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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-15
The Innocence of a virqinian.

After the war, but in the same condi-
ton as was George McNeal, was Mr.. Joe
Christman. He was born and raised on
a farm. Unlike Mr.. McNeal, he loved
farming life, but mis- eyes became injured
by the heat in the field and ne was COM
PEELED to go TO the city. His father titled
land near Wheeling, Va, and it was
to his uncle at Wheeling that Mr.. Joe
Christman went 10 learn the trade. To-
day he says he wishes he were back on
the farm. There in Virginia the land is
beautiful, but nothing as in Kansas. The
hills IN infinite numbers are so steep that
the farmer must always pIew by hand
and turn all burrows down hill. In speak
ing OF the old times as he brought the
razor round in close proximity with one 3
nose. Mr.. Christman tells the following
story:
Father always put a great amount Of
salt in our fine timothy hay as 1t made
the hay retain some of it's original color
and made an inviting meal for the stock.
1 remember when he once sold load of
this sailed hay TO a man at Wheeling. 1t
wasn't very long till he came back and
wanted another. explaining in all inno-
cence of lie cause that he never see how
the stock went after that hay"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-15

Speaking about the burial - otto Koch
~ sea brought a feed ~ rec1iiertions
to Colonel Frlfz schnifzier a fe~ days
ago.
Deaf you kaow." said NJ eehasfzfrr.
% an Eagle reporter. a. he rat ir Eis sFids
chair. that few people knoa what g
means % be buried a. sea Three per-
sons were buried a. 90 1her n7st came
over from the Old counfry ard u was
a sad sight - ne. We aere ffty-sescn
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zhsn one sfartes n eisa't kfoa SHE
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-15
Those Mean janitors.

The Friends University has many en-
frances and stone steps leading to the
first floor and under each of these steps
is sort of portlco and the builders left
stone edge around each. The three
east entrances to the building are favorite
resorts for youthful sweethearts. both
among the students and others OF the
West Side. These lodges are very nice
places TO sit on pleasant evening and
the happy pair may tell 10 each other
the tales OF the heart But the faculty
and curators of the university have de-
creed that the university is not the place
for love-making, and during the school
year. two young men sleep in the build
ing, and they have special instructions
to watch out for these "spoony' couples
an dthrough ways of their own induce
the lovers to hunt some other haven.
These young men are not at all liked
by the soft" ones of the West Side or
the school. for right in the middle OF the
sweetest love story one of them is
sure to appear on the steps and a bucket
of cold water is the certain fate of the
lovers. The lovers are sure 10 leave the
building, heaping denunciations on the
keepers of the buildings. their spirits
slightly dampered but ondaunted.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-15
Never Seen Rescuer Since.

Coroner McColister tells of an occurrence
that happened in this city in the seventies
At that time, Mr.. McColiister was out on
the range and only came into Wichita
occasionally. On one Of these occasions.
he met two fellows over at the east end
of the Douglas avenue bridge. They
were half shot" and demanded that Mr..
McCoilister take them into a saloon right
there and treat them. Mr.. McCoIlister
refused. whereupon. the two OF them
pumped on him and were going to beat
the life out of him. Just then another
fellow happened along, a total stranger
to Mr.. McCollister. When he first saw
the uneven fight, he Joined in and helped
Coroner McColiister whale the life out
OF them. After the fellows were laid
out, the stranger walked away. Coroner
McCollister did not learn his name anu
has never seen him since.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-15
asieked'' His Doc on Actors.
Has Plenty Of Oats

