage
and coffee. When they get these mate
rails is not known. nor now. but they al
ways have something TO eat. They make
their coffee in an old black can that's
never in sight except when boiling or
used for drinking, and generally they all
drink from this same can, passing Il
around from one 10 the other or Swing
ing the tap"
They catch the water dripping from
the tank and make a Ia Their and shave
standing up. None of them ever stay
longer than the SECOND train after his
arrival and very rarely that long There
is constant stream of the coming in and
going out. carrying on a miserable pred
atory and wandering existence, one half
Of which is dirt and the other half is
contempt from the rung above.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
WANTED EN- SECONDHAND

A little girl who once lived in this city
was very fond of babies. She often ask
ed her mother where to get them and was
always put off with some light reply. One
day baby came in the neighborhood and
the little girl saw Doctor Rentz coming
out Of the house. This she reasoned was
the man who brought the babies. so she
determined to ask him for Que. As he
passed, she looked up into his face and
asked if he would give her a real live
baby. The doctor replied that he was
afraid not as they cost too much.
How much do they cost?" asked the
child.
"oh. FIVE or six hundred dollars" re-
piled he.
We'll, she said after few moments
though. haven't you got any second
hand babies?''
The doctor was very sorry he was out
CT them.
This same little girl is now married
and living in Chicago. where she has two
children.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
HEAT HARD ON SPRINGS

One well known jeweler in the city. who
IS recognized expert among the profess
sion as specialist in the mechanical
contrlvances of a watch, said one day last
week that the breaking Of main springs
this season was far heavier than ever
IN his career as a watch repairer. He
SAID further that the months of Nav.
June ans July were the worst in the entire
year for the breaking of main springs.
mat II was always expected during these
months this class of repairs would far er
coed any other months. This season. now
ever, he said, the number of watches CON-
ing into his shop for main spring repalrs
would register al ieost four to one Of anv
year in his experience. Machil,:s.s in
wagon work say .hat it is tie winter sea-
son when buggy springs mostly break.
TIE fusleSs OF tn per of he TWO would
S&sm to account foc this variance.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
CAN'T VOTE FoR sTANrw

Father Thomson, the patriarchial and
venerable father of the Thomson brothers
or this city babe good bye to his chill
dren and many respecting friends last
week and went back to Illinois to end his
days with his only daughter This gentle
and grand old man, with his kindly smile
ana quiet courtly mein. will be missed
by many. He is, above all, an earnest
adherent Of order and good government
and uprightness among those who are
IN nigh station, and to his sons and friends
mere he expressed it as his keenest re-
gret clear up to train time that he must
leaVe~Wichita without chance of voting
for Stanley.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
rHr r-RPrNr Rr1 Ou

Down q; the Rock Island water tank :
a resort which might properly be desig-
mated as Weary Willies' Cafe" Il IS an
eating station. or ho,e, for tramps. I, IS
10 the road knight who takes a rcd ber;h.
what Fred Harvey's dining hall s 20 the
man who buys a ticket and rides in the
chair car And K Is IS busy a place. for
every rifle Of cae current below takes
summing here Every day twenty or more
tramps drop in here from the different
roads. goes 70 the trough, set q reg"
and II Il chances 10 be late in the montS-.
he gets his mug chiseled." his face
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
THE NEW BISHOP.

Many of the Catholics of Wichita are
interested in the conservation of Father
F. Cunningham, of Leavenworth, to be
bishop of the see of Concordia, which will
occur in September in Leavenworth, and
it will be big event in Catholic circles.
1t Will occur on week day. so that
church people from all over Kansas can
attend The ceremonies of conservation
must be performed by three bishops. and
Bishop Fink will be one Of them. 1t will
be rare musical event, and the choir
Of ST. Benedicts will be invited to sing.
Father Cunningham was at one time a
student at st. Benedicts
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
NEXT THINE TO II

formerly Of Wichita" lady now re-
siding in another town IS a great admir-
er OF this city. On several occasions she
spoke highly OF Wichita and her new
friends wondered at her continuing IN
fatuat!on with the place. One day sae
was asked If she really thought 50 much
OF Wichita and 10 the surprise OF the
quesuoner she replied: why. it IS my
idea Of heaven just 10 live in wIch.ta."
And the idea IS almost right.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
WERE NOT A GIFT.

