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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21
Cr.AzTrR HAs A BIC HEART.

do you see THAI conductor" Wen.
that man has a great big heart in him. %
said Z weU-knoEn railroad man 70 al
Eagle reporter. early in the week
The conductor 70 whom attention was
directed was Al Glszier. 50 long with the
santa Fe that oId-tiners came IL On his
train.
Il vas Sunday night that The handsome
daughter OF Conductor Frank Beers was
u1urc ared al Newton 1Ir Beers Eas
down al the end az his I'm ~ Purcell.
ard knew nothing about the fearful
tragedy at his home.
Conductor Ed Eichsl. wh1 started from
Newton thai morning, did lot have che
heart 70 inform Mr.. Beers Of the murder
when he met him down in Oklahoma BE-
could hardly restrain tears Frank Beers
was never Il better huuor than he vas
that morning and he waved his hand %
his coueag sue l. a way thar indicated thar
he had 10 intimation of the gloon THAI
hung over his hone.
Contuct0r Glazier was 6etele5 % meet
Conductor Beers a. White EzEIe. break
tae fearful t-dl1ss n him and take charge
CT his train Before he reached Wichita
his heart FADED him ard he asked J. 2.
Delaney e accompany hiu- i vas a.
Unpleasant task that somebody had 20
assist in. and 1Ir. Dezaney rei1cta--iy &C.
oep1ad.
T. TIRE meantime C1EEurtor Eer-s v-ss
couing hozevard. 5os1l-g Ken Ehe knew
II the fearful r-aseSy. elt who ds5u't
have the hears q teil him thzr h's o-ly
daughter. h-s o-Iy chl-d. had bezn ruur-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21


A few days ago a reporter for the EAGLE
saw a young Wichita lawyer. carrying =
seal. alight from a buggy On front Of HE
office. and with the instinct Of news
ratherer Re scented a story and followed
the attorney upstairs. Upon being asked
where he had been ard % tell ~nat he
knew. the lawyer protested that be ara
not know anything worth talking about.
% say nothing q printing. The Wieldcr
o. the quill then wanted 70 know the
condition q thu corn. and was told e was
burning up and the farmers were passing
time cursing fate and srudving that por-
ton OF the almanac relating % meter
oiogy. waxing loquacioua he Informant
continued:
1T g wonderful Row environment a.
fscts rre-kind 7 used o. believe that All
the traits q man had Seen transmitted
through his blood. Int have come % The
conclusion that circ11nstances form. -
not make characters.
sBob In-ersou ence said Re sometimes
enrfed the farmer who lived on ire farm
where his father BAD lived t1iinr tte
land hfs father had tiiled Why aid he
say tfat7 because - suck hsf been his
ufe. there would have been On accord
ance With e. simple WAITS ard rraffca-
lions. and iur-n0usssHa lasrlriaE a trust
fl his reigbbor.
',e1w fEis morning -o-i vas brought
o. ne % co-nc 20 ere country 20 write and
ack1ovledze = deed fo- an oid mar who
e. sick AZ 7 drove uo ire rnrrie-ilnrd
lane - the farrn. Ell - the family. cr-
cert The rra15father came - rect re.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21
rAvORs RAISING COW PEAS.

J. ". Anderson. who is here from III
rois visiting at 17O2 Waco avenue. thinks
Kansas ought to raise COW peas. He has
some good views on the subject He read
what John Cudshy had to say about feed
ing wheat to hogs and offered another
suggestion.
4 an only an observer here" he said
70 an Eagle reporter, but I see some
mistakes farmers are making, and de-
rend too much on two crops. corn and
wheat. Now. suppose n farmer last spring
had sown ten or twenty acres OF COW
pease the middle OF April. They would
have been ripe b. The middle of June He
could have cut and stacked them and
still listed that ground and planted in
bloody butchers corn or some other early
variety and still raised a good crop Of
late corn. Those peas have the same fat
tenfng qualities as corn. Ny observation
is. after a farmer raises a crop Of COW
peas. he viii ever after want 10 raise
them"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21
ROUGH RoAD TO TIE PULPIT

