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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-04
INCIDENTS
AND OPINIONS

them n TIE Office when they could as
well 90 that al home and drop them In the
nearest street box
Several days ago the reporter saw a
young lady can At the post-ofnce ana
buy a stamp. She was rather . prepos-
sessing. wei dressed young woman. she
was apparently much absorbed in her
writing when another woman apparently
about her 2ge came IN ard waIked ar
behind her and looke6 owes. her shoulder
az the letter
The letter evidently did not please her
for she stepped 81 front OF the writer and
gave her singing slap fl the face with
her open hand Kissing you are writing
TO my husband" You Her said The
writer snd there was a scene In thar part
Of Uncle Sans building The two women
began 10 quarrel in a louder tone OF voice
when Frank Fisher slipped out from the
registered letter table AID told the wo-
men thar that they would set into
trouble Il they made a scene in the post
Office and they went out onto the Market
street walk. Their loud words could be
heard after they got outside but present.
IS they went away and none CT the gov
tell the reporter for the Easie who they
were.
Deputy postmaster James Mccoy was
the only one 70 offer an explanation
He said. Those are eviaentsy both coed
women but I do not remember % have
seen them in the office before. though
they may have called many times.
think that woman who looked over the
others shoulder did il out Of pura ccrl-
osity and perhaps she is naturally Of a
Jealous disposition and the other may
have commenced her letter Dear Jake
and believing that there was only one Jake
I'm the world ard she Jumped to TIE con-
clusion that the letter was intended Ter
her husband"
When some man sits down on one Of the
benches in the o1lce and appears 10 10
interested In a newspaper or Sits down
10 one Of the tables to write q Ictter w!th
his hat pulled down 20 shade his ewes.
the experienced reporter nj once concludes
that he is an outside detective waiting 1T
once 20 spot his man. Ia may De Pin
kerton man or post-ohlce detective wait
ing TO see who calls for letter which he
himself has written.
Some people imagine that n detective
must be very bright man in order to
keep the newspapers from getting onto
his schemes re is = rule a smart
fellow, but the best detectives arc net
the least biz afraid II newspapers. They
tell the reporters that they arc on a tran
and ask that their names De kept ous
of the papers and they promise lust as
soon as they have located their ran thew
win give Up the whole story. There were
a number Of detectives in this city from
the outside when Dunn made his escape
but nobody ever saw one Of their names
published. when Wichita detectives ex-
pect to spot man 81 the post-oGice they
select a stranger for that work because
they are known and their presence for
any length Of time about the pest-oGIoe :
would attract attention.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-04
Rare Old French Books.

Henry Ozanne recently received lot Of
French books, left to him by his father
who died. They We're the property Of
his grandfather, and are we'll preserved
which shows that they were well cared
for They also show that Mr.. Ozanne' $
grandfather was a man Of refined lier-
airy taste. for the books are of a high
literary value. one of them is Historic
Universelle." which was printed in 1872
being now 100 years old. Many of them
are works on military science and one Of
them is beautifully illustrated with pic
lures showing the styles Of French milf
tary uniforms for several hundred years,
in fact since France has had an ORGANIZED
army. Mr.. Ozanre can read French as
easily as he can English and he enjoys
the old books.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-04
Definition Of asuccess.D

While the visiting committee Of the
board of education was visiting the pri-
mary grade of the Washington school,
Rodolph Hatfield, member Of the com
mittee addressed the children on how
to be successful. After using TIE word
success many times it dawned on
hir that possibly the children did not
know what the meaning Of the word
was. Accordingly he asked al who knew
what the word meant to raise their hands.
Several hands went up ana Mr. Hat
field called on one little girl who seemed
anxious 10 define the word. The child
said: 1T means when you DO not have
your spelling lesson.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-04

While there are no rented pews in the
First Methodist church. yet there is a
tscit understanding that certain seats
arc reserved for well-known Old people
who are always present. even though the
weather is so cold that the young people
cannot stand the exposure or so hot that
the high school girls think they viii die
Deacon Smith always sits on the south
end of the front seat on the second row
of seats from the south wall and ~ n.
Stucley sits on the first front seat on the
north side of the center aisle. This Gus
tom of the two men is almost invariaale
aud it is seldom that those seats are
and it is seldom that those seats are
taken before the old men arrive.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-04

