The Saline County journal., 1892-02-04
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/ III STATE Rkks
\ Del Valestise: A shoft-haired
woman shrisks: "What would thia
nation be without womsn?" II
woald b stsse-nation, madame.
Larned CAronoscope: Uncle Sam
could easily get an army Of NO mean
dimensions out OF this congressional
district and never take man thai
was not . candidate for some ONCE,
Arkansas City Traveller: Col. J.
r. HalIovell wants to meet Jerry
Simpson again on the rostrum. He
thinks that Jerpy's silk stockingl
will not be a. strong drawing card
- are his sockless shins.
Shares In the Marquette Town
Company are worth something. Ac-
cording TO the Tribune dividends %
the amount Of Us per share which
originally cost the holders $3.75 have
been declared In the last twenty
years.
Atchison Champion: Reading
Kansas Republicans out Of the party
because they express their honest
sentiments on Prohibition and be-
cause they believe the time has
come to quit making II app rty hobby
seems to be pretty well played out.
Lawerance Record: Laura NJ.
Johns has not been getting very
much advertising Of late so she has
written Q piece ir the newspapers
urging the beginning Of the woman
suffrage compaign early In Febusry.
II the sufffagists had their way we
would have . campaign all the year
around.
Mcpherson Republican: The
c hill rumpus has demonstrated that
there are great many loyal people
In this country and also that there
is class who, like the Bourbons Of
France, would welcome Q victorious
invading army IL they thought 1t
would help them beat their oppon-
ents ut the next election.
Liberal Lyre: Matilda Fletcher
is lecturing up in Harper county on
the subject. sis Man an Angei2"
He isn't In southwest Kansas. At
least we would not like to swear
positively to the identity of . soli-
tary full-fiedged man angel among
our acquaintances. And no matter
what people may think, we're none
either.
Osborne Farmer: John Davis
bill to make the government the
guardian Of everybody who borrows
on real estate security beyond his
capacity or desire to pay out Is the
measure OF that congressms ans
statesmanship. II such q scheme
shadow its death, the author ought
to be placed In q mad house.
Washington Post: An Alliance
lady and poetess In South Dakato
has written poem dedicated to the
alliance Senators, Kyle and Peffer,
in which occurs this line: "Armi
Go forth naked to the fight!" But
We say, no, don't do any such o
thing, old bucks! Don't break all
the laws Of modern decency and
civilized warfare In any such man.
ner. 1t would do for Zulu Chief
to fight that way, but not for you.
Keen your clothes all on, and kill
the plutocrats In the regular way IL
you can, but don't scare them to
death In that way.
lola Register: J. w. Thomas,
Alliance Trustee of Cherryyale,
Montgomery County, Is s2,1OO short
in his accounts. Mr.. Thomas Is one
OF the "RefOrmers" who left the Re-
publican party In 1872 because It was
so corrupt, and who has been hunt
Ing for purity and honesty equal to
his own In the Greenback, the Union
Labor and the Peoples parties ever
since. Another reformer, VIM.
Marsh, of Pottawatomie, was elected
attorney In 1890 for the
special purpose Of wiping out cor.
rnption and he has Just been con.
victed Of receiving Q bribe in has
official capacity. "Reform the re-
formers" is rapidly coming to be
the crying need Of the hour.
Wichita Eagle: A coal dealer
was talking to . farmer yesterday.
Look here, the coal dealer said,
where are you buying your coal,
now?"
"Aint buying any coal, this
answered the farmer.
mot mo buying coal'"
You're not burning corn9"
mo"
"Sunfiowers
"No."
"Well what?"
"Do you remember last years
peach crop?" asked the farmer tax.
ing . fresh chew of tobacco. ait
was terrible big one-thousands Of
peaches left rotting on the ground"
"Well, what Of that?n
why l burn peach seeds in my
hard coal burner-beats $12 q ton nut
'ize anthracite all to smash, makes
very little ashes aud cost nothing"