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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-24
Woman's Pocketbook.

The conductor on a North Topeka ave-
nue. car asked fare of an elderly lady
who sat on the back seat with her small
boy. She wore a Quaker's hat and her
very solemn expression denoted that she
was of that sect. On being asked for her
fare, she handed out nickel. The con-
ductor asked for fare for the boy. for
he was on the face of it over six years
old. The woman shook her head, carried
her hand from the head of the boy 70
his feet and back up again and shook
her head again as much as to say that he
was small enough to ride for nothing. The
woman didn't seem to be able to talk
English although she looked very much
like an American. Not caring TO argue
with a foreigner, the conductor went on
out to the back platform without getting
his other nickel. Speakingto a passen-
ger standing there, he said:
Did you see that? She's got her money
in her stocking and that's why she didn't
pay for the boy"
While he was talking the woman turn
ed around in her seat with her back to
the rest of the passengers. The next
moment, the small boy came on to the
platform and handed a nickel to the con-
ductor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-24
6ucked Want Column.

What Ingalls, said ~ opportunity was
true. every word Of It save that he had
not the proper conception OF the char
acter. importance and benevolenee q
death Charles Stewart ParnsIi had
really the best idea % opportunity but.
unfortunately. a woman came between
him and g. Herbert Patterson % this
city l. fond % Specializing or opportunity
but Ike many others he fears the hckie
dame =fu cali no more 81 his door. ar.
Patterson was once accounted the bright
est man IN Harper county. He vas cogn'y
clerk. a great man ~ fpt1res and invented
one u the best systems - hookkeeriug
and accounting known in the vest when
ne lived al Anthony. there was also a
Young man living there named HoTer. =
quiet. unassuuing modest. snnhifioned
bank clerk That VS. only a few year,
ego. nay nine or ten NoTer r. DnS
president of the International Bank in
Kew York. a banker whose customers
are principally foreign nations Tfs con
eeived IN. i6ea - an International t,ark
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-24
GOSSIP FOR HOME PEOPLE

The first story of the building, which he
is in, protrudes in the rear beyond the
limits OF the second story. The other day
the people passing by along on William
street in the first block saw very unique
sight on the roof just in the rear Of DR..
Bakers rooms. There was the doctor
leaning over the edge of the building
with fishing pole in his hand. He would
draw the lire in and then cast it several
rods into space
A group of spectators congregated on
First street. Then came the conjectures
as TO what the doctor was doing One
man was of the opinion that he was try
ing TO catch a cinder beetle in the alley,
for a specimen. Another insisted that
he was developing his muscle for one of
those painless operations. There was
a sportsman in the crowd and he sat
down on all the rest by declaring in a
lordly manner that Doc was simply out
practising for the outing and trout fish
ing he expects to enjoy in Colorado this
summer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-24
Been in Trouble Again.

Ben Atwell is in trouble again. Ben
was here in Wichita with the Wilbur
Kirwin opera company playing to sum
mer business and became well known 20
everybody. Since he left here he wrote
a play for Cole Younger. but when the
Minnesota board OF psrdons prevented
Cole Younger from becoming a deciple %
Thespius Ben went burst He is not the
only man connected with the case Henry
W Huffman is his attorney and here Is
what the Chicago Journal says Of them:
The thrilling drayma-some cali g
drsmmer-of The Younger Brothers
Bank Robbers had an extra act and two
scenes added during the last few hours.
and II the piece ever takes the road again
the new act will positively make the big
gest hit Of anything seen since Jack Hsv-
erly's Mastodon Minstrels were IN their
prime.
Everybody who Is anybody and a few
natives of EngleVood have read Of the
ups and downs attending this rnelodrama
how the original scheme was 20 have
Cole Younger as its star Immediately on
his release from the stir IN Minnesota.
how Younger was forbidden 20 butt into
the show business by the pardon board:
how he finally joined circus and left
the drayma 20 drayrna b. Itself: hoE
the actor-r-s were pinched IN ssndry rural
burgs for performing on Sunday. and how
the police OF other burgs avsrred that
the play might lead the young 70 shoot
ing the tail q The family horse. AMI
hence couidn: b played within their jar
isdlctlon. This exciting play was writ
ten BY two Chicago playsniths % talent
and renoEu. Ernie S,ou, and Ben II At
well. and was financed b. r L. >Cresry
Mr. sout drew out some tire ago get
ting 80 for his interest. and spending
rs 81 the sun On pink paper and violet
ink vhers@ifh 20 produce another drama
Mr.. AtveIl stuck ard vas stsck ~
Crescy gave Phi1eas Mclean. ore - the
sctor-r-rs - The company the priceless
msuuscrtp; 20 revive. sad Nr Milan
revoss as best be could. The shcE hi
M Stout drew out some tine age. get
South Chicago. which f. becoming kzosn
as a thezpic zorgse a late a fe= nlKhts
axo. and there turned Up Ms tees NJ.
Mclean decided that ihs besf riEfts o
the nauBsrripf were rs. and yeE:-TSssY-
accompanied by sua6ry brave eops arza
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-24
Cause for Accidents.

