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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-20
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| COMPLAINT was made Yesterday of the
| day clerk of a prominent hotel and the
telephone number sent in. He is alleged
to have said HELLO on being called up
in almost as savage a tone as man says
! IT when his wife asks for three dollars.
q
That first yacht race comes off today.
| Now, let some one provide crutches for
| that gray-whiskered joke about the slip
between the cup and the Upton.
II
WHAT. with THE good CORN pros
poets AND the DROP of FIVE cents y
gallon IN whisky. THAT Democratic
NOMINATION isn't AS altogether
WORTHLESS as 1T appeared. CORN
makes WHISKY, and EVERYBODY
knows WHAT whisky MAKES.
:-(-)-:
CHINESE CLING PEACHES are sup
posed to have derived their name from
the way the yellow man hangs onto his
pig-tai.
An old staid Piker wishes to make this
announcement: Wichita should vote
bonds. What for? Fer anything that viii
| increase her greatness. Why? Because
it is the way TO greatness. have never
had public dollar thrown my way.
and yet ! say let US vote bonds
Ed Note:-It shonuId be added 20 make
this Pliers strong stand more clear
that he doesn't own anything on earth
xxx
say" said one Of the printers in the
Eagle office to a friend. which Is best
10 get in buying real estate-a warranty
deed or an ABSTRACT
:-(-)-.
When those hills near Lawtcn were
called the Wichita Mountains suspicion
| that gold exists in them in large guam
titles took root and the notion cannot be
eradicated. And yet people say there is
nothing in a name
Two trolley cars bumped into each other
al Kansas City and Immediately the As
ISOLATED Press sent out a dispatch An
other graft
II anyone had any objection 70 that
man at ST. Louis dying they should Re-
frain. \ fellow who takes SIX different
kinds Of poison has troubles enough
ahead
Castro is getting in pretty hard straits
when re tries the short change game on
foreign merchants
~TH tell you what observed Farmer
DooMuIe. you can never Tel what's n
a kid or e colt
\ dark -eornplexioDee cosmopolitan pass
ed along Douglas avenue yesterday and
the following izconic dialogue took place
between two men who saw him:
~LoT
John
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As an illustration e hurno- The dc
tioaary tezls OF the Freshman a. oxford
who saw Z Senior drowning and he v2S
wringing lis hands and saying. II rad
only ben introduced 10 the gentleman ]
could Jump fl and save him Bat what
woman would 20 Into q neszheors hose
even IN time Of mortal illness. * that
Lady haS nevey ealles upon bert
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-20

According to the testimony of Lieutenant Richardson
the material sailors in the American is
found in Kansas Something like this every day
before long Kansas will begin to understand the in
fnitude of its resources day somebody will turn
ND and prove that Kansas sunower stalks just the
things to make men-of-war out of.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-20

Nebraska evidently believes that there is more in
nsc value in the possibility of securing the vice presi
dency through Repubcansm than in securing the pres
dency through Democracy and has cut the of
the boom of John L. Webster of Omaha
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-20

The city council at Fort Scott has vindicated the
capacity municipal paraments to enact legislation of
far reaching benefcence 1t has prohibited
indscrimnate piano playing within the city limits be-
tween 10 p. m. and I a.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-20

Webb McNall is so anxious to back into the Re
publican party that he is willing to water for the
elephant if the gatekeepers do allow him pass
his face-a remote possibility
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-20

5 stated what town in Kansas produced that
correspondent in Russia who has reported that black
smith Kharkov has fallen heir to fortune of sixty
TWO million roubles.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-20

The distillers Of Peoria brewing something not
to their profit The result of dispute concerning the
maintenance prices the whisky is getting
penny less every twentysx drinks consumed. The
middeman has added this to his profits
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-20

Governor Bailey and Commissioner Lulpg have
agreed upon strategic movement against the world
fair management enforce demand for that which is
nominated in the bond-one hundred jobs for Kansas
people at St Louis.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-20

Matthew Stanley Quay's friends felicitate
themselves the fact that one sensational report crcu
their idol false The of his death is
untrue
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-20

Even in Mexico may become wealthy without
the of the laws Pedro Avarado who died at Chi
huahua Tuesday worth sS5,OOOOOO six years ago
common Iaborer working for 80 cents a day.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-20

