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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-29
was Born and Raised in Kansas


What does a man born and raised in
Wichita think of Kansas asked a re-
porter for the Eagle OF Yermilion Har-
ris.
Yes. I was born in Wichita. and I
love the place. Every true natriot not
only believes that the government, the
Institutions, the manners and the habits
of his own country are better than those
Of an other lands. but he loves the soil
for its own sake. President Roosevelt
remarks in one Of his essays that the
mar. who loves other countries as well
as his own country, is an undesirable a
citizen as the man. who loves other mems
wives as well as his own wife. This
doctrine is applicable 20 a mans state
and even to his own town and county.
L have heard things that call them
selves men, say that when they are in
other states that do not like 10 tell they
are from Kansas. such inane and despi-
cable creatures are on the same plane
as those Anglo-maniaCs who have alb
jured the Republic of the United States
Kansas did not really begin TO develop
until the last half of the nineteenth cen
fury. Not yet fifty years Old, and kan
sas IS the greatest wheat-produciCg ooun-
try in the world. besides being in the
front rank with those states famed for
raising corn and oats. The fastest stand
ard bred horses on earth have been foaied
here, and the most success ful rider of
running horses Of the present day is a
Kansan. The first man TO scale the walls
OF Pekin was a Kansan. Titus. hy name;
and General Funston halls from the sun
flower state. All these are evidences
OF the greatness OF Kansas without even
opening s. volume touching her history
the reading Of which causes the blood
tn rush through a Kausans veins.
We are an Agricultural people. ard
7 would rather look upon fields Of golden
wheat and green corn than a manufactur-
ing town with myriad II snloke-stacks.
As Colonel Murdoch has said. q HANSEN
IS a -huueerer FOR The horizon~ I would
rather drive out west q town. where
there are no trees Il obscure the pros
pect and watch the sun sink below the
horizon. than TO see IL set amons the
hfgs.
"Kausans never shsrll but work; they
are toilers. not idlers Karssns are a
plain. hard heated race whose forebears
met. coming from north ard south. fought
made peace. comnireled and reared the
bsst Of people, mentally. u,orally and
physically. Morally. I repeat for exc ot
emphasis. FOR Kansans are not ia5ustri-
Gus only. but law abiding ana God wor-
shtprs There are some les Z. re
staJ.'es Of this state which are nat
enforced. but the reason FOR Il i the
laws are MT oractcal 80 eanrot hc
enforced IA theory observance e al
laws should be compelled, but in
Tractics * Is impossible r. rBt ~ cNc-7,-
are inserted IN the STATUTES 4 husband
premeditatedly Stay his wifes pararour.
a statute Is violated but no jury on earth
would convict the criminal The p~ohihi-
tory liquor law ana the Cubbison statute
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-29
Watches the Hospital window.

Every nieht about ten O'Clock a yonng
man. perhaps twenty-five years oif. rides
~ along The sideaaik opposite ihs
wichta Hospital and stops aad rainnc-
ing himself ard his bicycle On he curb
intertv watching enc ~ the uppef win
dovs - tho hospital. Sic stays there
ten q fifteen MINUTES every nizat. hee'l.
inE 70 one but watches thar eiada~
very closely. lie CONES from fhs saa.
see ard ~ ore stegt ire hospital 81
the lcitsrera a-card tha cafuer. kneT
who De- s. ~ where he comes from To-
- ten gclack sbere n aivass 3 Nzht
IN ore q the rooms ~ tss ;airfi Seer ard
this sseras % ~ ne oae 'as young rlaH
Is watching foT &c soon - The Asht
r. rut cot TIE man t-rrs - Wheel arr
departs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-29
People Have Trouble.

