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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-01

Persons who travel with circuses
have a splendid opportunity to study
human nature. Everybody, almost,
goes to the circus-city folks, country
folk, backwoodsmen, negroes, Indians,
cowboys and Cinnamon.
1--WE Travelled in the Far West this
year." said an old circus manager to
a reporter a few days ago. You
ought to see how a performance goes
off in Arizona. One of the warmest
times we ever had was at Arizona City,
way down at the Mexican border. The
COW punchers and Mexicans and ne
groes made as much noise as was ever
made at a frontier massacre. The cow
boys yelped like a pack Of coyotes
when Nine. Hickey rode the bucking
horse, the Mexicans yelped at every
act, and the negroes laughed at the
clowns till the earth trembled. That
night the cowboys and greasers turned
the town into a shooting gallery, emp
tying their revolvers at the stars and
maniesting their sorrow at the depart
ure of the circus by licking up all the
refreshments in the place. 1t always
was a wonder to me where the lazy
greaserS got their money to attend the
circus. Fellows who never paid a debt
in their lives and who never bought
a round of drinks and whose appear
ance indicated their 1mpecunioStty
would show up at the ticket wagon and
plank down their so cents without falt-
erlng. To tell the truth. 1t always
causes me to wonder when / see the
crowds pouring into the tents. But
to think of these things is not BUSH
ness.
But speaking of circusgoers, the
wild. untutored red man of the plains
has got every one else beaten to death.
The North American aborigine will
travel further endure more privations,
and skimp himself harder to get the
price of admission than any other hui
man being in the world. What's more,
/ believe he really enjoys the circus
more than does the negro, although
he doesn't make so much fuss about 1t.
The negro, as every circus man knows,
will sell the family cook stove to get
money to see the elephant perform, but
the Indian will barter off his papoose,
his squaw. or even his most cherished
possession, his horse, to get a ticket.
ION circus day 1t is every Indian for
himself. The lord Of the tepees will
bring enough trinkets in the shape of
moccasins and bows and arrows and
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-01
THE GENIAL IDIOT
On Get Rich Quick Schemes.
BY JOHN KENDRICK BANGS.
Copyright, 1903, by John Russell Davidson.

"The trouble with the world noW-a-
DAYS is that everybody in it wants to
get rich in a hurry" said Mr.. Briet.
From the highest to the lowest rung
of the ladder Of finance, the chie1
idea seems to be to find fortune
ready made AS a result, legitimate
opportunity is lost, and all the ener-
gies of the land are directed toward
speculation
What's the matter with you this
morning, Mr.. Brief?" asked the Idiot.
Got your fingers burned on the
Street?'
mo, sir, Wall street. possesses no
allurements for me. Moreover, there
is nothing the matter with me. l have
just been rejecting upon certain ten
denotes of the day in which | seem TO
scent danger to our posterlty, sald
the Lawyer THE world is too full OF
Get Rich Quick schemes. Men are
no longer satisfied to grow rich slow
ly."
Il don't believe they ever Were" said
the Idiot. You can't point to a period
in history when those who were in the
money making business didn't go at IL
right up to the speed limit. All DeD't
and his Board of Forty Directors, OLD
Midas touching everybody and every
thing for gold, John w. Croesus, the
multi millionaire of ancient times, ia
son looking for the Golden Fleece.
Monte Cristo with his Island fun OF
Kohinoors. Dick Turpin with his SUI
burban franchises, Capt. Kidd with his
shipping trust, and all the rest of 'em,
every Captain Of Industry that mas
stuck his head above water from the
beginning of time has been a Get
Rich-Quixote, if 1 may use the ex-
preston"
There wasn't any bunco about their
business, however," said Mr.. Brief.
mot even in that of Dick Turpin. and
capt Kidd. They sailed right in for
what they wanted and made no bones
ABOUT making a fiat statement of their
Intentions They didn't issue any allur-
ing prospectuses, designed to coax the
money out of the stockings of the far
mers; they didn't float themselves on
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-01

