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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-09
Stole His Own Net.

Three years ago. DR.. J. il. Fuller. q
this city. was 5shing in the Walnu- river
in Butler county. The state law lid not
allow a fisherman TO uso a net except TO
obtain fish for his own Use. and Or. Full
Ter used net in this legal manner. The
state fish warden knowing that Dr. Full
Ter was using a net, decided TO play a
practical Joke on him and sert the deputy
game warden TO the camp TO arrest those
who were violating the fsh laws.
The deputy aid not krow tina, a Joke
had been planned and he meant business.
soon after arriving in camp he became
acquainted with Dr. Fuller. and the two
went boat riding down the stream. The
water had ebaed away from the banks
and after turning a bend IN tho river.
the doctor was astounded &c see his net
in the channel, IN PLAIN sight or everyone
who should pass Tls tried TO turn the
boat 50 that the deputy warden would
not sec fhc net. but his attempt was IN
vain. Ire deputy saw the net AMI ex-
claimed.
There's a net We VIII get the fellows
now"
There was nothing for the doctor 20
do but T. assist the deputy in taking the
net out o. the river. and 10 hsip him hide
it, That night Or. Fuller stole the net
from IT'S hiding place.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-09
Oldest of All Doqs.

Captain Jones had an argument with
a farmer last Saturday on the evolution
Of the dog and the farmer gave him a
few pointers which the captain did not
believe at the time. Captain jones
thought the greyhound is a higher de-
veloprent of the commorer dogs and
insisted that he is of comparatively nod
ern origin. There IS where he was wrong
according TO tie farmer, who said that
the greyhound is the oldest known specie
OF the dog family He says that among
the Egyptians the greyhound was well
beloved and that he figures in the pic
toraI representation on the most ancient
monuments. He also says that the gray
hound was the best beloved dog of the
ancient Greeks and Romans. The Romans
loved the hound for his great speed, but
ne was loved by the Egyptians more for
his keen sight. Captain says that while
the farmer seemed TO know what he was
talking about, he is yet ia doubt about his
accuracy. and is looking for man who
can confirm the classic origin of tho
greyhound.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-09
Den Of Wild Beasts.

Within the borders Of Sedgwick county.
is a jungle which covers over forty acres
Of land and is inhabited by wild animals
secured from pursuit by the huntsz 1t
might furnish a local Rudvard Kirlins
material for an animal story.
The jungle is located or the Windsor
ranch, six miles south OF Garden Plain.
About fifteen years ago John and Addison
Windsor, the proprietors OF the ranch.
planted an Usage hedge grove on their
land. for the purpose Of having a storm
break for the protection of cattle and
also in order to get some timber.
Now the Usage hedge has grown into a
Jungle, the trees Of which are > feet
high, and are close together that IN the
summer time when the foliage is fun. no
one is atle 10 see into the interior No
man can enter the jungle without having
his flesh severely Iacerated by the thorns
of the hedge.
While men cannot enter the Jungle. yet
coyotes besides thousands of squirrels,
coyotes, besides thousands of squirrels.
on MANY nights, 1he coyotes and vCives
steal out Of their dark abode and devour
the turkeys and chickens of the neighbor-
ing farmers.
The Usage hedge trees are so small
that the squirrels cannot burrow into
them as is their custom, but instead
the little animals build their nests il the
branches Of the trees
one interesting sight about the jungle
is witnessed In autumn. when the lirds
are hocking together The myriads IF
black birds which swoop down over the
grove from all directions at sunset, and
apparently sink down into the middle
Of the jungle where no hunter can harm
them.
In I'VE wears from now the jungle will
have lost its unique character. for already
the work of destruction has begun. Some
of the trees have been trimmed and it
viii rot be many years until the jungle.
perhaps the most unique work of nature
in Kansas, viii become an ordinary
grove
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-09
a. Authoritv "a sac.

