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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-03
lesson from RIpe ExperIence.

c. L. Hamiin, an old soldier. and a
man of ripe age and wisdom sends the
following communication to the Eagle:
in appearing before you, fellow cit
liens on paper. I will say that have
lived too long, and have observed too
infinitely the course Of events and the
springs of human action to expect to be
exempt from the common lot Of all other
men. For there Is no man. no matter
how wise and Judicious hts conduct may
be that can expect 10 receive the sppTo-
baton Of all and escape the censure OF
some. Ny observation for the past thirty
years leads me to exciaim strange things
and funny people. Thirty years ago the
grandest party was organized upon the
fundamental principle that both the old
political parties had oUtiived the days
OF their usefulness and had become the
servants of bond holders. railroads and
money powers. etc. and that the above
named organizations controlled the legis-
lauon OF Congress TO such an extent
that il proved beyond doubt that they
had a higher regard for the bond holders
bond than a soldiers blood.
Also the free coinage Of silver. Strange
things and funny people. Democrats. I
ask you when General Weaver was in
Congress denouEcing unjust use Of legis-
power OF monopoly. where were you: you
were cursing and damning the greenbac<
party and was standing in with the Re
pubiicsns: furthermore. were you not as
proud Of Cleveland in mis- day as you are
OF Bryan now
Now Greenbackers and Popuiists, have
said this 10 refresh your mind and ask
you the question where are We nov?
Where vas II or how Did We fsn from
our principles and went a flirting glth the
Democratic faliacy OF fusion. go We are
on the downward grade. seeking assist
ance BY fusing with the Democrats which
all ends in confusion and sacrifice. The
cry nowadays Is Imperialism. which
means. clothed with unlawful investrain-
ed. unconstitutional power. Now n a
Democrs tic Populistic fusion convention,
when these conferences Oh the division
Of Offices. exercising the night q imperial
iictation IN 80 many words. how many
Democrats We must vote for. not knowing
anything about him SoST Il this Il not
Imperialism. what is imperialism Thlr- 4
b years experience has taught me this f
lesson. that as long as this government 4
Is run II VII Be run by one or tne other
4 these cid parties. The people are 80
round Up to party and oa1ce-scekins that .
rou cannot get sny reform II between .
hem IN the language a Joshua Z asked
'chooze ys this day whom yoa wHl
serve L Il HAELIN
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-03
Cooks Hill School Hnus.

Nathan Cook in speaking Of the old
Cook farm on College Hill brought into
notice this week by the death of his
brother Robert S. Cook. saws that the
Cooks Hill school house which stands
on East Central avenue asd in the midst
Of the farm. is now the Oldest school
house in the county. 1t is of brick.
The first school house in the county was
built at Park City, then a rival of Wich-
ita, and now nonresident The second
school house was the frame building
which stood where the High School now
Is and was burned quarter Of a CEN
tury ago. The third building was the
house on Cooks Hill. as College Hill was
formerly known. Among the teachers nj
this school was Judge Ed Madison.
Mr. Cook says that they brought the
first carriage to Wichita: II was an
old-fashioned ohaise with glass side
doors. The family drove IN from Topeka,
the railroad then reaching only to En-
poria. The first tree ever planted on
College Hill. crab-apple, was put out
by Mr.. Cooks mother The tree died
this last spring, in its thirty-second
year.
Mr. Cook says that the great trouble
on the farm In the early days was the
way in which the Texas cox punchers
with their cattle, drove over growing
crops They were perfectly Indifferent
10 any ones rights and resented protesta-
tons from the farmers He says that he
has seen bunch of cattle go over
field OF wheat as calmly as a summer
breeze.
As a young boy. Nathan Cook wander
ed over all the hills to the east and be-
came acquainted with all the hooks and
crannies OF the locality In the early
days be found many things which inter
ested him. antiers. buffalo heads
and the Ike. In the grass near where
the Frisco track now is. he found pair
OF rusty handouts which were locked
This was in 1876 and they had lain there
for years when he picked them up. Some
one had slipped them In the DAYS before
settlement
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-03
GOSSIP FOR HOME PEOPLE

