The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-01-06

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had three big truck loads Of baggage o
students from one institution alone.
New Years eve IS from long tradition
supposed TO be the occasion for farewe.
dissipation bidding a last formal goo.
bye TO old vices and conviyiaI habits. pre-
paratory 70 swearing Of. On the nigh
Of December 81, one man out among In
east tracks was deliberately entertainin.
his besetting sin The sin and ne Ia,
/ become 50 BODILY mutual thst he wante
TO stop all pedestrians and explain Z.
( them that it was ositively his last an
( pearance in the ric0cheting role CT
/ maudlin drunkard With heavy reel
and a real heaviness he Iaboriously wad
died along the rocking waving. totterins
I sidewalk, trying his best 70 dodge III.
alert eye Of Officer Jim Fox. perslstentIy
I insisting that he was very drunk Z
was not his last recital. however. fer tn,
very next night he was unceremo ni1usly
+ dumped into the patrol wagon and haul
70 TO the city heap. there 70 tall
+ up q collection Of himself and get ready
FOR the next nights monotonous reDeti
ton Of his besotted sin.
The annual appearance az the New
/ Years eve sharpened soap stick fsud
+ was not DELAYED as he was about with
his puerilar art decorating all otharwis
{ clean show windows with 1901 "
Mr. Charles I. ease. besides being an
/ expert pharmacist. Is also something O..
+ an amateur florist and the whole from,
! Of the Rock Island drug store IS a mass
+ Of healthy plants many e rare variety
/ r7- =r hut
/ uriant green Of the massive foliage gives
a pretty effect and relieving from the
( pr0sy rows Of bottles and cough cure
/ penaceas. Among the stately RIB trees
and delicate pot plants are these which
are beautiful when in foresence; geran-
iums, several varieties lemon tree. or
ange tree, Jerusalem cherry tree hibis-
Gus. hoIcus. cactus. night blooming GER
Gus orieanders, begouias, nlistletoe
chapparau. roses, and many kinds Of
ferns. grasses and climbing vines.
After a whole autumn u the finest
italian weather With ample opportunity
a. 10 time. one popular Young married
man chose last Monday and Tuesday az
DAYS in which TO move, the very coolest
DAYS this winter.
As a mere suggestion Of the almost
phenomenal jump in the volume OF bust
ness in this city the past year, It may
be said that the day before New Years.
1899. at one big store. was considered good
and they did S227 business that day. The
same day. 1910. the firm df5 1907
Quite a number Of Wichita educators
attended the annual meeting OF the State
Teachers association at Topeka LAST
week One lady school teacher here was
erievousIy crushed and broken in spirit
because after elaborate sartorial prepa-
rations for the event she was obliged to
remain at home because Of a very sore
throat She did the right thing Try
and imagine a school marin anywhe--
who could hold her own with 1sl4-
throat or talking apparatus.
How the holiday season brings cut the
best in all Of US One frugal housewife
in the city has kept one can Of picked
peaches Theoretically secure in its pres
tine vlrginity because the fruit was the
first picking off OF young trees in a new
orchard Last New Years day she open
cd a can for The big family dinner.
One Of the most unique and withaI
sensible inventions in electrical appHauc-
es is the unobtrusive little piece Of me-
ohanism used in lowering collins into tho
grave It IS not uasighuy or cum5er-
some and with no jar OF friction. it noise
lessly and steadily and slowly sinks the
last receptacle Of loved ones down. down
until It settles 50 easily in its last re-
pose. No crowding and jOstling Of al
ways ratified pail bearers with uncanuv
straps and harness, it does its work with
no apparent effort
The deep toned and sonorous whistle
AZ the Dold plant was once used By thu
United States Federal government TO an
naunce at certain hours of the day the
weather prognosdcad from the wealth
or bureau for the benefit Of the farming
country for miles around. One day last
week a threshing machine outfit foreman
who was in the city said that while MS
crew were at work az Maize on a clear
still day the noon whistle was plainly
heard Later at sunny Dale and other
points to the north If was also plainly
heard
As a strange coincidence In the rea'n
Of fatality. there was seen on the streets
tzJ colorsG men amblng al5ay an tAci-
stumps Of legs severed at the knees Both
were N giant stature from the waist up
They were not related were strangers 70
each other, lost their limbs by different
accidents bur were both manned exactly
the same way and contrived By exactly
the same means. leather knee sings. %
shuttle along the street and both were
in good health and vigor.
There vas once time when natural
ice vas every summer season q revrrf7-