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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-06
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1t has never been known what the cir
Gus people really thought .I'he SUPPOSE
ton is that they sized up George Steen-
rod as owner of wichita and the Indian
Territory south of wichita and part OF
the province of Chihuahua. Mexico.
At any rate the performance went on,
with the wafer constantly rising and such
a mixture Of mud. water and bangles was
never seen on earth before.
Finally the rfngmaster came outside the
ring and addressed Mr.. Steenrod, saying:
''Can we quit now?"
Mr.. Steenrod arose and answered: my
friend, It has been long time since we
have seen d circus, and Il seems to me
that the thing is not complete. 1 miss
something. Perhaps you can suggest
what It is"
The ringmaster pondered awhile and
said:
you don't mean concert, do your
That's it." said Steenrod. ''Give US the
concert"
'All right" said the ringmaster. but
its awful bum"
The ringmaster went back to the ring,
mounted his blue circus barrel and an
nounced:
Ladies and gentlemen: After the per-
Torrance we will present o'your pleasure
and profit, the great Williamson Comedy
company's concert and minstrelsy expo
eition, comprising the greatest artists
known to the modern stage, pleasing the
eye, enthraiIing the ear, captivating the
heart with all the wonders performed be-
fore the crowned heads of modern Eu-
rope. Gentlemen viii pass among you
with tickets. Ten cents. Children half
price. Remember that every ticket en-
titles the purchaser to a number in our
great drawing for the magnificent silver
castor. All the great living curiosities of
the side show will be exhibited free of
charge. Remember that this is not the
usual concert given after the ordinary per
Torrance. The greatest actors of the day
are here. George I1eGriff supported by
the Incompatible coincidence of COM
ediennes. Madameselle Cleo De Etrouch-
ayno. in their charming one-act drama
entitled Might on the Coast" Remem-
Der the price. 10 cents"
And so the concert was given. And
George Steenrod and the boys applauded
literally, and it was noticed that as
George Steennod left the tent. the ring
master mee1xly followed him and bowed
him out. The next day the place where
the circus had been was lake.
Kos Harris says the show busted up
here. that the hand wagon was bought by
Wichita people and afterwards sold 10
Wellington. No one knows what became
OF the elephant.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-06
HAS HAD EXPERIENCES.

Elder Rucker. of Orlando. o. T.. who
passed through wichita Friday on his
way to Clay Center In a two wheeled cart
has been a local preacher TOT. thirty-fiye
years. When the war broke out he was a
young minister in Iowa and he attained
considerable reputation over the country
for the vigorous manner In which he de-
nounced the confeder<es. II Is said Of
him that he preached more eopDerheads
out OF the methodist church in 1861 and
1852 than any other minister In the church.
1t was Of Rev. Rucker that the war gov
ernor of Iowa said: "He Is a very piOus
man. but he has no religion"
Rev. Rucker nominated Judge Broder-
lex for county attorney OF Jackson
county. Kansas, when Broderick first
first tackled jolities. He thought he saw
in Broderick a winner and wien he had
served his time as county attorney kuck-
er sprang him for representative 20 the
state legislature. From the house ne went
TO the senate and then to congress.
When Mr.. Rucker went 20 Oklahoma he
formed an unusually strong friendship for
Dennis Flynn and every time Flynn runs
for office Rucker gets into his cart and
goes over the country and gets personal
promise OF support for his favorIte. The
last campaign Flynn made Rucker drive
over seven counties.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-06
A TREE AND A TEACHER.

One Arbor Day about eight or tep or
twelve years ago-it doesn't matter par
ticularly about the time. and in fact It.
wouldn't do totell just when-Hal Mccoy
was on the program for n speech in the
exercises Of one the ward schools. The
tree had been planted with due ceremony
the singing and preliminary exercises
were begun, and young Mccoy was in
trOduced as the orator OF the day and
the occasion. He had prepared an elso-
crate speech. and had rehearsed In his
fathers grove at least twenty times. and
IL sOundedal right. lie knew every word
Of It. forwards. backwards. By Hne and
paragraph and he felt very confident
Hal IL something q a humorist, bu: this
time he had figured out a real pathetic
dignifed and appropriate speech. He be-
gan:
MY fellow pupils. friends and teacher.
You have today done noble work. He
who causes two blades % grass 20 grow
where only one grew before f. a phflan-
thrOpist. but he who plants a tree where
none grew before. Is "A benefactor indeed.
This tree Will Be blessing 10 future gen
erations.'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-06
THE cnrroNwonn

