The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-13
sUNFLowER s1LHoUErTEs.

Charles Curtis is the first native kansan
ever nominated for congressional seat.
Mrs. Lease is on the Pacific coast talk
ing third party If she gets hold, 1t will
not be so pacific.
George 7. Anthony announces that he
will speak in every legislative district IN
Kansas before the election.
John j. Ingalls, never attended a state or
national convention in his life. His ex-
perience at Minneapolis will be his first.
A Kansas man is figuring on capturing
the wind in this state and utilizing it for
the pneumatic transmission OF mail mat
ter.
Ralph ingalls,, son of his father. has
been practicing law in Topeka two days
and he tells the newspapers that he finds
business dull.
Plumb's demise has wrought change
in Kansas politics With Plumb in the
saddle there would have been no occasion
for deadlock at Emporia.
The Maypole was entirely overlooked in
Kansas this year. In the sunfower state,
the November poll has always been OF
more Importance than the Maypole.
Congressman Otis wants the next mint
built out west. It never occurred to Mr..
Otis that man can live next door to a
mint and be the poorest man IN the world.
Ingall has not given up farming AS he
demurs at riding into the senate in a
hearse, he might pattern after Mr.. Otis
and try riding into congress in milk
wagon.
The Kingman Republicans are resorting
TO strategy. Last week the kingman bar
got together and presented Judge Bashare,
the newly elected Alliance magistrate,
with high, glistening plug hat.
At trial in Western Kansas one of the
jurors asked to be excused from serving
on the jury. Judge-"For what reason?"
Juror-'I've got the itch your honor"
Judge-(to clerk of COURT" Scratch him
out"
VIII White: The London Athenaum
has pronounced Wal. Whitman the equal
of Milton or Shakespeare. The Athenaum
has not heard evidently, that the Agora,
published at Salina, has decided that Walt
was not poet at all.
The young man will have his share of
should the Republicans be successful this
fall Burton has the nomination virtu-
ally in his district, Curtis has it in his,
and Jones and Long are both young men.
"Who's deads" asked the astonished
Kansas editor; what do you mean"
why there's Grape on your door," said
the informant. There it is again." said
the editor. as he went and looked. II told
that devil if he hung our office towel on
the front door knob again, I'd fire him
and I'll do it,"
An Atkinson man recently bought an
expensive vase to send to friend. As he
was leaving the store, he dropped it, and
it broke into fifty pieces. As he could
not afford to buy another, he comprom-
ised with his conscience by sending her
the pieces, thinking she would believe it
had been broken on the way. He left
word with a clerk to wrap it up and send
10 by express. Judge of his horror when
he found out after it had been sent, that
the clerk had wrapped each piece of china
in separate piece of paper.
ike" said Kansas farmer who had
gone through town boom, you'd better
thing this morning"
can right" answered the hired man, 81
was just thinking of cultivating the corn
a little up Broadway as far as the Opera
House corner"
'That'll do. Phi put in the forenoon
pizening the prairie dogs in the Board of
Trade square and in the afternoon We'll
tackle the wheat from Prospect avenue to
College HILL"
Mr.. Charles Curtis was nominated for
congress at Emporia His mother who was
a daughter of Louis Papan, a quarter
blood kaw Indian, died when he was only
three years old, leaving Charles and a
younger sister to be raised by their grand
mother, Mrs. PAMELA Curtis, known to
thousands of the old settlers in North
Topeka as Grandma Curtis" A reporter
told Grandma Curtis shortly before noon
Wednesday that Charley had been nom-
mated. ''Oh, am so glad. l am proud
of my boy" exclaimed the venerably lady,
almost overjoyed at the news. Mrs. Cur
tbs will be SIS years old next Saturday.
Charley's father, Jack Curtis, is not at
home. He is great fisherman, and for
three weeks has been camped on the river
below Lawrence, with his boat, net and
lines. He was at home last Sunday, and
LETT word to have the papers sent to him
when Charley would be nominated"