People have become alarmed at the
great number of accidents reported on
the railway lines of the country recent
~. All over the country collisions are
reported and trains tumble over embank-
ments and people are smashed or burned
I'm the wrecks of railroad trains until a
good many are afraid to ride on the
cars.
One of the best engineers who runs rail-
road engines in and out of Wichita was
talking to a representative of the Eagle
the other day about these accidents and
he gave his views IN regard TO them. He
said probably three-fourths of them were
the result of the management OF the rail-
roads trying TO cut down expenses and
make more money for the stockholders
He went on to explain that fewer men
were now employed TO run the trains than
formerly. There are not enough brake
men and the car inspectors in many
cases have been discharged in the interest
of economy. a great many points that
formerly had car inspectors now have
none. Formerly when the train pulled
in to these stations, the inspector ex-
amined the cars and when he found one
UNSAFE IL was sloe-tTdCheu' put ho" II 10
left in the train and perhaps that very
car will cause a wreck and IL II Is a
freight. several Of the train men may
be killed. If 1t should happen to be a
passenger train. that car may send half
the cars down an embankment some
where and cause the death Of number
of the passengers, He presumes this thing
will go on while the people will tolerate
if but there will come a time when an
enlightened pu~hc opinion VIII compel
the railroad companies TO employ enough
help TO give the travelling public the pro-
lection to which it is entitled.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-24
Lake Nature for 10.

The other day Fred Dold was explaining
how crystal ice was made so pure, but
he finally exploded his own theories.
He went on to explain how he condens-
ed and purified steam and finally forced
the condensed water through several
sheets of closely woven lambs null be-
fore freezing into ice.
He remarked that by the use Of a pow
erful magnifying glass one could see
all kinds OF bugs. reptiles and insects in
common we'll water There were none
OF these monsters in the condensed water
he said and that was the reason a great
many people liked 10 come 20 the ice
rlant and set a drink OF pure condensed
water.
\ man who heard this commentator
asked Mr.. Dold II he did not think this
condensed water was a great deal health
Ter for drinking water than ordinary well
water. Fred rubbed his head with his
big right hand and finally said;
I have often thought that nature had
some design in putting all these mon
sters in drinking water and that perhaps
out internal organs needed them Now
lust TO be honest. would rather have
a drink OF well water than this con
dersed water. People have been drinking
these bugs and serpents and other mon
sters ever since the days OF Adam and
the world has not become depopulated on
account OF them. The condensed water
makes better ice because the air Is taken
out of il aud ! guess that IS all there
IS TO it,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-24

The county clerk cold ten thousand
lots. bought In for taxes
p r Gathers and Miss Franks cuns-
Minis were married.
Chas Inie and Anna f. Hyatt we're
we'd at the court house.
A birthday surprise was given Miss
Elsie Russell The following gsssts we're
present. Misses stella Young Ere Par
rot. Lulu ard Carrie FarionW. Asv ard
Rose Kern. Ella Tucker % HUtehinson.
Jennie Russel Nelns Campbell Edifh
Dangerneid Zeia MaTwsu and Masters
Floyd whitman Calvin Campbell Ora
southwick. Ray southsiok. George Par
rot. Ralph Dangcrnsld and -. Camp
bell
4 strong effort was b-inE made @ go
The ~ Francis Hospital Transferred -
TIE diocese ~ Wisconsin.
The graduates who delivered rsssys a.
the commencement vsrs. Clara lnsbsi
Brown. Asn~s CorneIia ConEay Ina
AcIver Co9Ssii. Mary Belle Kensf.ck.
Eva Minnirk. Hand Iiliiaa sargent sus
Laura saeze spaun
Ringing Brothers circus shqvsa hsrs.
The following were the hiRh schsri
graduates English course Fiorenos 1al-
v.y. Mary Pope. Gersrrfe Hays. f.ary
Guthrie Leroy Kramer Seiue Tacknlan.
Emma wlngsurd. la Joaerh. iul-
Pools xaY AheTnr Carl Cleveland. Mary
Culver. Arfs wight. Anna 1anes. Fior-
snes Culver. AnEi~ uuffen- Enrss Hi1
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-24
CIRCUMSTANCE
AND SENTIMENT

