The Iola register., 1891-07-17
KANSAS CLIPS AND conmENrs.


in the production of zinc and the sew.
enth in the production of coal.
| Lawrence has new weekly paper
called The Historic Times. 1t is pub
lished in the interest of the negro race
| The September Century will contain
an article on Country NEWSPAPERS
by E. w. Howe of the Atchison Globe.
Mr.. J. D. McLaren, Kansas State
University boy, has been chosen pres
ident of the Wyoming State Agricul-
tural college.
A brother Of Sam Wood lives in the
Southern part of the State. The
Wichita Eagle says that Kansas is
not 'out of the Woods" yet.
Chicago Tribune: Senator Plumb
is I'm Kansas paying no more attention
to presidential boom than redeem
ed spirit pays to the smell of birthstone.
Lawrence is proud of the fact that,
with 1900 people in her city limits
and tributary population of 5000,
she has had only two drunks in thirty
days.
The Lawrence champion tennis play
ers, Mr.. Russell Whitman and his sis
ter Miss Ruth, defeated the Kansas
City champions in tournament last
week.
Miss Minerva Walker, who has SO
ably conducted the Harper Graphic
for the last two years announces her
retirement from editorial work this
week.
A large delegation of Kansas teach
ers, headed by State Superintendent
g. w. Winans, are attending the Ed
ucational Association at Toronto, Can
ada this week.
There is always moral influence
associated with piano. If it isn't
upright it is sQuare.-Erchange.
And when it is neither of these, it is
nevertheless grand.
Parsons Sun: Senator PETER has
had his whiskers trimmed. If he will
now have the ragged edge trimmed
from some of his ideas he may turn
out much better than many people ex-
pected.
Dickinson county fruit growers are
worried to know what to do with the
tremendous fruit crop. An organiza-
ton has been formed which will try
by cooperation, to dispose of the sur
plus advantageously.
Laurence Journal. 1t is believed
that the idea of producing rain by
making big noise in the air was sug-
gested to the inventor by the numer-
Gus hard rains that follswed the AL
lance campaign in Kansas.
A citizen of Hiawatha who happen
ed to see the sun rise the other morn
ing thought that the whole east side
of town was ablaze, and called out the
fire companies. The burning question
i'm Hiawatha now Is, Who was the
man?
Kansas is again in danger of losing
one of her fine men. Prof. l.. I. Blake, |
occupying the chair of physics and |
astronomy in the University, has re-
ceived a flattering offer from an eastern
institution. Prof. Blake is genius in
his line, and his departure would be a
severe loss to the University.
So. Joseph Herald: The grasshop-
per report in Colorado has started the
liars going in that direction, and even
now some big stories have come to
light. One is that "the hoppers ate
the engine, chewed the cars, picked
the bones of the passengers clean and
only cast steel crowbar remained to
tell of the disaster !"
arkansas CITY Trareler: Senator
Peffer's statement that "the Alliance
lodge is taking the place of the
church" is not believed by the ortho-
iox members of the different Christian
denominations. If the Senator's only
chance for heaven is through the al ,
lance lodge room he had better buy :
III asbestos overcoat and palm leaf |
fan.
The "Sunfiower Seed" man in the
x. c.. Journal distinguishes Marsh
Murdock as "Victor Murdock's faith s
r." 1t is told of young Murdock,
hat, in fit of childish rage, several
years ago, he settled his father by say
ng: "Never mind, Marsh Murdock,
he time will come when you will on 1
y be known as Victor Murdock's faith ;
r." Thus is the "young crowd" in
he Murdock family vindicated. a
We are indebted to the editor, Mr.. i
:. p. Chittenden for copy of the new =
Kansas magazine, the Agora, to be .
'ublished every three months at Sa- {
ina. The first number contains !
mong other attractions sonnet by d
Iiss Florence Snow, of Neosho Falls,
review of "The Light of the World" !
" Prof. o. f. Olin, Current LItera-
ure" by Hon. B. w. Woodward and
n article ON Imagination in Science"
y Prof. l.. E. Sayne. If the "Agora"
nlfills the promise shown in its first
lumber, it will certainly deserve the
ordial support of Kansas people. \
IV,ob;f,, E,u1,Io. A counfp roliti,.;on