Show managers have lots Of troubles
that the public does not generally sas-
pcct. Ben Atweli. with the Wilbur ir-
win Opera company. almost faints when
he sees a telegram His wife Is an inva-
I'D and every time his eye falls on a
telegraph messenger boy and his little
yellow envelope a cold sweat comes over
the poor fellow because Of fear that
something has happened RE IS also much
excited when a telegram Is left with HIN
for one OF his company and ne never
delivers Il until after the performance
Is over lie fears that It may convey q
the actor a message q death in which
event the performance would be Grip
Piled owing To either a refusal or inca
pacity 10 act
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-29
MAJ with sinned mous,ache.

one dag last week. good many peo-
PIE were furnished Amusement on Doug
las avenue ~ the expense q young
man who IL Just nourishEng tender
rnoustacbe who was e1JoTing a cirar.
when & had got down 20 a very
short piece It went 0lt on him and
IN endeavorlng 20 light IL. be slnssd BE
rnousfache. 70 was broad daylight bat
nevertheless. he STEPPED ~ % Fulton g
mirrors and With IRE greatest n fond
ness. ne suoothed ont the nearly fatally
burned fendrila The crowd stood ~
ard laughed but The young nian Sas
al unconscious 4 others" presence lie
thought only u the nearly r'iinsd nous
tzchr
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-29

Pete Hohler. the Wellington druggist,
who died from al overdose OF morphine
recently learned his business from Har-
vey Horner Of this city. lie kept bar
her shop az Cai6weH ard vas doing
well twenty years ago Ehen his wife
was burned q death IN gasoline e.
piosion. re srievcd great deal and
& vas &c take hfs mind o1 The tragedy
as much SIS possible that Mr Herner
took him Into his store % teach him 2
new business He became proficient ard
moved 20 cedarva-e where be resHar-
ried and Accumulated considerable prop
ertv- To rourd out the trsgeey CT his
life when his second wife was Informed
Of his death she became violently insane
and during TIE week Rad % b confined n
An ens-ir-r
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-29

1t Is easy enough 70 BE useful 70 II
not a factor in the general government
Some six or seven months ago one OF the
most important departments OF the gov
eernment-one that has 20 do With az
fairs throughout the entire worid-got
4 suggestion from a Wichita man a. 70
how 10 conduct its correspondence with
expedition and the head OF the depart
n1ent who had just returned from Europe
wrote an immediate reply saying the sug-
gestion was a good one and would be
Immediately adopted
Within three days the plan Was put
into effect and adhered TO with great
satisfaction. IL cost the Wichita man
only two cents to make suggestion
and Il has been very useful 10 the gov
eminent
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-29
Boating in Drainage Ditch.

II Is something unusual for people to
90 to boating in Kansas in drainage
bitches. especially as Kansas has repu-
tation OF not having much use for drain
age bitches. except for ornamentation
and 10 AFFORD small boys a hill to coast
down when there is snow on the ground.
But on Thursday, June 10, the morning
sitter a hevy rain the banks of the big
ditch on East Central avenue was almost
fun Of muddy water. Some of the boys
who live east Of the railroad tracks Sc
cured a boat and navigated on the turbu-
lent stream.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-29
TALK OF
THE TOWN

the babe and dog were about to cross
South Main. A car was coming, Doc"
kept walking around the child endeavor-
ing. evidently, to stay its progress until
the car had passed. The little one. all
unconscious OF danger. slapped his dog
friend on the nose; he pulled Docs"
ears; he tried to kick the dog. To all
these indignities Dec" offered no angry
protest, but persistently kept trying TO
keep the child off the tracks. The motor
neer reversed his levers and applied the
brake with might and main. Yet nearer
and nearer came the car. Passersby
stopped, fairly paralyzed and no one
seemed to think of running TO the babes
assistance. but even if the thought oc-
CURED to them there was not tine enough
for that. The car was sliding All that
could be done TO check the cars speed
had been completed. The motorneer could
do no more unless TO grab the child from
the steps Of the car. This he was pre-
pairing to do when Doc became impress
ed Of an idea Of the kind himself. He took
a hold firm on Master Dedrick's little
arm and led that young man forcibly
home Docs" grip was not to gentle
for the child's arm still shows the marks
of the big Newfoundland teeth. but
the dog carries the praises Of all who
saw the act
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-29

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-29
Fishirs n Bic Aver.

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TIE anau hcYs have bssn hzr.nx q god
tine ASKING fn the TffeF At11t 6 tozsn
tcys from 70 = years - aEe r-aT -
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rsrz * TIE -ffef aza zt.aat cF-~f ter
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Iook az tneir t-ot Hs4s Seze & tse
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Has wht-h Il sr.t 81 place ~ tvs stse-
ssscks 81 TIE szrsT hafte-- - ~ river
sEsst - ~ ssh ca1<st are czrE arz
are -1- very taTgs enes. s1taer. h-s Sc
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-29
Life o. operate Manager.