E}Dt Tf1 flD-+B IL The PULPIT
A poor fellow in Western Kansas
thought It was his duty 20 preach the
Gospel. and he proceeded 70 do so at his
home town. After his first attempt.
man got IN and told him that be had
better 20 70 Winfield 70 attend college
and learn something before preaching any
further. The poor pilgrim accepted the
mans advice, and started 20 walk from
his town. way or IN the western part OF
Kansas. 90 Winfield One night last week
he reached Wichita Being late At night
and not having any money. he looked for
some place about town II He down and
sleep. He got as far as Snvths iuple-
uent store, where he discovered the large
galvanized steel water tanks. which have
been placed against the walls Of the store
building Into one Of thes tanks h crept
70 rest for the night soon after the man
had fallen asleep Police OTice Osborne
came along on his tour Of Inspection. and
made the discovery. on being awakened
~ the policeman. ire coming preacher
was almost scared 70 death oGicer o.
borne, upon hearing the mans story. let
hin resume his resting place and sleep
Until the next morning. The 1ext day
prominent minister o. This ci-v hearing ~
the ambitious mans plight invited him to
his house FOR dinner and helped him GA q
Winfield
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21
HAVE RRoAp sAnrs VOW.

In the Eagle Office thsre are several
men who have small garden spots ard
each OF them has few Watermelon vines.
They had been watering and carins Cor
thorn very carefully up 20 The time the
dry weather set in and they were bemoan-
Ing their fate because there would be
no watcrmelons IN This part q the couu-
Try. and they would have % pay such
high prices for the meiona Every enc
81 them watched the clouds wednesday
night and hoped Il would rafa and zavs
their waferne'ons. Their wish was safls-
FED and each and every one Of thea -
roinr around with an extra broad suil@
on their faces.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21

There have been many failures IN
Wichita that the eagle eye Of Mr.. Ashton
q Dunns commercial agencies hasn't
Noticed About four weeks ago something
like Two thousand pop and lemonade
Stands were started by boys VINO had
Just left school II is safe 70 say that one
vas started il every block. They did not
flourish. but the boys held onto them to
Eerrieve their losses on the Fourth Of
5uly. The expected big trade didn't come
Il that day. and the poD stands crashed
like national banks under a Democratic
president Some OF the boys lost as high
Is 81 cents in the general collapse Of the
business.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21

c. W. sou Inward IS a Vsry busy nan
but he always eu5oys q scze- ISo IS hui-l-
inr an See plant Oh Rock Islani avenue
ana In the ground composing Che location
O. tie plant is lot Z vhi-a he oought u
: s Parks He concluded tha1 le want
cd a little more ground ard meeting at
Parks on the street be- bouEht lor e also.
Yesterday morning 3rr- Parks made oar
the deed and he ana his wife signed .t
and sent 1t through che mal 70 Nr-
s9uthw1r5- III l77kinE over the oe.t ie
discovered t1-r- 7az q second deed l-riot
q and iaoi5sed with the deed was letter
in which 3tr. Parks explained THAI d.
could not aad tbs abstract of titLe- bus
he kaew il was aH right becausc g T.
Brooks had examined TIE abstract. IL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21
He HAD CORN TO BURN.


a man came into John Davis Office
few days ago and began talking about
the corn prospects, Its no good, John,
its ali gone" he said
And I remember the tine you had
corn 10 burn, said Mr.. Davis.
And then the farmer forgot his troubles
and laughed as If he had corn to burn
again
It vas twelve years ago that the same
farmer, who is rich now, came TO Mr.
Davis TO defend his interest in an attach
ment suit. Creditors attached his corn
crop. AIr. Davis set up the claim that
corn was fun and claimed the legal ex-
emption. The lawyer on the other side
raved over such a claim, but the court
had judicial knowledge Of the facts that
the farmers We're then burning corn and
allowed an exemption of 100 bushels for
fuel.
The farmer told an Eagle reporter that
he used corn for fuel all that winter and
that he had better fires than he could
make with coal. "a corn fire is awful
hot" he said. so hot that it soon burns
holes in the stoves. That the only OBJ
lection ] have 10 it"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21
NUaIBER I IS 4 Hoopoo.

