The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-09
SUNFLOWER SILHOUETTES.

| Senator Plumb left S45, 900 life insurance.
These cash registers that you see nova
days in almost every store were patented
| by an Atchison man.
| There is no definite news to that effect.
but is is presumed that Willis sister is
preparing herself for the fall campaign.
Ex-senator Edmunds has addressed a
neat little note to Senator PETER, COM
plimenting him upon his remarks upon
the late Senator Plumb.
At the earnest solicitation of his friends,
German at Wichita has written to DR..
Kelley at Dwight to know if bichloride of
gold will cure the limburger cheese habit.
Congressman Funston cried over the
wretched condition of the poor little i'm
migrants. Funston's heart seems to be
three or four sizes larger than his voice,
which is saying good deal.
AdeliDa Patti has sold the right to ex-
anime her throat after death to scientists
for fabulous stipulation. Here is hint
to Il man with gall like David B. Hill,
to add to his life insurance pile.
A Kansas City, Kan, man, James Red
die, who registered for the spring election
Saturday, claims to be 100 years old. He
commenced voting about 1l6 years ago and
has been keeping it uD ever since.
They are having a lively newspaper war
pair of scales and the Monitor run the pro-
ceedings as the Leader" on the first page
under "7-line" head as scoop"
Alex Butts, formerly of Kansas City has
been having severe time of it with his
health since he went east. He is now in
Cleveland, O., and believes he has found a
physician who understands his ailment.
Only seven men who signed the Wyan-
dotte constitution, August q, SO. are now
living. They are John j. Ingalls,, Edmund
e. Ross, John L. Burris, Ben Simpson, J.
c. Burnett. S. A Kingman and S. o.
Thacher.
The fact that most of the Kansas editors
brought home with them live young alli-
gators from the south, would appear 20 be
indisputable evidence of the favor with
which most Kansans regard anything with
abundance of mouth.
Ex-senator John J. Ingalls, speech at
the state league recently is said TO have
been the best he ever made. Inasmuch as
nothing in it bears the slightest resem-
blance to anything Massillon ever said,
the Democrats are righteously indignant.
Ed Little of Abilene seems to be in the
engine cab of the young crowd train. He
was one of the leaders at the Kansas Day
club banquet: has been hoDored with the
presidency of the state league, and is now
formidable candidate for congressman
at large. To paraphrase Pope, the young
crowd evidently wants but Little here
below
John i. Ingalls, says he is not a woman
suffrage Republican nor high protective
Republican, nor prohibition Republican,
bat a Republican Republican People
who heard his speech say, when ingalls,
said this. his voice rang out ike bell.
The brilliant orator ought TO repeat this
TO one of Mr.. Edison's machines. and Il
phonOgraph csnIainng it be put in every
county building in Kansas
J. X. Cubbison of Kansas City, Kan,
made state reputation by bis five minutes
speech at the league meeting recently. One
of his anecdotes is characteristics He said
be was in favor OF making the Republican
party like the old farmer Of Butler county
built his fence. This farmer was an old
German. and what with unruly cattle and
high Winds, had bad great deal of trcable
what with his fences He finally declared be
wanted bis Few fence ~ feet high aud 6
feet thick
-Four feet high and feet Thick ex-
claimed the carpenter
"Eggsactiy. said the Tueton.
Well nosF, why do you want f@nee
four feet high and SIX feet thick"
wv w, Yea dat tam fence blows
down. be viii he higher ihaa he vas be
fore, amt Il ,"