Ben Atwell the business manager Of
the Wilbur Kirwin Opera Company which
played in Wichita the past two weeks.
does not think that the happiest place
on earth IS 10 be in the shoes Of an
opera manager. lie said that besides
looking after the commercial side Of the
opera presentation. it was also his duty
70 keep the troupe in good spirits Re
also has 70 maintain Discipline. which
som s.imes neressitates that he maks
an example Of some refractory ones even
at great cost 10 the company.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-29

There IS an old clock hanging on the
west waB q the Office OK Stewart &
Burns Of this city thar has hung there
since 1881. For the last year 81 has stood
at FIVE minutes from II O'Clock. II r.
very old looking. having an hezaEon
face and no visible pendulum. II would
BE an interesting bet for two Spaniarts
n there were any IN Wichita 10 make
a wager as 70 how much longer that
retired clock VIII hang IN that ssls sane
spot.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-29

The sunfowsr this year viii have %
take a back seat FOR the iron weed. The
iron weed. an unlovely thing. Is growing
out OF al reason. Usually as high as a
mans waist. some are alresdy as tail As
a man and there Is no telling where they
viii stop II IS said that IN an early
day in some eastern states iron weed was
crushed and distilled for an on Il con-
tains. Here IN Kansas II IS used Tor no
thing except 70 wear out scythes-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-29
Just a Mater Of Form.

The local civil service commission every
two or three days announce that an ex-
animation VIII be held IN the Wichita
federal building for some departmental
position. When these announcements
are made the comm issioners do not ex-
pect anybody to take examinations for
there are some technical subjects which
have no interest TO inland people This
city, however, is on the list OF cities
where the examinations viii be held in
case anybody applies and accordingly
the examinations are announced.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-29
Man WAS Honest

Were Diogness In Wichita he would
not have 10 carry coal oil lantern IN
broad day light in order to find an hon
est man. FOR such a man bought box
OF stationery at Goldsmith's book store
a few DAYS ago.
The stationery Cost twenty cents. and
the honest man save the clerk twenty
FIVE cents. In making the change the
clerk by mistake handed the customer
twenty cents instead OF five
The customer left the store but as
soon az he discovered the error he re-
turned and told the clerk that he had
overchanged him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-29

Ben Aidrfch r. living evfdeuce q
the Sublime philosophy 81 never worry
ing lie j. fffy-sx years - axe bzt nsr
Z nan r. town ~h0 lid1t knox thar he
came 70 wIchlts thiTtT yca-s aga wo-la
Suspect that ~ aas more fkan forty
three. NohoiT has ersr seen him Esd
or li hamarea oTe- anything ard tsas e
the Fssoa h. ioaks dozen rs4rs yczzg-
er than r. Is
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-29
Conditions Hare Changed.

Last year at this time many people
urged that fireworks should not se al
lowed IN the city on July 4. because the
weather had been so dry that the build
ings would burn Ike timber" No such
reasons are offered this year. good
reason FOR ohjecting 10 fireworks this
year wocld he that the buildings are 80
moist that the fireworks would produce
steam which might result n an explo-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-29

it to keep the county seat and that was
in my favor. I can't tell you exactly ho~
It was done. but the short straw got into
my hand some way ard l was declared
the winner. There vas nobody killed and
everything went along all right
I'VE had 1900 people at Ulysses at one
time, but cities are like men, creatures
OF luck. Ulysses IS now a more humble
city. The editor OF the little paper there
is postmaster, county attorney, acting
coroner ard two or other things, and
by patriotic division OF official burdens
among four or FIVE other men they are
able to maintain organization handsomely
enough"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-29
&c % rs Education.

boy he had to work and ne lost a lot OF
schooling. But he made up his mind that
he would get an education and as soon as
he was old enough he set i'm ard earned
enough money 70 put himself through an
academy He IS one of the few men in the
world who has been in business life before
h. CONNECTED his education
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-29
Folks Like = corridor.