Theer seems to De some justification for
the superstition that "13" is an unIucky
number. Two Wichita men joined a
company al FL Reno last week and one
OF them secured number = in company
IS. ysloNe the other secured number l3.
They stayed in lire all morning under
a hot sun and finally reached the door
when the noon hour came. They had to
stand there till 10 o'clock. No. z says
that No. .l9 hoodooed him and the latter
does not deny il
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21
1ooKrD LIKE ANcTEN TRIMS

Tcopls who visited ths scene Of the FRA
at the Doia nacklnr house last week we're
they bad seen az old ruins in the ftr east.
AanG many snap shots were taken - tho
ragEcd walls and the towersng corners
81 tho big building that refused q fan
when the side walls save way People.
who become rich and prosperous always
Ike % refer - the previous time when
they were On destitute circuulsfances-
when the poid packing house + huut
larger and Erander than ever before theea
pictures. coupled with the greater plant.
VIII be admired ~ wichita people AMI
they win point with a good deal or satiss
faction % the ruins % the FIRST house
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21
DRoUTH BELONGS TO TIE PAST.

DROUTH BELONGS TO TIE PAST.
An eastern banker was In Wichita last
Friday taking 10 some friends, when ha
remarked that Kansas was a go0d Illus
tration Of the old saying that a man never
cares this year what kind Of clothes he
wore last year. He said when he came
into this state he heard nothing but the
crouth talk. and by Friday noon the peo-
PIE On the streets Of Wichita were making
figures on the corn crop and talking about
the sood fail pastures and the big hay
crop they were going to have He said
hy O'Clock If Friday the drouth had
taken its place sm9nE the events Of the
past and was not mentioned. He thought
there must Pc some ching IN the air of this
country that makes people go on and on
with thair eyes dxed permanently or the
future and never DOSING faith in the
coming of Wichita and thu Arkansas
valley. There IS something in this. but
other men might state it differently. It
Is a matter of fact that the calamity
bowler has never found lodeement in this
city. ard an over the country the LOYALTY
Of Wichita people 70 their own town is
commented on
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21
SAYS IT'S POT SHOOTING.

The plover and dove season opened last
Monday and II was a cruel day for the
1oor birds. One nan related last night
that three Wichita men went out and
killed 265 Of them. one Of his listeners
celaE TT not shoorinE.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21
BICYCLE USED As A HEARsE.

The bicycle has been used for many
Purposes, but not til Tuesday last was
It used in Wichita in the capacity Of a
aearse. An infant died on South Mosely
avenue Tuesday, and it's father, who is
Working man, procured a little coffin for
Il and took it TO the cemetery OF the
handle bars OF his wheel
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21

the letter AIr. Parks said. Charley some
tine when you are down this way you
can cal in and give me q check for the
lots"
Mr. Southwark explained the situation
TO a reporter for the Eagle who was in
his Office at the time and then called Up
the big sash and door man over the tole-
phone He said: Mr.. Parks, I have
known you for a long time, but I never
thought you would play this kind OF
trick on me I knew you was goiLg cot
on q fishing expedition and probably
wanted some money. but I thought vcu
not Try to swIndle me 10 get b. selling
me a lot the second time, and all the
time Mr.. Parks at the other end IF the
phone was yelling, Charley, what IN the
world is the matter with you
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21

". c. Williams received by express =
few days aEo q handsome gun that cost
fioo- He was showing it around, and It
vas much admired The gun was a prize
he had won last fan when he made the
phenomenal record Of killing 1855 clay birds
without missing one.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21

last Tues5sv young nan q this city
while 7vaikinE peacefully slo1F- suddenly
felr TIRE tu1ress % a sli-per on -hs side
- his bead Looking down be saw
small iadys sh7e a. his get The next
tang vas n a1d the possessor ~ the
~ SPEAK plainly-Ci1derella = yTichita-
lie hadn't fzr n look. f7r she vas 51st
ruILnE herzolf together from a FAN she
had while h-rryfnr 10 the staas % te,i
the fox about tie big are a. the packing
house
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21
T.EANTNG - o. WTcHTTA.

Everybody has heard about the lean
ing tower Of Pisa. but it is doubtful
whether more than Two or three have
noticed that Wichita has leaning tower.
also. The next time You pass the Sedg-
wick building take a sqUint at the tower
on the southeast corner OF the building.
This structure leans TO the northwest.
and Il you look long enough the entire
wall win appear to De topping over Now
don't fan 20 look. 50 that YOU may assure
yourself that this is q sober mans story.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21
POLICEMAN's PET IS A MOUSE.