Plus IS thinking CT raising Archbishop Ireland 10
he cardinaate. That purple bouquet is what would
please Columbia immensely
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-20

The coal companies advancing the price Of fuel in
August is tip the ice if they are wise to ar
range their schedules in January. People don't care
about the prices of things they don't the time
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-20

With whisky hveeights Of per pint cheaper. we
nay expect to the autumn feud season open with
creased enthusiasm in Kentucky.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-20

We can look for the growing sentiment Of American
friendship increase London when that load Of
Oklahoma peaches arrives IL the worlds metropolis.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-20

It looks after ALL like Joe Bristow had designs
the vice presidency. He is reported to have in con-
temptation the establishment of fifty per Of the
rural routes pettoned for.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-20

King Peter of Servia has transferred the appointing
power his tickle kingdom heads Of departments
Il is difficult TO see where King Pete is wise.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-20

The attention Of Carrie Nation is called to vesuyius
It is smoking again.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-20

"When ! offer you a positive
and permanent cure under an abb
soiute guarantee of No Cure, No
Pay, isn't it at least worthy your
investigation?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-20

WHAT. with THE good CORN pros
poets AND the DROP Of FIVE cents \
gallon IN whisky. THAT Democratic
NOMINATION isn't AS altogether
WORTHLESS as 1T appeared. CORN
makes WHISKY, and EVERYBODY
knows WHAT whisky MAKES.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-20

CHINESE CLING PEACHES are sup
posed to have derived their name from
the way the yellow man hangs onto his
pig-tail.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-05-09
MAD MLLLAH's BATTLE-GROUND
The Howlins Waste In Which Colonel
PIunkett's Troops Were AnnihiIated.

The Howlins Waste In Which Colonel
PIunkett's Troops Were Annihilated.
The place where Col. Plunkett and
nearly his entire force were wiped out
on April II, is about 275 miles south OF
the Gulf Of Alden, and a little east OF
south Of Berbera, the chief British
port on that gulf. It Is east of the
centre Of Somaliland, which now, in
the height Of the dry season, has all
the aspects of desert.
Gen. Manning, whose headquarters
are at Galadi, about forty miles due
east of the scene Of the tragedy, says
in his dispatch that though he intend
ed to march east Immediately to relieve
Col. Cobbe from his perilous position,
he would return at once to Galadi, as
he could carry sufficient water only for
the march to Cobbe's camp and back
He would, therefore, be unable to ad-
vance against the enemy If the latter
held aloof.
There is strong probability that the
Mad Mullah's army will gain the pres
tige and great moral advantage among
the barbarous people Of East Africa OF
having soundly thrashed the enemy
without having been made to suffer
severely in return.
British Somaliland, in the fall and
winter, received a great deal Of rain
and the country is covered with grass
That is the time when the many thou
sands Of horses, donkeys and mules
have most food and the people are
most active. But in the spring and
summer scarcely a drop of rain falls
the country is parched and barren and
water is obtained only along the few
rivers and in the wells.
It is significant that in Gen. Man.
ning's dispatch he speaks Of the enc
my's infantry. In the wet season,
when grass covers the plains and hills,
the Somalis fight on horseback, and
the celebrity of their movements has
been great obstacle in the Brit
ish campaign against them. At this
season the mounted troops Of the Mad
Mullah employ camels and are able to
move less rapidly.
But the dry season is a far greater
impediment to the British than to the
natives. The Somalis know where
every well Is to be found and the Brit
ish lack this knowledge.
The wells themselves are quaint
and interesting, being deep, wide holes,
reminding one of an abandoned quar-
ry. Some Of them are fifty to sixty
feet deep.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-05-09
Locating John.