Things do not taste as good when they
grow on your own trees. on the Fourth
of July a man and his wife went home
al night and found on the front porch
a basket Of fine peaches. They hunted
for the card Of the donor and couldn't
find il. But the peaches were very fine
and they ate them greedily. Later a
member Of the household appeared and
explained that he had picked the peaches
himself right there in the yard. They
were off the same trees they had been
visiting daily themselves. until they were
tired Of the very sight of the fruit
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
AN OPEN-AIR TOWN.

Every once in while there is spasm
on the part Of the police against mer-
chants taking up space on sidewalks for
display purposes. AS d matter of fact,
Wichita is a southern city. And like all
southern cities. it would be nothing amiss
if three-fourths of the business was con-
Quoted on the sidewalks. The town would
be none the less pretty if the streets were
regular baZaars.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
WAS A STILL NIGHT.

For the first time in years the night Of
the last Fourth Of july was very still
and the paper balloons all sailed away
without burning up. For years the paper
balloon business in Wichita has been a
rank failure. The wind would turn them
over and set them on fire. Last Monday.
however. ali the balloons sailed safely
away. The general direction Of the wind
was from the southeast TO the northwest.
but It was very gentle. Twenty or thirty
paper balloons were sent up during the
night.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
WITH Yor-R FOREFINGER

When l. G. Whittier was l.,cie boy
an old man told him that the Indians
could always tell the direction of the wind
by sticking forehnger in the mouth and
holding it up, the side Of the finger which
Immediately turned cool showing the d.
rection from which the wind is blowing.
Whether the Indians ever used this
method or not. il Is an absolute fact
that no matter how little wind IS stirring
IL can De detected by wetting the fore
finger and holding above the head.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
FORMER wrCHTTANs To prC>-rr

The Wichita colony residing in Kansas
City are going 70 hold picnic there on
the 2oth. Mr. J. r. Snlvely and W. H.
kendle are the promoters. The idea Of
the picnic is 20 become better acquainted
and 70 relate "reminiscences. There are
over four hundred ex-Wichltans residing
in the city in the Sni HIS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
FARMERS PROFITS ON MILK.

Manager Brown of the creamery com
pany says the Wichita branch paid out
nearly $1,000 to farmers for milk in June.
The receipts of milk averaged for the
month $4,000 pounds per day. The amount
of money paid out to farmers from here
for the year Will be about SIS, O0O
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
WHO GOT THE MONEY.

In Wichita you often hear men talking
about who actually made any money in
the boom. The general belief is that the
money made and retained was by men
who played the boom for only a few weeks
and then left town. One of the richest
citizens Of Michigan is said to have made
his money in three weeks in Wichita The
biggest and finest business block in an
Indiana town is said to have been erected
by a man who made all his money in
Wichita in less than a month
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
WILL. THEY COME MEsTa

The local real estate men are looking
for a boom right after the war. They
from home ties, just as they did in the
civil war, and when peace comes will
begin TO hunt homes in the west and viii
come TO Kansas and Oklahoma in droves.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
A THOUGHTFUL Roy

A Wichita boy at Camp Chickamauga
writes that he is circulating a petition
among the volunteers. trying to raise
money for those at home. He says a
Wichita mother has written to the boys
that the people at home have 10 work
hard, suffer with the heat, and some have
been compelled TO deprive themselves of
fresh vegetables and fresh fruits because
Of the dull times. In addition TO their
usual work, some one in every family
has 10 do the chores that were the vol
unteer's duty when at home The vol
unteers are responding nobly to the call.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
FROM NORTH CAROLINA.

Nom North Carolina preceding the civil
war. They were abolitionists and see
ing the inevitable conflict, withdrew from
the south and moved northward. many
reaching Kansas. Friends do not believe
in war, but as one of them said this week
when war is on we want to see the right
side win"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
MANY NEW TRAPS-

Il Is wonderful, how many trans are be-
ing used in This city. 4 person can stand
on one OF The main corners and see scores
80 BY. This has only been ,oe case Within
The past few years They are especially
adapted for family use and consequently
that probably explains the number II use
here, as Wichita is essentially a family
city.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10

one of the things which caused Gov
ernor Leedy a good deal Of amusement
while he was in the city Monday was the
fact that a PopuusJ Went up TO him and
told him he could not and would not vote
for him. The kicker had hardly so; away
when a Republican hove in sight and told
Leedy he was gong 10 vote for him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
CHALEY JONES is MODEST.

