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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-04
EXAMINATIONS BEGIN TO-DAY.
Applicants fer City Teachers Should
Arcezr This Morning.

The September examinations Tor teach
ers in the city schools viii be held today
and tomorrow II the high school building
The examinations vii begin AZ 5 o'esack
each morning Each applicant = rec uirsd
70 pay 10 the secretary % the exazsiu-
Ing board Zee Of one dollar X Is eS-
pectsd that there win be a large NUM-
her 81 applicants. as The city needs =
large number q teachers this year owing
70 the new buildings which have beea
erected
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-04
IN HAMILTON PARK.
lines Union Band Will Give Concert
TONIGHT.

The lines Union band will give a con-
cert tonight at Hamilton park, commenc-
ing at SIS o'clock sharp. The follow
ing is the program:
March-The Snow Man .....-.....- Parker
Waltz-Just Plain Folks $500. Chattaway
Serenade-Eveniug Reverie 49,. Losey
Medley Overture-The Sleeping Beauty
and the Beast ..-......--.. Chattaway
Overture-Neptune' Carnival. StimSon
Anvil Polka Cby request) .Parlow
Operate Gems --.---.--.-......-.... DaIbeE
Narch-Tbe Crisis. Hall
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-04
Bilious Collie
Quick relief Is afforded by
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Kennedy.

II never fails and Is pleasant and safe
b take
The attack may be wardcd of by taking
e double dose OF this remedy as soon as
the 1rst indication of the disease appears
For sale by druggists everywhere.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-05
Story of Broker Sunburs and a Wall Street Slump

ed at precisely 10 next morning. His
brokers just hadn't sold him out and
that was ALL A drop of another point.
and he was a goner
From to he burned up miles of tel
ephone wire with the heat of his pleas
for money. Fifty thousand dollars
would take him beyond the turn, but
everybody who had that amount
seemed to be hard of hearing
AT last his own bell rang, and he
snatched up the phone, hopeful that
somebody might be coming to the res
cue.
This is opera night. you know, dear
lie. Come soon and don't forget the
jewels"
There were good, honest tears in
Thompson's eyes as he hung up the re-
ceiver, tears that welled from a deeper,
purer spring than had been tapped in
his breast this many day. If at that
moment those jewels had been real,
nothing. not even his present strait,
could have tempted him to displace one
of them. But, oh. they were so false
false as he,
A plunger in all things, he now
plunged into despair with his whole
being, even as he had plunged into T.,
z. and w. with his whole fortune. How
he loathed the hideous thing that he
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-05

protect that from the cold blast Jack
is as little afraid of the cold as almost
anything that grows, for he shoots his
stalk up stiff and stately to the March
wind among the first plants that ap-
pear. He is thus bold because his green
pulpit wraps him around completely
and keeps him warm till the sunshine
melts the frost, and meantime he keeps
on growing all the time. Jack in the
pulpit is sometimes called the arum
lily and sometimes the Indian turnip.
When full grown. the juice of the root
of the arum lily is hot and biting
enough to blister the tongue
Another plant family that delighted
the young people not a little was that
of the hardy wood ferns. They found
that while many leaves wrap themselves
around the leaf stalk itself to keep
warm while they are growing strong
enough to unfold the fern leaf simply
rolls itself downward upon its stem.
like a ball of yarn wound all one way
When the fern leaf stalks first appear
above ground, there is nothing 10 be
seen except the small reddish brown
han. The ball begins to unroIl upward
a little green shows about its lower
edge. then feathery, tiny leaf branch
peeps out Day by day the ball unrolls.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-05
.Rauaainr In Cattle.

