The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-18
Along the Kansas NiIs.

Governor Leedy says that he is a self
made man. He made a mistake when he
didn't sub-let the contract.
PETER has abandoned free coinage. By
1909 PETER will be willing TO forsake tina;
scheme of his to employ 500, 600 an the
building Of the Nicaragua canal.
A Kansas man just returned from Wash
ington says that Mckinley can take Just
a common bristly old No and with one
breath, paint its cheeks, dress il in fine
silk and hang bangles on its fingers until
the fellow who receives it really believes
he has a gift.
In the Emporia wreck Bryan and Dave
Leahy climbed out OF a window and a
little woman followed them. Bryan turn
ed to Leahy and said: ~ was going TO
make you a member OF the cabinet, bu,
after seeing YOU take advantage of 1T
tie woman Ike that, you can expect only
a consulate"
Jerry Simpsons private secretary. Mr.
Martell. is in trouble. He wrote under a
fictitious name love letters TO a girl in
California and sent his photograph. She
came on TO Washington, couldn't find any
man by the fictitious name. but she went
on a search for faces and found Marteil.
There " as big scene.
Some Kansas men think too much. \
farmer said yesterday: Il sod a bushel
OF wheat for 50 cents. / suppose it was
shupped 70 India. took that ninety cents
and bought quinine OF Ruggles, the
druggist. He made 90 cents profit Tn.
next day he went 10 church and sub
scribed 81 cents 10 a missionary fund That
money will be given TO some starving In
6ia son-of-a-gun and ne VIII buy my
wheat with IL. In other words. gentlemen.
/ am buying my own wheat The time
for revolution. fellow Citizens. has
Gomez
Here is a true story without frills: Into
little Kansas town year ago last sum-
mer came q farmer. He had failed 20
make Il go OF the farm. He and h:s wife
talked Il over and decided that Z was best
for han TO 90 into town and get a JOB
with a salary. Drouth could not find nm
there. He went. He secured a cIerkship
in q grocery store al so a month He WIS
new and awkward and was fired the first
week He went back 20 TIE farm He ard
his wife resolved 20 make one supreme
effort They borrowed money and pa;
most OF HE farm IN wheat TIE harvest
came he had $500 in cash after ali debts
were paid Last Wednesday be went into
;0wa. bought cut the grocer who had
bounced him. and has S.ooo Jeff
Frank Montgomery: There Is one ting
about Colonel jim LegaIe; &c never spares
himself when tasre is a joSs y ssESat
On Tuesday Mr.. G F. Schley. of Kansas
City. y.s.sei the Kansas state house with
his family. They went fem enc espa-.-
1sent % anothe- ard vixen The state treas
" e-'s offlce was reached. NJ Schlsys L. /
tie g.ri inadvertently pressed the electric I
button which gives TIE alarm and sends |
everybody about Tire state house 81 bat /
haste g the money vaults 20 protect tAsru I
asails; vOult-be thieves. CoioasI Lexsis !
vas q; ;ze state ho1se and vas ss1ul
10 enter re tresSurer's one Ehsa ~
lit,le si-i gave the false Alarm Just a. I
- reached re dco- me clerks from a. 4
ever The es.lding ca1-e running xszz gsz. 4
zr5 other Weapons - ihes- hands iss box 4
e 3, re assembled crowd = ncne1t a.. !
thea SAL: We. IL oe ID, Ard ! /
aadn'i even 80. s-xGe."