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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02
Another Human Parasite.

Another human parasite has struck Ok
lahoma Blackwell is the first 10 be
heard from. but IL is doubtful whether
il will be the last II was more than
week ago that farmer looking indi-
vidual walked into J. D. Winfeld's hard
ware store al Blackwell and purchased a
scythe. snath scoop shovel and some
nails. amounting to $40. and presented
Mr.. Winfield a check for $3.50 purporting
TO be drawn by J. Brooks. a grain dealer
az Deer Creek on the Citizens Bank at
Nardin. in favor OF Frank Thomas. and
endorsed by Frank Thomas The holder
Of the check also endorsed il. giving his
name as J. calvin. Mr. Winfield took it
and gave the customer So IN change. The
stranger took the articles and MI Win
field saw him no more. On commu7icat-
ing With the Citizens Bank. Mr.. Brooks
learned that J. Brooks lad 20 money
there ard never did do any business with
that bank. relates the News To make
a long story short. the supposed farmer
was check manipulation aud had forged
the name ~ J Brooks 70 L. ard Mr.
Winfield was out % worth OF hard
ware ard sea.oo in cash
On the same day the sane man went
into Maurice Weiss saloon and bought
d small bin Of goods ami presented a
Geek for 81 and some cents Tbs cheek
was drawn on the same hank and pur-
ported 70 be given by J. Stout. another
grain deelAr At Deer Greek, - Frank
Burk. and endorsed by frank Burk. Mr.
W.stss honored the check and gave the
man the change
on the same day the smooth check
manipulation appeared in the Office sof
B. ~ Anderson. and stated that he bad
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02
An Oklahoma Cereus.

Mrs. F. NJ. Green og cOyle is the pos
SCISSOR of a curious plant. according TO
the Clipper.
The plant is an extremely rare variety
OF cactus, known as the Cactus Grandi-
iorus, or Nightblooming Cereus. and be-
longs to the order Cactaceae. deriving
its name from the Latin cereus. wax
candle, so named from the appeara nee
OF the shoots These plants are native
to Mexico and blossom but once, and
that during the night. Mrs. Green has
tended this plant for three years and
she naturally felt proud of it as the
mammoth bud began to unfold. about
dusk Monday evening. Slowly each petal
unfurIed until at midnight the lovely
flower was fully blown. 1t was of great
size and its fragrance and beauty were
beyond compare Soon the petals began
TO close and before morning the glorious
flower had wilted, never 10 reopen. The
transformation from bad to blossom was
witnessed by a considerable crowd. The
blossom was photographed by I. i. Hen
thorn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02
A Questionable Lecture.

John Q. Adams. who killed Jim Hen
son IN the Chlckasaw natioa in Deeen-
Der. 1890. ana served sentence Of i've
years In prison in Michigan. iectHfed to
full house Sunday evening at the sTen-
Ger school building. lie has an Interest
INK story 70 tell OF the horrors OF his
crime and OF prison Bfe: but he talks
rather fast 20 be wei understood. His
experience "a supposed 70 be warning
IN bows 70 control their rass.ons. but IT
S questionable whether such lectures
do as much good as they do harm. &c
ciares the Se~s. Their effect On ne
young mind Il about the sane hs 'hat
Of some Of the blood snd thunder de-
,cc,ive stories sold BY ns|sdcsiefs The
deepest dyed criminal Is made heFo n
the eyes Of the imaginative youth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02
The Difference.

The editor OF the Ell Dorado Republic
an is a close observer. especially where
woman is concerned. He tells the follow
ing OF an FL Dorado couple from his view
point:
Our young friends have been married
but a short time The husband is affec-
tomato and impulsive. while the wife is
cold and clammy. The husband requires
daily reassurances Of his wife's devo-
ton, which daily assurances the wife
insists are unnecessary ana silly. An
evening or two ago the exhuberans hus-
hand went home 10 supper. full of lo7s
for his wife. also hugs and kisses Open
ing the front door he was confronted
with a placard. II read: "Ot Course I
Love You" On the opposite wall was
another: You Are the Whole Thing.
In the dining room he read: There Is
Nobody But YOU Going into the bed
room. his heart nearly broken. he saw
a lot OF artisticaliy worked stars: and
under them the explanation: ''Thess.
Dear. Are Kisses" And yet her love
for her husband is just as strong. as true
and enduring as the love OF the husband
for the wife She Will. II necessary. cheer
fully take in washing to support HIM
He wouldn't. That's the difference.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02
Great Value Of University.

