The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-18
sUNFI,owER SKINNER.

1t is good thing that A B. Campbell
| is not woman. He would now be on the
| stage.
This is the time of year that the man
who keeps toy-shop envies thecoai dealer
| least.
The new state treasurer took possession
yesterday. Wednesday is a symbol for
prolifcacy.
| Atchison has a citizen named Never
sweat" His views on literal hell would
be interesting.
Twenty-Five women were elected county
superintendent of schools IN Kansas at
the last election.
The Alliance might send Gen. Rice or
Whoop Tomlinson up in balloon for the
inducement of rainfall
The Abilene Reflector is just as foolish
about j. r. Burton as the lola Register is
about Farmer Funston.
Santa Claus will come this year probab-
ly with husking gloves on and al Alliance
badge pinned to his coat.
PETER has Folks vote for the United
States senate, besides the small matter of
sixty-two Alliance votes pledged him.
Everything promises an unusually hap
py Christmas for Kansas. Mrs. Lease is
in Chicago and J. r. Burton is in Texas.
j. Ii. Garfield, it is announced, is an
Episcopalian. This makes two candidates
for the senate that Barnard Kelley will be
against.
After '92 most of the little Benjamin
Harrison's throughout the United States
will have lite brothers who will be christ
ened Preston Plumb"
Kansas papers make great deal of
unjust ridicule at the expense of Okla
homa. Watermelons are still being sold
by the load in Oklahoma.
Extra horror is added to the Atchison
girls peril of being almost scalDed by
drunken Indian by the announcement that
she doesn't wear switch.
When the eastern papers learn that Con-
gresham Otis is a milkman, the first
thing they will do, will be 10 send inter
viewers out to pump" him.
Clarkson's place is still vacant, notwith-
standing President Harrison has been
notified over and over again that Kansas
will probably be in the doubtful ranks in
'92.
Old General Rice says: ~ would rather
beat John J. ingalls, for senator than be
president" This is by far the most adroit
slap President Harrison has ever received
from Kansas.
Henry NJ Stanley and wife will spend
Christmas at Fort Scott as the guest of
Mayor Pond. They will be Toasted on
Christmas turkey and possibly on poem
by Eugene T. Ware
1t is to be hoped that the names of Kan
sas' new congressman will, in year or so,
appear in soap advertisements along with
the recommendations of Adelina Patti and
Henry Ward Beecher
A Topeka man threw himself in the
Chicago river Monday. The muddy Kaw
is dirty stream, but the Chicago river is
not so beautiful by comparison that it
ought to induce a man to play the Mar
cissus act.
Kansas people have seen two reformed
burglars blow a safe in full view of the
audience the last week. 1t caused no great
excitement. 1t is the reputation of the
Kansas peoples forbearance that Gen
Rice and his ilk are always safe, blowing
in public.
Jerry Simpson says that he has no am
bition to become United States senator
He thinks the Alliance congressman
ought to. keep out of the fight. The only
two Alliance men who are seriously con
sidered are PETER and Willis. Willis
might have had the endorsement OF the
for the place, but Polk
shelved him by making him national
lecturer