Cattle farming in New Mexico wasi
and is much on the same lines as elssA
where in the west. The cattle are an
lowed to scatter for hundreds OF miles
and are rounded up by the cowboys
usually twice a year. in the spring and
autumn. The calves are then BRANDED
and brought back TO their respective
ranches with the other cattle. The fat
steers afterward are cut out from tha
herds and are driven 90 market
New Mexico has long been cattle
country. and the herds so for hundreds
of miles along cattle trails. well defined
tracks trodden by the hoofs OF beeves
for many years in succession. TO the
nearest railroad for transit 10 the most
likely market
1t is during these round ups that
the cowboy has TO work hard. And
here Ii should be said that in New Mex.
leo. at least. he Is not the bloodthirsty
scoundrel that certain popular shows
and cheap novels would have US be-
lieve. For one thing. ne is forbidden by
the laws of the territory to carry a
"gun"-a revolver. Only shotguns are
allowed to be used in the territory. The
first duty on a round up is naturally
to bring the cattle together so that they
can be got at hsndily for the purposes
OF sorting out or cutting" as IL Il
called. the brands Of the various own
ers-
Men from all the cattle owners on the
plain gradually bring the cattle into
convenient herds. A number Of hands
are detailed 20 ride round the herd and
hold IL together while two or three
bosses ride into the herd and cut out
the cattle. When one of these sees a
brand he is after. II is surprising how
quickly he can drive IL out of the herd
and into its proper bunch. perhaps
a couple of hundred yards away from
the main herd
Sometimes the whole herd Is divided
up into these small punches and each
brand strictly kept with It's fellows.
Branding is the next operation. The
animal 10 be branded is roped BY two
cowboys. one OF whom throws a lasso
round the neck or horns and the other
round the hind legs. With the assist
ance OF a third man. who grasps the tail.
the animal is easily thrown Then the
man holding the tail passes II between
the hind legs and brings II up twisted
over the flank. and. the ropes being
still held taut from the horns OF the
saddles. the branding Is done with an
iron heated redhot. The pain inflicted
Is often intense. and the animals make
frantic endeavors 10 escape from their
captors.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-05
By WILLIS B.
HAWKINS
Copyright, 1908, by
Wills B. Hdtrkins

, sunburst, How exasperating not to
kept them in the steel box where the
servants could not get at them, and
anyway, she said, the servants were
perfectly trustworthy.
Thompson met all these arguments
with mastery logic. Granting that the
servants themselves would not steal,
they were likely to talk TO somebody
who would. Servants, he pointed out,
liked to brag about the wealth Of their
employers. AS for the steel box, bur-
glar could carry it away, body and
boots, and open it at his leisure.
Mrs T. shuddered at the thought of a
burglar, so Thompson laid it on little
thicker.
I'VE read every day of people being
murdered in their beds" said he.
That was the final necessary straw.
Perhaps you'd better put them into
the vault" Mrs. T. sighed
That night Thompson called his pill
low to order again and submitted the
following preamble and resolution:
Whereas, The clever Mr.. Thompson has
found place where they make paste dia-
monds which only an expert can tell from
real ones, and
Whereas, Mrs. T., not knowing the diff
ference, will be just as happy with paste
as with real diamonds, and
Whereas. Thirty thousand dollars will
margin enough T.. H. and w. to make a
wagon load of money in the next thirty
days; therefore, be it
Resolved, That everything is lovely and
the goose hangs high.
There was nothing now to mar the
happiness of either Thompson or his
wife. Whenever she wanted to wear
her jewels she had only to telephone to
his office, and he brought them to her
in good time. What odds if they
weren't the real thing? Nobody sus-
pected it, she least of all. Moreover.
her husband never grumbled nowadays
when she limited at new diamonds He
without the asking-bought them, let
her wear them a few times, and then
when he was sure she had priced them
at the jewelers. he substituted paste,
sold the real stones, put the money into
the game, and-the goose still dangled
at a pleasing altitude.
But one day the string broke, or, to
shift from poultry metaphor to the Ian
guage of Wall street, the bears got on
the market and the roof caved in. At
with every dollar he could raise, was
under the wreck, slated to be slaughter
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-05