Norris Cain. with the Standard OIL
company in this city lived fer many years
in Hutchinson and is an authority on
salt lie recently visited Lyons and went
down into the salt mines near thar city.
The people there are mining rock salt
nearly a quarter Of a mile under sround
and has dug out CT this mineral wealth
about as many streets as there are IN
Lyons
Fourteen years ago some pIospeetors
were searching fer natura- gas or oil
when. much 20 their surprise the drill, AZ
a dcrth e 50 feet. penetrated body
Of rock salt. They Kept their irill at
work. Int 1t was not until they had
reached a depth OF 100 feet that they got
To the potion Of the thick bed IF salt
Several years later q company was or
gained 10 work The salt bed and so 4
shaft was sunk about three fOTrths Of q
nile from the city Of Lyons. The shaft
penetrated the bed OF salt 70 a depth
of 26s feet. the bottom of the shaft being
CD feet below the surface. There We're
thirty or forty feet of salt below the
shaft.
one vein Of salt eighteen feet in thick
ness and Of exceptional purity. was Sc
lected for the mining. and IL is through
this vein that the underground work
has been extended. the bottom Of the
shaft is the center of operations AM the
works extending from it resemble rec
taagular streets of well laid out town.
The main streets are twenty-five feet in
width running east and west. ~ fire.
quent intervals they are crossed by ether
streets of the same width. running north
and south, each having a width OF fifty
feet, and between each room and the
next che to it a pillar of salt is left fifty
feet wide to support the ceiling. or, in
other words, the salt roof over the work
ings which is only about ten feet above
the floor. AS il is yielding nearly 500069
barrels OF salt every year it viii be read
ilv understood that the ramihcations OF
these streets FAR below the surface lave
become quite extensive.
Ingenious machinery is used for mining.
the operation being comparatively simple.
A mass of salt is first undercut on \ level
with floor of the adjoining street by
channelllng machine operated by com
pressed air. Holes are Their made with
air drills in the salt above this cut. The
next step is % PLACE dynamite in these
holes. which is exploded by electricity,
bringing the salt down 10 the aoor OF
the mine. The loose salt is then loaded on
cars. each holding about two tons, and
tho cars are run on rails through the
streets 70 the shaft THE cars are noisted
10 the TOP by a FIVE story mill that has
been built directly over the mouth Of the
shaft The salt IS dumped automatically
-1fsa~c
passes by gravity down through different
sized crushers 70 the screen room, where
10y. screens of various sizes it is separat-
ed into nine grades. 1t is then conveyed
in to large bins The salt is 30 pure it
railroad cars. he salt is so pure that It
requires no cleaning operations.
Mr.. Cain says that the first rock salt
known III history was discovered hy
sheep herder named Wieiez IN Austria,
about SO years ago.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-09
Wise Horses.

Dan" is the name of one Of the horses
which takes the fire engine to 4 serious
condagrstion. but sometimes he goes To
a fire without waiting for ar engine call.
This iact was evidenced by his conduct
last Sunday
Roy Dennis. the house man, had IN
fastened Dan from the stau so h could
eat his oats. and while the animal was
enjoying his Sunday dinrer, fire alarm
was turned in. Dan sprang over chair
which happened To be in his way and
also over n boy who was in front Of him
ana ran towards the chemical wagon. He
WIS not hitched 10 the wagon. howe1 er,
bat nc was not discouraged. When the
ire wagons started on their run 20 the
alarm box at the corner OF Fourteenth
street ana Fairview avenue. whence the
alarm came, Dan followed them When
h. reached Thirteenth street he looked to
the west where he saw Hose Wagon No.
3. which De rightly supposed TO be at the
fire. He then ran TO the IRE, leaving the
fire wagon which he had been following
to 50 n the alarm box. He reached the
fire before the hremen from house No. 1
did
The remarkable thing about Dams
knowle dse 81 The duties of a IRE horse
is that ne has only been ir the service
about thee months. lie is one OF the
best hors5s in the department.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-09
Did not Kill the Bear.

DR.. J. NJ AIinnick does not say: We
killed the bearr', for instead of killing
the bear he built house. or rather fort
for the defense of his family and inciden-
tally himself against the savage wild
beast
The fort is located on the Frying Pan
river in Colorado. where the doctor is
accustomed to go in the summer time TO
fish and hunt. When he goes on these
daring expeditions into the mountains
of Colorado. he is accompanied by his
wife, and by his son, DR.. W. w. Minnick,
who also takes his wife along. Last sum
mer the four were camped in a tent in
the Rocky mountains, and about clock
one morning one of the ladies was awak-
ened by a noise in q small tent where
some fishing clothing was kept. Thinking
the disturbance was caused by a loose
horse she went out INTO the small tent.
when 10 her surprise she found a large
Silver tip bear calmly perched on a table
She awakened the two doctors and told
them Of the enemy in camp. DR.. Walter
8finnick brought out his gun and wanted
10 shoot the bear but the father protected.
IF you should wound that bear" he
said. the animal would tear the tent
down.
DR.. Minnick concluded that discretion
was the better part of the valor md he
lowered his gun. Soon the bear walked
off
When daylight came DR.. Minnick went
to town and bought big gun with which
10 defend his right to life. liberty,
and the pursuit of happinesss.'
He also decided that he would never
more sleep in a tent, but would tuild
a house instead. So he at once erected
n house which was so constructed that no
bear could force an entrance.
He put heavy wooden bar across
the door to hold it shut and did not
make and windows in the walls. He made
a port hole IN the door. through which he
could shoot when the enemy approached.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-09
Bill was a Counterfeit.

