The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-18
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Garnett who works exclusively with pen
sion claims.
In the eastern states Kansas two United
States senators are known as Plumb and
| Wbatshisname.
| The man who comes home with some
| thing hidden under his coat this season of
the year is Mr.. S. Claus.
Jane Simpson, Jerry's wife, has broken
into literature. This week she writes a
/ column letter to the Medicine Lodge
Index.
A Topeka coroner's jury is said to have
once found that a man came to his death
from blow administered by himself He
blew out the gas.
Senator PETER wants a supplemental
census, and has introduced bill to that
effect Peffer's constituents would like a
| supplemental senatorial election, but they
have no recourse.
| A man is in the most danger in Kansas
when he gets very big and very popular.
Arstides was banished from Athens sim
! ply because people became tired of hearing
him called 1.-The Just"
| There is a touch of sadness in the OBJ
servation that no Republican undertakes
to belittle the Alliance congressman from
Kansas by comparing them with the Re
publican representatives.
One of the strangest things of Christmas
times is the big sale of rubber erasers. No
body tries to explain why this is so. unless
it is to rub out the original price mark on
our Christmas present and raise it little.
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has missed some very fine things. If Wat
son had been elected speaker, Kansas
would have had the craftsmanship of the
five most important committees In the
house.
The Kansas City woman who predicts
the end of the world on Christmas is sell
ing tickets to heaven to The negroes at p
cents each. On the Santa Fe system this
amount would land a man IN Kansas eight
miles out of Kansas City.
William II of Germany puts Mr.. Stead
of London in mind of General Gordon. in
that he believes that he is a partner with
the Almighty-except that Gordon was
humble enough to consider himself only
the junior partner.
The true facts of the case of the destruc-
ton of Pawnee Rock have come to light.
Pawnee Rock was the most familias land
mark in the west. 1t had thousands OF
names of men, famous and unknown,
carved on it, among them Kit Carson, who
once bad a fight with Indians on the spot.
The ''forty-niners" all wrote home from
this rock as the only point in the great
desert with a name 1t marked the field
of hundreds of tribal fights of the Indians.
Some time ago the rock disappeared, and
it was given out that it was quarried. But
another story comes. 1t seems that the
man who owns the land has been nursing
delusion for years that ne would some
day dig up hidden treasure. Woe worth
the day when a taking fortune-teller came
along and told him the desideratum was
buried beneath the famous rock. Dyna-
mite did the rest, and now only the site of
the landmark is shown.
Senator PETER tried to keep it quiet, but
it got out Probably one of his own serv-
ants bruited it about, as the Washington
servant will talk Anyhow. it is out. The
second night after he occupied his new
home PETERS brain was feverish, and he
tossed about restlessly in his bed before
going to sleep About half past 1 the
house was suddenly aroused by loud cries
of ''thiegesl robbersl helpl I'm boundl
robbersl help!'' Mrs. PETER, with the
usual train of servants of a plutocratic
household at her back, was at her hus-
bands side in a trice. PETER lay gasping
in bed, his face whittier than the pillow.
''Are they gomez" he cried TREMENDOUSLY.
"Are the robbers gomez"
why, Will" (she calls him WilD, says
Mrs PETER, ''there are no robbers"
"Yes, yes" the pale, exhausted man in
sisted, Pm bound. woke and found l
was bound"
Mrs PETER turned the covers down and
bent over the PROSTATE form of her hus-
band for moment, and then arose with
suppressed smile on her lips.
"Why, WILL" she said, st is nothing.
You have only got your feet tangled in
your beard