pipestone pipes to peddle aroud town,
and in this way gets the money he
wants. His squaw brings willow bas-
kets, and has to hustle for her own
ticket. They generally come in couples.
astride a pony, and If the market is
overworked with old relics they viii
sell the horse.
Interesting Little Colony.
Early in the morning. when the
show trains arrive. several tents have
been pitched by the Indians, some of
whom came the night before. This lit
tie colony is almost as interesting as
the circus itself. 1t is a veritable ba-
zaar of relics and papoose exhibitions.
While the old squaws are getting
breakfast the children are playing
games, and the braves are taking their
knick- knacks to market.
when the doors are open the In
dams are the first to land on the
planks. and they never move during
the entire performance. Applause is
, unknown to them. If the trick ele-
plant were to climb the center pole
they, no doubt, would enjoy the per-
Torrance, but thev would make no
more show Of surprise than If they
were cigar signs. If the performing
mule were to walk out on to the hip
podrome track and make a concert an
nouncement in the Indian tongue they
would only grunt.
After the performance the braves
tackle the white mans f1rewater. and
while they are enjoying their intoxica-
ton their squaws and children wait on
lumber piles until the gray streaks Of
dawn begin to sprout over the hills,
and then the unsteady train winds out
of the town over the trail.
"Chinamen are firm friends of the
circus, and are good patrons of the
tented shows. In San Francisco several
thousand of the queued Mongolians
saw our show. Some came in car
riages drawn by handsome we'll"
groomed horses, and sat in boxes. Sew
eral matinee parties were given by
Cinnamon worth millions. The men
wore richly embroidered gowns and
the women were clad in costly silks.
The Cinnamon are as undemonstra-
tive as the Indians They express their
appreciation of the performance by
attending time after time
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-01

an unsuspecting market and sell quarts
OF preferred stock to the dear public
for ten times its value. 1t was plain
stand and deliver in those days"
oh, nonsense" said the Idiot.
What's the use of talking that way?
What do you know about the details of
the business methods of other days?
What proof have you that that Midas
touch they talk so much about was
anything more than great big gold
brick game after all? With a pot of
gilt furniture polish 1 can touch a
length of lead pipe, and lol to the eye
1t will turn to gold and If | have the
patience, somewhere, some day, 1 shall
find somebody to take it off my hands
at $40 per cent. profit. Or that other
chap-JaSon, getting up his expedition
to go out after the Golden Fleece. How
do you know that Jason didn't get that
enterprise financed at the expense of
the dear public of his day? Can't you
imagine the widows and orphans of
Jason's time, fiocking to the Office OF the
Golden Fleece Company and begging
to be let in on the ground floor of that
enterprise, Jason meanwhile selling 'em
shares at IS for the preferred, and Is
for the common with second mortgage
bonds at par. and accrued interest?
1t was a golden opportunity for a fleece
all right, and I'll wager the gold went
4
! the stockholders in the same merry old
] way that we nave now.
There were two enterp ISIS of an
| cient times that you omitted" said the
| Bibliomaniac, satirically, with a wink
at the Lawyer. Robin Hood and his
Merry Men and the Goose that laid the
Golden Eggs" by Jove-so did, and
they are the precise ones I should have
recalled in defence of the present day as
a monopolist of Get Rich Quick
Schemes" rejoined the idiot" They
were both of them Get Rich Quick En-
] terprises of the first water. Perhaps
you will remember that Robin Hood
never robbed the poor. Did you ever
stop to think why? He could get rich
quicker robbing the rich, that's why;
and as for the Goose that laid the
Golden Eggs, IL the owner of that
/ Klondikean fowl wasn't in a hurry to
LGet Rich Quick, when, not content with
! the interest, he cut the bird open to get
at the principal, I don't know who
ever was. Would any grasping modern
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-01

Yes" said the returned mission
airy. "the queen Of the savages was
clothed in a little brief authority and
49," How was it trimmed?" inter-
rupted Mrs. Newrich, who was a slave
to on."--Chicago Daily News.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-01

Germans eat the most Irish pota-
toes. the annual consumption being
over forty million tons.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-07-16
DAMAGES BRIDGES.
Bridges Must Be PIanked for Thresh.
ina Enoines.

