Wichita eagle., 1890-01-16
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Seeds, Slips. seions. Sprouts. Shoots and sliyers.
The peg on which Chief Justice Brewer
will hang his gown is numbered 0. And
the "52" spell is broken.
A maestro at Emporia with the name
koffsneizki, has written piece of music
called La Grippe for quartette of
baZoos.
1t must be disheartening to Chauncey
Depew to see Senator ingalls, monopolIZ-
ing the short anecdote field in eastern
papers.
The gentlemen of the seventh district
who feel they are in the air for Samuel
Peters place, can not be numbered on the
fingers and toes.
The story appears in the Chicago Trib-
une that one dlstiller in Kansas City sold
last year 10 Leavenworth to one man
alone 1900 barrels of whiskey.
The agricultural products of Colorado
now exceed in value the output Of her
mines. and the agricultural products OF
Kansas far exceed them both.
George T. Anthony IS of the opinion that
kansas needs fewer statesmen and more
farmers, more solid work and less. flnan-
clal discussion on dry goods boxes"
1t would be highly relieving to know if
sas wheat, in the peaceful and prolonged
absence OF the cinch bug and Hessian fly.
Plumb debates with a Florida senator.
Mr.. Ingalls, will debate with the Georgia
senator. Mr.. Ingalls, Is the better debater
OF the Kansas senator's, but they both get
the better OF their opponents.
One man in Eureka killed 200 skunks
during the month of December and real
zed handsome sum from the hides. A
community that has just been relieved of
200 skunks ought to feel sort O. frisky
like"
Saturday was one of the most important
anniversaries in the history of Missouri.
Twenty-Five years ago-January IL, 1865
ordinance passed by u convention sitting
in st. Louis.
According to the Topeka Capital, there
are siXty-five drinks In a gallon Of whls-
key. knowing the exclusiveness of the
bottle il Topeka, would it be lmpertlnenu
to inquire of the Capital, where it obtain
ed its information?
The star of Bethlehem will be visible
again this year. for the seventh time since
the birth of Christ. 1t shows itself once
every SIS years. Like all scintillating and
peregrinating show, it is announced that
this will be positively the last appearance
before the present generation.
The fact that Salinas federal building,
the bill for which Mr.. Ingalls, introduced,
will only cost $1,000, when eleven other
places in Kansas ask buildings of 500, 900
each, is very liable to urge the Salina Re-
publican to join the Emporia Republican
in the crusade against Jingalls.
The Lawrence Journal remarks that
fifty-nine criminals have gone to the Kan
sas Denitentiary under sentence of death
since 1880. aud shudders at the the thought
of the slaughter which would ensue if
Governor Humphrey should, in a tit of
mental alteration, take a notion to sign
all the death variants.
The Atchinson Champion thinks that
the year 1890 will wipe out Sl0,0O0,000 of
the debt of Kansas. 1t says: Kansas IS
all right 1t has more elements of sub
stantial growth; it can muster more proofs
of genuine prosperity and furnish more
facts and figures to.substantiate its claims
to being the best state in America than
any other commonwealth.
Miss Alice Sanger. the presidents type
writer and stenograper, is maiden with
rare and radiant" qualities. She is able
to take shorthand dictation at the rate OF
200 words minute. Her spelling is said
to be absolutely perfect, and she can keep
quiet with an industry that is rare among
her sex. The only thing against Miss
Sanger is that she was not formerly of
Kansas.
Joe Sexton, an Abilene photographer,
skipped out the other day, leaving numer-
Gus debts unpaid. At Omaha be wrote
back as follows: II did not have time to
make an assignment, so just simply flew.
If am not permitted to meet the boys in
Abilene l will meet them in heaven, pro-
vided reform. Give them all my regards
and send me paper containing write-up
of my sudden departure. One by one the
roses fall"
Chicago Herald: Wilson. of Iowa, is an
other senator whom ingalls, does not like.
Wilson prides himself on being the great
est constitutional lawyer in the senate,
though up to date he is the only man who
has made the discovery. Some one men
toned this conceit of the Iowa senator TO
Ingalls,, and the latter replied, Struggling
himself into the posture of pelican, as is
his won't: Constitutional lawyer, indeed.
Constitutional CLAMP
Senator Plumb is one of those who be-
lieYe that commercial union is not the
way to treat Canada. On several occas
ions he has expressed the most decided
views in favor of cutting Canada off from
all participation in the benefits OF trade
and commerce with the United States.
His idea is, that by withholding those
benefits from Canada the Canadians will
become so DESTROYS of them that they will
demand annexation to secure them.