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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-07

again for several reasons The people
OF Colorado have practically destroyed
them and while there are some Isft She
agricultural development Of Colorado az
fords them plenty food resources without
migration The same young nan said the
recent migration Of snakes frou. kansas
was caused BY the same reason he said
that all animals sometimes multiply 50
rapidly. because Of the weakness OF their
natural enemies that they are compelled
70 migrate TO secure food Migrations Of
rats and mice are frequent Sometimes
the migrations assume the form OF
stampede and they run into lakes and
Iarged bodies OF water ard are drowned
Zach grassh0pper lays about q quarter
OF million eggs per year but few q
them hatch cut because their nine enc
MES XII NEST OF them II the eggs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-07
"REMINISCENCES OF 4 CYCLONE.

"REMINISCENCES OF 4 CYCLONE.
\ nervous little man from Chicago was
in the Eagle Office last week He had been
talking about buying some Kansas land.
but he had given up the notion A little
wind the night before 50 affected MS sen
sitive nerves that he wanted TO get back
% Chicago on the next train Probably
fifty times q year Chicago had By far
stronger winds, but Chicago had no rep
utation for cyclones Kansas had.
Andy Richards Of Wellington dropped
in and took q high seat on the corner Of
the Exchange table He was introduced
10 the Chics goan as q man who had been
through a real live active cyclone.
My wife was visiting at oxford the
night of the Wellington cyclone said
Mr.. Richards. 'and the house was lone
some. I came down town % get paper.
Frank Henderson, then sheriff, called me
and wanted me TO Ill out little high five
party IL a friends room. We had hand
and had played all but four cards when
a szylight above Us went 20 snithereens
After that the tin roof curlzd up in a
heap over head ran down the stairway
and stood still under the entrance arch
The lightning was fearful and continuous.
Before my eyes the old court house crum-
bIed like an egg shell The air was fun
Of roofs and spires and lumber and small
buildings. I had presence OF mind and
stood still. Not 4 step on that stairway
except the one was standing on re-
NAMED unbroken from falling brick and
rock The one I was standing on was
cracked in TWO places. I was immovabls.
A thousand thoughts flashed through my
mind which was never so clear as at that
time. When the fury Of the storm ceased
l ran out into the street and over to the
Phillips house which had collapsed I
ran up and down the street calling for
help. An hour Of tremendous excitement
passed and then noticed, clasped be-
tween my fingers, the four cards had in
my hand when they cyclone first struck
The remainder Of the deck was scattered
over a township.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-07

T-ureT rarriss s-s very prr1ar -sess
ros e~er'-.-E ard seh1fe fz-4.as ard faeir
f-ie-dz faks Io-- rlsss 1-s- 81 - ~zere
tss ar = s-1-rsz - a SAFE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-07

The present mayor OF Kansas CITY.
r---sss Mr.. Cradtocz. was IN an early
s.,- clerk in g Wichita store.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-07


Col Joseph C. Mccoy Il thinking about
reyiving 2 project he had on foot twenty
years ago. About LSSo he set out % pub
Iish q book dealing exhausriveiy With the
history and development Of the cattle IN
dustry in America He went 10 the grea-
stock convention AT Fort Worth and spoke
% prominent caytIemsn about IT, In
less than a few hours ne had pledges from
men 70 take S2.5o0 warrh OF the books
Shortly after that the proc OF cattle went
down, many OF them died and those who
were cattle barons in July were broke IN
January. That killed Col MeCOy's book
project. He does not want 70 die til he
has that book written ard the world can
hardly afford 70 lose hin til he has his
wonderful knowledge Of the cattle bus--
ness in print It is doubtful Il there are
half dozen men IN America who know
as much about the cattle business IS he
does
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-07

Some queer things happened that
night" continued Mr.. Richards. Charlie
Willard and four other young men ran
into a door way for shelter. one of them
was killed and all Tie others. but him,
uninjured- He was sucked Up and scooped
along the ceiling 10 the rear end of the
room which had collapsed and landed at
the roots OF a tree two blocks away. Miss
Mahan was set down by him. She had
been taken from an opposite direction
two blocks. In his flight through the air
Lr. Willard encountered horse and bug
gy floating around with the hltching post
to which they were tied swinging about.
he was fearful Of coming in contact with
them When he landed he had a strange
umbrella in his hand.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-07

HAS GIVEN SIXTY THOUSAND
II SIX months wichita has made
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-07
DAYS OF THE sAUERE GURKEN-

