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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-21
knansack Eull of Straw.

/ Hank Heiserman. the general secretary
! Of the local reunion COMMITTEES, tells many
stories Of his war experiences when a
/ bunch Of old comrades drop in TO talk
reunion and incidentally tell incidents.
! The following is one of Mr.. Heiserman' S
latest
While in camp one winter there was
a great deal of drilling and parading
He was memDer of General Woods bri-
gade and often would come the order.
Brigade Inspection" and every man
would have to turn out with every bit
of his equipment, blanket poncho. haver-
sack and kitchen utensils, enough to have
broken the back o. a donkey. Mr. Heis-
man says and during the spring months
this got rather tiresome carrying this
big load around on a hot day Most of
the brigade inspections were nothing more
than brigade drills and Mr.. Heiserman
bethought himself to lessen his labors
and he filled his knapsack with straw
and thus paraded for several days.
One day there did come an order for
brigade inspection that was the real thing
and after parading past the command
ing officer for some time Mr.. Heiserman
in a cold sweat all of the time. for he
knew what was coming. the brigade was
ordered TO open ranks and unpacl1 the
knapsacks for inspection. This every man
did and Private Heiserman pulled out
nice big pile OF straw.
OF course some Of the other fellows
laughed and when the officer of the day
passed along he stopped. looked at the
soldier then at the straw and finally
called the colonel Of the regiment DO
him and said. Colonel. how does it hap
pen that you allow your men to keep
these rats nests in camp. Look better
TO your men. sir. Sergeant detail two
men to take this fellow TO that stone
house yonder and fiji his kuapsack with
bricks and have MIN march before the
coloners tent for two hours loaded with
bricks The sergeant did as ordered and
Private Heiserman marched up and down
the path in front of the tent carrying
what he verify believes was a ton OF
bricks.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-21
Scientific Jottinos.

Taking 80 feet as the greatest av-
earge dept at which reef-building coral
can live. how much material IN the shape
OF marine deposits and what time would
be required 10 bring within the requisite
distance Of the surface 20 afford a base II
operations FOR the coral polyps Sixteen
tons of chalk are contained IN "a sea-
water 90 feet deep and mile square
and this material may be- utilized by the
chslk-ammacuies for shell building pur-
poses. II this amount of chalk were
preciDitated over square mile the layer
it would form would he less than .toI
Of an inch. The tenth OF sn inch would
az least De the outside umit Hau long
would such an agency take % build 3d. "a
base for coral rock from The sea arnihse
Hsilprin's calculation throws some nrht
CT the problem Every year Tho accun.-
ulation on the ocean bod would rot exc
coed one-nine thonssndih ~ an inch la
thickness. giving about one foot ~ fhiek-
ness ia about every IecUe yesrF Then.
81 foundation has % Dr. balif ap from
Il depth OF CO feet to the uui ~ CORAL
life IL would require sevtnte-rYe f8thora
o. material 40 least and ~ the Pate ~
accumulation just rieen Such an erection
would require e eae no Years
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-21
f. B. MPRPHY
Thinks Jeff Was EInnu.nt

{ Speaking Of the Confederate reunion
+ to be held in the connection with the
G A. r. President Nafzger Of the Fourth
National Bank said yesterday that ne
would never forget the last speech Of
Jefferson Davis when he left the United
States Senate TO go TO his state with
the Southern Confederscy. He considerti
it one OF the most eloquent things he
Lad ever read. Here Is one passage that
he was able 10 repeat.
A great man who now reposes with
his father ard has been often arralgned
Tor a want OF feeltv 70 the Union advo-
Gated the doctrine of notification because
il preserved the Union It was because
n his deep seated attachment 70 the
Union. his determination 10 ind some
remedy for existing evils short Of the Sc
verence Of the ties which bound south
Carolina 70 the other states. that Mr
Calhoun advocated the doctrine Of nui-
location which he proclaimed 70 be peace
fui, 10 De within the limits u state
power. not 20 disturb the Union but ofl,
60 be means of bringing the agent
before the tribunal Of the states for their
Judgment 4 secession belongs q a dIf-
ifrent class Of remedies IL is % b.
justified upon the basis chat the states
aye sovereign. There vas time when
rome denied II hope the tine nay
90 M again when a better comprehension
Of tae theory % Cur government and the
if'aiienahle rights ~ The people ~ the
states wii prevent anyone from denying
That each is sovereign and thus NAY
reclaim ;he grants vhicn = made 20 any
aEent whatsoever
IN the course q nv service here. as
sccfated q; liaerent firnes ~ifh great
variety n senators see now around
me seine with whom had serv~s
erE- there have been aeints ~ collision. +
.ut whatever ~ oTense thsre has been 20
NJ leave here J carry sim me 10
hostile enhancement
Whatever orense / haze given so-
sklch satiefacsion has ncs beer demanded F.
have. senators. IN TIE hour q or part
IS. u oser ar apoiogy FOR any harm
-hich. IN she heat q discussion. ! have
lficted- e. hence un4acuus berei u
.ny infury received ard having aischarS-
g The duty u making the Only repsrafloa
q ny power for any iasury oGeres. ID
-0u a naal sdteu
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-21
Some Effects Of prosperitv

