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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-09-20
Winds or's Repres entative Elect III

The many friends in Windsor and
surrounding towns will he panied to
learn that Sherman N. Taylor, rep
resentative-elect to the Legislature, is
seri ously i'll at his home in Windsor
with typhoid fever.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-09-20

Rutland, Vt.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17
Campbell Favors Old Custom.

Col. B. H. Campbell bought a grubhoe
the other day and intends TO do whole
lot of work with ii this GUNNER and fail.
Like Gladstone he believes in physical
exercise as z means of preserving one s
health. Col. Campbell is nearing his sew
enty-fifth year and while he was testing
the metal Of the grubhoe he told an
Eagle man that he could do as hard a
days work now as he couiG thirty years
ago. He thought he could put up as
good fight. too, If he was disposed that
way. Speaking sb3ut wo ard lie and
and age and death. Col. Campbell has
some ideas-especialIy about the latter.
He thinks that when men die their friends
the men who knew them best in life
should speak and testify to their merits.
as was an ancient and 4 very good Gus
tom. Col. Campbell does not think the
custom of having ministers speak over
ones bier is good one, unless said min
listers had been intimately acquainted
with the dead. He would have men speak
at the funeral of their dead trends as
Antony spoke over the remains OF the
great Caesar
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17
The Tramps Inventory.

There have been hundreds of stories
written in magazines and weekly periodi-
Gals on the professional tramp, yet fea-
ture of their existence as seen IN the
Wichita city jail lodger has not been
touched on. This feature is concerning
the movable property of the hobo. He
locks like he didn't possess anything but
his body, yet this is mistake. His re-
sources are endless, his only liability.
Jail.
An invoice of his belongings which he
carries on his sojourn through the country
is given here as taken at the city jail on
one Lone Willie. 1t is true. however, i'm
probable II may seem to one outside OF
hobo circles.
The following is the list of articles taken
from Lone Willie's person:
l corn can. tomato can. 1 slate, slate
pencil. / small mirror. l lead pencil. /
comb. I memorandum, letter from home
l razor, l knife strap, l milestone. /
brush, ! shaving brush, bar soap. ! bar
shaving soap. ? nails. shoe string. l box
matches, ! needle, ] spool thread, ? but
tons, 2 keys, 2 pkgs coffee, pkg sugar,
pkg Uneeda biscuit, bottle iodine, 2 OF
soda, onion, radishes, beets, apples,
l ear corn. 2 OF tea. pkg pepper,i pkg
peanuts, buns, l ID bacon, 2 postage
stamps, 80 cents handkerchiefs. 1 box
pills. pipe. l pkg tobacco, 200 star tobacco
tags, LS5 horse shoe tobacco tags, ! pint
alcohol, 10 grains cocaine, pkg morphine.
pkg hop, no socks. no underwear but
pleasant smile.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17
Kick on a Sena.

There are great many people In Wich-
tia who are protesting indignantly against
the run OF a certain popular song. This
song never had vogue anywhere else.
but 1t seems to have struck Wichita
with extraordinary force The song has
been roared in the theatres and at con-
certs until the boys on the streets whis-
tie it, and a man who passed through
a residence portion Of the city the other
evening says that from six parlors the
melody and words of the song waited out
He says il he hears 1t in his house. ne
will take an AK and lay the piano low.
The song is a cheaply sentimental affair.
which teaches a lesson on the side Of
forgiveness, but the code OF morals it
promulgates is decidedly shakey. and
mature people feel like calling halt.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17

II man kicks little during dog Gays,
he should not be blamed. no man can
maintain cheerfusness al the time with
the mercury hsgging the loo mark. Dur
ing one OF the hottest days Of the week
a prominent real estate mas got under
the shade Of the taIi corn-stnlks IN front
OF the Eagle building and told an oface
man that series OF great architectural
mistakes are being made In the new
business buildings going up in Wichita.
There "a a criminal sacrifice of light
and air for ROOM he said. Now IL was
putting up a building do you know what
1 would do? ! would make smaller up
stairs rooms and have an open space be-
tween buildings, above the first story. and
hack OF the front rooms for light and
air. An upper story twenty fee, vide
would rent fer more with 1--WE foot space
for light and cir than = twenty-five foot
upper story airiess and in the dark. just
look up and down the street and see how
many second-stoFy rooms are ruined be
cause light and air are sacrificed for
space. The business buildings going up
are at least thirty years behind the resi-
dsnee buildings 81 point Of up-to-date-
ness
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17
RefeI Has a Rroneho Trick.

