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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-01
Clothing Tor the surerers-

clothing for the sufferers
Two years after. he and his wife went
10 the Centennial exposition at PhnadeI-
phia- and when hey visited the different
state buildings ana came 10 the Kansas
exhibit and found such ane display Of
fruit they We're mere than surprised Il
hardly seemed possible for people who.
two years before were starving. 10 make
such fine display OF fruit After the
death Of his father, sIr. Piatt decided
70 come west, and in the summer Of ~
they landed in this city Mr. Piatt soon
he6 a lucrative practice AT his profes-
sion and was well acquainted il Lhs city.
IN the summer Of ISL che Ohio river went
of on rampage and many families along
its banks were rendered destitute By the
food ore day as Mr.. Piett was walk
ing down Main street. he was aCcosted
by Mr.. Jewett. the father Of the present
warden OF the state penitertiary. and
was told that re SHOULD give Ten bushels
OF corn for thu RELIEF OF the Ohio river
sufferers The Judge did not raise con-.
but gave the solicitor $3.50 TO buy his
proportion. The people OF Wichita and
Sedgwick county raised the money 10 buy
1t and with gifts sent train of thirty
one cars Of corn 10 the people fl the Ohio
valley. That train was met IL some towns
with brass hands and everywhere il was
given q grand reception. Hundreds Of
people hocked 10 see it. Each car had
some kind OF decoration and there are
several photographs IN this city on the
train The eastern people could hardly
believe that Kansas, let alone one coun-
tn, could produce that train OF corn. es-
hopper raids. Ten years before. Judge
Piatt was soliciting food for the suffer
ers II Kansas. and at that time was
giving food for the sufferers in the Ohio
valley.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-01
EXPERIENCE OF A BUFFALO
HUNTER.

Assistant Chief OF Police Park Massey
= an toiG-time buffalo hunter He was
~ the habit OF going down to Barber
COUNT IN the winter days Of the early
seventies and lay for the huup-bacIl
troops AZ the Elm creek crossing. he
SAYS he has often seen as many as 1000
OF tnem ia one bunch and he says they
could have been heard for miles tramp
ing over the hard earth. he has also
seen big herds OF wild horses The latter
went with the buffalo. lie thinks the
Rild horses descended from animals that
s,ra5-5d away from the frei-nters Of the
plains 4alf q century ago. One time Nj
Massey went to Barber county on hunt
with the late Mr.. Webb of Gypsum town
sAtp- They were caught in blizzard
and had TO so into camp. To make a fire
they lad 10 search long for dead timber
ana finally found q tree about forty feet
l0us. Park hitched his horse TO IT to
drag X To their camp. which was on the
7the- side Of the Elm river Mr. Webb
mounted the los and tried 10 cross that
way. but he soon slipped. and in the fan
vas wedsed in between the forks of the
s up % bis neck in water Ar Massey
couldn't stop in the middle az the river TO
rescue him. SO he dragged him TO the
opposite shore Mr.. Webb was almost
dead when ne was dragged out of the
I-vcr the water Of which was freezing
I-uidly. Officer Massey says it W.
II Che most terrible experiences lie has
ever mad
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-01
BIRps n RIVERSIDE PAX.

Here is a list OF forty-two birds that
may be seen from time to time in the
Riverside park Thlrty-four OF them
may build their nests there and most OF
them are known to nave nests this year.
i good many other small and inconspicu-
Gus birds may also be observed in the tree
tops and bushes, and in spring and fall
probably fifty other species may be seen
in migration here. as well as nearly any
place else in the country. IN this state
there are go varieties OF birds known.
probably $50 OF these are 10 be seen in
this county. The birds are classified as
follows by DR. Ralph Matthews, the
well-known dentist and ornothologists OF
this city:
With Nests-American robin. bronze
gackle or common black bird. cat bird
brown thrasher. wood thrush red headed
woodpecker, red bellied woodpecker
downy woodpecker. hairy woodpecker.
yellow skafted flicker. king bird, dove.
hooking bird, quail. Baltimore oriole.
orchard oriole. blue Jay. blue bird, king
fisher. American cucoo. bank swallow
wren, indigo bunting, great crested fly
catcher. screech owl, rose breasted gross
beak, cardinal grossbeak. American gold
finch. yellow warbler or wild canary,
warbling yireo. wood pewee, phoebe,
aeadian fly catcher, humimng bird.
without Nests-Red jshafted flicker
little green heron. great blue, barn swaI-
low, purple martin, least sand paper,
night hawke in all.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-01
QUEER CASE OF GE0ReE rTNCu

