The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Shotgun Dick Bullock. the old time
gold guard who has guarded s90O.0oo0y0
of gold from the Black Hills to ciyiliza-
ton during the last twenty-five years,
without the loss of an ounce of dust. is
soon TO retire from the business and will
be pensioned by the Adams Express Com
pany, whose treasury cars he has guard
ed most of the years since the Black Hills
became a gold-producing country.
The Countess Of Warwick intends to es-
tablish agricultural settlement in differ
ent parts of England, where women who
are expert in horticulture, dairy farming,
and poultry rearing can work on cooper
alive principles She believes that the
problem of agricultural depression can
be solved by training intelligent and edu-
Gated women 10 this calling
Dom Paul Kruger, wanderer from the
Transvaal is in lonely retirement at Men
tone. He wears a somewhat smart frock
coat and black trousers, and the familiar
stovepipe hat. bound with heavy Grape,
and walks with a cane policeman dis
perses the bearers of cameras in front of
the villa when the former President en-
tiers the house daily about noon, after a
morning spent in the garden. The old
man is by no means decrepit, and looks in
good health. He prefers the company of
his own thoughts to intercourse with
strangers.
Rev. DR.. David G. Downey, of Brook
lyn. is leading the New York conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church in
fight against the proposed consolidation of
the Methodist book concerns in this coun-
try. The plan contemplates a combina-
ton OF the several publishing houses, the
capital S, ock to be from SIS. 900. 900 to 49,,
009,000, and the esta blishment to be located
at some point in the middle west. DR..
Downey thinks this savors too much Of
trust methods and evidences that the in
terests OF the church are becoming more
material than spiritual He declares that
against the tone of materialism l wish
TO enter an emphatic protest.
Lawrence Thurston. who has been sent
to China to found the proposed Christian
university to be established by the mis-
sionary society of Yale university, is
twenty eight years of age He will locate
the new institution i'll some important
city. Sons of prominent Cinnamon will be
secured as students, with the hope that
their conversation may nave a wide in
fluence. The proposed university viii
have four years course and postgradu-
ate school OF Journalism. Mr.. Thurston
was born in Connecticut and was gradu-
ated from Yale in 1898 Twelve other
hi
missionaries.
Kipling throws a good deal of his work
into The waste basket. but it is some time
since any of it went into a receptacle
owned by some other person. He feels
that. having won a reputation II is his
duty to write up to it. On one occasion
when in a heroic mood, he destroyed a
whole book The title of this unborn work
was "Forty-Five Mornings. After it was
finished he asked Robert Barr to read it
AS good as Plain Tales was Mr. Bars
verdict Not BETTER" said Kiplng. Il
don't think it is answered Barr Then
it will never be published" was Kipling's
unexpected reply. and it was destroyed
forthwith.
Robert Cassidy of Richie county. W.
Va. does not believe in banks. so he put
his savings of $500 in cash in a straw mat
tress His wife does not believe in dirt.
and burned the straw Nothing is left of
the savings of several years but ashes
On her wedding day the women of Rou-
mania gave The crown princess a sum of
money with which she was to buy pres
ent. That was ten years ago and now the
~.
With this sum the crown princess has
lust bought an estate in Jassy. where
will be opened a school of household
economy.
Percy Ford. representative Of the own
ers of the Homestead mine in the Black
Hills. has gone TO London 10 confer with
The Rothschilds relative 70 the purchase
Of the mine The foreign bankers are
anxious 10 get it. and are said to have
offered SS5.ooo.coo The present owners.
however are holding out for 100000
DR.. Morris Bailey. OF Titusvine. Pa,
lately celebrated his eighty-ffth birthday
and especially marked the day by erasing
from his books accounts extending over
half a century. and aggregatiug about
81 90 He stin has some $1,000 'hard-to-
collect accounts. and may some day set
lie these in the same way But paying
patients have supplied HIM with a com
potency.
Dennis r -Creedon. a weIl-known resi-
dent OF East Orange. \. J. who owns
property valued at nearly s.. 90, and who
receives q good income from IL every
year. works every day as e rnotornan OF
an Orange trolley car at a salary of $3.50
a day Mr Creedon doss not do this be
cause he needs the money. he does II be
cause the physicians advise him 10 take
up some such occupation in the open air.
creedon lives in handsome home
\ strange story OF the discovery of an
unsupported art treasure comes from
Csnada. A Montreal art dealer was play
Ing golf, and drove ball through the
window OF a cottage. 1t struck picture
on the wall The dealer paid handsome
compensation. and also acquired The n
iured picture II turned out, after clean
lnG and examination 70 be Dutch inter
jor BY Teaiers. OF the value Of s. soc Half
Of this sum the dealer gave 10 the orig
iHaA ownes. 70 her great surprise.