One Of the evidences that the threshing
season has arrived is the fact that two
warrants have been issued for persons
charged with propeling traction thresh-
1ng engines across bridges without the
proper precautions. A warrant was issued
yesterday for a man named Ward on the
complaint OF a man from Wichita town
ship. One of the county officials stated
yesterday that the townships were put TO
from 500 to $500 expense every year by
making repairs on bridges which were
broken down by heavy threshing engines.
The law states that before crossing a
bridge with an engine weighing more
than e ton the bridge must be planked
with tinrbers at least a foot wide and
three inches thick. If this was done in
every case the damage TO bridges would
be small. but in many cases bridges are
crossed without first planking them and
damage 10 a greater or less degree always
results The officials are making an at
tempt to enforce that particular law this
season and two arrests have occurred.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-07-16

tions the state became notorious. 80
much so. in fact. that the legislature
enacted a Law providing that no examiner
for the department should receive com
pensation for services exceeding the
sum Of SO per day and actual neces-
sary travelling expenses The present
Kansas superintendent Ar. c. u Luiing.
makes TO examinations on suspicion
II complaints against any company are
frequent. Il questions are raised con
oerninC financial management or II
tolicy-holders aIIege unfair treatment
than Mr. Iuling acts. and acts quickly
Not long ago complaint was made % hir1
that officers of a certain California fra
ternal association were act conducting
themselves with bseomiug hrotheriiSess
re ordered an examination that vas
conducted with ability and dispstch- i
nav be because the Investigation was
made By = woman who. Il r safe % say.
sf5 not sft II the front o1ice sf7oze G.
czrs. md swap stories with the High
N,icEi Muck. but tended strSty to her
knitting. which. in this case was the
Investigation Of facts aggTes ard
methods Kansas has redeemed herself.
ard the state = Etill famous
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-07-16
MESSENGER BOY HURT.
Was Run over BY Delivery Wagon
Yesterday Afternoon.

Willis Bennett, a Western Union mes
senger boy was thrown from his wheel
TO the pavement at the corner of First
and Market streets yesterday afternoon
and before he could rise was run over by
a delivery wagon and severely cut and
bruised. Bennett ard another messenger
boy named Butler were riding rapidly
north on Market street. lodging in and
out among the teams At the corner Of
First and Market the Bennett boy expect
ing his partner to turn west, turned sud
denly and ran into the other wheel. Both
boys were thrown TO the pavement un-
derneath the feet Of a horse hitched to
a light delivery wagon. A bicyclist COM
ing from the north also ran into them
and in the confusion the driver Of the
horse drove over the mass Of struggling
humanity and disappeared without wait
ing to see what injuries he had caused.
Two of the cyclists crawled out of the
wreck. but the little Bennett boy re-
manned where he had fallen. He was
carried into the shade and a physician
was called who examined his wounds.
The boy had a deep wound in his head
just over the right ear that gave him
great pain and from which the blood
spurted until pulled together and held. He
also suffered several bruises and
scratches which made him look as If he
were pretty badly injured. He was
plucky little fellow. and after water had
been poured upon his head for short
time he concluded that he was able to
walk and quietly slipped away from the
crowd that had gathered. Neither Of
the others in the wreck was injured.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-07-16
WHO WAS DEAD2
Jay Chapel Was Victim of Huge Joke
Yesterday.

jay Chapel. senior partner Of the firm
of Chapel & Latham was a much worried
young man yesterday by people calling
him up on the telephone and asking him
for full particulars about a death in the
family. 1t all happened in this wise:
Yesterday was Jays morning to open
up but he oversight himself and did not
show up just at eight o'clock The boys
in the Kansas Nevis Stand. McNeals :
barber shop ana Mosbacher's did not
have much TO do so they took the top
off an old umbrella, folded it and hung
it on the door Ike crepe. People driv-
ing by or pedestrians stopped and asked
the gang who was dead and all sorts OF
questions until someone printed a sign
and pasted il on the door saying, Not
Dead but Sleeping" jay came down
after awhile but the news spread that
some one was dead at his house and the
telephone bell rang almost continually
and people wanted TO know the sad news.
Jay stood Il until dinner time and then
hied himself away 70 the country where
there were no telephone bells TO ring and
where grinning faces could not be seen
everywhere he looked out the door after
answering 2 call
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-07-16
SEAL MAIL SACKS.
Delay on Frontier VIII Be Obviated
by New Order.

