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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-13

Mrs. Clara L Sewers. IG Washington
avenue, has received letter form her
sister. Mrs. Ida Drawn. OF Mcpherson.
who is now travelling in the Holy land.
The letter Is dated at jerusalem and in
part Is as follows:
Dear Sister;-I vii try 20 write you a
letter this evening from old Jerusalem.
but not my happy home, for I much pre-
Ter Kansas 20 this city. I never before
saw so much poverty. suffering snd dis
tress as we see here every day. The
worship OF the people is hssthenish.
We have been her just a week ard
have been to most Of the historic places
We had a nice trip on donkeys Tuesday
We wended our way entirely around the
walls Of the city. and then &c the garden
OF Gethesame. Net Monday our ship
starts for Cairo and VII ARRIVE there
Tuesdsy
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-13
Wheat Field Is Mad.

That What field which the Eagle ex-
plotted last year is certainly rubbing It
in on its critics. This wheat field, it will
be remembered was located just east of
Chisholm Creek and nearly everybody
who passed it found fault with it, finding
something which would ruin it in the
way of smut. rust bugs. lack OF mois-
ture and so forth. The wheat, as his
tory records, yielded abundantly, thus
putting everybody to rout. But the wheat
field was evidently mad about it, for on
the same ground there IS now a luxuri-
ent volunteer crop of wheat. which II
undisturbed VIII make a fairly good
yield.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-13
An Old Country Fair

In 1854 Mrs. R. A Sanderson OF River
dale came from Ohio to Wichita and IN
less than a month afterwards she at
tended the Sedgvick couny fair. She
was in the habit of keeping diary and
she wrote her impressions OF her new
home in it few weeks ago she was
looking over the old diaries and this
is what she found in the one she kept
IS years ago.
In company with two % my friends
we drove twelve miles TO Wichita. Wind
blowing high. We went TO the city be-
fore going 10 the Fair grounds. As we
were crossing the bridge over the Arkan-
sas river. the wind had such a fair sweep
that We had no easy time keeping our
hats on.
The Fair was held on the new Fair
Grounds The fence halls. stalls and wells
were all new. The halls containing the
various displays of merchandise were
well filed The Ar Gallery had a fns
display Of designs IN architecture repre-
sentiug a great variety Of school houses.
villa residences and public schools. There
were a number OF very fine specimens
Of plain and ornamental penmsuship by
2 Z Brownlee. \ splendid drawing n
crayon or an engine and tender Ct the
St Louis. Fort Scott end Wichita Rail
road By Ed s. Mead There we're displays
az photography BY Rogers. Baldwin and
Ostergran. and some VERY Inc crayon
drawing by Mrs J. II. Knapp Thee
was also very handsome painting Is
Mrs 4 II Nc Eee. representing farFa
house ard surroundings - Virginia.
SIX WORMS from Iowa. the cocoons ard
carded silk The threat snd cloth we're
on exhibition
The horticultural Hal was the most n
terestlug. for that heard that corn 81
Kansas grew ears as big as stove wood
ana Jumbo" pumpkins and mammoth
vaterm ellons and ] made Speciality -
iesrnias ais that I could while rassinE
through thss ham n the 1rait depa-t-
ment there were twe tables each 81 feet
long. loaded with fhe fHest display -
apples. peaches pears. Dl.1uas ard GRAPES
20 be seen anywhere 81 the west on q
limb THREE feet in lengtn. shere were
nineteen pears named Wear q Wsks-
aesd one hundred varieties - aG1'ss
IN exaibst5oH. so7ae n-easUriug iss1 Inches
- circumference one 81 the largest
pears weighed = ou1ces TIC Heath
Clsaz peaches were the 1nsst on s1Eiat-
tlou. Gre 11a. iaraes iE csrzu r1feTrnrs-
Also q wztfrzss. aa EfiEHlrE g ruuotsz.
There we're q number - fas3ieEls ssetgh-
iar az the uas frem = 81 = peers. Er
wagon goaas - caFl we're e0 eAAlass.s z
thar sre-- large ard weI ul1saEel ya-
inz ssom = - e bushsis CT rhe aere
Ehft rsn tlat E4e shts asanx tfs
Arssrsss riser EeaE sas s4r VS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-13