A story is told Of a young man
named John p, who, being in poor
health, went to India. His family had
instructed him not to spare expense,
but to cable three times week how
he was and what he was doing. The
first cable message ran:
Am Well. Have native guide, Inja,
Hunt tigers tomorrow:
The next communication did not ar
rive till two weeks later. It was this:
John dead. Killed. Tiger. What do?
INA.
Back went the fearful message:
Send on body.
A month later there was delivered to
the keeper of the receiving vault Of M
cemetery a box or coffin so large and
heavy that it might have been the
home Of a second Cardiff Giant. Sus-
picion having been aroused, permit
was secured and the sealed coffin
opened. To the CONSERVATION Of those
presented there lay the body Of mag
nificant Bengal tiger resting on white
satin. The following message was soon
racing across the Atlantic:
Some mistake. You sent a tiger
Where is John?
The following information was soon
received:
No mistake. No mistake. John
Inside tiger!
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-05-09
MACHINERY OF MODERN BANK.
Demands of the Day Have Brought It
to Clock Like Perfection.

Demands of the Day Have Brought II
to Clock Like Perfection.
So great has been the development
Of New York banks within recent years
that the modern bank today bears
slight resemblance to the old fashioned
institution of two decades ago. Radi-
cal changes have marked this transit
ton from retail to wholesale bank
ing. Some Of these pertain to New
York alone, but in most cases the new
order of things has modified banking
methods at important centres every
where. In this city especially the ten
dency has been to increase the force Of
assistant cashiers, so that the larger
banks now employ from two to six. In
discussing the more important changes,
William o. Jones, who was lately called
from the Chase to the National Park
Bank, of this city as assistant, cashier
said:
During the last decade and half
probably no position connected with
banking institutions in this country
has become 80 universally adopted and
so generally recognized as that Of as
sistant cashier. Fifteen years ago the
position Of assistant cashier, as an ad-
jrnct to the executive force of a bank,
was the exception rather than the
rule. Today the reverse Is true, and
banking institutions generally (includ-
ing those having only moderate capi-
talization and occupying a somewhat
restricted field,) employ the services Of
from one to five assistant cashiers.
The necessity for the creation and the
general recognition Of this Office has
been accelerated by the phenomenal
expansion Of the banking business.
mot very long ago the entire bur-
den of conducting banks affairs rest
ed almost solely upon the cashier,
with, perhaps, an occasional sugges-
tion from the president. Then the
cashiers duties consisted largely In
the acceptance Of deposits and In the
granting of advances to local custom
ers, with. whose affairs he was sup
posed to be thoroughly conversant.
The one man bank Is now, however,
a matter of history. The intense ag-
gressiveness, sharp competition, diver
sified departments and enlarged field
of operation which characterize the
progressive modern banking institution
of today, call for the best talent Of
many men.
1.-THE management of an up-to-date
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-05-09

THE BoYs.-'Twas thus a shrewd old
farmer spake the other day the while
he combed from beard and hair the
seedlets Of the hay:
Our Freddie Is a business man an
maxim piles in soap. Ezekiel is doc
tor an feeds the people dope. Our
Mary Ann Is pretty an full Of educa-
ton. She's bagged dude from towr
who's rich as all creation.
"Hennery's a preacher an runs g
gospel shop. Pete's politician
a-climbin' to the top. Willium Is in.
dustrious-he stays with me an marn
an me an him an her get a livin
from the farm.
But Tom! 1t really seems Ton
never had no sense. He couldn't take
n hammer an pound nails into a fence
But marin she's not despairin', or Il
she is don't show it. Says she: You
leave that Tom alone. He's fixin' te
be a poet!' ATLANTA News.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-05-09
THE Coolest Town ON EARTH.-1r

THE COOLEST Town ON EARTH.-1n
the Yakutsk district the thermometer
is known to fall as low as eighty de-
grees Fahrenheit below zero. The in
habitants (the Yakuts) Of this district
are a very interesting people, as 1t is
evident that they are Of different
type from the surrounding Mongolian
tribes. Prof. A. H. Keane, in his Man,
Past and Present" says: "They are
almost the only progressive aboriginal
people in Siberia, although number
ing not more than 100000 souls. con-
centrated chiefly along the river banks
on the plateau between the Lena and
the Aldan. In the Yakuts we have an
extreme instance Of the capacity Of
man Of adapt himself to the milieu.
They not merely exist, but thrive and
display a considerable degree Of ener-
gy and enterprise in the coldest re-
gion of the globe. Within the isother-
NAL of 72 degrees Fahrenheit, Ver-
hoyensk, in the heart of their territory
Is alone included for the period from
November to February, and in this
temperature, at which quicksilver
freezes, the Yakut children may be
seen gambolling naked in the snow. In
midwinter Mr.. r. Kennan, met some
OF these men Of iron,' as Wrangel
calls them, airily arrayed in nothing
but a shirt and a sheepskin, lounging
about as if in enjoyment of the balmy
Zephyrs of some genial sub-trOpical
ne.'-London Graphic.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-05-09
Aatuurul1s 9epartn1ent.
Tho Tale Of q Tail.

