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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-24
Old Timers Latest Poem.

a great many years ago p. A. Locke
contributed poetry 70 the Eagle. lie
moved away. as great many others
did. and nothing was heard Of him tin
yesterday. when. from Granite. o. T.
the following piece was received from
him.
WHERE IS Ny BERTHA LOVE?
I asked the sgubeams as they danced.
Along upon their westward trip.
Say, Have y0u seen my Bertha lover
With nut-brown hair and ruby Hp7
We passed one OF that name today
But she was old and bent and gray.
! asked the zephyr 50 Il famed
Ny fervered cheek at enventiSe:
say, Have you seen my Bertha iore7
4 maid rsoss fair. ~ho Eas my BRIDE
One o. that name passed lis true.
But she was fully seventy-two.
asked the gathering shades q night
u Il had euTtainsd ~ her bed
II nor. Oh. rad i shroUded her
II silent chamber % she dead
No voice: the Fps u night wear dumb.
III wait for that bright moon 20 come.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-24

There she IS. ny quees-tgst tvo DAYS
old Dr. George " G Jones had hts arm
arounG mar IA MS o-acs Showing h.rz
'Eis queen when ar Eagle reporter drop
ped Il one hcz 6sy during the yesk-
DR. Jones queen was . honey be- ~ .
glass hive zhi-h he kegs iz HE o9scs
window. having an opening tnro1sh tss
franz for eg-ess AT ,nzress
u Il wasn't against ths acoepts1 n
s-fact-fh>cry q Dc keepers sd II
Jones. I wouid SsT fhss ny queen rez-
so.s- Dozt say rhas sad - reassrs
because he~ sseperr-isks 1oeso-~-aTs
very mscb tirtd - fh-o-y ard Trey
zoDis isu@h Ct 70. nat queen zzs fzst
fag old Yesterday All g. shs vas
waking 20 az avenue oseT sn that e-s =
r. hlVe. q zo-klns ses-s ssrsy ieski-E
fsiloE-dstnt paT Der Ire proper respect
due 70 royalty After srslx.nz gasf kir
she tlra.d hack and boxed ma ears
sos-6iy- Tbe Ftrsl-s made ( verJ r.ze~ct-
III 5ow % he-s she acknowledge = ard
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-24

They only kill one at a time and he is
generally the latest In the bunch He
VIII be the first TO fan behind and then
the wolf gets him. You and I think we
have some sense. but wolf can give Us
cards and spades and then get his beef
ahead OF us unless we take a shotgun OF
a rife with us The wolf is foxy
chap He won't run near as fast as the
cattle nor cover near as much ground.
He scares the cattle and leaves them
to run themselves down. He takes lei
surely short cuts after them and gets
them when he sets them tagged out. he
cuts the hamstrings on their hind legs
and gets them down This done II is TO
trouble for him to tear hole through
their hides and get at their flesh. The
wolves here lately have got onto the
principle OF cooperation and BY that
means make their work shorter. One
wolf engages the steer in front. This
concentrates his mind on him and before
he suspects the danger behind another
wolf has his hamstrings cut and he Is
their meat
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-24
Her Cab Bill.

Miriam Nicholson is becoming very
prominent in Philadelphia as a dramatic
critic She is just now being quoted
widely for a list of definitions of stage
terms she compiled. For instance, her
definition of Sis o'clock p. m. IS $40,
Miss Nicholson was once in Wichita.
1t was during the Mrs Nation excite
ment and one morning she bounded into
the Eagle editorial rooms, and announced
that she wanted to know something about
Mrs. Nation for her Philadelphia paper.
The whole staff was present, ana Mrs.
Nation being a hackneyed subject even
then, the crowd fell to telling Miriam
about queer things which happen in Kan
sas Newspaper people became acquaint-
ed quickly and the members Of the whole
Eagle force saw the little woman's eyes
grow bigger and bigger as every new
story was unfolded. When it came to
the cyclone stories she held up her hands
in incredibly and protested that she was
not to be considered a tenderfoot to that
extent Everybody had a good time that
morning and when about three hours
had passed, Miriam suddenly looked at
her watch and said:
Goodness ! must be going"
Everybody protested.
But I must" she said.
"Why?" from the chorus.
4 drove up here in a cab" she said,
and it is waiting for me below"
Two or three members of the staff at
the thought OF a three hours cab bill.
nearly tainted and in sorrow Miriam was
allowed to depart.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-24
College Expsrienee Neeessarx.

