The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-01
Along the Kansas Nile.

The Fall has Just begun and where. oh.
where, is the old refrain: Times will be
better in the spring."
The Kansas newspaper has one bad
habit left. The fire-bell still arouses the
public from its peaceful slunlbers."
In the language of Lon Holding, Kansas
Is getting into the hustle and the rustic
and the hustle and the business Of a
boom.
A Newton man who has tried both says
it is much easier 10 be killed on a slow
train than on a fast one. But does re
really know?
The Kansas real estate man has come out
of his hole. 1t took ten years for the cy-
clone 20 pass over and he came very near
starving to death.
The new Populist school history for Kan
sas says that the sensible people of the
North condemned John Brown saction. But
his soul goes marching or.
The Typographical work in the new Kan
sas school readers really looks Ike It had
been done in the Office of the Bates County
Popul:st when cold weather had clogged
the ink.
A western mar was told by the minister
that he was dying. 80 this is death?' he
o..
"Well. Doc it is certainly a warm num-
her," And he died.
How much Is Sumner county's wheat
y!eld?' was asked a farmer at Wellington.
There is the arithmetic" said the farmer.
handing the Guestioner book. Help your
self 10 the figures"
Rubber has gone up. A Wichita man Is
seeking TO make a substitute for rubber
he succeeds ne says bicycle tires can be
bought for twenty-five cents apiece.
last spring a farmer in this county made
the bluff at his two boys that II wheat be-
came dollar a bushel during McKinley's
administration he would buy each b.
cycle. Yesterday he came in and bough;
two.
Announcement for PopuEst rally about
October: Speaking al the grove this after
noon. Come and bring your children. All
the vital questions OF The day handled by
able speakers. Questions as 10 silver and
wheat barred
Nothing in Kansas compares with the
wheat crop OF Kay county, in Oklahoma,
which is the first county south of Kansas.
Kay county is using fruit cars TO ship out
lis grain. II raised more wheat than all
New England.
The preitiest thing In modern printing
Is the nnezzo-tint engraving. Il was
dirty, dasta-fly shame for the printers OF
the new school readers for Kansas 10 Use
vood-cut Illustrations which were discard
ed fifteen years ago.
The arstocracy OF this country right row
Is on the farm. A coiored mar stroled into
Wellington the other day and pad taxes
on his farm OF 81 acres. This Is 10: won
derful a, all, when you consider that Iris
man was q slave less than forty years
ago.
Lightning Sunday struck one OF Dave
Leahy's handsome houses. ran down TIE
chimney into the conservatory ans melted
a small bronze Chinese god Mr. Leaay K
distracted. The god vas a familiar heir
loom and vas given 70 Danny OLeshigzn.
who accompanied Marco Polo 80 Gina ever
500 years ago.
In regard TO the report that ". L B-oEu |
ard others are against him for another
nomination for congress, Jerry Simpson |
said 20 a reporter o. IRE Newton Rspuo- !
Lean: II an only experiencing what s.-
cry man = pabsic life goes through Some 1
one eiss wants hls JOB Il seems straag. /
bu. n Kansas the parties sem 20 think Z
that Two terms is enough for q mar. never !
&C nsiderfax the fact .ha, n two terms - /
congress a man Just g-ts II a posluca i
where he car 90 some good for rs psople- I
II Kansas was Ike some &C t1s s&steru 4
states ard kept Ae- co-g-sss-ssz = o1acs i
so- a number Of years. SIZE zo-.t zor a .
ways ee kicking sboai TIE Eaefsscss1cy q ,
la men"