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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-08
SUCCESS AND FAILrRE.

Real success Is never reached in a single
bound yet Benjamin Franklin said that
''the road to success Is as easy as the
road to ruin" Many an American has
arisen from barefoot boy on the farm to
the wealthy merchant. the eminent states
man or the honored inventor.
1t Is essential that every young man and
young woman have some definite aim in
life. Each one should mark out for him
self a course and then bend every effort
to follow that course. The current OF mere
circumstances is treacherous and unsafe.
II is not surprising that those who aim AZ
nothing accomplish nothing in life. Any
one can drift. but il takes pluck to stem
an unfavorable current.
Once the occupation is chosen, concen-
tration is essential a man may have the
most dazzling talents. but If his energies
are scattered he will accomplish nothing.
There are young men working in the
stores OF this city who earn their salaries.
perhaps. by working the required number
Of hours in the day. but If he does not
give his work thought after he has quit
for the night. he will never make any
great advancement in his calling.
The young mani on the other hand. who
is reading up the history Of his business,
looking up facts concerning the manufac-
ture OF goods. II he be in the employ Of a
dry goods merchant. Will pass his Istless
fellows every time. lie can easily decide
many important things concerning the
business for himself. To give an example:
Take the dry goods salesman who knows
the history and process OF silk manufac-
ture. or swell posted on the cotton in
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-08
sHE - REMEMREREp-

pretty little episode occurred on the
Christmss eve just passed. which reminds
one 81 Robert Elsmere's creed. "inasmach
as sc have done n unto one 81 the least
Of these. my little ones. ne have done Il
unto me" man living Ia this city was
so wanting ia every element u tenderness
for the romance and mythical soaring Of
childhood that he spent several weeks u
fore the Christmas season telling his ~
tie baby giri that Santa clans VAC all
shsdewy dream and Mas no reality ~ she.
along with other children. had Before
steadfssuy believed BE even went % FAR
- 20 forbid her firmly from hanging ID
her little stocking. warning her e. would
come 90 nauEht. A young man employed
IN one OF the confectionery stores. heard
o. The case and sent aord right ~ o. ths
little disappointed and nearly broken
hearted girl that perhaps y she would
hang her stocking upon fhe outside %
the door knob maybe Santa Claus would
ind e a. he passed b. en- hls nightly
rounds Tbls the Httle SRI asa. with tss
assistance - her mother ard without her
fathers knowledge. Just before she wsut
To bed the utiia garment Wss carefully
hung out on ne front door ard during ne
ulght the young nan. VITA a party ef
frlends. HHed II fall - n~sstrneafs and BE-
sdes laid many other p8eEazsz close by
mo door. Esrly IN the morning the uffle
one Was up and ogt 90 that frong door.
and her great loy - fndlnz the candy ard
other things Wss rot 10 much beosusc l.
would satisfy her sweet faofa - That beg
f0rnrr hut nov WeI niaH shaffere3 faita
IN santa Claus VA renewed anA made
r5ck-fibhed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-08
WICHITA TEN YEARS AGO.


Dr.. D. ". Phillips. pastor of ne " r.
church on College HII had a house warm
ing.
Harpsr's Weekly. the New York Tribune
and Philadelphia Record al contained
lengthy editorials on Marsh Murdock ee
a boom writer. The Tribune and Harper
we're highly hstteriug and that ~ the
Record a philosophical disquisitiou. IN
which it admitted that IL was possible
for a writer - give MS .own. as such.
continent notorie,y."
\ company Vac organized ny George 7.
Rouse. A 5 Munson and Others. 70 build
a factory for the manufacture y gentle
mems underwear
Dold was packing about 30 hogs Per
day.
Machinery was going into the GHber:
Plow Works
Douglas DonneIly was made the rscip-
tent q an elegant present by he se5ewsek
county bar
Mrs. Scott CoFestt gave 4 swegI New
Years party, assisted by Josie Stanley.
Two columns were taken up n the Eagle
descriptive OF the costumes and tai.e.s q
a half dozen other New Years parties.
There were diamonds and lzces galore
=, the installation q ofacers for the
Garfield Post and Ladies Relief CONS .