D. 5. Howe. who resides at IFS Sitting
avenue. VIII no more ask his friends 70
ger him a cat 10 prevent the rats from
eating him out OF home and substance
for he now has eight cats and al q them
are not hungry. Incidentally he has
learned a lesson in the realm OF praoti-
cal jokes.
Mr.. Howe is a great practical Joker,
and a year ago when he received word
from Frank Reed. OF Buffalo. that he
have some fun At the expense OF the
Buffalo man
Accordingly he got the patrol wagon
10 go 10 the train 10 meet his visitor. and
with the assistance OF Z. i. Spencer. he
induced Mr.. Reed 70 enter the patrol
wagon. he now knowing what Il was.
AS the wagon dashed down the street.
Mr.. Reed noticed thai he was the center
toward which all eyes we're directed. and
asked Mr.. Howe what was the cause
OF such interest on the part Of the pub
lie.
They always look at Us" replied mr..
Howe.
Finally Mr. Reed looked over the side
OF the wagon and saw the words Police
Patrol" in large letters.
Mr.. Spencer who had assisted Mr. Howe
IN the preparation OF the joke determin-
ed 10 set one on on Mr.. Howe.
A few weeks ago Mr.. Howe came into
Mr.. Spencer's Office and said: Il must
have a cat at my house. The rats and
the mice are getting away with every
thing ! have"
"All right" said Mr.. Spencer. Il VIII
try 70 find cat for YOU.
In a Few days Mr.. Howe made the
same complaint about mice again and
Mr.. Spencer agreed 70 hunt cat
A few days ago while Mr. Howe was
enjoying his dinner teamster drove
up TO the house and unloadeG three
crates in which there were eight cats.
They had been sent by F. ]. Spencer
and B. d Allen. Mr.. Howe refused 40 ad-
nit afterwards that he had received the
cats but Mr.. Spencer says he is going
70 ship him cats until he admits the
Joke.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-15
RequIatea Liaht by cIoek.

It has been discovered that there is 4
genius IN one OF Wichita's stores. 1t is
Gre Of the proprietors Of the Jones &
Titus shoe store. The electric lights in
the front window are generally turned
on by a night Waterman, but it takes
him time TO get around and so the
lights are often not turned on till a
while after dark. This firm decided that
it would be just the thing to have them
turned on at a stated time and off at
Z certain time. Mr.. Jones went to think
jEg how it could be arrargsd. Then he
applied MS mechanical NnOwle6g re sld
today can arrange TO have the lights
turned of or on at any minute. BY
arranging a system of pulleys and
cords and an alarm clock, the OBJ
SECT IS accomplished. lie sets the alarm
clock and when the alarm is set off. it
starts q weight downward which closes
the electric switch. When he comes
down in the evening. he sets the clock
for the night and goes home to pleasant
dreams while the alarm clock opens the
switch ct the required time and shuts
OF the lights.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-15
Auto WayIaid Street Car.

When Wichita doesn't take the lead Il
IS simply because the lead doesn't
amount 20 anything. IN the big cities OF
the east an awful time is being stirred up
over the troubles caused by the automo-
bile. Yet il may be ventured that, while
many are killed and many a wsyfarer is
knocked down on his journey, never has
one OF these ''pesky critters" ever stop
ped an electric car. II is different in
wichita. as can be sworn TO by motor
neer.
II was one OF those dark nights. when
Pelee-like clouds hung over the Peerless
Princess. The car had reached the FIRST
switch on North Topeka avenue, between
First aud Second streets. when the mo-
t0rneer saw the headlight Of another car
coming down the track two blocks away.
He groaned 70 himself 10 think that
greenhorn OF new man hadn't learned
the switches yet. He waited and thought
the car would never come On. IL seemed
to be going unusually slow. as though
feeling its way. Fifty feet away Il seem
ed 70 run OF the rails. Ike the ghost Of
one OF the old cars might DO. AS he saw
IL swerve into the road the notorneer
poked bis head on; or TIE window only to
see Scott Winnie san By IN his auto"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-15
Never owned an overcoat.