QUEER CASE or GEORGE ITNCH
Fred Sewers received a letter from an
ola friend os his a few DAYS agc whom
he had not heard coz for great manv
years. Ho Is az present q hardware
merchant IN one az the coed Central
Kansas country GOWNS. not more than I8
miles from Wichita. and his name =
Lynch-GeorTe r. Lynch.
n the hfues. Mr. Lvuch was q couH-
try farm boy iu Iowa. and was sort or
Ishmad. Every body's hand vas turaesf
against him lie was bie. rough. awkward
and had a hickory face. Ills father had
two sons ard dauenter-ths eldest sou
a pretty bog Eeery body loved Linz.
everybody dandled hlfn Exhaustsnr their
admiration On the FIRST born. they hnfeG
the second. Aay little mistake the lad.
George made. be vas whipped for Il. Tia
oldest BOY was sent 40 college. ths
younger was SEMI 80 herd the COWS. THa
oldest boy got ga the smiles. the y0une-
est all the fr1wns- The oldest had ffd
Of nne linen tho Youngest siers iu tae
barn cr the hev ioft TIE way broke oaf.
aud George Tan away ard voiuu feered IS
q soleier Re WINS froWned upou in The
army as be was af hene He Was aez-
ward and rough ard smiled hut NUS.
Tie was used ~ being fropn~d upen aHf
- DID not seek SMILES Orc dsv ~ pre-
vented a stampede in hls company un5er
a heavy arr. lie advaneel when eeerr-
body else wanted ~ retreat ns vas
made q corporal Another day ~ car9he
she'll thar fen lnto thc camp ana ax-
lngalshcd the Fuse Within an inca ~ she
powder lie ives made a sereeanf Aad
vet be VAS not lowed by Biz comrades.
He rose step bv Step unin tbe rsrnff1i
u.rht when Tho rederaf traars eamaed ia
tho streets of VleJsbarr uHes Dr. us
made iiautenaut colonel TIE urlcsrs
ga not I1re him any more shsn the aai-
alrrs I'D lie wa stll reush AID awks
Hard aad BIS hskory face vac r9azher
than ever. lis fathsT died 81 bore al
Tire family asa nct send fdr hlm rs
mother wrote him "a isttsr wlfhln e fse<
weeks and 1lformed him os ~ az
event George Lgrrh f6lnea sHefmaas
army IN iss march 81 tho sea. aas was
shot through the lunrs ~ Aflarfa- SIS
recovered ard VIXEN able 81 rsssnse ausr.
lcired his command. efohofv inqu.raI
after him during his sickreus. aud ae.
body conzraiuiafssi hin gpaa SIS sscov-
cry he dd rot carr ffs wss u~eg -
such trtatmsnt frenf people rssrer -
him than hss comrades fis seashf ~
frisr1shir ard csnrff1 RI rrmrafaT ia
- h5s lsfv i- a1 eecas'ers aad 80
seif-satiHfcl. Ah1Fe au. - vas csn-
sciGug fhat hr ga iaigry % 10 ere lis
krew - warnt ilsef. alf 90 roe k7ev
uhT. Be reEer .aelira1 ateet fhe rsnu.
Before h.a fstaer l.el. o. decided f.s farm
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-01
SWEARING on THE INCREASE

~ IA vi IN III IN
The vulgar American habit of swearing
is Oh the increase N Wichita Frank
Iosnet Of the Western Union. who is a
consistent enemy Of the habit. says that
1t is growing every day and that IL is
becoming so common that the presence of
ladies Is no longer q cheek 20 H. He
doesn't know whether it can be remedIed
by law. but Zee thinks that ostrfcisrn
would check If not practically eracidate
IL He Knows Of but few young men in
town who do not swear and his observa-
ton among the boys is that the habit is
spreading fearfuiiy among them. Outside
Of its Objectionable features TO others.
swearing is very injurious habit 1t
prevents the development OF converse
tional talent. The well bred youg man is
by far a better convcrsa ti0naIist than the
youns man who svears. In polite society
few young men who are affected in this
way can shine. because the habit is So
strong with them that they are afraid 10
indulge freely iu conversation for fear of
tongue slips The man who does not
swear is always looking for legitimate ex-
pressive words Tor general use in con
vorsatior while the man who swea-s does
not. beiH- content t. round out a ser
teace with an oath. The swearing baoit
also 5ufIs mans tslsnt for VIA. cir. Fos-
n0t TANKS the mo,Eers of public morals
should take ,his matter up and create
healthy sentiment against the haoit. Ills
remarks coEceuRing sweariug were pro-
Voked ae helr1g loud swearing by young
men ID The streets o few niEht ESQ while
7.r,, HES were sf--fr- on rn-f- ue-cfoS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-01
Po-Arors rAsrr coon