was once of Fort Scott. Kansas. These
young men keep a toll gate and have
been charging % cents admission. Last
year they took in $4,000 and more The
Wichita gentleman figured on the canyon
and decided that in a few years, ten or
twelve, this same park would be worth
4 million dollars. L is easy to see then
why he wished to purchase it. He and
an eastern capitalist were going into the
investment together. They offered the
Hull brothers over 5000 for the can
yon One of them travelled to Wichita
to see Mr. Hatfield and further discuss
the terms However, when he returned to
Colorado Springs, the seasons business
had begun and was lively. The brother
who was keeping the gate had raised the
price to fifty cents admission and was
taking in hundreds of dollars already.
The two decided that it was too good
thing to let go of and so the Wichita man
failed to get the canyon.
Mr. Hatfield describes 1t as a beautiful
place. In fact, there are a great many
Wichita people who have seen the Seven
Falls which are in this canyon The
walls themselves are worth twenty-five
cents to see They run up for nearly
800 feet in places. At one place in the
canyon is a pavilion, where curios are
sold. The canyon is reached by an cleo
trio line from Colorado Springs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-24
Women as Men.

One evening last week the Ladies Ath-
letic club gave a dance in Hartman s
hall The club is an organization of
women of the city who work under the
direction of Mrs. c. f. W. Gossow. wife
of the pastor of the Universalist church.
No gentlemen were admitted to the
hall and each member of the club invited
two Of their friends to attend. The MEM
bers dressed in their athletic costumes
and took the parts of the young gallants
who would have given anything to be
present but the rules would not per-
nit II.
Good music was furnished and everyone
danced to their hearts content. The gen.
eral opinion after it was over was that
very few dances have ever been given in
the city that was more enjoyable than
this one. The affair was a novel one in
that no gentlemen were admitted.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-24
The Twins Trick.

Wichita has two young men who are
twins and who so closely resemble one
another that their most intimate friends
are often at a loss to know which is
which. Perfect trangers speak 10 them
every day but whether they know the
speaker or not they always answer each
supposing that he is taken for his broth
er. Their wonderful resemblance has
aften placed them in embarrassing posi-
tions. but they always manage to get
as much fun out of it as anyone else. Not
long ago. one of these brothers clerked in
a store, and by the way, is very capable
and obliging clerk. but one day he want
ed vacation and as it was very busy
season. lis employer could not grant II.
Not discouraged in the least. he went
home and placed the situation before his
twin brother and asked him to help HIM
out of the difficulty. The brother studied
over the matter and finally said he would
take the place of twin No. ! in the store
that day. Twin No l posted his brother
on all the details Of his work and the
next morning Twin No. went TO the
store and No went fishing. None of the
clerks noticed the difference during the
day and the project worked so well that
the twins concluded to work in the store
week about They did this for several
months with never a break until one
eventful night when the employer told
one OF the twins TO do some particular
duty on the next Monday morning This
brother neglected TO tell his twin Of his
instructions and. of course. the work
was not done. In the investigation and
explanation that followed came out the
story and now only one of the twins is
working in that particular position.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-24
Spread for Wichita.

The fourth number Of the first volume
of the New Empire" the magazine pub
lished by the Kansas City, Mexico and
Orient railway company has been issued
This maya zine has a circulation reaching
into the thousands and in the May num-
Der is given a two page article concern
ing Wichita. Several good pictures Of
public buildings. colleges and views are
given and also view of the business
section.
The article was written by S. W. Rider,
manager of the paper. The article says
in part:
Wichita is 90 miles by rail from Kan
sas City. 500 miles from Denver. 40 miles
from Dallas and so miles from FL Paso.
Its situation insures great growth in bust
ness and in population. It is in the heart
of the greatest winter wheat region Of the
west The Chamber Of Commerce pub
lished last year chart showing the terri
tory within a radius OF one hundred miles
Of Wichita. being parts OF Kansas, Okla
bona and Indian Territory. and showing
the products OF that region. The total
value of farm products forr 1901 was
s16S, So. Ss1, and of manufactures S2s,152, 800
or a total production worth S1s4.7A. Al
and this is year when less than one
third OF the average crop OF corn was
raised. The chart shows a population 81
es5 SOS within the IOo-miie radius. and A
railway mileage Of 4055 miles. Since then
the construction work on the Kansas
City. Mexico and Orient has brought this
about 400 miles. % years ago the popu-
latinn Of the area described was not over
50 oo5 or less than one-twentieth part Of
the present population. The wheat pro-
duced In this area IN 1901 was 50 AZ .1i2
bushels. against 100000 bushels in the
entire state OF Kansas
During the boom period Of speculation
in western real estate prior 70 1890. Wich-
ita took the fever and took IL violently
Chicago prices prevailed on town lots
and after the carnival was over the
liquidation was painful The city had
srecuIated and built ahead OF the coun-
try's development. and IL was necessary
70 read;ust. The future was all right
but II was farther away than many sup
posed Now the city is entering upon its
natural heritage and beginning to reap
the solid advantages due 20 SITS location
and surroundings
The trade Of Wichita Is estimated ~
the secretary Of the Commercial Club a.
80 cao 90 per annum. There are s.
wholesale houses. large ard small. and
Il manufacturers There arc grain ele-
vators and a fourth in prospect four
mills. founarfes : machine shops Il
wholesale implement and transfer houses
banks ami trust companies. iuciCdins
dailies. : sob printing Offices. large
and = smaller hotels. . restaurants. =
brokers' and S Iaundries Wichita has two
isr-e packing houses and her stock yards
have a daily capacity q sou cattle soH
hogs and 400 sheep The hank deposits
exceed $. r.-acsa and this has Just become
reserve city for national banks which
wiz make an important increase in de-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-24
How to Tell a Coward.