John Swain-the man who is always in
front-has turned the corner OF fifty and
is nearly half way up the sixtieth block
of life. He has a record that few men
in the world can boast Of age taken into
consideration. He has never yet owned
an overeoat and in fifteen years he has
been sick but once-then only four days.
The coolest midnights Wichita has ever
see, John in going home. used only his
regular coat. He has never had d pair
Of gloves and wouldn't know what it
would feel like to wear overshoes. With
the exception of about twenty-five or
thirty days in the year he goes in his
shirt sleeves and for at least 500 days
he doesn't. wear either coat or vest.
Clothes do not always make the man
not the healthy man at least.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-15
What White peonls Steal

President Jobes Of the National Bank
Of Commerce was telling some friends
about a very forcefm sermon he heard in
this city one night last summer.
The banker said re was out riding one
evening with his family when they came
70 a tent in the north part u the city in
which a big colored brother from Texas
was preaching. II was warm weather
and the sides of the tent were rolled I'd
and Mr. Jobes drove up near the side
walk and stopped TO hear the sermon.
The minister was trying TO impress on
the minds Of his hearers the Import
ance OF being honest
The white folks be said. ARE always
saving that the colored peopie steal
chickens. Perhaps some a you have
taken chickens some times IN your lives
that belonged 70 somebody eise. but vha,
do the white people steal. Railroads and
banks. Oats what day steal"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-15
TALK OF
THE TOWN

i he began TO Tetrace his steps. He no
ticed a big bank of clouds coming up.
from the northwest but he had no idea
that they heralded a blizzard and he
Gid not feel anxious The air got cooler
as the darkness increased, and soon a
sharp wind began blowing and then the
snow began falling and soon the blizzard
was on in full blast. It was a terrific
wind and the snow cut like sand and the
tufts of grass soon had big drifts and
this made walking difficult for his horse
It was not long before he did not know
what direction camp lay and then he cam
to a ravine and as this offered shelter
he decided to spend the night there and
began hunting for the most sheltered
nook. He had often read how men took
care of themselves in a storm His
horse stumbled and threw him and Tom
Brazil found himself forty miles from
nowhere" afoot and alone in a terrible
snowstorm. He stumbled along awhile
and stumbled over a wounded buffalo
that had been shot by his own party
during the day but had escaped and hob
bied into the ravine to die. Tom Brazil
knew that he could not walk much longer
so he shot the animal and Immediately
skinned it and then wrapped himself in
the warm hide and laid down beside the
body. He had given up all hopes Of ever
seeing friends again and gave himself up
as lost. He being tired went TO sleep in
q few moments and the next morning
worning awoke to find himself under a
four-foot drift of snow. He was bound
into the place and could not move arm
or foot. He did not realize where he was
for some moments ana then when the
truth dawned on him ne was grateful for
that buffalo skin had frozen around him
and was as stiff as a board bur it
proved his salvation as not a finger or toe
was even frost-bitten, For an hour or
more he worked and wriggled around
in that hide and it finally became loose
enough for him to get out. He literally
took up his bed and walked" out onto the
snow-covered prairie. got his bearings,
and ia short time was in camp. none
the worse for. his exposure but having
an experience worth a good deal to him.
He even Jared better than his companions
as some Of them, even in camp, had
been frost-bitten by the intense cold.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-15
Second in Eleven Years.

Mr. VIII Ayres. in recalling the other
day some Incidents of his earlier life,
spoke of the days when he was the crack
baseball pitcher in this part of the state.
They say that he can still make many Of
the boys at the bat fan the air when he
gives them an out-curve. trimmed with
lightning. He was very enthusiastic and
became the professional umpire. In this
position he proved himself more than
competent. for he never had fight or got
a black eye from the visiting nine. When
he saw war brewing he would loudly
shout play ball." and let the home side
play the game to its own choosing If the
others didn't care 10 join IN.
Mr.. Ayres declares that the game play
ed in this city recently between the wich-
tia and Alva boys, with score Of 20 0
in thirteen innings. is the best game that
has been played In this city for nearly a
dozen years. Eleven years ago the Ma
rooms, Wichita. and the Wellington boys
played thirteen innings without a score
and one error gave the game 10 the Ma
rooms. Ar. Ayres umpired that game.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-15
A watermelon Suit.

