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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23

repressible American humor in their
depths But this is not all Your proper
cowboy is a fancier of fine linen and even
OF fine silk when his gala days arrive
He has none OF the effetely civilized
males fear of color. Lavender hs wears
and pink. and all manner OF delicate
tints that blend with the dGstry neu-
trality OF his sombrero and his leather
SNAPS" His gauntlets are OF skin as
soft and pliable as IL is thick. and he
does not disdain embroidery upon them.
The felt of his broad-brimmed hat Is Of
the finest texture. and he sometimes adds
bit of silver TO II. modifying the Next
cans love for glitter of trimming. OBJ
serving the details OF cowboys costume
on a gala day. one might be tempted TO
accuse him OF effeminacy. except that the
exultant leap OF ones heart in the pres
ence OF his vigor would hinder criticism.
And then the sight OF the branded steers.
the ponies broken 10 saddle which a fort
night before were running wild in droves
that had never seen mantle sight OF
these would more than outweigh the
testimony of the silk and fine linen.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23

submission, and tear madly along the
track for a second. only TO pause with
an unseating suddenness. And some of
them leave the arena with the proud
consciousness of having again proved
themselves too much for any tanner
The steers, let out of their corrals. are
cut loose upon the field. and the cowboys.
with lariats ready. are out in pursuit of
them. The COW ponies are almost as in
telligent as their riders in this contest
They approach the big. fierce. stamped
ing animal with a swiftness that seems
utterly divorced from caution, but they
able to wheel and turn and 10 escape the
big beasts sudden, unexpected descents.
To throw the lariat in such way as TO
catch the steer, not to be dragged from
ones seat upon ones horse by his su-
perior strength. TO throw him TO the
ground and TO keep him there until his
four feet are ''hogtied.'' then TO brand
him with promptness-to do all this with
greater expedition than any of the other
contestants, this is victory in the steer
roping contest.
OF course, during these contests one
sees the bullying eyes of animals in an
agony of fear and apprehension. one sees
lacerated and bleeding skin, strained
muscles. wild eyes and quivering nostrils.
But the lump-of- sugar and kind-word
method of subduing animals does not APP
peal keenly to the cowboy. He has not
time to break his ponies or to brand his
steers. using the gentler preliminaries
of acquaintance. And the fact that he
and his pony are the best of friends and
that he becomes rather sentimental about
his beast in the course of time must be
taken as testimony to the effect that he
is not unnecessarily cruel in his pro-
cesses.
There are other bits of tragedy than
that of the animals-if that indeed be
tragedy-at the Frontier Day festival.
AS at every concourse of people in the
West there are the health seekers, with
the consumptives' hollows in their cheeks
and the consumptives' brightness in their
eyes. They try to earn their living while
they die inch by inch or grow slowly
well. They are at the Frontier Day fes-
tival with cameras. with portfolios. They
wish to take the pictures of the show to
SELL Or they have obtained the privi-
lege of selling coffee and sandwiches in
emaciated arms they are holding in an
cient steeds while they solicit fares
back to town.
There are the inevitable jealousies and
quarrels of competition. The champions
of one of the outdistanced riders in the
ladies' cow-pony race" furiously declare
that the winners horse was no cow
pony, but a thoroughbred. The judgment
of the Entry Committee is fiercely chal-
lenged the honor of the winners rela-
tives is maligned. There is a scuffle and
a cowboy appears later with scattering
OF blood upon his silk shirt. There are
whispers OF "therell be a settling when
they meet in town tonight.
But on the whole. tragedy is kept de-
Gently in the background on Frontier
Day. The COWBOY IS lord of the hour.
and a highly picturesque one he makes.
He is admirably lean and 1.-THE, his skin
is brown and clear. his eyes steady and
brilliant with the wholesome CLEAN of ir-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23