temple grounds. The pure Shinto temple
has no idols but a round metal mirror.
emblem OF the sun and some legends
a prominent place, and connected strips
Of white paper. cut out Of one piece.
and hung around in various places. This
spirit of the gods is supposed to settle in
the edges OF this paper.
when we first went TO AIito, in ac-
cord with the Japanese custom OF eti-
quette, we sent out to the near neigh
bors SODA" a kind of buckwheat mac
aroni as a sign OF our intention to live
peacefully with them. and as a return
token or acceptance Of the treaty Of
peace one of the neighbors 1--WE don't
know which TO this day. sent US tray
bearing white strips of paper for us to
use in Shinto worship.
The true Shinto temple is made of
a certain kind OF wood (whits) and the
workmen who build the temples must
be barefooted. washed and in white cloth
ing. AS the Emperor is a sojourning god.
that acts as mediator between the people
and the gods. his former palace at Kyoto
was made of white wood.
The long stone trough of holy water
and the monkey-box are always seen at
the entrance of the Shinto temples. To
the left OF the entrance is a round. fat
bell with cord against the bell and this
summons the spirits. The worshlpper
then enters the temple and clasps his
hands TO further implore spirits to come
and then bows TO the floor I have seen
a great many worship at these temples
and I never saw one take as much time
for his worship as IL takes for me to
write about 1t. vast number of the
families have their affairs erected TO the
ancestors. The Shinto priests do not
shave their heads. do not practice celib-
acy nor do they have monnasteries and
likewise are not considered a very edu-
Gated class. The office is hereditary. 1t
VIII make my letter too long to include
any description Of Buddhism.
ELIZABETH j. S. BINFORD.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-03
Vetecan in erain Rusiness.

John 3. Miltner of this city. Uncle
John the boys call him. has probably
been longer continuously in the grain
business than any other man in Kansas.
He is now getting wen along in years and
he first went into the grain business
when he was quite a young man.
lie and Henry Kaufman have been as
ISOLATED together in business ever since
1865. They came to Wichita and went
into the grain business here in 1870. Other
grain men have come and gone, but AIilt-
ner q kaufman have never missed a day
srom the market They have perhaps
been little 100 good to the farmers and
paid them big prices for their grain. Up
60 this crop Of wheat. and for the pre-
vious three years, john Miltner says he
has bought over five million bushels of
wheat. II he had made one cent per
bushel profit on all the millions Of bushels
OF wheat he has bought since coming to
Wichita he would be rich today.
John Miltner, like a good many other
Wichita men, got the worst Of il in the
winding up Of the boom. He saved a
little strip Of ground in the southern part
or the city for a homestead. and now the
city has grown around his little plat Of
ground. A short time ago the city au-
thorities reminded him that he was In
the city by ordering him to build ce-
ment side walk along the side Of his land
and it cost him four hundred and fifty
dollars. The veteran grain buyer fshed
down in his pocket for the money and ne
told a reporter for the Eagle that he con-
s.dered that was too much sidewalk for
grain man 10 have 10 build
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-03

The number az sheep n Australia 60
dsy j. given a. at,efst s7aaoleao
Polo g. probably fhs eldest - athletic
sporis u has bee1 ta~Fd - - y q
I'aiiaz pzorero. He r. not . Thoroughly
wise man who cannot play ire fool on
cccssione
Durine TT. q 60 People took civil serF-
See sKaufnzsiors for vsriouE gpssfunnert
positions u whom afl rszs~h-
u is Esst that q eosfa twsrtv firrrs -
much 20 make . rife - Csira e. 4
would cozt 70 by 90 81 Earocs
ne hiKhess ueunfsins ~ caba rsarh
greater heshts ihaa ssy p-sss IN ire
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-03
TALK OF
THE TOWN