The way in which the telephone com
panies have taken up Second street with
poles IS @ wonder 20 behold. on one side
she old telephone company has string
OF poles on the other side the other COM
7any has possession. In between on both
sides the electric light company has poles.
Il the poles were OF stone and were top
ped By Corinthian capitals. Athens would
have nothing 10 equal Second street.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-29

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-29
Old Time DEBATING Societies.

q have made up my mind said an
old man on East Douglas avenue. the
other day. that people scrap moro about
politics and religion than all other
things
1T doesn't seem 10 make any difference
what man procIaims; that he is q fol-
lower of the meek and lowly Savior and
! that he has unbounded charity for All the
world, but just as soon as you begin to
question the soundness of his faith he
is ready for a scrap.
THAT same man will insist that he is
true American and firmly believes in the
equality of all men and that every citizen
has a right to think as he pleases on po-
litical questions and express his honest
convictions on them, but just as soon
as you run counter to his opinion. he
thinks that you are the biggest fool on
earth. I
Now when 7 was a boy. the people
recognized the fact that I have stated
and when we formed a debating society
in the district school house some Of the
older people in the interest Of harmony
and to prevent probable bloodshed, would
suggest that the discussion of politics
and religion must be barred.
I can remember some OF the very pro-
found questions we used to discuss. One
was which is the mother Of the chick
en-. the hen that lays the egg or the hen
that matches it. The discussion would
become very warm until some fellow
would happen to think that the turtle
laid her eggs in the sand and left the
sun to hatch them out and then he would
triumphantly ask the other side which
was the mother of the turtle. the turtle
that laid the egg or the sun that Matched
it. That would put a camper on the
discussion because the other side never
thought TO retort that the hen or the
turtle that laid the egg could not have
lived to perform that feat if the light
and heat of the sun were to be extin-
gu:shed.
Another subject for frequent Discus
sion was whether there was more happi-
ness in pursuit or in possession. Now
lave never yet seen the time that
would not rather attend a debating soci-
ETY. where religion or politics was to be
discussed, even II the debate broke up
in q row every time People never learn
anything by the discussion Of subjects
in which they have no interest People
are interested in religion and politics be-
cause they pertain TO every day life and
the time will come when our people win
be smart enough and charitable enough
to discuss them without scrapping.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-29

There was great anguish in the tele-
phone central office the other day A man
in an establishment which IS called up
an average of every FIVE minutes during
the day, talked one hour and thirty-flve
minutes to a girl in an uptown residence.
When the telephone girls said Talking
now to people who wanted that estab-
iishment they meant ii.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-29
Is now Mont Pelee.

Last year "Vesuvius' was a popular
kind Of fireworks. It is an imitation vol
cano ard shoots forth fire. This year
some Of the fireworks dealers call the
''Vesuvius" Mont Pelee"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-29
20 80 city in the Sad.

Lawrence Journal: Col n n. Muir
6.ck. Of the Wichita Eagle. has been re-
APPOINTED and confirmed as postmaster
at wichita The Journal congratulates
Colonel Murdock; it also congratulates
" .chita and Congressman Long. Unlike
the majority Of the prophets" Colonel
Murdoch has honor in his own country
His people believe in him, stand by him,
hold up his hands and back him in what
ever he says is good. Not many editors
have such support at home; fortunate in
desd X The editor who does not Lave to
fight for himself half the time while he
fights the battles Of his town the other
half IN this matter our friend, Colonel
Murdoch, has always been fortunate
And Wichita has been wise 10 stand by
hin. Tor because it has, it is Wichita.
Without Murdoch and the Eagle, Wichi-
ia would today be q station Ike Derby.
or sedgwick City. With Murdoch. it is
one Of the best. If not the best. cities in
Kansas. May Colonel Murdoch live long
TO do good for his town and his state.
and may his people ever appreciate him
and his work as they have in the past
and do now.
I,eavenworth Times: The Times con-
graduates Colonel Marsh Murdoch on his
reappointment as postmaster at Wichi-
ta IN appointing him, President Roose-
Welt appointed man who, in many re-
spects. is like the president himself He
IS fighter for what he believes Is the
right. lie is the ablest editor Kansas has
produced. He seldom makes & mistake,
and has never made a serious blunder in
his life. lie has always been on the side
Of justice and law. IN his paper, the
Wichita Eagle, he has always stood for
those things which were for the best in
tercsts Of his town. his county and his
state; and TO the influence which he has
exerted is largely due the present pros
porous city Of which he is postmaster.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-29
INCIDENTS
AND OPINIONS