1t has been noticed by some close OBJ
servers in this city that one of the effects
of this wave of prosperity is to make peo-
pie fat. They weigh more pounds now
than they did when the finances of the
west were not in the favorable condition
that they are now with the balance OF
( trade in our favor.
] Now there is J. Z. Howard. re has
1 gained several times ten pounds since
times have become better and people are
/ eating more hard wheat flour During
! the last yew years since it has been con-
ceded that the packing business has come
TO Wichita to stay Fred Dold has widen
cd out and taken on considerable more
pounds of flesh. Then there is Ed Vail.
/ John NJ Moore. Joe Miller and w ID.
Throckmorton who are living proofs of
the theory that good times make people
fat
Since the farmers and business men are
all able TO pay their notes in banks
promptly. A. G Jobes has gradually be-
come fat and now that people are able
TO enjoy good coal fires during The win
ter season instead Of eorrstalks ike
they did away back in the seventies
George Walker is getting fatter every
day or course there are exceptions to
all general rules. Now there are J. L.
Dyer. 7. R vermflion. Bruce Priddy and
Farmer Doolittle Who would refuse 70
set fat 81 J. Pierpont Morgan was to
turn his millions over 10 them.
There is another thing about The good
times that has attracted the attention OF
the boot and shoe men and the owners
of Tho big clothing houses. and that is
that when people get fat they wear out
more clothing ard mere shoes The TAT
man with his heavy weight twists his
shoes ont ~ share and he is always rip
ping his trousers and coats. That makes
trade FOR the clothing men ard that is the /
reason that sam Hess has increased sew /
efal pounds IN weight ss the times have 4
become better
II is the true philosopher who sits down 4
and takes things as they come but the I
average man is not a philosopher Re j
irets when times are hard and fails 70
sleep at night and wastes his aesh but
when times set easy he becomes satisfied (
ard grows fat
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-21
Ne Use for Pcstaae stamps.

A lady living at Ponea city comes 10
town three or four times year 70
shop. \ lady cousin lives here ard she
knows so exactly the time her oklahoma
relative viii come that she goes 70 the
depot 10 meet her without having heard
from her by wire. letter or other than
mental message Both ladies have known
each other ali their lives and for ten or
a dozen years lived together. Two years
ago the Wichita lady started 70 Ponca
City 10 visit her cid cham and relative
She wrote informing her Of her intended
visit The Ponca City lady WAS visiting
at Geuda Springs and did not receive the
letter. but the intent Of her cousin reach
ed her telapathically ard so certain was
she that she was not mistaken that she
left there Saturday morning FOR horne
and met her cousin on the train II Ar
kansas City.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-21
Cited an Exact Case.