The boys OF The future who would -
come physicians must so 70 college Dr.
Bowers says il Is absolutely essential
II the old times a h0y could be eppren-
ticed 70 a reputable physician and learn
the profession thoroughly but II Is differ
ent now. The profession = more com
prehensive than Il has ever been Cizsii-
ration complicatss the lis y The world
Il also Increases the demand for doc
tors. The mechanical Development u the
world creates bigger demand sor surgeons
than ever before and surgery is now
the big feature % shs profession of The
physicians Il surgery wider knoWI-
edge Is reaSirsG-knovlsige that must
be acquired II colleges froa SDee12I lee
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-24

Honesty is not always good policy in
love. according 70 q Wichita offscs girl.
She listened 20 the real estate man as
he told his experience TO an audience that
was discussing love one rainy day last
week. Way back. twenty years OF more
ago. the real estate man was a young
widower- Prosperity was coming his way
and he began to think Of a second mar
rage. hut not he SAYS. as seriously
as the public thought ! was" a beautiful
girl Of wen-to-do parents was here visit
ing from Illinois and his heart was set
on her. He took her % the opera four
or FIVE times and she was growing very
fond Of him he had it al fixed to pop
the question one evening and he invited
ker TO so 10 the opera house with him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-24

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-24
TALK OF
THE TOWN

! men Of the surveying corps came up and
the man, picking up a winchester and
leveling it up nicely, insisted that this
here. Mister, is a corner lot and II you
fellows don't think it is. you just keep
on comm and thereu be some of you
all that will not DO a great deal more
work in this here town. The surveyors
went 80 feet west with Broadway and
the gent with gray eyes and the handy
winchester sold his lot for, as he said,
II was corner lot
Another story from the city of Okla
bona is about like this. A man drove
a stake on a lot and prepared to stay
and own the same He. however. had
no tent but was sleeping out in the
open with mis- head under his coat
Some time during the third night OF his
vigil two boomers discovered him. They
owned a tent and as the man was fast
asleep and out in the open they con-
cluded to give him shelter. They pitch
ed their tent over the sleeping owner
of the lot and then turned in themselves.
During the night, other tents sprang
up and when morning came the whole
scene was changed. The owner awoke
and found two men eating breakfast
when something like the following con-
versation took place
, First Stranger-tHello, come TO yourself
have you? Ny. but you had load
on last night. How's your head this
morning."
owner-"where am at. and how did
1 get here?"
Stranger-"You tumbied in here last
night in about the drunkest condition
ever saw. Not being crowded for room
we allowed you to stay as you seemed
harmless. Come have some coffee. Make
you feel better
Owner-''WeI, blankety- blank my looks.
How in the blank did I get so drunk?
I had just one drink all day yesterday
Beats me-"
After eating a slight breakfast the
owner left the tent and finally staked
another claim. After he had located
himself and the two claim jumpers had
sold out they told him how he had been
worked.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-24
cattle Advantaoes Ia kansas.

Tom r Wilson Of KioTz sat OF a box
in front Of the Boston store during TIE
week and told 81 Eagle man OF the eril
OF wolves IN a cattle pasture He has
a ranch in woodward county. Oklahoma
and another n Butter county. Kansas
Leased pastzres in Kansas cost more
than In oklahoma. but L has It's stvan-
tages which equalsze than One q III
advantages IS that there are 10 wolves
n Kansas
It ssa-t that sad M. Wilson II
a wolf would cone 20 ne every tire he
wants some beef wozld rather give
him ten steers. and allow him % maze
his owu selection than fer hi1 80 80
into my cattle r.sssnTe ard pick out ere
4 wolf or two IN herd of isH cattle
car do from s1.-Do 70 s--oo1 damages He
rams them. you So ard n a I'm. a. cat
tie are Tow. they would shrink art iose
81 lessf that much flesh : have kaoUz
. .Ioasss' 10 rla cattle O. 50 n orc
pasture When Cattle see soIf rfeT
Saa< What Is - AID they stampede
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-24

