The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-16
sUNFLowER s1LHoUETTEs.

The Kansas farmer is a bull on TIT
wheat market, but lion in local politics
The car of Russia has dropped onto tn,
Alliance scheme. Ukase is the Russian
for manifesto.
1t became such a fashion to denounct
Bill Higgins that he came out and de
nonnced himself.
The idea seems to be to take prohibition
out of the Republican party and carry il
in the hip-pocket
A farmer near Arkansas City was gore6
to death by bull the other day. Many o.
his neighbors have been bored to death b.
| politicians.
The Alliance is to start daily paper al
| Topeka. The idea Of success is based or
the hope that after while they can borrow
money at per cent TO run 1t on.
! A new study in the Kansas university is
THE Status of Women" The young men
will never be able 60 give this the close at
! tention they would the statues OF women,
especially in the antique.
AS if we had not enough boiling last
year with the 10000 Republicans going
over to the Alliance, along comes Jerry
Rusk now with balloon and a dynamite
cartridge and wants to make the thunder
bolt.
AS result of last winter, there are
great many men in Kansas whose political
reputation is, and who are designated
among their acquaintance, as the man
who was defeated for Ingalls, place last
winter.
Bill Higgins room in the state capitol IS
right across the hall from Attorney Ives
who was elected by the ResubmlssIonlsts
last fall. Bernard Kelly has quit going
down in that part of the building for fear
he will smell whisky.
John Otis has been nominated for speak
er of the house by Jerry Simpson. All the
rest of the Kansas crowd axe promised
something from sergeant-at-arms down.
1t might be a good plan to convene the
next congress at Topeka and save the gov
eminent large amount of mileage.
Leave the Alliance?" said the old man.
"Well, / guess not. Ive tried all the par
ties and l know what am talking about.
was five years in the Republican party,
and all | got was to be janitor of the coun-
ty building l bolted to the Democratic
party, and all they could see I was worth
was assistant county clerk. Now Pm an
Alliance man; and went to the legisla-
ture last winter, and the boys are talking
about sending me to congress next time.
Leave the AllianceS 1 should say not"
The other dav a man who was driving
about the country came on a farmer tear
ing down a large board fence around lot.
70 hot for ha nI1la6
the boards off with main strength and
awkwardness and threw them behind him
viciously without looking up. The man
in the buggy stopped his horse and VEN
tured that it was warm day.
Zip! went board, and the farmer never
replied or looked around.
THAT is rather nice fence you are de-
stroying," the man said again.
Zipl and another board dropped.
81 say, said the man, ''what are you
about? Railroad gong through your
placer"
The farmer never paused, but ripped off
another board
"Short of kindling?" the man in the
buggy suggested.
At this the farmer turned around, boil
luS. 1OOh LCiCy liz OAlCN, Ohlo 10 hOilO
of your business Pm tearing this fence
down because it has cost me child, my
wifes good looks, and two mules and a
cow; that's why. Two months ago a
man came along here and painted a big
sign on this fence about a Group remedy,
and was to get bottle of the stuff. We
gave our baby some of it, and it died.
About that time another young fellow
came along and wanted to paint a hair
liniment advertisement on it. l was
mad at the first fellow, SO / let
him do it. He gave US bottle
of his stuff and my wife used some. All
her hair came out and the doctor says
she'll be as bald as billiard ball all her
life. Last week another one of them
painters came along with big tonic adj
advertisement. good for man and beast l
took some of that and last night rubbed
the mules down with it and gave the old
COW table spoon full This morning
found all three dead. Now, do you see why
1 am tearing it down? Can do anything
for you?
81 am sorry for your bad luck, I said the
man. but what | want to speak to you
about is little subscription l am getting
up to defray the expenses of an Alliance
Don't talk Alliance to me, cried the
man. Before the Alliance scared all the
out of Kansas, used to get tick
cts to five or six of them every summer for
the whole family for letting them paste
their bills on this fence. That's what |
built this fence for in the first place.
don't want to talk Alliance. My young
ones haven't seen a circus in two years
And as the man disappeared over the hill.
he could still hear the farmer jerking of
boards