DAYS or THE SACE-ElE 81 KEEN
In Germany tnls season is known as the
1e-a Glr5eaz-i- which means sour Gu
cr-r-bar sine. Commercially II IS known
as The 5uu time in business Fred ALenlz
SAYS all Germans expect 20 see II with
guIv Trade begins 10 slac1er up and
business men so 10 the seaside or summer
resorts il sets ia here about the same
cine
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-07

"Whie these and . Erszt many otas-
Story q Ehat fszzfni ulzfz disaster vere
tod ~ ar Richarss CHE -erv1lss CEE-
case -a1 5evsz uttered a wsr5 re letr
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-07

ct vas a weird night sad NJ Rich
ards we established so-t - Esor-
gre and evsrT rrua We would Eet a CORPSE
out W. Wuuld tAke il there We pgt
eight c7rpses inr3 K auE laid -her1 au-
II The usorzlns only four c1rTses wers
rhere. -Four cf what ~ Supposed Eera
dad people were Only lncorscfeas anl
when they came g taey so ap ard
xalkes5 away
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-07

Joe Purcell. who now kee7s eating
house az the Wellington union depot vas
IL ths Phillips house that night with his
wife ard two children Wien the 1ear-
ri storm came 1Irs- Purcell and the chill
6ren ran 20 the corner e the room and
Eel rzoor their kneeS 1Ir. Purcell was
standing over them when TIRE building
COLLAPSED he placed a hand On each
wau and hsid TIE ceiling up with rs back
joe said Hrs. Pu-ceil. -kneel aid
pray
.-Tou % thF 7rayi1g- Mar Re replied
I've got al can % - hold % this
building
All OF them ESCAPED unl-5ered.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-07


The harlshius OF sori.d aatirs- s1vz rs
Sew York Commercial AdVertiser. ~
s1ncvaat pau.atcl cheese dags ~ The
thourhteuI acstres woo receives orc n
srra,hetc silence gives ore a fs1 ard
ladies orb eiass ~ somethiog col1 ard
SPARKLING rrem h's psach bowl placed
aIlurlcsly rear at hanA rhe hous r. -
silver of blse china er eiass ~ ~ whits
pare palnrrs eafly Vith grapes or Sow
eFr s Dig Mmp 81 ioe 1oacs IN tha
beverage Ternars cherries ara ssrt0-
berries Gert arogat che So ard mayee
srr.rs ~ uabt cover a. tnB. The fa.Hs
IS dese and broad 80 te laei ara iers
sad csrrel as g. haalles. The sifss
o. ceas fram whlch one drinks are ESQ
- saap halnes ard lrf7ahlr e.,ae
Paie rreen. amber ana oFalrsc.nt
arc pretty hst clear rrstal laoss eaer
sna allows one % aan.re thr eoiaT ef fl..
beverage between siHs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-07

Il was the first TO the Phillips house.
The two lower stories were crushed 70
splinters- The top story had settled
down upou the debris we found a ran
road man in bed sleeping souldly. not
knowing what had happened We shout
GO 70 him u get Up. He grunted thai ir
wasn't kis turn 10 20 oUr. rolled over
ard iapsed Into sleep again we had
terrible tire trying 10 make him realize
his escape from death
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-07

Two neighbors had two stoves exactly
alike and they had stored them in a
stable on the back end OF their lots The
stable was demolished. one OF the stoves
has never since been seen; the other was
found on the roof OF its owners building.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-07

Jim Lawrence's arm was broken in the
house which was demolished He IS
capped from the wreck. The next day
saw the room in which he was sitting
when the cyclone struck and * would be
almost impossible for mouse % crawl
out Of IL How Mr. Lawrence got cut q
that room is incom1rehelsioie-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-07

A railroad agent had built a new house
and had Just occupied IL he has never
since found a shingle or a stick OF that
house. All its contents we're taken
away. He never found a thing but his
life Insurance policy which was picked up
without a stain " scratch two miles
away next day.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-04-05
A SEE TRIP,