-
Tor several weeks James Oliver, the
night clerk at the police station has
amused himself during the times Of the
night when business was slack by playing
with a mouse. This little rodent always
made its appearance about the time that
Mr.. oliver was eating his lunch and after
picking Up all the crumbs that were drop
ped would cut a few capers for the enter
tainment and edihcation Of the man who
was so good TO him. He would play
around the gentleman's legs for a while
and then when he got tired of that game,
Mr.. Oliver would get his walking stick
and proceed to amuse the little beast on
his own account. Finally both would
set tired and the mouse would leave for
the balance of the night. This has been
going on for so long that Mr.. Oliver
watched for and always expected to see
the little fellow and IS soon as he ap-
peared the fun would begin. A night or
50 ago the mouse failed TO put in an ap-
pesrance and al the hunting and calling
that the genial clerk could do failed u
bring the mouse. What became of it is
unknown and the night clerk is benoan-
ing the loss Of faithful friend and an
au-around good selIow.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21
o o %

best giri out for a trolley ride. They went
al over the different lines and landed az
the corner OF Douglas avenue ard Main
street minutes after the last car FOR Fair
mount had left The young lady lives
near the college. The young nan lad
only 50 cents which. was not enough 70
pay the hackman FOR the trip out there
for both Of them. and he would not let
her 20 alone. 50 both started 20 walk ne
three miles. 20 the givl's home. X was
past Il o'clock when they started after
they had had glass OF lce-crean soda
and they took plenty Of time % see there
and not set tired TOO soon. They Eot %
the girls home AL right and the yossrs
man started back He vas not acquainted
with that part Of town ard got less
About half-past three he appeared az TIA
horne Of Judge CLERK. tired and wssry.
ard asked the direction 70 the main part
az town TIE genial Judge took pity on
the vounE man and asked him 60 stay fhs
balance Of the riEht. and the young nsaa
was only too glad % accept
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21
ram CAUSES SHOWERS or TELE
GRAMS.

DursaE The dry soeu the 7esi estas4
men nave been sitting IN their offices ard
not rryfne very hard % seq property.
They SAID & was too boz for them 20 SET
cut and show land - possible investors.
some property has been sold the last few
weeks. but there WIS none II the sales
that we're recorded duriug the latter part
Of May and the first ~ June. one arm 81
real estate men soid \ reporter Cor the
Ea~le that when the rain Est fell that
amounted to anything they would spend
III thefr ready money for telegrasns. fell
ing their agents 81 tire east % bring on
their men. That arm has thirty men from
tho eastern states on the road % lock az
the lands q sedgWicS county. They ed
not want "a show prospective purchasers
while the sun beat down 50 warm
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21
had EXPERIENCE WITH PONY.

had EXPERIENCE WITH A PONY.
Mr. J. f. Reese bought a pony for his
son a few weeks ago, paying SIS for it
he hired a professional bronco buster
to break it for him. The man rode the
pony for him and said he thought it was
safe for the boy to ride. This was all he
was hired for. and Mr.. Reese thought the
pony should be broken 10 drive. = brand
new set Of harness was purchased and
the attempt was made The first crack
out of the box the pony broke the harness.
wagon. and the whole outfit was not
worth 60 cents within half an hour of the
time the pony was hitehed up. \ few
So. and figured that he was about about
SO on The deal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21

and finally shook IL and il ratified and this
seemed 70 satisfy him. for he quit play
in il. and the society is nearly a dollar
ahead on the deal
MADE IT HOT FOR THE INDIAN.
One day last week during an idle hour
a druggist % his town sat On the corner
OF his desk and told 10 an attentive group
Ct men some OF his experiences when he
first started il business. His first work
n the drug lire was desn at Derby.
Understand. It was no metropolis then.
bat was surrounded by teepes and the
chiefs OF the west. He was a boy fuli O.
Iischief which had been taught 10 hin
~ his elders. and the story teller smiled
rs the recouectiors came hack to him.
while the crowd OF listeners waited pa
tiently for their turn At last be Pro-
ceeded:
well. YOU see. was nothing but 2
kid. and any thing 70 break the monotony
would have been welcome even If should
have TO suffer. But 7 didn't 4 small.
uischievous boy never suffers. I believe
Well. as I was telling you. I was ready
for any fun that came along- There was
an old Indian chief called Standing Steer.
CT Walking Bull. or something like that.
who always came ofte-er than The rest
after a, good appetizer. I tel you Carrie
Nation would have met her equal If she
had monkeyed with that Indian Nov.
there is great deal OF hades in red
pepper. but red pepper is Ike sawdust
comp red with q little black dust which is
used in a drug store.
well. I got tired filing this Indian up
with whisky. so I fixed Up nip for him
with a big pinch OF pepper in it and laid
il aside for future use. Well. it was not
long till he came along and he brought
his family with him. a squaw and
papoose- He called for the Heap good
fire water and I, with a wicked longing
in ny SOUL waited 10 see that indian
boiler. But no sir. he turned and handed
II TO his squaw. She took It rather sus-
piciousIy and looked at me. I thought
would be scalped sure Wen. I heaved
a sigh Of relief when she shook her u0a-
gin and handed II back TO the squire. He
vas disguised with her and with q Ugh.
heap good fire water he with smile,
drank it down. Well. at that moment I
stepped hack in time TO see Walking Bull
give a war vhoop mixed with cry CO
anguish. start FOR the door and shoot
over the prairie. The last thing heard
OF that Indian was that he was stiu run
ming Ike one possessed
And with this. the speaker Strengthened
up and looked ike hero.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21
PEOPLE WHO ovERDo THINGS.

