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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-16
REJoINDER BY HYPATIA.

One afternoon last week when the High
school disgorged itself Of Wit and learn
ing. profound masculine erudition, up-to-
date silk skirts and feminine coqUetry,
the Topeka avenue northbound car stop
ped al st. Johns Episcopal church 10 take
on load Of giriish enthusiasm and grad
uating dreamers. There were seven OF
them in the party and any but a lemon
spirited Old misogynist would have smiled
in sympathetic admira ton of that gay and
laughing group Of the coming woman.
They chatted airily and facetiously and
compared their days experiences. Each
had her head full of logarythms, Latin
prose, Anabasis, Livy and Euclid's first
demonstration of the binominal formula.
and other things. Five years from now
each one of them will be frying out her
tuilp-hued complexion over a back kitchen
range as she dextrous!y ffops over the
emaciated and circular pancake for break
fast. But that is so far ahead that it is
not a good reason why on the bright
spring afternoon last week they should
not all be light-hearted and happy and
they certainly were They of course all
talked at once, and Addison, Chaucer,
Descartes, Savanarolla and Dewey came
in for share of the wise and student-like
comment Opposite st. Francis hospital
the cable Of the brake gearing broke, and
the car stopped. During the lull IN the din
and noise of the peram bulating boiler fac
tory the conversation became more calm
but none the less healthy and active Then
it was that the lowly and unnoticed news
paper man on the rear deck overheard one
Of the sweet children remark TO another:
Say, Grace, what do you think? Charlie
Blank told me this noon during noon study
hour in the library that he loved you to
desperation, and even went so far as 10 de-
clare that he would go TO the end of the
world for you
The girl thus addressed was crimson red
with confusion and all eyes were IeveIled
on her, and all awaited her rejoinder. 1t
came. She collected herself and her arm
full Of books and copy tablets and scath-
ingly replied: Il wish he would do that
and when once there, jump off" Then the
car went on in its mellihuous way and
heavy weight of gloomy silence settled
down on the crowd, for one lone girl had
called the bluff of whole bevy Of her
mates and took in all the tricks of the
game.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-16
LETTER FROM MRS. NORRIS.
AHe Aoiio"InS nds been received from
Mrs. Norris, who is now in London:
''21 Woburn Place. Russell Square.

INC AOiio"IHS mas been received from
Mrs. Norris, who is now in London:
''21 Woburn Place, Russell Square.
London. England, March 81. 1899.
Dear EditOr-Some of you Wichita peo-
pie are very dear to me. you friends who
were kind to me when 1 most needed
Kindness and friends, and somehow the
further I get away from you the dearer
you grow ! am pretty far away from you
by now, so you may imagine what a warm
place YOU hold at the present moment in
my heart
"Often and often I have taken my type
writer in haqd 10 write each one OF you
a separate and individual letter. but you
know yourself how hard it is when you
have to scribble for living. to settle down
- scribbIing anything else. particularly
letters. have waited and waited and put
off writing until now when, If l may. viii
send you all my very best love and COM
pliments in a lump through your paper.
And there are some little children in
Wichita whom I shall never forget. Never
while I live. Perhaps they are little chill
dren no longer, but have shot suddenly up
into men and women like my own small
=
lucky boarding school in short dresses,
with her hair down her back, and VINO
came to me in New York a great grown
girl. calling ne Mamma" right out loud,
when I had told everybody that I was ex-
pecting my younger sister.
Anyway, these little or big children
were among my very best friends in the
Windy Wonder. and I wish particularly TO
be remembered to then-that little Fern
Dorsey, who secured the country with me
on her wheel and led me into perlous
places when I was learning TO ride and
stood of and laughed when I fell, and
Kate. her sister, and Bessie Allen. and
Winnie Barnes, and Fred Ayres. and
George Brown, and Marcellus Murdoch
shah never forget those children
Clarence ana I viii stay for some
months here n London, where I VIII write
and she will perfect herself IN French for
the Paris Exposition. We Will then visit
a schoolmate Of nine IN Southport and
from there We VIII 90 on % Paris. where
I nope % meet you. all % you. and thank
YOU personally for your kindness to ne
So goodbye til then; not goodbye. either,
Hrit an revo{r. Always gratefully yours.
ZOE ANDERSON NORRIS"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-16
ro1Np TWENTY DOLLARS.