deposit vault), called his carriage and
went home with the craven heart OF a
poltroon trembling in his breast
Don't pity him: pray. don't. Yes, he
was suffering terribly. so terribly that
he thought of suicide. but grief for his
faithlessness was still mixed with con-
siderations of exposure He must be
chastened more and more before he
could deserve that divine quality Of
mercy which tempers the highest form
Of justice.
Mrs. T. could not fail to perceive that
something had gone wrong. Thompson
had hardly entered the house when she
asked him what it was.
In an incoherent way, like a man
talking in his sleep. he told her of his
lesser trouble; how the bottom had fall
en- out of the market: how hundreds of
longs had been ruined; how he himself
had managed barely TO keep his mar
gins good, but had completely exhaust
ed his resources in doing so: how. in
short. for the want of few thousand
dollars he would be a ruined man when
the Stock Exchange opened next morn
ing.
Most of it was as Greek to Mrs. T.
She understood only that $40 900 or $50
900 would save him. She opened the
jewel case on the table and turned to
him w1h a sweetly sympathetic smile.
My darling boy" she said. why didn't
you sell these?" She went and sat be-
4 IL.
upon the sofa. Didn't you know
would rather part with every one of
them than have you worried for a mo-
ment? Why. it was for just such
time as this that 1 coaxed them from
you. 1 knew what a plunger you were,
you dear thing, and Yes, dearest, i
almost hoped that the time might come
when they would sage you. 1 wanted
to be help to you, real helpmate.
and knew no better way"
Thompson had flung himself on his
knees before her and buried his face in
her lap. Every word that she spoke
seemed to be living thing clutching at
his heart. dragging his drabbled soul
into the light.
There, there!" she crooned. stroking
his hair, oh, so tenderly. Let us go
now and sell them. 1t is not too late"
Yes. yes, it is too latel" In a frenzy
of grief, Thompson sprang to his feet
and slammed the lid Of the casket
down. He could not bear to look. could
not bear to have her look at those pasty
things. so false, so worthless, so much
liz him!
Confession was at his tongue tip
when he looked into her big, round eyes
and read there the awful disappoint-
ment of her loving heart. Her cher
ished plan had failed.
TOO late," she gasped.
II mean it is too late-too late to
sell them tonight" He was making
the effort of his life. He must not give
up. He must not confess. For her
sweet sake he must conceal the crush
ing truth. For her he must fight the
fight. Tomorrow morning will be soon
enough he said. At least this would
give him time to think.
He confided many things to his pillow
that night and adopted many manly
resolutions Among them was one to
the effect that the splendid little woman
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-05

this house? Isn't it rather too much of
a temptation to lay before servants :?
Don't you think you'd better let me put
them into a safety deposit vault for
your
His pillow had been easier to convince
than his wife was First. She liked to
have her jewels where she could ,ook at
them and show them TO her friends.
What was the use of owning beautiful
diamonds if they were to be locked up
where they couldn't be admired? Then
suppose she should change her mind at
some last moment and decide to wear
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-05

most enjoyable time OF their lives over
his story Of clever Thompson's clever
trick ON his trustful little wife.
"Ah. bu; wasn't so very trustful.-
she said at last Il had feeling. an
intuition perhaps. that IL those dia-
monds We're put into the safety deposit
vault something would happen to
them"
Yes" said Thompson. II remainder
how obstinately you opposed my hrop-
osition- But now. sweetheart. \yor
shall keep them always at home"
No" Mrs T answered Il have \an
intuition that they viii be safer in tks
deposit vault-now"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-05

I'M feet lonr. wifh TIE top Il feet b.
iOE fhe river led. II f. accessible ~
sle-frsc elevators ard = SPIRAL l,oa r&s4-
EsT a. each e11.
BASKET making employs tassoo Persons
n Germany. zn%Ts TIE Wages rage
f-ozz - 70 So weekly ao- akfssed work
ert
Thousands q s9us-e niles q hgniis
anderIse ;h~ D2kotzs sr1 Eorrana
while another bit extec6s srs<z F5or1cs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-05

heart out at home that evening two
great bulls happened TO meet in a box
at the opera.
Haven't those fellows had fun
enough with T., z. and W.? one asked.
Il guess So" the other answered care
lessly.
Lets toss 'em. What do you say?"
"All right. Let's"
That was the end OF II. The CONVEX
sation turned upon something worth
while-the new prima donna perhaps.
The first thing that happened in the
Stock Exchange next morning sent the
market kiting. The air was full of
bears. Thompson just stood and
jumped up and down until somebody
near by told him not to make BANKED
fool of himself.
II WON'T" shouted Thompson. jump
ing the higher. Il won't. Never again,
Never. neveri"
And what do you think he did with
the first money he drew out of that
deal? What else would you expect him
to do but have those loathsone shams
replaced by diamonds. the purest that
money could buy?
Then. do you believe. he and Mrs T.
laughed and cried together and had the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-05

