The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-05

float on the New York CITY hal. was a
heavy subscriber 10 the Peel fund. and
now has a lot of lots for sale, at low
prices See King-George for list, at cor
ner OF Douglas and Lawrence avenue, sec
ond floor front.
Note: George IS 10 give me rake
off for this notice. Anyone buying after
this date please notify me at III South
Main street. room !. second floor.
GENERAL INSOLVENCY.
A great many men claim their subscrip-
ton 10 these industries broke" them.
This may be 10 in some instances. but
in three, personally known TO me, il Is
untrue, as follows:
No. There is duodsclmo biped here
who tells that the Dold and Whitaker
business" broke him. He paid Dold by
material at % per cent profit, j. e, he paid
500 with 500 worth of stuff" He beat
his subscription TO Whitaker on a tech
nicality.
No 2-Another animalculae-souled man
ikin stands frequently az the corner OF
Main and Douglas and ''cusses' the Board
Of Trade generally, and Dold and Whitta-
ker specially. for shortcomings on their
contracts. He never paid nickel on
either contract.
No. 3-There is a bald headed cadaver
who uses profanity as semicolons and Pc
RODS in his ordinary conversation for
greater emphasis He cannot express him.
self on the Eagle" Doid packing house.
Whitaker plant. Burton car works. Gar
field college and other things" without
having a spasm: almost an epileptic lit;
linguistic jim-jams. When he goes TO
"cussin " ne gets choked up. His eyes
roll Ike "cullerd pusson" drunk on
- lection" day. He heavee like a boss
with heaves: has blind staggers; froths
like an insane canine; grunts Ike hog
with cholera; squir;s his poison Ike
tree-toad This "critter'' robbed dead
man; doomed" on land way out Of town.
and, SO far as known made TO donation.
When the board was raising money for
Burton car works he refused TO give i
cent One day nine men agreed to work
on him in three squads Squad one was
10 go at 10 a. m. and stay till noon; squad
two. from to 4; squad three. from 70 g.
Squad ore was w. p Carey. a l.. Houck
and the writer: squad two had Al. Thom-
as for chairman; squad three was headed
day with this man. He swore six 90 hours
without break. The next day he was in
formed that the scheme was put up job
by Al. Thomas to let him have contin-
uous swear" and that no one supposed
he would give a cent He was so mad
he swallowed a cigar stub" as reported
by AL Thomas to the board.
These incidents are given To show how
men lie as to what caused their general
insolvent condition.
Wichita's boom was. in fact. busted"
prior to securing either Burton. Doid or
Whitaker. but We didn't know it. We
hadn't heard it. We were like the Irish
man who went 10 church and heard of
the crucifixion of the Savior. lie was al
fected very much and early next day he
hunted up a Hebrew and pounded him.
Whereupon. the Hebrew aforesaid. de-
manded the cause of such pounding
Thereupon the son of Erin replied TO the
Israelite:
''Sorr OF have bin informed ye bees wan
av thin shaking spslpeens as murthured
me Savior" Thereat the Hebrew said:
That was four thousand years ago. "Oi
naver heard av it till last avening." re-
piled the wearer O. tn green.
This was the condition of Wichita
Months and years rolled away after the
boom busted before we heard Of it,
Twas the sheriffs rude voice.
With a writ in his hand,
That rous'd the boomer frae his slumber
Twas the stopping Of renewals on notes;
the demand for currency, legal tender cir
culating medium. specie. coin, hard cash
pence. shillings. pounds, riiiuo. blunt dust.
mopus. tin. salt. chink "yailer daddies'
that caused us to study numismatcs In
all its varied forms and phases
Twas the voice Of the court: THAT nc
plaintiff have and recover Of and from
said defendant the sum Of ten thousand
dollars" etc. that forced upon rs the fact
that the fuH-blown bladder OF our pride
was losing air; that our r. Dorado was
nit: PactoIus gone Golconda vanished.
We were no longer Nsboh, Midas, Croe-
sus, Gould, Astorbilt or Vsnderfellow We
rode no longer. We walked. and were SIM
ply plain people As Lon Holding says.
''Gildersleeve was Gildersleeve once more.
WICHITA BGOTISM
Our egotism prompts IA 70 claim all our
successes as the result Of our great. throb-
bling. purring brain. working ike COR
less engine. but our pride charges all ill
success 10 the Vaccinations of some I'M
known astrological devil We don't con
suit soothsayers. as in the days when
Caesar in the senate fell and the sun. In
resentment Of his slaughter. looked pale
and hid his face year after" but Nc siiii