BIG Possum dinner ard dance IN the even
Ing were the particular features
An explosion occurred IA TIE West KID
Drug store n which tA-se Esa Egre
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close to where my children were playing
in the road and lesurely bounded along
to the bluff to the east.
In the winter of 1854 the writer rode
almost onto a very large male lion, lying
at length upon the prairie some three
miles south of the junction of the Medi-
cine Lodge and Salt Lick rivers, near
the Great Salt Plain. His color harmon
lied so completely with the dead, brown
buffalo grass he was not observed until
l was almost onto him. He was not dis
posed 10 move from his position, and not
having my rife with me, rode around
him at distance of fifty feet and talked
to him; but could not induce him TO move.
except his eyes and head, which followed
my every movement. A bunch of wild
hoorses near by in a ravine may have
been his quest. I rode away, leaving him
to his meditations.
in March, 1865, near a spring surround
ed by trees south of the Canadian river.
sa wthe skeletons fseven antlered
deer within a radius of two hundred feet
They had been food for panthrs, l sup
pose
Deer were their principal food, spring
ing upon them fro ma tree Ger trail.
or more frequently still, hunting them.
sneaking upon them in the grass, as cat
a moouse. We once ofund a deer fresh
killed and covered with leaes, its neck
bitten through and skin torn by sharp
claws, catched for a future meal.
These notes We're suggested ny my
friend. Prof. Dyche, asking if / had ever
heard panther scream" stating that
in his large experience as a hunter he
had never met a man who had, and re-
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garded the scream as a myth. l can
answer most emphatically that l have.
In January, 1868, during the extreme
cold and heavy snow, I was camping in
the winter near the mouth of Turkey
creek on the Cimaron river About 10
O clock one night two panthers came
close to the camp. less than 100 yards,
and lifting uD their voices let loose the
most unearthly, blood-curdling screams
it was ever my good fortune to hear.
Lebo. the big buffalo wolf has a deep.
profound, musical howl, which could be
heard for miles over the silent, frozen
plainsi and their music has lulled me to
sleep as l lay wrapped in my blanket
inthe snow; but the unearthly scream Of
Il panther close at hand will almost
freeze the blood in ones veins, and for
an instant paralyze most any form of
man or beast. My horses and mules tied
to the wagon usually paid no attention
to wild animals, but on this occasion
they trembled like a leaf. Some Indian
women and children were sitting around
their camp fires. They screamed and ran
into their lodges. The few Indian men
seized their weapons. L distinctly remem-
Der being astonished myself.
The next morning it was showing.
took my trusty friend and companion.
my rife, and waded through the snow TO
dense body of post oak timber, half a
mile distant Underneath the interlock-
ing branches of the timber was a thicket
of brush and green briars.
I soon found the fresh tracks OF two
large panthers and followed their tracks
through and under the brush and vines
between the tree trunks for an hour, al
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ways close on them, sometimes within
two rods. 1 could not see them, as the
falling snow covered the brush and vines
completely shutting out the sight Of any
thing more than rod distant. They
coould easily have sprung upon me from
either side or behind. 1 failed to get
sight of them.
In all my experience L never saw any
wild animal to attack A person unless
wounded and crowded upon. Panthers fire.
quently killed and ate Indians horses and
the Indians hunted and killed them with
the aid of dogs.
A panthers scream heard in the wilder
ness on a still might is an experience
never to be forgotten. The memory of II
will stay with him 10 the end.
Mr. William Mathewson, my former
partner on the plains and the original
Buffalo Bill" who spent more than
twenty years on the plains and noun
tains, as hunter. trapper, guide, scout
and trader. from the head waters Of the
Missouri river TO the gulf, commencing
in 1S4S. tells me that he has killed twenty
or thirty of the animals; that he has
often heard them scream. and describes
it as similar to my experience. He says
that they have onther tones Of voice to
suit the occasion, as other cats have and
that a mountain lion is distinct variety
Of "Felis Concolor"; has a short body
and heavy, stout legs; while a panther
has q long body and shorter. lighter
limbs. He says that both varieties were
more numerous in the vicinity of the
Wichita mountains than in any other To-
cality. He never knew one to attack a
person.
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Among the then prominent men present
were George N. Dickson. Colonel Bean.
/ w n Carlisle, Attorney Pacy, Ed. Foster.