but hurried home to set a warm din
ner: vet for all that the young people
declared they never enjoyed a picnic
more.
Perhaps they got so much pleasure
out of the occasion because they
learned something. They went into
the woods 10 find out how wild plants
and flowers look when they first shoot
out of the ground. The botany teacher.
Miss Fickels. went with them 10 tell
them the names OF things. Some plants
were already Ear advanced in spite OF
the ground being frozen in places one
of the most notable OF the growths they
found was the jack in the pulpit Jack
was in all stages OF his development
except the full Powered one. in which
he stands Up bold and bright in his
green or purple pulpit and seems to be
lecturing all the world. At first he
shoots up straight from the earth in a
single spike. Then he begins to unron
like one OF those paper sheathed lead
pencils. In the next stage he shows out
Slightly more. but keeps his face COW
cred till the last as though he must
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disappears from view. and the anern-
one. stretching out its tentacies once
more. digssts the unfortunate shrimp
while waiting for it's next victim
a very pretty sea snemone attaches
Itself to a wheIk shell that Is inhs bised
BY hermit crab. They are very good
friends the hermit and TIE snemous.
and are supposed 20 share their plum
der. so when the znemone catches a
large prey Master Hermit helps himself
TO q portion. while II the crab lets q VIC
tim slip the aremone catches him
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-05

pools viii reward with a sight OF these
sea flowers" as they have been poet
ically. but enormously. termed Very
beautiful are these creatures when seen
with their numerous tentacles extended
like the fioTets OF a daisy They vary
greatly in color. some being red. olive
green and liver brown. others a lovely
straw berry tint
Touch them. and the tentacies viii
adhere TO the fingers for minute or
two and then relax their hold That is
the way the aaemone catches its din
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-05

the icy blast, SO coil themselves for
ward toward the stem. thus making
two compact little rolls. one each side
OF the leaf stem. The young people
found many violet leaf stalks rolled
together in that way. These begin TO
unroll from the front side of the stem
each way till finally the full leaf is IN
folded Some violet plants they found
were already in bloom, while others had
not finished unrolling their leaves
Each family of plants has its own way
OF unfolding leaves in their season
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-05

middle q a wooden half hoop. and
lead weight IL centrally placed Toy
clowns. animals or other agursa shout
% s1et On ths ends q fhs half hop -
that ~hsu the seruicsrcgisr bon T. -
rest the dots are belov The fat sgr.
face az TIE diameter Cat hole 81 sny
shape a. each eEd q p3scs * card
board TIA; Eogis b. zsitahie az a cav
srinS for The Opes part e ths sxniclf-
cDlsr box TIE boles may - covered
ID cardboard f4ps Hinged air sfrgs
% si2stsc, Snteh easss tbs asgs %
sssirx aozn of shesT 0Na aooora after
being rzsss1 - ths Coils A. sooz "a
ths tog T. rocked TIE sgsres bos -
and down Ars ap5~4E aJssrnafesY
fhsouxk TIRE hoses ia fA~ eardkozr1 "a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-05
HOW TO MAKE AN ODD
JACK-IN.ThE.B0x

n NOVEL jack-in-the-box toy IL
~ shown IN the sketch. The con-
struction is very simpie. Two
half circles OF cardboard are made iats
a ssmicircular box b. giulng n strip 81
cardboard Of any desired width arounf
the edges Just below the center q
each diameter the ends OF a short wood
en- spindle are piyoted b. means Of t'ss
large tacks driven through from ;hs
outside one end OF short piece Of
thick wire Is fxed 20 the center Of the
spindle. The other end II fastened 20 the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-05

even walking upstairs with the stride
and sure footedness OF an elephant"
a new train service has been inaugU-
rated by which trip can be made from
coast TO coast OF the United States in
less than ninety-six hours
In the Mescowitz system OF car light
ing electricity is supplied from a gen
orator attached 10 the axles Of the car
wheels Storage batteries take up the
overflow produced when the car is IN
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-05
Mrs. Thompson s
* Diamonds *

and, truth to tell. really enjoyed the
grateful pleasure she exhibited.
But that night he had a little secret
Whether the pillow was of his opinion
at the outset doesn't matter, since in
the end Thompson's arguments pre-
vailed, and his resolution was adopted
unanimously.
The next morning he said to his wife:
My dear. do you realize the danger of
keeping $4,000 worth OF diamonds in
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-05

now or the nlarksi enables tbs operator
10 set complicated advertising matter
and any ordinary book page Without
rising from ire keyboard
TIE faculty % Coiurpbis university
has AIDED a course IN automobile ne
ohanicz 10 the curriculum
\ tunnel under the Thames FOR the
accommodation % pedestrians has been
recently completed and opened TO to
puhIsc II Is q tuts II feet Z diameter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-05
INSTRUCTION AID AMUSEMENT FOR YOUNG qMERlGH

ner. A little shrimp comes swimming
gayly along and accidentally touches
one of the anemone's feelers. In an in
other feelers grasp the unhappy victim
so that escape becomes impossible. He
is drawn toward his captor's mouth,
which stretches toward him in eager
expectation. till at last poor Mr.. Shrimp
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-05

