Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-12-14

III. ID. Shaffer has received a letter
from Senator Lucien Baker saving he
has prepared bill ceding the Fort
Hays military reservation to the state
of Kansas, and will introduce it in the
first days of the session. Congressman
Curtis has prepared a similar bill for
the house The bill is the same as
that passed at the last session and
failed to become a law on account of
the failure to secure the Presidents
signature to the bill-Hays Republi-
can.
They tell a story of politician not
far from Hays City, wholikes to cut
swell away from home. Being about
to leave town he borrowed so from
friend to pay expenses. In an adjoin-
ing town he fell in with newspaper
man and ordered him to send his pa
per to him, handing out the so bill
remarking, as the editor went to get
the change, never mind the change:
keep it," SO far as the Sycophantic
devotion of the editor goes the money
was well invested; but we don't know
about the other follow who loaned the
money. Russell Record
The following story from the Mail
and Breeze will be appreciated, es-
pecially by those of our citizens who
are acquainted with the victim. Mr..
Perryman is a resident of Russell
Strings, but just now is holding the
responsible position Of treasury guard
at Topeka:
Bud PERUVIAN, night guard in the
state treasury. is not precisely a
specified broncho with white hind
feet, but he has enough old horse
about him to buck most vigorously
when due and proper occasion arrives
which same appears to have arrived,
for Bud is bucking. Last Tuesday
several Of the attaches Of the treas
urerS Office went out to the insane
asylum for a visit, Bud being one of
the number. They took that Sixth
street car which is presided over by
big six foot conductor whose name we
have not at hand. All of the boys
stood out on the platform to smoke,
with the exception of Bud who enter
ed and decOrOusly took his seat be-
tween two POtwin ladies. At this
stage of the game they took the con-
ductor into their confidence to the eX-
| tent of informing him that Bud was
patient whom they were conveying
to the asylum. He was pretty quiet,
they said, but had spells at which he
imagined he was state officer.
TO this the big conductor responded
that it was an awful sad sight to see
young man lose his mind; that he had
run was out to the asylum, and
that he had got SO now that he could
spot one of those patients by the wild
! look in his eyes the minute he got on
the cars.
Presently the conductor went in
SIDE to collect a fare and about this
time Bud concluded to join his friends
on the platform He hardly reached
his feet when the big conductor laid
firm but gentle hand on his shoulder
and said in Wheedling tones.
20, you had better sit still"
Bud looked at him in establishment
a moment and then sarcastically re-
marked that" he believed he knew
when to sit down and when to stand
up, and at the same time expressed a
doubt as to whether Cliff Baker paid
his hands enough to warrant them in
doing SO much thinking for other
/
people.
''That's all right. just you sit STILL"
responded the big conductor, as he
reached a hand on either shoulder and
seated tire eX-sheritf of Logan county
with considerable force and at the
same time glanced anXiously over his
shoulder to see if the guards on the
platform were coming to hold him.
''By the jumping Jehosephat," roar
ed Bud, as he struggled to free him
self, You let go of me or I'll smash
that electric mug of yours. t has
come to hi Of a pass when a Kan
sas state officer can't stand up ma
old street car if he wants to! You
let go of me or I'll smash every cleo
trio light and liver in your " -
carcas!
BY this time all the passengers had
fed and Bud and the big conductor
had the car to themselves. The con-
ductor held on, however, all the time
talking in that soothing manner
which people are wont to adopt with
children and mnatics, and it gradu-
ally dawned over Bud that he was
victim of joke. Then he relaxed
and tried to laugh it off. but just the
same we will warn half dozen clerks
in the state treasurer's office that it
is q mistake about the good Lord