Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-17

wears his whiskers like Plumb, but also
resembles him in character. with that fine
old sentiment, DE mortuis nil nisi bonum.'
Kansas will never be able to satisfac-
torily express her sentiments over the re-
cent Pop victory until she engages the
services of Mr.. Damerali, of Montgomery
county.
Captain W. S. Tilton, editor of the Downs
Times, is announced as candidate for
the position of register of the Wakeeney
land office, vice Abe Frakes. about whom
the meanest thing ever said was that he
had dropped an ''e" out of his name.
In view of the prominent mention of
Senator Allison for secretary of state, it
is interesting to remember the description
given of him by Senator ingalls,, who de-
clared that ''he could cross q puncheon
floor in wooden shoes and make less noise
than an old tom cat crossing velvet car
pet after pet canary" Someone else has
declared of the Iowa statesman that ne
could walk on the Keyboard of a piano
from New York TO San Francisco without
sounding a note.
W. A. Johnson, of Cowley county, is
pursuing a place on the state board OF
| charities, with just as much avidity as
| though the law did not say that a man
| cannot be appointed to the board If he
lives in a county in which state institu-
| ton is located.
| You may bet your boots that old Kan
| sas will get into the swim until the last
minute before the surface freezes over.
| The Northcraft family, of Abilene. are an
| nounced as close relatives of the Miss
| Caldwell who founded the Catholic uni
versity at Washington. for which the pope
sent her the insignia of the Golden Rose"
| and who recently became the bride OIL
| foreign nobleman.
It is said that when Elder Pomeroy, of
Marion, announced that his next Sunday s
| sermon would be from the text, The Lamb
of God" Ed Hoch coughed softly behind
his hand and looked conscious.
The Axtell Anchor declares that John
| Stoweil. OF Nemaha county. who is an
nounced as a candidate for chaplain of the
| penitentiary, became a praying man at
| very recent date. We quote: Up to the
| time the cyclone struck Seneca last sum
| mer. Johnny had never been in the habit
of bothering the Lord, but when the roof
| of his boarding house began to topple ana
| the debris of shattered barns, fences and
other movables were flying about and the
| good people of Seneca were seeking their
| caves in terror, he seized hold OF a big
tree with both arms, held fast, and was
heard calling earnestly for divine protec-
| tion. Just what he told the Lord on that
| occasion will probably never be known,
but it is said that he told friend that he
| prayed like HILL
A Pop paper down at Galena talks about
"reeking" vengeance upon some of its en-
emies, which would seen to indicate that
| the spilogale putorius and the Pops have
| something in common.
A very funny thing happened down at
| Arkansas City. A couple of citizens bet 4
| lot of money on the Kentucky election
! and, as a consequence of that one Bryan
| electo" slipping in, got into a dispute over
| which had won the wager. Finally it was
decided to submit the question to arbitra-
| tiOn, and each of the men selected a rep
! resentative these two to agree upon third
| man. month has now elapsed and the
two arbitrators have been totally unable
| to agree upon that third man. Nearly
| every citizen of the town has been sug-
| gested by one side or the other and still
| the deadlock remains unbroken. 1t is said
the men who made the wager are perfectly
| willing to draw their money, but the two
| arbitrators have their blood up and de,
clare they will settle the bet if it takes
ten years.
to the effect that at the conclusion of his
term State Treasurer Atherton will retire
to his stock ranch in Russell county, from
which he was taken at the time of his
nomination. Atherton has not lived upon
Il stock ranch for many years. ana his
home and business is. in the town of Rus
sell. Twenty-Five years ago he came to
Russell county from Pennsylvania SO poor
that he couldn't buy a team with which
to break prairie on his government claim
The first animal ba N for
which he traded his watch. He is now
well off, ranking next TO Governor Morrill,
in riches among all of the Kansas state
officers.
The origin of the word "Jayhawker," as
applied to Kansas and KanSans. has been
somewhat Il matter of dispute, but the
most plausible account is that given by
Webb Wilder One morning, in the au-
tumn of 1856, Pat Devlin, a free state IrisI,-
laden with many kinds of goods, when the
following colloquy took place:
Have you been out foraging. Pat?"
Yes, have been out jayhawking.'
"Jayhawking?" wonderingly inquired his
interlocutor. What is jayhawking?"
We'll. you see, over in Ireland We have
a bird We call the jayhawk; it worries its
prey before devouring it; and jayhawking
is good name for the business I've been
in"
The word was taken up and went like
wildfire though several different meanings
were attached to it. Colonel Montgomery
used it to designate the process of driving
| the Missourians out of the border coun-
ties. while others used it in lieu of for
| aging or plundering-which, by the way, is
the meaning which was universally at
; tached to it in the South.
In his sketch. THE Last of the Jay
hawkers.' John ]. ingalls, declares that
| the iayhaWk ia the myth of Kansas. and
II has no more substantial claim for exist