one day last week when it looked Ike
rain sam Amidon took his umbrella down
10 the office with him. and as it had clear
cd up by noon the umbrella was Jeff 10
stay in the Office a day or Two. During
that time the umbrella was opened and
smut BY people about the office til Mr.
Arnidou finally thought it would be a good
plan 70 take It home 20 keep It from be-
ing worn out When he got home some
one met him at thegaie ana sam pU5 Up
the umbrella to shade from the sun. = so
geld piece dropped ea the walk. Mr.. Ami
don figured for three days 10 find out how
that money came 10 be ii the umbrella,
ami finally concluded that It was piece
he had dropped nearly q year ago one
night when he was trying 10 make change
Tor q hackman who had hauled him u a
night Santa Fe train 10 Topeka He did
not notice dropping the coin at the time.
but the next morning found thst he was
81 short
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-16
TT IS A WAY THEY HAVE

On one line of the street car system in
one day last week there were four bell
cords broken by the energetic jerking Of
nervous women, who fear that the oblig-
ing motorneer is either hard Of hearing or
Use the rumble Of the car will drown out
an ordinary yank Men, as rule, pull the
cord once and quit. But women invariably
climb up on the handles with both bonds
and get red in the face with repeated
yanks, and It is no infrequent thing to
have the oyerworked cord break in pieces,
10 the embarrassment and confusion Of the
lady and the disgust and wrath of the
motorneer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-16

tended the weddings of nearly all these
girls and has written I'D an account Of
each. AS fast as the young ladies grow up
and get married others come in. In the
twelve years Mr.. Smith has missed teach
ing the class only four times The class
has come into a great local reputation
among the young men in the eastern part
of the county and among the ladies Of
nearly all southern Kansas. Young ladies
are no less anxious to join the class than
are the young men to get acquainted with
the members. for it seems to mean we'd
ding every time there is an introduction.
1t IS reported that quite number Of
Wichit ladies are going out TO Seltzer
Springs TO camp next summer. NOT more
for the purpose OF enjoying Settler
Springs as a health resort than 20 becom-
ing member of the famous class of the
Settler Sunday school.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-16

/ season is ha-f over. But here comes an
other customer. Mercy. what a fright
hope she won't buy me-
Nor me- piped little hat trimmed in
yellow and blue. with red roses under the
rim and profusiou Of cheap lace.
'-The dream in pink and white winksd
at the study in black" ard she in turn
nudged the creation in blue" horribly
rude)
Then the Sailor whispered slyly: ''She
Is struck on that tacky red and yellow
thing III bet a bonnet string that sho'l'
try on every hst in the store and then
come back andhuyber"
Yes. here she comes" said he Shep-
herdess.
The little corn-colored hat shrsnk away
into the corner. As she saw her approach
she said in a disappointed tone: 20.
mercy. girls I shan have to live in the
country, tend meein' reglsr. so TO stale
Fourth Of July picnic speeches and never
find any congenial company Well such
IS life. but. thank heaven. ours is short
one"
Just then Miss Sells placed her in a box.
but when she got 20 the door she pushed
up the lid and called: ''Goodby, girls: III
see you all at the first circus"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-16
4 SUNDAY sCH00T. CT.Ass

over near Ssltzer Springs, in Gypsum
township, near the eastern boundary line
q Sedgwick comfy. IS q church 1amzd
Seltzer Springs chapel. 4 sunday scaool
he'd there has remarkable class Of young
ladies called Class -Four The Glass vas
organized sixteen years ago. For the last
twelve years c. g Smith has been the
teacher OF this class. AID BE- has kept q
record ot every member % no has oiacd o.
iett the class in that tins. IN ,E-s twelve
years ffty-sone girls have Joined. Thirty
seven have beea married ~ai3e iheir NANTES
Nere sin on t1e Eoll. Mr. Smith has al
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-16