Now that the season OF strawberry
sccials are at sn end Il VIII not be long
until watermelon parties VIII Re in vogue
Il is a most pleasant way u spending
an evening 70 drive cut IN the country.
ten or twenty young people in big hay
rack TO some farmers house and there
eat watermeions 70 the hearts content
ard drive back home IN the wee hSuFs
OF the morning. II = en- exhilszrating
ride and then K Is 80 much fun 20 shoe,
xaterneion seeds 81 ore another The
.e.ds are CLASSY and when taken from
. melon fresh from TIRE vine. they can
be shot true as = buffet and II they hit
the persons face With Eat side they are
sure 70 stick.
Nc one ever heard Of person wearing
Their best clothes 10 watermelon social
Il does5t pay one evening LAST summer
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-15
Wrapped in suffalo Skin.

Tom Brazil is one OF the old-tmers OF
Kansas. He came here when great herds
OF bunaloes could be seen on the prairies
instead Of farm houses. cultivated fields,
and herds OF cattle and sheep. He en-
tered the state Of Kansas when a person
could travel fifty miles without seeing
house or person. Tom Brazil is set
ting along pretty well in years now. but
In activity he is mot more than many
men at thirty. He lives on the West
Side and there are a number OF places
where the old men go 70 visit and swap
yarns about old times and the following
is one that Mr.. Brazil veuches for in the
most strenuous terms.
Soon after ne came TO Kansas and
while he stin was a tenderfoot he went
hunting with a party and one afternoon
ne went OF on a hunt on his own hook.
he being new 10 the prairie country. did
not realize how far from camp he vas
-1fl the sun was pretty wen down and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-15
That Balky Horse.

It was a dinky, gray old pony that
caused all of the excitement at the cor
ner of Main street and Douglas avenue
Tuesday night. He was hitohed to top
buggy and had the audacity to balk right
at the corner of the two thoroughfafes
OF the city of Wichita. That measley
pony baked and it seems as if all earth
could not make himself get a move on
himself. He stood there in the street
with two or three men pulling and haul
ing at his bride and the owner yelling
get up" and using the whip pretty
often. but that pony had taken notion
TO stand on the corner and he stood and
stood until he got good and ready 20
move and then he went off like shot
and She driver had to get into the rig
and hy.
While FIVE men and a boy were trying
to set that pony to get out OF the way
three hundred people stood on the side
walk and gave advice or jeered at the
owner and the men who were helping
him. More remedies for balky horses
were dished UP in the small space Of
five minutes than most people would hear
of in ten years. Not a man in all that
crowd had the same recipe and each one
wanted his own remedy tried first. II
the man had tried all OF those remedies
he and the horse might have been stand
ing there yet. Everything from pouring
sand in the horses ear to holding up the
left forefoot was suggested but the plan
adopted by the owner and his helpers was
TO put d halter rope around the animal s
neck and then a whole crowd got a hold
and pulled the horse along. This was
choking and finally the brute started
of on run leaving the owner 10 set
into the rig as best he could
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-15


A few weeks ago Fred II. stuckey ar
rivd IN a western Kansas town about Il
O'Clock at night. while heavy rain was
falling and while it was so dark that he
could not see bis hand in front OF him.
The station agent pointed out 10 him
the sole hotel in the town. which he man.
aged to reach after wading through wa
ter and mud and running into a barbed
wire fence.
The landlady showed him a room and
after he had begun to undress he noticed
that there was no lock on the door. He
thought nothing of that. however for
he reasoned that he was in a small town
and would need no lock.
No sooner had he undressed and retired
when he heard some one trying the door.
He thought it was some ledger who had
mistaken his room and asked him what
he wanted. The person at the door went
away. Soon. however, the door was
opened and in walked man dressed In
his night robes, wearing high, cowboy
boots and on his head high cowboy hat.
On his arm he carried lantern APP
preaching the bed the strange visitor said
TO Mr.. stucsey:
How are you2 How are all the folks?
am very glad TO see you again.
Il guess you have the best of me- said
Mr.. Stuckey. who was becoming frighten-
ed. II don't know you"
Il am a Catholic priest and have come
TO marry you" replied the nocturnal Wis
itor emphaticany.
Mr.. Stuckey then concluded that he had
q maniac to deal with. He managed to
coax him out Of the room and then went
10 the landlady and flied complaint. She
informed him that the mysterious visitor
was her husband. who was just recover
ing from an attack of delirium tremens.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-15
Only RlbIs In Court House.