A student from iEs university ran
scarceIy 20 20 a town % any sire iS
Oklahoma without meeting CID scho0l
mates. declares TIE News Litter. The
university - geepinz pace ~ith ths pro-
gress q Oklahoma her graduates are
beFinalnx 10 hold pisces q isnpoftancs
ard prouasnence. n another decade TIE
alumni association -in - :rsf~fns'y
selec; r. its membership. becaufs rs
constituents are at Yrs.ned iafiriGssis-
The initistloa irt0 IRIS order consists
II fo,s- yezrS q bard study snd srs~T-
Isnoe that bird the sFsSns-ss t9E~feef
vith ties that are strong ard ias'ins
This - a real frstsrnstY. Tossng s-efEon
s.srslaz out from ihe university ssto re
nfe q the territory meets frssrdssi =
,s.sf - sensed % others Ard u hlE col
lsre life has bern worthy q f~cos1itsea
- -fu - recognized ard ksisel % fss
rs propzr place.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02
Series B Had = Hot Box.

In writing up the hremen's festival.
the Braman Star gives the following:
During the exhibition run which proved
a very exciting feature OF the evenings
entertainment. Marshal Olinger vert
through what he calls hts latest lodging
act. He has perfected it for the purpose
Of lodging bullets from an enemy's gun
The evolurons are divided into TWO ser
les. series A and B. Series \ consists
OF dodsing bullets coming straight ard
series 3 in dodsinS curved objects II
happens ClinEer has only perfected him
self in the first series. 50 in trying his
manceuvres with the FIRE engine. Il came
al him on a curve and caught him full
astern. but. fortunately. as he fell. his
billy dropped or one side OF him and his
gun on the other. forming shield that
enabled the wheel Of the engine 10 pass
over without doing much damage How
ever, it WAS narrow escape and has set
him 70 meditating on the serious as
poets Of his avocation-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02
A "Trying Experience"

Western Life OF l.esvenwouh tells OF
what 1t chooses 10 call trying expert
ence" Abe Postlewsite had just moved
on 70 a farm west OF Leavsnworth aad
was 10 clear Up some brush land FRIDAY
morning he set out early with his axe
10 begin the work. When he failed 10
appear at eleven O'Clock tor his dinner.
his wife became alarmed and as time
passed and he failed to put III an appear
ance she set out for the wood lot 10 Ind
him. She arrived just I'm time. for she
found him pinned under a huge tree In
such a position that he could not draw
full breath He had lain there for six
hours and had tainted several times Mrs
Postlewaite found him unconscious. but
had presence of mind enough to hitch the
team 10 the tree and pull IL on his body
and he soon recovered after the weight
was removed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02
Not Much of a Joke.

The robberies Of harvest hands in west
ern Kansas have been many this year.
Two young men of Kinsley. Fred Mosher
and Ira Evans, met with such an expert
ence recently while returning TO Kiusley
from the west. The Kinsley Graphic
says that as they were approaching Of
ferlee in their buggy two men stepped
in front of their horse and caught it by
the bride. One had a shot gun which he
pulled up and asked what he wanted
The men after taking a look, remarked
that they were the wrong parties and
turned the horse loose. Now the boys are
wondering whether they were up against
a hold-up or a joke.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02
Started at kinuman.

Another boy has climbed up to happy
and worthy manhood. This time he must
claim Kingman as his staring point The
Leader-Courier recalls the time when, as
a little tot he worked on kingman s
first telephone line and did odd jobs about
town. His name is Frank Misner. From
the very first he developed liking for
any kind of work connected with cleo
tricity or electrical appliances and fol-
lowed it steadily up to a few years ago,
when he entered Leland Stanford univer-
sity in California. and took up this par
ticular branch as his study. He perse-
yered faithfully until he had mastered
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02
clInton,s Joke on Arapahoe.

