The Globe-republican., 1897-12-09

Mitchell county harvested nearly
| /, 900. 900 bushels Of wheat<Ghis pr.
has almost 600. 900 bushels Of corn
and 40, 600 bushels Of oats.
At wellington just after the earth
quake, . woman woke her husband up
with a shake and said: For heavens
sake John, quit your snoring. You
actually shook the bed"
That Topeka man who has invented
an airship s'in which he will soon de.
part for Klondike" will find that An
dree didn't glut the terminal facilities
of the glory shore SO that sufficient At
tention can not be paid to welcoming
him.
'LAdies and gentleman" said Kan
sas man in an eastern hotel corridor.
II am from Kansas This is my son.
| Willy. He is eight years of age. He
has lived his whole life in Kansas
Now, Willy. did you ever see . grass
hopper:" And Willy responded. "No. :"
81 sec," said the old Kansas farmer
who had just slowed the thresher
away in q shed, fed zoo pigs, hayed e5
horses, bedded "a COWS, carried water
to 400 sheep, and carried up ten buck
cts of coal, that some fool scientist
in New York has discovered the secret
of sleep"
After receiving and paying for the
bill of groceries he had purchased from
the travelling ''agent" Cawker man
went to his old home grocer with
meekness and contrite spirit and beg
ged him to please administer kicking
where it would do the most good. He
was thoroughly convinced from expe=-
ience that it was always best to buy OF
home merchants.
Republic county this year produced
:,739, 166 bushels of corn and takes the
place of Jewell county, which has
heretofore held the belt as the cham.
pion corn county of Kansas Just
think of this vast amount of corn be.
ing raised in one Kansas county! And
how the eyes of the eastern farmers
who scratch around on little ''truck'
patches, would bug out on being told
this fact.
The stucco manufacturers of Dickin
son county are investigating the new
Canadian process by which marble i.
made of gypsum. 1t is claimed that
the gypsum is crystalized and harden
ed INTO a solid white mass by chemi
cal process and is easily worked with
chisel or lathe. The southern part o.
Dickinson county has immense depos.
its of gypsum, and if marble making
is a success, the owners of these beds
will make test. The stucco manu-.
facturers claim that they will be able
to obtain better results than the Cana.
dian company on account of the super.
iority of the Kansas gypsum.
Mr. Jno E. Frost, land commissioner
of the Santa Fe, states that the sale OF
Kansas farming land still continues,
and that the majority of purchases are
being made by local parties. Much of
the land held by the Santa Fe in the |
central and western portions of the
state has been sold in quarter section |
and half section tracts during the past !
eight months. Much of the money re-
ceived in the state this year for wheat
and corn is being placed in Kansas
lands by the Kansas farmers. There
is more inquiry for farming land at
present than there has been at this
season for years, and sales are being
made steadily. While some land 10
being purchased by outside parties,
the larger number of sales are being TO
local landowners.
Some interesting reports have been
made by Indian agents in their annual
review of developments in their fields.
At the Pottawatomie and Great Nema-
ha reservations in Kansas there are
about $1,000 acres of surplus lands in
the prairie band reserve that are likely |
10 be a subject of contention in the
future. and there seems to be grow
ing sentiment in the tribe favoring
their sale. Major Woodson, OF the
cheyennes and Arapahoes, in Oklaho-
ma, writes: 1.-The mother-in-law is
much in evidence among these people.
She snakes herself holy terror unless
he family affairs are conducted ac-
,Ording to her ideas. Much of the
AGENTS time is occupied in the settle
nent of family quarrels and in bring
ng together husband and wife, whose
trou bles have been of sufficient gra vity
10 cause separation. his powers of
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