People of this section generally class
the wild cat currency issued in the carly
Sixties along with Confederate money as
worthless. but Mr.. Steadman of Valley
Center. came mighty near cashing one of
these wild cat bills the ether day in the
National Bank of Commerce in this
city.
Mr.. Steadn1ar was in the hank one day
last week and they were talking about
the Wild cat money that was issued be-
fore the war Of the rebellion when the
government undertook 10 manage the cur
rency of the country. Mr.. Steadman re-
marked that he had one of those wild cat
ills that he had kept for nearly thirty
years
He took tho bill from his pocket and
handed it over to Mr.. Joe Carey to ex-
anime 1t was dee-dollaI nil issued
by the Garfield County Bank of Norwalk.
Connecticut in 1872. and was numbered
734S. When Mr. Carey looked at the bill
he said that was one of the banks that
foated all through the crisis caused by
the Wild cat currency. 1t had never sus-
pended and is now a National back and
the bin was worth its face value if IT was
genuine. It was considerably worn ana
Mr.. Carey wound not undertake 20 say
whether II was a genuine bill, but he
would take II for collection.
He took the bill and sent it to tn
bank named and Monday it was returned
stamped al over it Counterfeit. Mr..
Steadman had carried that bill all these
years and showed IL TO his friends IS a
sample Of the wild cat money that was is
sued ~ the banks established about the
time Buchanan was president. And all
his time il WIS worth its face in sod if
it had been q genuine bill issued by the
bank as Mr. Steadman supposed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-09
0. L. Bentley Tells Scar Story.

Speaking of bears O. p. Bentley said
'.rhare IS d beer in Red Rock Canon Col.
that some Il the oid residents declare
weighs more than a ton. 1t Is an cror-
mons silver Up and 70 my positive iaowl-
edge. this bear has been resident 81
tins cauoa Tor she past eight years.
lie IS ofren seen from the trains on
the Colorado Midland railway IS il winds
its way Through Red Rock Canon. He
Is. however, Wen behaved animal and
II LETT sloae is au rignt. lie is supposed
10 be the biggest bear in Colorado ana 10
hunter h1s yet been found vita the
tomeriy 70 e1ease him. IT take q shot AT
him The besr possesses remarkable Vi
tality and tic theory is that after Re-
ceIvlng 4 mortal wound. ne VIII overhaul
and pull MS assaflant down.
Il vas talking about his bear wear
er SO ago. KNe were ut Mrs. Thonp-
sons log hotel at Townsville. Col. there
was mine boss present who was &C
counted mighty hunter. He declared
that he would get that bear. Lige Thoup-
son. George Noble. Ike West and MI OF
rs gave him the laugh. Sure enough DE
went up 10 Leadvilc The very ncxt day
and got him an extra sized gun. one
that carried AZ explosive bullet 1vmei
With this gun he Went into Red Rock
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-09
Tea Of the Alfalfa

james 3 Campbell has discovered 3
rernesv foT liver troatle thas you'd se-5
h.s name d5wn r. h.s.org e he Rad a
press agent
Ias- summer Mr. Campbell vas trou-
bed with a llvt- zaiiction and rs dec
tohs gave him up p dlz- u eject they
t7.a hlm thzt he niEht IS ae1 arrange
his sa-rhiy Affairs preparatory - a.aI
asr.rtEre Mr cauFoeu has sane In
rsrtsrt eas.r.ss ~ 1raazacs. horere-
a-if- vey. hers1te5 - aitslca a1d co.,
eai1ed thlt iae Grass nl-slt 90 t-1 se-s
god. q lr4ei saaz = crs'3 - - BARR.
~ saos r,e .esFes - s@s = ais4lfz sad
sr-1e : tfs e1t g. tHsU. lse ss1as SO
ssz r.sulaFlg sd aeN - 8 - Vsu -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-09
Sherman Hurt His Feelings.