I The Chronicle OF Clinton has gotten of
the following joke on Arapaho. its rival:
Arapaho is mentioned in the Bible. See
Zephand .. chapter ID. lat hand 18th
verses. II reads thusly: And Clinton VIII
stretch out her hand and Will make Ara
paho "a desolation and dry as a wilder
ness. And focks shall lie down in the
midst OF her. all the beasts of that Orient
addition; both the cormorant and the Bit
tern, the coyote and the goat lodge in
the upper iintels Of the Pierson building.
Their voice shall sing in the windows Of
the 40 per cent bank; desolate shall be
IN the thresholds. Arapsho is the re-
5oicing city that dwelt carelessly, that
said In her heart l am and there is none
besides me: now is she to become a desc
Istion, a place for beasts TO lie down f..
and every one OF the cid settlers that
passeth by her. shall hiss and wag his
hand"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02
; THE JAYt1AWKER OF SUNFL OVERFLOW :

They represented his years labor ara
care, and the '1.209 crates were worth or
the market 5000 or more. He shipped
through the Fruit Growers Assooiaticn
and for two months could hear nothing
of his crop. Then came draft from
New York for $50 which he was askei 10
pay. His fruit had been shipped to New
York and arrived in glutted market,
was disposed OF and the freight and COM
mission came 10 ss5 more than the fruit
sold for,
There have been hard luck stories in
Kansas; grasshoppers, cycionss. hot
winds, ehinch bugs ard foods, the horny
handed tiller of the soil has been so-e
pressed but for profanity inspiring, soul
disturbing dirty dealing by luck or fell
low man. the Southern California fruit
grower gets the worst that ever hap
pened.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02

Ex-HonorabIe Charley keokSk. the only
Indian lawyer OF eastern Oklahom. re-
ceived an uncermonious baptism IN a
Stroud mudhole. one rainy evening OF
last week Feeling somewhat extra n
-srious. the learned jurist. wishing 10 tel
a gaping crowd in front Of Stoltenbsrs
wet goods store how he made nine
DAYS long free homes speech 70 his peo-
ple he set or to a weak soap-boT- The
box broke iato kin5iinS wood and Charley
fell into a dark. deep muddy chasm below
He WIS extracted without the Use az a
mule derrick. and Ike . trss brave. Ne
finished his ri1e days orsti2n ~ ABOUT
i've minutes before be =ent 70 The pump
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02
Without a SINGLE Friend.

The Stroud Messenger says: \ solitary
Tonkawa Indian was here yesterday
looking for friend" Every one Of the
remaining fifty defendants of the canni-
bal tribe of Tonkawas Is stunned and da=
spised by the members of the other In
dian tribes. The remnants Of the man
eaters. who devoured thousands Of other
redskins. always hunt for a friend"
which they seldom find The ancient
Tonkawas were the lshmalites Of the r.d
race, and their nifty still living descend
ants are utterly hated by the other red
skins for the human flesh-eating commit
ted by their ancestors Tradition relates
that the last big feast on roasted human
flesh caused the death OF several thous-
srds of the voracious cannibsls In Texas.
Having gorged themselves on the tender
flesh of several hundred captured young
Eiowas, they INDUCED in their last sleep.
Twenty thousand Kiowas and some other
ehildren-robbed Indians, approached I'M
g,sarded wtgwams OF the gluttonons man
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02
Largest Sycamore in the State.

A large sycamore tree on the o. 5.
MunselI farm. one mile north or Skiddy.
in Geary county. is said TO be the largest
in the state. 1t IS SIS straight as an
arrow. and at its base Is twenty-three
feet and seven inches in circumference.
The distance from the ground to the first
limb on the tree is nearly fifty feet, and
the tree is nearly five feet in diameter at
that place 4 large elm tree over three
feet in diameter stands close to the syca-
more, and looks like a sapling in compari-
con to the latter tree The big tree is
beauty.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02
A Rooster Story.
&C aIanltou FIeldgiass &c e d

The Manitou Fieidgisss gets this OF:
4 young lady brought bunch OF chick
ems TO the store OF Tanpoo. ard Wells
q ZEN days ago and e1cuired what they
we're worth. Dick made an offer. bat the
young lady said she wanted % enquire
al all The stores. and she would PIT the
chickens o. TIE counter xhiis she made
the rounds. But. Kiss. said Dick.
-;hey won't lzy there. ain ;hsy Nc.
sir" said she. 6sznureiy. they are zoos
tiers" Dick Eel over ar oil barrel ard
collapsed John Williams came IL later
and rescued him. and, Il IS oesaeye1. saved
his re Sy taking him n ~hu--y-gpT
wagon 70 TIE only two drug stores n
toxn ami administering copiO1s -esro-s-
lives He had sinking spells occsssou-
ally since. but col bottle Of pop fetch.z
him on; al right
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02
Killed by Fear.