UP WITH tAe money fln2iiy wers 20 The
Newspaper ard wrote 3 lengthy obituary
Of McGarvy saylag tsss he WAS dead.
and seating that ~ was formerly a gall
LIANT so}1ssr Anoan 10 msay ia the arEay
CT Texas.
Upon ee@i7s back en- the next trip
AfcGarVy snes the Captain very stinly and
without many vo=ds hs1oe1 hln TIRE
tweuty Et Cnrls1sau refused l. beg
eius -scGarvy g excuse him. say.ag Re
did ao, koaw h.m.
'whstT said Mecarvy. you do1t
know jim Nccervy7
No" said CHRISTIAN. J3a was a gal
laat soldier in my campaav. truthful ana
honest 7 leaned aim twcnty dollars
some months seo ARA Re tnea declared
that ie h. waa rex co tsc wharf with
that money on my retsn "trip ( would
know thar Jisr was dead Peer Jiul.
You 60 resemble Jius bus ~ IS dead on
his ows uerd Z know have even written
Up BIS DEATH ana Hsst0ry II the papsgs.
Eyes. dang sen. cars. said Jin. the
fo,ks have written bushels q letters
wanting 90 knew u I was deaG am
broke or stamps sake wear morcv, capt
Yea PLAYED re an awful eirty tries-
NO Keep II saM calsst.an- You are
nor Gin. Keep SEE
~I.o7& here. sald Jim. eCaptaln ChHs-
tian. can les So. am jim alceavrv.'
NC, i never Gelgt corpse. said Chrls-
t.au. rcr gh1t
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-04

"Greeeie IS the aare ~ cat in 2
T. AEcrne's dug store-the hlaekest cat
in town. There isn't q white halr a. h.m
and a man who woal5 rub his bumped
back three tires coafd 80 Up against any
faro table in the state. ~Greses s.
named after q prominent Fourth avenue
coaor-d 7eident and was invoicei n SIR
Aherne by Georse Paraam nse every
fixing in the store. Greesic IS ah aero
battle cat ara does tricks w.th witb 5 v5ll-
tngress and good humor thst is as-oa-s a-
Ing. His favo-ite trick IS n vaik har-
izontai lar. hack downward. ana BE does
the trick about afty times day Nj
Aherue saws that SO far Is he knows he
is the only cat ii tie weird that does
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-04
- - Motormen.

Superintendent Morrison of the street
rauvay stated 70 reporter for the EaE,e
that many Of The officials II The dc-(inle1'
lines are practical rlotoneers- THIS feet
is evidenced IN this C.ty- Superintendent
Morrison can run r ear rs well as the
best motorman on che line, ana Manager
Nelson also understands how % handle
the brake and controllers There is q
chance for advancement in che street. car
business as WEI rs IN evervthine else.
alr. Grow. who has heea a motorma2 in
Fant Nnrrisan
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-04

Several years ago Blind Boone was
riding in a Wichita stree car. when some
one called home by name.
An Irishman who was in the car who
knew the pianist said TO him And be sc
bliad?a
Yes. my man" replied the negro mu-
sic,an. Il am blind.
Wen. I guess can eive You quar-
ter. said the good hearted I:ishman-
Blind Boone thanked him but said he
had enough money.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-04

Ton Patterson who IS now taking such
an active Part in the investigation Of the
Philippine war methods as a member Of
son o. this city are old friends. The first
law suit Col. Hutchinson had was in Indi-
ana and Tom Patterson who was then
a young attorney, prosecuted it for him.
Patterson's parents were Very poor and
the senator is the architect Of his own
fortunes
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-04
Coed Year for Monuments.

The monument business in Wichita IS
booming and all the marble men in town
are esjoying a boom. That it is the re
suit Of prosperity is witnessed by the fact
that mostly all the monuments being
made are for those who died previous 10
1880 and for some who died as early as
1880, These are made for families who
could not afford to buy them ten years
ago. Many Of the monuments are elabor-
ately carved, trimmed ana decorated. The
granite monuments which seem to be the
latest style come dressed from Vermont
but are carved here in Wichita and the
local industry is a growing one.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-04
May RevoIutionize Egg Trade.

