The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-22

FOR chair legs and rubber heels for shoes.
| and makes them ali out of pieces Of hey
| Gle tires. He makes bicycles complete.
securing parts from outside factories.
! He employs no help. and has no trouble 10
fear from strikes and iockouts How he
manages 10 DO so much work in so small
a place is mystery to everybody.
HUNTING a SWAN IN WICHITA.
when the Animals Escape in the
Park has been the subject Of many COL
| umns in the magazines for some time
past, and one day during the past week
there was quito as exciting times up in
the park as # some of the dangerous ami
mails had escaped. The occurrence was
the escape and recapture of one Of the
swans which have been in the park for
the summer. Or. Shuts and Thos. Shaw
had quite a number. of wild dicks in
the swan lake, and when fall began 70 an
proach some Of the ducks which had
been only slightly injured regained their
wing feathers and few out of the pond
It was thought that the swan could fly
until Chas. Payne went over 20 try and
capture the remaining ducks before they
al got away. It is quite an art to 20
about this sort Is thing, but Mr.. Payne
proved that he understands it. All man
ner OF devices had been tried but with
out result. Mr. Payne soon had the
ducks captured. all save three or four
which had flown out before being safely
Gagged, when one Of the big white swan
gracefully arose from the surface Of the
water and sailed out over the high fence
nj Csgf oo
high over he water toward the Muir
dock avenue bridge. Mr.. Payne, who
mas SO kindly loaned the swan 10 the
park, stood still and thought for about a
quarter OF q minute. He was at one time
a crack oarsman on the Ohio river and it !
is said has repeatedly handled a single
oar shell to the discontinue of pro-
fessionalS of note. He soon secured a |
boat, the first one at hand. and while
his assistants patrolled the bank on the |
run he gave chase in the water; and a !
lively chase it was. Up and down few the |
swan. his wide stretch Of wing making o |
beautiful appearance in the air. The
chase lasted for two hours. Horses |
were finally procured, as the pace on
shore was little swift TO keep up with |
From the dam up the river to a point in |
the rear OF Mr.. ]. P. Conkiin was the |
race course, and it seemed as though it |
was useless. Mr.. Payne perspired, |
watched his big feathery quarry and |
laughed. he said it was as good as a |
big duck hunt and that the bird would |
tire out soon. which to others did not look /
probable in the least but which proved /
correct. II could have been caught in no /
other way, and it seems almost miracle |
that il was caught at ali. The birds are
quite valuable, being the North Ameri-
can variety, found only in the vicinity
of HUdson's bay. and are not the much !
more common English variety.
WAS A DESPERATE STRUGGLE.
Wichita has an ex-judge who was in
many tight places during the war. He Is
modest, like all men who did their duty
well and viii not allow his name TO be
mentioned. In an Illinois paper. the OF
tawa Weekly Times. he has been given a
S-column writeup. The boys IN the old
DAYS called him Jake. aud whenever one
heard the remark, What's up now.
Jake2" in the camp torty years ago. he
knew there was work TO be done One
night detail of an Illinois regiment
then reduced TO $50 men. was called out
for special service in the Smoky noun
tains country. What's up now, Jake?"
asked one of the boys and the rugged
young follow With the grey eyes said:
Indians" The Cherokees were then in
South Carolina, aiding the rebels. and
they We're doing murderous work at the
head waters of the Little Tennessee. The
Illinois detail had TO pick their way
through three ranges of precipitous
mountains making their bivouac in
cave the first night. They saw plenty of
fine scenery, bUt little rstions. ana when
they came TO their journeys end they saw
Cherokees. The Indians fired a voliey
at a few men il advance, wounding them
badly. ard then dashing their brains out
with the butt-ends Of their guns. This
aroused the soldiers. and they went
through the Indian camp ike a whirl-
wind The rebels had told the Indians
that surrender to the Yankees meant
death and this made them fight desper-
ltely. The battle finally became a hand
10 hand encounter. and eminent authority
saws ii was one Of the most bitterly con-
tested and bloody struggles of TIE war.
One Union soldier said that his gun
changed hands four times in ten min
Ites. having been taken prisoner and re
taken within that limit. Finally the
indians who were not killed, and nearly
laf of them in the dust. were taken
prisoners and that ended the battle The
Wichita man was in the thickest Of the
ight al tho time and the Illinois paper
p question praises him highly.
WICHITA HAS MANY HEROES.