charge OF the island OF Negros. IN the
Philippines. for three years. He has been
in the regular army since the -civsl war
The man who Is sailing Shamrock III IN
the present contest with Reliance for the
Americas cup Is Captain wrings. said 10
BE the aelest sailor in Great Britain. the
most. daring the most devil-uaay-care-
His name IS commonly pronounced by
landluhbers as II IL were spelled Ring.
be, the correct pronunciation is said to
be RIM. rhyming with hinge wringe
knows American waters. tides and Winds
nearly as well as Captain Barr. who VII
said the defender. he made acGuaint-
ance or them when here on previous con
tests. when his presence was = mystery
a eorresponde0 OF the Vienna Zest
writes that. notwithstanding the honoTs
heaped upen Professor Adolf LoreuE Ia
the United States. hardly any attention
was paid 10 him in Mexico. He was not
invited to demonstrate his method. and
The local German as well as the Mexican
doctors kept aloof from him. The Aus,
TRAN ambassador. Count Hohenwart.
however. gave a dinner In his honor.
Rear Admiral Francis A. Cook. who
commanded the cruiser BROOKLYN during
the battle Of Santiago. Is slowly recover
Ing from long Illness IN the naval hos
pituI. Brooklyn. He Was attacked BY the
grip early last September and the dis
ease seriously affected his heart and ssd-
news Prior 10 this attack Admiral Cook
had been on the sick hat but once IN al
his forty-three years Of service. ara
that happened when he sprained hts
ankle.
Many OF General Skaters older ac-
quaintances occasionally call him small
Cap Shafter. a name which originated az
a banquet In Denver a good many years
ago. In one OF the local papers a list Of
guests was given all the names being pus
IN small capitals Through a printers
error Skaters name was set up IN ordi-
nary letters and the proofreader marked
II small cap" In the usual way. The
compositor was from the country and un-
acquainted with the marks used BY procf-
readers in daily papers. 50 ne inserted
Small Cap" before Skaters name. That
was why Small Cap Shsfter' appeared
among the army list Of guests
Mr.. Edwin A Abbey. whose lotest paint-
ing illustrating Shakespeare plays ara
being reproduced IN Harper's Nagazirs.
has been cornplimented by Emperor WI
liam. who had awarded him n gold medal
for certain work OF his exhibited 80 the
Berlin Art Exhibition. The same distino-
ton was conferred upon another Ameft-
can artist. Mr. John s. Sargent
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men and for women? What part does
that convey of the splendid picture-the
1.-the, clean-lirnJed young men mounted
upon their sturdy. stubborn-looking little
horses borne in q whirl of dust about
the immense track? A ladies cow-pony
race"-what vision does that call up Of
sturdy Western women, clear-eyed. clear
skinned. sitting in line upon their beasts.
smiling with set determined lips they
wait for the word to start? What does
it reveal of the swift bound forward, Of
the straining muscles Of the horses. OF
the flying skirts. of the streaming wells
that are lost TO the sight as one tries to
follow them in the rush around the am
phitheatre?
The Indian races, when the braves or
the squaws in their strangely assorted
garments mount their stolid little beasts,
and at the signal disappear into the
dust cloud, to re-emerge, feathers, beads.
American trousers, or American calico
Mother Hubbard and alone must see
that to know the half-grotesque. half-
pitiful figure which the savage may cut,
degraded to make a Roman holiday.
Their war dance, when in their feathers
they go through the movements so mean
ingful to them, so ludiorously like re-
voting cake walk to the unsympathetic
observer. is another of the features of
the Cheyenne celebration.
All the rewards of the Indian are given
to him Immediately. The agent having
in charge the members of the Shoshone
tribe who figure in the festival would
lead a sorry life were he unable to pass
the money prizes at once TO the winners.
They have probably learned their dis
trust in a hard school, but they have
learned 1t, and not one of the contestants
in a race will stir from the spot in front