Mr.. Hess, Beorge B1ackwelder. George l.
| Rouse, Nose Human. R. a. Haste, Sam
/ Howe. George Masten. ". r Duianey.
: Elmer Devore. George c. Strong. Taimsge
(of TODD & Talmage), George c. Matthews.
Arthur Parks. ". F. Green. C E. Fer
| guson, W. P. McNair, c. H Peckhsm,
Gardner Work. W. NJ Bond, Colonel To-
| Ter. George W. Walter. J. s P Gordon.
Frank Dale. jim Mercer. ]. ]. Parks,
| Judge Museller. Bruce keenan,, Wesley
| Morris. Aaron Kstz, Lee Hays. sam Gold
stein, Robert and VI. Jacks. Murray Ny
ers. Hank Heaserman and hundreds mors
cannot al this date recall.
On that night George Clemen: won his
spurs; demonstrated his power 10 talk
and his right 10 be ruler
Alexander Steele that night proved he
could think and act.
Things" moved along with suggestions,
| until Paey arose and said:
Time was money; money was power:
power was what We needed: that a corpo-
| ration with such purposes as We were at
tempting, needed cash: that an empty
| treasury cohld do nothing was as nothing
He therefore moved that 100 men donate
so apiece to be called membership fee:
that each new member donate 800 apiece
and that this money be used to defray the
expenses 10 be incurred In securing indus
tries for Wichita"
racy sat down and fifty men seconded
the motion. The roll was called and Glenn
ept announced over S 600 donated in TWEEN
~ minutes. The crowd went wild. to
draw it mild. Everybody smiled A COM
mittee was appointed 20 draw a charter
for The Wichita Chamber OF Commerce:
committee for rules and bylaws: a
committee for soliciting members All COM
mittees TO report next night al same place
Meeting adjourned
The old board OF trade had its ears 10 the
ground. 1t had heard the rumbling sound
detail was sent out to recall the wan
dering sheep from its fold and learn what
was on foot The aforesaid sheep wore
the chamber OF commerce bell Dire de-
structions desolating defamation had cut
the odd board" in twain. The silent mem
bers were free and were glad that they
were free. They exclaimed when accosted
by the detail sent after them by the old
board:
Let the CALLED Jade vince. our withers
are unwrung
The imperious temper Of the "old board
was checked. There was uaught 10 do
but ''stoop TO conquer" Delay was dan
serous. The new charter must be left I'M
written. Concession, compromise. capitu-
lation on honorable terms were all that
was left. The old board saw that dissen-
sion was death; that in harmony only was
success TO Wichita. The board met in the
room where c. f. Ferguson's law Office is.
and sent committee 20 the chamber Of
, commerce. The chamber of commerce sent
committee. composed of Clement. Steele.
Dickson, and two men who were members
of the old board and who had linked them
selves 10 the new. After elaboration it
was agreed that the board be increased to
%; that the old board have II, new men
u; that A. W. oliver be president; George
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and pride, cannot bat feel pang that they
were only 70 behold the promised land and
were never 20 enter therein. To name these
men now VIII wound the living: wound
many OF them yet. living afar on
Some day. when the historians writes
OF Wichita. he VIII 'in letters OF gold. On
leaves OF silver" inscrihe the names % our
heroes. and the generation yet to follow
Us will do them the honor which this gen
Grafton withholds- The piorteer since the
world began has never reaped the harvest:
he that plants tree seldom eats the fruit
thereof. The pioneers OF Wichita are no
exception 10 the rule. OF the pioneer OF
the west. OF southwest Kansas. il may
be said:
There's now 2 city. thousand homes
on land ne broke for his first SOD corn;
He. a stranger. now aimless;y rosnls
Where his wife died and his babes were
born.
The fusion Of the new Mood and the cd
blood was guarantee ~ success.
George Clement afterWard became preSt-
dent % the board: then mayor of Wichita.