Judge Balderston, of this city. 5 said
to have been a mighty good soldie- dur
ing the war of the rebellion lie is a
great ad-nirer Of General Grant. but he
never had any use for General Sherman
and it is said that when he attended the
national reunions, he was never known
70 call on General sherman. Speaking
Of this matter the other day Judge Bal
derston said;
7 was quite young when I went into
the army and 7 was given position in
the commissary department at Jefferson
Barracks. We had to have General Sher-
man 20 O. X our reports and the first
tine / saw him he made me so hoC that
never liked him afterwards.
4 had been taught that q soldier did
not have to take off his hat 10 anybody.
When 1 called at Sherman's headquarters
TO get my report signed, drew the top
of my soft hat together and made a
crease down the top with my fingers and
set it on enc side CT ny head and walked
in. I had previously buttoned my sol
der coat across my breast and imagined
that / made a soldierly appearance.
There was a number Of people n line
waiting 10 see the general. and had 10
tale my place in the line. About the
tinne I reached General Sherman. /
noticed that all the others in the line
had removed their hats. and ii occurred
to me that they did not understand their
business.
When I handed my report to the gen
eraI he cooked his eye at me and handed
back my. paper and said: You get out OF
hcre with your hat on said: General,
I nave been taught that a soldier does
not have to remove his hat to anybody
Re said in great indignation: You get
out Of here
II retired, and removing my hat took
M place. in the line. When Z again
reached the general he looked at me and
signed my report, but SAID never word.
Now if that had been Grant he would
have thrown that old army hat back on
his head and STEPPED uD to me and ex-
planned that when an officer was indoors
it was the custom for soldiers to remove
their hats. when transacting BUSINESS
with him. I never liked Sherman after
that and 7 always wanted an opportunity
10 give it back to him, but never got a
chance"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-09
His 60 ali Is Larae.

William C. Quinlau % Kansas City VAS
In town curing the week. when TIE Cher
osee strip belonged 70 che c4itlcmfn b.
aad large ranch there ard was known
az "BilIy" lie wac telling Cast l'cteEs
THURSDAY that 80 fsr this pear hc bad
purchased $500 worth ~ feed fer BIS
stock ard that On that date he ID not
have a pound Ieft 1fr. Quinf.n E.l at
tend The stocznen'a convention Pc Says ~
after paying Dis feed bli. he slI haze
any money LEFT
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-09
Democrats Were Not Accountable.

DR.. Levi Homer Of this city, came TO
Kansas in 1887 and when a boy lived
among the Friends at Leavenworth
county He also lived in a township
which before the war had been a rot bed
of 1ro-slavery IDEAS.
II remember" said DR. Homer. that
one time the Democrats nominated T. T.
Wilson. a Friend, for township treasurer
and he was elected IN lse9 after tho
election, the church was choosing its
elders As was customary. the various
candidates were placed in nomination and
if there was not much objection 20 their
election. the clerk recorded on The books
they were chosen. though no formal vote
was taken: I remember at this meeting
that Brother Wilson was named Tor elder
in the church The other members Of the
church. or rather the men. for the women
and men held separate business meetings.
and said nothing against Mr.. Wilson. The
clerk ursed the members To express them
selves If they had any objection 10 the
selection OF Mr.. Wilson, ana finally q man
named 2. ". Hiatt. arose ard said.
I did not vote on election day bat went
TO Leavenworth on business on ms re-
turn home ] met a man who had split
another mans head open for beiag IN
anti-slavery man. and he said that the
Quskers had voted the Democratic ticke-
and elected Mr. Wilson.
Brethren" continued the speaker. y
do not ll4nk a Democrat should De chosen
elder in this CHURCH
After this speech there was q warm
discussion and II its conclusion the eur
tains which separated the men and wo-
men were drawn apart and Colonel Col
Inns. who was then 2 power In karsas
politics addressed the meeting On the ar
titude Of the church toward the war and
nrf,r-- s--,h=ar-e
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-09
TALK OF
THE TOWN

Cancn and he had not been there for 20
minutes until he net the bear. The mine
boss halted and the bear stopped; they
looked at each Other, for if It IS one
thing that this bear viii not DO, it is 70
give the path to anyone. He took a good
square look at the mine boss, curled his
lip back until he showed q good sized
row OF white teeth, and then started de-
liherately for the boss. The boss gave
him one good look and dropped his gun
and ran. He then got out Of that canon
in very short order. The next day he
gave a boy s. to 80 and get his gun lie
afterwards declared thu he would not
take q shot at that bear for the Colorado
Midland railroad.
Il used TO fish in the Red Rock Canon.
but not for several years. 7 haven't lost
any bear, but DR.. John AIinnick de-
clares that when we go out next August.
ne VIII take a shot at him. When he
does. he had better locate himself in box
car and nave the train running 60 miles
an hour.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-09