of the judges box until the fifteen, the
ten or the five dollars of the winners
has been actually given. Then it's of
and away TO the booths behind the
bIeachers, where the money again
changes hands, and the thrifty whites
who, in spite Of the regulations against
gambling on the fair grounds. succeed in
conducting profitable game. come into
their own again.
The real interest of the Frontier Day
festival centres in the roping contests.
and the bucking and pitching contests
On the range ne Is CONSIDERED poor
makeshift for cowboy who cannot sub
due and ride wild pony in three efforts.
At the festival the winner must do this
in about three seconds. From the corral
where they are kept the wild ponies are
led forth blindfolded. Each is assigned
to his prospective rider To subdue TO
the saddle the beast which has never
known the touch of leather. TO mount to
remove the bandage from the eyes. TO
remain seated in spite of the furious and
astonished animals efforts to pitch or
buck the rider of. TO make him travel
the track. overcoming his efforts to run
wild across the feld-and to bring up
again in front of the grand stand before
any of the contestants-that is the vic
tory. The contortions of the angry
horses are amazing. They bunch their
legs for terrible jumps. They lower their
heads, they pitch and toss. they try to lie
down and roll over. they paw the earth.
they stand stubbornly still, their feint
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If you are good sports you VIII let
me put up that dog against a dollars
worth OF excitement and we can go il q
little longer. Otherwise / am out Of it,
After that the game became one OF
life and death. Tanouary, after the
draw. found himself possessed OF two
kings. and the same number OF tens All
but one OF the strangers fell by the way
side and Tan was getting worried about
the single opponent. for the fellow held
up three cards. The operator weighed
his hand. and then sat silently gazing at
the two pairs. Suddenly ne heard a
sound. slow. steady tap. Tans teie-
graphic ear caught from the mysterious
sound these Morse characters:
He has deuces
Now. Tan was man who did not In
quire into the why's and wherefores Of
Providence. When a miracle was per-
formed. the purport OF which was 70
inform him that the other fellow was
blufiing on deuces. he accepted the Zip.
and played with ali his strength The
result was that he garnered SIS on that
part and was staked for the next deal.
They started in again and Tan got
three kings. He was inclined 10 bet Ike
an amateur. but he suddenly heard again
the slow tap tap. He inclined his head
and heard the Geographic alphabet The
dots and dashes read:
Keep out. I see four Mines
Tan cast a hurried glance around 10
see il he could locate his nirscle-working
messenger. He saw nothing but the dog
sitting disconsolately on the chair on
the opposite side Of the table Neverthe-
less. Tan threw down his kings and lost
ten cents On the next hand he reaped
Ss7 on one OF the spiri; manifestations
by telegraph. which told him one man
held a pair of nves. another bobtail
flush. and the other two pairs. kings UP.
He himself held three trays.
We'll. as the night wore away the
mysterious messenger kept coming and
Tan began 10 roll IN his wealth. Next
morning he went back 20 Graneros with
81 .7s7. all that the three sports and he
himself had at the beginning.
When Tan got up out OF his chair one
OF the sports said: Well. / hope you've
got enough money to buy that dog some
grub. He's been sitting there wagsing
his tail all night
.Tanquary looked up in rather star
tied manner, for a great truth was begin
ming to dawn upon him. And he guessed
right The dog had been watching the
other fellows hands. His tail was sand-
wiched in between two OF the uprights in
the back OF the chair. AS Tanquary stood
looking at the dog the brute's tail be
gan wagging again. Tan listened closely.
and as the dogs tail struck the uprights
of the chair the operator deciphered the
letters. The message was: And We did
not do thing to them New York
World
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23

