The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-09-04


The Chautauqua circle w5il hold its
annual business meeting at the home
OF Ms. ". H French, next Monday
evening at 8 O'Clock Not only present
members but ali who think Of taking
up the course this year ara requested
TO attend.
Ira jackson and Grant Pettijohn, Of
Dodge City, were ia this city Wednes-
day and made US a pleasant call M
Jackson is car inspector for the santa
Fe railroad at Dodge City. They are
both pOpulIsts and gave US some inter
esting information concerning the poll
| cal situation in Ford county.
We got a move on ourselves this
week and are, consequently, up 20 our
eyes in business and dirt for a few
days. We ara now TO be found upstairs
! IN the Rummsu building, just west of
the National bank, where we shall be
pleased to see our friends. For greater
convenience we have combined our law
ONCE with TIE GRAPHIC ONCE.
Miss Glare AIcBIichaeI went to Dodge
City Sunday to attend the city teach
ers' institute in session there this
week, and next Monday she begins
her school work il that city. Miss
Clare is ain Oid-time pupil Of ours and
we know so well the deeper tones of
her nature as to predict for her
marked success in her new field of
work.
We see by the Mercury that the pres
ence OF Mrs. Hebron ia the postomce,
as assistant, is incompatible with that
untrsmmeled personal liberty for
which the lofty soul of "TIebe'' so
passiOnately yeaTns. We fully sym
pathize with ''Hebe'' in his amictiOn,
for while our assistant editor only
occasionally irradiates our sanctum
with her restraining presence, already
the question as to who is running the
paper is becoming a very serious one.
Earnest work is being done by the
Y. p. S. c. Els now in convention
here. Rev. E. L. Hull, Of Ford, is a
model presiding officer. Yesterday
afternoon Prof. McNurtry welcomed
the visitors in a few thoughtful, we'll
chosen words, and a thoroughly nice
response was made by Miss Wolcott,
of Larned. Last night Revs. Bartie
and Busser delivered adresses-each
characteristic of the man. The enthu-
siam of Prof. SOuthgate, Of Sterling,
is an inspiration to the whole assembly.
The entertainments given by Prof.
Frank Robertson and wife Tuesday
evening proved unusually interesting
and amusing. MI. Robertson's per
formances on the various musical
instruments were above the average;
his negro solos were about as good as
those heard at the minstrel shows that
occasionally exhibit here, and the
punch and judy show was especially
funny to the children. The most
amusing part of the show, however,
was the experiments in hypnotism.
/ Two of the three subjects selected
were not susceptible to the professors
| power. but the third apparently became
| completely under his control. AT the
command Of the professor he struck a
match and attempted to set fire to an
imaginary hornets nest. The frantic
efforts made by the susceptible subject
to fight of the hornets that, to his
distorted imagination,w were toying with
his whiskers, were exceedingly anus
ing and elected shouts of laughter.
In his violent gyrstions on the stage
he came very near Upsetting the other
subject, who was quietly taking ia the
fun with imperturbable countenance,
but. Of course, with closed eyes: 1t
seemed at one time as if the delirious
contortions of the subject would result
in the presentation to the audi
ence of a living statue q Ia apollo
I3elvidlsre, but in the nick OF time, to
the relief of the audience, the professor
with a wave of his hand dissolved the
spell and averted the threatened dis
aster. Upon the whole, the show was
well enjoyed by the large audience
that witnessed it.
For sale.
a great bargain: A new house of
six rooms, and eleven lots. for $500;