The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-21

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| the col6neIs another. the majors Z third,
tand so on down-it would have been bet
ter. As it was. they were so mixed as
TO leave on the mind merely an impress
sion of confusion and lack of method
anything less military in effect can hard
~ Zoe imagined.
The writer recalls brief speech made
TO an amateur military company of school
i,Feys about the time of the outbreak of
the civil war, by old Gen. Scott, who had
| consented TO witness their exhibition drill
aud evolntions and ADDRESS few words
OF counsel to them ut the close if he saw
anything to comment on. A party of la
dies including Mrs. George b. McClel-
I Ian, happened to pass us the company
was drawn up at attention to hear
the generals remarks and every juve-
nile officer company uncovered. civilian
fashion Scott watched this break with i
slightly cynical smile and then said:
Young gentlemen YOU march well.
and YOU are proficient in the monual. Bu
and you are proficient in them annual. But
/ caution you to remember that. when
sou are uniformed for any military cere-
monial ceremonial. your cap is part Of
Yourself Don't take it off to anybody
on earth. unless your head goes with IL"
These are matters of arbitrary couven-
ton. and liable 10 change at any time
by authority, but that seems all the more
reason why there should be seem rule
certain and universal while it lasts, about
each detail. That is The significance Of
uniform attire; and the man inside the
uniform should have a code of ceremonial
manners as wei settled as the number of
buttons on his coat.
There IS 4 certain senator who thinks
he has fine command of the French
language He came to door in the
lobby ut the same time another senator
reached it and he stepped inside and said
with a flourish. Entire nous"
Representative She her. of New York.
made his maiden effort n the house
today and told "a couple of stories which
introducing himself TO the house AIR
Shobcr said.
Having been told by those in a POI
sition to know that the excellent com
pendium and record of statistics and ora
tory Mould not Dee complete unless 1 said
something, / am here TO submit Few
remarks"
Mr.. Shober told Of man who claimed
to have shot a deer through the left hind
foot and behind the lef, ear with the
same bullet
Impossible" said the mans friends
ASK Sambo there" exelaimed the hunt
er Doiuti-E u his servant
"Aas, sir" answered the servant. He
short shot de deer in DE leC hin foot an
in the lef year.
But hove asked the friends.
''Weu sub just us ola Massa shot de
deer stepped u scratch his lef' year with
his ief- hin foot OATS low"
Thief riends looked amazed. and after
tilNir departure The negro tUrne4 90 his
ma sJer and said. "peG boss mex time
20 wants Is D'ssah 20 tel deer stories.
yet 20 pints closer together
New Yor1 Feb ls.-Fire tonisht des-
troycd the paint works e r. ~. pevoe
and c. T. Reynolds company IN Brooklyn.
Loss SSo@ea
One hundred families were driven from
neishborins tenement houses
New York. F,b ls The hamilton Fire
Insurance Of New York City organized
- years ago. has gore cut OF business
as a result of The Baltimore FIRE iH which
il sustained loss % Ss7.ao.
oklahoma CiC.. q T Feb ea-The dead
body Of Z. /. Spencer. one OF the wealth
Jest real estate men go The eiIy. WIS found
in bed in his room and from appearances
he had been dead several days. i 5 sup
posed thar be died Of hesrt trouble