although l was on the plains when
bufTaloes were there By the hundreds Of
thousands" said an old time locomotive
enginee / according to the Enid Eagle.
81 new killed but one, and I didn't
mean TO do that" The experience hap
peined during the year in which the Santa
Fee railroad was opened up through Kan
ssls. Zone day" said the engineer, my
train was held up not far from Dodge
City. Kan, by a great herd of buffaloes
chat were travelling south. 1 ran as near
10 the herd as L could get, and then
stopped 10 wait until it passed, for l
might as well have dashed my engine
against a stone wall as tried TO force
n way through the living mass.
"Of the buffaloes that could see US
those on the edge of the herd-only one
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02
Lsw.Abidina Dream.

II was the effect o. dream that CAUSED
Jerry Mcintosh. the negro freedman Who
saturated bis Wises clothes with kerS-
sene and then Sc; FIRE % teen. % 20 TO
Muscoges ard ss1rren6e- 70 Pass Reeves
Deputy United states SaFshsl. says ias
saltwater Gazette Mcintosh sats That
- dreamed that TIRE dspaiy Earfnal
cane upon him n ire brush sna ~nfn
re Jumped up 70 run The deputy shot ard
killed him
when ne WOKE % ard realized that
Il was Only 4 dream he DECIDED g 3
20 fo~n ard give himself ~ ne =As
srraizned before he Uflsel states COR
missioner or re charge = sxsssitiaE IS
wife with izteEt 70 XII After p's@1ius
guilty he Eas hogua over - ;ee gfan1
szry aid vas seni % AL t. cetzuii Ct
s.. - bond
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02

of a folding bed. Tbs was not the be
ginning of the end. however. His name
is j. w Harris. one night recently the
dancers in Woodman Hall served ice
cream and some Of the party succeeded
in overturning a bucket or pan of water
which ran through the floor on Mr. Har-
ris. who occupies a folding bed of recent
patent in the room beneath the hall
One night later Mr.. Harris attempted
TO adjust some OF the weights and springs
OF his patent bed and was surprised to
receive rap on the head by the upper
part OF the bed descending. The referee
counted ten before Mr. Harris recovered
from the effects OF the blow.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02
= LIFE IN LAND OF THE FAIR GOD

but most all rode iG covered vehicles
Their dress was largely a compromise
between the Indian and white mans raj
meni. They remained in town. bought
and paid for supplies tn business Ike
way and gave evidence Of a higher state
Of civilization than many white people
The visit Is 10 be one Of state and conse-
ouence very much on The white man
plane-with some traditional Indian Tea
lures no doubt. but conducted with De-
c.orssrrs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02

While the harvest was In full blast m
Miami county. man named Engies Was
assisting in putting uP hay ~ farm.
two miles northwest OF Paois. and teii
dead In the held About u - he and an
other man were pitching the hay ON the
wagon when Mr. Enslcs w7s heard u
cry out twice. Look out Look out
lie had hold OF the pi,chfork handle with
one hand and was eraiuaiiy sinking :"
the ground falling face foremost. relates
the Republican. The men went % him
and turned him ever. but he was ne
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02
Rarbed Wire Electrified.

Freaks of lightning are always curious
Recently a farmer. l. Copeland, who
lives a short distance north of Ness City.
went out after the cows. and experienced
some difficulty in getting them through
the gate. White there II is supposed he
was shocked by charge OF electricity
over the wire fence, as ne has little idea
of what occurred. From the gate he
went TO the barn where his son was at
tending to the horses. and said he wanted
to go to the house. When he reached the
house his mind was wandering, IL being
evident that something was wrong with
him and a doctor was called 10 attend
him. Doubtless he was suffering from
a stroke of lightning that had heen con-
Quoted to him by the wire, declares the
News.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02
A Desperate Case.