May Revoiutionize Egg Trade.
The story in the Eagle the other day
about the large amount of money paid
out in this city every year for eggs has
caused a great deal of talk about the
egg business and several men since. that
time have been heard to say that they
were contemplating the starting OF a
poultry farm.
J. @. Sherod is probably the best posted
man in Wichita in regard TO the egg busi-
ness Re says the great egg trade is
mostly a development Of the last twenty
years It IS not very many years ago
that eggs were packed in barrels in cut
straw and that method was very ex--
pensive but since the cold storage plant
and the egg cases have come eggs are
handled much cheaper than formerly.
Some of the papers are claiming that
Armour and Swift are threatening to
monopolize the storage of eggs but it is
learned that there are firms in Chicago
that handle more eggs than either OF ths
packers.
The big dealers in eggs Mr. Sherod
says are constantly on the lookout for
some invention that VIII still further rev
olutionize the trade and the egg dealer
never knows when some fellow wiz come
along and knock him out Of business with
Some new discovery which VIII be pro-
tected with a patent. There is already
a new invention for handling eggs that
may prove important.
There is a firm at Springfield, No. that
is putting up what is called the erystaliz-
ed egg. BY this process the eggs are
taken from the shell and submitted to
some kind of evaporation process and the
contents crystalized. 1t is said the com
pany made fortune last year and there
is no telling how the business may be
enlarged. The company sent the crystal
lied eggs to the gold camps at Nome
and in the Ilondyke regions and 10 the
armies of England in South Africa and
they are always fresh and ready for use.
It is claimed that Armour and Swift are
takins the eggs from the shells and freez-
ing them in buckets but the dealers here
say that there is not much profit in that
because they viii not keep any length
of time after being taken out.
There is one thing not generally under
stood by farmers and that is that eggs
which have been washed in water are not
fit to pack. They win not keep. The
same is true of eggs that have dirty
shells. The dealers say that the best
eggs are obtained from chicken raiscrs
who have clean poultry yards and clean
nests for the hens.
What is going to be the outcome Of
the Springfield process is now what is
interesting the egg dealers. The process
as yet is a secret known only to the
company that is putting up the crystal
lied eggs. Tt may be that in a few years
farmers viii be putting up their own
crystslized eggs and storing them like
wheat to be sold when the market suits
them best. When that time comes peo-
PIE viii order their eggs from the grocery
store by the pound or the package and
they viii always be fresh like sugar or
salt.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-04

Farmer Doolittle got a hard jolt this
week. He claimed that the longest known
life Of cat was fifteen years and from
his statements on such questions there is
no appeal lie was taken down a peg or
two when John Thompson, the barber,
called his attention to old Tom, a cat
that has spent twenty years about his
shop and was no spring chicken when he
first made it his resort Olda Tom is
thought to be nearly thirty years old.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-04

Judge Wallis Office door has new sign
and it is Thomas 3. Wall" For gener-
alton he has been known at. 1T. B." and
comparatively few knew his first name
All his signs heretofore have been T B.
Wall and he had this one painted with
his first name in fun for change. Long.
long ago the boys of his acquaintance
used to call him Tom" Now everybody
calls him Judge" but Bob Nef of Okla
homa, who sticks to the old name.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-04

John Y. BIoffat before his death became
a spiritualist and, it is said, was adj
vised by mediums in his large transac-
tions To his friends he used to relate
some marvellous stories Of visits from the
spirit land and Of materializations- He
was constant visitor at the house of
well known medium at Kansas City when
he had any big deal on hand.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-04
Wallis Story of johnson.

Last week Judge Wall attended in
Nation, an anniversary celebration CT
the old college Platolnian society. Among
the folk present was Governor Johnson,
the famous lawyer Of St. Louis. At the
banquet Governor johnson pointed his
lance at Judge Wall several times and
Judge Wall when his time came TO speak
told his story Of Governor Johnson. Mr..
Johnson had client once for whom he
the client asked what the fee was. John
son said: We'll, as I knew your father
wei and ne was a riends of mine,
shall charge you only $500 The client
counted out the money and said: Wei,
here il is. And I want to say that I'm
all fred glad you didn't know my grand
father, for you'd bankrupted me"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-04
pav Of snonnes is Gone.