z. F. Burchfeld. the prominent stock
and grain man at Anthony. Kansas.
came to Kansas from the state Of Ten
nessee. He is a large dignifed man and
a fine sample of the old school southern
gentleman. He Is frequently among the
stockmen called Frank. Duke OF Anthony.
Mr.. Burchfield does not waste very
many words in foolish conversation and
when he talks he says something worth
listening to. He told a reporter for the
Eagle a few days ago that the people OF
Kansas did not understand the colored
people. He seemed TO think that there
was a good deal or wisdom in an ex-
preston that he had read from County
Attorney J. F. Comfy some time ago that
there ought not to be too many negroes
rushed into the penitentiary for trivial
oTenses. H. thought their previous con-
dition Of Sc vitude ought to be consid-
cred.
Mr. Burchheld said he was raised in the
state Of Tennessee and ne thought he
knew the negroes pretty well. He said
while they were given 10 committing II
small ofIenses which they probably
learned when they were slaves and the
present generation had learned from their
slave parents He had never known a
negro in Tennessee who was Inclined 20
commit henious crimes.
I used TO know a negro by the name
of Oran Whitaker" said Mr. BurchfeId
who lived near by fathers farm. .Oran
had an irresistable desire 10 steal q
chicken and ] doubt Il he ever passed
q chicken roost of a dark night without
moIesting the chickens. The neiCh5ors
had him arrested once and sent 70 prison
for stealing chickens but even that fall
ed 10 cure him Of his weakness.
z VIII ten goa a little STORY about
this old negro oran Whitaker that viii
Illustrate my &dea about the negro.
had quite number a. mules on ny
fathers farm and one day I sold a lot
OF them and set eight hundred doliars
in cash Il occurred 10 ne that people
would know that I had sold the mules
aud that somebody might enter the hoase
when was away and steal the merey-
An idea occurred e me 90 head that
CT. put the money an tat0 a glass fruit
jsr and At night ! went ont ard turned
over the ntbbcn oct by the 'front.' gate.
That was q big bi0ck which Ne used ~
climb onto 20 mount horses Nhel We
rode on horseback Well I ssaled - rhe
glass 5ar with the MONEY In il and ba-ieI
&, under tie big block ard then pat Tie
block back on its piace-
severed DAYS afser b;ryizE that no.sy.
T Vert away .rcui home ard ll tha after
aoor my mother was startled ~ olI
}ran Nhttsker rHsh3rg tato the Als~
s. lth th-t iar - uGouss apaef Ess arrt
fle So sase s-a9a Ass E1rsI Pc
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-13
ENIp PAYYs a compLIMENr.

The Enid Coming Events pays the
following compliment 10 the "1ome
Gossip" page Of the Eagle:
THE Wichita Eagle prints "Home
ossip Page" In the Sunday morninq
EDITION. It is a peach and Z ticker
FOR the Wichita people. There is no
ekimmed milk about 1t, but it con-
tains the richness of humor. the
Depths Of pathos and soul Of wit. The
Eagle Home Gossip Page, is compos-
ed OF "reminiscences, adventure, qos-
sip and philosophy, and is a bright
spark from a glowing fire. Wichita
people think there is nothing like the
Home Gossip Page and look forward
TO 1t every Sunday according to the
Wichita citizens we talked with while
an Wichita last week. The Home
Gossip Page has attracted attention
ard interest ali over the country and
far and wide it is read and preserved
by the reading public. The stories of
early life in Wichita and current mat
tiers of interest about the city are in
tereStind, indeed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-13
He Was Rhodes Neiohbor.