II II were not for the much abused cot
tonwood tree what would the average
citizen OF Kansas do these days with the
thermOmeter At 80 TO 100 dsgrees7 The
best shaded streets in the city. where the
trees reach out their iong branches and
interlock with each other. forming a
complete arch and continuous shade.
ara the cottOnwOods. They are among
the first 10 bud in the spring and the
last to shed their foliage in the fail.
They are the real friend Of the settler.
and viii live II given half chance
Break live branch from sheGn and plant
It In a moist place and II Will sprout and
grow into tree. Tear two-thfrds % the
bark from the body Of a growing cot
tonwOOd tree and Il will recover and
grow. Hail TO the cottonwood. MAY she
continue 90 grow and spread untIl the
entire southwestern country from the Ar
kansaw 70 the RIO Grande is dotted with
groves and parks u the kraud old cot
tonwood.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-06
ROY g4otygroN IN MANILA.


Roy Houston of Wichita has arrived at
Manila His first letter TO his parents is
as follows:
Manila Bay. p. l.. June 10. 80.
Dear Father and Mother-I write now
to inform you that am still alive. but OF
course do not feel very well after the
long voyage and being seasick as l was
Part of the time on the way IT would
have made very little difference to me
whether the transport went up or down
We arrived here on the 1Sth inst We
had fine weather all but one day on our
way here; had very little sickness on
board, except seasickness. and but one
death of typhoid fever. He died In sight
of Manila. The ice machine on the trans
port broke and our fresh meat, 200 tons.
spoiled and was thrown overheard. and
the water we had to drink was distilled
and without ice. Not very good, you
know; 1t was very warm.
June Goth finds US still on board the
transport lat Manila About $50 hospital
men. engineers and recruits for the Sixth
artillery went ashore today. leaving the
Sixth United States infantry and about
120 recruits for the Eighteenth United
States infantry on board. We go to IIo-
flo from here. about fifty miles south. the
9Th. to relieve the First Tennessee. and
we to join our regiment the Eighteenth.
We leave here the oath. Some oS the Sew
enteenth and Twentieth boys came out to
see us and told us of the fight last Fri
day and Saturday American loss 10
killed and wounded. They say II gets
very warm here. particularly when 1900
or 5000 F1lipinos jump on TO 800 OF 400
American soldiers.
June 2S.-SInce commenced TO write
this letter have been ashore and have
seen a little Of Manila but have not time
nor inclination in this to say much about
the town. There are two cities. One
is called the Walled City on account Of
the immense stone wall that surrounds
It. The wall is about % feet high and
about the same in thickness. There are
about 800 cannon on top OF the wall sur
rounding the city. There is one church
here. that is said to have been built in
1887 and many buildings go years old
They use granite and marble. Walls OF
large buildings are from TO Is feet thick
The streets OF the city are Yery narrow
and dirty. The walks are only about 2
feet wide. Two regiments do duty in the |
city. They get no rest. for they DO guard
duty one week and are on the firing line |
the next week. There are but three bat |
tleships here that I can see. They are |
the Baltimore. a Chinese vessel and a |
German man-of-war. There are also FIVE |
transports here. It has raised every day |
since we came here.
well. will have to close for this time. !,
for a transport leaves tomorroy and ] |
want my letter to go with It. When ] |
get to my regiment and look around a |
little I can perhaps write you a more in |
letter. Until then bye-bye.
With my kindest regards to all who may /
inquire OF me, I remain as ever. your
son. J. ROY HOUSTON
Address noilo. Co. H. 18th L. s. Init.
Philippine Islands"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-06
DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT

A strange blind man who appeared IN
Wichita las; week without any songs or
hand organ. or violin stood n front az
the post Once With an old black Ia, sn
which he received pennies and nics<ies A
gentleman venture1 20 ssk him one DAY
why he didn't 70 TO the blind asylum
The blind man seemed not 70 konW any
thing about Il and was aEt0nlshsd -
know that there was q place where blind
people are taken care % ard taught %
read and write. lie snquirsd eagerly and
wanted to know h0W be could get IN
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-06
A CURIOUS HABIT.