"Y' want t know how thet old le-
gend' started about horse hairs turn
in inter snakes If y leave 'em in water
over night?" asked Uncle Bill. oval
now, thet old legend as y call 1t, is
gospel truth.
"Jest you take a horse hair an put
it in bottle Of water an But, say,
didn't you ever hear tell uf how Jedge
Morton's old grey mare died? WAL
wal, wal! There's heap Of things
you city fellers don't know about, at
ter all.
"Why, tn jedge kept this mare uf
his out in tn COW barn. Twas a ram
shackle old buildin' an tn roof leaked
considerable. But thet didn't make
much difference ontil one night along
In April when we had a rainstorm.
Now I've seen some pretty likely
transforms in my time, but this here
pertic'lar one was calc'lated t make all
tn rest uf 'em look like sunshine dur
in a dry spell.
Next mornin' when the jedge went
out t. tn barn t. look things over he
found tn old mare sound asleep In two
feet uf water. He jest stood there a,
lookin', wonderin' how In tarnation ne
get all tn water outer tn barn, again,
when all uf a sudden he gave a start
thet almost woke tn mare.
"Her tail all seemed t. be sort uf
a-squirmin' 'ound like. He looked
closer, an, sure as you're sittin' there,
every hair in tn pesky critturs tall
had turned into a strappin big rattle
snake.
Naturally, tn jedge. was sort uf up
sot when he first discovered all this.
But when he got over his surprise
some, he took tn matter philosophical
ly, and seemed pleased more'n ather-
wise
"'Why, next winter he said, tibet
there rattlesnake tail II do instead uf
sleighbells. The ole mare II look
right nobby hitched up t. til cutter
"But Medusa-he always called tn
mare Medusa after thet-she warn't
destined T. live tibet long. Durin' tn
summer when she'd whisk her tall
around t bresh tn flies off, them rep
tiles would snap 'em off an eat 'em.
They finally grew so fat an heavy on
this fly diet thet tn poor old mare
couldn't pull her own tail, let alone a
wagon.
Besides, snakes don't sleep tn same
hours as hosses an tn awful rafting
at night kept Medusa awake. At last
the poor crittur died. Her tail, brok-
en-hearted for tn most part, didn't
long survive her.
Whats thet y say?" asked Uncle
Bill.
mo, as far as I know, Jedge Norton
never teched a drop Of liquor in his
life."-New York Sun.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-05-09
Silk Culture In Charleston.

Charleston letter: Miss Henrietta
A. Kelly's experimental work in silk
culture, under the direction Of the
United States department of agricul-
ture, has now reached it's most inter-
esting stages, and the public Of
Charleston is given the opportunity of
seeing 1t in full operation. Kiss Kelly
has more than fifteen thousand worms
spinning the silk fiber and all who are
interested in the experiment which
may mean new and important and
rich industry for this community and
section, are invited to view them at Isl
Wentworth street, any afternoon, dur
ing the next week, between the hours
Of and o'clock. Miss Kelly will
show the worms to visitors and ex-
plain all the phases Of the culture.
Within a week the worms will have
finished their spinning, and the cocoons
will be boxed and shipped to Washing
ton, where the silk will be reeled off.
This will conclude the operation for
this year. Miss Kelly will retain
enough Of the cocoons to furnish eggs
for the next years Matching, and she
will make microscopic examination Of
these for selection Of the best, and will
put these in storage for next season.
The Italian peasants who were brought
to Charleston by Miss Kelly to assist
in the culture have been steadily en-
gagged at the work, and have given
faithful and satisfactory service. They
will continue with Miss Kelly and will
give attention during the summer and
fall to the mulberry trees, which have
been planted in various places about
Charleston. Miss Kelly is very well
satisfied with the result Of her first
seasons experiments, though she has
had to contend against many difficult
ties. In the first place, there was a
variation in the Matching periods, due
to the lays and landings of the eggs
imported, which brought the worms
out at irregular times, and made 1t
difficult to control the production.
Then the securing Of mulberry leaves,
on which the worms subsist entirely,
was a problem Of large proportions.
Miss Kelly had to search about every
where for trees which would furnish
the desired leaves, and there was al
ways an uncertainty and imperfection
In the supply. However, there have
been few losses in the colonies of
worn,s and their products is reaSOna-
bly, satisfactory. 1t is thought that 125
pounds of cocoons will be shipped to
Washington. Miss Kelly says that her
experiments have shown that three
crops of silk can be produced here each
spring.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-05-09