! Nhile most of the people of Wichita
were reading the bequest Of Cecil Rhodes
( 10 America with a great deal of interest.
there was one man in this city who was
reading it with more eagerness and
greater understanding. He lived for three
years in the same neighborhood from
which Cecil Rhodes dug his millions.
lie has stood on the edge Of the mon
strous diamond pit which is in the shape
OF bowl that measures a mile around.
and from its mighty boundary has
watched 5000 Kaffirs FAR below him. so
far they looked like mere dolls, work
ing with pick and shovel. digging out the
precious stones. the proceeds Of whose
sale IS now beQueathed to the public
good. Here in the Kimberly diamond
fields he has seen men grow rich in an
hours time and leave the desert with
diamonds bought from some daring thief
This gentleman is Charles Oliver. who
has been in Wichita for q number Of
wears and yet few know of his eventful
lfe
Today he Is running a bottling works
opposite the Court House He might have
have been a Cecil Rhodes himself had not
his wifc's health compelled him 20 leave
the field where great wealth is gained
So quickly with 50 little labor Il was
while she was sick that Mr. Oliver had to
cal in "a doctor ana he called in the only
one in the town. DR.. JAMESON. q young
physician from England who had bought
out the doctors business. 1t Is this same
Doctor JAMESON who attended Cecil
Rhodes and tried every way 20 save the
noted Englishman.
Il tell You he was a fine young doctor
said AR oliver 70 a reporter for the
Earle yesterday He told me that he
expected 70 make money enough in FIVE
years To retire Il he stayed st Kim
berry"
ar. oliver went 70 South Africa from
Truro a town ia the western part OF
Eneland. lie was born an Nineveh the
Iau Of which Jonah predicted. His faith
er and mother were of English blood
Il IVES while his father q surveyor. was
IL work Tor an English company that
hs Yves born n this historic SPOT.
Ike married and went r. England Cd
business proposition and when Re got
there DE started hotel can the Trans
wal
y had sbou- seventy beds in ny es-
tah,iehnc0r said Dir. oliver. '-hat the
rooms in netels there diTer considerable
from these here in this country. The
ftiton between escn room was a thin
er asa rua up n ab7ur q foot - the
TBS allowed gne cir 70 gst
ter7eh the enIire b1fdlng and helped
~ ar.e Cut The terrible heat
tsH you thar IS great coaairy for
,ourg men. There are great o7-ortari-
tIes fa- them down therc
ln speaking ~ the Eanirs. ~ aesroes.
who work 81 the mines. 9lr ol-rer saes
fhey have terrible iarEe fret taAout f,ot
ena ha}f III leaslh1 sad tael- toss a-e
eevv eggl Nhsn rhev discover 8 3ia
r-r1 81 KS rclk snd INSIDE up shsfr niaa
~ ste4l 1he stone t1es wtil wosk NJ
-as-r toes 81 erue- q 81, ho.3 rr st
excl wl-he't tne hess c4seEllg rhesn
- Nhfe at wark. tae st1on ostr -g
is .re arss aaf - ~ a-sr asr3
$500 tre hfs $50 ra6 "a tho lers-
~ vafEl lhe ts ald ts1t hc
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-13
Ninety Years, Of Life.

Living al the home Of r. II. Rose. 157
Laura avenue. is Mrs cynthia Ashton.
who was born August 5. 1872. and who
can tell many interesting stories Of the
olden times. Though she has been bed
fast for four months and though her
body has finally broken under the strain
Of almost ninety years Of active llfe
Mrs. Ashton is stin vigorous of mind
Unlike many who live TO an advanced age
she does not look back with regret A.
the good old times. bar enters heartily
into the spirit OF the resent.
The story OF Mrs. Ashtons life Is a
interesting one. Born on the frontier
in Kentucky. she has seen the develop
ment OF the great west and experienced
the hardships incident 70 life Of pioneer
she still has clear recollecuons or the
time when the sound Of a locomotive was
unknown. and the Indians roamed the
prairies Of Illinois whittier she went with
her parents when zhe was FIVE years
CID
When she was twenty-rve years old.
Miss Jones. for that was her maiden
name. married leonard Ashton. who was
Is veteran OF the war Of isI3. and who vss
many years her senior. lie had been
married before and had children BY bis
FIRST wife almost as cd as his second
wife
Z rode on tie first train from Decatur
IL. TO Chicago" said Mrs. Ashton. 70
reporter FOR the Eagle. IN. railroad
was then called the Illinois road but u l.
now the Chicago ard Alton.
Il have NOT had more than SIX months
schooling ID my entire life. II tire
early days il Illinois Hcncels we're not
80 plentiful as they are now ard the
Children had 20 waik graf distance.
us mother VS. member q TIE Meth
odist church ard many TINES has Peter
Cartwright stopped ~ CIR house % spend
the night Peter Cartwright VIA TIE
greatest preacher eTsr heard
ID the early days there ser. mary
T16ians il car part q tie state bot they
never naelesfed "a
Mrs Ashton has mszT z7cis-t reiics
p hsch she considers - priceless Ore e
a cfHcs BIhie Elven % her ~ her father
ws.er shs vas nye ysars cd This roiu-se
IS shout fHo inches loEC. one .nCh u4ee
ard tfr@e-ggurths - a. facH tack -
1ortai7s BIZ q fsw chapters ~ tils Estle
suea fhat childrsa car rezsiiy nu6eretar1
ard - Ifgztrafs8vfh TEX psesfursz-
fhe 5esves ars s.8Ehi,y Essisw
re hack s. stiu a. god state = rressr-
satloa and i nay - = ere fanny -
erzts-rses 81 core
Aaossar rslic = fss 20 tines i
sascr ccaab zLrh Mr. asAfsa verf b.
fer t- wta ste ua-r - s harsee.e ar
Fhe saanz s-af,h The esnh ss zra1a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-13
Miss jackson the viollnlste.

