Wichita eagle., 1889-09-07
suNFLowER sHADowINGs.
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The Kansas CitytNews thinks it will turn
out that Graham was formerly of Kan
| saS" man.
The Boone family in Kansas in chorus:
1--WE are all grandchildren OF Daniel Pa
pers please copy"
| The enrolment at the state normal
| school at Emporia is 100 larger than 1t was
| at the opening last year.
There is paper in Kansas that has the
| publishers mare in a larger fount than
| the line advertisement.
| The latest piece of music at Pratt is
| ''There is no flies on Kansas Corn, to the
tune of ''Auld Lang Syne."
| For the first two weeks it takes mighty
| good school teacher to stand up under the
| calling names of the whole district.
| Although he has bigger name yet the
| valetudinarian is of no greater significance
in Kansas this year than the nubbin.
| The Republican central committee of
Douglas county will call its convention ON
the 21st. The primaries will be held On the
Goth.
AS there is big church row up at Atch-
| ison, it is supposed that the women there
Will not do much housekeeping this fall.
Butts.
| Some men think that the sight of a
woman eating robs her OF her angelic rela-
| tions. but what do they say OF her blowing
cCrnet.
The esteemed Salina News is on the ex-
change list OF the EAGLE, but you never
would discover it by credits to the EAGLE
| in that paper.
One Of the disagreeable things about be-
ing county politician Is that when you
get left you are spoken OF far a year as the
defeated candidate"
They have discovered a manager at
Kingman who is not '.weii.knownp and !,
drummer who is not genial" This Will
be hailed with delight.
A Parsons man who has a piece of
ground that he wants TO sell to the county
for court house, has been up to Kansas
City to consult a clairvoyant.
Emporia News: They have dropped re-
submission at Leavenworth and are now
talking about the ''beef route" When not
talking about it they are travelling it.
1t will not be long before the grocery
clerk may give vent to his procliyities in
| towering pyramids and tapering towers
made OF the new stock of canned goods
The girls of Arkansas City think society
there is dreadfully dull. Why dou't they
get up Martha Washington tea? There
is always something SO fresh and novel
about it.
A man at Salina asked boy at a news
stand for Judge, but was interrupted with
an authoritative, ''fake your seat" An
explanation showed the boy to be a "local
umpire"
At Lyons and other French cities the
cars are run by compressed air. They
cover eight or ten miles per hour. Let the
people in our cars keep their mouths shut
and try it.
The boys at Baldwin university have
already dubbed one another with appella-
tions conforming to their respective pecu-
lIarities For example, Fatty, Shorty,
Reddy, Curly, Pants, etc.
A select party in Kansas is one
where just the family and one or
two relatives are invited in, and IS dis
tinguished as select" to notify all the
vitatiOn. that it was, in no wise, slight.
A Kansas suicide never fails to leave be-
hind long letter rejecting creditaby
upon himself and his life. Another pecu-
liarity of the Kansas suicide is that he is
careful not to 90 too far, but usually re-
covers.
The weather report of Professor Snow of
the state university at Lawrence, shows
that last month was the only August III
twenty-five years in which the mercury
failed to reach 80 degrees. The weather
month.
At the dedication of the Dickinson coun-
ty high school, the first of the kind in
Kansas. Professor Garfield delivered the
address. His statement, "he has little
foresight and less hindsight who imagines
for moment that Kansas will reopen the
doors OF the Saloons" was vociferously ap-
plauded.
A Newton scene: Ed-What makes you
always order an oyster stew when you
lunch at a restaurant?
Thad. Well, you see, my physician has
ordered me to eat boiled milk and to avoid
she'll fish during the summer
Mrs Henrietta Cook, who was sentenced
in Osborne county, June 20, 1876, to be
hanged for the murder of her husband,
and who has been an inmate of the penl-
tentiary eyer since, was yesterday par
doned by the governor. 1t has developed
that the woman was innocent OF the crime
for which she was convicted.
Apropos of the statement that James F.
Freeman, of Everest. who settled in Kan
sas in 1915, is probably the oldest settler in
the state, Mr.. L. 5. Stover, of lola, writes
the Star:
''Mrs. Victoria Cowden. now resident
of this city, settled in Kansas in 1888, and
has lived here ever since that date. She IS
hale and hearty and can be seen upon our
streets udiIy--h- y. Stdr.
Salina Republican: The roadmaster of
the Missouri Pacific is authority tor the
statement that the freight on that road
came in yesterday with one car loaded
with wheat that was minus wheel, but
the funny part was that no one knew when
it was lost He also stated that he had
personal knowledge of freight losing
two or three cars right out of the center
and having the caboose catch up and cou-
pie itself with the cars forward.
Garden City Herald: The contract for
boarding of paupers of Finney county was
awarded to Pat Tray, of Sherlock town
ship, at the rate of 81, 10 per week, and at
the same rates for parts OF weeks. Accord |
ing TO the terms of the contract the county /
will furnish the farm and the house for !
the paupers and Mr.. Tray viii furnish the |
provisions, furniture and bedding and |
have the benefit of the labor of the paupers |
and what is raised on the farm.
A Pratt mother feels very sore over the |
latest escapade of her seven-year-oid hope
full. There Were some visitors invited to |
tea one evening recently, and during the |
course of the meal ,Jonn Henry Augustus |
remarked, with a chuckle: Mothers got |
all her best things on the tab bic tonight |
amt you, maws' The mortified woman |
gave the youngster kick under the table, |
when he added. innocently, You needn't |
kick me under the table now, cause | /
didn't tell word about borrowing OF the |
napkins.
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.
Guthrie viii never be great city until |
il stops calling Methodist sociais grand.
Ea g. !