Chief Clerk Reed Of the railway mail
service has announced that hereafter all
mail destined for Mexican points will not
be subjected TO twenty-four hours delay
at the customs houses on the frontier.
This relates only to first and second class
mail matter which is not inspected by the
government, but formerly was held at
the customs houses or postofices to be
transferred into Mexican mail sacks when
going south or into United States sacks
when coming to this country. This caus-
ed a delay OF twenty-four hours at El
Paso.
The local Office has cnarge of the rail
way mail service on the Rock Island
from Hutchinson to FL Paso and the new
rule goes into effect on this division.
Hereafter all first and second class mail
matter destined for Mexican points will
be placed in the United States govern
ment sacks or pouches and sealed with
a lead seal something like the American
car seal. Instead Of a lock. wires are
run through the hooks OF the pouch. tie
lead seal put on and a government i'm
preston made. thus locking the pouch.
The Mexican mail clerks will DO the
same with poches and sacks destined to
American points.
The Mexicans do not have the keys
that will unlock United states pouch
and the clerks on this side of the line
can not unlock the Mexican pouch. 50
they are sealed a Mexican pouch is
emptied as soon as il is placed on the
northbound train and sent bark on the
first train, and the same is done with
American pouches. as neither country
viii use the pouches Of the other govern
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-07-16
THREW LAMP AT HER.
Charge Made by Woman In Her Di-
ycrce Petition.

Agnes Smith began proceedings in the
district court yesterday for the purpose
of securing a divorce from her husband,
Thomas Smith. to whom she alleged she
was married April q, 1890 She charges
him in her petition with extreme cruelty
and states that at one time during their
married career he threw a lamp at the
plaintiff, striking her in the head, and
thereby severely injured her. She also
states that at other times he struck and
beat her and called her vile names thus
destroying the safety and peace of mind
of the plaintiff. She also charges him
with neglect of duty in failing to pro-
vide for the family. She asks for an alb
solute divorce. the restoration of her
maiden name Of Agnes McDonough, and
the payment Of the court costs. A re-
straining order was granted by the court
preventing the defendant from disposins
of any of the property held by them
jointly until a decision has been rendered
in the case. The attorney for the plain
tiff is Graham Campbell.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-07-16
EXPERIMENTS
Learn Things of Value.

WARE one has never made the expert
urpt of leaving of coffee and drinking
Postum, il is still easy TO learn all about
q bv reading the experiences Of others.
Drinking Postum is pleasant way 10
get back to health. \ man OF Lancaster.
Pa. SAYS: MY wife was victim of
nervousness and weak stomach and loss
Of appetite for years and was physical
wreck: although we resorted to nume--
nus methods Of relief one Of which wss
a change from coffee to tea. il was all
to no purpose
we knew coffee was causing the
trouble. but could not ficd anything 10
take its place and cure the disease until
we tried Postum Food Coffee In Two
weeks time after We quit cofee ana
used Postum almost all Of her troubles
had disappeared as If by magic Il vas
truly wonderful Her nervousness was
all gone. stomach trouble relieved. appe-
lite improved and above all nights rest
was complete and refreshing.
This sounds like an eNasgeration, as
.. All happened 50 quickly. but We are
nrepared TO prove it Each day there Is
Improvement for the better. Tor the
pos+n,, is undoubtedly strengthening
her ana giving her rich. red blood ana
renewed life and vitality. Every partioie
Of this good work is due TO Postum and
70 drinking Postum in place Of coffee
Name given by Postum Co. Battle Creek.
Mich.
Ice cold Postum with dash OF lemon
IN 2 delightful cooler for warm days.
Send for particulars by mail Of exten-
x,on OF time on the s. 5000 cooks con-
test for 7S5 money prizes.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-07-16
TRIM HEDGE FENCE
Council Has an Ordinance
Making It a MiSdemeanOr
ALLOWING TH0RNY HEDGE
To Grow More Than 3 Feet
High and Must Be Trimmed.