When the Herisons OF Furley-the
Engiishmen who own large landed inter
ests there-g0 back 70 the cd country
they always take separate routes Of
travel. The father goes on one railway
and steamboat while the son goes on an
other. This Is a system Of minimizing
the chances Of both DYING Or receiving
injury az the same tine. Their interests
are so large that they would Re seri-
ouslv crippled should both father and
son Be incaPacitated at the same time.
Their frequent trips TO Europe are al
ways over different routes for this res-
SON
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-24
How to Sell Cows.

About eight years ago Judge Sites was
making a sale OF two COWS TO a farmer
living in this country.
Now said the Judge Il viii not give
you any chance to come back to me with
a kick about those cows and say mis-
represented them to you. Those cows
are mean. They viii surely kick you.
You will neverbe able to milk them. They
will hook you if they get a chance"
Well said the farmer my mother
says to buy the COWS the owner does
not brag about"
Accordingly he bought the cows and the
predictions of Judge Sites proved true.
Judge Sites concluded that the way
to sell cows is to tel l their mean quail
tiles
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-24
Joe Carey Was a Hern-

Cashier c. w. Carey. Of the National
Bank of Commerce. sat in the Office
the other day in a sort of reflective mood
when he remarked:
I have often thought how easy it is
sometimes for a man all at once to be-
come a hero. The case Of young Titus
climbing up the old wall at Pekin is a
good illustration.
When the Wichita crowd was at Lake
HarbOr a few weeks ago. my brother
Joe was there with US and one day he
suddenly developed into the hero of the
place and he owed it partly to his abil-
fly 10 run fast
"One day there was a crowd Of people
sitting and lying on the grass in front
little river that empties into Lake Mona
at that point. The attention of the
crowd was presently directed to some
little boys running down the river bank
towards the hotel. They were yelling
and making a good deal of noise and
finally one Of them yelled help
THE people then knew that something
had happened and thirty or forty men
arose simultaneously and ran down the
river bauic Two women had been in
boat about a quarter Of a mile up the
stream and Of course one Of them had
wanted 10 be on the other side, and
in making the change the boat tipped
one Of them out into the river
THE crowd began to string out as
they ran and every woman at the hotel
who had any children was urging them
on by screaming. %. my poor child is
in the river. Brother Joe is big fell
lew but he can run just the same, and
he was seen in the lead with Harry Con-
ley second and / was next to Harry
sprinting with the very best Of my ability.
1t was an exciting run, let me tell you.
zoe Carey reached the place a good
$50 feet in the lead and by the time
the rest Of the runners had reached
the place and he had jumped into the
water which was very deep at that
place and dragged the woman to the
shore. She was about revived and Joe who
had fallen into the river OF course felt
grateful and all of her friends gathered
around Joe to congratulate him and to
express their gratitude. and all the wo-
men who had children at the resort
had to shake his hand and tell him that
t4AfA Attf 81 5iriA htNdA0t A ttEA NAi4tI
had fallen into the river Nj Carey would
have rescued it,
Now Harry Conley and / are both
good swimmers and we could have taken
that woman out Of the river all right. but
you see Joe got all the glory because
he could out-Tun US. Joe never hesitated
q moment when he reached that river
bank. but he just sailed straight into
the water The lady would have been
drowned in a moment more"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-24
Stopped Runaway Horse.


