The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-04
Kansas BOYS and Their Ways

Kansas Boys and her ways
A boys belief .ha: he can and lost OBJ
jecr by splitting On = piece Of wood and
throwing it up limo the cir. the wood going
in the direction Of the desired object. L
| sacred.
| The two most widely known names OF
presidents among boys are those OF John
Adams and John Quincy Adams. In naming
the presidents the Averages boy Will skip
several after John Adams IN his anxiety
to name John Quincy Adams.
| Every boy has a legend to the efrec:
! that once q boy in his town was walking
on the jo:sts in the garnet OF his house
| and rammed his foot Through the Plaster
right into the parlor ceiling. No actual
/ took place.
The father Of boys yesterday lad the ashy
end Of his cigar mp against the wobbiy end
OF cracker fuse as much as he had the
other end In his mouth.
| Most boys have been guilty Of stealing
their sisters carriers for the sake of ex-
tracing the long rubber bands of which
! they are made.
1t Is a positive tenet OF boys that the
yellow and green crackers in a bunch OF
| sQubs, make more noise than the red ones
All boys are m:sled into the folly that the
stick and shell Of a spent sky-rocket can
| be made Of some use. They will gather
them up relig1ously after Fourth of July.
| They have never found a use for them yet
Vicious men win occasionally tie a tin
can to dogs tail and then send him howl
ing down the street. Others will see Il and
say that the little scamp ought to be
whipped" Did you ever see boy tie a
can to dogs tail?
1t is a mistake to think that most boys
want to grow up to be presidents. They
think that the loafer who can cut chain
out OF a wooden stick is much more valu-
able man than the president
Probably some son Of a scientist has done
go. but no boy who ON watching f,y take
his front legs and run them over his Etue,
button-like head. has asked his father why
the y did It. gos satisfactory and gentle
manly answer.
The younsstsr Of today Is so often told
by his father that they had conr-stalk nd
dice when he was boy" and no corn
stalk fiddles ever appear. that the boy putt
his father down as a liar.
Boys hold that the clown in q circus Is
the best sommsrsault turner. trapexs artist
and bareback rider In the whole, LOT. He has
TO be. they say, or he would hurt himself
No hate equals the hate boy has for a
citron. The reason for this IL that he has,
at some stage of his career mistaken CIT
ron for a watermelon.
About once a week q boy will steal into
the closet and investigate his fathers old
clothes-to see il he hasn't left some money
in the pockets.
A great deal Of fun is made Of boys pro-
digious appetites but there never was a
boy who did not have TO be called TO his
meals repeatedly.
Many fond parent has grown TO become
vexed and angersd trying TO explain to .
child why the ends OF rainbow do not
rest on the earth.
One of the greatest vexations of boy is
10 have his father buy a phaeton with
lamps on the side which were made so they
can not be opened and are consequently
never lighted.
The modern boy spends a large part Of his
time propping UP his bicycle and seeing
whose front wheel will run the longest.
One Of the funniest things In the world
is the quiet scoot boy will take when he
comes storming into the house. accusing
everybody and abusing everything and
kicking things around generally in his tenn
per, and then suddenly looks up and dis
covers there are visitors In the parlor. He
doesn't care what they think about him.
but he is afraid the women will blame his
mother for not bringing him up right.
George Aide of Chicago relates this OF
Chicago boy: A very small boy was hav
ing a good time all by himself in front OF
Rush street grocery. He had found some
where few inches of rubber tubing Of the
siHdH eiEc IIr "OuAH pNt Oic VI INT ihoc
in his mouth and the other he would care
fully stab into his ear. Then he would
slowly initiate his cheeks and give quick
blow through the tube. The eject was
He would yelp and jump
up and down. rubbing the tickled ear. Then
with a fearful expectation on his face. ne
would carefully put the tube back into posi-
ton and blow into his own ear again. He
repea ted the experiment FIVE or six times
with increasing delight and surprise.