Charley Jones. the new chief of police.
is the most modest chief Wichita has ever
had. He carries his new honors with as
little ostentation as it is possible TO do
commensurate with the duties OF the Of
fee. His badge of Office he keeps well
concealed under his coat and he eschews
the regular blue uniform and hat which is
usually worn.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10

AS a vehicle of pleasure the bicycle in
Wichita is on the retrograde. Horseback
parties are again coming into vogue. Dur
ing the past few weeks Of pleasant
weather. and especially during the moon
light nights, there have been quite num-
Der who have returned to wha; was the
rage a few short years ago.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
MADE THE PAPER VINCE.

When Mrs. Lease was having trouble
over the mortgage on her home the Chi
cagO Tribune asked her by wire to tele-
graph brief explanation of her side Of
the case. She at once sent the Tribune
LOO words, and came near busting the
paper.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
BEST OLE TALENT

The Friends university has decided en-
phatically on one thing. The heads Of
departments are to be the most skilled
10 be found anywhere. Only the very best
talent will be employed. There viii be
a musical school and one of oratory and
elocution.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
STRUGGLE WITH STANDS

There is nothing so prevalent in Wichita
now IS the struggle with the revenue
stamp. Every business office echoes with,
where's your stamp" and its reply,
Have to put stamp on that?"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10

But didn't back. I saw a hump-shoul-
dered Spanish galcot pick up those soGve.
Mrs and, put them under his arm and
walk away.
Ten minutes later We got reinforce
ments and wen, up again and we drove
EN- back. But the Spanish thief had
taken those souvenirs and gone back into
Santiago
I fought Ike a tiger 20 get into the
town the next day and get EN-, but We
couldn't make any Roadway.
To cap IL ali. that Massachusetts captain
came over to our camp tonight and traced
his sword 10 me He says he viii sue
me as soon as we get a government estab-
lished down here.
Next week We are going 20 take thetown
and II I don't find those souvenirs my
name isn't CURLY KIRK.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
WANTS LIQUID AIR

Press Anderson is going to Omaha in a
few days and says he Will go on for the
north for the summer He thinks next
summer will see almost universal use of
liquid air and threatens 10 move into Min
nesota if some method is not perfected for
cooling things down here in the summer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
list AROI-T TIE SANE

Jacob Balderson has been keeping track
Of the lists Of dead and wounded at San
tiago- The new guns make very little
difference, he says, the proportion of the
wounded to the dead being about what it
was in the civil war-four TO one.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
PADDY SHEA WAS HAPPY.

Paddy Shea was the happest man in
Wichita Friday night when his attor-
ney. Mr.. George Adams. informed him
that the supreme court had granted him
a new trial He feels sure now that he
viii be acquitted and that his hoodoo of
Friday has taken wings and flown
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
NUMEROUS PICNTCs THIS YEAR

- ~'4i@As-'A = INNS If1IS I E-Ak.
There has been more picnics this year
than ever before. when il is considered
that during the early summer such
a quantity of rain fell Now that
Wichita mas several as handsome parks as
grace any city, the picnickers are taking
advantage Of them TO while away pleasant
hours during the hot weather
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
CATAI,OGT-ED CHRONo1ocy

In the last year Wichita has had two
cases Of horsewhipping, eleven attempts al
suicide, thirteen convicts sent to the pen
itentiary and four cases of insanity re-
ferred to the state asylum.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10

yards. They were beautiful cars, with
double trucks and small wheels. But the
rumor that they were for Wichita was
false alarm They were made in St.
Louis and were billed for Los Angeles,
Cal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
HOW MUCH THEY CARE

There are not half a dozen people in
Wichita, not twenty in Kansas. who can
tell whether the congress just adjourned
is the 54th or 55th
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
BIG CROP OF WORMS.

There were a Eood many peaches Great
ed In Kansas this spring but for every
Geaon which grew there was a worm to
take possession.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
BELONGED TO Los. ANGELES.

There was a good deal OF excitement in
town last Monday over report that five
new street cars had arrived. The cars
were on freight train il the Frisco
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10

the Eagle office. To some people its ef-
feet is worse and causes them 10 carry
their chin elevated at an angle of % de-
grees.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
A RIG REVENTE

1t is said that the present police force
will turn in $1,000 over and above expenses
TO the city, August l.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
wICHITA,s SIMMER SCHOOLS

Wichita takes the premium for summer
schools, having had nine in progress here
during the month of June.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10
NOT so HOT AS LAST WEAR

Sam Hess says this summer is sea
breeze compared with that &C 81.