When Miss Jackson. the violiniste play
ed IN Wichita, the other night one man
in the audience said: She lacks just
one thing to be the best violin-player in
the world; IL there was man out IN
this audience with whom she was in
love we would hear greater music than
We ever heard before. She would be play
ing to him"
In this connection curious little story
was told while the young vioIiniste was
In Wichita. II was that her mother does
not permit her to meet members of the
opposite sex, the mothers idea being
that her talented young daughter must
have a mind single to her violin. and
that any chance love affair would divert
her from an unfagging pursuit of her
brilliant work
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-13

George Cuban tells this story; During
the osttlemen's convention. Jake Miller
and a crowd came near being run over
by cowboy who was riding nery
broucho: Jake yelled Take that horse
hack. or III smash him over the nose.
p.d yo- say asked the cowboy. that
you'd smash my horse7 Il did said
Jake. and III smash YOU. too" IN a
1iny the cowboy was c1 his horse and
made for Jake who raised lsrEe index
finger and remarked. II meant next
week The crowd roared With laughter
at the cowboy who climbed on his sfsed
and rode away. red In the face.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-13

Warden Jewe't SAYS that every man
who is let out of the penftentiary has =
different feeling when BE sYEf gets outside
the stone sails One man said - him.
after be had bceu OUTSIDE fer several
days. II have curious sensation. -
walk about. an continually surrTissa
that q zig stone wall doesn't rsovs W ~
front % ne and stop ny progress
The other day = -rn wso tas e~en
in Tor shoui ffteea vssrs vas taken r.
tire prison gate ard iet &C. Tie stoppsd
stalk SIN sae iookssE iufs ne sisfaacs
exclaimed 'Heayezs but asn't fhis word
= fGz ore
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-13
Property Paid For.

The square between Market and Law
renee avenue and Douglas avenue and
William street. which has a frontage Of
6o0 feet. is entirely free from debt with
the exception OF 100 feet. The mortgage
on fifty feet viii be lifted IN about two
weeks and the owners OF the other fifty
feet have the money TO cancel their mort
gage. but their creditors will not allow
them TO do so. The fact that such a
valuable square in Wichita is practically
free from debt is ample proof Of the solid
foundation on which this city's prosper
itY is built.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-13
INCIDENTS
AND OPINIONS

Leonard Ashton quarter section II Cock
county. III. The deed IS written on psrch-
neEt paper which has long since turned
yellow
Mrs. Ashton is not the only one OF her
fathers family &c live 20 an advanced
age, for she has sister il Illinois whom
Is ninety-two years old and = brother
in the same state who Is ninsty-four.
Mis-. Ashton has but two children Ora
died in infancy and the other. now de-
ceased. was the first wife or R. NJ. Rose.
az whose home Mrs Ashton nov ives.
Mr.. Ashton died IN 1Ssi. and his wife has
since remained widow. she receives
a pension Of Sc month by virtue Of her
husband being in the wsr OF isl2
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-13

Two fBzny stories q wictita ted ffs
oth-r day IL a group. Tbs crs1isaitT -
certain man 81 = country neirhtaFhsoa
wss being attacked Hls -aras sss
Isaiah snozes FsaallT = nan vas pase-
81 on tie STAND ard fhfs saaasiassl an
took psare
Tor krow IssfzA sDorws
Yes SIR
Where = Isaiah s.oETs re-T
he e 6ss4 ~ pressHt-
TIE ether sforY "a ssa1f iswTss ~
sss in whssh . lsTRs tfiex hgGslnx
wss saralv~5 us lsxT~r zEsst fhe 49,
ness fhis assstieH
.-a-hzs sps1s Il ar. sess fsls sasleisE
ya-s scssN ecca7E
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-13
Surname La Teeth.

Nestor Moore was down in New York the
other day to buy a stock of teenth. some
two or three thousand dollars worth.
Commercial teeth arc made of porcelain
and come, whole mouthful. strung or
little piece OF wax. While in New York
Mr.. Moore discovered that America is
now exporting teenth all over the world,
and he believes will eventually he the
great manufacturer OF them IN the
world.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-13
The Applause Club.