Some people always Overdo a good
thing- one woman VIII plant q rose bush
81 her front yard, and the contrast is
pleasing, another sees it and plants her
whole yard 1llI. and makes q most com
plete mosquito barbor. That is doing @
good rajng 70 too great an extent When
Eir PAYNE pu- the swans in the lake at
South Riverside everybody admired them.
People kept adding dock or Two to the
collection. and finally somebody put in Q
Jew Nuzcovia ducks and now people are
aiczing that good thing had been over
done and the beautiful Swan lake is fast
becoming q common goose pond People
VINO used TO sit for hours on the banks
C the lake looking at the swan, ere alb
sent now The place Is no longer so at
Irzctive as it used TO Be.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21
RTcHEs a. ARKANsAs RrvER-


When one thinks OF the noble Arkan-
sas river as It appears on the maps and
then goes down &c the Douglas avenue
bridge 70 admire its majestic flow, he may
he inclfned 70 laugh. but that river IS
not to be laughed at. Two things were
discovered recently about that river
which give It increased interest One
IS that its sands is so full Of gold tia:
q man can make . cents a day washing
I tout It is possible 70 get enough out
OF II n eleven days TO make a nice we'd
ding ring for q bride. A test was quietly
made recently with the above results
Another IS that if a man has the patience
70 work the proposition out it is possible
70 get enough pearls there 70 make
nice necklace for his best girl. The river,
as everybody knows. has many mud
clans in II. On being opened a few
weeks ago, cne Of these clans contained
a nice pearl as large as a Pea, and it is
now in prominent jewelry store 10 be
mounted on z pin. About nine years
ago another nice pearl was discovered IN
the same manner. As matter OF fact.
the Arkansas river contains nearly every
thing but water.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21

saw Mr.. Glazier at White Eagle, II did
think you had more sense
He thought NJ Glazier had caught the
fever and had turned boomer. He thought
he was going down TO FL Reno TO register
and ioshed him with more than ordinary
good humor-not dreaming that his friend
was the bearer OF the most dreadful
message that one man could carry 10
another.
Al GIoziers heart was almost breaking
He had formed the words 70 convey fear
ful tidings, but he could not utter them.
Let me see" he said. at last; don't
you and 1 wear the same size Of capse8
He took the cap Of AIr. Beers and it
fitted him.
Let me see your punch" He took that
too.
He asked him for his book and checks.
BY this time Mr.. Beers became more
grave.
Frank" said Mr. GIazier. in sad tones.
go into the baggage car and see De-
laney."
Mr.. Beers saw tears in Conductor
GlazieTs eyes, and q terrible shadow came
over him.
For Gods sake, Al. what's wrong?"
asked Mr.. Beers.
Mr.. Glazier couldn't say a word He
turned and burst into tears, and then
went into the train
He was in the rear car, but he heard
a scream Of intense agony, and he knew
that the terrible news had been broken
to the father Of the murdered girl.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21

sorreI thoroughbred vas but few
lengths behind the bay pony which led
the race: half way down the course the
midget pushed his mount 10 second place,
and, as he arrived at the grandstand. shot
past the pony and under the wire. A
Tousing cheer from the stand was drown
ed by the playing OF the band. as the
jockey was taken from the saddle. No
one could then know that that little fel-
low would some day be riding for the
chief OF Tammany and the king Of Eng
land; yet today Lester Rein is famous.