Charles W. Clark had the misfortune 20
burst the tire Of his bicycle while sailing
along on the West Side at late hour
few nights ago and ne tells his experience
with a somewhat dramatic style. The
bursting Of the tire was accompanied with
a report resembling that of a pistol SHOT,
and as the wind escaped it made a sound
similar TO the whistling OF a bullet as it
sails through the air. The night was ex-
ceeding dark. and Mr.. Clark supposed that
he had been the target for a wicked rob
Der, and in relating his story next day
he said that twenty-three hairs changed
their color that very moment. The people
ran to their doors to see the cause of the
supposed pistol shot. It was several mo-
ments before he discovered the bursting
of the tube. but those moments were like
hours, for he was feeling for the wound.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-16

hand-painted, are also works of ancient
time when machinery was unEnowa in The
manufacture of clocks The clock arrived
in Wichita last week.
Mr.. Mcclellan. the present owner. will
keep it in his family until his death, when
It viii descend to his son, Alexander w.
Mcclellan, now lad
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-16

don't want 1t put in the paper and I'll
lick the man that puts it in. Now. you
remember that l won't have it,
All the persuasion that could BE- brought
to bear on Mr.. Crash was of no avail. but
at this late day the story is given to the
public with the full consent Of the calf.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-16

a North Main street business man who
doesn't read much criminal news. has
taken great interest in Al Balla-d's con-
fessioa and says II Ballard wins he viii
be the greatest man IN the United States
in current criminal history.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-16
THE RESTAURANT CRAZE.

Wichita has gone giddy on the subject
OF restaurants Three new ones have been
started in the last two weeks and Il Is re-
ported that two more are 70 be started on
East Douglas within a week
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-16

The following from Chtesgo haa ben re
cs-ve5
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K.ubaG BAN Cal1szo. ry Hss Ee
walker IF rV4-1sta .srt 8er1aT sFfa-
.aE Her naturally ssset wore ksa lu-
proved 30 un5as Pr Eea1s;t's sf szt
tu,eaze tnst thh sea,sl aaz a ssrSrfar
even ID h=r f-s1sr- sac was urFt taste
f1-r aftre5 IL sat q grey ard E.f
SIN a modest h81eh - yss.eia ~ erns-
zner.s- 1se F1vis's manner ~ siHE1as
ard accepting tae con rata-ar1ous RI eGa-
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may Hel ff pr91d - t1z sEsst sazsr
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wichita ta1es. auarEr za1m Es-s Ess-
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Cars. EI4ma.s- 1is@a. La cree Gsss3
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-16

Hhta Az4 80: samas HAN ~
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-16
KOS VERSUS KIP.

Kos Harris saws he may not know much
about poetry but il Is his opinion that
Rudyard KipHng's White Mans Bur
den is sheer rot.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-16
IF BALLARD WINS

Kipiing year ago and won't read any
more from him
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-16
80 a sUNpAY scIIooL -.

4 young tramp loafcG around tho front
% the Boston store long enough one
morning last week % lift pair n shoes
ogt Of n basket On front % the store %
place under hls coat. \ near b. ncighbor
"a ~ the transfer made ard as hs was
taking his departure for more conEenisI
parts called ou him and suggested 20 bin
.n q kindly way thar hs VAS making
mistake. mat he could not afford - -
thief no q young fellows not more thzn
20 years OF age lie drew the shoes out
from uadsr hfs coat returned them 20 -
basket tiupe5 h.s bat % The gentleman
aad said i1 r. very pathetic way. ~t thank
you. sir. very much" A ffw tzyr after.
sard che tramp. az pc proved % BEE. csus
20 thls same gentleman and said ~Cant
sou give me q jl5. q pace 20 w1-s. Y11
don't rernemhsr n1r. hgt aa tHe t.ov ah8
stole the shoes ir f-lot ~ enc Eesfsn
store asd ysg talked s1 kIrey % rIs tHat
7 made up ms MRS u1f fs he tramp
and steal any more. h-t at1Ft asf asrk
20 Co." The gentleman kss 70 surk -
h.a oEn % gsa him. haf 'aJY neigh
boy fust fhat faT eI E-s HaHfes . b4su
f1 clean Hp che saaH. sash zfrfeas st.
PIE grlfe "a note o. fae aff srat -
y1srr mar 80 hey sees lf Size ra7~ SIN
ze-k te3 eaTa. Iie 6erfuars1 ffe ss-arf
H'zaf ufts a veat rsafa sad rslr - ps;-
fr- feather fi5ea RI ser heal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-16
A QUEER LEGAL FONT