Lre<-a.s are OGf.-us ..4.ngs.
The alarm clock sounded within four
inches Of travelling mans ear Monday
morning. de rubbed his eyes and turned
over TO have one more nap-that last and
test embrace Of morpheus:
Five minutes and no more; that was
his wife's set purpose; for wnl-that was
his name-had 20 catch the first Santa
Fe south. She watched the clock Just
two minutes had gone when VIII woke
up splashing his hands in the air and
kicking furiously 1t took him more
than twenty-five minutes TO give his
wife only an idea what he had dreamed
about in those two minutes and he didn't
or couldn't tell her one third of it; all
Of which proves the rapidity Of the mind
that is active while the other mind sleeps:
for Hubert Child. Col Hutchinson and
Doctor Cave aver that every man has
two minds, one of which sleeps not at
al or else as lightly as a cats.
This travelling mans dream covered
a period Of 2, years-fun of events. He
had gone to China where he spent five
years in tea house and while there
married the daughter Of an Englishman-
he didn't tell this part to his wife-and
became wealthy. From there ne went to
England and served eighteen years In
Parliament His wife died and he con-
cJuded to return to America ard while
on the ocean his ship went into collision
with another ship and began to sink.
This is what caused him 70 wake up
kicking furiously and swiping his hands
ebout-he simply thought he was swim
ming. Every summer while in England
he took a vacation and Travelled much,
visiting Germany. France, Italy Egypt.
the Holy Land and India; he also visited
Spain, ireland and Scotland several times.
He served forty weeks at one time on a
commission Investigating child-employ-
ment in the factories OF England, attend
81 no less than 900 opera performances, !
heard at least 1890 speeches had pneu-
monia for seven weeks and married off
three daughters-all in two minutes. In
short he lived a life CT thirty-one years +
with ten thousand separate events and I
incidents in it,
DR.. Cave has made a study Of dreams /
and says in experimenting once to pro- /
duce dream-they can be produced
he used a lot of tin buckets His subject |
- Is SiEtpAllS SOull0ig anu uttdiultSs ne :
dropped all the tinware at once. for
shock like this is capable Of producing a
dream. In the point of time that elapsed
perhaps third Of a second. before his
subject was wide awake, he dreamed a
dream Of events that could not have
happened ordinarily within forty days
At another time he pulled the Stats out
o. a friends bed and while he was falling
he had a dream that covered period Of
eleven years. That was the longest
dream he has ever been able 10 produce
within less than a second of time.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-03

Bishop Hennessy IS trying % locate th~
grave II the first Catholic priest 20 be
buried IN Kansas. The su9poeition D.
that the priest came n Kansas with the
explorer. Coranado. r. The sixteenth cen
tury and remained here doing mission
AIRY work among the Indians He was
killed. Il is thought. accidentally
Bishop Hsnnessy has learned that his
grave IL somewhere near Newton and ne
Is now trying to locate the site exactly
The only way hs can DO this IS 20 consult
old records. This he intends to % A. zap
Idly as he can. Ho thinks that the rec
ords O.; the work Of The Jesuit society in
the United States may throw some light
on the subject.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-03
WIshlta Ten Var. Aao.

License 20 we'd vas granted pf. A.
RAY. g and Airs r. -. Piersou. g.
The 9 a r. Reunion trief 40 get
Governor Mckinley - ohio g come oat
and address the old soldiers
Thomas Shaw vas Esviag orehesfra
concerts "a he store in the evenings
Airs. Tom Glaze enterfained Her gpesfs
were 8r. ard Mrs George Thompson.
O. Lauck Mr. priscoll Niss Mia gia1r.
Ms. Kitty Fcachan. Miss slaeia Thanp-
con. Mics Nellie Ma smith - Denver.
Air and Mrs oliver Glaze Mrs Cam
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% spend ihe summer
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day party ~ Sire George AafihsrE The
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-03

Al Goodwin sescTshes 8 peculiar PIE
nonrzE which he ard George Roxs sx-
per1suc>d LATELY. Thy were srsz6inz
near TIE scales On west DozEias avenz<
Ehea NJ. Gooazfa thoagEt ne beard
something ike rs.n falling OF ass rex
Panama he took the srevn ps<ce %
and fo.nG that sonethiuz Ike ans saoi
hsd fallen upon e. He hrss thoagaz nat
George Ross had thrown eos1e s4Ta shot
won bis hat ard Eatch~t hfrn Mr. zoss
id aot novs h.s RzzS and sssH ths kast
FEB. Pretty sscr George Ross fook 81
hks hat and exsnlcef a. re ISougns
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-03
Telephones are peceptive.

