The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-24
Along the Kansas NiIs.

| 1LerS Is every lNQlcdllOn tnat IL VIII b
ashirt-sieeve Christmas in Kansas again.
Populism is in the last ditch-in fact
in a mythical canal traversing the west
ern half of the United States.
In due time Mrs. Lease will come ou
and deny emphaticaliy that she eve
thought of running for congress.
Kansas is surely working up a boom
| Several counties have issued neat pam
phlets directed to eastern home-seekers.
| Kansas is the red-head among states
| Red haired people are said to be the mos
| rabid in despair the quickest IN recupera
tioI. and the highest in exhilaration, anC
| that is Kansas all over.
The most popular book in Kansas nov
is: "Quo Vadfs.'' Put Cy Leland in
| wagon sheet and wrap his shns with drue
| store twine and Kansas would be pretty
nea- duplicate of ancient Rome.
| The Populists are having a hard time
Last year they complained that while tine:
were good in the east, they were hard in
| the west. This year they concede that
times are good in the west, but complain
that they are hard in the east.
An Emporia girl at party was ap-
preached by man who led her few feet
away and said: You were in danger"
She was standing under mistle-toe, and ne
didn't know that she knew that he knew it.
W. A. Bradford of Boston will be the
new president of the Hutchinson South
ern. Bradford is a young man, bright,
energetic and of the non-airy brand. 1t is
to be hoped that more OF his kind will
grow iE Kansas, state which has too
loLg been asked to accept a railroad pres
idenc as a sort OF dem:god.
The Empor.a Gazette after brief thought
or the annexation of Hawaii says that
the beginning of conquest is the end OF
national unity" Look at Rome. IL took
Room seven hundred years to bust
through the same agency. Up, citoyens.
and protect the great. great. great. great
gran5scns of Empor!a from misery.
Christmas thought from FL Dorado Re-
publican: THE man who is wei off, who
believes he made his money by his own
efforts, that God had nothing TO do NTH
il, aud who tells the world about him 10
go TO the devil, will smell birthstone. The
Lord never intended that any man should
be hog. The corner stone OF an exalted
Christian manhood Is charity while the op-
por.un:ty 20 be compassionate. confronts
every man daily. Kind words count for
something. Deeds count for more"
A Kansas man who Travelled on the
same train with a railroad president out
OF Chicago recently gives the following ac-
count: ''At the depot in Chicago a small.
common individual bearded special car
by himself. In Missouri, the same small
individual got down off the train and walk
ed about the platform. His height had IN
creased an inch and his chin was raised
forty three degrees. In Kansas the same
Individual got of the train His height had
increased four inches. his chin was stick
ing straight up and has stomach had
sxslled out 70 a tremendous buoyancy. In
Oklahoma the same individual got on the
train. The porter bowed low a. he got
of the train. The multitude on the depot
platform crowded back against t5e wall as
ne r@ssed and the president himself va,
blind with swelling dignity. In Texas he
burst with a loud report
TIE burning gas well al lola has been /
put out The lola Register says; Pred I
Horton did Il with his little scheme which 1
h has held ali sloBg. without any fuss. 4
h strdiei the leak until ne arrived at 1
conclusion as 20 the bese method 20 be fol- 4
lowed and tee happy results amply tust.fy 4
h.s theory. As stated II a recent issue. 4
tie top OF tae tubing in the vel ss 7 4
shaped psece OF pipe Ors opening in TIE 4
7 WIS stopped with = plug ard a yzpe IN
serted in the Other and tas saGt-oH open
si. allcz wing the gas 20 bio1 CT a. the szs 1
Ct The pipe This relieved The pressure on
.he tl5.rg and the 5et of fame shooting
FROM tAe EaIe was practically under cor
,roi. leaving the gas coming from The cas-
- oaly 20 bs co7te.d-s Et-s- A ditch Z
was then dug down hsz1e the casing a.. /
PIPE inse-fei- thus drawing OF re gas
heezs.ng were then whipped gu; AM tse
op stopped up zns after some isttss fa--a<-
roaole- The IRE a. the top OF 2< iDh-ag
vas z-<c ex<--gu.she5"