While Dr. Matthews was in the smelt-
ing works in Pueblo recently, q young
artisan sought TO show him that Colo
radios use of the waters Of the Arkan-
sas didn't affect Kansas quoting the
investigation recently made by a COM
mission of COLORADO professors who fol-
lowed food down the river and found
that by the time it reached Arkansas
City it had disappeared. Or. Matthews
told the young man that his argument
sounded good. but it was in the greatest
error; that Colorado had first squeezed
The Kansas sponge and then when water
was poured on it. affected surprise that
4 took the water up He cited. for proof
Of this condition the case of Mr. II c.
Perry OF southwestern Kansas Perry
was a Chicago man who bought a vast
tract Of land in southern Kansas. He
found that his crops would not grow
without moisture. and he resolved 20 dig
a ditch from the Cimarron river, seven
miles away. TO his farm. This he did.
although it was a great undertaking. He
put slight dam below his intake and
turned the water into his ditch lie
watched the result almost with anguish.
Tor the water moved slowly into the
ditch and disappeared in the sand. But
the next day he found that the water was
moving towards his farm surely if slow !
ly. and dav BY day he found the capac- /
fly Of the ditch for holding water in {
creasing. in fourteen days the water had I
saturated the walls and bottom OF the
ditch and the stream had reached the
farm. Now the point is TO follow. II
took fourteen DAYS for the water TO
reach the farm the FIRST time Now,
when Mr.. Perry turns the water of the
river into the ditch. it reaches the farm
IN seven hours.
If Colorado viii let the natural nor
mai stream come into Kansas. the satur-
alton resulting would not let a flood dis
appear The reason The flood disappear
ed. was because Colorado had stolen the
waters until saturation has 20 large
extent disappeared. The case cited by
Or. Matthews is one directly in point.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-21
GOSSIP FOR HOME PEOPLE

eyed sons OF Nepolne and Asnphitrite who
dwelt in Sicily and hammered iron with
Inc venerable Mr. Vulcan under Mt. Act
IA. 1t Is the universal rule of Nature
TO regulate the physical organization OF
man and beast--ard even the trees. vines
and herbs-as their necessities require;
and it IS a cineh that in this age Of the
world-with bicycle and automobile fiends
going heller SHELTER and thOughtlessly ev-
erywhere-that man must have eyes so
that he can see beyond him as well as
before him. Nature. Of course, isn't go
ing TO do this in one or two. or three
generations. This can be proved by the
fact that n,en still have in the corner
o. their eyes a remnant Of those optical
curtains which they used to keep the
mud from binding them when they had
not yet Developed legs and hands and
we're crawling N the mud like eels and
" orms ard other creeping things She
has also been slow in getting away with
the hnger-Taails which are of no unearthly
use and wdlich. as matter of fact. have
never belonged TO man in his present
developme nt Nature is mighty slow with
her changes, but the Wichita doctor in
question says that the widening apart of
the eyes is going on more rapidly than
any other development. 1t is a sort of
hurry-up order in the repair labratory OF
Nature for the inventive genius of man
IS making it very necessary. 1t is doubt
ful whether Nature can follow her course
around the corner with mans eyes, for in
10 time the flying machine will be here
thing 10 look upward in order to keep
his silk hat from getting mashed. Before
the rabbit was nice thing TO eat he (
had eyes like man, but as soon as he /
become an object Of chase and wanted to T
see behind him Nature took a kindly /
interest in his welfare and gave him a 1
chance to look backward without having
to lose time in Fubber-necking.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-21
saw Ancient Leuend.


nad been almost al Ter Colorado, -
/ said O. Il. Bentley, except what is cali
ed the Loop trip, which goes up Clear
! Greek Canon. This year. being with my
! wife in Denver We concluded to make
the Loop trip. So we boarded a Colo
RADIO southern observation car and were
soon steaming towards Golden and
Georgetown. IN the first place Colorado
has tkis year suffered with a prolonged
drouth- II has been 50 dry in Colorado
Springs and Denver. that the water com
pauies have limited the use of the hose
to The time between and 8 p. n. A
very short stay in those towns
was enliyened by the talkative news
/ Roy who persisted il pointing out the
main sights in the scenery. He called
our attention TO Mother Grundy." or
The Old Man of the Mountain" and
various other matters accessory to his
persistent sale of views of the same seen
cry. Clear Greek, 50 long and well known
q rushing. powerful stream under the
prolonged drouth has dWindled 10 q very
ordinary stream. It's feeders and various
branches heretofore running pure cold
snow water are now dry and parched,
the whole eastern slope of the Rockies
is in the same condition. Notwithstand-
ing all this the scenery is fine The loop
above Georgetown is a fine piece of rail-
way engineering where the track climbs
the mountain Of Silver Plume. The crags
rise lar above timber line, where is seen
the eternal SHOWS of the peaks. and here
above the face of this grand and sublime
scenery, where the tenderffoot would ma
turally expect 20 see the mountain sheep /
leaping from rock to rock, l saw sign
OF giant size, and upon it this legend:
schlitz Beer, the Beer that Made Mil /
waukee Famous" and l said to myself |
1t is only one step from the sublime to |
the ridiculous
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-21