Last Thursday some Of the people on
the fourth floor OF the Biting block
called up Professor Garcelon. the man.
dolin instructor who has his studio on
that floor also. and stated that young
woman in the Fourth National Bank
building wanted to hear him play and
for him 10 go ahead.
He played with ali the soul he could
put into his music. confidently believing
that young lady in the Fourth Nation
al Bank was listening to the melodies
matter Of fact. he was playing TO
people who only have to open the hall
door 10 hear him every day.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-03
Il Was a Cruel Ioke

! NOW that Ike Dean is coming to thu
| front as one of the managers Of the
| great Wichita Carnival and Fall Fest
val" said Al Nelson the other day, III
reminds me OF an incident that hap
pened here in Wichita away back in the
eighties"
Isaac was not possessed. at that time.
of very much of this worlds goods and
settled on a farm down on the West
Side near my place. That was away back
in 1877. The next year after Isaac settled
on the farm one of his friends came out
from the east TO visit him and, of course,
the new settler wanted to show his
friend that Kansas was very remark
able country.
AT that time Scott Corbett was keep
ing a grocery store on North Main street.
He got a sample hue for coal oil lamps
that was warranted not to break. The
boys would throw that flue all around the
store with perfect impunity. Ike Dean
saw It and after he had slammed ii on
the floor few times he told Corbett
that he would go to the next store and
bring in his friend and show him what
kind OF lamp 1ues we used in this coun-
try.
Scott Corbett those times was some
what of a practical joker himself and
after Mr.. Dean went out he went aud
got a very thin lamp hue and put it In
the place Of the one warranted not to
break. In few minutes Dean came in
with his friend telling him that the peo-
pie in this country would not use the
.rpv,
people used
He picked up the lamp hue where he
had left it and handed it to his friend
and said there is the kind of fues they
use in this country. You may throw it on
the floor and it viii not break. His
friend remarked that ne cound not I'M
how the people out here could
learn to make glass that would not
break. Dean said he would convince
him and he took the flue and dashed 1t
TO the floor
That iue burst into a million pieces.
Ike Dean was speechless and his friend
was sure that Mr.. Dean had suddenly
became insane. I think Isaac's friend
would have been afraid 10 have gone
back home with him if Scott had not
given away the joke and showed the
eastern man that Mr.. Dean had intended
to show. He was sure that his friend
had become insane; that nothing but a
sight Of that marvellous lamp flue wouii
convince him TO the contrary.
Whenever the boys down in the coun-
try wanted TO head Isaac off on some
big story about Kansas they would al
ways ask him to tell about that lamp
9ue"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-03
AutomobiIIst. &c A,,aIlsd.

Automobiles are complaining that boys
and young men throw stones a. thsru
while they are rifs1E m fh~fr Eorrefesa
carriages. ard that some q sham have
narrowly escaped serious in5ury. r. IL
strange what Influences the boys % at
tack The sut0mobfiis,s m this way sni
the latter will probably take steps g De-
fend thenseiyes- ore man f. consisernE
the sdvisabiiisy q osrFyisE an Ammonia
gun
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-03
Where Norman nlned-

Mrs. II. N. Grafton lived with her
mother in Columbia county Ohio. dur
ing the civil war and she distinctly re-
members the excitement created by the
invasion OF that county by General Nor
gan with his confederate raiders. After
General Morgan surrendered he. with
some OF his officers. took dinner al the
home Of Mrs. Grafton's cousin. one mile
away.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-03
Locke a Hawkeve Nov.

George p Locke has quit Wichita and
Kansas for good and is now a prominent
resident OF Iowa where he is business
manager of the Davenport Times. He
has identified himself with the Democ-
able of a leader. He was a delegate to
the state convention OF Kansas and is
a delegate to the Iowa convention-msk-
ing the record of being a delegate 70 two
conventions in two states in one year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-03
Chief Ouray Was a Statesman.


