Wichita eagle., 1889-11-29
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Seeds. Slips. seious. Sprouts. Shoots and Silver

Fame is awaiting the reporter who dis
| covers new way of writing up an even
| ing party.
The 1889 who doesn't get married before
Christmas is smart. Her Christmas pres
ent will be nicer.
A Farmers Alliance store in Hillsboro.
Marion county. failed last week Its In
debtedness is 1000.
The first and the last governors of Kan
sas are living, but the next to the nrst and
the next to the last are dead.
I. is noticeable that the person who
serves the oyster soup always reserves the
much desired little red crab for himself.
A minister in southern Kansas preached
a realistic sermon on hell fire and brim-
stone recently entitled "Plow Your Fire
Guards"
An art loan exhibition is running at
Wellington and the people are busy max
ing fun of one another's grandmother's
portraits
A Lawrence girl defended herself to her
irate pa who objected to face powder, by
explaining the popularity OF marsh NAL
lows In that city.
State Ornishologist Goss will start in a
few days for Central America to spend
several months in capturing tropical birds
Lament of the Atchison Globe: 'The
EmpOria Globe is missed In this Office. IL
used to come wrapped so as to fit exactly
beneath a short leg of table,"
Emporia Republican,: If you know of no
other grounds for Thanksgiving, no bless
ings scant, you can thankful be that you
are still living-if your neighbors can't
The Atchison Patriot makes a note Of
fact that the undertaken, with the con-
fectioner on his right and toy shop on his
left. is getting in his holiday stock OF collins.
Joseph Spendlove, of Topeka, recently
sentenced to twenty-one years in the peni-
Tertiary for murder, has been granted
stay, pending an appeal to the supreme
court.
Kansas Chief: Do you suppose that
Edgar A. Poe, in his widest flights, ever
imagined that grandson Of his would
ever become the captain OF football
team"
At recent soiree Wellington girl
offered her Winfield cousin her bonbon-
iere, and was tickled to hear her announce
that she didn't bring any money along. as
she didn't think it was ''pay" affair.
According to the mayor-clerk-council
statement it will cost Atchison between
81, 900 and $1,000 more per annum to run
the police department under the commits
sioners than it did under the old system.
Gilmore's band of foreigners, the Chi
neese Yankee. Tank Kee, and Travelling
Moon, the POnca Spuaw, were all in Ar
kansas City Wednesday, and the place
never looked SO cosmopolitan since its ex-
istence.
The two principal literary societies of
the State university have had debate on
resubmission. 1t was finally decided that
my honorable opponent opposes my es-
teemed colleague" Such profound re-
suits us this are only obtained through
long years of arduous thought and lucu-
brarion.
Sterling Bulletin: The parachute de-
scents made by Professor Driscoll are hav-
ing their effect in a not unnatural way.
No boys outfit is now complete without a
miniature parachute. They are generally
made out of handkerchief with a weight
attached, thrown into the air and the man
ner of descent carefully noted. Boys will
be boys.
Barber County Index: All over Kansas
the farmers are using corn for fuel. Bar
Der county is no exception, and hundreds
of bushels are being burned here daily.
ivered, and soft coal sells at IS so a ton
for the cheapest and 50 for the best, while
anthracite sells for $l4. 1t does look sin
full to burn corn, but it is being done.
Pleasant Hockett, of Independence,
Kan. has recently secured patent on an
electric motor which is adapted to any
machinery. 1t is pronounced by electri-
clans to be wonderful invention and one
which bids fair to revolutionize motive
power in this country. 1t will also settle
question, when applied to street cars.
which is just now causing considerable
discussion in more than one town, and
that is, whether to put poles in the middle
or on the sides of the streets. With this
motor attached to a car there is no neces-
sity of poles and wires.
Atchison Patriot: Thanksgiving tomor-
| row. A few people will go to church and
spend the day in returning thanks for the
many blessings received during the days
| which have passed and gone. A great
many will go hunting. Some will get
drunk Others who have been drunk
divers times since last Thanksgiving will
swear off. There will be family reunions
and big dinners. There will be parties and
balls and lectures. Everybody will do
something outside the regular line of bust
ness. There will be but little work done
during the day. Thanksgiving is great
holiday. 1t ranks alongside OF Christmas
and the Fourth of July.
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