Wichita eagle., 1890-01-08

A sleigh in Kansas is as good as a ship
| IN Sahara.
| The Burns Monitor remarks that the
| hour-glass OF 1889 is empty.
| There are very few dollars subscribed to
Kansas newspaper that are blown in."
| Barber county has shipped more home
raised cattle this year than any other
| county i'll Kansas.
Arkansas City is still prolonging its hy-
meneal joys, three marriages taking place
on New Years day.
| In religion Edison is credited with being
Buddhist. Heretofore it was generally
thought he worshiped electricity.
Mayor Waggener, of Atchison, says that
the city council can't pour hot water in
his ear and then call it harmony.
Among the poor on New Years day the
city of Garden City distributed two car
loads of coal TO the destitute of the town.
The man cuts ice in Kansas tomorrow
maybe. Ice in Kansas. that is home
grown ice, is fast becoming thing of the
past.
Abilene Reflector: Tell man you are
sick and the chances are nine To one that
he will say he has not been very well him
self.
The Chinese lily has fallen into wonder
full popularity with Kansas newspapers.
The night blooming cereus should enter a
protest.
The Philadelphia Times says: civilian
Black, the English novelist, makes 5000
a year by the use of his pen. Pugiiist
John l.. Sullivan pays about that sum an
nually for gloves and cigar"
The Louisville Courier-Journal, which
has developed great powers of inquisition
OF late, especially in matters pertaining to
Kansas. inquiries: why don't the farmers
OF. eastern Pennsylvania move TO Kansas
and raise corn?"
Atchison Patriot: "Typoscribe" is the
word suggested to designate the person
who operates tue typewriter, but we fear
it will never come into popular use be-
cause men have become so habituated to
calling her "Sweetie' and ''Dearie'
The Campbellites at Oxford have hith-
erto objected rigidly to the Use of the
organ in the church, but they now show
leniency enough to allow the Sabbath
school to use it, in Case it is securely
locked while the services proper are III
progress.
X. c. Star: President Harrison defers
to Kansas sentiment, and has cOmmuted
the sentence of the murderer whom the
authorities expected TO have the pleasure
of hanging in Wichita. Such proofs of
courteous consideration should not 20 uu-
rewarded.
Now here is a show Of American patriot
ism. At a recent wedding In Philadelph
the room was festooned in red, white and
blue. in honor OF the patriotism Of the
bride who had declined many European
offers and decided 10 give her hand 10 an
American.
According to Consul Pettus, strikes
never occur in China, and labor unions
would have a sickly development. as no
labOrer is permitted TO seek employment
outside his own district. Carpenters worry
along on - cents q day and blacksmIths
on - a month.
Henri Wstterson having said that ''the
Kansas farmer now sits by his corn fire
and reads his mortgage" the Giobe-Dem-
ocrat gets in a pat reply when it notes that
the farmer must have paid his mortgage
then. otherwise it would not be IN lis pos
session SO he could read it.
When correspondent asked Mr.. Hamil-
ton, OF Kansas, if he really intended 10
give up the state treasurerahip for a posi-
tion under the Santa Fe management. he
replied quickly: DO you take me for
d-u foolS" Mr.. Hamilton perhaps be-
lieves in Pooh Bahism" in mid doses.
It is estimated that with the present IA
cilitiss u viii take the Kansas roads three
months 70 haul out all the wheat ia the
state aud that 10 move the corn II VIII take
a year. That will keep the railroads busy
a long time, because by the time they have
al that crop ont there Will be another just
as big on hand.
Farmer Miller, Of Doniphan county, re-
Gently lost over 100 hogs By some strange
disease. He had fed them !, go bushels Of
corn and 700 bushels Of potatoes and had
them ready for market There are some
people OF the really good stripe who claim
that run OF luck Of that kind makes a
man better and keeps him from becoming
worldly minded.
Prof. + II. Snow, Of the state university
in hls meteorological report for the year
1883, says: The most notable features
were the re emarkable absence Of extremes
OF heat and cold. resulting in a very mild
winter and a very cool summer. The
abundant and well distributed rainfall
making Il one Of the xes;es. years n
cur twenty-five yeaEs' record -