DIT. W. II. Graves Of this city retains
fl his mind vividly a story told him
about the Ute Indians several years ago
BY Tom Atchison OF Newton. AR Atchi-
son is a steady merchant of Newton for
many years past, but in his earlier life
had an expensive experience on the from
tier.
DR.. Graves said that the story con-
WINGED him that Chief Ouray Of the Utes
was the greatest statesman among the
Indians OF this country. His wisdom
enabled him 70 see the course the Indians
were pursuing would ultimately lead
them to determination.
He was made Chief Of the northern
and southern Utes but not without oppo-
sition from the latter tribe. Mr.. Atchi-
son was out in Utah and western Colo
rado in the latter part Of the seventies
and became acquainted with Chief Ouray.
He asked him one day for permission to
hunt on his lands. The chief granted the
request but he warned Mr. Atchison not
20 so too far away for his young men
when they got far away would not listen
20 his counsel
Ouray at that time was trying to lead
his people into the way Of the white
man in order that they might not be ex-
terminated He told them that the
1neians who talked for war were bad
and the worst enemies OF the red men.
Some OF the young braves would talk
that Ouray was coward but they took
good care that the chief did not hear
them say il
One day the Utes got word from
friendly tribe in New Mexico BY mes
senger that they were going 10 be war
with another tribe and they wanted their
friends. the Utes. to help them. Ourav
said TO him, NO. my people are net
going 10 war" Some OF the braves Of
the Utes objected and a council Of the
tribe was called.
When the day Of the council arrived.
Oursy stood up among his people and
said they had no grievance against the
people whom they were asked 10 fght
and It was wrong TO fight merely for
the love OF killng He said With a firm
voice that his people would not so 10
war
When Oursy finished. a young brave
arose and in d defiant tone Of voice pro-
claimed that ne was going 70 the war
Chief Ouray drew his revolver from IN
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-03
Humidity Great purino Week.

DR.. Shuts says that the humidity has
been greater in Wichita during the week
than at any time since he has lived
here and hence people are suffering more.
Thursday was the worst day Of the week
and while no prostrations occurred most
everybody felt played out and run down.
The air pressed heavy against the sur
face Of the earth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-03
Jerre Black Makes a Present.

Jerre Black, general passenger agent
OF the Santa Fe. through Ambassador
Delaney, has entered into very friendly
relation with the Eiks OF this city BIZ
presenting a beautiful picture OF the
Grand Canyon OF the Colorado Midland
to them for their new hall. 1t is hne
picture and these days many a weary and
sumer-tired Elk wishes he was out there
TO enjoy the cool hreezes he imagines ne
sees blowing about the rugged peaks
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-03
Fritz Puzzled Mrs. sehnltzler.

Fritz SchnsItzler hitched up his family
surrey Thursday morning for A little spin
through the corn belt OF sedgwick county.
and when he returned he had gone good
fifty miles. He went BY WY % Goddard
and came home BY way Of 81 Marks.
taking dinner at the latter place with a
man whom he greatly admires-Father
Schmsihausen. Mr.. Schnitzier said e. his
wife as they drove along a iittle Nay out.
"A German lives In that house.
WHO is he7"
II don't know
How do you know he Is GermanT'
i can tel you =" said Fritz every
time we pass house whether German
lives there"
Mrs. Schnitzler became more puzzlcd
the more they Travelled. She had ivcd
a good forty years with Fritz and never
before knew that he was clalryoyant
she put some Of the several tests 10 him.
but in vain. for he never missed Ger
mans house-and there were many Of
them-in all that long journey Of afty
miles.
Like AL seeming supernatural powers.
Fritz was easy 10 understand when It
was explained % AIRS. SchBeitsier.
Now. Fritz. she asked. how do you
know that German lives on that farm
husbands should have no secrets from
their wives"
Because. said Mr. sehnsitzier. Ger
mans pIow their ground four inches deep
er than any other people. That's Why
know German lives on a farm when
pass g."