Anne O'Hagan in New York Evening
Post writes:
Noise and color. color and noise: a sky,
dazzling. binding. with white and purple
peaks cut sharply against it far on one
side, and dusty infnitude of prairie
melting into il on the other; color of
banner and bunting, of women's summer
frocks Of Indians blankets, bold and
broad-striped, of jockey caps. of cow
boy shirts, of committee badges fiutter-
ing in the wind; great fanfare Of noise
the creScendo Shrek of locomotives bring
ing the extra holiday trains to the from
tier town. the beat Of horses hoofs on
the highways, the braying of bands. the
blowing Of trumpets the high pitched
laughter Of girls, the deep chuclde of
men, the piping call of beggar women.
the monotonous chant of fal1irs and ped
dlers. the far-heard believing OF steers
noise and color. color and noise-that is
Cheyenne when the cowboys gather there
late in August for their annual merry
making
The sober-going citizens who prefer
that the town shall be known by it's
present as a Western railroad centre
rather than by its past as the tough
Indians, the bad men from the East cow
boys. missionaries. gamblers, miners, and
what not all descended indiscriminately
: frown slightly upon Frontier Day"
They are proud of the industry and NOR
atty Of the place. They boast that ex-
cept when the yearly celebration brings
sightseers thither. four policemen suffice
10 keep order. and that their positions
are such sinecures as TO be widely sought.
But for the foolish maintaining of un-
gentle traditions, they claim that Chey-
enne could soon acquire a reputation no
more uproariously picturesque than that
of Bangor, Ne, or Akron. o.
But these are in a minority, and From
tier Day still remains the glory of the
community. Still there are pioneers
lean, brown, wrinkled by the alkaline
winds and the bright suns of the West
as much as by the passing of years-to
revisit the scenes Of their vehement
youth There are still ranches lying
throughout Wyoming and beyond it
where the thought of the great contest
gives zest to the fierce routine of the
cowboys life. There are still men, not
pioneers, not ranchmen, TO whom the
Joy OF witnessing subjugation OF
wild horses and wild steers is as keen
delight as witnessing the racing Of
matched thoroughbreds is to a concourse
OF Fasteners.
For a week before the festival the
town suspends its other occupations and
svocations. and makes ready for the
two-day revel. In the banks mere tellers
and other officials creep into unconsid-
cred corners. and in their places of prom
1nence and power are enthroned the be-
.riDponed chairmen of various committees.
Hither come the visitors beseeching to
be assigned to lodgings-for the hostel
ries Of Cheyenne are not equal TO the
Frontier Day strain upon them. Hence
they issue in the charge Of Cheyenne
youths. magnificent in gilt-lettered
streamers announcing that they are
''Frontier Day messengers; these lads |
pilot the sightseers through the long. |
straight streets of the town which be- J
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yond its small bricked centre, near the
railroad. is a green oasis in the sere,
blazing desert-green with carefully cher
Isneu lawns. with anxiously guarded
vines. with great rows of cottonwood
ported from a more kindly soil and
coaked into acciimatization.
committees do other things in that
busy week. They arrange the events of
the great days. they placate prospective
contestants. they make peace between
warning photographers, they deny the
shocking rumors Of a dog eat" at the
Indian village; they warn away gamblers
not altogether effectively; they let the
sandwich booth privileges at the park
grounds, they arrange for the reception
Of the distinguished visitors from out of
town, thy consult with the railroad Off
cials about handling the enormous holi-
day crowds safely. they have programs
PRINTED, barges engaged bands hired
They grow red and moist in the Briarean
efforts, and If they do not retire TO rest
cures after the festival is over-that IS
merely a tribute to the quickly recuper-
ative properties of the Western climate.
Out at Frontier Park-the forty-acre
stretch of prairie where the contests are
held-as busy scenes are enacting. From
the ranches near and distant the bow
bays come in, riding their tough little
ponies. driving the horses which they
wish to enter for the events. The plains
as far south as Texts. the mountains as
far as Montana and Idaho, have been
secured for wild cattle. Horses that have
in previous years successfully defeated
the efforts Of the best breakers and
riders to tame them are brought again,
swollen with surly pride, to the arena
In great corrals at opposite sides of the
park the wild steers and the wild horses
are penned; little camps from many
ranches fringe the arena. The cowboys
cook their bacon and coffee over cross
stick fires before their quarters. Then
they go down into the town-the town
that brays with bands, shrills with
laughter, beats with horses hoofs. flares
across the wide night with thousands of
electric lights swinging at corners, il
Illuminating doorways, blazoning windows.
Here there are dances In wonderful
masquerade costumes the tnconvention-
ally joyous part of the community gath
ers in the halls. and hilarity reaches a
high Western altitude. The conventional
but inquistive drive or walk about,
watching the sights Now and again one
Of the smouldering animosities which the
tact of committee men has been power
less to extinguish completely, breaks out
in a chance saloon or street-corner meet
ing, and the extra Frontier Day con-
stabulary force is needed. Sometimes
the twinkling of the crude. brilliant
lights festooned across a building or
roadway inspires a merrymaker with the
old unquenchable cowboy desire to use
them as targets, and there is a quick.
popping cracking fusilade until the am
bilious youth is stayed.
As for the festival itself-only one to
whom the technicalities of the cowboy are
4 familiar idioIn could adequately hope /
to describe it. And he would need an |
audience speaking the same language to |
understand him. What does it mean to /
say that there are cow-pony races for |
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As 10 Persons.