do you see that man going along
there?"
Do you know that he's a coward ??
These questions were put to a reporter
for the Eagle by one of the police Off
GERS on North Main street. He answered
in the negative and counter-questioned:
do you know him? Tell me what kind
of a scrap you and he have been in that
warrants you calling him a coward"
mo; I never saw him before"
yet you say he is a coward. Well
if he could hear you he might prove TO
you that he had deceived you as 10 his
disposition. Eh?"
Let me tell you how you can always
tell a coward II is a rule that most Off
GERS will swear by because IL has seldom
failed to prove true. See how he keeps
his hands spread out. None of his I'm
gers are touching. He appears TO be try
ing to keep his cuffs UP. He isn't at all
He simply is nervous and acts like a
man about to draw a gun
Thus a policeman reasons. so II a man
doesn't want to be spotted as coward
he either wants TO get his wife 10 take
a tuck in shirt sleeves that are too long
or he wants TO swear of wearing cuffs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-24
Enolewcod's Unique Hotel.

The most unique hotel probably In all
the world is at Englewood. Kansas Tn
Gle Jack Farrow-a Democrat who got
mad at the way things were run and
swore of on voting several years ago.
is the proprietor OF It. Although # has
lodging accommodations for only four
persons is is strictly a two-dollar-a-ca
hosiery Uncle Jack is the landlord, day
clerk. night clerk porter and bell boy and
won't have a hired man about the place
in any capacity. Uncle Jacks wife il
the landladv. cook. second cook and dish
washer. Uncle Jacks and Mrs Urcle
Jacks daughter Is dining room girl.
chambermaid and lsuudreSs. These three
and no more run the hotel
Uncle Jack Fsrr0w Is genial but mighty
independent; The first four guests that
come 10 his hotel get the four beds and
after that President Roosevelt; could come
alo-g and be refused entrance. One guest
might say: .'Uncle Jack. III share ny
bed with The President. but Uncle Jack
would say. You can't. II = aEzins; the
rules OF this house when mar psys 6fty
cents for a bed 20 give him only half a
bed
All four rooms open into the hotel once
and no one can pass into then or cut ~
them without the landlord knowing q
The rooms are as neat as rev PIN and
the beds are models % ciesuiinsss. In
addition 70 this Uncle Jack sets THE be~;
table N ST kansas west % wichita an1
VII nog aloE a pound Of usat 81 MS
house that costs less than twenty-five
cents He gets Il fresh every other day
from wichita and y il ism; The nigh; kind
ne scnds Z, back
I know al about this hotel business"
sd Mr. FsrroE recently 20 al Eagle
mar. ana the house with ny sysreIz xEiis
ne exactly. can make a good living
out % II and can always have four guests
who are glad 20 pay re tSo dollars .
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-24
Don't Dare Smile.

Outside Of a shrew. a railroad ticket
agent is about the crossest creature %
the human species. He can be the most
disagreeahle and savage. When one dsres
ask him how the train IS. and some never
venture such dangerous question. he is
answered with scowl. as though he
should have known all about the train
without asking.
The writer has Just discovered that
these same railroad men have an excuse
for their conduct Indeed they claim
that their cross ways are jUstidsble.
You see. said enc. If we don't look
cross at some OF the old rubes. they
would talk Us 70 death. When I started
I'm the business. I smiled at everybody.
1t wasn't long. moreover. till I knew
every mans troubles in the county,