Il T. surprising AZ The number % boys
and girls from = to II years % sFs in
Wichita WHO are sBpeTstitlous aSofi has
Ing something come hstWeea them whsn
taey ara waking sIanE the street 4
gentleman Il heard the apparently a.
iotic exciamnati8n. bread and batter
dozen or % times ~ boys ana girls On
the stree; inquired what H Hlesnt and
what q wss said 20 useh Or. Tals
phrase. be learned. .i:bs- from sgpessts,-
son or habit r. Used % Nari OF bad iDck
when tz0 people waking tsssfhsr ere
sepera;et ~ ang5aer psrson E1lnE IN an
opposite dirsc;ioa-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-06
Et.MER REESE DEPosEs

II is said that one woman IN Wichita
Is known as "One. Two Tire. 'Scuse
Me" Il came aboot n this way: she
was learning Il waltz and was told -
keep count on her STEPS BY counting enc.
tao. three IN her firSt attempts Il hap
pened tina; al every thtrd step sra would
find that one II her feet lad come ssoen
On one - the feet q her pazzne- and she
would eRclatrn. Excuse nae Each s.ne
she uttered this exclamation. aad as she
waited she said repeatedly. one two
three. 'sease me: Sns. two, thres. 'seuse
49,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-06
Wby Hnleriealt
caruins PINT b ths
rife e9a VUIebIlan.

Henry Herger OF wichita owes his resi-
dence In this country to a peculiar cir
cunstance. He was born at Saratov,
SaratovskI. Russia This province Is in
western Russia Over a hundred years
ago, when German Catherine marTtedN
Russian car, she demanded that he
issue a manifest in regard TO Sara
tOvski. stipulating that for lone eSein-
.ity'' military service nor taxes should be
demanded OF the people living in that
province, whose people she loved very
much. Her husband at that time PROM
ised But the car hundred years after
the car whom the nihilists killed, at'the
end of a hundred years. decided that the
eternity was up. He announced that
fact to the people. The people Thought
an eternity meant thousand years But
the car was obstinate and told the peo-
pie to get ready to stand drafts for mili-
tary service and taxation. There were
loud lamentations and the parents OF
Henry Herger of wichita packed up their
goods and family and left the country.
This was In 1875.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-06
A POINT OF SUPERIORITY.

Earnest Gehring the nine year old son OF
G. Gehring. the druggist. has the record OF
standing up for Wichita. He went on a
visit to Ottawa. Illinois recently with his
sister. Mrs. Henry Huffman. He took up
every occasion to speak OF buildings and
enterprises in Ottawa that diin't compare
favorabiy with Wichita One day while
out driving with the family OF his uncle
they passed the slaughter house-unpleas-
antly near It. Young Gehring saw an ex-
cellent opportunity 10 acknowledge the su-
periority Of Ottawa over Wichita IN one
particular. so he said:
We'll. uncle. we've got bigger buildings
in Wichita than you have and a finer park
and more people. but you have us in ore
thing. Your little old slaughter pen out
stinks our 6ig packing houses"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-06
LOOKS LIKE BEFFEL.

Yesterday Henry Herger OF this city
saw strange bicyclist in the city and
halted him. The stranger proved TO be
c. F. Millee. who had ridden all he wav
from San Francisco. starting from that
city May II. last. He first went to Salt
Lake City, thence to Cheyenne. down to
Denver. to Concordia and to Wichita He
has ridden on an average OF fifty miles
a day and in that time has had seven
punctures. three west Of Kansas from
cactus and four In Kansas from hedge
thorns. In the mountains he had a S.
gear wheel and on the plains So. He Is
bound eastward. A singular fact about
Mr.. Millee Is that he looks enough like
Beffel. the Wichita rider. to be a twin
brother.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-06
KEEP RrYrNG REAL ESTATE.

Whitney Tucker says one might reason
that the awful hot weather 81 the last
few days. which IN a measure stiles all
hines Of business. would completely shut
of real estate sales. but that isn't the
case Somebody Is buying property every
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-06
er-CGy-TTocs roR A sAIOov

The Kansas Efy J0ssrsai says; Tony
Veins hezlk- ons q Htehiia's pr.sxrsasfyr
grocers. hzs pat CIT q slEa irnitatinE .
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pufting ar ore sinslzz 20 yeat 'sss 80
anlieF q t1e neEf sssoos fsout y hefs
Lazrsacs Journal Prsntsr I-surssr says
;ha: ahen ~ aid {; aust ~ sreisrsugr
o. VA taaf hs used to War1 ~Ear~' T.
q pEsesT zcaSezslc ssnss ThsE WsR Sot
sax fss yEtraisa F-agte 8 sttis ~. D.
warts ~ ~sr - "a scas-nsie $3.50 ans
Dr. - oSssr 1855 sars sa8 sEe~gf b.1aig
and sNt@rEsfaasizE ssrss- Tse EzSls
s:srfe-4 -: 5snz az q So ~ . aaF as
CasaJs- takisx ~ 80 sesk 49, b
ffsrkoeT 10; The ssAss esd iEt1 q dsHs.
ard -1E tat 80 TIE ssseci ss - rsar4y
aresrsssisosd- v 81 Het r1Fraii Pfrn1sss
iasrfsr ~ saY otBss titisa 80 q ~
seB<TRte ssfstoesary g tara 4 on Ella
a. aea6s1ssc sense g w4f.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-06
CAR OF APPLES PER DAY