weigh about half a pound apiece- Once
in while fsh weighing two OF three
pounds bites On the hook ard the boys
becoms very much excited Every are
gOes running ant spisshing into the river
70 help land the fish. Yesterday after
noon Z hsh Weighing perhaps thrse
pounds was found OF ore 81 the lines
He was 50 large that one of the sticks
was pulled UP ard the liue went s0w-
ing down the river. Two or three went
plnnging after il and when the size ~
The fish became known al CT tae lads
went 70 help bet this time It vas +
case OF too many hands spon the
broth as the fish IN its struggle slip
ped out Of the hands OF the boTs and
fei into the water ard with a sassy slip
OF its tail made a long dive aud left the
boys 70 naeurn Their loss.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-29
Howl in Town onlY.

IN tell you What makes me tired =
said r. D Allen last Tuesday Here il
Wichita you will End scores q men BE-
moaning the fact that the oats have been
knocked down and the crop tnjgFed SIRE
parably Within the last few DAYS have
been over a good part OF Sedgwick county
I didn't see ten big fields u cats down.
No one IS worrying in the country"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-29

hear the gong AID suppose n tram = ap-
preaching. when IN reslisy IL Is soiss
in the opposite 6lrccticn-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-11-05
WILLIAMSTOWN.

Lucius S. Simons walked to the
village.i last Thursday, for the first
time in five months, In late weeks
he has improved quite a good deal in
health. The family of his daughter,
Mrs. John Dow, which has been stay
ing in his home during a large por-
ton of his illness, to care for him, is
again back in their own house.
We record with pleasure the great
ly improved condition of the health of
Mrs. Susie Benedict Erskine, who,
leaving the hospital in Burlington not
very long ago, is now residing in
Chatham, New York, where her hus-
band is teaching.
Mrs. Ella Benedict Griffin's family
started for Southern California last
Wednesday, their first stopping place
to be Whittier, California Mrs.
Griffin's health has improved IN late
months, but it was felt to be unwise
for her to remain in Vermont for the
winter. The Griffins were accom-
panied by the family of A. @. Rich, a
son-in-law of the late Andrew Burn
ham, Sr, and for years past residents
of Barre. Mr.. Rich is to be engaged
in gold mining there.
Frank H. Martin took a large load
of potatoes to Barre last Thursday for
which he got 55c per bushel.
In all our lecture courses we have
hardly known the patrons to be more
enthusiastic over any entertainment
than they are over the lecture given
on Tuesday of last week by Thomas
McLary, on "The Mission of Mirth. ~
We do not recall more "mirth''
crowded into an evenings talk in a
life time Its emission was not
simply to amuse (and we might say tc
convulse) an audience for an hour OF
two but it evidently sent the same
away determined to make a brighter,
happier world, so far as possible
Our second lecture in the seasons
course will be by j. Dewitt Miller,
on Monday evening of next week, Nov.
10. He was heard here last winter,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-11-05
CORINTH.

Sales of real estate have been the
order of the day in this place; Icha-
bod Rowe has sold his farm to the
Hall family, Homer w. Clark has
bought the Joseph Worthley farm of
Mr.. and Mrs j. p Sargent and H.
H. Miles has bought Lewis Heath's
farm in Bradford The Emerson Ro-
bic farm and the Joseph H. Taplin
farm are to be sold to accomplish the
settlement of estates.
A large number of Corinth people
went ON the Boston excursion.
j, p. Sargent and II, II. Miles
have had their herds of cattle tested
and two of Mr.. Sargent's herd were
condemned and killed. One of them
proved to be bad case. Farmers here
prefer to get rid of tuberculosis by the
help of the State and get partial pay
ment for the animals rather than to
propagate the disease and lose their
whole herds.