Sponges have gene out Of date-that
is. the marine sponge. A local druggist
said yesterday that he does not sell one
Of them now to where he sold ten a few
years ago. THE people. he said. have
and many have an idea that some sponges
have been thrown away at hospitals. pick
ed up by Italians. bleached and placed
on the market again for sale. The fad
row is the wash cloth which is sold in
the dry goods store and notion stores.
The day of the sponge is gone"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-04
Reduoed 70 : Skeleton.

Otto Koch who. at one time was the
finest on the force, is now said to weigh
not more than ninety pounds. he was
IL Wichita during the week enroute to
Germany and was absolutely unrecogniz-
able By even his closest friends. When
he was policeman he weighed more than
two hundred pounds and was fine spec
linen OF healthy manhood. rheumatism
has reduced him to a skeleton.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-04
Ridino on a windv Dav.

one of the hardest things a hicyclist
has to do. leaving out of the calculations
the times when he has to walk several
miles because his tire has puncture.
is to ride on "a windy day- OF course If
he rides with the wind, he goes Ike an
express train, hut one local bicyciist has
said that the wind IS always blowing
In the direction opposite to that in which
he desires to 80.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-04

When the Goldsmith store was closed
Wednesday in order that an might at
tend the wedding OF the proprietor some
Of the friends OF the groom surreptitious-
y printed large sign and hung it On
the front door. II reads Gone 20 be
married
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-04
Better Than the Passord.

Doctor Stanley Hodginson, although an
Englishman. can say and see some hui
rnorous things and has wit besides. Re
Gently his business carried him out TO a
dry town in western Kansas and being
tired and weary sought a little refresh
Tnents He heard there was a hole in the
wall somewhere but the trouble was a
password was necessary to get into it.
"WeI." said Stanley. 1T is folly to bid
the devil good morning ill you meethim,
and away he went In pursuit Of the tiger.
Three knocks and q scratch at the door
brought the keeper TO the peephole.
Password he asked.
Ny friend" said Stanley. Il don't
know anything about your passwords.
but am an ia gle ara a buffalo and ex-
pect 10 be an Elk next week.
The door few open and Stanley beheid
q tubful Of life prescrvers on ice.
a man who is ell right enough to he
an EAGLE. a Buffalo ard a prospective
Elk, sold the cork pullor can have
anything he wants IT this dlsDensary-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-04

George Turpie. the golf professional Of
the Country Club can remember whom the
game was PLAYED with balls made o.
pressed feathers. These balls have
now almost entirely disappeared. and he
says they are readily salecsle to colec-
tors AZ $50 each.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-04
His chcclls No. 80


the chief ambition Of the village of wich-
tia was 10 secure the cattle trade. James
Suss was a conspicuous figure on the
streets and at the Douglas avenue hotel
He was q model Texas cattle man who
did not wear big rafting spurs ana car
ried his revolver under his coat. He was
a fine broad shouldered man of about
thiTty-1ve years Of age He had a herd
Of cattle out on the green pastures Of the
Minnesota taking on fat and when his
COWBOYS wanted good clothes to put on
style, they went to the Oak Hall Clothing
House on North Main street at that time,
presided over by Lee Hays where Suss
credit was good for any amount of cloth
Ing
In those days cattiemen were game
gamblers and they played for big stakes
and they never squeaied if they lost At
that time the principal gambling house
was on the present site Of the Kansas
National bank. Tt was q two-story frame
building with a porch over the Main street
walk and the gambling house was in the
second story. and the saloon was on the
ground floor.
That evening when the sun was sink
ing into the prairie away out west Of the
Cowskin. brass band came out on the
porch in front of the gambling house and
played until long after dark. When Mr.
James suss sat down that evening at
the Faro table and pulled his broad-brim-
med hat down to shade his eyes and
cailed ior Thousand collars "o''" ~
osleeAs' the COWBOYS ana "iol''a 9i'oi'S
gathered around TO see me game
It was the rule in those days not TO
ring the game of while player was
loser and it lasted all night and the next
morning suss was seventeen hundred dol
lars loser on the game He went out and
got his breakfast and then returned and
took his old place at the table. present
Ing a check for eight hundred dollars
for checks. The dealer did not know
about taking the draft but Suss sent ont /
Tor Lee Hays who presently came in (
and told the dealer that the Texas man
was al right
He bucked the tiger all day but was in
bad luck and at night his eight hundred
dollars was gone. After supper he came (
IN and took his place at the table. He
had now been playing for twenty-four
hours and was starting in for the second
night He presented check on bank
at San Antonio for twelve hundred COL /
larszfor checks. Lee Hays was sent for /
again for there was now new dealer at +
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-04
TALK OF
THE TOWN

he's a bishop" The other little gil,
after profound study retaliated with:
We've got the bestest hen in our yard;
she lays an egg every day I'm" said
the bishops daughter. that amt nc
thing Ny father lays corner stone
every week
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-04
wiohita Dry Goods CLERK Once.

