The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-14
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| In higgins case opposition 20 prOnlol-
ton can hardly be said to have filed the
Bill
The people of the state thought Bill
Higgins had his back up. But it turned
out a backdown.
! 1t is reassuring to know that Atchison's
other talented citizen, Ed Howe, can not
| be removed by political methods.
The Kansas farmer better lay up some
thing for rainy days. Under the new re-
gime we are having a good many.
| Ex-senator ingalls, says that Blaine is
too great man to be president. This has
been said before-but not by Massillon.
None of us will dispute that the Alliance
has saved the farmers of Kansas many and
many dollar The circuses have all been
scared away.
Ex-senator Ingalls, and PETER rode from
Kansas City to Atchison on the same car,
Tuesday night and there were three hot
boxes on the coach.
A great part of the apples and peaches
this year haven't sign of a worm about
them The truth is, there wasn't enough
worms TO go round.
Senator PETER told an Illinois audience
that he was a self-made man; and an old
codger, of about Abe Lincoln's build, re-
marked aloud that he had made mighty
poor job of it.
Bill Higgins got back in the fold nobly.
Now let Harrison Kelly come out and say
that ne meant that he would join in with
the Alliance when it came back TO the
Republican party.
Ell Houa ba1opUad ~ phurch ha
would be put out for heresy. But, forum
ately for him, his church is to stay at home
Sunday afternoons, lay on the parlor floor
in his shirt sleeves, and romp with the
children.
You can find forty-fve bushels of corn
to the acre in Kansas; you can find twenty
five bushels of wheat to the acre in Kansas;
you can find apples and peaches, pumpkins
and watermelons until you can't rest Yet
there are some people who can only find
fault.
How beautiful tn at prospect" said the
Boston guest at dusk on Kansas farm.
''See how the big. yellow moon, like a
golden medal half concealed, is just peep
ing over the hill" See here" said the
farmer, Il don't want to make you feel
what you take for the moon is only the
upper side of one of our big Kansas pump
kins.'"
A young man recently applied o po-
sition as bar tender in Il Kansas City sa-
loon. Il never heard the like of your au-
dacity," said the proprietor; never was
in a saloon before in your life, you say,
and still you want to go to mixing drinks
right away. What experience have You
had, anyway" Well" said the appli-
cant. i've been prescription clerk in a
Kansas drug store Tor five years" He got
the job.
A policeman appeared before the judge
in an eastern state recently with a reluct-
ant prisoner on his arm who looked in
jured but still had bright air of defiance
about him.
''Your honor" said the policeman, 'here
is a suspicious character l found loafng
about the streets and | took him up"
But see here" said the man, Pm just
in from the west and am going to visit my
brother. l dou't-"
Hold your tongue" cried the Judge
Now what do you base your suspicious
upon?"
"Well, your honor, the prisoner is from
Kansas"
The judge made mark on the paper be-
fore him and nodded his head approvingly,
And he was speaking well of the state
Actually Dragging Oh Kansas.
"a man from Kansas Dragging on his
own state? Shades of PETER and Simp-
son! Impossible!" cried the Judge
Eyes, sir" said the officer, that is the
very thing he did. l heard him myself"
'Of course you heard me-" interposed
the prisoner. kansas is great state l
don't care what the Alliance squawlers
say. We have got 100000 bushels of
corn, 10000, 600 bushels Of wheat, and"
Hold your tongue" roared the judge.
"a Kansan speaking well of his own
state, indeed. Your suspicious were well
grounded, officer. We can't be too care
ful. The prisoner is remanded to jail"