Travelled 81 Miles over tho g. s. q q. O. u.
Railroad to Accomplish ~ Ia Miles.
Manitou, Colordo, March 30, 1901
Inasmuch rs | assumed the privilege of
representing your paper on the oompli-
mentary inspection trip over the Colo
RADIO Springs and Cripple Greek District
railroad given by that company to
newspaper, railroad and business men I
feel that l ought to give you q short dc.
scription Of what we saw and did.
First let me say that the distance
from Colorado Springs to Cripple Greek,
air line, is 1875 miles, and that the
windings among the mountains in q
fairly direct general course make the
length Of the railway 3S miles. The
road enters north Cheyenne Canyon
and climbs and winds among the
gorges and chasms for miles. gradually
increasing in altitude until it reaches O
height Of 9,9i7 feet. AS the train is
carried upward along the trims Of these
different mountains the marvellous
beauty and grandeur Of the eastward
outlook holds the traveller entranced.
Beautiful panoramas are spread ont
before him at almost every bend. 1t is
a most wonderful scenic trip. Other
roads will carry you to n greater eleva.
ton and through more wonderful gorges
and chasms but noue will carry you
through more intricate turnings and
windings or give you more extended
views.
After circling the southern base of
Pixies Peak, it brings you to that most
wonderful mining camp of the world,
Pretoria alone excepted. A city of more
than 10000 people, solidly built within
ten years, is only characteristic of every
thing pertaining to.the camp, The cleo.
trio railways, tying together the hills by
which it is surrounded with bands of
steel, bring you to the various mines.
Two million dollars per month is the
output Mt present.
The trip was a most delightful one
and every arrangement was made for
the comfort and enjoyment of the guests
of the road.
May I add that l am rapidly gather
ing strength and hope to return to my
work il not entirely we'll ut least
greatly benefited by my trip.
JOHN G. S. WELLS.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-04-05
HE FIXED HIM.
A Pair Of Spectacles That Just Suit.
ed the Old Farmer.

The travelling eye doctor came along.
The man of the house was out in the
barn sorting potatoes for seed. His wife
told the doctor that she guessed her hus-
band wanted some glasses, for he had
been complaining about his old ones. So
she went out and called him. He came
slowly in through the shed walk, busting
the CRIME off his hands.
"Yes." said he to the doctor, ~ have
been havin quite a tussle with them eyes
Of mine. Guess I've either got to have
some new specs or git tongs to hold my
paper with. Hain't got much ready
money jest now. Jest got up March hill,
ye see, and it's seed and fertilizer and
all that to buy. But trot out yer glasses.
mister, and well see if we can trade"
SO the doctor opened his case n COM
menced to try on the glasses.
AS each was fitted on his nose the
farmer first looked gravely on to the page
Of the weekly paper and then off at the
wall.
mo, that amt it yet" he would say.
At last he seemed to get discouraged.
81 don't believe we've got anything in
your stock" said he, that's goin to do
me any good. Guess We nights well
stop tryin."
SuOtu TUE uoCtoE. Gil, lily lueSe. llh
the last pair We haven't tested. II they
don't fit. we'll call it a bad job"
And he carefully placed the glasses
astride the farmers nose and passed the
paper over to him.
The farmer read for awhile in silent de-
light, and then he looked at the doctor.
"Complete!" cried the farmer ecstatic-
ally. II hain't seen so well to read for
years. These are just what ! call fust
class!"
Pm glad ! suited you," said the doctor
as he tucked So in his vest pocket and
fastened away. Il thought l could fix
you before we got DONE"
"And he did Tx me-" said the farmer,
telling about the matter the other day.
when l went to look at them glasses
after supper, blamed if l didn't find that
they were nothin but jest bows-not a
speck Of glass in either Of 'em. 1t cost
me So to find out that my old eyes are
pretty good to read with, after all."-
Lewiston (Me.) Journal,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-04-05
Complaints Changed to Assault.

The stock yards cases have been dis.
posed of, SO far as this term of district
court is concerned. The jury in the
Wright case agreed to a verdict of
guilty at noon Thursday, and it is prob.
able that a motion for a rehearing will
be made. A motion for a rehearing in
the Parks case will be heard when court
convenes on May 20.
The complaints against Perry Law
and John Kuhl were changed to that of
assault, as there was said to be no evil
dence against Law and young Kuhl's
age was an argument in his favor, it be.
ing also argued that his conduct had
been good since his arrest. His sentence,
owing to his age, would have been to a
term in the reform school. They
pleaded guilty to the new form of com
plant and were let off with a fine of $25
each.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-04-05
Sorry They

The Shipping World says: "A good
story is told in Paris about a Japanese
embassy which visited France to ar
range about three ports which were to
be opened to trade in Japan and France
respectively. The French minister for
foreign affairs chose Yokohama, Yeddo
and Han-Yang. The japanese embas-
sador smiled and went away. Soon after
ward Japan signifed that she had select
ed the three French ports Of Havre,
Marseilles and Southampton. The French
foreign office went into fits of laughter
at this blunder and pointed out that
Southampton was in England. we are
perfectly aware Of it, replied the Jap
anese ambassador, and Han-Yang is in
Korea"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-04-05
THE CockRoACH A SNoe.
Not Hail Fellow Well Met, bot tn,
Tree Toad Lik Him.