UNREMITTING KINDNESS. - Senator
Knute Nelson, Of Minnesota, was talk
ing one day to an actor about another
actor who had got an engagement in
London, says an exchange.
"A fine fellow, he is" said Mr.. Mel
son.
Yes, very fine," said the other;
'only since he has gone abroad he has
not sent a penny to his wife. He
writes her the most affectionate let
ters; every day or two a pleasant let
ter comes from him, but not a cent has
he forwarded in the two months he
has been away"
He writes every day or two?" said
Senator Nelson. What kindness!"
"Kindness!" exclaimed the actor.
Kindness! When he sends no mon
ey?"
YES" said Mr.. Nelson; "unremit-
ting kindness"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-05-09
Mr.. r. e. McIlwain discovered ware

Mr.. r. E. McIlwain discovered ware
house on the side track Of the Southern
near the depot afire and gave the
alarm. The warehouse was packed
full Of sacked cow feed belonging to
the L. M. Co., and the fire had doubt
less been burning for some time. 1t
required hard work to subdue it on ac-
count Of the difficulty in getting to 1t
and it was probably an hour before 1t
was subdued. 80. The sher1r sold one
tract Of land Monday, SO acres, the
Knight land in Flat Creek township,
for SAB. Robert Floyd, purchaser
Mr.. Floyd also purchased a small lot
in the town Of Kershaw sold by the
clerk of court for $50. Mr.. James
Blackwell, a highly respected citizen OF
the Flat Creek township, died at his
home on Thursday last, aged 81 years
In early manhood he was married to
Miss Elizabeth Leigh, who with three
sons, D. L. Blackwell Of Camden, and
r. L., and Fletcher Blackwell, Of Flat
Creek survive him. His remains were
inferred at Mt. Pisgah Baptist church,
of which he was member many years,
on Friday after funeral services by
Rev. D. C. Freeman, Of Kershaw. He
was a good man and a substantial cit
izen. ...... "A warehouse on the side
track Of the Southern at Kershaw, used
by Mr.. DePass, was discovered afire
Saturday night. The fire had made
considerable headway when discovered
but with the towns splendid system of
water works fire doesn't have much of
showing at Kershaw. It was extin-
guished in short order with only slight
damage to several thousand pounds of
bacon the warehouse contained. ORR
gin Of fire unknown. What would
have been a disastrous hail storm had
the farmers not been behind with their
planting this year, visited sections of
this county Monday afternoon. AS 1t
was, the fruit, oats and wheat crops
were badly damaged and gardens ruin
ed where the hail was heaviest. From
Olllty uO"A llC AVG"
cut section the hail was very heavy
and some say continued to fall for 20
or 80 minutes. Mr.. ]. D. Nisbet says 1t
was probably four inches deep at his
house and in places where it drifted
was not all melted yesterday morning.
Mr.. T. E. Neal, has probably lost his
entire Oat crOp and Mr. T. Davis Cas-
key says that the oats on his planta-
ton are total loss and he fears there
will be no fruit as what was not beat
en- off the trees was so badly cut up by
the hail stones that it will do no good
and that gardens were absolutely de-
molished. In and around town the hail
was not so severe. Mr.. Oren Blackmon
several miles southwest of town re-
ports his wheat crop ruined and. that
he will plow it up and plant corn where
1t grew.