The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-26
sUNFLOWER sILHOUETTEs.

And how IS the Democratic party OF
| Kansas? Naught in It,
Agricultural reciprocity: The sun tans
the farmer and the farmer tang the son.
Our Kansas farmer is suffering from
cancer of the blues and swelling of the
pocketbook.
The smart farmer in Kansas has quit
| roasting the Republican party and is at
| tending to roasting ears.
The new Democratic editor of the Atchi-
son Patriot will not move his family to
Kansas until after the election He is 60
ing back to Ohio to vote against Mckin-
ley.
The Kansas farmer has been instructed
to give the Republican party no quarter.
And at the same time it might be just as
well not 10 let the Alliance have any 25-
cent pieces
Ex-senator Ingalls, has abandoned his
old way of denying interviews He now
comes out and plainly takes a contra
dictory position to what people thought
he occupied.
BY the time the average Kansas farmer
gathers this years crop of roasting ears
from the high stalks his chin will have
reached habitual elevation that would
make the royal families of Europe die of
envy.
A Kansas man wanted to borrow some
money of General Rice the other day, and
offered to pledge the governors salary for
1924 as security. The old man is still
suffering from the shock.
Goodness mer' exclaimed good old
Mrs. Jones, in her trim apron and her
shining, cheerful face, "here this big gang
of threshers have gone and eat thirty
eight corn-dodgers, and l have only got
twenty left for that Alliance orator that
John is expecting this evening"
A rather seedy looking man came into
Douglas avenue restaurant yesterday.
Bean soup, please" he said. Waiter
giving order)-"One bean. Seedy Stranger
Hold up, there pard; if there is only
going to be one bean in that soup I'll
change my order"
An Alliance paper contains an adver-
tisenent for this years nubbins to decor
ate the Alliance hall with.
And now," questioned the Alliance ed
ucator who was enlightening an audiences
of farmers, latter my explanation, who
eau tell me what is the state of corn in
this county at present." And the full $50
Of them yelled as one man Kansas"
Positively the crankiest Prohibitionist
in the world lives i'll Wichita. 1t will be
remembered that a Rock Island train run
into a swarm of grasshoppers in western
Kansas and was stopped by them. Now
this man wants Attorney General Ives to
e :. -.
bug juice" in Kansas.
The games up with us, "plaintively said
an Alliance politician who is candidate
for a county office, to his wife as he threw
himself YEARLY on his bed at night, there
amt no use in keeping the fake up any
longer"
Don't be so easily discouraged John"
said his wife.
Il amt easily discouraged. But what is
the use of talking calamity, when any
mans a fool who can't see that Kansas is
teeming with prosperity. You know old
Farmer Brown, don't your
His wife remembered him.
"Well, he's power in blank township
and I,wanted his influence. He was in
town today, but I'll be blamed if | could
find him anywhere. | went to the grocery.
He been there half hour before and set
tied bill of a years standing. Maybe l
could find him at the hardware store.
Well went 10 the hardware store. He
had been there and bought two new sulky
plows, cash down. Been gone about IF
teen minutes. They didn't know where.
| might find him AZ the clothing store. AS
was going to the clothing store,
met the jeweler. He said
Brown had just been in his
shop and bought a gold watch for his boy
and a necklace for his girl. He told me it
was no use to 90 TO the clothing store as
he had on a new suit and was carrying
the old one under his arm. Well, I
tracked him all over town aud where do
you suppose found him?
Il don't know, l am sure" said his
wife. why, at the cashiers window in !
the bank waiting for deposit check. And
when l asked him for his support he said
he was sorry that he could not give 1t TO
me as he had a Republican friend who /
owed him some money and who was going /
to be q candidate for the same place. He /
said the man had always been faithful to /,
pay him his interest, when times were /
hardest, and he felt Ike helping him I
along when he had a chance. The next /
thing I knew l was lying on the floor I
while the boys were putting cold water 10 I
my temples and pouring brandy down ny 1
throat"