His sun went down In a cloud, never 20
rise again. He was a man. proud. smhi-
tienS. noble generous. uudsunted. and his
friends Yet believe that had he lived and
kept hs health he would have cut his
name in the Kansas tree deep enough 10
have It remain until cur archives became
as dust OF ashes"
Clement was In many respects an orator
He was clear-cut. forcihls and argumen-
tative. He stumped Kansas for Charles
Robinson for governor and made friends
wherever he weE;. His speech al Calves
ton was the one speech made by kansas
man. The Texans who attended that meet
Ing all recall Clement ~ Wichita
The writer hereof. aud Clement. were
never friends. / do not in MS praise. dis
parage others. Recalling the Romaa say
ing. Let nothing save good he said Of the
dead"
do but cal 10 mind bis worth: his mo-
bic attributes. In the hundreds that be-
lonssd IN the board OF trade Clement
dared to lead whore any dared @ follow"
His friends were proud of him AID bis
enemies respected him. lie Was goO4
hater. and warm friend And the ele-
ments 50 mixed in him. thstnaturs might
stand up and say 20 all the world. This
was man
The amalgsn4sted forces ~ Wichita
were in their day and generation. iuyinei-
bic. The new board 81 trade
Had an eve as keen:
brain as clear:
Al arm as strong;
puree as long
as any rival they had 20 rrsppae with.
Association with these men vas hh-
eral education. u vas a school where
matured men learned the power worth and
genius OF each other: where opinlona we're
weighed By enemies and deliberately
adopted as the course If wisdom and Au~l-
ness sagacily. The majority ruled and The
minority submitted.
This paper has reached its length. IN
number four when written the Burton
Car Works. Dold Packing House. Whit
tsker Packing House; Rock leland Rail-
road. and minor things. will be treated.
and then; and then The Dslugc"
CONTRIBUTOR
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I Rouse. vice president; George w. Glenn
ent. secretary; NJ W. Levy, treasurer:
| that the subscription circulated be turned
10 tre old board; that meeting be held
in the court room. al First street; that the
new directory be elected. new officers cho-
/ sen. the subscriptions b paid. With some
notifications the program was carried out
and as the meeting adjourned some one
| probably from Kentucky sang out:
United we stand. divided We fall
Some one answered;
In harmony triumph. in unity fall
Be the banner sheltering all
This was the starter" Of the motto:
Harmony.
Unity,
Strength.
Success
The new board Of trade soon had In
its treasury sl2.ooa The old board had sur
rendered. but by a strategic act It reEained
all II lost The board was too large 70
handle anything. The personnel OF the
directory. for brain. labor. power. result
getters." was never surpassed by any
| town. but the board was too big TO act.
Therefore an executive committee vas In
jected into the bylaws. This committee
was; President. vice president, secretary.
! treasurer and Colonel Murdoch The old
board lost the deal and won by taking
the last trick.
The personal aggregate wealth OF this
board run into millions: millions based on
tangible wealth. And yet the slump"
the subsequent decline, has left them as
ruined gsmesters OF roulette faro and the
derby. OF that glorious. gallant. geperous
band few remain: many are dead. Some
died almost as paupers. The monument
that marks their resting place cost more
money than the estate they left was worth
at final settlement. Some are almost out
casts: some are working by the day 20
earn bread for their respective families.
Many Of these men subscribed and paid
donated subscriptions that today would
make their family above want. IL not In
comfortable circumstances.
And Yet, even AZ this short day. their
names, deeds. lives. are almost forgotten
Verify. verify. YOU stick your finger In
glass Of water. beer. brandy or other
liquid. and when you pull il out no trace
Of said finger remains; so with man.
The evil men 90 lives after them;
Mems evil manners live In brass.
Their virtues We write in water"
Monuments in brick and stone. in rail-
roads. colleges and packing houses attest
their liberaity and labor; yet all. all is
wiped out by the remembrance OF what
they failed 10 do.
"Au honor 10 HON who wins the prize.
This world has cried. for thousand
years;
To him who tries. who fails and dies.
There's naught but pitiful tears"
In our little world, nsught is left hut
, curses for many who have fallen: and
every noble act is effaoed. oblterated by
the remembrance OF d debt unpaid: an Oh
legation uncancelled, and yet he who
thinks. realizes that but for this army "
workers. who In unselhshness worked for
all, there would be but little here. and that
little would have but nominal value.