Oscar De Bruce. who runs a grocery
store on East Murdoch avenue was sit
ing out in front OF his place Of business
a few days ago when he noticed horse
hitched to a dray trotting rapidly up the
street. There was no driver in sight and
Mr.. De Bruce thought the animal was
running away so he made haste to stop
him. In the wagon was large refrigera-
tor. and behind this the driver. a negro.
was squatted, the refrigerator shielding
him from the hot sun. Mr. De Bruce stop
ped the horse and the driver raised up
from behind that big box and said: VIVA
you doin' thar. Mister? Stoppin' my hcsse
right under my nose. when ives goin'
long peaceful. Lemme GO
The driver clucked to his horse and
Mr.. De Bruce retired crestfanen to the
shade OF his grocery store
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-24

Dr. George y. KessIer was coming
IN from one % the extreme western Kan
sas fifteen Of twenty years ago when
that country frst began settling Up. He
had a good team and wagon. Along the
road he caught up with a German who
was carrying bis belongings on his back.
He was bearing an awful burdens bur
Gen a. heavy as a mule would like to
carry on his back
Stranger. where are you Eoing7~ ask
Cd Kessier
To wichita" said the German sui-
Ienly
It's long way
Yes. know a.
Wouldn't YOU Ike 70 ride
Yes. well enough. but I won't
WHY
Simply because ] arr a dam fool for
ever coming out into this country and
n don't punish myself Tor 6, may for
get my troubles and come or; here
again
The G-snan walked back 10 wiohisa
ard he Is here yet
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-24

The mistakes of rural justices Of the
peace are often told. but Judge Walker.
Judge pro TEN OF the city court. has
the best story that has been related for
long time. He tells of a justice OF the
peace in Indiana. fifty years ago. when
he sentenced a man to the penitentiary
on his preliminary. The prisoner did not
know but that he was getting ali his
legal rights and accordingly was started
on the road TO states prison. After sen
fencing the man, the justice went 10
the county seat and was told that he had
no right TO do as he had done. He dis
patched a messenger after the prisoner
who overlook him after he had gone
100 miles, and informed him that and the
officers accompanying him that the jus
tice had exceeded his authority.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-24
Kick for MEMS Rinhts-

Billy Schnitzler is losing his admiration
for women IN general and Tor First ward
women in particular. because they are
careless in observing the signs and an
nouncements In the street cars. Notice
is posted on South Main street that the
three rear seats are reserved for smck-
ers. This Is before every woman's eve.
but according 70 Billy schnitrler the
ladies have an uncomfortable desire 10
occupy these very seats. He is against
IL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-24
he Would Be a Earmer.

VIII Beatty. the veteran travelling man,
says that knighthood of the grip rs not
what it used 10 be and Gus Wells con-
firms it. Mr.. Beatty has been on the
read twenty-six years and Mr.. Wells
twenty-nine. In the old days, when the
knights were scarce, they had much more
fun more honor and more business per
capita than now. They received better
salaries and more liberal commissions
and expense accounts. Now there is sharp
competition and the world is not so easy
to the boys. Now there are, for in
stance. eleven wholesale groceries in the
southern part of Kansas. in a small sec
ton along the Arkansas valley, and about
n dozen in Oklahoma. All of them have
travelling men and the business is very
badly cut up among them. VIII Beatty
says that IL he had his life TO live over
again he would be a farmer
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-24
INQUIRIES Indicated Biz ImmIaration.

Michael Koehane thinks a great real
estate boom will begin about September
20. He believes that at about that time
a big immigration Will set in for Wich-
tia and that the demand, especially for
land. Will be unprecedented. He bases
his opinions on inquiries and correspon-
dence from the cast which is larger than
ever before and shows a keenness for
information about times in Kansas which
denotes a desire to locate there.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-24

4 man ven; into Harry Dockgn1's q
few days sEo ard asked for soft drink
for RS wife
What favor asked the cfsrk
= doa't know. guess VII fsl~Dhoue
ard ask her.
-Eoz are you going 70 izze y 20
her,
4 ~cr', take II 70 s.r; Is dirk 81
for her here
The nan exp3sinsd that bis ~ifs tel
ephonst 20 hira yzviux tz&t BE wzs 81
TO-: ready % collapse WIKI th< beat as4
for hfn1 90 take = cois drink for her. u
was case q sbse1t treatment.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-24
Grand countrx pown Here.