one seeing Judge Hook or the bench Il
the federal court would take him for q
mar having perfect control Of his nerves
He sits there IS calmly as a soul cloth
ID IN air. - a scientist remarked Re
Gently His perfect conposurc IS fasci-
hating He can sit Tor week without
shrugsinS his shoulders and his coat
hangs - gracefully from his shoulders
AZ the end q a DAYS work as u did when
according 10 court tradition. ~ came
OCT Of hand box in The morning Rat
the Judge hasn't such perfect control
Of his nervous system when on the street.
From the Eagle ofice observatory q
writer for the bird saw him making a
diagonal line across Maru and Douglas a
few days ago and he acted as II b. wa
never before in a big city IA seemed
to think that the street car schesuie had
been made out and tined purposely so
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-21
strike Of Hungry HamIets.

=
Louis y. Simons iawrence boy, now
travelling out of Kansas City. was at one
time in the show business as manager
of a band Of thirty Thespians whose
whole existence was literally filled with
some strong drink and hope for more
on salary nisht. Louie is cute and eau
tious i'm his way and when he found out
that il was becoming somewhat eXpen-
sive TO furnish real chicken, sure enough
cake and homemade pies. and every
time he put on n banquet scene, he sub
s1ituted paper-made poultry. hard rubber
cake and cenuloid pies for the real deli
cacies. hoping to save his properties from
destruction Tor an indefinite length OF
time. But he didn't know the .-lracity
of a hungry Hamlet. ard one night just
before grand banquet scene was going
10 DE thrown. he was waited upon by his
leading man and informed that unless he
produced de real ting Tor lunch scenar-
les he would have 10 slough the shop
or set other people
They were good people. 50 h said. and
wouldn't stand for no fakes sec Il
VI ouid be de real stun or no show, dsts
all,
Il was strike ali night and Louie did
what other captains OF induSs@y would
do under certain conditions. ne capimlat-
ej and promised proper fricssee. angel
food, asd merange ak every sitting there
after. reServing for himself The visht 10
purchase his dehcacies when and where
he pleased. which was a saving clause
that saved him many an casie. for there
after Die only did business with bakers
= ne carried shoP-Vorn stock ard butch
ers who lie aboGt the age OF their poul-
.~,-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-21
INCIDENTS
AND OPINIONS

he is attending 70 business ssae-ally
finds short way to X. - Ih-t when be
has 70 60 70 the postosics. he Simply Sizes
10 the extreme northern end II the step
which Is next 10 TIE pavement and walks
diagoaaiiy up The eishs. as a crt-on to
the nearest door. He wants 70 set
there" ard he does. lie may not be say.
ing the government any material by his
direct fight for his mar but he's saving
some time and msking q ilsEic money.
hence the aoilows he nas erected and
the excavations he has built in the solid
rocks 10 the rythm OF his footballs as De
pushes ahead 10 thrift and importance
The excavations have been m;ed. the
hoiiows DESTROYED by liberal use q
new material bat even this must pass
away" under the tread of impatient bus
lie. and it will not be long before the
wearing away" even CT the stone, VIII
again Re seen
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-21
Quarter 5rckn In Two.

Stealing happened 70 be the subject
spoken OF in one OF the classes IN Lewis
Academy last week and Miss Sarah Nor
cross. one OF the professors told the
following happening during his college
career One day she brought a quarter
10 school and placed t. in the crown
OF her hat lining when the work az tho
but it had disappeared. She remarked
about II 10 some OF her schoolmates and
the next day when she started 10 leave
the building she found a note pinned
TO the crown OF her hat and two dimes
and a nickle inclosed. The note said:
Your nickle fell out OF your hat and
when it struck the floor il broke
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-21
TRAVELLING With a Menaoerie.