The restaurant keepers have notsd
peculiar whim q humanity recently.
When potatoes we're cheap. the average
man would eat only about hair his pota-
toes az dinner. Now everybody rohbics
all the potatoes up. Several men acarowl-
edge that they taste better since they
cost uorc.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-01

| he tried It. The result was that he gained
100 pounds in less than eighteen months.
and has retained his flesh ever since.
VIII Ayres is another beneficiary OF the
water remedy He also used 70 be very
/ slender until somebody told him about
/ the fattenins properties Of water. he
/ tried II and began 10 grow fat at once
Mr.. Ayers says that people should drink
AT least a gallon Of water every day II
they want 70 be healthy and TAT. Re says
he believes he drinks two gallons per
day on an average during the summer,
and a gallon per day in winter.
LITTLE GIRLS IDEA OF COURTS.
Some OF the attorneys ct the court
house yesterday were talking about the
ideas that women and children got OF
courts OF justice when they had not been
much about them. One attorney said that
the average women believed that never
anything but exact justice was melted out
n courts Judge Enoch's little IO-year-
old girl visited Judge Harvey's court the
other day and the judge was telling what
the child told him about the court II
was case from the country, in which q
boy was accused Of pointing revolver at
somebody with the intention OF shooting
S 3. Amidon was conducting the case
for the county attorney. and Judge Wall
was defending
"Oh, pa" said the little girl, st was an
awful place Up there in the court They
were trying boy for pointing revolver
One side told all about II. and the other
side Just got red n the face and lied
about it until it scared me. Then the
lawyers got mad and swung their hands
in the air and hoiIored and hollored IN
til IT sounded all over the court house,
and the Judge never tried TO have them
arrested for carrying on so shamefully."
Judge Enoch said he told his daughter
that she was perhaps prejudiced and the
side that she was saying was wrong was
telling the exact truth. but she stuck TO
it that she knew they were telling
stories.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-01

When Wicaita become a large city. as i
viii. Il is gong n r. better proviaed With
PARKS than anT othe- city ~ TIE conn
try Most g tbs cites I'll The cou--ry.
because ~ g lack - foresight have had
u place th=i~ parks fzr 1s-- Give Wich-
ia q pepllzti1u cf 1sre ard aH The
PARK H11 Pa ctsczbsy - down t-E-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-01

eastern part OF the city which Is TO be-
come a park The elm is undoubtedly
The oldest thing. next 20 the hills and
water courses. II this section Of thu coun-
trz-. Il is a hundred and fry years CID
az least Some OF the oid-tinaers say &
used 10 5e used as . landmark and
guide post b. the Indians al through
tins part o. the west
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-01

Tho Mccormick huiiding on the eorns ;
~ DouSias and sarta Fc aveuues wifF
have basement For some reason hase-
ruents are not popular IN Wichita There
are only three buudicEs in Wichita which
have thezu-the Carey. The Kansas Ma
tional hank end the old county hunding-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-01
orEER MISTAKE IL TELEGRAM.

Colonel Woodcock received telegram
during the week that contllred a queer
mistake.
Ted has succeeded; 70 particulars" s.
said Colonel Woodccck Enelt a sleep
les night trying 70 cone 10 some logicsl
conclusion as % its meaning. hut sailei-
The telegram should have read '-suicld-
-. Instead q Succeeded. and f0r aear-
~ forty-eight hours what seemed On the
face ~ u % he god -eas was 81 reality
had news TED vas his son Ted
vas 2 nick name given the boy when he
vzs young D. his father, his reai nane
IS rIararna
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-01

After the Doid fTO a lot % men station
"a themselves with barrels awav aown as
Kellogg street on Chisholm creek ani
SKINNED or the grease which WAS coming
down X is nat known what they d.t
with t.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-01