P A Roarbsugh Of this city. holds that
legally there = no such position as police
judge in cities OF the nrst-elass BaiNs
Waggoner, a prominent attorney % Atch-
ison, takes the same view AR. ROhrsauxh
says:
Ny opinion Is that there Is hy law no
such offfcer as police Judge for cities oe
the FIRST class. It W. BE Observed thar
March 6, 1871. the legislature provided
that on the frs; Tuesday m April. A. u.
ISL. there shall be elected mayor. police
judge and one councilman from eaca
ward, who shan hold their Offices for two
years and until their SUCCESSORS are elect
ed and quaiided.'
Under this act the police Judge was
elected ard by paragraph SIS the trea surer.
attorney ard clerk were appointed. Vow
ths constitution OF the state provides. No
law shall be reversed or amended. unless
the new act contain me entire act reversed
or the section amended and che section or
sections 50 amended shall Re repealed
Paragraph Ia. Comp. Laws ISSa.
Now. While this was the law. and the
only provision Tor po4lce Judge for eitles
OF the lirst- class. the legislature enacted
the metropolitan law. whereby the statute
then IN force upon the appointment Of ths
police board Of conuaI ssioners was sua-
pended and the board named a police Judge
oy appointment. Comp. Laws. paragraph
7S4
Then the law ~ March s. 1851. WIS 70
pealed hy the act OF March S. 1895. Acts
OF 1895. page lef. This act provided FOR tho
elecuon OF the mayor. city attorney. city
clerk and city treasurer only. This Isft
the metropolitan police law as the Only
authority on the statute books providing
for police judges for cities % the arst-
class. This was tho lay under which ina
police Judge was holding his Office az the
time the legislature az the special session
repealed the metropolitan police law IN Is
entirety. Sec acts 1893. page IS. Absoiutesy
IN my opinion wtplnK from 4he statute
books every vestiEe q authority Tor a p2-
Ice Judge in cities OF the nrat-cissa.
know IL Is claimed by some that under
paragraph 633 OF Comp. Laws OF isSe shs
mayor may appoint a police judge. BOT
that section provides DC may appoint GER
tain officers. naming them. and then adds.
and such OTTER officers and servants az
they Cthe mayor and counciD may deem
necessary l do not boiievs any court %
competent Jurisdiction would hold that
tn section could create buch an impor-
taut office as police judge. hence ! conclude
that 10 such ofice exists IA cities Of 5hs
first-class.
81 thought this before The election and
50 wrote Mr. Adams. our representative.
and Senator I.eweiiiug. and oppressed my
opinion then and sent each OF them a copy
OF a bln 70 cease The evil and urged them
20 Introduce and secure So passage. but
ne Their Of them acl1uo Wiedsed my IetteTs.~
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-21
GREAT WEALTH OF QUEEN VIC
TORIA.

We have often heard that the queen of
England is an exceedingly rich woman,
but few people are really aware of the
enormous wealth she possesses. Its full
amount will never be known, for the wills
Of royal ~personages are not disclosed. AS
mere items of her present income, how
ever. may be mentioned the yearly sum
Of $50, 900 which parliament allotted to her
spouse, Prince Albert, and which has been
paid her ever since his death as the wild
ow of that pensiOned parsonage. Her
mother. the late Duchess of Kent. left her
Is. goo a year. Thus, nearly $200,000 an
nually goes TO swell her private purse,
wholly outside her royal revenues. which
nobody mentions in any exact terms ana
Of whose real amount nobody save GER
tain reticent officials are perhaps aware.
individuals it is wei known, have on sew
eral occasions bequeatfed the queenlarge
fortunes. Her property in jewels alone
is something prodlgious. Her gold plate,
stored at Windsor Castle, and brought
to London for use at court festivities at
buckingham palace, is of vast value. 1t
chiefly consists of dishes. nagons, stands
and shields, and has been accumulated,
through many past generations, by the
mOnarchs who preceded her. Other treas
ures in the way of furniture, apparel,
household tapestries. rugs
carriages. horses, etc. would reach huge
sums if reduced to pounds, shillings and
pence. Unless I am greatly in error, all
the royal palaces are exempt from taxa
ton and the state defrays the huge ex-
penses Of maintaining each.
1t is now and then affirmed, and not
without truth. that a president of the
United States has more power than the
queen of England. But his yearly 10000
makes a piteous showing besides that CO.
pious stream of gold which pours continu-
ously into the Golfers of Windsor. And
when one thinks of the f100,0 900 per mum
given the Prince of Wales, and the small
er, yet regal. income distributed among
! his brothers a nd sisters, one realizes the
tremendous financial benefits which roy
atty obtains in one Of the richest nations
of the world-Edgar Fawcett in Golfers
Weekly.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-21

