The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-14
Along the Kansas Nile.

Octave Chanute in Chicago, II is believed,
has flying machine which will really go.
Chanute is Kansas man.
Senator Jumper of Usage county says
there is no question about an extra ses-
sion of the leg;slature-it will come about
January.
Ingalls, Is reported to have said. after
hearing Bryan: THAT man is fit for en-
pire" Ingalls, now denies that he said
any such thing.
Where a Kansas editor can prove to Sen
ator Baker that he has had no other dream
but the postoffice in the last four years,
ne should be appointed.
Bryan is liable to get a poor opinion OF
Kansas At Burlingame he detected a
p.ck-pocket and held him; at A,chinson he
did the very same thing.
Daniel Anthony is now 70 years of age,
and he says he can not recall the day
when he DID not do manual labor He
began TO work as soon as he could walk
The news ga,herers at Topeka refuse TO
be confidential with Cy. Leland. They are
afraid that he will tell them a warm piece
of news and then request them not TO print
il.
Above all, the Kansas farmer loves his
children. Yesterday a farmer was taking
a bicycle home 10 his daughter The wagon
which he drove was worth $50; the bicycle
So.
The New York Evening Post. which has
spent a good two years in humping Kan
sas' head against the editorial columns.
had an article last Friday headed: Too
much money in Kansas"
In the Santa Fe wreck man kicked a
car window open and crawled out. AS he
rose 10 a standing position fellow reach
ed for his diamond. The Empor.a man
knocked the thief down and passed on.
The e. Dorado Republican. in speaking
OF Preston Plumbs homestead farm where
the big Emporia wreck occurred, says that
when the Santa Fe went through the farm
Plumb made the Santa Fe fork over forty
dollars an acre, when it was worth only
ten.
The Lord will never give Ed. Little a
chance TO be dramatic. And Ed. Little
would rather be that than anything else
The Lord gives drama 10 the men who
never think of IL. For instance, an old In
dian fighter said in the Eagle office the
other day: Most men are brave because
they have 20 be. l have seen many an
occasion where 1 wanted TO be cowardly.
but didn't dare"
In the Illustrated American for Septem-
Der Il Speaker Reed writes on Wealth
and lis Results" In the same number
Jerry Simpson has q very different sort OF
ar article on The Plain People" In re-
gard 10 books and their influence each be-
speaks himself n his OWL fashion. The
lettered Speaker. assuming that the pro-
duction and use OF books IS mark Of pro-
gress, says: Wealth gives leisure not only
20 those who become wealthy, but 10 Us
all BY reason Of the accumulation or
wealth the great manufacturing establish
nlents cannot run as long as they used
70 co. ard cannot make me1 work &c the
fun limit CT their strength Therefore.
more men have tine 10 read. eri have
more gray brain matter which las 70;
been used Up. Large capital makes gapers
printing and binding cheap, ard Therefore
places books n the hands Of more people.
which n turn encourages more br.gaf rnea
10 make books and spread their treasures
more freely before ihe world. More men
absorb these treasures and find thera a
priceless possession. II you have followed
TIE thought you vii see that al t1.s pro
grsss. purely intellectual as = may seem
20 De. has its foundation IN t5s growing
and increasing wealth OF the word
Jerry Simpson. OF the other hand h@;rsys
= The following sentences very Si-eTen.
standard os valuation: The vo-d oxss
bat litsls 20 your educated people What
xe are pleased 20 cal book le<-.ns makes
bG; 3 small part CO TIA; SIM total of the
wisdom OF the z-zsssS-thz; mass ct con-
non sense that runs The world tEz1xacts
rs business ard gives X progress and
WORKS out II the lors -ua re e.vil.EaIic1
OF MANKIND Scldsa. the profoEI1es- sc5o.-
az az rs day. sal that 70 a:az ~sz wlscs
c. better tor - learning. az1 ihat ~zs
Only AZ e=rho OF TIE Cd Saxon proyere thz;
a fool 5 lsye- = great :ool uaI- - ie2-Hs
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