The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-03
Along the Kansas Nile.

nave no more use Tor Lyman Gage,
said Populist yesterday. than I have
for Mort Gage"
In the language OF ingalls, part OF the
high price OF wheat is due to cereal cur
,a;lment IN H;ndoostan.
In western Kansas a, thi. time the Buff
faio grass Is curing and the settlers are
praying that il viii not rain
In several Kansas counties the yearly
Popul.st wagon parade has been given up.
The farmers refused 10 take part
One Of Leedy's campaign promises mex,
year will be The pledge thai he viii not re-
appoint Ed. Little private secretary.
Topeka is really getting 10 oe human.
For TIE first time in years IL IS possible
20 say 'zNei' up there without being run
In.
John Bre.denthal was robbed OF his peck
et-5ook on Topeka stree, car the other
evening A certain big corporation Is sus-
pecieG
The k:owa Review has line this week
which sounds strange IN Kansas. I; is
this: Every man on the Democrats ticket
VII be elected
The quiet and toy way in which General
Caldwell tucked himself down into tina;
Job n Central America IS enough 10 make
Tellers OF all the angels.
IF the audience will pardon ne q min
u;e." said Jerre Botkin. a, his latest
speech. Il viii call attention to the fact
that its collar has come undoae-"
Owing TO their brains being slightly out
Of alignment the Populisis have clean for
gotten 10 say anything about Abraham
Lincoln Republicans" in this campaign.
Bernard Kelly. {, is said. Is getting hot
al his failure 10 attract attention from
Washington. and IS preparing 10 make a
pan;her-iike plunge or the p!e-counter.
Leedy expects the PopuEsts to lose nearly
all the county elections this fall. But
through an extra session he expects 10
have a record on which he can be re-
elected next yea-.
There IS no use denying ii. Kansas peopls
are not mercensry and they Go not like the
way Bryan charges twenty-five. cents a
head without the aid or consent OF any
other nation on earth.
When Bryan was in lola he stepped into
a drug store and had glass Of soda water.
After nc had gone. man who had a lot Of
money from his big wheat crop paid one
dollar for the empty glass.
William J. Krehbiel. who has been tele-
graph editor OF the Topeka Capital, has
purchased the Newton Republican. John
Reynolds, the former owner, Will engage
in the job printing business.
AS is usual an Kansas a lot OF good cit
liens are going to rub three or four ounces
of their false teeth discussing the issues
OF the campaign this fan and discover on
the day before the election that they for
got TO register.
Jerry Simpson says that the high price
OF wheat is only temporary. But the farm
er who contracted 10 sell MS wheat at
40 cents because Jerry predicted It's price
would go 10 - cents IL Mckinley was elect
ed. would Ike 10 have some wheat just
TO hold it.
A southern Kansas Republican editor re
cejved this from Populist subscriber this
week: Your last issue contained the
word prosperity twenty-e.ght times |
own that times are looking UP. but there
is no use IN being a green-eyed IDIOT about
it. Stop my paper"
A Kansas man who has been around with
Bryan n this state says that Bryan signs
every time he has 10 crawl out AZ d STA
ton TO welcome the people. Popularity Is
the most tiresome thing IN the world when
you have TO get OUT and breathe other
peoples breath with il.
year" said the Populist orator 10 his wife.
Now you just read II and cut out what
| tell you. l intend 20 mske -bout ths
same speech a. l ill then The wife
read on, Here in raren;hes.s." she fnai-
~ said, as the exclamation. Il defy any
man in this audience to show me go.i
p.cce." Oh" cried the ora;o-. Gu; that
out"
~ L A. nj
they have the Populists dOwned Good
times and prosperity Will keep RICH; on IN
creasing. and next year the Popul.st viii
say: OF course times are good. Why
shouldn't they be? No man and no party
controls things Ike that. About once ev
cry ten years we have good times. they
last about ten years ard then collapse and
we have ten years OF bad times
Frank Montgomery; How Is this for
description 20 be contained in a warranty
deed? 1t appeared in such an instrument
filed in Harvey county last Monday: "A
certain tract OF land. whole length OF lot
p north side Eighth street extending
from two stones on bank OF Sand creek
and on south SIDE Of lot =. and located /
west OF a row OF apple trees near the /
west edge Of lot u, thence 10 west line
of lot L."
The Gslena Republican tells abou; ar
auctioneer down there who j. very orig
irel In his methods. lie was selling out
store the other day and Offered pair /
OF shoes after this fashion: Look al that 1
shoe. ladies' and gentlemen n you should I
go into any store IN this town ard pay
81 for that shoe. you would pay twice -
much as & IL worth" 4 woman a. once +.
bought the shoes az IS. and. a. she f
handed over the money. asked: win they .
wear well" The suctioneer replied. .
Wear vel? How far Do you Eve from /
here?" She answered: About Ave 4
blocks Wen. num- said he. IL you pu, 4
those shoes on here and they don't wear 4
money back" The woman thanked ham !
for Ms guarantee and went home de-
lighted with her purchase
Everything this fs1 points 20 b.E
Republican success. Prosperity has been
the uG5org % the Popuists. and TIE lead
ing members Of that parry ackIoWieiEs
that they EXPECT crushing defeat Reports .
from ihs Big countes iu iaH state are THAT .
tie Eepub ans have made ~ Ell taets
. ffererces ard are working % q lsrm11r .
that id cot chsracrer.ze isem last faI
while ths Fop8Asis. on Ire csrlrsry. sre
w-angi.rE- IL rs estimated ina; th@ Rsl.5-
j ans Htl Carp a. Feast fSerty -hFr frrfe
counties ms fal thsH last CTazf3rd
county. whlca went Popo.rs;ie lay- faf ~
about 100. vii elect Republican tf-Est
;5.s fan Nye119t's county All eve fr--a
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