SCENTS any ACCOMPLISHMENT, and when his
blood is up-he is very hot-headed-he
fights like ten thousand devils. But
those who have the facilities and the in
%cllnation to spend about 5000 would in
the end be we'll repaid.
OF all the small breeds the fox terrier
has been the most successful in winning
popular affection. From the roWdy. har-
em-scarem faVorite of the huntsman, he
became the pal of the dude. the wag-
glsh, humorous companion of the boudoir
, and the faithful trusted friend of the
poacher. All walks of life were the same
to him; dry bread and water was just as
a, succulent as cold chicken and crackers
and cream, Men lave devoted a lifetime
to trying to perfect him.. and there are
hundreds of others willing to do the same
thing. Impudent, vivacious. full Of dew
iltry. incapable of mean action-unless
killing a cat be one-a fox terrier is at
once a companion and a SQUIRE Of the
greatest amusement.
Irish terriers, bigger and more power
full than their distant relative. the fox,
have hesam inclination for a rough
and tumble, the same sense of humOr, but
they are quicker to resent a correction.
Other terriers who are as companion
able and preferred by many, are wag-
ging. fiery little Scotchmen. the stolid,
unflinching dandie dinmonts, the rowdy
shaggy-coated Skyes. and the Bedling-
+, tons the DflQe OF N2WcHStle pltlnen.
OF toys, pugs for a time held unbound
ed sway. Full of %conceit, precocious and
consequential they are as bright as a new
penny. A sense Of their own Importance
has often been mistaken for stupidity,
but when they choose nothing is more
alive to grasp a situation.
The King Charles, Ruby, Blenheim and
Prince Charles are all entitled to rank
among the most beautiful of toys. The
King Charles with it's blue coat and
rich tan shadings. and the Rlenheim with
it's more delicate color of red and white,
being the older breeds are worthy more
anese spaniels, or pug as some authori-
ties insist upon calling them, as a toy
in the most pronounced sense. is. with
the exception of the Yorkshire terrier,
more entitled to the name. Little deli
cate creatures of a few ounces in weight.
it would seem that a dog in this bolster
Gus, rugged climate would wither up like
a flower. Without the constitutions of
the other toy %spaniels, they must be
treated more in the light q a dollhouse
plant, and essentially as an ornament.
Not so with the Yorkshire or English
terriers with their long. silky coats shin
ing like FURNISHED silver. shaded in parts
) with a warm glow of deep gold. These
little frames, embedded in their beau
tiful coats, are impudent and fiery, and
in defense of their mistress would tackle
a lion. With these descendants of the
Skye ends the category of the more popu-
lar breeds.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-21

The waters have been explored and the
earth has given up its secrets until to-
day science points proudly to the discov-
cry of the ape-like man. confident in its
assertion that the last link has now
been found.
Grant that all this be true. and there
seems to be no logical reason why one
should question the Importance of this
last discovery, what a picture of the de-
scent of man can now be drawn. First
there was on earth without form and
void, a hot lifeless mass floating about in
space. Then the Laurentian rocks should
cred up out of the receding waves.
Countless ages followed. Millions and
millions of years passed and plants APP
peared. Why they came. and how, ever
science with all it's wisdom cannOt tell.
More ages went by and then at last
there came the first form of sentient life.
1t was the vital spark but il was buried
in dull. sightless, sluggish things, incap-
able of feeling or sense, and with but
one ambition-to grope out slowly and
blindly in search of motion.
When life became motion the fishes and
the strange reptiles appeared and, in
course of time, the clumsy mammals that
| went roaring through the jungles, fight
ing battles with their neighbors that
made the very earth shake.
The coming OF the monkey marked an
important epoch in the worlds history.
In the monkey the instinct Of self-preser-
walton was more strongly developed than
in any other inhabitant of the earth. His
first impulse was to take refuge in the