IN the court house Of Sedgwick county
there is Just one Bibse. and although this
Is plenty. the point q The story doesn't
lie II this. The book IS fuii calf binding
With figures pressed into the leather. The
print is very FIRE ard many o. is pages
are Esarked with tobacco stains No cue
knows was-e this scTiptural book cane
from and providenttsiiy Il seems 20 have
found its way into the court house IKE
magic Il e book bound 20 last a. hGa-
dred yesrs and ss 10 one claims T.. 4
promises 70 be one q those fe~ uarzz
thzf nrfllrs If
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-15

dreds Of dollars are lost by some little
mistake or oversight. A deed viii be
brought in and filed away. When the
abstractor comes across it, he finds the
blunder and then a new one is required.
The number of mistakes. it is said, made
during the boom and which are just COM
ing TO light is remarkable.
The efficiency of many OF the notaTies
public is partly the trouble. In many
counties there is public conveyancer
to avoid this trouble.
Feared 1t Was Internal Machine.
Mrs Belle Calhoun, OF Newton, an aunt
Of little Nellie Corneilson. was down as
a witness at the trial last week for she
kept the little girl and knew much OF
her. While here, Mrs Corneilson hand
ed her a bundle. which with great care.
Mrs Calhoun laid down. Going over
TO Mrs. Shields. she told her that she
was afraid 10 open the bundle for fear
that IL might be an Internal machine
She asked the police matron what TO do
and the latter said that she would open
il. So together. they approached the
dark-looking bundle. Mrs. Shields pick
ed it up and Mrs. Calhoun backed of a
ways. Mrs. Shields carefully unwound
it and just as the last round was reached
a piece of paper dropped TO the floor.
That was all The bundle simply contain
ed d cape and ctEer little things belong
ing 20 Mrs Calhoun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-15
Wben Girls Get Photouraphed.

Harry Pottinger says there are photo
graph ages in the life Of girl which
scarcely ever vary. Most babies he says
have their photographs taken when they
are three months Old; then the next time
when q year old. They DO not appear
often until they are five; then when ten;
at fifteen they come again; then at If
teen and a half; at sixteen; at sixteen
and half; seventeen; four or five times
while eighteen; nineteen; twenty; TWEEN
ty-one: twenty-three; twenty-seven; thir-
ty-one; forty-one; hfty-five and seventy
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-15
What the Irishnan Regretted.

Here is an old joke which has been
revived in Wichita during the last week.
A man who had bur one hand was asked
by an Irishman no whe lost the other.
The man said:
81 had long suspected that l was part
Irish-that ] had Irish blood in my veins,
and was convinced that it had all
settled in my right hand. Having de-
termined that, l placed It on a log, took
an AK and cut the hand of
"Begorra," said the Irishman, its a
pity it hadn't settled in your head
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-15

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-15
Roh-TaiI Old Glory.

There is one high flyer in Wichita that
is literally tearing itself TO pieces. 1t
will soon go down to the grave while an
other with fairer complexion takes it's
place. Old Glory that flies from the staff
on the court house is meant. The stars
on the blue field are unsullied by the ele-
ments, but the stripes are only half their
original length and it gives bob-tail ap-
pearance 10 the flag.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-15
Fans stop purino slnoino.

Electric fans are all right to keep the
worshipners cool. but they must not be
allowed TO disturb the soloists when they
are singing. This is the rule OF the First
Methodist Church where seven electric
fans are in motion during the Sunday
services. The fans made q noise similar
10 that by a wind and this noise would
prevent the singers from being heard
distinctly. Consequently the fans are
stopped when solos are sung.