California, North Dakota. Utah. Mon
tana. Idaho. Missouri. Kansas. Arkan-
sas. Minnesota. Nevada and Washing
ton
An engineering magazine describes 8
new English form OF traction engine
named the ''pedrail." which hauIs big
loads over the toughest ground. going
easily over ruts. eurbstones. etc, and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-05

the tightly rolled up reddish ball a
beautiful waving fern frond
Some leaves roll themselves toward
the back each side from their stalks, as
if they were trying to hide behind their
stalks to keep warm. The big, coarse
leaf of the dock weed does this. Other
leaves coming out in the cold spring
seem to want to hide their faces from
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tS2Til&M SJ1 4 say that his w1feS pas
'AS<NN,..I> n sion for diamonds was
~ sS.91 wicked He had al
US most said vulgar, but
that seemed rather too harsh. Mrs. t.
however, chung lovingly to his neck and
called him pretty names.
'Oh, it is so beautiful She was de-
scribing a diamond sunburst she had
seen at jewelers. that day. And the
dealer says it is a rare bargain at the
price"
''They always say that" Thompson
asserted
But this one really is. You would say
so yourself if you saw it." Not that
she knew much about it. She could
hardly be called an expert at judging
diamonds. Her speciality was judging
Thompson, and she knew that if he,
with his plunging tendencies, went so
far as to look at the sunburst he would
probably buy it for her.
But you have a bushel of diamonds
already he said.
"A bushel! You silly boy!" she pout-
ed sweetly. Il haven't a teacupful.
Why. even Mrs. Joslyn has more than 1,
and I'm sure her husband is not to be
compared with mine as a successful
business man"
That's just it" Thompson grabbed
at the argument. Hes a chump. If
he invested his money properly instead
of buying gewgaws with it, he wouldn't
be everlastingly hard up
In the matter of logical discussion
Mrs. T was no match for her husband.
So she just snuggled closer to him and
turned her soft, appealing eyes up to
his.
There, sweetheart he said, kissing
back her rising tears. Forgive me-
I'm a brute" He really thought he
was
That afternoon on the way home in
his carriage he sat inspecting the bau-
BILE he had bought and rejecting on the
size of the check he had given for it.
Four thousand and odd dollars tied up
in bit of trumpery that would not be
worn half a dozen times in the year!
Why, by judiciously investing that sum
in margins he might turn it into for
tune in a few months. And the stock
market so active just now too
Still he gave her the sunburst like
gentleman, with no grudging remarks
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beside him should never. never know.
That was at once a noble and silly reso-
luton. noble because 1t was conceived
in loving tenderness of her. silly be-
cause he could not keep the truth from
her.
Fate seems to enjoy making much
ado about nothing. Possibly she has her
reasons, though. II Thompson had
only known II, he was not in the slight
est danger While he was tearing his
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Roundabout.


A little hoy went out one alkht.
The little BOP went out
The moon and stars were very bright
A. hs ran rcUrd about
And round and round zoa round . oegf
4ad ro1ass bout ran -
Sad he. II n running r0.r1s 5oai.
50 roundabout I be
His Ecsd began % EifdT get
10 Esf1y get bezzn-
And g11[.sF sfs4l ard sieflsr Tet
As roundabout Re r4E.
Ans thsu b. szys snte hl-zsslf.
into hlzz.sf ssYE -
Ia THIS rrgp~if thNfs -oszr6sescgt.
Ard "a y really Dsy
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-05
FROM NEAR AND FAR.

The most expensive wine in the world
is some 177S madeira recovered from a
wreck in the Scheldt in lSls II was
sold at $50 per bottle.
The proposition 10 have congress call
q national convention TO amend the
constitution, providing direct election
Of senators. has been passed by both
houses of the legislatures OF Oregon.