There is talk around town OF organiz-
ing an Applause club. This is TO over
come the frigidity of Wichita audiences.
The idea is that meritorious work should
receive hearty, vociferous acclaim. The
business Of the club viii be to publicly
endorse all good things on the stage at
the time by vigorous hand-clapping
Bruce Priddy is suggested as president.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-13

grounds selling bead work The people
hack in Ohio have a very favorable opin-
ion Of Kansas and think that this Is
starvation COUNTRY. What I have seen
does not look like the people here are IN
q starving condition I have only been
here not quite a month and I am pleased
with the people and the country. and
this state shall be my future home.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-13
Saw Revolutionary Heroes.

=. c. Pa1son Is one OF the oldest men
ia the city. He is the father OF Airs. L
y. Singer and IS in his teEth decade. He
remembers a long time back and Vas
acquainted with many heroes who fought
In the revolutionary war. He Is getting
very feeble and he does not think hs has
many more years 70 1--we.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-13
Suggestion to hunters.

Gerald Yoik suggests that these
sportsnen who hiring down rare birds.
when they go on their hunting expedi-
tons. but who do NOT kill the fowls.
should donate them 20 the Wschits parks
where they would for-a an attractive
museum. Many OF the hunters are cous-
PEELED TO leave the rare birds behind them
as they have no use for them
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-13
4s Theatre Advertisements.

Dr.. Yoight received during the week
copy OF the ~Beriiner Morgen Post"
which contains a picture of Miss Alice
Roosevelt and fine wrtte-up OF the
presidents daughter. There are only
four pages IN the paper and none OF them
is much more than one-fourth as large
as a page of the Eagle. There are forty
eight theatre advertisements on one page
which shows that Berlin is good show
town
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-13
Condemns Football Brutality.

Charles Paxson the veteran telegraph
operator is an uncompromising foe OF
football brutality. He says that since
the inception OF prize fighting there have
been less fatalities from that source than
during the last two football seasons. Dur
ing the past fifty years only seven have
died In the prize ring during the football
seasons Of 1901 twenty-three have been
killed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-13

gives all he picks up TO the head man.
These native Iaborers are regular giants.
When Mr.. Oliver was asked why re
didn't get job as boss he smiled and
said Wei, 1 didn't want any such job
as managing those monsters"
When 1 left the Kimberly diamond
fields" concluded Mr.. oliver. my wife
and 1 came away in a wagon drawn By
two dozen oxen. There was no railroad
there at that time
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-13

The other day Mrs.. James Walton ef
Kinghsher was IN wichita accompanied
by her two daughters aged three and
FIVE. They had walked up and down the
streets locking - ire brilliant show win
dows. when the oiesr girl iookea W 70 her
mother and asked. Mamma. % yuu
suppose heaven 10 ar rice - Wichita
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-13
II Was a Good Joke.

When Orville Boyle was in Chicago this
last week he met several of the big mus
ical managers. The manager of big
orchestra said to him:
Lets see. your town was where Nor
dica sang into the telephones. WASH
it?''
Mr.. BOYLE acknowledged it was.
The manager laughed heartily and said,
1t was a good joke. a great joke-and a
good advertisement"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-13
John earnets on Good Roads.

John Garrett. tbs hog buyer for Armour
at the Union Stock Yards is native OF
Kentucky, and like most Of the people
from that state he always retains warm
place in his affections for the old Ken
tuck
Mr.. Garrett was sitting in the scale
house at the yards the other day and
while he Whitfield a nice piece OF red
cedar wood down to a fine finish. he ex-
planned to some OF the boys that the
good road movement in this country orig
mated in Kentucky. He insisted that the
best roads in this country were in the
blue grass section Of that state.
Mr.. Garrett said he was looking through
some old papers one day, that had for
merIy belonged 70 his father when he
ran across some certificates of stock in
a macadamized road in Woodford and
Fayette counties. He said his father had
put money in the road and had been
given stock. He sent the stock back to
Kentucky but never got anything for it.
He said his father had often told him
how the roads were built in early days
in Kentucky. The county would make an
appropriation not nearly enough to build
the read and then allow the corporation
TO build It. The law regulated the grade
and the tolls on the road. Whenever the
tolls paid more than six per cent on the
money subscribed in stock the company
was compelled to lower the tolls and IL
there was one bad place allowed TO re-
main iuthe road so that teams were CO.
PEELED to leave the road and pull round IT
all the gates on the road must be thrown
open. This would discourage the COM
panies and in time all the roads built in
this way were abandoned by the corpora
tons and thrown open to the public
Mr.. Garrett thinks this law of the state
was the foundation of all the good roads
In the state OF Kentucky. II learned
the people TO build all the public high
ways on grade and the result was that
people have roads on which it is COM
fort TO drive and on which they can
haul heavy loads