Those who are here. who know the sacri-
fee who beheld them in health. ambition
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\ PAIR OF SENSATIONAL BRIDES
IN one of the smaller churches of this
city is enacted at each Sunday service.
at all prayer meetings business sessions,
and other functions, a regularly repeated
farce comedy between two young brides.
which. to the more practical element. who
are out of the spirit of romance and vel
low valentine period. appears very anus
ing. one of these young buds was mar
ried Hast summer: the other on a dreary
autumn night just few months ago.
They both had been closest friends before
this last movement. and together they
had Travelled in the same church set Al
the caIlow youths Of this aggregation had
simultaneously envied their supposedly
more fortunate running mates while the
sentimental girls of the same coterie Of
sparkling literary gems had likewise sazed
green-eyed upon the prospective brides.
All this the whole four parties thoroughly
realize. and their pitiful efforts each sun
day morning 10 keep alive this s.ck.y jeal-
ousy produces upon strangers in the con-
g-egation that tired feeling which one
reads Of in the blood tonic aimanaCs. For
instance. after both couples hit their pews.
they separate: the groons pairing of by
themselves ike same bantams. while the
-ostriched-feathered brides manage 10
lam themselves together like a mated
couple of cooling doves-only they do not
act so natural and SO sensible as wel.-bred
doves. Then they take up the time the
minister is praying-praying for more
humble acquiescence and gentle humility
by turning around in their seats and fiirt-
Then as often as then can figure out
reasonable excuse. either one or both walk
deliberately across the entire church. 20
attract even more attention II possible.
The young men sit close together and use
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hibitions of fancy dancing. Her poetry
Of motion throughout the perplexing fig
ures was said 10 revive memories Of a cow
attempting to waltz. Then The sweet
voiced siugeress OF the stiggle;ossled
coterie appeared in her other dress and
sang an alleged solo in rasping heart
rending fashion. tending 20 make one wish
she was dead. BY this time there was not
a dry pair OF glasses in the house and all
those who were awake wore a van. sickiy
smile which meant, in such formal gath
eriug. the expression OF voluptuous delight
that they Mere there Soon most OF the
membership present were sound asleep and
teh rest were piajntiveIy watching the
clock, longing pidfully for the hour Of re-
lease
\ young womsn's social gathering is a
wonderful thing. and the grooming genera
ton % fabid and trucuIent youth would
b. seriously handicapped were II not for
the piie-driver up,ift given their hopes and
ambitions by just such ssgregations. who
imagine the time heaped upon them was
Of 10 further worth than 20 meet semi
casiona3y and sing in bole--fact0ry
voices and recite pathetic odes In a toI=
which is almost always calculated 10 drive
ones misery away.
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knocked senselsss The explosion was
| caused by q patent medicine vendsr who
| We making up some kind Of A compound.
The CALIFORNIAN society celebrated Burns
| birthday at the Me,ropole. where large
we're consumed.
II. e and J. =. Knigh- II -. Louis, Or
gained new loan company.
The season AZ re Crawford Grand vas
opened by the Pattee company. followed
oy Camilla Urso.
The Little river ice wss thick enough 70
cut
Petitions were being circulated Tor the
paving ~ Main street south from Eng
i-sh 20 PARK. and one for paving Wac.
\ party consisting q Colonel HsHoEsll.
Colonel Taylor l. .. Skinac- snd Ge0-ga
Z. Douglas we're 81 Topeka a. a clfi-
Zeras' committee 70 work the legislature
Tor something waica the stem does not
meuAon
Charles Clayton vss he'd up about MD
nigh. on Man street near Cea.rzl. By foo;-
pads
The Unity club was II fIli swing. under
ire guidance a Rev Hosgiand ? B.
Sa4SA s@-- 49, rsff ~ - atm fi1lil-
uezt BY Mss Octorss H5sbs. Mss &sbs,
ssn1sferer rendered recitation and Mss
Lozise Cray sang 2 500.
Work vas progressing o. the Main
sewer outlet-
P5ely I'm Eschrz club zas eufsrtzlusd
ny Mrs. Foster Brooks Present. S@nzt5r
ard Mrs o. r. Bentley. Mr. and Mr.. J
?. Moore. NJ ard Nrs- A 9. Jobes. O. D.
re- ard Mrs Dyer, NJ. and Ms o. L
S.gk. Ar ems Ms ks Harris NJ and
ars Frank Wo55 Nr and Ms. Piatsr1.
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