The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-01
sUNFLoWER SILHOUETTES.

There is talk of moving the Agora, the
| Kansas magazine, to Topeka
1t begins to look like Jerry Simpson will
have to take his medicine next fall and
Medicine Lodge her Jerry.
If it keeps on raining there will soon be
enough water for Senator PETER to drift
back into the Republican party gracefully.
Mr.. Funston drank in the news Of his
success at Lawrence eagerly and the New
York Voice will probably break loose
again.
John J. ingalls, is writing his memoirs.
True to his nature. it will have peculiar
ity He says it will not contain figure
or date.
The Republican state central committee
is sending copies of Jerry Simpsons free
trade speech out among the farmers as a
Republican document.
while we are not counting on victory"
Said the Alliance politician, " 1t would be
foolish to let our organization run down.
A drouth and the grasshoppers might both
strike this year."
If the bills introduced by the Kansas
Alliance congressman were laws there
would now be in circulation over S23, Co.,
900 more than there was before congress
met. This would give a per capita of
$780,
Farmer Funston got there. In these
days of the wild and untamed din of the
calamity howl, it is an excellent thing to
have superior voice. even if it be fog
horn to gather in the lost and wandering
followers.
Tom Ryan, minister to Mexico, has had
his salary reduced $500 This only leaves
him SIG, 800 year, which will be enough,
however. to keep the wolf from the door
and allow him to take in a bull fight &C.
casionally.
A small boy at a Wichita school who is
starting in geometry informed his teacher
the other day that 'the square of the ball
and the perpendicular of a right-handed
triangle is equal to the swim of the hippo
potamus."
Jerry Simpson has boiled over again. He
arose in the house Thursday. while the
diplomatic appropriation bill was under
consideration, and desired that the entire
system of diplomatic service should be
dispensed with.
field, Missouri, where he recently spoke.
II have but one reproach against my
brother" said ex-senator ingalls, as he be-
gan his lecture land that is that he left
Kansas, The difference between us was
that he left Kansas while Kansas left me"
Circus agent-"Are there any freaks of
nature in this vicinity that you know of?''
Native Kansan-"Well, there's fellow
down here who has started an Alliance pa
per in county with a regular Republican
majesty of 1000"
gent-"Humph, we don't want any liv-
ing skeletons"
This settles it. John J. Ingalls, yester-
day told an Atchison reporter that the
use of his name in connection with the
nomination for congressman t-large is
entirely unauthorized, and without his
consent, and that under no circumstances
will he permit it to be used in that con-
nectlon.
Medicine Lodge has two candidates for
congress-Jerry Simpson and Chester
Long. 1t this connection 1T is noticeable
that the great poets. Whittier and Scott,
interested themselves in Seventh district
the ''barefooted boy with cheeks of tan,"
and Scott who penned, Charge. Chester,
charge"
The reason given by the grand jury for
their refusal to indict Sol Miller, of the
Troy Chief for publishing obscene matter
is that the law requires that the publica-
ton shall be of such nature as TO arouse
immoral thoughts in the mind of an in
noceDt person. The jury believed that a
Miller's items were SO worded that a
strictly innocent person wouldn't catch
on"
''Who is that careless looking man with
the SLOUGH hat and dowdy suit?"
He-"He is candidate for governor"
And who is that austere man, with his
proud head, imperious eye and unwilling
ear, whom the candidate has his arm
about?"
"That-why that is an uninstructed dele !
gate TO the state convention from Razzoo
county"
VIII White, young man, sidled up to !
an old politician at Topeka recently, and |
asked him what, in his opinion, were the |
three chief requisites for success in poll |
tics
well sir, young man, the first is gall"
Eyes SIR" said White.
''And the second" said the old man, |
deeply, sis gall"
II see" said White, And the third!" !
SIS gall"
1t is said that State Printer Snow is |
only state printer in name. He gets s12,
600 year salary, and the Hamilton Print
ing company gets the rest.