well known Wichita woman accom-
panied by her husband, got aboard a
Santa Fe train last Friday for a swift
ride TO Wellington. Besides her husband
who deposited in two double seats a load
of freight she carried bird cage a hat
bcx, some dry goods with a shawl-strap
attachment, a case containing a cot, and
eighteen smaller bundles. presumably con-
taining her lunch which evidently con-
sisted of doughnuts. weinerwurst. pies.
chicken and other staples of the grocery
Just as hubby had squeezed his atten-
uated shape into a snug corner of space.
and the bell rang for all in his other
half bawled out staccato George did you
put Percy (another dog in the baggage
car all right? III hate to think he'd been
forgotten"
When the overworked benedict arose in
and yelped back:
Yes. I've paid one slick quarter for
Percy's ride in the baggage car. have
likewise put Billy. the goat, alongside
OF him. The parrot is there also. and
maybe the herd of guinea pigs. I have
forgotten nothing. Have you?"
Did you fetch the monkey and lynx,
the giraffe with the rubber neck, the
camel with the bump. and the Bengal
tiger? Have you forgotten the cage of
snakes, and the pretty zebra, the white
mice and the behemoth That sweats blood
Say. the next time you go over 3O-mile
trail please take the whole menagerie.
YOu'H feel lonesome if you leave a spec
linen. Travel with a sure enough aggre-
cation on anthropological atrocities and
be right for once. Great Barnum
Then the lightweight flung himself into
the smoke house and the lady painted the
entire trip
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-21
Received a TeIepathic Messaus.

Last Sunday evening At the moment
Ralph Mofat was so badly hurt by a
train at Hayesville, being between the
tracks while a long freight passed over
him. his father who was at his home in
tbs city quietly reading, heard a pecu-
La noise. II was that of a steam whistle
an il appeared to have been in an
adjoining room. He went IN there TO see
wat it had been caused by and found
nthing there TO satisfy him as to the
MYSTERIOUS noise. 1t was q doleful whis-
Il and it remained in his ears quite
q long time. II so alarmed him that
ven he heard OF his sons misfortune
, realized at once that it was a tele-
Tthic message from his boy at Hayes
lie
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-21
~ g. Re Chanaee.

\ Wichita physician heiieses that II
obedience II the great law or adaptation,
peoples eyes are sradusaly moving
around the corner ana that IL Is only a
Question OF Jime-siN or sel~n thousand
,ears-tiu people VIII have eyes like rsb-
lits sticking out ca the SIDES Of their
heads where their TEMPLES are now. with
the additional Development Of the tenn
pies outward. So that the ewes VIII rot
be DISTRACTED by the ears. I5e also thinks
the ears VIII diminish Tor the reason
thsL they wiB not be SC necessary after
side eyes are provided. The gentleman
in question has observed from ancient
sculpture and paintings that men : eyes
were not 50 FAR apart 2ooo years agc
as they are now. Strangely enough this
student Of optical DEVELOPMENT believes
that there IS mere truth than poetry in
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-21

that every car on the system would run
over him at the same tine. For five
minutes he was the victim OF hesitation
and doubt and he looked nerYously to the
right and left ana behind him. He halt
ed for bicycles 2o9 feet away from him
and The careful distance he placed be-
tween himself and a well hitclied COW
pony, gave the impression that he thought
the critter had hind legs sixty feet long.
After much nervous lodging he reached
the sidewalk and resumed his mathe-
matically precise iocomotion again. The
Judge, as a good Republican. should not
feel nervous before the condition he
found in Wichita's commercial center;
il is Republican child-Prosperity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-21
Grant snooI Of Thread

The Eagle once has the largest spool
of thread ever brought Ia Wichita Il
weighs 100 pounds and cost a whole
lot OF money. 1t Is estimated that II
rolled out It would extend from the cor
ner OF Main and Douglas avenue % The
court house al Winfield with enough
left over 20 run over TO Wellington. II
is the first spool Of thread that large
probably in the state
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-21
"a With a Hiatory.

Tiv Sexton has received hat and a gun
from his brother who lives in Washington
state that have q history. The brother.
a former Wichita boy. was with the first
volunteer regiment which reached the
Philippines and took part in fifty-six
engagements with the enemy. on his hat
he made a record of each engagement.
something like an Indian winter count,
end the result is that it looks like a
herioglyphic block from an Egyptian
monument. The gun he recaptured from
a Filipino who had captured it from an
American soldier.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-21
Not a Christian.

One Of the pleasant incidents OF our
camp this summer on the Frying ran
river" said O H. Bentley. was 3 ouis,
conversation carried on at the noon day
meal IN which Eliza Throckmor;on and
Frank Wood took an interested part
Eliza is z years old and Frank Is nss,