Monsieur A Befel. shoemaker. Inventor.
philosopher. who has a shoe shop, bicy-
Gle store, a laboratory ana living quar-
ters for himself and his four children
in an East Douglas avenue building II
MA feet in dimensions, is the greatest
bicycle trick rider in the world of his
age. Tatooed on his left arm is his
name and the date of his birth-lSii.
This makes Monsieur Befei 81 years OF
age and within the last five years he has
learned 10 ride a bicycle backward, side
ways, bias triangle, quadruple. astTide
OF It. with his feet in the air. tailor fash
ion or in any way TO please an audience.
His greatest trick, however. Is to run
with all the force he can put into his
wheel and then, all of sudden. raise the
front wheel high up in the air and go on
like a streak of lightning. cutting eapers
that would bewilder past master Of the
dark art
Mr.. Befel has newer been able 10 de-
termiue to his satisfaction whether he Is
a Frenchman or a German His people
were natives OF ST. Wendell and they had
to keep close tab on events TO know what
flag they owed allegiance TO- Napoleon
kept winning and losing them 90 often
that they would go to bed Germans and
wake up Frenchmen and vice versa. The
grandfather OF Monsieur had TO keep his
cows In a cellar so that the armies
wouldn't gobbie them. MT. BefeI has
settled his self-dispute as 70 MS notion
Atty by finally placing himself as a
Yankee and a Republican. He became
a Republican. he said. by reading The
Rag Pickers Daughter a stirring novel
on the order Of Uncle Toms Cabin. He
vas a sailor on the Great Lakes al thu
tine Of the war and Raated to enlist
but couldn't; for nature made hin several
inches short Of the minimum height OF i
Jackie.
Mr.. Befel Is TOW prscteins on a sen
satlonal bicycle trick and II h doesn't
break MS neck in The meantime h VII
introduce * az the Catfiemsz's picnic at
Kingmsn. The stunt Il a series q hey
Gle bucks Of the Wild broncho order
q trick entirely original ard never before
attempted
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17
Wichita a chautauqua Center.

Wichita is said TO be one of the greatest
Chautauqua towns on earth. As the read
ers of the Eagle know through frequent
mention OF their meetings, there are ten
reading circles in Wichita and big
alumni association. This year the circles.
which follow the same line of study.
are taking up the Anglo-saxon-siav ques-
ton. The Slav, II is suspected by many
students, is the boy of all races He Is
yet in knee-pants. is strong wil!ed, super
stitious. self-centered and OF an animal
yigor which is UNFRAMED up-to-date. The
theory of the men who anaiyze history is
that as soon as the Slav grows up. he
will finish the whole family and establish
himself as boss; England will be run
by a Russian satrap ard the United
States will be a province. The chautau-
qua circles will study the lives Of ten
great men OF England, the events which
centered about their epochs showing the
development of England; also the later
English writer's beginning with Words
worth. The same process viii be pursued
with Russian history and literature.
The most active Chautauquan in wich-
tia is Mrs. r. NJ. Piatt. She was sradu-
ated from circle in 1895 and six years
ago was appointed Chautaucua secretary
for Kansas and Oklahoma, and has had
charge Of the Chautauqua work at the
Winfield assembly for six years and the
Ottawa assembly for one year. In six
years she has enrolled sos new students.
securing this year 10 readers at Winfield
and 81 at Ottawa.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17
GOSSIP FOR HOME PEOPLE

point is agreed upon for the noon nerid-
ian. All of this western country. clear
out to Dodge City call IL noon when the
sun is on the meridian OF st. Louis and
hare are all the clocks striking the noon
hour % minutes before the sun reaches
the meridian
Dr.. Johnson Is travelling faster than
anybody else in Wichita ana the clock
in the weather bureau Office is an hour
and Twenty-Five minutes faster than sun
time. The autocrat OF the weather bu-
reau lines in Washington and he makes
all OF the weather observers IN the coun-
try use Washington time in their reports
and they set the big clock in their offices
on Washington time TO save the trouble
o. figuring opt the Washington time from
the local time.
We are keeping ST. Louis time and even
that is not sun time in St. Louis The
astronomers claim that the sun cannot
be relied on and that it is some times
slow and at others too fast and now the
astronomer, and not the sun, fixes the
time OF day.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17
Sample of Changed Conditions.