A. NJ Reichenberger the lang king OF
Sedgwick county. and his brothers-Nich-
olas ana Peter-have returned from a
visit to their mother in Doniphon county
and bring many stories OF interest from
where they were boys thirty and. in one
instance, forty years ago Man for man
and team for man, said A. NJ. Reichen-
berger 10 the Eagle. n Sedgwick county
farmer earns more in ten years than a
farmer in the northwestern part of the
state, although the latter is nearer TO the
market and has the advantage Of lower
freight rates. Myself and my brothers
have done better than boys similarly
located in Doniphan county and we spend
more money than they do
They have fine blue grass up there and
we viii have it here after awhile You
and I viii. hope and believe, live to
see the tiIae that sedgwick county Will
become a vast blue grass field. il will
be the survival Of the fttest and Will
chase out the Wild and coarser grasses.
We have a great country down here.
but we want TO go away from home
occasionally 10 fully appreciate it
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-24

She sent back a note or acceptance ard
between the lines he could read as plain
az daylight that she knew his purpose and
was ready TO accept him. 1t made him
very happy. There was a great demand
those days for farms and the gentleman
in question was doing a thriving business
on them. The day Of the opera house
engagement he had two homesekers on his
hands and he drove them out to near
Eutler county line. He made the sale, re-
turned. made out the papers and COM
piled the deal. About y O'Clock that
night the face Of his sweetheart appeared
10 him in one of those sweet lovers
dreams and then he remembered. for
the first time in all that day. that he
had an engagement to take her TO the
opera house. The balance of the story
is this. He says: 4 FASTENED 10 see her
next morning. I was honest and inno-
cent in those days and I told her that
in the rush of my business I forgot about
my engagement with her. To my great
surprise this angered her and was frozen
away from her presence 1 never again
had an opportunity to pop that question.
1t is the old story of fortune knocking
at ones door but once
Il thought you had better sense" said
the Office girl. why didn't you tell her
that your wagon broke down cut in the
country and you couldn't get back in
time"
That's So. said the real estate man.
after long pause and then a listener
introduced his favorite hobby that lying
oftentimes is a rare rirtue.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-24
Three Largest Naples In Town.

In front of c. II. Lulings and Judge
Dale's residences on North Waco avenue
stand the three largest maple trees in
Wichita. They are monsters and beau
ties. The main street of early Wichita
was this part Of Waco avenue and the
chances are that these trees were the
first put out by Mr.. Munger at the very
start OF the town
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-24
Il was : Corner Lot.

Old inhabitants of Oklahoma City tell
some remarkable stories Of the early days
Of that metropolis Of the southwest. The
writer being curious TO know the cause
OF a 5o-foot jog 10 the west OF it and
the intersection OF Grand avenue and
Broadway was treated 10 the following
story which he was informed was gospel
truth
1T does look strange that Broadway
should jump atty feet or more. doesn't
fl? Well. that was caused BY q pair
of gray eyes and winchester. The
surveyors had staked Main and Grand
avenues and We're stalking Broadway.
Wen. when they came 10 where that
five-story building now stands they
found very quiet. gray-eyed msn seat
ed on a cracker box smoking a pipe and
apparently taking little or no interest
IL the general hustle that vas going
on about him- The men with the chain
approached the quiet gentleman and was
going To drive a Grade stake when h.
OF the sedate appearance stood up and
allowed that he wanted 20 know what
that there stake was for. and he was
then told that il was the center Of
Broadway. Center be blowed. This here
5o-foot space is a corner lot Then
there was some argument. The other
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-24

turers and demonstrators. No boy can
now get creditable start in the profess
sion for less outlay than 5000.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-24
His First Panama Hat.

Cash Henderson wears an s. Panama
hat and it is genuine. 1t was brought
from Panama by some revolutionary refu
gees and Al Biting. who now keeps a
hotel in New York, got onto it for him.
1t is as good as some of the hats that
sold during the season. in the east for
so. 1t is almost as good as that one was
priced 10 him for SIPS. Mr.. Henderson is
not wearing a Panama for the first time.
Just third of a century ago they were
the style in this country and Mr. Hen
derson being young man in society was
a dresser from away back. He was the
first young man IN his set TO get a Pan
ANA hat and he paid at that time SIS
for 1t.