Ever since the people OF this clty be-
san 10 talk about the catueme1's con
yention and the roning and riding contests
some 81 hem fail 70 understand the TAI.
about horses. Pec2ie speak OF Wild korses
and outlaw horses ard bucking hcrsas.
and they get Ihe terms mixes - their
minds.
Among The cattle H-en these terms ars
familiar and alzravs understood. The wl1
horse j. orc Liat rms On TIE prairies ia
tie heVd ana hss never bsen handed.
7-liile the outi1T S q hcrse that has been
handled oat VS. sound 10 be - Flc-ous
and hars 20 handle talt pr IS tuEaea ous
ans aiioaei 10 raa Wifh tlse herd me
nuckIlg horse tr5eS &c buck TIE rld ~.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-09
Bunker Hill Cannon Ball.

The ten year old son of Probate JUdge
Wilson of this city is the owner q q
cannon ball that was fired by the british
at the American patriots or Bunker Iiu
on the occasion IF that famous battle
Mrs. Thomas Wilson is a daughter OF
ex-Mayor Clement. whose grandfather
picked the canon bali up at Bunker Hill
the day after the battle. L has been kent
III the Clement family ever since and the
oX-mayor Of Wichita appointed his grond-
son his custodian before his death
The missile Of death is a puny thing
compared with the cannon balls our gun
ncrs in the navy fired at the Spanish ships
1t Santiago and in Manila harhor r
weighs only four rounds and doubtless
the gun from which It was shot was not
a more dangerous weapon that some OF
the guns carried by the American soldiers
today.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-09

English. The young woman was startled
Mrs. Martin seeing that she did not IN
derstand English proceeded to make signs
10 her. The young woman thought some
insane person had come into the house
and she screamed. a scream that could
have been heard over half OF Paris. The
occupants oe the house ran 20 the scene
and Mrs Martin, becoming alarmed. tried
TO explain to them BY signs the cause
of the excitement ard the condition she
was in. This simply confirmed the eX-
cited crowd that the Young lady's theory
about the sanity of Mrs. Martin was cor
rect They rar 10 their rooms, barri-
caded their doors and Mrs. Martin looked
every moment Tor the police 10 come in
Luckily Mrs Sanford found the landlord
and when he returned he explained every
thing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-09
Should be Named @Hello. .

suitable name for William Aforiarty
Ticket agent at the Santa Fe depot. would
be Hello for NJ probably answers tho
telephone IS many times within the period
OF Is minutes as an man on earth. Every
evening Tor afteen minutes before the
southtound Santa Fe train arrives those
~no st-y around the depot can hear the
following words from The lips Of Mr.
NoriarN-
"Helo
-3es. this is the Santa Fe."
~rhe train IS on time
When DE IS rot answering the telephone
Air. Moriartv sells tickets.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-09

While In Paris Mrs. DIT. Martin caused
a scene which VIII cause her 70 laugh as
long IS she lives. whenever she thinks OF
*. one night she was cur late st =
circus with Mrs. Sanford. and when they
returned the landlord Of the apartment
house At which they were stepping, turn
ing out all TIE lights, Went 70 crink
some wine with friends. They could nos
opon the doors of their rooms md Mrs.
sanford started on q tour of~the neigh
boring shops in IN effort 20 md him. II
The meantime AIrs. Martin resnasn ed
standing ia The darkness OF the hsa. \
vounc French woman came down shat
han singing ard M Msriin. thi-s.ue;
she misht BE- able t. open che sieer i3- her
spoke o her N good every day Mlealta
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-09
Met Friend from chic.

Patrolnan RemspeaIe weEt no 20 Pa
trolman Osborne. last THURSDAY. and
while his face was wreathed ia smiles,
sail:
Osborne. there Is an old friend down
At the Santa Fe depot whom you knew
years ago l.. Ohio -
who is it," asked Mr. Osborne.
Come and see.
Afr. Osborne then accompanied Patrol
man Renspear TO the depot ana the lat-
ter pointed ont 10 him a donkey ia a
crate, Pauolman Osbotre took the joke
gracefully. but his brother policemen
nave asked him about his Ohio friend
many times since.