Charlie Alberts who Is putting up some
OF the best brick buildings in Wichita,
had a peculiar experience during the
hard times from 81 to 90. He couldn't
do thing Nobody wanted TO have even
a chimney built, So Mr. Alberts picked
up his things, loaded them on a car and
went back to Illinois where he remained
three years. Along about 1886 he caught
the Kansas fever again and returned to
Wichita no better off than he was when
he left He had a house and nine acres
OF land in the second ward, but there
was back taxes heaped up against II. He
had another house In the third ward, but
there were back taxes against that. too.
He tried to sell the third ward house
and offered it for So. the purchaser to
pay the back taxes which amounted to
s75-making $780, In ALL for the house.
Men turned up their noses and said they
wouldn't pay the taxes for the house.
Mr. Alberts talked TO his wife about the
situation. She advised him to sell the
house and nine acres and save the third
ward house to live in. He took her ad-
vice and sold the six-room house and nine
acres for 5000. Pretty soon hard times
began to look up. men began to build.
Charlie Alberts took contracts and waxed
wealthy. Now he is on Easy street for
the balance of his life. A few days ago
he was offered $500 for the house he
offered for $3.50 in IS. and the house he
sold for $500 is worth over 5000. This
is a sample of the changed conditions
in Wichita.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17
Friends Spirit Thanked Tucker.

Judge Tucker is a very sincere believer
in spiritualism. He Is as confident that
after death spirits can communicate and
converse among themselves. and with the
living. as the living csn on the earth.
great many assaults have been made
on the Gibraltar OF the Judge faith.
tut no one has yet been able 10 shake
il II is as attacking the belief Of man
that a body Of light shines by day and
that the moon reflects it by night.
Judge Tucker spoke over the remains Of
the late Judge Benjamin Fisher when he
was buried and made one of the most
touching addresses ever heard in Nlch-
tia II vss as Judge Fisher wished H.
The two old croEie< had been friends for
a generation snd in their talks during
that time Judge Fisher had given some
pointers 10 Judge Tucker as 70 what he
should say at the funeral ard vice versa
for II Judge Fisher survived his friend
he was to speak at Judge fuckers fun
eraI Judge Tucker is as confident as
faiIible mortal can be that the spirit OF
Judge Fisher communicated with hin one
week after the funeral and thanked him
for his Grafton at the funeral services
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17
PottInuer and the FlH.

Laugh and grow fat Is an old saying,
and the doctor who looked at Harry Pot
fingers tongue last Monday morning will
testify to it's wisdom. Harry went for n
streetcar ride Sunday night and was going
al merry clip when some one did some
thing to make him laugh. Ii was very
funny, and Harry laughed big. While he
was laughing some kind of an insect camn
along and with outstretched wings floated
into Harrys mouth. His laughing came
to a SUDDEN stop for that insect didn't do a
thing but sting him on the tongue. And
then that silver organ of the queens Eng
lish began TO grow fat at such rapid
rate that by midnight Harry couldn't say
.'howdy" If Alice Roosevelt came along
and said ''howdy Harry" He was entire
~ speeches. the balance of the night. but
a doctor trimmed his tongue down next
dav
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17
INCIDENTS
AND OPINIONS