There is a man confined in the city
bsstile who has faithful animal. This
is a large bird dog that every evening
pays a visit 20 his master. About O'Clock
Ben Downing. the clerk. sees coming
along the corridor this cog. The animal
trots straight fer the railing that sur
rounds the desk and opens the gate. and
then stops and looks at the clerk II IS
bur moments look. aud then the dog
goes straight for the stairway and down
into the corridor that leads 10 the cells.
IN the mems ward Is q large opening ia
the solid steel door. and when the dog
reaches this he jumps up and puts his
fore feet on the ledge and receives 2 pat
from his master. The man Is nearly all
ways At The window 10 see the cog. but II
the faithful ANNA: should come too late
or too early tee dog barks FOR him 20
come. After being petted for some time
the dog goes back up stairs ard when he
gets % the gate. takes q look at the clerk
and then out through the gate md away.
He never comes At any other time u the
day or night. but always within a few
minutes OF 9 o'clock
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-01

STUCK Up FOR POLITICAL RIGHT.
A good story is being told on Waiter
Henrion, the Court House druggist Sew
eral days ago lit. Henrion asked to see
The returns Of service al the sherif's Of
ice II is customary TO mark on the back
OF each name, resident or property
holder but this is done by at abbrevia-
ton, that IS r and P. In looking over
the list Mr. Henrion noticed This and re-
marked 10 one Of the county officers
present.
what is the object Of mixing in politics
In this list2'
The official did not understand Mr..
Henrion's remark and asked him what he
meant. 70 which he replied:
'-N hy look here-RepubIican. Populist-
all along the line. and YOU haven't a
single democrat on the whole list I don't
think that's fair"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-01

DEAN OF RAILROAD FRATERNITY.
Colonel f. T. Bieckley s. the dean n
the railroad fraternity IN wichita lie is
serving ais fifteenth year - local pas
senge- agent Of the Missouri Pacific He
came here at the breaking out % the
boom and went through al TIRE Ups and
downs Of Wichita since lie has seen
many good railroad men come and 60.
He has tod tickets % no,e than half q
million people since coming here
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-01
BOY STORY on OFFICE osBOR,

BOY STORY on OFFICER OSBORNE
Officer L D. Osborne is the DRY joker
Of the police force. but be isn't joking
very much lately \ man MO was a
chum OF his boyhood days has been IN
Wichita and has told things On him
When Officer Osborne was about II years
old ne owned two fancy calves and spent
much o. his time fixing them up Cor a
stock exhibit At one of the Ohio county
fairs The fair came and Mr.. Osborne
yoked his calves together and was lead
ing them away when h got tangled uD
some way r. the ropes with which they
were tied. The calves stampede. ara bs
could not free himself They ran Ike
ferry and Osborne kept shouting 70 The
people: Head rs or, Head rs or TIE
people headed them OF ard released SIR
Osborne. half dead The story has been
spread abou- by the other policemen. ard
now when Mr. Osborne is quietly walking
his beat. somebody cr5es-
Head Is OF, Head rs or
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-01
STEALING DOGS FOR PROFIT.

STEALING DOGS FOR PROFIT.
In the early days of Wichita dog thieves
were more common than horse thieves
It was a fad Of the pioneers 10 own good
dogs Jimmie Cairnes brought in a high
toned breed Of CANNES and within a year
no one could sustain any pretension 10
aristocracy without having one OF his par
ticular family of dogs. George Kessler
was one Of the early pioneers OF the town
and TO be in good form he talked jim
Cairnes out of a pup he didn't have
the pup very long when it was stolen,
and as was the custom and the vanity OF
the times, ne offered q reward Of 8 for
its return. Presently en- old farmer called
g his house with the dog and poCketed
the money. He said he found the pup
down in Waco township. In about a week
the dog was missing again. and another
reward of $ was offered. The same
farmer brought It in. This time he said
he found it in Morton township. IN about
three weeks the pup turned up missing
once more and another 3 was offered
for his return. The very same farmer
brought it in. this time from Erie town
ship. \ month elapsed and Mrs. Kessler
saw the cid farmer going over the fence
with the pup. She told her husband about
it. and he offered the customary reward
and laid low In a day or two the old
man called al the Kessier home with the
dog. saying h found It in Gypsum
township. and claimed the reward Ar
Kcssler broke two fingers licking him.
ard after that the pup wasn't stolen
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-01
THIRTEEN EINDs - rRrEs


