The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-31
KANSAS CLIPS and COMMENTS.

KANSAS CLIPS AND COMMENTS.
Noble Prentis is at work on new
lecture, "Stories and Story Telling"
A lecture on such a subject by the
prince of story tellers ought to mark a
red.let:er day in every town where it
is givel.
Atchison is Dragging about a man
who can grab the listener of tele.
phone in his ear and hold it there
while he takes q message. Those re-
submission towns will brag about
most anything.
DEL. VALENTINES description, in
the Clay Center Times of Gov. Rid.
dies skiff ride in the wake of Lake
Michigan steamer, was the richest
piece of humorous writing that has Ap-
peared in a Kansas paper for many
moons.
The Cherry vale Republican is kind
enough to express the opinion that if
the editor of the REGISTER keeps up
his present gait The will be making
book before long" We appreciate
highly the implied compliment. But
the book we are most interested in
filling Just now lie bank book.
Obituary by will White, of the Ell
Dorado Republicans:
The Topeka Republican which was
started to down" prohibition is now
playing pullaway with the angels on
the Other Shore. When anything
starts out to "down" something the
Fool Killer chuckles several distinct
chucks, then there is swish of his
club aud the Golden Gate creaks on its
hinges.
Kansas City Star: Outside of the
regular delegation, Dick Blue was the
only Kansas man seen on the floor Of
the Senate the day Mr.. Ingalls, deliv.
cred his address on the race problem.
The last thing that Dick always does
before going away from home is to feel
in all of his pockets to make sure that
he has bis nerve with him.
Bent Murdoch, who owns paying
newspaper and draws pension Ut S72
month for total blindness, has been
made postmaster at ElDorado. TIE
revolution has evidently been get
ting n its work.-Ldst Weeks Regis
ter.
When the above was written we
thought it was all true, but we have
since learned that it is only one-third
true. Mr.. Murdoch does own paying
newspaper. But he doesn't get So
month pension, having been re-rated
at his own request, and he hasn't been
made postmaster at ElDorado. and
does not want to be. And 40 the revo-
luton. like the brook, goes on forever.
The assistant editor of the ElDorado
Republican, who has been installed
only a short time, has discovered that
there is very little of real Importance
in the Kansas newspaper paragraphs,
which seem to be constructed solely
with the view to attract the attention
of exchanges that will copy them The
boy is right; but if he is not careful he
will some day write something that
will be copied, and another good jour-
nalist will be nipped in the bud.-Clay
Center Times.
The Times is off wrong. The afore-
said discovery was made by the sold
man" who found that the fellows were
skipp ing his ponderous editorials and
picking up his assistant EDITORS "un-
important paragraphs"
A New York correspondent, writing
for a syndicate Of newspapers, pays
the following flattering tribute to one
of the strongest as we'll as one of the
mos graceful of Kansas writer's:
Kansas Is unconsciously developing
in her midst a writer of much promise
ia Mrs. J. X. Hudson, the wife of the
editor of the Topeka Capital. This
clever woman has already done consid-
cradle good literary work, . serial story
"a Child Of Erin" now running in
her husbands Iaper. AS yet Mrs.
Hubson's fame has penetrated but lit
tie outside of her own State, but it
will not be long.I venture to prophesy,
before her name will be confined only
by its authors possibilities.
Laurence Record: Hon. T. d
Thscher, of Topeka has prepared pa
per in regard to the commercial, indus
trial. transportation and other inter
ests If Kansas, published under gov
erDment auspices. The book of which
Mr.. Tbacher's contribution is part is
entitled internal Commerce of the
United States. 1885," The Kansas re.
port begins on page 1856 aud closes on