The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-01
suNFLowER s1LHoUErTEs.
The boy stood on the burning deck
Whence all Init him had fed;


The boy stood on the burning deck
Whence all but him had fed;
His lin was firm: There's one thing sure
III not howl calamity" he said
Next Tuesday is Jerry Simpsons BIRTH
day.
Calamity is going to overtake the calan-
ity howlers.
The overwhelming majority" in Kansas
has gone out of business
The rainmaker who charges for his pre-
cipitarion is, in a certain sense, pool
seller.
The Republican party of Kansas will
have a new motto next Wednesday, L
told you So"
Tuesday will settle the calamity fellows.
After this the wind in Kansas will have to
all the bowling.
The average Kansas pumpkin this year
weighs sixty pounds. That's weigh Kan
sas pumpkins have.
An Alliance paper says that Mc0ratn
has made great break. This Is true Inc
break is in the Alliance ranks.
| Jerry Simpson has been made shining
light liz the Alliance by the RepuoAcan
papers making light of him.
Misery loves company. Aud so, after ALL
the Democratic and Alliance candidates
will be of some use to each other
MANY Democrats dread to see the ALI
ance collapse. The Democratic party Will
be sure TO get Harrison Kelly and MS Tx
| The Alliance will not be entirely gone
| next week-there will be few fellows VINO
will borrow money to bet that 1t VIII WIN.
The people of Hoxie, which is about 2OO
miles east of the Rocky mountains, saw
the mountains in magnificent mirage just
before sunrise recently.
A Kansas undertaken who went to Okla
homa and took a claim, recently sent eacn
of his contestants on his land a catalogue
of collins at reduced prices.
In an early day band of western Kan
sas cowboys presented the local preacher
with a nicely bound copy of the New les
lament, and the fellow who made the pre-
sentation speech said, "Cap'n, l. hope you II
give US something new, now"
With mellow cider in the mug, big log
blazing on the hearth, the curling rings OF
tobacco smoke from the pipe bowl, and a
happy group of children romping on the
floor, to the Kansas farmer this winter
cold snap will be something of soft snap.
The centenary of the panorama occurs
in 1892 A Young Edinboro painter was
thrown into prison by his creditors. From
J the way in which the light from hole IN
{ the ceiling struck the walls he evolved the
idea of the panorama.
It was in a saloon in southern Missouri
A farmer from Kansas had just been CIV
ing his reasons for belonging to the ALI
ance and had been villifying his state to
the great satisfaction of the crowd. A tall
Missouran interrupted him:
"Them's my sentiments" he said, my
sentiments exactly-the whole state oil
Kansas is unreliable,
The Kansan's eye glistened.
''That's what 1 always told the boys, "
the Missourian went on. There amt
enough intelligence in the whole state OF
Kansas to shoe mule"
The Kansan bit fresh chew Of tobacco
| off his plug.
..In fact BOYS told my old woman yes
terday that Kansas was the orneriest state
with the oneriest people in it in this 'ere
union"
The Kansan stoppedIchewing.
''Talk about the James boys and the
Youngers-why a worse set of thieves than
Old John Brown and his gang never lived.
Kansas, why gentlemen l wouldn't"
Take him out or I'll kill him, yelled
the Kansan, after he had knocked the
speaker down and danced Jig on his
PROSTATE form. stake him out or I'll Kill
| him."
But, one of the crowd expostulated
whats the matter with your You said
the same thing yourself"
''That's alright, boys, yelled the Kansan
gIaring about him, like mad bull. Its
all right for me to say what l want to
about my state, but I'll be damned if any
Missouri puke can run down Kansas be-
| fore me.