Residents Of Wichita who have hedge
fences along their property which are
more than three feet high and are not
trimmed regularly should make prepara-
tions TO keep the fences trimmed up in
proper shape. for the city attorney has
prepared an ordinance fixing a fine Of
not less than FIVE dollars nor more than
one hundred dollars for each offense
charged against a property owner or
tenant who does not keep his osage or
ange or other thorny hedge trimmed.
The ordinance will be presented at the
council meeting Monday evening
According TO the terms Of the ordi-
nance. allowing the hedge fences to grow
to a height Of more than three feet or
not keeping the hedge trimmed will be
q misdemeanor and the penalty allowed
by law is affixed TO the ordinance
The city clerk prepared this ordinance
TO do away with the unsightly hedge
fences which are found in several parts
OF the city. The ordinance says that
the hedge must be trimmed where the
property ADULTS any street, avenue or
alley along which there is an improved
sidewalk. For some time complaints
have been coming into the police and
otner departments o. the city on account
Of the hedge fences. The branches reach
out over the sidewalks and many people
receive scratches, which are very pain
ful, as the thorns seem TO poison some
people. and several cases have been re-
ported Of a quite serious illness arising
from scratches by hedgethorns- Pedes-
trians find it very disagreeable TO walk
along a sidewalk and have twigs hitting
them in the face. and the complaints
have been so numerous that the city
officers decided to make provision to com
pei the property owners or tenants 70
trim their fences. Some of the hedges
are trimmed along the walks, but are
allowed 70 grow six or eight feet high.
and these present a rather unsightly ap-
pearance. especially in the central part
of the city.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-07-16

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The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-07-16
WIFE WAS DESERTED
Nellie Morgan Spent Week
Searching for Husband.
COUNTY SENT HER HOME
Husband Told Her to Meet
Him in Wichita.

One Of the most pathetic cases Poor
Commissioner Hicklin has been called
upon to-remedy for some time was that
Of Mrs. Nellie Morgan OF Blackwell, who
came to this city about week ago TO
find her husband, who, she says, came
here TO find work and sent for her and
her child. She searched for him over the
city for a week only to ind herself pen
niless and to find that her husband had
cruelty deserted her.
Mrs Morgan stated that her home was
at Blackwell and that her husband came
to this city some time ago to find work
and make home for herself and child.
She said that over a week ago he sent
for her to come 10 him and that she
came as soon as she could. When she
arrived in the city there was no one 10
meet her but thinking that her husband
had been delayed she waited for him.
She had very little money but concluded
10 wait and search Tor him. Day after
day passed and she and her boy were
reduced TO want, but she continued TO
search for her husband, who she thought
was some place In the city waiting for
her. Yesterday. however. she learned
that her husband had deserted her pur-
posely and had left the city soon after
sending for her. She was alone and PEN
niless, without a friend in the city and
without means of returning TO her
friends. She hesitated about asking for
charity and II was only when reduced to
destitute circumstances that she called
upon Mr.. Hickin for aid. She did not
wish 10 return TO Blackwell under the
circumstances. but said that her rela-
tives lived in Canada. She said she
knew they would care for her If she could
only reach them. However. Mr.. Hicklin
did not deem it wise 10 start her out on
such long journey without money and
he furnished her transportation to Black
well. She left for that place last night
a very sorrowfuI woman.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-07-16
MAY SAVE LIMB.
John MuiIeneuX Better Yesterday and
May Escape Amputation-

John Mulleneux, a teamster. living on
East Third street. who was kicked by a
horse several days ago and whose leg
It was thought that it would be neces-
sary to amputate. as blood poison had
set in, may recover without the loss of his
leg. He is still in a very dangerous con-
dition. but yesterday the doctor said
that it might not be necessary to ampu-
tate the limb.
Mr.. Mulleneux is a teamster, and about
a week ago was taking out picnic
party. when he was kicked by horse
The injuries were on. his leg, below the
knee. and consisted of a bruise and a
cut. They were not dangerous in them
selves. but in the cut blood poison set IN
and it was thought that to save his
life it would be necessary to amputate
his leg lust below the knee. Yesterday
his condition was improved and the oper-
alton may not be necessary.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-07-16
TO ELECT A CAPTAIN.
Co. A Will Select Commanding Officer
Tonight.

onlght.
This evening the members of company
a, K. y. G.. will elect their captain for
a term OF four years. The election will
be held at the armory at o'clock Cap
tain H W Koeneke has held this posi-
ton during the past four years, and un-
der his instruction the company has
made great progress, being at present
the company holding the highest rank
in the state for marksmanship. The
medals Of last years target practice have
arrived, and will be Issued TO the men
this evening The target season for 1903
is on, and two members Of the company
have been selected leaders and have
chosen sides. and a friendly rivalry will
be INDUCED in TO see which side is COM
posed Of the best marksIren, as the los
ing side will furnish banquet for the
winners.
The new Kahki service uniforms have
arrived and will be issued TO the men
this evening. These uniforms are strictly
a service garment, and do not take the
place of the blue uniform. The officers
have ordered uniforms Of the olive drab,
and these will be issued in a short time
to all the men.