The Eagle declares that at one Of the
prominent boarding houses at End.
certain young lady is so popular that all
the boys are ravIng over her on her
account one has been driven 10 the fire
banks. another has endeavored TO com
NIT suicide but without success; some or
the others are getting thin. and there Is
a struggle at every meal to see who
shall sit beside her and who shall walk
up town with her. From personal In
terviews with each OF the young men
interested. each one Is the favorite. And
would you believe it, the race includes
some married men whose wives are out
OF town.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02

a long-horned Texas COW and she was
dragged through several feet Of water
without moving a music. But just as
quickly as the rope was removed from
her neck she Jumped up. snorted Few
bucketfuis OF water out of her nostrils.
threw up her tail. duckei her head and
started after the people stancing around.
Such scattering Is seldom seen They
escaped by rolling under a baibed wire
fence. but the old cows horns barely
missed two of them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02

Variety IN reading - Jest as necessary
ss I'm eating The following are two iin-
portant items from the iocai columns
OF the Macksville Argus.
We trust this will not come 10 tee
knowledge OF Mrs Afford but the doctor
took one OF the most accomplished young
ladies in the city out driving i"sSi"y
evening. and what y more the aua~-
clous doctor declares he Is Ia love With
her. which is somewhat remarkable. 80
she Is his daughter
II has recently leaked out that a GER
tain nuburn-haired youth IN this town.
escorted a pretty Miss Of tender year..
home from a party on the evening Of tho
fou1tn. Before parting ne kissed her. 80
our informant said. and tina, the girls
father Witnessed the amorous act and re-
varied the youthful oscuiaior with the
toe OF his shoe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02
Haven for Rich Men.

The Mountain Park News declares that
with the completion of the great lake
for irrigation purposes, located within a
fifteen minute drive, Mountain Park will
possess an the requisites Of a city OF
magnificent proportions. Rich men from
all over the territory Will come TO this
beautiful mountain district to build gran
ite castles and sail their yachts on the
rolling bosom of the lake. This place Is
destined for future which nothing but
the stupid inactivity OF man can prevent.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02
Result of Careiessness.

The Meade Globe gives the following
account of carelessness and its result.
Two men were going into Fowler when.
about three miles south of there. it is
supposed that in lighting a pire or cigar,
that match was careiessiy thrown by
the road side and instantly famed into
flame. Near at hand was 50-acre field
of headed wheat in stack belonging 10
J. H Randolph. over which the fire swept
like whiTlwind destroying, IL is esti
mated 1,00o bushels of Mr.. Randolph's
best wheat.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02
Her Thanks.

A little Dighton girl who had witnessed
her brother fall into barrel OF water one
day recently, closed her devotions that
evening as follows, according TO the Her
aid:
Our Father, I thank thee that thou
didn't let my little brother drown" and
then. after a moments reflection, added
the following injunction and whatever
else you do, don't let the snakes bite u.s."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02
Water Rusted His System.

The Blackwell News says: Col. jim
Dufey. who has been doing editorial
work at Enid for several weeks past,
has returned to his home at FL Reno
broken down in health. Despite the
warning Of his friends. COL. Jeems be
came entirely too gay while In Enid, ann
would occasionally taste water. IL Is
said that the Irish bard was bitten oy
a mad dog in his early life. and conse-
quently every time he drinks water It
has a peculiar and disastrous effect upon
him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02
An Old Indian Relic.

p r. Smith. OF Wakita. found quite
a valuable Indian relic In his orchard
the first of the week. in the shape Of a
mortar and pestle in which is probable
that many an Indian maiden has ground
for her lover fire mess Of meal WITH
which 10 bake him delicious corn cake.
This is not The first discovery q u SINH
lar kind that he has made IN the orchard.
and every indication points 70 that nav
ing once been a favorife camping place
for some tribe Of red men. declares the
News
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02
Tribute to Hobson.

The Beloit Times tells this story OF
Captain Richmond p. Hobson:
Frank Forbes was at cur tent In the
park Sunday. He is the boy Capt. Hob
son picked up at Solomon and brought
with him 10 this city. Frank was Nv
ing with his uncle in Oklahoma and rs
enroute 10 Nebraska where his father
lives. AS he told us: Il bummed my
way TO Solomon; there this man (Hob-
SOM picked me up and brought me TO
Beloit." Frank lived here before and Is
we'll acquainted. THAT man (Hobson)
did the white thing with me; he gave