Harry Tmmons, III editor Of the Usage
Nation paper, the Pawhuska Journal. and
now one Of tie leaders of the Democratic
party in Oklahoma, was once q clerk in
Munson and NcNamara's store, now the
store Of George lines & Co, in this city.
lie drifted from here TO the Usage Nation
n a spirit of adventure and became one
Of the big chiefs" there. He was one
Of the shrewd fellows who tied UP to Bill
Cross at the End convention and cast
the eight votes Of the Usage Nation for
him every time the roll was called.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-04
Hen End Bishop.

Judge Wan told this story the other
GAY and re The crowd 1t was new. Two
little girls were playing on the lawn.
They were daughters # diviaes arI one
of the little girls said. My father preach +
Is better sermons than your father. cause
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-04
Howe,s At.aek en- he PIano.


Ed Howe in the Atchison Globe prints
the following:
NOTE. The following letter was re-
ceired today from Victor Murdoch. and
The editor hopes that SIR Murdoch win
not o5tect 10 seeing II 81 print II was
written on a lazy sunday. ard il is
Heart To Heart talk about musici
Ny Dear aIr. Howe:
Two items In recent issues - The
Globe provoke this. the items aboct Pad
crewski The G~st item was that when
wichita permitted three women t. kncel
ar the recital she feI down in slavlshly
Initiating the East The second item vas
about one-fugere5 plarisss
The FIRST s. wrong: the second glitter
Ing correct.
TIE fasuti1r scene. think you ought
10 know about H. IN she first place.
PaGe-evssi looks IKE farmer. which
sri-rris Wichita His hair IS che color
~ CO. r7-ea wheat straw attcr four weeks
~ Iu,y saa has slightly h'eached g. IT.
et7a1 ~ Being g. any way q physical freak
he IS hroad-zhcul5ered and hull-neel-e1
Ills demeanor IS frz~id- 7 slid ~ - Chiea-
g. several ree,zs ego n hear hu ard IL
getting ri -ha eease n the iuleruiss'oa
ne stepped OF his own feet an5 sfuutied
twice lie doesn't lock IKE pianist
,Ivsvs first on thc pr7Eralrie. b. pNts
e.s ~ E=etho-ers ssratas. Ease se-
uatss are rr1st-haef. shev are not cus-
taf3 n u.ace SIC The average audience
1~rs -aI-r thra- lie eaFe Wichita one
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-04

that ever was organized vas the one al
Venice which stood for eight hundred
years. This bank carried the credit sys-
TEN to It's extreme. You would deposit
$1,000 in the bank. You were not at
liberty 10 draw it out. But you could
issue a check TO John Jones on the bank
for a $1,000. Now Jones couldn't draw
The money out either. He could simply
issue checks against it. The original
deposit could not be disturbed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-04
GOSSIP FOR HOME PEOPLE

that trick; for be it known that a cat is
harder to educate in the art OF trickery
than any other known domestic animal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-04
THE EAGLE.

Topeka Capitals Kansas Notes:
The Wichita Eagle has just passed
Its thirtieth anniversary, and cee-
brated the event by Installing 4 hand
some doubIe-deck press of the latest
and best improved pattern, super-ced-
ing a perfecting press which was all
right a few years ago, but which has
been outclassed by the progress Of
the town and its old home paper"
IT will be interesting to many to hear
that this excellent daily was once
printed on an old man-klling Wash
ineton, like these that are yet doing
duty in some CT the smaller country
offices. But that was thirty years
ago, before the days Of railroads in
Wichita, and almost before the town
itself was fairly born. The Eagle
IS entitled to the scream Of triumph
1t gives over its own progress, as
well &C the development Of the en-
pire fer which it has Iabored SO earn
estly all these years.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-04

Kos Harris Prize Sank.
kos Ifagrfs believes that The best hank