Charles W. Miner has been promoted
from colonel OF the Sixth United States
Infantry 10 be brigad;er general and viii
be retired in the near future. He assumed
command at the battle OF Santiago when
General Egbert was shot He was ~
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23
ITEMS OF THE NATIONS.

France has about four thousand duels
a year and Italy twenty-sight hundred
on an average.
The largest carpet In the world Is forty
feet in breadth and contains $4,000
stitches. II took tho time % twenty
eight men for fourteen months. II n now
at Windsor market.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23

Cleveland. Aug New York City was
chosen today as the next meeting place
for the 1875 convention OF the order II
Scottish clans
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-01-09
DANBURY.

Murray johnson was very sick, Tues
day night.
Mrs. A. S. Palmer of McCook is visit
ing her parents Agent and Mrs. L.Cann.
After a two-weeks' vacation Pearl
Hayes returned to her school at Osburn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rea Oman of McCook
visited relatives and friends in Danbury.
last week.
Pearl Billings of McCook spert Tues
day and Wednesday of last week visiting
Danbury friends.
Perry Shepherd of Osburn drove over
to Danbury, last Saturday, returning on
Sunday with their teacher Pearl Hayes.
Ed Hethcote has bought E. F. Woods
frame house and will move it onto the
lots he bought of Harrison & Messner,
neal the st~ockyards.
The stock-extra took out of Danbury
four cars each of cattle and hogs for J.
L. Sims, which, with what they had,
made a train of twenty carloads of stock.
The regular train on Thursday morning
had twenty cars more of cattle, hogs and
horses.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-01-09
SOUTH SIDE.

Literary on the South Side is still in
the swim.
They are agitating a telephone line for
the South Side.
a. L. Overman's mother is down from
Denver visiting him.
Roy Jacobs is attending the conserva-
tory of music at Lincoln.
Mr.. Matthews of North Platte is visit
ing relatives on the South Side.
Miss Nettie Dutton returned to Lin
coin, Sunday morning on No. u.
Alfred Fitch left, last Sunday, for
Lincoln to have his eyes treated.
Glenn Somerville returned to Lincoln,
Sunday, to his university studies.
There was a crokinole party, last
Wednesday evening, at J. A. Schmidtz's.
The Mexican who has been caring for
the Christian sheep has returned to
Mexico.
Randel & Walsh are putting up a fine
barn to replace the one recently burned.
1t is 36x46 in size.
Miss Somerviile and Miss Goodman
spent vacation at the Someryille home
and returned to their school work on
Sunday the fourth.
Miss Kate McKilllp returned from
her visit home, last Saturday, and re-
sumed her school duties on Monday
morning of this week.
There was a watch meeting and taffy
stretch at the home of G.. H. Jacobs,
New Year eve, at which the young peo-
pie of the South Side were pretty well
represented. Glenn Somerville took the
prize for being the best stretcher.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-01-09
CEDAR BLUFFS. KANSAS.

Joe Kennedy was in Oberlin, Monday.
I'll. S. Kennedy invoiced his store, first
of this week.
Ira J. Peck was a business caller at
OberIin, this week.
D. HI. Rittenhouse shipped a car load
of hogs, Wednesday.
Cedar Bluffs was visited with quite a
rain, Saturday evening.
II. Berndt has just finished the car
penter work on his new house.
Ray and Gene Rushton returned from
Norton on Saturday of last week.
E. III. Everist made a business trip to
Danbury between trains, Monday.
A. S. Kennedy was over to visit his
parents, this week, from McCook.
Byron and Clyde Everist were Dan
bury visitors a few days, last week.
Misses Sallie Bell and Freda Wilhelm
spent Friday with Mrs. II. S. Kennedy.
Misses Minnie, Martha and Olga
Berndt spent New Year day at Miss
Cora Weyeneth's.
Sheriff Lehman took the train here,
last Saturday, for Beaver City, looking
for mortgaged horses.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Peck departed,
Monday, for Oklahoma to spend the
winter with Mrs. Peck's sisters.
Rev. G.. johnson left for johnson,
Nebraska, one day last week, to attend
the funeral of his sisters husband.
William Bartell of Wilsonville, who
has been working on the section here,
has secured a section at Brakeman.
We see the elevator doors open again
and grain coming. On account of the
bad roads. the past week, the farmers
couldn't haul.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Tracy gave a party
in honor of Miss Besse Newcomb of
Cambridge. About % guests were pres
ent and the evening was pleasantly spent
in games. Prizes were given.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-01-09
A Good Thing.

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and is acknowledged to be one of the most forum
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in every case which its rapidly increasing sale
every season confirms. Two million bottles sold
annually. Boschee's German Syrup was intro
duced in the United States 1855, and is now sold
in every town and village in the civilized world.
Three doses will relieve any ordinary cough.
Price 10 cents. Get Green's Special Almanac.