Six legged or two legged the true cock
roach aristocrat has no desire to mix
with the mob. He believes In sticking
with his W set. He holds the others
of, for, In the struggle for existence, TO
have too many fond OF you Is distinctly
to lessen your chances of survival. For
Instance, what IL IL makes the existence
Of the vanilla grower one ceaseless vigil2
What but the fact that from root tip to
flower bud the vanilla plant Is popular
with all kinds Of creatures, with back
bones and without them. shelled and un.
shcllcd, furrcd, feathered and fuzzy,
winged, walking and crawling. That Is
why at all hours OF the day and night the
vanilla grower must be eternally saying
"Shoo, therei"
The cockloach Is no vanilla plant.
Nothing like 1t. He has a flavor, though,
that defends him as well as IL he bris-
tied with spincs. He Is not a hail fellow
well met with all sorts OF creatures.
About the only animal that likes him Is
the tree toad. although among some peo-
pies sailed cockroaches are a great deli
cacy. ! cannot say II they are really
very good. l never tried. l should think
not, though, for a cockroach tea and
cockroach pills are used In Russia as
remedies for dropsy. People are not ac-
customcd to make medicines out of good
les.
Cockronches have the habits OF a con.
firmed tobacco chewer and expectorate
freely In safe runways, probably to mark
the places for Identification. They have
glands that secretc what they think Is
perfume. md it is so lasting that it ruins
articles OF food. especially coffee, to be let
on n shelf where reaches run. Nothing
but boiling water and s%oapsuds can re.
move the faint.
Because of this and also because II Ia Q
scavenger for all despise the truly eco
nomicaD, the roach IL unpopular. The
variety called the Croton bug, because of
It's early recognition of the value of a
system OF waterworks by following the
pipes Of which it could reach the homes
Of all and attain warmth and moisture
almost cqualing the long lost days Of the
carbonifcrous era, the vanished Eden Of
the cockroach, is really a German impor-
tation. Although 1t does not bear the lu-
bel MADE In Germany" it Is named
Ectobia ]germanica and is much smarter
than the others of Its race. Yet in north
German kitchens it Is called a Suabian,
in south Germany a Prussian, in east
Germany a Russian and in west Ger.
many a Frenchman. Sometimes it Is
also a Spaniard or a Dane. but never,
never does n countryman of Wild Willie
admit that Ectobia germanica is a Ger.
man, east, west, north, south, high, low
or middle. They wash their hands of
the whole tribe and would like to wash
their cupboa"ds of them too.-Harvey
Sutherland in Ainslee's.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-04-05

Special Council Letting.


The city council met in special session
yesterday afternoon per call of the
mayor. There were present Mayor
Robertson and Conncilmen Brummund,
Degner, Grant, Hickman, Spellman.
Absent, Bullock.
The call for the meeting was read, as
follows:
Norfolk, Nebr., March 80, l9O1.-A
special meeting of the city council of
the city of Norfolk in the state of Ne.
braska, is hereby called to meet at the
city council chamber on the LIST day of
April, 1901, at 4 o'clock p. m. of said
day, for the purpose of taking action
with reference to cleaning up the city
waterworks and putting them in order,
and taking an invoice of the city prop.
erty. w. M. ROBERTSON,
Mayor.
Moved and seconded that the com.
mittee on public works be authorized to
employ such help as may be necessary
to assist the engineer at the waterworks
to clean up and put in order the premises
and to take an invoice of all tools and
other property belonging to the city and
file such invoice with the city clerk.
Motion carried.
On motion the council adjourned.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-04-05
The Gambler.

y am SO years of age" said a noted
gambler, ''and my experience Of the
men who try their luck at the faro Ia
Bile, outside. of course, the profession
al gambler, is this: That no business
man OF nonprofessional can indulge in
the excitement and u his particular
business or private affairs successful
ly very long. If he loses, which he
Invariably does in the long rum, his
capital is impaired. If he makes a
big winning-th most fatal of all to
an outsider-he becomes dissatisfied
with the small or slow profits of his
legitimate business, and he soon loses
his trade by neglect or indifference.
and In the end ruin and bankruptcy
are the result" W Post
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-04-05
Good A0yiCa.

