Kansas City journal., 1897-05-26
KANSAS TOPICS.

The friends of a Rice county man are
congratulating him upon his promotion.
His wife is to get s. more a month as
school teacher.
It cannot be said that the law has no ter
rors for evil doers so long as Squire Skoc-
dopole holds court in Republic county.
1--WE have been asked" says the Newton
Kansan. why We were enlarging our Of
flee. Our printers must have more room in
which to store their bikes
If Rev. Mr.. sidebottom. of Pawnee coun-
ty, can somehow equip himself with dash
board and tailgate. he ought to be able TO
rattle along the highways of sin like a
fcur-horse coach on a down-hill pull.
As Governor Leedy struggles TO paw
away the avalanche of public condemnation
which swept down upon him after his
Hamilton hall speech, Ed Little stands OBJ
servantly by and muses. in these few poetic
strains:
Truth crushed TO earth in Kansas
VIII always rise again;
But not until the referee
Has counted more'n ten"
If II. b. Kelley is correct in his state
mCnt that legislatures are just as honest
as the people who make them" the sooner
a pcnitentiary wall is built right around
on the four borders of Kansas the quicker
justice will resume her sway.
Youth-and-matrimony item from the
Frankfort Bee: Rev. Joseph Wilson re-
turned from a visit to Colorado this week.
Miss May Gilbert accompanied him home
as far as Lynn. Miss Gilbert Is a charm
ing young lady of past 40 years, whom
Rev. Joseph proposes to make his own just
as soon as the law will allow.
The city marshal of Ottawa has bull
dog that he uses in hunting down crimi-
nails. and he wouldn't trade the animal for
the best bloodhound that ever played star
parts in an Uncle Toms Cabin troupe.
The other day this dog trailed negro raw
isher into the brush and held him at bay
until the officers arrived.
A few days since, Topics declared that
every Kansas paper that had published a
piece about a cat sucking rabbits would
be Topped from the exchange list. After
copying the item the Sedan Times-Star
comments as follows:
This Just reminds us. County Commits
siouer Tom Guest was in town this morn
ing, and was telling us about a SOW that
had litter of young pigs. He gave his lit
tie girl one of the pigs If she would raise
I.
she also had an old cat with some young
kittens. and the old cat is nursing the pig
the same as the kittens, and pig, cat and
kittens are getting along in peace and har-
mony. Now 'lop," durn ye.
Fx-Congressman Lew Hanback, is essen
TALLY an orator of the sympathies. He
can tell a touching story with unrivaled
skill. and Kansas never had another G. A.
r. campfire orator so entirely to the man
rer born. Years ago he aud General Archie
Williams were engaged in stumping the
southern part of Kansas together. In
those DAYS war and war records were made
much of in political oratory, and Hanback,
had particularly touching story about a
private soldier by the name of Anderson
who had died in his arms while whispering
messages for his sweetheart and mother.
II invariably made the sympathetic ones in
the audience cry, and General Williams
himself always found the tears coursing
down his cheeks as he sat on the stage
awaiting his own turn st the meeting.
As this anccdote was used as climax by
Hanback,, Williams had no time TO recover
his wonted composure before his time came
TO talk, ard 10 was naturally yeXed about