The enorni;y 81 the Scdgwick county
crop OF apples can be imagined fr,un the
fact that beginning shout the middle Of
July the average shipment to western
points has been a car load per GAY This
Is early in the seasonand what fall will
bring will sarpass belief
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-06
BAND COMING rorHE FRONT.

BIND NONI14N0
II is a matter of keneral comment that
the Wichita band is making unusually
rapid progress. andlthis is proved by the
fact that they took second prize In the
contest at Fit. Scott. when thirteen bands
played. And this only a few months
after organization.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-06
APPRECIATED NEWSPAPER COPY

A-PhEOIAIt1D NEWSPAPER COPY
The inteeSting and well selected items
o. correspondence from Geuda Springs to
be found on the sixth page OF this morn
ing's issue were furnished by Miss Celes-
tia Royal. of that city. To the credit OF
Miss Royal It may be said that she is
totally blind and that her "copy" Is
among the very neateSt. best arranged
and carefully written and lsgible. Of any
reaching this Office.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-06

declare ne was the largest monsrel bird
they ever saw. and also say this spun the
greatest ever found on anything but a
wei bred game bird He was ruler OF the
rOost and would knock around all the rest
of the farm poultry win the same ease Ne
would bantam
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-06

Here Mr. McCoy, flushed With the
cheers and the impOrtancs Ot the exer-
cises. turned to the pathos Of the occa-
sion and remarked tendcriy:
''when this tree has grown high toward
heaven. when It is old and covered with
the brown mark OF many years. II viii
remind as OF cur dear teacher"
Here the crowd jumped straight into
the air and yelled. The teacher was =
maid of not more than thirty AT most
There was 50 much yelling and cheering
and jumping up AID down by small boys
who ducked around and yanked vsci0Usly
at their suspenders that Hal quit. and
his speech is up home yet Undiscovered
and unhonored. but as full Of pathos and
eloquence and truth as any Arbor Day
speech ever made since.
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AWAITSTHE SUMMONS
WIDOW OF JEFF DAVIS WILL
WELCOME DEATH ANGEL.
One of tho Most Remarkable Women OF
Her Beloved southlsnd-Hsr Great
Love for the "Daughtsr OF She
Confederaoy."

When the sacrifices and faith OF
women are named side by side with
the achievements and ambitions OF
men, the name of Mrs. Jefferson Da-
Wis will not be forgotten. Before the
eyes of that gentle woman now walt
ing under northern skies the approach
of death there are scenes Of tragic In
terest and membranes OF events
which set the whole world trembling
nearly forty years ago. She sees
man in the full tide Of power; mas
Ter Of eloquence. compelling by his own
fiery impetuosity the hearts OF his FOL
lowers. He speaks like one inspired
and his face (brow Swallowed and tnin
at CHM is illumined into beauty. Sne
is his other SELF Her heart beats WIFE
his; responds to his ambitions. Sne
sees him installed as president OK tns
Confederate States: she receives the
congratulations and homage OF TT
counterfeit of a nation, and lives agar
the awful day Of nations wrath.
The overthrow and flight under tn
guns of Wilson's cavalry return Il
her memory now. She sees the tram
pied LEAKAGE, the bullet-plowed LAM
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-07-15
n.oes Add to the Alphabet.

"Tbe Danes" writes Julian Ralph
from Copenhagen, ''are not satished
with the alphabet. They have invent
ed n twenty-seventh letter, which Is an
O with a mark run through it diagonal
" from the north-northwest to SOUTH
southeast. and this amazing letter
comes in most of the words. They are
so proud of it that they paint 1t, all
by itself, in heroic size on the front Oh
tine second stories of the tramcars.
always used to think that when a Brit
isb or Russian or Swedish prince came
here to get a wife all he had to say
was, will yjou MARRY mje? But
didn't know great deal of Danish
then. In fact, only knew the woro
.tandstikker,' which means rancid
moteh'-at least think so after using
these matches all over the world. Since
I have come here I've not only discov'
cred the o with a skewer through IL
but I find that the language is SO I'M
possible that the Danes themselves
have given it up. They speel Copen
hagen Kjopenhaven, Kiobenhaven
Coenhague, and Coepenhabn.'-NeW
York Tribune.
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His Purpose.