land the law. too. that statute law shal!
shAve the prefereDce ever the common law
bur where no statute applies the eorl-
mon law Is 10 De applied The common
law is the rule OF action tsAlisneG BY
leng usage and the decision OF the courts
in toe past centuries. Spceking q law
books the other day Judge Ruggies said
they cost more than other hooks because
their number was necessarily limited. The
Erst great cost Of . book Is getting Il
ready FOR the press aad each book printed
lesSens the average cost % che whole
number. II there was cnly one book
printed from a form its cost would be
such that very few people woui1 be able
10 buy IL Only lawyers hGy Law books
and hence their cost IS greater because
the number Is limited.
Judge Rnggles went 20 his library and
scck down a little hook that from its
sise did not look 10 be worth - cents ous
he said he doubted II one could SO out
on the market Sad buy 3 copy fur ten
collars II was Pere Williams Reports
and the title page showed that the volume
was printed in Scotland in lisa There
were other old books. two volumes we're
Shepherds Touchstone. which were print
81 In lSeS and treated 81 the whole range
o. the common law and Iorx since cut
% print The Judge picked out another
old volume. Lex Testamentaris. which
means the law OF wills and IL WA print
ed in England In lis and this volume
haS a history.
On one OF the white lesvex n the
back OF the hook Is record in pencil
which says that II was picked uo 90 tho
battlefield Of Mission Ridge the day after
the famous charge on November :. iSs1.
b. SeyeH Eietxiand. Judge Rusgies
bought the book some time SITTER the war
The average mar would rot give very
much for these old books and yet law
yers value them very highly. The com
mon law as stated Is the rule observed IN
past ages and when an attorney gets
into a scrap on some common law point
he likes 20 draw some OF these cd hooks
recognised as authority ore or two hun-
dred years ago snd sustain hts point BY
H. II II were reprint Il might not be
correct. That IS the reason that lawyers
are regular book worms digging among
old volumes. The average man is locking
ahead and 20 the future bu; the lawyer
has his back 20 the future ard Is all
the time looking down the corridors OF the
past ages for some peculiar insight into
the common law.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17
Insisted Il was Ea.abIe.

Last Monday evening George n. Morse.
the investor OF Meridian. Connecticut,
rode out to College Hill on the street car.
Going out he noticed many trees with
huge green objects hanging on them and
he asked the motoneer about them.
They're Usage oranges said the latter.
Good to eat? asked Mr.. Morse. Not on
your life,'' said the motoneer. Well,
what are they good for?' Nothing on
earth" said the motoneer. When the end
OF the line was reached the motoneer got
one OF the oranges for Mr. Morse. After
examining 1t critically he said: There is
no doubt in my mind that this in its ma
tive state. and as it was Originally was
good to eat"
The crowd on the car gave him big
and joshfuI laugh
Il mean it, said Mr.. Morse. Mature
never put up thing lire that and hung
il on a tree without a purpose"
Bite into 1t and see" some one sug-
gested.
But Mr.. Morse didn't do that, and he
said: That's all right; it may be an ac-
quired taste like olives" He said he had
never sen bois dare before. 1t does not
grow in Connecticut.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17
II Was Their courtshIp Bench.

People like the things connected with
their early love affairs, and II that love
affair is fruitful OF happiness they conse-
crate them to some noble purpose. In
front OF VIII Hewey's house on North To-
peka avenue there is a little bench. Mr..
and Mrs Hewey set 1t out there for the
accommodation of people who come
across from St. Francis hospital to take
the cars That was the same little bench
Mr. and Mrs. Hewey did their sweetest
counting on. way down in the blue grass
region Of Kentucky. On moonlight nights
they sat on II under a tree and talked
about all the nice things in the day dreams
OF lovers. When they got married and
came out here to wichits 20 grow up with
tie country they brought that little bench
along with them as memento Of their
courtship. They have treasured it ever
since and some time ago concluded to set
it out for the accommodation OF hospital
visitors. Hereafter when people sit on 1t
they Will know that it is the bench that
Mr. and Mrs. Hewey used for the always
pleasant interviews of their coartship.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17
Advertised Wrong Man.

All candidates for county office have
cards printed for gratuitous distribution.
on which are their names and the name
OF the Office for which they are csndi-
dates and Judge McCaniess, candidate
for county attorney on the fusion ticket
and Henry Schad. candidate for sheriff
on the Republican ticket are no excep-
tions to the rule. Mr.. Schad handed one
o. his cards to Judge McCanless and by
means of it, the latter inadvertently ad-
vertised the candidacy Of the marshal of
the city court
Judge McCanless was talking politics to
voter and reaching in his pocket, pulled
out cord and handing it TO the other
man. said.
This tells what I am running for"
The man looked at the card curiausly,
and then Judge McCanless then glanced
at il and said
Give that card back and take another
one"
He had handed the voter one of Henry
Schads cards.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17
How One Woman Did.

