Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07

That Mr.. Bum who is seeking a Populist
nomination in Phillips county needn't think
he is the only hobo in the box car.
Have you ever observed that newspa-
pers in a country town are just like mar
ried people and get to looking like each
other?
On Saturday Mr.. c. S. Gleed attended the
funeral OF his fathers brother in Yer,
mont.
Hon. Jerry Mohler. of Salina. has an
nounced himself as Il candidate for the Re-
publican nomination for district judge.
At . o'clock this morning Mr.. AnciI F.
Hatten. editor of the Westphalia Times,
will be married to Miss Mamie Agnew, of
the same town.
Abilene is boasting the possession of a
man who looks just like the late Ben But
Ter. and another who is the lead image of
Mark Twain.
There is n great deal of humbug about
the alleged appetite of preachers for chick
en-. The Florence Bulletin lately took a
census OF the preachers Of that tow and
found only one who would admit that he
was fond Of fowl. Most of them said they
would rather have Il rare-done beefsteak.
The Quenemo Republican recounts the
case of a widower down there with two
children who married a widow who also
had two children. To this union was born
two children, and the other day the man
went into the house ard said 10 his wife:
Sarah, your children and my children are
humping the stuffinS out Of our children"
Little-BOy-Blue item from the Jewell Re
publican: "Claud Reeds little boy Harry
disappeared last Monday and all hat end
Of town was in an uproar. He was finally
found down in kreamer's pasture asleep.
and all the cows were standing around as
if wondering what it was. The little fellow
says he ouldn find the way home. so he
lay down to cry about it. and fell asleep
J.. X. Barnd, editor of the Ness County
News. has a common tomato plant in his
office that is five years old. stands seven
feet high. and keeps constantly bearing.
IF the court please" said Webb McNall
as he arose TO answer in his s~ixty-seventh
law suit. Il will be represented in this case
by the attorney general"
The court-"The respondent will have to
be more definite. Which one Of the attor-
neys general does he refer to?'
Grant Shaw says the real hope of Kan
SaS lies III Il rate war DelNeGn Fred Close =
North & South pole road and Governor
Leedy's Aurora Borealis route TO the Gulf.
About three months ago Dan Dyer. the
well known travelling agent for the Topeka
Capital. severely sprained his ankle in
alighting from a train. Last week he re-
ceived a check for $500 from a lodge to
which he belonged. II is a lodge that dupli-
Gates a mans salary when he Is laid up.
Those obituary notices which are
furnished the country press by SORROW
ing friends sometimes contain SMILES and
metaphors not entirely harmonious with the
circumstances Of the case. For m
there died in Washington county the other
day. a poor, weak, pulling woman who, for
ten years had lacked the strength to lift
a fatiron, and yet this is the way she is
described by the obituary writer: She
gained the victory over the evil angel and
clutched him by the throat with iron
grasp"
People who have never lived In a country
town probably do not appreciate the ad-
vantage 4 man may secure by having a
postmaster of his own political faith. When
the mail arrives in a country town every
body gathers at the postofice and impa-
tiently awaits its distribution. Engaged
this task are the postmaster and his
young girl assistant. The girl being the
nimbier Of the two is always assigned the
duty of distributing the letters, while the
postmaster deyotes himself 10 the news