The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-29
Along the Kansas Nile.

A man writes from Topeka: Charles
Jobes has job. S-s-s-s-sh!"
A. B. Mills OF the McLouth Kansas)
Times has turned out to be an Oscar Wilde
He has skipped out.
The books OF the retiring postmaster OF
| Hutchinson have been checked up and
found to be correct.
In his latest story about railroading. Rud-
yard K!pllng quotes from one Of Albert
Bigelow Paine'S poems.
The Lawrence World has discovered that
the proper way of spelling the name of the
new gold fields Is Klondyche.
Sensationalism is an art-nothing more.
| A Kansas paper says John Goodwin go.
his neck broke today-pretty nearly
An Atchison man is going to Alaska On
half shares-Ba:lie Waggoner of that town
Will pay half his funeral expenses.
| A. D. Hubbard's protest against his SEN
| tence to the penitentiary published in the
Topeka Capital was a splendid piece OF
English.
| The Newton Republican says the n.y.
| drant water at that place is so strong that
! you have to lariat 1t over night or It Will
| gallop off.
The Hutchinson News says that Tom
Reeds sense OF humor never deserts him
he put Jerry Simpson on the committee on
agriculture.
In spite Of all the health committee can
do Newton people continue 10 use hydrant
water. A scourge OF typhoid fever would
be terrible penalty for disobedience.
John BriedenthaI will retire August T.
He will probably be succeeded by J. VI.
Allen, a banker OF Chanute. one OF the
most substantial and most decent Popul-sts
in the state.
John E. Hess!n OF Riley county will be a
candidate for the Republican nomination
for governor. He says he IS noe politician
and will not pull for the place. Conse-
Guently he Will not get it
Governor Leedy VIII refuse 10 pardon
Willie Sells He believes he was guilty.
1t is said that Sells once made confession
and Governor Leedy was told OF II by the
man 10 whom he made it.
In another year Kansas VIII Be exagger-
at.ns the advantages OF the state again.
There are cycles 10 Kansas moods For
seven years she exaggerated herself and for
seven years abuses and condemns herself.
Newspapers do some funny things. About
a week ago some man asked an editor in
the east how much IL would cost 10 g 10
Alaska He answered him at length. Now
nearly every newspaper IN the land has
an anxious inquirer ask him this question
and answers II. clipping and running the
original article. The Lawrence World has
the Winfield Courier are the latest de-
ce.vers.
Winfield Courier: DR.. Pitcher has a |
splendid faculty for mistakes. While po- |
sessed OF some good qualities. he entirely |
lacks Judgment. but has slick way OF /
making Misrepresentation 70 gain point. |
This IS evident II his recent effort in which /
he claus mat his predecessor. DIT. New I
lon. rad hired ore OF TIE inmates 20 create i
E/eral mutiny. This story IL tod BIZ /
Pine 70 cover Up a state Of affairs al 1
the asylum which was anything but credit i
able 10 his administration As soon a. TIE
children learned that re was appointed l
there was general alarm among them They 4
knew from former experiences wha, MS
administration would b. Dr. Newton dsI
al ae could 10 calm these fears ard de-
Evere6 The institution 20 lis successo. q
the best poss- Die shape One g re IL
mates. a young man b. the name C.. Bez-
sou. was 50 frightened that n ran away
and started sast fer h-s old home n CoiuI-
tus he passed through Altausout. where
Dr.. Newton ives vao detascec hlE1 an
hss Whereabouts 20 P.Ichsr-
The BOY found he Was being detained b. !
Dr. Nexloa 20 - returned 20 F1lcher. I
hence he ran away from Dr.. Nsvio.- The
PoPal.si board Of charities was ve-y szI-
.ous % have Dr Newton remain Tat.
Angus. Ist but his r--.e expired July list,
and rot wishing 70 fzks Up any CT The
PopuLst .srr OF service. and rs s1ccssser
having previously been superintendent cf
re institution za3 knowing 2; Thoroughly.
e decline. % 60 So DR.. <eSio1 MADE
a most crp3itzbls administration q ihss
zn5 Z : Z sIce=d.nz BAD tss,r
for Dr.. P.lcae- II s1ywsse 70 cr-t1cs<e D--
Nxvscz IN order 70 ssts.5 h.--se.-