The instinct OF mother IN protecting
her baby can completely erraee all human
notions OF right and wrong. Revenge IL
mothers breast would seem improbable
when that same breast is filed with love
for a new infant life. yet such a revenge
in the most horrible form Is cited in
Wichita. The woman still lives ia the
south part OF the city.
One day. when her baby was but a few
months old. the cat lay in the cradle with
him. AS babies invariably do. this ont
used the maltese rather roughly and tho
cat bit him. There was cry and the
mother rushed In. Seeing what had hap
pened, she grabbed the cat. fairly ran
with Il 20 the back yard and then with
cool elaboration placed It's head on the
wood block and cut it's head OF with
the axe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17
He Saw Real Mountaln.ers.


The mountaineers of North Carolina
will own the United States some time
according to Bedford Wood, who has just
returned from that region. He spent two
weeks among the common people and he
says he visited no family having less than
sixteen children. Il stopped one night,
he said, with q man who looked any
how ten years younger than me and
saw two pretty little children began
praising them. Yes, they are NICE he
said, but you ought to see my other
children, these are my babies.
You have some more then
Yes, but they are mostly all married.
six boys and three girls. Two or three
are at school and the rest visiting
How many altogether"
The aountaineer ran three times over
the finger of his left hand and then rails
ing up his thumb. said.
Sixteen IN ali"
I have never in ell my life seen such
2 country for children" continued Bed
ford went to one house and an old
lady of Sc came out 10 greet me.
You're a stranger in these parts. she
said, where be you from
FROM kansas
The old lady ran TO the door calling
for Jimmy oh. Jimmy, she said.
come out and see the gentleman from
Kansas.
Jimmy wouldn't come"
Bedford wanted to have the good will
of the inhabitants, so he said: Tell
Jimmy to come out and III give him a
nickel for candy"
The mother communicated this temp
tation to her child as she called him and
when Jimmy came out Bedford nearly fell
of his horse. Jimy was about sixty
years OF age and had WHISPERS as long
as PETERS. Jimmy took the nickel and
Bedford stayed al the house all night
7 have often thought since, said the
wichita man, that these people know
more about the secret Of happiness than
we do. They are about 100 years behind
The times or else we have Travelled fast
Their wants are few; dyspepsia IS un-
known TO them; they never heard Of
appendicitis; they can get all the whisky
they want for ninety cents a gallon they
have limbs like steel and a-mor plated
stomachs; they can eat corn bread, home
made bacon and drink buttermflk and
grow fat They have appetites as sharp
as the first breeze Of north pole morn
ing. I saw that Jimmy l spoke Of stow
away enough bacon and eeFn-bread to
XIII Eve Kansas section-hands with indi-
gestiop, and he slept eight hours as
peacefully as a healthy baby They
never saw bicycles. automobiles, electric
light or telephones ard only few Of
them ever saw a railroad locomotive.
They sleep in feather beds. drink water
out of gourds and their only household
adornments are a fiddle and squirrel
rifle They do not bother their heads try
ing to solve. the tariff question or any non
sense Of that kind and wouldn't know
s ship subsidy bin or reciprocity treaty
II they met them face TO face in the
middle of their mountain lanes. The
more think of them the stronger I am
inclined to believe that we have been
living too fast and worrying too much.
don't you2"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17
ou..r Exaeriene. GO. 3. eul.

wichita IS going 70 have . norgrs-
the first real morgue IL this part q
The country. / 3 gill IS building i ard
X zriu be one that the most fsxtidious
would be glad 20 cccupy. This 1orgue
building brinSs ID something funny. Z
anything 81 that Nne could be considered
ana the joke. = very pleasant one. L On
Mr. Gil Twelve years ago ~. GIL
rad 10 idea o. being Al undertake than
the average nan % becoming q czp.sla-
Ike q great mary oshsrs he had III soEa
scezE about the dead he lad . Eoly
horror cf Hsagiea P~rzpz zaf he rssver
lsked 20 look UPON the face q a dead
rerSon ard ne ~zs never ever saxsozE g
- sfe.e near corpse. Mr. en- t-eEar
l.fe a. farmer. became = schsssi tszcheT.
lhen drffted into the real estate suss-
ress ard azzsiv tock = cereal position
with Ton Czrtrisat wher as Szs re