The most miserable beings in the world
are those suffering from Dyspepsia and
Liver Complaint. More than seventy.
five per cent. of the people in the United
States are afflicted with these two dis.
eases aud their effects: such as Sour
Stomach, Sick Headache, Habitual Cost.
iveness, Palpitation of the Heart, Heart.
burn, Waterbrash, Gnawing and Burn
ing Pains at the Pit Of Stomach, Yellow
Skin, Coated tongue and D~isagreeable
Taste in the Mouth, Coming up of Food
after Eating, Low Spirits, etc. Go to
your Druggist and get a bottle of August
Flower for rs cents. Two doses will re-
lieve you. Try it. Get Green's Prize
Almanac. Asa. X. Leonard.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-04-05
LIQUID Air Lecture.

The lecture on liquid air. with dem
onstrations, as presented at the Audi.
forum last night by Prof. j. Il. Wood
land under the auspices of the North
Nebraska Teachers association was one
of the most intensely interesting scien-
tifc talks which it has been the pleasure
of Norfolk people and their guests 10
hear. In spite Of the storm the Audi.
forum was well filed and not one was
heard to regret that they had braved
the inclemency Of the weather ut the
close.
Prof. Woodland was thoroughly Mt
home with his subject and disooursed
on the wonderful substance in elegant
language, yet SO simple that a child
could understand. He gave a history of
its discovery, mode of manufacture and
described its chemical properties. He
handled the material with impunity yet
performed feats that had the appearance
of being little less than legerdemain.
The wonderful manner in which the
extremes Of heat and cold were pro.
duced in an ice tumbler without its
being melted was one of the most mar.
vellous experiments. An electric light
carbon was burned in the tumbler and
at the same time was used to stir oran.
berries which were frozen SO solid that
they crushed like glass beads. In this
demonstration there was a difference in
temperatures of several thousand de.
grees. Nails were driven with a ham.
mer of mercury, frozen solid. A
lighted cigarette was immersed in the
liquid, flashed up like powder and dis.
appeared Showing its usefulness in de.
stroying garbage !" steel pens were
welded beef steak was cooked" unit
it rang like steel and was broken with q
hammer like rock whiskey was, frozen
solid and pieces passed through the
audience. The liquid was poured on q
cake of ice and sizzled around on it like
water poured on a red hot stove. TIL,
speaker informed the audience that h,
was turning loose a large quantity O.
Boston air, it having been converted
into a liquid there, and that the people
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-04-05

List Of letters remaining uncalled for
at the p~ostofice April 2, 1901:
A. N. Allis, Herman Briddin, Central
Minnesota Land Co., Anna Enright,
Mary Essy, A. H. Gates, l.. r.. Hob,
Mrs. A. f. Hobson, Christian Ich, f. G..
Lind, Karl George LARSON, Mrs. Neley
Frank Ohm, Mrs. Emma Surbur, Mrs.
7. H. Slattery, Hoebener Turner, j. S.
Williams, B. Wosendoff.
If not called for in 30 days will be
sent to the dead letter office.
Parties calling for any of the above
please say advertised.
p. +. SPRECHER. P. Nj.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-04-05

would have the pleasure Of breathing
the air Of that aesthetic city during tho
evening.
Tho evening was q vertible trip into
the fairy land Of science, dealing with
temperatures hitherto unknown and the
experiments above described were but a
few Of those performed. The possibili.
ties of the discovery are not known.
The liquid is in its infancy and 1t may
develop rs wonderful results rs | ectrio.
ity or steam,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-04-05
Career and Character o fAbraham Lincoi,

An address by Joseph Choate, Am.
bassador to Great Britain, or the career
and character of Abraham Lincoln-his
early life-his early struggles with the
~world-his character as developed in
the later years of his life and his ad.
m~inistration, which placed his name so
high on the worlds roll of honorEand
fame, has been published by the Chicago,
Milwaukee q st. Paul Railway and may
be had by sending six CO. cents in post.
age to F. A. Miller, General Passenger
Agent. Chicago, Ill.