arbat new reporter is a corker. He
soxs ho was sent out for o write up
down IN Texas once and gang o.
cowboys took him for q horse THIEF
Did you ever notice what o big nose ne
has
"Of course"
"Well, they got O rope around his
neck and threw the loose end over a
tree, and four Of them stood ready to
pull him up at the word. Just as they
started. to pull, up galloped q SQUAD
of cavalry to rescue him."
"Did theyT'
"Well, the rope slipped from his neck
and caught on his nose, and nearly
pulled his head off, but his life yas
saved"
"Yes, guessed as much"
"What do you suppose he wanted tt
fell such a whopper as that for?"
.That's easy. He wanted to cal
your attention to the fact that he hat
wonderful nose for noose.'-Cieve
land Plain Dealer.
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Feminine Military Knowledge.

The tall girl was plainly the guioe,
,hilosopher and friend of the snort
girl. who asked so many questiohs
about matters military. The place was
Madison Square Garden and the time
was n recent afternoon, matinee tiilie
at the big military show.
you're just great, Maggie" SAID tne
short girl enthusiastically. How ever
do YOU tell the cavalry and the ara,
goons apart? I'm sure | never eouio
learn"
"Oh. Phil is in the National Huaru
Won know" said the tall girl coidiy ano
with superior air.
lust then there was roll OF drums
and in marched the cadets of the Ham
i,ton and Berkeley schools, some o.
them little fellows Of not more thal
ten years old.
ooh amt they just 'cute!' exclaimed
the short girl, clapping her hanas
..Who are they, Maggie? VINO are th
canny little chaps? =,
Maggie glanced knowingly at NE
programme and coldly replied, TO th
profitable enlightenment OF her inquisl
tive little neighbor: "They-oh, the
| must be the Thirteenth Infantry
New York Mail and Express.
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In the Philippines the law which re-
lates to the property of married peo-
ple is entirely in favor Of the wife.
ANY property bride may possess is
never by any chance settled upon the
husband, and IL he is poor and she
well of, he can only become at most
an administrator OF her possessions.
After death, unless she has executed
a deed In her husbands favor, under
a lawyers eye, the property goes te
her children and blood relations, bu
none to her husband.
A married woman retains her maid
en- name and adds to 1t that Of he
husband with the prefix de" and tn
children bear the names Of both par
ents.
The husband symbolically endow
the bride with all his worldly posses
sions after the marriage. In fact, it i
clearly a case in the Philippines o
whats yours is mine and what's min
is my own" as far as the women foil
are concerned.
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MADE COMPANIONS BY PERIL,
wnd Beasts Herd Together to Escape
Forest Fire.

wnd Beasts Herd Together to Escape
. Forest Fire.
An incident Of the forest fires In the
hills of the Descanso neighborhood.
in southern California, illustrates the
comradeship that common peril brings
about among beasts as we'll as among
men. After the flames had completed
their work of destruction and spread
pail over the hills, rancher went
forth among the charred stumps and
smoking brush heaps to look for
number Of cattle and colts which he
feared had been hemmed In by the
fire. He went across gully and ridge
In his search, until at last he saw his
stock some little distance ahead. He
was more than astonished upon COM
ing up to the group to find not only
his cattle and colts, but q deer. three
wildcats. a coyote. and several rab-
bits, ali alive and apparently in no
fear of him. They watched his APP
proach with Indifference, the tinidity
gone from the big-eyed deer. no ven
ON in the Wildcats purr, and honesty
shining in the gray coyotes face. The
rabbits sat on their launches. as meek
as the pets of children. But the poor
coyote was in pain. and as the farmer
came close the erstwhile robber OF the
roost dragged his helpless hind-Quar-
tiers toward tho man in mute suppl
cation. The legs Of the animal had
been frightfully burned. The rancher
was In no mood to make friends OF
such strange creatures, and at once
drove his stock through the smolder-
ing brush, the deer going along with
the cattle, the rabbits hopping along
at the rancher's heels, the wildcats
slouching along behind. and the coy
| ote, unable to follow, whining q pa
thetic appeal for succor. When The
burning field was passed the deel
broke into a run for the distant hills
the rabbits were away like flash. nn(
the old defiance and snarling leel
came back to the wildcats. WHIT
scorned to make q show of haste.