Dr.. Ralph Mathews has found that
Riverside park has thirteen kinds Of
Native trees, and gives their names as
follows: Burr oak, white elm. redbud.
cottonwood, blackberry, black walnut,
sycamore, caffeenut, honey locust, white
ash, willow, mulberry and box elder
These trees says Dr.. Mathews, All
grow on the drive way from the north
end OF Greifenstein bridge 10 the turn
near the street bridge. They represent
aI the native trees in the park and, I
believe, all in Sedgwick county.
They should have boards with their
common and scientific names on, so the
park may be a place of instruction as
well as recreation would suggest that
this labelling be extended TO the other
trees, shrubs and flowers that are not
Indigenous, and also that list Of the
birds in the park be put in a convenient
and conspicuous place, say by the Ross
fountain
DR.. Mathews, during q recent visit TO
Lloyd FerreI's ranch in Elk county, made
some interesting discoveries. among
which Is the fact that there is no dis
tinct species OF wood known as shin
oak he thinks IL is a stUnted growth
caused by fire or some similar cause. He
brought a great many samples of II back
with him, which he has given 70 his
friends The samples represent several
species OF oak, all stunted in its growth
but containing acorns. The roots are
perfect and he thinks some Of them may
De 100 years old. He sent one Of these
midget trees 20 The Eagle business Of
ice which is now on exhibition there.
The doctor has also classified the vines
IA the park which are three. and he thinks
they ought to be labelled. especially as
one Of them is a poison ivy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-01

can't think Of anything else. It is a fake
Nal means bad and aria means air
bad air-now what does that mean?
Nothing. 4 lot of yor fellows who think
YOU are sick are worse than old women.
Get out and hustle, and you'll get over ali
that nonsense about thinking you are
getting typhoid or malaria
The doctor then took down some books
and read over a list OF typhoid symptoms
TO the reporter. They were not what he
had at all, and he left the Office a well
man
But before he left, Dr. Shuts insisted
on telling him about the real dangers
that threaten every community He IS a
sworn enemy TO impure food and he says
he VIII keep agitating the question till
the city authorities awaken 10 a realiza-
ton of the situation. He says he can
prove that one butcher sold lupmy Jaw
cattle and that others buy and sell Grip
pies, undt for use. He says that some
day whole lot Of people will get poison
ed and then, when it is too late, the
people viii realize their danger. He says
that the city ought TO have milk in
spection law and thinks that hundreds Of
children die because there isn't adequate
protection from impure milk.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-07-19
SEEK TO REDUCE REPRESEK-
7h7i0E'
Republicans Woujo SefaiIate
for DfSfronchiSemenf

J b. Republican members Of tie
Constitutional Convention began,
to show themselves to-dav i'm the
shape of a couple Of solutions
affecting the franchise question
The first was offered nv DalegAt s
Pedgo, of Henry county, which
provides for resolution Of rep
reseOtatiou IN the Geuearl AS
sembly In proportion TO the des-
franchisement which the convpn.
tIob may adopt. In this WAY the
Republican evidently htpe 10 stay
the action Of the Committee on
suffrage in a genearl difrauchise-
mens of the negroes either IN re-
qniring an educational, property
or poll'tax qualification.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-07-19
Candidates for the General As
SembIE.

IL Is none too s1on to - casting
about for candidates for he Sepqte
and Leg, latuae this fan from this
panty. There shorld [ , & genuine
Dem' ;rat sent from Tazewell this
1; mo compromise candida hnt
one whose ability and stan 1ivg with
the psriy viii .:glve linn an equal
chance. and enable him to 8; cure
such legislation for the county as
the exig"u" es may demand.
as VIII .oe recalled, the next General
Assembly will re-district the State.
and the large increase in the
population of the 6 'uthwest. VIII
therefore. rendes the next IN, etino
OF that body a very ;pportant one.
Ii might as well be acknowledged
hrst as last Whist has [ en- demon
strated many lines over, hat a
member of the Legislature from the
minority party in this State has :ttIa
or no show to se,.Jre legislation.
This is politics. 1t i rue OF every
State In tie Union nd OF the
rederal Con- less as well. The mi
norlfy pSrSy has less show where
II Is as small as it has bsen. and
Will be in Vjrs~;a. Hence. the
Importance of send Ig a Democrat to
the Virginia | giSlatu,e next term
and he should be the very best one
oDtainable, one who n and who will
look closely to he interests of the
county. o. course the S ,natoria,
District will be represented bv q
Democ'at, and if the people of the
county-Rspublicans, as veil as
Democrats-wE look to re re-,
interests Of this great section they
VS. nd N; - the Legislature
Fho will be heard there, end whose
nds wi not ts tied With political
ndcuffs, as to render him of little
no service to his people.