The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-03
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from the earth. The last few days it ha:
felt about twice that far.
The general public read with surpris,
that with all its widespread devastation
the Wellington cyclone only struck ont
candidate.
In a western Kansas town the other day
a crowd or men sailed out into the princi
pal streat In fatboat and rescued the
street sprinkler
If Farmer Smith doesn't get the nomin
alton it will result fatally TO his cogno-
men. In that case Smith would be knock
ed into Smithereens.
| A great many of the Kansas fellows who
| sang America" loudest on Decoration
day, spend most of their time lodging
around to keep from paying their poll tax
There is a law on the Kansas statute
book which, if enforced, compels the de-
livery of all letters for girls under IS and
| boys under 81 years of age TO their parents
or guardians.
A Wichita scientist has just discovered
a strange Towering shrub which he says
must have been propagated by the exces
sive moisture and the absence of sunlight
He calls it the rain flower.
| Wichita has the most absent-minded
man on earth. He is a fellow, who. one
| day. thought he had left his watch at
| home and then took it out to see if he had
! time to go back and get 1t.
1t was natural for Ben Clover, being in
terested IN cattle, to exclaim, when he
heard that Cowley county had been in
structed for him: Bully for Cow-ley."
This was to be expected. How could he
beef?
Versatility, such as is displayed by the
telegraph editors of eastern papers, who
have recently succeeded in having the
cyclone kill 5000 people in 1000 popula-
tion Kansas town, is worthy OF u wider
field.
Philosophers tell us that necessity is the
mother of invention. In drouthy times
the cistern idea for saving rainwater was
born. To casual observer it begins to
look like the time was about ripe for some
genius TO patent reservoir to store sun
shine.
Charles Curtis, the nominee for congress
in the Fourth district. runs to stories on
he stump One of his Mckinley bill
yarns has it that the price Of tape was in
creased because the frost killed all the
tapeworms III Germany.
An autograph manuscript of Charles
Lamb, two folio pages in length, was sold
in London the other day for s250-just
about third of the yearly salary Lamb
earned by his dry drudgery Of the desks
dead wood" to which President Harrison
referred in recent interview.
Bill Higgins says that no Kansas man
will get the position of consul general at
Cairo. He says that when John a. An.
derson was appointed it WIS made by TIL e
president on personal grounds and was
not charged to Kansas. He thinks the
president will not regard it as a Kansas
place and will pass it out to some other
state.
There is one thing" said one campaign
orator TO another, yesterday, ''we must
stop, aud that is the funny story bus
mess"
81 agree with you; the people are tired
of them"
Yes sir, this must be a campaign of
reason and not fun; campaign of business
and not pleasure"
That's right, business before pleasure
by the way that reminds me of little
story"
Congress is the subject of numerous
jokes, but as it is always in position to get
even with the public for any remarks made
concerning it there is no danger of its
suffering to any great extent.
Some time ago a Washington man ap-
piled to IA friend for a report on horses and
got it. Later he asked for a copy of a re-
port on mules and pigs. The friend sent
him note as follows: 81 send you here
with package which contains the best
thing | could find in the line that you
want"
The package contained a copy of the
congressional directory.
A Blaine and Harrison man came to
blows on East Douglas avenue yesterday.
What was the matter?" our informer
was asked
well. F." he said. they had been quarrel
ing awhile and finally the Harrison man
up aud asked the Blaine man what he
supposed Harrison's strength was in Kan
sasn
What did the Blaine man say"
HE answered Yankee fashion by asking
another question. and then the Harrison
man hit him."
wv hat did he ask"
''He asked what was the total number of
postotfices in the state"
John a Anderson was brave and fear
less in his application of his ministerial
ideas and service. Once noted Magd "a
lene had died and Anderson was asked TO
90 TO the house and conduct funeral
service. He consent I'D, but objections
were raised by some of the nice people
He responded that Christ would so there
and SO he would. He went, and he had
large audience of the woman's class, and
we can easily imagine how earnestly aud
lovingly and tenderly he preached Christ
to those people. More than that, he had
to act as pail bearer aud help place the
woman in her grave, while the town was
shocked. He employed an expert sailor to
care for his boat He would spend hours
on the water with this man. until at last
some of his congregation raised the objec-
tion that he was not first class company
for the pastor When he heard of 10 he
sent them a note stating that that man
had more soul than half the congregation.
and IL you do not like il here is my resig-
nation"
An exchange remarks that "the coun-
try is holding its breath to hear Blaine